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Today's Tids Issue 4,257

Strangers passing in the night:

I’ve decided to give up public sarcasm. Yeah, I’ve noticed that the younger crowds at checkout counters just stand there glassy eyed not understanding at all some of my best creative humor. So far, nobody has called their manager.

You take away the looks, money, intelligence, charm and success and, really, there is no real difference between me and George Clooney.

The recent flurry of crazed accusations against Trump are just over-the-top nuts. You know the old story, accusations for the sake of accusing. For instance, they complain that Trump chooses for close advisors’ people who like him and believe in his polices and ideas. Duh. Like how many Presidents in the past picked enemies as their right-hand people. Jimmy Carter’s close friend Griffin Bell was his AG. JFK’s brother was AG and closest advisor. The same was the case of Repub Presidents through the years who found it somewhat intelligent to pick friends over enemies. And the uproar about Matt Whitaker is all hyperbole meant to rile the uninformed, He is “Acting” Attorney General. That’s “acting” as in he must be outta there by law in 210 days. So, the beat goes on and anti-Trump media report nonsense as fact. There are many reasons to become dismayed over DT actions and TrumpSpeak, but we don’t need exaggerated stories too.

The Question:

A woman named Seema writes a column from her Bedford NY mansion called “Seema Says” -- which tells us all we want to know about Botox, the need for large closets and the blessings of being filthy rich. Who is she? Bonus: What is “Swatting”?

The Headlines:

--Death Tolls Around Paradise Camp Fire Continue To Rise; 6 Arrested For Theft In Region.

--Stocks Look Higher As Oil Attempts Rebound.

--Palm Beach Voting Machines Overheat During Recount.

--DoJ Lawyers Say Ok For Whitaker Appointment.

--Anti-Nancy Dems Say They Have Enough to Keep her Out.

-- MLB Managers Of The Year: Atlanta Brian Snitker and Oakland’s Bob Melvin; Red Sox Amazing Cora Second In AL.

--Socialist Darling Ocasio-Cortez Complains About Amazon Deal; Socialist NYC Politicians Praise Chaise As Great For Rescue Of City Budgets Strangled By High Cost Of Social Programs.  

--HHS Secretary Kirsten Neilson Said To Be On the Way Out; Most Think Kelly Is Next, As President Looks For New Top Aid With more Political Acumen To Guide 2020 Run.

--New Lewinsky A&E Documentary Comments About Being Hurt By Bill Re-Arouses Ire Of Alleged Clinton Rape Victim Juanita Broaddrick; I Was In “Real Pain” Says Accuser.

Why would Amazon pick the two most expensive places for employees to live? They’re going to have to pay big bucks to make workers whole and happy in the lands of super expensive housing and cost of living.

I see where parents and grandparents retired in Florida are changing their Healthcare Powers of Attorney. In addition to “Do not resuscitate,” they are requesting an addition for local authorities, “I am dead. Remove me from voter lists in all precincts.

In the strange bedfellow’s department, I see where Senator Cory Booker teamed up with Chris Christie to sell Amazon on moving to the Garden State. Money, not love, will bring them together.

I’m not saying my girlfriends’ perfume was too strong. I’m just saying that my canary was alive before she got there.

By the way, the cities with the richest offers to seduce Amazon in addition to the NJ offer were Atlanta, Chicago, Columbus and Montgomery County MD.

Have you noticed that the difference between “fiends” and “friends” is an “R”. Or, is that “Our”

I have been noticing a new hairdo becoming prominent for females I’ve seen on TV. More and more I’ve seen, from Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to Kelly Clarkson and several cable news heroines in between, women sporting shoulder length, very straight, thinned out hair. It almost looks like sleek sharpened axe blades beside the head, making me think it maybe a sign of renewed feminine aggression. I don’t what they call it, but if it is noticeable to an un-style person like me, perhaps something is emerging in the coifing wars.. The Tids is always trying to help its female readers stay current with the times. Of course I have always felt that the times should be striving to keep up with the Tids female readers.

The Voice pared it down to 13 last night, and for the most part the voters did well. Blake’s team appears solid, but Adams doesn’t Kelly will certainly challenge again, but at this point I don’t see that standout that carried her to victory last time. Kelly has four team members as “Come Back” singer Lynnea Moore chose Kelly too. JHud also has very strong all women team. Now it is all about voter appeal. What are the viewer audience demographics now? My view say the show has been going after a younger audience with less reliance on the big “Country” audiences of the past.

People are still talking about the craziness of DWTS Monday night after the top point getter was axed.

There is a nice developing mystery in the new Amazon Prime Julia Roberts series, Homecoming, that has grabbed me, even though at times the show is a bit quirky.

The Answer:

Seema was the wife of Ivan Boesky, who retained their mansion after the downfall of the great nefarious fraudster. Seema came from a very wealthy family and had tons of dough (Obtained after bitter fight over the family fortune with her sister). After the big downfall, Seema divorced Ivan and paid him a lump sum of $23 Million plus a promise of $180K/year for life. Ivan lives with a new young wife as a Rasputin style recluse in a large home in LaJolla California. Seema spends lots of money in Westchester Country NY, like for instance the 6,000 peonies on her property which she harvests and preserves until needed in seven large refrigerators. You know, simple stuff we all do. Bonus: Swatting is a practice where the mindless make prank calls to town or city’s emergency services describing some kind of apocalyptic event with the hope they will send a large number of armed police to a particular address. The hoaxer will provided information about a threat like bomb making or hostage situation which would arouse the interest fro an aggressive “SWAT” team response. In one instance a man playing some kind of Computer game with fiends was asked to stimulate a sway action which resulted in an innocent man being shot by police.

I remember in the late forties, early fifties my crazy friends and I would laugh after calling strangers on the phone to ask if their refrigerators were running. And then, “Well, you’d better go out and catch it”! We were out of control dudes.