Today's Tids Issue 3,366
Opening Stuff:
This morning proves conclusively
that those who sleep in are missing the best part of the day. The crisp looking
skies above rich inviting greenery, freshened by a hearty northern breeze was
so exhilarating that there is a good chance that the Tids could be pretty decent.
Maybe “Bloomberg
Politics” Managing Editor Mark Halperin has finally learned what Repubs have
known for 6 03r 7 years – the White House is not “Fully forthcoming”. The new
emails about the Gruber involvement in the development of ObamaCare clearly show
that what the White House has been denying about his association with the development
of the dollar sucking program was quite disingenuous. I wonder if there are
Gruber emails on Hillary’s Benghazi failures. BTW, Halperin apologized to the
Republicans for believing the White House.
Do you think that
journalists will ever apologize for believing Hillary?
As I look around at the myriad varieties of tourists,
I have come to the conclusion that the way some parents dress their kids is a
form of child abuse.
The Question:
What do you think are considered the “Hot” cars which will
lead the nation in sales growth in the coming year? Bonus Q: Here’s a grammar question that has betwixt me over the
years: When do you use “Hardy” and when do you use “Hearty”?
The Headlines:
--Homebuilding Stocks Gaining.
--Trump In Second Place In NH; Jeb Is first 1ith 14%’ Trump Unfavorables
High; Top Five Are Bush -14%, Trump – 11%, Walker – 85, Rubio – 7%, Carson – 6%,
Christie 5%; Huck And Kasich Lowest At 2%.
--WSJ Poll: Hillary To Romp To Dem Nomination; She Leads Top
Repub Candidate Jeb 48% to 40%
--Iran’s Khamenei Says Freezing Military And Nuke Research
For 10 years Or More Is Unacceptable.
--US Government Eases Restrictions On Ransom Payments For
Family Member Hostages; Critics Ripping 0-Man For Putting Americans in
Jeopardy..
--Federal Judge To Sentence Boston Bomber Tsarneaev Today.
--Taliban Sets Off Bombs In Afghan Parliament.
--SC’s Haley In For Big Fight Over Banning Of Reb Flag.
--Israel Responds To Palestine Rocket Attack With Air Force
Barrage.
--ISIS Releases More Horrifying Execution Videos.
--Google Introduces New Free Music Streaming Service.
Everybody around here
in New England are on the edge of their chairs awaiting the news of the
Brady-Goodell meeting. Word from some of the ESPN knowledgeable sources say that
Tom Terrific was throwing accurate darts and scoring at will. The word is that
his pleasant, good guy demander was well received by the rather large gathering
in the basement of NFL HQ. (Except maybe Lawyer Wells). So now we wait. I’m
figuring that Goodell after paying Wells the lawyer $5 Mil to develop marginal
data that gave Tom 4 days and Kraft $1 mil fine will induce him to keep at least a one game suspension. I’m
hoping, though, that the commish in giving a penalty will affirm that Brady is
a man of character and is a champion because he works hard every day. Of course
I would like him to say. ”Boy, I’m glad this crap is finally over. What a a
gigantic crock – air out of balls”!
The Twitterization of
America, Department:
The worse thing going on in America during this era of too
many journalists with too many outlets is flagrant crisis development based
primarily on anecdotal evidence, almost always disputable with real factual data.
Which, I might add, rarely see the light of day.
Around here, a
Mass murderer is just a guy from Massachusetts who kills somebody. And a Conn
man isn’t a slippery bad guy, but just a good ole’ nutmegger. Mass and Conn are
common expressions around here mainly because nobody can spell Massachusetts or
Connecticut.
Meryl Streep has
written to each congress person urging that the ERA Amendment be revived.
Shoot me.
Are You noticing that
there is a rise in companies meeting profit objectives but having reductions
in sales. This is not a good boding for the future, in my
estimation.
Who woulda Thunk it,
Department:
Netflix at a whopping 685/shr announced a 7 for 1 split yesterday.
I mean I have Netflix, and it’s not that
good. You have to figure that investors see it as a leadership company in the new
world of entertainment distribution, even though in my mind it is far from
perfect. It wasn’t long ago when investors and customers were shedding Netflix like
a stripper shedding clothes on the equator. Now the House of Cards company has
more competitors than ever, and big ones with lots of dough like Amazon. But,
that’s the way it is these days – people pay a lot just to be part of
something.
Hillary and Streep. President and VP. Are you scared yet? I’m
depressed.
New Tids Novel – The Parking
Lot.
Just as I do every morning, I look out at the parking lot and
count the cars left overnight. Today there are three, which is about average for
a weekend. On week days on the lot beneath my window in my busy night time downtown
neighborhood, there may be one or two. I figure, there’s a story in every one of
those cars thousands of cars I’ve seen waiting for the masters. It could be as
simple as one driver taking care of a friend who had ten or twelve shots too
many. It could be more. A lot more. It is a novelists dream come true.
Like most mornings cars would return between 9:00 and noon, delivering
people to their cars. Most of the time a woman jumped out, some running as fast
as possible to the car, looking a little embarrassed on the way. Several would
run around to the driver window, say something, lean in and give a thank you
peck on the cheek. These overnighters would tend to walk comfortably back to their
own car, taking peeks at their deliverer before getting in and quickly buckling
up.
It was about 1:30 on this particular day when the owner of
one remaining car showed up, but she wasn’t being driven. She walked slowly out
of the alley leading into the lot. Her head was down, and she seemed to walk
with a slight limp. As she looked around and spied her car she moved faster. Now,
almost running as she neared her car, she was trying to reach into her jouncing
bag, apparently fumbling aorund for, I expect, her keys. Suddenly, te bag
dropped, she stopped looking hopelessly as all of her special stuff rolled and
bounced along the black macadam. She slowly kneeled, and I felt my own heart ache
fro her. She didn’t reach out to reclaim her possessions. She just knelt, her
eyes appearing to look at marred bcik wall. I saw her shoulders shuddering.
I have no idea where
this novel may go, but I thought it was time to starr something. (For new
readers, this will be the 5th serial form novel in the Tids. The
rest weren’t too bad.) This effort has a long ways to go. Bare with me. It will
be rewarding for those of you who hang in there. I promise.
My guess is that
these days most self respecting women don’t see any need for an Equal
Rights Amendment.
You have to figure
that of you are a son or daughter or some relative of a multimillionaire, it’s
probably not a good idea to go hiking in the Middle East. Now that the Gov has apparently
ok’d ransom payments for kidnapped
family members, the ISIS top revenue officer will be making up a new target
list and checking it twice.
The Answer:
People love their Mini Cooper’s and they will love more in
the coming year. Others that will gain big are the Toyota Tacoma, Range Rover,
Honda CR-V and Volkswagen Golf. Get in line. Bonus Q: Use “Hardy” if you want to express strong, bold, capable
of prevailing through tough conditions. Use “Hearty” if you want your meaning
to “express warmly”, “providing abundant nourishment” or ”unequivocal”. Hardy usually
describes people while hearty describes inanimate things.
I wish I could remember
some of the more clever things I say during the day. It would be great for the Tids.
Maybe I should buy a recorder watch.
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