Today's Tids Issue
4,174
Sweet, Creamy and Delicious:
Have
you ever noticed that the roughest looking person in a
crowd will soften immediately when handed an ice cream cone? I have. It’s hard
to maintain a pretense of ugly aggression when lapping a delicious, piled high
cone of that delectable frozen treat. I would suggest that all international,
union negotiation, congressional and spontaneous protest gatherings be centered
around vats of creamy cold goodness.
I
didn’t watch much of the Strzok “interview”. But, I have to
say that his rant against Trump demonstrated a rather significant deep-seated hatred
for the Repub candidate. So perhaps, as he said, he may have not have consciously
manipulated investigations et. al. But, it’s the sub-conscious that is the most
dangerous human trait.
By
the way, the arrogant FBI agent appears like he would take
carefully measured steps to avoid any opportunity to enjoy ice cream.
The
latest Best-States-in-Which-to-Retire list has South Dakota as #1 followed by Utah, Idaho, New Hampshire
and Florida. The worst is New York followed by New Mexico, Maryland, Louisiana
and Arkansas.
The
Question:
What are the top Ten Ice Cream Flavors? Bonus: In 1923 when the giant “Hollywood”
sign was first erected, it had four more letters at the end. What do you think
they were.? Double Bonus: What was the
name of Frank Sinatra’s first commercially recorded song?
The
Headlines:
--Stock Market Jumps Early On Strong Earnings From JP
Morgan; Flattens Later After Wells-Fargo Misses, Others Fail To Excite; Citi
Shines, Though MINLY On New Tax Benefits.
--Trump Begins London Visit Smacking Down May;
Despite Crass Rhetoric, Two Country Leaders Pledge Cooperation On Trade.
--Papa John’s Stock Spars After Schnatter Leaves.
--JNJ Ordered To Pay 22 Million $4.7 Billion In Talc,
Asbestos Cancer Suit; company To Appeal.
--Congress To Interview FBI Lover Paige In Closed
Door Session Today.
From
Teddy Bears to socialist movements, you can sell many Americans
anything if it appears to be free.
Who
are the most annoying biggest abusers of robocalling?
Politicians, that’s who. Get ready for a interruptive Fall.
How
about that Serena Williams! I don’t know what she will do on tomorrow
but she has proven one again that she is probably one of the greases, if not
the greatest of all time. Although I still prefer Evonne Goolagong. I’ve always
been a I kind of “Walk About” kind of guy.
Reese
eats Ice Cream Witherspoon.
As
you all know, The Tids Destiny Editor often randomly selects
a daily Obit page to determine the average age of the statewide deceased. Today’s
count has the average among 14 obits at 81.5 years. If you take away the 3
lowest and the 3 highest – 56, 59, 63; 96, 95, 92 -- the new average is 85. So,
things are looking up.
I
have to be honest: A lot of the stuff I love to eat and drink
tastes like chemicals. But, frankly, the truth is that I’m still here.
One
of the great misinformation schemes of our day
is the “Abolish Ice” movement. In fact, it appears now that Dem leadership I congress
(Read that: Schumer and Lala-Pelosi) are asking their own to vote down their own
sponsored ICE eradication bill. The reason: In November they don’t want to
appear soft on illegal entry into the USA.
I
have this vison of President Trump speaking before
Parliament with the opposition back benchers booing, hooting and hollering as the
presidents face reddens.
The
Trade War could become the Dems anti-economic success wild
card during the upcoming campaigns.
I
have never consciously bought anything “Wrinkle Free”. It
just never seemed natural to me. Although, onset wrinkling is quite natural in the
aging process.
You
have to wonder if Donald J. Trump, while sitting in his swivel
chair in the oval office, looking out the window up at the fluffy clouds against
bright blue skies…is thinking – why couldn’t they have legalized sports betting
when I owned my Atlantic City casinos. Rats. Dose anybody have any chocolate
ice cream around here?
Part
of our current problem has been the acceptance by many of the reclassification
of Dems as Liberal and Repubs as conservative. Most real Repubs and real Dems
are different from that extreme pigeon holing. The fact is that both party loyalists
are pretty centrist, with many Dems more conservative than some Repubs.
Interestingly, the democrat party was formed as an anti-federal Group, and the Repubs
were started to stop slavery, which was viewed by them as unconstitutional.
Simply put, the Dems historically fight for equality while the Repubs lean
towards “survival of the fittest”. Yet today, despite the progressive take-over,
many old line hard working Dems don’t like” something for nothing policies.” I
think a vat of caramel infused dark chocolate ice cream could defuse these
disagreements.
I
learned how to make Ice Cream at Sundae School.
A
lot of the laws written to protect people from criminals, rarely
effect criminals, but can be exasperating for honest people.
There’s
no truth to the rumor that the Winner of the World Cup will be
able to choose the celebration ice cream. Odds makers have France as the
favorite. But, the gritty, aging Croatia warriors will not be easy by any stretch
of the imagination. France is very fast and has been highly efficient. But,
when It comes down to crunch time the Croatia team seems to know how to become
cog in a precise mechanism.
Being
honest could get you into deep water with class action suit
lawyers.
Our
current governor in her campaign commercials says she
his proud of the state’s pre-eminence in Windmill and solar energy as part of her
plan to bring low cost energy to the state. Yesterday a nice little company
announced it is pulling up stakes here after decades to move to a plant in Missouri
– because electricity costs are way too high. (They actually installed their
own windmill, which only met fifty per cent of predicted objectives for energy production.
Professional estimates of wind produced electricity show that it costs almost twice
as much current conventional electricity costs in RI – which just happens to be
twice that of many other states like Virginia. As somebody on the radio said, “Our
arrogant politicians don’t think Rhode Islanders have brains.”
A
bad resume is a hire extinguisher.
Irony
in the SC Judge selection “unfairness” arguments
may be found in the words of long Time NPR s broadcaster, Nina Totenberg, “We
are looking at the end of the world as we know it.” Yes, she is, the world of activist
judges who were the delight of the left. For just under fifty years a lot of leftist
causes, to the dismay of the right, found their way through the courts unscathed.
Now they may have to watch to their own dismay, the Constitution at work again.
Unfairness is in the eye of the beholder.
Reading
Between the Lines Movie Reviews:
--A basically plotless has current super-adventure
star Dwayne Johnson, a global skyscraper security expert, breaking into a Chinese
skyscraper to save his family. He is on the run after authorities accuse him of
setting the fire. Johnson fans will like it. Sounds like a cheap imitation of
the Willis series.
--If you liked the first two iterations of Hotel
Transylvania, it is possible you will not like the “Summer Vacation” version as
well. There are moment of good fun and humor, but not as much as you may hope
for.
--I’m seeing that “Eighth Grade” is considered a pretty
good movie. It’s about 13-year-old Kayla swimming through all of the adolescent
trap before entry into high school after a rather disastrous 8th grade.
It is a comedy with a lot of truth.
--People and critics seem united in loving, “Don’t Worry,
He Won’t Get Far on Foot”. Its about a lout who loves telling off color jokes, and
even more so, drinking. An all-night bender ends disastrously in a catastrophic
car accident. In rehab he finds his skills as a cartoonist. He goes on to become
a global favorite for his edgy often irreverent work. Based on a true story.
Good cast features Joaquim Phoenix, Rooney Mara, Jonah Hill, Jack Black and
Carrie Brownstein.
The
Answer:
The Top ten flavors are Cookies and Cream,
Chocolate, Mint Chocolate Chip, Vanilla, Cookie Dough, Chocolate Chip Cookie
Dough, Strawberry, Rocky Road, Birthday Cake and Coffee. Moose Tracks is 14 and
Caramel is 15. Pistachio is 23 and old standard Butter Pecan is 27. Personally,
I always look first for Butterscotch flavored ice cream, but it doesn’t show
upon favorite lists. I think best of all is the Magnum bar. Bonus: The original
giant sign read – “Hollywoodland”. Double Bonus: Frank’s first commercially
recorded song was “From the Bottom of My
heart”, singing with the Harry James band.
Sunday
is a very special day – it’s National Ice Cream Day. Buy a friend
a scoop…or better yet, a foe.
Enjoy
a lickety weekend, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!
Check
out
all of the Ice Cream favor rankings:
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