BobbyJohn
@bobbyjohn.bsky.social
Retired lawyer. US expat in Ticino, Switzerland. Baseball, opera, ballet. Logic, science, not “belief”. Compassionate libertarian, feminist from my mom. Read Italian, not German.
Wonderful post! But I have to tell you,when I saw the headline before reading the post (and without looking at the photo), I thought it would be a post about Kristi Noem running DHS.
October 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Wonderful post! But I have to tell you,when I saw the headline before reading the post (and without looking at the photo), I thought it would be a post about Kristi Noem running DHS.
I have never seen CB call a game so brilliantly.
August 30, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I have never seen CB call a game so brilliantly.
a mapcap local Phoenix show named Wallace and Ladmo. To me, the important portrayal of a city (which, among other films and TV shows, led me, a small town boy, to live most of my life in New York City) was on Naked City, which I started watching at age 8. 8 million stories - including me! 2/2
July 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
a mapcap local Phoenix show named Wallace and Ladmo. To me, the important portrayal of a city (which, among other films and TV shows, led me, a small town boy, to live most of my life in New York City) was on Naked City, which I started watching at age 8. 8 million stories - including me! 2/2
Ah, Sesame Street. I was too old for that. My kiddie shows were Romper Room (I loved Miss Sherri - her firing for going to Sweden to abort a thalidomide fetus when I was 11, a few years after I had aged out of Romper Room, made me an abortion rights supporter for life) and 1/2
July 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Ah, Sesame Street. I was too old for that. My kiddie shows were Romper Room (I loved Miss Sherri - her firing for going to Sweden to abort a thalidomide fetus when I was 11, a few years after I had aged out of Romper Room, made me an abortion rights supporter for life) and 1/2
The whole world would collapse without electricity!
June 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The whole world would collapse without electricity!
That's going to be a big problem, since today's students have been taught to write only by keyboarding!
June 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
That's going to be a big problem, since today's students have been taught to write only by keyboarding!
For those who want the details of the remittance tax: taxnews.ey.com/news/2025-11...
New 5% excise tax proposed for remittance transfers
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June 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
For those who want the details of the remittance tax: taxnews.ey.com/news/2025-11...
This doesn't apply to remittances by US citizens IF they use a remittance company (like a bank) that enters into an arrangement with the government requiring that the remitter prove their US citizenship. But it's the first step to barring sending assets outside the US. Pull your funds out now! 2/2
June 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This doesn't apply to remittances by US citizens IF they use a remittance company (like a bank) that enters into an arrangement with the government requiring that the remitter prove their US citizenship. But it's the first step to barring sending assets outside the US. Pull your funds out now! 2/2
Warned everyone about authoritative regimes blocking people from drawing their money out of the country. The Republican House has taken the first step in their budget reconciliation bill - imposing a 3.5% excise tax on remittances to people outside the US. 1/2
June 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Warned everyone about authoritative regimes blocking people from drawing their money out of the country. The Republican House has taken the first step in their budget reconciliation bill - imposing a 3.5% excise tax on remittances to people outside the US. 1/2
Of course not. But if you can’t do anything about it, dwelling on it to the point of thinking of dying is a win for the evildoers.
May 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Of course not. But if you can’t do anything about it, dwelling on it to the point of thinking of dying is a win for the evildoers.
Whoa, Craig, that‘s depression territory! Yes, the ongoing 2025 Project is horrendous. But when that idea creeps into your brain, say the chant: “If I can’t do anything about it, and it’s not affecting me our my loved ones, I have to accept it.” And hope the 2025ers die horrible deaths.
May 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Whoa, Craig, that‘s depression territory! Yes, the ongoing 2025 Project is horrendous. But when that idea creeps into your brain, say the chant: “If I can’t do anything about it, and it’s not affecting me our my loved ones, I have to accept it.” And hope the 2025ers die horrible deaths.
Video his behavior with good sound. Post it to every social media you have access to, including the local doorcam group. With the following: “Coach [his real name] with his team at last night’s [name of league, name of town] softball game for 5- and 6-year-olds”. Let social media handle the rest.
May 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Video his behavior with good sound. Post it to every social media you have access to, including the local doorcam group. With the following: “Coach [his real name] with his team at last night’s [name of league, name of town] softball game for 5- and 6-year-olds”. Let social media handle the rest.
True, if you were asking for an answer from personal experience
April 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
True, if you were asking for an answer from personal experience
If people can retire solely on social security, people can retire solely on a well-managed 401(k) - assuming max contributions over many years.
April 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
If people can retire solely on social security, people can retire solely on a well-managed 401(k) - assuming max contributions over many years.
There are plenty of people “out there” who have retired on only social security and a few hundred dollars in a bank savings account. Many of them also rely on what we used to call “welfare” and, if they are well enough, part-time minimum wage jobs.
April 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
There are plenty of people “out there” who have retired on only social security and a few hundred dollars in a bank savings account. Many of them also rely on what we used to call “welfare” and, if they are well enough, part-time minimum wage jobs.
And it’s not just capital construction. Modern manufacturing requires high-skilled workers. Finding such workers in the US is going to be tough, given experience and education deficits.
April 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
And it’s not just capital construction. Modern manufacturing requires high-skilled workers. Finding such workers in the US is going to be tough, given experience and education deficits.
Kind of like midwesterners and southerners who are experts on California Santa Ana firestorms.
March 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Kind of like midwesterners and southerners who are experts on California Santa Ana firestorms.
They haven’t won a lot of elections since 2020, and that was probably a Covid fluke. I don’t want to go back to the Bill Clinton days, but I’d like to win elections for a change, and that requires changing the Dems’ image.
March 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
They haven’t won a lot of elections since 2020, and that was probably a Covid fluke. I don’t want to go back to the Bill Clinton days, but I’d like to win elections for a change, and that requires changing the Dems’ image.
I mean, there are other ways of saying it, like "I really look forward to your thoughts", but saying it, regardless of how it is said, is always pretty obnoxious.
February 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I mean, there are other ways of saying it, like "I really look forward to your thoughts", but saying it, regardless of how it is said, is always pretty obnoxious.
Craig, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it. Don't wait for it. Just let it happen. It could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, two cups of good, hot black coffee, or the measles.
February 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Craig, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it. Don't wait for it. Just let it happen. It could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, two cups of good, hot black coffee, or the measles.
I owe money, so wait until April 15. With the DOGE bros in place, maybe I won't have to!
February 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I owe money, so wait until April 15. With the DOGE bros in place, maybe I won't have to!
How about "We Shall Overcome"?
February 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
How about "We Shall Overcome"?
The Curse of the DeGrominator.
February 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The Curse of the DeGrominator.
Craig, re: the end song of today’s newsletter. This one would be better - has that element of bleakness that is emblematic of these times: youtu.be/gU3ubk8u7dA?...
Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally) [Official Audio]
YouTube video by Gilbert O'Sullivan
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February 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Craig, re: the end song of today’s newsletter. This one would be better - has that element of bleakness that is emblematic of these times: youtu.be/gU3ubk8u7dA?...