Today's Tids Issue 3,507
Opening Stuff:
I
was surfing through the channels looking for Fox Business,
when I came to Family Feud. “Aha!”, I said, “the Republican debate.”
It
turned out that Fox Biz was the next channel down and I
tuned into more laughter plus boos and rabid, often maniacal applause, as our
intrepid candidates insulted each other while praising them with their other
mouth. Frankly, a lot of them made good points, including Trump who surprised many
when he, in defense of NYC, gave a sincere, well thought out presentation on
the quality of that city’s denizens. You don’t generally see “Sincere” and “Well
Thought Out” associated with descriptions of the land baron. He also got points
for the way he countered Hillary’s accusation of angry Americans saying he is
proud to be called angry when he sees a great nation changing for the worse
before his eyes. Carson delivered his passion on the moral decay of a new secular
America and got to the hearts of the people the way he had done it earlier in
the race. The two big second place candidates, Cruz and Rubio looked very
strong in their positioning pleas. Christie continues to be a favorite of mine,
and easily pushed aside some of the Republican “family” criticism. Kasich has
one of the best records of them all, and always says the right things as he did
last night. But the Ohio Governor just doesn’t have what it takes to cut through
TrumpEuphoria. Jeb, another with a great record of accomplishment, kept hollering
in from the side lines, and seemed like the real outsider last night. I believe
Trump may have added a few more supporters and Rubio to me seemed like he took
second.
Some
people are Tweeters and others are Tidsers. That’s just
the way the world is.
The
Question:
The new movie about Benghazi, 13 Hours, was
directed by Michael Bay. Name four of his other films.
The
Headlines:
--Stocks Plunge.
--White House Says Treasury Department Closely Watching
Markets – Uh Oh; Goldman Sees $40 Oil By Mid Year; Retail Sales End Year Weakly,
Producer Prices Fall Significantly; Industrial Production Misses Forecast; Biz
Inventories Down; Consumer Conficdent U In January.
--12 Missing After Marine Helicopter Crash In Hawaii.
--WallMart to Close 269 Stores (154 USA), Lay Off 16,000
(10,000 USA); Will Also Shutter 12 Supercenters, 23 Neighborhood Markets; Firm
Will Open 100 new Stores in 2016.
--Obama Admin Upping War On Coal.
--White House Wants To Spend $3.9 Billion On Driverless
Car
--Connecticut Democrats Under Fire After GE Leaves
For Boston.
I
see where Sesame Street is now moving to HBO. Does that
mean that Big Bird can now liberally use the “F” word? As one of our anything
goes candidates said, “What difference does it make anyhow?” If our children
can’t learn the F Word, how will they know how to laugh at comedians?
This
is the best weekend of the NFL. Did I say that Last
week? What a disaster it was for home teams. One of the more intriguing games
is Carolina, who seemed to glide through the season, versus Seattle, who had to
continuously struggled to regain their stature of the past several years. A lot
of people still wondering if the Panthers are that good. I’m one and picking
Seattle. New Englanders want Pitt to beat Denver, and it will be close. The Roethlisberger
and more importantly Antonio Brown, injuries seem to give the home field Broncos
the edge. Will be close. (Bulletin:
Brown just ruled out of the game) Arizona is a very good team, and I have to
ask which Green Bay team will show up. Arizona to win. Up here, New Englanders
are not very optimistic going into tomorrow. They have looked so unlike the
Pats losing 4 of 6 games to close out the year, and now Gronk has a back ache
and Chandler Jones was found wandering in the cold hallucinating on synthetic marijuana.
This is also very unpatriot. The real Key is the “O” line. C has been terrific
closing out the season and Smith to me is the real thing. Of course you know
where my heart lies, but I can see them losing.
Did
you know that Daria Werbowy was “legendary”? I didn’t.
Apparently the big news (Adding to the decline of traditional values) is that she
will model both female and make versions of AG Jeans in ads. I’ll stick to
Levis and Lees.
I
never have liked the show “Caberet”.
I’m
not surprised that The White House wants to spend
nearly $4 Billion on a driverless car. After all we have a driverless executive
branch. Just sit back and lea vie the decisions to a robot.
The
movie 13 Hours opened today, and I expect that
critical reviews will be based more on political agenda than content. Oddly
though, NPR’s critic from Variety liked it and said people should see it. He added
that it had a few too many explosions for his ears, but overall thought it
should be seen.
BTW,
I know what Cruz means by NY values.
This
is American Idol’s last season, and I will be
reviewing it and making predictions when they get beyond the initial phases. I’ve
have seen so pretty good talent in the snippets I have watched.
The
big problem with the US military isn’t necessarily its
diminished size or outdated equipment, but all of the regulations handcuffing
officers during warfare.
A
set of the new PXG Golf Clubs costs about $5000, and
they will sell like hotcakes in pro shops. Golfers have been overpaying for
golf equipment for years to find the magic beans. The PXG line has the added benefit
of adding social status that is highly desirable at the local country club. My
3 wood cost 1/20th that of the PXG version and worked beautifully.
The
Parking Lot: Chapter 40 continues…
“Who put
you in charge,” came the angry voice. “I have Fred.”
“I have
more than Fred. I have everything you want. More importantly, I have everything
your boss wants. You can only lose if you don’t get what I have, Jacko.” Nancy
figured that Jacko would make him madder, force him into making mistakes.
Nancy
waited several seconds. “See you in 20 minutes.” She clicked off the connection
and turned off the phone.
She rose
up from lying back in her seat so she could see the door. Jared reached down
and picked up one of the two riffles on the floor. He didn’t know quite what he
would do with it, but figured that Nancy would tell him when the time came. She
must have read his doubts because she reached over and squeezed his thigh.
After
about five minutes, the door opened, and out walked Jerry and close behind him
Jackovic. Nancy watched and waited, pulling a small phone out of her jacket pocket.
She pushed a couple of numbers on the keypad and sat back and watched. A car
finally came around the corner as she had expected. Jared was climbing over
into the front drivers seat.
Jackovic
and Jerry walked towards the waiting car, and Nancy pressed send. An vicious range
light consumed the area followed by an explosion that’s sent the two men flying
and the car tumbling. Nancy watched he scene carefully. “Step on it.,” she
shouted to Jared. The small car lurched forward with all of its minimal power.
She saw the two lying on the curb, and then noticed that the door to the car
opening. She raised her rifle as Jared turned right towards the smoke. She didn’t
see the other car start up begin racing down to the mess.
Reading
Between the Lines Movie Reviews:
-- There aren’t many decent new films today, and
13 Hours looks like the big flick of the day. Critical assessment is looking
so-so, but viewers seem to be liking it a lot. It’s about the raid on Benghazi
and some of the drama centers around the team of hired soldiers resisting
orders not to go in and save the 31 they did. If they had been allowed to go in
earlier they may have saved 35. There is probably too much action that gets in
the way of the real story. But it does tell the story of a reluctant State
Department.
--I think the trailer for Ride Along2, a comedy
about cop buddies looks kind of dreadful The critics rated it close to zero,
but audiences who liked the original seem to be liking this one too.
--Norm of the North is pretty awful, and rated even
lower than Ride Along 2 by critics. The difference here is that while audience
likes Ride, they don’t like this one about a polar bear fighting a developer who
wants to build condos in the Arctic. He and his goofy band of lemmings go to
NYC to stop it.
The
Answer:
If it has bombs and blood in it Michael bay was a
there. He produced Transformers, Pearl Harbor, Armageddon, Amityville Horror, Nightmare
on Elm Street. The hitcher and Friday the 13th, among many others.
Did
you hear about the Muslim Tribute Band called Bomb Jovi? Thanks
to our resident musicologist and all around jokester for that one.
Have
a great weekend E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!!
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