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June 17,2023
Teamsters Vote to Authorize UPS Strike as Contract Talks Continue - WSJ
The union has said that a two-tier system of drivers allows UPS to use lower-paid workers to deliver packages on weekends, curbing delivery costs.
They must have a crack research team!
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June 17,2023
The IRS Makes Another House Call - WSJ Opinion
When an officer called Mr. Haus, Mr. Haus identified himself as an IRS agent but said Haus wasn’t his real name. He had used an alias.
A federal law enforcement, supposedly conducting a legitimate knock-and-talk, lied about his name? The whole story is bizarre.
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Reading
June 16,2023
Currently reading: Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less by Michael Hyatt 📚
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June 16,2023
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market | The Onion
“We’re calling for millions of bozos to be infused into the crypto market to stave off collapse and assure investors their money is safe,” said Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire
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ChetCast
Episode 251: What’s Up?
June 16,2023We’ve had a busy few months! I gathered the kids during a power outage to see what they’ve been up to.
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June 16,2023
Biden Announces By 2025 All Wildfires Must Be Electric | Babylon Bee
The President hailed the move as another major step forward in his administration’s ongoing commitment to spend as many federal dollars on completely normal, practical, common-sense climate initiatives as possible.
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June 14,2023
King Solomon Lovingly Assures Wife She’s One In A Thousand | Babylon Bee
King Solomon initially kept track of his wives by their most notable physical characteristics. “Okay, that one is flock-of-sheep-teeth,” said King Solomon. “That one is goats-of-Gilead hair. Obviously, that one is Mrs. Fawns.”
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June 14,2023
Sad Trump Says He Was Just A Few Document Boxes Away From Building Really Cool Fort | Babylon Bee
“He’s a developer at heart,” said one member of the Trump team. “A border wall, an impressive resume of defeating impeachments and indictments, a fort made from document boxes…he always building something.”
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Catholic Husband
June 12,2023Every family has their defined roles, each member taking on a share of the tasks required to keep the household running. But in times of stress or crisis, those roles can be up for grabs. This is an undersold and poorly remembered attribute of healthy marriages. Spouses are jointly responsible for all of the needs of the family and the household.
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June 9,2023
A Destructive Trump Indictment - WSJ Opinion
It was once unthinkable in America that the government’s awesome power of prosecution would be turned on a political opponent. That seal has now been broken. It didn’t need to be. However cavalier he was with classified files, Mr. Trump did not accept a bribe or betray secrets to Russia. The FBI recovered the missing documents when it raided Mar-a-Lago, so presumably there are no more secret attack plans for Mr. Trump to show off.
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June 8,2023
Former President Donald Trump has officially been indicted by the federal government on seven counts of not storing highly classified documents in his garage behind a corvette.
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June 8,2023
White House Prepares for Possibility Supreme Court Could Kill Student Loan Forgiveness Plan - WSJ
Biden administration officials are quietly planning for the possibility that the Supreme Court could strike down President Biden’s sweeping student loan forgiveness program
An outcome that no one could’ve ever predicted.
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June 8,2023
“Finally done!” Witnesses heard Noah say. “Now I’ll clean her up real nice, and she’ll be ready to show off.”
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Catholic Husband
June 5,2023It’s not a mistake for a father to share a piece of his identity with his family. My sense of emptiness comes not out of a dark place, but out of a place of truth. In a world where children are seen as an accessory, I sense my children’s essential nature.
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June 4,2023
Mission Impossible: 3
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June 3,2023
Report: Sandbag That Tripped Biden On Stage Also Participated In Jan 6 Capitol Riot | Babylon Bee
“We have also found a lengthy manifesto written by the sandbag,” the source said. “We will not be releasing the manifesto to the public due to the potential damage it could cause to our democracy, but it’s really bad. Just trust us, we’re the government.”
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June 1,2023
Senate Votes to Block Biden’s Student-Debt Relief Plan - WSJ
The Senate voted 52-46 Thursday to approve a Republican-led proposal to block President Biden’s hotly debated student-debt forgiveness plan, setting up an expected veto.
Congress has spoken, clearly.
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Reading
May 30,2023
Currently reading: The Legacy Journey by Dave Ramsey 📚
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Catholic Husband
May 29,2023Life with small children is never easy, but it’s always full of great meaning and beauty. I’ll enjoy the quiet time ahead, focusing on what needs to be done. But I’ll look forward to when my children return, and things are less quiet.
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May 28,2023
If your projector screens have a more prominent place in your parish than the Tabernacle, you’re doing it wrong.
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Catholic Husband
May 22,2023New Beginnings - Catholic Husband
We’re starting to take things off the wall, preparing for painting and putting the house on the market. As I took that first hook out of the wall, I felt that moving feeling that filled my childhood. As the fresh paint dried, my nose picked up on that familiar scent that always signaled something new.
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May 17,2023
IRS Weighs Creating a Government-Run Tax-Prep Option - WSJ
“It’s problematic that we instead provide it through these private corporations that prey on people and extract profits from taxpayers that are just fulfilling that civic duty.”
No one has to use paid software, the forms are available everywhere and you can do them by hand.
What’s problematic is that we’ve implemented a tax code that’s so complex that even accounts and CPAs use software to prepare their own returns.
I pay $60 to TurboTax to save me tens of hours per year on preparing my return. If the IRS prepares a “draft” for me, with the strong incentive for them to make calculation decisions in their favor, how much more will that cost me?
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Catholic Husband
May 15,2023Garage Doors - Catholic Husband
The pile continues to grow, but instead of trying to fix the problem, I’m just letting it be. It’s an exercise in patience, especially since it’ll be another two weeks before the door is fixed. For now, things are broken, and accepting the chaos is an okay thing to do.
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May 10,2023
Some Buy Now Pay Later Users Face Rejection - WSJ
In December, Sezzle launched a service it says helps lower transaction costs and avoid loan losses: Pay-in-Full. A customer gets retail perks, but the customer buys now and pays now.
Fascinating! Tell me more!