Who was that nurse, doctor, EMT…?

Today's Tids Issue 4,647

So. what do you think, Kimosabi?

Remember back when, when that iconic masked man* always stepped up for the good of the town’s folk? Well, it’s happening again. Maybe they’ll find that silver bullet soon.

Could it be that the newly revisited NBC sex scandal just may be what’s needed to get the news media away from too much Covid reporting. Juiciness gathers eyeballs.

I really, really like Dover sole. It’s too bad more of those delectable fish don’t swim west.

Let’s hope this virus comes to an end before Tick season begins, otherwise we’ll be dealing with Corona with Lyme.

Do you know what really bothers me? It’s poaching elephants for ivory

The Question:

What company is both the Largest Chip maker and Smart Phone Producer in the world? Bonus: What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?

The Headlines:

--Jobless Claims Up By 3.2 Million; Stocks Solidly Up, Holding Steady At Mid-Morning; Market Appears To be Shifting To Bullish Trend.

--Increase In China Export Data And International Oil Prices Has Markets Happy.

--Stay At Home Services Like Netflix and Peloton Report Strong Revenue, Subscriber Growth.

--Israel High Court Says It’s OK For Netanyahu To Form Next Government.

--Arizona Gov Disbands “Science Panel”, Opens State; Departing Panel Predicts Virus Spike.

--Bank Of England Warns Of Worst Economic Downturn Since 1706.

--Venezuela’s Maduro To Put US captured Fighters On Trial; US DOD Says US Not Involved In Coup Attempt; Pompeo Vows To Use “Every Tool” To Free Captured Americans.

--RBG Released From Hospital.
--Google “Meet”, Competitor To Zoom Just Integrated System With Gmail Inbox.

--Electronics Critics Seem To  ike Intro Of Microsoft’s New Versions Of Surface Book 3 And Surface Tablet 2.

0Because of this Fed $600 stimulus unemployment bonus, companies wanting to reopen are struggling to find employees – who make more money not working. That’s what socialism looks like.

This morn the IRS said that all checks issued to dead people must be returned. That makes sense. They didn’t however order dead people not to vote for democrats.

Apparently Adam Schiff is sweating the imminent release of a lot of unredacted data that dramatically contradicts almost all of his hyperbole. But here’s the deal, politicians typically only sweat for brief moments until amorality takes over.

Just because people are tossing masks and rubber gloves on city streets instead of fast food wrappers and coffee cups, that doesn’t make littering more noble?

*And woman. Note: There was only one masked man, but today’s times keep editors digging well beyond their rational thinking to reman Politically Correct.

“You know that little voice in your head that keeps you from saying things you shouldn’t? I should probably get one of those.”  --Anonymous

A quick glance tells me that women who wear pearls for their Obit pictures look better.

Too much of the CV reporting is centered around the blame game. Let’s fix the problem first. Do you know how much energy is lost when people try to alter action to avoid blame? lots.

CNN attacked ABC Nightly News Anchor David Muir last night because he didn’t “Prosecute” the president. As Cornell U Law School Professor William A. Jacobson reminded the partisan loonies. He said, “It is revealing about CNN because ‘Prosecute’ means to seek a desired objective.” “Journalism should be about obtaining and revealing facts, not achieving predefined results.” Several media observers agreed that Muir could have countered a couple of answers, but that the interview was by no means “Softball.” Another observer, Curtis Houck Editor of “Newsbusters”, called CNN “Farce of a network”. CNN is a political organization.

“The man* who invented Autocorrect should burn in Hello.”  -- Anonymous.

*Or, was it a woman?

Beware of fish called “Dover” sole caught in the Eastern Pacific. They are not even close in firmness or taste, but apparently, it’s a ruse going on. Dover sole is caught between the Mediterranean Sea and the North Sea. and the Bay of Biscay in between. That’s it.

When the drug dealers got divorced, they agreed to joint custody.

The Answer:

Samsung is the World leader in both Chip Production and Smart phone sales. Bonus: The Chinese Exclusion Act was nota DT Trump maneuver. This was a bill was passed by Congress and signed into law by Chester A. Arthur in 1882, and it banned immigration of Chinese for 10 years. It was extended in 1892 by the Geary Act. in 1902  is was made permanent. It was mainly to bar labor. Chinese women ere banned by the 1875 Page Act. Oh, wait, they did allow Chinese Diplomats, Teachers, Students, Merchants and Travelers.  

On Monday I complained about the heat. This Mother’s Day weekend around here may set a coldest weekend ever for May. “When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro” – Bill Murray.

I don’t know what it means either.

But, I do know it is extremely weird.