Today's Tids Issue
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For Doris:
Remember
back when almost most everybody learned from their parents:
“If you don’t have something nice to say about a person, don’t say anything at
all”. I always thought it was a pretty good guideline to live by. I think a lot
of people did. I doubt with social media we’ll ever come close to that
principle again. But, maybe Tweeters and Instagrammers and Facebookers could at
least think about hurtfulness every once in a while. Of course, that
recommendation for kind living was never meant to include politicians!
It’s hard to
walk on the sunny side of the street when you read about two young Chicago
teens bursting into another young teen’s home and shooting him to death over a
pair of sneakers. People will rise to protest against guns, but I protest
against any action that blurs the real problem, and getting to the crux of it,
Why are kids (And adults) killing each
other willy-nilly lately with any weapon available including Knives, Guns and
Automobiles. A lot of people think it is the new gloom and doom “entertainment”
that normalizes anger and violence; political correctness that doesn’t
acknowledge real problems in society. That’s the Wrong Track upon which many
Americans think the country following into a chasm. Enabling and making excuses
does not a great society make.
If there is one
thing Trump should do right away, it’s to separate his presidency as far
away from his businesses as humanly possible. He talked about on-going
congressional investigations of Hillary. His ties to his business could be
easily be grounds for impeachment, and certainly fodder for the haters.
The
Question:
In what year did Microsoft introduce Windows? Bonus: What was the name of the first child
of the Mayflower born in America? Super Bonus: name the 3 most liberal and 3
most conservative media operations. (Note, the media were rated based on a Pew
Research study of the opinions of the audiences. – far left, left, moderate,
right and far right.)
The
Headlines:
--3 Police Officers In Three Separate States Shot In
Unprovoked Attacks.
--Stocks Up Across The Board; Potential Trade War
Could Raise Consumer Prices Without Adding Jobs; Home Mortgage Interest Rates
Creep Up; Will This Slow Homebuilding Industry?
--Quickly Transmitted “Fake News” On Social Media
Sites Becoming Large Problem.
--Obama-Putin Stares In Peru Chilling.
--Pope Francis Extends Catholic Priests’ Rights To
Forgive Abortion.
--Mexico Prez Says He Would Sit with Trump To
Modernize NAFTA.
--Dozens Killed In Kabul Mosque Killed By Suicide
Bomber.
--Massive India Train Accident Kills At Least 133.
--Trump Confirms That Wife And Son Will Stay In NYC
Until Son Finishes School.
--Donations To Clinton Foundation Have Quickly
Plummeted To Dried Up Status.
The people
around here were horrified after reading the story of the woman in a
wheelchair, who while gambling at 5:30 AM in a local casino last Friday was
approached by a man who stole her wallet and pushed out of the chair to the
floor -- “Gambling at 5:30 in the morning!” they gasped.
0-Man has been
at his anti-Trump,
anti-smooth transition best while traveling outside of the USA. What I want to
know, with all of the seething anger that tis ex-Prez seems to be able to
generate, where is it in regard to helpless, totally innocent police
slaughtered in surprise attacks?
I love that new
series on Netflix, The Crown. It is powerful and very entertaining.
Episode Two’s transition scene from George to Elizabeth over the words of
Winston Churchill was riveting, at least for this old Anglophile.
I never liked
bars that served Measured pours. And I don’t like the new eateries with
formula packaged sandwiches. Where are the personal relationships of yore. Back
in the old days when America was great, you had delis who knew your likes and
corner bars who took good care of you.
When you think
about it,
from what I have read about the Hillary campaign I’m finding it has remarkable
similarities to the Edsel fiasco. It was the old case of “We know what you need
whether you want it or not.” And in the Hill camp, they disregarded research
that said exactly why people were upset and exactly what they wanted in a
President.… like at Ford where the research told them exactly why USA people
didn’t like the Edsel.
I think there
may be a good novel
in the story of the Newport RI born and bred Thomas Ince. Ince a movie
producer, died mysteriously in 1924 while at his own 44th birthday party on the
264 foot yacht Oneida owned by Randolph Hearst. Hearst and his mistress were
the hosts for a lavish movieland crowd that included many super stars of the
day like Charlie Chaplin. Ince was very powerful in the movie business, having
made over 600 movies and perfected mass production of films, especially
Westerns. He was on the Yacht to sign an agreement with Hearst. While The LA
Times and NYT said his death was from heart failure, a rumor about a bleeding head
wound from gunshot took hold after Ince’s wife ran to Europe. Interested? I’ll
have to work on that.
Actually, there
have been three fictionalized versions of the tale: A novel by granddaughter
Patricia Hearst – Murder at San Simeon. RKO 281, a movie about the making of
Citizen Kane that has a scene where screen writer Mankiewitz and Orson Wells
are talking of rumors about the “murder”. The Cats Meow is a 2001 version of
Ince’s death. But, Hollywood is always in the mood for a sequel, especially
when it is about them!
I doubt if there
is anything that Trump can do that will keep the negatives coming from the
left. Or from the media pouncing on them. Maybe real Democrats will tell the
left to shut up…in a nice way of course.
Do you think
that the cast Of Hamilton has been reading too much Fake News on social media
sites?
Winter’s sleep: Yesterday
brought to an end many of the sports events that seem to go on all year long.
–You missed something if you didn’t see the end of the NASCAR final race.
Daring Do by surefire winner to be Carl Edwards forced him into a wall, thus allowing
ten great Jimmie Johnson to sneak by Busch and Logano for another crazy vestry…champ
of the year. –Henryk Stenson didn’t win the final big Euro tour event but he won
the overall Dubai Championship for of Europe’s tour. – Andy Murray beat the
mighty Djokovic to end the year number one in the world of tennis. _Jordan Spieth
won the Australian Open to end his year with a sneak preview of potentially a
better year in 2017. – The last PGA had a five player playoff which was won Mackenzie
Hughes over Villegas, Horschel, Norlander and Barber…8 minutes ago.
So now it is
onto Football,
Basketball and the winding down of the Fall sports like Soccer. Yesterday in
the NCAA Soccer playoffs, #22 Providence College beat #1 Maryland in a super
exciting comeback from 3 goals down victory.
By the way, did
you read where the left in France is about to be toppled by a populist
movement. I guess that‘s why 0-man didn’t visit Hollande during his last EU
tour. One of the biggest issues there is the French concern about losing their
national identify due to an uncontrolled influx of immigrants. The US has
always had a strong identity with Immigrants, but not so chaotic as it is now
with immigrants breaking laws to enter and their supporters seemingly oblivious
to rules for a an orderly society.
The
average age in the Saturday obit page was 81.7.
That includes the three lowest ages of 41, 51 and 61 and at the high end, 8
ages of 90 or more among a total of 18. Just in case you are keeping track.
A
new study by linked-In says that Diversity is a very low
consideration for Venture Capitalists analyzing investment opportunities.
The Boston Lyric
Opera Company is testing out a “Tweeting Section” so the
performances will appeal to more millennials, obviously the audiences of the
future. That sounds pretty sad to me. I personally think escaping form the garbage
of the day is a great reason to go to any entertainment venue, unless of course
it would be for Wanda Sykes.
It’s easy to
pick on the youth because a lot of the news about them is typically about
what they are doing wrong. But for every flashy news headline, there are hundreds,
thousands of young people doing great things. There are many attending college
who actually study and work hard for the future. There are high school grads
who may have married their sweethearts, and are working their asses off to build
a future for their family. Too often, the spotlights miss the targets.
Remember when
“Happy Days”
brought us back from the morass of the late 60’s early 70’s?
Former Canadian
amateur champion
Mackenzie Hughes looks like another of those young great golfers for the
future. (BTW, I wrote tis before his win this morning at the final PGA event.
He has been on te rise all year long.)
If your local newspapers
like mine this morning, you will see them probably complaining about lack of cabinet
picks so far. Just remember that their hero Obama didn’t not pick his first until
November 24 and he was elected 4 days earlier than Trumperino. Frankly, I would
just stop reading the news part of the media...and I will if I can find my comics
and local sports elsewhere.
Speaking of
hypocrisy,
Jon Stuart came out against his liberal pals saying that they like the idea of
characterizing all Trump supporters as racists, but go berserk when people they
like are stereotyped by the ugly right. So basically, all of this anti this and
anti that noise is pure ideological BS. Unfortunately, the Libs seem to have a
bigger microphone and certainly more printers ink.
I think all
aging Hippie-Americans own cute little gift shops for artisans run by the
wives or hanger on girlfriends because the men are so wasted from decades of
pot and other. OMG, I just stereotyped an entire Boomer segment. Shoot me.
The Answer:
It
was in 1985 when Microsoft first introduced Windows to the world. Bonus: Peregrine White was born after
The Mayflower moored off of what is now Provincetown Mass on the tip of Cape
Cod. You have to wonder if Pollical Correctness advocates will march to change
his last name in respect for diversity. Is that what they mean by “White
Guilt”? Super Bonus: Ok, the two
most way liberal audience media are New Yorker and Slate. Very close in Liberal
ideology are Daily Show, The Guardian, Al Jazeera America, NPR, Colbert report
and NY Times. On the furthest Right side you have Breitbart media, Limbaugh
Show, The Blaze and Hannity and Beck Shows. Close to the far right is Drudge.
Not so far left is BuzzFeed, PBS, BBC, Huffington Post, Washington Post,
Economist and Politico. Not so far right is Fox News. The most left cable shows
are MSNBC and CNN just ahead of NBC News. Just left of Center is CBS, Google,
Bloomberg, ABC and USA Today. Just Right of center is Yahoo and WSJ. As you can
see there are a couple of older programs on this list, but the overall survey
is very interesting. And it may have changed with a large audience in mourning.
Check out Political Polarization & Media Habits at Pew Research Center – Journalism
and Media.
I have to admit
that I began this Tids hoping to be positive and upbeat, walking along
where the sun shines and rainbows signal hope. But, irrationality always gets
me down.
Doris Day:
I
think I saw this movie 6 times when I was a young lad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL87sHjXlVU
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