Exhausted, I took one last deep breath, rolled him over, and pinned him.

Today's Tids Issue 3,791

For Simple Enjoyment:

“Never giving up” is becoming trendy since the Patriot’s win. Typically atrendy, I like this one. 

Yesterday in one of my anti-trend tirades I was a little sarcastic about the Viet Nam food favorite, Pho. A couple of people whose opinions I regard highly, wrote almost immediately to tell me that the dish is the greatest! I’m all pho that.

The Greeks seem to have taken a page out of Trump-Speak saying that economic analysts who say the country is on the brink of bankruptcy are making it up. This is not a good trend.

The Question:

When do you use whose and who’s?

The Headlines:

--Dow Hits New High Early In Day; GM Profits Down To $9.3 Billion, But Higher Than Predicted.

--Special Skip School day for Patirots Celebration.

--Senate Votes On Ed Secretary Nominee DeVos Today; Expected To Be Narrowest Cabinet Positon Win In History.

--Gold Price Rising As Hedge Against Trump Uncertainty.

--Speaking Before Military Groups, Iran’s Khamenei Thanks Trump “For Showing True Face Of America…Political, Economic, Moral And Social Corruption.”

--Suicide Blast Outside Afghan Supreme Court In Kabul Kills 20.

--MSNBC Talk Show Hosts Concerned About Trump’s Hate Of The Press And Love for Putin , Especially Since The Russian Leader Is Known For Assassinating Reporters.

--Boston Bruins Fire Claude.

--Rosie “O” To Play Steve Bannon In SNL’s Latest Assault On US Presidency.

In the latest rhetorical decline, American political opposition has become even more outrageous in denouncing DeVos: “She, her policies could kill children!”

The Militiamen are a group of men representing a colonial military group who are in the end zone at every New England game representing –“The Patriots”.. They are dressed in authentic period costumes and carry muskets. It appears that this group will have restrictions on it for the Patriots Celebration parade this morning…because they carry Guns. Shoot me!

It appears that in today’s Patriots Championship parade, wide receiver Michael Floyd will not be allowed to drive a Duck Boat.

When did young Americans start to believe that it is a good idea to burn and destroy other people’s property just because their team won a ballgame.

We have some new readers today. I don’t feel like I have my fast ball right now, but I never give up.

If every white person who even suggested criticism of Obama was called a racist, what do you call black celebrities who constantly demean the current president with angry slurs?

One of my favorite trends would be enjoying stuff because it is enjoyable. Unfortunately, we may be moving far away from such a more sensible life model as more people want to analyses just about everything from a political perspective. Society is losing it. It may be because there are so many cable news reporters feeling they have to be more outrageous than the next for a competitive edge. Or because there are just people like me writing stuff like the Tids.

We asked a young person, “What exactly does Instagram or Snapchat do?” After the answer, we decided -- why would we ever need that. Billionaires are being made overnight selling things that people don’t actually need, but seem to be a occupying a lot of what could be productive time…and collecting more information on individuals than is healthy for a free society. Yet, software is the future for a lot of what people seek, like control of disease and coordinating resources, and a host of life quality improvements. An instant picture of what Ginny’s cat is eating for desert is not one of them

One former White House press secretary observing today’s raucous environment, Dana Perino, says she feels like her time on the podium was like the “Victorian Age” compared to what came after her.

I didn’t watch the O’Reilly-Trump ego arm wrestling match. I watch stuff on super bowl weekend for football. There were a lot of amazing players on both sides, and that is all that matters.

Hey, now that the Pats have gotten that 5^th win for themselves and Brady, the only thing the team has left to do is to atone for those two miserable defeats by the NY Giants. Now all we have to do is get the Giants to cooperate next year.

Just in case your Twitter-Facebook-Instagram-Snapchat wasn’t working this morning, the big news in America is that Christie Brinkley’s daughters will join her in a bikini photo shoot. How great is that! Shoot me.

There is a rumor seeping out of the White House that White House aide Peter Navarro has proposed a 45% tariff on goods from China. Earlier tariff ideas were centered on a few selected products like steel. But the new sense on Wall Street is that Trump may be moving to a broader based high tariff, which according to Goldman Sachs analysts would result in an immediate counter tariff of 80% and more on all US exports to that large country. Do you feel like we are walking on hot coals? Can you say grilled Apple? I think there will be a lot of sorting out ahead, but making predictions about mature decisions and executable plans coming out of the WH is next to impossible. I personally believe we will lose more than we gain in a tariff based economic environment.

Yesterday, Nancy Pelosi said she can’t work with president Bush! Maybe she was thinking, “I wish George W was still here.”

The Tids Management Interrupts the continuing “The Parking Lot” serial novel to watch the Patriots championship parade. We’ll be back tomorrow with a full bodied Tids. But for now, my mind is distracted, and it’s only about a team that did good.

The Answer:

Actually the differentiation at times can seem slight. “Who’s” is a contraction for Who is or Who has. Whose is the possessive form of who or which. If you think about what you are saying the choice is really quite clear.

Go Pats. May the trend continue! Ok, Ok, I know. Most of you live beyond Pat’s land are looking for your team to win it all next year. But, that’s what editors can do at times – be selfish. I own the keys.

So today,

all the way

It’s Go Pats!

And that’s that!

But, I wish you all the best of luck next year. I’ll be rooting for you. Well, maybe not the J-e-t-s.

By the way, it was refreshing to see millions of Americans massing on the streets simply because they were happy and excited. For the Pats right now, and earlier the Cavs and Cubs. No angry signs, no rocks. Just smiles and cheers.