Cancel debates.

 

Today's Tids Issue 4.746

Red Faced:

 

Well…I won’t be watching anymore “Presidential” debates. Wow. Crazy.

 

I’d say that the debate last night looked quite like contemporary Americana. Like looting.

 

If you’re concerned about mercury in tuna. always opt for Chunk Light over Albacore.

 

A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.

 

The Question:

How long was Abraham Lincoln’s wing span?

 

The Headlines:

--Markets Showing Strength; Consumer Confidence Index For September Takes Strong Step Upward; News Of Possible Movement In Stimulus Package Approval Adds To Market Enthusiasm; Pending Home Sales Surged 8.8% In August; Disney Lays Off 28,000 Park Employees; Alibaba Leads Tech Stock’s Upward.

--Candidates InUgly Battle; Chris Wallace Has Trouble Controlling Speakers; Noting Of Value Came Out Of “Debate”.

--James Comey Testifying Before Senate On Russian Influence.

--Kentucky AG Moves To Delay Revealing Grand Jury Testimony In Taylor Case.

--3 People Fatally Shot, Woman Hospitalized In Hostage Situation In Salem Oregon.

 

The reality of the situation is that according to most polls, there are only about 9% undecideds left (There were 20% at this point in 2016 race), and Trump is down by 10 points.  The only hope for the incumbent is based on a theory that Repubs have been embarrassed to tell pollsters that they expect to vote for DT, but know they will when in the booth.

 

I always have the inclination to tell teens walking the streets of my town that jeans with fabricated holes have jumped the shark. And that you basically look terrible. Good thing I’m shy.

 

There are a several good options to paying $1,100 for an iPhone 11 Pro Max. The Samsung Galaxy S20 “matches Apple’s excellent performance” for $300 bucks less and the Galaxy S10 is $500 bucks lower. And for most people you don’t need any more than a S10

 

The Origin of “Jumped the Shark”:

Jumping the Shark is an idiom used to describe a moment when something that once was widely popular, but has grown less popular and to prevent further irrelevancy attempts a gimmick to regain popularity.  The term arose from an episode of Happy Days when Fonzie strayed outside the normal story line and absurdly tried to jump over a shark with water skies. It broke the show. “Jumped the Shark” has grown to simple means “Past its Peak.”

 

If Trump was looking to reach out beyond his base for those critical extra votes. an occasional smile may have helped.

 

I always had the sense that Oregon was very pleasant and peaceful place to live. I guess things change when people discover it.

 

Within that morass last night. the President actually made a couple of good points but the people he should be reaching will be blinded by the ugliness of the debate.

 

Actually, I sat there and all I could think about was -- So this is the best that the powerful envy of the world, United States of America can do. Disheartening.

 

Elect your Republican Senator.

 

Yesterday a man in Oregon plunged off a cliff into the Ocean to his death in yet another death by phone posing incident. This is not one of America’s better new adventure trends.

 

The Answer:

Abe’s arms from finger tips to finger tips was 7 feet. He needed that length to fend off flying missiles from wife Mary Todd.

 

I was trying to think of other stuff to say to broaden the scope of the info, but I guess we just chalk this issue up to narrowness. I have to imagine that most Americans sat there in utter disbelief.

 

After November 2016, the best pun line was: Orange is the new Black_

Popcorn Night?

 

Today's Tids Issue 4,744

TV Date:

 

I think there is a TV program on tonight that should get a little viewership. It should be about a battle of selfless words, considered plans for the future of a country between to gentleman vying to become the so-called leader if the Free world. This is a momentous event, something special which leaders of all countries will be looking at closely. But will it just be another schoolyard brawl filled with exaggerations, hyperbole and yes senseless nastiness. Some say Trump will misuse his current strategy pointing out how Joe Biden’s mind might be losing it, But all the Prez is doing which with that is lowering expectations for Joe, and if Joe just looks reasonably neutral to people than he is the outright winner. It appears that Joe will hammer away at DT’s taxes and his choice for SC who will be characterized as a killer of healthcare in the middle of a pandemic. This could be like a TV program never ever before seen in history. Will it be SNL, or worthy of the President of the USA.

 

Now that I got that off my mind, lets talk about something nice.  Like a bowl of gummy rice, doused with a lemon chicken flavored sauce. Its easy to satisfy my dietary tastes, but harder and harder to convince me of the quality of those who would lead.

 

One of the Tids great readers who I haven’t heard from in a while, a truly terrific man, wrote yesterday to suggest that American sprinter Wilma Rudolph should have been among the top ten best spots woman yesterday. Wilma, after all wore a brace in child hood and was told that she would never walk. And, she became a world record-holder Olympic Champion. Wilma just went out and did it, and you can imagine the tears and the pain it took to get there.

 

Those sudden wildfires in Sanoma/Napa were horrifying, I can’t imagine the fear in the hearts of people who one minute were comfortable in their homes, and in the next minute were running for their lives.

 

The Question:

Name the Top Ten All-Time Music Albums.

 

Headlines:

--Falling GDP Estimates Could Irk Wall Street Today: Stocks Drifting.

--Presidential Debate Tonight.

--Corona Virus Passes 1,000,000 Deaths Worldwide.

--Pelosi And Dems Unveil New $2.2 Trillion Stimulus Package; Pelosi And Mnuchin Remain In Contact, But Progress Is Minimal.

--Ferocious Glass Fire Has Consumed More Than 36,000 Acres.

 

The truth of politics is that neither side is going to let the other have Stimulus package victory 5 weeks before an election.

 

How people try to fool us, Department:

Consumers are lured to pay extra for eggs with the Designation, “No Hormones.” Don’t shell out an extra penny to this product from Henny. By law, “All chickens that produce eggs are barred from being given hormones.” All eggs for consumption are egg-actly the same!  

 

Speaking of Henny, the original Henny Youngman’s

 tells us, “When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.” “I got all the money I’ll ever need, if I die before four o’clock”. “Every time I ask what time it is, I get a different answer>”

 

A lot of national auto repair chains have facilities that look sharp organized and clean. But it is often the shop that looks disorganized and dirty where all the good mechanics land. Afterall, it is only about mechanics.

 

“An organization created out of fear, must create fear to survive.” Bill Hicks.

 

Nobody in 2015 got the answer to this following question right: “Where do you think oyu will be in five years?”

 

“Aging gracefully is a nice way of saying you are slowly looking worse.”

 

News events lose their luster fast these days. All weekend it ACB, and more ACB, but so far this week it has been something entirely different.

 

Times change, Department:

We just got a fax. At work. We didn’t know we had fax machine. The entire department just stared at it. I poked it with a stick.

 

The Answer:

The judges for this list were more than 300 artists, critics, producers and music industry leaders, Some were like Atlantic Records CEO Craig Kallman and artists like Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Billie Eilish, Stevie Nicks, Adam Clayton and Gene Simmons. The number one Album was Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On”. #2 was The Beach Boys “Pet Sounds”, and then Joanie Mitchell’s “Blue”. #4. was Stevie Wonder “Songs in the Key Of life” and #5 was the Beatles “Abby Road”.  #6 was Nirvana “Nevermind” followed by Fleetwood Mac “Rumors”, Prince and “Purple Rain”, Bob Dylan “Blood on the Tracks”,  and # Ten was Lauryn Hill, “The Miseducaiton of Lauryn Hill.” The Next five were Beatles “Revolver,” Michael Jackson “Thriller”, Aretha Franklyn “I never loved a man…”, Rolling Stones, “Exit on Man Street” and at #15 Public Enemy “It takes a nation…” Thee next ten artists are The Clash, Kanye West, Bob Dylan again, Kendrick Lamar, Radiohead, Bruce Springsteen, The Notorious B.I.G.,  The Velvet Underground, The Beatles (Sgt Pepper) and at #25 Carol King’s Tapestry. If you are so inclined, you can check out the list:

 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/paul-simon-graceland-3-1063187/

 

 

You know, asking questions like this and seeing the answers, lead me to believe I lead a pretty sheltered life. What happened to Bing Crosby?

 

Typically, Trump supporters will think DT trounced Joe and Dems and a lot of the media will rejoice feeling that Joe was outstanding. But which one will appeal to the all-important fence sitters? That is always the question.

 

“A wiseman once said…nothing, he only listened.”

Corn versus Covid.

 

Today's Tids Issue 4,744

Lost in a corn maze:

 

The Montauk daisies are beginning to burst, so there’s some good news for everybody tired of the gloom.

 

Here is one simple fact. Covid may be producing woes and depression among some, but it is conclusive that local sweet corn has had one of its better seasons ever. Obviously superb corn had nothing to do with Covid, but it does tell me that life always goes on quite beautifully and sometimes actually gets better within the drear. That’s the simple fact I have today. Don’t give up on the world. Something is always churning up.

 

Wokeness is the opposite of relational human ambition.

 

I think that Brioche rolls are vastly overrated. They must appeal to peep who enjoy saying things like Brioche. because they invariably ruin a good sandwich.

 

In Boca Raton Florida a teacher reported that while teaching kids online she saw parents in the background smoking pot, drinking booze and walking in the background nekid. I have always thought that the biggest single detriment to kids leaning is the home environment. The kids will respect education if the parents do.

 

The Question:

Who are considered that Top Ten all-time greatest woman athletes? Those who contributed the most to women in sports. I’ll be interested to finding the answer myself.

 

The Headlines:

--Markets Open Week Ion High Side; Techs And Beaten Down Hospitality/Travel Stocks Lead the Surge.

-- Trump Fights Back As NYT reports Near No tax Payments.

--Dems Will Have To Avoid Character Assassination As They Go After AMB

--New Fires Rage In California; Large Outbreak Surprises Sanoma.

--NYC Seeing Spike In Corona Cases.

--Judge Blocks Trump Admin Ban On TikTok

 

Believe it or not it is time to start planting the bulbs that give us those bright blooming days of spring. Those yellow days of a daffodil spring; the softness of hyacinths abloom; the vivid colors of tulips that catch you eye. And this year it is more important than ever. It appears that many homebound during Covid turned to gardening for fresh air and mental fitness. and it is expected that bulbs could be in short supply. So for North Easterners who need to plant before the first freeze, it is time.

 

If you think the news has been loaded with BS from all corners of the nation the past few months. You haven’t heard nothing yet. Wait till the caustic views of anti-ACB’s start spewing. Wait for the exaggerations and the outright lies. It will come. Yesterday for Instance, “Joe Biden set the tone which appears to be the nub of the Dem attack strategy “She will eliminate health care right in the middle of a pandemic.”  I will just laugh a lot at the outrageousness, but I will be saddened at how many people believe it .

 

How to start your firepit and avoid the high cost of shredding. Old tax reports and backup data. This also circumvents the possible nosiness of curious shredders.

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The NIH announced new round of “Research supplements to promote diversity of Health-Related research.” Academic science labs would get extra “diverse researcher”. There were no listed relevant scientific qualifications that should be met, only the level of being diverse. And. in addition to the usual Diversity check off boxes like race and gender, they have added a new series of eligible victims – Former Homeless, peeps, those who grew up in Foster care, those who had been eligible for school lunches, or received WIC payments. There is also a point system where extra points are achieved by checking off more boxes -- like Hispanic Single mother who had paid for school lunches. That would. launch the person to the top of the qualifying heap. You can read this story in the Saturday WSJ by Heather MacDonald. The title of her article is, “Woke science is an experiment certain to fail.’ Let’s hope.

 

We just passed the last weekend for the former hometown AAA Baseball team, the Pawtucket Red Sox, known affectionately throughout the state as the Pawsox. This was a 50-year institution. It is just the latest example of politics over practicality. Just another day when Rhode Island thought small, another day when they lost a part of its soul.

 

Covid is changing things and creative minds will leap past the negativity and make it happen for the better.

 

The Answer:

There are several lists for best women athletes of all time. Tis list has at #10, Basketball player Lynette Woodward. At #9 we have Annika Sorenstam followed by Nadia Comaneci, Bonnie Blair and Florence Griffin Joyner #5 is Martina Navratilova and at #4 Serena Williams. The top three are Mia Hamm, Jackie Joyner-Kersee and At #1, the great athlete who may have started all for women, “The Babe” – Babe Didrikson Zaharias. Another list has the same Top Three but adds Lottie Dod, Lisa Leslie and Danika Patrick. A third list has as the top Three – JJ-Kersee, The Babe and Martina. That third list also adds Steffi Graff and Billie Jean.

 

We got to live in our own worlds and not where the politicians what to take us.

 

I’m feeling pretty darn great today. Join me.

 

Melted butter dripping down delicious local corn is a nice image to leave you with today.