Countdown to thankfulness.

Today's Tids Issue 4,515

Early darkness eases tension:

Ah, November. I like November. There is something in the air that just seems different, refreshing. There is a new kind of clarity, an openness. The last leaves fall in November, and the first waves of eager shoppers charge the local mall. Football games become meaningful. The other Fall sports in High School and College begin playoffs. We honor our veterans, our special defers of our life and culture. And we all look forward to the day when we are thankful. When see the power of family love. When turkeys begin wearing cammo. There is something special about November, I can’t really describe, but I can certainly feel.

At times many people wonder who they are. Too often comparing themselves to others, rather than realizing how much they are themselves. Here’s a couple of lines form a poem written by a friend:

“Let your soul feel alive.

Be your friend

Be your holder

Be your truth

Your crying shoulder.

Be your light.

Take some time to look within, and see the beauty.

Stride forward.”

Several Dems yesterday after the impeachment vote said that this will finally bring us together, close the divide. What are they smoking?

Why do people in Athens hate getting up early? Because Dawn is tough on Greece.

The Question:

What is the Wagner Group?

The Headiness:

--October Jobs Growth At 128K Soars Past Estimates; Number Dismisses Effects Of GM Strike; Jobs To Push All Markets Higher.

--Trump Admin Rolls Back Obama Methane Regulations.

--Google Buying Fitbit For $2.1 Bil.

--Impeachment Vote Shows A Unified Repub Bloc.

--Alibaba Starts Day With Great Numbers; New IPO Pinterest Not So Hot On Profits And Guidance As Stock Falls 20%.

--Warren Says She Will Finance Her 20 Trillion ten Year Plane Through Corporations and the Wealthy.

Kids in school used to say, “I’m going to stick your pigtail in the inkwell.” Now they say I’m going to skin you alive and kill your friends. Why do kids think like that? What is their inspiration? That is the question.

The Audubon society is offering morning woodland tours where people can look for signs of nocturnal animal activity. I see that every morning on the golf course. Hey, I’m an Audubonist.

With all of this new talk about College Players getting a piece of the Sports Empire pie, the winningest coaches will probably have the best agents added to their staff.

Pet peeve: Pedestrians who begin to crass the street after the light turns green for cars.

Repubs are saying the impeachment vote is a declaration of war. Doesn’t sound like the country is coming together.

Good news for those afflicted with the horrible Cystic Fibrosis: Doctors and researchers are celebrating new treatments. They are really happy that the FDA approved “Trikafta” a new drug from Vertex Pharmaceuticals which targets the defective protein responsible for the buildup of thick mucus in lungs and organs. Always leading to death at young ages. I’m happy for this because I knew family years ago who had three beautiful, smiling, truly happy upbeat daughters. All who died before they were ten. So, when I hear the o-words Cystic Fibrosis I always see their amazing faces looking up. They are an indelible image on my heart.

Reading Between the Lines Movie Reviews:

--Harriet is a pretty thorough look at the life of the slave Harriet Tubman; her courageous contributions that changed history.

--The Irishman is A Scorsese mob film with all of the mob movie tricks and lines, sometime humorous. It’s about an older mobster reflecting on his most prolific hits and on hss friend Hoffa’s disappearance.

--In Motherless Brooklyn, a detective with Tourette Syndrome seeks to solve the murder of his friend. His relentless chase for clue after clue reveals closely guarded secrets that could bring down a city.

--Sarah Conner Is back in the Terminator: Dark Fate, 20 years after preventing Judgement Day. A new Terminator travels back in time to track her down and kill her.

The Answer:

The Wagner Group is not a Hedge fund, unless you consider it is Russia hedging against culpability. It is a Russia paramilitary group and Unit of Russian Ministry of Defense, typically used in hotbeds where deniability is called fir. They take sides for Russia in cibvil and internal wars like Syria and Ukraine, and many of the skirmishes in places like Africa. They are not nice.

Have a Great weekend, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!!