Layng quietly in fields

Layng quietly in fields
Glstening lights

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Skin, heritage, genitalia and God.



Today's Tids Issue 4,229
For Sulawesi:

What bothers me most these days is the disaster in Indonesia. I think of the millions who had to endure the sudden extreme violence of a major earthquake followed by an overwhelming Tsunami and now today, a Volcanic eruption. How much more can beat-down humans take? And in the face of that destruction were regular people going about their daily routines, suddenly helpless against inconceivable forces of nature. Yes, the earth itself is capable of wiping out civilizations. Yet over here we create headline grabbing controversaries out of nits and gnats. Yes, here where people can have it all at some level, walk on, while the masses often in less fortunate parts of the world wonder if the next day will ever come. I see the fear in innocents’ eyes, and my heart sinks. I cry.

The Tids is offering major mea culpa’s this morning after readers, and in particular one heartbroken old friend, noted with dismay that the new A Star Is Born would be the fourth and not the third iteration. Yes, the one even I now remember most was left wandering in the foggy side of this aging mind – A Star is Born starring the incomparable Judy Garland. This 1954 version, #2, starred Judy along with James Mason. And, who could ever forget that oft-seen picture of Judy looking quite innocent with short hair, hands spread wide aside her face. Judy was nominated for Best Actress, but lost out to Grace Kelly in Country Girl. Also in the cast, was Jack Carter, Broderick Crawford and the woman who gained her fame as “Miss Kitty” on Gunsmoke – Amanda Blake.

I’m thinking of opening a new restaurant called “We’ve Got the Gravy”. I think it will work. But, maybe not in Rhode Island.

Who you are is far more important than what you are.

Our mountains just aren’t funny, they are hill areas.

The Question:
In 1789 George Washington declared November 26 as a day Of Thanksgiving. What for? Bonus: Which President eventually took this Thanksgiving Day and made it permanent for the Last Thursday in November?

The Headlines:
--DOW Hits Another All-Time High; 230,000 Jobs Created Last Month; Fed Preparing For Potential Downturn In Future.
--Ricin In Letters Sent To Trump And Pentagon; Two Were Hospitalized After Opening Letters Addressed To SoD Mattis and Navy Chief Richardson.
--NY Times Report Says Trumps Dad Transferred Over $400 Million To Son Using Potentially Fraudulent Means; NY State Attorney Looking Into it.
--FBI Investigation Said To Be Winding Down To Just A Few More Hours; Ex-Ford Boyfriend Contradicts Her Testimony About Never Aiding People To Pass Lie Detector Tests; Dems Continue To Try To Move Goal Posts.
--0-New Iraq Prez Barham Saleh Names Adel Abdul PM.
--6 of 10 American Catholics Rate Pope Low On His Handling Of Sex Crimes Scandal.
--Microsoft Announces Many Upgrades To Surface Line, Including Significantly Higher Speeds, Expanded Graphic Design Capability. IOS 12.1 adds 70 New Emojis.

The average working adults with bills to pay and report cards to read, will eventually tire of the Kavanaugh harangue, if they haven’t already. But the Anti’s never will. This is their job. That is one of the growing problems in US life – the working people will never be able to combat the activists whose business is activism. And their so-called representatives will be lobbied by activist lobbies. And, all of the peeps out there are subsect to what is reported by the press, and misreported by social media. Tis a puzzlement!

Did you hear about the electrician who became a tailor because he knew how to fix shorts?

Most towns in Southeastern New England have streets named “Ferry _____”

Tis week sales taxes on eCommerce sales went into effect in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Dakota, Washington and Wisconsin. Sales taxes in South Dakota, Hawaii, Tennessee, Vermont and Mississippi went into effect followintng the SD versus Wayfair SC decisions. It is expected that cash deficient Connecticut along with NC, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Nebraska and Utah will begin in the next couple of months. Rhode Island would really, really like to join them, but they can’t figure out how to get their computers working.

Trump should not be mocking the Kav accuser. Period.

I see where the word “Tailgating” has been changed to “Pregaming”. Why?

The latest great challenge for property/casualty actuaries is figuring out how to calculate the potential mass effects from climate change into their insurance tables.

My guess is that the NY State Attorney General leaked the Trump Tax information to the NY times.

If You like “Heart”, Nancy Wilson says the singers of Barracuda, Crazy on You and What About Love will be hitting the road again.

Last night on Voice another grizzled country singer, Chris Kroeze, stood out to me. The final singer, Sandyredd, got four chair turns, but I didn’t get the enthusiasm. There were pick surprises when first Adam and then Kelly beat out Jennifer for strong pop singers.  So far in my opinion, Kelley and Blake are snagging some of the best, Jennifer, surprisingly, looks weakest, and Adam seems to be ahead of schedule.  

Voting by Genitalia, Department:
It seems inherently bad for any democracy to vote in leaders mainly because of their gender, race, ethnicity, religion and yes, even political party. Even more dismaying, the concept assumes that all people of one gender, race, ethnicity, religion and yes, political party, think in unison. It is crazy on its surface.

In case you have been blinded by all the publicity, Consumer Reports says that the Number one Smart Phone is still Galaxy Note 9. Consumer watchdog says iPhone XS has a better battery, but not up to the length predictions in the announcement. The camera is only marginally better than the earlier versions, says CR testers.
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The Answer:
George Washington wanted a day of Thanksgiving to Express Gratitude for the Creation of the United States of America. Bonus: Thanksgiving Day was placed as the last Thursday in November by Abe Lincoln.

I like cooking my family and my pets. Use commas, they save lives.

Hysterical mass movements often belies simple logic.

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