Layng quietly in fields

Layng quietly in fields
Glstening lights

Monday, August 1, 2016

Evonne Goolagong is 65. Yikes!



Today's Tids Issue 3,652
For Agility:

Ah August, the month that does nothing. Oh, I know some really great people who were born this month. But as a month, it just sits there waiting for September. Oh I don’t hate I it. In fact I like the way the days and nights cool down; how the grass turns deep green again. People who remember History and aren’t afraid of telling the truth, celebrate VJ day. That was a biggie. But as a month in general it’s about winding down the summer, walking in salty waters, feeling gentle ripples messaging your ankles; looking out to sea through the summer haze knowing the breathtaking fall months are a but a few waves away over the horizon. I guess August isn’t so bad after all.

Democrats call voter ID laws restrictive. I call them protective.

Some people and media were critical of the Pope for not saying anything at his visit to Auschwitz. An elderly Jewish woman,  holocaust-victim Jewish woman had a different opinion: “Unspoken words are the strongest, most emotional, most feeling…most painful. His listening and praying quietly was perfect.”

When the statistics are not in your favor you use emotional anecdotal evidence. I did it all the time when I was selling unsubstantiated products. Does that make me a democrat?

That “Bang!” you heard was football players hitting with pads again. The world just got better.

I see where Alphabet (Google’s Parent) and GSK (Glaxo-Smith-Kline) have joined together to form a new company in the Bioelectronic Medicine’s Field. These are the kinds of sensible business collaborations that I see as the new wave of giant companies for the future. Uber will probably get into the ambulance business.

The Question:
What are in order the Ten Oldest cities in America? Bonus: The PGA Tourney fought the rain and turned in another great Major’s championship with nice guy Jimmy Walker becoming the latest Majors Champion. Name the top ten players still playing today with the most Majors?

The Headlines:
--Market Opens Slightly Higher; Investors are Seeing Stocks As Best Place For Dough
--16 Killed In Hot Air Balloon Accident Prayed For By Millions.
--Koch Brothers Decide To Sit Out Presidential Race; Will Focus Money On Senate And House Races.
--Hillary’s Campaign Hacked; Trump Ain’t Talking.
--Ellicott City Md ravaged By Killer Floods.
--Romney Says Trump Could Win; Adds He Should Congratulate Him On Feat Of Taking Nomination.

Hillary wants to continue the Obama idea of piling everything into Social Security, which was intended to be a pay as you go retirement plan for working people. When you think about it, SS is pretty much what is wrong with America – Congress robbed it to atone for their mismanagement of the budget. And now every socialist thinks it’s a slush fund for give away voter bribes. And the seniors are constantly threatened that it’s going out of business. That’s one reason why a lot of people don’t think America is so great anymore; that according to the RCP average of all polls a full 69.7% think The USA is going in the wrong direction. The wrong direction is not so “great” in my book.

Did you hear about the crash dummy dog that had an accident in the living room? –Mike Peters

Let’s see the media wrote a lot of headlines about the anger at the Repub convention. Yet, when at the Dem shindig a Police officer asked for a moment of silence for the murdered officersm the crowd erupted, went nuts shouting “Black lives matter…”

I believe the hardest thing I do is trying to hold a conversation with a teenager.

From what I’ve seen post conventions, the news networks are Clinton Boasting System, Nobody But Clinton, Clinton News Network, Mostly Socialist News Boosting Clinton and Anything But Conservatives. And the Dems cry, from the White House down, about the popularity of Fox News. Five against one – I think the Repubs have a problem.

My 4 favorite piano Concertos are Beethoven’s 4th, Rachmaninoff’s 2nd, Saint Sans’ First and Grieg’s A Minor. When I want to fill my head with beauty, and my heart with dreams, that’s where I go.

BTW, BBC called Trump’s Russia hacking remark sarcasm.

Did you see where Hillary in her big appearance wore white like an unsullied Bride. Yikes!

One thing that stood out to me at the Dem Convention was a sincere undercurrent of anti-war sentiment. In fact, I felt it was one of the few honest unsolicited reactions from the audience.

While it is easy for me to find disgust in an apparent left leaning media, I am equally appalled that Trump would ban media from his events.

I think Scott Pelley has a tattoo of Hillary on his rump. Did you ever watch him, his austere, intellectual presence? But, when he mentions the word Hillary his eyes actually twinkle a bit and a little corner of his mouth turns to a suggestion of a smile.

The Parking Lot: Chapter 67 continues…
   The waiting was gnawing away at Nancy, and making the guys tense. Nancy knew she was losing control of her plan since that one message on McGuire’s phone sold her out. She shivered now, feeling her stomach turn over at te thought of McGuire lying in blood on Hope Street. She had discovered the man to be a pretty good guy after he learned the truth, and began to understand there was more to his state than the needs of the legislature and political cronies.
   Suddenly a motor roared to life, then another. Nancy sucked in her breath and stared at the edges of her island. Finally she realized that it was that time in the morning when fishermen got out on the water to snag the early catch. A third motor sounded, and then a fourth, her’s. It was safe to go. She headed south keeping the Island between her boat and where she last saw the goons. “Jared keep your eyes on my island and for signs of that boat.”
   Nancy had to keep her eyes ahead as there were some rocky outcroppings from the smaller islands that dotted this less navigable part of the lake. She knew ever pebble. Safely through the maze, she made a sharp right into a shadowed area of the lake and immediately slowed the motor to a rumble.
   “I’m seeing nothing,” shouted Jared. Nancy started to breathe regularly again as she maneuvered the boat to a small dock virtually invisible from the broader lake. She shut down the engine and drifted the last 10 feet. She looked up and saw a light coming on from a window in a small cabin about 50 feet from the dock.
 
The Answer:
The fifteen oldest continuously inhabited cities in the USA are St. Augustine Fl, Jamestown Va, Santa Fe NM, Hampton Va, Keoughtan Va, Newport News Va, Albany NY, Jersey City NJ, Plymouth Ma, Weymouth Ma, Dover NH, Gloucester Ma, New Amsterdam (NYC) NY, Salem, Lynn and Charlestown Mass. Most if the really old cities of the Americas are in South and Central America and the Caribbean. Jersey City! Bonue” Phil Michelson with 5 is the leader. Next with 4 are Rory McIlroy and Ernie Els, At 3 we Have Vijay Singh and Padraig Harrington. The wonners of two are Jordan Spieth, Angel Cabrerra, Bubba Watson, Zach Johnson, Retief Goosen, Martin Kaymer, Single winners are Treveor Immelman, Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott, Danny Willett, Michael Campbell, Jim Furyk, Lucas Glover, Dustin Johnson, Graeme McDowell,Goeff Ogilvy, Justin Rose, Webb Simpson, Ben Curtis, Stewart Cink, Louis Oosthuizen, Keegan Bradley, Jason Day, Jason Dufner,Davis Love and Henrik Stenson. A couple of senior Tour players are double major winners too: John Daly and Bernhard Langer.

I think the Koch Brothers got it right. The key to the next four years regardless of the President is having a strong Republican Congress. Too many less than knowledgeable voters forget that Congress is supposed to be a powerful check to the President. And to all of those who complain that “O” couldn’t do what he wanted because of Congress, forget that he had a Dem Senate and House for two years and all he got past was a bad health law. Let’s hear it for the Koch Brothers!

Happy August E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y! I’m going out to watch an old Goolagong tennis video.


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