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Today's Tids Issue 4,196

For Obscurity, or is it Absurdity:

 

I started this morning light hearted after reading the Family Circus strip where a little girl asked her brother what he was doing, “Just sittin’ here outgrowing my shoes,” he replied

 

So, why not keep it simple this morning.

 

I was pretty much disinterested in this Omarosa name calling fiasco, until she said something that really got my attention. She actually said that Trump was losing it mentally because he was drinking too much Diet Coke! Gadzooks, Omarosa -- Are there no sacred cows you won’t desecrate. She must be running for Beverage Commissioner under Mayor DeBlasio.

 

I always thought “Roundup” was the greatest.

 

I think one of today’s biggest challenges is trying to stay invisible.

 

The Question:

Why was the SS Ancon famous? Bonus: Name five leading performers and their performances at Woodstock.

 

The Headlines:

--Markets Open Lower; China Feeling Trade War Effects; Turkey Raising Tariffs On US Goods – Autos And Booze; Berkshire Adds To Holdings Of Goldman And Buys Big Into Apple; Macy’s Surprises With Strong Quarterly Same Store Sales.

--Death Toll In Horrendous Genoa Bridge Collapse Up To 39; Italian Authorities Concerned Over Health Of Similarly Designed Bridges In Country.

--Taliban Announces It Will No Longer Allow Safe Passage For Red Cross Workers; Says RC Not Doing Enough To Aid Taliban Prisoners.

--Vermont Dems Go For First Transgender Governor Candidate, Christine Holquist; Minn’s Ellis Overcomes Abuse Allegations To Get AG Nod; Walker Gets 91.5% Of Vote In Wisconsin Gov Primary; In Conn, “Bob The Rebuilder” Bob Stefanowski Stuns Repub Endorsed Candidate.

--Trump Backed Candidates Are Winning In Primaries But Could Hurt Repubs In General Elections.

--Manafort Defense Rests Without Calling Witnesses; Trump Appointed Judge Backs Mueller Authority.

--Pennsylvania Priest Investigation Reports Of Massive Abuse Of Up To 1,000 Innocents.

--Key Florida Tourist Meccas Under Assault Form Toxic Red tide.

--FBI Warns Of Coordinated Massive ATM Hacker Attack.

 

Chris Cuomo says masked, rock throwing, free speech squelching Antifa has the “Moral upper hand”. That’s what ISIS says.

 

Have you considered what it may mean that Government is the largest single employer in the USA? It’s no wonder that socialism is creeping up on the national approval scale.

 

In case you can’t hear your Pop 40 on the radio any more, aging rock stars are rewriting old successful tunes: Herman’s Hermits – “Mrs. Brown, You’ve got a Lovely Walker”; Ringo Starr – “I Get By with a Little Help From Depends”; Paul Simon – “Fifty Ways to Lose Your Liver”; ABBA – “Denture Queen”; Helen Reddy – “I am Woman, Hear Me Snore”; Willie Nelson – “On the Commode Again”.

 

This Tesla thing is looking weirder and weirder. While we’re on business, Alibaba is becoming the mirror image of Amazon, and it is already bigger.       

 

I cringe more at offensive humor than I do at violence on TV and in movies. Is that because violence has become commonplace or because cringeworthy humor is more mentally violent than blood and guts.

 

Two old guys in wheel chairs, plaid blankets over their laps, were sitting on the balcony of a retirement home over looking a quiet French bucolic scene of a lily pad covered pond. One says, “Am I Manet or Monet?” The other replies, “I always get us confused”. I marvel at the mind of Hillary Price and her strip “Rhymes with Orange”.

 

It is easy to confuse those two artists, both very good friends and impressionists from the same era. Manet used more people while Monet was about places. Manet didn’t consider himself an Impressionist, though he was called the “King of Impressionists”. Art experts agree that Manet tended towards reality while Monet was entirely impressionist. Edouard Manet often bailed out Claude Monet financially, especially the time Claude’s wife was ill and Edouard assumed and then paid off all of his debt. They were quite the pair who truly respected each-other.

 

Young entrepreneurs are often associated with the migration to Silicon Valley. But, that is changing with the younger eager beavers. Salt Lake City is really hot and it is followed closely by, believe it or not, Buffalo New York. Who would ever have thunk that chicken wings and Mormons could be such a draw? The rest of the hot spots for new biz startups are New Orleans, Oklahoma City, Charlotte, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Portland (OR), Milwaukee and Austin.

 

Have you noticed that most accusations of sexual abuse by public figures always occur about two days before an election?

 

I don’t know if Ronan Farrow’s book efforts are big sellers or not, but he has a pattern of exposing big celebs as serial sexual harassers in between book signings.

 

The Answer:

The ship SS Ancon was the first officially passing through the newly opened Panama Canal.  Bonus: #10 on the list of the Ten Best Performances was The Jefferson Airplane and their “Volunteers”. Next was Country Joe and the Fish, followed by Canned Heat and “Going up on the Country”. #7 was “My Generation” by the Who, followed by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes”. The Top five were “I Want to take you higher” – Sly and the family Stone, “With a Little Help From my Friends – Joe Crocker, “Freedom” – Richie Havens and #2 “Soul Sacrifice” by Santana. #1 was The Star-Spangled Banner by Jimi Hendrix.

 

I wonder if any rain drenched attendees took a knee. Probably, because they were unable to stand up straight.