Blue Birds Sing

Today's Tids Issue 4,464

I feel like dancin':

So, who says August isn’t a month for romance? So, June rhymes with swoon, spoon and silvery moon. And poor August only has bust, crust, lust and dust. And Feb, old Feb has retailer and candy makers intimidating young lovers into spending. But, what does all that matter, anyhow. A couple joined in matrimony feels their hearts swelling for each other; blood pumping the pulse of love. Regardless of songs and flowers and times of year, people still see pools of love in sparkling eyes that reveal the depth of souls. Hands join hands in August. Love is where you find it and it isn’t a tune or rhyme or boxes of chocolate. It is in the heart. Always in the heart.

The half man, half horse was enjoying being the centaur of attention.

Globalization can mean two different things, vastly different concepts for the future of a planet joined ever more closely together through instant communication. On one side we have globalists who see a world subject to a panel of leaders from selected countries with local sovereignty being the victim of a borderless world. On anther side we see h9nest competition to become centers for the utilization of talent; materials and production capabilities. With countries still as they were, bound by historic cultural patterns and singular principles.

College Football will be in full Swing Ts Weekend.  #1 Clemson Opens Against Georgia Tech tonight. How slick will that machine be again this season. Is Alabama really number two? Will Michigan finally beat the Buckeyes? Will Nebraska finally find their way back to respectability? Will anybody step up to stop the ludicrous matchups between super program teams and small colleges out for a buck?

The Question:

For what movie (s) did Ingrid Bergman win an Oscar (s)? Bonus: Joseph Smith was the founder and first president of the Church of of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Who was the second president?

The Headlines:

--Dorian Misses PR; Has Florida And US east Coast In Its Sights; Expected To Be Small But Powerful Cat 3; Unanswered Question: Will It Turn North To Hit Eastern Cities, Or Pass Over Into Gulf and Hit South And/Or Texas?

--Markets Look To Have Good Day.

--Dem List Narrows; Gillibrand Leaves; Monmouth Research Says It Was Probably Wrong With Outlier Poll That Saw Biden Dropping Like Rock; New Polls: USAToday/Suffolk -- Biden 32%, Warren 14%, Sanders 12% and Buttigieg/Harris 6; Quinnipiac – Biden 32, Warren 19, Sanders 15, Harris 7, Butt 5. .

--China Says It Won’t React To Trump’s New Tariffs; Country Playing Long Game, Hedging Against Effects of Tariffs.

--Trump Ends Some Aspects Of Automatic Citizenship for Military Children Born Abroad.

--China Continues Routine Military Pressure On Hong Kong Border.

--Former Trump Official Mattis Explains His Admin Frustrations In New Book.

--Google Popular (100 Million Downloads) Android App “CamScannerPDF Creator Begins Delivering Malware; Giggle Removes It From Play Store.

--India Waving Some Investment Rules To Attract More Foreign Business.

Beware! We are about enter Pumpkin Overload season where manufactures and sellers of various food products from coffee to cake oft Ice cream will be touting the Gourdian flavor. Do people really like the flavor of Pumpkin or are they just drinking or eating it to go along with the rest?

Congress will be getting to stopping all of those scam robocalls just as soon as their election campaigns are over in late 2020. Talk about scam calling.

How does microplastic get into lakes rivers and mighty seas.? People throw it there. That’s how.

Oprah is out their touting her new prepared foods. She tells us that her alfredo sauce will be adjusted away from heavy cream to lessens the danger of overly fatty foods, She will replace that with Pureed Cauliflower. As I remember, cauliflower has distinctive odor.

I remember reading a very good novel in 1980 called “The Spike”. It was written by a Newsweek conservative editor (Yes, I used Newsweek and conservative in the same sentence), Amaud de Borchgrave, and Robert Moss. A radical 60’s journalist stumbles on a Soviet Plot to gain global supremacy. His liberal biased editor hamstrings the efforts of the journalist to track down more of the story. The novel is about KGB’s intent to use media against itself by planting a story that would become the truth through editorial bias. I was thinking of this when I watched Lawrence O’Donnell stumble through his false scoop last night.

(BTW, The Spike made an impression on key DC media powerhouses like the NY Times and Post.) (de Borchgrave and his wife had to go into hiding after threats against him for writing a Newsweek story unmasking terrorists at the Munich Olympic games.) (The authors second book, Monimbo, centered on Miami race riots as pawns of Nicaraguan and Cuban communists.)

I was watching the path of Dorian yesterday, and if like by magic, it made a sharp right turn North just before reaching that beleaguered island of Puerto Rico. It was if all of the people there were on their knees praying like hell and God looked down, and said, “Yes , You’ve had enough.”

I say again – Why exactly are celebrity tweets news?

Some political observers are saying that when the dust settles, that Kamala cold merge again as a factor.

Kristin Gellibrand was one of the more annoying candidates of recent years. Bye, bye.

The Answer:

Ingrid was nominated for Best Actress or Best Supporting in Murder on the Orient Express, Anastasia, Gaslight, Autumn Sonata, Joan of Arc, The Bells of Saint Mary’s and For Whom the Bell Tolls. Ironically, she is probably best best remembered as Isla Lund in Casablanca and as Alicia Huberman in Notorious. She won Best actress for Gaslight and for Anastasia; and for Best supporting in Murder on the Orient Express. As a kid I remember thinking she was pretty darn pretty in Bells of Saint Mary’s. Bonus: This could have been an easy question. Most everybody knows that the first president and founder was Joseph Smith. And, I suspect that most could know that Brigham Young was the second President.

Romance of is a wonderful thing. So even on those days when we feel there is nothing to do, open your eyes to love sweet love. It’s always there, somewhere.

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