MY PARALLEL EVOLUTION WITH JAMES BOND......

 FROM STEEL-CASED ZIPPO TO GOLD-CASED RONSON 'WHIRLWIND' TO STEEL-, THEN GOLD-CASED FLORENTINED DUNHILLS.....ACCOMPANIED BY A SWITCH FROM 'UNKNOWN' BRANDS OF CIGARETTES...TO "CHESTERFIELDS".....CULMINATING IN THE S.T. DUPONT, BEFORE THE AGING BOND 'CUT BACK' ON HIS PRODIGIOUS SMOKING AND DRINKING......TODAY, I'M MORE LIKELY TO UTILIZE MY 'CLICKING' RONSONS AND DUPONTS TO LIGHT THE TABLE CANDLES....WITH FLARE.......

ALL THE NEWS AND PARANOIA ABOUT THE 'WEATHER BALLOONS', RECENTLY..........AND EVEN MORE SIGHTINGS WILL LOAD THE 'NEWS'......

  WOULD THE CHINESE SHOOT DOWN OUR XXX 'EXPERIMENTAL' HOT AIR BUTTOCKS BALLOON, PROPELLED BY A HOT ANAL EXHAUST PORT,  CARRYING IMPORTANT POLITICIANS IN ITS VAGINAL CUPOLA.....?