The future never ends.

Today's Tids Issue 3,606

Opening Stuff:

Stuff ends. But with just about anything, there is always a beginning on the other side of a closure. Often after momentary bewilderment, it is filled with excitement and growth. Maybe even a small adventure. It might include learning anew or building upon a talent long sheltered. Ends will bring sadness at times, but they will always be countered with hope, building upon memories and triumphs. Rightfully feel the emptiness of an ending; prepare to enjoy the fulfillment of a new beginning.

Lobster rolls around here are declining in quality, with too many restaurants using too many claws.

Meanwhile, the anxiety level in America grows as the search for the Kelly Ripa co-host continues.

But, the Lobster bisque hasn’t lost a step.

Let’s hear it for the Constitutional sheriffs of the Western states!

Tech tip: The FaceBook app is a battery hog. Better to go to FB through the browser. FB is also a personality hog, and is better to be minimal with broadcasting energy.

The Question:

Name five movies directed by Clint Eastwood. Big Bucks Bonus: In France they are celebrating the 100 Year anniversary of the end of the 10 year Battle of Verdon. What do you think was the total of French and Germans killed in that longest of WWI battles: 0-30K; 30-60K, 60-150K, 150-300K, Over 300K.

The Headlines:

--China Stocks Post Biggest Daily Gain In Three Months; US Futures Positive; Workers do Well In Verizon Strike Settlement.

--NK Long Range Missile Launch Fails.

--Iraqi Army Pauses As ISIS Retaliates.

--Ex-State department Watchdog Debunks Clinton Central Claim On Emails.

--GS Warriors Complete Big Comeback Against OC Thunder.

I think Susanna Martinez is one of the best Repubs in the land. And, now we have stab-your-best-friend-in-the-back Trump blasting away at her. What’s that all about?  Is it because she won’t be bullied by him and his ego can’t take it. How shallow is that. Is his strategy to sever the legs of anybody who might be better than him? Susanna is a tough cookie who makes plenty of tough, unpopular by libs decisions. Maybe she is the secret Independent candidate being touted by Bill Krystal. I’d vote for her in second. She certainly would be the best person running to be the first female president. I think she is a winner. And the more Trump lowers himself to mindless tweeting, the stronger she looks.

The Rhode Island general assembly has agreed to wear Under-Armor shirts while in session as a means for increasing funding for the Government Employees pension trove.

The real alternative energy could well be Nuclear Fusion. Note, I said fusion, not fission. Breakthroughs are being made for this system which promises to be far more productive than wind or solar. Keep an eye on it.

Just what the lawyers need, a new pool of of plaintiffs for what could be the biggest class action boondoggle of all – cancer from smart phones. For some reason the CDC released what they said are significant preliminary results on a test of phone wave’s effects on rats. While there were some signs of cancer (More so in males), the study also showed that the rats receiving the waves lived longer than the control group. Crazy! So, how did the rats hold the little phones to their ears? And what was the most popular ring tine? Actually, I rarely ever get a phone call, so I’m cool.

Anything Goes Society, Department:

Or, should I have titled this, “There’s an excuse to be made for Anything, Department:” Have you heard about the growing trend of “Sugar daddy” scholarships. Well, our enabling society wants to suggest that anybody can get through college without debt if they can latch on to a rich person and get free grade point averages for lots of sex and companionship. There is actually Sugar Daddy App where prostitutes lite can seek out the money person of their dreams. Also, in this fairness for all society I would hope there is a Sugar Mommy And a Sugar LGBT site too. Let everybody indebt their bodies instead of wallets. Who said America isn’t great.

Surprisingly, the Shaw’s supermarket has a pretty good Lobster roll at a good price.

How smart is a candidate who is weak with women and Hispanics to disparage a great woman Governor who is also a Hispanic.

The Parking Lot: Chapter 62 contiues…

   Nancy sat down and told the Margaret to sit on the far conch out of the way of her and any alarm buttons. She motioned to Gerry McGuire to come around and sit opposite her in one of the two chairs facing his desk. She was surprised when he did it. He actually put on his best political smile and came over to shake her hand before sitting.

   “I’m sorry for the air of uncertainty we created for you. But we do get some unusual types trying to assault our offices.” “If you get my drift,” he added.

   “Thanks accepted,” and she gave him one of those smiles that always melts Jared. Maybe I was too aggressive, but I know I have something that is intrinsic to the geography and history of RI. What I have is an Attorney General issue, and I think it is time to sort it all out.” She paused for a second.

   “Did your associate up in Fall River or Tiverton bring you up to date on unusual occurrences?”

   “You were quite right about bad boys playing in Fall River. They were the worst of the worst with a couple of them hired guns from out west.” Now Gerry looked at Nancy seriously.’ Now, we have no idea how these men met their final fortune, but we are happy they did.” Nancy let out a small breath.

    Nancy began a short version of the tale about how she is the owner of a majority of the land in Tiverton, and that many of the people with acreage are there because of a smart man named Richard Hicks. She also implied that there are good Howlands and bad Lowlands and she was still working on that part of the puzzle.

   McGuire made a note.

    “So,” she finished. “ as far as the state is concerned, what I have is all about the casino. Some people you are negotiating with, can’t legally sell the land. Unfortunately, they don’t know it,

The Answer:

Clint has had some winners in his directing career.  Big Bucks Bonus: 163,000 French were killed and 143,000 germans were killed which at 306,000 would make the answer 300,000 and over. Bous: The five movies considered the best directed by Clint are Unforgiven, Gran Torino, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Million Dollar Baby and Mystic River. His next five best are Pale Rider, High Plains Drifter, Letters from Iwo Jima, Flags of Our Fathrs and A Perfect World.

The Cleveland-Golden State,  Labron-Stephen, NBA playoff could be a great war. Go Cleveland.

The wild daisies grow amid fields of white crosses.

Today's Tids Issue 3,605

Opening Stuff:

The roar of the engines from the Old Brickyard tells me it’s time to trim back the forsythia.

I say that football coaches aren’t winning unless tey developing their players into decent, civilized members of society. This big money win at all costs business is way out of hand, and it is the coach who has to reel it back in. When I played, football players were generally made fun of because of diminished brain power in granite heads. But today, there is nothing funny about the new stereotype of rapists and thugs. Like in earlier times when all football players weren’t lunkheads, it is positively certain that today all of the players aren’t rapists and abusers. But, unfortunately, society tends to classify by the lowest common denominator. And this current wave of anything goes as long as you win feeds that lower dimension. I have always felt that winning in any sphere of activity should always occur within the guidelines of a civilized, lawful society. Winning within guidelines of honesty and integrity should be the measure of business people as well as coaches. You can build successful teams without thugs just as you can run successful businesses without criminals.

I often criticize new government intrusions like the mandated new light bulbs. But I have to say that the new slow to illuminate bulbs that ease you into the light make for a much more soothing wakeup in the morning. Then I remember how much I hate mandates, and the angst returns.

The Question:

What are the top ten all time largest single record sales. What is the biggest selling Progressive Rock Song ever? Bonus: Who are considered the five greatest all time orators.

The Headlines:

--The USA Celebrates Its Heroes Who Made The Ultimate Sacrifice For The Freedoms Of All.

--Greenspan Predicts Future Disaster For Global Economy; As Average Annual Growth Of Economies Lowers, Greater Percentages Of Former Workers Migrate Into Unsustainable Social Relief Services; This Is Compounded By Longer Living Older Generations.

--Rookie Driver Alexander Rossi Of ten andtretti team Stuns the Rt Indy; Runs Out of Gas Just After The Checkered Flag.

--Socialist Venezuela About To Collapse; Lufthansa Cancels All Flights; Shooting Erupts In Streets.

--Libertarian Party Picks Two ex-Governors To Head Ticket; Former NM Gov Johnson Anf Former Mass Gov. Weld Will Lead the Charge For Smaller, Less Intrusive Government.

--Trump Bows Out Of Sanders Debate; Says It Just isn’t right.

When Obama and other eager politicians get into their “I’m bringing back jobs to America” speeches they always make reference to the fact that the USA has the highest productivity of any country in the world. Productivity is generally defined as doing more with less people. Can you say robots?

Think how great a society would be if we had no need for a Justice Department.

Things are looking up for all of those who think a tattoo is a great thing for today, but not so much for tomorrow. Apparently they have come up with a new Hi-Tech ink which is reversible when the skin sags or when the unblotched look regains favor in society. A start-up company called “Ephemeral” is working on two products: One where the ink begins to disappear after a period of time; the second for a removal solution which a tattoo artist can use to retrace a tattoo for removal. While we are on the tattoo front, there are some HI-Tech Bioelectic centric tattoos that could be like a glucose monitoring system or a substitute for all pass words; they could be like the effort from The chaotic Moon Company of Austin Texas, a tattoo that measures all body stresses and non-conformities. All of these new “wearables” (Be aware Fitbit and Apple watch) are also reversible.

Maybe touching tattoos will be the new way of finding soul mates. Nah, I’d rather look into beautiful eyes

I wish Brahms wrote more symphonies.

Once again the pro-illegal immigration crowd have successfully labeled anti-illegal immigration advocates as against all immigrants. Which is entirely false. (Except of course for the few innately bigoted.) And the media, which should be the great clarifier in the nation, lets them get away with it. Legal immigrants are harmed by the innate lawlessness of illegals playing the get-free-money game. The US Treasury is hurt by the liberalized give-away laws so successfully abused in the illegal immigration world. And, it isn’t just the US. In Britain, the citizens there woke up this week to learn of a record influx of 330,000 new immigrants. And what has just changed there, is that now more Brits are behind opting out of the EU. Immigration in our diminishing globe is inevitable. But it must be controlled or everybody loses.

A political observer notes that the people who are saying Trump would be a bad president are the same people who said Obama would be a good president.

Bristol RI is about as picturesque a town as there is anywhere; a town with great sailing and boat building tradition. It has also become the haven for chic new restaurants. But, I have to say, that the old one, SS Dion, is still my favorite; with well prepared fresh seafood and a great diverse menu; and with no pretense.

Nearly 70,000 fans showed up in Philly Saturday for the start of NCAA Lacrosse championships. Lacrosse continually proves it I stenup and coming hot new sport in HS and College. Our local team Brown U lost 15-14 to #1 Maryland in overtime. The star of Brown, the probable choice for the best player in the land award played in intense pain on a broken foot. It takes guts to be a winner.

Hockey players have the highest graduation rates of all college athletes.

A RI woman state legislator caught with her hand in the cookie jar said loudly so all could hear,” I’m ashamed of this journalism stuff going on in this state.” How funny is that! Actually that seems to be the new theme coming from our den of rascals, “The citizens should be ashamed because their newspaper is telling the truth about our dastardly deeds.”

The Answer:

The Top Ten all  time single record sales are: Crosby, White Christmas, 50 Mil; Elton John, Candles In The Wind, 33M; Crosby, Silent Night, 30M; Jerry Mungo, In The Summertime, 30M, Bill Haley and Comets; Rock Around the Clock, 29M; Delmenico Modugno, Nel Blu,Dipinto Di Blu (Volare), 22M; Whitney Houston, I Will Always Love You, 20M;  Elvis, It’s Now Or Never, 20M; USA For Africa, We Are The World, 20M; The Inkspots, If I Didn’t Care, 19M. With 15 Million each, 3 are tied for #10:  Travolta And Olivia Newton John, You’re The One That I Want, 15M; Bryan Adams, Everything I Do, I Do It for You, 15M; Celine Don, My Heart Will Go On, 15M. The best selling all time Progressive Rock song at 10 million singles is “Whiter Shade of Pale” by Procol Harem. Another of my favorites, a country classic by Roy Acuff – “Wabash Cannonball” also hit 10Mil. Bonus: The Top ten Orators (This is a very arbitrary list) Starting at #10 and going to #1 we have Edward Everett, G.K. Chesterton, Alcibiades, Daniel Webster, Patrick Henry, Pericles, William Jennings Bryan, Cicero, Frederick Douglas and #1 Winston Churchill.

Gary Johnson and William Weld. Smaller Government. Hmmmm.

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Stop fragmenting Americans for political purposes.

Today's Tids Issue 3,604

Opening Stuff:

Despite the rhetoric of Politicians, the heroes march on. The Patriots with love of country in their hearts have no ideological bounds when on fiery battlefields defending the freedoms of the USA. They defend all Americans as one. So, for each bite of a burger or dog on this Memorial Day Weekend, I’m suggesting we try to remember a soldier, or Sailor or Airforce or Marine or Coast Guardsmen’s name. Whoever remembers the most gets a personal bag of Cheetos. No extra points for diversity.

What are the two main rules in the Army?

1. The Commanding Officer is always right. 2. If the commanding officer is not right, see #1.

Lots of people are now beginning to wonder what exactly was on those 30,000 emails that Hillary selectively deleted from her computers. Maybe it wasn’t just what she said it was. Do you think?

The Question:

Who are Jake Owen and Angela Paton? Big Money Bonus: Who was the first Prime Minister of India?

The Headlines:

--Markets Open Higher Again; US Q1 Growth Revised Upward To 0.8%.

--North Dakota Gives Trump The Delegates To Push Him Across The Finish Line.

--Bacteria Resistant Super Big Found In USA.

--US Automakers Recall 12 Million Vehicles Over Takata Air bags.

--Obama In Hiroshima Pays Tribute To “Silent Cry” Of 140,00 victims.

--NHL: Penguins To meet Sharks In For Stanley; NBA: GS Warriors Live To Play Another Day.

--Verizon Working with Investment Bannkers To Buy Key Yahoo! Assets.

--Goldman Sachs Institutes Nw Policy That Would Humanize Employees.

--Obama Dumps On US Political Candidate While Speaking On Foreign Soil.

--South Korea Fires Warning Shots As NK Ships Cross Boundary Lines.

The Clinton machine is looking embarrassingly weak in their denials after the IG report of Emails, server and hacking. I think the days are over when people blindly accept the words of Clintons at face value.

In case the big retailers still have their heads in the clouds, the only companies in the sector making good money are the deep discount sellers like Dollar Store and Odd Lots. Begrudgingly, the big department store are slowly admitting that people will only consider buying after deep price cuts. With lower margins, and more customers heading toward the Internet, will the big anchors be able to afford high Priced mall locations at all. If a developer makes a lavish proposal to your town to transform a beautiful field of rolling green and breeze driven daisies into a luxury a mall, beware more than ever that you are voting for a potential ghost town. Today, you may gain nothing while losing the character of your home.

Speaking of getting it on the cheap, beware of the forthcoming Sports Authority “Liquidation” sale. The liquidators pay a lot of games with suggested retail pricing so that the best buy may well be down the street at a Dick’s sale.

From a reader, “Separated at Birth”: Ruth Buzzy and Elizabeth Warren.

Congtrats to the Red Sox James Bradley Junior for his great 29 game hitting streak that ended last night. For me it is good that he isn’t now working to keep a streak alive and just will be swinging freely.

In case you need a conversational tidbit for a Memorial day cookout, it is now known that fruit flies are great at producing large amounts of sperm. Ain’t the Internet grand?

“Well,” snarled the tough old Navy Chief to the bewildered seaman. “I suppose after you get out of the Navy you’ll just be waiting for me to die so you can come and piss on my grave.” “Not me, Chief!” the seaman replied. “Once I get out of the navy, I’m never going to stand in line again.”  Let’s hear for the grizzled old Navy Chiefs who make men out of boys.

Reading Between the Lines Movie Reviews:

--As I have said, I have never been able to get through an Alice in Wonderland” or “Through the looking Glass.” Book, play or film. This visually amazing version of the old tale lacks everything else, and the characters fail to make it work at all. Definitely not on my list. Humpty-Dumpty I understand.

--A Bigger Splash with a good cast – Tilde Swenson, Ralph Fiennes and more – is a great little drame that will irritate you along the way. Tilde a former rock legend and her new hubby a super rock producer have retired delightfully to a beautiful island off Italy. They do nothing but have sex, dine eloquently and absorb beauty. Enter Tilde’s former rock star boy friend (Fiennes) and his “Daughter”. He becomes the guest from hell, disrupting their paradise. This suspenseful mystery Looks Good.

--Love and Friendship is a wonderful, delightful and quite funny Jane Austin Adaptation. The period film is about Widow Lady Susan Vernon who visits the estate of her in-laws “to wait out the rumors of her dalliances.” While there she decides to find a husband for herself and a future for her reluctant daughter. It gets complicated when she attracts the attentions of a young handsome Reginald, the rich but silly Sir James and the Handsome, but married Lord Manwaring. Critic and viewers alike “Love” it.

--X-Men: Apocalypse is but a fair movie that will probably thrill X-men lovers.

The Answer:

I’m always as surprised as perhaps you are to learn who these people are in the Tids-Q section. Jake Owen is a country singer who gained fame with his first big #1 hit Barefoot Blue Jean Night. His other number one’s were Alone with You, The One that Got Away and Anywhere with You. Angela Paton is one of those great character actors who you grew to love for her role as Mrs. Lancaster, the Innkeeper who greeted Bill Murray each new morning in Ground Hog day.  Big Money Bonus: The First Prime Minister of India was Jawaharlal Nehru. He gave America jackets that made men look bad.

The Patriots blood is the seed of Freedom’s tree.

Enjoy this weekend, and remember…E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!

Lee Greenwood and A Prayer for America:

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