Friday, January 24, 2025 5:30 P.M.

A lull in Polar Jet Stream activity over the U.S. will give us a nice break. Temperatures should jump to “above normal” levels by early next week. That should finally get rid of the remaining snow/ice.

It’ll be nice to see what happens when the jet becomes more active again. Sometimes it reforms its previous pattern, which would rebuild the cold regime. Other times, however, it goes back to its early winter pattern. That would essentially bring us an early spring. Currently, the odds favor the return to above normal temperatures and precipitation.

Stuff: Money woes: in today’s world, it costs the U.S. Mint 3 cents to make a penny. A nickel costs 14 cents to produce. (With economics like this, it’s easy to see why our government is so much in debt.)

Stuff 2: About a century ago, American humorist Will Rogers was asked how he kept coming up with new material. Easy, he replied. I just have to read the newspapers every day to find out what’s going on in Washington.

That’s as true now as it was 100 years ago! Unfortunately, the Biden Administration wasn’t good at producing much entertainment. But the tRump gang is a riot of enjoyment. Just an example – the U.S. Presidency has made a total reversal. Our first president was famous for “I can not tell a lie”. Our current president is famous because he can not tell the truth!

The next four years are going to be the “Golden Age” for political humor.