Pony Express had its advantages.

Today's Tids Issue 4,358

Sky Watching:

One of the things that makes life seem a little less squelching and irritatingly progressive is that we still have seasonal openings of businesses near to the heart, like ice cream stores and coastal seafood restaurants.

And, you don’t need an app to use them.

Anybody who has been looking for ancestors has been using census reports of the 19^th and twentieth centuries. And, you have noticed that “Are you a citizen” is one of the standard questions. So, to say that asking that is some new demonic idea form Trump is just plain deceptive politics usual.

There are so many methods of mass messaging and reporting, that news becomes old hat in about 8.645 minutes. If not sooner. So now instead of people who forgot history, we have millions who just forgot yesterday.

The Question:

Last night a great NBA basketball player, Russell Westbrook , accomplished the 20-20-20 feat. That’s’ Points Rebounds and Assists over twenty. His actual line was 20 points 20 rebounds and 21 assists. Only one other player in history has accomplished that. Who was it?

The Headlines:

--Investors Like Weaker Than Expected Jobs Report And Improved Trade Numbers; Markets to Open Higher.

--Illegal Immigrants Cramming The Border Has Reached A True Crisis Stage.

--Bermuda Chasing Crypto Currency Business.

--Trump To Lay Off Health Care Until After 2020 Election; Says It Will Be A Campaign Issue; Repub Senate happy.

--FEC Issues Complaint Against AOC Campaign And Manager; Campaign Manager Charabarti Said To Have Run Secret Subsidy Schema To Hide Illegal PAC Conurbations.

The problem with illegal immigration could be curtailed at two sources of proliferation: Countries wo make it impossible for their citizens to live there, and US employers who hire them. As steady readers of Tids know, we have promoted both over the years. Trump’s threat to forfeit US doles to dictators is a step but so far poorly presented.

A kidney is a young goat’s leg joint.

Sometimes a good story just writes itself and a good writer will follow it to the end, helping with adjustments for forks’ in the road or yield signs.

Every person holding a smartphone while standing on a city corner looking up and down the street is easy prey for a fake Uber or Lyft driver.

After the first week of the AAF (Alliance For American Football) it looked like at long last n alternative professional Football league had a chance to make it. Yesterday they announced they were shutting down. Somethings have been proven as just not having the ability to work. But there will always be somebody who thinks they can do it better than those who have failed before.

Talk about bad business timing. Pony Express was announced to the public with Huzzahs and excitement. Pei0ple were happy: It shaved ten days off of coast to coast delivery of messages. Holy Twitter, Batman! Alas 18 months later it was out of biz after the telegraph went transcontinental 1861.

Based on what they know and see, CFO’s of American are predicting a slowdown by the end of 2020. But the good news is that almost all don’t see a recession. Major concerns are trade policy and tariffs, political turmoil and rising interest rates (Currently tempered).

The home, cars and life style of the pharmacist triggered accusations of ill-gotten wealth.

Of Dem Candidates reporting money raised totals. So far, Bernie is on top with $18.8 Mill, followed by Kamala Harris with 12M and the surprising Pete Buttigieg (The bane of Spell-Check) at $7M and Beto at $6M. The DNA Indian princess isn’t telling yet, but will have to by April 15th, when all will bare their souls. And, dropping out will become the major consideration.

Trump said yesterday, “Having fun yet, Joe”. The battering of affectionate Joe is just one more example of why intelligent people are reluctant to run any longer for President.

The top three companies where people want to work are Amazon, Facebook and Alphabet. The question Is -- why? Why would anybody want to work under super High pressure 18 hours a day? The answer is simple. To pad their resumes. Earn a few scars while you are young for the big payoff as you move towards maturity. In tech land, maturity is about 35.

The neighborhood of several authors was known as writer’s block.

The Answer:

The only other NBA player to hit 20-20-20 was the Wilt Chamberlain who holds many records for over abundance, on and off the court.

I think that Thoreau had it right, sitting in a tree, by a placid pond. No twitter, or even Pony Express.