Good Bye Cool July

 

 

Today's Tids Issue 4,963

Half way to peacefulness:

 

Listening to news from Washington DC is heartbreaking. A lot of people I come across daily seem sadly concerned about the direction of the country. The general atmosphere feels grey. I’m a happy guy basically. I seriously believe in happiness. I hate to start a weekend with a bummer sentence. But, that’s what I’m hearing, and that’s the way it feels. How can you be happy unless you deal with the truth? So that’s from all the great people who don’t make the front pages. But they will find a way to deal with it, and that makes everybody happy.

 

“I once worked at a cheap pizza shop to get by. I kneaded the dough.” From loyal reader and Pun Wizard.

 

If that first paragraph reads a little foggy, I had a serious coffee issue this morning. My old bag ran out, but I knew for sure I had just bought a backup. I always do. But after ten minutes ransacking the kitchen in my pre coffee amorphous state, it was nowhere to be found. I could have run down the street to a café and bought a cup that would cost close to that of can or bag on sale. That would have bothered me even more! Yikes. What a world we live in.

 

President Joe suggested that states come up with $100 bucks to give citizens as an inducement to be vaccinated. So, that’s about it for America, huh. They won’t live up to basic personal responsibility unles they get something for it. Is this like the “Trophy’s For All” mentality that is now coming to fruition in general society? We are doomed.

 

Today is national Cheesecake Day. That makes sense.

 

The Question:

Name the Top Ten Romance movies of all time.

 

The Headlines:

--Weak Earnings Reports Including Amazon Deflate Investors At Opening; Personal Spending Up More Than Expected, Savings Is Down

--Covid Cases Mounting In Florida; Hospitals In Jacksonville And Brevard County Exceeding Capacity; Equal To Last Summer.

--Eviction Moratorium On To Expire; Billions In Emergency Rental Assistance Unspent.

 

By the way if I’m not mistaken, school children cannot go to public schools unless they are vaccinated for a host of diseases like measles and polio and more. So, why is Covid different? (Aside from the fact that it hasn’t been approved for younger children.)

 

I really like that new KIA Logo a lot. I think it transforms the design of the car. Oh wait, they have also transformed the design of some of their products. A new SUV looks quite rugged, similar to Ford’s new Bronco.

 

Condoms should be used on every conceivable occasion.

 

In a small survey, three Jeopardy guest hosts, LaVar Burton, Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik, are pretty much tied for the lead as favorites with combined 62% of the votes. Another three, Buzzy Cohen, Paul Richards and Aaron Rogers accounted or 23%. So, you can see the others are way behind with 7 sharing 15%. But I noticed a serious oddity.  In a separate question to the same audience it was asked, “Should LeVar Burton be named permanent 'Jeopardy' host?”, 55% said “No”. 34% said yes. So that’s it for now on that subject.  

 

The Mega Cap Teish were a little less scintillating. Apple and Microsoft did well Bu the rest missed, and shook the investor community a bit. that’s the problem with techs, when they disappoint, they really disappoint.

 

Reading between the Lines Movie Reviews:

--Jungle Cruise has that feel of Romancing the Stone, and maybe even a  little of the great African Queen. People who have seen it like it quite a bit, The Critics don’t which just makes it that more appealing. Lily, a sophisticated research doctor hires a questionable Amazon River guide with a ramshackle but lovable boat. Like the African Queen and Romancing the Stone, these two antagonists set   out on an adventurous trip seeking a magic medical cure, fighting between themselves and against the harsh elements. Will be fun and light to watch. I would.

--I’m intrigued by Enemies of the State which follows the entanglements of a average America family caught in the web of espionage and corporate secrets all wrought by their hacker son. Pretty sure I will attempt to see this one

--Stillwater has a father rescuing his daughter, somewhat like “Taken” but isn’t quite there. Matt Damon is good as an out of work oilrig Roughneck in Marseille looking for evidence to free his daughter in jail for an Amanda Knox style alleged killing. Pretty good but film is a little slow moving. Probably worth seeing

 

The Answer:

Number One is Casablanca, that iconic film of films. It is followed by Gone With The Wind, West Side Story, Titanic, Shakespeare in Love, An Officer and a Gentleman, An Affair to Remember, City Lights, My Fair Lady and Out of Africa. #11 is The African Queen, followed by Moulin Rouge, Wuthering Heights, Ghost, Romeo & Juliette, The Notebook, Breakfast at Tiffay’s, Pretty Woman, When Harry Met Sally, and #20, Dirty Dancing.

 

Have a great weekend, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!!

 

This weekend needs a little Rock to wake up sleepy August. I like The Who:

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I don’t like strawberries; but I think they look good in paintings.

Today's Tids Issue 4,962

Be me, be you:

 

Covid looks more like a political disease, which is unfortunate.

 

One thing I have learned is that people are themselves. I find that some people think that all others should be like them, or at least conform to images they have for all others; love the foods the like, the goals they aspire to, the music they like… the way they lead their daily lives. But people are incredibly individualistic. Even the closest of relatives can be entirely different, have their own standards and characteristics and desires. The only common denominator should be the seasonable guidelines of a civilized society..

 

The next big national debate will be over whether or not Covid booster shots are needed.

 

My new girlfriend works at the zoo. I think she’s a keeper.

 

The Question:

Name 10 iconic people who died under 40 years old.

 

The Headlines:

--Huge 8.2 Earthquake Hits Alaska Aleutian Island Peninsula Chain; Tsunami Watch For Kodiak Called Off After Initial Frenzy.

--Fed Says It Is Looking Fr the Economy To recover Further Before Adjusting Monetary Policies; Stock Futures Mixed, But Dow Looks Solid; Facebook, PayPal Miss Revenue Estimates.

--US Leads In All Medals; Japan Leads In Gold.

--Senate Making Some Progress On $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill; Many Observers Still In, “We’ll See” Mode.

--Postal Workers Union W Quite Unhappy With Biden’s Federal Employee Mask Mandate.

 

How will we ever know the truth about anything in the future when every action or thought or event is politicized?

 

New reports say that the price of tomatoes will surge due to the heat and fires in California. But around here in the summer nobody eats anything but local tomatoes, and many brave the traffic around the NYC metro to get New Jersey tomatoes.

 

Sign in Book Store Window: “The Post Apocalyptical fiction section has been moved to Current Affairs.”

 

They have started again to publish the New Covid Cases lists in the papers again. Just in time for the political election season ahead.

 

A New Rasmusen Poll says Joes is slipping into trump disapproval country. He is down to 46% approval with a 52 % disapproval. It is obviously a Dem versus Repub based rating with Dems still pretty solid behind him while Repubs are definitely not feeling Joe’s unity campaign. Note: Gallop Poll Also Has Joe at his lowest rating yet, but higher at 50%.

 

I have always had this inward anger to an assertive statement from people, “Try this you’’ll love it.“

 

A sign in a coffee shop window: Come in and try the worst coffee one woman on Tripadvisor had in her life.” One person’s coffee is another person’s dishwater.

 

Repubs Fact Checked Joe’s latest off-the-cuff gaff, “I use to drive an 18-wheeler, man…I got to.” The only 18-Wheeler evidence found was that Joe rode in an 18 wheeled as a campaign stunt to n bond with teamsters when he was 29. Joe, Joe, Joe.

 

The Answer:

First, I was amazed considering all of his art that the world loves that Vincent van Gogh was only 37 when he shot himself. Mama Cass Elliot was just 32. Others are Franz Shubert, Freddie Prinze, Piver Phoenix, Otis Redding, Janis Joplin, Jim Morison, Frederic Chopin, Jimi Hendrix, Hank Williams, Mozart, Patsy Cline, Karen Carpenter,  Carol Lombard, Marilyn Monroe, Jesus Christ, Andy Kaufman, Lou Gehrig, George Gershwin, Martin Luthor King. The list is long but the accomplishments are countless

 

I know for a fact that my likes or dislikes or political leanings are nowhere near being the arbiter of the truth about everybody else believes in their hearts.

 

My friend drove his expensive car into a tree and found out how his Mercedes bends.

 

A good day to be a little goofy.

 

Today's Tids Issue 4,961

Lambs and Goats:

 

The Consumer Confidence Index rose to a super Post Pandemic high. I see that as good and perhaps bad. The Admin has been saying don’t worry, the Inflation spike is just transitory, a burst of retrained energy coming out of the dismal slowdown. But consumer confidence is putting a lot of pressure on demands for  available good s and serveries, So right now there are more buyers with money to spend than available products and services which is the classic supply/demand formula for continuing growth in increased prices i.e. inflation growth.

 

Last year around this time 700,000 passengers flew across USA skies. This week 2,120,000 passengers were flying to get-away places. And nary a fight in the aisles.

 

Yesterday in a special election for a vacated Texas Congressional seat, Repub Jack Ellzey beat Trump endorsed candidate Susan Wright, That poses an interesting scenario for the big congressional battles to come about a year from now: Will Repubs be running away from Trump endorsees? Trump got high marks form CPac attendees, but I’m beginning to see this election to come being decided by the movable middle – preserve our streets, our sensible laws, our beliefs and our historic greatness.

 

The Question:

For a nation at war, Americans displayed relative calmness durng the years 1842 to 1946. One of FDR’s wartime policies may have contributed to that. What do you think it was?

 

The Headlines:

--Stocks Creep Warily Into Wednesday; Nasdaq Looks To Come Back Strongly As Tech Earnings Deliver; Dow will Build Off Of Apple and Microsoft; Consumer Confidence Level Hits 129.1]

--Apple Crushes Estimates: Revenue $81.4 N Bill vs. $73 Bil Predicted, EPS $1.3 vs. $1.01: Microsoft In Clouds As Rev $46.15 Bill Beats $44.65 Bil, EPS $2.17 vs $1,98; Starbucks and Alphabet Also Surge And Beat.

--Simon Biles Withdraws From Individual All-Around Citing Mental Health Issues.

--Mask Wearing Drumbeat Growing Louder; Biden To Announce Vaccine Mandate For All Gov Employees.

--Capitol Police Balme Trump For Inspiring Riot, Repubs For Downplaying Seriousness.

 

It looks like “Breeze” is going to be a breath of fresh air for those in midsized cities wanting to fly anywhere easier. The Owner/Founder, David Needleman (Jet Blue), says, “We call Breeze a technology company that just happens to fly airplanes. This “App” driven airline is looking at ticket prices between $39 and $99. And more non-stop options for markets that rarely had any.

 

Good headline for Airline Advertisement: “No fight flights!: Fly like humans”

 

I have never seen so many dogs being walked around town as I do now. But, it always disturbs me to see humans walking behind them with plastic bags, It’s like perhaps we had lost our place in the world as the advanced species of life species with an ability to have a logical brain system. I suggest that obedience Schools dogs are trained to pick up their own poop. Or have port-a-poop stalls for dogs in inconspicuous places around towns. Let’s bring a little dignity back to humans. Politicians certainly aren’t doing that.

 

Yesterday I mentioned the Admin’s “Head in the sand Policy: for dealing with the southern unlawful activity at the southern border. So a good reader disagrees, saying the Ostrich effect is quite pervasive throughout the Admin’s policy thought process, for “Policing, International security especially funding a world class military/navy, Basic economics, Protection of civil liberties. Hard (sound) data analysis and Anything that matters to working successfully based on having the necessary skills, ethics, responsibility!”

 

I don’t think Lavar Burton is that good on Jeopardy.

 

Enthusiasm among citizens for a better America under Biden is benign to noticeably slip as local street Violence, Border chaos and Inflation concerns creep into the USA psyche.

 

The Feds will promote masking as creeping Covidism resurfaces because it is easier to rape the US Treasury, “For the good of the people” in dire health situations. Mad spending Pols have never had it so good as they have under this pesky germ.

 

The Answer:

Under the wartime powers act, FDR and his panels only permitted “one pound of coffee per citizen every five weeks” from 1942 to 1946. ! Good-bye midday shales. Sell your Starbucks stock! The mellow Forties, except for Mairzy doats, of course.

 

Have a crazy happy day!

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