Chet Collins

Yum.

Just opened my son’s first checking account and Roth IRA.

He’s pretty excited!

I quit Twitter five years ago because it was a joyless place.

Not sure why it’s taken everyone else this long to figure that out.

Alec Baldwin to Be Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter in Fatal ‘Rust’ Shooting - WSJ

Prosecutors plan to charge Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the movie “Rust” in New Mexico in 2021, the district attorney in Santa Fe said Thursday.

No way this team convinces 12 New Mexicans to vote guilty.

Ph.D. Students of the World, Unite - WSJ Opinion

In the private economy, unions face limits on their demands lest they bankrupt their companies and end up unemployed. Government unions, by contrast, often sit on both sides of the bargaining table since politicians who negotiate with them are usually their political allies, and taxpayers foot the bill.

Medical Residents Unionize Over Pay, Working Conditions - WSJ

“When there’s extra work, the burden falls on us,” Dr. Kaur said.

Welcome to Medicine?

The quality of a physician is directly related to the amount they were challenged in residency. Easier residency experiences produce poorer quality physicians.

If you don’t have cold brew, or you don’t have heavy whipping cream, you’re not a coffee shop.

Kamala Harris Assures Public No One Has Given Her Single Classified Document - The Onion

“Please take comfort when I say I have no security clearance, on any level. My key fob doesn’t even work most days, and I have to text someone on my staff to come let me in. Yesterday, I stood outside the White House in the cold for 15 minutes before anyone came to get me.”

Crypto.com Cuts 20% of Staff, Citing Economic Hurdles and FTX Collapse - WSJ

Crypto.com is cutting a fifth of its global workforce, in a second round of layoffs in six months

Fortune doesn’t favor the brave.

Christmas gift from Alison, a reusable tea bag.

FAA Pilot-Alert System Breakdown Followed Years of Warnings - WSJ

Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D., Calif.), who has advocated for overhauling the FAA’s Notam system, said modernizing its content and technology go hand in hand. “The pilots, the users, tend to not rely on it as much because they don’t have confidence that the system—both the content and the architecture—is reliable,” he said in an interview. 

False, false, false.

Pilots cannot legally operate any flight without checking NOTAMs.

There’s a lot of useless info in there, yes. But a lot of vital information, too.

Is there anyplace that Biden didn’t stash classified docs?

Bottom line: either we’re classifying way too many documents, or we’re not doing enough to hold people accountable for mishandling them.

Probably a bit of both.

What is a NOTAM? - Federal Aviation Administration

Changed the acronym NOTAM from Notice to Airmen to the more applicable term Notice to Air Missions, which is inclusive of all aviators and missions.

Thank goodness the government is focused on the issues that really matter.