Today's Tids Issue 6,009
Both barrels:
Reading while sunbathing makes you well, red.
I just got word that I can buy my 2026 golf pass early and save money too. That's the kind of news you like to disrupt the drear of cloudy snowy skies.
Wow! There’s plenty of news today. Some of it will keep us in edeg, and other items About the dark side of human mind will be depressing. We'll all feel tragedies, the unexpected loss of good people’s lives, And it will drive us to ponder so many questions with seemingly no answers. Yet we will smile as we open our eyes to see the true side fo every day humans accomplishing feats and caring for others. But, today is heavy, and it may make us pause for a while. You know, to catch our breath and sort out teh peices whenthe results flow in..
The Question:
Who was the long time kindly old spokes person for the Quaker Oats Company?
The Headlines:
--US Seems Ready to Make a Strike Against Iran; Navy, Airforce and Troops Moved into Place; Oil Prices Surging.
==Ex-Prince Andrew Arrested in UK for Issue Associated with Epstein; King Charles Expresses “Deepest Concern" Saying ,” Law Must Take its Course”; Bill Hates Pulled as Keynote Speaker for India AI Summit Due to Epstein Associations.
--Walmart Slips by Q4 Estimates and Offers Tepid Guidance for Year Ahead; Fed Alters Course as Several Members Now Suggesting Rate Increases as Inflation hangs On.
--US Trade Deficit Widens; 2025 $901 Billion Deficit one of the Biggest Since 1960; Now Economists Await Tomorrow’s GDP Report.
--Ex South Korea Prez Yoon Suk Yeol Sentenced to Life in Prison for Subverting the Constitution, Ordering Marshall law.
I see where Rhode Island is now among the top echelon of states having the most educated people. It just proves again that old corollary: Fixing the RI State government is Beyond the wisdom of the Populace.
Let’s hope the Admin isn't using the FCC to quash freedom of the press and freedom of speech. It was reported the morning that the powerful agency has launched investigations of the Bad Bunny halftime show and an interview with a Texas Dem on “The View: I think The View is terrible at many levels and I would never buy a Bad Bunny record or go to one of his shows. but America is made of many viewpoints, and we are allowed to express our own opinions. We should always have the ability to reject by choice and not edict... within the rules of common decency and civilized understanding.
Snow removal always becomes a political football, or should I say hockey puck. But the facts remain that the complainers often don’t want to understand the immensity of the job.
The Winter Olympics are always fun, and this one seems to produce a little more happiness than most. How about that host Italian contingent doing so well! I think that is pretty cool.
There’s a fine line between the similarly sounding words Prosecutor and persecutor. But wow, what a difference.
Foxboro a smallish town of 18,000 is a host for the World cup tis summer and the twon os wrestling with necessary police and security costs of about $8-9 Million. Oops. O the cost of fame. The citizens there are looking for a benefactor, mainly Fifa. But since it is publicized as the “Boston” World Cup, maybe beantown should chip in the beans.
I keep telling people how lucky we are to have our world blanketed by pure white sow. None of them believe me.
If cats could text you back, they wouldn’t.
While we were looking elsewhere, the Justice department is having a lot of trouble filling positions left open by a mass of resigning prosectors. There are several reasons, one of which is due to job freezes at other government facilitation agencies and even more importantly because of a hiring question asking for political allegiance.
If they let me out of the house more, the Tids would be more interesting.
Going to visit a “long-time, no-see" great old friend this weekend. That always makes for a good day.
They say that grumpy old men lose their “filters” as they grow older. But The Tids is still empathetic and caring. Though it is beeoming harder in this new world order of ours to keep the filters in place.
The Answer:
Wilford Brimley had some great movie roels in Cocoon, China Syndrome and The Natural, but he is certainly best known as a spokes person you could trust. He was born in Salt Lake City.
With all of the news flowing through our minds today, I thought a little gentle music might be a good choice to end today's Mess of thoughts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvKFeMEXbHI
