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Today's Tids Issue 4,264

There's no rain when you're writing Tids:

My basic theory about all of this hysterical refugee immigration morass, is to first go back to the roots. Fix the danger to citizens. Hey, Americans go on vacations to Central America and love it. So, there is something there worth working upon. First create jobs by establishing a highly controlled internationally contributed fund for distribution through the dictators/Presidents. It would be designated for economic development, but it would come with a set of serious rules that rids the place of tyrannical abusive leadership. I would form a UN committee to watchdog the actions of the Dictator/President, and if the money isn’t spent according to standards for the betterment of citizens, and into the economy then the dictator/president would be tried in an international court and hanged if found guilty. No plea bargains allowed. Too often we look in the wrong places for solutions.  

This is money that comes with strings. Attached. To the neck.

I just poured spot remover on my dog, and now he’s gone.

Linus Van Pelt: God bless scientists who can land robot thing-ama-jigs on Mars.

Not so much for Chinese Scientist editing DNA.

Leaders who don’t listen will soon be surrounded by people with nothing to say.

Despite all of that mattress “Science” on TV, I don’t think my mattress has any effect on the way I sleep. I think comfortable sleeping is more about empty minds, conscience clarity and what you eat late at night.

The Question:

Name the three top songs from each of these three Beatles Albums: White, Magical Mystery Tour and Sergeant Pepper.

The Headlines:

--$7.9 Billion sold On Cyber Monday Sets Online Retail Record.

--Wall Street Opens Down After Trump Remarks Lower Possibility Of Easing China Tariff, Sinking Home Sales; GM Stock Gets Nice Bounce From Layoff Announcement—United Tech To Split Into Three Companies: Carrier, Otis and All Other.

--Mueller Says Manafort Broke Deal With Lies; Manafort and Team Says There Were No Lies.

--Trump Demands For Border Money Could Bring Government shutdown.

--US asks Russia And Ukraine To Temper Strains.

--Big Mississippi Senator Vote Tonight.

Despite his floundering in several aspects of Tesla management, Elon Musk is basically a genius. And, this smarter than the average guy continues to warn us all about the dangers of AI (Artificial Intelligence). Even I can understand him on that.

Why did Microsoft name their disembodied personal assistant “Cortana” instead of something friendly, like Suzy? I find the name Cortana threatening, an intellectual elitist… and I have never used her. Ashough, it may be because I’m too shy to speak to strangers. But, a cheerful Suzy could be a start to getting me out of my shell.

Actually, I pay little attention to the caravan antics, which I believe is an orchestrated effort for political publicity purposes I do feel sorry for the real people who are basically pawns in the organizer’s ideological game.

Fido is out of work now that people are installing the new hi-tech anti-theft home protection systems. So now watch dogs have nothing to do but to cuddle and be coddled. It’s sad when you lose that reason for being. It will be like having another twenty something child living in the basement, where life is all about eating.

Two of my favorites on The Voice last night were on opposite ends of the spectrum. Dave Fenley was given a bad song. To make it worse they inflicted upon is large immobile body, some cute choreographic moves that came out all awkward. Actually, towards the end he did quite well and entertained like he does. But he may end up in the bottom two. On the other hand, the appealing, talented youngest person Kennedy Holmes was just wonderful from beginning to end. Of the bads, I thought Sarah Grace for the second time in her live performances was ordinary, not up to her earlier “wow” performances. Reagan Stranger his smiley and happy, but she is not an outstanding singer. Chavel Shepherd is a good country girl and did enough to carry her on. Lynnia Moorer, who I generally like, is still facing the uphill challenge that is the result of being a relatively late arrival and non-chair turner. Deandre Nico was solid as was Kirk Jay. But Kirk was better last week. Mr. cool and solid, Chris Kroeze, was just that. He is smooth and his voice is almost all the time flawless. He’ll hang around.  MaKenzie Thomas did very well, but it was Kimberle Joy who really lit up the place with “Break Every Chain”. I expect that the bottom three will be Fenley, Moorer and Grace. I think Fenley by picking his own song could win a sing-off with either one.

The top iTunes song seller was Kimberlie Joy. Her “Break Every Chain” was #7 just ahead of Kennedy Holmes “Greatest Love of All at #8. The rest of the best sellers in the Top 100 iTunes last night were Chevel Shepherd #15, MaKenzie Thomas #21, Chris Kroeze #22, Kirk Jay #24, Reagan Strange #88, Sarah Grace #92 and another Kirk Jay at #98.

Last night, the town behind those Foster Grants, Leicester Massachusetts, held an emergency meeting to seek solution for their once quiet small town now overrun by Pot lovers. Yes, Leicester was one of two Mass towns authorized to open legal retail pot shops. The response has been so overwhelming, that roads have been shut down, and local people are unable to get out to do simple chores. They have opened out of town shuttle parking lots and there is a two hour wait just to get on a shuttle! It’s basically crazy, but everybody seems mellow waiting round. Hey, it’s cool, and I’m legal.

Once you accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.

We have talked here before about the problems with Flood insurance that allows people to rebuild in dangerous places and developers to develop on tender lands that should remain environmentally sacred. Now Fema chips in with real facts reporting that over 37 thousand homes from Carolinas to California have been rebuilt many times over, some up to a dozen! Talk about things that didn’t make sense.

RI opened legal sports bettering last night and the complaints are already coming in. One guy is upset because he can’t bet over $10K per bet. He says he has plenty of time to analyze al sports thoroughly, because he doesn’t have a job and is home on disability. Home on disability? The good news for taxpayers is that his disability payments will return quickly to the state’s coffers through the legal gambling State tax shares. How great is that. \

Join the army. Visit exotic places, meet strange people, then kill them.

For the seventh year in a row, the three top Tennis players for the year are Djokovic, Nada, and Federer. Maybe Zeverev will change that next year.

Maybe I should start writing more about authors. My research will help keep you all informed, and I will do better answering Jeopardy questions.

Do you ever read stuff and think, why didn’t I think of that? One I saw yesterday in the comic “Mother Goose and Grim was: Peter Pan meets Tacobelle. It ‘s just such a natural, and I missed it.

The Answer:

The top songs on Musical Mystery Tour are Strawberry Fields, I Am a Walrus, The Fool on the Hill, Your Mother Should Know and Magical Mystery Tour. For the White Album we have as best While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Blackbird, Helter Skelter, Back in the USSR, Dear Prudence and Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club band produced some of my favorites  -- A Day In the  Life, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, She’s Leaving Home, Getting Better, With a Little Help From My friends, When I’m 64 and Lovely Rita.

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.