Today's Tids Issue
4,163
For Unraveling:
With
the agreement for a Putin/Trump sit-down in Finland,
intrepid journalists will be overusing the headline, “Give em’ Helsinki, Donald”!
The
other shoe dropped yesterday and the sides took
their predictable positions on the nominating process for the replacement of
Justice Kennedy. I found it interesting that abortion was considered by many
observer experts as a major issue of concern for both parties. I thought there
was more to life than just a single issue. Yes, a lot more to…life.
Sorry
for the cheezie typos yesterday. Some of them were pretty
grate.
I
think you can predict modern day hoarder syndromes by looking at
the number of apps a on a person’s phone. I may need that app someday.
There’s
always something, and that something today in the midst
of Trump tariff threats and edgy markets is the steady, probably managed,
decline of the yuan. China, which currently is experiencing an economic growth slowdown,
will become more competitive on the world stage as their currency gets
cheaper. China is a controlling player regardless of how powerful the US
economy becomes. That’s the new world.
A
reader reminds me that the left has new complaints
about Trump’s inhumane treatment of children. Yes, his jobs program is creating
real opportunities for millennials to the point where they must now separate
from their parents and move out of the basement. Will the cruelty ever end?
The
Question:
Here’s a couple of Movie stars who are generally
recognized as pretty solid actors year in and year out – Kathy Bates and John Cusack.
Name five of their best movies.
The
Headlines:
--Trade Concerns Ease, Stock Future Are Up;
--Amazon Blockbuster Purchase of PillPack Has CVS Down
Nearly 10%, Walgreens And Rite Aid Tumbling.
--Xi Tells Mattis That China Will Never Give Up One
Inch Of territory.
--Australia Parliament Passes Strong Anti Foreign Interference
Laws. While Not Mentioned Specifically, Laws Appear Aimed At China.
--German Migrant Issue Has Merkel Running Hard To Beat
The Clock.
--Former Fox News Exec Bill Shine Likely To Become
New WH/Trump Communications Director.
--WalMart Rolling Out Beta On Virtual Shopping; Amazon
Underwriting Ma And Pa Delivery Service Start-Ups To To Build Own Delivery
System Against UPS And FedEx. .
After
that rather significant victory by socialist Alexandra
Ocasio-Cortez over a staunch old-line Dem, you have to figure that a lot of
regular Democrats are worried a bit more about America now that their party has
been hi-jacked. Maybe many of them will look to the Midwest for salvation,
peace and normalcy just as the Repubs have done for years.
Odds
are that the Kennedy replacement will make it through
the Congress by October, regardless of rhetoric and hyperbole. Unless of course
the anger around the choice ignites the second US civil war.
It
would be nice if all of the old rules that have been used to
create a relatively secure stock portfolio still worked. But things are changing
so rapidly that old financial chestnuts are just not as reliable and secure as they
have been in the past. Of course, GE is a latest prime example of how grand institutions
can fall in a twinkling of an eye. And then today we learn of the ease with which
Amazon became a player in health care, much to the dismay of CVS, Rite-Aid and
the brandy new DOW component Walgreens. Falling asleep at the switch is more
dangerous than ever.
FDR
always said that there should never be Public
Employee Unions, that they were inherently a conflict of interest. So, maybe the
Supreme Court yesterday was hearing FDR.
If
you think we have all lost our rational minds around here,
how about Paris where vegans are attacking Butcher shops. I guess if they can’t
convince the majority that kale tastes better than roast pork smothered in rich
brownish gravy, then the idea must be to eliminate the delicious food option
all together. Not coming together is a very liberal thing to do.
Now,
I’m not sayin’ that all vegans are liberals, but I am
thinking that they appear to be as intolerant all liberals.
A
line from Winston Churchill tells us that the inherent
value of socialism…is the equal sharing of misery.
Alas,
The Tids World Cup Sure Thing Prediction Service initiated with a final 16 forecast
earlier this week has died an early death. Germany is out of the finals and
Argentina sneaks in. How could Argentina have moved up so many spots so fast?
It must have something to do with yellow cards.
Voters
who were able to escape the emotions driving the 2016
election, like T-Pad (Tids Political Analyst Department) knew for sure
that it was mainly about getting a Repub President to ensure control over Supreme
Court appointments. No matter what good or bad Trump does, his legacy will be a
conservative Supreme Court for a generation and a half, unless we have a civil
war. By the way, the next oldest Justices are Ginsburg and Souter.
The
Oldest 4th of July parade in America which
draws upwards of a couple hundred thousand enthusiastic flag wavers each fourth
is in beautiful downtown Bristol Rhode Island. I mention this because a new survey
just said that RI was in the group of the five “Least Patriotic States in America”
with #50 Massachusetts, New Jersey, Illinois and New York. The most Patriotic
were Virginia, Alaska, Wyoming, South Carolina, and Idaho Try telling the
mothers and fathers of deceased soldiers in sprawling military cemeteries that numbers
say their state is less patriotic than others. Patriotism isn’t statistics, it
is in the heart. (Note: The Survey measured state’s per capita veterans and enlistees
plus voter engagement and Volunteerism.)
The
Answer:
Cusack was very good in Pushing Tin, Identity, The
Thin Red Line, The Sure Thing, Being John Malkovich, The Grifters, Grosse Point
Blank, Say Anything, High Fidelity and #1, Con Air. My favorites were Pushing
Tin, Identity, The Grifters and Grosse Point Blank. For Kathy Bates, what first
comes to mind was her role in Stephen King ‘s Misery. But that was #3 on her
list I used. Number 1 was Midnight in Paris followed by #2 When Marnie Was There.
#4 is Titanic followed by anther King film Deloris Claiborne, Primary Colors, Charlotte’s
Web, Fried Green Tomatoes, The Morning After and Revolutionary Road.
I
titled this Tids The Blot, because after all the rhetoric and
yelling and arrogant claims of victory in November, all I see right now about 4
months before the elections is a giant ink blot, which in all honesty is hard to
to define. I think the murkiness will continue, matching the oppressive humid
days of July and August.
A
pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist
sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” – Winston Churchill.
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