Opportunity for all.

Today's Tids Issue 4,569

Some dreams are bigger than others:

Happy MLK Day everybody. It seems to me that a lot of progress has been made, but you would never know it reading the news. Divide supporters seem to be overwhelming those who are seeing the fruition of hope, the satisfaction of accomplishment. I think more people now, “from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire, from the mighty mountains of New York, from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania, the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado. Not only there but "from Stone Mountain in Georgia, Lookout Mountain in Tennessee, from every hill and mole hill of Mississippi,” see, “all of God’s Children being able to sing with meaning, ‘My Country tis of thee, sweet land of liberty…”. I believe many, many more have climbed the mountains and are seeing what Martin had seen. But I am not of those who have been persecuted, have endured a suffocating past, and perhaps I don’t know. But that is what I have seen in 57 years.

Who knew what time it was when the first clock was made?

I wonder how many kids lose out on life because they think they are not smart, but it is mainly due to physical deficiencies like hearing loss or known shortcomings like attention deficit et. al.

I see where Trump has added Alan Dershowitz of OJ trial fame to his legal team. I wonder -- If there is no crime, he’s not doin’ time. If there is no mud on his Florsheim’s, there are no crimes.  If the evidence wilts there are no guilts. It’s just not fair, ‘cause you hate his hair. You must be an acquitter regardless of twitter. Oh well.

Boston Celtic and native of Turkey, Enes Kanter said: “If you want to kill a terrorist you can use weapons. If you want to kill terrorism, you need education.”

The Question:

England’s Captain Cook founded the “Sandwich Islands” in the Pacific. What are they called today? Bonus: Who is Shelly Fabares? Who is Nanette Fabray?

The Headlines:

--New York Times Endorses Elizabeth Warren And Amy Klobuchar After Interviewing 9 Candidates On The Most Important Issues.

--KC And San Fran To Meet In Super Bowl.

--Stock market Closed Today In Honor Of MLK.

--Asian Stocks Move Higher As US Markets Rest.

--New Trade Deals Expected To deliver For Farmers.

--Pro-Gun Activists Boiling Over Va Gov’s State of Emergency; Accuse Gov Northam Of “Fearmongering; Call For His Resignation.

--Sides Drawing lines Ahead Of Impartial Impeachment Trial.

--Post AFC Celebration Kansas City Crowd Mowed Down By Shooter Outside Bar; 15 Wounded, 2 Dead Including Shooter; Two Policemen Dead In Hawaii Arson/Shooting Rampage.

--Bloomberg Promises To Invest $70 Billon To Create Wealth In Disadvantaged Neighborhoods.

The Dems are throwing a Hail Mary pass hoping that Mitt will tip the ball to about seventeen of his friends.

Of all the people I hear voters say they won’t vote for, Elizabeth Warren seems to top the list. But the NYT’s endorses her. The old grey Lady has fallen off her walker.

Let’s face it, there are many people who are offered opportunity but don’t see it.

How come the word funeral begins with fun.

I think that Prince William looks like he has the makings of becoming pretty great King. But if he and Harry were running against each other for Prez in the USA, Harry would win. If you get my drift.

It seems like there is, or will be soon be a growing trend towards “Social” Capitalism. There is a consensus among business associations looking at capitalism say that corporations should be moving beyond serving mainly shareholders to serving all stake holders, which also includes customers, suppliers and communities. A 56% majority of worldwide citizens now question capitalism as it exists today. Two main factors contributing to the decline in corporate trust -- advancing job-gobbling technology and the disparity of income between workers and elites. Expect more CEO’s to be speaking of environment responsibility, wage gaps and maybe the biggest of all, job retraining.

Switzerland, France, Denmark, Malta and Sweden, according to the EPI, are considered the most environmentally friendly countries. EPI is “Environmental Performance Index” produced by the Yale and Columbia Universities in cooperation with the World Economic forum. A main purpose of the index is to guide world travelers to “Green” destinations, whether or not you would enjoy being there.

The US may do pretty well reducing CO2 emissions without government mandates, which are often strangulating in an effort to meet artificial demands for political purposes. The US hit its peak in emissions in 2005.and by 2017 (The latest CO2 data I can find) it was down about 14.5%. Oddly, that decline coincides with the increased use of Natural gas. BTW, since 2005, China has gone way up in the same period from 6.3 million Metric tons of CO2 to 10.9 Million metric tons. For sake of comparison, the EU (The center of the Paris Accords) has gone form 4.25 Million Mt to 3.55 Mil Mt or -16.5%. The bigger point is that every time the US has been faced with significant internal problems it has recognized needs for improvement and made them, and they will again. Without throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Or giving up our sovereignty to foreign globalists.

How do you get off a non-stop flight?

It wasn’t long after being left out of the billionaire grandfather’s will that the family members hiered their grievances.

I really spend a lot of effort trying to eliminate all forms of agitation and grief from my life. And then all of a sudden, I get a note from some security entity telling me I might be on the dark web. Ouch. “Might be”!

National and state governments spent billions in their effort to rid society of cigarettes. And now state houses across the land are legalizing marijuana. Government hypocrisy at its finest. The main reason, I suspect, is that without cigarette taxes, and now where most states who received chunks of dough from the Ciggy settlement and spent it like drunken sailors, they are looking for replacement revenue. And once again the are expecting a bonanza from taxing human frailties. But there is a lot of new research arising lately that says that perhaps “Non-Addictive” MJ is not so good for kids and adults after all. That it reduces driving awareness for one thing, and in the extreme, according to brand new study, researchers are saying that kids smoking the weed at an early age can be affected for life. These are just off the top examples, but I suspect that responsible lawmakers* will take a second look at the dangers before ramming it through the Legislative process.

Of course, some may legalize the cannabis so they can sue them in the future and get a Ciggy style return for budgets going forward.

*Yes, there are a few.

From a January 1963 article in Popular Science (With How-To drawing): “Disposing of used engine oil can be a problem. Solution: Dig a hole in the ground with a posthole digger and fill it with fine gravel. Then pour in the oil. It will be absorbed into the ground before your next change. Cover the spot with soil.” I wonder if they are now doing research on climate change.

The policemen crypt up on the gave robber and nabbed him. Shoot me.

The Answer:

The sandwich Islands of course became Hawaii, the 50^th State. Bonus: Shelly Fabares was the Daughter of Donna Reed On The DR Show and was well known for her role as Christina Armstrong on coach – and her number one hit song Johnny Angel. Nanette Fabray was the child of vaudevillians who won three Emmy’s playing opposite Sid Caesar. She won a Tony and was recognized as a super start on Broadway.  She was also starred as the mother of Christine Armstrong played by her niece Shelly Fabares. Yikes! I have to tell you that I only picked the two because of the similarity in their names and didn’t know the relationship until I typed the sentence above. Crazy how you can learn something new at any given minute even when it is not relevant to the history and future of the world. BTW, Nanette won the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award and The President’s Distinguished Service Award for her long-time dedicated advocacy for the handicapper and in particular the Deaf of whom she was one. And she overcame it.

Nanette had quite a life on the stage beginning at 3 yo, and part of it was fighting against shortcomings due to her hearing deficiencies. Originally her name was spelled Fabares, like Shelly. But she changed it to the phonetic spelling after Ed Sullivan muffed the pronunciation.

Why is traffic slowest at rush hour?