Dad’s in the garden.

Today's Tids Issue 4,394

Tulips and Cukes:

Sometimes the idea of personal responsibility doesn’t come naturally to many. Even when told how their actions can critically affect others, they can’t think beyond themselves. In the nineteen sixties, the US Army lost many good young soldiers during Jump School. One of the problems they isolated was sloppy packing of parachutes by crews supposedly dedicated to that task – too many chutes were just not opening. To help solve that problem they ordered that packers will themselves jump. The instructors would select random chutes from the stacks of packed chutes. Surprise! The fatality rate plummeted, practically disappeared. How do we get all citizens to understand their responsibility to the whole? Will that question ever be answered in a new society that seems to be enabling irresponsibility. Geronimo!

Robert Kraft may be winning the legal battles, but fans from teams across the land will now only see him with his pants down.

If you rob a bank in a sanctuary city, is it illegal or just an undocumented withdrawal?

Everything is about the 2020 elections. So, basically, I don’t twist my gut into knots paying attention to Washington DC denizens and their sycophant’s utterances.

The Question:

There have been several pioneering nurses who helped transform medical care. Name four.

The Headlines:

--Trade Fears Rise To The Top Again; Stocks Will Suffer; Judge Rules That Qulacom Violated Antitrust law.

--Target Posts Strong Results To Stop Retail Slides; Lowes Doesn’t Hit Profit Number Buts Sales Are Strong; VF Corp Misses On Full Years Guidance.

--Pelosi To Meet With Trump; Pelosi’s Mignons Pressuring Speaker To Get On Board With Impeachment.

--Iran Increases Production Of Enriched Uranium.

--Washington State Gov Jay Inslee Signs Into Law Bill That Would Allow Human Composting.

--Nobody Is Buying Theresa May’s New Brexit Plan.

--Insider Says China Deal Could Happen By End Of Summer.

--After Two Disasters In Less Than two Weeks Alaska’s Taquan Air Suspends Operations.

The Viet Nam protest era culminated with the SC sanctifying RvW, which gave us a truly divided American, that seems to be deepening today. The decision began an era of public discourse which dismissed truths in favor of ideological stubbornness. RvW became a political slogan for a movement, at the expense of rational discussion, logically finding agreement.

The worm knew it was the end of the line for him when he found himself in a fisherman’s bait box.

Human Composting, Department:

“My Howard never liked tomatoes, but he produces beautiful “Heirlooms” today.” “Mom do we have to eat dad, again, today”? “I wish Dudley was as productive when he was alive”. “Mary, Mary, how does your garden smell? I know Mary, dad always did have a little gas.”

In case you are interested, the June 10 episode of the Bachelorette was filmed around the corner form this seat upon which I sit production the enigmatic Tids. Let me know what you think, because I will probably avoid the show.

I think the NFL has opened a can of worms with this new requirement for reviews of interference calls. Just when a game is building to a crescendo, when the chips are on the line, when tensions grip the stomachs of fans, play will be interrupted by a disputed judgment. The fabs sit and squirm but more important teams lose momentum. I still say, get rid of video replay in its entirety. It’s a human game that should include human error as well as human feats of greatness.

In case you missed it, China now has more warships than the US. The Chinese have ben pouring mucho Yuan into the building of a Navy. One analyst says that they have growing so fast, that they have run out of names for new ships.

China has 300 hulls to the US 287 and Russia’s 87, UK’s 75 and Australia’s 48. However, the US has a more diverse mix and a superior mass of ships that can launch long distance assaults. In tonnage, the US has about three million more tons than the Chinese Navy. For example, the US has 11 nuke powered Aircraft Carriers versus one, soon to be two, for China. Pure number comparisons are not quite apples to apples, but it is said that Chana is leaning towards more apples over oranges as they continue to build.

I don’t care much for that person Trump, but what I do care about is American stability, and I worry about this concept that an election in America is only temporary if you can find a way around the will of the people and their electoral college representatives. Maybe this movement to impeach is hangover resentment for the Bill Clinton Impeachment. It is surely the result of anger over Hillary losing.  But regardless, if implemented it would tend to establish a new precedent that says American elections don’t count. That there is no foundation left in the great country. That the business of Congress is getting rid of elected presidents.

If Muslims want to flee Muslim countries, does that mean they are Islamophobic?

It’s quite apparent that Robert DeNiro, like many a star, is nothing without a scriptwriter. The only word he seems to know begins with an “F”.

Btw, I don’t go to movies because star’s names are in big Capital letters. I go depending what the plot is all about. That is, when I make my own personal choices. Well, maybe I did watch Doris Day a couple of extra times when I was a teen lad.

And, good plots that I like are few and far between these days.

The Answer:

Florence Nightingale is called “The Mother of Modern Nursing”. Her singular feat was improving sanitation in Hospitals. She also developed training programs for nurses. Clara Barton fought for the development of the Red Cross. Prez Rutherford Hayes told Carla there was no need for a disaster aid organization as there would never be another Civil War. She persisted and prevailed. Lilian Wald founded Henry Street settlement for the care of most vulnerable citizens. Lillian Holland Harvey transformed nursing education. Some other great women in  Medical history: Dr. Evelyn Lauder founded the Breast cancer Research Foundation. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, the 2^nd women Noble medicine winner, developed Radio-Immunoassay. A technique that uses radioactive isotopes to measure concentrations of hormones, vitamins, viruses, enzymes, drugs among many substances to aid in diagnosis and treatment. Last but not least is Marie Curie, the first women to win the Medicine Nobel for her work in discovering radioactive elements.

“Dad’s growing some mighty big cucumbers these days!”

Bury me not on the lone prairie, but in garden neath a home bright and cheery.

But, that pitch fork really hurts!