Primarily Political XXII

Have you noticed how everyone is picking on Donald Trump?
- A man with a sledge hammer  - defaced his star on the Hollywood Walk of "Fame".
-Joe Biden offered to take him behind the gym.
-The media is accused of bias.
-And now we learn of his data operation in San Antonio code named "The Alamo" - does he realize that The Alamo was not a winning battle?
Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier!
tjs

Hang on, Snoopy!

Last year about this time I wrote about the Peanuts gang reaching their 65th birthday. Now one year later we read that Snoopy is being sent out to pasture and will no longer appear on the Met Life blimp as the global insurer is going in a different direction. I hope Met Life gave him an annuity to keep him in dog food for the rest of his life.
tjs
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/21/business/media/metlife-grounds-snoopy-curse-you-red-baron.html?_r=0

Rosemary & Time

In a small Italian village south of Naples there is a preponderance of citizenry ninety years of age or older.  Scientists have zeroed in on their diet - they use rosemary on everything they cook. Their quality of life is high and incidence of Alzheimer's disease is low. A professor of medicine was quoted "At 95, they have the brains of a 50 year old........and you're still thinking a lot about sex." Mamma Mia!
Dieticians take note!
tjs
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/20/world/what-in-the-world/rosemary-and-time-does-this-italian-hamlet-have-a-recipe-for-long-life.html?src=me&_r=0

Deere, Hear This!

In the Indian countryside there are about 136 million farmers working small plots but unable to own their own tractors. In previous attempts to rent equipment they were subjected to price gouging. Now enter a Uber type company with a smartphone app Trringo which will furnish rental equipment on demand but with internet shortages they will also respond by phone - all for 700 rupees per hour.  So they can put their oxen out to pasture. How now John Deere!
tjs
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/18/world/what-in-the-world/trringo-app-india.html?module=WatchingPortal&region=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=9&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2016%2F10%2F18%2Fworld%2Fwhat-in-the-world%2Ftrringo-app-india.html&eventName=Watching-article-click

Primarily Political XXI

Donald Trump's wife, in referring to the Hollywood tape, said she thought he was "egged" on by the host - and she wasn't "yolking."

Stay tuned for the third debate which we really don't need.
tjs

It's No Wonder.

The United Nations has just selected a new Secretary General to serve for five years. HE is a seasoned Portuguese diplomat. His election passed over seven female applicants but as a consolation offering they picked a cartoon character as its mascot: Wonder Woman! This follows in the wake of naming as social ambassadors such as Winnie the Pooh and Tinker Bell. So, while we may see a woman in the White House soon it seems unlikely to also see a lady in the U.N. chair.
tjs
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/13/world/americas/wonder-woman-united-nations.html?ref=world

Lox Masters II

As a sequel to Zabar's I had a conversation with a medical professional who related his experience when in surgical training. They were having a session on skin grafting and new techniques were just arriving on the scene. But the old professor wanted him to spend several days in a Jewish deli observing the lox slicers who were truly artisans with the blade. And he did so and was duly impressed.
tjs