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Today's Tids Issue 3,172

Opening Stuff:

So here we are, this September morn,

When the beauty of Fall is being Born.

When sea waters become crystalline clear

And dry cool air snuffs summer’s drear.

It’s those days, when the heart feels free

With comfortable smiles on people you see!

 

Heaven, I would like to think, must be like really quiet, devoid of crowds and nightly news reports. But I guess to others it would be full of computer games and gadgets beyond our imagination. Or maybe it’s about uncluttering minds. Or is it just a perfect place full of pure, unadulterated, unquestioned love? Or, perhaps, pools of gravy and rich wine sauces everywhere.

 

The Question:

The fall is a great time for beautiful moons. Name all of the phases of the moon in order.

 

The Headlines:

--US Drone Strikes Aimed At al-Shabab, Islam Extremists In Somalia.

--Britain’s Cameron Issues Tough Position On Terrorists; Alludes To Inaction By US President.

--Russia And Nato Take Positions On Ukraine; Russia Beefing Up Military Posture Against Nato’s Establishment Of Rapid Response Team; Ukraine Continues Retreat After Several Setbacks.

--Fierce Weather Attacking Midwest; Northeast Expected To get Some Tuesday Night.

--Gloom And Doomers Making Headiens Ahead Of First September Wall Street Opening.

--Peru hails Capture Of 7.7 tons Of Cocaine.

--Joan Rivers On Life Support.

 

The US government is on a push to have the various components of their massive juggernaut save energy. Of course the idea is to intro the new types of energy sources so loved by Obama, even if they are inefficient and costly. Of course the real answer to save energy is eliminating all of the non-essential agencies and people who consume it.

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Have you ever noticed when adding an App to your phone or tablet, a message appears saying the app “Needs” to be able to connect to your contact list, et. al. I read these, and mostly see no relationship between what the app does and what it thinks it needs. My guess is that they really mean the word “Want’s” to have access to…. They want it because it helps their business. That’s why apps are free. You’re paying for them with your privacy data.

 

Yesterday Americans were asked to wish their co-workers in Asia a happy labor day, (Inspired By Wiley)

 

Being contented means not feeling guilty if you don’t do anything on a holiday.

 

If you watched the DeutscheBank Golf finale yesterday you saw the future of golf on the PGA, a lot of the young new Turks, who will be winning it all during the next ten years or so. Unless they all become too rich too fast and become complacent.

 

I think World Health Organization should change their name. WHO can be quiet confusing, as in headlines like, “WHO thinks that Ebola is a life changing disease.(?)” WHO recommends isolation.” I don’t know the answer to any of those questions.

 

More than anything, we need a couple of good days of rain.

I wish we could get back to normal. The problem today is that too many people have their own normal’s.

 

You may not like Putin, but at least he makes up his mind and does something.

 

A reader sent me a story about a nice, innocent 13 year old white boy walking with mom in a white neighborhood who was shot in the face and killed by two black men, while his mother was wounded trying to protect him…for absolutely no reason at all. The media didn’t care, and nobody rioted.

 

The Answer:

It all starts with the “New Moon”. Then we go to the right sided phases – The Waxing Crescent, First Quarter (Last Night), Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter and Waning Crescent, Personally I like the phases like Harvest Moon, Hunters Moon, Lovers Moon, Moon that hist your eye like a Big Pizza Pie and best, the Moon that glistens in my lovers eyes.

 

There is something quite mesmerizing about a giant full moon just rising in the evening, sitting majestically upon the horizon, with the light reflecting off the rolling seas. Maybe one of the better elixirs known to man. Unless of course, you are a werewolf.