And the seas turned red.

Today's Tids Issue 3.881

For valor:

How do you write about the bravery of lions on D-Day when you weren’t there? How with mere words do you capture the fear in the hearts of young lads? How do you underhand the determination of men when you aren’t under assault from bullets and artillery with no place to hide. What is inside a person that allows them to rise up and move forward against a massive force owning the high ground. But they did, the rose and they fought, inch by inch, yards by yards, miles; sweating, muscles acing, alert; bodies of friends falling. The blood. I don’t know how they did it. And I don’t think I could ever know unless I did it myself. I can only sit here in awe of men brave, men who overcame grave fears. A moment in history, not about generals and captains, tanks and planes, but hearts of humans, finding a way. Never giving up.

Who created the ruse

For old doctor Seuss.

A ruse a ruse

Not poetry abuse

A ruse not abuse.

I don’t like juice

Juice is the abuse

 A goose likes juice

Juice for a goose,

A use for juice.

A very good use.

Or is it ewes,

Who use the juice

There’s a  place for Seuss that's new

A museum to peruse

The Suesskids Choose

Not a ruse.

But there was abuse

His story was told

Above the fold

Between two of gang killing

He would not be willing

To write of Killing. 

He would be mad

He would be sad

He would be sad and mad

Was this a news ruse

Or news abuse.

An editor on booze?

Not juice.

Suess folks send boos

To what editors choose.

Better to have juice with a goose

While chasing kangaroos.

 

Life is often too much about who’s better than who, rather than collaboration that would get more out of each other.

Are we about to become “Predator Nation”? America likes falling in love with the underdog. What could be better than Country Ice.

“Mah heart was on fire when I met her in “Smashville, but it got so warm that the ice melted, and the Preds stopped skating”.

The Question:

Name the hockey teams who play at the following arena’s. Note, this is a mix of older nicknames which are more pleasant then most of the new rigid corporate names: Nationwide, “The Forum”, MTS Center, Saddledome, Joe Louis, “The Rock”, “The Gaahden”, The Ice Palace and “The Igloo”.

The Headlines:

--Wall Street Eyes Look Towards Comey Testimony, UK Vote; Markets Expected to Bounce Around In Negative Territory; Oil Slips More As Middle-East Tightens; CEO’s Growing More Confident Of Trump Tax Reform.

--Possible Paris Terrorist Attacks Policeman With Hammer At Notre Dame.

--Alleged WH Admin Leaker Is Anti-Trump NSA Contractor Worker Reality Winner; Activist Environmentalist Disclosed “Top Secret Level” Information.

--Russia Said To Have Attempted To Hack Into State Election Systems.

--Trump Put Tillerson In Charge Of Fixing Russia-US relations.

--US Backed Syrian Forces Attack Islamic State Capital Of Raqqa.

--Venezuela Blocking US Humanitarian Aide and Medicines; Country’s Troops Confiscating Food, Medicine and Other Human Needs Sent By US Concerned Groups.

--Amazon Prime Adds New Discounts To Compete With Wal-Mart For Lower Income Consumers.

Today’s whacky, unpredictable, politically correct world will keep the Tids going for decades, that is if the old Tidster can keep up with it. For instance just this morning Down in Texas a theater has added a double showing for Wonder Woman exclusively for, it says, “People who identify themselves as female”. Not much more than a year ago it would have said simply “Women”. And of course the whole Wonder Woman thing in general has morphed into a cause celeb. Like it’s new! I remember loving wonder woman comics 70 or so years ago. She was cool, strong and just a neat superhero like everybody else. Keep the nutty stuff coming. The Tids will thrive.

Trump is taking Main Street media to task for its criticism of his tweeting. The biggest critics of his Tweets are Repubs who want this government to work and not be interrupted by sometimes inconceivable presidential thoughts. This Government could work wonders if he just made decisions and let others do the talking and tweeting.

My latest chronic assault on my body involves a preoccupation of eating Salmon with rich, creamy and utterly delicious Hollandaise sauce, and fresh blue fish with thick, zesty and incredibly scrumptious béarnaise sauce. But, they say fish is healthy for you, So, I’m half good.

Corrections:

The Tids Editor had a mental hangover from a big Sunday celebration and missed the misspelling of Piersall as “Pierson”, Our half a sleeo editor also missed a repetition of the Cialis Tub joke, perhaps thinking we needed one joke for each tub.

This is that time in an economic cycle when we really learn how well the schools are doing, or is it how well the kids understand reality. Yes the economy is soaring and the job openings are reaching new highs, perhaps all-time highs. But, the big problem as always is finding qualified employees. Are post HS curriculums matching the needs of industry and business? Do kids in HS understand why they are learning stuff? Possible solution. A large proportion of young recent grads need only a one year of “Real Life” school that matches teaching to the high activity job openings or potential openings. The “Real Life” schools could also offer ongoing education for those who advance onward from the first hire. This is an opportunity for employers, teachers and certainly, young people who normally would be lost in a clueless sea.

There are a couple of pervasive misconceptions that are rarely explained by the press. The first is about not excluding real immigrants from illegal immigrants when supporting the accusations of Democrat, Progressive pals. Number two is on climate change. They and Dem operatives typically ask Repubs, including Trump, if they believe in Climate Change, when they should be asking, “do you believe in man’s contribution to climate alterations.” You see, most people believe in climate change because it has been happening since the beginning of time. What many are skeptical of is the amount of change that has been contributed by humanity.

BTW, did you see the video last night of Bill Clinton at one of his State of he Union speeches describing the illegal immigrant problem in exactly the same terms as the current president? Nothing changes except, I guess over time, climate.

Reality Winner, the woman who leaked Highly classified material is an avowed Bernie Sanders advocate. Too many on the left seem to believe their cause is bigger than sensible rules for a civilized society. Intellectual arrogance will kill America.

Do you think the will have Super Bowl Style Entertainment during the break in Comey testimony? This is getting big. Will it be revealing and significant, or Al Capone’s safe all over again?

Everybody who likes new tech goodies was looking forward to Apple’s version of Amazon’s Echo and Google’s Home. What they got was higher priced product ($350 vs. $175 vs. $130) that has some problems, like according to one tech expert, less than desirable conversational ability than Echo, and merely adequate but not great the speaker audio quality. And as noted above, you can buy two Echos for the cost of one HomePod. So, Echo owners, don’t get anxious you’re ok.  

The Answer:

Nationwide is the home of the Columbus Blue Jackets, “The Forum” – was the Canadians den of terror now a corporate name; MTS Center – Winnipeg Jets (Some would change that to “The Hangar”); Saddledome – Calgary Flames; “The Rock” – The New Jersey Devils; “The Gaahden” – Boston Bruins; Joe Louis – Detroit Red Wings; The Ice Palace – Tampa Bay Lightning; “The Igloo” – Pittsburgh Penguins; Nashville’s arena is The Bridgestone, a name many would like to change to “Smashville”

Tomorrow’s another day. Maybe it won’t be winter any more.

Sorry for the long poem. Just felt like writing it, and it wouldn’t stop. I need a pop.