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Today's Tids Issue 4,054

For Up With a Capital "U":

If I could say something truly meaningful about the current plunge in the Markets I’d be way ahead of the varied opinions of experts. Needless to say, some of the negativity must revolve around the fact that the market was just rising much too quickly. How high is up? Other factors that would judge an economy are quite good – employment, profits, homebuying, lowish consumer debt and no pending, teetering irrational exhuberism. But the other factor is that “too good” breeds financial caution as in higher, momentum suppressing interest rates. Me, I’m just holding my breath. Right now my face is a sort of light azure. I’ll let you know when it is navy blue.

In case you are feeling a bit low, the Red Sox  and other MLB team’s equipment trucks just left for Fort Meyers Florida and all the other warm locations. Whack a bat. Relieve the tension.

“In what other language do people play at a recital and recite a play?”

The Question:

The Philadelphia Eagles were a NFL Power in the forties and fifties, and it took them until this year to win the Super Bowl. In the same era there was a fledgling All American Football Conference. It was well funded, and produced many great players. Here’s the question: When the NFL and AAFC merged, only 3 teams form the younger league were asked to join. Who were they? Bonus: Two of those teams have won a Super Bowl. Yet the third team, which dominated the era, hasn’t. Who is it and are they poised to Follow Philly to the promised land next year? Super Bonus: If The Oscars this year were to give a “Harvey Weinstein Life Time Achievement award”, which super star of the forties would likely be the recipient of this infamous honor? Extra Super Bonus: Which 4 presidents had a cabinet where 30% were Business Execs with no prior political experience?

The Headlines:

--Dow Nears “Correction” Territory As It Opens 500 Points Lower; Dour Opening Is Followed By Fast Turn-Around Into Positive Territory, And Then Unsettling; Global Markets Join Dow In Plunge; Financial Seerers Await To See If Jamie Dimon Will Step In As He Did At Last Correction Two Years Ago..

--Munchin: “We’re Monitoring The Stocks Markets; They are Functioning Very Well.”

--Mark Cuban: “I’m Not Nervous About the Slide.”

--Trump Admin Reviewing Dem Memo As It Did Repub Memo.

--Mistaken Tsunami Warning Issued In RI and Local States, “Just a Drill”.

Mark Levin: “Obama Likely Knew That Hillary Paid For (Fisa) Warrant.”

I have a lot of opinions, but I know for sure that a lot of them are based on generational provincialism. That means I know that some of the stuff I reject out of hand is probably okay, but that doesn’t mean I think that rampant modernism is better than the banging screen doors of the 40’s and 50’s. It only means that I realize I am Old and incredibly contented and have no misgivings about my past; that I’m not awaiting the next super invention that will, say, allow me to turn off my lights from my phone. So, I will continue to question why we need all of these techno advances, while I download new app…that I will never use.

What bothers me most about this market is that too many people will panic sell when there is no serious doomsday scenario. And that many people still on the sidelines after 2008, will not come riding to the rescue.

One last thing about the Super bowl. I believe Philly won it because of the strength of that Offensive Line, which gave Foles plenty of time to scan the horizon. And of course, the patchwork Pats “D” line was bad most of the year, and that badness should up here for sure. All year long I worried about holding opposing temas when they were third and long. Much of time I saw the D fail. And it really failed Sunday. Check out this stat: On 3^rd down plays the Eagles’ yardage gained was 17, 15, 19, 26, 55, 17, 14, 22, and 11. A defense does not get any weaker than that. Enough said.  On to baseball

The Indianapolis Colts Line Backer Ed Jackson was killed along with his Uber driver when plowed into by an illegal alien who had already been deported 2 times. Deported two times? Where – to a sanctuary city?

Observers of the national scene are saying that that many reporters still not over the Hillary loss spent most of their post SOTU writing trying to tell Americans why the speech wasn’t any good.

On the same subject, I would suspect that if Trump releases the Dem memo, the media will report it more positively.

I think that Trump will not release the Dem Memo. I think he should.

The Answer:

The three teams were Baltimore Colts, San Fran 49’ers and Cleveland Browns. Bonus: The mighty Browns were the acknowledged powerhouse of that conference. So maybe next year they will follow Philly to their First Super Bowl Title. Remember that last year, the Eagles were only 7-9. Super Bonus: In 1943, Errol Flynn was acquitted on three cases of statutory rape. Flynn’s defense was that he had no idea they were under 18. It is also known that during the trial he laid is eyes on the 18 year old courthouse cigarette girl, Nora Eddington and was “Whooping”, as he described it, during the trial He added that he checked her age credentials carefully. It would be interesting to see how the swashbuckler would be judged today. Extra Super Bonus: McKinley was#1 with 38% followed by Trump at 33%, Reagan at 31% and Eisenhower at 30%.

There is one simple truth: The things that used to be easy and unencumbered in days gone by, aren’t today. No matter what Alexa, Seri and the rest of the bodiless assistants tell you.

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