Today's Tids Issue
3,900!
For Sanity:
Did
ya Notice the change? Yes, another mini milestone in Tids
land. If I didn’t consider the contentment of my neighbors, I’d be shooting off fireworks
right now, writing in the glowing sky, “3,900 Tids” Yes the morning Tids written
through drooping eyelids, but always with a heart full of love for all. Just a
mere 100 to go until 4,000. If I can make it to #5,000, that would occur around
September 11, 2021. A new life’s goal. Eeeehah!
On
the eve of the days that celebrate the culmination of the
people’s desire for independence we have to wonder if tweeting independence has
brought our nation to its knees.
To
me, Target is one of the brightest bulbs in the retail business.
But in the retailing of the future department, they are falling behind Wal-Mart
and Amazon. The war is on, and it’s all about flexibly and speedy adaptation. Remember,
Sears once owned the mass merchandising world.
The
Question:
Name five good movies for 4th of July
watching.
The
Headlines:
--Stocks Rebound; Consumer Spending Just Up 1%; Greenspan
says Economy Entering Period of Stagflation; Crude Is At Biggest Weekly Gains,
Nike Deal With Amazon Has Stock Shares Rising.
--Trump Authorizes $1.4 Billion Arms Sale To Taiwan;
China Calls On US To Halt Sale.
--New House Bill Cracks Down On Sanctuary Cities;
Takes Aim At Deported Criminal Who returned To US,
--Trump Travel Ban Begins Anew: Finance’s Added To
List Exempted From ban.
--Venus Williams IN Crash Where Death resulted; Tennis Star Runs Red Light.
--Venus Williams IN Crash Where Death resulted; Tennis Star Runs Red Light.
--Trump Sends Federal Assistance To Help Quell
Violence In Chicago.
--Trump Says Kill ObamaCare, Find A SolutionLater.
Average
wages are increasing, but consumer spending is way down. That’s
called austerity. People are beginning to worry about living after the regular
income tap is shut off in retirement. Its good for savers in retirement, but
not so hot for main street and malls. And, maybe the stock markets if the
austerity continues. Good for common sense, but the American consumerism doesn’t
run on common sense.
Fox
stars didn’t do too well outside the chicken coop.
Nobody, but nobody watched ex-Super Fox star Greta on MSNBC, and she was fired
yesterday. Next to go could be NBC ex-Foxy lady Kelly who’s shows have lost all
of the pre-premiere momentum. Just goes to show you that conservatives can’t
live in a liberal world, and vice-versa. Audiences also don’t like intrusions
into their comfort zones. So, does this mean we will just continue to be a
nation that ever hears the truth?
Let’s
see, we need China as a friendly middleman in the unstable
NK situation, and then we irritate them by selling guns to Taiwan. Do you think
Tillerson may have battled the white House cabal against such a move? I believe
he might have and that may be another reason why you hear disgruntlement rumors
between he and Trump rumpswabs.
Note:
Tillerson is quite disturbed over White House HR type propel rejecting his nominations
for key jobs in his department. His State employees are bitter because he is
doing what needs to be done in all government agencies – getting rid of waste
and inefficiency. The Tillerson watch is
on, and it is a crying shame.
It’s
nice to have fiancé’s on your side.
If
Morning Joe’s ratings were in the crapper as the man in
the White House said (Which, BTW, they weren’t) then his tweeting may give that
program this morning its highest ratings in history.
Word
of the Day: Paranoia – A mental illness characterized by
systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations;
A tendency of an individual or group toward excessive or irrational suspiciousness
or distrust of others.
Word
of the Day II: “Twit” – A silly, Annoying person.
Three
millionaire Jersey couples were arrested this week for welfare/entitlement’s
fraud. One couple making over a Millions a year got on several welfare roles by
misrepresenting income on applications, taking income out of Social Security, Medicaid,
SNAP and public housing. Crime authorities are saying the recent arrests are
just the tip of the iceberg. It’s an age old problem. Where there are piles of
money, criminals will go there like the proverbial swarming ants at the picnic.
That is also one of the problems with healthcare in general. I’m not saying
hospitals and healthcare people including doctors are criminals, but what they charge
the system is. They charge because the dough is in the vaults of Insurance
companies and the treasury, not in the wallets of those buyers of services,
many who believe as far as they are concerned, it is free. It is one of the reasons
why it costs so much.
Maybe
Costco should run the Health Care system. Hey! I just got
a Kirkland hip.
Many,
many millions of people in this USA want Trump’s admin to
win big, But the man himself keeps diverting the focus away from important new
efforts, big missions…all that must be accomplished for a better country.
They
are saying that Steve Jobs didn’t fully understand what he had
in the IPhone. See, he’s no smarter than Tids’ readers.
The
Trump tweeting fiasco was tempered a bit by the in your face
assaults of the Union led RI Legislature.
I
read a headline in the letters to the editor department that
said, “Taking down statues of confederate soldiers will begin the heeling.”
Heeling. I don’t need no heeling. When a liberal says “Heel”, they want everybody
to fall in line behind them like little puppies. Everything is so confused by these
convoluted theories like heeling. Kids are told today, maybe taught in school, that
they should really worry about being white. Instead of just feeling good about
being who they are, children are torn, about what…a manufactured split personality,
being trapped in white skin…when that is exactly wo they are. I think it’s all
a promotion from the American Psychologist Association. Enough about heeling.
Just
think -- if everybody heeled, what would the liberals
have left to foment?
I
feel that Trump’s tweeting has put a blanket over this day’s
Tids.
On
this mini anniversary of a Tids’ accomplishment,
maybe it’s a good time to review the mission statement at the internet location
page: “Observing the achievements and foibles of humans. Opinions and puns.
Practical and ethereal. Politics, Arts, Culture, Sports, History, News. Occasionally
funny.”
Shoot
me!
I actually said “Mission Statement”.
Reading
Between the Lines Movie Reviews:
--The House is a basic Hollywood formula comedy which
Poeler and Ferrell fans will perhaps like but in reality, isn’t much of a film.
A couple splurges on their daughter’s college fund and then opens a gambling
casino in the basement to recoup. Not as many laughs as you would hope.
--Baby Driver is getting the applause, maybe because
of the story or maybe more so because of the soundtrack. Stars Kevin Spacey as
crime boss who coerces young super getaway driver Ansel Elgort to drive for is
heists. Elgort lives within his soundtracks drwong out the irritations around
him. That abruptly comes to an end with a robbery gone bad. This movie moves
fast, and I’m not just talkin’ speeding cars. Romance and music make it work.
Also stars Jon Hamm and Jamie Foxx.
--Okja is a nice little movie enjoyed by all. A super-sized
animal and giant friend of a young woman in the hills if South Korea is taken
by a multinational corporation and exploited in the US. The young woman sets
forth on a rescue operation not knowing or understanding the complex barriers
she must overcome. A good one.
The
Answer:
In no certain order, we have Jaws. The Sandlot,
Independence Day, 1776, Born on the Fourth of July, Mr. Smith (Jimmy Stewart)
Goes to Washington, The Patriot, Lincoln, John Adams, and Top Gun. Some others are
Air Force One, Apollo 13 and Miracle. Or any movie that makes you feel good
about a small town or innocence of summer youth.
Have
a great long, Red, White and Blue weekend,
E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!!
