Today's Tids Issue 5,412
The final pieces:
Isn’t it amazing how much more toothpaste you can find in a tube that looks completely empty?
There is a lot being written and commented about this past week on the “Ineffectiveness of Congress”. That is the general opinion of people who think Congress hasn’t passed enough laws. I am of the opinion that this congress has never been more effective simply because it didn't pass more laws. It's really a remarkable congress that found a way to say no to overburdening the country with unnecessary legislation. Do we really need more laws? Honestly, haven't almost all laws needed been written. Now it is just a matter of obeying them.
And this post Christmas smile from the Tids Punster Laureate: “The only thing flat earthers fear is sphere itself.”
The Question:
Quick... name all teh countries considered to be the Middle east. Bonus: 1987 saw the first woman inducted in the Rick and Roll Hall of Fame. Who was it?
The Headlines:
--Stocks Open Last Trading Week Higher.
--US Launches Airstrikes Against Iran Militants in Iraq After Drone Attacks on US Installations.
--Apple Files Appeal After Biden Admin Bans Watch Imports; Ban Result of Patent Infringement Claim by Masimo
--Wind Blown Now Storms Suffocating Midwest.
--UN Says There is No Letup in Israel Attacks on Gaza.
--Russia Takes Ukraine City of Donetsk.
--Costco to Discontinue Churro in Food Court.
Have you noticed that there seems to be a lot of people who go through life looking around at anything and saying, “What is wrong with that?” But these naysayers are necessary. National media needs them for interviews.
Now that they have doen away with most indigenous people’s team nick names I suspect we see a ridding of animal nicknames next. The premise being that animals are basically kind and the implication of them, lions and bears and tigers, being ferocious predators is unfair, and emotionally unsettling to them and their families. Don’t laugh.
I was going to pounce on NY State after I saw a headline saying, “NY Legislature proposing Law to Force Chic-fil-A to open on Sundays. I began my inward fuming until I read the rest of the story. It wa s basically saying that if you want the state NY Thruway rest stop contract, you gotta be open on Sunday. A little different persecutive. Beware of headlines.
Remember how Stephen Segal could not act, but his films made a lot of money. Well, the New Jack Reacher Prime TV series is a similar brawn of over acting skills adventure, but Reacher actor Alan Ritchson is nicer.
I watched the new Julia Roberts movie “Leave the world Behind”. Julia really looks older, and the director overdoes it trying too hard to be weird. Init there is a message about how apathetic commercialism will eventually destroy the USA, a bit of a mystery, but lots of draggy dialogue.
“(Mr. Gorbachev) “Tear downth8s wall”. These are words that were resounding around the globe this year of 1987. Maybe even louder than the first words spoken on TV by Homer Simpson. Yes, a lot of hearts warmed to Ron’s plea. It was year when people fell in love with “Alf”. And wrestled with new unknowns, emerging cultural phenomena, like the Surrogacy dispute surrogate birth mother Mary Beth Whithead and the NJ wannabe parents who contracted her. Elizabeth and William Stern. The Sterns had paid Whithead $10,000, but after birth Mary Beth left with the child Sara. It was resolved in 1987, and that made this year significant, but even now there are still quandies about surrogate contracts. Horrible in the year – the Zeebrugge Belgium ferry capsized killing 193. But more on the light side was 19-year-old German Mathias Rust landing a Cessna in Moscow’s Red Square; and you could get a super leather stratolounger recliner chair for $399. It was a miracle. There was an important NFL Player strike in 1987 which paved the way for Free Agency Madness today. The Giants beat Denver for the SuperBowl. The top song I liked in 1987 was “The Way it is”. There weren’t many others that still resonate with me today, but I’m sure college kids of the era had their own stack of favorites. “Fatal Attraction” was probably the ost talked about moive of eth year; I'll never eat rabbit stew again, But Platoon got to people's hearts. I liked the Untouchables, but the “Witches of Eastwick” was too weird for me. And I liked Robo Cop. Beverly Hills cop II was a better than average sequel, but Eddie Murphy around that time could do no wrong. But the Stock Market did us all wrong with resounding October crashof 508 Points – 22%. 500 points today is just a bit more than a daily hiccup. The average car cost jumped over $10K while home costs nationally were $85-90K. A dozen eggs were 65 cents. A was navigating a new business environment and it wasn’t fun. But life was good because what you have will always outweigh hiccups. Except the big hiccup. The US budget hit one Trillion for the first time. And look at us now.
Did you know that the earliest carol singers were soldiers from western France. They were called the Brittany Spears.
My sense is telling me that today's younger generation is slowly being convinced that betting on teams is the only true enjoyment in sports. Sad, isn't it.
Talk about “who-cares" sports, it’s about all of these meaningless strangely named bowl games only really important to fans of the colleges. Where is the romance of yore. But perhaps even more disturbing with this malaise of bowl participants is the growing fact that many of the players on bowl bound teams have ready placed themselves into the Transfer Portal. But really, who cares. It just gives gamblers more factors to consider in their betting odds.
Expect ot see a lot of new EV cars hitting the market in 2024. Many manufacturers will be trying to achieve the elusive affordability for electrics. Probably by offering basic no frills versions.
The Answer:
There is probably several alternatives to this list. But the list that seems official has it: Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Jordan, UAE, Lebanon, Kuwait, Bahrain, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Qatar, Oman, Syria, Palestine occupied Territories'. Some lists include Egypt and Afghanistan. And others even add Liby and Sudan. Bonus: Women rockers got R-e-s-p-e-c-t when Aretha got in.
Will the way it was be better in 2024. Welcome to the last week in 2023, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y:
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