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Today's Tids Issue 4,619

Slow Movin':

Maybe staying at home will slow down the world a bit; where perhaps people will again handwrite letters and personal notes that actually endure over time, as those receivers tuck away their favorites in books or little wooden boxes.

My grandfather built an entire Itch-Cream business from scratch.

Yesterday I suggested that a rascally congressperson could hold up passage of the big stimulus bill. And I suggested, based on her own proclamations, that it could be loose cannon, AOC. It wasn’t her or even a Dem. It appears that it will be a GOP Rep from Kentucky named Thomas Massie. He may be making a point, which frankly many conservatives would like to make, but he unlike those who but their tongues, decided to clog the cog. Not only is he slowing the inevitable process, but he is basically endangering the other 454 reps who must now leave the safety of their homes and get on planes. He is now officially off the ballot for Mr. or Mrs. or Miss or they Congeniality award.

“Do or do not. There is no try.” --Yoda

Some are snoozin'

Some are Boozin.

But I'm not losin'

Cause I'm cruisin'

And just choosin'

To be a little amuzin'

With Tids schmoozin'.

The Question:

The Legendary John Curley Neal died last night, He was one of the shining stars for those wonderful Harlem Globetrotter teams; a masterful dribbler and shooter, and quite the human being, they say. He is one of just four players among many who entertained us all on the Globetrotters whose uniforms have been retired. Can you reach back into memory-land and name the other four? Just press the sidesplitting, laugh-out-loud button.

The Headless:

--Potential Stumble In House Stimulus Approval Has Stocks Sinking After Three Solid Up Days; Consumer Sentiment Index Plunges 11 Points.

--UK PM Boris Johnson Has CV; Experiencing Mild Symptoms.

--Trump And Xi Talking; Xi Tells Trump That China And US Must Unite To Fight Virus; NK Secretly Asking for Aid To Fight CV While`       Denying It exists.

--Netanyahu And Chief Rival Bernie Gantz Now Expected To Form A Unified Government.

--USA Leads Now In Covid-19 Cases; Passed Both Italy And China..

--US Files Drug Trafficking Charges Against Venezuela President Nicolas Moduro; Moduro Threatens Trump.

--Putin calls For Sanctions Moratorium At G20; Says Russia Expects To Defeat Virus In 2-3 Months.

--Biden Sees No need For More Debates.

A reader who lived in Milan Italy for 6-7 years wrote to tell me he has grandchildren in the region. You can imagine the pain felt each day as they see that CV creep. Most of the time when reporting statistics, we miss the very real human side of constant worry. This reader is just one of many with attachments in dangerous places.

I don’t believe that the Consumer Sentiment number right now is a good indicator of an economy. Today it’s much too closely related to major, hopefully short-term event. I mean, it’s like a “Duh” indictor.

For the guys watching the Pulp Production documentary on On-Demand TV, it was paper view movies.

In response to Wednesday’s question on Best Fashion Designers a reader writes to remind us that I left out Hugo Boss, the designer who gave us “The uniforms for WWII Nazis – including those dashing SS Uniforms.” There’s a lot of knowledge in this world to uncover.

Think about what the luxury of having non-pressuring free time affords. You have time to think though decisions without jumping into possibly bad ones. You can sit and take all the time you need to discover information about something that has interested you all your life, but always pushed aside to another day. You can enjoy the amazing emotional treat of seeing things in people and things we always took for granted. Yup, we got the time. Use it and don’t rue it. It’s pretty darn valuable.

Whoever said one person couldn’t change the world never met the guy who ate the undercooked bat.

“Reading Between the Lines Movie Reviews” is recovering in isolation.

So, here is a short list of some favored Streaming ventures from Netflix, HBO, Showtime, Hulu and Amazon Prime.

--Tonight, begins the third season of the great Ozark. I can hardly wait. It is a winner. If you have never seen in it, find some catchup locations.

--While waiting for Ozark, Netflix has had a pretty good yarn form Harlan Cobin called Stranger. Keeps you moving and interested with a great cliffhanger at every ending, and new surprise every beginning I mean, I like it.

--The Inventor – the story of the Elizabeth Holmes Theranos Scandal – “A window into the psychology of Fraud”, is interesting.

--Showtime is getting ready to bring back “Billions” just after the final, excellent season of Homeland. Clare Danes and Many Patinkin are their excellent best this tense series ending thriller. I now for sure I will miss it.

--The Top Streaming efforts for Prime are Bosch, The Boys, Catastrophe, Fleabag, Forever, The Man In High Castle, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Mozart in the Jungle and Jack Ryan.

--Hulu – Little Fires Everywhere, Reprisal, The Handmaids Tale or among the best there.

--On the Horizon are a potential return for Fargo, Succession and Netflix show Dead to Me. Amazon has One Mississippi, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Homecoming and Mr. Robot.

I know many of you out there are a lot smarter than I about finding good streaming programming. With a wider variety of taste.

The Answer:

The Harlem Globetrotters were an American institution and these four plus Curley made them a household name— Reese Goose Tatum (The First Clown Prince), Meadowlark Lemon (The Second Clown Prince), Marquis Haines (The magical dribbler before Curley) and Wilt Chamberlain, who I don’t associate with the Trotters at all. Maybe Sweetwater Clifton or Pop Gates deserves shot. Wilt is a legend but not with the Globetrotters. Maybe they should have retired the uniform of Louis “Red” Klotz, the guy on the opposition who always lost. Red played in over 19,000 games, humbly accepting defeat each time mainly as player and coach for the Washington Generals. O, wait a minute, Red is the 6^th player to have his jersey retired! Makes sense.

Sometimes when I have so much time, I read too much about stuff I’m trying to locate and the Tids never gets out.

Have a great weekend, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!! It will be just like the week!! Slow and easy and delightfully confining.