On edge.

 

Today's Tids Issue 5,931 

Mind-boggling: 

 

An engineer, an economist, and a philosopher are hiking through the hills of Scotland. On the top of a hill they see a black sheep. “What do you know,” the engineer remarks. “The sheep in Scotland are black.” “No, no”, protests the economist. “At least one of the sheep in Scotland is black.” The philosopher considers this a moment. “That’s not quite right. There’s at least one sheep which is black from one side.” 

 

Is political rhetoric driving you insane these days? 

 

New York City is awash with disbelief. And the nation even more so. A man born and raised until he was seven in in Kampala Uganda, who eventually moved to America and became a citizen which enabled him to  become an assemblyman from the Astoria section of NY where he  worked at a job called, “Foreclosure Prevention and Housing Counselor” startled the world to become the leading candidate to be Mayor of a city of 8.48 Million People. Talk about political panic! A week ago, he looked like a shoe-in but his margin is shrinking almost by teh minute. Yet it is entirely possible and perhaps even probable that sometime tonight America will know if the country is ready for f dead serious socialism.  On the positive side, this will be good for Cable News TV ratings 

 

One thought – the Mamdani success to date just is a good example of how the use of social media can diminish time.  

 

Or it just proves that politicians have convinced Americans they should get something for nothing and too many of them like the idea..  

 

Scarier than even the prospects of a Mamdani victory is the growing belief that a market correction is around the corner. I hate market corrections. And they call it a correction. Correction for what, not interpreting the rise of unsupported exuberance when they saw it but didn't want to believe it.  

 

Meanwhile... A biologist, a chemist, and a statistician are out hunting. The biologist shoots at a deer and misses 5ft to the left, the chemist takes a shot and misses 5ft to the right, the statistician yells “We got ‘em!” 

 

Speaking of hunters, I grew to Like Dick Cheney, his subtle wit. He died young at 84 but will be remembered as the most powerful VP in history.  

 

The Question: 

Diane Ladd died yesterday at the age of 89. She was nominated for three Oscars. Name the movies. Do you know the name of her famous daughter? 

 

The Headlines: 

--Growing Market Correction Fears have Markets Falling This Morning. 

--Election Day has Eyes on NYC, Cal, NJ and Virginia.   

--Ex VP Dick Cheney Dies; Led the War on Terrorism. 

 

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Remember looking at “Price/Earnings” ratios getting beyond sensibility inthe  in the years 1999 and 2000? Hey, we’re looking at them again.  

 

Like Mamdani the Kardashians came out of nowhere to captivate teh gullible. Now she is exerting her misguided powers of observation to have people believing we were never on the moon. And people will take sides. And they vote because they think getting something for nothing is good for a country.  

 

Somebody is finally investigating the cause of one of my pet peeves – the replacement of real spinach with baby Spicah. Hey, Lamb is better than mutton, but bay spinach can't keep up with old mature spinach, Some say it was salad eaters demanding the smaller washed leaves. Which by the way can cost 2-3 times more than good ole’ leaf spinach. It's in the cooking that you generally see it. To my taste, cooked baby spinach is slimy and ends up in unattractive blobs, while the granddaddy greenery cooks up firmly and holds its shape. But people think baby spinach is easier to use and the farmers like it because it grows quicker, But the real test is in the taste of cooked spinach. As one commentator says, “Baby spinach in a heated pan becomes limp toilet paper.  

 

Besides, Popeye convinced me to eat my leaf spinach. And boy, do I need a shot of it now!  

 

What's do the races look like: In Virginia, Dem Spanberger looks  way ahead. In NJ’s Gov race Dem Sherrill has 48.9-45.6 lead over Repub Ciaterelli. NYC Mayor appears to be about 44 Mamdani ot 39 % Cuomo. But that is a lot closer than just earlier in the week. People are waking to reality, and the gap is closing. In California the vote for Prop 50, basically an anti-Trump vote, has a slight  yes edge. Interesting, people who see it as a California issue are voting no, and those seeing it as a national issue are voting yes. It's always sad when national concerns take over local needs.  

 

A German walks into a bar and asks for a martini. The bartender asks “dry?” The German replies “nein, just one” 

 

This issue of Tids is feeling tedious to me. 

 

The Cash Register was invented by James Kitty and bro John because he had to stop the bartender from pocketing his saloon’s l income. And a dramatic upgrade in refrigeration that led to today's process was invented by John Gorrie and the impetus there was to cool yellow fever patients and corpses. You never know exactly why we got something better. You invent something to fill a singular need and wake up to a paradigm change. 

 

I truly enjoy a good shrimp salad sandwich. No celery, please. 

 

The Answer: 

Diane's daughter was Laure Dern. Her long career included over 200 movie and TV roles. Her best actor nominations were for Rambling Rose, Wild at Heart and Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. I always confuse her with Diane Lane who was 29 years younger.  

 

A Buddhist monk approaches a hotdog stand and says “make me one with everything”. The vendor makes the hot dog and hands it to the Buddhist monk, who pays with a $20 bill. The vendor puts the bill in the cash box and closes it. “Excuse me, but where’s my change?” asks the Buddhist monk. The vendor replied, “Change must come from within.” 

See you all tomorrow.