Today's Tids Issue
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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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