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Today's Tids Issue 3,903

For Measured Judgment:

This a pretty big week, regardless how you may feel about Trump. Or is it how you feel about The President that makes this a big week? NK has thrown down another gauntlet, this time one that says that Alaska USA is within their sights. The G20 begins with eyes focused on Trump meeting Putin. More important (considering Kim Jong Un) is how will Trump and XI get along now that there have been a couple of small incidents between the two since their apparent copacetic first meeting. Regardless, we have a problem in need of a solution, and rallying the G20 against NK maybe part of the answer. If there was ever need for diplomacy among all of the leaders of the world, this is it. This is the week where egos must be left the coatroom. We need a measured judgment, not a scorecard; a campaign slogan.

Oops! Forget what little hope I espoused in the above. President Trump just tweeted out that China may be of no use as they are in economic cahoots with North Korea. I may just resort only to writing about waving white daisies fluttering upon rolling green and white hills that run down to the sea.

I see where the CEO of Twitter came out in support of the President’s use of his service. Duh, his stock bonuses are based on the rampant, mindless tweeting of users.

There are good democrats, and then there is the left.

The Internet to day is about getting people to do stuff foreign to their internal guidance systems. Baring their privacy to the rest of the world comes to mind as number one.

For some reason, I’m finding myself humming “I dreamed a dream” from Les Miz.

The Question:

Triple “Q” day: 1. Why was the Secret Service Organized in 1865? 2. Who was Micheline Bernardini?  3. What was the name of Elvis Presley’s first commercially recorded song.? Bonus: In 1811, what was the first Country in South America to declare independence form Spain?

The Headlines:

--Looks Like A waiting Game On Wall Street; Oil Slips After Ten Day Surge; Fed Minutes Due.

--Russia Playing Down Expectations In Advance If Trump-Putin Meeting.

--World On Edge After Apparent Successful NK Test Of ICBM Capable Rocket; Kim says Nukes Non-Negotiable.

--US General Vincent Brooke In South Korea Says US Prepared To Go To War.

--In Struggling Illinois, Senate Overrides Governor Tax Hike Veto.

--On Eve Of G20, Merkel Stands By Her Statement That, “Europe Can No Longer Rely Entirely On The US.”

--Volvo Announces That Beginning In 2019 It will be all Electric; Manufacturing Of Combustion Only Engines Will Cease All-Together.

--Europe And Japan Reach Agreement On Free Trade Deal.

--Bass Pro And Cabela’s Merger Approved By FTC.

--NYC Policewoman Assassinated While Sitting In Patrol Car On Bronx Street.

Hey! Why isn’t Dustin Pedroia on the All-Star team. He still flashes the golden glove game after game and is batting over 300, just as he always does year after year. And he is a warrior dirtdog.

I had the misfortune of listening to one of those celebrity interviews the other day. You know, where a celebrity interviewer’s ego battles the celebrity interviewee’s ego for a half hour; where there is nothing in depth said…and the only thing it has going for it is celebrity. What a waste.

I guess the reason I never became a big real estate mogul is because I am so unlike DT.

Since food stamp recipients surged to 46 million Americans during the Obama admin (After O-Admin waived SNAP work requirements), things have changed dramatically. At least, in those states that have reinstituted work requirements for the freebies (For able bodied adults without children). For instance, in Georgia where the work rule was reinvigorated there was a 62% drop in SNAP! Some pictures become pretty clear when the truth is revealed.

Apparently some people hate the truth. Up in Seattle, the towns fathers and leadership are rejecting the study performed by their own esteemed University of Washington that said the $15/hour min wage has been devastating to business and workers alike. They are now opting to use an incredibly liberal study devised by a leftist professor at UCal Berkley. This is the new world we live in. If the facts don’t fit, it ain’t legit.

I remember those days of adolescent lore when images of Eva Marie Saint would send me to ecstasy.

If you were a movement foreign to the principles of American freedoms and responsibilities, what would you do to gain assure a foothold into the future of American society. Personally, I’d get involved in the education process to would mold minds at an early age, and as a bonus, effectively creating rift between children and parents. It seems to me they have already commandeered the colleges, but there are still more than enough intelligent parents fighting for honest open education in elementary and high schools.

That Volvo commitment to all or nothing electric is huge among the world’s carmakers.

Too many people don’t know what is going on, and even more so have no clue of what happened in the past See previous Tidlet). To celebrate the 4^th, NPR tweeted the “Declaration of Independence”. Humorously or sadly, the Broadcaster received many a reply tweet that castigated NPR for advising revolution against the US government. Sad, sad.

The Answer:

Okay, here we go: 1. The Secret Service was instituted by the Treasury Department to combat counterfeiting. It took until the 1901 assassination of William McKinley before The SS protected presidents.  2. Micheline was the model in Paris who first wore the bikini in 1946. It was named by the designer Luis Reard after the first above ground atomic explosion on the Bikini atoll. It is still contaminating beaches, if you get my drift. 3. Presley’s first effort in a commercial studio was, “That’s All Right”. Bonus: Venezuela was the first SA country seek independence from their European masters. They must have done something different than the USA, because we would never look to anything socialist as an answer. Would we, Bernie?

Some are saying that yesterday’s celebration honored Brexit 1776!