Today's Tids Issue 6,184
Some things are best:
Is the new congress strongly Democrat or the result of the swing vote by independents?
Well, so much for Wall Street's love affair with Democrats.
In review, I'm thinking it was Walt Kelley with Pogo who summed up the losses yesterday: "We have met the enemy and he is us."
Why didn’t Han Solo enjoy his steak dinner? It was Chewie.
The Dems are looking at 2028 potential Presidential candidates and only seeing, Andy Beshear, Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsome, Pete Buttigieg and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez. Actually, I hear Marc Kelley is the hot topic over there. The Repubs have JD Vance, Marco Rubio and DeSantis again. Dan Sullivan? How come we only get people who wanna be president instead of candidates the people would like as their president?
The Question:
Who was the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
The Headlines:
--Markets Plummet; Dem Power Win Wears Off.
--Trump Brushes Off Overwhelming Defeat; Repubs Call for Changes in White House; Hegseth Could be in Trouble.
--Russell Brand Convicted of Rape.
--Mississippi and Alaska Races Still too Close to Call.
--LIV Golf Officially Shuts Down.
An early view of Nielson Ratings for Election Night coverage has NBC with healthy lead in first place. Next is ABC followed by CNN, MS NOW, Fox News and CBS. NBC becomes the first Network News group to lead election night coverage since 2012.
The TidsPickers ratings went up a bit last week with a 10-4 record. We now sit at 70.5-50.5 (58.2%)/ I'm seeing a lot of odd matchups this week which translates to iffy picks. Tonight's game could have been a "Wow" game if The Ravens had a QB. They are a good football team but against the Jags they need more O. I pick Jax. Other games with a bit of a Wow factor are New England-Green Bay and Buffalo-Minnesota. The Vikes-Bills game will be a tussle but Josh will find a way. The Pats get back a key receiver That is good if Drake Maye can keep out of the clutches of Micah Parsons who returned to paractice this week. Both teams need this Game. Coin flip goes to the heart. Cincy's D lets lots of teams in the game. I think Atlanta will spoil a good day by Burrow. Some wag today said, Carolina's O sucks so they fired their D coordinator. Yeah, they are confused. Denver rolls. Indy is bad, but Dallas is capable of playing down to bad. But they can't go as low as the Colts. The Cowboys are the Pick. The Rams versus Washington should be a pretty good game. But LA is hitting its stride and Wash will make a mistake. Go Rams. Arizona is a surprise at times but this week Seattle is mad. The Seahawks take it.
Of the rest, I have the Niners taking the Raiders, Detroit over Miami and Kansas City running over the Jets, Chicago is displaying machinelike qualities and they wiill take the Bucs. The Giants are a first place team because the rest in their division are losing like the Eagles, who they play this week. I have little confidence in the Giants, but enough to say they will take the Eagles. Two games that are hard to pick are surprisingly the Browns-Saints and Chargers-Texans. The Saints and Browns have both shown signs of the either side of the good-bad spectrum. This to me is a coin toss. So, I'll do the stupid thing, pick the Browns from my heart, Yeah, the Chargers are winless. But they are pros and could win sometime. Houston has been vulnerable. That metalic sound you hear is a quarter flipping onto my desk. It says Texans.
The Pitt is a really popular show. Now it doesn't seem to be that much of a surprise that there is a good chance it is based on Michael Crichten's very popular ER! Crichten's widiw though that and sued The Pitt franchise and several people associated with it. Now, a three judge panel just ruled : "There are clear and numerous similarities between The Pitt and ER". That means it can go to trial. But sexiest man Noah escapes separate claims against he, exec Producer Joel Wells and runner Scott Gemmel as they were dismissed by the judges. The heartthrob is clean.
Can AI be sued if it begins copymg plots of TV series?
The baseball lockout is looking more and more like the real thing. Though the MLB has soften a bit,
Providence RI is truly a beautiful little city but since the election it is looking like a communist cell. It will become a socialist lab with every far leftist running there to contribute. Maybe their economic plan is to fill up office buildings vacated by good businesses with far left organization from across the country,
This was a pretty big flip by all Midterm standards but in 1936 the Dems achieved a house majority of 101 and held the advantage in the senate 77 Dems to 16 Repubs.
That's like RI today with a House of Reps 68-10 and Senate 36-2. In RI somebody is out there protecting every possible endangered species. Repubs need help.
LIV spent $5 billion which made a handful of players very rich but fractured a great sport. The league jumpers had their cake and now they want eat the frosting of global recognition. But they will come back, that's how these things work these days. This is the bail out era. In this instance, there should be some serious penalties for the return. We'll see.
Shakespeare walks into a bar. The bartender says, “You better not make a scene.”
I believe there is a great talent within all of us. But often it is never found because life demands another road.
The Answer:
It was Sinclair Lewis for his creativity in bringing to life characters with wit and humor.
Let's get away from the over-discussion of the week's events. I'm thinking of something Classic that almost all people can agree on.
