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Today's Tids Issue 5,374 

We are we: 

 

 

Well, how about that -- It’s March already. For some odd reason, I always look forward to March First. It rarely means snow is gone for the year or that I can get out the old shorts and go barefoot in the park again. It just seems special to me every year. It does roar in and hopefully goes out on tip toes. But it certainly isn’t slumbering on the 17 when the Irish eyes start smiling, and when March madness begins on the courts. March is the transitional month. It gives us hope even with all of its surprises. 

 

In the last six decades the Maldives and Solomon Islands have grown in land mass by 8%. That doesn’t necessarily mean the oceans aren’t rising. it just means, beware of hysterical overreach and sweeping generalizations.  

 

Did you hear about the dyslexic Russians who were contestants Dancing with the Tsars. 

 

One of the big dangers in society today is algorithmic mis-designation. Data is good, but the human is more complex than that. People are way more than the sum of their computer activity. 

 

The Question: 

Who are considered America's best One Term President? 

 

The Headlines: 

--Stocks Mixed in Mid Afternoon; Key Manufacturing Data Comes in Lower – PMI at 47.5 And Results Show 4 Month Decline in Activity.  

--Eli Lilly To Slash Some Insulin Prices by 70%; Admin Hails Action. 

--US Intelligence Authorities Pour Cold Water on Havana Syndrome Caused by Foreign Adversaries. 

--Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Voted Out. 

--Russia Keeps Door Open for Future Nuke Pact Talks; Iran Now Said to be 12 Days Away from Having Nuke Bomb Materials.  

 

The problem with kleptomaniacs is that they always take things literally. 

 

I think Wall Street experts are genuinely confused. That’s why some are saying they don’t pay attention to eth stock markets anymore. They just look at the quality of the innards. 

 

It's never a good idea to keep both feet firmly on the ground if you are trying to put on your pants. 

 

It’s one thing to write a courageous paper and then deliver it in person to a diverse audience. And then it is another thing to write it and send it anonymous over the internet.  

 

Brian Regan is a very funny comedian who is dedicated to telling clean jokes.  

 

My new objective in life is to beat algorithms that think they know me., 

 

All of a sudden the Milwaukee Bucks look unbeatable. And it couldn’t happen to a nicer guy than their superstar Giannis Sina Ugo Antetokounmpo. And this from a rabid Celtics fan hoping ot knock them off in the NBA East final. 

 

“11 teens die each day because of texting while driving. Maybe it is time to raise the age of smart phone ownership to 21.” 

 

How Sweet is this, Department: 

These Eli Lilly insulin price cuts are really important for a large group of Americans. This is one area where the hyperbole was accurate as real Americans were dying or being seriously sickened due to the prohibitive costs of a drug that keep them alive.  

 

Biden’s popularity numbers may be ticking up a bit, but that does not mean at all that Dems want him to run again. It’s the old, I-love –you-Joe, -but-maybe-we-can-just-be-friends-after-you’ve-gone, sad country tune.  

 

So, it looks like we shot down three weather balloons. Way to go!! 

 

You don't need a parachute to go skydiving. You need a parachute to go skydiving twice. 

 

The Answer: 

Number one made me smile. It is George W. Bush. He is followed by John Adams, James K. Polk, John Quincy Adams, William Howard Taft, Jimmy Carter, Rutherford B. Hayes, Benjamin Harrison, Martin Van Buren, Donald Trump, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan. You got to love George Bush. He wrote handwritten thank you notes. 

 

Sorry, Joe. You'll have to wait two more years. 

 

As you can see, I was actually busy this morning.