JohnB (@1jb1)
@1jb1.bsky.social
JohnB is a past serial tech start-up entrepreneur/investor. Enjoy science, Formula 1, sports, gardening, fishing, opera, much more, ISTJ. Practice the Four Immeasurables: loving kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. Buddhist
Oregon, US
Oregon, US
As appropriate today as ever 🙏
"Mother, mother
There's too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother
There's far too many of you dying" 🎶
Today's "oldie but goodie" is "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye, 1971.
#What'sGoingOn #MarvinGaye #music #oldiebutgoodie #1970s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDK7...
There's too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother
There's far too many of you dying" 🎶
Today's "oldie but goodie" is "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye, 1971.
#What'sGoingOn #MarvinGaye #music #oldiebutgoodie #1970s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDK7...
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (Lyric Video)
YouTube video by MarvinGayeVEVO
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December 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
As appropriate today as ever 🙏
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Reposted by JohnB (@1jb1)
“If people wearing ski masks & tactical gear with no visible ID swarmed your workplace to take your coworkers away...could you tell the difference between fed law enforcement & a kidnapping?…We should not have to live in fear of masked, armed agents.” --ACLU www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-e...
Snapshot: Enough With the Masked Men
State and federal lawmakers are pushing back against terrorizing federal agents who hide behind masks
www.americaamerica.news
December 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“If people wearing ski masks & tactical gear with no visible ID swarmed your workplace to take your coworkers away...could you tell the difference between fed law enforcement & a kidnapping?…We should not have to live in fear of masked, armed agents.” --ACLU www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-e...
Jaw dropping proof of ignorant people in this country. I wonder how much their kool-aid costs?
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Pinched by higher prices, many Trump voters say: Don't blame the president
By Julia Harte Dec 13 - When Ron Dailey goes out to eat, he is shocked by prices on the menu.
www.yahoo.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Jaw dropping proof of ignorant people in this country. I wonder how much their kool-aid costs?
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
A little bit of good news
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/p...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/p...
Federal Reserve Board announces reappointment of Reserve Bank presidents and first vice presidents
Following a comprehensive review by the boards of directors of the regional Reserve Banks, and the unanimous concurrence of Federal Reserve Board members, the
www.federalreserve.gov
December 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
A little bit of good news
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/p...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/p...
Best news in a long while 🙏
This is huge, right? They just Trump-proofed the Fed.
@federalreserve.gov announces reappointment of Federal Reserve Bank presidents and first vice presidents after a comprehensive review by the boards of directors of each Reserve Bank, along with unanimous support by Federal Reserve Board members: www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/p...
December 12, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Best news in a long while 🙏
This is pure extortion by the orange blob. 25% is outrageous especially since the govt has contributed nothing. Great way to kill economic growth in the US. Shameful
www.barrons.com/articles/nvi...
www.barrons.com/articles/nvi...
Nvidia Stock: Why Permission to Sell H200 Chips to China Might Not Matter for Shares
Nvidia stock was rising on Tuesday but it remains to be seen if it can resume AI chip sales to China.
www.barrons.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This is pure extortion by the orange blob. 25% is outrageous especially since the govt has contributed nothing. Great way to kill economic growth in the US. Shameful
www.barrons.com/articles/nvi...
www.barrons.com/articles/nvi...
One of the worst ways to promote business growth in the US. The Govt provides no value-add to this transaction and it costs Nvidia 25%. I guess we are kissing free enterprise goodbye due to the money grubbing orange blob con man. Shameful.
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DealBook: (More) chips on the table
messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
One of the worst ways to promote business growth in the US. The Govt provides no value-add to this transaction and it costs Nvidia 25%. I guess we are kissing free enterprise goodbye due to the money grubbing orange blob con man. Shameful.
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Good news. I think I've come up with a policy idea that can both eliminate the harm that Trump's trade war is doing to farmers AND also reduce the cost of groceries for regular Americans. (You'll never guess what it is.)
Farmers get a bail out in the face of the costs they've born from Trump's trade war. Quite an admission that his policies have hurt Americans.
Now riddle me this: Why not bail out consumers who are paying more for imported goods?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
Now riddle me this: Why not bail out consumers who are paying more for imported goods?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
December 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Good news. I think I've come up with a policy idea that can both eliminate the harm that Trump's trade war is doing to farmers AND also reduce the cost of groceries for regular Americans. (You'll never guess what it is.)
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Trump says Lisa Cook is unfit to be a Fed governor because she claimed two different properties as her primary residence on her mortgage applications. (Cook denies this.)
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
December 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Trump says Lisa Cook is unfit to be a Fed governor because she claimed two different properties as her primary residence on her mortgage applications. (Cook denies this.)
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Yet another good Yuck 🙏
www.huffpost.com/entry/gavin-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/gavin-...
Gavin Newsom Savagely Taunts Trump's Hosting Of Kennedy Center Honors
The California governor's grade-A trolling of the president's night as host included all-caps, off-the-charts vanity, and a naming rec for the arts venue.
www.huffpost.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Yet another good Yuck 🙏
www.huffpost.com/entry/gavin-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/gavin-...
It appears that one SCOTUS Chief Justice will rule over the complete demise of US democracy. I wonder what his future karma will bring
www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...
www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...
Supreme Court Seems Ready To Blow Up A 90-Year-Old Precedent
Such a decision will “destroy the structure of government” and remove one of the remaining roadblocks to the president’s ability to do whatever he wants.
www.huffpost.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
It appears that one SCOTUS Chief Justice will rule over the complete demise of US democracy. I wonder what his future karma will bring
www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...
www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...
Gee, I wonder whose tariffs created this dire situation?
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump to Unveil $12 Billion Bailout for Farmers
The financial aid comes as the agriculture sector grapples with the fallout from the president’s tariffs.
www.wsj.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Gee, I wonder whose tariffs created this dire situation?
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Look who gets favored treatment and then tell me our legal system isnt biased/broken
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Look who gets favored treatment and then tell me our legal system isnt biased/broken
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
He must have a new dictionary if killing unarmed, defenseless people is righteous. Shameful
www.huffpost.com/entry/tom-co...
www.huffpost.com/entry/tom-co...
Tom Cotton Says U.S. Strikes On Alleged Drug Boat Were ‘Righteous’
The GOP senator claims it was “entirely lawful” that the U.S. military launched a follow-up strike to kill survivors of its first strike in the Sept. 2 attack.
www.huffpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
He must have a new dictionary if killing unarmed, defenseless people is righteous. Shameful
www.huffpost.com/entry/tom-co...
www.huffpost.com/entry/tom-co...
RFK kills children. We must return the scientific method to healthcare quickly to save our kids.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
CDC advisers vote to overturn decades-long policy on hepatitis B vaccine for infants
In a controversial move, the vaccine advisory group reversed a recommendations for universal immunizing of newborns intended to protect them from a virus that attacks the liver.
www.npr.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
RFK kills children. We must return the scientific method to healthcare quickly to save our kids.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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Real wages (after inflation) were growing at 2.0% last year. Now it’s 0.8% — “clearly playing into what the majority of American households would define as an affordability crisis.”
@joebrusuelas.bsky.social
@joebrusuelas.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Real wages (after inflation) were growing at 2.0% last year. Now it’s 0.8% — “clearly playing into what the majority of American households would define as an affordability crisis.”
@joebrusuelas.bsky.social
@joebrusuelas.bsky.social
'Effing SCOTUS. 😠
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
Supreme Court lets Texas use gerrymandered map that could give GOP 5 more House seats
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for a Texas congressional map that may help the GOP win five more U.S. House seats in the 2026 midterms. A lower court found the map is likely unconstitutional.
www.npr.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:47 PM
'Effing SCOTUS. 😠
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
Has responsibility greater than most countries on the planet. Plus he's a leader.
The numbers speak for themselves. No other state comes close to California's success.
December 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Has responsibility greater than most countries on the planet. Plus he's a leader.
Not Winning - Hurt by inflation and tariffs, It’s been a terrible stretch for manufacturers. The 26-month streak was one of the worst on record.
www.barrons.com/livecoverage...
www.barrons.com/livecoverage...
U.S. Manufacturing Sluggishness Persists in November
The sluggishness of the U.S. manufacturing industry extended into November. Persistent weakness is now taking its toll on employment.
The Institute for Supply Management’s Purchasing Managers Index, o...
www.barrons.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Not Winning - Hurt by inflation and tariffs, It’s been a terrible stretch for manufacturers. The 26-month streak was one of the worst on record.
www.barrons.com/livecoverage...
www.barrons.com/livecoverage...
The buck doesnt stop there
www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-h...
www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-h...
'Textbook War Crime': Critics Slam Hegseth For 'Outright Murder' After Shock Report
Observers say a new report in the Washington Post details potentially illegal activity by the defense secretary.
www.huffpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The buck doesnt stop there
www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-h...
www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-h...
Ukraine has more governmental integrity than the US.
They took steps to investigate and remove people at the highest level, whereas, in the US we have a bunch of spineless piggies with their heads stuck in the mud/sh@# as corruption accelerates out of control.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
They took steps to investigate and remove people at the highest level, whereas, in the US we have a bunch of spineless piggies with their heads stuck in the mud/sh@# as corruption accelerates out of control.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Andriy Yermak: How Zelensky's right-hand man fell from power
A widening corruption scandal forced Ukraine's second most powerful person, Andriy Yermak, to resign.
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Ukraine has more governmental integrity than the US.
They took steps to investigate and remove people at the highest level, whereas, in the US we have a bunch of spineless piggies with their heads stuck in the mud/sh@# as corruption accelerates out of control.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
They took steps to investigate and remove people at the highest level, whereas, in the US we have a bunch of spineless piggies with their heads stuck in the mud/sh@# as corruption accelerates out of control.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
So now piggy potus is going to war without approval? When in Congress going to assert their power?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Trump Declares Venezuelan Airspace Closed
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
So now piggy potus is going to war without approval? When in Congress going to assert their power?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Travesty of no justice. Worse still was the reason given by a Georgia judge. Shameful destruction of our legal system and yet another step towards fascist control. Very scary
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/t...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/t...
Judge dismisses Trump election interference racketeering case in Georgia
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee's ruling ends the final case against Trump that remained unresolved after he returned to the White House.
www.cnbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Travesty of no justice. Worse still was the reason given by a Georgia judge. Shameful destruction of our legal system and yet another step towards fascist control. Very scary
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/t...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/t...
Another piggy potus disaster - Just like Doge, scurry around, pillage indiscriminately, wreak havoc, and ACHIEVE NO GOALS. Throw the bum out
dnyuz.com/2025/11/25/d...
dnyuz.com/2025/11/25/d...
Damning Leaked Figures Show ICE Barbie Is Failing to Arrest the ‘Worst of the Worst’
Leaked Immigration and Customs Enforcement data show that nearly three-quarters of detainees have no criminal conviction, undermining President Donald Trump’s
dnyuz.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Another piggy potus disaster - Just like Doge, scurry around, pillage indiscriminately, wreak havoc, and ACHIEVE NO GOALS. Throw the bum out
dnyuz.com/2025/11/25/d...
dnyuz.com/2025/11/25/d...