Notes From All Over, Part 1 -- November 27, 2019

Behind the scenes consolidation:

• Target / Toys R Us: link here.
• on-line photos: Snapfish, Shutterfly acquired by private equity firm; webpages look identical to Walgreens photo; ordering from Snapfish, pick up at Walgreens, others

Bumblebee: tuna wholesaler files for bankruptcy; to be bought on the cheap by Chinese company;

More on Lamar: link here.

Recession is just around the corner: article is ridiculous; comments are great. KAG.

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"Hell, yes, we'll take away your private insurance"

This is fascinating. On November 5, 2019, just a couple of weeks ago, I posted on the blog:

Politics:

• Beto dropped out after, "Hell, yes, we're gonna take your guns." 
• Did Pocahontas make the same mistake with, "Hell, yes, we're going to take away your private health insurance"?
• politics tracked here, FWIW, but it sure is fascinating

Now today:

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US Youth Soccer

Link here.

Our middle granddaughter was invited to be a guest player on one of the FC Dallas (Texas) teams.

This is a national team, national tournment.

For the 14U girls, there are 28 national teams invited to this two-part tournament.

The first half of the tournament is a four-day tournament in Miami, FL, cming to an end today.

Of the 28 teams only two teams went into the last day undefeated. The team on which our granddaughter is playing was one of those two teams.

The other undefeated team lost its final game today and will finish the tournament with three wins, one loss.

The score just came in: our granddaughter's team lost. There will no undefeated teams, and our granddaughter's team will finish the first half of the tournament with three wins, one loss, and #1 in their division.

The second half of the tournament will be held next March, 2020, in Las Vegas.

Following this tournament, our granddaughter will fly out to Los Angeles to to participate in another tournament. In that tournament, she is playing "up." She is an eighth grader playing on a ninth-grade team in a national tournament for ninth graders.

The scouts are out. Unfortunately I don't know how to load the instagram video but some scout or coach loaded a video of our granddaughter with a corner kick. It's quite impressive. But, of course, that's a grandfather's perspective. LOL.

On a side note, our granddaughter was one of the very few non-forwards to have scored a goal in the tournament. It just happened that she scored on a penalty kick in a game in which her team won, 1 - 0. In soccer, the coach decides which player will kick the penalty kick. It is not like a foul in basketball.