Today's Tids Issue
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For the Loony:
In
addition to the confusion in Washington, life is getting tougher
everywhere. The proliferation of alternative choices within brands at Supermarkets
may be among the most mind boggling of all; very time consuming and potentially
dangerous. Simple products like butter can now be salt free, lite, halves
instead of quarters. The packaging is all quite similar with defining adjectives
often in smaller, unassuming type. Bread, cheeses, sauces and a host of items
are committing the same consumer crimes. In other words, it is real easy to throw
the wrong product into your basket, causing a return trip. Come to think of it,
congress writes laws the same way. Exactly what did my congress person say?
All
of a sudden health care is having an effect on me. A no
vote today could kill my portfolio. Yikes.
My
dental hygienist was explaining something about plaque
to me the other day. I told her not to worry, that it was petrified Cheeto
dust. She understood.
The
Question:
Fortune Magazine has named Cubs President Theo
Epstein as World’s Greatest Leader”! Say what? Who follows him on the list of
first 10?
The
Headlines:
--Markets Open Lower; Stocks Today All About Health
Care Vote; Ryan And WH Push For Health Care Victory
--Bountiful Oil Inventories Has Prices Poised To
plummet.
--Small Business Rooting For Trump On New Health
Care.
--IS Claims Ownership Of Parliament Horror, Killer
Is Identified As Khalid Masoon; London Police Arrest 8 In Connection With
Parliament Attack; Utah Man Among The Dead.
--Belgian Police Stop Speeding Car Moving In
Direction Towards Crowded Shopping center.
--US Wins World Baseball Classic; Nobody Cares.
--Nunes Regrets Seeing Trump Before Intelligence
Panel.
--2016 US Air Travel Up 3.1% To 823 Million
Passengers; Top 5 On-Time Airlines Are Alaska, Delta, WestJet, Southwest And
United.
--Big Advertisers AT&T, Verizon, J&J And
Others Quit Google (YouTube) Over Juxtaposition Of Extremist Videos.
--None Of The Major Nightly News Networks Covered
The Rape of The 14 Year Old Rockville MD School Girl By two Illegal Immigrants.
Parking:
As a young man, I always boldly drove my car to the parking spots closest to
the entrance to exercise my positive thinking ambitions. Now that I’m older I
park far, far away to get my exercise.
I
have to tell you that when people say DJT is a bit loony,
it is hard not to disagree with them. But in reality, I want him to recover his
adult mind enough to get us through four years without a disruptive impeachment
process or some other assault on the USA system of orderly secessions. Too many
people seem to be able to rationalize the chaos normally associated with a third
world country as good, as a part of free speech. So, while DT has probably done
more than any president of recent memory about keeping his promises to his electors,
he keeps neutralizing his advances with inane judgements. Of course, with a lot
of help from people who never liked his promises in the first place, like CBS
News and the socialist left. Quite an enigma, right?
Does
anybody out there have any guesses why we are looking
more like a third world country?
Speaking
of lowered standards, could it all have started with the
“Gong Show”? How dreadful was that Chuck Barris creation?
I
remember one great youthful thrill of going to the World
Series of Roller Derby back in the 1949-51 era after it was first popularized
on TV. Gerry Murray versus Toughie Brasuhn -- Who coulda forgotten it?
In
case you forgot, 1949 TV was all about Howdy Doody, Milton
Berle and the Roller Derby. In fact, even the elite literary magazine “The New Yorker”
had to admit that it was, “The most commercially successful sport Americans
have thought up since Dr. Naismith invented basketball.” It was in fact, the
first industry made by Television – in those days when nobody and I mean nobody,
went to NFL games.
RI
is complaining that they are going to lose big on
Medicaid funding. That is a probably a good thing mainly because they are
losing big because they have more give-away programs than many a state. In
fact, programs in RI are so generous that people are shipped in to get on the lists.
So basically, this state which is sorely in need of good jobs, instead has
policies that attract an increased population that contributes little to making
it more than just being beautiful by the ocean.
Sad:
Spell-Check doesn’t recognize Milton Berle.
US
Secret Service Will need $60 Million Extra To Protect
Trumps. Don’t elect presidents with grown children with extensive families.
Wait a minute, is that discriminatory?
The
Sweet Sixteen games begin today, and there are few that
should be great. UCLA against Kentucky features future NBA stars and will be a
war. UCLA may be the most exciting team in the NCAA’s and the Wildcats seem to
be finally living up to their potential. Get ready. West Virginia and Gonzaga
is really interesting to me as WVa has beat some of the best, and The Zags have
been at Number 1 losing but one. Some feel though, they are untested. But they are
very good. How will they do against the Mousedeer hard body, smothering defense.
Perdue could upset Kansas, a team that sleepwalks at times. Somehow Michigan
has become a Cinderella darling even though it is a big money school in a big
money conference. Personally, I’m rooting for Butler and Xavier, who probably
are done.
Leftie
columnists are still so distraught that their views have
lost all sense of logic.
Tennis
superstar Federer seems to be getting better with age.
Maybe we should call him “Chasselas”.*
*Swiss
wine has been produced for over two thousand years, and it
is so good that the Swiss drink most of it themselves. That is the main reason why
the rest of the world isn’t in on the secret. The good news, I see, is that it
may change. Chasselas is the national flagship grape which is the basis for its
outstanding, High Quality Pinot Noir (Swiss – Blauburgunder).
I
see where Roger Goodell may insert himself into a proposed
centralized Replay Challenge system. I’m thinking that Brady and Belichick will
not be real happy about that. And, think again about all of his hestitant politically
oriented faulty decisions.
The
Parking Lot: Chapter 83 continues…
Fortunately,
Alex could see the beam and its progression, He began inching along on his
stomach towards large tree trunk that could offer protection.
“What that?
Over there. Move the light over there.”
“Near that
huge tree,”
“Yeah, good start.”
“Yeah, good start.”
Alex tried
to force himself into the ground below , but he knew he was still a mound that
looked like a human. He saw the light landing on the tree and the beginning to lower.
He pushed his arms into his chest. The light was inches in front of his head
scouring a row of bushes.
He heard a
rumble in the dark. The light moved away from him.
“What’s
that,” he heard one of the two say.
“Sounds
like a car, and it is slowing. Follow me.”
Alex dared
not to look, but he heard footsteps and they were definitely moving away from
him. He lifted his head and turned to the noise. He saw two hulks crashing through
the bushes back towards the steep hilldside. Looking farther, out, he saw the lights
go off in a car still moving down towards
the house. Through the dark he thought he saw it stop. Is that Nancy with the
troops, he hoped.
He didn’t
hear doors slam but he saw shadows of three people running across the street
towards the large forsythia bushes.
A commotion
from the two over weight killers rolling down the hillside had his head turning
and his body rising up on his legs..
The
Answer:
Well Theo made the good Second City people really,
really happy. And that’s good. Next on the list is eCommerce giant Alibaba
founder and owner Jack Ma. He is followed by Pope Francis, Malinda Gates, Jeff
Bezos, movie director Ava Du Vernay, US NSA chief H.R. McMaster, Taiwan Prez
Tsai Ing-Wen, John McCain and Angela Merkel. The next five are LaBron James,
John Kasich, John Delaney, former Danish PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt and TexasTech
Directoir of Climate Change Katherine Hayhoe.
I
could make up a song around the word “Hayhoe”. It has potential
for that kind of Mersey Dotes silliness. Hayehoe, HeHe, HoHum, HaHa, EeeHa Holiday.
Ice ha, heat ho, water whooshing round my
fee fi fo fum feet. Holy hayehoe…
Speaking
of loony! It’s a national trend.
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