Today's Tids Issue 3,183
Opening Stuff:
I prefer to open this
morning mess with a snappy, thought provoking one liner commentary on the world.
But, it seems that because there are so many disturbing things going on around
the world and in our own government on a regular basis, that it is becoming
hard to find shock value openers. Maybe I’ll just make up outrageous
happenings, and wait for them to become true…which there are good odds that
they will.
If money doesn’t
grow on trees, why do banks have branches?
Simple Handyman’s
Guide, Department:
Ninety Percent of things that need fixing around the home
are based on one simple principle – It moves and it shouldn’t; it doesn’t move
and it should. The answer is having a home with ample supplies of Duct Tape and
WD 40.
A good old childhood
friend who took the path into avowed liberalism writes to say that we would
be better off if political differences weren’t such a big factor in decisions. But,
I’m thinking reading between the lines that he means political differences
would be a big deal if some Repubs gave up some of their principles. I happen
to agree that too often the differences that hold back action and improvement are
far more political than rational.
The Question:
Who were the members of the cast of “Facts of Life”, who
learned that cancellation was one of those facts 35 years ago.
The Headlines:
--Dow In record Territory Ahead Of fed meeting.
--Benghazi Cover-up By Clinton Allies Will Be Revisited By
Committee As New Evidence Arises.
--Biz Notes: Microsoft Raises Dividend By 11%; Family Dollar
Rejects Dollar General Offer; FedEx Shares Rally After Earnings; General Mills’
Fall
--Quebec Separatists Watching Scotland Vote Closely.
--Obama Speech Boosts ISIS Recruiting; New al-Qaida Wing In
South Asia Claims Major Attack.
--Bombs Still Flying In Eastern Ukraine; Russia Sends Troops
To Crimea As NATO Holds Military Exercise In Ukraine.
--Odds Decline On Repubs Gaining Senate; Repub Joni Earnst
Pulls Ahead Of Dem In Key Iowa Senate race..
--Adrian Peterson Banned Until Abuse Case Is Resolved; Giant
Advertiser Budweiser Warns NFL.
I think the Fed is
starting to warn us of a bumpy ride. But as one good reader wrote this
morning about yesterday’s Fed “Considerable Time” comment: “A considerable time
is that length of time necessary to keep the market and economy from tanking”. I’d
buy that.
I once again enjoyed
America’s Got Talent as the Final 6 gave us something old and something
new. AcroArmy was outstanding in both of their efforts. I was waiting for an
encore, they were that amazing. Local RI’er Matt Franco was even in both, and
intriguing as usual. I liked both of 12 yo. Quintavious Jackson’s efforts and
especially “Let It be”. I’m a big fan of Sons of Serendip, but I think I’d get
bored half way through their CD. Miquel Dakota is a very nice guy, and I
actually liked is finale song, singing alone on a big stage with his guitar. My
senses say that Matt and Emily West were the favorites going in. I personally like
Emily a lot and have very high expectations, so that I was a bit disappointed with
her Chandelier. But, she made it up big with “The first Time Ever I saw Her Face”.
So, I’m thinking that based on last night alone, AcroArmy should win. But,
Emily is a truly unique, exceptional singer and I think she will win based on
her total effort throughout the entire season 9. To me, Matt lost something
last night. My personal rankings after last night are Emily, Acro,
Quintavuious, Serendip, Matt and Miquel.
Research Group 24/7
Wall Street Says Newton Mass rated #1 in their project, “50 Top Cities in
which to Live”. Only four other New England cities made the list – Cranston and
Warwick RI, Nashua NH and Quincy Mass. Here’s the total list: http://247wallst.com/special-report/2014/09/17/americas-50-best-cities-to-live/3/
Republican Senators,
including all GOP women, voted against an equality pay law. Kelley Ayotte says
she is concerned that “Women with merit” would be obscured by a law enforced
gender based income. Susan Collins says there are already plenty of laws on the
books without this one, mainly proposed and poorly written by Harry Reid in a
pre-election drive. The general consensus among Repub Senators is that the Dem law
makes it too easy to sue companies for little reason. For some reason, Dems
have this thing about taking merit out of pay formulas.
Back in te 60’s a
lot of young women started in the job market as Playboy Bunnies because it was
a good paying job for 18 year old girls, with many of the better career jobs
requiring a 21 year old age.
There are carpenters
working around me as I type. So, if you happen to see something like “16 ¾”
interrupting a thought, it’s just my mind wandering into the surrounding chatter.
Did the earth reverse
direction on its axis? It seems like all of the hurricanes this year are on
the west coast.
To all of those millennial’s
and younger than that entitlement generation kids who often complain that there
are too many dinosaurs still running everything, I’m happy to say that I am really,
really happy being a wise old dinosaur?
The Tids Envoy in
China sends us this from Confucius: “Man who live in glass house should change
clothes in basement..”
A publicity release
on Miranda Lambert says she “Breaks Down” after singing to 7 yo. Cancer victim
in Texas. Up here at a concert a week ago, some concertgoers tell me she was
distant and disinterested… and late. Perception versus reality.
Don’t expect too
many of your FaceBook friends to come to your funeral.
The Answer:
The cast had Kim Fields, Nancy McKeon, Lisa Welchel, Mindy
Cohn and Charlotte Rae. Geri Jewel came on board later to play the first ever
regular role person with a disability. Molly Ringwald was an early cast member and
George Clooney found one of his first big acting jobs there for an episode.
I wonder if ISIS
knows that Confucius also opined, “War does not determine who is right. War
determines who is left.”
You’d think by
now that we have enough history to learn that the wars only do one thing well,
maim the heroic. What a God dammed waste.
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