Layng quietly in fields

Layng quietly in fields
Glstening lights

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

The Remnants.

  

Today's Tids Issue 6,013 

Where have the sandpipers gone:

 

My first
sense this morn. 

Was to write a poem 

Of snow upon my home 

Of fireplaces warm 

Of footprints in snow, 
Animals scurrying.  

Of no power outage 

So no worrying.  

 

Speaking of snow jobs... Well, DT set a record too. But it was pretty predictable. The hockey team, sans women;s champs, to me got the most applause of the evening. He will be doing what he a has been doing. That’s the consensus. If you have been reading this for w awhile you know I have never said anything positive about a other than, why can't they stop.  

 

A lot of those in attendance last night clamoring to be recognized by the Trumpster looked like the kids who brought apples to the teacher every day. 

 

Where
there’s a will, there’s a relative. 

 

I’m wondering
where the sandpipers go in winter. To the south.  Do they walk in their little scurrying way? There's something about sandpipers that make me smile  

 

The Question: 


What are 5 killer diseases that have been virtually quelled by the development of vaccines? 

 

The Headlines:
 

--NVidia Earnings on Tap Today and Wall Street is Anxious.  

--Ttump Gives Nation the State of the Union and sets Length record. 

--Gurthries Offer $1 Mil for Info on Mom. 

--Fear Reins in Mexico as Cartels React to Killing of Leader with Violence in Cities. 

--Harvard Prez Larry Summers Resigns over Epstein Ties; Bill Gates Apologizes to His Fund Employees for Ties to Epstein; Gates says he Did Nothing or saw Anything Illicit.  

--Cuba Coastal Security Kills Four, Wounds 6 as American Registered Boat Enters Cuba Waters; Cuba Says, that when asked For Identification, Trespassing Boat Opened Fire; Rubio Currently Meetign with Cuban Representatives on St. Kitts... 

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I Didn't know
I was living in the “Golden Age of America.” Does that mean you should buy gold because the economy is volatile? 

 

In case you are
looking for something refreshing, March Madness begins with Selection Sunday in just over two weeks. All the stars which would normally spur a “Cinderella” to an upset have transferred to the big money conferences.  

 

A large furniture store
around her always has a get free furniture promotion bases on sports achievements. Normally, it's around the Red Sox. But this year it is about UConn Basketball: If the Men's and Women's Teams reach the finals of March Madness, all furniture bought now will be free. UConn women are #1 and Men are #5 or six  

 

Only four SC Justices
showed up and only Kavanaugh seemed to be smiling when DT walked over past the other three. That’s what's really disappointing government leadership these days, pettiness. 

 

When are people going to rebel at $18-$22 Cocktails.  

 

The only countries
that need tariffs to protect their industries are those that are inept at production efficiency.  

 

When I was younger,
hitting a curveball was hard. Today cutting my fingernails is hard.  

 

The Supreme Court,
Congress and The Executive Branch are the holy trinity of what has made the US great, If we diminish any of those three, what might be great might never be achieved.  

 

This is my step ladder. I never knew my real ladder. 

 

The Answer:
 

Smallpox killed 300 million before a joint effort found vaccine that eradicated that killer disease. It is the only disease that has been erased fron global society. But the following caused many millions of deaths before vaccines: Polio, Measles, diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (Whooping Cough). Some others are HPV (Linked to Cancer), Hepatitis, Meningitis, Rito Vitis and Covid.  

 

Do you know what
I don't like about covid. To spell it properly, you have to use all caps, I don't like all cap words standing out in my paragraphs. That’s why I don't use government agency acronyms. I just say, those clowns in DC that... 

 

See you all tomorrow.  

 

 

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

White out

 


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. 

 

Ill 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: