Excuse inflation

 

Today's Tids Issue 5,037

November Void:

 

When I see lovers' names carved in a tree, I don't think it's sweet. I just think it's surprising how many people bring a knife on a date.

 

The EV auto biz is very interesting. The stocks of Tesla, Lucid ad Rivian are in play and exciting investors at all levels. The three all are touting their potential dominance in the inevitable huge ew auto marketplace, But we know that GM, Ford, BMW, Volvo, Nissan and Toyota, among others, with vast resources weren’t twiddling their thumbs now like they may have in the past. They have been jolted into the new reality. Sparks of creativity are electrifying the daily activities pf those in executive suites and board rooms. Lightening has struck engineering and manufacturing departments. These old lie auto builders are energized. So where does that leave the new EV Wall Streete wonders? Probably as companies to be eventually bought for technology by traditional automakers.

 

One of the nice things about this time of year is that there are so many mesmerizing light festivals.

 

Do you think of Jen Psaki as an economic genius who has her arms soundly wrapped around inflation and all of the ramifications of how it may or may not be affected by dumping another couple of trillion dollars into financial system already drowning in debt? I don’t know the answer either, but you just can’t dismiss such a potential massive problem out of hand.

 

The Question:

Today is National Prematurity Day. I thought it was a day to celebrate adolescents, but it is obviously celebrating children born prematurely. Name five great human beings born seriously prematurely

 

The Headlines:

--Markets Hovering Near Highs Could Open Sluggishly; Target, Loews Latest To Beat Estimates; Investors Trying To Discount Inflation Woes; Inflation Could Trigger Fed Speeding Up Tapering.

--Inflation In Britain Climbs To 10 Year High.

--US Northwest and Canada Are Recovering After Devastating Floods.

--Biden On Trip Around US Selling Infrastructure.

--Australia Reports Sightings Of Mega Spider; Venomous Spider Has .8 Inch Long Fangs.

 

I refuse to report any headline about the progress of the Rittenhouse jury until the verdict comes in. You can tell there is no real news today by the way all of the news agencies are only sending out headlines covering minute to minute activities surrounding the Rittenhouse jury room. Which is actually nothing.

 

The Voice results last night came out as predicted in Tids. My observation says the biggest voter dichotomy is about Jim and Sasha, who seem to have big negatives but enough support to keep them going. Joshua Vacati could be another in that confounding category.  I wasn’t surprised to see country gal Jana Scott continue. Country music voters have always been strong on this show. Right now, “Girl Named Tom” looks like the favorite.

 

On the Netflix scene, Midnight Mass” is as weird as “Maid” is tedious.

 

You just got to know that spending the $2 to 3 Trillion will affect inflation. And you know that is more than likely true because the admin is working so hard to defend the spending.

 

I get hooked on a lot of bad TV, but I’ll never admit it.

 

Uh, make that four for the Big East ad zero for the Big Ten. Last night Seton Hall beat #4 Michigan, and Creighton beat Nebraska.

 

Speaking of EV, I haven’t heard much out of Fiat/Chrysler.

 

President Biden is saying that his hoped for gigantic social spending bill is already paid for. Who’s paying for it?

 

I used to get a lot of information online from the Boston Globe, NY Times, Wash Post and WSJ. Now they all want me to pay for it. I’m wondering when the US Giv will ask me to pay for all those pandemic handouts we stowed away in our savings accounts.

 

Do you think that the Biden admin will compensate retirees for the rise I inflation by dumping enough money into Social Security to help oldsters stay even?

 

This looks like a real bad survey to me. This is about the things people hate most on their TDay dinner plates: Number One is cranberry sauce followed by turkey, Sweet potatoes and yams, green bean casserole and stuffing. I guess I’ll just have a big bowl of rich, thick, creamy gravy.

 

When a person’s occupation is listed as “Entertainer” it generally means he or she has a better press agent than talent.

 

I thought I’d tell you a good time travel joke – but you didn't like it.

 

The Answer

Give every child a chance because you might get another Stevie Wonder, Albert Einstein, Sir Isaac Newton, Mark Twain, Winston Churchill, Sidney Poitier, Johanes Kepler or Anna Pavlova. I realize probably nobody had a chance to answer the Q today, but it was interesting about never giving up.

 

As you can see from the above, my head was as empty as the news wires.

 

But, it can get worse: How do you rob a snowman? With a hairdryer.