I feel their blood in my hands; I feel their courage in my heart.

Today's Tids Issue 3,993

For the veterans of all wars -- we always remember.

I have this photo on my phone. It is of my grandson Harry, standing tall, at attention; grim faced. His hand is firmly pressed against his brow in salute as the veterans of American wars march by on Main Street in his small town up in Maine. One of the veterans’ broke ranks, came over and shook his hand. Harry smiled as he probably has never smiled before. They talked, then they waved, I’ll see ya, like new found friends. Harry resumed standing in salute, never budging until the entire parade had passed. We should all remember the sacrifices and courage of our Veterans this day. Like a child, With an uncluttered mind.

I don’t think Google is as productive as it has been in the past. Too many advertisers sucking off key words in searches muddy the results.

There’s a lot of Good Natured People in this world who sometimes we will miss because they don’t match our image of GNP’s.  Improve your GNP performance. Listen before you reject.

Th Question:

What do you think are the best News Apps for Android devices?

The Headlines:

--Trump In China: Prez Tells Xi That We Have To Get Back To Fairness In Trade; Xi Offers $9 Billion In Deals To Trump; Urges China To Clamp Down On NK.

--Markets Lower; China Deals: Qualcom Makes $13 Bil Deal; Boeing To Get $37 Bil For Planes; GE $3.5 For Jet Engines.

--Advertisers to NFL – Fix Ratings; Jerry Jones to NFL – Stop Goodall Contract Or I Will Sue.

--Arabian Graft Inquiry Could Spread Across Many Countries.

I liked the words of Keith Urban at the CMA show last night: “I think it is just time for a recalibration of the past. Things have been a certain way for a long, long time, and I think you are seeing a changing of the tide for that.” Now those are words that any advocate could take to support their agenda. But to me, I believe he was referring to the grinding normalization of bad behavior through lenient court decisions, Hollywood and other mass media that can infect gullible minds. Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you. Urban used to those words to tell us why he was excited about anew song of his decrying the Weinstien syndrome – you know, the normalization of disgusting behavior.

The pickers are holding their own against the national competition. Last week we improved again bringing the mighty staff in the pickum’ dungeon to 90-42 (68%) There are three posers this week: Minn at Washington, San Diego at Jax and yes, the battle of the losers, NYG at San Fran. Teddy Bridgewater is back in Minn who seem to be improving weekly. But last week, The Skins were impressive winning in that threatening 12^th man stadium in Seattle. I am just liking Minn right now. Jax has been also playing very well, and Bortles is improving. I have to go Jax. The Jints are really looking down. SF has looked good at times and I think this is their breakthrough game. The next toughest pick is Dallas at Atlanta. How good is Atlanta? That is one tough question. I’ll stick with Dallas. I’m picking Seattle to bounce back against a tough Arizona, Bears over old rival Packers and Detroit over the Browns. Also. Mariota has his juices flowing again, so I go Titans over Cinn. I like Pitt over Colts, Rams over Texans and Carolina over Miami. The Pats are back after vacay, and the Mile-High city over the years has not been nice to them. But you know me. I’m a stupid homer.

Shakespeare: “Brevity is the soul of wit.” I guess the Pickum’ Segment will never feel funny.

Happy Anniversary to the Great Northeastern Blackout. That’s when New York and the six states in New England went dark one night during rush hour. I happened to be at a Boston computer company for a job interview at the time. We just continued as if nothing happened, my eyes following his lit cigarette. It was grid failure, which now could be replicated by a diligent hacker. It was humorous for a time in 1965, but will be downright scary under an attack by an enemy hacker.

There are 33,000 coffee shops in America. That means there are a lot of awfully jittery people walking around

A lot of things work pretty darn well until politics is injected. Then rationality, morality and ethics flow down the drain. We’ve been draining the moral conscience of America for decades. That’s what Keith Urban’s words were about to me.

Black coffee is an undeniable super elixir first thing in the morning. But, normally around mid-morning I have a couple of swigs of a nice cold diet coke to get rid of the lingering old coffee taste.

We deem you a ham sandwich. You are guilty. The grand Jury was established as far back as the times Of William the Conqueror in 1066. It became a part of British law and was put into US law as a protection for regular citizens against over-zealous prosecutors. But there is ample evidence of that GJ losing its effectiveness as a protective group. Mass instant communications combined with new societal inclination to rush to judgment can turn indictment in to conviction before mustard gets on the sandwich. The SC has been and is looking in the idea of Grand Juries to with regards to protection under the law. But in the case of politics, Guilty as charged comes way before proper adjudication.

Urban’s words may also have included views on mass hysterical social networks like Facebook. Former President of that huge enterprise, Sean Parker: “God only knows what it’s doing to our children’s brains.” He is just one of several tech creators who now talk about their disillusionment of products they helped create. Another exec, this one from Google says you keep people hooked by turning the smart phone into a slot machine – the reward: Response and flattery. Yes, the creative minds of some software engineers are like the grains in an Opioid tablet, only seeking to maintain addiction. This is a story to watch.

The Answer:

Number one is “Feedly. Your News Reader”. Next is BBC followed by The Guardian. Continuing on we have MSN Breaking Headlines, Flipbook, AP Mobile, Fast News, NPR News, Breaking News, Smart News, News Republic, and at, 14 Yahoo News Digest. Fox News Is 28 It is the only Cable news Station Listed.

Happy Veterans Day Everybody. Salute a soldier.