Today's Tids Issue 3,058
Opening Stuff:
I expect to see a lot of
lambs as I
stroll around the countryside this weekend. It’s that time, right? The weather is
settling in just as the snowbirds filter back into the North. I hear that my
favorite little golf course is opening next week, and it will be fine as soon as
they shovel away four tons of winter goose crap. It’s that weekend to take a
long walk, maybe out upon craggy rocks surrounded by the churning sea. To hear that
contented roar; to smell that magnificent aroma of fresh salty air; to bow
before the mighty ocean surging back with the energy of our reawakening world.
To stand in the breeze and listen to the lions roar, fading away.
Some days the “T” in Tids stands for Tedious,
especially when I find myself spiraling down into the darkness of some political
enigma; my own vortex sucking me into complex inconsistencies; grasping my
heart, squeezing my brains until I am encaged in words with no escape. See,
there I go again.
I see where the Congress has sent the IRS chief Josh
Koskinen a subpoena for specific Lois Lerner emails. The Chief replied that it would
take a couple of years before they could reply. Now I figure that if the IRS
sent me a subpoena, they probably would put me in jail if I said I’ll get back
to you in a two years. Get rid of them all, before I go crazy.
The Question:
In only
eleven states, a coach is not the highest paid public employee. Name them. Bonus: Which of God’s non human
creatures probably were not on, nor invited to be on Noah’s ark?
The Headlines:
--Markets
Up Strong As Feb Consumer Spending Impresses WS; Fed Sees No Rate Hikes Until
2015.
--Russia
Seen Building Up forces At Ukraine Border; Security Council concerns Mount.
--US
Appeals Court Upholds New Texas Abortion rules.
--Financial
World Eyes Japan Consumption Tax Hike Set For Tuesday; Worries That New Tax
Could Send Public Debt Laden Country Into Steep Decline.
--Malaysian
Mystery Moves 630 Miles North.
--Postal
Employees Found Using Taxpayer Funded Travel Cards To Withdraw Cash for LV
Gambling; Cal Senator Caught With Mobsters In FBI Sting.
Economics department:
--Wall
Street economists came out this morning predicting a strong year for 2014. They
figure the cold Winter sapped the energy of a strong start, but good technical’s
suggest a rapid rehabilitation leading to a strong finish. They say that signs
of improved employment and better than expected consumer spending could deliver
a 3.8 growth rate, the best GDP year, they say, since 2005. --On the other side
of the financial coin is the drying up of
the Fed Welfare for big finance, which could slow stock gains. –And then there
is a new survey among consumers who think by a margin of 48-39 that the job
situation is getting worse—a complete reversal of a similar poll last summer.
The poll also reveals that the biggest economic problem facing average
Americans is “rising prices”. What bothers these people most about taxes is the
way government spends “their” money..
So Already I don’t Like this
Movie, Department:
In
Noah, the ark builder and his families are depicted as God loving vegetarians,
while the bad guys are meat eating secularists. How does Noah reconcile naming
his son Ham!
You have to love being beaten to death with
one story in order to stay up and watch Hannity at 10PM.
It appears that “O” Is following the Clinton
playbook, spending a lot of time out of the country when things domestic are disintegrating.
Note: Current admin travel expense: $16 Mil)
Ok, I’m ready for a Pistorius
decision. See, I’m just another short attention-span American.
I sense this tendency to want to throw up when I
listen to the illogic of the minimum wage argument.
The TV show “Scandal” has been reinvigorated. I
lost interest a year or so or go. But
lately, it has crept back up on me, and now I’m taking a crash course on who’s
who.
Over in Germany, former Chancellors Helmut
Schmidt and Gerhard Schroeder have come out in separate statements saying that
they understand Putin’s aggression in Ukraine. The two blame the EU for forcing
Ukraine into a “Me or Them” choice. Interestingly, Schmidt warned that over aggression
by the West could force Putin into taking further actions. In a poll, Germans
in general think it is natural for Putin to take back Ukraine. Schmidt says he does
not understand the logic of eliminating Russia from the Group of 8 just at the
time when it is important to maintain a dialogue. One of the great things about
Americans not knowing as much as they think they know about the world is that
makes for great arguments late at night over a glass of brandy.
The University of Dayton has become the new darling
of the big dance. The fact that URI is in the same league, The A-10, makes
their achievements very follow-able up here
Somebody described the American Idol finalists
this year as “Rough around the Edges”. I couldn’t agree more. Some who seem to escape show after show just plain can’t
sing. A couple of them, though, are beginning to emerge, but over all I think
it is just a nutty year for the old talent show. CJ or Sam, and not Majesty
Rose should have gone last night. The fact is, any of them can go and I wouldn’t
feel a thing, unlike years past.
So, I guess with the NLRB acceptance of college
sports unions, the world of higher education now revolves around 80 to 100
football players. So now, when the union bargains for higher wages, do you
think there is any chance at all of Colleges being able to require academic
achievement to reach upper levels of pay?
Reading Between the Lines
Movie Reviews:
--Everybody
is talking about Noah and the director who coveys the Bible story more as a
myth. He has manufactured his $130 Million version of the event not to inspire
but for entertainment purposes only it appears; this movie, where Crow plays
Noah well and piously, takes on the appearance of a Sci-fi blockbuster, and you
will like it the way you liked Brave Heart or Lord of the Rings. It is a very
well done entertainment vehicle with good acting. The fact that the director chose
to have the good guys eating veggies and the bad guys eating meat is a little stupid…If
you ask me.
--Bad
Words is about a 40 year old guy who is an annoying adversary to lots of kids
in this movie about spelling bees. Personally, the movie doesn’t appeal to me,
primarily just because I don’t like the lead character as played by Jason
Bateman, and the many insulting jokes. Along the way he meets a 10 year old boy
from India, who he befriends in a crude way. So that’s basically the situation.
--Sabotage
is a Schwarzenegger vehicle about a DEA raid which is in effect a theft operation
planned by te agents where the agents take and hide bundles of loot. One by one
they are assassinated. It might be good on Fx some day. I’d go if I needed a
popcorn fix.
The Answer:
In
the East you have New York, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Delaware.
In the North Central it is North and South Dakota and Montana. Nevada and
Alaska round out the list. The Basketball Coach is the top guy in Cal, Ariz,
Nev, Wisc, Mich, Ind, Kty, Fla,NC, NJ, Conn and RI. The football coach is tops
in the rest of the states except in Minn where it’s both sports and hockey too.
For your info, Med School Dean is tops in N&S Dak, Mass and NY. College
Pres is tops in Hawaii, Vermont, NH, Montana, and Del. Law School Dean is tops
in Maine. Out in Nevada the top guy is the Med School Plastic Surgeon. No kidding!
I wonder what Harry Reid used to look like. Bonus: Fish and sea creatures.
I’ve got to get the Tids back into the lighter side
of my heart. Or, just turn off the TV.
Have a terrific weekend, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!
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