Courage is standing tall before the mobs.

Today's Tids Issue 3,837

For Standing Tall:

For some reason, I have found myself eating a lot of beef this week. Then I’m thinking, why am I telling you this. It tastes great, and even better when smothered in some kind of rich sauce. Some days you just got to pull up to the Tids table with an open mind for a great meal, regardless of the naysayers.

Syria is a true enigma. Bombing Assad today could be seen as starting a war with Russia and Iran. I don’t think we want to go to war with Russia and Iran.

Contrary to the apparent opinions of more and more drivers, roads are not video games.

How much compassion do you think will be forthcoming from the new IRS private collection agents who get 25% of the take? What’s next, The Rack?

Yesterday, the attendees at the Woman of the World conference, awaiting an appearance of The Hill, booed and ridiculed Nikke Haley as she explained the critical situation in Syria. It made those so-called serious women look pretty petty booing a UN ambassador who is facing down Russia and Syria in what could be an enormous world problem. But, Haley never cowed to the constant badgering, looking far stronger than any of the activists in the audience. WoW founder Tina Brown rose to praise the courage of NK, and admonished the boisterous behavior of these apparently uninformed and misinformed, don’t care about anything but me ideologues. This is in fact, a classic example of why today’s opposition-at-all-cost politics makes so little sense in a dangerous world where common good is so much more important than singular objectives.

The Question:

Who are these people? Barry Levinson, Roy Thinnes and Patrika Darbo

The Headlines:

--Stocks Open Up; New Jobless Claims Plunge With Largest Drop In Two Years.

--Nunes Temporarily Steps Aside As Head Of Russia Investigating Committee; Repubs Conaway To Lead With Assistance From Gowdy and Rooney; Nunes Says False Accusations From Leftwing Activists Created A Cloudy Atmosphere For Continuing As Chair..

--Senate Repubs Ready To Go Nuclear.

--New Exposition Reported From St. Petersburg.

--33 in Syria Brutally Murdered by ISIS; Bodies Found In Blood Soaked Grave; 22 In Iraq Killed In Another ISIS Attack

--US-Mex Border Crimes And Arrests Plunging.

--Bannon Threatened To leave WH After Shakeup that had Him Kicked Off NSA.

--Dozens Of Tornadoes Sweeping Through South.

--More Advertisers leaving O’Reilly After NY Times Sexual Harassment Report.

--Shark Bite Of Ga Women In New Smyrna’s Atlantic Ocean Is Second Of The Year; Woman Killed After Falling Off Bridge While Taking “Selfie”.

Coming Soon to a State Near You, Department:

RI’s governor Gina Raimondo has perfected excuse making. When caught in a grievous mistake or worse she always says,” Thanks (For catching us), we’re always looking to improve.”

RIP all you Panera Bread short sellers.

Motley Fool has published 7 myths about the rich: 1. They live in large houses and drive expensive cars. Most of those considered rich live modestly. 2. Rich people are happier because they are rich. Adding money to the mix does not improve happiness after a state of modest financial security has been achieved. 3. A wealthy Lineage explains why the rich are rich. 60% are self-made. 20% are inherited wealth. 4. Investment bankers make up the vast majority of the rich. They are rich, but 81% of the rich are from other occupations. 5. Most rich people went to Ivy League Schools. 96.5% of the world’s superrich did not go to Ivy league schools. 13% do not have a college degree. 6. Rich people don’t work that hard for their money. In a study, 86% of rich worked 50 hours per week versus 57% of the poor. 65% of the rich had 3 revenue streams while the of poor only 6% had more than one. 7. Rich people never go bankrupt. Lot’s of the classic rich (Especially celebs) have spent more than they earned. So basically, for all of you who have reached a state of happiness, and find the arrival of mountains of additional cash disconcerting, send it to the Tids retirement Fund.

I think it is insane to play night baseball games in April in the North. Not good for fans, pitcher’s arms and batter’s hands.

On a similar note, “Down with Amazon” for stepping up with big money to sponsor “Thursday Night NFL Football”. How can an NFL management who publicly state they are very conscious of the health needs of players think 3 days rest is a good idea? The only good news is that teams now have the option of not wearing those horrendous “Color Rush uniforms by Nike. I don’t need uniform intrusion to make games interesting.

Larry King said that Trump is among the “most ridiculous” of presidents. That’s a pretty serious accusation because LK is well known as one of the best ass-kissers in the business.

Many leftists, which includes much of the media are saying that Trump has got to stop blaming Obama for all of the problems facing his admin. Um, didn’t 0-Man spend 8 years blaming Bush? I think he did. But, personally, I think the Trumpster would be much better off just stating the facts about any given serious situation, and forgetting his add-ons about Obama or democrats or media. It just waters down whatever convictions he may have. Obama looked weak for not taking full responsibility too.

This is one of those days when I could have sent this thing out an hour and a half ago, but I got interested in too may news side stories. One was about the potential demise of H&G’s Fixer Upper, as JG is all hot and bothered about her new cosmetic line. H&G came down hard on the popular duo (JG was showing up late at construction sites) and that infuriated the now perhaps too-famous-for-their-own-good couple (well, at least the lovable Joanna). She may be a great entrepreneur, and her new product maybe excellent, but she’ll never have the exposure she is getting now on H&G. Unless of course a new “Fixer Upper Makeup” channel hits the airwaves.

BTW, the Nikke Haley Tidlet above was another news diversion.

The Answer:

Roy Thinnes is an actor who came into prominence with a  TV role in the late sixties as Architect and Alien fighter David Vincent in The Invaders. Thinnes was many short-lived TV series and one shot episodes of popular series – his longest probably his 36 weeks on Falcon Crest. Barry Levinson was a prolific director of many excellent films. His first big hit was probably Diner. Others include The Natural, Good Morning Viet Nam, Rain Man, Bugsy and Wag the Dog. This guy started as TV comedy writer and won the Oscar for Rain Man. Patrika Darbo is one of those consummate character actresses who you have seen in many TV shows and several movies. She attempted to gain momentous for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for the film “Daddy’s Dyin’. Whose got the will” She starred as Roseann Barr in the TV film “Roseanne and Tom behind the Scenes.” She spent 7 years on “Days of our lives”, where she won a couple of Emmy’s

I had great intentions this morning, but all of that beef must be affecting my energy levels.