The toothpaste is out of the tube.

Today's Tids Issue 3,973.

For Getting Beyond Clouds

Bad, uncivilized behavior has become so normalized. that I doubt that the Weinstien thing will impact as much of society as one would hope. And that is pretty sad.

I used to listen to sports talk radio all of the time. Now it is even more political than Political talk radio, and inaner. So now I just look for music without words. Everybody’s brain needs a little uninterrupted, uncomplicated massaging every once in a while.

Why do fish have nostrils?

Probably the biggest problem among all problems is North Korea. There is life after disputed congressional or presidential domestic decisions, but there is no life after an A-Bomb.

Occasionally you see a headline that really makes you laugh. Yesterday there was one, “Congressman Ciciline (RI-Dem) promises to donate brain to research.” The first word that bothers me is “promise”. What do they expect to find, how politicians can rationalize deceit?

Is Progressive Insurance owned by Bernie Sanders.

The Question:

In the Global Biz world, what do “Bats” and “Fangs” mean?

The Headlines:

--Markets Up Ahead Of Important Earning’s Week; Kirkut Fighting has Oli Pieces rising; Fed Suggests More Thana Few Rate Hikes.

--Bowe Bergdahl Pleads Guilty To Desertion, Endangering Fellow Soldiers.

--California Wildfires Still Difficult In Fire Fighters:

--US Ally Iraqi Forces Gain position Where They Could Push US Kurdish Ally Out Of Oil Rich Kirkut.

--Lake Ponchartrain Oil Rig Explosion Kills One, At Least 7 Injured.

--Weinstein Gave Max Donation To Bill Clinton Lewinsky Legal Defense Fund; In England Hillary Dismisses Bills Sexual Allegations As Old News; Goes After Trump; More Women Accuse Harvey..

--UN Ambassador Haley Says US Wants Iran deal To Stay; IMF Remains Firm In Support Of Old Iran Deal.

--Death Toll In Somalia Up To Over 276 After Largest Bomb Explosion In the Country’s History; 300 More In hospital As Truck Bomb Levels Major Hotel; Former al-Shabab Leader Condemns Action.

Did you see where Tesla fired between 400 and 700 employees because they didn’t work up to company standards. Owners of NFL teams are bosses too.

Maybe increased obesity is more prevalent today because more people eat out in restaurants more often than ever before. Just thinking.

I actually just heard a beautiful, albeit short, musical passage from Bela Bartok.

Then way things are going, I won’t be surprised that an ethnic restaurant in the future is one that serves Yankee Pot Roast.

A lot of ancestral genes were to be changed dramatically 951 years ago when the Normans defeated the English at Hastings.

Where is it written in the constitution that the major obligation of the government is to spend more money than it has, primarily to help incumbents get elected.

While the media has been focusing on Trump Tweets, the President has been successful in nominating conservative judges. It appears Trump has been helped by none other than Harry Reid who changed senate voting regulations for judges. No matter what else Trump does or doesn’t do, he could change the tenor of the courts for 40 years. As noted Dem Jurist Jeffery Toonin says, “Presidents and their staffers come and go, but their judicial appointments stay for decades.” He adds that, “Trump’s team is efficiently filling vacancies left open after McConnell shut down judge appointments during the Obama admin.” So, amidst the clutter of the nightly news and cable opiners, there is more going on than one might imagine.

These days, one of the more common responses by Dems to Repub policies is, “It’s Immoral”. This from the party of Harvey Weinstein. Oh yeah, and did you see where “Porn King” Larry Flint is offering $10 Mil to anyone who can find dirt on the President which would lead to his impeachment. No wonder they say the Democrat party has a leadership vacuum.

As I read these many calls for impeachment, my opinion is that that few people rich and poor, famous or unknown really don’t know the definition of impeachment. It has become an hysterical utterance.

No, fish do not breath in sea water though their nostrils. In fact, fish have a very acute sense of smell which comes from a small organ in the nostril called a sensory rosette.

Why do people have eye teeth? So they can see what they chew.

The Answer:

The “Bats” and the “Fangs” are respectively the giant tech companies of China and The USA. Analysts look at them comparatively to see what‘s happening in the global market place. China’s Bats are Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent and USA’s Fangs are Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google. The most significant change lately is President Xi’s demand that China have a stake in each of their companies, which obviously the “Capitalist” owners are trying to avoid – basically an impossibility.

There is a possibility of short or perhaps even absent Tids during the next couple of days. Often when I warn you of this, nothing happens.