Hysteria Kills.

 

Today's Tids Issue 5,025

Lost in Scotland:

 

One of the worries today is that now that small groups have successfully demonized police -- almost all who are good people, earnest at doing the best job possible -- will departments forced to recruit replacements in the wake of this hysterical disparagement   be forced to lower standards? That is the worry for today.

 

I always felt sorry for Richard Jewell.

 

Did you know that young police officers depend on being hired by construction companies for road protection patrol just to be able to afford being married and raising a family? Yes, police have families too. You’ve seen those grieving widows/widowers, children, parents, tears pouring, after a husband/wife, dad/mom, a son/daughter has been ambushed and killed.

 

It seems that this year some of the shining lights in the NFL are dropping fast to injuries. The latest is a season-ending surgery for JJ Watt. Is it because they have to wear masks when not playing and aren’t getting enough rejuvenating oxygen?

 

 

 

The Question:

Richard Jewell was harassed and essentially convicted by the media for the bombing during the Atlanta Olympics. But of course, he was entirely innocent. Who was the actual bomber?

 

The Headlines:

--Continuing Strong Earnings Reports Push Stocks Higher After Yesterdays’ Downturn; Until Last Hour When Markets Drop Like Stone, Though Remain Positive; New Jobless Bennie’s Claims Decline Again; GDP Number Misses –Economy Decelerated To Expand At Slowest Rate.

--Biden Rushes Over To Capitol Building In Morning Hoping For Something Nice From Congress From Congress; While Hopping On Plane Prez Announces Almost Historic Possibility.

--Facebook Changes Its Name to “Meta” In Major Rebranding Effort.

--Virginia Politics: McAuliffe Says No CRT Heare; State Of Viginia Promoting Book Telling Teachers To Embrace CRT.

--Former Gov Cuomo Charged With Misdemeanor Sex Crime.

--Sherrif In New Mexico Labels Rust Shooting Event “Criminal Investigation”.

--100’s Of Thousands In Mass And RI Still Without Power After Nor’easter’ Bomb.

 

The Tids Pickers had a decent week, better than some of the so-called experts. 10-3 brings us to 71-36 (66.4%)  This week will be much harder, beginning with tonight’s great matchup of the week, Arizona/Green Bay. The Cardinals are flying and the Pack seems back. Aaron R will be happy that JJ Watt is down, but I still think the Cards will win it. Ten/Indy is also a good key game. Idy is just missing but Tennessee looked really strong last week, I have to stick with my ma Vrable and The Titans. Another traditional war is Cleveland at Pittsburgh. This is a very tough pick depending on which of these two shows up. Cleveland seems like a better team. For a different reason, Carolina/Atlanta is a good possible game too. Both are division rivals and I pick the Falcons. Dallas is rolling, but Minn is picking up the pace. This may be tighter than many think. I have to stay with Dallas even as my heart looks toward the North. Another key Division rival game is The Bucs and the Saints. Tehe halos versus the eyepatches. The evil pirates will beat the holy team. (Sorry, I worked too hard that). And then there is the Chargers against my beloved Pats. This is almost a season making game for the Pats who have only beaten the two worst NFL teams. I like the Pats are better than their record, but LAC is very good and at home. My Pats will spring an upset.

 

Of the rest, I have KC over the NY Giants, Seattle over the Jax, Buffalo over the sinking Dolphis, the Bengal’s way over the Jets, LA Rams not having a problem with Houston, Chi over San Fran and the Eagles nipping the lions in a close win. That really could go either way. I am at also at a loss about Denver WFT game. Another coin toss affair. The Broncs have let me down a lot this year. I’ll pic the Washington team.

 

I don’t know much about politics, but “Reconciliation Framework” sounds like public relations strategy trying to pull the wool over the public’s eyes again. Has anything actually happened? It looks more like an announcement ploy to make the Prez look good in Scotland.

 

Well, we continually prove that pouring millions into the school budgets doesn’t change anything. In the latest round of RI test scores, RI students seem once again to be at the bottom of the heap again, regionally and nationally.

 

Have you noticed lately that sports news doesn’t always say, X Team beats YTeam? It says XTeam beats spread in win over YTeam. And, I hear that the big casino ad gambling centers are trying everything to younger people into gambling. Which is actually quite sad.

 

 

The Answer:

The Alanta Olympic site bomber was Eric Rudolph. But I suspect alt of people think of poor Richard first. Accusations today are too often crippling to innocent people. But they sell newspapers and get viewers. And too often they support misguided agendas.

 

What’s the difference between a poorly dressed man on a bicycle and a nicely dressed man on a tricycle? Attire.

 

Always leave them laughing. Or at least perplexed.