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Welcome to the MLB trade deadline ONT. In case you missed it, earlier there were some pretty intense trade discussions between the Blue Jays and the Cardinals.

Well, That's Horrifying

Baby girl grows ‘micropenis’ after lying on her dad’s chest

A baby girl in Sweden reportedly sprouted a “micropenis” after lying on her father’s bare chest — turning a tender bonding moment into a bizarre biological blunder. And she’s not the only one. A Swedish doctor is sounding the alarm, warning she’s seen at least half a dozen similar cases in children.  Here’s what you need to know to make sure your child isn’t next.  Often referred to as “kangaroo care,” skin-to-skin contact is a common practice used to strengthen the bond between newborns and parents while supporting healthy early development. But in this case, that sweet ritual took a strange turn. After her birth, the Swedish baby girl was repeatedly placed on her father’s bare chest — the same area where he had applied testosterone gel.

The baby's skin absorbed the hormone, and her genitals began to change. Yikes!

No Nice Things

The Primary Reason People in Blue States Can't Have Nice Things

The late, great conservative humorist P.J. O'Rourke said of socialism, "To grasp the true meaning of socialism, imagine a world where everything is designed by the post office, even the sleaze."

P.J. hated socialism because no one was in charge of anything. The "government" rarely "governed" anything except that which could be manipulated into benefitting the governing elite. The rest was farmed out to the "non-profit/industrial complex," which doesn't care about maintaining what it's managing because there's no incentive to do so.
Think about Zohran Mamnani's "government-run grocery stores." Chicago "studied" the matter, paying a non-profit group that paid a for-profit consultant company, which determined it wouldn't work. 
The only "city-run" grocery store in the country is in Kansas City. The problem is that it's not run by the city. It's run by a for-profit subsidiary that needs gobs of cash from the city to stay open.

Hint: It's the lack of accountability.

Idiot Break

News From The World Of Archaeology

A New Statue Suddenly Appeared on Easter Island.

Just when experts thought they knew every moai on Rapa Nui, otherwise known as Easter Island, a dried-up lakebed kept them on their toes. These statues—largely made of a stone formed from volcanic ash and dust called tuff—pepper the island, with more than 1,000 already found and logged.
Finding a new one came as a surprise. And a bit of a mystery.
“We think we know all the moai, but then a new one turns up, a new discovery, and in this case, in the lake, at the statue quarry,” Terry Hunt, professor of archeology at the University of Arizona, told Good Morning America. “There have been no moai found in the dry bed or in what was previously a lake, so this is a first.”

Huh. I would have thought they'd have found them all by now.

The Shopping Cart Question

Why Don't People Return Their Shopping Carts?

While some supermarkets are better than others, it's probably not unusual to find a few stray shopping carts littering the parking lot to the dismay of shoppers who may think that a parking spot is open, only to find that it's actually being used by a shopping cart. It seems like a basic courtesy to others: you get a cart at the supermarket, you use it to get your groceries and bring them to your vehicle, and then you return it for others to use. And yet, it's not uncommon for many people to ignore the cart receptacle entirely and leave their carts next to their cars or parked haphazardly on medians. During peak hours, it can mean bedlam. Where does this disregard come from? Some supermarkets have tried to make this relatively easy: they have cart receptacles throughout the parking lot, a cart attendant to bring the carts back to the store, and some may even rely on a cart "rental" system where you pay for the cart and are reimbursed when it's returned.

So, where do you fall? I always take my buggy to the buggy corral.

The Dumbest Thing You Will Read All Week

11 Habits That Are Normal In Working-Class Homes But Confuse Wealthy People

While the middle class itself may be shrinking, as a study from the Pew Research Center suggests, the habits, behaviors, and mentalities of adults who grew up in middle-class households are still prevalent. From the way they manage money to how they interact with others and even fill their free time, there are a number of habits that are normal in working-class homes but confuse wealthy people.
While the hobbies, habits,  and routines of the middle class may not be intrinsically associated with money, they are founded on something that’s impossible to untie from a person’s financial wellbeing: choice. When you have money, you have the choice to spend your free time and energy how you want, but in many cases, middle-class people must make compromises and develop their routines around non-negotiables.

At least, Jeeves told me it was dumb when he read it for me.

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