Today's Tids Issue 4,986
Happy Labor Day to Expectant Moms Too:
This is the weekend that we honor labor;
But what do you say to many a neighbor
Happily sitting upon a cushiony couch,
Living off money from the government pouch!
This morning was definitely a plaid flannel shirt and jeans day. But Ii’ll be wearing my shorts well into November. Or, plaid flannel shirts and shorts would be ok.
The experts only missed the “August Jobs added” estimate by a half a million. I always thought I’d make a great economist. With misses like that, I know I would have been very good at it. Of course, there are two sides to this story as always on Wall Street. The miss says maybe the economy is not quite roaring yet. It also says to the Fed maybe they should extend the Asset by back program a little longer. Stock markets will probably be a little schizophrenic today.
Do you worry about Taiwan? I do. Remember how Hong Kong trusted China Central? Taiwan is critical to America. For one, as the so-called “First Island Containment Chain” it counterbalances China and protects trade routes. And of course, it is the major regional democracy in opposition to the China Communist Party. But, its main value is its strategic position in the world of advanced technology. For more than 30 years, Taiwan has produced most of the chips needed for technological creations becoming the main source of these for the development of artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous vehicles and quantum computing. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is the world’s strongest mass-producer of high-quality chips. And as the markets move toward smaller and more powerful chips that require less power, Taiwan is increasingly in a field of its own,” So, the question is, what will the Admin do in a year or two when Beijing gets serious about Hong Kong style move across the South China sea… just about the time when Joe B starts running again for re-election? (Thanks to Bloomberg for some of the substance to this Tidlet.)
I hear that today is the premiere of a new feminist version of our beloved romantic tale of Cinderella. Finally, a role for the arrogant step sisters. Count me out.
The Question:
2 days after the Nazis moved into Poland in 1939, four countries declared war against that dreaded horde. Two of the four were Great Britain and France. What were the other two? Bonus: Yesterday the Mars rover for the first time successfully grabbed a rock core sample from that mysterious neighboring planet. In what year did a US craft touch down and begin taking picture there?
The Headlines:
--New August Jobs Added Estimate Misses By A Mile, 235 Versus Est of 733; Markets Geet Back To Even After Morning Dump Due To Bad Jobs Number; Jobs Number Takes Pressure Off Fed To Taper.
--Lake Tahoe Residents Forced To Evac, But It’s Outrageous Price Gouging That Has Them Inflamed; Gougers Up Transportation And Lodging Prices 4- 8 Times Higher For Desperate Fleeing Evacuees
--Hurricane Larry Emerges In Atlantic; Probable Cat 4; Too Early To Tell Accurate Direction.
--Women Of Kabul Stage Taliban Protest; World Will Be Watching That.
September 6 brings to us the celebration of Rosh Hashanah. Just in case you want to send a sincere greeting to a good Jewish friend. It is the Jewish new Year.t so one of the holiest days and commemorates the creation of the world and marks the beginning of the Days of Awe, a 10-day period of introspection and repentance that culminates in the Yom Kippur holiday, also known as the Day of Atonement.
I personally don’t use Alexa or Siri for one simple reason. I’m Paranoid.
Among the things that irritate me most are any of those evil devices used to seal loaves of bread – plastic breakable clips, twisty wire things and other assorted fasteners devised by sadists. Of particular annoyance, is that I feel guilty throwing them away knowing it may have been the life work of somebody who put the their heart and soul into devising them.
In big tourist centers, all businesses are crying out for employees. And even in non-tourist places, key services like Dentists and ophthalmologists are having similar problems with staffing. Now some will say that next week when the $300/week Gov payments for doing nothing disappear, workers will stream back. But a knowledgeable insider says, “not so fast!” The real problem is meteoric creases in rents and home prices, especially in desirable tourist areas. Worker wages are just lagging far behind the new cost of living for their old home town and work place. There are fewer job applications because there are fewer and fewer potential applicants.
The CEO of IKEA was elected Prime Minister in Sweden.
He should have his cabinet together by the end of the weekend.
One of America’s greatest sportswriters, Tim Cohane, would often start is Nationally syndicated column, “Frothy Facts” with a quick poetic ditty. One was about the absence of a famed, boisterous NYC restauranteur, Toots Shore: “Without the proprietor, It is much quieter.” I was told that by Cohane’s son, who added, “that sounds like what has happened since the recent Presidential election!” Tim Cohane was the Sports Editor for Look Magazine for 20 years until its el foldo. Among his well-known classic lines written as a columnist for the NY World Telegram, was is his descriptive term of the Vic Lombardi dominant “O” lien for 1940’s mighty Fordham University: “The Seven Blocks of Granite”.
In response to my news item yesterday about having my fern tipped over in the raging storm, a good loyal reader wrote to ask, “Was your Aunt Fern drinking!”
I go through periods when my “e” or my “n” is not working well. You can generally tell by the typos. Or at least those e-n typos.
I am a little late because I had to run to the local Supermarket for great Porterhouse steak sale. I had to wait in line for quite a while as th butcher kept cutting new steaks. Fortunately, the customers waiting were very respectful of each other except one guy who tried or cut in. I smashed him with a bag of Cheetos. Which took me another hour to pick up. It’s amazing how far a Cheeto can roll
The Answer:
The other two countries that declared war against the Nazi’s in 1939 were New Zaland and Australia! Who knew? Wouldn’t it have been nice if Germany had declared war against the Nazis a couple of years earlier. Bonus: It was way back I 1976 that a USA mars lander first took pics up there in that cold climate. Who knew? Yes kids, we did have some technology back then.
Every year on Labor Day weekend we would have a big family get-together down at our rose covered cottage by the sea. And every year at that exact time, my gas grill would run out. It was always my most resourceful day of the year. As my wife never knew, uitil she reads this today.
Happy Labor Day Weekend, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!!
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