Today's Tids Issue 3.346
Opening Stuff:
That sound you may
hear from time to time this morning as I write this morning mess is the roar
of the Blue Angels flying overhead as they practice for the Giant RI Airshow
this weekend. Yes those magnificent machines with their incredible pilots
always zoom over my little dwelling as they use almost the entire 30 miles or
so of the Narragansett Bay to maneuver and perform their magic. When I lived across
the Bay, a little closer to the airfields art Quonset, I could see the smiles
on the pilot’s faces as they flew low though our neighborhood. I felt as I
mowed the lawn, honored that these guys were flying by. I stopped and waved.
*There’s no truth to
the rumor that the FIFA executive thieves were stashing their hundreds of
millions in the Clinton Foundation.
I’m thinking at this
point in time that the Fed will be more prone to let the banks fail the
next time they get themselves in trouble. It is the best thing for restoring
the integrity of a free market system, Capitalism the way it works. There will
be much pain in the process, but coddling does not a great country make.. Self
regulated risk taking is far better than Government edicts.
So now we have it
– Rick Santorum versus Hillary Clinton. I think the Repubs are in trouble.
The Question:
Double Q day! 1. Multiple
choice: Pick the year in which The Sierra Club was organized – 1854 1892
1928 1963. Bonus – What
city? 2. Multiple births are becoming the norm these days, but in 1934
the quintuples of Papa and Mama Dionne was a rarity. What were the names of the
five famous females?
The Headlines:
--Dollar Versus Yen Tops Twelve Year High; Greek Woes
G+Could Affexct Tioday;s Makets.
--Quinnipiac Continuous Presidential Poll Lists 5 Of 20
Repub Candidates As Tops: 10% -- Jebster and Mario; Just Behind And Tied Are
Scott Walker, Huck And Ben Carson; At 7% Is Rand With Ted Cruz At 6% And The
Hairpiece at 5%; Dems – Hill Down 3 Points To 57% Followed By Bernie At 15%;
Hill Cruising Past Repubs In Head-To-Heads.
--Pentagon Shipped Live Anthrax To Nine States.
--Five Most Shorted Stocks In May: Serius XM, Advanced Micro Devices,
Mankind, Frontier Comm, Intel; Rest Of Top Ten – Blackberry, Microsoft, Apple,
Express Scripts Holding and Micron Technology.
--Johnny Depp Looking At Jail Time In Australia For
Smuggling Dogs; Kangaroos And Koalas Unhappy With Intruders.
--US Pilots Unhappy About “Heavy handed Rules Of Engagement”
In Efforts Against ISIS In Iraq.
--Five Islamists Traded For Bergdahl Will Be Free To Travel
In Days.
--IRS Believes Cyber Attack Originated In Russia.
The Military Editor
of The Tids was given a serious “Time Out” by a well educated reader for
his opinions yesterday on the Iraq War and Sadaam Hussein. I have to agree that
Sadaam in place may have been better for a more orderly Middle East. Despotic
Maniacs tend to scare people into behaving nicely. It’s too bad that some
aspects of world peace is dependent on them.
Grammar and Syntax
Counts, Department:
Sign in Nairobi: “Take Notice: When this sign is under
water, this road is impassable.” –Nairobi Restaurant: “Customers who find our
waitresses rude ought to see the manager.” –In a Swiss restaurant: “Our wines
leave you nothing to hope for.” –Lobby of Moscow Hotel across from Russian Orthodox
Monastery: “You are welcome to visit the cemetery, where famous Russian and
Soviet composers, artists and writers are buried daily, except Thursday”
The Santorum
hypothesis above isn’t out of the question, because with 20, count em’, 20
candidates belittling each other in the primaries, you can never tell which
special sub group will rise up to push their candidate to the top. And this
against a women who should be easily beaten, a candidate with a rap sheet of
offences bordering on felonies, with a history of bad judgments, who is
protected by a media that appears out to get every Repub candidate before their
hats land in the ring.
I like the music of
Aaron Copeland. One pleasant piece for relaxing is The Tender Land
By the way, what
is it with all of this revisiting of the Iraq War voting. I prefer elections
about the future. The media seems to be propagating this argument because the
subject can only make candidates look bad. Frankly, it means zero to me.
As I watch The Hill pipe
her flute enticing the hoards of adoring female audiences to the cliffs, I can
only think that she will be governing but half of the population if, God help us,
she is elected.
Good news for all of
us who hate getting those unwanted, often threatening robo-phone calls. The
FCC is enlisting the help of wireless and wire line companies to use existing
laws and blocking technology to stop the noise! The perpetrators can cry “Free
Country” but to me it is breaking and entering, pure and simple. Of course if
you’re a lonely old geezer who likes junk mail and a friendly voice urging you
to send over your life savings or risk going to jail, than I guess you are
gonna be a little sad with the stoppage. And my heart aches for your
loneliness. Go to church.
I’m not saying I’m
for profiling, but of the more than a few reported murders locally and
nationally the past week or so, the alleged killers had dreadlocks and evil
eyes.
I see where
archeologists have just solved a 435,000 year old murder! Maybe the NFL
could get them to work on the deflated ball caper.
Speaking of the NFL
and the huge amount of money residing in their vaults, I’m thinking of how
easy it would be for them to go the way of FIFA. There is just so much money in
sports, with most of it coming from Media rights. It’s just money building upon
money and really not doing much of anything. Even after paying enormous salaries
for ball players, there is still tons left over for the slippery pockets of
officials like those in the soccer world. And ironically, the payers of all the
dough aren’t hurting at all. The media companies have the top five highest paid
CEO’s in the USA -- David Zaslav (Discovery Communications -$150 Mil), and Les
Moonves – $54.4 Mil. The rest of the top five are from Disney, Comcast and Times
Warner. So what does all of this top heavy money mean? – It means that the
consumer is paying way too much for everything – game tickets, cable and
wireless fees and stuff at the grocery store.
*I was just making
this up and joking when I wrote it. But upon reading of the early news this
morn I saw that the FIFA did in fact contribute to the Clinton Money Machine.
The Answer:
1. The Sierra
Club was organized in 1892 in San Fran, And I always thought is was an outgrowth
of the 60’s hippie movement. Just shows to=you how misguided you can be relying
on perceptions. 2. The celebrated
Canadian fivesome who churned out a lot of cash for dad, but did not lead such great
lives for themselves were Annette,
Cecile, Emilie, Marie and Yvonne.
Gotta go! See you
all tomorrow, everybody!
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