Today's Tids Issue 5,077
The Wisdom of Silence:
When in doubt, look intelligent. —Garrison Keillor
During my career I always regarded quiet customers as being intelligent, never giving me a hint about what they were thinking. Later as I got to know many of them better they confided in me saying that at the first meeting with a stranger, they didn’t want to appear stupid.
It seems that I know a lot of wonderful people who have birthdays in January. So, HB all yooz guys. Have you ever noticed that for some months I have no friends or family’s birthdays, and others are so busy you can’t keep track of them all. January is a good month for caring about people I know.
In response to the Tids title yesterday, “A pendulum swings both ways, a reader says, “The darn political pendulum always swings too far!”
One of my favorite all-time actors just died. Sidney Poitier just brought so much life the screen Who could ever forget him in 1963’s Lilies of the Field for which he won the Best Actor Oscar. Or as Mr. Tibbs in, “The heart of the Night”? He was one of the few actors that induced me to choose movies just because of an actor. I was never disappointed.
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age. —Robert Frost
The Question:
Which five companies have the largest pay gap between CEO’s and employees? Bonus: Sidney Poitier won the Best Actor Oscar and was nominated for two more back cite 19050’s-^60s’ we there were no leading man black actors. Name those three movies and five more of his best. Actually they were all his best
The Headlines;
--Markets Meandering; New Jobs Created Total Of 199K Misses Big Against 400K Projection.
--SC Hearing Oral Arguments On Biden Vaccine Mandates.
--Rhode Island This Morning Achieved The Most Covid Infected State In The Nation.
--Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayevhas Has Called In Forces From Ally Russia; Gives Military “Shoot To Kill” Order; Putin Taking Risk For Big Reward In Power Building; Could Become Trouble Spot For The West
Around this town of many great restaurants, it appears to me that three local favorites have just closed due to greedy landlords. Not Covid.
This Tids thing just shows you how I have yet to learn the lesson of caution, the art of shutting up. I constantly blurt out my opinions to really intelligent people. And to make it worse, I can’t sepll.
Environmentalists are going after big oil companies with cases based on hindsight evaluations out of context with today. It’s the old “They should have known” prosecution technique. As part of their disturbance over big bad oil they are piling on with claims that facilities are always next to poor neighborhoods. Like maybe because wealthy liberal neighborhoods wouldn’t let them in. How inane are the sanctimonious arguments of our national debate? I’m tuning out.
Here’s why Wall Street can be so confounding. The online headline this morning says “Stocks Dip on Lower than Expected New Jobs Number’s Report.” Two days ago the market plummeted because our venerable investment community were worried about good economic news bringing an earlier increase in Fed rate policy. So, why this morning with sour news didn’t the collective mindset say, “Ah bad news, maybe now the Fed will holdoff rate increases. Let’s roll!”
Today is “National Pass Gas Day”. Is this to honor politicians?
What kind of group is sponsoring that day? Count me out. America never ceases to amaze me.
I know yesterday was a solemn day remembering an unconscionable attack on our Congress. It certainly bothered But from this outsider looking in it looked like a democrat campaign rally and a opportunity for Nancy attempting to hold onto her speakership after next November.
The Answer:
Number One is Nike’s John C Donahue wit $54 Mil versus average Employee wages of $30,877K. (BTW, that 30 K is among the lowest for average employees pay except for Starbucks $22K, Target and HD $24K, Mariott $27K and Amazon $28K. A large number of companies have average employees’ salaries above $80K Plus.) On with the list. Microsoft is second -- CEO $44Mil vs Employee of $84K. The rest in order are Netflix, Amazon, JPMorgan-Chase, J&J, Blackrock, American Express, Goldman Sachs ad #10, Proctor and Gamble. Bonus: If you read above, you know he won BAO for Lilies of the Field. He was nominated along with co-star Tony Curtis for BAO for The Defiant Ones, and also for his role as Porgy against Dorothy Dandridge’s Bess in Porgy and Bess. He also won many Golden Globes. He ever let his impoverished background get him down. He was other movies were In the Heat of the Night, Blackboard Jungle (His first big success in 1955), Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Raisin in the Sun, Patch of Blue, They Call Me Mr. Tibbs and To Sir with Love. He was in 55 films.
Have a great weekend, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!!
I didn’t know quite how to end this mess today. But I think Lulu singing “To Sir With Love” says something about The Man nicely. Might be a nice way to honor Sidney. If you stay tuned after this version below, another version follows with a movie scene synopsis of the film and I think you’ll feel something for Sidney
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTapoA5RQyo
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