Today's Tids Issue 2,825
Opening Stuff:
Happiness is news that
"24" will be returning to Fox shortly, and disillusioned millions
walking in the wasteland will rise again, smiling, chanting in unison --
KThunk. KThunk. KThunk!
Rarely do I put a local sports
event above the fold in Tids , but last night The Boston Bruins did
something almost biblical -- rising from the
dead with a truly miracle comeback. It's one of those events where the
crowd last night of about 20,000 will increase over the years to come to
100,000 as people tell their grandchildren, "I'll never forget the
night when I was there cheering the Bruins, down 1-4 with less than 10
minutes to go, only to comeback and win it in overtime. It was more than
a sporting achievement, it was a beautiful example of how anybody doing
anything can reach down and find an extra inch of capability, of
energy, to rise above defeat. We always have more than we think we have,
unless we're too lazy to find it.
When the whales got together to play a symphony, it was an Orcastra.
The Question:
Double Q Day-- 1. Name the top 5 Internet Billionaires. 2. Cate Blanchett hasn't been in a new movie in a while. Name 5 of her best.
The Headlines:
--Markets Up In Early Trading; Tech Stocks Lead; Gold Up As Dollar Trades Off Index High..
--Justice
Department Raided AP For Reporters Phone Records; AP Chief Calls Phone
Records Grab "Unprecedented" (Since Peter Zenga Trial).
--Abortion Doctor Found Guilty Of Murdering Three Newborn Babies; Prosecutors Expected To Seek Death Penalty..
--In Talk To Donors, Obama Blames Rush Limbaugh For Stagnation Of Government?
--US
Interior Department Salazar Bowing To Environmentalist Pressure To End
Oyster Farming In California; Drakes Bay Oyster Company Had Been Raising
Seafood For Over 50 Years.
--Russia Says That They
Have Caught US CIA Spy Red Handed.
Speaking of Headlines,
this morning our local Big Daily the Providence Journal had the lazy
headline: "President shoots down controversies." Of course he didn't
shoot them down, he personally dismissed them becasue they were annoying
to him. To shoot them down would mean he had facts that refuted the
irresponsibility or intentional misguidance of his staffs and admin
organizations. And perhaps himself. So instead of seeing an opportunity
to investigate for factual truth the journalists here chose to defend
their idol. To take as fact
pronouncements of a man who would be king, It's the "Now I have to do
the business of the people", (Wagging finger) "I didn't have sexual
relations with that woman" syndrome all over again. Presidents, leaders
who think because they say it, the folks will take it as truth.
It seems to me the education system
could be better served if it didn't lump all students in the same pot.
There must be a way to determine that some just aren't math oriented or
grammar oriented but have expressed unique talents in one of the fields
of learning. Instead we see labeling as failures great minds
for the future beause of diffeicencies in one are a of learning. Along
the way we may dismiss a scientist or a writer of great books. And
artist, an Engineer.
I fully realize that Breast cancer
is no laughing matter, at all, but I had to chuckle at two juxtaposed
headines as I opened up my computer this morning: "Angelina Joli has
double mastectomy." "Click Here for information on the Angelina Joli
weight loss system,"
Did you know
that your hard drive is protected by the Fourth Amendment? Storing your
emails there is one of three ways to avoid warrentless FBI snooping.
The other two are encrypting your emails and having an offshore email
account. Raise your hand if you think it is a good idea to encrypt the
Tids where you have to unlock the info with an encryption key -- which I
would provide for $200 per tid? Sounds silly, doesn't it. Especially
that anybody in this great US of A would have to go to such lengths to
achieve protection from an intrusive goverment. But all of a sudden, but
seems to be the new fact of live in the public world.
People without Brains, Department:
I
was dismayed this morning, feverishly scratching my head wondering how
anybody could think tearing down a 2,500 year old Belize area Mayan
temple for road gravel production was a good idea. The question, was it
stupidity or laziness. "Hey buddy, there's a lot of potential gravel at
Mount Rushmore."
Did you know that funnyman Bill Murray has
a son Luke who is considered an up and coming college basketball coach.
Luke Murray was just hired BY U Rhode Island as an assistant. That'll
surely be good for ticket sales as people will come for star watching as
it is known that dad often attends games.
The Answer:
1. Jeff
Bezos of Amazon at $25.2 Bil edges out Google billionaires Larry Page
and Sergey Brin who are 2 and 3. Next is Mark Zuckerberg followed by
Masayoshi Son of Softbank, Pierre Omidyar EBay and Eric Schmidt Google.
Check ot the top 25 at http://www.itessentials.me/technology-articles/273-25-top-internet-billionaires 2.
Cate is always good in my mind, especially her first Elizabeth Pic.
Some others are The Talented Mr. Ripley, Pushing Tin, The Gift, The
Missing, I'm Not There, Notes on a Scandal, The Aviator, Little Fish and
of course Elizabeth: The Golden Age.
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