American epidemic: Going viral.

Today's Tids Issue 4,119

For Rejuvenation -- alleluia:

This is the season of tourists doing stupid things in cars.

For several days now, I’ve been trying to make sense of the big DC investigation in order to make intelligent comments on that Trump/Mueller legal harangue. But I don’t understand it either. However, it seems like Mueller is more interested in getting rid of the president than anything else. And, I suspect all of the Trump lawyers who are leaving are thinking the same thing. It’s like Mueller has gone viral, and that is never a good thing.

Breakfast tip: Strips of bacon inside browned butter waffles. Make waffle batter using browned butter. Cook bacon. Pour half of batter into bottom of waffle iron. Place bacon on batter. Pour in rest of batter over bacon. Close top of waffle iron. Cook. (Tip: Look up brown butter waffles in Google. Pick your favorite ingredient combo).

I may change the name of this thing from “Today’s Tids” to “Observations of a Dinosaur”. Everyday I read more and more that is just plain incomprehensible to me.

Here’s the kind of market environment we are in. From what I’m seeing, companies continue to report good earnings, meeting analyst projections, and the market continues to look for what’s negative about the good news. When the markets return to their glass is half empty mode, it is a good time to be on the Qui Vive.

I was thinking the other day while pumping gas, that the rise in gas prices could be Trump’s Achilles heel in the 2020 election. Average voters know from nothing about academic economic theories that proclaim healthy economies, but they do know better than anything when it costs to much to run their beloved cars.

The Question:

In 1946, only 0.5% of homes had a TV set. By 1954 it was 55.6% and reached 90% in 1962. Color became common in the late 1960’s. When was the first live national telecast of the Kentucky derby, and who was the horse and jockey winners? Bonus: What was the greatest hit song for Christopher Cross?

The Headlines:

--US Trade Mission Arrival In China Could Bolster Stocks Today.

--Guiliani Says Trump Reimbursed Cohen $130K For Stormy Payout.

--China Entering IPO Frenzy Stage Of Economic Development.

--Military C-130 Goes Down In Georgia Killing All Nine On Board.

--Elon Musk Cuts off Analysts Call And Angers Wall Street.

--Latest Fracture Alerts Southwest Travelers To Request Aisle Seats.

--California Gas Prices Could Be Moving To $5.00/Gallon.

Remember when we used to be able say hooked up, like “I hooked up with a pretty good golfer the other day”. Now “hooked up” has an entirely different meaning. Why are the children stealing our phrases? It’s a good thing I didn’t get into how we played the holes.

It’s really easy to appear naïve in this new society.

A good friend told me the other day that she has the arduous task of preparing meals for people visiting – two vegans, five vegetarians and two omnivores. Now that is calling for extreme creativity.

Salads are terribly boring unless they have lots of meat or seafood in them. And that makes them only slightly interesting.

I have this incredibly painful ankle that always feels better after I walk and play nine holes of golf. I wonder if I can get Medicare to pay my greens fees.

Spell-Check had better learn to spell Guiliani real fast, because he will be in the news a lot for a while.

I always thought that Tom Arnold was pretty much an unfunny, annoying slovenly type of human. I read that his new project will be called “The Hunt For the Trump Tapes” and will be produced by Vice Media as a TV series. It sounds a little like Heraldo looking for Capone’s Safe. He says he already has tapes form Howard Stern, another unlistenable in my book. Stern had The Donald on his radio show and recorded the former real estate magnet crossing the line playing along with the cast on the degenerate show. What this all means – if this is now wait until two years for the campaign. It will be X rated, as the left’s only alternative will be gutter attacks against a President who right now is accomplishing a lot for world economics and peace.

In this morning’s comic Non-Sequitur by Wiley Miller we see a family scene in a prehistoric cave. Kids, Dad and Mom in animal skins sitting around the fire with other men guarding the entrance holding spears. Under it says “Genesis 2.0” The Father is saying, “Legend has it, someone said, ‘Alexa, Make the whole world a better place’. Then, long story short, we got rebooted”

In case anybody is interested, Duke Basketball is loaded for 2018-19. Like, that’s a surprise. But, for this coming year they are really, really loaded.

Personally, I prefer buying things that need assembly. It keeps me out of trouble during the day.

It’s kind of interesting news that GM will be seeking to use 3D Printing for more lightweight auto parts. The new definition of a lemon: Your cars was built just as the ink levels ran down.

I started this Tids saying I really can’t comment intelligently the going’s on in Washington. But, I can tell you, it doesn’t look like it is going to get better for along long time. 

If the Left successfully knocks off a US President because they don’t like him even if he is doing a good job for those who elected him, what do you think will happen when the next president is a progressive Democrat. The new politics is all about revenge and nothing more. Maybe we are ready for Genesis 2.0

The Answer:

In 1952 CBS took the brave step of going live televising the Kentucky Derby nationally. The winner was Hill Gail ridden by the incomparable Eddie Arcaro. Note: The first radio broadcast was in 1925. In 1949 the Louisville NBC outlet televised it locally live. The network televised a Kinescope newsreel nationally. With the CBS telecast race, the purse crossed $100,000 for the first time. Yikes.  Bonus: Cross was born Christopher Charles Geppert. He won five Grammys in his career but it his first big record that is remembered – “Sailing”. He also had a big hit with the song from the movie Arthur – “Best that you can do”.

In 1978, an executive the super computer maker Digital Equipment Corporation sent out the first spam email to a customer list. Since then DEC has gone from dominant to oblivion, and yet his email concept has gone berserk. I think management bet on the wrong thing. And the world is not better for it.

See you all tomorrow. Dino is signing off.