Today's Tids Issue 4,598
What goes down...:
Now, I’m not a
Wall Street guru, but I can safely predict that we won’t get back to even in
one big day of trading.
I was talking to a friend yesterday
who was telling me of a Peace Corp relative who is in Senegal teaching people
there how to be entrepreneurs. Teaching people how to grow their own lives instead
of waiting for foreign aid. Yet here in
America I am becoming more and more surprised at how many Americans are looking
at socialism as being good. Of people giving up.
Bargain:
A tavern’s profit.
Some things should never
be politicized, and this virus thing is certainly one of them. But I suspect
many hapless souls will cheer new deaths because it makes Trump look bad. And, that
is truly a sad tale about the new politics and cultural animosity.
I like most
prefer being infected by the tender rapture of love.
The Question:
Who are James D. Watson and Francis H.C. Crick? Bonus:
How many people do you think watched the 2 ½ hour finale of M*A*S*H?
The Headlines:
--Virus Continues To Infect Markets: Investor Gurus Looking
For Financial Vaccine; Central Banks Aren’t Talking About Immediate Action; Dow
Down 771 At 11:00 AM.
--Signs Are That Biden May Pull Off SC Victory.
--US Says China Navy Ship Fired Missile At US Reconnaissance
Plane.
--Trump Speaks At Black History Event.
--HHS Chief Azar Surprised By Trump Naming Pence In Charge.
Today would normally have
been the end of February. HB to all of those good, patient leap year people
Here is an interesting example
of psycho-herding. Since the virus scare, 40% of Americans have stopped ordering
or buying Corona Beer. Yikes! There is absolutely no relationship between the
two. And you wonder how Politicians can tell whoppers to the electorate and
get away with it.
Give me a soft romantic
melody played soulfully on a piano and I drift away like ocean spray moved on
gentle breezes.
On February 19
all three stock markets closed at all-time record highs. There has always been
risk in equity markets, but at no other time in history has risk become disaster
in such a condensed rate of time. And, if this virus thing has taught us anything
it is how volatile markets could be in the future. The masses are too enormous,
and technology is too automated.
For but the lack
of a simple “r” I can turn a friend into a fiend.
In case anybody at any age
is resisting hearing aids, you should know that there is some good evidence that
says any loss of hearing can contribute to dementia and worse. Brains need
input.
To me, Joe Biden is a sad
loser crying out for respect.
I really appreciate
the oddly creative mind of “Rhymes With Orange” cartoonist Hillary Price. For
instance, today’s issue showed two Eskimo parents holding ice cube trays
telling their child sitting on the floor in the igloo, “A house for dolly will have
to wait. We need these for the cocktail party.”
How come we see more
and more drivers who have trouble missing buildings? I mean buildings are big,
and they are not in the middle of roads like potholes. Yet I see it, it seems,
almost 5 out of seven days a week. Texting. Booze? Weed?
A reader reminds me
that “Normal Distribution” on typical Bell Curve is being toppled by whacko Everything-for-free-in-America
programs.
There was a funny political
cartoon in the paper showing an exasperated Bernie complaining about Billionaires
spending their own money to buy votes, while Bernie and pals are shown happily
spending tax payers money to buy votes.
I saw “Knives Out” a
couple of days ago, and liked it. It was a good yarn about a mystery with lots
of good old-fashioned Agatha Christie style red herrings. It should have been
great escapism from political irritants, except that Hollywood made it, and they
can’t help themselves.
Another reader reminds me of
great American Military quotes: 1779 – “I have not yet begun to fight,” JP Jones;
1812 – “Damn the Torpedoes, full speed ahead,” David Farragut; 1944 – “Nuts,” General
McAuliffe; 2019 – “I felt marginalized by his tweets,” LT Vindman.
Do Hollywood a producers
and directors love portraying wealthy people as evil, selfish, immoral and incompetent
to assuage their own guilt of being among the richest, most pretentious of all Americans?
It has always seemed to me
that the best movies for my taste were mainly in the Spring. Take this from a
guy who used to plan his business trips by what was in the theaters.
Reading Between the Lines Movie Reviews:
--Everybody seems to like the “Invisible Man” a lot.
It is scary, well produced and well-acted. A woman trapped in an abusive relationship
with a brilliant scientist escapes hoping to disappear into the proverbial woodwork.
The abusive ex commits suicide and leaves her much of his vast fortune. Then
eeriness enters the picture and threatens the lives of friends, family and herself
And nobody can see the evil. Was the suicide a hoax? Elizabeth Mosss (Of Mad
Men Fame) is brilliant.
--"The Whistler” looks pretty good. It is one
of those “Everything is not what t seems” films which can be always interesting.
Apparently, a woman police inspector in Bucharest, Cristi joins in with a beautiful
pal Gilda to pull off a high stakes heist. She has to walk the fence between
both sides of the law. Plenty of twists and turns ensue. On my list
--In “Burden”, A minister, Forest Whitaker, resolves
to do everything in a black community in a southern town to try to quell the tensions
at the opening of a Klu Klux Klan Museum. Lots of conflicted choices are set forth.
I think you get the picture here.
The Answer:
Brilliant scientists Watson and Crick determined the
double-Helix structure of DNA. I wonder if they own stock in Ancestry.Com? Bonus:
Today the NFL Super Bowl one of the consistently top two of there rated shows
had 19.3 Million viewers. The finale of the beloved M*A*S*H show had 121.6
Million viewers in 1983. When the show ended, the NYC plumbing system faced near
disaster when everybody began flushing!
Today, there’s’ many a
program I’d like to see flushed.
There’s just not much
I can write about the virus and the market’s reaction until it’s over.
Have a great
Weekend, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!!
We’ll figure it out.
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