Clueless in Congress.

Today;s Tids Issue 4,187.

For grounded education:

The happiest guy shown on TV this week has to be the survivor of the Aero Mexican airline crash, Alberto Herrera, who smilingly built a very good case for diving into a tequila glass or two after a rattling experience. He also produced the quote of the day “First thing I did,” he said through a rapturous smile, “was drink a big, big, big shot of tequila. I’m not going to lie”, he added, “because I just fell from the sky and I’m here to talk about it.”

A reader asks if you still can buy a gun in California if you are convicted of a straw possession violation. Hmm. Spitballs can be dangerous.

The optics of the NBA-MGM sports gambling union didn’t look that great to me. For a about a century after the “Black Sox” scandal we sports fans have had drummed into our blockheads the dangers of associating big-league baseball with anything remotely touching gambling. But NBA chief Silevrman says that he expects the other leagues to join him in making betting deals with big industry gambling. Will the MLB make Pet Rose gambling commissioner? They should

I’m wondering. Can you be an official vegetarian if you use peashooters.

The Question:

Who was Jack McCall?

The Headlines:

--Fed Keeps Rates Steady; Markets Continue Wariness Over Trade And Tariffs; DowDupont Sales Rise Healthy 17%.

--China Says It Is Fully Ready And, “Will Have To Retaliate (To New Tariffs) To Defend National Pride And The People’s Interests.”

--New Reports Have Missing Iowa Runner Mollie Tibbetts Being Seen At Bus Stop In Kansas City.

--Media And Opposition Jump On Trump Call For End Of Mueller Investigation.

--After Musk Mea Culpa And New Dreamy Promises, WS Favorite Auto Company Stock Rallies Despite $739.5 Million Cash Burn On way to Record Q2 Loss.

--ICE Official Educates Hawaii Senator Maizi Hirono On Workings Of Organization And History Of Immigration laws; She Said Trump Created Law That makes Illegal Immigration Crime.

--New PA Report Will Outline Significant Sexual Aggression Of Priests In Multiple Dioceses: Many Of Culprits Have Since Died.

--Tension High After Zimbabwe Elections.

--Iran Said To be Hold “In Trumps Face” Navel Exercises In Persian Gulf.

I remember back in my youth when peashooters were all the rage. I asked my mother to buy me some dried peas. She brought me split peas. I was the lousiest shot on town. I’m still recovering.

Why don’t journalists, supposedly intelligent, ever look at crowds protesting in favor of illegal entry and wonder, hey, unlawful entry is illegal, isn’t it? That’s just one of the modern-day enigmas that has me perplexed.

What do you call a snowman in July? A puddle.

If I’m a Repub running for Congress, I certainly wouldn’t want a government shutdown in the fall.

One of the growing discomfits in traveling is the super high cost of hotels.

BTW, the Tids crack entertainment editors are keeping a close eye on the really slow progress of the America’s Got Talent marathon. So far nothing is high on the titillation scale. When the “live’s” begin we’ll be there.

Scaring men is easy. That’s why every once in a while, a wife will ask, “Do you know what day it is today?”

In case you haven’t noticed, somebody has uploaded to the Net plans for a 3D producible “Semi-Automatic straw dispenser?”. Nothing gets by the The Watchdog Tidsters. 9^th District court of appeals expected to take serious action

Another thing I don’t understand, how could The Mueller Independent Investigative team have so many Democrats and left leaning lawyers on it when was the Repubs who were in charge? I guess that rap against Repubs as being too nice and fair is true.

Fairness and understanding is certainly not in the DNA of the Democrat woman on Cape Cod who rammed her car into a guy diving along, minding his own business, simply because he had a Trump bumper sticker. No niceness on the left.

Then, last night I heard a guy, a trucker, calling an all-night talk show saying. “I’m a Democrat through and through, always have been, and I remember when Democrats stood for something instead of all this drivel of today.” Yes, the Dems too have been overtaken by irrational people. The Dems and Repubs have been serious but not irrational competitors for a long, long time. Each party stood for something based on the reality of their USA constituencies, not the dreams of the agitators. And frankly they were not light years apart. And always in the not so distant past, when it was over, you could sit down together and have a beer.

Did you see where yesterday Obama endorsed 81 politicians but not media darling Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez.

Business has named the ten most liberal members of Congress: Staring at #10 we have Keith Ellis (MN) followed by Raul Grijava (AZ), Jan Schakowsky (IL), Yvette Clarke (NY), Pete Stark (CA), Bob Filner (CA), Jim McDermott (WA), Maxine Waters (CA), and #2 John Conyers (MI). #1 is Barbara Lee, a Dem from, where else, California. It’s always good to have a list of potential quote makers.

I feel sorry for Diane Feinstein. She wasn’t a bad senator, but has been rejected by her pals in Cal, and surprisingly Barak Obama.

The Answer:

McCall was the guy who shot famed lawman Wild Bill Hickok to death as he played poker at at a table in a bar in Deadwood Dakota Territory. McCall was hanged. I wonder how Annie Oakley felt about that.

The new favorite to win “The Uninformed American of the Year” award is Hawaii Senator Maizi Hirona. She was absolutely clueless about immigration law and its history, and probably represents best the hordes of uninformed Americans.

Play a cryin’ song for me.

One after we all can agree

Would turn around to glee.

Tears to smiles for you, me.