Today's Tids Issue
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For Trying Harder:
It’s
hard to find a decent opener to this morning mess these
days. The air is cool and crisp, the spirit of Christmas is shown before our
eyes and in our hearts., but the bile of human excess is commanding the news. Today
we learn that almost the entire ex-NFL on-air entire staff has been named as
sex marauders in a lawsuit from a former female employee. A big-time celebrity
chef went down yesterday, and tonight we learn if Alabama is willing to elect
to the Senate an alleged serious sexual predator.
Somehow,
I think a birth in a stable was a little simpler, a little
purer and lot more meaningful. As I remember, the entire meaning of Christmas
had something to do with “…for it is He who will save His people from their
sins.” I guess we are slow learners.
Happy
Hanukkah! So that we will remember mans courage to rise up
against and beat the overwhelming odds of powerful oppressors.
The
high cost of living has beaten many centsless.
The
Question:
The
Headlines:
--Boeing And Banks Lift Dow; Techs Push Nasdaq Lower.
--US Political Zombies Await Alabama Vote Tonight;
Three Polls Give No Clue: One Has Moore Ahead By 9 Points, Another Has Jones Up
By 10 Points And A Third Has Them Even.
--San Fran’s First Asian Mayor Ed Lee Dies At 65.
--Global Warning Celebrities Join French President
Macron At Climate Summit; Trumps Abstains.
--California Fires Continue To Rage.
--Sarah Sanders Berates Media In Toughest Terms.
I’m
reading of people taking second mortgages on their homes
so they can participate it new The Bitcoin futures frenzy. That’s the kind of
irrational thinking that always seems to happen towards the end of boom cycle.
Just in case you are interested.
The
Russian investigation will seem relatively insignificant
when the full weight of Trump sexual harassment allegations takes center stage.
The
results of the other big election for The Voice
final four will also be known tonight when the remaining eight are cut down by
half. Once again, I really liked Chloe last night. Addison did a fine job.
Noah, who has the young girl audience in his pocket was also very good in his
solo effort. Brooke is an emerging favorite as is Keisha. Davon was Davon, which
can be special. That leaves two country boy singers, Adam Cunningham and Red
Marlow, both of whom also did well last night. So, it comes down to which
singers have amassed the most total audiences. Judging by ITune sales, the two
leaders are clearly Chloe and Addison (See rankings from last night below.)
That would seem to say to me that the next lock is Noah and then it’s a toss-up
between Keisha and Brooke, and maybe Davon for number four. But, wait a darn second
– The Voice has always had a good old country boy or gal sneaking in at the end.
If that repeats again this year, it could be Red, who has a little more
personality than Adam. Right now, I’m thinking Chloe, Addison, Noah and Brooke,
But, this year little has gone to form, except Chloe winning ITune sales. So,
hold on.
The
ITunes Sales rankings had a number of last night’s performances
in the Top Ten. Number one again was Chloe for “I Want to Know What Love Is”,
My personal favorite of the night. #2 was again Addison followed by the
Chloe/Noah Duet at #3. Red Marlow #5, Brooke #6, Noah #8 and Davon #10 round
out the top group. The Red/Adam duet was #14, Adam #16, Addison/Keisha #18,
Keisha #21 and the Brooke/Davon Duet # 25. After that, we had on the way to the
top 100 repeats of Chloe, Brooke, Chloe, Chloe, Addison, Chloe. Well, Chloe
seems to have an audience, at least an audience with wallets.
I
don’t know whether or not this makes me un-American,
but I just don’t get that excited about Weathertech car liners.
As
one cultural mores observer says, “If they take down Trump
for sexual aggression, then Clinton should be in jail”.
Yesterday,
I was going to write a little piece about the problems of
the NFL. That was before this morning’s revelations about their NFL Network
predators. Despite that sensationalism, the big sports league does have some other
problems on the field. It’s called, finding meaningful games worthy of watching.
It seems that some owners and their execs just don’t know what it takes to build
a winning team. Then there is the rising rate of serious non-head injuries that
has too many super stars on the sidelines and several of the decent teams being
shells of their former selves. The product on the field may the real problem.
I
don’t think I am part of the world any more. This morning I
read one of those advice columns. A woman was complaining about the sincerity
of the affections of her boyfriend. Now she wasn’t complaining about the fact
that as she was giving birth to his child, around the exact same time a second
woman was also giving birth to his child! Yikes. No, she was complaining that
he didn’t write as much about her and child in FaceBook as he did about the
second woman and child. Shoot me.]
Did
you hear about the 100-year-old, “Beloved” Bakery with
wine store in Oberlin Ohio that has been brought to its knees and may go out of
business after attacks from the student body of the College there. It appears
that the owner of the well-established “Gibsons” had arrested three black Oberlin
students for punching and kicking the shopkeeper after getting caught stealing wine
after they were refused a sale because of a falsified ID. The troubles for
bakery and wine shop has the liberal college faculty confused because they
genuinely love the store, yet and also want to appear to support the crazed
student body. Some observers are saying the anger was high around the Quad due
to the loss by Hillary, and the shop actions just feed their mourning. The
leadership of students at the very liberal college don’t want to know that he
three kids pleaded guilty to all charges and signed statement that there was no
racism involved at all. But, that’s what we have today, “I don’t want the truth
because it is counter to my flawed reasoning.”
After
watching the NE Pats’ game last night, I don’t think Brady
will be playing until he is 45. And perhaps Belichick looked more dour than
usual because he suddenly realized that he maybe shouldn’t have traded Garopolo!
Yikes.
The
Answer:
The Hanukkah celebration is for eight days. The name of the nine-branched candelabrum is the
Menorah (In Hebrew is is the Hanukiah) Hanukkah celebrates the victory of the
Maccabees (Israelites) over ten Greek Syrian ruler Antiochus. Two traditional
Hanukkah foods are Latkes (Potato Pancakes) and sufganiot (Jelly Donuts).
Turn
off
the news and smile.
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