It’s only a ploy, right?

Today's Tids Issue 4,157

For Patience:

Well folks, you know what today is don't you. It is the longest day of the year, which means starting tomorrow we will be back on the road towards winter, where nights are long and cold and the sun isn't up long enough warm the rolling seas. Happy yet?

Let’s hope the President’s ego will be the force that brings to an end the potential global tragedy of run-away tariff escalation. The last thing he would want to be remembered for is a deep, ruthless, destructive recession.

If you don’t think that the world we knew is achangin’, consider that yesterday the Dow dropped General Electric from it 30 industrials list in favor of Walgreens. Yes, that General Eclectic, once considered the must have stock for all portfolios. GE, America’s national symbol of innovative industrial might. Walgreens. Yikes.

Ban pre-shredded cheese. Make America grate again.

The focus is on the border, but historical analysis tells us that these are the kind of situations fueled by political hyperbole generally get worked out. And then, just disappear.

You will really see wide spread crying and hear screams of anguish when senior citizens watch their retirement plans succumb to tariff madness.

The Question:

In 1948 the long running Ed Sullivan Show first popped up on this strange new thing called television. But, The Ed Sullivan Show wasn’t its real name. What was the real name of Ed Sullivan’s how.

The Headlines:

--US Stocks Get Bounce As Tariff Concerns Ebb; 20^th Century Fox Accepts Higher Bid Form Disney.

--China Stocks Bounce Back After New Beijing Stimulus Policy That Could Blunt US Tariff Measures.

--Trump And Congress Meeting To Find Reasonable Solution To Border Situation; Chuck Schumer Unwilling To Discuss Any Republican Solutions To Immigration Problems; Illegal Immigration Incongruities Will Linger Until After November Elections

--Buffet, Bezos And Dimon Name Harvard Professor To Head Health Care Venture.

--NK To Send Back To US Remains Of 200 American Service Members.

--Admin Unveils New Health Plan Dems Call Junk.

--Comey Hits Back At Hillary Refusing To Apologize For Mail Probe.

--China Government Uses Data Form Alibaba and Wechat To Monitor Citizen Habits And Regulate Their Opportunities.

Wall Street analysts are hoping this tariff tyranny is just some negotiating ploy.

Ok, all of those who think that hysterical political rhetoric four and a half months before a potential game changing election is honest, realistic and rational, raise your hands.

Rhode Island, which sold its soul for the tourism dollar, has just been named by an app called WalletHub as “The worst state for a road trip”. Or, no Rhode trips for me. The survey says it is because of high costs and having no state parks or amusement parks. RI is a best bet because it has no amusement parks.

For your information, the five best states are Wyoming, North Carolina, Minnesota, Texas and Florida. I’m not intrigued. BTW, WalletHub is a credit mentoring, free credit report site. I guess they never go to beautiful beaches, eat in great restaurants or have ever been rhapsodized by the magnificent significance of historic preservation.

I want to grow my own food but I can’t find bacon seeds.

Here’s an innocuous little headline I have seen a couple of times the past 12 hours: “List of celebrities upset with US border policy grows.” So? Celebrities sitting in mansions with nothing to do between gigs but hate Repubs have to be concerned about something other than next pair of diamond earrings.

BTW, did you see where Jennifer Lawrence came out to say that celebrities should not be involved in politics at all. It shows what a little maturity, plus a few rational comments from her Kentucky father, can do to improve the sensibilities of a young mind.

And then there are the average Joe’s calling into (Not conservative) radio stations saying things like, “Sure we should reunite families as fast as possible, and immediately send them all back to where they came from.” Or, “Every day in America legal citizen children are separated from their legal citizen parents by child services and judges. Where’s the angst for them?” “Or, how come all of these people who seem to support unlawful entry into the USA are calling me a racist.”

Doctor Frankenstein’s lab was a recreation room.

Or, Doctor Frankenstein’s lab was a mongrel.

Automation could bring on the next great civil war – that’s neighbor fighting neighbor for the few remaining jobs. Either that or an all-consuming benevolent government that redistributes robot created wealth to needy idle humans.

When automation takes hold we may see a reverse illegal immigration into third world countries where human hands are still necessary for work.

The Answer:

The Ed Sullivan show was really Toast of the town. You knew that.

Actually, I’m a lot madder than I sound, but somehow you got to control venting to friends and adversaries. It really isn’t good for anybody’s health and happiness. Except for litterers. I will always vent against litterers, literally and figuratively.

They’re not going to make yardsticks any longer.