World View: etc!: But. I'm happy.

Today's Tids Issue 5,307

Regreening:

Holy Autumn, Batman... It is the first of August, and it feels like October. It's crazy. But really nice. I remember August best as slow and hot, eating dust on a preseason football practice field. Hanging with my friends repeating the old mantra made famous in a movie as boring as August: “Waddaya want to do today Marty”. And then finding nothing to do, but hardly able to wait for tomorrow to do it all over again. Except of course anticipating the excitement of going back to school. We did always remember VJ day then, but this month's former day of significant celebration has pretty much disappeared from view in these United States, but of course not for me. How can you ever forget running around the neighborhood cheering manically when the war ended. Believe me, I can still see that day. August isn’t all dreary because the NFL starts, and downtrodden Red Sox fans still have a little hope their team will rise from the dead. And the fact is, regardless of weather or time of year, we will be laughing and smiling with friends. And that is just the best part of any month, even for dull August.

Summer is peak season for mountain climbers.

In today's trip though Fantasy land, Americans will waken to learn that they can no longer by Halogen or incandescent light bulbs so we can save the world from a final darkness. The politicians must have friends or family in the alternative bulb business. Wouldn’t it be nice if government agencies could go bankrupt like private companies that become too large for their income.

When your only tool is a hammer, all problems start looking like nails.

It doesn’t take that much to make another person happy.

The Question:

Who is Dr. John Clauser? Bonus: What do you think are the ten top smartest animals on earth?

The Headlines:

--Stocks Open Tuesday Lazy Like August; Caterpillar and Pfizer Post Warnings; Merck Beats; Bullish July Sentiment Hopes to Carry into August. Key Job Numbers Out this Week.

--Authorities Uncertain of Fate of Kidnapped Humanitarian Nurse and Daughter in Haiti; Victim Alix Dorsainvil Expected Being Held for Ransom; US Warn US Citizens to Stay Away from Haiti.

--USA Women Soccer Team Barely Sneaks out of Round One into Final 16.

-- Repubs Think Hunter B Biz Partner Devon Archer Right on the Money about Veep Biden Interactions with Burisma; Dems Think He is Outrageously Off Target and Proved Nothing.

--Sullied Canidates Biden and Trump now Tied at 43% Each in Race for Prez (NYT/Siena Poll).

Just remember, a box of cheerios is not donut seeds.

Whoops! Nasa sent a wrong signal to its Voyager 2 Probe resulting in the tilting of the antenna away from the earth. This stopped successful communications after 46 years of travel. It is now 12.3 billion miles away from earth and traveling at about 34,390 miles per hour. It is well equipped to talk to extraterrestrials if necessary. Who knew. But now we'll never know what they say. Where in hell is 12.3 billion miles away from earth, anyhow? Scientists hope that by October when the te signal returns they will be able to correct the error. “You’re home early from the office today, Honey. Did anything unusual happen?”

In case you are interested, the hottest August 1 on record around here was in 1917. It was 100.

I have to be honest. I do like the longer lasting lightbulbs, especially for my overhead bathroom fixtures obviously designed for sure by Marquis de Sade.

This morning I saw the results of a survey that asked, “How much would you pay for an All-Sports streaming service. That, much ot my chagrin, is where I see pro sports going to pay of these enormous salaries, and even amateur NIL payoffs. Overcharging for hot dogs just has a limit. In the survey, 26% said, not interested. I am firmly in that quarter. 52% said they would pay more than $10 up to $25/month. I think ESPN is doing the Survey. Sell the NBA and NFL to Saudi Arabia.

One of my big fears in life is that with mass communications and GPS capability we will run out of quiet out of the way places to go.

Every intelligent person seems to keep on saying that there is no way America will put up with a repeat of the 2020 Presidential election participants. And yet… Frankly, to this lost soul, it's mindboggling.

Did you hear about the guy who got a compliment about his driving? The note on his window said, “Parking fine”.

It's always sad when somebody dies, and especially so when after battling a terrible disease like cancer, but the fact is I never thought that much about Pee Wee Herman.

You know you have too much time on your hands when you can spend a day counting the stairs on an escalator.

The Answer:

John Clauser is the 2022 Nobel Prize winner for Physics who was just disinvited to speak before the IMF (International Monetary Fund) Conference because he told a Korea audience that Climate was not a crisis. He does say there is a real crisis with population growth and distribution of wealth and food. He also said, there is an energy crisis “that is being exacerbated by incorrect climate science.” In addition, in his response he mentioned that the man who cancelled his talk probably did so because he, “Feared that i might talk about technical things over his head...” Bonus: Number one are Dolphins followed by Chimpanzees, Elephants, Octopi, Dogs, Squirrels, Pigs, Parrots, Orangutangs and Columbidae. The next ten are Crows, Rats, Cats, Raccoons, African Grey Parrots, Horses, Monkeys, Orcas, Bottlenose Dolphins, Bonobos, Ravens and Otters. FYI – A Columbidae is a Pigeon and a Bonobo is another version of a chimp. It likes to be tickled... just in case you ever meet one.