Today's Tids Issue 3,496
Opening Stuff:
The
heart is a wonderful thing. Oh, not because it keeps the
blood flowing and life growing. It just seems like such an amazing repository
of all things beautiful. The smiles you keep. The emotions you feel. The
flowing tears of happiness it turns on. The swelling you feel when love is
near. The beating to a crescendo! (when reading the Tids?). The quiet comfort from
a pleasant memory. It’s all in there, alive and stimulating. It is us.
While
nobody was paying attention, the national unfunded
state and local government pension fund liability has grown to $1 Trillion. Can
you say, The Big Short?
More
often than not when reading about the sailing
race between Sydney, Australia and Hobart, Tasmania, I sit frightened; yet in
awe of the crew and skippers. It is a daunting stretch of seas; 648 miles of
unforgiving waters. This year, 38 boats quit the race and the 3 leaders limped
across with serious damage.
Pitchers
and catchers report in 50 days.
The
Question:
Name 10 adjectives often used to describe
Chocolate?
The
Headlines:
--US Says Iran Launched Highly Provocative Rocket
Test Within 1,500 Yards Of Our Fleet Of Ships.
--Mississippi River Levees In Missouri Threatened
As Old Man River Turns Angry; Flood Waters Surging; Levees Around St. Louis
Beginning To Crumble..
--Cosby Officially Criminally Charged In Pennsylvania;
Comedian Accused of Drugging And Assaulting Woman.
Oil Pounded; Stocks Decline In Second To Last 2015
Trading Day; Yhere are Some Signs From Arabia Of Oil Bolstering In Future
--Members Of US Congress Caught In Obama’s Secret Netanyahu
Spy Net.
--ISIS Terrorists Caught Planning New Years Eve
Attack In Turkey.
The
Hillary History “What does the shadow know?”, Department:
In case you have forgotten since the 1990’s, here’s
a list of associated occurrences and people that may best define the real
Hillary: The WH Travel Office, Craig Livingston, Zoe Baird, Kimba Wood,
National Health Insurance Chief, Janet Reno, Lani Guanier, Web Hubbel, Vince Foster,
William Kennedy, Bimbo Eruption defense chief, Rose Law firm records, Ken
Starr, White House china artwork and Furniture, “I don’t recall”; “I have no
recollection 56 times”. And this all before she became Secretary of State. The
Tids promotion department is busy creating fridge magnets so you can keep
Hillary fodder handy.
By
the way, a local Newport, world class sailor named Ken
Read won the Australia-Tasmania race.
Ok,
let’s get into the race for the Presidency, which is also
basically on stormy, uncharted seas. --Trump is saying straight forward what lots
of people feel, but is weak on policy and not real deep. I personally don’t like
him. --Bush looks good in scripted commercials,
but not so hot when on his feet adlibbing. He has been a disappointment. But, I
have never thought another Bush could be elected, anyhow. --I like governors for
President, so Christie leaps forward for me. I don’t hold the Obama handshake
against him in the least. He may be too gruff for some, and NJ has some financial
woes. The other Governor Kasich is running his state well, but he is not connecting
with the public. He’s been around too long for so many Americans looking for
real change for their country on a dangerous track. --I liked Carley and think
she had a great grasp on stuff that should be done; expresses it well. But, she
does not connect with far too many who may see her as stiff and cold. I’d vote
for her. –Ted Crews is a smart guy and at times I like him quite a bit. Moderates
will be reluctant to vote for him, and that includes Dems unhappy with the
prospects of only having Hillary. Frankly for a conservative, he vacillates for
votes, often confusingly. –Ben Carson says lots of stuff that I agree with
whole heartedly. Then he gets weird, and that is what has him in an unrecoverable
decline. –Marco looks real smart and appealing, but too often he displays a little
of the Carley coldness. He doesn’t seem comfortable to me, but always sounds
confident when speaking – which is a great asset. –I like Rand Paul, mainly
because of his views on reduced spending and less government. –Rick Santorum is
very conservative, but his policies never waver and he expresses himself very
well on all subjects; comes across to me as very knowledgeable. Some Dems
generally disregard him as a religious nut, but I think he is surprisingly
good. He doesn’t have a chance. –Huck delivers the best one-liners. -- Overall,
I believe there is a tone of moderation in the country which is saying – “we
are all tired of the hatred and extreme animosity between the people.” The Repubs
win if the Moderate Independents and conservative labor vote big for them. At
this point though, I have no favorite cause there is too much yet to happen.
Some
guy who owns a company called “Impossible Foods”
has as his lifelong ambition the replacement of meat. He has lots of meat
substitute concepts in the oven, like his chicken strip product which is made
from smooshed peas and some other unknown non-animal but living plant, and
canola oil. Smooshed peas? Get me outta there.
Actually
I see a lot of “progress” coming down the pike that might
be very happy to miss.
BTW,
I would put the Big Short on top of my favorites for Oscars’ list.
When
you think about it, to exist effectively, unions must necessarily
condone irresponsibility.
I
have always had a lot of admiration for third basemen.
They just have always seemed so rock solid defending the hot corner. And so
many of them could hit for power, and in key moments. My prototypical favorites
were guys like Brooks Robinson, George Kell, George Brett, Kenny Keltner among
several. But one guy who always possessed a firm spot in my baseball heart was
Boston’s tenacious Frank Malzone. Talk about a rock and clutch hitter. Frank
died last night…yet another of my heroes of yore, gone.
The
Parking Lot:
“Hi
Freddy boy.” Fred looked around d the room at Rackovic, Jerry and assorted
replacement thugs. He didn’t like the tone in the greeting, which made him even
more tense than he already was. He nodded and looked for a chair. “You can
stand Fred.” Rackovic wasn’t smiling.
“So
what’s going on?” Fred tried to appear casual using all of his superficial
political skills to mask his fear.
“Not
good, Freddie. That’s why you’re here, to solve the problem.” He looked around
the room at nodding heads. “Your woman is a pain in the ass. One minute we
think we have her, and then she disappears, just like that. But even more
disconcerting, is that one minute I have two or three really tough guys out
there to help her see our side of the story, and poof, they disappear too. Is
she some kind of magician?”
Fred
started ot answer, but Rackovic but up his hand that was just a rhetorical
question. You know rhetorical, don’t you Fred. Well Im going to ask all the
questions, but you’re not going to answer.
So, Fred,
you’ ain’t so good at helping us find her, so you’re kind of useless to us?” he
held up his hand before Fred’s lips parted.
“So here’s
the question you can answer: What do you think that woman would do if we sent
her a note, ‘come and see us or we’ll kill Fred?” Oh. I see Fred, that you don’t
have answer to that.”
The
Answer:
In no certain order, people may say sweet, creamy,
hard, dark, bitter, brown, while, milky, irresistible, yummy or
fantasmagorical. And sometimes it is so f---ing good, you can’t say anything,
but just sit there with a gigantic grin on your face.
Hope
you have all bought your funny hats and noisemakers!
What
does the Shadow know – “The evil that lurks in the hearts
of men…and women.”
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