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Today's Tids Issue 3,877

For Simple Laughter:

I don’t quite get this anger from Trump about Merkel. It seems his biggest complaint is that Germany is “bad” because they are good at what they do.

We should always think of wrinkles as where smiles have been. –Mark Twain

Interestingly though, most European economic observers, like Mervyn King Former Governor of the Bank of England and Marcel Fratzscher President of Berlin’s DTW support Trump’s criticism of the German surplus saying: “The Criticism is right -- Germany’s trade surplus is excessive”; “President Trump is right when he identifies a problem with current international trading and monetary relationships.” Sometimes it isn’t what he says, but most times it is how he says it. With The Donald, you can generally write from both sides of the spectrum and be absolutely correct at any given moment.

Each night it became harder and harder to watch CBS nightly News. It appears that the very smug Scott Pelley’s boss knew that too, because Scott has been moved off the show, now back on 60 mins permanently. The shows ratings were declining rapidly, and it must have been because more and more reasonable people noticed the anchor’s apparent distaste for fair reporting. Pseudo-intellectualism can carry you just so far.

Let’s just hope the developers of Auto-Driving don’t base their engineering on the “Auto-Correct” concept – the original “ass out of u and me” technology.

I don’t believe I have ever laughed at anything that Kathy Griffin has said. She was always one of those “comedians” that made me cringe. Now she is just plain ugly, and I am meaning the soul, not the face.

The Question:

What was the real name of the man known as “Deep Throat” during the Nixon ordeal. Bonus: What are the five fastest growing cities?

The Headlines:

--Markets Open Higher On Gains From Techs And Health Care, But Turns Red Mid-Morning After Oil Prices Drop;; Michael Kors Company Closing More Stores.

--At Least 780 dead, 300 wounded In Kabul Bomb Blast; Car Bomb Wreaked Havoc Inside Afghan Capitol’s Diplomatic Ring”.

--Trump Now Expected To Pull US Out Of Paris Climate Deal.

--US Missile Successfully Brings Down ICBM In New Test; Boeing And Raytheon Technology Combine To Give Confidence To US citizens Against Possible Attacks..

--Auto-Correct Confuses Latest TrumpTweet, Helping “Covfefe” Reach Viral Status; Nobody Knew What It Meant, Including Tweeter.

--Tiger Keeps Nike After DUI Arrest; Now Alcohol Involved; Likely Ut Was Pain Killers Prescribed After latest back Surgery.

--Uber Fires Former Google Engineer Who Has been Accused Of Stealing Technology From Former Boss.

An excellent movie aficionado tells me that “Berlin Syndrome” is the scariest movie she has ever seen.

Oh yeah, and Kathy Griffin used the basic celebrity apology, “I made a mistake”. She meant to do it just like every other celeb who says they made a mistake when caught, and her amoral compass said to her, “Go for it.”

Do you think they will ever start the NBA playoffs?

Some day in the not too distant future media will awaken from its current era of hysterical frenzy to find that it has eaten itself alive from the inside out. (See Scott Pelley, above)

I think the Trump communications department needs to add somebody who is funny.

I think that the latest trend in these Netflix, Amazon style “Original” series is to promise in the opening scenes something nefarious, but spend ninety-five % of the time forcing audiences to watch dysfunctional families drivel, with absolutely no characters to like. It’s like who cares that somebody dies or is under suspicion for murder – they deserve it.

The Business lunch is fading fast, even they say, for executives of big restaurant chains! The delivery of meals to offices is growing fast as the current status of urgency in business leaves no time for doddling over martinis and beers, and whatever food fits in between.

I mean, How many stories about LaBron James can you read while waiting for the playoffs.

Uber strikes me as one of those companies that feels it is so smart that it doesn’t have to behave like the rest of a civilized society.

“Kilroy Was Here” is one of those quirky little incidents that unified thousands upon thousands of Soldiers and Sailors and Airmen during WWII. Managers of anything spend millions developing inspirational slogans, but the best are usually those that just happen, and grow organically. Kilroy was an inspector at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy mass. So, rivets weren’t inspected twice resulting on additional costs, he would put “Kilroy was here” and the funny little drawing of the big nosed gent peering over a wall next the rivet mass. Soldiers and sailors on these troop carrying ships would see James Kilroy’s work and replicate in battle areas around the world. Over time it was found on rocks and walls from Guam to Berlin. And yes, it was even seen written outside Osama Bin Laden’s last home.

The Answer:

Mark Felt, a former FBI operative was “Deep Throat”.  Bonus: You won’t recognize many of the fastest growing cities in America. Most are suburbs of giant cities like Houston, Dallas and Austin Texas. Yes the south population is growing at a 9.4% rate. The rest of the country grew at a 0.7% rate. The West was 7.3%, the Midwest 3% and the very mature Northeast a meager 1.8%. The fastest growing cities are Conroe TX, Frisco TX, McKinney TX, Greenville SC, Georgetown TX, Bend Or, Buckeye AZ, Bonita Springs FL, New Braunfels TX, Murphreesboro, TN, Lehi UT, Cedar Park  TX, Meridian ID, Ankeny IA and Fort Meyers FL.

Google had a survey to determine the most misspelled word for each state. In RI it was Liar!

See you all tomorrow.

What comes next: Do we really want to know?

Today's Tids Issue 3,876

For Wonderland:

Fortunately, June is just around the corner, and it will be lovingly greeted. It must be near. Indy 500 is over, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness are over, and nobody cheated. Mom’s been treated, Vets feted and Trump’s still conceited. I’d like main stream media defeated and late night comedians deleted. The GOP has been mistreated, but so have we, excessively tweeted. The national dialog is too heated, the left continues bleated, and congress has little completed. But, we don’t want Obama repeated, nor May where it nearly sleeted. I like June. I’m elated. So, it doesn’t rhyme.

Is there a possibility that all of this rush to invest in driverless cars may be a little too early for reality?

I forgot to mention yesterday, that my neighbor has the perfect enduring, heartfelt Memorial Day front door decoration. On a small table she rests the neatly folded flag of a military widow. Makes us all pause a moment as we pass by.

Trump and thr GOP should have gone much slower with their major programs. It doesn’t take a Phd to realize that you just can’t undo decades, near centuries of national mismanagement. The left would have less to complain about, but it wouldn’t stop the hatred. But, that’s another story, and it’s not about reality. But axes and health are, and most all with half a brain recognize a need for improvement.  It could have been easy to have made an Inauguration speech about taking time to do it right. Taking time for the good of all Americans. But, alas, what good is hindsight except as an elixir for naysayers.

The Question:

What ae the five most conservative and 5 most Liberal cities in America (Population over 250K)?

The Headlines:

--Data Digestion Day Has Markets Slipping; Amazon Stock Hits $1K

--Kim Is Promising “Surprise Package” For US; Mattis Says NK Situation Extremely Dangerous With Passible Catastrophic Events.

--Trump Communications Director Mike Dubke Resigns; He Has Been Given Purple Heart.

--Obama Pal, Advocate And “Anti-Trumper CIA Director At The Time Brennen Ignited Fire That Has become Overly Heated FBI Russia Investigation.

--ISIS Baghdad Blast Kills 31; New Concerns Over Inroads Made By ISIS In Philippines.

--Panama Dictator Noriega Dead At Age 83.

Word of the Day: Polarization: A sharp division, say by opposing groups in a population. It is actually a scientific term, and I don’t mean the polarization of people over climate science. In optics, light an glare can be controlled by changing the direction of rays, producing different properties, one working against the other. The polarity of magnets, the deposit of gases during electrolysis all have contributed the more popular usage defining polarization of ideas. In the case of magnets opposites attract and similar poles repel. Which is exactly  the opposite in politics. And that would be considered pretty Normal for a science that is considered abnormal to rational thinking.

Trumps’ personal communications are out of control, and he accepts the resignation of his communications manager.

I always thought that ice cream could be the key to world peace. Everybody seems happier licking a giant cone of the cold creamy delight. Nobody doesn’t like ice Cream. Adversaries would consider talking to anybody who likes ice cream as well as them. But, I guess it doesn’t hold true to ISIS. Yesterday the murdering extremists blew up a popular ice cream shop in Baghdad, you know where kids and their friends and family congregate for pure enjoyment and harmony. How low can ISIS go! Ice Cream, for crissake.

I think most people would agree that wedding costs are crazily out of control. The latest fad overtaking the Brides parent’s pocketbooks is the hiring of graphic designers to personalize invitations and other ID ephemera. I mean it is a special day, but where is it written that pure love can only be properly authenticated by endless spending. My guess is that some generation is going to awaken and say, enough!

People get excited when X-rays come back negative. I thought X-rays were always negatives.

The detective industry must be in good shape considering all of the minutia that is being found about anything Trump. Every day it is something, and lot of it is mounting to very little, except for the many who want to see the country get down to governing, it is but annoyance .

Tids Credibility in Jeopardy, Department:

After yesterday’s Tids, I’m finding that the really big national discussion is more about Mairzy doats, than the combined angst over Health care II, Kim’s ABomb and Melania’s $51K designer jacket. Everybody has an opinion. So, here’s the actual lyrics as written by the song writer Al Trace, and you’ll find everybody is partially correct about something except Wikipedia which wrote “wooden shoe”:

“Oh, mairzy doats and dozy doats and little lambsy divey

A kiddle divey, too. Wouldn't you?

Oh, mairzy doats and dozy doats and little lambsy divey

A kiddle divey, too. Wouldn't you?

If the words sound queer and funny to your ear,

A little bit jumbled and jivey.

Say, "Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy."

Oh, mairzy doats and dozy doats and little lambsy divey

A kiddle divey, too. Wouldn't you?

Oh, mairzy doats and dozy doats and little lambsy divey

A kiddle divey, too. Wouldn't you?”

And, “Spell-Check” didn’t learn a thing from yesterday.

The Answer:

Most conservative ginning at #5 is Jacksonville Fl, followed by Colorado Springs C, Virginia Beach Va, Oklahoma City and at #1, Mesa Arizona. Among the top ten are Anaheim Ca, Omaha, Tulsa, Aurora CO and Arlington in, of course, Texas. and Most Liberal are at #10, Baltimore, Buffalo NY, NY City, Detroit, Minneapolis, and at #5 Boston. #4 is Oakland, Seattle, Washington DC and guess – of course #1 is San Fran.

Why do I feel like a dish of Ice Cream right now?

See you tomorrow.

Lift up your eyes, wave your flag.

Today's Tids Issue 3,875

For Yankee Doodle Dandies:

Well, Happy Memorial Day, Everybody! I like this morning at the end of May, sitting on the curb alongside of Main Street next to my Grandson watching all of the “goodies” go by. That’s what he calls them -- The soldiers, the Sailors, Marine and Air Force; and around her the Coast Guard, too—“Goodies”. He likes to jump up and salute, standing rigid and serious. His “goodies”. Next he starts smiling as the firemen and the policemen march by, with their blinking cars lights and big red trucks; and sirens. He doesn’t think much of the Troop of Brownies, struggling to maintain their straight lines, but the smiles on their faces tell me they love being among all the goodies of the day. Memorial day is a people’s day kind of parade, with great school bands and local organizations, all remembering the many as one, in one big downtown get-together. So, Happy Memorial day. Hope your Hot Dogs and Hamburgers and Veggie Burgers are goodies too! Did I just say V-V-V…Veggie?

Kim Jung Un seems to see as his destiny becoming the ultimate suicide bomber.

This will be a short Tids day. I figure it’s hard to read the Tids at the beach under the glare of the sun. The sun?

Jaguar is doing a terrific job at redesigning its cars, and the new SUV.

20 years ago the average stock price hovered between $25 and $50/share. People always felt they could afford to get a few shares for a reasonable price. And if edged up, it was split. Today the share price average is $98. And that isn’t about to change as more companies are eschewing the old stock split idea, which tended to make holdings of many a stockowner of the late 1990’s vaster, thinking they were mini moguls. But now Owners and Founders of the tech high flyers love the high share prices to tickle their egotistical itch; like Amazon and Alphabet which are just under $1,000/share. Yes, for the super moguls it is just another scorecard.

The Question:

60 days ago today was the saddest day of all. Why? Bonus: Who was the first woman Indy 500 Race Driver?

The Headlines:

--US Remembers Grandfathers and Grandmothers. Fathers And Mothers, Sons And Daughters; Cousins, Uncles Aunts; Husbands And Wives Lost In All Those Terrible Wars To Preserve Freedom’s Ring.

--After The Conferences, European Leaders Say Trump Not As Bad As Feared, But Still Strangely Quirky And Unpredictable.

--Merkel Says Europe Will have To Learn How To Go It Alone.

--NK Fires Newer Missile Into Sea Of Japan.

--Japanese Driver Wins Indy; First Japanese Driver Ever.

--8 Killed In Mississippi Angry husband Shooting Rampage; 12 Wounded At Alabama Block Party Shooting.

--Philippine Air Power Striking At Islamic Forces That Overran City Of Marawi.

--Soggy Hot Dogs Expected At Local Picnics; Numerous Weather Forecasters Say Summer Will Be Wetter And Cooler..

Since it appears that learning cursive is no longer necessary for first grad students, I suggest a course in basic economics, starting with debunking the stuff grows on trees theory. Of course it doesn’t grow on trees, the youngsters would say,  you just hit the Amazon button and it appears on your doorstop. Life is good, until dad shows you the bill.

I just read my first Anti-Pence letter, actually an editorial from a guy in Toronto, as in Canada. You remember that the Tids has opined that this uproar that uses the President as a perfect foil, isn’t really about his inadequacies. The current daily drumbeat of rampant negativity is mainly to assure a liberal return to congressional power. Oh sure, part of the anger is liberals unable to accept rejection. They have always been unable to understand the brilliance of opposing theories. But the majority of the action is to regain a meaningful platform for their socialist policies. So the anti-Pence column mentioned above says, “Hey liberals you should be happy with Trump, because Pence, a hardline rightwing extremist, will be worse.”

Despite all of the government mandates it is nice to see that it is market forces that still determine the bulk of actions in the USA. The latest example: The bottom has dropped out of the recyclables market. It an expanding list of towns across the country it is now too expensive to make separate collections of trash and recyclables. Now in a growing number of communities, everything goes into the trash bin. The return is so low that recyclers can’t afford to turn on their separating machines. And, the money the towns projected to pay for the overall trash and recyclable system isn’t arriving the mail any longer.

I forgot to mention that all of those German car manufacturers with high US sales volume that President Trump complained about have factories in the US employing, guess – thousands of US workers. He should start using less Twitter and more Google.

As long as President Duterte is alive, there will always be somebody making more outrageous comments on the international stage.

Google and I will never get along. In addition to my constant battle against getting sucked into the Google system, I now hear that the mega manipulator says its AI will “offer suggested replies for email replies.” Yikes! You have my vital information and first born, now take away my personality too. Never!

I have vital information?

This morning I had that tingling all over thrill that comes from truly beautiful music. If ain’t got a melody, the words don’t matter. Yet today, I see people wanting to be indoctrinated by messages in songs instead of just enjoying the music. I see too many looking at entertainment for underlying meanings instead of a simple tension oozing moment. And, the entertainment industry is more than ever using their product against what would be, should be our sublime interludes. Bring back the melody.

The only lyrics I have ever remembered are “Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey, a kiddley divvy too, wooden shoe.” And they don’t mean nothin’.

Spell-Check has no idea about what I just wrote.

BTW, did you read where The Prez is excepted to hire a lawyer to vet his tweets.

All I ever have asked for in life is to have been fired by Ford. Their ex-CEO Mark Fields walked away with $51 Million.

Speaking of sticking with the tunes, I just read that the H&G “Fixer Upper” show is under attack by Lgbt organizations for not aiding in their cause by showing more non-straight couples. In response, the owners say the show is about what houses look like. You know…like simple, informative entertainment. However, you know how it all works now for all organizations that popularize feeling offended. Social media will create instant hysteria and even real journalists will force feed the misinformation on the people who just want to be entertained; intimidating them into actions like boycotting advertisers. People tune in to Joanna and Chip to find enjoyment in the antics and creativity of a saccharine couple with a fine family, good moral outlook and a nice sense of country decoration taste. What could be wrong with that. In fact most H&G shows are lie a soothing narcotic.

Since Trump has been elected President, the fastest growing demographic segment in the USA has been “unnamed sources”.

The Answer:

60 years ago this morning I awoke to learn that the Brooklyn Dodgers had officially moved to LA. It hurt, deeply. I gave up baseball. Oh yeah, like I was really rational. Sure. I learned pretty dramatically that everything isn’t forever, but I still have trouble getting over the loss of good old favorite things. Like melodies in songs. Bonus: How could anybody ever forget Janet Guthrie.

Wouldn’t it be nice if the Tids was beautiful melody and you wouldn’t have to put up with the words. I often try to write it like a song, but he world keeps crashing my party.

And then, there are words:

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