Today's Tids Issue 6,012
Gulliver's Travels:
Well, SOTU is tonight and it is setting up to be one of a kind.
It's a beautiful sunny day here amidst the pristine snowy hills; an endless expanse so peaceful; the silence of softness.
AI is purely a cognitive recourse. The smartest people in the world are valued because of their cognitive acuity. I think AI is going to be a problem for the brightest jobs across the spectrum. Not tomorrow but down the pike a bit. That is Wall Street's new concern. Where will some of the best jobs in the country go?
The H Question:
How many presidents have been impeached? Bonus: One of the first great cases before the Supreme Court was Madison vs. Marbury. What was the ruling?
The Headlines:
--Stocks look to Rebound After Massive AI/Tariffs Induced Selloff; AMD Stock Jumps after Mega Chip Deal with Meta; Markets Gain Strength through Day Recouping Some Losses.
--Warner Brothers Bidding War Escalates; WB Weighing Paramount's Latest Offer.
--Providence and RI see Record Snows.
--Trump Promises Long SOTU; One or two Dozen of Progressive Dems to sit it out and Attend alternative “Peoples State of the Union.
--Russian Soldiers report of Executions of Soldiers who Don't Obey Orders; Ukraine Remains Defiant Saying they still have a War to be Won.
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The main purpose of this SOTU is to help the Repubs retain congress in November. I think they need a better speaker.
Sure, they disagree, but not attending the SOTU is a sign of weakness. Breaking away from America is no way to perceived fix problems.
I’ll watch any Halan Coban series on Netflix. I’ve never been let down.
There are dozen of Hispanics in my condo neighborhood shoveling mountains of snow, and they are probably thinking, I could be a on a Caribbean beach eating plantains.
One of the problems today is looking up from the keyboard to think and being snow-blinded by the brilliant white scenes beyond my window. Then it takes several minutes to get back my viision.
The lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math.
The above is an old joke, but it is what politicians rely on to get elected.
The Mega rich can live anywhere in the world they want. And they are. New report say global billionaires are moving and Portugal is one of their new favorites, along with the UAR and Singapore. Panama is great tax haven. Politics and tax laws are inciting movement. So, any politician who thinks the rich are easy pickings for a quick buck should think again. They can go anywhere. Note: RI inaugurated a new “Mansion Tax on vacation homes per $1Mil. It will be an annual 0.5% tax. Before a December deadline, 5 or six very large mansions were sold. And people who could contribute walked.
What is faster Hot or cold? Hot, because you can catch a cold.
Frankly I have never walked away from any SOTU thinking it was gteat evening well spent. Trump announced that “tonight I will be long”. I think I'll be in bed early. Besides there is no mystery anymore about what he will possibly say.
You know, life beyond political wrangling is really great.
The Answer:
Three Presidents have been impeached: Andrew Johnson 1868, Bill Clinton 1998 and Donald Trump 2019 and 2021. If the Dems win in Novomer, you can expect Trump to be Impeached again. No President was ever convicted. An Impeachment is an indictment by the house for an alleged crime. Bonus: This first great case before the supreme court “Ruled that American courts can strike down laws and statutes the determinant be in violation of the US Constitution.
A good reader mentioned Ginger Baker the other day, He was a greta drummer for Cream. How about this old favorite from Cream to get us whipped up before the SOTU:
