It’s coming:

 

Today's Tids Issue 5,789 

Maybe a Laugh: 

 

I liked the “Ziggy” comic this morning. In case you missed it showed Zig in front of the “AI Book Store” with a sign in the window, Novels written while you wait. How disheartening.  

 

A new YouGov survey talks about what people think money can buy. The majority of people believe money can buy Policitcal influence, Fun and Social Status. Most agree it can’t buy morals, Sense of Humor, Intelligence talent and love. The biggest opinion differential between those younger than 30 and those over 44 is whether or not money can buy inner peace and happiness. The younger beleive it can while the older feel there is more to it.  

 

We just had the worst stock market April since the Great Depression. Political strategists will say it doesn’t matter because less than 50% own stocks, so there are not enough voters involved.. But they forget it is the financial underpinnings of jobs and growth and, yes, pension funds. Not that Dems ever paid much attention to the source for pension funding.  

 

The Question; 

What well known Hero of a very famous two-part 1605/1615 Spanish Novel could have been an employee of eth Oil Company’s Association? 

 

The Headlines: 

--Markets Rebound; Close Pleasantly Aloft on Hopes of Trade Progress; Tesla’s Key Q1 Earnings Due Today;  

--Funeral For Pope Francis will Take Place Saturday. 

--US Says it will Begin Involuntary Collection of Student Loan Payments on May 5; Gov says Five Million Student Loan Borrowers in Default. 

--RFK Jr. Says He will Ban Artificial, Petroleum Based Food Dyes; All use must Cease within Two Years.  

--Harvard Sues Trump for Blocking Funding; Says  

--Nadine, Wife of ex-Senator Bob Menendez, Found Guilty of Bribery  

 

Is it me or has NFL Draft talk gone way beyond being interesting. Thed raft begins Thursday and will be in Green Bay. I cant imagine it will have the spectacle feeling of a Las Vegas affair, but there will be plenty of cheesy picks.  

 

In case you are inteersted, here are top contenders for the next Pope: Cardinal Mateo Zuppi (Balogna, Rome Born), Cardinal Pietro Parolin (Vatican Secy of State), Cardinal Peter Erdo (Hungary) and Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle (Philippines). Also, on the possibility list are Cardinals from Jerusalem, Sri Lanka, Malta, Burma and Vienna. Spell-Check asked me to skip naming more names. It was having a connectivity problem. 

 

American Idol is down to the final 14. It’s time to start watching! I hear it is worth your time, if you like music. 

 

Hey, cool! A good Irish American named Cardinal Kevin Farrell is running the Vatican now until the new Pope is elected. He is not allowed to make big decisions. Maybe addign a Guiness Tap tothe kitchen is ok. Farrell was born in Dublin but was Cardinal of Dalals until Pope Francis gave him Vatican duties.  

 

Is the National Gallery of Art the next USA cultural Institution to be infiltrated by the White House? Will they accept AI Art because Doge says it is more efficient?  

 

Life should be getting easier. 

 

Today I saw a headline titled, the “Best Canned Refried Beans” and I thought, Huh? 

 

I think the world is being inundated with far too many complex vegetable casseroles. 

 

The Answer: 

It was Cervantes Don Quixote who was always attacking alternative energy sources! (Thanks to Frank and Ernie) 

 

Gotta run. Sorry. Tomorow will be better.