Today's Tids Issue 4.408
Thanks Dad:
It’s hard for me to write about
Dad’s Day, because my swelling heart always gets in the way of my thought
process. I see my three daughters at all the ages of their wonderful lives. I feel
their moments of sadness, and am buoyed by memories of their exultations of
incredible happiness. I see their singular accomplishments, all quite different,
because they, all three, are girls/women of their own. I could write novel
about them, and read it over and over again. Every day that one walks into my home,
I wilt. And I love my vegetative state. Dad’s day is every day. So, I’ll just pause a minute or two here, and
smile at my memories. Happy Father’s Day!
I love the American Flag,
and if wasn’t for daughters grand, it would have been the first topic of this
Tids day. From the original with 13 stars and 13 stripes to the one today, that
respects the past while adapting for the future, I salute and honor it. I believe
in how it unites and get angry when it is defiled. It’s a grand old flag, a
highflying flag and forever in peace may it wave, It’s the emblem of the land I
love, the home of the free and the brave. Every heart beats true under the red,
white and blue. Thanks, George M. Cohan for saying it so well. Happy flag day,
everybody.
I can tell a man
is lying just by looking at him. I can tell if he is standing, too. Punderfully submitted for Dad’s Day Bad Joke
Kit (DDBJK).
Happy 73rd Birthday,
Mr. President. Just in case you are interested, DT would be 74 at the beginning
of second term. If Biden or Sanders were to win, they would be 78 and 79 at the
start of their first terms. Elizabeth Warren would be quaffing a beer to celebrate
her 71st. When all is said and done, his may be looking at a generational
election.
The Question:
The “Gadsden Flag represented the time when America
was fighting for its freedom. But you all know it by another name. What is it? Bonus:
Name three characters in the comic strip “Nancy”. Extra Bonus: Who was
Little Lulu?
The Headlines:
--EuroStock Downturn Leads To Negative Day For US
Indices; Weak China Data Has Investors Selling; Broadcom Leading Chip Shares Down;
Alibaba Applies For Hong Kong Listing; New Judge Says He May Try To Stop
CVS/Aetna Merger.
--Trump Issues Tough Warning To Iran If They Close
Strait.
--India Looking To Add Tariffs To Some US Goods.
--US Says Video Links Iran To Oil Tanker Explosions.
--Putin Says Relations With US Getting Worse.
--Admin Will Probably Not Fire Kelly Ann After Accusations
Of Hatch Law Crimes; Sarah Sanders Moving Away From Hot Seat To Hot Springs For
r\Rejuvenation.
--During 2006 Campaign Biden, Tapes Shows Him Saying
That Abortion Is Not A Choice, A Right.
--Toronto Raptors Has Canadian’s Dancing As It Takes
The NBA Championship Over Injury Plagued GS; Leonard, A true Force, Gets MVP.
--US Open Lives Up To Expectations; Justin Rose Ties
Tiger Woods US Open Opening Day Scoring Record; 41 Players In Red Numbers.
--Latest Big Democrat Give-away Promise: Elizabeth Warren
Would Cancel All Student Debts.
--Kim Kardashian And Prez Get Together To Promote Second
Chance Program For Prisoners.
--Sanders And AOC Say New Amazon Credit Card To Help
Financially Handicapped Should Be Banned By Congress.
Yesterday I went on bit about
the lack of real news. After I hit “Send” I remembered that a big reason why
they’re so little real news worth devouring or repeating, is that much of what
we see is publicity from celebrities, political operatives, businesses,
associations and ideological organizations, Sorting through what is purported
it be news though, is a fun game that can be challenging as well as entertaining.
National
cultural arguments get sillier and sillier.
Remember when there
was no confusion about the General Electric Stock?
But, people flock to a stock called
Lululemon. I’m not looking good in yoga outfits, so I don’t
get it. I never pursued the stock nor knew I could actually shop for it in
stores. I envisioned it as a name for a Little Lulu’s lemonade stand. Actually,
experts have trouble determining the thought process behind the name. At first
they were going to call the company “Athletically, Hip”, but the original
design team liked the name Lululemon. One story says that company founder Chip
Wilson liked poking fun at the Japanese, so he went for a name with 3 “L’s” in
it. Japanese can’t pronounce “L’s”. So, if you think it has a deeper meeting,
you are out of luck. Actually, Little Lulu’s Lemonade Stand has 5 “L’s” in it.
Regardless, I still don’t look great in yoga outfits.
I’m figuring I’ll reach
Tids Issue # 5,000 by about January 2023! Are you excited yet?
CEO’s look to CFO’s
to control budgets, but barbers have been trimming overheads for years. For
(DDBJK)
Would the Warren
student debt cancellation program provide a nice stipend to all of those who
worked hard and responsibly to pay off their debts?
“Meatless” meat
is obviously not meat. So why do purveyors of meat that isn’t actually meat
call meat without meat, “Meat”? Are they trying to fool us?
It’s a lot like politicians
giving us promises that aren’t about to be kept.
I think it’s about time
we brought back Clara Peller!
Cryptocurrency
will be a factor someday, that is for sure. Facebook has developed a new CC
product that has already been lovingly accepted by Visa, Mastercard, Paypal and
Uber. Things we think will never happen because they don’t make sense to us,
have a way of creeping into our daily routines. Younger generations will drive
it.
The guy who sued
over missing luggage lost his case. (DDBJK)
The University of Kentucky
is going to pay basketball coach John Calipari $86 Million for the next ten
years. I’m thinking that before then the NBA will have adopted a minor league
concept that takes all the good players out of high school or off the Playgrounds.
That perhaps Universities will become purely amateur again. Will Coach Cal be
paid in Cryptocurrency?
Medicare for all sounds great
for the gimmie set of voters, but knowledgeable people say it would be a burden
on the delivery of health care now enjoyed by Seniors under Medicare financed
by user lifetime investments. Well, that’s the opinion of CMS.
Someday, I’m going to write an
issue of this morning mess without a reference to anything political. This is a
momentous challenge for any writer during election year. But, I enjoy mountains.
There’s a lot more going on in this beautiful world than shallow promises and
insults.
Reading Between the Lines Movie Reviews:
--There are lot of “Men In Black” fans out there,
but don’t listen to critics if you want to enjoy with an open mind the antics
again. This time the brave protectors of the universe fight against a global
threat from a Mole in the MIB Organization.
--Also back is another oldie, Shaft. Usher plays Shaft
junior, an MIT grad and cybersecurity expert. But the untimely death of his
best friend has him calling on dad, Shaft senior, for old fashioned police
work. The coolest detective of them all played By Sam Jackson joins and has to
put up with the intellect of son. It becomes a generational battle and more as
Shaft Sr. also has a score to settle. Critics hate it, meaning it will be a box
office smash.
The Dead Don’t Die is a fair Zombie Movie with some
laughs. It has a huge cast that includes Bill Murray, Aaron Driver, Tilda
Swenson, Chloe Sevigny, Steve Buscemi, Danny Glover, Iggy Pop, Selena Gomez and
many more. Summer movies are here, folks.
--Hampstead has Diane Keaton as a widowed wealthy woman
living in posh London looking for charitable opportunities, and Brenden Gleeson
as a gruff Irish loner living off the land in a small cabin. He only wants to be
left alone, but when a developer threatens his paradise and peace, Keaton sees
it as a new cause. The two from different sides of the social spectrum find romance,
and battle big bad stereotypical business men.
The Answer:
The Gadsden Flag is very well known as the “Don’t Tread
On Me” Flag. It depicts a coiled rattlesnake ready to strike without warning. Bonus:
Nancy Ritz was the niece of her paternal aunt Fritzi Ritz. Phil Fumble was
Fritzi’s boyfriend and Sluggo was Nancys very best friend. Rollo Haveall was
the stereotypical rich kid, but a very friendly rich kid indeed. The series had
a thirty-year run til 1968. Extra Bonus: 3 years before Nancy, The Little Lulu
Comic stirp made its debut as a single panel in Saturday Evening Post. Little
Lulu, created by Margorie Henderson Buell, known as “Mare”, replaced a SEP strip
“Henry” which went onto syndication. Little Lulu became very popular and a
mascot for many products including Kleenex. She became a big favorite as a doll
and in full comic books. Some of the characters were Tubby, Jennie, Alvin,
Gloria, Annie, Wilbur, Eddie, Iggie, Willie and adults George and Martha. I’m
looking at an old Little Lulu doll as I type. She’s still smiling.
The US flag
was authorized by Congress in 1777.
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