B. Scott Andersen (NE1RD)

If we are facing Marines on the streets of our cities fighting our own citizens, it is time to revisit The Posse Comitatus Act.

The military is trained to kill people and break things, neither of which is a good thing on our own soil.

Angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection. Basic physics. We should teach stuff like this in high schools. You know, "basic science."

Stage at Symphony Hall, Boston showing a banner with John Williams and the full compliment of chairs and music stands at intermission.

Visited Symphony Hall in Boston last night with friends to hear the music of Star Wars. In 1977 I had destroyed my knee and was hobbling around after surgery looking for cool places to hang out in the heat of the Illinois summer. Saw Star Wars 13 times in theaters just to keep cool. Great memories.

First Black woman to head Library of Congress fired by Trump over DEI concerns — USA TODAY Carla Hayden has championed books by diverse authors. 'We felt she did not fit the needs of the American people,' White House spokeswoman said.

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I'm starting to believe that the people in charge don't actually know what made America great in the first place.

Excellent book and should be a must-read for anyone interested in today's politics. My hometown in the Fox Valley in Illinois also had changes. Monarch Foundry, Gray Stamping, and hundreds of other gritty, blue collar places are now gone. Our job as citizens is to replace them with something better.

ST TOS is uneven at best, yet some of the most defining moments for many of us born in the 50s. The brilliant ideas from the series have been distilled over-and-over into movies and TV for generations. I'm glad folks like you are still discovering it.

Children holding a kitten during a parade. Sony 6700, E 70-350mm F4.5-6.3 G OSS, ISO 2500, 525mm, f/6.3, 1/500.

My 401k is going down the drain. There are no adults in the Oval Office. My stomach hurts.

Here is a kitten.

#kitten #401k #idiots #recession #stockmarket #trump #tariff #shutdown #insanity #mismanagement #exasperation

I'll be doing my BINGO card in Russian.

#ACME #BeepBeep hehehehe!

Excellent 🤣

This sounds a lot like, “I didn’t know the gun was loaded.”

I’ve already canceled my Washington Post subscription. This makes me want to cancel it again.

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Saw it last night and fully agree.

Infrared image displayed on a monitor of me eating ice cream.

Self portrait in infrared of me eating ice cream.

My love of Tom the Dancing Bug knows know bounds, but here he echoes a recent post from me!

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George H. W. Bush speaking at a podium.

Remember when Bush said, “Kuwait should have never started it. You could have made a deal. I could have made a deal so Kuwait could have kept almost all the land. But, you know, Iraq should get to keep the land it captured. Tough luck for the Kuwait.”

Yeah, me neither.

One federal worker who regrets their vote for Trump says ‘I wish I could take it back’ | CNN Politics An important government office housed in an old Pennsylvania mine is being targeted by Elon Musk, but employees of the facility are refuting his claims. CNN’s Gabe Cohen reports.

Our society suffers from a lack of empathy. Trumpers happily made life hell for others, only to be dismayed when they were hurt. That lack of empathy saw Trumpers regale in belittling people and seeking retribution for imagined slights. Now they'll reap the whirlwind.

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Where, exactly, does this fellow think the AI learned about m-dashes?

Elon has all sorts of ideas. He should start his own country ... someplace else.

Please don't delete. This is the nicest thing I've seen today.

Watch I Am Woman | Netflix In the 1960s, Australian singer Helen Reddy struggles with misogyny in the music business — until she records an anthem for the women's movement.

The Helen Ready biopic was amazing. As was she. RIP.

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If only Trump could have been convicted in the Senate in the first go-round! He was clearly guilty—twice!

If only we'd put a stop to him then. I forget. Who's fault is it that we dropped the ball on that? Name is right on the tip of my tongue.

All must be rewritten in NEW SPEAK.

Our cats Muon, a classically marked tabby, left, and little Neutrino, a calico, snuggled together paws-to-paws on our bedding. I had just gotten a slow-blink from both so they look very relaxed.

I'm coming off of the worst head cold I've had in years. Not COVID, not the flu, just a stupid head cold. It kicked me to the curb for two weeks.

Now, like Rip Van Winkle, I awaken and suddenly remember why I stopped watching the news. {sigh}

Anyway, here are some cats: Sisters Muon and Neutrino.

You do beautiful work and are an inspiration. Thank you for sharing.

Excellent point. I’ve scrubbed mine. I hope it makes things a little less tedious!

Congratulations!

Clearly I shop the wrong stores for cider. 🤷‍♂️

Inset stone on the floor of Bath Abbey, Bath, UK. "On the ninth day of August AD 1973 the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh gave thanks here for one thousand years of the English Monarchy since the coronation of King Edgar on Whitsunday AD 973 in the Saxon Abbey on this site." Sony NEX-3N E PZ 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS. 34mm, f/4, 1/80, ISO 3200.

Floor of Bath Abbey in the UK taken August 16, 2014. Most Americans have trouble imagining a thousand year reign. The British think about their roots going back to the Romans.

It's lovely country, and I hope to return if only to take in more museums and cathedrals, and take more pictures.

Bimbos of the Death Sun was one of my favorite mystery books from that era. Forget the title (which was imposed on the fictional author by his publisher), and concentrate on the story and the character development.

The humor will keep you in stitches. Highly recommended!

#SFF
#Mystery
#Humor