The Brady Rule.

Today's Tids Issue 4,384

NFL Championships for All:

My favorite photos are not on line for all to see. But printed on paper, have tattered corners, images of those close to me. Of days that used to be.  Some are grainy, not super pixilated, but very sharp with the memories they bring. They aren’t in an album or electronic file, but piled up, nestled in a corner of a drawer in an old wooden table, ready to see. I don’t look at them every day, but when do I think yes, I remember them all very well, these pictures of people and scenes that I love. And as I look and study what I have, I always to myself agree, indeed, they are all still what they used to be.

Most NE fans have known it, but in a recent national interview, Tom Brady said he’s happy with his less than biggest salary for QB’s. It’s all about team, and with a salary cap, you need to find ways to pay deeper into the organization instead of all for one or two. He would rather be surrounded with layers of good players than to go home and dive into his piles of cash. Now when I look at local governments large and small, I see a salary cap scenario for sure. These non value added revenue producing entities don’t create funds, they just redistribute what is available. And what is available is what the people they represent can afford to send to the treasuries. So, when one segment of that entity “wants” more, another segment will necessarily suffer, and so will the needs of the citizen base that requires that segment. If taxpayers move out, then over time there is nothing left for anyone. And the city or town will be sacked.

I would surmise that most people spend more of their income and wealth on inflation. And don’t know it.

What ever happened to dark chocolate M&M’s?

The Kate Smith saga tells me that at the rate the black cloud anti-everything crowd is digging up old dirt, there will come a time in the not so distant future when there will be nobody dead or alive left who isn’t banned, disgraced, demeaned or redacted.

I don’t do, “Reply to all”.

Ok, let me get this straight. Yesterday President Trump said he is going to raise tariffs on China by a whopping 250%. NSA Bolton announced they are sending an aircraft carrier to the Gulf to scare Iran. And US Warships showed up in the South China Sea near China installations further angering the Big Asian country with whom we are trying to negotiate. And NK’s Kim who seems emboldened after his meeting with Putin, began new tests of several short and medium range missiles. Is the globe that fragile or do people just make it so?

And, just when I thought we’d be enjoying a happy stock market for a couple of months.

The Question:

Who was the orchestra conductor who opened Carnegie Hall in 1891? Bonus: Name five items that were rationed during WWII.

The Headlines:

--Dow Down As High As 500 Points After Trump Tariff Announcement.

--China Showing It’s Serious With 100 Person Delegation In Washington To Negotiate; Tariff Increase Promise Creates Dark Cloud Over Process; US Trade representative Robert Lighthizer Has No Comment On Trump’s Tariff Surprise.

--US Deploys Carrier To Send Iran Clear Message After Info Leaked About Possible Attack On US Forces; US Warships Seen Near Disputed Islands Claimed By China.

--Israel Responds To Palestinian Rocket Attack That Killed Four Israeli Citizens; US Congress Person Omar Defends Palestine; Israel Knocks Out Hamas Cyber Facility With Bomb Attack.

--DT Changes Mond About Mueller Testifying Before Congress; Cohen Scheduled To Go To Jail In Hours.

--41 Die In In Terrifying Flaming Crash Of Russian Airliner.

--Former Obama Border Patrol Chief And Wall Backer Mark Morgan Named To Head US Immigration And Customs Enforcement Agency.

--Bernie Sniping At Biden; US Voters Already Deeply Invested In 2020 Election, According To New Poll; Joe, Bernie, Kamala And Elizabeth At Top Of Dems List.

--Duchess Of Sussex Meghan Markle In Labour.

Despite everything that happened over the weekend, the really big news with accompanying outrage today is from irate fans of Game of Thrones who are disturbed after spying a Starbucks cup in Winterfell near Daenerys Targaryen. Horrors.

Support your local journalists! The last thing you want is generalized news from a national behemoth. Every community should have reporters close to them, who understand the needs of neighborhoods, the quirks and idiosyncrasies that are so personal. Hey, I just thought -- local politicians around here don’t have a clue about the needs of the majority of the entire community of RI individuals. Oh well, it was a thought.

Cartoon -- Woman asks a doctor: Why should we get measles vaccine? Doctor: Because there is no vaccination for stupidity.

There’s been a pretty notable increase in big embezzlements and fraud cases around RI. The excuse given most often for these so-called people of good standing in the community…gambling addiction. Yes, RI’s favorite new growth industry and chief plan for revenue development is blackening the souls of the compulsive. Rhode Island: The Ponzi State.

RI Officials are dismayed, and actually somewhat puzzled, that the state is losing jobs as the nation is achieving historic new jobs increases and lower unemployment numbers. That’s what happens when a union dominated state legislature drives out strong value-added business in favor of the savior of third world countries – seasonal tourism. Tourism the great economic myth.

Transition, Department:

Somebody asked a guy I know what he liked best about his new home. Taken aback, he paused for a minute and said – the wine in the cabinet.

Global warmers are like religious fanatics entirely intolerant of anyone with an opinion not exactly like their own. They remind me of the early New England Puritans who scared the bejesus out of questioners. Those who wondered why this group who came to the new world for religious freedom yet couldn’t understand why people questioned their narrowmindedness.

Is this 2020 campaign going to boil down to dueling disparaging nicknames? How sad for Americans.

The Answer:

The great Russia Petr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was the conductor chosen to open Carnegie Hall, then known a s The Music Hall. Bonus: Can you imagine trying to ration items today with the ACLU and other naysayers lurking. Butter and sugar were rationed as were meat, typewriters, coffee, rubber and gasoline/fuel oil. Families were issued coupon books each month, and once the coupons ran out you couldn’t buy them. Substitutes arose like Margarine with the orange pill, for Butter. Or Spam for meat. Pleasure driving of a car was forbidden. Much the rationing was due to the German sinking of food ships on the way to Greta Britain. Victory Gardens were encouraged and many people dove in. I remember the bountiful crops well. I can still see clearly today walking past neighborhood homes where the garages were full of crammed bushel baskets. People survived very nicely. It was great era for unity.

Only 22% of Americans have a clue of about what Cinco de Mayo means. Actually, it has nothing to do with the US, as it commemorates Mexico defeating the French at the battle of Puebla on May 5 1862.  Basically here, it is a promotion for Mexican restaurants, guac and liquor.

There’s the old maxim saying that doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results is the definition of insanity. Others would say it is also the definition of practice. The world is all about how different people look at the same thing.

Thanks to Frazz.