The Tally 3.0 autonomous mobile robot scans inventory in a grocery store. Simbe Robotics Automation and robotics are typically associated with multi-million budgets at multi-billion dollar companies. But as the cost of technology has come down, it’s become more affordable to smaller companies — even small businesses. Outside of Atlanta in Jonesboro, Georgia, THAT
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As Ukrainians fight to preserve their democracy, PBS’s Christiane Amanpour declared it necessary on her Friday show to likewise preserve democracy at home against those would rather seek to install some sort of autocracy. Speaking with political scientist Francis Fukuyama, Amanpour warned, “your own country, the United States, has seen — and certainly some European
We had all kinds of newsy stuff planned for this episode when we recorded it the other day but we ended up wandering off into the Random Content Zone. via GIPHY We did end up talking about comedy, as well as attractive female police officers (Why should Megan have all the hot cop fun here
Summary: President Joe Biden will receive his daily briefing on Monday then host a call with EU leaders. Later, Biden will join a roundtable with business leaders to push climate crap and blame Putin for the terrible economy Biden made possible. Please check back with CDN often as the White House frequently updates the president’s schedule
Abraham Lincoln in 1865 (Alexander Gardner via Library of Congress) This day in 1854, what became the Republican Party was founded in Ripon, Wisconsin. The process that led from the collapse of the Whig Party between 1850-54 and the rise of the Republicans as their replacement between 1854-60 was a complicated one, and there were
Satirical news website Babylon Bee was reportedly suspended from Twitter on Sunday for what the social media platform determined to be “hateful conduct.” Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon revealed that Twitter had “locked out” the fake news publisher from its official account for alleged “hateful conduct.” According to the notice, Twitter suspended the Babylon Bee
A New York City father was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to fatally throwing his newborn baby to the ground. Christian Rodriguez, 27, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of his 6-week-old son, reported WPIX. In 2019, Rodriguez purportedly threw the month-old baby to the ground after the 38-day-old newborn
The editorial page of Sunday’s New York Times issued a 2,500-word defense of free expression, “Free Speech Is Under Threat.” Welcome, but overdue and also hypocritical, given the Times’ trend over the last few years of trying to shut down speech it dislikes and that it can’t monitor or control. And don’t wait for the paper
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 02: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) meets with President Joe Bidens Supreme Court Nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 in Washington, DC. Judge Jackson will meet with members of the Senate Leadership ahead of her confirmation hearings. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times
Sen. Josh Hawley (left) and Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson (Tom Williams/Pool, Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) He distorts her record on ‘sex offenders.’ NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE I would oppose Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson because of her judicial philosophy, for the reasons outlined by Ed Whelan last week. I address that in a separate post. For
The lyrics from Bruce Springsteen’s song “Badlands” have seldom been more relevant: “Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king, and the king ain’t satisfied ’til he rules everything.” Translated: Give people a little power, and they will seize the moment and take up the scepter to impose their values on everyone else.
Joe Biden will travel to Poland on Friday after his meetings in Brussels, Belgium. Biden will hold a bilateral meeting with President Andrzej Duda, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced Sunday evening. Joe Biden will discuss “the humanitarian and human rights crisis that Russia’s unjustified and unprovoked war on Ukraine has created,” Psaki said.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, White House Chief Medical Advisor and Director of the NIAID, responds to questions from Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) at a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on January 11, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Getty Images U.S. health experts are warning an emerging, highly contagious Covid omicron variant,
A taxi driver has filed a legal complaint against Elon Musk’s car company, his lawyer said on Sunday, just months after his Tesla Model 3 was involved in a crash in Paris that killed one person. In December 2021, the off-duty taxi driver’s Tesla crashed through metal posts, a row of pay-to-ride bikes and a
Twitter locked The Babylon Bee’s account Sunday evening. The platform locked the account after the satire site posted that Rachel Levine was the site’s “Man of the Year.” Levine is a transgender woman. The Bee’s CEO Seth Dillon tweeted about the suspension Sunday evening. “I just received this notice that we’ve been locked out of
I still believe we’ll eventually return to normal after this pandemic. Yes, there will be people who will continue to wear masks in public or continue to get their COVID-19 boosters on the government-recommended schedule. Still, given how many people have ditched their masks in the wake of the lifted mask mandates, I think most
Corporations, including Citigroup, Apple and Match, are helping their employees undergo abortions in light of new, state-level restrictions. Citigroup announced a policy of covering travel costs for U.S.-based employees seeking abortions “in response to changes in reproductive healthcare laws in certain states” in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing. The policy will cover airfare
Ketanji Brown Jackson is seated to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on pending judicial nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., April 28, 2021. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool via Reuters) As I’ve separately contended, some of the arguments being made against President Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson are unworthy. Nevertheless, though it seems
The Biden administration formally determined that the military of Myanmar has been committing genocide against the country’s Rohingya minority. CNBC reported that U.S. officials said that the Myanmarese military has been perpetrating acts of violence that amount to genocide and “crimes against humanity.” The Biden administration formally recognizing these acts as genocide will make it
Republicans are eyeing up possible probes after the midterm elections that will target Hunter Biden, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and the handling of the southern border crisis. Past polls have suggested that Democrats are facing a “5-alarm fire,” there looms concerning views on the direction of the country under President Joe Biden, and the best midterm
The chief executive of a megafund dedicated to health care workers attacked Facebook for allowing “misinformation.” Debby Blakey is chief executive of HESTA, a megafund worth $68 billion. Blakey called for more regulation of the platform to prevent the spread of “misinformation” online. “It’s a threat to public health,” she said. “Lack of action is
Then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts at the final election rally in Munich, Germany, September 22, 2017. (Michaela Rehle/Reuters) Even as his country remains dangerously dependent on Russian oil and, even more so, natural gas (a vulnerability that is not going away any time soon), Germany’s new chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has signaled his intention to take
We’ve all heard stories about university administrators cracking down on free speech. But free expression is suffering even without these enablers, and that should worry us. In a recent New York Times op-ed, University of Virginia senior Emma Camp powerfully defended freedom of expression as she described her own practice of self-censoring while on campus.
The following message from reader is why we fight for election integrity and demand free and fair elections. We love this country and respect what young warriors have given for our freedom. We will not let foreign or domestic warriors steal our freedom. James Tesauro, a former Army Captain, shared the following message: LTC Hal
Rocky Mountain mansion owned by oligarch Roman Abramovich outside Aspen, Co. Courtesy: Pitkin County Assessor A Rocky Mountain mansion owned by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich would likely be among the first assets frozen by the U.S. government if he is sanctioned by the White House in response to the war in Ukraine, according to attorneys
On Saturday Morning’s The Cross Connection on MSNBC, during a segment about the upcoming confirmation hearings for Biden Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, justice correspondent for The Nation, Elie Mystal claimed Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) is trying to get Jackson killed by bringing up her record of being soft on child porn offenders. Host Tiffany Cross
Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine with the confident expectation of a quick and nearly bloodless victory. But Putin underestimated the Ukrainians’ ability to resist and overestimated the capabilities of his military. It’s a ready combination that has already cost more Russian lives than they lost in the 2008 Georgian War, the takeover of Crimea,
Most shoppers don’t fully appreciate what goes on behind the scenes at their grocers. Yes, nowadays, with empty shelves all too often staring them in the face, they no longer take full shelves for granted. But there are lots of other things going on that may have slipped them by. The floors have to be
Lia Thomas prepares for the 200 free at the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Ga. (Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports via Reuters) Atlanta, Ga. — Lia Thomas, the transgender-identifying male swimmer competing in the NCAA women’s swim championships, tied fifth on Friday with Riley Gaines of the University of Kentucky in
New York City plans to indefinitely continue the city’s vaccine mandate for private-sector employees who work on-site and will continue to enforce an in-school mask mandate for children aged 5 and under. On Friday, the city’s new health commissioner, Ashwin Vasan, said he did not have any specific benchmark or timeline in mind for when