I love the way the earth rotates. It really makes my day.

 

Today's Tids Issue 4,869

Have a Punny Weekend:

 

Reasonable people may begin to believe someday that always taking rigid sides is not the best road to harmonious living. You ca do more for everybody if there is a sense of harmony in the middle Mr. Obvious strikes again.

 

There are no knock-knock jokes about America because freedom rings.

 

I personally think that it is tough for financial pros to actually pin down what is going on with the economy. In addition to the weirdness imposed upon logical thinking or at least historical analysis by a rampart disease, we have a huge government intrusion into a free-market capital system. There are a lot of forces knocking heads out there. A lot of new buttons to find before pushing.

 

Boaz was ruthless before he married.

 

Life is full of mysteries, and there aren’t just enough Sherlock Holmes.

 

The Question:

Name the five best characters in the HBO Max series, “Succession”. Bonus: A new survey lists The Top favorite foods at a baseball park

 

The Headlines:

--Markets Rise; Inflation Growth Appears Tepid; Fed To Allow N Banks To Increase Dividends And Share Repurchases; Crude Oil Prices Rise After One Day Fall Due To Suez Blockage; Value Stocks Continue To Outperform Growth Stocks.

--Seriously Deadly Tornadoes Wipe Out Neighborhood In Alabama;

--FED Not Happy With Diversity Of Powerful Organization.

--UN Confirms Arab Threat Against Khashoggi Investigator.

--Biden Stands Up Well In Scripted Press Commence; No Significant News; Biden Repeatedly Blamed Trump And Repubs For All Of Nation’s Ills.

--Dominion Voting Systems Sues Fix News For $1.6Bil.

 

 

Here are reactions to the Joe Show from two media organizations – The Washington Post and the New York Post. Other than having the same last name, they share nothing else between them. Wapo’s Post press conference headline is; “Biden Excels at His First News Conference.” NYP posted: “Biden Lies and the media doesn’t question it.” The unity president rocks on.

 

I thought I had written Lord of the Rings, but my wife said a I was only Tolkien in my sleep.

 

As I see some of these movement gaining steam across the country, he only common denominator I see is a drive to lower standards. Not to raise the bar to assure greatness for all. But to make it easier for all to be mediocre. The left wants to grade a Americans on a curve.

 

It appeared to me that the retail stocks which led the way yesterday were reacting to a noticeable pickup in consumer spending following the Pork Pack payout. I heard a Financial guru saying late last night that he expects another payout in some form before the end of the year.

 

Did I mention that a newly elected Representative to the RI legislator proposed down grading dress in the Statehouse because dressing neatly with respect for others is too “White”. And somehow that’s achieving equality.

 

This week’s PGA event is match play. I kind of like that for a change.

 

Actually life is much simpler than a lot of people make it.

 

The top 10 states in Covid deaths/M are New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Arizona, Connecticut, South Dakota, Louisiana and Alabama, The Highest for fatality rates are NJ, Mass, NY, Conn, Pa, DC, Mich, Miss and La.

 

Reading between the Lines Movie Reviews:

--Promising Young Woman looks like what the title says, Promising, It stars Carney Mulligan, Lavern Cox, and Bo Burnham in a film about a very smart, quite cunning woman named Cassandra who is living a double life by night. An unexpected encounter gives Cassie a chance to right the wrongs from the past. PYM is defined as a comedy, mystery, thriller, and that alone makes me interested.

--PYW is among a handful of potential Oscar winning films. Some others you may want to see only to be current and knowledgeable. are Nomadland, Minari, Trial of the Chicago 7, The Father, News Of the World,  One Night in Miami, The Mauritanian.  I read reviews of most of them all and am only mildly interested, which is nothing new for me and Oscar favorites.

 

The Answer:

Season 3 of Succession is coming back before the end of the year. Early word has it that the new scripts are out of sight with surprises and cool twists. The top characters are Logan Roy (Brian Cox), Kendall (Jeremy Strong), T Roman (Kiera Calkin), Shiv (Sarah Snook), Tom (Matthew Macfadyen), (Greg (Nicholas Braun), Conner (Alan Ruck), Marsha (Hiam Abbass), Gerry ((J. Smith-Cameron). I think frankly itis hard to love any of these morals deprived connivers. but the show keeps you wanting more. Bonus: Number one is a hot dog in a nice soft warm bun, or a chili dog. Two is BBQ Chicken nachos ad it followed by grilled corn on the cob, Stadium Popped Corn, Burger, Steak Sammie, Soft Pretzel, Bratwurst and sauerkraut, Philly Cheesesteak, and corn dogs. I know I’d opt for a hot dog and soft pretzel and perhaps a bratwurst without Sauerkraut.

 

Dorian Grey jokes never get old.

 

Have a great weekend, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!!

 

You can always find something good.

 

Today's Tids Issue 4,868

Optimism Pays:

 

The great convergence, Department:

In little over a weeks’ Time we will have experienced, Easter morn opening day for trout fishing, the start of the baseball season and the first day of play at my Local favorite Golf course. Who says there is no such thing as heaven!

 

And, this is no April Fool’s joke.

 

I think one of worst things we do in America is disparage some entertainer’s true talent because we don’t like thier politics.

 

You know, people born in 1991 are now 30 years old. I wonder how many of them are named after the cast of “Friends”?

 

The Question:

Attention, Attention, “Who stole my….” Those were words of Captain Morton of ship that was at the center of the great Movie Mr. Roberts. What was stolen and what was the name of the ship.

 

The Headlines:

--Tech Slump Driving Markets Lower For Third day; Some Investors Skeptical Of Powell’s Assurances; US Consumer Spending Appears To Be Picking Up After Stimulus; New Jobless Claims Fall To A New Pandemic Low Of 684K.

--Clearing Suez Canal Of Jammed Japanese Ship Could Take Up To 3 Weeks; i56 Ships Await Passage.

--Heavily Armed Man Stopped At Publix Supermarket In Atlanta.

--US Covid Cases Climbing Over 121% In Past Two Weeks; Deaths Climb By 81%; RI Has Its First No Death Day Yesterday.

--Biden To Hold First Press Conference At 1:15 Today.

--Dems Continue To Push For Biggest Expansion Of Voting Since The 1960’s

 

 

Tat list of “Best movies based on Plays” (Yesterday’s Q) had at least two notable absences as brought to my attention by one of our more astute readers: Mr. Roberts and The Caine Mutiny. Who can forget Jack Lemon as Ensign Pulver and the Greats, Henry Fonda as Roberts, William Powell as Doc and James Cagney as the Captain Morton. “Caine Mutiny, perhaps more critically acclaimed, starred Bogart, Jose Ferrer, Van Johnson and Fred McMurray. BTW a another well-known play that became a decent movie was “Same Time Next Year.” I wrote the list makers a email saying they are making me look bad. They probably don’t care.

 

Today’s First Biden bearing of his soul will, if softball pitchers aren’t leading the questioning, most likely focus on questions about Pork Pack, Southwest Boarder, Covid progress, why no credit To predecessor on vaccine development, why he hasn’t become the unity president he promised not involving Repubs in key decisions  and exec orders, why is it a good idea to raise taxes while economy’s recovering, how will you find jobs for displaced workers on Keystone, and how can we pay for the $3 trillion sources say you are planning following the Big Pork Pack.

 

Cows Buffalos and Elephants tell us it is impossible to lose weight chewing on grass.

 

Some movie theaters are creeping into reopening and others are just closing for good. I’m hearing that if the pandemic wasn’t tough enough on them, the movie producers are by duel releasing new movies to streaming. Good companies have always protected their distribution. But, we’re talking about Hollywood here.

 

It takes me longer to write the Tids these days because my “n” and “e” stick badly and I have to go back and correct all of those absent letters. The fact that I can’t spell doesn’t help either. Nor does the fact that my mind gets ahead of my fingers.

 

If you're bad at haggling, you'll end up paying the price.

 

The Answer:

What was stolen was Morton’s Prized Palm Tree which Mr. Roberts Threw overboard when Morton went back on promises. The name of the ship was Reluctance” but fondly called “The Bucket.”

 

Bono and The Edge walk into a Dublin bar and the bartender says, "Oh no, not U2 again."

 

I’ll be back tomorrow if I don’t get stoned.

 

I mean, for that pun!

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The national labyrinthine.

 

Today's Tids Issue 4,867

To deep for me:

 

I wish I was angrier so I could start off the Tids with a maniacal rant that would generate expanded my readership. But I’m kind of a Kumbaya kind of guy who understands the societal irritants of the other side, preferring to take kindly to their convoluted reasoning. Yes, life is about patience, unless you are some wild eye leftists trying to bring down America. I like being kind and having my heart full of love. Did you hear that Prez JB is willing to forego nonpartisanship for the implementation of his socialist ideas for the greater good his side of the population? Yes, it is nice to be calm and fair and understanding. Why do I need to be controversial just to gain a few readership points? I will just be naively lovable and accept vicious attacks upon the core of my sacred principles. Yup, it’s love all the way for this old guy.

 

In in a retrospective, officials are changing the name of Covid-19 to Covid-20, to reflect the average 20 extra pounds gained by Americans during the year.

 

I don’t have any idea of how the Red Sox outfield will look this year and it makes me sad. So far I have har we have a centerfielder named a Alix Verdugo who prefers right field, and according to baseball scouts is a much better right fielder. We seem to have a left fielder who would be better playing 2^nd base (Where we don’t have a number 1 candidate); and probably won’t be in Left field very long anyhow. For rightfield we have a TB Rays cast-aside named Hunter Renfroe who hits with power, but isn’t as good a fielder as the centerfielder Verdugo who should be there in the first place.

 

Sorry I put my Red Sox feelings and frustrations above the Q/Headlines Department. But it is not only worrisome for this fan but it kind if mimics prevailing attitudes about anything being sacred anymore in our new progressive society. I always thought loving our baseball heroes was an America right. Or at least, an American delight.

 

The Question:

This is kind of an interesting question. What are the best movies based on Broadway plays?

 

The Headlines:

--Markets Open Strong, Looking To Recover From Bad Tuesday; Germany Extends Stringent Lockdown Measure By One Month Dampening EU Economy; Powell. “Recovery Far From Complete”; Yelled Says Be aware We Are Digging Out Of Large Hole.

--Boulder Mass Murderer Has History Of Crazed Violence.

--Prez Says He Will Keep Us Safe.

--China To Invite Palestinians And Israelites For Talks.

--Massive Cargo Ship Wedged In Suez Canal Blocks All Traffic.

--NK Begins Warnings Assault On Biden Admin; Fires Missiles Over Past Couple Of days; Follows Verbal Warring From Kim’s Sister.

 

I think the new Ford Bronco is an interesting looking SUV. Lines are good and the design has substance.

 

Basketball and sports commentator Charles Barkley has a pet peeve. Its people who diminish the value of a free education as part of a scholarship for Athlete’s. Most who play in college have but a fraction of chance of making it to the professional level basketball, Their educations worth a couple of hundred thousand dollars are invaluable, to say the least, for a their futures; worth far more than few thousand dollars they might be paid after a proposed overhaul of the current “Student/Athlete” NCAA system. Paying athletes in college could easily corrupt the fragile concept of a level playing field in intercollegiate sports.

 

One nice thing that I will miss about the end of winter, it keeps my Diet Coke or Pepsi icy cold in the garage.

 

How things Change: Auto Production used to be dependent on Steel production. Now plants are closing because of a global chip shortage. Buy AMD. You know chips – the reason why your local mechanic can no longer fix your car.

 

Historian Michael Beschloss indicated after a White House Meeting That Biden is ready to toss aside the filibuster to “Go Big” with plans to “reengineer” America in the small window he has. His objectives may even dwarf the efforts FDR and LBJ. “People close to Biden tell us he’s feeling bullish on what he can accomplish, and is fully prepared to support the dashing of the Senate’s filibuster rule to allow Democrats to pass voting rights and other trophy legislation for his party.” It could amount to a $5 Trillion “overhaul” of America. Beschloss lists four reasons for Biden’s Confidence: “He has full control of Congress. Party Activists are egging him on. Strong positive economy winds are at his back. He is popular in the polls.” Thanks DT, for losing Georgia for us.

 

It may take a village to raise a child, but it takes an entire vineyard to homeschool one.

 

A faithful reader wrote yesterday, “Change is painful.

Monotony gets boring.

Can’t decide what is harder🥴”

 

The Answer:

#1 Movie based on a Play is Streetcar Named Desire. #2 is Amadeus followed by Casablanca, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, The Odd Couple, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Fences, Death of a Salesman, Arsenic and Old Lace and at #10, Glengarry Glen Ross. #11 was one of my favorites My Fair Lady. Going up to #20 we have at #12 Driving Miss Daisy, A Raisin in the Sun, Dracula, A Few Good Men, Wait Until Dark, Inherit the Wind, The Crucible, Steel Magnolias and at #20 Frost/Nixon. Another of my favorites Dial “M” for Murder is #33.

 

As we all know, Pinocchio’s nose grows when he tells a lie. So if he said “my nose will grow now” – if his nose does grow that would mean he wasn’t lying, but if he wasn’t lying, his nose wouldn’t grow. But then his statement would be a lie… so his nose would grow.. but then the statement wouldn’t be a lie… so his nose wouldn’t grow… Basically, his nose would have to grow to make Pinocchio’s statement not a lie, but then it can’t grow otherwise the statement would not be a lie. So, that’s basically how I see our divided society these days.

 

Have a nice alcoholic drink or hallucinogen of your choice and forget everything you just read.