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It’s Assumption Day. And it’s sizzling.

Every group is entitled to its own fantasies…its vanities and its lunacies. They are condensed in slogan type, straightforward for the lots to recollect.

‘Free the Holy Land’ was well-liked for generations. ‘Make the World Safe for Democracy’ fizzled out fast. As did the ‘Thousand Year Reich.’

Europe has now settled on ‘global climate change’ as its trigger celebre. Its primary public aim is to keep the thermostat set the place it’s. But this summer time, it has not been straightforward.

“Europe is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet,” mentioned a report on France24 yesterday.

On our laptop computer laptop is a warning of ‘intense heat.’ Today is a ‘red alert day,’ mentioned the message.

We have been suggested to drink loads of water, drive more slowly, close our doorways and home windows and keep inside during noon hours.

AP International:

A heat wave gripped elements of Europe…sending temperatures up to 43 levels Celsius (109.4 Fahrenheit) in southern France and growing dangers of wildfires in wine nation, whereas Bulgaria suffered blazes alongside its southern borders and Hungary noticed report-breaking weekend temperatures.

Scientists say Europe is turning into the world’s quickest-warming continent.

The temperature yesterday right here in central France was 100 levels — 21 levels above regular.

Businesses are closing. Employees are going home. Outdoor fires are prohibited. So is watering the garden, in lots of areas. The Independent:

Europe is burning…Spain broke its hottest temperature report on 28 June, and on Wednesday, the nation was battling its tenth consecutive day of excessive heat. With the heatwave anticipated to final till Monday, it’s set to turn out to be one of the longest the nation has ever skilled.

Meanwhile…within the financial news are three large headlines.

Yesterday morning, the inflation that tariffs weren’t going to trigger confirmed up. Fox:

Producer costs surged more than anticipated in July, spurring inflation considerations

Producer costs rose 0.9% final month. If that have been to proceed, it could imply price will increase of round 10% over the subsequent twelve months. (Nobody expects it to be that high.)

Also within the news was this from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. The committee has been ready for a accountable finances for a long time. But on this ninetieth anniversary of Social Security, it seems to be as if it would wait longer:

Social Security turns 90 in the present day – however its retirement program is on track to be bancrupt by age 97 – in response to new estimates from this system’s Chief Actuary. Even if mixed with the incapacity trust fund, Social Security will deplete its reserves earlier than it turns 100.

The Social Security trust fund was already headed for insolvency; the BBBA made it worse. Come 2032, a typical couple will endure a $18,400 cut in advantages.

And right here’s one other ominous development. In a free enterprise economic system, firms are alleged to make their own choices. They’ve obtained ‘skin in the game.’ They know what they’re doing. And they make income.

Political control of business, then again, doesn’t work so effectively. Bureaucrats don’t know what they’re doing…and don’t have a lot incentive to do the appropriate factor anyway. That’s why AMTRAK loses money — even with a monopoly on practice service within the busiest hall within the US.

For many years, liberals have tried to get a grip on company boards — insisting that they go DEI…with more girls, more Blacks, and more ‘community’ illustration. Republicans resisted; the feds shouldn’t be meddling in non-public companies, they mentioned.

But now it’s the Republicans, led by their Big Man, who’re undermining free enterprise. CNN final week:

President Donald Trump on Thursday demanded the resignation of Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan following studies and allegations that he has ties to China.

And right here’s the latest. CNN this week:

The White House reportedly discussing taking a stake in Intel, sending shares climbing

How will that work out? Badly. Once on the board, the feds will vote for no matter is politically enticing, not what makes business sense. Intel will finish up as a weaker company and America will probably be a poorer nation.

But Americans’ great vainness is that they consider they’re good people. And nothing terrible ever occurs to good people. It doesn’t happen to them that even Christ was crucified and St. Laurence was cooked like a burger.

“At least, it was over quickly for him,” says our indefatigable ‘homme a tout faire’ — our handyman, Damien – turning our ideas back to the climate. More like a member of the household than an worker, Damien has been roasting all week, mowing the fields, watering the garden, fixing fences.

Damien charged up to the home yesterday morning; one thing was mistaken.

“Who lit that fire?” he yelled at us as we have been having breakfast. Red confronted…he was virtually beside himself..

“Don’t you know it is illegal to have a fire? A little further south, they are fighting a fire along an 80-kilometer front. And the wind is blowing, so it is very dangerous…burning houses and cars.”

Damien had the news on his facet. France24:

In France’s Aude division, a patchwork of vineyards and Mediterranean scrubland, a whole lot of firefighters remained within the rolling wine nation guarding the perimeters of a huge, lethal blaze that scorched 16,000 hectares final week.

“Do you want to cause that kind of thing here?”

The anger was geared toward our son, who had lit a campfire down by the pond. He had come from New York and was happy to spend time together with his childhood buddy, who was visiting his own household throughout the road.

“Damien….I’m sorry…I didn’t know,” got here the rebuttal.

“And we were watching it. We were right there. There was no chance that it would get away from us.”

Damien was unhappy…however after additional remonstrance gave up and smiled. He had carried out his civic obligation, defending France from irresponsible foreigners.

Yesterday, driving via a neighboring city, we noticed no signal of life. Shutters have been closed. No one was on the road. It was like a zombie film. We anticipated to see a mob of lurching lifeless people round each nook.

Only one bar was open. We ducked below an umbrella and requested for a cool drink.

“It’s a disaster for our business,” mentioned the jolly Englishman who ran the place. “Nobody wants to go out.”

And pity the poor vacationers! Their holidays ruined by ‘global climate change.’

Why the heat? Why Europe? Why now? France24:

Scientists say climate change, primarily triggered by greenhouse gasoline emissions primarily from burning fossil fuels, will end in more frequent, extreme and harmful heatwaves.

Of course, main thinkers as soon as insisted that the world was flat…and that human life was dominated by ‘four humours’ — blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile.

More just lately, they instructed us that if we didn’t get vaccinated towards Covid we have been virtually lifeless already…and would kill everybody round us.

Scientists, like everybody else, ‘talk their book.’ Heavily purchased into the ‘global climate change’ speculation, they deal with it as truth…and inform us that we’ll all roast in Hell except we do as we’re instructed.

But what can we do? Give up eating meat? Turn off the A/C (now we have none right here, anyway)? Cook with electrical energy? Stay home…sweat…dig roots for food…and put on rags?

The lady subsequent door has a withered arm. But she is an wonderful seamstress. She sews patches on our previous blue denims.

We’ll save the planet that method, one patch at a time.