The Other Side.

 

Today's Tids Issue 5,003

Somebody Likes It:

 

 

Now that we got Monday out of the way,

Let’s move on to National Good Neighbor Day

And get along as we all dutifully register

To vote for a hopefully all Repub legislature

To which most will all uniformly cheer,

While singing and drinking a good beer!

(Quaffing with a good neighbor, of course: Today is National “Good Neighbor Day”, “Voter Registration Day” and “Drink Beer Day”! – Just in case you are interested.)

 

There is little question that the greatest thing to ever happen to the modern Afghan people was the 20-year skirmish. Americans and other allies suffered a much but the stability that fight brought an amazing rebirth of life to a downtrodden, persecuted people. It was not a mission fought in vain, with nothing to show for the lives lost ad money spent. Now with the Taliban takeover, the country has rapidly deteriorated back into its miserable past, with the new rulers reestablishing a horrendous human environment. From minimalizing women back into nothingness to the inhumane cutting off limbs as punishments to banning barbershops that shave beards. It is a sad thing to contemplate her in this land of freedom and understanding. It actually hurts me to read about it.

 

“You know, there's a fishing show on TV. They catch the fish, but they let it go. They don't want to eat the fish, but they do want to make it late for something." –Mitch Hedberg

 

The Question:

What was the first effective antibiotic?

 

The Headless;

--Rising Treasury Yields Is Squishing Stock Prices; Nasdaq Crushed; Dow Significantly Lower; Repubs Block Bill To Extend debt Limit.

--North Korea Fires Another Missile.

--Biden’s Top Defense Chiefs Testifying On Afghan Pullout.

--UK Military May be Brought In To Help Control Fuels Shortage Crisis.

--Canada To Increase Afghan Resettlement Quota To 40,000

--6 Fromer Afghan Female Judges Now Being Hunted Down By the Murders They Convicted.

 

One thing I notice writing this mess each day is that by having lots of different topics I find that where somebody is saying who would ever want to read about that, another will say this my absolute favorite subject in the world. I guess we should think about that when we talk to others only about what we think is important.

 

Tali-ban seems like quite the appropriate name.

 

"I'm not good at golf, I never got good. I never got a hole in one, but I did hit a guy. And that's way more satisfying. You're supposed to yell 'Fore,' but I was too busy mumbling 'There ain't no way that's gonna hit him.'"  --Mitch Hedberg

 

Back in the really old days, an alternate name proposed for New Jersey by King James was New Caesarea! And in New Hampshire an effort to lure settlers was an offer of an acre for an ear of corn annually. And in 1644, Massachusetts Governor Winthrop established the first iron manufacturing company in the colonies –the Saugus Iron Works.

 

In case you missed it, Matt Amodio and James Holzhauer are having a feud. James started it with defaming Meme, but Matt quickly responded with several decent zingers. For the record Matt may pass James into second place for consecutive wins but he will always by far behind with dollars/win. Hey, they are both good.

 

I just don’t understand why saving your life has become political. It all sounds silly to me.

 

If you are a New Englander, this is the week of anticipation! It is all about the big game between Belichick and his Pats against former Pats GOAT QB Brady and his Bucs. The big conflict is whether or not long time Brady fans will root for their favorite player against their team, or bite the bullet and potentially suffer watching the Pats look bad again this week. I’m on the suffering side.

 

I am just plain tired of the continuous 24/7 talk radio shows only about Covid and masks. I can’t believe they still have ay ratings at all. But, as I said earlier, what I may believe may just be an anomaly on the human-interest scale.

 

"I bought a donut, and they gave me a receipt. When will I ever need to prove I bought a donut? Some skeptical friend: 'Hey man! Don't you even act like I didn't buy this donut! I have the receipt ... damn ... I forgot it at home ...in the filing cabinet under D...for donut.'" –Mitch Hedberg

 

The Answer:

The first antibiotic was Penicillin, was discovered by accident by Alexander Fleming 1928. That’s a far cry from today’s organized assault that quickly developed a lifesaving, disease minimizing Covid vaccine. That’s what whipping boy big Pharma can do. Back then the people rejoiced over the news that there was something that now could prevent deaths from some pretty simple infections from juries. And today we have a political argument squashing he celebration of a magnificent achievement.

 

Yes, there are many ways to look at things. And the more we realize that the better our chances of getting along… as long as we con sider legalities, ethics and principles in the observations.

 

"I like an escalator, 'cause an escalator can never break. It can only become stairs. There would never be an 'Escalator temporarily out of order' sign, only 'Escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience.'" –Mitch Hedberg