Think before you act.

Today's Tids Issue 4,169

For Patience:

AI (Artificial Intelligence) may be pretty good at some things but judgment is certainly not one of them. Earlier this week a Midwestern newspaper’s effort to help people understand the true meaning of the 4^th (Like what actually is the Declaration of Independence?) was stymied by a new Facebook program that blocked one of the actual lines from the precious document for being “Hate Speech”. Facebook apologized saying it made an error. But, could it be that AI has on its own opted to join and become the cyber arm of that fancy new progressive party taking over the Dems. I have always thought that “artificial Intelligence” is a natural for the left, if you get my drift.

All music comes from just 12 notes. I think after all of these millenniums we are finally we are running out of melodies.

Many states including mine are calling no-talking-on-the-phone-while-driving, “Hands Free” driving. I think we may have a problem. Far too many people are far too literal. They may think that phrase means keep your hands in your laps and steer with your knees. I have seen things like this happen in the past’

What do you call a fish with a missing eye? A fsh.

Have you noticed that in England the police don’t give out the names of suspects until legitimate charges are brought forth. Just think of the havoc that would be raised if the cable news and daytime TV talk show industry were unable to discuss and opine on all possibilities of career destroying inuendo.

If any group should be concerned about his tariff mess, it is seniors wo are likely to be hit hardest with inflated prices.

The Question:

Which Ten Authors are considered he most controversial of al time?

The Headlines:

--Strong Jobs Report Of 213K has Stocks Trimming Early Morning Losses.

--Member Of Thai Navy Seal Cave Rescue Operation Dies After Running Out Of Oxygen; Oxygen Level Dip In Cave Is New Danger Warning  The Biggest Problem Is Running Out Of Oxygen; Speed Up Of Rescue Operation Urged.

--China Says “US Has Started Largest Trade War In History”; US Auto Shares Up After Germany Says It Could Cut Tariffs On US Cars.

--Secretary Of State Mike Pompeo Delivers A CD of Elton John’s “Rocket Man” to Kim Jong Un.

--Positive Results Form New Alzheimer’s Drug Has Biogen’s Shares Jumping.

--Mazda Is Latest Automaker To Have Major Recall Over Takata Airbags.

--Feminists And Animal Lovers Protesting Pamplona “Running With The bulls”.

--Actor Chris Brown Arrested In Florida For Felony Battery

I think we need a law that’s says -- After any given tragedy large or small, any personal complaint by an individual that mushrooms into a national controversy, no law can be made in reaction to a single event for at least one year.

People have long wondered what would cause the end of the earth and mankind. I think I’m seeing the answer emanating from the bullhorns on city streets -- One final massive protest against everything that exists. It’s over, there is nothing more to protest.

You think I was kidding about people misunderstanding the phrase “Hands Free Droving”. I read a story of a woman who sued a microwave manufacturer for killing her wet cat after she had placed it in the oven to dry. Her complaint was centered around the fact that the instructions never said, “Do not put animals in the microwave.” She won millions!

I don’t know about your area, but Dunkin’ Donut’s new Dunkin’ Fries are becoming a big hit around here. Basically, the company creative chefs have formed their croissant dough into French fry shapes, add cinnamon and sugar and deep fry them til crunchy. It is the latest addiction in these parts.

The Man who pointed out the burning building was a fire distinguisher.

They really don’t make good movies like they did in the past. I’m talking obviously about movies I like, which are mainly good mysteries with no social overtones.

I remember clearly the days when we would use a lit cigarette to remove a tick from the skin of a person or animal. Hmmm. Have you noticed that ever since the smoking bans were put in place the tick population has gone wild?

The TV hawker who has me convinced is the guy who saws the boat and half and repairs it with Flextape. And now they keep on introducing new products off of that very impressive technology. This is a must toolkit item for every jerrybuilder who ever existed

The Narrow Minded Left, Department:

A major feminist columnist and regular contributor to HuffPost tweeted this: Out on the road the other day I saw an affluent black man driving a BMW with two bumper stickers. One was pro NRA and the other was for the tea Party that read, “Don’t tread on me”. She Ended the tweet saying, “I was very confused.” As the focus of the left becomes more inward we may be seeing the spread of a coastal pandemic of “Sudden Confusion Syndrome.”

Comics writers Brookins and McNelly are saying that the earth could actually have been created in 6 days as there were no lawyers at the time.

What will the Fed do as red-hot inflation accelerates as escalating tariffs take over the economy – raise interest rates to Jimmy Carter levels?

Reading Between the Lines Movie Reviews:

--The latest Marvel big screen comic book is The Ant Man and the Wasp. Ant Man’s hope of staying home with the wife and kids, reading books quietly by the fire are dashed when he is asked to join forces with the Wasp on an urgent new mission that will reveal new secrets to their past. If you like the genre, it’s better than some.

--An Oakland Cal black telemarketer finds the secret to very profitable power calling which leads him to new heights of material excess, and conflict with his min wage, artist girlfriend and other friends who organize against corporate oppression. This occurs just as our striving hero’s cocaine snorting boss offers  him a salary of unimaginable proportions. Sounds like another anti-business protest. Critics, love it, BTW.

--I always felt sorry for the Whitney Houston, and her irreconcilable addiction. The documentary “Whitney” is quiet the successful effort, with lots of home movies combined with news tapes of her performances and life events for a revealing look at the demise of truly one of our greatest singers ever.

--Nobody seems to like very much The First Purge a movie about a grand social experiment gone wrong. The government allows community aggression for one night and then moves in to aggressively quell the nightmare, to show the rest of the country that violence in a community cannot be tolerated. The idea backfires and leads to a worse national tragedy as the rage of the trial city denizens into national outrage  and extreme violent counter aggression..

The Answer:

Number one is Marquis de Sade. Ouch! #2 is Ayn Rand. Three is Valdimir Nabokov followed by Karl Marx, Charles Darwin, D.H. Lawrence, George Orwell, Allen Ginsburg, Oscar Wilde and H.P. Lovecraft. The Next five are Christopher Hitchens, Salman Rushdie, V.C. Andrews, Donald Trump and Frederich Nietzche. Some of the others in the top 25 are Henry Miller, JD Sallinger Hitler, Kurt Vonnegut, Capote, Sylvia Plath, Hunter Thompson and Richard Dawkins. I always though Charles Schultz was pretty thought provoking.

I don’t seem to see a book about making a deal as being that controversial. Perhaps it has something to do with the author. Nah.

An alphabetized list of donors of hearts, livers and kidneys is well organized.

Have a great weekend, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!!