Opening Stuff:
50,000 citizens of
Alicante Spain lined the harbor there to send with rousing cheers the Volvo
racing fleet on their way to the most treacherous, around the world sail of
all. Do you think 50,000 will cram Newport’s
harbor for the only USA stopover? Let’s hope the USA can rise to the occasion.
We have some beautiful people in the local and thriving marine community, and I
expect them to start the drumbeat loudly.
Back around the time
that first Ebola stricken Doctor Kent Brantly came to the US for treatment and CDC
Head Tom Frieden said, “No Problem,” --
this Tids countered saying, “how can you trust a guy who just a month or
so earlier was telling us how they lost some really dangerous virus samples!”
Say what? Beware of people in power who will say anything to keep their jobs.
Question:
What dogs, based on biting and fatality statistics, what are
consider the ten most dangerous dog breeds?
The Headlines:
--UN Ebola Worker Dies Of Disease In German Hospital.
--7.4 Earthquake Hits El Salvador.
--ISIS Tactics O f Fear And Reckless Abandon Has Group
Making Continuous Progress In Efforts To Take Bahgdad And Kobane; Reports Of
Using Chemical Weapons.
--American Debt Delinquency Hits 40 Year Low.
--Economics Nobel Goes To France’s Jean Tirle For Work
Showing Where Power Of Large Companies Should Be regulated.
--JP Morgan Chase Bounces Back With profits Of $5.57
Billion.
Joke of the Day,
Department:
At a rally last night, the Mittster told this one: “President
Obama walked into a bank to cash a check. The teller asked for ID, but The Prez
said he didn’t. The teller said, “I can’t cash the check unless you can prove
who you are. “How would I do that?” he asked. She said, “well, the other day
Phil Michelson walked in without ID, so
he took a putter and a ball and made 50 foot putts time after time. And, once Andre
Agassi came in and without his ID, he had to hit a tennis ball at a small target
which he did effectively time after time. So, she said to him, “Is there
anything you can do to prove who you are?” “I haven’t got a clue,” He answered.
“Would you like that cash in tens, twenties or fifties?” The audience went
wild.
What a great night
for The Voice. It was the so called “Knock
out” round that featured several outstanding duets. I thought the opener was
excellent with Elyje Rene winning over Maiya Sykes…that is, until I saw James
David Carter Versus Craig Wayne Boyd and then Luke Wade beating Griffin. The Sugar
Jones- Jean Kelley battle was intense and well done, but the song was grating to
me and the two women sounded exactly the same. An unlikeable guy named Taylor Williams
beat a woman Amanda Lee Peers who I really liked; who I thought had a powerful
voice. I thought she’d be stolen, but alas he lights failed to shine upon her. BTW, In an informal Internet poll, Voters
liked best in order – Luke Wade, James David Carter, Griffin, Craig Wayne Boyd,
Elyja Rene, Chris Jamison, Taylor John Williams, Jean Kelley and Sugar Jones,
Check out tonight. Even if you are tired of all the singing contests, these
duets are always great entertainment.
The ever-myopic Dem
Spinner, Paul Begalia, is blaming the Ebola problem on George Bush. How
small have our politicians and their well funded handlers become? No wonder credibility
is a thing of the past.
A reader suggested
that I might not be so enthused about the faux trawlers described and pictured
in yesterday’s Tids if I had also shone the price tags. Yikes.
The new restaurants around
here is called Brix, and it is a hip
looking place in the Newport Vinvards wine manufacturing building. They built
it for youthful noise, and the food by the former owner of my favorite restaurant
is very good. There’s only one negative. The wine is underwhelming. Yes, the
three wine drinkers at my table had really odd looking expressions after the
first sip.
When more and more people
are routinely buying $2300 hand bags or $353,000 small boatss,then you know
that the average consumer is paying way too much for what ever they buy to
generate the mass of leftover cash.
It kind of shows how feeble
even multi billions of fines are to the large banking enterprises like JP
Morgan which just turned a $5.57 Billion profit after a $13 Billion fine. There
is just so much money flowing through the system, that the big players just
pick it off like kids on the flying merry-go-round snatching the gold rings.
This painful looking
stock downturn may be the result primarily of the news that consumer debt delinquency
has hit a major low. The stock market is built upon growth which in America has
meant that consumers would be wild and crazy exceeding their ability to pay
back money.
You need to look no
further than Oregon First Lady to be Cylia Hayes to find a great example of
the latest irritable USA fad, saying I’m
sorry after the law has been knowingly broken or having purposely disregarded or circumvented the rights of
others. This woman’s third marriage before she was 30 was a paid for operation
where she received $5K to marry an Ethiopian to save his Green Card. She was in
financial trouble after she and a friend paid $245K for land in which to grow
Marijuana. She and her friend skipped payments early on and eventually she moved
from Washington state to Oregon where she met hapless Governor candidate John
Kitzhaber and hid the facts of her life while seducing him into an engagement proposal.
You can’t make this stuff up! People think they can lie there way through anything,
and the politicians are showing the way.
The Answer:
#10 is that cuddly bag of fur, The Saint Bernard (* fatalities.
Next is Great Dane. (Note these first two are both huge and their mere size can
be dangerous, causing unintended harm to smaller people.) # 8 is Chow-Chow
followed by Doberman Pinscher, Malamute, Wolf Dog Hybrid ( Innately dangerous
genes), Husky, German Shepherd 15 fatalities, Rottweiler (39 Fatalities) and of
course guess which is number one despite claims by Pit Bull lovers (66
fatalities). Personally, I think they are so mean because they are ugly.
Have an
absolutely beautiful day!
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