Apathy sucks.

 

 

 

 

Today's Tids Issue 5,409 

The flowers popped: 

 

 

We are faced with this thing called woke 

That has become a national joke 

So we need to elect a good bloke 

Who’ll fight for all of us folk. 

Ere we all have a collective stroke. 

 

Too many politicians who in the name of doing good for the people throw away babies with the dishwater. 

 

 

So, good news... We only saw a core inflation price index increase of 5% over the last month, which was only 6.2% more than the previous month. What they are telling us is that it’s just getting cost prohibitive slower 

 

 

The Question: 

Quickie: What was the full name of the Doctor who went to prison for espousing assisted suicide 

 

The Headlines: 

--Economic Data Easing Rate Jitters; Expect Stronger Markets; Markest Soar Through Closing.  

--21-Year-old Dighton Mass Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira Arrested as Key Culprit in Massive DOD Data Leak. 

--Tampa Bay Ties MLB Start of the Season Winning Record with Win Over Red Sox. 

--DoJ To Ask SC To Stop Abortion Pill Restrictions from Taking Place. 

--Rain Pounds Florida Closing Schools and Airports. 

--Northeast Surprised by Record Temperatures. 

 

The folks of the central lake region of New Hampshire have been recording “Ice Off” (The Lake) date since 1989. That year it was April14. 25 years later it was April 18 and then in 25 year increments we had April 17, April 20 and in 1988, April 16. The last ten been April 17,, 23, 24, Mar18, Apr 17, 26, 25, 6, 5, 8. This year is not in yet. Weather comes and goes. 

Having a simple lunch in a fast-food place is nearly the same cost as a decent dinner was just a few years ago. Yikes! I may become a hermit.  

 

Hypocrite Department: 

Several years ago, MLB teams around the league had imposed a 7th inning cutoff for serving alcohol to “Give patrons a chance to sober a bit before driving home. The new MLB ruels are cutting 31 minutes out games (Nice). So, the teams should stop serving alcohol after 6 innings. Right, for safety's sake? But several teams have announced raising the cut off to the 8th inning... because liquor sales are down. So much for altruism. 

  

I’ve been driving around New Hampshire the last few days and have concluded that NH road constructors are much better than RI constructors, or they are actually using the better materials the state is paying for.  

 

Hey, hermits are filled with raisins or dates. Forget that. I 

 Guess I’ll have to fight the fast-food battle, 

 

If you listen closely to political discussions, you’ll quickly find that the current Dem political strategy seems to be, “We just got to vote in a Dem so we don’t get overrun with Red Hatted Maggots". Wake up from apathy Repubs.  

 

Today's Pun from the Tids Punster Laureate: 

The protein powder I bought tastes like rotten milk. There’s got to be a better whey. 

 

The Answer: 

He is Murad Jacob “Jack Kevorkian. I know, it was too easy. It was just an instant recall test. 

 

I should be back on a regular sched tomorrow. Thanks for your patience.