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Today's Tids Issue 5,272 

Where's The FTC 

 

 

It was nice that Wall Street gave us a little hope the past few days, but we knew there just wasn’t enough there in the current economic situation to keep it going. But on the positive or should I call it the Hopeful side, I would expect that many of those crazy high valuations of many months ago would have been tempered enough to bring back a more orderly market. Now we just have to see what the earnings reports and guidance bring. Ten next several weeks will be huge. 

 

As you have probably noticed, “Farm to Table” is all the foodie rage. Personally, I like Cattle Ranch to Table. 

 

Correction: Yesterday I mistakenly wrote Loretta Young instead of Loretta Lynn. Somebody must have just banged open my door and walked in wearing a flowing dress as I started typing. 

 

If you boil a funny bone, does it become a laughing stock? 

 

The Question: 

Who is Keita Nakajima? 

 

The Headlines: 

--Stocks Down Earlt y But Make Good Comeback; China Economy Shows Signs Of Slowing. 

--Putin Says Russia Will Retake Lost Annexed Cities. 

--South Korea Missile Crashes And Burns During Military Exercise; SK Citizens Thought It Was The Beginning Of War. 

--Biden And DeSantis Make Love in Fort Meyers. 

--Alec Baldwin Settles Law Suit With Hutchins Family; DA Says Nobody Is Above The Law As Criminal Case Continues; Baldwin To Continue Film With Hutchins’ Husband In Charge. 

--OPEC Approves Huge Production Cut.  

--Gizelle And Tom Brady In Divorce proceedings; Famed Model Seen Without Her Wedding Ring. 

 

I don’t choose movies to watch based on the stars. It's all about the plot to me.  

 

The OPEC gang just agreed on the biggest production gut since the beginning of the pandemic. If you thank inflation is high now, wait a few months. It could be dreadful.  

 

The cheerleading Russian media seems to be now moving to issuing dire assessments of the Ukraine war effort. Putin backs further into a corner and as his desperation increases, his judgment necessarily declines. And then he is really dangerous. 

 

Another big leadership group being backed into a corner is over in Iran where they are having problems wrath of schoolgirls and a lot of women who have just had enough. As you know, this problem arose after the “Morality Police” allegedly beat a woman to death because she did not cover her head with Hajib.  

 

If you knew him, you’d find that Alan Fung is quite a nice guy. And honest. He is running for an open seat in Congress. The Dems are obviously worried since it’s been eons since RI had a Repub congressperson. The negative advertising against him has been over the top, almost all of it of centered around abortion, saying if Fung gets in, he will work to ban abortion all together, and several u other unsupported claims. Excuse me, not claims, scare tactics. Now I may not be the smartest legal mind on this planet. but as I recollect, the Supreme Court just took that out of Federal control sent it back to the states putting all decisions in the hands of Governors, Attorney's General and State Legislatures... not US congress people.  

 

The guy who wore cowboy clothes liked ranch dressing. 

 

Most of the great US controversies revolve around what most big tiffs revolve around, Money, and power. Even sacred cows like say Climate change is really a fight between those who want to make billions on alternative energy against those who are making billions on existing energy sources.  

 

My recliner and I go way back. 

 

Today is National Be Nice Day. Do you think Politicians will run happy ads for 24 hours? 

 

People use the word “Funky” often. But, what does it really mean and where did it come from? Funky was first used in 1680 and was defined as “Having an offensive odor”. But somehow it evolved and today and means odd or quaint in appearance or unconventionally stylish. In music it is defined as music having the style and feeling of older African American music (such as blues or gospel) or of "funk” especially characterized by rhythmic elements similar to those of funk. But if some 342-year-old guy calls you “Funky“, pouch him. 

 

The melons will have to get married in a church because they cantelope. 

 

The Answer: 

Keita Nakajima’s 87 total weeks as the No. 1-ranked men’s amateur golfer in the world. He just turned pro and plays in Japan. Expect to see him emerging on the tour this year. -- but will it be PGA or NIV. 

 

Animal puns quack me up. 

 

Sometimes the Tids can be a little funky and it either means it is bizzarro or it smells.  

 

Happy Humpday everybody.