Today's Tids Issue
4,194
For Victory:
Happy
VJ Day Everybody. I still consider this the most momentous
day in my history, perhaps in all of history. I still envision and feel the
tension of those early days of my life -- American Marines storming beaches of
small Pacific Islands. Mighty US Navy ships upsetting the vaunted Imperial
Japanese Navy, best known for a sneak attack upon innocent Americans in Pearl Harbor.
For some reason, the Guadalcanal invasion has stuck with me all of this time.
The day that Japan surrendered, the world took a deep breath after years filled
with exhaustion, fear and sorrow. VJ Day in 1945 was about Americans finally
exhaling, shouting in the streets, hugging love ones -- because back then we
knew the cost of courage. We knew the meaning of that incredible victory. I
feel the chills this morning knowing that what we celebrate this day was what
so many had died to achieve.
There
are couple of things guiding American culture these days. One
is FOMO – Fear of Missing Out. The second is, “If you aren’t like me there’s
something wrong with you”. While “being like me” is societal it often begins in
homes where some parents can’t understand that children may have different
outlooks on ambition, vocation and personal likes and dislikes. In other words,
we are all individuals and much too often we miss strengths while trying to succumb
to the whims of normality We miss the chance to unify thoughts by building an
artificial wall to understanding. People lose hope. People miss love. Division
infects the power of unification. We don’t need pom-poms. We need eyes and hearts
that can see and feel the goodness; respect the strengths in dissimilarities.
Bad
pun for bad pun lovers: About a month before he died, my
uncle had his back covered in lard; After that, he went down hill fast. Groan.
Shoot me.
After
4,193 Tids, last Friday you experienced a new low point
with the worst Question ever in the history of your favorite Morning Mess. That’s
what happens when you don’ t pay attention. There are no short cuts.
67
years ago this past Saturday, the Brooklyn Dodgers took a 13
½ game lead over the New York Giants. Then one day in early October of that
year, October 3, 1951 to be exact, Bobby Thompson came up to bat. This is just
a little reminder for today’s Red Sox fans, a happy, mere 9 ½ games ahead of
the Ya, Ya’s. Nervous yet?
A
stock market that now seems to be approaching bubble country,
needs a show of stability and not unsettling government experimentation.
The
Question:
Who was Katherine Lee Bates? Bonus: What state produces almost all of US pretzels? Super Bonus: In which states will home
buyers get the most house for the money?
The
Headlines:
--Turkey Economics Weighing On Stocks; Bounced Into
Positive Territory At Midday; Investment Community Awaiting Week Of Retail
Earnings.
--White House Irate After Learning Of Omarosa
Significant Taping Violation In Highly Secure Area; Tape Indicates Possible
Intimidation By Kelley.
--Yesterday In Separate Incidents, Two Tourists In Kenya
Were Mauled To Death By Charging Hippo.
--Musk Says Saudi Fund Underwriting Taking Tesla
Private.
--US Said To be Finishing Up Details On New
Mexico/US Trade Deal.
--Monsanto Expected To get Flooded With Storm Of
Cancer Related Lawsuits.
--Legendary Aretha Franklin Said To Be Gravely Sick,
Near Death; Again.
One
of the greatest things about looking in the mirror as you
age, is that your eyes don’t see too good either.
That
blast off of the solar traveler “Parker” is very interesting.
What was particularly intriguing was scientists saying they are unable to
explain so many aspects of the sun. That they are dumbfounded.
The
weakest companies are those who hire only those who are
similar to them. They will never be able to see what is going wrong.
The
end of WWII also created the Nuclear Power race.
There
is lots of news that the media drags out day after day
which I just tune out or turn off -- stuff like panels discussing immigration,
gun control, Trump rallies or street protests. The media keeps these stories
alive rarely adding anything that hasn’t already been discussed to death by
people who vowed to each other never to agree on anything. That said, I still have
hope about coming to together as rational adults on immigration.
At
the end of eh PGA Championship yesterday one of the announcers
to the agreement of others opined that it was too bad that Brooks Koepke’s
great victory would be dwarfed by the effort of Tiger Woods. If I’m not mistaken,
it is these same announcers who could have spent more time giving Koepka his
due credit and stopped talking about Tiger Woods. (Through the roars for Woods,
they may have missed that Brooks Koepke became only the fifth player in history
to win the US Open and PGA Championships in one year. The others are Gene
Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods. That, I would say, is a tidy
group.)
So
far, the Manafort trial doesn’t seem to have anything to
do with the reason why Mueller was named special prosecutor – finding ties to
Russia voter meddling. That is, unless “The Squeeze” produces a little
snitching.
One
of the more pleasant musical interludes is The
Kyrie by Maurice Durufle in his Requiem.
Headlines
adjectives evaluated: 1. “Mollie Tibbitts disappearance case
‘Gripping’ the Country. “Gripping”? 2. “Disturbing allegations: Man 35 accused
of killing, eating ex-girlfriend declared fit to stand trial.” “Disturbing” –
quite apt. Yikes!
Like
a plague of locusts, electric scooters are being deposited
unannounced on the streets of cities across America. These instruments of
public harassment owned and operated by app driven electric scooter companies
like Bird, LimeBike and Spin are being used by a lot of people with little
regard for traffic laws and pedestrians. Even in anything goes LA, the folks have
had it and are banning together to rid their streets of this latest uncivilized
assault on domesticated living.
The
Answer:
Katherine Lee Bates wrote the words to America the
Beautiful. Bonus: Almost all
pretzels are made in Pennsylvania. That of course doesn’t include Pretzels made
in Airports like those extraordinarily delicious Annie’s pretzels. Super Bonus: In West Virginia, $300K
will get you a 3,347 sqft Home. Next is Mississippi followed by Arkansas. Numbers
4 and 5 also above 3,000 sqft are Indiana and Alabama. Rounding out the top ten
are Ohio, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Kansas and Missouri. 3,000 square feet and far
fewer liberals. How great is that.
I
remember how the day of August 14 1945 seemed to become
brighter after Harry Truman speaking on the radio told us all that Japan had
accepted the terms of surrender. I remember that smiles were broader that day.
That people were standing around in the streets of our neighborhood talking and
laughing.
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