Today's Tids Issue
3,901
For a Respite:
Bam,
BOOM!! By now you have gotten the feeling that we are in
July. This the first declaration of the red, White and Blue Tids for the wonderful
month of independence. People started taking off from work on Friday and we
still have two days to go. Fireworks are everywhere, thankfully not next door.
The pervasive aromas of burgers and dogs, and the now ubiquitous BBQ’d ribs giving
scientists second thoughts about the real reason for climate change. Barbecued
melon balls, not so much. People make salads out of just about everything, and
the summer menu is now set for the next two and a half months. The only decent
interruption comes in late July when the local corn is back. The Pats and your
favorite NFL team begins practice, and that warms our appetites for the fall
and tasty tailgate grilling. Do you get the feeling that everything these days
is about food – the love of it, the avoidance of it or the bastardization of
it. Enjoy July everybody. Feel a little pride.
Well,
the trash man came right on time this morning, so I
figured there wouldn’t be a holiday for the Tids. Rats.
For
some unexplained reason, we all of a sudden have enough
bread in the house for a sermon on the mount.
They
just published the White House personnel salaries and
they make less than a third assistant aid to RI State Legislator. Rhode Island:
“The Rich, Creamy, Gravy State!”
The
Question:
What do Buster Crabb, John Weissmuller and Esther
Williams have in common.
The
Headlines:
--Alan Greenspan Says “No Irrational Exuberance” In
Today’s Markets.
--China Accuse US Warship Of Serious Trespassing not
Their Sovereign Waters; Trump Talking To Xi On NK Problem; Recent Irritants Bothering
Xi..
--Senate Talking About Skipping August Holiday;
Trump Wants To get Onto Tax Reform.
--Illinois Passes $5 Billion Tax Package; Raises Personal
Income Tax Rate by s for Taxpayers By 32%, Closing Many Loopholes, Unfunded
Pensions One Of The Culprits; Governor Promises Veto..
--Tesla Set To Intro Lower Priced Model 3 On Friday.
--Pope Fires High Ranking Opposition Cardinal
Gerhard Ludwig Muller; Key Position Filled By Francis Co-Jesuit Archbishop Luis
Ladaria; Move May Be Win For Women In hierarchy.
Despite
the embarrassment of the Trump tweeting, the Repubs are making
some progress. The progressive’s tactics of stalling and alleging unsupported
incidents as roadblocks is failing, with an American public tiring of it. While
Trump is easily his own worst enemy, the progressive advocates like the
Washington embedded infrastructure, power brokers and the news media are beginning
to show their own paranoia and shallowness. Having been beaten at the polls,
many are saying that is the real reason for the adversity in the country. The people
who thought they were in charge of America weren’t listened to in the past
election and they are getting even through sponsored ugliness. Now, if only
Trump would hide the trumpet, we might get somewhere. A quiet Trump could be making
America great again.
Maxine
Waters is a face of the “Impeach 45” movement?
Talk about a credibility gap! I wonder if she knows what Impeachment means? BTW,
there were many an ante Mr. T protest march yesterday, barely covered by the
media. Protests have become “chicken little”, the ”Boy who cried wolf”.
It
will be interesting to see if Oscar Meyer’s announcement of
a “Healthy” Hot Dog will destroy the appeal of the frankfurter market.
You
would get a lot of more interesting Tids if I could read the
handwriting of my notes.
They
say that on the first day of the NBA Free Agency, teams
spent $1 Billion on player salaries!
The
giant Swedish Music Festival “Barvalla” Has been cancelled for
2018. The reason: “Widespread sextual violence and rapes.” Bands say they can’t
play in such an unrestrained environment. Hey. Nostalgia is fun, but going back
to caveman antics is becoming much too prevalent these days. Where is the
respect for human beings? Thanks for the Festival management “Taking a stand”, for
the band Mumford & Sons saying no more for us.
I
am totally not for asking states to give the Feds my
personal data because of the presidential paranoia over voting.
The
anti-Cigarette crowd effectively used the ‘secondary
smoke” ploy. I would think that pot generated secondary smoke could really be
dangerous to your mental stability. One moment while walking down the street
you think you are intelligent, and in the next instant you forget where you
are. Or, maybe that’s just my age!
I’ll
tell you what really bothers me – North Korea, and
what we may do about it. No jokes here.
The
progressive message against Trump is that he is helping all
of his billionaire friends get richer. $20 Million per picture actors don’t
think they are his friends. $20K per foul shot B-Ball players don’t seem to be
rushing to the White House, No, “The Rich” are people with billions who aren’t liberals
with Billions. No, it’s The wall street types, unless of course they are backing
a movie picture. U.S.H. -- the United Shills of Hypocrites.
Speaking
of ploys, millennial driven companies are using the Term
“Digital native” as a requirement for employment. That is opposed to “Digital
Immigrants” who are older people learning the techniques as opposed to those
who were given an IPad moments after birth.
If
athletes are making more than CEO’s, and CEO’s are making
more than God, than it is obvious that consumers are paying way too much for
what they buy.
A
day or two ago a Police K-9 died in a patrol car from
overheating. Can dog lovers make a citizen’s arrest?
Are
professional sports better than fifty years ago
because athletes are making more money than God? I don’t think so.
NASCAR
events do the best job of celebrating America. It seems to
come from the heart as opposed to being from some PR professional’s word
processor.
Are
you still allowed to say “word processor”? You know how
these digital immigrants are?
The
Answer:
The three people Crabbe (1 Gold), Weissmuller (5
Gold) and Williams are Olympic caliber champions who went on to have big
careers in Hollywood. I have to say “Olympic Caliber” because Esther Williams
did not win gold like Crabbe and Weissmuller, but she would have if not for the
WWII cancelling the games for which she had qualified. She was true champion
swimmer too. Crabbe was best known for his super popular Flash Gordon and Buck
Rogers film roles, as well as Tarzan, and Weissmuller was “The” Tarzan to just
about everybody. Of course, Esther Williams was the magical Esther Williams of
the famed aqua movies of the 40’s and 50’s.
Tomorrow
is the holiday of the people. Think of the whole
America, not the hyphenated segments. Whatever happened to blending?
Is
the summer over yet?
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