Down with superficiality.

Today's Tids Issue 3,728

For breathing room:

I enjoy life in the reflections I see; in the eyes of those loves to be. I find it in response; opinions of those who do and do not agree. I feel it in honest reactions of unrestrained glee. I shimmer from glistening images bouncing off a quiet, sunlit sea. From those in my memory of my youthful spree; dancing to a waltz about Tennessee; placing the angel on our first Christmas tree. Visions that set me free to flee into fantasy. I love reflections, except in mirrors, with views of me.

Neil Cavuto, a pretty smart guy in Business news, is deplored by the left for his conservative bias, and killed by the right as a liberal lap dog. People see what they see and it is invariably based something they don’t truly understand.

If only orange day lilies were the last flowers to reflect the fading glow of Autumn. Those bright rascals of summer should be the memories we carry as winter turns landscapes gray, all of us awaiting the pure white dustings for Winter’s play. There are so many things that we hope will be, but as hard as we try, most will be really quite impossible to see. So I can dream, and reality will be what I imagine for me. Dreams are what’s not today, but what can someday grow to be.

I watched the 60 Minutes interview last night and what impressed me the most, was Ivanka Trump. In fact, we would move towards unity faster if she became a ventriloquist for Dad.

The Question:

Who are these People? Yes, your favorite “Q” of the day is back: Jimmy Hawkins, Sheila Frazier, Francis Conroy, Tracy Scoggins, Rex Linn and Caroline Goodall.

The Headlines:

--Stocks In Nowhere Land; Samsung By=uys Giant Auto Electronics Company Harman.

--Left Concerned About Breitbart’s Stephen Bannon As Part Of Trump’s Strategy Group.

--China Offers Trump Positive And Open Attitude Towards Cooperation.

--Senate Will Be Cautious In Support Of Trump Agenda To Slow Democrat Filibusters.

--NE Pats Look Vulnerable In Last Night’s Loss To Seattle.

--Most If News Is About People Not Liking Trump.

In reality, the TV networks own the NFL. This is why this current ratings decline is so onerous, and why there may be growing panic in the office of $35 Mil-per-year Chief Roger Goodell.. There are many excuses coming out of RG’s office, but one fact may bode ill winds for the future of the league and high paid athletes – streaming of games by millennials. All of a sudden that has become a huge factor, although some knew it was on the horizon. Maybe the NFL will start charging gaming sites Fan Duel and Draft King a content fee!

Upsets change the world and that is particularly true this week in NCAA football. How about the Clemson, Michigan and Washington teams ranked 2,43,,4  all gong down. Yikes. That really throws The Ohio State in to the championship bowl , unless Michigan can bounce back and take them in the big showdown. In the athletic world, Upsets make it better for all except the losers.

Dis and Mis, Department:

Some of the anger at these so-called protests is based on reported disinformation and misinformation, propagated by Democrat campaigns. One of the most obvious is the use of scare tactics to besmirch a proposed Trump promise to the repeal of ObamaCare. In reality, it will most likely be replaced by a more efficient financial plan hatched by the Repub Congress two years ago, which already includes Kids staying with parents until 26, no preexisting condition limitations and no life time caps. That said though, the groups pretesting didn’t need a reason, as the protests were planned before Trump was elected. These marches, by all reports are demonstrations for socialism and Trump is the perfect fodder. In an NPR report, several of the groups were identified as “Socialist Advantage” (Socialist Alternative), “Socialist Students”, a communist organization “Answer Coalition”, “Socialist Collective”, “Party for Socialism” and several more. You get the point, this is not organic, but could be in the future as more surveys show younger generations infatuated with pleasant sounding Marxist Doctrines. Like Trump or hate trump, he may indeed be the firewall that stops irrationality and awakens more people young and old to the realization that progressive movements have failed for centuries, while America grew.

My smart phone works better when I don’t have Cheeto dust on my fingertips.

There‘s a rumor going around that George Soros is paying protesters. It may or may not be true. But if it is true, Donald Trump even before taking office is creating jobs.

Isn’t it ironic that the groups are complaining about the constitutional process of the electoral college, while their own progressive candidate Bernie was nixed by a Democrat political scheme known as Super Delegates.

On another front, it appears there is rioting in the streets of Cleveland with chants: “The Chicago Cubs are not Our World Champions.!” Apparently the MLB office may call the series a draw with co-Champions – as both teams scored 27 runs. More to come.

Mike Pence could emerge as one of the USA’s better all-time Veeps. As opposed to many of the VP’s of the past, he has a particularly significant role in presenting a balanced executive office to a skeptical public.

I wouldn’t be honest if I didn’t say that athlete’s hairdos are often a distraction to my appreciation of their talents. But then, I could say the same about the POTUS in waiting. Maybe people like hockey because they wear helmets.

TV commercials for Medicare and some health care items are a boon to aging models and actresses.

I see life as a graph, with a nominal curve that cuts though divergent disparagers that disagree. It is a pendulum that naturally strives to find a way back towards the center, if allowed to swing unimpeded. All societies are built upon a statistical bell curve regardless of their ideologies. The distribution of talents and ambitions are always ordered in that well-known statistical display, and always have been. But somehow, critics see relationships that don’t exist. America is a unique nation that has understood the imbalances and how to temper the hindrances in a manner that permits unencumbered opportunity. The constitution is that steady rudder that will navigate a society through change. But, some would alter that rudder; would set us on a course that has often led to stormy seas with rocks we cannot see. (I think there were far too many cliché’s in that thought piece. But, tere is something in there. I know it.)

If it wasn’t for Omaha Steaks and LL Bean, I wouldn’t get very much email.

One of the looming controversies in America, as I see it in Windows 10 Chat rooms, is the loss of the “Undo” feature in Free Cell. Yikes! The bigger issue isn’t that it is now harder to score well and that the frivolous are virtually blocked from winning, but that software is too often changed for change sake, regardless of need. Why does advancement necessarily have to forsake the past?

The protesting marchers adhere to their constitutional right to denounce a constitutionally elected President.

The Answer:

Jimmy’s first starring role was as the four year old son of George and Mary Baily in “It’s a Wonderful Life>” Look for him this Christmas. He was in many films and TV shows including Donna Reed’s daughter’s Boyfriend in the DR Show, and in 87 episodes of Father Knows best. ––Francis Conroy is best known for playing Ruth Fisher in “Six Feet Under”, for which she won several awards including the GG and Sag. She was also celebrated for her role in “Coven”. –Tracy Scoggins’ first big role was as a fake deputy sheriff in the fourth season of Dukes of Hazard. She became very well known among soapie lovers for her role of Monica Colby in Dynasty. She also had good roles in “Lois and Clarke” and “The New Adventures of Superman.” –Rex Lin a-is best known for in his role as Frank Tripp, CSI: Miami. He is one of those faces you have seen n many movies and TV shows.  –You have seen Caroline Goodall in many good roles --  as Emilie Schindler in “Schindler’s List”, Opposite Michael Douglas in Disclosure and as the Star in Spielberg’s “Hook”. This English actress is always in demand by good directors. Last year she was opposite Kate Winslet and Judy Davis in The Dressmaker.

Duh reaction of the Week: Various ideological groups criticize Trump appointment.