TICK’s NOTES n TUNES
Beginning November 2, 2022 we introduce a new feature to our site. Tick’s Notes n Tunes.
This will be a regular blog post consisting of a “balance” (of course) of highlights and analysis of news items appearing on the internet, television, print news or wherever. In addition, and to make the day more bearable, hopefully, we will thrown in a few musical suggestions for your listening pleasure.
Tick is your host. A few of the posts will actually consist of excerpts from his old newsletter.
Stay tuned and enjoy.
First the news.
NEWS
Biden says that the future of democracy could hang on next week’s midterm election. He said that those who denied the legitimacy of the 2020 election were putting America on a path to chaos.
Disturbingly, in England, there are indications that Covid related death rates are soaring again. Not sure where this is heading. Deaths are always tragic. Is that going to happen here? Are we going to have a repeat of 2020?
The Federal Reserve raised the federal funds rate ¾ of one percent. And indicated that although future rate hikes may not be as large, or as quickly implemented, that they are probably on the horizon all for the purpose of getting inflation back to the Fed’s target rate of 2%.
In Pennsylvania, a crucial state regarding whether Republicans or Democrats will control Congress, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court announced that undated or misdated mail in ballots won’t be counted. So, who is more likely to fall into that category? Democrats or Republicans? How is that going to affect the crucial Pennsylvania race for U.S. Senate: Fetterman v Oz?
In Brazil Bolsonaro (a Trump admirer) indicates that he will cooperate with the transfer of power to Lula da Silva. So, it appears that he is not going to contest the validity of Lula’s election. It’s good to see that right leaning and left leaning politicians can cooperate to peacefully transfer power. Chalk one up to democracy. Let’s hope that America can follow that example in 2024.
TUNES:
Okay time for some diversion. So let’s bring in our DJ….Tick to help get us through the day….
Wow in looking at the R&B hits for that
Year…it may well have been the greatest
Year in music ever
Between the super duper
Motown artists and others
It was just a gigantically super year for music
just listening to the 1966 R&B hits
put me in the mood
…but
In the interests of broadening our horizons
…as you know I insist on
Expanding our base of musical appreciation
….
let’s listen to one of the
The lesser known tunes that I like
From that year
Like
or maybe
Anyway 1966,
Ah yes….1966
That was a watershed year
ran across this next video
and it made me….
….well…we’ll just let
one the greatest pure singers ever
say it for me
because the whole 1966 thing just
makes me….
(at the end of the video he makes brief
Mention of the fact that he was an outstanding athlete too !)
But wow what a great great singer JM was/is
(he’s over 86 years old now)
That’s it for today folks …see ya next time. Thanks for visiting.