Today's Tids Issue 3,094
Opening Stuff:
Is the world dying up or is it my brain? I mean,
how many times can I point out the irresponsibility of litters, the selfishness
of celebrities, the amorality of financiers, the dishonesty of politicians,
intolerance of liberals, the confusion of Republicans, the naiveté of youth, the
intimidating arrogance of Governments, the ambitions of world leaders, the
heartless ugliness of terrorists. Or, the beauty of feeling hearts, the majesty
of great music, the goodness of real people, the strength in hope, the pain of hopelessness,
the elation of triumph, the utterly exhilarating comfort and warmth of love. There
are no more puns. Yup, I think I’ve run out of stuff to say. Maybe I’ll think
of something this weekend.
You can tell all of the liberal programs and
agendas that aren’t working by how often the change the names.
What gets me most about the
Stock market industry is that when reading all of these online financial sites
like CBS Marketwatch or Yahoo! Finance or WSJ et.al. I see new, intense dire
predictions from both sides of the spectrum each new day that the sun rises.
Some of the predictions are downright scary, and others overly rosy. My guess
is that most of these experts are self serving. If that’s the case maybe it’s
time to go where they are, until of course some other self-serving financial
prediction tries to go the other way, which I would aspect to be sometime around
tomorrow. Everyday, the experts change and everyday the opinions are different.
How is that possible? BTW, George Soros is going “Bear”, and other bigs like
Buffet appear to be building safety nets. At least, today.
The Question:
Triple Header Friday! 1. What does “TMZ” stand for? Bonus: On every car, there is a little
arrow on the instrument panel. Where is it and what does it mean? Double Bonus: Name the top ten College
Marching (Victory) Songs
The Headlines:
--Stock
market Will Probably End Week In Negative Territory Despite New All Time Highs
--Explosions
In Nairobi Kenya Kill Ten, Wound 70; Warnings For Increased Terror Activity Issued.
--San Diego Fires Debastating.
--Pro-Russia
Insurgents Retreating In Ukraine; Wealthy Steel Company Owner Rinat Akhmetizen
Has Steel Mill Workers Out In Force Strong Arming Pro-Russian Group.
--China/Russia
On verge Of big Natural gas Deal.
--Harry
Reid Nixes Obama Federal Judge Nominee Michael Boggs; Says Former Georgia
Lawmaker Endorses Rebel Flag And Outing Abortion Doctors.
--Darden
To Sell Red Lobster Chain for $2.1 Bil.
--European
Economy Showing New Weaknesses; Portugal struggling; EuroStocks Sliding.
--Apartment
Construction Buoying Housing Market; Indicates Growing Renter Segment Versus
Stagnate First Time New Home Buyers.
A police commish in
Wolfeboro NH
is under fire for you know what – racist remarks. Apparently he used the N word
while talking with old pals in a small restaurant, which was confirmed in his
own email to his accuser, a rather sour looking woman and but 4 month resident of
this nice town by the southeast shore of Lake Winnepesaukee: “I believe I did
use the ‘N’ word in reference to the current occupant of the White House.” He
replied to her. “For this I do not apologize – he meets and exceeds my criteria
for such.” You have to figure that this old guy has been what he is for years,
known by the people who elected him handily. But often it’s the newcomer who
sees things that have always been as something that shouldn’t be there. Who
hears a bunch of geezers talking in the locally eatery and sees more than there
is. What used to be an incident is now small rebellion. God help us.
PK Suddan of the Montreal Canadians
is the kind of charismatic superskater the league needs.
I'm thinking that someday the big drug manufacturers will put more of their emphasis on high cost over the counter products, and just keep around the most profitable stable of the prescription drugs. The big medicare drug program just has to be putting pressure on revenue, as Insurance companies compete for lowest cost service. The reality of the free market society meets the moral necessity of advancing medical progress. Just a thought.
I don’t want no stinking
microbes, Department.
A learned
progressive woman from DC thinks that because RI is so confined, it would be perfect “petri dish”. You know what
that means from the lips of a lib intellectual, don’t you? It means that she has lots of unproven theories begging for populations upon which to experiment. She'll dive into the plentiful ocean of Government grants, and the politicians here will say societal experimentation is good for a economy. I don't want to live in inside a petri-dish. Its dangerous to your health.
I heard from several U
Michiganders
yesterday expressing thanks for changing the joke to Ohio State. Hey, it was a
no brainer…I figured that the UMich people I know are so smart that the joke
would lose cred if I used the alma mater. In fact, one responder sent in his
own Big Ten joke: “What does the ‘N’ on
the Nebraska Cornhusker helmets stand for? ‘Nowledge’.” Let’s hear a little of
that marching music:
If “To the Victor” doesn’t
get you moving today, nothing will. You know, somehow when I hear that tune and think
of the Michigan of my youth, I always go back to Mark Harmon’s father, one of
the truly great American sports heroes, back when sports heroes seemed to be
bigger than life. Basically, that’s all I know about UMich – good song, Tommy Harmon,
Excellent academics, good people.
It wouldn’t surprise me if the al-Qaida and associated
Islamic groups wouldn’t have as a major objective, infiltrating and taking over
Africa…I mean the whole Continent There is certainly more than enough evidence
of serious activity there. And anyplace that has seemingly unstable leadership
is ripe for picking. And poverty. Poverty is pervasive there; all con artists, socialists,
communists and terrorists love exploiting the poor.
The weather-people these days keep on trying
to make the folks around here feel uncomfortable by harping on high humidity. It
works July, but not in May, where there is always a breezy nip in the air to
keep you cool. Actually, 64 with high
humidity is rather comfortable. I guess they just need something to talk about.
Showbiz.
Reading between the lines Movie Reviews:
-- Well, Godzilla is back, and it is just an updated version of the old classic, with some nostalgic looks back. Tis one of the first "Nuclear is bad" movies and it still retains some of the politics. But, you can still get lost in a good old fashioned fantasy monster movie, and who knows, I might just put on my Groucho mask some day, and sneak in.
--John Hamm is looking for life after Mad Men and he has chosen a movie, Million Dollar Arm, that probably appeared to have potential, but may not be that great. Its' about a rather unctuous sports agent who is about to lose the BMW and mansion, and the women who are leaving in droves as the paychecks dwindle. He has the big idea, go to India and find some Cricket players who can pitch a baseball. He finds two and brings them back but, but it does not go smoothly. This is more about what he and the India boys learn about themselves than baseball, but t isn't deep. It's probably not bad.
The Conscience: Chapter 43 continues.
Those blank eyes of thirty years ago stared
through me as Melvin Washington and a Bernard guard, gun drawn, came running up through doors beyond the garden. Eyes never
change, I couldn’t move mine away. A small stream of blood started to pool beneath
her head. I stood, frozen, my memory racing back to 30 years ago. My body started
to shake uncontrollably; my legs were fused to the pink Italian marble floor.
“Jeffery! Jeffery!” I heard Melvin’s voice
through my haze, I moved my arms violently upward like Superman, braking the
steel chains that bound me. My legs followed as the Kryptonite ebbed, feeling
like lead weights, I moved quickly to the fallen Sally. I felt her pulse. There
was something. I think there was something. I heard the guard talking to an emergency
service. I slapped her face, gently but enough to startle if she was still in
there.
“
I felt Melvin now, leaning against me, checking for signs of life. “There’s
nothing here,” he said.
“Are you sure?” When I looked back, he
had closed her eyes.”
“I’m sure,” Jeff.
“She’s dade, Jeffery. She’s real dade
this time, Jeffery.
I looked up and saw James, He must be seeing
and feeling what I saw and experienced that dreadful night. The lifeless body.
The fear of being caught with a “Dade white southern girl”. His eyes said that he understood again. I laid
my head on her stomach and every emotion I had held for all of these years
poured out upon that bosom that had been my albatross.
The Answer:
1. TMZ – the news source that
dishes the dirt -- stands for “Thirty Mile Zone” which could easily be nicknamed The Movie
Zone. The thirty mile area is the historic film and TV production center as
defined in 1960 by the various Hollywood talent guilds. What it meant then was
that anything shot outside of that define regions was considered “Location” and
required special permission, salary additions and living expenses. Today TMZ
stands for the major info site for the entertainment industry feeding the
frenetic hunger and obsession of the public for all things celebrity. It was
started in 2005 by AOL, Warner Bros and Telepicture -- and makes them tons of
dough as well as serving as a subliminal indoctrination force to infuse
interest on celebrity antics. Bonus:
Almost all new cars today, even the Porsche, has the arrow next to the gastank
symbol by the gas gage – to tell you which side of the car you will find your
gas tank. Particualrly useful for rentals. Double
Bonus: I have two Top Ten marching song Lists. The first One is called “The
Meat Eater’s” List: Starting at #10, we have Washington State then Texas, Ole’
Miss, Arkansas, Florida State (Awful Indian Chant), Purdue, Oklahoma, Notre
Dame , Texas A&M and number 1—Michigan. The second list has as #10 Alabama followed
by Arkansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska Ohio State, Tennessee, Texas, Michigan, USC and
Notre Dame. The first list maker must have been expelled from USC!
Have a Happy Weekend, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!!
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