Today's Tids Issue 3,370
Opening Stuff:
Here’s what I don’t
get – Why was Wall Street so surprised yesterday at the negative news about
Greece? Are they just incompetent or are they in over their heads with risk again?
Or are they just using it as an excuse to play games to churn money, putting
average investors at risk. The fact is that the Greek GDP isn’t large enough to
rattle the markets the way it did, The more logical explanation is that US markets
are particularly fragile as softer earnings are pieced together to keep the
bull snorting. That, does not make the financial economy strong, and the insiders
know it…and are very nervous. Anything that is blasted through a megaphone,
like Greece, has frigidity fingers pushing the sell button.
Mea Culpa:
Yesterday was not June 27 as indicated in the Tids.
Release of court
records is great for sleazy media, but it doesn’t seem to have much to do
with justice. Just think about how much better off the country would be if the
media spent the same energy going after Politian’s as they do trying to dig up
dirt to embarrass celebs?
The Question:
What is the name of Procul Haram’s lead singer famous for a favorite
of mine, A Whiter Shade of Pale? What is PH’s other hit song? A Whiter Shade
was based on what classical composer’s music. Bonus: Name five of Kathy Bates best movies.
The Headlines:
--Markets Rebound After Yesterday’s Disaster; Still Has Way
To Go To Get Back To Even.
--Supreme Court Rules Against Costly Obama EPA Regulations For
Coal And Other Industries.
--Chicago PMI (Purchasing Managers Index) Up In June But Below
Critical 50 Mark.
--Now 0-Man Wants To Play Games With Private Company Salary Structures.
--FBI Beefing Up Security Against Possible 4th Of
July Terror Threats.
If you ask me, The Puerto
Rica debt problem may be indicative of bigger problems for the US of A. If
you haven’t heard yet, the US territory with a debt to GDP ratio of 66% has
said it can’t pay back the $72 Billion it owes. Is this the next domino after Greece?
How many other dominos are out there? Will China be asking the US to send a big
check? In case you are interested, the US States with the worst debt ratios are
NY (21.7%), Rhode Island, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Washington,
Nevada, New Jersey, Illinois and Massachusetts (17.2%).
Speaking of risky
investments, Space X looks like it’s cutting too many corners in the construction
of their rockets. Let’s hope Musk isn’t using the same manufacturing techniques
on his Tesla. This is third exploded ship in 8 months. I think I’m taking my
name off the mars passenger list.
I may subscribe to
the NY Times as a new source of outrageous humor for the Tids. Talk about a
sarcasm mother lode.
A reader writes to
say let’s leave the pic on the money alone. It’s not about man versus woman,
but this decidedly undesirable trend of changing everything in America to blend
with agendas for what looks like a suspect future. There are some who don’t
like the past for personal reasons, but the fact remains that what was built
then provided for a land of opportunity for all unseen in the history of the
world. What's next, take the word "Saint" from Louis and Paul, "San" from
Francisco and Mateo and Angeles from LA. I wouldn't be surprised at all
if somebody had this in motion.
Often the best humor
comes from the mouths of self-described intellectuals and experts, and they don’t
even know it.
Got a problem?
Get in touch with “Z the Fixer”.
A question is being raised
wondering why if NBC fired Trump from being out of line; why not also fire Al
Sharpton who is a continuing embarrassment – the “Father of Misrepresented Facts”.
I doubt if you’ll
ever see me wearing a “Fit” bracelet. That is much too much info about me for
general consumption.
I have to believe
that a lot of capable women would see the Equal Rights Amendment as an
insult.
I’m really getting tired
of baseball trades. Just keep my team together for more than a year and a half
so I will have humans to root for instead of uniforms and spread sheets. I’m
just not interested in the General Manager.
I follow young golfer
Patrick Rogers as a kid who could be a pleasant surprise in the PGA future.
Barack Obama just
doesn’t seem to get the concept of America at all.
The Parking Lot:
Chapter One continues.
The voices I had been hearing stopped, and the early gray
morning went silent, except for the constant screeching of seagulls, which has
become background noise for me. “Hey!’ I shuttered again. This time I heard
footsteps walking fast towards me. I turned to look in the direction of the
steps, and found my hand reacting to the motion pushing aside some of the stuff
from her dumped bag. I winced at the pain I felt in my back.
A young boy and girl emerged out of the light darkness of
dawn, stopped and looked down at me, staying a safe ten yards away. “Do you
have cell phone,” I asked in a way that didn’t sound threatening. They looked
at each other and nodded yes. “Could you call 911? I need help.” I didn’t think
that was a hard question. “I don’t generally lay around in parking lots,“ I
added smiling through the pain to make them feel more comfortable
So that’s what happened, they sprang into action, well , action
for two teens, and I went to the hospital. Police came in to talk to me, but I
didn’t tell them much. And hey didn’t say much to me about whether or not the
guy was known. So, here I am sitting in my place focused on the spot where I continue
to see that sobbing women. The only smart thing I did was to have the kids pick
up all of the woman’s stuff, which I now have spread out on a table behind my
chair at the window. Something bothered m about that entire scene, and it was more
than the fear I saw in the woman’s eyes.
The Answer:
Procul Haram’s lead singer Gary Brooker was memorable on A
Whiter Shade of Pale, based on JS Bach’s Orchestral Suite #3 in D Major, a favorite
of mine. Procul Haram’s other big hoit was Homburg. Bonus: I remember Bates most for Misery. I still cringe. I thought
she was particularly good in Deloris Claiborne. She was also good in Fried
Green Tomatoes, Titanic, Primary Colors and About Schmidt.
Happy end of June
everybody. May the Fourth be with you.
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