The Good You Do.

 

Today's Tids Issue 4,964

Little things with no applause:

 

I stood on a rock looking out at the ocean this morning. There is nothing like it.

 

Common sense is not a gift. It's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone else who doesn't have it.

 

Landlords are people too, and many of them have been devastated by the lack of revenue due to delinquent rent payments. Their taxes never stop, nor does the interest on their mortgages. Or the maintenance of their properties.

 

Tom Brady turned 44 today. He has said he wants to play football until he is 45. Does that mean that he will retire a year from now in the middle of training camp.

 

The Question:

What are the best World cities In which to eat well?

 

The Headlines:

--Sticks Rise Across The Board; Optimism Over Earnings Squash Growing Concerns About Covid Variant Case Increases; Shopping Mall Occupancy Rates ad Foot Traffic Improving.

--Cuomo Sexually Harassed Women, Retaliated Against Accuser;  NY Independent Investigators Conclude That Multiple Accusations Are True Afte Over 200 Interviews.

--NYC To Require Proof Of Vaccination For Dining And Fitness Activities.

--Four Capitol Police Officers Who Responded To Capitol Storming Have Oddly Died By Suicide.

 

If people are being paid for not working due to Covid programs largess, often making more money per week than when working, how come they are not paying their rent?

 

Never sing in the shower! Singing leads to dancing, dancing leads to slipping, and slipping leads to paramedics seeing you naked. So remember... don't sing!

 

Yahoo does a great job in reporting on business and finance. But, it’s about that name, “Yahoo Finance”! Like caveman surgery Associates, that is concerning.

 

How odd has American society really become? Here’s a weird statistic that says 1 in 3 Americans order a meal at a restaurant primarily to take photos for social media. Frankly, that stat seems a little outrageous to me. But if it was one out of ten it would still be odd.  Do we have Social Media Anonymous? Friends Of Zuck1

 

Camping: Where you spend a small fortune to live like a homeless person.

 

For a change, here’s some good news for the Police. Nassau County in New York has approved a new bill that would allow police and other first responders to sue people who harass them because of their profession.

 

How about if some states start creating laws that clearly state that thugs, criminals and assorted violent miscreants are far worse for society than police who are always walking into life threatening or at least scary situations. now made more scary by activists and cooperating politicians who like making the polices look bad.

 

If you think due to handcuffing and demeaning the police that we may have big a safety problem going forward, check out this stat I just read yesterday. Rhode Island state police, a mighty fine law outfit, needed 150 new recruits to maintain force stability. They only got 30. I guess people who enjoy living in chaos will be happy.

 

Newly discovered colorful 60,000 year old drawings in caves on Iberian Peninsula suggest that our Neanderthal cousins may have been far more intelligent than nominally thought. I wonder what future archeologists will say about us after examining our social media usage.

 

Some black people are wondering why we take down statues of contributors to the US ad erect one to celebrate a known criminal who did nothing for nothing – George Floyd

 

The Answer:

#1 is Hong Kong, unless Beijing has suddenly changed that! The rest of the Top Ten are Shanghai, London, Paris, Bangkok, Sao Paulo, Mexico City, Istanbul, Rome and Tokyo. The next ten ae Lima, Naples, Milan, Rio de Janero, Macau, Beijing, Vancouver, Montreal, San Sebastian and Berlin.

 

Sometimes you do good I this world and you don’t even know it.

 

The woman who owned a tase was stunning.

 

 

 

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Today's Tids Issue 4,964

When the wars end:

 

Hello August. May you keep the cool of July going. I know, it has always been hard for August to be cool considering that it has been labeled as the Dog Days of Summer. But how cool is it to celebrate one of our greatest Holidays that’s now kept secret – VJ Day! That lofty day where I remember running around the block with all my neighbors, just good people with enormous smiles on all our faces. All feeling the same pride and relief regardless of identity characteristics. We won! And garages were full of vegetables from victory gardens. And parents didn’t worry about sons and daughters going off to war. It was a great time, so I guess if that’s what I’m thinking about August -- making this eighth month of each year very cool indeed.

 

There is no truth to the rumor that the company Poland Sprigs will be liquidated.

 

Do you find yourself at times walking through life wondering which technology device of yours will fail next?

 

And you fervently hope is that it isn’t the Artificial Intelligence guided Uber you happen to be in at the moment.

 

One of my favorite flavor combinations is lemon and chicken broth.

 

The Question:

After Everest, K-2 is the highest mountain in the world, In which country does it dominate the skyline? Bonus: How old was French Nobleman Marquis de Lafayette when he was made Major General in the American Continental Army?

 

The Headlines:

--Stocks Open Stronger On First Trading Day Of August On Consistent Positive Earnings Reports.

--Weekend Shooting Report:

--Simone Biles To Compete In Balance Beam Competition.

--US Airstrikes Pound Taliban; Taliban Launches Ricket Assaults O Kandahar and Herat, Two Of The Largest Cities In Afghan.

--US House Leaves For Summer Vacay; Senate Scrambling To Pass Infrastructure Bill.

--New Iran Prez, Ebrahim Raisi, Protégé Of Khamenei, Takes Charge; Outgoing Prez Hassan Rouhani Says “Government Not Always Truthful”.; Says “I Did Not Always Find It (Truth) Useful…”

 

If you think about it, VJ Day was the first ever victim of the misguided Cancel Culture mentality. We just didn’t realize what they were doing to us at the time. Remember Pearl Harbor!

 

BTW,[RH1]  so far 59% of all companies have reported earnings and 88% have beaten wall street earnings estimates. That’s what’s hold the markets together. The only sour note which so far isn’t dramatically contributing to a downside mentality, is less than positive forward guidance from key large commonages like Apple, Facebook and Amazon – 3 companies that benefitted mightily from Covid stay at home activities and shopping.

 

Q: “Where do bad rainbows go?

A: Prism. It’s a light sentence.

Shoot me! (I used to think that was a little Tids humorous gimmick, but now there are just too many people waiting around just looking for excuses to do just that.)

 

6.4 million households ‘oer the USA are behind in their rent. Congress has already sent the states $46 Billion dollars to assist renters and landlords alike. As of last Friday, just $3 Billon has been distributed by the states. The pathos of people being thrown out onto the streets is the latest clarion call to hysterical lawmaking I congress. But the solution is already in the pockets of State’s plications. A little serious oversight is probably all we need.

 

Often overlooked in the repertoire of Tchai’s symphony’s is his Number one. It’s called “Winter Reveries”. The softness of that title belies the well-known intensity always found in Tchai’s work. But for all of is thunderous musical exclamations, that man Peter Ilyich wrote some of the most beautiful melodies ever flowing through hearts of romantic souls.

 

Some of today’s “fun” activities look more like work to me. Yesterday I watched a woman on her knees on a paddleboard paddling across the harbor.

 

Stock markets will piddle along, probably with more days higher than lower, and then in the first or second week of September we’ll find our what’s really going on.

 

Uber and Lyft were happily looking for a big bounce back with gust as people came out of their caves and started hailing again. But, a driver shortage is putting a blockage into that revenue artery.

 

But slow service can be good, as several Friends and I found out Saturday night. 6 of us went to our favorite restaurant and I could see potential slow service early by the way the waitress with too many tables methodically took orders and managed her load. And never bag came flustered. Patient s customers helped a lot too. It turned out we were there for over three hours. The good news saw that the food was excellent as usual and we had great time talking well into the evening in a no rush atmosphere, just as if we were in one of our living rooms. And, btw, the pleasant, confident demeanor of the waitress helped a lot.

 

The Answer:

Everest is 29,032 Feet. K-2 is 28,241 feet and is It lies in the Karakoram range, in part in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-administered Kashmir and in part in a China-administered territory of the Kashmir region included in the Taxkorgan Tajik. Most people consider it in Pakistan. Bonus: Marquis de Lafayette was a mere babe at 19 when named Major General by Philly’s Continental Congress. His full name was Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette. he was born into great wealth. Being a Mason, doors opened quickly for him in America. But he was not seeking comfort, jumping w quickly into the fray. He was wounded in the Battle of Brandywine, Led the American soldiers through the horrendous winter at Valley Forge. He was a hero in the Battle of Rhode Island. (Not much of battle). Washington and Lafayette had dinner in Philadelphia shortly after the Marquis arrival and they bonded immediately. And both being Masons didn’t hurt either. But it was always his brilliance and noticeable enthusiasm that all of his associates remembered most. He isa National Hero in two countries  

There is something that bothers me about the headline: “Senate Scrambles to Pass Infrastructure Bill”. The idea of a scrambled legislation costing $1.2 trillion just makes me a little queasy.

 

In case you awakened this morning wanting to reach out and touch, Saturn, you missed a golden opportunity to catch a ring. It was at its closest to the earth at 1AM. But it will still be shining at its brightest until August 4. Might be a good night tonight to take a midnight stroll, hand in hand with your best gal or guy and enjoy the quiet awe together.

 

See yooz all tomorrow.

 

 

 

 

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 [RH1]