Science Thoughts: Cats! (and global warming)

Just trying to get the attention of DamnCat.

There are lots of stray cats in the world. Some call them feral, but that’s illegal when talking about criminals, so it probably is also when talking about cats.

Stray cats strut, as we all know, but they may cause damage.

Or may not. Let’s give the complainers the benefit of the doubt, though, and suppose, even though it’s not proven, that stray cats are a menace and a detriment to society. I’ll reserve judgement on that, but I’ll proceed with the case.

If stray cats are a menace, then by some Byzantine logic mankind can be blamed for that menace.

All of it.

OK.

You are starting to see the linkage to Global Warming.

[Manmade Stray Cat Menace; Anthropogenic Global Deworming.]

Right. Let’s posit that stray cats are a menace, and humans are 100% to blame for their existence.

Who is going to calculate how many stray cats in the wild are acceptable? The government? Oh, that’s a comfort. But OK. That’s three things I’ve conceded.

Acceptable Cat Ownerless Outliers — a.k.a. CO2 = 0.

Zero?

Okay, fine. Stray cats are a menace, humans are to blame, and none are acceptable.

What about the rest?

[This is the part of the analogy that started me writing this.]

We have non-stray, non-feral, non-human-induced CO2 particles and snuggly cats REMAINING.

Will all their supposed ill effects then stop? By what definition?

Surely the natural — non-human-caused — snuggly CO2 particles and cats far outnumber the feral quantities by an enormouser (heh) preponderance, and their effects will persist through the ages.

So — don’t we have something less cute to fret about?

I don’t think the artist liked cats. He should’ve given them that “Who, Me?” look.

Devolva Las Vegas?

Since Walrus is our in-house expert, I’ll leave it to him to judge.

Viva Las Vegas? Tourists shun Sin City over ‘ridiculous prices’
The Sunday Times | July 06 2025 | Keiran Southern

On a sweltering morning as tourists line up for pictures with the famous welcoming sign, one topic of conversation dominates: when did Las Vegas become so expensive?

Hannah Warren, a 50-year-old assistant costume designer from Essex, was still reeling from paying $33 for coffee and a bagel at the Fontainebleau hotel.

I don’t think so, Partner!

Gary Langlois, a 65-year-old retired salesman from Minneapolis, paid $40 for two coffees and a couple of croissants.

I don’t think so, Partner!

That is on top of the resort fees, parking charges and various other costs that have become a fact of life for Las Vegas tourists.

And OF COURSE, despite all of the above:

. . . with experts blaming a combination of President Trump’s economic policies . . .

Bravo, experts. I was wondering how you were going to work that in.