Today's Tids Issue 5,034
Simplicity is Elegant:
Society has become too complex, too symbiotic. Simple decisions are more often infected by group approval demands. Too much substantiating information misclassifies, mischaracterizes and misses the point. too many decision makers have to walk tightropes.
A couple of days ago it was GE becoming three independent smaller companies Today it is J&J splitting into two – Consumer Health Care and Pharmaceuticals. Is this the new trend in corporate life – from unwieldy disjointed mammoth companies singularly focused entities. Could be the newest thinning of America. Now if we could only do that in government. But that is more likely than not an impossibility. See Tids One.
Today is going to be a great day. It’s National French Dip Day. Yahooooooo!
Mark Twain said; “Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.” Did he have a premonition of WebMD?
The Question:
Who was the only person convicted in the aftermath of the My Lai Massacre? And, what happened to him?
The Headlines:
--Markets Up; Analysts Seeing Inflation Moderation On The Horizon.
--Myanmar Military Court Convicts USA Journalist Danny Fenster Of Immigration Violations and Unlawful association With Anti Military Groups; Sentenced To 11 Years
--New Wash Post/ABC Poll: 67% Of Americas See Climate Change As Serious Problem; Only 45% Say Urgent Auction is Needed.
--Rittenhouse Jury Is Pondering.
It appears to me that the prosecutors caught up in the chaos and societal premise of the moment overcharged Rittenhouse. There seems to be more evidence sustaining his cries of self-defense than there are countering it. And that includes one victim admitting he pointed a gun at the kid. Afterall, the marauders were unleashing their venom against innocent business owners. And he a 17-year-old kid, if anything, was perhaps caught up in the protection process. It is not clear-cut premediated murder for sure.
Confucius said: “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”
Yesterday I noticed a couple of irritating trends that may affect my health food diets. White Castle frozen Sliders have been repackaged and looked suspicious to me. I put the package back. And at my local Shaw’s Super market where I prefer their store bread of Sausage-egg-cheese-biscuit breakfasts over Jimmy D, they were missing. Yikes! They couldn’t possibly be on a container ship off Long Beach Cal
Last night’s NFL game between Baltimore and Miami is typical of this season full of surprises. Miami’s D held Lamar and the Ravens in check all night. On Sunday lowly Jax held mighty Buffalo to 6 points. The inept Jets beat a very strong teens see and later powerful Cincy for their only two wins. Every week there are 3 or 4 serious surprises like that. It must be parity or overrating the bigs.
I was thinking the other day that Facebook has about 58 thousand employees, 60% overseas. And I’m wondering, what do they all do. I’m showing real naivete here, but when I think of thousands of employees, I see them building cars or making steel or stirring chocolate for Hershey bars, not sitting in from of a keyboard.
“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.” ― E.F. Schumacher
I guess that corporations will continue to report higher revenue as the prices keep on going up until consumers shout, “I can’t afford it any more”. Maybe while re-evaluating spending amidst piles of Christmas shopping bills.
It appears that starting salaries for these tech companies like Facebook are about $120-130K. No wonder housing costs are going up. Young buyers are not that discerning. Budgeting is not an issue.
Reading Between the Lies Movie Reviews:
--Clifford is about big, really big red dog that grew from the love in the heart of a nice 6th grade girt (Is 6th grade too old fortis plot?) This is a remake of an earlier version of this popular tale brought up to data to fit today’s new social awareness. From a move flow point of view that becomes awkward and cumbersome, But audiences seem to love it.
--Tick, Tick Boom is a musical by the Creator of “Rent” It’s about a young man on the verge of bringing to the Broadway public his new, “Next great America Musical.” But as he gets closer to the big premiere, he gets pressure from his girlfriend tired of NYC, his pal seeking more financial security and the rages of the 1990 AIDs epidemic. Personally, I liked “Rent”, so this might interest me. (Frankly, when I saw the title, I thought it was about terrorist espionage.
The Answer:
Lt. Willim am Calley was convicted and sentenced to life in prisons with hard labor. But considering the harsh spotlight of an over aggressive media combined with eager protests, may felt the sentence for this possible scapegoat was too severe, including Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter. The case finally went to the Supreme Court which overturned the conviction. Nixon granted him a pardon. Calley was never considered to be very smart by his peers and the solders beneath him. Calley, divorced, lives in Georgia with his 28 yo Phd son. Trials held under the threat of severe protesting is not any longer justice. BTW, Calley still can’t vote, dispite his pardon.
“If you can't explain it to a six-year-old, you don't understand it yourself.” ― Albert Einstein
Have a great weekend, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!!
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