Today's Tids Issue 3,592
Opening Stuff:
No
matter how it looks in the current abhorrent populist
culture, I believe that for every publicized, idolized slug there are a hundred
regular exceptional people plodding their way for the good of families and the
community around them.
If
you think about it, consumer credit card debt is
basically underwriting CEO salaries.
The
USA has suffered through a lot of inane fads over the
years, but I’m really concerned about what seems to be the most recent new
copycat activity – rampaging though public places with knives and guns. Maybe
we spend too much time reporting on bad behavior.
The
Question:
Disney’s TV properties are hurting the stock. Name
three of them. Bonus: What are the
worst ten states for property taxes.
The
Headlines:
--US Stocks Lower On Disappointing Earnings; Oil
Prices Up Sharply.
--Bernie Wins Again, But Rigged Delegate Vote For
The Hill Makes Mission Impossible; Trump Blasts Through WVa and Nebraska; Cruz
Makes Noise About Reentering Race.
--Car Bomb In Baghdad’s Sadr City Kills 52.
--In Off Camera Moment, Queen Elizabeth Is Heard
Calling Chinese Officials Very Rude”; Trump Has Invited Her To Be Secretary Of
State.
--Hillary Aide Cheryl Mills Walks Out of FBI Email
Questioning Session; Mills Used Attorney-Client Privilege In refusing To Answer
Q On Procedure Used To Determine Emails For Public Release.
--New Killer Storms Raising Havoc In Ohio.
Do
you realize that Bernie may be the most popular current
politician of them all, and he’s a socialist? Politicians and some business
people have so convoluted what should be an orderly capitalist society, that it
is easy to suck in socialism wannabes.
Oxidants
are rarely invited to big society events because they have no culture.
The
US economy was more orderly and less inflationary before
double income families.
The
truth is that I think Pasta Carbonara is one of my
favorites but I never order it because chefs dump too many peas into it. But,
here’s a good recipe that does not call for those mushy morsels. In a skillet
heat 1 tbs OO. Add 8 0z chunked pancetta and grnd pepper. Stir until meat is golden
crisp, 8 mins. In previously boiled water dump in 1 lb dried spaghetti and cook
to package directions al Dente. Scoop up cup of pasta water. Drain rest. Remove
skillet form heat and spoon off all fat but 2 tbs. Add two spoons of pasta
water and scrape up good brown stuff on bottom of pan. Add Pasta to skillet
back on med heat. Toss to coat
completely with oil et al. About a min. You should add more water if it appears
dry. Remove from heat. Beat 4 large eggs, and pour over pasta mix. Toss quickly
and continually until eggs thicken. Sauce should look creamy and coat pasta.
Stir in more pasta water, a few tbs at a time to loosen sauce. Stir in 1/2 cp grated parm-Regianno and 1/4 cp grated
Pecorino. Garnish with Parsley. How bad can it be.
How
about that new Muslim Mayor of London, a known Islamic
extremist sympathizer, saying that Trump doesn’t get it! And to make it even
worse, he’s a lawyer too! (Sorry lawyer friends. It was pitch right down the
middle of the plate, and I had to swing.)
No matte what it says on a person's birth certificates, there are privacy stalls in both men's and ladies rooms.
The
Truth at Last, Department:
The local big city newspaper, The Providence
Journal, may have discovered how to stay viable in an instant, fleeting news
world – do what newspapers used to do – Go after the misdeeds of pols instead
of being a repository for their publicists excuses and cover-ups. This great
old paper is back to hard hitting, reporter generated, no holds barred exposes
of what’s really going on. It’s been a long time coming, but it should open the
eyes of brainwashed citizenry, and help their news stand sales too.
The
Parking Lot: Chapter 60 continues…
After greeting
Fred, Jared went outside and across the street to a bench that gave him a view
of the small café, and the bustling of the harbor. He took out his phone and pretended
to be interested in something. His eyes were everywhere but the phone.
Nancy was
so far ahead of him on this one, that he was happy to be a pawn in her scheme.
He reflected on the wisdom of hose early Hicks families. He worried about how Nancy
reconciles the activity of Richard against fellow colonists during the King
Phillip War. Were there records on that? In the long run, it worked out well
for everybody, including the Sachem of Nancy’s ancestors. Even the factions of
Howlands who went along with Richard’s genius grew substantially on the deal. But,
there were always outside Howlands.
Out of
the corner of his eye, Jared saw something large practically blocking the
morning sun.. His body tensed. It was the same big guy who whacked him into oblivion
with a two by four.
At the
beginning of this caper. He pressed a couple of buttons on the phone. He pulled
down the brim of his cap, and zipped up the neck of his fleece . He slid the phone
into his packet, hunched over and walked slowly up the street towards the car.
He watched the monster, also walking slowly towards the café. He must have followed
Fred, Jared thought. Then he saw the man’s hand reach into a side pocket of his
jacket. In a quick movement he pulled half way out what looked like a gun,
looked at it and shoved it back in. The big oaf stopped and inhaled.
Jared looked
back Just as he got to their car. Mr. Giant was opening the door to the café.
Jared jumped in, started the car, and drove up one block and into an alley. It
took a minute. He turned it around so it was facing out toward the street. Within
a second, he heard the car doors opening and Saw Nancy jumping in his front
seat and Fred in the rear.
“What the
hell just happened,” asked Fred.
The
Answer:
Disney may bring images of fawns romping in gassy
fields, but it is all about making money, and TV properties are messing with
the balance street. ABC is the big TV operation. Other areas in Mickey Mouse TVLand
are A&E, Disney Channel, ESPN. Bonus: #10 North Dakota. The rest down to
1 (Worst) are Bernie’s Socialist Vermont, 8. Michigan, 7. Connecticut 6.
Illinois 5. Nebraska 4. Wisconsin 3. Texas 2. New Hampshire (Everybody loves it
for no income tax but…) and #1, the worst place for property taxes is…New
Jersey.
In
case you are interested. 110 million people have upgrade to Window’s 10.
Sounds good. But, in 2015 206,800,000 tablets were shipped. Apple has a 24%
share followed by Samsung’s 16.2. The rest are Lenovo 5.4, ASUS 3.4 and Huawei
3. So, you may think, where is the Microsoft Surface, which After all, is on TV
all of the time! About 1.6 million of those units have been sold, in what is
known as the “Detachable” segment of the tablet industry. IPad Pro sold about 2
Million and the Google entry flopped. So the fastest growing hot end of the
Tablet biz is comparatively miniscule, and the tablet biz in general worldwide
is in decline. Why? Probably because people can do just about anything on their
phones. That’s the reality of that situation. The IPad was practically an earth
shattering phenomenon introduced just a mere 5 years and 8 months ago on
January 11, 2010. That’s the reality of the world we live in today. It
disappears quickly. I really don’t care. Rocking chairs still work as well as
they always have.
I
wanted to buy one of those Disney TV property’s up
for sale, but was afraid I’d be called Goofy. Quack. Quack.
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