Today's Tids Issue 3,652
For Agility:
Ah
August, the month that does nothing. Oh, I know some
really great people who were born this month. But as a month, it just sits
there waiting for September. Oh I don’t hate I it. In fact I like the way the
days and nights cool down; how the grass turns deep green again. People who
remember History and aren’t afraid of telling the truth, celebrate VJ day. That
was a biggie. But as a month in general it’s about winding down the summer, walking
in salty waters, feeling gentle ripples messaging your ankles; looking out to
sea through the summer haze knowing the breathtaking fall months are a but a
few waves away over the horizon. I guess August isn’t so bad after all.
Democrats
call
voter ID laws restrictive. I call them protective.
Some
people and media were critical of the Pope for not
saying anything at his visit to Auschwitz. An elderly Jewish woman, holocaust-victim Jewish woman had a different
opinion: “Unspoken words are the strongest, most emotional, most feeling…most
painful. His listening and praying quietly was perfect.”
When
the statistics are not in your favor you use
emotional anecdotal evidence. I did it all the time when I was selling
unsubstantiated products. Does that make me a democrat?
That
“Bang!” you heard was football players hitting with
pads again. The world just got better.
I
see where Alphabet (Google’s Parent) and GSK
(Glaxo-Smith-Kline) have joined together to form a new company in the
Bioelectronic Medicine’s Field. These are the kinds of sensible business
collaborations that I see as the new wave of giant companies for the future.
Uber will probably get into the ambulance business.
The
Question:
What are in order the Ten Oldest cities in
America? Bonus: The PGA Tourney
fought the rain and turned in another great Major’s championship with nice guy
Jimmy Walker becoming the latest Majors Champion. Name the top ten players
still playing today with the most Majors?
The
Headlines:
--Market Opens Slightly Higher; Investors are
Seeing Stocks As Best Place For Dough
--16 Killed In Hot Air Balloon Accident Prayed For
By Millions.
--Koch Brothers Decide To Sit Out Presidential
Race; Will Focus Money On Senate And House Races.
--Hillary’s Campaign Hacked; Trump Ain’t Talking.
--Ellicott City Md ravaged By Killer Floods.
--Romney Says Trump Could Win; Adds He Should
Congratulate Him On Feat Of Taking Nomination.
Hillary
wants to continue the Obama idea of piling everything
into Social Security, which was intended to be a pay as you go retirement plan
for working people. When you think about it, SS is pretty much what is wrong
with America – Congress robbed it to atone for their mismanagement of the
budget. And now every socialist thinks it’s a slush fund for give away voter
bribes. And the seniors are constantly threatened that it’s going out of
business. That’s one reason why a lot of people don’t think America is so great
anymore; that according to the RCP average of all polls a full 69.7% think The
USA is going in the wrong direction. The wrong direction is not so “great” in
my book.
Did
you hear about the crash dummy dog that had an
accident in the living room? –Mike Peters
Let’s
see the media wrote a lot of headlines about the anger at
the Repub convention. Yet, when at the Dem shindig a Police officer asked for a
moment of silence for the murdered officersm the crowd erupted, went nuts
shouting “Black lives matter…”
I
believe the hardest thing I do is trying to hold a
conversation with a teenager.
From
what I’ve seen post conventions, the news networks
are Clinton Boasting System, Nobody But Clinton, Clinton News Network, Mostly
Socialist News Boosting Clinton and Anything But Conservatives. And the Dems
cry, from the White House down, about the popularity of Fox News. Five against
one – I think the Repubs have a problem.
My
4 favorite piano Concertos are Beethoven’s 4th,
Rachmaninoff’s 2nd, Saint Sans’ First and Grieg’s A Minor. When I want to fill
my head with beauty, and my heart with dreams, that’s where I go.
BTW,
BBC
called Trump’s Russia hacking remark sarcasm.
Did
you see where Hillary in her big appearance wore white like
an unsullied Bride. Yikes!
One
thing that stood out to me at the Dem Convention was a
sincere undercurrent of anti-war sentiment. In fact, I felt it was one of the few
honest unsolicited reactions from the audience.
While
it is easy for me to find disgust in an apparent left
leaning media, I am equally appalled that Trump would ban media from his
events.
I
think Scott Pelley has a tattoo of Hillary on his rump.
Did you ever watch him, his austere, intellectual presence? But, when he
mentions the word Hillary his eyes actually twinkle a bit and a little corner
of his mouth turns to a suggestion of a smile.
The
Parking Lot: Chapter 67 continues…
The
waiting was gnawing away at Nancy, and making the guys tense. Nancy knew she
was losing control of her plan since that one message on McGuire’s phone sold her
out. She shivered now, feeling her stomach turn over at te thought of McGuire
lying in blood on Hope Street. She had discovered the man to be a pretty good
guy after he learned the truth, and began to understand there was more to his
state than the needs of the legislature and political cronies.
Suddenly
a motor roared to life, then another. Nancy sucked in her breath and stared at
the edges of her island. Finally she realized that it was that time in the morning
when fishermen got out on the water to snag the early catch. A third motor
sounded, and then a fourth, her’s. It was safe to go. She headed south keeping the
Island between her boat and where she last saw the goons. “Jared keep your eyes
on my island and for signs of that boat.”
Nancy had
to keep her eyes ahead as there were some rocky outcroppings from the smaller
islands that dotted this less navigable part of the lake. She knew ever pebble.
Safely through the maze, she made a sharp right into a shadowed area of the
lake and immediately slowed the motor to a rumble.
“I’m
seeing nothing,” shouted Jared. Nancy started to breathe regularly again as she
maneuvered the boat to a small dock virtually invisible from the broader lake.
She shut down the engine and drifted the last 10 feet. She looked up and saw a
light coming on from a window in a small cabin about 50 feet from the dock.
The
Answer:
The fifteen oldest continuously inhabited cities
in the USA are St. Augustine Fl, Jamestown Va, Santa Fe NM, Hampton Va,
Keoughtan Va, Newport News Va, Albany NY, Jersey City NJ, Plymouth Ma, Weymouth
Ma, Dover NH, Gloucester Ma, New Amsterdam (NYC) NY, Salem, Lynn and Charlestown
Mass. Most if the really old cities of the Americas are in South and Central
America and the Caribbean. Jersey City! Bonue” Phil Michelson with 5 is the
leader. Next with 4 are Rory McIlroy and Ernie Els, At 3 we Have Vijay Singh
and Padraig Harrington. The wonners of two are Jordan Spieth, Angel Cabrerra, Bubba
Watson, Zach Johnson, Retief Goosen, Martin Kaymer, Single winners are Treveor
Immelman, Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott, Danny Willett, Michael Campbell, Jim
Furyk, Lucas Glover, Dustin Johnson, Graeme McDowell,Goeff Ogilvy, Justin Rose,
Webb Simpson, Ben Curtis, Stewart Cink, Louis Oosthuizen, Keegan Bradley, Jason
Day, Jason Dufner,Davis Love and Henrik Stenson. A couple of senior Tour
players are double major winners too: John Daly and Bernhard Langer.
I
think the Koch Brothers got it right. The key to the next
four years regardless of the President is having a strong Republican Congress.
Too many less than knowledgeable voters forget that Congress is supposed to be
a powerful check to the President. And to all of those who complain that “O”
couldn’t do what he wanted because of Congress, forget that he had a Dem Senate
and House for two years and all he got past was a bad health law. Let’s hear it
for the Koch Brothers!
Happy
August E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y! I’m going out to watch an old
Goolagong tennis video.
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