Innuendo.

Today's Tids Issue 4,220

For holding back, using judgment:

Assertions flow out somewhere

Even when there’s nothing there.

It’s why we should all be aware

That often insinuations not fair,

Are made true by media’s blare.

Inuendo is probably the most powerful political weapon in America today. Inuendo means “a hint, insinuation or intimation about a person or thing especially of a denigrating or a derogatory nature.” This act whether true or false always creates an allusion of guilt or by association with something negative or illegal. When combined with rapid internet dissemination inuendo quickly damages reputations without opportunity for recourse…and lives forever in cyberspace, regardless if proven false. 

So, did you hear about the farmer who learned that talking to his cows produced more milk – In one ear and out the udder.”

How much longer to the elections and that magnificent day in America when all of the political TV commercials end?

The Question:

Who was Izola Curry? Bonus: What was the name of the popular singer-songwriter who was killed in a plane crash in 1967 in Natchitoches LA. Hint: Nobody messed around with him. Extra Bonus: This quote might be considered significant in todays’ environment of looking back. What president said, “I looked on a lot of women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times.”

The Headlines:

--Wednesday’s Stock Rally Expected To Continue This Morning;

--Pompeo Restarts NK Talks; Moon And Kim Appear To Tie Closer Bond..

--Flood Waters Still Rising In Carolinas.

--Magician Shin Lim Wins @1 Million And AGT Championship; Lim Beats Out Exceptional Dance Group Zurcoroh; Vilolinist Bran King Joseph Is Third.

--Jack Ma Retracts Pledge To Create 1 Million US Jobs Over Trade War Problems.

--Kavanaugh Opposition Losing Steams As Accuser Balks At Testifying.

--Comey Says Manafort Plea May Mean Mueller Is In Fourth Quarter Of Investigation.

--Clinton Sexual Target Juanita Broderick Blasts Hillary Remarks Calling For “Due Process”, Which She Denied To Bill’s Victims.

“What did our parents do when they were bored with no internet? I asked my 18 brothers and sisters and they didn’t know either.” –Craic O’Doyle at Irishcraicandhumour

This is that time of year when you go outside of restaurants to get warm.

Well week 2 in the NFL here in Tids Land was exactly the same as week One – 8-7-1. How odd is that. I’m hyping the oddity hoping it will hide the fact that it was notoriously bad picking again by our normally crack pickers. There were some surprises as there always are with each new season, for sure, but one of them for me was not the Pats getting butts kicked. Opening Week 3 tonight is a surprisingly interesting game featuring the usually hapless Jets against the generally inept Browns. Now, I’m a pretty big Browns advocate, and I intrinsically don’t like the jets. But in this case, I am picking the Borins because I believe they are getting stronger, and could be a factor all season.

So, let’s look at the rest of the Week 3 Schedule. Are the Bengals for real? The Panthers should be and are at home. Carolina wins for the flood victims! The  Bills are looking like the worst team in the league right now, and the Vikes are one of the best. The two wunderkind QB’s Luck and Wentz go at it in Philly. The Eagles are looking like an SB hangover team, but Wentz will awaken them. The toughest picks this week are Steelers-Bucs, LaLa, Cowboys-Seahawks, Raiders-Dolphins, Broncos–Ravens, Packers–Skins and Giants–Texans. For the rest, I’m picking Falcons over Saints, Pats over Lions, Jags over Titans, Chiefs over Niners, Bears over the Cardinals. The Bucs have surprised and the Steelers look vulnerable. I go TB. LA Rams have to be the pick so far this year, but this could be a real, genuine Tinseltown battle. The Seahawks look lost, and the Cowboys have shown me little. I have no confidence in either, but I’m going with Seattle. So far this year the Dolphins have looked pretty good, But I’m picking the Raiders at home getting a little boot in the ass from a not-so-timid Gruden. Either team could easily lose the Bronc-Raven game. I think it will be the Ravens as Denver looks more resourceful. The Pack should be the favorites but I believe the Skins are better than last week. I’ll pick Washington. Now, the Giants and Texans are two 0-2 teams. but I believe the Texans are the better team. Could this be this week’s game that ends in a tie?

“Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.” – PJ O’Rourke

BTW, the Hawaii Dem Senator Hirono has said this week that she has no problem waiting two years for this Supreme Court justice to be confirmed. That infers hat the Dems don’t really care if he accusations are truthful but only that they can use her to as an instrument of delay really. Basically. This process in addition to stopping anything perceived as “Right is a lot about getting back at the Repubs for Judge Garland. Did you happen to see the irony in yesterday’s Tidlet about the Repubs always being fair and decent? If you don’t think Charles Schumer wants to get even, then you are still on Gilligan’s Island.

The big news around here is big news in Australia and the world of historical marine discovery. It has been confirmed that Captain Cook’s ship Endeavor has been located in outer harbor. The Endeavor and many British ships were sunk here during the Revolutionary War to prevent the mighty French fleet from entering Newport. The Endeavor, as you may well know is significant because it was upon its timbered decks that Captain Cook stood when he sailed into Botany Bay to discover Australia and claim it for the English.

I read the platforms of local candidates for state office and wonder how little they know about the broader idea of all things that matter to a political entity. Today, for many, the focus is on myriad narrow social issues, that it appears that but 25 % of constituents are in many cases would not be represented at all. And, that representation declines further as the progressive candidates make inroads. Economy? What’s an economy?

If pronouncing my “b’s” as “v’s”, makes me sound Russian, then soviet.

Up in North RI, the town of North Smithfield passed a resolution about not buying Nike products. In response “the protector of free speech”, the ACLU, said, “Town Council members have no business refusing to recognize the racial injustice prompting (Kaepernick) protest. In response, an editorial in the Providence journal said, “Americans have every right to disagree with Mr. Kaepernick’s ideas – and even to question his motivations.”

PJ O’Rourke suggests that liberals have created an entire range of new College majors that essentially help people prove that nobody is responsible for anything.

One of the sadder side effects of this Kavanaugh thing is how in the the quest for political power, integrity of normally statesman  politicians like Senator Feinstein can be marred forever.

The Answer:

Izola Curry ran up and stabbed Martin Luthor King Jr as he signed books in 1958 in NYC. Bonus: Jim Croce was the man. His memorable songs were Don’t mess Around with Jim, Time in a Bottle, Bad, Bad Leroy Brown and Walkin’ Back To Georgia. Extra Bonus: You all knew that Jimmy Carter was the President who fanatzc0zed about women walking around Washington DC, according to his own interview in Playboy. Did he give WJC his notes?

International hacking and cyber-attacks is a huge danger in this new world of technology. But angry disregard for other people energized by the posting venomous notes on social media will bring down an orderly society. Casting doubt is a poison that will eat away hearts full of love.