Mnuchin Says White House Won’t Accept Unreasonable Coronavirus Stimulus Deal - WSJ

we’re not going to go to unlimited amounts of money to get things that don’t make sense.

Who is this man and what has he done with the real Steve Mnuchin?

U.S. Government Contractor Embedded Software in Apps to Track Phones - WSJ

“I think the average consumer doesn’t have a clue”

Just a few more weeks until iOS14 opens our eyes. It’s going to be incredible!

Intense heat, intense sun, intense blue.

Millennials Slammed by Second Financial Crisis Fall Even Further Behind - WSJ

Millennials have found it fundamentally more difficult to start a career and achieve the financial independence that allowed previous generations to get married, buy a home and have children.

I’m so tired of this troupe. There’s no magic financial number required to get married or have children. Almost every new couple starts broke and, working together, they figure it out. And home ownership isn’t a prerequisite for marriage and family!

Life comes in seasons. It can be hard to notice the changes, but every once in a while, a reminder comes along.

Apple announced their final update to the Intel 27” iMac last week. I’ve had my iMac for six years and I absolutely love it. It still works just fine, with a few minor exceptions. I have to use external hard drives, it can be a little slow with iMovie, iCloud often needs a full restart to sync, and sometimes Parallels lags. Upgrading my Mac would be totally reasonable, and in a different time of my life, not even really much of a discussion.

I saw the news come out, and I eagerly read about all of the upgrades. I hopped onto Apple.com and priced out a model. Then, I moved on.

It’s a nice upgrade, but I want different things these days. I have different priorities. I simply added it to my list and moved on with my life. It my machine was really hurting, it’d be a different discussion. Instead, it simply landed on my “nice to have” list and I went about my day. Maybe sometime next year.

It’s nice to get these little reminders that I’m growing and maturing.

Sorry Excuse For A Man Asks For Help At Home Depot - The Babylon Bee

Davis was sure he was holding the correct tool for the job. “Well what you’re holding in your hand is a tiny axe for children, so that’s not going to work,” the middle-age female associate explained.

Oh yeah!

Trump Prepares Executive Actions as Coronavirus-Aid Talks Stall - WSJ

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) have said executive orders would accomplish little. In a statement, they said a reliance on executive orders by Mr. Trump would be “unworkable, weak and narrow,” and no substitute for fuller legislation.

This is GOP DACA, and my how uncomfortable it is to have the shoe on the other foot.

Mark Meadows Brings Harder Spending Line to Coronavirus Talks - WSJ

“He’s Dr. No,” said Sen. Chris Coons

Nice to have someone in the room who’s default answer isn’t “spend $3T.”

Coronavirus-Aid Talks Teeter Amid Lack of Progress - WSJ

Talks between Democratic leaders and administration officials were on the brink of collapse Friday, setting the stage for President Trump to potentially bypass Congress and take action on his own

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.

U.S. Sanctions 11 Chinese Officials Over Hong Kong Policy—Including Carrie Lam - WSJ

The measures accuse China of undermining Hong Kong’s political autonomy.

The policy changes towards China have been strong, appropriate, and long overdue.

Democrats Say Trump’s Powers Are Limited on Coronavirus Stimulus - WSJ

The quartet met again Thursday evening.

If only we had two deliberative bodies, vested with legal authority, who could come up with some sort of process to craft legislation instead of four dudes in an office somewhere.

Biden Campaign Cancels Trip Upstairs - The Babylon Bee

Biden had planned to go upstairs, get a bite to eat from the refrigerator, and return to the basement, but due to coronavirus fears, will be remaining down there indefinitely.

Drone fun with my sister-in-law.

U.S.-South Korea Military Exercises Stay Digital, as North Korean Threat Grows - WSJ

The move to digital drills means that most rank-and-file soldiers from the U.S. and South Korea haven’t physically conducted a combined exercise for a violent confrontation with the Kim Jong Un regime, which has continued to advance its weapons arsenal. Seoul’s military largely consists of draftees serving 18-month stints, while most American troops typically spend just a year based in South Korea.

U.S. Jobless Claims Fell to 1.2 Million in Latest Week - WSJ

The decline came as an extra $600 a week in pandemic-related unemployment benefits ended.

Only a casual relation, I’m sure.

When Your Favorite Companies Go Woke - WSJ

The March for Life shouldn’t be brought to you by New Balance. Unlike liberals, most conservatives don’t try to bully and boycott companies that cross us. If I stopped buying products from woke companies, I’d be eating nothing but Goya food and wearing loincloths made from Mike Lindell’s pillows.

This is a bothersome trend. It’s especially ironic because the same people trumpeting the woke corporate positions told us just a few years ago during Citizen’s United that corporations aren’t people.

Riotous BLM Protesters Suddenly Realize They’re All White People - The Babylon Bee

The protestors insisted they had some black people with them earlier, but it appeared that they had all left when the protest started to get out of hand. “It’s possible they had jobs,” suggested one protestor.