San Francisco Store Clerk Confused As Shopper Actually Tries To Pay For Merchandise - The Babylon Bee

“We get lots of looters, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a paying customer. No one taught me how to use the register.”

Germany Blocks NATO Ally From Transferring Weapons to Ukraine - WSJ

Germany is blocking North Atlantic Treaty Organization ally Estonia from giving military support to Ukraine by refusing to issue permits for German-origin weapons to be exported to Kyiv as it braces for a potential Russian invasion.

Germany really wants to date Russia.

U.S. Suspends 44 Flights to China Operated by Chinese Airlines - WSJ

China’s border controls have been among the toughest in the world throughout the pandemic.

Except for that one time when they let the virus escape.

A New Biden Answer for Unfulfilled Promises - WSJ Opinion

You know, I was — I did a couple-hour press conference the other day, and I got asked the question I used to get asked: “Well, you promised.” No, I proposed.

That’s why they call them Campaign Proposals! Like that one time I told Charlemagne tha God that I would cancel $10,000 of student loans immediately. That was just a proposal.

More Starbucks Baristas Across the U.S. Are Looking to Unionize - WSJ

In less than three months, the effort by Starbucks Workers United, the union that has backed the Buffalo campaign, has led union election petitions to be filed with the NLRB in Chicago, Boston, Cleveland, Seattle and other cities, agency filings show.

I’d like to form a union to protect honest, hard-working Americans from terrible Starbucks coffee.

Nation’s largest abortion protest could be last under Roe - ABC News

The March for Life, for decades an annual protest against abortion

Congratulations to the Associated Press! They’ve just heard about this obscure gathering that’s apparently been taking place on the same day every year for five decades and decided it warrants some coverage.

Wedding Feast Of The Lamb To Be Catered By Chick-fil-A - The Babylon Bee

“It’s a little hard to plan for because we haven’t been told the exact day or hour of the event, but we’ll be ready and waiting.” “As long as it’s not on a Sunday,” they added.

Where should I send my RSVP?

TIAA Offers Annuity Product for Corporate 401(k) Retirement Plans - WSJ

American workers who crave steady retirement paychecks in the absence of old-fashioned pension plans are getting more alternatives as another money manager launches an annuity offering for corporate 401(k) retirement-savings programs.

And they will pay through the nose for the privilege. How this meets a fiduciary standard is beyond me.

Called the TIAA Secure Income Account

By which, of course, they mean TIAA’s plan to secure steady corporate income streams via market-leading high fees.

TIAA has paid more than $500 billion to millions of educators and nonprofit employees since its founding in 1918, said Colbert Narcisse, TIAA’s chief product and business development officer.

“Please don’t look at how much TIAA made in fees on those payouts,” Narcisse added, one assumes.

Shockingly, the intrepid reporter for this piece forgot to mention the investment performance or expense ratio on this fabulous product!

I was looking through the _On This Day_ feature in Day One this morning, and came across this entry from nine years ago.

For many months I have wanted to start a blog. I was not sure on which topic I could speak with authority, to the point where I would add value to the marketplace. I decided, after much thought, that there is a void on information about living as an authentically Catholic husband and what marriage really is. So, I started. I took the first step. I am going to call my blog “Catholic Husband.”

Nearly nine years and 856 posts later, this simple paragraph brings a smile to my face. _Catholic Husband_ will celebration 10 year next March. I think that deserves something special.

Havana Syndrome Unlikely Caused by Russia, Other U.S Foes, CIA Says - WSJ

“We are pursuing this complex issue with analytic rigor, sound tradecraft, and compassion and have dedicated intensive resources to this challenge,” CIA Director William Burns

I love to hear when the offensive capability organizations of the United States government are using compassion.