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Today's Tids Issue 3,781

For Others:

If you ask me, I think one of the things people love most in life is a pat on the back from someone who notices what they are doing well, for a good idea or acknowledging a little act of kindness.

I’m sure you have been reading a lot about the Women’s March for Life slated for this weekend. You’ve probably been overwhelmed with local news channel’s happy vignettes about women eagerly creating signs for life, and a peaceful march in DC. Not! Let’s see, there are expected to be 500, 000 plus (650K in 2014). This is a march for those have no vote. And the media doesn’t care. Maybe they need a foul mouthed actress on their side…instead of the smile of a new born child.

My face was becoming gray,

But, old sun came out today.

So I’ll just feel this warmth for me

And share it with all those I see!

TeenSpeak: “Internal Monologue” = Thinking.

Trump has inherited a fairly stable economy, with what is economically considered near full employment and a string of months of positive job creations. So, what’s the problem? Let’s assume that the unemployment is being measured now as it has been for years, so that the counter argument that it is lower because people have stopped looking for jobs or are working in jobs beneath their capability is not applicable with regards to history. Let’s instead look at the much ballyhooed “consecutive months of job creation”. The problem is that the population is entering the jobs market at a rate that is greater than the creation of jobs. This is pure and simple an economic fact. Shifting unemployment numbers into the “Out of the jobs market column just cannot sustain a “1^st” World economy. In other words, measuring unemployment on an historical basis is not acceptable in an economy that is not creating enough jobs for a growing population. Yeah, I know that the population growth is slowing too, but it is not slowing as fast as job creation. Creating jobs is much more than about getting votes. It’s an absolute necessity for the future, no matter where you create them, be it ideological industries like alternative energy or the good old fashion jobs like steel making. We need it all.

The Question:

Queen Elizabeth 2 has been reigning for nearly 70 years. QE 1 was also one of the great monarchs. Who was her mother? Bonus: How many children have been aborted since RvW?

The Headlines:

--Dow Cracks 20,000.

--Trump SCOTUS Nominees Down To Three – William Pryor, Neil Gorsuch and Thomas Hardiman; Many Observers Favor Gorsuch For Several Reasons, Mainly -- Hard To Dispute.

--NK’s Kim Said To Be Losing Control; Political Elite Openly Expressing Dissatisfaction.

--Trump To Launch Investigation Into Voter Fraud; (?).

--Russia To Decriminalize Various Forms Of Domestic Violence; (?).

--28 Now reported Dead In El Shabab Terror Attack On Dayah Hotel In Somalia.

--Trump Expectations For The Day: Wall On Border; Hold On Refugees; Exaggerations.

--Apple Wants To Begin Making IPhones In India.

About the only thing I have heard from people who have actually seen Oscar favorite “Manchester by the Sea”, is that it is depressing.

By the way newcomers to the Tids, Typos are the norm in this daily column in case you haven’t already noticed. I never professed to being a good editor. Just pretend that typos are the man behind the curtain and don’t pay any attention to them.

I still don’t like the idea of US Government penalties against US companies

Interestingly, Trump had a great meeting yesterday with Union leaders – according to them. In fact, the union people say they were treated better by him than by any previous Prez, Dem of Repub. Now he should meet with Hispanic and Black delegations.

Last night the number 1 and 2 rated NCAA basketball teams lost – Villanova to Marquette and Kansas to West Virginia. Marquette has been coming on beating a powerful #7 Creighton team in their previous game. And, West Virginia after stumbling badly at home against Oklahoma came back with vengeance against #2. Basketball is much better now that many premiere players prefer to play for second tier colleges rather than sit on the benches of the so-called elite same 5 or 8 teams each year. There’s nothing better in sports than anybody can win leagues. Next objective: Getting rid of “One and Done”.

One of the problems with admin transitions is throwing out babies with the bathwater. The same could be said for those throwing out America with Trump.

Want to buy a big shopping mall cheap? You don’t have to look far as the big new trend in retailing is investors in malls walking away from debts, handing malls back to banks and other financial institutions who then just want unload them. We just lost the circus and now the future of America’s other favorite pastime, fighting for bargains in malls, is looking bleak.

Oh, and did you see where Ringling Brothers had been paid $9.3 Million by the ASPCA? It was over the animal rights organization’s claims of elephant abuse by the grand old circus. It turns out that the eyewitness to the alleged abuse was paid for testimony and was totally not credible. But, the truth never has stopped activists, and they finally brought down the circus. You didn’t see that reported in newspaper or in little vignettes on local TV news. Ten media must like fraudulent animal lovers better than hard working circus performers.

I always thought the  elephants looked like they were having fun and were really happy. But then, I’m not as smart as single minded activists.

President Trump is one of those guys who never checks Snopes. One of his staff should be assuming that post for the good of everybody including himself.

The Atlanta Falcons are opening eyes of the experts who were generally fixated on familiar long time favorites like Dallas. These sport sycophants won’t take long to jump upon that new bandwagon. I just hope the Patriots don’t become the stepping stone to an Atlanta dynasty. Now, I am getting nervous. The Pats at one time were the Falcons, and look at us now.

Sports experts are a lot like animal rights activists who have trouble seeing the bigger picture.

Speaking of pivots, Jerry Brown may have to make the trip to Washington DC to get to know the Trumpster a little better. Yes, there is concern coming from Moonbeam’s office that the era of California liberalism could take a hit, and the thought is that a little hand holding by Brown could be helpful. If it gets really bad, the Celebs will retreat to their palaces and tweet for the little people.

The Parking Lot: The recap continues below.

The Answer:

The Mother of Queen Elizabeth 1 was none other than Anne Boleyn, who’s life was aborted by a true misogynist, Henry the VIII.  Bonus: Since 1973, estimates by the US center for Disease Control (CDC) say that about 58,586,256 baby’s lives have been taken. It appears that the good news is that legislative action and education are contributing to a steady decline in the rate of abortions. However, the rate of pregnancy is declining also, So the pro-abortion groups will tell you that woman still like abortions despite efforts against them While those who feel for each potential child will see positive effects from the evidence of decline.  

I’m going to take a long walk and look for some people to pat on the back. I’ll probably get arrested for assault. But, but, but…officer…!

The Parking Lot:

In this episode below you get a feel for Nancy Joachim, the decedent of the Hicks son and the daughter of an Wampanoag chief. In his scene she is seen for the first time that she is in serious danger from what appears to be organized criminals. Up to this points there have been subtle signs of the threat which has put some of her friends in danger. She holds the secret to the control of hundreds of valuable acres which all of a sudden with the advent of a planned Casino, everybody wants. They can’t get it without her.

Nancy Joachim was an incredibly beautiful woman, which was probably the result of her heritage. Her family’s rich past included lines to the Plymouth Colony and the Pacasset tribes of Squanto. In addition to her intriguing facial structure and deep feeling eyes, she had a sense of the lands that had been a part of her family for generations, for centuries.

    She was moving swiftly now, but quietly as she kept the slow-moving fat thug duo in check. She was confident in herself now that she had retaken control; confident there would be no new surprises. She reached another of her hidden nests by the roadside well before the cumbersome duo emerged from her long drive way. Their shirts looked soaked and their handkerchiefs were busy blotting the sweat trickling down their generous necks. Their sorry appearance didn’t make them any less dangerous, so Nancy backed a little into the bushes. The men walked up the street about fifty yards and crossed to a small side lane, where she now noticed a little car parked just beyond the trees. She would have to be more careful and notice things from now on. Everything all of a sudden seemed to matter. She was the hunted, and anything could be something.

   When she was sure they had driven well out of sight, she ran down her path to the point where she had hidden the bike near her car. She took it out of its spot, checked that her car was still well hidden, and rode down the path, now past her house to an opening that brought her to the shore of Watuppa Pond behind her home. She droped the  bike in the bushes and pushed a large canoe into the still waters.

   Nancy felt her heart pumping. It wasn’t because she was paddling her canoe hard from her home landing, across the lake to a small island, also part of the Joaquim heritage. She could paddle with ease, as her muscular athleticism helped drive the paddle deep into the cool waters, pushing the light craft forward at a fast, steady speed. She didn’t want to be out in the open long. She loved the thrill of aching muscles.

  It was her mind that was expending all of the energy, that had her juices flowing, igniting her instincts. She had become excited about taking control. And her brain was actively sending ideas for consideration and rejection. She was going to become the hunter.

  Over the past month since the city boys had come to her small town with big plans, she had been carefully plotting a strategy to undermine their presumed entitlement to smother the place in consumerism. Growth was not a good word around here.

   Ever since that night when she stopped at the local Newport bar below the parking lot, her control and her plans began unraveling. First, she decided to have another beer after her coffee house waitress friend Amanda left to get home for a little sleep before her early morning job. Her second mistake was returning the look from a large stranger at end of the bar. Maybe it was all of the anger building over the development proposals, which she considered an attack on her neighbors and past. She found herself liking the idea of a little tension release. The big, good looking guy was beginning to look like a gift from the gods, as she ordered another beer. Before she could finish ordering, a beer arrived with a strong hand attached to the glass. Mistake number three: She left the bar with him.