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If anything can lift us out of the March Northeast doldrums it is surely romance. You know that feeling that is in the air; the warmth you can feel but don’t know why. The feeling of a rebirth humming below the surface, a rebidding, a blast of light challenging the grey. Here’s that beautiful stillness, reflections from glancing eyes, a sense of life. The world slows, and we sense the beauty. We hold hands, we rush into arms. We feel the hope of another new day.   

The atheistic elite have awakened the Christians. They shouldn’t have done that. Christians have been attacked for centuries by much more formidable foes than a few loud comedians and elitist talk show gabbers… and they have persevered, because love and faith are stronger than guilt induced paranoia. Christians love, and forgive; they live by the light.

Jay Leno said last night, “If they arm teachers, does that mean they have to give librarians silencers?”

John Bolton may never get confirmed. I personally like the way Bolton avoids Pollical Correctness and goes to the heart of the matter, but I think his hawkish traits will scare enough Senators to stop the process. Outside the beltway, though, I have heard some pretty reasonable thinkers saying they love the choice of John.

The Question:

In the early 1960’s actress Maureen O’Sullivan was co-host of NBC’s Today. Who was the TV announcer (Several Jackie Gleason hows who was her co-host

The Headlines:

--Stocks Poised For Further Instability After Yesterday’s Disaster: Trade War Continues To Depress Optimism; New Report Of US Durable Goods Surge Easing Investor Agita.

--Senate Joins House In Passing $1.3 Trillion Spending Plan; President Tweet Says He May Veto Because of No DACA.

--ISIS Related Gunman Takes Hostages, Control Of French Shopping Center.

--150 Pilot Whales Stranded On Australia Beach’ Rescuers Stream To Incident But Only 6 Survive.

--Wall Street Enthusiasm Over Target-Kroger Merger Is Premature; Two Companies Say There Are No Talks Between Them.

--Facebook Users Sid To Be Running to Instagram After Security Revelations.

--Trump $50 Billion Tariffs On Chinese Products Could Hurt Victoria Secret, Under-Armor, Champion, Addidas.

I’m concerned about the stability of my household. I have so many different helpful tech associates that I can see in the future Alexa hacking in to ChromeCast to plot an undercutting of Siri. She would surely call on Roomba for assistance, while Smart TV sits smugly above it all sending out fake news reports. Meanwhile, my toaster keeps burning the toast while my electronic violin plays a sad song.

The average person measures Tax laws by their effects on themselves. But they may have to look at their favorite sports teams for the real impact. The elimination of the “Like-Kind Property” qualifier for all but real property could be a big problem. To best explain it that is the tax proposition that allows people to be free from capital gains taxes while upgrading their homes. Teams used to be able to eliminate that capital gains for “The amount an asset (Players) appreciated while it was held by an investor (Teams). This could significantly affect the marketability of players and free agency. You never know what’s really going on in Washington. Ask Rex Tillerson.

I am squarely in the anti-tariff group, but if their use changes China’s appropriation of US Intellectual property policies, then I can see a benefit here. But, I only know what I see on the surface.

Have you noticed that the latest two Trump cabinet nominees -- Kudlow and Bolton – are TV personalities? There’s no truth that Buffy the Vampire is on a list for new Secretary of Defense.

Just when you thought Amazon was going to rule the world, Google steps in. They have a new shopping center known as “Shopping Actions” which includes stores like Target, 1-800-Flowers, Home Dept and Ulta among others. Everybody will be in that act pretty soon.

Google is a pretty smart company, but it falls short on catchy names. Like calling it’s version of Alexa and Siri, “Assistan”t. It’s like going back to caste systems.

There’s no truth to the rumor that the 150 stranded in Australia whales were using a new Auto-Driving radar system.

Reading Between the Lines Movie Reviews:

--“Paul, Apostle of Christ” is a clear example of Critics bias versus Audience approval – 23% of Critics likes it; 93% of people like it. Actually, even the Washington Post critic likes it quite a bit. It is a well told tale of Paul, his conversion to Christianity, his rise as a leader on Christians in a world that is afraid of them. (Like today).

--On the other hand, the critics favorite movie of the week is the phycological thriller Unsane. A young woman is involuntarily committed to mental institution. She doesn’t know if her greatest fear is real or delusional. Oh yeah, Audiences are not as hot for this one as are critics.

--Pacific Rim Uprising is your basic misdirected, youthful hero rising up to save society from evil, with lots of action. Predictable but probably ok for those hoe like this style.

I didn’t know you could still say, mental institution.

Oldsters should work to keep their bodies flexible so they can tie the stings on the back of their hospital jonnies.

The Answer:

Jack Lescoulie was the partner of Maureen in that no-man’s land era of The Today Show after Dave Garraway. He was also host of The Tonight Show after Steve Allen.

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