Today's Tids Issue
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For lightning:
Doncha
get a little nervous when the market breaks yet another
record. You know, when down begins to look easier than up. It’s especially unsettling
when part of the reason given for the most recent confidence is the profitability
of big retail companies. I seem to remember that the yearend reports were more
about closing operations and paring back than sensational profitability and
revenue growth. Many retail icons are closing less popular stores and several
are on wobbling legs hobbling to shut the front door for good. I guess the idea
among investors is that people still love buying stuff and that somehow it has
to get better. Wal-Mart isn’t about to give it all to Amazon. Other aggressive competitors
will also look towards the new horizon of a cyber and bricks combo. While retail
reflects purchasing habits of the world population, the stock market is certainly
broader, at times a mysterious concoction of emotions and ambitions. Euphoria
is dominant at the moment. And with each new high two investment forces
typically begin to take sides, -- one betting against the high-flying market looking
to exploit negativity as an ally, and of course the steady as you go optimists.
But within there are always new perfect storms brewing, and some could rumble
through Wall Street while others may blow out to sea. We just don’t know which.
It’s time to be aware.
Did
you ever think that the most important ingredient
for the future of America would be shipping packages efficiently? It’s crazy,
but it is happening fast. UPS has successfully completed a new research project
that has drones delivering parcels from the roof of their vans while the driver
moves down the street. It won’t be long before there is no driver… and no people
in the big warehouses. On the way to your homes, the drones will take pics and
send them to Snapchat which will send
out emails offering the aerial views for a special one time only price. The
aerial views will go into a giant data bank which will allow the government to determine
where your home is out of spec with new safety regulations. The US Home and
Hardware Retail Association will alter pics of your home with feature updates
and put them on Facebook so your neighbors can vote on possible home improvements.
If you hear the UPS or FedEx vans coming, stay inside or they will have your
face too, which they can match to FBI wanted lists. Other than that, life is
good.
Janet
Yellen could be the most important person in America for
the next two years. She has the ability to neuter Trump financial/economic
policies.
News
seems to be considered more important when the headline
includes the phrase, “Captured on Video”.
The
Question:
Over the years some strong, well known characters on
TV shows have been people you heard or regularly heard about but never saw.
Name five.
The
Headlines:
--Stocks Future Increases Could Be At Mercy of Fed
Meeting Today; Oil Prices Pull back.
--Trump Admin Issues New Immigration Order
Prioritizing Adjudicated Illegal Immigrants As First Target; It’s About taking
Action Against Those Breaking Accepted Laws.
--Chip And Joanna Gaines To Move from Waco.
--US Officials Say China’s New South China Sea Buildings
Could House Missiles.
--Trump Admin: Reversing Obama Guidelines For Transgender
School Bathrooms; Bannon Moved Off Of NSC.
UN’s Haley Says Sanctions Stay Until Crimea Id Free.
--Maryland Court Rules That Mitlatry sytle Weapons
Are not Protected By Second Amendment.
Note:
Stock market opinions from the Tids Financial Department (TFD) are based mainly
of feelings in the gut, and should only be considered as alerts to begin looking
inward.
All
of those promising to wipe ISIS off the face of the earth
forget that to do so means getting inside the minds of those who would
disregard the beliefs of all others. It isn’t a fight against fortified camps,
but a hatred that lives in hearts for generations.
One
of my fondest hopes is that Pepsi and Coke keep on making their
diet favorites until at least my aging mind doesn’t know it is gone.
It’s
Ostrich Time, Department:
Change doesn’t evolve over time anymore, unless you consider
time three to six months. Culture changes, technology changes, long held assumptions
change, dogmas chiseled in stone disappear before your eyes. A deliberative body
like Congress just can’t keep up. People demand immediacy for changes that used
to occur over generations. A sense of satisfaction maybe only last until a new
crisis raises in seconds. So, the good news is that I’m aware of all of this rapid-fire
disruption and reversal of proudly held doctrines. I get it. I understand it. I
don’t particularly think it is good for body and soul. So, I’m just going to
burrow into my world and continue to like what I like, and do what I do.
Do
you know what I’m getting real tired of? Bullhorns.
Maternity
Tourism is a big industry that facilitates foreign, mainly Chinese,
mother’s delivering babies in the US, which automatically gives the newborn a
citizen a red, white and blue diaper. The cost for this ticket to America is
about $27K, so these aren’t poor farmers from the Chinese hinterland looking
for a free ride. No, it is more like, say authorities, parents of children getting
a foothold in this great country so their kids can go to college later! It may
be legal, but it certainly doesn’t sound ethical. Everybody wants a piece of
Uncle and Aunt Sam.
I
believe sincerely that they produce crunchy Cheetos in many
different factories which in turn gives us new flavor sensations depending upon
location. Right now, I have a particularly good batch.
The
press is unwilling to not be skeptical about anything Trump
says.
How
many double negatives were there in that sentence? And did it
come out right.
The
Parking Lot: Chapter 79 continues…
Nancy and
Jared had pulled their car into a little wooded glade about three quarters o a
mile from the Howland home on the bay. Jared mused about how Nancy always
parked so far away from where they were going This woman was wearing him out.
But, he liked it
Feeling
well hidden, Nancy pulled out one of several phones she had recently bought to help
keep their locations a mystery and calling confusing to listeners. She punched
a couple of virtual buttons and Alex picked up almost immediately, like he was
waiting, staring at the phone.
“Hi,” he
said almost too eagerly.
“Alex, you
sound like you have just won the Boston marathon.” She could hear him laughing,
She glanced over at Jared who was just staring ahead, thinking why am I here.
“I’m making
progress Nance,” Nance She thought. “I got through to the US Attorney, and
while our issue is not federal at least yet, he is very interested in the murder
of McGuire. So, I think we have something going with him. We need him.
“That’s great
Alex.” It makes my little mission here all the more relevant. I’ll call you
later and let you know what we accomplish, and if we survive.” She hung up quickly
and pressed the side button to make the light go away. She sat a second or two
and pondered Alex’s progress. That was very good. She felt new surge of confidence
as she stepped out
“Ok, out we
go Jared.” Jared moaned and groaned but Nancy knew he’d be there when she
needed him. She also knew exactly where she was and exactly the best route to
reach Claudia’s house without being seen.
The
Answer:
Maybe the first that came to your mind was Mr.
Wilson on Home Improvement. Spume others are Mrs. Wolowitz on Big Bang Theory,
George Steinbrenner on Seinfeld, Ugly Naked Guy on Friends, Norm’s wife Vera on
Cheers, Maris Crane on Frazer, Stuart Hughes on Veep, Stan on Will and Grace
and Faceless Therapist on American Horror Story.
You
never know what may be just around the corner, but you can be
sure that it is there.
Don’t
look under your bed, you may find a paradigm monster.
Sleep
tight.
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