There’s a lot to be said about the quality of microwavable tv dinners. For starters, the traveling to the grocery store, your dining options are really endless. Pick any region of the world and there is a frozen meal available to satisfy your hunger. Let’s say you want to send your taste buds on a journey to Rome, but you haven’t been there to taste authentic cuisine. Might I suggest a Lean Cuisine lasagna with an ice-cold glass of blue Gatorade? Or, perhaps Italy isn’t what’s on your mind, and you, of all people, like a good wholesome American dinner. Well, Hungry Man brand steak and mashed potatoes with a room temperature juice box should just about do it. We know you have a lot of options when preparing meal via the heating component of your microwave, and we appreciate you taking the time to hear out our suggestions.
We Remember Them
Typically the news updates will be humorous and a tad sarcastic, but over the weekend, we lost a very significant person in the history of our country. George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st president of the United States, who only served only one term, which began in 1989. He passed away this weekend.
“I think more than anything you learn from when you look at your predecessors is — what are the actions they took that you admire? What are the mistakes they made that you want to avoid? They tend to be, in some ways, speaking to you through their own record continuously. What people don’t appreciate fully, even within his own party, is the degree to which he had to land the plane when the Berlin Wall comes down.”
–Former President Barack Obama
If But Only For A Moment
There was peace in the valley between the tariff-ridden China and the United States, home to President Donald Trump, the imposer of said tariffs. On Sunday evening, the two nations agreed to a cease-fire of sorts, in terms of plans for agreeing on the eradication of tariffs, and the market responded nicely to the news. According to CNN, the DOW climbed 500 points or about 2%, and markets in Australia and Japan enjoyed increases as well.
“President Trump has agreed that on January 1, 2019, he will leave the tariffs $200 billion worth of product at the 10 percent rate, and not raise it to 25 percent at this time. Both parties agree that they will endeavor to have this transaction completed within the next 90 days. If at the end of this period of time, the parties are unable to reach an agreement, the 10 percent tariffs will be raised to 25 percent.”
–Official Statement Regarding US/China Tariff Agreement
Cleanup On Aisle France
The French were extremely displeased with increases in taxes and living costs to the point of starting one of the worst urban riots in Parisian history. According to reports, 133 people were injured, including 23 Paris police officers, as crowds to the streets in anger on Saturday. Officers shot tear gas and used water cannons to try restore order to the protesters, but the protesters continued on their rampage and torched cars, smashed windows, and tagged the famous Arc de Triomphe.
