Digital illusions.

 

Today's Tids Issue 4,943

Remember walking to polling places:

 

Why do TV weather people always seem so exulted pronouncing that we are have an official heat wave.? Is that a psychopathic tendency?

 

Today is National “Watch a Meteor Day.” In case you are tired of watching heat waves on meteorological maps.

 

A wise old reader notes that there were no massive outbreaks of Covid at Home Depot, Lowes, Walmart, Shaws, CVS and many more. He thinks there maybe be a clue in there about overreactions. Obviously, the threat was serious across the nation but hysteria was over the top.

 

Real news seems slow today. I guess our intrepid journalists are taking off early for the long weekend.

 

With all the advances in bread making and the rise of all these artisan bakers, Thomas’s English Muffins still make one of the better sandwiches.

 

The Question:

LA Has Lost it’s “Worst Traffic in America” Crown. Which do you think are now the Top Five worst metro areas in which to drive??

 

There will be a lot written in the coming days about the Abbott and Costello NYC mayoral election system. What we know today is that135,000 of the votes were not votes at all but part of new system voting test. God help us. Who’s on first?

 

The Headlines:

--Strong Data Pumps up Dow; S&P, Nasdaq Stable After Yesterday’s Record Highs; Jobs Increase By 625K Versus 600K Expected.

--Official Miami Collapse Death Total Up To 16; 147 Still Unaccounted For.

--Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Expected To Charge Trump Organization And CFO, But Not Former President.

--Bill Cosby’s Sex Assault Conviction Overturned By Pennsylvania’s Highest Court; Further Persecution Blocked; Coz To Be Released.

--LA Couty Health Urges Indoor Wearing Of Masks As They See Increasing Threat From Delta.

--On Line Broker Robinhood Ordered To Pay Thousands Of Customers $70 Million.

 

Actually, it feels hotter now ever since weather people figured out how to color satellite maps with bright threatening reds and yellows. Heat is all in the mind.

 

I think a lot of things that get people all excited about these days have always happened, but now with new technology and ease of traveling anywhere, more things are being discovered and declared new.

 

I was walking through a park this morn, cool breezes off the harbor kissing my fac when I realized that all of the removed historic statues opened up pedestals for sleeping homeless. Hydrangeas and lilies and sleeping humans interacting.

 

I see where “Fat Phobics” are coming under attack as big racist. I don’t know about you, but frankly I think being a fat phobic is kind of stupid. And they are ant-Cheetos.

 

Earwax can cause memory loss. Who knew? Actually, it’s more apt to cause wife loss.                                                                                                                                                                 

 

Remember Reagan’s Quote, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” You have to wonder how he would feel about these trillions in give-away packages.

 

Now it appears that it is, “I’m from WHO, and I’m here to help. There are louder murmurs coming out of that organization that they will be urging wearing masks inside as Delta virus spreads like “Wildfire.” On Monday the LA Health gang voted to recommend returning to mask wearing indoors. Bureaucracy 101: How to nip an economic rebound in the bud.

 

The woman who cleans my house could tell a lot of stories about me. She seems to have a problem about finding Cheeto crumbs everywhere.

 

A large percentage of the stimulus money is still sitting in the bank accounts of consumers. Wall Street likes it. To them it means that the economy has a lot of room for feasible growth throughout the year.

 

Why buy an RV? Kids won’t move back home if they can’t find it.

 

The Answer:

New York/Newark is now number1 in mind numbing traffic. Boston is second followed by Houston, LA/Anaheim and San Fran/ Oakland.

 

When you think about it, there isn’t an awful lot of real news. Most is manufactured or reposted inside out to fill up 24/7 cable news channels. Or the results of Public Relations campaigns and activist rants. The lack of real news shows up on big holiday weekends when the reporters of are idle.