Today's Tids Issue 2,920
Opening Stuff
“Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”
--Kahlil Gibran
One of the dangers of writing a column each day is the tendency to make blanket indictments of groups, races, professions, ethnicity's, sexes, products, habits, government employees et.al. In fact demonizing whole groups because of the actions of few or myopic personal misgivings is a major problem in this country, this world. All Muslims are not terrorists, all business execs are not greedy, all advertising people are not alcoholics, all liberals are not socialists, all accountants are not boring, all members of PETA are not irrational. (Whoops, lets revisit that one later.) But one that is always true is, all conservatives are always "right".
“Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”
--Kahlil Gibran
One of the dangers of writing a column each day is the tendency to make blanket indictments of groups, races, professions, ethnicity's, sexes, products, habits, government employees et.al. In fact demonizing whole groups because of the actions of few or myopic personal misgivings is a major problem in this country, this world. All Muslims are not terrorists, all business execs are not greedy, all advertising people are not alcoholics, all liberals are not socialists, all accountants are not boring, all members of PETA are not irrational. (Whoops, lets revisit that one later.) But one that is always true is, all conservatives are always "right".
I see where 0-Man
went on a media blitz yesterday. The last time the Admin went on a
programmed media blitz it was about Benghazi. How did that work out for
the public?
The Question:
An
outcome for the recent spate of same sex marriages may have been
predicted in the title of a 1934 film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger
Rogers. What was the name of the movie? Bonus: The DOW has just announce
three new membranes to the venerable Stock
index. Name them.
The Headlines:
--Dow Up Sharply; Are Investors Sensing Way Out Of Syria Mess.
--McConnell Comes Out "No" On Syria; Senate Moving Towards Postponing Vote For A Week And Recasting Proposed Legislation To "Enforce Russia Initiative"
--Russia Steps In To Offer Solution To Assad; 0-Man Says Weapons Turnover Idea Was Mentioned In Brief Meeting.
--Pakistan To Free Second In Command Taliban Just In Time For US Afghan Departure.
--New Yorkers Go To Polls For Mayor Primary's.
--Eugene Brockman Trust Withdraws $259,000,000 To Kentucky's Centre College; College Admin Says It Will Not Change "Centre" to "Center" To Conform To Grammatical Standards*.
--Tuscaloosa Al Daimler Benz Plant Rebuffing Union Attempts To Organize; Company Says Employees Are Quite Happy With Out Labor Organizations.
--Menwhile In Iraq, Suicide Bombings Continue.
“A pain stabbed my heart, as it did every time I saw a girl (man) I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world.” --Jack Kerouac from On The Road.
--Dow Up Sharply; Are Investors Sensing Way Out Of Syria Mess.
--McConnell Comes Out "No" On Syria; Senate Moving Towards Postponing Vote For A Week And Recasting Proposed Legislation To "Enforce Russia Initiative"
--Russia Steps In To Offer Solution To Assad; 0-Man Says Weapons Turnover Idea Was Mentioned In Brief Meeting.
--Pakistan To Free Second In Command Taliban Just In Time For US Afghan Departure.
--New Yorkers Go To Polls For Mayor Primary's.
--Eugene Brockman Trust Withdraws $259,000,000 To Kentucky's Centre College; College Admin Says It Will Not Change "Centre" to "Center" To Conform To Grammatical Standards*.
--Tuscaloosa Al Daimler Benz Plant Rebuffing Union Attempts To Organize; Company Says Employees Are Quite Happy With Out Labor Organizations.
--Menwhile In Iraq, Suicide Bombings Continue.
“A pain stabbed my heart, as it did every time I saw a girl (man) I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world.” --Jack Kerouac from On The Road.
Today in this City by the Sea we
celebrate the Battle that freed the cities on the Lake. Lake Eire, that
is. That Center of US industrial might that ignited the growth of the
greatest economy in history. Oliver Hazard Perry, who lived a few
footsteps from here, saw the enemy two hundred years ago this morning
and they were his. His crew of courageous sailors overrode eh vaunted
British military fleet and opened the sea lanes of the Great Lakes
system. He was our guy and the great lakes hero. Today in eh park across
from his home, under his magnificent statue, people are gathering to
say, we haven't forgotten.
I'm hearing that some of
the stuff I mail including Tids is going into the spam folder. So if
you are feeling the dullness of a vacuous heart, and don't know why, it
may be that thrill of Tids which you have been missing. Of course, if
the Tids are going into your spam, you probably won't see this note
anyhow.
I had the chance to walk under a Chestnut tree yesteday. It reminded me of my elementary school where a giant Chestnut tree grew, and over the grounds beneath that woody beast, shelled chestnuts strew. We weren't quite so poetic in those days as we quickly smashed into the shells that protected the gleaming brown nuts, and threw them at our pals and enemies. And protected ourselves from retaliations with garbage can lids. When we weren't doing that we were making pipes. Today in this world of nannyism, I suspect The US Department of Agriculture would be hiring masses of people at great taxpayer expense to go out into the hinterlands and place labels upon these sienna brown nuts: "Chestnuts can be dangerous to your kid's health."
When you think about it, nobody can really afford the cost of medical treatment. It is a business not market driven, but available cash driven.
The next "Game of the Century" will be this coming Saturday night when the Crimson Tide of the University of Alabama takes on Manziel U...I mean Texas Tech. Alabama by 3 touchdowns in yet one more over promoted dud.
I see where US Debt is up and credit card use is slowing. Is this the end of the current boomlet? After all, isn't the US economy of late based pretty much on consumers getting in over their heads? When wages are declining and credit cards are maxing, the economy hits a brick wall. I submitting that for the next Nobel prize.
*Just Kidding.
Egypt's generals seem to be using the world's focus on Syria to roll out tanks and troops into the Sinai to kill citizens they don't like. Isn't it time to just walk away from the Middle East, the octopus with a thousand entangled tentacles. I know, I know...an octopus only has eight arms. Maybe we could call ita kilopus.
Every time the Government places a warning label on a product (And it is happening it seems at a faster and faster pace these days), a new profitable industry is born for litigators.
The Answer:
The musical full of dancing and happy tunes was Gay Devorcee. Bonus: Nike, Visa and Goldman are expected to make the Dow "Growthier". They are to replace Alcoa, Hewlett-Packard and Bank of America which must be "Non-Growthier". Note, the Dow did not add high priced, "Really, really growthier" stocks Apple, Google and Amazon.
The loss of Alcoa from the big stock index indicates that the world of US industry is really changing. Alcoa is not only a very good company, but has been a key indicator of the manufacturing sector. Oh well, it's all about Alix and Ani, and Swifter now.
I had the chance to walk under a Chestnut tree yesteday. It reminded me of my elementary school where a giant Chestnut tree grew, and over the grounds beneath that woody beast, shelled chestnuts strew. We weren't quite so poetic in those days as we quickly smashed into the shells that protected the gleaming brown nuts, and threw them at our pals and enemies. And protected ourselves from retaliations with garbage can lids. When we weren't doing that we were making pipes. Today in this world of nannyism, I suspect The US Department of Agriculture would be hiring masses of people at great taxpayer expense to go out into the hinterlands and place labels upon these sienna brown nuts: "Chestnuts can be dangerous to your kid's health."
When you think about it, nobody can really afford the cost of medical treatment. It is a business not market driven, but available cash driven.
The next "Game of the Century" will be this coming Saturday night when the Crimson Tide of the University of Alabama takes on Manziel U...I mean Texas Tech. Alabama by 3 touchdowns in yet one more over promoted dud.
I see where US Debt is up and credit card use is slowing. Is this the end of the current boomlet? After all, isn't the US economy of late based pretty much on consumers getting in over their heads? When wages are declining and credit cards are maxing, the economy hits a brick wall. I submitting that for the next Nobel prize.
*Just Kidding.
Egypt's generals seem to be using the world's focus on Syria to roll out tanks and troops into the Sinai to kill citizens they don't like. Isn't it time to just walk away from the Middle East, the octopus with a thousand entangled tentacles. I know, I know...an octopus only has eight arms. Maybe we could call ita kilopus.
Every time the Government places a warning label on a product (And it is happening it seems at a faster and faster pace these days), a new profitable industry is born for litigators.
The Answer:
The musical full of dancing and happy tunes was Gay Devorcee. Bonus: Nike, Visa and Goldman are expected to make the Dow "Growthier". They are to replace Alcoa, Hewlett-Packard and Bank of America which must be "Non-Growthier". Note, the Dow did not add high priced, "Really, really growthier" stocks Apple, Google and Amazon.
The loss of Alcoa from the big stock index indicates that the world of US industry is really changing. Alcoa is not only a very good company, but has been a key indicator of the manufacturing sector. Oh well, it's all about Alix and Ani, and Swifter now.
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