Winning is everything.

Today's Tids Issue 2,823

(Written  4/29 2013

Opening Stuff:

Brave men march into the jaws of the roaring lion. An indomitable spirit shows the light in the darkness of the unknown. The courage from within strong hearts prevail. The enemy is vanquished. Everybody in their lifetime will be a warrior.

I have to figure that years ago one of the first big cloning experiments produced NPR announcers and various on-air personalities.

Throughout history good girls have often been fascinated, caught up in the "Bad Boy" syndrome. But this apparent growing internet adulation of the amoral Boston Bomber #2 takes it to a new level.

So, does this mean that i about a year we'll be watching Peter Florek will be fighting a jail term?

You gotta think the world is coming to an end, when the local watering hole with Liquor License #1 after Prohibition is closing it's doors! Egads! Billy Goode's went bad.

The Question:
What well known country music sta is rumored to have purchased a giant home in Watch Hill RI?

The Headlines:
--NY Times Says Bags of CIA money Dropped At Doorstep Of Karsai For A  Decade.
--Europe Markets Up After Positive News About US And Euro Central Banks; Gold Jumps 1% As Dollar Weakens
--Reduced Pay Not Affecting Consumer Spending.
--Italy Premiere Has Deep Ties To communist Party; Letta Considered Best Bet For Compromise Government.
--Bomber Parents Cancel US Trip.
--Natural Gas Explosion Kills Forty In center On Prague.
--Mad Stabber Sslashes New Mexico Church Goers.

A reader suggests that the countries with the highest per capita consumption of alcohol form an interesting statistical pattern. They appear to shape the last line of defense in Europe against creeping Islamism, a religion that bans alcohol. Drink and they will not come!

I get the sense that probably the most surprised at the selection of Gwyneth Paltrow as people Magazine's Most Beautiful Women in the World is Gwyneth Paltrow.

So, how did your team do in the NFL draft? As usual, the NE pats was a mystery.

The data behind the election has just been released and it shows downward participation (62% to 58%) in the election by all Americans. However black turnout percentages rose while white's declined. The nut of the analysis: If Blacks and whites had voted with the same percentages as 2008, Romney would have won. Of course, if's don't count in the real world.

Ultra-Thin wallets are really only ultra-thin until you put stuff in them.

Things I don't care about, Department:
Who has the most Twitter followers is not on my radar screen.

Personally, I think Paltrow has the special kind of soft beauty that is pleasing to the eye.

College research Scientists spend lifetimes trying to prove their own pet theorizes regardless if it has any perceivable value for mankind,

May is the month of Rhode Island "Johnnycakes" and that is a very good thing.

The Answer:
Taylor Swift, they say has just bought the Harkness Masion that sits upon a bluff overlooking the Atlantic. It is said to be the highest ocean point between Virginia and Maine. I have been in the home, and it is pretty nice, but not great to me.

Be careful of reading about medical problems. You might die of a misprint.

The power of Lobbying influence on the wasteful expenditures of the US Government is exemplified by Congress over the weekend forcing the Army to buy Tanks over the vociferous objection of... the Army!