The End is Near.

Today's Tids Issue 4,120

For Hope:

Dinosaurs disintegrating:

I have finally figured it out. The Dinosaurs were swept off the face of the earth after an epidemic of exploding heads. I think it is happening again, as the wizened emeritus of experience walk in the new valley of incomprehensibility. Wear a tight cap today, because by the time this mess is over, your mind will say, “I’ve had it!” Boooom. End of story.

In Japan they are having funerals for dog robots. Huh?

In case you missed it, the two cities with the greatest disparity in incomes between super rich and very poor are the liberal bastions of San Fran and Seattle! How can that be? They think we can’t see them?

Those elite who tell us what to do

Are like keepers in the local zoo.

To keep us happy, they toss raw meat,

Then they say why it is bad to eat.

The giddy press supports this bind

While we all lose our rational mind.

The Question:

What war precipitated the Cinco de Mayo celebration?

The Headlines:

--Hawaii Kilauea Erupts: Evacuations Ordered In Paradise; Many Mini Earthquakes Rumble Through region.

--Markets Rally Mid-Morning; Alibaba Profits Soar, But Stock Doesn’t Get Boost.

--Unemployment Drops Below 4% to 3.9%.

--Trump’s “Work-For-Benefits” Doing Well In Maine; Could Be Precedent For New Inroads To reduce Reliance On Hand-Outs.

--Guiliani On Whirlwind Media Tour To Blunt Attacks On Trump; Confusion Seems To Grow Deeper.

--Nobel Organization To Postpone Literature Prize A Year as Sexual Misconduct And Financial Misdoing Allegations Get Ugly.

--Speaker Ryan Now Says Ok To Keep Congressional Chaplain In Place.

--Omaha Warren Sells IBM, Buys 75 Million Apple Shares.

--Anheuser Gives Its Electric Truck Order To Nikola Over Tesla.

I’m have always been one of those “where-there’s-smoke-there’s- fire” kind of dinosaurs. You know, that despite what lawyers say about technical legality, you can see in the smoldering the beginning is of a fire storm. I think the smoky clouds are growing darker over Washington DC; the breathing more difficult.

The New York state legislature actually spent time enacting a law that would effectively erase the words fireman and policeman from the Empire State handbook. So the next time you in NY dial 911, expect fire or police hupersons. My scalp is growing tighter.

I just came back to earth watching  Gracie Allen and George Burns dancing with Fred Astaire in “A Damsel in Distress.”

Don’t look now, but Charlie Rose has apparently seized the lead in the sexual accusation derby, now at 27.

If I were of a conspiratorial persuasion, I would think that the Nobel Group suspended the literature prize for a year due to supposed  internal problems… as a dodge so they wouldn’t have to award President Donald J. Trump the Peace Prize.

So, what happens if you say fireman? You go to jail go directly to jail, and if you pass through “Go” a police person will confiscate your $200.

I remember when you would go to the Chicago stockyards for a good dinner. Now, you can get killed.

In its uncontrolled zeal to get back on the good side of Americans and Congress, Facebook a has announced they are adding a – “Hate Speech” Button. Say what? Talk about initiating uncontrollable viral craziness. And the big question, who determines which speech is “Hate” – The New York State Legislature? One person’s hate could be another persons’ love. No, adding such a button will simply exacerbate verbal nitpicking, aggravate an already over active nanny state.

This was just one day of over-zealousness and misappropriation. 

The more I read, the more I back Sarah Sanders.

Reading Between the Lines Movie Reviews:

--The critics seem to love Tully with Charlize Theron, about a mother who reluctantly accepts the gift of a nanny after the birth of a new child. It is a more about this woman and her ability to overcome her fear of giving into a nanny, and then finding a new friend in the somewhat quirky child keeper. Personally I don’ get it, and I am totally not interested.

--I would, though be interested in seeing The Bad Samaritan which is a non-stop comedy thriller, a scary picture, well directed. It is full of very cool uses of High Tech, as a valet parker who steals keys to rob nightclub customers, stumbles on an ugly situation at the home of one of his victims. Let the smart phone, app battles begin. This is another audience like, critics dislike movie.

--Critics hate Overboard, but audiences like this story about a worldly son of a billionaire who gets amnesia after falling off his yacht. His former, much berated yacht cleaner servant convinces the billionaire that she is his wife and persuades him to get a job, his first ver. Meanwhile his super rich family is looking for him. Think of all the possibilities of where this may be going. Might be pretty darn good. I’d go.

--“Cleanse” has big cast and is another critical fave with a not-so-hot reaction form the folks. A down and out guy searching for happiness hopes to cleanse himself at a spiritual retreat, but finds he releases a lot more than ahis personal pollutants.

The Answer:

The well-known May 5 holiday in Mexico was the result of Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza defeating the French Empire at the battle of Puebla. It was a very difficult victory and the glee short lived as the bigger French forces eventually overran the Mexicans in subsequent meetings. But the battle emboldened the spirit of the Mexican troops

Well, I just reached up and felt around. My head is still there. I guess among other things age, has taught me to be more resilient, While the nuttiness proliferates and grabs all the headlines, the people I know and meet are still just great Hupersons as always. Have a Taco and Mint Julip. Enjoy the races. Dance a Jarabe Tapatio!

See you all Monday!