Discussing not shouting.

Today's Tids Issue 4,067

For a soft spoken world:

For all of you who think that the world is deteriorating, I have good news. More and more restaurants are offering mashed potatoes and…gravy.

You have to believe that Paul Manafort is saying to himself – why did I ever think getting into politics was good idea.

Political discussions these days never appear to be directed towards arriving solutions, but basically shouting down other people to protect narrow, sacred ideologies.

The Question:

Hollywood’s Academy of Cinematic Arts, or something like that, has announced their favorite movies for which they will shortly be applauding themselves at the annual narcissism event. But the real people have their own favorite movies of 2017. Name the top ten of the People’s faves.

The Headlines:

--Markets Look To End Week Strong.

--Photo Released Of Deputy Who Never Went Into Parkland School To Help Save The Kids.

--In Today’s CPAC Speech, Trump To Announce Big new Sanctions Against NK.

--Mueller Files New Charges Against Manafort, Gates For Tax Evasion And Fraud.

--Chevy Chase Goes Berserk On NY Ste Highway; Attacks Driver For No Apparent Reason.

Hundreds of Ohio Teachers Sign Up For Free Gun Training.

--China Takes Over Anbang Insurance, Owner Of Waldorf Astoria.

People use betcoins to gamble on line.

A reader wondered why yesterday I seemed fixated on insolent, crass, uncivil, boor, Teen Vogue Editor Laruen Duca. It was because I was concerned that the next generation of most likely young teen girls will read her stuff and assure that America of the future will have another generation of insolent, crass, uncivil boors.

When you peel the way the layers of a high-priced specialty food market you find a basic market that sell regular food at higher prices.

If President Trump were to ban all guns, create a multibillion dollar slush fund for Sanctuary cities or set up an incentive plan that would pay generously to foreign citizens sneaking into the USA, The USA Left Wing would all become Republicans, thinking DT had switched their side. If you read news reports of anything the President does, you clearly see that he will never receive credit for anything he does.

America would be better off if we stopped rewarding outrageous insolent behavior.

AI will probably be the base investment gem of the future. China has a national policy that would assure them of being one of the biggest in the world, surpassing the US, by 2030. They have built a $2.1 billion research facility to advance a number of the facets of AI including big data, deep learning, biometrics and cloud computing. Three stocks you might consider following are the already huge eCommerce company Alibaba, the equally successful Tencent and the Chinese internet search leader Baidu, already a leader in driverless cars.

One thing I have learned in life is that the “You can’t tell a book by its cover” axiom really applies to restaurants.

The secondary tragedy of the Parkland shooting is media and politicians using the death of innocents to push their anti-gun agendas,

“The Coward of Broward”. A deputy is branded for life – the harshest punishment.

Reading Between the Lines Movie Reviews:

--Surprise, Surprise! Annihilation, the hot new movie based on the best selling “Southern Reach Trilogy” has an all-female cast, trying to achieve what men couldn’t. Well I won’t be wearing a pink hat, but I might see this film, well done and well received by critics and audiences. It’s about a science team trekking into the unknown to discover why so many teams before never returned, and the teams that did, were changed forever.

--Game Night is another decent film about young couples and occasional single friends who live for playing board and party games. At first it looks like a power struggle movie, but it all changes when one of their members is kidnapped and they embark upon a different kind of game, breaking all of the rules – which just happens to be a major sin for game players. I’d go.

--While the world dwells on young lunatics growing up strangely as classmates, a creepy new film about young Jeffery Dahmer appears today. It’s a bout his friends looking back and remembering the lonesome boy.

The Answer:

#1 for the folks is Logan. Dunkirk is #2 and is followed by Guardians of the Galaxy, Spiderman Homecoming, Wonder Woman, Get Out, Baby Driver, Thor Ragnarok, John Wick: Chapter 2 and Split. Early Oscar favorite Three Billboards is rated #19. Shape of water is 22, Big Sick is 23, Lady Bird is 28 and I, Tonya is #43. My personal favorite, The Greatest Showman, is 39.

Have a great weekend, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!!

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