Today's Tids Issue 3,141
Opening Stuff:
The Stock Market just
got a shot of adrenalin as it passed through a day of big earning reports falling
mainly on the positive side. That should keep the Dow moving upward, and
perhaps stifle short sellers for a while. But. My belief is that many of the
bigger investors, will be slowly paring back their more aggressive holdings as there
is a general feeling that it can’t go up forever. It is also possible that
companies in an effort to continue with positive profit reports will begin to
pare down employees throughout the third Q. Housing starts may improve again in August,
but should ease heading into September. Regardless of how giddy many on the
successful side of the economic ledger are feeling, there is still a lot of
caution in the former giant middle class America. I just want to stay realistic.
But then, what do I know…I’m just your basic Tidster…
A marine biologist
has developed a race of genetically engineered dolphins that could live
forever on a steady diet of seagulls. On a day when the his bird stock ran out, he went to town
to purchase more. On the way back he had to step over two sleeping lions on the
side of the road. He was immediately arrested and charged with transporting
gulls across sedate lions for immortal porpoises.
Food for Thought,
Department:
Aaron David Miller from the Woodrow Wilson Institute,
historian and advisor to Democrat and Republican Secretary’s of State on
Arab-Israel negotiations, just wrote a book, “Why America can’t have and doesn’t want another
great President”. The book essentially argues that American’s have a Presidency
addiction. They look for more in one person than any one person can deliver. The
President is just part of the system, and generally only rises to perceived “greatness”
when associated with some level of national crisis. Miller also surmises that
the rise of 24/7 news chattering places far more emphasis on the “personalized”
presidency that the founders could ever had imagined. His premise seems to advocate voting solid, thoughtful people to
ascend, people who can drive the engine and especially bring together, as best
as possible, warring opposites. He doesn’t expect that many will like his book.
The Question:
Donna Dixon and Dan Ackroyd have been married for 30 years!
In what TV show did Donna first achieve fame and who were her co-stars. Bonus: On what movie set did Donna meet
Dan?
The Headlines:
--New Comments From Putin Contradict Common Beliefs In
Moscow About Threat Of Western Agression; Russian President Seems To Signal
Flexibility, Predisposition To Negotiate.
--Two Federal Appeals Courts Contradict each Other On
Constitutionality of ACA Subsidies.
--Stock Experts Putting A Lot Of Pressure On the Much
Anticipated Apple “Fab Fall” Show; It Had Better Be Good Say Many On Street.
--Working Class Whites No Longer The Voting Majority In
Ohio.
--Race Horse Owned By Queen Elizabeth Fails Drug Test.
--Government Agents Testing ACA System Find That False
Applicants Easily Receive Subsidized Insurance.
--IRS Tech Expert Now Says Lois Learner Hard Drive
Recoverable.
While World Burns, Obama Kicks Off Western Fundraising Tour.
The Brooklyn Bridge
is hailed by New Yorkers as a Big Apple Treasure, but to old time native
Brooklynites it was the symbol of independence lost. We live in a world where
different people often look at the same thing with opposing views.
I’d like to write
a nice little Tid’s Happy Birthday message for an excellent grandson, but his
mother is a luddite and the Tids would never be opened.
Disliking is more
common now because there are so many more ways to express it. In fact Social
Media, where dislike is expressed most, is among the least liked entities in
the country. And among the SM’s, FaceBook his lowest on the favorability poll,
The other least liked digital complaint mediums are LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+,
YouTube, Wikipedia and Pinterest in that order. Of course the irony in all of
this is that more and more people are spending more and more of their time
playing and communicating, giving up their private lives on these sites they
abhor!
Continuing on in our nothing-is-as-it-seems
theme, some of the most vitriolic anti-Hillary letters to newspapers,
the kind that ignite spontaneous reactions
from Dems -- “there go those outrageous conservatives again, are often from the
liberal left supporters of Elizabeth Warren. Elizabeth Warren – the first
woman, “Native American” President. Are you reading this Washington Redskin
fans?
Let’s see, Hamas and
Hezbolah have about 125,000 deadly missiles between them, and they continue
to fire them wantonly into Israel communities…and the smug media want to know
why Israel is being so mean in their retaliation. Wars were better before the
media dragged in the cameras and their programs had to meet ratings demands.
It may have been that
I liked a lot of the Cleveland Indian players in the forties because of the
“Injun Joe” Logo. (Hey, I was kid. I was easily influenced by funny cartoon
characters – wait a minute, I never smoked camels) If course in my days of playing
Cowboys and Indians, being an Injun, Redskin, Brave was a favored designation
among we kids with guns, silver bullets, knives and bows and arrows, because
the Indians were considered by us as resourceful, superior, intelligent
fighters.
The Answer:
Bosom Buddies was the show where Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari
dressed as women and tripped over themselves in the chase for Donna’s affection.
The rest if the main cast were Holland Taylor, Thelma Hopkins and Wendy Jo
Sperber. On BB, Peter Scolari was as funny and enjoyable as Tom Hanks, but Tom
up after that while Peter went sideways. Why does that happen? Is It luck? An
Agent? Or, just better choices? Hanks and Scolari are still pals. Bonus: Dan Ackroyd says the favorite of
all the movies he has made is Doctor Detroit, the film where he met and married
co-star Donna Dixon.
“Well, here’s your problem,”
the doctor said to the father, “It seems that this child needs a diaper change.”
The new father then replies, “but I swear, that package said it was good for
8-10 pounds!” Phew!
It’s going to be a
groaner Wednesday!
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