Today's Tids Issue
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For Human Love Over All:
I’ve
been watching the Houston tragedy pretty closely,
and I have yet to see one stranded human being say to a person arriving by boat
to save them – “Go away, you aren’t from my political party.” That’s really America,
not those screaming in the streets.
The
Houston Texan’s super star JJ Watt raised $5 Million for
Harvey relief…in three days! Tennessee Titan’s Owner Amy Strunk contributed a
Million to Watt’s fund. The Texans Owner and Patriots Owner Robert Kraft pledged
to match giving up to $1 Mill each. The NFL General Fund and the Jets also
joined in, and I have to figure that other teams will too. We see a lot of people
moving out of homes, with more than half, they say, not having flood insurance.
So there will be a lot of mending and rebuilding to come, a lot of people staring
out into space wondering how in hell they can ever come back from this one. But,
once the waters recede and the tears stop flooding eyes, the resilient courage within,
will have people striding along the way back. And with help from their fellow
Americans they will find it. American is great.
Don’t
let anybody ever tell you that you can’t achieve
something, especially anybody called yourself.
The
Question:
What are actresses Cameron Diaz, Peggy Lipton, Joan Blondell
and Elizabeth Ashley best known for? Bonus:
Name four Fred McMurray TV programs or movies.
The
Headlines:
--Sun May Shine On Houston Today.
--Second Quarter GDP Revised Upward To 3%; Trump To
Meet With “Big Four” – Ryan, Pelosi, McConnell, Schumer To Discuss Debt Ceiling
And Possibly Moving Towards Tax Package.
--Tropical Storm Irma Forms In Eastern Atlantic; Expected
To Become A Hurricane.
--Harvey Moves On Land Again; New Flooding Takes
Over Western La And Beaumont, Port Arthur Texas; Nation’s Largest Oil Refinery
Owned By Saudis Is Shut Down; Death Toll In Houston Rises To 20.
--US, Japan Setting Up New Missile, Anti-missile
Locations; Japan PM Abe Shaken Over NK Launch.
--Guam Hit With 5.2 Earthquake.
--Mattis Freezes Trump Ban On Transgender Troops Pending
Review.
The
Tids official Insurance Guru tells us that government
funded Flood Insurance is run the same way as any other Government run or
sponsored business. They don’t charge enough to cover costs and then proclaim their
programs a success because everybody is buying into it.
Last
night, Diane Feinstein told her mainly anti-Trump
audience that Trump will be their president until the end of his term. She said,
“she hopes he can grow and learn, and if he does,” she added, “he could be a
good President.” Some of our politicians can be statesmen.
America’s
Got Talent started off the night of the last quarter final
with arousing, thoroughly entertaining Greater works gospel group, and then failed
to match that for the rest of the evening – despite the sometimes-maniacal raves
of judges. For instance the next bro-sis dance act, Junior and Emily got
increasingly boring after the first few spin moves, yet the crazy enthusiasm continued.
Personally, I think the entire show has way too many singers now. Maybe that’s the
Simon influence. Not that the singers are bad, but the show used to be interesting
from a variety point of view. Next was good foursome of singers, First Draft,
but who were good but sounded like most others. I thought them better than some
of the judges. Oscar Hernandez is a favorite for some unexplained reason, but
he is amateur hour as far as I’m concerned. Colin Cloud, the mentalist, should go
on, but last night he tried to cram one too many tricks into an act that went
on much too long. Still, in the end he was amazing. James the subway singer is
actually very good, but just another of too many singers. Oskar and Gaspar are
projection artists. Basically, they project moving images on people who go through
a moderate dance act. It left me sleeping. Great for performance art gatherings
in Tribeca. Sara Carson gave us a lively performance with her dogs and I watched
and enjoyed it. Chase Goehring will be a success regardless of what happens on
AGT. He is an inventive songwriter and imaginative singer who may have already received
offers from producers. I’m not sure he will appeal to broad voting audience, but
he should. Diavolo is an exciting acrobatic dance group named after creator
Diavlo who’s ego is just a notch below Trump’s. But, what he produces holds
your attention. Kechi, an airplane crash survivor with horrible mending disfigurements
can really sing. The judges play on her story, but even as I felt for her, I would
vote for her voice regardless, for sure. Who goes? Oscar Hernandez, James the Subway
singer, Oskar and Gaspar, Junior and Emily, First Draft top my probable list.
Other axe possibilities are dog trainer Sara and the amazing Colin.
The
question remains after the Colin Cloud act -- Simon: If Mel
B didn’t know the knife was rubber, why did she try to stab me so violently?”
BTW,
ventriloquist Darcie Lynn is still my favorite.
Progressives
who seem to find fault with everything except kale, must
be really unhappy. And as George Will once said, in the process they are making
everybody else miserable.
Why
did Microsoft ever name their personal assistant Cortana?
Well, she was an AI character in the video game Halo. She was considered intelligent,
intuitive, helpful -- who could build trust over time. Actually, Cortana will learn
the quirks of her users and adjust answers to their needs. I personally would have
named her Max after my mother-in-law, who seemed to understand me.
Speaking
of that, it appears that Kathy Griffith has retracted her
apology for her detestable joke about Trump’s bloodied head. I guess she figures
that the left will always come around to outrageous views under the guise of
freedom of speech, as long as the speech is against people they hate. Kathy is another
of the have your cake and eat too, gang. And the media is always ready to serve
another piece of cake with lots of frosting.
The
probability is that Kim shot off his latest missile to
remind the allies of his anger over military exercises in SK. I don’t think he
will be angry enough to trigger his own demise.
A
report says that up to 300 gators maybe escaping from a
penned area in Houston as rising water would carry them over fences. Get me
outta there.
There
are a lot of people working the US government to encourage abolition
of foods we enjoy. For instance, a nutritionist peddling her solutions for
better health says get rid of Yogurt, Whole Wheat Bread and Cereal bars. Fructose
corn syrup is apparently he main villain and she says it is far more addictive
than heroin. So their you have it – don’t get used to eating these dangerous
foods or you may have a depression moment when the Big Gov says no more. I have
been successfully avoiding trendy healthy foods most of my life, so while I may
be endangering my longevity, I won’t die depressed.
Maybe
all of the rejected AGT singers will wind up on The Voice,
beginning again in late September.
The
Answer:
Cameron Diaz is probably best remembered for “There’s
Something about Mary. While Peggy Lipton has made a bit of a comeback in the
movies she is still a member of the Mod Squad as far as I’m concerned. Joan
Blondell was known to younger generations for her role in Grease, but she was
outstanding in the 1945 film, A Tree Grows In Brooklyn. Elizabeth Ashley was in
a lot of movies but she took home the hardware from Broadway where she was a super star in plays
like Take Her, She’s Mine, Barefoot in the Park and Cat on a Hot tin Roof. Her best
movie efforts were in The Carpetbaggers and Ship of Fools. Bonus: Fred first came to prominence in the movie Double Indemnity.
He was also well liked as the dad on My Three Sons. He starred in The
Apartment, The Caine Mutiny, Absent Minded Professor and Son of Flubber! When
he was on the tube or screen, good things happened.
We
don’t need floods to lend a helping hand.
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