Today's Tids Issue
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For relaxing in a "Keeping-Up" world:
College
years used to be about becoming educated, feeding a
hungry intellect. But the times they are achangin’ , as one Nobel poet once
said. Now I always believed that colleges were important for the intellectually
curious where intelligent professors would augment these fertile brains with facts
and theories, and most importantly reasoning skills. But, alas the market for
philosophy jobs is in bankruptcy. We’re in a “Just do it” society where today
colleges are scrambling to become training schools designed to educate for real
existing jobs. In other words, provide courses to produce specific skills that
employers need; and along the way try fill their brains with the ability to be
reasoned and rational. Knowing how to do a job is one thing. Communicating with
others and feeling confident is what sets individuals apart. So, liberal arts
is out, and training is in. But don’t tow away the brains with the drive to
practicality.
Is
hot, buttery popcorn a vegetable?
Don’t
you think that “Oh My God!” has become as dated as a kitchen
cabinets on H&G TV.
The
Question:
Now being “dated” is not generally the desire of our
intelligent, contemporary, urgent, beautiful Tids readers. Name the World’s ten
most popular Fashion designers.
The
Headlines:
--Wall Street Wary Awaiting Word On Trump Tax Plan;
Nasdaq Comes Off Yesterday’s All Time High.
--Munchin Outlines Admin Tax reform. (More to come
tomorrow)
--US Installing Anti-Missile Battery In South Korea.
--Pre-Mediated Violation Of United States
Immigration Laws Falls To Lows Predating Obama.
--Canada Reports Some Progress On US Lumber Issue.
--Ivanka Trump Says “Syrian Refugees A Global Humanitarian
Crisis.
In
talking to a lot of people about their grandchildren
and children, a pattern developed that said a lot of our younger generation
seem to love being young, stress-free and sometimes irresponsible as they head
into their early to mid-twenties. My theory is that as twelve year old’s they
had become so adult that they never saw the childhood before them and didn’t
truly realize what they were losing until they were twenty they woke up to discover
the vacuum – all of that youthful
innocence they had missed.
In
case you are interested, a noted consumer electronics
experts says that after a few weeks using the new Galaxy S8+, he feels that the IPhone 7 Plus is the best smart phone in the
world. Now, he cautions, that is not to
say the S7 isn’t positively amazing and looks and feels far better than the
IPhone. But, that’s where it ends. He says it is in the software where iOS is
just better, smoother than Android, especially the continuity features which
are miles ahead of Samsung. In addition, IPhone has better apps, and S8 can’t
keep up with IPhone 7 in performance. It sounds like no contest from here. But
I’ll keep my old, outdated Galaxy S5. It still works just fine.
Business
Bloatation is rearing its ugly head again, and excessive
bloviation may be the culprit. Is it precursor to a downturn when companies
must pare over-staffing accompanying the economy which was resurging from 2008?
Or, is it once again those unstoppable generational changes, that has ESPN
shooting air balls. The Disney owners are distressed as the big sports media company
hemorrhages subscribers, from about 100 million to 88.4 mil. That is a lot of
ad dollars that the Scrooge McDuck company isn’t getting. Maybe as early as
today, some pretty big (in their own mind) on air personalities will e heading
to the dugout in favor of a low-cost relief pitcher. It doesn’t surprise me.
How often do you need to hear repeated opinions about old stories, many of
which were not very important in the first place, especially since they have
already been tweeted by 100’s of thousands!
Hyperbole
versus fake news, Department:
The term “Fake news” rubs me the wrong way. I’m
thinking I’m likening Hyperbolic News better, you know the art of exaggerating
positively or negatively. A recent example of that was how the news treated
Ivanka in Germany. All I saw in various news papers or in the utterances of
Nightly News talking heads was the emphasis on only “Groans” and “Hisses”. But
from eye witness reports we learn that IT was supremely poised and gracious,
battling through the guttural responses of a hostile audience. The First
daughter won admiration from the leaders of the conference like Merkel and Head
of IMF Christine Lagarde. Actually the left should be a little soften by her.
She seems quite moderate and seems to judge positons on their merit as opposed
to party ideology. German Prez
I’m
not too bothered by the easing of restrictions on Wall Street.
All I ask is that here are no bailouts, and harsh jail time for investment
people who take irresponsible risks with other people money. Let the results of
failure be the regulator; failure was always the built-in governor, speed bump
of capitalism. When companies go belly-up, no parachutes.
Don’t
talk out loud in Public, Department:
This morning I walked outside with my granddaughter
to meet her dad who had driven over, when it was actually easier for me to take
her to him. As he rolled down the window, I said “You’re crazy!” and we
laughed. He retorted with some snide comments about the inadequacies of old
people. We laughed some more. But the to my right a Hispanic man was crossing
the street 10 feet from us saying, “Who you callin’ crazy!” I immediately
looked for a knife, cowered and pointed to my son-in-law. Sorry Sanctuary city
people, but he as Hispanic…and really big.
I
love thinking about how much money I have saved by
wearing outdated clothes.
Retailing
paradigm changes will devastate malls over time. But, not
far behind will be, I suspect, the inevitable closing of big multiplex theaters,
another cornerstone of big malls. The movie trade is moving at warp speed
directly into the living room. I just think of all the buttery popcorn not
eaten, and that bothers me.
A
lot of people I know tin that Trump is goofy, daffy
at best. But the fact that liberals hate him with such venom says to me that he
must be doing something right.
BTW,
Wilbur Ross, Commerce Secretary, held a Press
conference prior to the daily White House Effort. He was outstanding and appeared
to warm the normal somewhat hostile audiences with knowledge and handling of a
variety of questions. The whole thing ended with genuine laughter on both
sides. There are in fact many smart peeps in Trump’s cabinet, who should come
out from time to time to sooth the furrowed brows of angry reporters.
The
rumor out there says Melania is saying no more sex
every time you tweet.
The
Answer:
This is a colorful Top Ten starting with Betsy
Johnson (Born in Wethersfield CT). Continuing on we have Tom Ford, Donatella
Versace, Ralph Lauren, Marc Jacobs, Valentino Clemente, Domenico Dolce and
Stefano Gabbanawho, Lee Alexander McQueen, John Galiano and Stella’s McCartney
(Paul’s Daughter). I didn’t see LL Bean in there.
The
years pass by so quickly these days, it is difficult to
know exactly when “Dated” began.
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