Today's Tids Issue
4,037
For exasperation and wide eyed wonderment:
As
one guy said to me earlier this morning, “President Trump
really knows how to water down his equity, doesn’t he?”
The
really good news today could be JP Morgan beating profit
estimates.
I
am definitely not a big fan of yesterday’s renewal of
the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. This as you probably know allows the
NSA to basically spy on communications of Americans without a warrant. Obviously,
the intent of trying to find evidence of possible terror acts before they occur
is a good idea, but the casual vacuuming up of everything which lays in the
path to get to a potential foreign scoundrel could have damming effect on an
innocent American. This is true even with the slight alteration to the original
law passed yesterday. That says the FBI or other agency must have a show cause
order to pursue info on any other matter found amongst the collected debris from
their chase of a terrorist. The doesn’t make me feel anymore protected. In fact,
by acknowledging that data could be found and used is totally not comforting.
The
Question:
Many American cultural icons and foods and beverages
are more popular in countries outside America than here. What are the American favorites:
TV Show in North Korea, Clothing for South Korea, Beer in China, Rock Star in
Germany, Fashion in Myanmar, TV rerun in Japan, TV Character named restaurants
in Spain, and Cartoon character for a Swedish Christmas. and the Ukraine’s
favorite American actor.
The
Headlines:
--Markets Look Heathy Today As Bank Profits
Strengthen; Dow On Track To Cross Over 26,000 In Record Time; Sector Rotation
Appears To Stabilize Markets Even As Internals Weaken.
--Trump Says Tough Language On DACA Proposal Was
Reported Accurately, But Crude Remark Wasn’t.
--Dems Join Together To Call President Racist.
--Facebook Usage Down; Zuckerberg Announces Big
Changes Including Many To News Tool. Stock Is Punished.
--Putin Says Kim Jong un Has Outwitted Trump; President
Says He Is Open To Talks With Kim.
My
heart is palpitating as I anticipate the big game Saturday
night. In fact, not only will the Pats/Titans get my blood rushing, but the
other three look real good too. Philly plays Atlanta, last year’s NFC champ, a
team that is coming on strong. The Eagles were the early favorite until Wentz
got banged. So how good are the defenses? That now is the big question with Foals at QB. I take Philly. At 8:15 the Titans
come to Foxboro. Running has killed the Pats “D, and Tennessee does that well.
Mariota is one of my non-Pat’s favorites, but not tomorrow against my team. I
think the Pats D is growing. and I’ll be a homer. The early Sunday game looks very
interesting. How good will Antonio Brown be on his return? How good really is Jacksonville’s
“D”? This could easily go either way. But I don’t think Bortles is the QB who
can beat the Steelers. It seems that New Orleans is the new favorite among sports
writers, and Minn gets little cred. But they have just done everything well all
year. I see the Vikes continuing their march to be the first team ever to host
a Super Bowl.
I
always thought Jack Lord’s simplistic Hawaii 5-0 was pretty
good, but I find the new version pretty much unwatchable. Must be an age thing.
Gallop’s
latest poll of American voters says that 42% call
themselves independents, while 27 % say are Repubs and 29% say are Dems. That
is surprisingly close for the “Major” parties. However, when asked which way
Indies lean, the Dem margin jumps a bit to 5% from the 2% margin.
To
me, the January thaw means not wearing socks for a while.
Political
Junkie, Department:
The Arizona Repub primary will be a doozy with Rep.
Martha McSally (31%), Joe Arpaio (29) and Kelli Ward (25) pretty much
statistically even. This is a must win state for Dems if they want to have a
chance to take back the Senate. Lots of eyes will be focused on this GOP
shake-out. The winner there will face in all likelihood a popular Dem
Congressperson- Krysten Sinema.
By
the way, is a Sinema a movie theater that shows X-rated
films?
For
me, in TV drama shows there is just too much posing and too
much inane talking. It almost seems like the agents or studio diversity managers
are writing the scripts, and they are not very good at it.
A
supposed H-Wood celebrity Bella Thorne, mad that her car was
blocked by road closures in the vicinity of the killing mudslides, tweeted “F—k
u 101 so Santa Barbra (sic), I’m missing my boy friends first date on his
(Band’s Concert) tour.” Rob Lowe replied, “Bella, I’m sorry you were
inconvenienced. We will try to move out our dead quicker.”
This
is just one more reason why I don’t watch awards ceremonies or
any celebrity interviews.
Many
of our one-time world dominating manufacturing cities
have recreated themselves making coffee, brownies, pet treats and healthy
snacks. Where we once made diesel engines, we are now competing for the scone
business. Master machinists have spawned families of artisan bread makers. Our
biggest exports seem to be movies. We don’t have large steel producers any ore,
but we have plenty of landscapers. Oh, there are pockets of industrial might
still going strong like In Seattle Tacoma where Boeing pushes out magnificent
airplanes like soft serve ice cream. But for the most part we are retracting into
cute little food and tourism businesses, and apps that do things we really
don’t need that much at all.
Is
it sensible defensive sector rotation, or is it the storm
before the crash.
If
tourism declined significantly, we would probably not
need any retail outlets.
The
environmental protection agency is seriously looking for
better ways to cut down Cheeto dust in the air.
Reading
Between the Lines Movie Reviews:
--The newest Paddington Bear is problem the highest
rated movie of the year to date. Audiences love it, and so do critics. Paddington
works to save money to buy a special present for the Brown family – a Pop-up
book he finds an Antique store. But the book is stolen. The Browns and
Paddington undertake the task of unmasking the thief. Well done for all.
--The movie The Post gets pretty good scores form the
USA critics but not so much from audiences. It’s about Wapo fighting for
survival, and undertaking the Pentagon Papers story to find their star. It’s
about a reluctant Katherine Graham taking over the newspaper and her relationship
with super editor Ben Bradly. Streep and Hanks are the biggies, but the entire
cast is very good.
-- The Commuter stars one of my favorites Liam
Neeson as a innocent bystander who gets roped into a conspiracy. These type
movies are always pretty good but this one misses it a bit. A just fired family
man is sucked into scheme to find a person on a train by big money, and it
isn’t too long before he is suddenly in over his head. But, he as the will to
succeed. I would go, iffy reviews or not.
The
Answer:
The favorite TV Show in North Korea is Housewives of
LA (Oops, no wonder our image is down). North Face is must have Clothing for South
Koreans In China they love Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Alf is the big Rock Star in Germany. They consider “Angry Birds” Fashions
“It” in Myanmar. Japanese just can’t get enough of “Little House on the
Prairie. The Simpsons is the name for two restaurants in Spain. Donald Duck is
all about Christmas in Sweden. David Duchovny is loved in the Ukraine. This
is proving once again that people do think differently.
There’s
no truth to the rumor that if Oprah wins, Kim Kardashian
will be Secretary of State.
The
Tids Financial Advisor Department (FAD) is always looking for
ways that may help you improve the results of your portfolio. One of my favorite
native Michiganders sends along this one man’s creative solution for a new industry
to replace car making in Detroit idea. When cars decline, mother necessity
arrives:
Have
a great weekend,
E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!!.
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