Layng quietly in fields

Layng quietly in fields
Glstening lights

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Choice?



Today's Tids Issue 4,086
For Making Up Our Own Minds:

We are building weapons and massing armies, but the biggest threat of all could be the silent one, that gutless destroyer that roams in dark places on the internet…internationally and domestically. Why am I not seeing a bigger Exec, Congressional push on this?

I’ve been taking some courses on Osama Bin Ladin which necessarily includes Islam’s negative views of American culture. I’m told that many of Islam laws are designed to help people protect them from themselves; that the great difference between to the two cultures is American freedom of choice versus no choice. So how come laws are being passed to ban foods I like, the convenience of plastic bags; smoking and guns – to protect Americans from themselves.

The EU revealed a plan to tax big US Tech Companies Like Google, FB, Amazon and Others. Is this the next shot fired in a trade war? How messy will it get?

The Question:
Chip Taylor was quite the song writer, Name a few f his best. Bonus: What is fascinating about Chip Taylor’s family relationships.

The Headlines:
--Austin Bomber Blows Up Self As Police Close In; Mark Conditt Had No Previous Record.
--Markets Inching Up.
--Dems Honing In On Zuckerberg As Info On Trump Election Connection Emerges; FB Share Holder Files Class Action Against Company For Misleading Statements; FB Fined In South Korea For Limiting User Access.
--Analysts Say Nothing Peculiar About Zuckerberg Selling 1,14 Million Shares of Facebook Two Weeks Before Latest Revelations Of Chicanery By Company; Stock Price Dropped 6.67% After Knowledge Of Deception Became Public, Two Weeks After Stock Sale.
--Obama, Biden And Others Said To Have Made Billions Off Of China Trade Deals And Regulatory Policies.
--Fed-Ex To Place Office Locations In Walmart; Initial Effort Will Include 500 Stores; DHL Strengthening Push Into US As Internet Orders Increase rapidly.
--Milk In Short Supply At Stores As Northeast Revs Up For Latest Nor’Easter.

The hot new dish foodies are trying to foist upon the trendy is called Shashuka. It’s basically a Mediterranean dish of eggs poached in a crushed tomato stew with chopped bell peppers, sliced Serrano Chiles, and seasoned with Coriander, Cumin and Paprika. It is a pretty basic dish that becomes a fad mainly because of a cool middle eastern sounding name. No thanks

If you ever decide to make a cross-country Zoo adventure, you might want to use as your check list the oldest Zoos in America: They say that the Museum of Science in Boston is the oldest, but I don’t classify it as a pure unadulterated Zoo. Of those, the oldest is the Philadelphia Zoo, followed by Central Park (NYC) Zoo, Lincoln Park (Chicago). Roger Williams (Providence RI), Cincinnati, Buffalo (NY), Maryland (Baltimore), Detroit and #10 Dallas. The well-known Bronx Zoo is 12, and Boston’s real Zoo (Franklyn Park) is 16.

In case you haven’t noticed, it is asparagus season in the north. Buy stock in hollandaise sauce ready-packs.

Did Carly Fiorina fail in her presidential run because she’s a dedicated adherent to ethics?

In the olden days big fires ruined big cities on a regular basis – Like Boston’s 1760 fire that destroyed 376 structures or the 1788 fire in New Orleans that destroyed 856 structures. I wonder if anybody blamed that on climate change.

It is easy to believe that the climate is changing. It is hard to believe the rants of climate change activists.

When two magicians saw something special in each other on their first date, it was love at first slight!

It’s really awfully hard to be a good old fashion surreptitious criminal anymore.

We used to have weather, but now we have events.

The Answer:
Wild Thing was one of Chip’s best, but I always liked Angel in the Morning. Some others are Willie Nelson’s He Sits at Your Table, I Can’t Let Go, I Can Make it with You, Any Way That You Want Me, Try (A little Bit Harder) and Son Of a Rotten Gambler. His songs were sung By the Hollies, The Troggs, Willie, Anne Murray, Janis Joplin, Emmy Lou Harris, Evie Sands, Jimi Hendrix and Merilee Rush. Bonus: I went to High School with Taylor and he was a great glover, in fact originally looking for a pro career until he found his mark in Music. His real name is John Wesley Voight, and yes, he is Angelina Jole’s Uncle and Jon’s Brother. He had another brother Barry, who I knew well. He was a quiet guy giving the younger two the spotlight.

I relish freedom of choice.

“Any way you want me”.



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