Today's Tids Issue #4,673
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The way things are going, kids of the future won’t have to study history, because there won’t be any.
I was going to write an upbeat Today’s Tids that would send us all into a happy weekend with no grinding of teeth and pulsating foreheads. But it is impossible to sit idly by where the onslaught, and the apologies, and the instant squashing of opposition has just become too pervasive.
People are scared of getting fined for congregating in crowds. As if catching a deadly disease and dying a horrible death wasn’t enough of a deterrent.
I’m not at all surprised by the market dip yesterday. I think I wrote something about the fragility of an oversold market a week or so ago. High alert is a good investing strategy these days. It’s always a good strategy when we only think we know something.
“I have good looking kids. Thank God my wife cheats on me.” –Rodney Dangerfield.
In case you have missed some of the global news lately, Iran seems to have become a potential growing problem mainly because of what appears as a reshuffling of the internal power structure.
The Question:
What are considered the best Breakfast cereals of all time?
The Headlines:
--Market Appears Poised For Bounce Back.
--Word Out Of Beijing Says China Wants Improved Relations With USA To Keep Trade Deal Moving Forward; UK Announced Worst Economic Contraction Of 20% For April; Worst Ever Monthly Contraction.
--Lawlessness Spreads In Seattle.
--GOP Officially Nixes Battleground State North Carolina, Shifting Convention To Jacksonville Florida.
--Pressure Growing For Biden To Pick Black Woman As Running Mate; Abrams Said To have Met Ex-VP This Week.
--Lindsey Graham Supports General Milley’s Apology About Joining Trump At St. John’s Church.
--Australian PM Wants BLM Protestors Charged; Says Aussies Had No Slavery.
--Walmart, CVS and Walgreens Agree To Stop Locking Up Black Beauty Products.
--New Porsche Cayenne GTS Has V8 Engine.
Have you heard the joke about the cure for Covid? It’s a riot!
Yahoo finance points to the convergence four distinct stories as the possible reason that drove the markets into a dark pit yesterday. Fed’s Powell says he wanted to see markets pricing in risk, “which is what markets are supposed to do.” #2 was the promise of holding interest rates at 0% until 2022, placing the banking sector under pressure, Third, The threat of a “Second Wave” became worrisome after several states reported significant Covid case increases. Lastly, retail traders were making bets on companies in or rumored to be filing for bankruptcy. There were also specific industries like airlines, Cruise companies plus electric truck maker Nikola, which had become over priced darlings. I also notice that after Apple’s two-day amazing blow through aggressive highs, it was resoundingly brought back to earth.
You would have to believe that somewhere in the 14th Amendment there is something written that says no group of Americans should not destroy, disrupt or demean the proudful foundations of other groups. I say this as I watch the self-appointed righteous take advantage the current national discussions to deny Italian heritage by lopping off the head of Columbus statues. We are alive with small, thoughtless, bitter minds.
We were so poor that my parents couldn’t afford toys. Good thing I was a boy so I’d have something to play with. --Rodney Dangerfield.
If you switch two letters, you go from worst stock market to market with worts,
Duh headline of the Day: “Trump’s Tulsa rally criticized by Black Leaders.”
“I was such an ugly baby that my mother fed me with a slingshot.” --RD
From what I have been reading and seeing lately, telling the truth seems to be inappropriate.
I wonder what the Astronauts sitting up there in the International Space Station are thinking as they look down at America.
“The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.” --Stephen Wright
It’s hard to miss people carrying signs that say “Abolish the police”. They are on front pages of newspapers and lead film stories in electronic news. The only people wo would benefit from that are criminals.
A guy named Ed Gordon is urging Joe Biden to support reparations for African Americans. I always thought we have been reparating for about fifty years.
“I went to the bank and asked for a cup of money. They said, ‘What for?’ I said, ‘I’m going ot buy some sugar.” --SW
I suspect that in the next several weeks we’ll be in the middle of the Backlash section of the current situation.
Former Trump aid John Kelley said, “We have to look harder at who we elect…put them through a filter, what is their character like, what are their ethics, and if they are elected, are they willing to represent all of their constituents and not just their base.” I wonder if he is looking at Joe Biden too.
In the new prevailing thought management era we are facing, John Kelly is correct for sure. Unless we do something about it, Half of America will always be mad as hell.
I was looking forward to watching the just released-to-Netflix, “Uncut Gems”, the so-called black comedy thriller movie starring Ben Stiller. It hurd my head.
The Answer:
Well, Number One is Cinnamon Toast Crunch. It is followed by Frosted Flakes, Honey Nut Cheerios, Cap’n Crunch, Froot Loops, Lucky Charms, Fruity Pebbles, Cap’ Crunch’s Crunch Berries, Apple Jacks and at #10 Cocoa Puffs. Going on we have Corn Pops, Golden Grahams, Reese’s Puffs, Frosted Mini-Wheats, Rice Krispies, Cap’n Crunch Peanut Butter, Cocoa Krispies, Raisin Bran, Cheerios, Honey Comb, Honey Smacks, Cookie Crisps and at #25 Trix. What…No Wheaties! (It is 48!) Good Ole Corn Flakes are down at 30. Shredded Wheat finally shows up at #61. Quaker Puffed Rice and Puffed Wheat are nowhere to be seen. We are losing our past. But, I admit, Cap’n Crunch was my favorite. But as A Kid I ate a lot of Puffed Rice and Shredded Wheat.
“It’s a small world. but I wouldn’t want to have to paint it.” --Stephen Wright.
Listen below and enjoy a tuneful weekend… E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!!
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