Where are we going?

Today's Tids Issue 3,894

For finding stuff, lost, or not yet to be:

One of the great feelings in life is watching young people being genuinely happy about the little things about life passages.

In the aftermath of the Ossoff debacle, many leading Dems are admitting that the regular voters are bored to tears with the Dem leadership obsession with Russia in the elections.

New stats say that vacation spending puts 74% Of Americans into debt. So, that means that people who live in vacation type areas are selling the soul of their community for the almighty dollar to entice people who are selling their soul to the credit card companies. It just seems to me that there must be a better way to have an economy.

I’d like to be able to give you all a nice clean, clear picture of what’s going on with the healthcare issue. But, the entire mess gives me such a headache, that I just can’t focus. The simple explanation is that a lot of things could work if politics were eliminated from the discussions. If we can’t fix that, then we are hopelessly stuck with mediocrity.

The Question:

Name ten of the well-known 16^th and 17^th century exporters of the newly discovered America.

The Headlines:

--Senate Reveals Health Care Proposal; Bill That Would Push Control To States Currently Lacks Enough Support; Repub Senators Cruz, Paul, Lee And Johnson Balk.

--Oil Prices Rebound; Markets Stronger; Boeing’s New 737 Max Big Hit In Paris.

--Two Holdout Jurors Prevent Cosby Guilty Verdict.

--Rep. Steve Scalise Condition Upgraded To Fair; FBI Confirms That Shooter Had Kill List of Congress People.

--Tropical Storm Cindy Pushes Inland; Southern States Wary.

--Some Dems Whispering That Lala-Pelosi Has Stayed Too Long; She counters, “Try It.”.

The last thing I would ever want to do is watch behind the scenes videos of The Property Brothers.

I don’t think my mind is so complex that Spell-Check couldn’t put two and two together and figure out how to makes simple corrections.

Get out the DEET. CDC says Tick season could be a doozy this year. Be careful of long grasses, and leaf piles. Get to known which Tick generated diseases are prevalent in your area.

How come deer don’t get Lyme disease?

Seriously, how many of these “spontaneous” bloopers and behind the scenes videos of celebs do you think are orchestrated by their publicists and producers?

It’s always good to remember the boy who cried wolf fable when you are tempted to go to one of those videos promoted on Internet news sites. More often than not, nothing happens.

A lot of genius marketers spend a lot of time and money on branding. But sometimes the simplest solution is the best. At Walker’s shortbread it is really all about two little adjectives – “Pure Butter”.

The Answer:

I have always been fascinated by the world’s great explorers starting with the greats of Portugal. Most people would like to know where Ponce de Leon went to find the Fountain Of Youth. Of course, he was really early, establishing Florida well before Virginia and Plymouth colony. Other important early explorers were Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, Giovani Verrazano, Samuel de Champlain, Sir Francis Drake, Jacques Cartier, John Smith, Adrian Block, Thomas Hunt, Henry Hudson, John Cabot, Hernando De Soto, Sir Walter Raleigh, Jan Cabrillo, Americus Vespucci. Some say Leif Erickson was the first to explore North America, very likely landing in Canada’s maritime provinces and perhaps even Newport RI. In the mid 1500’s under authorization from Queen Elizabeth, Martin Frobisher and John Davis explored he Atlantic coast. Their original charter from the Queen was to find the Northwest Passage to India.

Tomorrow I will explore some interesting topics. How’s that for excitement? That plus my hot wind should get me across the mighty seas to new discoveries. Thanks for being patient.