Today's Tids Issue 5,359
Stop and think:
Just so you know, I'm not particularly interested in fighting a war in the middle east. Haven’t you noticed lately that wars go nowhere. Just people dying and soldier’s moms and dads and spouses crying. And endless, fruitless skirmishes and battles. successes and defeats. Although such a war in the middle East could go somewhere and save a friend, we don’t want it to go where it might want to go, to us against Iran, or Russia or North Korea, or every one of them including China together; China who might find it a time to take a step to go after Taiwan. Little talks of bravado have humongous ramifications these days. Perhaps never heard of in history.
Yesterday in a RI town named Johnston, about 800 to a thousand people attended a dedication of a Columbus Stature rescued two years ago from attacks by zanies in Providence But, the news today was about one voice out of 800 to a thousand people there to praise the efforts of those behind the safe re-installation. See, that's what we see today, one loud voice inspiring cultural changes, viral explosions singular data, And the millions who have better things for the intrinsic betterment of a broader society are lost outside the limelight.
I don’t know about you, but I feel much healthier in cooler air.
I saw a film the other day of a parade in a small West Virginia city around 1947. It was full of military men and women and weapons with well deserving applause from spirited onlookers. But what was most interesting was that along the parade line women were all well dressed in flowing dresses and the men in suits with ties! Say what? You know, like, kind of respecting each other.
I yelled to my friend, “Hey your jacket's on fire, “He said, “No problem, it’s a blazer.”
The Question:
Quick, name the leading characters in “I love Lucy” and the actors who played them
The Headlines:
--Markets Up as Analysts Guess Fed Will Stop Hikes; Pepsi Report Scores Big.
--Hamas Promises to Execute Hostages if Israel Attacks Gaza; Executions Would be broadcast to the World.
--SC Turns Down WVa's Blankenship Suit Against Media Defamation Protection.
--Speaker Contest Increasing Battle Between Center Right Candidate Scalise and Trump Endorsed Jordan.
--WSJ Reporter Gershkovich Loses Appeal in Russia Court.
Kari Lake Launches Senate Bid in Arizona/
--Biden Interviewed by Special Counsel Over His Potential Illicit Documents Stash.
--Biden Talks to Nation on Israel/Hamas War; Says 14 American’s Killed, Several May be Hostages.
Holy crap! My laptop just started reading to me what I was typing! Yikes! Wow, am I annoying.
Interest rates are back paying bond holders, but the flight into bonds has not occurred leading many to believe that the reports of a recession in the future are gravely mistaken. are overwrought.
Arranging clothes in a closet is a kind of Hangar Management.
I know we have some really smart generals and admirals and well-trained fighting men and women. And super technical weapons. And we are brave, resourceful and courageous. But war has changed a lot. And wars on foreign shores don't threaten home populations enough to give up their toys and frivolities to support somebody else's war.
1951 had us all talking about the massive invasion of South Korea by Chinese and NK communists. The sense here was that endless hordes of enemy soldiers never stopped coming out of ten north and our guys were stuck on barren, freezing hillsides. It was a miserable contradiction to the glories of WWII victories. A little brightness shown through the gloom when “I Love Lucy" made lots of people laugh in the growing TV world. Advanced technology was the awesome opening of the amazing New Jersey turnpike (Though the Pa Turnpike was way ahead of them), and the completion of the first ever direct dial coast to coast phone call! Zowie! We were testing the nukes in Nevada and the Development of the first Birth Control pill in labs. Margaret Sanger was arrested two weeks after opening her first Birth Control Center. Two tone color cars were the rage, and the new motors became powerful instead of just useful. Kids were given encyclopedias as gifts. DJ Alan Freed in Cleveland coined the phrase, “Rock and Roll” He moved to NY a few years later and my parents constantly yelled, “How can you stand that damn noise.” I remember being mesmerized by the movie, “The Day the Earth Stood Still", but also remember feeling let down by the somewhat mundane ending” Other great movies were “African Queen” (Have yet to forget the leeches,). Also popular were “A Streetcar named Desire” and the wonderful “An American in Paris”. How many women remember the fashionable sensation, the elastic Midriff Dress? It was significant a big song was Les Paul and Mary Ford giving the world “How High the Moon”. It was the first to feature an electric guitar from the guy who invented it all. They were also on top with another pioneering multi track recording, “Mockingbird Hill”. Another favorite of the year was, “On top of old Smoky by the Weavers.” Meanwhile at 8th grade school dances the Nuns kept on playing, "Red Roses for a Blue Lady” while keeping a keen eye on the closeness of dancers.
I personally like Jim Jordan. But I also like Steve Scalise. Scalise probaly is better positioned to get more votes when the closed door voting begins. But we’ll see, Jordan can be very convincing. The war in Israel heightens the need for the USA to get organized.
I remember sometime one November day back in the nineties traveling with a friend of mine to meet our wives in London, England. We both wondered why we were leaving beautiful warm days of golf and fishing here to go to Europe. Just so you know, nice warm, sunny days are not unusual in New England except in the minds of weather forecasters.
Have you ever noticed that wives often say they have nothing to wear... and also no closet space?
The Answer:
The four were Lucy and Ricky Ricardo and Ethel and Fred Mertz played by Lucille Ball, Dezi Arnez, Vivian Vance and William Frawley. Of course, you knew that
The 1951 movie American in Paris was a great upbeat movie that won 8 Oscars including “Best Picture”.
It was high energy and people loved it.
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