Chet Collins

Got an email from Instagram about new terms. Thought I deleted my account? Oops, guess I missed one. Fixed.

Modern manna.

Bernie Sanders Confused After U.S. Beats Cuba To Producing COVID Vaccine - The Babylon Bee

North Korea claims they have had a vaccine for years but they don’t even need it because people never get sick there.

Hard-Working Plumber Looking Forward To Paying For His Neighbor’s Gender Studies Degree - The Babylon Bee

successful Americans around the country are really looking forward to paying taxes to relieve the debt of people who purchased expensive yet useless college degrees.

Trump Signs Executive Order To Double Debt Of Journalism Students - The Babylon Bee

This move is expected to hit journalism schools especially hard, as journalism was already a fairly useless major, and now it will cost twice as much. The executive order also promises to be a big blow to journalists themselves, as they don’t make a lot of money since a lot of people do their job for free online.

App Store Fee Cut Attracts Criticism From Major Developers Like Spotify and Epic - MacRumors

The research, cited by The New York Times, states that the ‌App Store‌ fee change “will affect roughly 98 percent of the companies that pay Apple a commission… But those developers accounted for less than 5 percent of ‌App Store‌ revenues last year…” This means that Apple is retaining its 30 percent commission on the two percent of companies that generate 95 percent of its ‌App Store‌ revenue.

Boeing 737 MAX Cleared to Fly Again, but Covid-19 Has Sapped Demand - WSJ

Executives at Boeing have said they expect to deliver about half of its inventory of about 450 built MAXs by the end of next year, and the majority of those remaining the following year.

They’re not getting those parking lots back anytime soon.

Pfizer Says Vaccine Is 95% Effective in Final Data, Will Seek Authorization - WSJ

Out of 170 adult volunteers in the nearly 44,000-subject trial who developed Covid-19 with at least one symptom, 162 received a placebo, while eight got the vaccine, Pfizer and BioNTech said.

Remarkable.

Hundreds of Companies That Got Stimulus Aid Have Failed - WSJ

Mr. Clark put Waterford into chapter 7 bankruptcy to repay creditors by selling the company’s assets. Because he personally guaranteed a $1.5 million loan from the Small Business Administration last year, Mr. Clark, 68, expects to file for personal bankruptcy and auction off his home to pay creditors. “We all blame President Trump for his dereliction of duty; we would have been able to stay in business if he had done his job,” Mr. Clark said.

Taking out a personally guaranteed loan of $1.5 million is what put this guy out of business. Market downturns happen all of the time, if not the pandemic it would’ve been something else.

UPS is surprisingly competitive on pricing.

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Covered bridge.

Korean Air Acquires Asiana Airlines Rival – AirlineGeeks.com

Last year, Korean conglomerates Hyundai Development Co. and Mirea Asset Daewoo teamed up to bid on Asiana Airlines as they offered $2.1 billion for a 31% stake in Asiana. The beleaguered airline was expected to benefit from Hyundai’s cargo demand. The pandemic resulted in the termination of the transaction.

Wow, big news. We flew Asiana around during our time in South Korea.

Modern-Day Rebels Just Plan On Celebrating Holidays Like Normal - The Babylon Bee

In a leak to the press, Governor Whitmer’s network of spies revealed that the Ritterson family is planning on having brothers, sisters, and grandparents over for a lovely Thanksgiving and Christmas, filling the home with warmth and joy.

Threat To Democracy: This Defeated Presidential Candidate Keeps Claiming Election Was Stolen - The Babylon Bee

The deranged presidential candidate continues to question the results of the election, despite official sources all agreeing that she lost fair and square.

Trump Unveils Even Bigger White House Next To Current White House - The Babylon Bee

“If Biden insists on this completely fraudulent election,” Trump told the press, “then I guess he can have this dinky little fixer-upper I’m currently living in. In the meantime, I’ll be moving into the much better house next door!”

Wix is terrible. Hard to believe people actually like to use it!

It’s not clear to me why USPS doesn’t scan packages at every stop, like every other carrier.

Lockdown fatigue - Washington Examiner

Unfortunately, the U.S. enters this season with the public health community having squandered its credibility with the American public.

An important viewpoint to contextualize where we are now. It’s incredible how poorly public health performed.

Nah, I’m good.

To Protect His Executive Orders From Biden, Trump Signs With Permanent Marker - The Babylon Bee

“Yeah, he’s really out-smarted us this time,” said a frustrated Nancy Pelosi. “There’s nothing we can do about his executive orders now. They’re permanent!”

4D chess.