Pokemon For President.

Today's Tids Issue 3,638

For Positive Thinking:

Isn’t interesting how funny and sunny go together so well. When people are dour and blue, a laugh will always get them through. And when the mood is gray, a bright shining sun will make their day. There a many simple ways to diminish grief, and one of them is certainly belief. But I guess I have many ways rebound from momentary downs, and misguided frowns. Not by seeking clowns, but reaching down and turning negatives around…to the sunny side.

A letter writer to the local newspaper reminds us of a Bobby Vinton tune which could be a theme for the Hillary campaign: “Careless”. Consider the lines, “Are you careless as you seem to be; or do you just care less for me (America)”.

Buy a howitzer for deer hunting and get more buck for the bang. Thank Shoe.

Poke’mon Go players who blindly follow their phones into sometimes dangerous areas, are a lot like this year’s voters who will dismiss their presidential favorite’s shortcomings and lies in order to vote.

The Question:

Who are these people? Mel Harris, Buddy Foster, Judi Evans Natalie Desselle Reid. Bonus: September 21 will be named National Lobster Month. All but one of the six New England states will be involved. Name that state,

The Headlines:

--DC Police Arrest Five Who Opened Fire In Latest Ambush Of Police Officers.

--Markets Strong; New Enthusiasm For Oil Growth.

--Iran Ships Approach CenCom Commander’s Ship.

--The Hague Tribunal Rules In Favor Of Philippines Over China In South Sea Dispute; Says No Legal Bias For China To Claim Bulk Of The Vast Sea; China Rejects Decision.

--Police Walk Off Job After WNBA Players Wear BLM Shirts.

--Sanders To Stand By Clinton At NH Rally; Still Not Certain Of Strength Of Support.

--Israeli Lawyers Sue FaceBook For One Billion Dollars For Ading Terrorism; Simply Put, “Hamas Uses FaceBook As (Communications) Tool For Terrorism.

History has proven that building a wall works. 2000 years ago the Chinese built a wall and they still don’t have any Mexicans.

One of the truly great basketball players and humans retired yesterday. Tim Duncan, the player Rick Petino thought would fall into his lap on draft day after he became President/Coach of the Celtics, didn’t.. and he went on to do it all, including turning around the San Antonio franchise. The 15 times all star was brilliant, and performed his magic quietly on and off the court. He is definitely on my personal all time favorite athletes’ list. I’d take a team of Tims any day.

Seniors can get discounts on everything except replacement teeth.

Intel is a helluva company when you consider all of the dramatic technology paradigms they have faced over the past 35 years or so. They just keep reinventing themselves to become the core technology for many of the amazing devices people seem to rely upon to day. I like companies that know when to start to move away from the past, who always have an eye looking towards the future. This week, this company most associated with Microsoft, Dell and the rest, moved past Qualcom as the leading supplier to Apple for IPhone.

Yesterday a German Mother admitted to killing 9 of her babies. Should we ban plastic bags and bathtubs?

In addition to the Dallas massacre, there have been several ambush murders of police in the past couple of months. How come the President, governors, assorted pols and media don’t balance their posturing in their rush to judgment against the police? That’s what bothers me.  

Political power has during the growth of the USA always been claimed by the maturing minority of the era, who would successfully beat back prevailing opinions of the day – the Irish, the Italians, the Blacks Women -- and now it appears that the Gay power base is steaming towards gaining seats, mayoral offices and legislative power. There are 500 LBGT people serving in elected government positions and 200 are running for positions in November. That’s just the way the world changes.

Why am I not surprised that a nation of lemmings will trend into the unthinking world of Poke’mon Go?

In 1960, RI was 96% white. Today with the rapid increase in Hispanics and Asians it is 76%.

The leftist media went berzerk with that photo of a woman standing before to heavily fortified police, like they were trying to equate this with the boy in Tiananmen Square standing before a “Tank.” The police were protected because their brethren had been ambushed and mowed down in Dallas a few days earlier. Why does the media have such a tough time being honest, instead of spreading illusions which are divisive.

There is no question that anther tradition soon to be buried is the department store. Amazon Prime and others on line have replaced the need for one stop shopping Mecca’s. The big merchandisers like Lord & Taylor or Nordstrom’s is seeing stores eliminated by gigantic mall ownership in favor of “Attractions”. Mall people are seeing the need for their future as an increase of small specialty shops and most important the need to add restaurants and amusement activities to draw people who are satisfied staying home to buy on line. I wouldn’t be surprised if they mall owners find a way to manipulate Pokemon Go to drive people into malls. It wouldn’t surprise me at all.

You have to wonder if progressive Dems will ever consider Venezuela as they weigh the benefits of socialism and limited congressional power. Nah, progressives never consider the facts.

The Answer:

Mel Harris a daughter of a Princeton Football coach. Born in Bethlehem Pa, she is best known for her roles on Thirty Something. She has had 5 husbands and is currently single. Yikes. She started out as a contestant on TV’s Pyramid. She starred in the legal Thriller “Burden of Proof.” Buddy Foster is the older brother of Jodi. He began as a child actor in Green Acres and Mayberry RFD. He is best known as the little boy who got more licks in a Tootsie-Pop commercial. He hasn’t done much since drew into chubbiness. If you were a “Days of our Lives” fan, then you knew Judi Evans well. Natalie D. Reid was an actress in many films like Zoe Gone, Madee’s Big Happy Family and B*A*P*S. She had the leading role n in TVs Eve. Bonus: Land locked Vermont has nothing to do with lobsters. They don’t go with maple syrup.

Nothing is ever as bad as it seems, especially when it comes to human squabbles.