And a little gibberish too.

 

Today's Tids Issue 4,737

Liking:

 

I’ve got to get out of the house more so I can make the Tids more relevant and thus interesting. You become jaundiced just getting information from news media when you have an opportunity to get out there where real people are doing what they do in myriad various ways, good, bad and weird. here impressions of people are not viewed through the lens of an editor or publisher or producer trying to create viewership, readership or win a journalistic award..

 

The political parties at least used to stand for something decipherable, but when they began tagging people ideologically as left, right and all the in-betweens, everything became confused. People know what they believe in, but the taggers want to separate people to meet their objectives, to create animosity between people who as a rule generally liked each other before systemic demographying took over.

 

Whatever happed not to just wandering off somewhere by yourself.

 

My wife told me to stop impersonating a flamingo. I had to put my foot down,

 

The Question:

What was the original name for Boston?

 

The Headlines:

--Market Futures Bode Well For Good Opening; Key Reports Due This Morning: Mortgage Apps, Retail Sails Sales (Aug), Biz Inventories.

--Sally Makes Landfall As Cat 2; Gulf Coast Good face Deluge Of Historic Proportions,

--Western State Infernos Rage On; Armed Citizens In Oregon Protecting Evacuated Areas From Encroachers; East Coast States Feeling Effects Of West Coast Smoke.

--Brianna Taylor Family Gets $12 Mil Settlement From Louisville.

--Trump Under The Gun At Stephanopoulos Moderated ABC Town Forum.

--House Committee Blasts Boeing 73 7Max After Probe Findings; Revised Max Ready To Be Reauthorized For Flights

 

The world was a better place before the word “Outrage” became so common and acceptable.

 

Mike Pompeo has done a good job in the Israel UAE, Bahrain negotiations. He seems to be faring well in various around world negotiations. He may be totally unlikable or someone you wouldn’t want as a friend, or just sullied in the minds of some because he is part of Trump, but for the Country, he seems to be doing a good job. And I guess that’s why he is being paid.

 

When life gives you melons, you might be s dyslexic.

 

I’m always interested in the origins of expressions we use from time to time and often have not a clue of what it means. One of the most mysterious is “Come hell or high water”. Many such phrases are derived from a an event or some oddity unique to a period of history, like “Raining Cats and Dogs.” (This comes from the fact that the family cats and dogs would nest on straw rooves of older homes, and when it rained, he animals came pouring in. But “Come hell lor High Water” is basically frontier gibberish that was first published in the Iowa, “Burlington Weekly Hawkeye”, and was referring to things that are hard to overcome. I’ll be lookng for more of these meanings as time goes on.

 

RI and Providence are loaded with acclaimed restaurants. But acclamation doesn’t seem a enough to counter the devastating effects of Covid. Already some are shutting doors for good well before the limited seat Winter arrives. Times could be bleak for the northern dining out industry when the cold just gets too uncomfortable.

 

I told my girlfriend she drew her eyebrows too high. She seemed surprised.

 

Even many of the Middle East countries have given the US credit for the peace settlement signed yesterday. We will see little paise form the entrenched opposition here. That is the big problem facing the USA. Everything is political. Nobody seems big enough to suck it up and offer congrats for successes that are good for the country, or the globe. In days gone by, Dems and Repubs were able to emerge from their cocoons and say god job.

 

Have you noticed over these years that 99% of the time The Tids News begins with a story about Wall Street and the economy. I tend to believe that the economy is among the most important contributions the strength of any society. And a lot of the other Pop-nonsense comes off the quality of that base.

 

The rumble in Wall Street corridors is that investors are becoming paranoid over the over weighted influence of tech stocks. Could there be a sell-off based on fear alone, even as most knowledgeable pros keep repeating that  today’s Techs are solid companies, not like those of the past perched out on a flimsy limb.

 

The Answer:

Up until 1630 Boston was known as Shawmut. Shawmut is still around as names of companies streets and assorted places of interest.

 

I used to take life with a grain of salt. And a slice of lime. And a shot of tequila. But I’m alright now. Really?

 

Full bodied Tids tomorrow.