Today's Tids Issue
3,787
For Whatever:
“The
reason women don’t play football is because 11 of them would
never wear the same outfit in public.” Only 64.67 hours until The Big Game.
Say,
did you see where the Groundhog saw his shadow
and we have 6 more weeks of winter? There’s no truth to the rumor that the shadow
he saw was that of Donald trump.
The
telephone conversation between Trump and PM Malcom Turnbull
of Australia was quite disturbing to me. It isn’t necessarily because Trump did
what he does so mindlessly at times, it is that Australia has put itself in a
position to survive economically very nicely because of their growing
relationship with China.
The
Question:
In what year do you think the first celebration of
the renown Punxsutawney groundhog occur? Bonus:
Throughout this edition of your morning mess, I will have funny lines from a well-known
comedian. Who do you think it is?
The
Headlines:
--Stock Markets Up; FaceBook Shares Up; Under-Armor
Shares Decline 23%; Retail Outlet Closures Inhibit selling; Company Looking To
Improve “Fashionability”; US Jobless Claims Fall To 245K.
--Target, Wal-Mart And Others Team Up Against Trump
Border Policy That Would raise Prices By
20% On Everyday Items.
--Iran Dismisses “Useless” Threats From
“Inwexperienced” Person.
--French Center Right President Candidate Fighting
Charges Of Financial Misdoings.
“I
want my children to have all of the things I
couldn’t afford. Then I want to move in with them.”
There
is global, and then there is global. In one global,
businesses of a country expand by creating worldwide markets and cost effective
production sites. In the other there is a movement towards global governmental
bodies where the ultimate goal is to supersede the laws, cultures and idiosyncrasies
of individual countries. Sometimes the economic global imitative gets clouded
by the governmental control threat and there is a misguided overreaction.
There
are many kinds of headlines. There are headlines
that tell the entire story, requiring no further reading like “Mary Tyler Moore
is buried”. There are headlines that actually report news as in something
really new. And then there are plenty of meaningless headlines reporting
surveys and opinions from PR firms for
people, organizations, governments and businesses with an agenda. And then in
RI is there is stupid headlines like Quotes about republicans from the four man
left leaning congressional delegation.
Detroit
TV stations went berserk during the Muslim Moratorium
riots as they reported over and over that a local man’s mother had died because
of the ban that forbad her from reaching US hospitals. The Trump action had
nothing to do with her death, as she had been dead for several days before the
action. And, these are professionals?
“Any
time three New Yorkers get into a cab without an
argument, a bank has just been robbed.”
In
1942, a LA Times columnist WH Anderson wrote, “…a
Japanese -American almost always grows up to be a Japanese, not an American.” (making
a case for WWII security.) Just in case you have been wondering if we have
dramatically changed. The anti Irish quotes of the mid-19th century
are boundless, e.i. – “Irish are more like squalid apes than human
beings…unstable as water…only efficient military despotism (Can succeed in
Ireland) …the wild Irish understand only force.” James Froude, Professor of
History, Oxford. Another Englishman, Edward Freeman, commenting on America:
“This (America) would be a great land if only every Irishman would kill a negro
and be hanged for it.” And so it goes. Controversies over immigration has been
ongoing since the beginning of time. Hatred for those not of your own has been
intrinsic in human relations. Yet, somehow we evolve.
The
UConn women’s basketball team won their 96th
game in a row last night. I believe that more teams will be catching up with
them over the years ahead. One of the problems UConn women, and their recent
national champion men’s team face is that they are in a less that powerful league.
It probably hurts the men more than the women, because the women still have Auriemma.
What happens when he retires. Trophies and headlines only last so long. retires
someday,
I
worry about Trump and how he will interact with The Fed.
As you know, the Federal Reserve System is the Central Banking system of the
USA, and was developed after the great depression. The Congressionally
authorized organization supposedly free from political encumbrances has three
objectives – “Maximizing employment, stabilizing prices and moderating long
term interest rates. In 2009 following the great recession the body of 12 banks
also took on the charge of supervising and regulating banks, maintaining the
stability of the financial system and providing financial services to Depository
institutions. The board of the Fed is appointed by the President! I have
certainly written my complaints about Fed actions over the past several years,
but now you have to wonder what the groundhog sees today for the Fed under
Trump – a financial winter? This is serious stuff.
Most
of you probably aren’t interested in the Boston Celtics,
but their five foot nine inch whiz Isaiah Thomas may be the most amazing player
in the league. This Celtic leprechaun darting among trees always shows up in
the 4th quarter when he is needed most. Last night he had 44 points
and pulled up his team again for a win, after it had been trailing all night
long. Sometimes the heart is a better measure than a ruler.
After
about two weeks in office, there are many theories and
fantasies about where Tropism will take us. While well-presented theories can
always appear to have some sense of logic, it is the source of them that tells
us most. If you write well, you can get people nodding without facts.
Hollywood-ites
seem to get there opinions from movie scripts. Sara Silverman
is calling on the US military to overthrow the President! What country is she from?
Lame celeb opinions are getting lamer, like Whoopie yesterday saying in a
convoluted attempt at logic, Trump is worse than the Taliban. Then…up stands Matthew
McConaughey who thinks his fellow Actor attitudes against Trump are not
“alright, alright, alright. In an interview he said, “ it’s time to embrace
trump and get over it.” “We have no choice. He is our President.” Not a ringing
endorsement but reality.
“You
know you’re old if they have discontinued your blood
type.”
Forgotten
under the noise of the day is the persecution of Christians
worldwide. A group called “Open Doors” has issued a report showing an increase
in the killing of Christians is now across all continents. Even in Catholic
Mexico, 23 Christians were murdered and
many beaten at the hands of “Hybrid” religions. Another report from “Center for
Studies on New Religions” says that 90,000 Christians were killed for their
faith and that 600 Million were prevented from practicing their faith through
intimidation. This isn’t anecdotal evidence. You don’t hear much news about it.
I guess it just doesn’t meet their criteria.
Coach
Jim Harbaugh of Michigan says Tom Brady is the greatest
football player of all time. That’s pretty unequivocal. I’m buyin’ it. Think
there will be any arguments?
I
think Mayor Elorza of wannabee sanctuary city Providence
is a pretty intelligent guy on many fronts, but he has a problem of only
wanting to hear what he has to say.
“A
Bachelor is a guy who never made the same mistake once.”
ABC
News is talking about potential executive order suggestions
floating around the White House that in all likelihood will never see the light
of day, but their loose lips will surely add fuel to anarchist fires.
The
Parking Lot: Chapter 74 continues…
Nancy put her
finger to her lips. Alex stopped talking and looked around. He heard something too.
He rose, shiny shoes, creased trousers, cashmere overcoat and all and crept up
so he could see between a pile of lobster tarps and buoys. He noticed movement,
but it was only one of those pickups driving slowly down the road towards their
meeting room.
He ducked
down and listened to the truck passing. About ten seconds later it stopped to
screeching breaks. The motor rumbled in idle, not far from where they were concealed,
and maybe near where Alex had thought he had hidden his car off he road.
They heard a
door slam, and footsteps moving across the clamshell path. Alex turned to see
Nancy scrambling up the small hill nearest the sounds. What she saw wasn’t one
of the two pickups from the pier, but another she remembered from that parking lot,
and the hulking driver too.
She moved quickly
over to Alex still perched on the rise opposite the intruder. , looked at his formal
dress, and whispered, “We got to get out of here,. Can you move quietly in that
stuff?”
“Try me.”
“Good, follow
me!” She quickly threw her leg up over the railroad tie at the surface and
rolled over so that’s she was partially hidden. She wiggled her way away form the
tie to make room for Alex. He was there almost simultaneously with her move, surprising
her with his agility. She smiled as he landed and then tugged his lapel. Within
seconds they were behind the traps where they could see and hopefully not be seen.
The
Answer:
The winter forecasting ability of Punxsutawney Phil
was first celebrated in 1887. Bonus:
One of the funniest comedians I remember for LOL was Phyllis Diller. “I admit I
have a tremendous sex drive. My boyfriend lives forty miles away.”
“Cleaning
your house while your kids are still growing up is like
shoveling the sidewalk before it stops snowing.”
Thanks
to a smiling reader for Phyllis.
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