EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Younger generations more frequently being diagnosed for many types of cancer.

PLANS FOR POWER PROJECTION PROCEED APACE: China’s Blue-Water Ambitions.

I THINK THEY SHOULD BRING BACK THE OLYMPIC DUELING EVENT: Big Tech, Media Hates on Shooters Even as One Olympic Shooter Becomes a Viral Phenom.

And yes, pistol dueling was once an Olympic event: “The competition involved two competitors firing at each other with dueling pistols loaded with wax bullets and wearing protective equipment for the torso, face, and hands.”

REPAIR, REUSE, REPLACE: A Band-Aid for the heart? New 3D printing method makes this, and much more, possible.

NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME: ChatGPT still not very good at diagnosing human ailments.

HMM: Aspirin’s role in preventing colon cancer examined.

SPACE: NASA Considers Boeing Starliner or SpaceX Dragon to Return Astonauts.

I THINK THAT WAS ALWAYS THE PLAN:

There’s time! https://t.co/UjOBAWvoEl

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 2, 2024

BETRAYAL OF DUTY: Director Rowe Personally Crippled Trump’s Secret Service Team. “The security ‘breakdowns’ were so massive and implausible when combined that any large police force could have done a better job than the most elite protection unit in the world. The shooter was identified, tracked, photographed, filmed on the roof, the Secret Service was warned multiple times, the shooter was in the line of sight of the snipers, and Trump was trotted out onto the stage and kept there as the shooter was lining up his shot in full view of the Secret Service snipers. None of that is disputable.”

YES, THE GENERAL SOCIAL SURVEY SHOWS MARRIED MOMS AND DADS ARE THE HAPPIEST: Contrary to pop culture narrative, married people happier, wealthier: sociologist. “‘Nothing predicts happiness … like a good marriage does,’ professor says.”

Pop culture says otherwise, because it’s designed to produce Democratic voters, who tend to be neurotic and unhappy.

HIGHER EDUCATION WAS SUPPOSED TO PRODUCE CRITICAL THINKING: 70 Percent of College Students Say Speech Can Be as Damaging as Physical Violence.

THEY’LL TRY TO HOLD EVERYTHING TOGETHER FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, THOUGH: #Bidenomics Update: Ew. “Whatever wages workers are being paid are nowhere near what they need to keep up with the Biden-Harris inflation cycle, no matter how productive they are or what raises they’ve gotten. Or how often they’re told they should be grateful because things are really, really good.”

Anybody who's been trying to look for a new job has been saying this for the past year.

— Contra Declinationem (@contradecline) August 1, 2024

DANICA PATRICK: “I don’t care who you sleep with. Whatever. But the media has spent eight years telling us Trump allegedly sleeping with Stormy Daniels is a monstrously important aspect of his character and fitness for office. How can they ignore Kamala banging Willie Brown, the married mayor?”

OUCH:

Americans Thankful That Socialists Rigging Elections Only Happens In Venezuela https://t.co/tDUia38O9i

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) July 29, 2024

COMPARE AND CONTRAST:

This man went to a Kamala event wearing a Trump shirt, and a Trump event wearing a Kamala shirt. The difference in how he was treated was stunning.https://t.co/d9BRw4wC29

— Not the Bee (@Not_the_Bee) July 30, 2024

SINCERITY IS KEY — IF YOU CAN FAKE THAT, YOU’VE GOT IT MADE:

Hillary Clinton Meets With Kamala To Help Her Improve Her Black Accent https://t.co/p4HWW5f1SE

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) August 1, 2024

PRIORITIES:

US Mariners: the Houthis are attacking us!

Train engineers: the hours are brutal and tracks are in bad condition

Tuckers: I can’t even park my truck to rest

Car drivers: the traffic is insane

Pilots: is my boeing plane even safe?

Pete: https://t.co/At1hCxGbTg

— John Ʌ Konrad V (@johnkonrad) August 1, 2024

PRIORITIES: While Congress Wants Answers About the Trump Assassination Attempt, Gerry Connolly Grandstands Against Guns.

OPEN THREAD: Disport yourselves in the comments.

STOP THE STEAL, SAYS U.S. GOVERNMENT:

Good https://t.co/4DuDILvb5p

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 2, 2024

GOOD:

BOOM. Senator Tom Cotton flips script on CNN:

“Why did Kamala Harris serve as Vice President for a man she called racist and a segregationist?”

This is how its done. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/b4ma8jFzhg

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 1, 2024

HMM: Study finds space industry growth uncorrelated to larger markets. “The space industry is largely insulated from the variations in other parts of the economy, a new analysis found, which could make it attractive to investors seeking to diversify their portfolios.”

I suspect this is because a lot of it is government-funded, and the rest is just on a long timeline for various necessary reasons.

PHYSIOGNOMY IS DESTINY: Wild Study Finds Your Name Has an Incredible Effect on Your Face. “Wild Study Finds Your Name Has an Incredible Effect on Your Face.”

ULTIMATELY, THEY JUST WANTED DIFFERENT THINGS OUT OF LIFE: Unparalleled Insight – Ancient Fossil Discovery Shows How South America and Africa Drifted Apart.

THOUGHTS ON Selfishness and Therapy Culture. “I don’t want you to think that I’m opposed to therapy as such. In fact I’m here to complain, as I have before, about the way therapy has gone from being a tool to being a culture, in a way that’s bad for everyone. . . . I find the notion that everyone should be in therapy very strange, just like I would it strange if it was routinely said that everyone should be on antibiotics.”