Today's Tids Issue 3,098
Opening Stuff:
You have to love 15 year old
Deborah Peter. We read and we hear through the minds of those who report, but we really
don’t know. The girl, speaking before Congress, brought home the reality of a life
Americans don’t, and I hope will never know. Deborah’s father refused to
denounce the Christian God in trade for his life, and was shot by Islamists.
She watched in horror as her brother was also shot. People have been named saints
for less than this martyrdom of a man who stood strong for his God telling his
murderers that he “Couldn’t deny his faith”>. Deborah Peter said, “I want
the world to understand what happened to me. I hope the kidnapped Chibok girls
will take courage from my story, and know more of what God says, and know what
it means to satnd strong in the face of bad people.” All you had to do is look
into those soulful, encouraging eyes on that beautiful face. And wonder, what
would I do?
“I used to eat a lot of
Natural foods until I learned that most people die of Natural causes.”
That piece of logic was sent in by another of your
brilliant fellow readers. It’s called a “Ponderism”, and you can bet you’ll be
seeing a few more sprinkled throughout today. I have used ponderisms in the
past, but this batch contains a few new and fresh looks at our world trough questioning
sarcastic eyes, like “Life is sexually transmitted.”
The Question:
What
do you think are the names of these celebrities yachts: Tiger Woods, Humphry
Bogart, Yacht of 9 Presidents, Saddam Hussein, Ari Onassis, Robert Wagner.
The Headlines:
--North
Korea Launches Mssile Against South Korea Ship; SK Ship Fires Back.
--New
Jobless Claims Rise To 326K; US Econoimic Growth Slows To Minus .36% In April
From Plus .34 In March.
--Putin
Signs deal With China That Makes Russia The Largest Gas Supplier.
--In
Bloodless Coup, Thailand Military V=Chief Gen. Prayuth Chan0ocha; Curfew
Imposed On People.
--Syrian
al-Qaida Reach foothills Of Israel Cntrlled Golan.—Nancy Names Five Dems To GOP
Led Benghazi Probe.
--31
Killed In Latest Market Mauling In China; Government Blames Muslim Separatists.
--NFL
Expected To Add Two More Games To Playoff Sched; Fans Can Expect to Watch teams
With Losing Records.
Well, the very ordinary American
Idol season culminated with the selection of a very ordinary shouter, Caleb Johnson.
I was underwhelmed by the talent from the beginning and rarely looked forward
to any body’s singing, except occasionally Jessica Meusse. Even Alex, a very
talented guy, I dismissed because I just got tired of what he did to the songs
he sang. That means he sang once to accolades and then I got bored with the
same-ole’. The rest were all below average and one, CJ Harris, just plain couldn’t
sing. So, an average rocker won out over a talented young lady (She could play the
piano) who was also basically a shouter. Guess what I’m not looking
forward to next year?
While we’re on these talent
reality shows, the producers just gotta stop creating faux disputes between judges.
And, commenting on performances of singers or dancers that have been around six
or seven shows just becomes repetitive. Stopit! And, I have just one word for
Nick Cannon – “Recede”.
Actually, the bloom is off the reality talent show
rose. The ratings for The Voice, and yes, even Dancin’ are falling at a consistent
pace. It was a pretty good run, and quite often look-forward-to reliable entertainment.
But, Howdy Doody got tedious too.
Children are always a
reminder of
the love two people have had for each other. Except of course in various
professional sports leagues.
So, do you think the
EuroCountries are wondering if there will be any gas left after China starts
sucking on the big pipe.
Is Prince Charles the “Don
Sterling of
Britain? In an “Unguarded” moment the heir to the throne was heard as you
probably know comparing Putin to Hitler. Obviously, that caused new tensions between
hhe two countries and the top Russian diplomat is on his way to London. So, you
never know do you. Somebody may be listening to a private conversation, no
matter where it appears you are having it alone. Frankly, I find myself looking
around and over my shoulder more ofen…not that I would ever utter a disparaging
remark.
“Healthy is merely the slowest possible rate
at which one can die.”
I believe we’ve said it here in the past couple of days,
but here is an official observation about the lessons learned from Tuesday’s
Primaries: The Tea Party is losing battles but winning the war. The Clintons can
be beaten. Mitch McConnell is a fierce competitor and the negativity of primary
campaigns can come back to haunt candidates in the real thing.
“If Jimmy cracks corn and nobody cares, why
is there a song about him?”
I have to figure that corporations have been robbing
Peter to sustain Paul as the key strategy for maintaining earnings at solid acceptable
rates. But there comes a time when Peter’s gone fishin’ and that may be around
now. For quarters now, analysts have been expecting a dip mainly because the
economy is so slow that keeping up earnings begins to become an impossibility.
It’s like that old bird that flies in ever declining concentric circles until
it flies up you know where. Now, for years, I have been warning of the financial
dangers surrounding the 17th of July, and it appears this could be one
of those times when the warning becomes the fact. Most companies in their just
completed 1st Q reports predicted future earnings at a lower rate than
analysts expectations. It will be bad in Q2, unless we can get Paul to lower
his expectations and Peter has a surprisingly good catch in a rapidly depleting
pond. Or, exaggerates the size of his fish.
The Conscience: Chapter 44.
After the criminal investigators were
finished with their scene, and the Detective in charge, David Hamilton, had
asked everybody questions, and especially me, the Killer, Eliot Wu suggested we all go back to
his office. Detective Hamilton said he’d be back to me.
James walked slowly with me. “Think of
what we could have prevented if we had acted like men back then.”
“ You mean me, James.”
“No, I mean both of us. If I remember correctly,
and I doubt if I will ever forget, it was I who said, “I gotta go mista. White men
get mad when they see little black boys next to dead white girls”. Jeffery. I
ran like hell. But all of the time I knew I should have stayed.”
I decided not to argue the point about
who was the biggest scarety-cat. It was obviously me. We walked in silence to
the office, both not in the present; both back in a 1957 night with Fats, Chuck
and Little wailing in the background. Those eyes are still there just like they
were a couple of hours ago.
We walked in, and there was ole’ Jason sitting
at his desk just like he was when I first came down month ago. Eliot was
walking over to him, probably wondering why Jason was in his seat. I went right
to the bar. You don’t recover from being and alcoholic for 30 years in two
hours, no matter what was lifter off your back. I drank a full glass of scotch
for equilibrium, and then poured a second full glass for sipping. I turned and
saw Angelica standing behind me.
“She was my mother.” She looked at me
with that beautiful coolness of hers. I was ready for anything she was about to
say. “I understand.” She leaned up and kissed me on the cheek. “You can pour me
a glass of wine.”
She must be in shock, I thought.
“Why does the Ob-Gyn leave the room
when women undress to prepare for the examination?”
The Answer:
In
researching this Q I came across some amazing yachts, some bordering on small
crusie liner. Ok. “Privacy” is the name of Woods boat while “Santana” is Bogart’s
(Now being restored here in RI). “Sequoia was the yacht of 9 presidents
and Ari’s was “Christina”. Saddam’s beautiful
“Al Mansur” was bombed out of the water. Natalie wood died off of Wagner’s
yacht “Spendour” Actually, I only asked this question so I could practice
spelling Yacht.
There are days when you think you totally
run out of things to do, but only discover that there’s always something. So, I’m
off on a mission to discover what it is. I hope it isn’t washing windows.
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