1% Knowledgeable?

Today's Tids Issue 4,395

Or, Opinionated:

I think a good percentage of Americans have become accusation weary. Every outrage is just another pol without any reasonable productive ideas looking for the spotlight.

For me, linguini is much too slippery to eat comfortably.

Anecdotal extrapolation is driving American opinions because a good tear is worth more than a scientifically drawn polling sample. The media constantly overlooks real data in favor of one emotional moment.

Lost by many in this China-US confrontation over mainly technology theft is the fact that China controls and produces 95% of the worlds rare earth’s. These are the key ingredients for most of todays advanced technological breakthroughs, like smart phones and AI Autos. By restricting rare earth exports, China would in effect shut down our most productive industries – autos, planes smart phones and computers. This may be why we saw a quick reversal of the Huawei ban. Real life is bigger than headlines about Trump.

The current guesstimate of the USA population is 328,845,514.  are about 320, million people in the USA. The average daily viewership of cable News network’s is about 2,865,000. That means that 325,980,514 Americans are not influenced by the alleged bias of the three big cable outlets. Does this mean that the vast majority of people have no clue about what’s happening? BTW, the Network, NBC, CBS, ABC, News programs only added about 3-4 million nightly news viewers.

The Question:

What were the most expensive TV (Network and Streaming) shows to produce (Average per Episode?

The Headlines:

--Interest Rate Increases Appear Off The Table For The Immediate Future: Markets Still Sluggish Under Weight Of Problems Stemming From Political Insanity and Global Trade Warfare.

--Jefferson City Mo heavily Damaged By Tornados And Rapidly Rising Missouri River.

--New York Ste Legislature Ok’s Release Of Trump’s State Tax Records.

--Treasury Backing Off Placing Harriet Tubman On $20 Bill.

--Justice Department Turns Over More Mueller Documents To Congress.

--Possibility For Brexit Deal Trending Downward.

--Summer Fun Could Be Tempered By High Gas Prices.

When you are retired, what, really, does a three-day holiday mean. To me it means planning to avoid increased traffic.

The “B” Boys are certainly on diverging tracks. Everybody’s former hot fave, Beto, is on a train heading towards a cliff, while newly discovered nugget, Buttigieg, is in a fine parlor car heading towards Union Station.

There are only two entitlements in America – Veterans benefits and Social Security, paid for by recipients. Everything else is a handout.

BTW, Gina Raimondo the Gov of Rhode island who also happens ot be the President of the Dem Governors Association is saying that her party should get away from impeachment and direct their attentions to tossing out the President at the Ballot box. Many  RI’ers are wondering how they can impeach her!

Did you happen to see the surprise ending of NCIS on Tuesday? The pleasant thought of bringing back Ziva next year will be worth the grief of going through a hot, humid summer.

Ben Carson has too good a brain to waste it listening to the antics of gotcha congress people.

If Dems don’t think it is a good idea to have foreigners involved in our elections, why do they say it’s OK for illegals to vote?

The Answer:

#1 was worth the expense to many – The Crown ($13 Mil) . ER was tied at top, The rest in order were Band of Brothers, The Get Down, Game of Thrones, Friends, Marco Polo, Tome, Sense 8, Alienist, Camelot, Frazier, Boardwalk Empire, Deadwood, House of Cards, Lost and Fringe. These number are as of Jan 2019. In 2018, Television production cost $13 Billion!

From what I’m seeing, for the most part the “T” in TV stands for tedious. Her are a lot of ho-hummer’s out there.

I’m off. See you tomorrow, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!

“I’m off” – Hmmm, there could be several meanings to that.