Will we move on?

Today's Tids Issue 4,768

One more Day! Or is it three, seven...:

 

Welcome to the great day of free peoples, freely choosing successors in government. Having everybody accept the results for the broader good is always what has made the USA a great model for all societies. Long may it stand.

 

Why is it that someone believes you when you say there are four billion stars, but checks when you say the paint is wet?

 

They are boarding up downtowns in advance of the great institution of democracy, the free elections. What kind of America is this? We use to not lock the doors of our homes.

 

A meme in a communist country is called a usus.

 

The Question:

Sean Connery died as we all know. How do you think all of The James Bond actors are ranked by the public?

 

The Headlines:

--Americans Are Voting; Record Numbers Are Expected; As Of Last Night 2/3’s Of 2016 Voters Are In; First Results Are In From Dixville Notch NH: Biden 5, Trump 0..

--Stocks Rise Up Strongly On Election Day Morning; Investor Caution Remains As Results Could Take As Long As Thursday.

--Shanghai Stock Exchange Suspends Trading On Ant Group IPO; Hong Kong Exchange Not Commenting; China Security Regulators Said Monday That Company Would Face Tighter Government Scrutiny.

--Hurricane Eta To Hit Nicaragua With Near Cat Five Winds Of 145 mph

--Judges Rule Against Repub Challenges To Houston Texas Votes.

--Vienna Terror Attacks Kill Two, Wound 15; Attacks Europe’s Third In Series Of New Terror activity.

--Supreme Court Tosses Out Injured Policeman’s Against BLM Activist. Says Social Movement’s Cannot Be Sued.

 

 

What fans do, Department:

The wonderful New England Patriots have been at the top of the heap for 20 years. That’s quite the record. But, for many reasons they are struggling mightily now. But I have been loyal to this team since 1960 when they a had nothing including a stadium in which to play, and for many years after when it was struggle to say “Hurrah”.  So I will be with em’ for sure every stop of the way, through good and bad. That’s what fans do.

 

If elected, Joe Biden will lower Covid numbers quickly by stopping testing.

 

Just think how many black lives (And white’s) could be saved if all the looters were burning out drug dealer locations.

 

We haven’t had a good recipe (Or even a bad one) here for quite a while. Here is an easy one – “Sheet pan chicken Nachos”. Grab a rotisserie chicken at your supermarket. Toss the shredded chicken into your favorite jarred salsa. Buy 16 oz bag of restaurant grade tortilla chips. Use a combo of 12 oz Sharp Chaddar and Monterey Jack. For toppings (Optional to your own taste), Get 15 oz can of black beans, 2.25 oz can sliced black olives, one small jalapenos, one chopped fresh Roma tomato and 8 medium scallions. Preheat oven to 425. Place tin foil on baking sheet pan. Place in even layer half of a 16 oz back of chips on baking pan. Top with ½ of shredded chicken. A Then add handful of shredded cheeses. Place remaining chips atop that then the remaining chicken and cheese. Sprinkle with black beans. Bake on middle shelf until cheese is melted and chip edges are brown (About 8 minutes). Just before serving, garnish with olives, jalapenos, tomatoes, a dollop of sour cream and scallions.

 

BTW, I’d never eat that. But you have to share ideas even if uncomfortable to you to get back to a Unified America.

 

What did communists use before candles?

Electricity.

 

We all have to find new things to look forward to in this new life. And I think, for quite a whole. Or, at least until Joe stops Covid.

 

While the on-line retail companies are certainly growing and surely are shrinking the need or huge malas and retail brick and mortar space, I believe that people still prefer getting out and shopping as a happy pastime. Especially now, when moves and legit throaters are closed, inside eating is scarce, Churches may again be locking out. Poets have it good because they are content walking through a wooded glade and seeing what others might not see. Maybe if all we were all to look inside the poetic side of our hearts, we wouldn’t be so discontented in the Covid world. I’m rambling a bit, aren’t I. But when you consider it all, Nature is always a damned fine show to be apart of, and you don’t have to go inside where the germs live.

 

My math teacher called me average. How mean!

 

The Answer:

Well, surprise, Sean is #1. Next is Daniel Craig (surprising to me) followed by Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan, Timothy Dalton and #6 George Lazerby. Actually, Roger Moore was in as many Bond’s as Sean, and very entertaining in a lighter sort of way. Moore and Connery were both in 7 Band films. Craig was in five, Brosnan in four, Dalton 2 and Lazerby 1.

 

May the best person for the most people win tonight or Thursday or whenever. And may all leftists at the grass roots level be trounced.

 

Communism: Liberation of people from the burdens of liberty.

 

 

Visions Of Sugar Plums?

 

Today's Tids Issue 4,767

It Isn't Christmas:

 

Happy November, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y! Or should I wait until whenever next week to see if everybody is happy when the vote is finally in. That is if happiness to you is a political victory. Let’s hope that we will be thankful for a lot more than that, a mere political victory, regardless of side. Because in the grand scheme of things there is so much more to be thankful for on this earth than the success of a politician. I think I will be thankful for the idea that retail outlets might be cutting back on cutting into one of the great family days of our year, Thanksgiving. This year November might be called Reality Month, as we all live under that disease that didn’t go away over time. Yes, there will be a new reality this month that normally is just a pleasant respite before the icy winters. When we all happily sit back as that last leaf disappears. And for me, getting out my plaid flannel shirts again. And this year I think happiness might be all about like things like that, maybe just watching a squirrel scampering to stock up food for a long winter. The world always goes on well beyond the noise. November, The Revitalization Month.

 

I wish we still could burn leaves by the side of the road.

 

One of our most brilliant readers tells me she wants to get on the road that Saul in the bible was on – the Road to De-Mask-Us!

 

Well, I guess I have to recognize that there is an election tomorrow, even though more than half of America has already voted. That’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to 2020 election weirdness. Voters are mainly learning about what’s wrong with each candidate and not what either new admin will do for them. Voting against character flaws instead of what’s good for people. Remember people? There are idle threats about what will be taken away over what will be made better. And old Joe promises that he will unify America. Has he looked at his VP lately? There is a lot festering beneath the surface in America, and this election at all levels could reveal what grand USA institutions could be decomposing.

 

They say that one of the signs of having Covid is Chills. What if you are just basically an emotional romantic person who gets chills all the time?

 

I laughed at the “Shoe” comic: “What do you get when a werewolf marries ab vampire? A bloodhound.”

 

“These pages won’t wilt under cancel-culture Pressure”. That was the response of the Wall Street Journal’s Editorial Board to 280 colleagues in the newsroom who demanded that the always conservative opinion page editors bend to their will, a newsroom often described as more liberal than the NY Times. There are too many wars in the USA right now. And this is just another one where two under the same roof can’t find agreement. Two who have enormous per to sway the public.

 

The Question:

Who is “Ivy Mike”? Bonus: Here are five words or phrases. Rearrange the letters to get a phrase that is relevant to the original: George Bush, Dormitory, Slot Machine, Eleven Plus Two, and Snooze Alarms.

 

The Headlines: 

--Rest of America Going To Polls Tomorrow; Voting Stats To Date: Total Early Vote – 95,365,308; In-Person – 34,880,970; Mail Ballots Returned 60,484,338; Mail ballots Outstanding – 30,873,672; Of 21 States With Party Registration Data – 21,255,228 Dems, 14,243,711 Repubs.

--Markets Bouncing Back Ahead Of Election Day; US Manufacturing Posts Strong Gains; Construction Spending Up In Sept.

--Today’s New Yahoo/YouGov Poll Has Biden Up By Ten; Trump Prefers Rasmussen Poll; Repubs Hoping For Big Surprise From Shy, Silent Trump Supporters; Biden Pa Support Declines.

--China Investment Community Paying Big Premiums To Get On Board Jack Ma’s Ant Group IPO; China Securities Watch Dog Taking A Peek At Process.

--Edward Snowden Applying For Russia Citizenship.

 

The newest Dem talking point bubbling up in the last few days is, “If Trump gets reelected, he must have cheated.”

 

They say RI is leading the way, but many states seem to be following in bringing law suits against Big Oil for creating climate Change? Say what? It’s just another big money grab by political leaders who don’t know how or won’t live within their own budgets. Just another form of wealth redistribution.

 

I just watched Kamala’s Equality vs Equity Commercial, And Kar; Marx couldn’t have written it better.

 

But my inner advertising sense says to me that the new Biden commercial narrated by Sam Elliott over a solo piano playing the Star Spangle Banner with scenes of Americana is a good one for the days before an election. It nicely done p depicting a wonderful America… that Kamala would like to change.

 

If the states win, you can be sure Pols ae will tell people, look how I have reduced your taxes. Of course, what they won’t say is that gas prices will now go up through the moon roof. And also, not tell you that they have succeeded in making inefficient high-priced alternative energy sources look cheaper a by comparison. It Is all just a big board game, and we are the pawns.

 

If to get a headache listening to politicians, is that Covid?

 

Because of Covid it is possible that worldwide,197,000,000 tourism workers could lose their jobs. Now that is truly globally destructive.

 

Countries and Terror organizations that start wars against the US aren’t looking for peaceful negotiations, but only surrender. I remember that LBJ in 1968 stopped bombing North Viet Nam hoping for peace negotiations. How’d that work out, agent orange victims.

 

If you get chills at the end of a symphony, is that Covid?

 

In RI and probably in other states there are many good solid Democrats.  Now though, the aggressive left has latched on to using the Democratic Party to insert themselves in local, state and national governments at all levels. Liberals posing as democrats a are actually a Third party.  But the Communist Party, Green Party and Workers World party just wasn’t getting done for them.

 

“Keeping colleges closed this Fall is far more likely to stop the spread of Communism than e spread of Covid.’

 

I’m hearing that a lot of people Saturday night set their clocks back to 2019.

 

The Answer:

Sorry, I just said “Who” is Ivy Mike to throw you off. Elections make feel evil. Actually “Ivy Mike” is an it, and was the first US Hydrogen Bomb, exploded in 1952 on Eniwetok Island of the Marshall Islands. Bonus: George Bush gives us “He Bugs Gore”,  Dormitory naturally is “Dirty Rom”, Slot Machine would be “Cash lost in me”, Eleven Plus Two strangely is “Twelve plus One”, and Snooze Alarms is “Alas! No more Z’s”.

 

In reality, tomorrow is all about the “Hate Trump” factor. It officially began November 9, 2016 out of delusion over Hillary’s loss. He, the President himself contributed to the dismay over his years. And it was embellished. How deep is it really across the spectrum of all voters, versus how voters see their own America? That is the question.

 

“I have never trusted polls since I read that 62% of women had affairs during their lunch hour. I have never met a women in my life who would give up lunch for sex.” –Irma Bombeck

 

Democracy is the counting of heads, regardless of contents.”