Today's Tids Issue
4,105
For Spacial Places:
I
like music that seems to flow over quiet rolling hills. I
feel the breeze that flutters grasses; taste the natural aromas, new mowing’s,
blossoms bursting forth. I like a lilting piano that ripples like wavelets in the
receding tides, salt water clinging; on my face in my hair. I like the simple melodies
of nature serene, not the nature of storms and violence. Yet I love how the music
returns when the bluster subsides. How the melody brings peace in disturbed
land.
Looking
back at this week of Tids, I see an old Tidster who has
been a bit preachy. But sometimes, things just have to be said.
Much
of America has been hoodwinked by managed “News”.
I’m
feeling a little down today. There had been a lot
of tension and I choked performing the Heimlich maneuver.
The
Question:
In what city was Handel’s great Messiah first
performed?
The
Headlines:
--Bank Earnings Coming In Strong, But Markets Lag
After Consumer Confidence Index Hits 3 Month Low; Fears Of Trade Wars Are The Major
Concern.
--Trump Waiting On Syria Decision.
--Russia Says Gas Attack Was Staged Event.
--White House Response Team Preparing For Comey Showtime
With Clinton Pal George; Loretta Lynch Also Getting Out In Front Of Comey
Revelations.
--Trump Creates Task Force To Look Into Revitalizing
US Post Office; He Will Not Charge For Email.
--Trump Expected To Pardon Scooter Libby.
--Will Ferrell Hospitalized After California Car
Crash.
The
worst US cities for retirement based on how long
money would last are New York, Boston, San Francisco, Philadelphia and San Jose
Cal. Looking for the brighter side – Try Houston, Oklahoma City, Austin, Tulsa
And Memphis.
The
Comey Book event looks like it is precipitating the most vigorous
schoolboy name calling contest in history. So far it’s “Untruthful slime ball”
against “Mob Boss…untethered to truth.” I think we can do better than that.
The
20/20 Stephanopoulos show will be higher rated than the Stormy
60 Minutes.
For
the life of me, as a kid I could never understand an
Ouija board.
People
who still wonder why police are always ready to pull out
a gun need to look no future than beautiful, gentle Cape Cod and last night’s
cold-blooded, unprovoked murder of a K-9 cop simply surviving warrant. Also,
his trusty dog was severely injured in the shooting. Dogs lives matter.
Step
by step, high flying tech companies are finding that with
maturity comes headaches. Airbnb, for one, is learning that cities don’t like old
strong neighborhoods that used be full of local people are now dominated by
tourists. First Amsterdam and London, and now Paris are creating laws to limit
widespread out of town, out of country owner shop of homes and neighborhoods.
Pushing too far is sometimes not the best business strategy. People begin to
notice.
One
our big national problems is trying to find affixable housing
for first time buyers and for those with smaller incomes. Contributing to
disappearing home stock are those buying for flipping, or to glom onto the short-term
rental rage. Prices escalate and formable livable become businesses.
I
watched snippets of Pompeo’s testimony before
Congress yesterday, and it seemed to me that the Democrats were most interested
in analyzing the comments of John Bolton – who they will be unable to interview.
Pompeo’s litmus test will be how he agrees or disagrees with Bolton quotes.
The
strange tale of Master’s champ Patrick Reed will be a movie
someday.
Reading
Between the Lines Movie Reviews:
--I put Beirut on my “See” list, but I’m having second
thoughts. International intrigue films are my absolute favorite genre, but I’m
now thinking this one drags a bit. Good acting and moderately strong critic
approval are pluses. It’s about a former US Diplomat Jon Hamm, pulled in by two
CIA agents caught betwixt civil war sides to negotiate the life of a man, a
friend, in captivity.
--The Favorite movie of the week is Isle Of dogs. The
animate film is about all dogs in Japan being quarantined on an island after a
flu outbreak. A young lad ventures out to rescue his pet “Spot” and finds help
from all the clever canines, and eventually uncovers government conspiracy.
--Close behind in the favorite department is Sergeant
Stubby. It is another animated dog flick that is getting raves from audiences
and critics too. It’s a true story about a stray dog who becomes a hero in WWI.
Stubby remains today as the most decorated dog in history.
--Blumhouse’s Turth or Dare looks like one of those
old slasher movies to me. Teens play TorD, but it gets out of hand and kids start
dying after telling lies. Maybe it’s a new kind of morality show.
--Despite critics, Rampage will do well. Audiences will
like the tale of a man’s powerful bond with a very intelligent gorilla. However,
a mutation experiment turns this lovable ape into a raging menace. The formerly
lovable gorilla finds many others with the same altered state and they tear across
America destroying everything, while our hero tries to find an antidote.
The
Answer:
The English were probably appalled that their own
great composer would choose Dublin, Ireland for the opening.
One
of things I have noticed and like, is that while we read
so much about change and the dealing with it, there is still so much around us
that is not changing a bit. That will always be there as a get-away nook. Until
Google maps helps tourists find it.
Have
a great weekend, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!!
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