Sleeping pills.

 

Today's Tids Issue 5,359 

Potemkin's Village: 

 

 

Love alert! It’s a week before Valentine's Day. That will give you time to think of something really nice and original and personal for your special valentine, instead of running downtown at the last minute looking for some commercial solution, somebody else's words to say what you know you hold dearly in your heart.  The Tids: Always there to help, from much to typos. 

 

Uh Oh – tonight is SOTU and I can't find anything on Netflix. I may to DVR’d Wheel of Fortune binge. Think about it. With all of the info that comes in minute by minute onto your phone, it is impossible for any President to tell us anything new and exciting. And then we know that regardless of party the other side will criticize everything regardless of if it is good or not. I am a US Cynizen.  

 

A few weeks ago, the 2024 race looked pretty simple – DT-JB. But since then, Repub Billionaires have pulled away from Trump and over 60% of Americans are pleading with Joe to stay home with a nice glass of wine and by a cozy fire reading old, classified documents.  

 

I don’t know what it is, but nothing makes me sit up and smile more than a nice Irish melody. Maybe I'm Irish or something. A flute playing Gaelic Heart makes you think of green hills and oceans pounding on rocky cliffs and pints at the pub. And a wee lass smiling bright. Uh Oh, I'm getting a holiday ahead of myself.  

 

I wonder what kind of tune lightens the heart of Xi. It feels really, really tense now. Silence is the most threatening sound of all. And no country does it better than China. 

 

The Question: 

He Superbowl is upon us. Who do you think regular folks' rate as the top QB’s in the NFL Today? 

 

The Headlines: 

--Dow Down, S&P Even, Nas Up To Start the Day; Market Confusion Early Is Ahead of Jerome Powell Interview around 12;30.  

--Turkey/Syria Earthquake Deaths Soar Above 5,000. 

--Exhausted Ukraine Troops Await Newly Revitalized 200,000 Man Russian Attack that Could Swallow Up Donbas Region  

--Single Winner in Washington State Hits $754.6 Million PowerBall.  

 

You have to wonder if dogs really think that the idea of chasing sticks is far-fetched.  

 

A good reader with inside information says that Nancy will not attend SOTU. She says she will stay home with Paul and get hammered. Oh know... did I actually write that. 

 

The cup is empty, Department.  

I love driving around laughing at Jeff and Larry’s Comedy Round Up. Yesterday I parked in front of a medical center and finished up one comedic bit laughing till it hurt. I learned that it was a bad idea to do that just before a urine test!  If you get my drift,  

 

The pros are gobbling up shares in AI related companies. Unfortunately, they may already be overpriced for the consumer investor. This may be the next super growth investment sector where earnings don't count... until they do.  

 

You will find that companies are adding “AI” to their name and stock symbol and the result is triggering a mad rush for Invesment. And maybe disappointment in the early mania. But AI is here to stay and grow. It's just that sometimes the mad rush gets in the way of good judgement.  

 

It was great to see good guy Justin Rose win the Crosby open, as we geezers call it.  

 

Life was surely easier before data science, and mass distribution of information. I may just stop answering phone calls and certainly anything weird in emails.  

 

I guess the kind of restaurant I appreciate now-a-days more than any other is one that has sound proofng and low subtle music if any music at all. And light.  

 

The Oil companies are making big bucks this year, Good for them. If California and Al Gore get their way, they could all be out of business by 2035. BTW, several are now saying they are reducing their emission target cuts so they can meet demand which isn’t slacking.  

 

The Answer: 

Number one is the Magician – Patrick Mahomes. Love that guy. Next is Joe Burrow followed by Josh Allen, Justin Herbert, Lamar Jackson, Aaron Rogers, Jalen Hurts, Tom Brady, Kyler Murray and at #10, Deshaun Watson. The next in order are Russell Wilson, Dak Prescott, Trevor Lawrence (He'll be on top soon), Tua Tagovailoa, Kirk Cousins, Jared Goff, Baker Mayfield, Mac Jones, Justin Fields, Carson Wentz, Matthew Stafford, Jimmy Garoppolo, Derek Carr, Kenny Picket and at #25, Matt Ryan. What!... no Brock Purdey?  

 

Tids management has called up all reporters junior and emeritus to cover the SOTU tonight. If there is something in there, we’ll find it. Our Crack teams won’t miss a political trick. I wonder which Hollywood producer is orchestrating tonight. I hope it isn’t the “Knives Out: guy. Do you think that McCarthy will tear up Joe’s speech? I don’t. Joe will do that himself.