David Friedman
blueskydrf.bsky.social
David Friedman
@blueskydrf.bsky.social
Not the former ambassador!
Retired IT Project Mgr, specialized in large financial system implementations. Loved mentoring/supporting my peers & team members; don't miss the overflowing email inbox, 8 hrs of meetings/day, 14 hr workdays, & deadlines.
If one doesn't think the CPI affects them, consider that next year, when the Social Security Administration determines the 2027 cost of living increase, they will base it on some fictional low inflation rate, instead of the real, high inflation rate.
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
If one doesn't think the CPI affects them, consider that next year, when the Social Security Administration determines the 2027 cost of living increase, they will base it on some fictional low inflation rate, instead of the real, high inflation rate.
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
If one doesn't think the CPI affects them, consider that next year, when the Social Security Administration determines the 2027 cost of living increase, they will base it on some fictional low inflation rate, instead of the real, high inflation rate.
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Thanks again for the show last night. And for sharing your brilliance every night.

Here’s the video Lisa and I told you about. Jamie Raskin honoring Wonderland Books as “Local Heroes.” What a mensch!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxcA...
Local Hero Video Series: Week 278 Feat. People’s Book and Wonderland Books
YouTube video by Rep. Jamie Raskin
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Note that in 1978, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin won the Nobel Peace Prize for their work in the Camp David Accords, while President Jimmy Carter, who mediated the talks, did not win the prize that year.

I'm just sayin'
October 10, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Trump should bear in mind that if he won The Prize, it would likely be a shared prize between Netanyahu, a Hamas leader, and him. Now THAT would surely make him melt down into a seething puddle of orange goop!
October 10, 2025 at 4:29 AM
From the 3 point line all the way to the net!
October 5, 2025 at 4:11 AM
What was it that Gilbert had said or done that prompted Jones’s texts?
October 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Joyce, why can’t citizens call 911 and have local police respond to these acts abduction, violence, forced entry, etc., that must be in violation of state law?
September 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
She’s right. They are incomparable: Gestapo was never portrayed wearing masks.
September 25, 2025 at 12:29 AM
She’s right. They are incomparable: Gestapo was never portrayed wearing masks.
September 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
So what I’m hearing is that, in addition to turning on video when you witness an abduction, call 911 and report it immediately. Right?
September 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Are there any democracy or Dem organizations maintaining catalogs of Federal criminal statute violations committed by the Trump Admin? That is: statute violated, date committed, person(s) who violated, evidence, witnesses. These records would be useful after 1/20/2029.
September 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Wow!! If we’re true, the national deficit will disappear within a year.
September 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
You mean National Guardeners?
September 1, 2025 at 9:23 AM
So what I’m hearing is that, in addition to turning on video when you witness an abduction, call 911 and report it immediately. Right?
August 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
And we’ve started watching Veep again … same reason.
August 17, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Billy Mumy!!

I’ve made the same comparison since Trump 1.0.
August 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Can bystanders call 911 and report an armed abduction when these guys won’t identify themselves and present a video roper warrant?
August 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
If they must, at least display them in the original Hebrew, so there be no ambiguity in the England translation.
August 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM