Marauding Mendacity.

Today's Tids Issue 4,359

Clear out the fog:

We keep on hearing that inflation is under control. How come so much stuff costs so much more?

More and more it appears that the wild, wild west days of the internet are over as countries across the globe are clamping down on abhorrent postings.

Here’s the latest scary proposal coming out of the new Dem House – unrealized capital gains taxes. That means that each year investments will be taxed on paper gains, as opposed to taxing on money made after sales. Will they eliminate the tax for union pension, university endowment or charitable foundation gains? Will they send investors money each for paper losses? This is another loser idea form the penalize the producer sector of America. And it this case they also snag retirees and others with fixed incomes necessary for survival.

The Question:

Who are considered The Top Ten Greatest Minds of all times?

The Headlines:

--After Profitable Early Week Surges, Markets Expected To Take Breather.

--Ethiopia Reveals Cause Of Fatal 737M Flight; Damaged Censor Triggered Pilot Maneuvers That Proved Unmanageable.

--House Dems Demand Trump Tax Returns.

--Members Of Mueller Team Say Barr Underreported Key Findings; Rudy Responds: “(Mueller Staff) Rabid Democrats, Sneaky Unethical Leakers”.

--ICE Accomplishes Biggest In A Decade Workplace Raid Nabbing 280.

--Bernie Frontrunner Among Dem Candidates.

--Tesla Deliveries Dropping And So Is Car Company Stock.

What is to be believed. There are preprofessional twisters of truth. There are regulations that set standards that establish liquidity of the truth. People are elected because they are adept at avoiding the truth. It’s so hard to know what to believe. There are just too many who are paid to get around basic truths. And It bothers me. I guess, it’s time to stop listening.

Today is National Burrito Day. Excuse me if I don’t get excited. Now, National Fried Chicken Day is another story.

One of the reasons car prices are going up is because the Federal Government is mandating very expensive safety features for all cars.

In Rhode Island, when you read a headline “Green House” open, it doesn’t mean it is some kind of environmental wonder construction. It just means that the Home of Revolutionary War hero Nathanial Green is open for visitors.

Tesla’s stock price has always reflected a belief that it was the future of driving. After the latest delivery results, there are fears it may have no future. For one thing it is way to costly for the broader marketplace.

I read where ABC News suggested after a story about a child being found dead in the back seat of a locked car, that people put something important in the back seat so they wouldn’t forget their children. Something more important than children?

Celebrities garner too much attention all of the time, even when they are being arraigned for dastardly deeds.

There’s a lot going on, but I’m just not feelin’ it. Is it because there is an overreporting of everything that makes normally newsworthy events seem commonplace?

You have to wonder where President Trump gets his facts.

Above I wrote about how government mandates affect the cost of cars. But the housing industry maybe fairing worse. There are 3,000 state and federal “Onerous and Unnecessary origination and servicing requirements,” which just make mortgages unavailable to many sectors, and too costly for many more.

A capitalist marketplace should be one free of government dictates but also one where the failure of companies is not bailed out with government money. And one where business people who violate basic rules of honesty, ethics, morality and fairness are imprisoned for long periods. We could call it capital-ist punishment.

The Answer:

#1 is Leonardo followed by Albert… Einstein. Next in order are Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei, Aristotle, Plato, Nikola Tesla, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Archimedes and Socrates. The next ten are Michelangelo, Shakespeare, Charles Darwin, Marie Curie, Pythagoras, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Johannes Kepler, Johann Sabastian Bach, Stephen Hawking and Nicolaus Copernicus. The first America is at #21 and it is Benjamin Franklin. The Son of God, Jesus, Only hits #28!

Hmmm, the smartest people I know read Tids.