Today's Tids Issue 5,250
Brainwashing:
Over the weekend, the news blamed over 30 daily happenings on climate change. Don’t things just happen because we live on an over 100-million-year-old planet that has seen it all.
I felt a little bleary-eyed walking around this morning, and it made me nervous, until realized I was wearing my reading glasses. Phew!
In 1910, forest fires in Montana, Idaho and Washington destroyed over 3 million acres and killed 85 people. How come TV news keeps on reporting forest fires as the something new?
Lots of key economic reports will be coming out this week, but it is now looking like the fate of the consumer and retail operations will drive the markets for a while.
Today is National Heroes Day. It's not about Superman, Spiderman or Captain America, just in case to you forgot about real life heroes. Say thanks to someone. It could be your mother and father.
The Question:
I71 years ago today, the USA shocked the world by winning its first international sailing competition against the mighty British team. The racewas the Royal Yacht Squadron’s 53-mile (85 km) regatta around the Isle of Wright. Name the US boat and who was the skipper.
The Headlines:
--Markets In Dumpster; New Inflation Numbers Due Out Friday; Powell Also To Speak On Future Rate Hikes; Nasdaq Taking Biggest Hit As Reality Causes Revaluation Standards; Euro Down; Saudi Looking At Oil Production Cuts.
--US And South Korea Holding Teir Largest Joint Military Exercise.
--Flash Floods Hit Southeast USA.
--Fauci Resigns.
--NFL Predictions: Madden Picks Division Winners -- Jets, Browns. Colts, Chiefs, Cowboys, Packers, Bucs, Cardinals; Wild Cards – Ravens, Bills, Titans, Saints, Panthers, Eagles.
--Former Pakistan PM Imran Kahn Charged With Terrorism
Basically, I think I finally figured out: I’m just still a kid who likes sports.
A reader is peeved today about all the pseudo intellectuals who talk about Mozart and have never seen won of his paintings.
This just in: After seeing the jump in Trump's poll numbers, Biden orders the FBI To raid his hose”. (From a trusted reader news sourse.)
I was walking the docks a day or two ago and noticed a recent marine gas pump showing a fill-up for $737. Thal's about the size of a mortgage for many an average home. In fact, a fill-up for a maga yacht is about the cot of a !950’s starters home.
I expect that couples breaking up in these times blame that on Climate Change too.
Now with the new spending bill, it appears that by 2026, according to a Tidster observer, everyone will be working for the IRA S and just auditing each other.
Wendy's is the latest to remove lettuce from the menu due to E.coli. It’s why I always just eat the meat. Meat is safe. Except perhaps for the fat in hearts syndrome. And, if course, if you are going to die from something, it should be tasty.
I’ll take a nice little tune with a melody over a clamorous beat any day.
The Answer:
The boat was the America and of course it marked the beginning of what is now known as the “America’s” Cup competition. The captain was Richard Brown. The designers were James and George Steers. The UK never won back the cup, and now the US has not had a winner in decades. Interesting, The UK was the great world poawr, invincible, and so were we.
Today is National Tooth Fairy Day. I’m thinking kids are now finding trust Funds under their pillows.
Here’s a fun drift back into musical entertainment of yore. Of course, I was not that old.
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