Today's Tids Issue
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For a relaxing weekend, regardless:
Every
once in a while, you get a chance to be with great old friends
you have rarely seen over the years. I have found that despite all of the years
in-between, the conversations continue as if no time has passed. The human
connection is a wonderful thing.
There
was plenty of talk after yesterday’s Top TV show,
the Ford-Kav expose. I read the NY Times’ view and also that of the Washington
Post. The Times seemed to be working too hard to avoid Kavanaugh’s position while
the Wapo recognized the unfairness of it all, and admitted that the Judge may
have reached the key people in the room. And while there were opinions here and
there, I’d have to say based on what I knew and what I read and heard, it was
at least a draw. There is no question that Ford experienced an incredibly
traumatic experience. And, she represented herself well. But there are far more
facts to support Kavanaugh’s position that he was never there. It is a delicate
situation. I guess it all comes down to the voting and seeing how the
testimonies met the ears of the Repub Senators with the ballots. And, perhaps a
Dem Senator along the way.
There
were more strikeouts than hits in Major League Baseball this
year! That sounds somewhat like the current all-or-nothing world in which we
are living today. There are lots of new significant changing stats in the game.
For instance, a number of teams had less than ten, some less than five bunts
all year long, when in days past there was not a team with less than fifty. I
guess sacrificing for the good of all is all is gone by the wayside. Yeah, I
know, I’m reaching.
“Fine
Dining” is finding a parking ticket on your car windshield
upon leaving a restaurant`.
The
Question:
What was the first effective antibiotic and who
invented it?
The
Headlines:
--Senate Judiciary Committee To Vote At 1:30 Today
On Kavanaugh Candidacy.
--7.5 Earthquake Hits Indonesia Island of Sulawesi.
--Markets Look For Off Day; Tesla Shares Sing
Dramatically After SEC Suit Of Boss; Weekly Jobs Benefits Claims Rise By 12K To
214,000 – Likely Due To Florence Job Loss In NC; Housing Industry Burst,
Busted?
--SEC Sues For Removal Of Elon Musk From Tesla; Says
His Tweet About Going Private Was Plainly Fraudulent.
--Kav High School Pal Judge Sends Letter to
Committee Where “Under Penalty of Felony” He Testifies That He Didn’t Recall
Events Described By Ford.”.
--FED Chair Powell Plays Down Suggested Threat Of
Flattening Yield Curve (Spread Between Short and Long term Treasury Yields).
--American Bar Association Says FBI Investigation Should
Preceed Election Of Kav To Court.
The
good news is that this morning’s TV is significantly
less gut-wrenching than yesterday. The Rider Cup has finished the morning
matches form Paris with the USA up 3-1. The only US loss was Tiger and Reed. Oddly,
for all of his greatness and dominance, Tiger has not fared well in this
competition. So, if you are tired of political BS, watch a golf game from
Paris. Listen to the rapturous shouts fo USA, USA, USA…
If
in fact, this session in the Senate was a draw,
the big loser, other than Kav’s reputation, was Diane Feinstein, who is now
making noise that she never hid anything. Yeah right.
I
know there is a middle ground, always, somewhere…
but the noise just won’t let us get there.
Filling
the news gap has gone too far. A lead headline this
morning in a well-known national media outlet said, “Florida Woman Allegedly
Hit Husband With Vacuum Cleaner Part.” Say what? I read the story to see if
there may have been more to it. There wasn’t. The woman was arrested at her
home for striking the husband in the bridge of the nose with a vacuum cleaner
part resulting in a very minor injury. The oddity, was that she was cleaning
house at 3:00 in the morning! And as he went from bedroom to bedroom to find
sleep, she followed n-him with the humming vacuum. Odd, and perhaps more to it…but
national news?
Clarence
Thomas has been the most conservative Supreme Court
Justice for 9,837 days, and the world has not collapsed.
Headline:
Paratroopers pull strings to gain job security.
Maybe
there is a smattering of commonsense in California, after
all. Jerry Brown vetoed two bills that would have aided Illegal Immigrants. One
bill would have allowed these illegal entry non-citizens to serve on state
boards and commissions. The second would have barred arresting illegals inside
courthouses. So, they were vetoed, but, how did they get that far in the first place?
Duh
Headline of The Day is found in USA Today: “Protestors back
accuser Christine Blasey Ford.”
The
housing market has been on fire, but there are signs
of a slowdown, especially as The Fed increases rates and Mortgage rates go
higher. Apparently also housing stock inventories are rising so buyers are happier
about lower pricing prospects, but not so much sellers nationally. That said, the
economy is strong and the higher mortgage rates are still very low
historically.
Dogs
can’t
operate MRI scanners, but catscan.
So.
Here’s the latest on Kavanaugh. The Sex Crimes Prosecutor
Rachel Mitchell who questioned the two, last night spoke for a half hour to 51 Repub
Senators. She told the senators that the case would never hold up in a courtroom.
She told them she would never charge the SC nominee and reportedly she said she
wouldn’t even seek a search warrant. Apparently, Jeff Flake has said he would
vote in favor of moving Kavanaugh to the full Senate. Supposedly, that leaves Repub
Senator’s Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowsky, Flake and Mike Enzi on the fence for
the full senate vote. It was revealed that last night those four plus Dem
Manchin Huddled together in conference”. Reportedly, Flake said an FBI investigation
would be just one more fruitless waste of time. Also, on the fence are two more
Dem Senators, Heidi Heitkamp and Joe Donnelly.
So,
there
you have it. There are no slam dunks on this one.
The
New Murphy Brown show is going to get real tired real
soon.
Reading
Between the Lines Movie Reviews:
--The Man With the Gun looks like a decent flick
tome. If it doesn’t get too preachy considering starts Robert Redford and Sissy
Spacik. It’s based on the true story of San Quentin 70 year old escapee Forest
Tucker and the ensuing heists. It is the relentless tracking of this criminal
by Detective John Hunt (Casey Affleck), and how even knowing about all of his
bad behavior, Sissy as his girlfriend sticks by him.
--The director Clare Niederpruem tried to take the
wonderful Little Women story and place into today’s society. From what I have
seen, it just plain flat out doesn’t work. And the lead character Jo is
annoying as hell.
--There is a great chance everybody will enjoy the
animated film of the week – Smallfoot. A young Yeti discovers something foreign
all the other yeti villagers – a human! It’s about discovering life outside the
comfort of home, and dealing with it. Good actors as voices and super music.
--A very good movie is Black ’47. It’s about an
Irishman in 1847 who deserts the British Army to return home only to find
devastation, the potato famine, his mother dead from starvation and his brother
hung by the British. He snaps, and thus begins a trek of revenge, to get even
with all the powers that be. Only one person can stop him, a disgraced British
army veteran with many secrets also in his past.
The
Answer:
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin and aren’t
we glad he did.
I
think this is a nice way to go into the weekend.
