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Today's Tids Issue 4,911

Missing the big picture.

 

I see where Putin and Xi had a friendly Zoom type meeting yesterday signing an agreement for the joint expansion of Nuclear power generation. The USA owned the this cleanest and most efficient of all energy sources, but now must face the wokeness of a few deterring sound energy options.

 

CBS Is cancelling MacGyvor. I like MacGyvor – simple, non-stressful, a pleasant diversion from the anger.

 

But, why fret. I know that I can walk in the sun today with the reassurance te same comforting warmth is pouring into those thousands of acres of beautiful pristine America now lost forever to gleaming anodized aluminum frames for solar cells made of Polycrystalline or Monocrystalline Silicon producing rather inefficient energy but trendy. I ways thought grassy fields with waving white daises looked better. Henry David Thoreau mad me say that.

 

It’s that time of year when lilacs dominate country roads. That means that orange day lilies surrounding stne walls can’t be far behind

 

The Question:

Ok, name the five most woodsy states and the five least woodsy states. (Percentage Of total land coved by forests)

 

The Headlines:

--All Three Big Indexes Awaken; Jobless Claims Hit Serious New Low:

--Israel Agrees To Unilateral Cease Fire.

--Biden Signs A Covid-19 Hate Cries Bill.

--Chicago Mayor Lightfoot Says He Will Only Speak o Non-White Reporters.

--Experts Amazed At Rapid Build-Up of Hamas Arsenal; Iran Seen As Major Supplier.

 

How come today, which is in fact “National Be A Millionaire Day”, the stock market plummets. Actually, that’s what I wrote earlier when things looked glum, you know, a little depressing financial humor. But low and behold the markets decided to wake up for the first time in several days. And ruin my attempt at being funny.

 

But then, I like up markets.

 

The PGA tournament begins today. Vegas likes to pick the favorite and even more likes to see the money stream in. But the way things are going lately, these tournaments could be won anybody, especially some young golfer who gets hot. The odds now have Rory on top (But he skyed to +3 in round one). He is followed by Jon Rahm, Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Byson Dechambeau, Xander Schauffele, Victor Hovland, Collin Morakawa and Daniel Berger.

 

The Liberal/Conservative divide could become more intrinsic, far more significant identity labels.  Eastern Oregon Counties have successfully voted to join Idaho which aligns with their political conservative views. There are several additional steps to go, and frankly, nobody really knows how it could happen. But, they voted and it is in progress. It’s not talk anymore. But if it actually happens, the real significance is how will this possible precedent setting event reshape America. This may look like an idle vote in Eastern Oregon, but the ramifications in our new anything-is-possible world are daunting.

 

The Answer:

The ten least “Woodsy” Sates are  North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, Nevada, Wyoming, Indiana, and Arizona. The “Woodsiest” state is Maine. After that we have New Hampshire, West Virginia, Vermont, Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Virginia and New York. The next ten are Massachusetts, North Carolina, Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania means [Wiliam] Penn’s Woods), Arkansas, Michigan, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Louisiana, Tennessee and Washington.

 

I don’t really like the idea that China and Russia are palling around together. They together are starting to make the USA look a bit smaller. Let’s hope China isn’t paying Russia for the Nuke Plants with their US Debt IOUs. Yikes!