Excellent opinion piece that says what I've been thinking more and more, but expresses it far better than I ever could.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/michael-ian-black-why-i-might-leave-the-u-s-even-if-trump-loses/ar-BB1lnyFm

"Rules for thee, not for me."

Yeah, if there was any question about multi-tiered justice systems in this country, I think we have our answer.

Almost any other (non-politician, political crony, or non-billionaire) individual would never had been afforded this amount of latitude.

@process Whee, looks like my sibling and I will be able to submit our citizenship requests earlier than expected! Great way to finish off Irish Heritage week here in the PNW.

So, fun fact - if you go back to school and scrimp a bit so you can exist on a pension, you apparently have to stop contributing to your Roth IRA... 'cause a pension doesn't count as "earned income."

Now I gotta talk to the brokerage tomorrow and see if we can re-direct our 2023 contributions to our standard account. FML, our tax code is so screwy.

Need some good news on a Friday evening?

There's going to be a series based on Neuromancer. And before you do like I did and groan, thinking that it'll be a disaster like so many Stephen King adaptations, or cancelled too soon like Peripheral (and *cough* Firefly *cough*)...

It's on AppleTV+. I'm cautiously optimistic!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/neuromancer-tv-adaptation-a-go-at-apple/ar-BB1j48Zv

I know one thing - if that was an enlisted member, they'd most likely already be in front of the next senior PO/NCO in their chain, if not on the carpet in front of the old man.

Guess Texas is going off the "Rules for thee, not for me" policy.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-called-out-by-veterans-for-110-improper-photo-op/ar-BB1jaqF4

OK 'Nauts, given how things appear to be going, I need some assistance. The biggest factors keeping us in the States include among other things a perception that the local schools in our part of the PNW are really good. Does anyone know of, or have a link to a resource that compares school performance in the US vs. the EU and/or GBR? I seem to recall that the US wasn't doing that well in education vs the rest of the G20, and that was before the pandemic.

Welp, the Roberts Court is pushing hard to be the one that completely demolishes any public confidence in the judicial branch of the U.S.

Fair warning: If you exhibit the same close-mindedness and/or bigotry as those you are posting and decrying about, there's a good chance you'll be muted or outright blocked. CoSoNauts often heavily curate their streams; you might just find yourself screaming at no one in short order.

Kinda seems like an attempt to mislead investigators to me - will be interesting to see how Michigan and Georgia AG's react to this.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/26/politics/kenneth-chesebro-secret-twitter-account-kfile/index.html

@process Happy Birthday, sir! Hope it's a wonderful one, and is followed by many more.

@process I’ve been invited to a reception for Senator Jerry Buttimer, any thoughts on a politician from the Republic? I know very little about him; hopefully I’ll remember to research him a bit in the morning. Thanks!

@Alfred What's on my grocery list?

@th3j35t3r I think I broke @Alfred. He hasn't responded to any of the images I asked him about over the past 36 hours or so.

@Alfred Can you identify where this picture was taken?

Mornin', nauts!

let's try this again...

I think one of my photo's broke @Alfred. Oh well, off to the real world, will try again later.