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Today's Tids Issue 3,277

Opening Stuff:

 

In an emergency Tids editorial board meeting, the vast majority voted to discourage selfish, egocentric chest thumping over the Pats victory, which has little meaning for the bulk of the Tids readership, who actually have lives.

 

Passing an ObamaCare repeal act is probably great symbolism, but Supreme Court retraction maybe  stronger…where vetoes don’t count.

 

You contribute to society, love your family, work hard and then retire. And what do you get? -- $2.00 off a movie theater ticket.

 

The Question:

Hotel web site Trivago has named it’s 50 Top Cities with good quality accommodations  and  tourism attractions.. Name what you think are the top ten.

 

The Headlines:

--Congress To Vote On Repealing ObamaCare.

--Dow Languishing; Private Sector Adds 213K Jobs; Costco To Divvy Up Profits Giving Stockholders $5.00/Share.

--NK’s Kim Rules Out Peace talks; Warns “Gangster Nation” US Of Impending Doom.

--Ottawa Canada Police Make IS terror Cell Arrest.

--13 In Chicago Die After Shoveling Snow.

--6 Killed, 16 Injured When NY Commuter Train Slams Into Jeep In vahalla.

--Jordan hangs Two al-Qaida Prisoners In retaliation For IS Savagery.

--Chad Jets Bomb Boko Haram Out of Nigerian Strongholds.

 

Under the president’s edict, the illegal immigrant is now eligible for the earned income tax credit and the so-called “Additional Child Tax credit. That will be good for building a democrat voting bloc! Marcar uno si usted habla ingles.

 

Modern Day Dilemma Solved, Department:

Several months ago I remarked that folding a fitted sheet was as frustrating a task as exists in contemporary  society. It seems that my friend with a newsletter, “Chit Chat”, picks up Tidlets from time to time, one being an iteration of my fitful consternation. Well, one of his resourceful readers replied with a fantastic solution. Check it out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z5k9nWcuFc&noredirect=1

 

The  Chefs of tomorrow are trying to reinvent recipes, and several of them should be banned. Like anything using mushroom broth or…desserts with lettuce on the plate. I figure they’re probably already stuffing turkeys and chickens with Brussels Sprouts and Beets. Now a new recipe I would accept is capellini with sausage and spinach in a nice chicken broth based cream sauce with some garlic and pepper flake seasoning. Basically, you cook sliced Italian sweet sausage in OO with garlic and onions til brown (5 mins), stir in 14 oz chicken broth and ½ cp water, and after it boils stir in Capellini, and after 5-6 mins spinach. After another 3-5 mins stir in ½ cp cream. Add pepper flakes to taste an parsley for the eye.

 

Not that I like ruining your day, but truth is that the new Quinnipiac poll has The Hill trouncing republicans across the country. But, observers say this is not unusual for a single Dem candidate against a republican slate of 16-19. More revealing in the survey is that in key swing states she is neck and neck -- 1 point ahead of Bush in FL, or 2 points behind Kasich in Ohio. So the headlines scream Hillary romp, but the details say “Not so fast”, wait until the race gets going.

 

Coach Carroll mad a play call hat allowed Malcolm Butler to make an outstanding play to win the game. I had to put five bucks into the Tids cookie jar to say that.

 

The nice thing about these super cold days is that the snow stays white longer.

 

And frankly, once we get by the transformative months of November/December, the body adapts pretty well to the cold.

 

Have you noticed that in most stories about polities, the most significant and oft used word is “But”.

 

Correction: If we are going to wax eloquent about a heroic effort, as we did yesterday, we should at least get the name correct – It is Malcolm Butler , not Malcolm Brown. Heads will roll in the Tids Copy department.

 

The Lombardi Trophy was made in RI, as are the O’Brian trophy fro the NBA and assorted other major symbols of excellence. RI is good at one off industries.

 

I see where Chelsea Clinton’s Hubby’s Hedge Fund has taken a huge hit from it’s investments in Greece.  The Hill vows to up her talk circuit activity.

 

The Answer:

Sedona Arizona is number 1! The rest are Naples Fl, Scottsdale Az, Chicago, Charleston SC, Key West, Washington DC, Lake Buena Vista Fl, Santa fe NM and Boston. The next ten are Seattle, Asheville NC, Branson Mo, Durham NC, Savannah, New Orleans, Newport RI, Philly, Madison Wisc (To get a glimpse of Scott Walker) and St. Louis for a beer. New York City is 37. I’m not surprised that son of Nashville – Branson – dod well, but totally surprised that Nashville didn’t even make the top fifty. Of course the reason is that Trivago is I all about providing quality accommodation info at prices people can actually afford. NYC is obviously a top tour destination, but you wallet gets beat to death, if not stolen.

 

If you are really a football nut, you can spend the day following College Football Star signings. This is National Signing day, the day that High School players become Pros – er, ah -- I mean don their college sweatshirts, shake their gaily colored pom poms and sing the alma mater, and learn that the gym is next to a building called a library.

 

I had to pay the No Pat’s cookie jar $15 bucks to get through the Tids. It’s a small price to pay fro utter satisfaction.

 

Now it’s time to go up and sit on a Boston snow bank and watch the big Victory parade. According to the Mayor, I’ll probably get arrested for sitting there, but Ill pay the fine form the cookie jar. Yea Pats! Ca--ching!