Todays Tids Issue 3,483
Opening Stuff:
I
cup butter. ¾ cup granulated sugar. ¾ cup packed brown
sugar. One tsp vanilla extract. 2 large eggs. 1 ¼ cups flour. 1 tsp baking soda.
½ tsp salt. 1 12 ounce package of semi sweet morsels. Now, you have probably
guessed that you just read your basic Chocolate Chip cookie recipe. The
question is: Why are people always trying to improve on that?
The
“Ellen” show is like modern day politics. The
audience goes berserk when she comes on stage because they know she’ll have plenty
of free stuff for them. She probably got the idea from her pal Hillary.
The
newest, most overused phrase by politicians, “Recruiting
tool for ISIS”.
The
Question:
Who was the first American to win the Nobel Peace
Prize? Bonus: What was the name of
Gloria Loring’s big song hit? Like me, you’re probably saying “Gloria, who?”
The
Headlines:
--Wall Street Waiting for Santa Claus; Markets Up,
Gold Down; Jobless Claims Up 13,000 To Highest Level In 5 Months; Australian Enterprise
Software Company Atlassian Trading Well In Stock Debut, 5th Largest
IPO Of year.
--USA Middle Class Wealth Continues To Decline.
--The Big Political Decision Looming: Trump Or The
Republican Party; 64% of Repubs Agree With Trump On Muslim Limitations Until
Answer Is Found.
--GITMO Detainee Freed In 2012 Turns Up On
al-Qaida Video; Congressional Repubs Issue Damming Report On Bergdahl-Gitmo 5
Swap.
--Iran Reports That Groups With Links To Islamic State
At Negotiating Table In Riyadh To Determine Fate Of Syria.
--On “Human Rights day”, Woman In Iran To Be
Stoned To Death.
--Former Mickey Mouse Club Star Marque Tate Lynche
Found Dead In Apartment At Age Of 34
If
Time Magazine was still relevant, I’d have to worry about
the future of our world when reading their new list of “Person of the Year” candidates.
After Merkle (Who they perhaps chose to support powerful women: You Know Who) we
have an egotistical land developer, a protest group based on a false premise, a
man who thinks he is a woman, a taxi cab owner who is flaunting laws, the
president of a nation trying to develop the ABomb while routinely spitting in
the face of USA (See news Item on Iran), the President or Russia who treats the
rest of the world like the KGB treated it’s citizens and the leader of the most
aggressive, inhuman, murderous group who regularly stone woman and gays, and
cut off heads of people for entertainment. Welcome to Time Magazine’s world.
Whoops!
What a horrible Pickum’ week we had. This has been a true “it-ain’t-over-til-it’s-over”
season. A losing week brings us to 122-73. Consequently our intrepid staff has
spent a long week drinki…I mean studying the teams for this week. So, tonight’s
Vikes-Cards war is a big one for both teams,
but the Vikes, who have let me down in their two previous “Big” games won’t do
it again. I’m going Cards. Did the Eagles get a big enough lift from the Pats
victory to beat the Bills? I’m going Bills. Seahawks will cruise against the Ravens,
But, who knows which inept team will win between SF and Cleve. I take Browns.
In another guess who will show up game, I have to pick the hapless Lions over
the hapless Rams. The Titans surprise at times, but the Jets are better. The
real game of the week #1 is Steelers—Bengals and I’m picking the upset mined
Steelers. Can the Jags rise up against the so-so Colts? Nah. I like the Chiefs
over SD. The Skins and Bears both need a win. I go Chicago (If the rioters let
them in the locker room). The Falcons are dead and Carolina is incredibly
alive. I’m going to go Bucs over NO who may have left it all on the field last
week. The Raiders will fight, but Denver is tough at home. The Pack will send
the Cowboys to the off season. Pats-Texas is huge for both. I don’t think the
Pats can lose 3 in a row and will eke one out. The Giants know how to find ways
to lose, but to Miami? Yes1 the AFC East dominates the Giants this year.
Some
people think chocolate and more of it, is the answer to
the perfect CC cookie. I think it is butter.
The
Top TV dramas for 2015 are, Fargo, Mr. Robot, Justified, The
Americans, The Leftovers, The Knick, Homeland, Rectify, Empire, The Good Wife,
Better Call Saul, Ray Donovan, Jessica Jones and Banshee.
Madonna
is 55, her boyfriend is 22. Tina Turner is 75, her
boyfriend is 40. JLo is 42, her boyfriend is 26. Mariah Carey is 44, her
husband is 32. Young single women should relax more. Their boyfriends aren’t
born yet.
There
is a growing consensus that the new bearded Paul
Ryan looks suspiciously like, a Muslim.
The
more I go to the doctor, the better it is for readers as
I get to see magazines I would never buy. It’s good to know how the rest beyond
my cloistered mind live. Yesterday I picked up the magazine named More. Yes, it
is for the female variety of millennials who just can’t get enough of anything.
It’s defined as “For Women of Style and Substance”. That means will spend to
look good and o stuff other mortals shun. I learned for instance, about anti
aging beauty. It is a little technique that a woman with money can begin around
the age of 30 -- having her skin doctor tweak little areas, so she doesn’t need
the big face job at 60. There’s an entire book of knowledge out there and we just
have to take time to learn it, or we will be left behind with only our
contentment and wonderful families.
Attention
Newport residents: Check your house deed. Patrick Kilroy
may have snuck onto that too.
People
are always trying to create a new stuffing for holiday
Turkeys, often giving the reason that they are bored with the traditional
dressings. Now, the average family has a big stuffed bird about two times a
year. How do you get bored with something you rarely eat…and a traditional taste
treat you’ve been looking forward to when big bird days return?
I’m
glad Obama opened up Cuba for us. I was getting
concerned about the family of master criminal Meyer Lansky who lost a casino in
the communist takeover. Now I see that they have put in a claim for
restitution. Makes your heart twitter, doesn’t it.
Remember
in the late 1950’s how the drooling liberal media
exalted Castro?
You
may not remember, but in August the Tids commented that
the US should be looking harder at the huge Muslim population of Pakistan as a potential
major nemesis going forward. After all it is a country with The Bomb, and has
all of the instability that aggressive groups love to exploit. And then, Bingo!
San Bernardino.
Meanwhile,
in Afghanistan, new offenses by Taliban have resulted
in significant progress in Kandahar and Helmand. I don’t think there is much
mystery any more about these Islamist based groups. They’re objectives are non-negotiable
and they will never give up. They may recede like the ebbing tides, but surge
again like a tsunami.
The
Parking Lot: Chapter 34 continues…
Nancy was
looking at Jerry though her gun sight. She knew she could easily take out the two
without hurting Fred. But, she was concerned that two many of the thugs are now
lying at the bottom of her deepest cove. It would be better to get to the top
of the organization, and end the aggression on the town. More missing goods
might start a war she couldn’t finish.
She saw
Fred staring at the island, probably wondering if it really was what it has
been rumored to be, a sanctuary for the Hicks family and heirs. The engine
roared to life and the launch sped quickly out of sight toward the two outer islands,
which they would find as accessible but barren of anything they may be looking
for.
Nancy
half slid down the hillside to the small house nestled at the bottom of a
crater like formation. Now she really felt good about all of the backbreaking
work she had put into securing the entrances to the island. But, he worried
about the paper that was floating near those entries. Judeging by te way they
reacted, it clearly meant something. She could tell by their faces. It was a mistake
and it bothered her. She went up and own ht hillside to that spot. She pushed aside
some of the branches and stepped on the stones that led out to the main body of
the lake. There elbow her were two more papers wedged into rocks. She picked
them up and felt her heart stop. They were some of the legal descriptions of
her land holdings. No mistake. Would they be back? With a helicopter this time?
The
Answer:
Teddy Roosevelt was the first American to win the Peace
Prize. Bonus: Gloria Loring was Liz
Chandler on “Days of our Lives”. She teamed with Carl Anderson for the hit “Friends and
Lovers:. To be honest with you, when I asked the Question I was thinking f an
old singer in the fifties named Gloria. Or, was that a song named Gloria? It is
often a circuitous route that leads me to a question.
So,
without further ado, here’s Gloria and Carl. Thank God for
the Tids, or I would never known about this!
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