LOOK FOR MORE OF THIS. IT’S THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP UP WITH INFLATION ANYMORE:  Walmart is replacing its price labels with digital screens—but the company swears it won’t use it for surge pricing.

NOT A SURPRISE:  Dem Rep.’s Office Inside Capitol Vandalized, Oct. 7 Display Destroyed by Pro-Hamas Mob on 4th of July.

And no one will be punished. And he might want to consider who he’s hanging out with. The anti-semites are not on the GOP side of the isle.

FINALLY, A USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION I CAN GET BEHIND:  Grocery stores in Alabama selling ammo with AI-driven vending machines.

<Brings up redfin. Starts browsing real estate in Alabama.

WELL, OF COURSE IT DOES. TANTRUMING TODDLERS THREATEN EVERYONE. HOW LONG TILL “I’M GOING TO HOLD MY BREATH, TILL YOU DO AS I SAY?”  New Biden Ad Attacks Conservative Supreme Court Justices.

THEY DON’T REALIZE IT WILL JUST MAKE THE PEOPLE MADDER:  France: Left and Pro-Establishment Parties Unite to Keep Le Pen’s National Rally From Power.

Right now the international left is holding back the tide with their hands and whistling past the graveyard. The longer they delay their overthrow, the more violent it will be. (This is not a threat, but it’s a very assured prediction.)

OF COURSE THEY DID. AMERICANS DON’T LIKE HAVING HORRIBLE STUFF FORCED ON THEM:  McDonald’s Experiment Selling McPlant Burgers in the US Fails Spectacularly.

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Kazakhstan joins China’s ILRS moon base program.

LIMITED TIME DEAL: Honeywell HWT-H01 LED Desk Lamp Dimmable Table Lamp. #CommissionEarned

WITHOUT THE FDA, WHO WOULD KEEP US SAFE? FDA Finally Outlaws Soda Ingredient Banned Around The World.

FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SHATTERING KABOOMS, VOLCANO EDITION: Scientists Shed New Light on Ancient Apocalypse That Affected the Entire Planet. “Around 183 million years ago, during the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (T-OAE), volcanic eruptions in what is now South Africa released approximately 20,500 gigatons of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere and oceans over a span of 300 to 500 thousand years. This significant influx of CO2 led to severe oxygen depletion in marine environments, resulting in a widespread extinction of marine life.”

SCIENCE: Facial temperatures might help diagnose diabetes, other diseases.

AT LEAST: The New York Times Has Been Wrong About Everything Since 1903.

I’LL NEVER KNOW FIRST-HAND: What’s It Like to Drive to the North Pole and Back?

WHO’S IN CHARGE HERE, ANYWAY? ‘The President Has Lost All Independence.’ “Have readers ever heard of Annie Tomasini, Anthony Bernal, or Ashley Williams? I’ve worked in politics for over 20 years now, and only Williams’ name seems vaguely familiar. Only Bernal’s name comes up in our archives, once almost exactly two years ago and only as brief mention in someone else’s statement. Presidents hire aides to help and support their work, but those aides are supposed to work for the president, not run him.”

UPDATE (FROM GLENN): Flashback: Who’s our real president? Joe Biden — or the staffers who keep walking back his comments?

NEWS YOU CAN USE: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Concealed Carry.

JOBS: Payrolls Rise 206K After Huge Downward Revisions As Unemployment Rate Jumps To Three Year High. “In keeping with the BLS’ other favorite gimmick of representing part-time jobs growth as the primary driver of the US labor market, in June, the number of part-time workers rose 50K to 28.1 million while full-time workers dropped by 28K. This means that since June 2023, the US has added 1.8 million part-time jobs and lost 1.6 million fulL-time jobs.”

I HAD BEEN ASSURED THAT POTUS WAS SHARP, ENERGETIC, AND ON TOP OF LITERALLY EVERYTHING: Concerning Trend: Foreign Nationals Probing Military Bases While Commander-in-Chief Naps.

LIMITED TIME DEAL: Alpha Grillers Instant Read Meat Thermometer for Grill and Cooking. #CommissionEarned

THE NEEDS OF THE PARTY ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE:

Joe Scarborough, a few months ago: Biden is better than he’s ever been.

Joe Scarborough, post-debate: Thank God it’s June, we have time to replace him. This is the last chance.

Joe Scarborough, now: Everyone slow down, it’s only July. There is plenty of time.

Incredible. 🤡 pic.twitter.com/AqdefetDkX

— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) July 5, 2024

ALWAYS RECEDING INTO THE FUTURE: The ITER (International Tokomak) fusion reactor currently being built in France will not achieve first operation until 2034 – almost a decade later than previously planned and some 50 years after the project was first conceived in 1985.

This has led some cynics to conclude that it’s always been more of a jobs program than a technology development program. Me. I’m those cynics. Well, you may call me a cynic, but I’m not the only one.

PRETTY BAD: UK Election Post-Mortem: How Bad Was the Night for Britain’s Conservatives?

IT’S ALWAYS IN THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK: The hunt for the most efficient heat pump in the world. “It was my clerk’s idea. Oh, Maxwell. . . ”

(Stolen from Larry Niven.)

INCENTIVES MATTER: More police officers relocating to Florida from other states all over the US: ‘We back our blue.’

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Crew inside NASA’s Mars habitat simulator to exit after more than a year.