Technology is the root of all evil

Today's Tids Issue 3,537

Opening Stuff:

I love technology. I marvel at what the human mind has created. Most of it will be for the good of people. But that’s just the problem – people. Too many people will and are using it for the good of themselves. It has become a key that can unlock personal lives, and preserve the sins. Remember Shakespeare, “The evil  that men do lives after them; the good is often interred with their bones.” The Internet makes it true, “The momentary craziness of good hearts is embedded in their digital DNA fro eternity.”

Trump got 46% of the Nevada vote which sounds pretty good, except when you consider how small the vote was. It was more like a handful people left the tables for a moment to go to the restroom, and plugged into a voting machine they thought was slot machine.

I’m getting a feeling that some of these high flier tech stocks are going to be coming back to earth. Twitter has and Apple is really having  trouble proving to Wall Street that they can have the kind of rocket growth the stock the past several years. Now there is talk questioning the high P/E ratios of FaceBook. The tech stocks look rosy because they have settled into the populations of billions of people, and it doesn’t take much to move the needle up rapidly. But, there come the generational second guessing that moves away just to move away. It’s good to keep a sharp eye on tech right now.

High tech ubiquitous Video has become the bane of all Politician’s. Just this week we saw Joe Biden protesting the Bush ability to pick a justice with words almost exactly similar to the Repubs today. –A combination of clips on the Mark Simone (WOR, NYC) showi everybody from Bill Clinton to Madeline to Hillary to Biden et al saying vigorously (Before Bush Presidency) there was no doubt as to the danger of Sadaam WMD’s. OF course, lately we all saw Rubio and Cruz stammering to answer to video quotes opposite to their current statements. Do you think that Video will make politicians honest? Nah, just more careful. 

The Question:

Bonus: I think we need the first Italian president next. But not many Italians have ever run. Name Italian people who have run fro president,

 The Headlines:

--South Brutalized By Tornadoes And Drenching Rains.

--Trump Wins Nevada Handily; Does Very Well With Hispanics; Rubio, Cruz Nip And Tuck For Second; Kasich Thinking That Maybe He Wasn’t Meant To Be President.

--Premarket Sell-off Bodes For Rocky Day On Wall Street; EuroStocks Off.

--South African Economy In Crisis.

--China Sends Fighter Jets To Contested Island.

--Buffett Stock Picks Beating Carl Icahn’s in 2016

Tids readers answered, and they all feel that Apple should help the FBI in the terror IPhone caper. The general overall reaction I’m sensing is it’s basically teckies versus Americans. Now, I’m not saying that Teckies aren’t American, I’m just noticing that they seem to think the universe in which they really live is more important than nationalistic fervor. I understand the security problem, and I try to be really careful about giving away my life to strangers…and big Government. One person did get me thinking twice and that was Judge Napolitano, a quite conservative legal expert who contributes to Fox News. He had a complex legal constitutional argument against releasing info to the FBI, but frankly I didn’t understand it well enough to report it to you.

I tried to find some cool celebrity news to spice up the Tids this morn but could only come up with “Why Snooki wants 4 Kids” and “Kylie Jenner Reveals the meaning behind her new red tattoo,” God, isn’t it great that we have all of ths new technology which can get us the important stuff fast.

I am not titillated at all by any of the Presidential candidates, except maybe the old socialist who is at least likeable. I cringe at Trump and can barely watch Rubio or Cruz for a minute or two. And of course Hillary is unmentionable. Yes it is that bad…to me.

I just saw a new word, “Non-troversal” which defines beautifully all of the manufactured news hysteria about basically nothing we must endure these days. Like Gitmo for instance, which the anointed one is trying to elevate to the presence of God, and it means absolutely nothing to me. And “O’s” frenzied reasoning behind the push to close war simplistic at best . It’s all about his personal scorecard.

I suspect that so few Italians have ever run for president is because this hard working segment of society has no aspirations to move into public housing.

Bernie who now has a 30 point lead over Hill in West Virginia must be winning points with statements like this one he made yesterday, “Senate obstruction a racist effort to delegitimize Obama.” I am really tired of this racist exuberating.

“The Parking Lot” will Return Tomorrow. I have to run off and give a talk on Libya. I hope I don’t get stoned.

The Answer:

A lot of people may have thought that Mario Cuomo had run, but he was only to have run based on behind the scenes whispers. It appears that Rudy Giuliani was the only Italian candidate who ever officially ran. Geraldine Ferraro ran for Veep, which is close.

There are always days like these,

When my fingers type like the breeze.

Briskly writing a PowerPoint on Libya

And also for Tids tracking Pols fibya.