Never forget:

Today's Tids Issue 3,680

For the Heroes:

Did I write “Never Forget” last year on the eve of the anniversary of the saddest, scariest day in modern American history. The day the world wept. The day America stood still, for a second or two…until Flags arose on street corners and highways and Americans stood tall vowing to always remember. And people in one voice sang out, God Bless America. If I did say that last year, then it’s good that I do it again. For I have noticed that so many people don’t seem remember, or adjust the facts for personal ideologies. Young people have never heard of the Beatles, Neil Young or Karen Carpenter, and their minds are fleeting, consumed by the latest in social communications. Is 911 something in the haze of what is happening today? Never again. We must never soften, always realize that we are hated. We have an invisible enemy that never forgets their hate. We must never forget what hate had wrought.

I’m getting real tired of daily news blips about somebody kneeling or sitting during the National Anthem.

I am also becoming a little nervous after yesterday and NK’s newest Nuke test. World authorities are not laughing anymore; not minimizing Kim boasts as irrelevant. The country has improved missile strike capability from land and sea, and obviously nuclear competence. China, Korea and Japan must be sitting up a little straighter wondering how to appeal to this despot who would kill his own relatives and high ranking officials in the twinkling of an eye. Rational people would sit back and say no human would want to begin a war so violent, so mutually destructive. But, then we are dealing with a known, yet, strangely, unknown personality. Would he wake up one morning and think, it looks like a good day for me to press the button.

The Question:

Who are these people?

Sylvia Miles, Dee Dee Sharp, Tom Wopat, Constance Marie, and Julia Sawalha

The Headlines:

--Market Down Significantly As Fed’s Rosengren Wonders If It Isn’t Getting Risky Not To Raise Rates Soon.

--NK Sets Off New Underground Nuke Test.

--House Conservatives back In In force; Ryan Facing Well Organized Hostile Group; Group Wants To Begin Impeachment Proceedings Against IRS Chief; Suggest That If Hillary Wins, Impeachment Of Her Will be On Top Of Agenda; Pressuring Ryan To Oppose Senate Deal That Would keep Government Open..

--Swing State Repubs Beginning To Think Trump Could Win.

--Taliban Assaults South East Afghan City.

--Wells Fargo Fined $185 Mill after Scam where Employees Opened 2 Million Bogus Unauthorized Accounts.

--Suspected Serial Rapist Had Been Deported Three Times.

--Feds Drop All Charges Against Former Virginia Gov Bob McDonnell.

One of the silliest thing about Obama is his strange obsession about shutting down Guantanamo. It is though a great example of the illogic’s of campaign promises.

The New very cool looking stealth destroyer Zumwalt is in town. I’ll be down looking at it later. This is actually close to me as it was the subject of my first novel as published in The Tids maybe ten years ago. It was about a handful of lovable characters, a computer programmer, hedge fund investor and FBI agent, discovering a plot funded by US backers coerced by Terrorist groups who were rewriting the code for the ships highly touted computerized weaponry system. It opened in the Fleece department of LL Bean. I still ache for a couple of characters I had to kill.

Iraq is gearing up for the big Mosul offensive. The US has sent in 400 more troops to assist in the effort. This is a key move in the battle against ISIS and comes coincidently in the home stretch of the Hillary campaign. Let’s hope she doesn’t wear a helmet to the first debate! Can you say Dukakis.

I have been told that the best weapon against bats is a tennis racket. Just in case you are interested.

It’s more than likely that most of the negative news about Pepsi and Coke, or traditional foods is propagated by so-called health food and drink manufacturers. Health food manufacturers and marketers are just as greedy as traditional food processors; they just give bigger hugs.

Did you see where the new Mercedes delivery vans are coming with Drones! I don’t know about you, but I just can’t get my hands around the idea of drones flying around the streets. I guess I’m not as visionary as millennials.

Some Dems defend Obama as great because he kept his promises. Repubs are against Obama because of his promises.

The attacks on Matt Lauer after the hill questioning tells me that the left was quite content with the rigged biased press. They seem to hate getting at the truth.

Paul Ryan was seen recently sitting on a park bench by the Lincoln Memorial, head down, mumbling over and over – “Why me, Why me…”

In case you missed it, Target says it is making big changes to their food business which Wal-Mart and big supermarket chains should fear. The food business is becoming very completive and very crowded. Most of the new changes are directed at the millennials, who’s food desires differ significantly from traditional buyers. Whole foods, for instance, has developed an entirely new chain called 365 just for the younger generation. I can easily see a big transformation over time, but no matter the trends I will always seek out tasty orange sacks, brown, sugar free drinks and every possible iteration of meat based gravy.

I person told me yesterday that it’s ok to pay higher prices for organic foods because it is harder to keep bugs off growing plants without chemicals. Sure.

Reading Between the Lines Movie Reviews:

--When I first heard of the Movie, Sully, based on the landing of the plane in the Hudson river, I thought, I know the ending.  But it is more and Hanks is very good portraying a nationally hero who internally finds himself questioned.

--When the Bough Breaks is new film about an old tale. A young married couple having trouble getting pregnant, hire a surrogate. Of course the surrogate falls for the Husband. It has some of those “Fatal Attraction” overtones and the battle is on to regain the home from the crazed intruder.

--The Disappointments Room is another psychological thriller. This could be good as a couple and their 5 year old son move from Brooklyn NY to a classic old southern mansion. The woman discovers a secret room unleashing mysterious events that test her sanity, eventually revealing an evil secret about the home’s past.

The Answer:

Sylvia Miles, who was the First “Sally” (Rose Marie) on the Dick Van Dyke Show Pilot was twice nominated for an Oscar for Midnight Cowboy and Farewell My Lovely. Dee Dee was an R&B singer with four 1967 Billboard Top 100 hits – #3 Slow Twistin’ singing with Chubby Checker, and by herself #2  for Mashed Potato Time, #5 for “Ride”, #9 for “Gravy” (for the mashed my potato) and #10 for Do The Bird. Tom Wopat is best known for his popular role as
Luke Duke on Dukes Of Hazard. Constance Marie had a pretty good career in several movie roles, but is probably best known for her role as Angie Lopez on The George Lopez Show. Julia Sawalha is a pretty accomplished British Actress who is best known as Saffron Monsoon in Absolutely fabulous. (But not by me). She is also remembered for her role of Lynda Day in Press Gang and also as Lydia Bennet in the 1995 Miniseries Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice. BTW, her father was a pretty good character actor appearing in several Bond movies.

It’s about time I get seriously back into Tids Novel #5, The Parking Lot.

Have a great weekend, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!

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