Today;s Tids Issue 3,521
Opening Stuff:
This
is that time of year in politics when second place
is still ok. It’s still early enough where there are winners and then those who
have won. Cruz was the winner among Repubs, and The Hill slipped in by a hair
or perhaps the thickness of the material in a blue stained dress. But, those
who won were Marco Rubio who truly surprised the polls and Bernie who got 85%
of the under 30 vote to leave him, at last count, only 4 mere delegates behind
Clinton. Will Rubio surge again in New
Hampshire? Can the Bernie effort wake up voters in South Carolina?
Elections
have pretty much become TV miniseries. Maybe Golden Globes
needs a new category! Unfortunately Dems would probably be the only actors
nominated for Best in a Starring Run For president; and the Repubs would raise
an anti-diversity ruckus.
Well
the Punxsutawney Groundhog did not see his shadow, which means we will have an early spring, But
the groundhog outside my window was basking in gleaming morning sun with
shadows long across the city street. Or, was that just a fuzzy Chihuahua?
Regardless, the shadow means that the Tids guy will still be laboring under the
agony of the gloom cast by candidates. But, I may override the traditional
establishment groundhog rules and bring as much as much positive energy as I
can find.
In
case you haven’t noticed, starting yesterday I’ve been
ending the Tids with “Countdown to Valentine’s day” – featuring a love song
from different eras and genre each day. If you can’t love a politician, listen
to the music and dream of your love. Stay tuned.
The
Question:
When was el Nino discovered, and who did it? Bonus: What is the difference between
Jam, Jelly and marmalade?
The
Headlines:
--Candidates Run Up To New Hampshire After Iowa;
Huck And O’Malley Drop Out Of Race.
--Results: Repubs -- Cruz 28%, Trump 24%, Rubio
23%; Dems – Hill 50%, Bernie 50%.
--WHO Declares Zika A Global Health Emergency.
--China Stocks Climb After Cash Infusion; Oil
Tumbles; US Company Profit Reports Coming In Mostly Positive.
--Snow Blanketing Colorado Heading East.
--Russia Said To be Sending troops To Eastern
Ukraine; Merkel Tells Putin To Quell Rebels.
--Russia Delivers Advanced Fighters To Syria.
I
found myself at a movie over the weekend that was heralded by
the NY Times and claimed by august critics as exceptional film making. It was
called 45 Years and I thought it was full-body Novocain. BTW, how come movies
about older people most often depict them as extreme stereotypes, as doddering old
fools or worse? The twosome in this dreary film looked older that dirt and in
fact, according to the timelines in the film, they were considerably younger
than me. Personally, I don’t like movies about old people.
All
of these colleges emerging to proclaim their improved
diversity, is just another way of saying quotas are back.
This
just in from the email joke circuit: “All of Donald
Trump’s wives were immigrants proving once again that we need immigrants to do
jobs Americans won’t do.”
Marco
Rubio comes across looking like a kid to many but if he was
elected, at inauguration he would be older than older than Jindle who seems to
have been around for centuries. Marco at 45 years 8 months is just 3 months younger
than Cruz. I decided to look at ages and found that the Dems are the old group
with Hillary hitting 69 and 2.9 months and Bernie at 75 and 4.4 months, about a
year and 2 months older than Joe Biden would be. Trump is a year and a half
older than The Hill, and about 5 years and 3 months older than Carson. All other
Repubs are under 65 – Kasich -- 64 8.3; Jeb – 63 11.3; Carley – 62 4.5; Graham
– 61 6.5; Huck – 61 4.9. Paul and Christie are practically twins while Santorum
is 58 and 8 months.
I
am having trouble grasping the phrase: “Donald Trump –
President of the United States”.
The
ten largest US metro areas by GDP are in order New
York, LA, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, DC, San Fran, Philly, Boston and Atlanta.
That’s where the action is. Providence RI is hoping for drips from Beantown.
A
number of people around here ar wondering where their
winter went. Despite the warming days of late, most would enjoy constant cooler
temperatures. The big problem seems to be finding days to wear new Christmas
Presents.
How
Art Linkletter made his fortune, Department:
So, did you hear about the day that the teacher
was reading the chicken little story to her first grade class? She read, “And,
so Chicken Little went up to the farmer and said, ‘The sky is falling, the sky
is falling’.” The teacher paused and asked the class, “What do you think that farmer
said?” A little girl raised her hand and said, “I think the farmer said, ‘well
I’ll be dammed, a talking chicken.” Kids say the darndest things.
Why
we don’t want to be Global, Department:
Just when you think you’ve had it with the UN, we
learn that a “Working Group” from that Organization visited the US and were horrified
at the lack of advancement by African-Americans. They recommended “Reparatory
Justice” or reparations for slavery! What do they think that the welfare and
affirmative of the last 50 years was all about?
A
Brooking’s Institute report recommends that this state
spend $110,000,000 to develop an economy. Most knowledgeable business owners
say that if they suspended regulations mainly developed for the benefit of
cronies, cousins, uncles and aunts, it would cost absolutely nothing! Instate
business would flourish and there would be more outside companies becoming
in-state.
Evolutionists
and their compatriots in archeology and cultural
anthropology pretty much agree that civilization started in Africa. If so, with
about an eleven million year head start, how come it still lags so far behind
the rest of the world.
Are
there any lower people on earth than those like
Seattle’s Tracy Dart who raised $400,000 as a Cancer victim and advocate for
the Susan Koman foundation, but lied about the agonies and setbacks from the disease
she never had.
The
Parking Lot: Chapter 44 continues…
The
crowd’s heads turned as Elizabeth helped Jeremiah to his seat. After quick
glances, people immediately returned their focus to Richard who was still
convincing some who had become concerned when Big Howland left the room with
his family.
Elizabeth
stood and noticed that the majority of the families though were gathered at
various places around the big table signing agreements as proposed by Richard.
She touched Jeremiah’s hand and slipped out of the back, unnoticed.
She felt
exhilarated as she ran gracefully down the paths leading to the waterside.
After about a half a hour she began to hear the noise of the village, mainly
the boisterous laughter at the public house. She walked carful now, down the
street past the Howland cluster of homes, then onto a well worn path along the
harbor. The water lapping on the rocks by the nearby shore soothed her nerves
as her plan came into focus.
She was
exactly at the spot she remembered from earlier visits, when she heard voices
coming from the opposite direction. She quietly scampered up the hill to her
right opposite the bay. It was several of Howland’s sons and two women,
laughing playfully squeezing each other. She was still and alert, wondering how
people so friendly to each other could be so ugly to others.. After the walkers
passed by within just six feet of her, she waited a few moments and scooted
down and went to the shoreline where she picked up five or six rocks about the
size of a big man’s two fists.
It was a
quiet night as she sat on her haunches on a small ledge about 4 feet above the
path, fingering and sorting the rocks. The air off the sea created chills as it
ran up her legs to her body beneath the flowing dress. She pushed her mind into
unrestricted darkness and comfort, but could not stop her pounding heart. Then
she heard it, the heavy footsteps of a big man walking unsteadily along the
path.
The
Answer:
About 400 years ago, Peruvian fishermen working in
the Pacific ocean noticed a strange phenomena of warmer than normal air settling
in the area. It was and is one of the most powerful weather determiners in
history. For instance, a strong el Nino can reverse normal east to west Pacific
winds, cause the earh’s rotation to slow by a millisecond, and alter the
natural balance of marine life, causing the migration or death of millions of
fish, birds and mammals. So remember that the next time the nightly news begins
quoting some mythical science as the reason for a snow storm. Nope, its’ just
an annual Christmas pattern of weather named after the Christ child – el Nino. Bonus:
Jam is made from whole or cut fruits, cooked to a pulp with sugar,
producing a thick fruity spread. Jelly is made only from the juices of fruits
and sugar. Marmalade is pretty much like jam but only made from bitter oranges
primarily from Spain.
Countdown
to Valentine’s Day:
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