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Today's Tids Issue 3,666

For Simplicity:

There are simple solutions to every problem. Or there would be if human emotions and egos weren’t involved.

The aisles of Staples, Target, Wal-Mart and other Back-To-School favorites are more crowded than beaches these days. The shift is on, and the end of the summer activities is in sight. And most significant, libraries are under assault as kids rush in to get books to fulfill their summer reading lists in the nick of time!

Hedge Funds are seeing their third consecutive month of net investor withdrawals. The reason, the expensive funds are underperforming the S&P by half. Big hedge funds are shrinking and people are being let go or leaving seeking the next investment dream world. But, with all of the convoluted schemes conjured to find that pot of gold, simplicity may the best answer over time.

One of Trump’s big problems is that he creates news that’s competitive with himself.

The Question:

Zowie! Double “Q” Day! 1. Who grew up on the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm? 2. What was the name of the first child of English parents born in America?

The Headlines:

--Street Happy About Wal-Mart Earnings Report; Analysts See World Stocks As Pretty Solid Now; Target Sees Fewer Customers, Poorer Earnings; 5.9 Million Homeowners Still have Mortgages Higher Than Value Of Homes.

--Fierce San Bernardino Wildfire Has Fire Fighters Struggling; Inferno Grows To 25,000 Acres.

--US Swimmers Pulled Off Flight Home As Lochte Robbery Mystery Deepens.

--Baton Rouge Flood Victims Must Rebuild Homes And Lives With Max Of $35K From Flood Insurance.

--Trump’s Manafort Said To have Funneled Money To US Lobbyists From Pro-Putin/Ukraine Party.

--Cisco Cuts 5,500 Jobs To free Investment Money for Cloud Expansion; Wall Street Happy At Number Lower Than previously Reported.

--Bombs Targeting Turkish Police Kill 6, Wound 200.

--DiCaprio Said To Have Lied As Justice Department Investigates His Charity As Connected To World’s Largest Embezzlement Scheme.

I always thought Fracking was the opposite of Fricking.

I just read an extensive review of the New Galaxy 7 Note smartphone, and I’m thinking, I don’t really need anything more than I’ve got on my current Galaxy 5. It’s the same with new cars that are over loaded with distracting frills, most of which I will never use. In reality there comes a point when mother necessity is fulfilled. But, in commercial reality, that point is never reached as long as there is competition. But then, most successful economies have never been built on simply, ”need” – but creating “want”.

I didn’t like Paul Manafort from the first time I saw him. He was not at all good on his feet in Q&A sessions, and definitely not warm and fuzzy.

A US Olympic sailor named Louisa Chafee said that she thought the Rio water cleanliness stories were “Blow completely out of proportion.” You may remember that the Tids in an interview with a world acclaimed marine photographer a year ago reported that he upon returning from assignment in Rio saw nothing more dangerous there than in any other waters in the world.  Do you think the media still fuming about their guy 0-Man not getting the Olympics were trying to do the Rio event in? Mr. Conspiracy man here has mused about that. Everything about this world event now seems to be good and almost all praise it in many ways. Instead of building up the competition and athletes, the media opted for sensationalism.

Speaking of media bias and bad reporting, it has just been learned that an over zealous CNN, which reported that the sister of the slain Milwaukee kid had “called for peace” saying “I don’t want no violence here, no ignorance here,” omitted something quite significant. In the next breath, she called out for taking violence to the suburbs!

It was just announced that July was the hottest day in the history of the world. Personally, I thought around here it was one of the cooler July’s I can remember.

The Answer:

1.  Of course, Snoopy the Wise became who he is living his early years on the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm. 2. Virginia Dare was born in 1587 on Roanoke Island off Virginia. This is the colony that vanished from the face of the earth and remains a great mystery.

So, let’s just keep this closing simple: Good-bye. Seeya.