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Target, one of former first lady Michelle Obama’s favorite stores, is facing a boycott over its post-Roe v. Wade move to pay the travel costs of employees seeking abortions. Concerned Women for America, the 500,000-strong conservative women’s policy network, said Target’s plan is a “slap in the face” to pro-life customers and an unnecessary policy to prove it’s a “woke” corporation. Penny Nance, the CEO and president of CWA, who is leading the group’s “Toss Target” campaign, also said Target does not provide help to pregnant employees who decide to have their children. “Companies who fund travel to another state...

BLOOMDADDY DISCUSSES THE RAID ON DONALD TRUMP'S FLORIDA HOME AMONG OTHER TOPICS with Jim Jordan. Approximate listen time: 11 minutes

In the coming weeks, Amazon plans to expand its “Amazon One” palm reading biometric payment system to 65 Whole Foods Markets throughout California, starting with locations in Malibu, Montana Avenue, and Santa Monica. The expansion, first reported on by The Verge, marks the biggest step forward yet in Amazon’s effort to normalize biometric payments. Amazon One works by linking a customers’ credit card to their unique palm signature. Users then hover their hand over a palm reader to pay, in this case for their overpriced groceries. Prior to the recent expansion effort, One palm readers were limited to seven Whole...

A gunman shot at a Denver-area Catholic church in separate early morning incidents Saturday and Monday. No one was hurt, but one estimate suggests the gunshots caused tens of thousands of dollars in damage. Parish staff stressed the need to pray for the perpetrator and emphasized that they are taking the utmost security precautions. “We are praying for the conversion of whoever did this,” Deacon Derrick Johnson of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church told CNA Aug 8. “If there’s any opportunity to speak to that person, we’d be happy to speak with them and have a dialogue.”...

An Arizona abortion nurse whose facility aborts viable, second-trimester unborn babies recently admitted that she tells patients their unborn babies are just “pieces of goo.” What’s more, nurse Rose Lopez-McKinnon, 63, said she tells pregnant mothers that their unborn babies have more rights than they do – while in the same breath urging them to exercise their right to vote. Lopez-McKinnon made the ridiculous comments in a new interview with the Los Angeles Times. She works at Camelback Family Planning in Phoenix, Arizona, the only abortion facility in Arizona that still is aborting unborn babies up to 24 weeks of...

Again, there’s that long-running joke that we don’t have a secret police force or an American version of the Schutzstaffel because the Internal Revenue Service exists. Of all agencies in the government, this one probably has the most accurate and up-to-date files on every taxpayer, which is no surprise. It was seen as the most hated agency in America for legitimate purposes, though the FBI and DOJ might have supplanted them given the recent raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago. Still, the IRS becoming secret police might no longer be a joke. The page was taken down for problematic copy regarding the...

In sum, of the 14 RCTs that have tested the effectiveness of masks in preventing the transmission of respiratory viruses, three suggest, but do not provide any statistically significant evidence in intention-to-treat analysis, that masks might be useful. The other eleven suggest that masks are either useless—whether compared with no masks or because they appear not to add to good hand hygiene alone—or actually counterproductive. Of the three studies that provided statistically significant evidence in intention-to-treat analysis that was not contradicted within the same study, one found that the combination of surgical masks and hand hygiene was less effective than...

We've talked about some of the problems associated with modern lithium ion battery powered vehicles in the past, but I don't think the possibility of incinerating your family as they sleep, or kids as they ride to school is something that can be taken too seriously. Think before you park one of these potential Hiroshima specials in your garage.

A naked Florida man threw a machete at another man and tried to rob him of his clothes on Monday, authorities said. Deputies responded to an area near the Volusia County Fairgrounds shortly before 10 a.m. after a surveyor reported that a naked man approached him with a large machete-style knife, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said. The victim told deputies that the suspect was picking palmetto berries in the woods and ran out of the brush brandishing the machete and demanding his clothes, wallet and phone. He said he began to give the items over to the suspect when...

Nebraska Senator John McCollister, who is pro-abortion, wants to mandate vasectomies for men He’s being facetious — making the absurd claim that somehow abortion bans take control over women’s bodies, ergo government should take control over men’s bodies. “I am supporting legislation to MANDATE vasectomies for all Nebraska males. Cash rewards will be offered to people who TURN IN men who refuse to comply. If we are going to control women’s bodies, we may as well go all the way with the authoritarianism,” McCollister tweeted on Monday. “(Obviously, I am not serious. This would be ludicrous, but this is JUST...

Lady Gaga told fans Monday that she prays more Americans will speak up in support of the killing of unborn babies in abortions. The 36-year-old pop singer has defended abortion for years, backing campaigns for the billion-dollar abortion chain Planned Parenthood and using her massive influence to sway fans on the issue. During a stop on her new Chromatica Ball tour Monday in Washington, D.C., Lady Gaga brought up abortion again, Billboard magazine reports. “I would like to dedicate this song to every woman in America,” she said before playing a piano rendition of her 2011 song “The Edge of...

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KIAWAH ISLAND, South Carolina (AP) — President Joe Biden arrived in South Carolina on Wednesday to begin what is expected to be at least a seven-day vacation with members of his family. The first couple was planning to be in Kiawah Island, noted for its private beach and golf resort, through Tuesday, according to Federal Aviation Administration advisories. The White House did not respond to requests to provide details on Biden’s vacation schedule, activities or when he planned to return to Washington, nor did it provide information on the residence where he was staying. Biden, accompanied by first lady Jill...

A Nebraska young woman whose mother is accused of doing an illegal, late-term abortion that killed her unborn grandchild reportedly wanted the abortion because she would “finally be able to wear jeans” again. The Lincoln Journal Star reports Celeste Burgess, 18, of Norfolk, was nearly 24 weeks pregnant in April when her mother, Jessica Burgess, 41, allegedly gave the teenager abortion pills to kill her unborn baby, according to police. Later, police said the two burned and buried the baby’s body. Both mother and daughter recently were charged in the incident and pleaded not guilty in court. Norfolk police said...

Today we look at a success story of sorts: A smart Texan turned in cheaply made printed guns and came away making $2800 in profit!

The second largest aluminum mill in the United States has idled operations, laying off about 600 American workers, due to “untenable” electricity and energy prices. In June, Century Aluminum Co. executives announced that they would idle the Hawesville, Kentucky aluminum mill for about 9 to 12 months as a result of skyrocketing prices to merely keep the plant’s lights on. Similarly, executives with two steel mills are suspending operations because they cannot afford the costs of energy to keep the plants open. This comes after executives warned federal regulators about debilitating energy prices months ago.

European natural gas inventories rose by +102 BCF over past 7 days. EU nat gas storage 73% full. Current inventories at 2793 BCF. 23.0% higher than 1 year ago. EU goal is at least 80% full by Nov 1st for winter.

Just seven years after making its debut in Milan, Domino’s Pizza is saying arrivederci to Italy. The fast food giant closed the last of its 29 stores on the Italian Peninsula after struggling to gain a foothold in the country, Bloomberg reports, with locals proving to be difficult to win over for the American chain. The company’s exit from Italy was met with cheers on Twitter, where users mocked Domino’s for even attempting to establish a foothold in the homeland of pizza in the first place. Domino’s arrived in Italy in 2015, when it already had more than 12,000 stores...

I have a mental model of American voters. For instance-- A lot of Republican voters are pretty fixed MAGA voters (even if Trump isn't their cup of tea). This election, next, whatever, that's the way they are going to vote. On the other hand-- A lot of Democrat voters are progressive, but another big bunch are just media followers. Whatever the NY Times is selling works for them. The result is a set of voters that aren't really under much stress in most election seasons. Convinced MAGA voters aren't going to change much. Progressives and media followers are working from...