Post mortem.

 

Today's Tids Issue 5,288 

Necessity Number One: Law and order: 

 

Now its time to relax after a long four-day weekend, five if you count Friday, where it is highly likely many people took off. Yes, after four plus days of vacation it is time to go back to work and vege at last. 

 

BTW, the. Macy’s fireworks pregame to me has just become another overproduced mishmash of tedium similar to tje Superbowl extravaganzas. The entertainers on the stage pretty much obscured the drama of the fireworks, At least, that is one man’s opinion. Get me back to the times when people just celebrated without trying to outdo each other. 

 

Various economic indicators are telling us that the US Manufacturing industry is slumbering. And it is getting worse. Yet, we are in the midst of huge investments in new manufacturing facilities particularly in chip and EV Manufacturing. I personally believe the latest traditional measures are more limited. With data science advances there are just more numbers to analyze to support or override traditional input and with big capacity computing they are just interpreted and dismissed faster. Whatever that emans. 

 

Why don’t pirates take a shower before they walk the plank? They just wash up on shore. 

 

The Question: 

What was the original mission of the US Secret Service? 

 

The Headlines: 

--Markes Awaiting Powell, Again; Stocks Open Post Fourth Down; Many Indicators Seem In Conflict with History.  

--Shootings During Happy Festivities Continue the Night of the Fourth; 9 Shot in DC; Nations Capital Now Joins Baltimore, Philly, Fort Worth in Senseless Shootings by Crazed Gunmen.  

--South Carolina Woman Killed by Alligator; Woman Walking Dog at Hilton’ Head's Spanish Wells Golf Community.  

--Prigozhin Returns to Russia to get Back Seized Weapons.  

 

Things I'm not interested in, Department: 

How Joey Chestnut does in a hot dog eating contest. Don’t let your children grow up to be speed eaters, Cowboys... ok. 

 

Maybe colleges should cut their costs. Did anybody ever think of that. 

 

If you think I exaggerate about the nuttiness of our country right now. If mass shootings during happy neighborhood celebrations are not enough to get you riled up enough to bring back law and order, read this from the SF Telegraph: “Baseball bat-wielding gangs of children are mugging mothers and nannies on the school grounds while picking up their children is the latest crime wave to hit San Francisco. Defund the police”. Hah! It doesn’t even sound real to me. 

 

A grasshopper walks into a bar. The bartender sees him and says, “Hey we have a drink named after you.” The Grasshopper looks up, “You have a drink named Stan?” 

 

Do you ever watch TV travel shows or things like H&G vacation place searches where you often hear the word, “Hidden Gem” Gadzooks! If I lived in one of those places, I would shudder knowing it won’t be hidden for long now that the world knows.  

 

We may have twice as many colleges as we need considering that many, many people do far better without a college education. College became a family goal as opposed to a necessity.  

 

I suspect that "Defund the police” was the worst and most damaging slogan ever invented by the hysterical misguided.  

 

China is all out it seems in the production of batteries and EV’s and the creation of Wind and solar Power. And climate experts say the country only needs to spend $38 Trillion in clean energy investment to hit net zero by 2050. They should call Joe Biden. He a has a slush fund somewhere.  

 

I believe WS will have to revise its thinking on economic projection rules. The dynamics that govern reactions appear considerably different now than in the past, at least to this naive observer of complicated Wall Street technological signals. The Yield Curve is almost upside down which might indicate we were in a recession, and yet many investors are calling off the recession. Odd, huh? But maybe caution should still be the word. 

 

A man went into a seafood restaurant and asked for a Lobster tail. The waitress smiled and said, “Once upon a time there was this handsome lobster...” 

 

Did you know that in March the IRS changed a ruling for your property, such as your home, held in an irrevocable trust 'that is not included in the taxable estate at death'. It will no longer receive a step-up in basis. The “Step up” has been long considered part of estate planning. Check your lawyer or accountant.  

 

The Answer: 

The original mission of the Secret Service established in 1865 as part of the US Treasury was to combat counterfeiting. Yes, after the Civil War nearly one third of all currency in circulation was counterfeit, placing the financial security of our young country in jeopardy. The SS was established with the sole goal of suppressing counterfeiting. After the assassination of President McKinley in 1901, the Secret Service was asked with protect the Presidents. 

 

You don’t hear much about Prez Willaim McKinley. I hear he was pretty good guy. Maybe we should name a mountain after him or something like that.  

 

Happy three-day week, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!!