Who do you trust, baby?

Today's Tids Issue 4,133

For Trusting and Not Looking Back:

Trust is a belief in the reliability, truth, ability, integrity or strength of someone or something; the reliance upon it. Pure, unadulterated trust. That’s what I would prefer to see in the world, instead of a preoccupation by too many attempting to create ways look trustful while finding techniques to avoid it.

The Tids favorite resourceful, rapscallion reader informs us of new research that says, “Vegetarians live up to nine years longer than meat-eaters. Nine, horrible baconless years.”

From what have been reading in recent court decisions, Celebrities would be better served by avoiding their favorite ploy, “Don’t you know who I am,” in favor of “I am an Illegal Immigrant trying to avoid ICE.”

When I see continuous reports about the Wells-Fargo addiction to fraud and foolery, I’m not feeling real happy about Congress making it easier on Too Big To Fail Banks. Now if all bankers were fair, caring and honest, and sinless, then you could remove all banking rules...as along as they were also competent. That is asking a lot, isn’t it?

“Snowmen fall from heaven, unassembled.”

The Question:

Thinking back to Hollywood criminal antics brushed over in the past, which headlines of yore do you think would be 24/7 news today?

The Headlines:

--Trade Concerns Return, Stocks Expected to Dip; House Approves Bill Rolling Back Dodd-Frank.

--Kim Jung Un Possibly Worried About Military Overthrow While Visiting Trump In Singapore; Trump Implies Xi May be Pulling Kim’s Strings.

--Trump Comes Out Strongly For “Pro-Life” In Major Speech Last Night; President Rales Against “Deep State” and Spies Within Campaign Organization..

--Merkel Visiting Xi After US/Chana Deal Squeezes Out Germany.

--Pompeo Says Iran Carrying Out Assassinations In Europe.

--Latest Dem Primaries Signs Of “Civil War”; In Four Tuesday Primaries Progressives Overwhelmed Moderate Sector Favored By Leadership.

--Comcast Preparing All-Cash Deal To Snake Fox Away From Disney.

--Stormy Daniels’ Lawyer Ordered To Pay Former Firm Lawyer $10,000,000; Avenetti Failed To Live Up To Payment Promise After His Firm Went Bankrupt.

--15 Year Old Brynn Cartelli Wins The Voice In Below Average Singing Season.

--Reviewers Call New HTC U12 Phone A “Beast”.

The Rise of progressive Democrats, Department:

Look around you. What do you see?  You see lots of Dems wondering where their party went. All of a sudden, newbies with giveaway programs combined extreme government domination plans are making progress, and not this season in just the coastal states. Their messages are aimed at people who came here with nothing looking for something for nothing hopefully electing progressives who promise more of something for doing less of nothing, and getting off charges for doing nothing legal to get here. Being nice to law breaking immigrants is all about creating a large voter block that barely understands English, much less Politic-Speak or the US constitution.

I was sitting the Dentist chair having a tooth pulled and getting an implant while the nurses and surgeon doc talked about Cheeto-dust and whether or not it is real cheese. But it wasn’t all whimsy – the nurses asserted strongly that Spicy Crunchy Cheetos are probably the most egregious temptation of all sins known to man. That means they taste real good and once you start, you will never stop. Oh yeah, and the Doc said I definitely had to switch to puffy and lay off crunchy. Cheetos is real life.

I said in the Headlines Department that Season Fourteen of The Voice was below average. Well, to me it was not terribly entertaining. Maybe The Voice is going the way of mush of life that has passed me by; all the music that doesn’t grab these days.

I have yet to have a fingerling potato that lived up to the exclamations of foodies and chefs. To me, its is just a barely average potato with a clever name.

“If life deals you lemons make lemonade. If life deals you tomatoes, make Bloody Mary’s.”

All is not loverly in Amazon. Let’s face it people over do it, and Amazon is getting real tired of serial goods returners taking advantage of their good will. It is another example of a company placing mistrust in consumers. Now what happens is what happens in all areas where trust is broken -- New rules and less, much less of a good thing. Amazon is banning serial returners from even buying on Amazon.  

In case you may have missed it, Boston Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts may be the best player in baseball as we speak.

I read two articles this morning on tourism. One in the WSJ repeated what we have written here before – Tourist host nations cities and towns reconsidering the idea that tourism is a great fast money industry. The litter and crowds have citizens of these destinations the world over saying, we have sold our soul for the almighty buck. And, it isn’t worth it. On the other hand, I read also that 24% of Americans will not go on a vacation this year because they can’t afford it. (Gas prices; rising rental costs?) Only 36% of Americans say they will use all of their allotted vacation time.

i.e. – I live in beautiful town with great history and probably more classic 18^th century buildings than any other city in the USA. But, now I read that 60% of homes are rentals, and as nice as renters and part-timers can be, they are always prone to be more rambunctious and less considerate. Outsiders are snapping up houses at higher than value prices and using them as businesses instead of homes. One day you have a neighbor clipping his or her bushes and the day you have a wedding party.

The left is getting towns to ban the convenience of plastic bags, and the reason is mainly because you can’t trust enough people to throw away bags in the trash.

Littering, America’s greatest insult to an orderly civilization.

“Why is it that our children can’ read a bible in school, but they can in prison?”

A guy I knew once said to me, If a person you are dealing with has to say to you, “Trust me”, you probably shouldn’t it. But then he said to me, you should never have to say “I love you” to your wife. I don’t think I trust him. In fact, I could never figure him out.

The Answer:

#1 is the Tragic Death of Child Superstar Judith Barsi. (In 1988, She and her mother were Murdered by alcoholic dad who was known to many to have abused them both for years). #2 – Jerry Lee Lewis Marries his 13-Year-Old Cousin. #3 – Showgirl Dies Mysteriously after Partying with Fatty Arbuckle. #4 Lana Turner’s Daughter Accused of Stabbing Mother’s Lover to Death. #5 John Lennon Beat His Wives (And constantly verbally abused son Julian) #6 Joan Crawford Outed as Child Abuser. #7 President Kennedy’s Affair with Marilyn Monroe. #8 Mysterious Accidental Death of Thomas Ince. # 9 Judy Garland’s Pill Addiction.  #10 Jackie Coogan’s Parents Unapologetically Screw Him out of his Own Money.

Never trust an atom. They make up everything.