Today's Tids Issue 5,095
The sunny side of the street:
H-e-l-l-o Lovers! It is February, and yes, we are all lovers in some way. I love this month sprinkled with hearts, and googling eyes and holding hands, I like chocolate too, and rambling roses on roof tops. And also my heart swells because we honor George Washington and good ole Honest Abe too; two great Americans whose statues still stand. February is a wonderfully cold month, but it will always be warm because I believe that love will make it so.
The best way to keep smiling during this stock markets decline is to keep your portfolio reports closed and sealed up tight.
Now star athletes have to worry about the strength of their “Brand” after he or she stops playing? That’s probably something Tom Brady thought about, or at least his financial advisors thought about. Look for him to take a high profile job in football to stay relevant.
“A guy‘s wife sent him a heartwarming text that read, “If you’re sleeping, send me your dreams. If you’re laughing, send me your smile. If you’re eating, send me a bite. If you’re drinking, send me a sip. If you’re crying, send me your tears. I love you!” The guy replied, “I’m on the toilet, please advise…” Ahh, the complexities of love.
The Question:
What is the origin of the word ‘Boycott”? Bonus: Who wrote the words, “Don’t cry because it is over, smile because it happened.”?
The Headlines:
--Markets Drafting In Negative Territory; Awaiting Google (Alphabet) Earnings; Manufacturing Activity Index Drips to Lowest Point In 14 Months; Number of Job Openings Historically Higher.
--Tom Brady, One Of The All Time Greats In Football Officially
Announces Retirement.
--6,000 Urged To Evacuate NC Fertilizer Plant As Massive Fire Threatens To Cause
Ammonium Nitrate Explosion.
--New Revelations Show Trump Involvement In Seizing, Impounding Voting Machines.
--Judge Rejects Plea Agreement In Arbery Case.
--Trump War Funds Campaign Chest Continues To Grow.
--Detroit Expecting Biggest Snow Storm In 7 Years.
-- Tesla To recall nearly 54,000 vehicles that may disobey stop signs.
Some Daily Facts, Department:
Poll #1 – ABC News/Ipsos: Over three-quarters of Americans (76%) want Biden to consider "all possible nominees." Just 23% want him to automatically follow through on his history-making commitment.
Poll #2: Yahoo News/YouGov poll: Nearly seven in 10 Americans (69 percent) say the pandemic is not “over in the U.S.,” and just a third (34 percent) say it’s “over as it pertains to their own life,” regardless of whether it’s “over for others.” Th good news: A broader embrace of pre-pandemic normalcy could be right around the corner. 37 percent of Americans now say that COVID is “more of an inconvenience” than a “health concern” for them. Fewer than half (49 percent) say the opposite.
Reports about major or ongoing USA issues often leave out, or elide over the full picture. So, from time to time will try to look beyond the headlines to present a broader picture. Especially headlines that come out of Washington DC.
For instance, one imagination opinion says that people who are vaccinated are more liberal. I tend not to agree with that sweeping indictment as I see vaccinations as a way of possibly avoiding death for a while. Somehow, death is a problem for me.
“Tesla to recall nearly 54,000 vehicles that may disobey stop signs.” These cars would sell well I Rhode Island.
Maybe Tom Brady will become General Mangar of the New England Patriots. Bob Kraft loves him. But, would Gizelle want to move back to cold Boston again.
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” --Leo Buscaglia
The Answer:
Boycott: “The word boycott entered the English language during the Irish "Land War" and derives from Captain Charles Boycott, the land agent of an absentee landlord, Lord Erne, who lived in Lough Mask House, near Ballinrobe in County Mayo, Ireland, who was subject to social ostracism organized by the Irish Land League in 1880.” As harvests had been poor that year, Lord Erne offered his tenants a ten percent reduction in their rents. In September of that year, protesting tenants demanded a twenty-five percent reduction, which Lord Erne refused. Boycott then attempted to evict eleven tenants from the land. Charles Stewart Parnell, in a speech in Ennis prior to the events in Lough Mask, proposed that when dealing with tenants who take farms where another tenant was evicted, rather than resorting to violence, everyone in the locality should shun them. While Parnell's speech did not refer to land agents or landlords, the tactic was first applied to Boycott when the alarm was raised about the evictions. Despite the short-term economic hardship to those undertaking this action, Boycott soon found himself isolated – his workers stopped work in the fields and stables, as well as in his house. Local businessmen stopped trading with him, and the local postman refused to deliver mail. Charles Boycott should have smiled.
Bonus: The quote about smiling because it happened was from Doctor Seuss. He had a knack.
“Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.” --Lord Byron
I just believe in smiles. I just believe at working a little harder to force a smile over a grimace. It’s easy to go along with negativity, but everybody will notice and be happier seeing a smile that says, maybe it isn’t so bad after all. Ok, now you know. I am the schmaltz king and I’m proud of it.
Enjoy a most appropriate oldie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snK2OvS3lAY
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