Today's Tids Issue 4,416
I can do it all by myself:
One of the things that
the promoters of these idealistic societies always forget is that people are
individuals at the core. Some are leaders, some like to be led. Some are
dreamers. Some like to fight. One person’s monarch butterfly is another person’s
walk-off home run or homemade quilt. Some are book smart and others learn it on
the street. Idealism is a nice idea, if you aren’t dealing with good old-fashioned
human beings.
I just read of three deaths
from a series of rip tides in Florida. Do you think that because of all the whiz
bang inventions and cultural changes that too many people have lost sight of how
to take care of themselves? Forgetting that the power of nature is not a computer
game. That there is no government bureaucrat regulating rip tides.
I start this thing every day
thinking that as I approach about 90,000 daily Tidlets, there is probably not much
more can say without repeating myself. But then somebody opens their mouth.
The Question:
Quick, name the 9 Supreme Court Justices.
The Headlines:
--Trump Adds Sanctions To Iran Specifically Targeting
Ayatollah Ali Khameini; Rouhani Says, “White
House Afflicted By mental Retardation.”
--Markets Open Lower; Consumer Confidence Index
Plunges To Lowest Level Since September 2017 – At 121.5 versus Analyst Expectations
of Matching May Number Of 131; Powell Set To Give Economic Outlook Today.
--International Economic Bellwether FedEx Sees Slowing
Of Global Activity; Company Is Suing USA Over Shipping Products To Banned China
Companies.
--Nancy Trying To Temper Liberal Activism In The House.
--UK Foreign Minister Jeffery Hunt, Running For PM,
Says He Sees No Way They Would Join US In War Against Iran.
--Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban On Immoral, Distasteful
and Scandalous Words And Symbols.
--Italy to host 2026 Winter Games And Para Olympics.
--Japan And China Look To Strengthen Ties At G20.
--Questionable Penalty Call Helps USA Women Gain Final
Eight With Penalty Kick 2-1 Win Over Spain
Bernie Sanders
walks into a bar and shouts, “Free drinks for everyone!” He looks around and
says, “Who’s buying.”
I will probably have to watch
the Dem debates this Wednesday and Thursday to get a feel of the flavor of the attack
meet for ensuing Tidlets. On the first day of this two-day talk marathon, the
biggest polling “star” is Elizabeth Warren. Expected to add entertainment that
night are Bill DeBlasio and Spartacus Booker. One-time starlet Beto O’Rourke
will also be in that one. It will be interesting to watch Moderate Amy
Klobuchar. The rest for that night are Ryan, Inslee, Gabbard, and Castro. Night
two is loaded with front runners – Biden, Sanders, Harris and Buttegieg. Kirsten
Gillibrand will try to reinvent herself once again. The rest for Night 2 are
Yang, Williamson, Hickenlooper, Swalwell, and Bennet. They will be talking
about 7 Issues: Health Care, Climate, Trade, Immigration, Foreign Policy, Race
Policies and Personal issue priorities.
I’ll be giving flavor awards
to the perceived winners with the tastiest comments. Top prizes being The
Crunchy Cheeto Award for tangy responses and the KFC Gravy Bowl for silky
smooth delivery. Other awards will be Puffy Cheetos plaques for hyperbole,
Chester’s snacks for simple honesty, Utz Dark Russets for down to earth
sincerity and Hollandaise sauce misleading answers. Hollandaise is best at
masking bad taste. You got to make Dem candidates appear palatable somehow.
The last show of James Holzhauer’s
run on Jeopardy was one the highest rated TV shows of the year. If you exclude
NFL Football, it is among the true elite, beating out super finale Game of Thrones
14.5 Million to 13.6 million. 4 of Holzhauer’s shows were in the top ten of the
highest rated shows of the year topped by the Finale of Big bang. In fact,
Jeopardy is huge rat8gns winner all year long averaging about 9 million per night.
People like what they like.
The media will be
trumpeting this week of Dems taking to debate. Meanwhile the same press will be
tempting Trump to take de bait.
I have the same problem
seeing typos that I have trying to keep my eyes squarely fixed upon the ball in
golf.
Speaking of not taking care of
yourself, how about that new KFC Cheeto’s Chicken Sandwich? Of course, to me, that
poses a conflict. Does Cheeto dust and rich creamy KFC gravy go together?
Is backing the supreme
religious leader of Iran into a corner a good idea?
Actually,
it would be good for Americans if one or two of the forgotten Dem candidates
were to emerge from the mass at the end of the debates. Up to now the public
has been force fed by a media picking up publicity releases from campaign operatives.
All of a sudden Google
seems to have taken over my phone as all of a sudden it is sending me news
blurbs from CNN. How did that happen.
Is President Rouhani
a Democrat?
For the life of me,
I will never understand the appeal of Joe Namath. But now that he seems to be
in favor of Tom Brady being the GOAT, I’m taking a second look. I’m basically a
hypocrite. Maybe I should run for President.
The Answer:
Now without looking up the answer I’m saying the
Nine are Brent Kavanaugh, Roberts, Soto-Mayor, Ginsburg, Thomas, Alito, Kagen
and the other new guy and the old guy. Ok Now I look it up and find that eh two
metal blocks are Stephen Breyer and Neil Gorsuch. That Sonia’s Sotomayor is one
name, that Elena’s last name is spelled Kagan and that it’s John Roberts,
Samuel Alito, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Clarence Thomas. Almost getting some of it
right will never make it on Jeopardy.
Well, the early morning
blank page took on a little life after all. Well, that’s my opinion.
I just burned 2,000 calories.
Hmmm, that’s last time I take a nap while baking brownies.
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