Know what you feel.

Today's Tids Issue 5,476

Now everybody just stay calm.

(Note: Some knucklehead in the Tids empire forgot to press "publish" yesterday. This is the Tids for 1/29. There willl be another later this morning.)

It’s not too early to stock up on Necco hearts for V-day! Building up a little love never hurts.

Overreaction is the modern disease afflicting America’s ability to be reasonable.

The Doomsday clock has moved 20 seconds closer to Midnight. One underlying reason is the acknowledgement that since March 2018 the US had officially become the chaser in the development of Nuke Technology. Russia’s supersonic capability’s that can make defense systems moot are far beyond what we have, but hopefully behind what we are developing. In addition, Putin’s pals have a new Nuke warhead Torpedo with long distance capability. The entire scenario is too complex for a simple Tidlet, but suffice to say that academics are beginning to see a less safe world and want to increase the intensity of a discussion within the national defense departments. That aside, you can expect Putin to be more aggressive now that they have such an apparent edge. The second global event affecting the Doomsday clock which scientists are monitoring is climate. AOC and Greta say we only have until the early 2030’s, that is if we ever get there.

If I headed the RNC, I would be disregarding the impeachment ordeal and spending every waking hour strategizing to woo independents and taking back both houses of Congress.

Ford versus Ferrari is the fuel-good movie of the year!

The Question:

The New England Pats and Pittsburgh Steelers have 6 Super Bowl Championships. Which teams have five? Bonus: What are considered the Top Ten “Sin” Cities In the US?

The Headlines:

--The Stock Markets Kick It Up After Apple Comes Up Shiny; Fed Not expected To Move On Rates; Home Sales Fall As Inventory Of Previously Owned Homes Dries Up; GE Earnings Beat; FaceBook’s Coming Today.

--Coronavirus Now Bigger Than SARS Epidemic In China.

--McConnell Says Repubs Don’t have Enough Votes To Stop Call For Witnesses; GOP Lawyers Are Said To Have Known What Was In Bolton Book.

--Serval Dems Now Implying They Will Vote For Acquittal: Manchin, Jones and Sinema Could Cross Over To Replace Lost Repubs; Manchin Says Some Dems Becoming Edgy; Feinstein Says She Was Misunderstood About Acquit Quote.

--Major Sinkholes Open On Cayman Islands Following Magnitude 7.7 Caribbean Earthquake.

--Biden Campaign Flunks U Iowa Rally; His Message Is Good But Attendees Are Lacking.

--Canada’s Tim Horton Drops Beyond Meat Products At All Locations Except British Columbia and Ontario.

Katrine Ross, the wide-eyed innocent of The Graduate is 80 years old today. That means we all may be old, depending on how we look at life.

Technology makes dangers that used to be far, far away, seem much closer.

It’s quite Ironic how over the years I have seen Democrats lining up to stone a hated John Bolton, their most heinous adversary. Now, they are canonizing him. Saint JB.

The main job of politicians is to stay in power. If it wasn’t, they would find ways to listen to each other and come together ofr the common good. And Ironically, maybe if they did, they’d have an easier time staying in power.

The entire impeachment thing is still all about abortion.

Every college basketball game looks the same to me. There are just so many games with so little differences. Unless of course, one of the two is your team. Then you create the differences, and the excitement ensues.

Before Ls Vegas rose in the dessert, kids of the 1940’s and 50’s would imagine the goings-on in famous “Sin” cities like Newport Kentucky or Calumet City near Chicago. And other small Bergs noted for gambling, prostitution, general theft and other stuff not known to innocent minds highlighted in gossip rags. BTW, Newport Kty was cleaned up by a former star Notre Dame Football player and former NFL QB George Ratterman. He got elected Sherriff there after several mafia attempts to take him down. Newport K is now an upscale, great place to live. But elsewhere today, people stand in awe of the glittering lights, and dark cellars.

New England is begin got look like a startup franchise in the NFL. They are losing coaches and players and perhaps several executives.

What could be worse for the world than nuke devices on satellites?

Why the gloom? It’s nice and sunny today. Sometimes you have to waken to other serious stuff that’s around and going on, but not covered by the general news operations.

Every year $100 Billion dollars is lost by gamblers. And most of them will regale you about their winning moments

The Apple stock continues to soar and yesterday the tech icon reported great earnings. But its valuation appears way too high for accompany that is still hardware centric. While it has promoted its move to a new service future and investors are probably betting on it, they missed on Service products sales projections by $300,000,000. Phone sales were also down, and many service features are developed off of phone apps. Its current PV is 25 and some smart investors think it is sold if at15-16. That leaves a lot of room for short sellers looking beyond sensational profits. That gap provides a look at possible susceptibility in the event of a probable downturn. But. Apple is still Apple and people love it. Maybe service revenue will catch up before the market slows.

Warren Buffet is giving up on newspapers, selling his Berkshire paper empire to the Lee Company which will now own 81 Papers. (Lots of other huge publishers are selling or combining.) Berkshire won’t be doing too bad either as it will receive 9% interest on their loan that enabled to Lee to by the Berkshire Papers. That is, if the papers continue to generate enough cash to pay the 9%. I really love newspapers, and it is tough to look at this dear friend on life support.

The Answer:

After the 6 SB’s by NE and Pitt, we have San Fran and Dallas with 5, The NY Giants and Green Bay Packers have 4. At 3 are Oakland, Denver and Washington. With 11 total SB appearances, The Pats have the most by a wide margin. However, we often forget that the NFL is 43 years longer than the 53 year SB Era. The most NFL championships are held by Green Bay with 13. The Pack is followed at a distance with 8 for the Jints and Bears, and then 6 for the Pats Steelers and Redskins. Bonus: #10 is that little playground of fun and kid’s imaginations, Orlando Florida. Yes, Micky and Minnie are up to something beyond talking in high pitched voices – namely lots of gambling.. Next is Atlanta followed by Gulfport Miss, Henderson Nv, New Orleans and #5 Charleston WVa. Let me pause here for a moment, Charleston in West By God Virginia is listed for the sin of vanity – having too many beauty parlors and Tanning salons per capita and leading the nation in top plastic surgeons! Yikes. (The City is also 3^rd per capita in thefts.) #4 is Detroit followed by North Las Vegas, Saint Louis and surprise. Las Vergas.

One of the most thrilling aspects of being a person is feeling an inspiration to move beyond yourself.