Today's Tids Issue 3,165
Opening Stuff:
I was at a breakfast
place yesterday and they gave me a paging dvice which I put in my pocket
near my computerized car key and smartphone. When the order was ready, the pager
buzzed, starting my car and sending my daughters an email. Ain’t progress grand.
The US taxpayer is
paying about $156 Million a year to Federal “Employees” who only work for
the Unions representing the various agencies – and do no USA people work at all. The salary numbers are in addition to
expenses for union activities and office space and supplies. The real cost,
though, is in what is the main objective of the union rep existence, increasing
the cost of government though wage increases and efficiency sucking work rules.
At the IRS 286 full time employees perform only NTEU labor. At the VA there are
250 full timers working for 4 unions; Transportation – 35 Union only workers,
some making over $170K; EPA - $1.6 Mil to Union only workers. The bigger a government
gets, the more people who join in sucking on the teet. And the tougher it gets to put in the breaks.
I think the Tids
should have license to be more outrageous from now to November, just to
keep up with the Politicians. There’s just one problem, unlike the Pols, The
Tidster would feel guilty about disingenuousness.
The Question:
Lays is having a contest to allow snack fans to choose their
next big potato chip flavor. Based on your knowledge of current food trends,
fads, what do you think the four flavor finalists are?
The Headlines:
--Sonoma, Napa Cal Region Recovering From Long 6.4 Earthquake;
Injuries Nearing 200; Inspectors Say Bridges Look Good; Some Homes Tagged As Inhabitable.
--French Prez Hollende Dissolves Government After His Senior
Officials Criticize His Economic Policies.
--Goldman And Apple Are Stocks Under Wall Street Microscope
This Morning.
--Hamas Leader Asks Obama To Stop Gaza “Holocaust”.
--Joint Chiefs Chair Says, “No Syria Action”, Unless US Is
In Specific Danger.
--al-Qaida In Yemen Appears To Be Joining Up With ISIS.
--Burger King In Talks To Buy Tim “Better than Dunkin”
Horton; Inversion Deal Desigbned To Cut taxes..
I think the sea is
rising because too many tourists are flocking to and weighing down our
shores.
Too many politicians
advocate for too many laws and regulations to cope with the antics of a handful
of idiots and irresponsible people.
After watching Rory
McElroy for a few weeks now, I am positive that Nike needs a new clothing
designer.
Collateral Damage,
Department:
People who use their own grocery totes thinking they are
saving the world from the evilness of plastic bags are probably putting
themselves and children in jeopardy. Think of the zillions of germs that creep
in from food like perhaps a package of chicken laying in them for twenty
minutes or so in a hot trunk on the way home. Household hint: An open bag of
puffy Cheetos, place in tote and absorb many of the little infectious germs.
(Note: You have to clean out the orange on a regular basis)
The Tids Sports Department
is hard at work evaluating teams, getting ready for a season preview and the predictions
for Game One of the NFL’s new sissy season. It’s becoming hard to evaluate the
full potential of teams now that being too rough is getting penalized at an
ever increasing rate. It’s like the NFL has made a deal with MLB to make their
games longer so that Baseball doesn’t look quite so boring to the less than
rabid fan. The NFL is betting that its new appeal to the shallower of fans who
only look for the glitter of a wide open offense as opposed to the intensity of
the blocking and tackling, the battle in the trenches, the essence of
championship teams. Oh well, I guess anything that is hard is passé.
I am generally
against anything the Government mandates people to stop doing. (Note: Most of
the stuff people aren’t suipposed to do was already n=banned in the ten
Comandments)
In case you missed
it, yesterday was Van Johnson day in Newport RI. Don’t worry, Van won’t
hold it against you if you had something else to do. He was probably at the big
the theater in the sky watching some of his 68 old efforts: Battleground, The
Caine Mutiny, Action of the Tiger, Mother is a Freshman, Miracle in the Rain,
Thirty Seconds over Tokyo, Brigadoon and Wives and Lovers. – which probably
appeared pretty insignificant compared to his new surroundings. But I have to
imagine that pleasant memories are a part of heaven too.
The headline read:
“Why it’s tough to raise kids and save for retirement.” Well, if I may be so clichéd
as to say “Duh”. Kids have been expensive even way before the current “I want
everything now” era. Saving means doing
without in the early stages of family growth. It’s hard to do, but the dividends
later are huge. It is an ultimate test of will power…and the “Joneses” will be
watching you every step of the way!.
The Answer:
The four are “Bacon, Mac & Cheese”, “Capuccino”, Wavy
Lays “Mango Salsa” and Kettle Chips “Wasabi to 24477”. I wouldn’t vote for any of these. .. but then that’s why
I’m a food gathering wallflower.
The kids will be
weeping as the school bus arrives. But mons will be leaping and kicking
their eels. Actually, I always loved the
first day of school It was the rest the year that got to me.
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