News Nonsense.

Today's Tids Issue 4,537

J Day for T:

You can hear the howls now as Judiciary hearings crowds out morning and afternoon gab shows, soap operas and the Price is Right. But, here we go again, this time with the potentially even more annoying Jerry Nadler in at the helm. Today’s guest contributors will be judicial academics. Though really smart, they may not be sexy enough for many TV-ites, but they certainly will be intellectually interesting. But, considering who drafted the guest list, will it be fair?

If you get tired of waiting at a restaurant, call their to-go number and ask them to deliver to table 16.

The media is gearing up full force to report the second stage of the Congressional circus, but the real event that could affect Trump, was largely buried in the middle of the newspaper, or not even present in electronic media. Yesterday an NY court ruled that congress be allowed to see Trump Corps banking records at Deutsche Bank and capital One. I personally believe that what most people fear most is real numbers. Hard to spin. Actually, this news item sounds juicer than it may be as all companies borrow lots of money from banks.

It took 11 years for a spaceship to travel the 310 Million miles it takes to reach Mars. So why are so many wealthier people paying out good money to take a grueling trip to a place that may be uninhabitable?

Several weeks ago, the Dems set today December 4 to begin their judiciary hearings on the Trump case that was still in Congressional Intelligence committee hearings. Last night National news media reported the findings of Schiff’s lemmings, and the media created tension by saying, “Now it’s up to the Congressional vote tonight”. That is the “Duh” healing of the year so far.

Just in case you didn’t know, the translation of the Mexican word Burrito means “Little Donkey”. Why would anybody think that was a good name for anything people would want to eat? Epicurass.

The Dems may hold off early voting on impeachment in order to get some important things done in congress, like approving a budget. Also, ironically, the congress may pass Trump’s Canada-Mexico Trade deal just to circumvent do nothing negativity going into an election year. This is the other side to the fait accompli hearings.

The Question:

Despite my apparent dislike of the political universe, there are actually quite a number of America’s representatives with whom regular people would like sit and sip a beer. Who do you think are the Top 10?

The Headlines:

--Markets Jump At Opening On News Of, Guess What, Improved Possibility For Trade agreement; Trade Negotiators Say they Are Moving Along To Beat December 15 Date.

--Iran Continues To Kill Hundreds Of Protestors; Shuts Down Internet

--Constitutional Experts To Testify At First Day Of Judiciary Committee Hearings Beginning At 10AM; Three Anti Rump, One For Trump Or At Least Against Impeachment To Get Even Process..

--Private Sector Jobs Only Up 67K.

--Kamala Drops Out.; Fails To Blame Herself For Bad Campaign.

--Georgia Governor Kemp Appoints Business Woman Kelly Loeffer To US Senate, Replacing Johnny Isakson.

--Trump is Trump At NATO Conference; Macron, Trudeau And Other NATO Members Seen On Sidelines Allegedly Mocking Trump.

The Voters pretty much got it right last night on The Voice. I liked Joana Martinez enthusiasm, but her singing never really measured up. I’m predicting the final four to be Katie, Rose, Jake and Ricky…with Will as other possibility. But they haven’t sang a note yet, and next Monday will put them all to the test.

Frankly the only real news reported consistently each night is the state of the weather, And, most of us can see that by looking out the window.

I thought that my foot arthritis was back again this morning. But I realized it was just a wayward shoelace. Simple medical solutions are quite comforting.

The most overused, meaningless phrase on TV today is “Breaking News”

The Top Ten US cities in which to spend a romantic Christmas holiday are NYC, New Orleans, Santa Fe, Alexandria Virginia, Columbus Ohio (?), Charleston SC, Jackson Hole Wy, Fredericksburg Texas, Newport RI and Santa Barbara Ca. Thanks Fodor, for sending more tourists my way during the quiet time of year. Yeah, thanks a lot.

With the high cost of college and the ensuing indebtedness, you may see students selecting majors where when finished they may be actually useful in finding job. This would be good. As long as they get some liberal arts education along with the practical major. You know, so they can speak and write beyond relying on emojis.

The current Congressional fishing operation is more feverish than a Rhode Island springtime when the first Striped Bass is hooked.

Just reading morning headlines each day reaffirms one of the truest maxims of today’s society: Nothing good ever happens after 2AM.

The Iran thing is putting fear into the hearts of the Ayatollah. This is the real news now coming out of Iran. And many Iran experts massed it because their dislike for Trump and their desire to make Trump look the Satan in Iran, But despite “Trumps-to-blame” positions held and written by key Iran experts at NY Times, NPR and Brookings among others, the people  didn’t rally around the Iran against America, but  against the regime.

We live in a society where people use an $800 phone to check on their food stamps.

In case you are interested, the growing consensus around here in the Northeast is that the NE Patriots look really slow. Yet we always see flaws in our team around now, like last year when they looked awful at times, only to go on and squeak out another Super Bowl.

Willie Nelson is totally off weed. The old singer who allegedly smoked the aromatic vegetation on the roof of the White House says it is bad for his health. I wonder how his health ever got that bad.

15% of all Christmas packages ordered fail to reach customer’s homes. In NYC it is 20%, which adds up to 90,000 stolen packages. Now a new business develops, where for a fee, an on-line buyer can have their packages delivered to a secure location – without porches. With today’s technology, isn’t I amazing how many new successful businesses are based on thwarting criminals.

Now after all the preaching, handholding and hugs, society is still about demographics and the old Bell curve where there are really good people on the top, and amoral bustards on the bottom.

Why do my fingers always balk a bit when I begin to type the phrase, Democrat led Intelligence Committee.

Beware of the cook who uses the smoke alarm as a timer.

A reporter yesterday actually thought it was worthy of interviewing Congressman Green about how he would vote on impeachment. This the impeach-Trump-after-a-month-in-office Al Green. Duh, one more time.

The Answer:

Number one is Barack Obama. Next is the congenial George Bush, who is followed by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nelson Mandela, Bernie Sanders, Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Jimmy Carter and GHW Bush. Ok, I’ll take it to the top 25. 11 is Ron Paul followed by Al Gore (least likely for me), Jesse Venture, Hillary (Well, more less likely than Al), Rand Paul, Justin Trudeau, Nigel Farage (UK), Vladimir Putin, Al Franken, John McCain, Narenda Modi (India), Jose Mujica (Uruguay), Ross Perot, Sarah Palin and #25 Nikki Haley. Chris Christie is 28, and he would be fun. Michael Bloomberg is down at #47. Even Howard Dean shows up at 52. VP Pence is 61 and Benjamin Netanyahu is 67. AOC is 79 and Lincoln Chafee is 85. Michelle Obama is 95. Peet Buttigieg doesn’t show up. Even though all the other candidates do.

There were 143,000 votes in this survey.

There is so much news anymore that we don’t pay attention to it.