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Today's Tids Issue 3,953

For Others:

The swirling winds refresh my morning face. While raging others destroy someone’s home place. It isn’t really fair. I feel it deep in there. I care.

Trump should stop with the belittling of Obama, and other old washed-up democrats.

Happy Darci Lynn Farmer day!

iPhome 8 just brought out minimal improvements, and iPhone 10 is really expensive. Do you think that Apple may have opened the door for others like Samsung which is already number 1 in the world and smaller but capable tech companies like Motorola and even an emerging Google with its new deal with phone maker HTC? Do you think they are all scrambling to take advantage of the leader who may have stumbled just a bit? Has anybody seen Microsoft?

By the way, it’s Happy Rosh Hashana week. Say it with a smile to a Jewish friend.

There’s a lot more to the North Korea mess than what is typically revealed in the sensational headlines of the day. People with real knowledge talk of dumping NK from the UN because of their repeated violations of the treaties that stopped the original Korean War fighting. No country has ever been kicked out by the UN. The thinking is that this would put pressure on Russia and China to make a decision for the rogue potential killer of human kind, or to side with and the rest of the world where they want trade.

The Question:

What was the full name of the forties show starring Milton Berle? Bonus: Who Played Perry Mason in the popular Fifties TV show? Super Bonus: When did Monday Night Football first hit the TV screen in Prime time?

The Headlines:

--Puerto Rico Savaged By Maria; Power Out To All Across The Island And Will Take Months For Budget Depressed Country To Fix.

--Mueller Submits More Requests To White House for Document On Russian Related Topics.

--Maria Regains Strength After PR Hit; Heading Northwest; Forecasters Uncertain Of Path That Might Take It To US East Coast; Turks And Caicos Could Get Smashed Again..

--Markets Flat After Yellen Hints Of Rate Increase Later In year.

--S&P Cuts China Credit Rating Due To Rising Debt.

--New Report Shows That Small US Business Paid $301 Million In Ransomware.

--Sports Retail Slowdown Is Hurting Nike And UA.

Folsom Prism Blues: “I see the light comin’, refractin’ round the bend; I ain’t seen a rainbow since I don’t know when.” Brought to you by Argyle Sweater.

The Old Tids Sports department is now 24 and 7 (77%) after the first two weeks. Since half the league is now on injured reserve, it could be tough in the pickin’ place from now on. There’s some good posers this week. Most intriguing is the old rivalry -- Iggles versus NY Football Giants. You have to go with Wentz over a tired looking Eli with no O-Line. Jax-Balt are both hard to figure so that makes this a tough Pick. I personally like Jax, Minn and TB could be very exciting, but I’m liking Winsted to help the Bucs pull one out. The Bills have been playing tough, but not tough enough to beat the Broncs and there QB out of nowhere. I’m seeing Atlanta against Detroit as another war. I have to give the team on a mission the nod. Indy is bad and Cleveland is also not making fans happy. I think the Browns are tougher and will win. I’ll keep picking them until something happens. East meets West in another good matchup. I still like Oakland over The Skins. Of the rest I have Rams over Niners, Panthers over Saints, Steelers over da Bears, Dolphins swimming past the Jets, Titans over Seahawks in a pretty good QB matchup. Chiefs over the Chargers, Pack over Bennies and the Cowboys hitting their stride over the  Cardinals. My team the Pats have lost a lot of players but they will find away against the Texans. Will be a close one.

Actually, I paraphrased Buffett yesterday when I said “Economic pessimists are out of their minds.” He really said, “Whenever I hear people talk pessimistically about this country, I think they are out of their minds”. My stock portfolio wanted to say what I wrote.

Of course, the old Wizard has about $50+ Billion, which typically helps with optimism.

Except of course a 2013 NJ Powerball $328 million winner who is now facing up to 40 years in jail for child sex abuse.

When asked why a man was donating is organs to science after he died, he replied, If I donated them before I died it would kill me.

Tough Parenting: Philippine’s Prez Duterte has ordered the police to kill his son if drug smuggling rumors are true. Kim Sees opportunity for first ally.

Michael Bloomberg can be quite likeable, but  I still have a lot of trouble believing anybody who thinks taking away a population’s soda pop is a good idea. . That just speaks of an average man too easily swayed by hysteria.

The increasingly common headline, “(Name Your democrat) slams Trump,” is not news nor worthy of headline status.

The idiocy of the times. A woman wrote to the newspaper saying she will not watch the local NBC station anymore because they say nice things about Trump. That is the problem, isn’t it. People are annoyed by any truths that affects their passions. So, they would rather be lead astray than have all of the facts at their disposal ot make considered decisions.

In case you missed it, the top five in last night’s AGT final were the thoroughly entertaining Darci Lynn Farmer, followed by Angelica Hale, First Light, Mandy Harvey and Sara and Hero. That small directional survey I reported yesterday had the top 4 in order.

The Puerto Rican Electric Power company is in deep trouble now because they never made investments over the years as they should have. It sounds remarkably similar to Rhode Island where the local bureaucrats beholden to people other than the citizens squandered money allocated for continuous road and bridge maintenance. That led them to creating a convoluted plan to make the infrastructure safe. Meanwhile the Union owned state legislature just keeps on making the sate tough for business and expensive to taxpayers.

Did you see this note posted on the White House website by a Latino Man: “I’m terrified that Trump is going to deport my mother-in-law who is here illegally and lives at 1851 Third Street, Los Angeles 90023 – blue house on the corner, she gets home at six”.

I was thinking this morning as I stood in the heavy breezes , about how winds can refresh or destroy, depending on where you are. I thought back to a home I had in Connecticut that was built in 1778. While others were fighting and dying in the Revolutionary wayrso that this house could stay safe, others were going about their business as if nothing was happening around them. I don’t know what that means, but there must be some big idea in there, somewhere.

The Answer:

You had to know it was the Texaco Star Theater. Bonus: Raymond Burr was everybody’s favorite as OM in 1957. Super Bonus: It was 1970 on ABC.

While we are doing what we do, somebody you know or a stranger you might like knowing could be facing some incredible hardship you would never want. I like to stop a moment and think of others just because something is always happening, where a soft shoulder real or imagined is needed. I call it my Other moment.