Today's Tids Issue 3,049
Opening Stuff:
One of the true harbingers
of Spring
around here, the Hilltop Creamery in East Greenwich, is open again! Although,
yesterday I drove by and noticed they were storing their ice cream outside…which
usually means 6 more weeks of Winter.
Here’s the way I see the Ukraine mess.
Putin is driven to make the takeover happen. The rest of the world isn’t. It’s
a little like local situations where a well organized activist group keeps
pushing and pushing, and while the majority citizenry is opposed, they are too
busy raising families and working to have enough time or intense focus to banish
the threat to their taxes and life styles. The EU is a lot like the citizenry, busily
dealing with the vagaries affecting their countries on a daily basis, and in
this case reliant upon Russia as a resource supplier and trading partner. Obama
is just a politician hoping it will go away. And Putin…Putin thought the dissolution
of the USSR was the biggest mistake in history, and he will, by god, put it
back together.
It’s about those vibrations scientists have found observing
the heavens from their Antarctica telescope station. Maybe it it’s the cold and
the there shivering hands that are creating what look like vibrations from that
alleged explosion at the beginning of time. It’s all beyond my simple mind,
thus I go into my sarcastic well. These scientists say they can see ripples in
the universe still present from the big bang that occurred in a mere trillionth
of a second 13.8 Billion years ago! Comedians used to jestt about God creating
the universe in 17 days. Now scientists are beginning to concur that it could
be done in significantly small fractions of seconds. They say we were once a
lone atom , that exploded…just like that.
Of course, my infantile mind wonders where is the end of all of this space in
which that first atom suddenly appeared. And how was it created out of
nothing. I may have to take a nap after
this paragraph. My head hurts.
The Question:
Iren
Cara was a pretty sensational entertainer for a moment or two. Why? What is she
doing lately? Bonus: Livability.com
has just named the Top Ten Most Livable American Cities. Name Them.
The
Headlines:
--Dow
Up triple Digits After Putin Says he Will NotGo After Other Parts Of the
Ukraine.
--In
Answer To Obama Sanctions, Putin Signs Treaty Making Crimea Part Of Russia.
--European
Bankers Says Sanctions Aren’t As Drastic As those For Which They had Prepared;
US European Banking Ops Could Be Hurt By Loss Of Russian Accounts.
--Ukraine
Officials Say We Need KMilitrary Support From US, Not Just Food.
--Missing
Plane Still Mystery of The decade; Israel Revamps Defense Over Concerns That
Missing Plane May be Weapon.
--Ohio
Joins NJ And Other States To Fight Tesla Sales Plans.
--Lincoln
RI Legislator Says State is Walking On Edge Of Oblivion And Must Get Serious
About Making State A better Place For Companies With Real Jobs; It Is Expected
He Will Disappear By Morning.
--Consumers
Argue “No Fly List” Deprives Due Process Right.
The Great matchup of NCAA playoff
season will
be UConn women vs. Notre Dame women it the brackets go that way, which they
should.
Do you think that celebs and
pols with
huge numbers of twitter followers eventually experience the Jim Jones syndrome?
If so, we can expect more Koolaide than we ever thought existed.
KoolAide, Department:
A lot
of people wonder why this enormous push for a high minimum wage is becoming ubiquitous
among unthinking Dems and the leader Obama. They wonder because it makes no economic
sense, is built upon a faulty premise, and in fact will tend to eliminate jobs.
Of course, the answer is simple. Many of the Dems and especially the President
owe the Unions big time, and this is the wealth redistribution scam of all
time. The average Union worker in America earns $22.00/hour, so they are not
unhappy. But, the union chiefs want to become relevant again. The most common
way to increase Union wages, and which is written into almost contracts – service, retail
and hospitality unions in particular (The Fed Labor Department of “Opaque Admin”
has refused reporter access to a large selection of contracts.) – is to assure that
general wages for all union members will always be at fixed percentage above
state and/or federal minimum wage. It’s just one more way to micromanage free Enterprise
organizations. The ramifications of the min wage are far reaching, and it is
all about The unions and not the individual.
Yesterday I found myself at a giant saw mill in
Northeast Conn along near the RI Border. Not only did we get answers to a particular
question, but it turned out to be a mini, poor man’s version of the old “Elder
Hostel” (Now called Road Scholars), a reality excursion as we entered what
appeared to be a PBS special about the bringing timber from forest to finished product.
I guess if you can get away from the computer, there’s a great big real world
of adventure just beyond your doorstep.
Rhode Island, “The Minimum Wage State.”
I love the Providence
College Basketball
Team T-Shirts – “Heart and Soul”. The state needs more of that.
Last night on TV, “The Following” turned a corner
and just got Better, “The Voice” became the most rousing, entertaining show on
TV and Blacklist unleashed a new continuing plot with many possible ramifications.
All in all, it was a great night for the tube, if you stayed awake.
Harry Reid won’t believe
this or sure, but a citizen of his state named Larry Basich owes a hospital $407,000 because
of a breakdown in health insurance due to the complexities of ACA. Larry actually
enrolled last November and was assured by the Nevada exchange -- Health Link --
that he was covered even though United Health his insurer hadn’t sent him their
official documentation, even though he had paid his first premium!. So he has a
heart attack -- a costly one. “All I wanted to do his move here (to Nevada),
buy a house, get a dog and go to Dodger spring training games.” And, I did what
the President ordered me to do.
The Conscience: Chapter 41.
Just as Jeffery was opening and holding the
door for Sanna, her cel phone rang. She looked down and saw “Wu”, smiled up at
Jeffery and said, “I have to take this.” She moved six or seven feet away.
Jeffery watched closely as did Angelica, but they never saw a change of
expression or reaction to anything, even as Wu was telling her that Jeffery had
tipped off James Smith about the bad boys coming to blow up his plant in Rhode
Island.
Sanna returned and smiled a strange smile
at Jeffery, a slightly eerie smile, even for her. “Good news,” asked Jeffery.
“It depends on who is interpreting the
information. But, don’t worry.” She assured him now with serious semi pleasant
tone,” It wasn’t anything that would affect the sale, if that’s why you look so
worried.” It was Sanna though who was concerned, that perhaps her dupe and
target of revenge was a better man than she thought. She vividly saw in a flash
before her that first confrontation with this man who as a stupid northern boy
had values when it came to saving a little black boy, but not when a southern woman
was dying. “You worry too much, Jeffery, she finished and actually gave his arm
a tender squeeze.
They got in the car, and she tapped out a
short text message to Bruno.
The Answer:
Irene
Cara was first noticed as the exhilarating star of Fame where she also was the
songwriter for the popular song of the same name. She won an Oscar for “What a
Feeling” from Flashdance. Irene currently tours with her band Hot Caramel, but
basically lives off of “What a feeling”, never really reaching all of the
superstar “fame” to which she seemed destined after the movie by the dame name..
Bonus: #1 is Forth Worth Texas followed
by beautiful and historic Providence RI. Next are Indianapolis, Provo Utah,
Alexandria Va, Frederick Va, Fort Lauderdale Fla, Bellingham Wash, Eugene Oreg
and Birmingham Ala.
I have to believe that Putin doesn’t want WWIII. But, I
have to worry about the words of the head news opinion guy on Russian TV who
said yesterday, “We can turn the United States into radioactive ashes.” Somehow
Ellen’s “Selfie”, or what happens on the red carpet, or in between two ferns doesn’t
seem so significant any more.
Maybe this will help your spirits:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILWSp0m9G2U
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