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Today's Tids Issue 4,109

For elegance past; where have you gone

I like what GHW Bush said about Barbara’s passing. “We know she is happy in heaven. Life will go on, Cross the Bush’s off your worry list.”

That’s one of the reasons I have always liked GHW. He could put hysteria into proper perspective.

If I were Repub leadership I would temper boasting about big admin accomplishments and let them speak for themselves. The more you shout your achievements, the greater the chance the opposition will spin them away. And unfortunately, spin is often what lasts in the minds of populations.

Where has all of the elegance gone?

Politicians at all levels have written many of our laws to protect citizens from themselves. So, it isn’t surprising at all that the Repubs want to protect Mueller to protect the President from an emotional decision.

The Question:

Who is Lani Hall?

The Headlines:

--Stock Markets Confused; Markets Looking For Direction After Yesterday’s takedown By IBM; Increased Metals Costs Hurting Manufacturers; Dallas Fed Says Debt Path Is Unsustainable.

--Amazon Announces They Have 100 Million “Prime” Subscribers.

--President Trump Hedging On Kim Talks.

--Earthquake Rattles Iran’s Only Nuke facility.

--Hillary Popularity Rating Sinks To New Low Of 27%.

--P&G Buys Merck’s Consumer Business For $4.21 Billion; Bed, Bath & Beyond Bonds Approaching Junk Status.

--Cuban Communism To Be Left Untouched By New President.

Nobody should mess with Nicki Haley and that is a good thing. In fact, to me, Haley has been one of the brightest players for the USA on the world stage. But, the second act just got tougher. How can you not like the UN Ambassador who after being described as “confused” by Larry Kudlow (In an attempt to quell Trump ire over her TV appearance about Russia sanctions). She replied yesterday to Dana Perino: “With all due respect, I don’t get confused.”

How long will it be until the axe falls at the UN? Sad, really sad, as he executioner would say.

I can see it coming – the American promotion machine will overdo the Markle/Harry wedding turning it into a glitzy, socially political, loud super Bowl half time show.

There is nothing as beautiful as nature in the wild. Really? Just ask the mouse in the jaws of a cat.

For most families, the sex of an unborn is a hidden agender.

I was looking at the news of the new Cuban communist President Miguel Diaz-Canel elected without opposition, and I could only think of Rhode Island – a state that has made it tough on capitalism with the only thing remaining is a selling of its soul for tourists.

It used to be strong competition and poor sales results that drove away executives of apparently successful companies. But now-a-days it is “inappropriate workplace behavior” that has execs leaving in droves – like the past month at Nike where six big wigs left. “Hi honey. I’m home and I think I’m getting a promotion. My boss made a sexual reference to our secretary. Have recording phone, will travel.

Either Tom Bradly is acting like a prima donna, or news people are looking for trash stories to bridge the gap between Super Bowl and Opening day.

There is no truth to the rumor that Hillary is planning crying jag at the Barbara Bush funeral to get her crashing ratings backup in polls. Or, is there?

Instagram giveth and Instagram taketh away. There must be something within the Instagram app that zaps the intelligence of humans. A woman known as the Instagram Bikini Babe (IBB) used the forum open to all including law enforcement to gain fame talking about how successful she ahs been smuggling cocaine, all while sexily romping on a Mexican beach. Now she will be wearing orange coveralls in prison for 98 years.  Of course, this implies I was conferring intelligence on a woman who thinks smuggling cocaine is an excellent career path.

But on an even more serious note of social media miss use: It appears local 14 yo teens from a so-called good community have been texting compromising nude, perhaps sexually oriented pictures of themselves to each other. But because of the young age, the police are not looking at this transmission of phots as the somewhat legal Sexting, but as transfer of child pornography. This means these naïve children will bee marked as sex offender with all of the adult ramifications for the rest of their lives if convicted. Th is sad what high technology hath wrought.

To deem the entire Starbucks company as racist for the misinformed antics of one employee is just plain silly to me.

Have you sent away for your NFL Mock draft kit yet?

Now when college kids look for companies to join after graduation, they will be seeking new information other than job description, salary and benefits: What is Percentage of execs forced to leave due to inappropriate behavior. Aha! A clear road to the top, when perkiness becomes perks.

The Answer:

Lani Hall is another of those celebs with greying hair making the rounds of clubs and casinos. She is the wife of Herb Alpert who is  still tooting in many ways. She gained her fame as lead singer for Sergio Mendes. But some say she is best known for her singing of the theme song for the James Bond film, “Never say never again”.

 Silence is golden.