John Yazek
@john-yazek.bsky.social
Renewable energy consultant, Political Junkie, Science Nerd, Bad guitarist and Over-the-hill jock
30% of all federal employees are veterans.
Trump/Musk are randomly firing thousands of veterans.
Trump/Musk are randomly firing thousands of veterans.
February 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
30% of all federal employees are veterans.
Trump/Musk are randomly firing thousands of veterans.
Trump/Musk are randomly firing thousands of veterans.
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Buffett’s annual letter is out — and includes this message to “Uncle Sam” about the tax Berkshire will pay:
“Spend it wisely. Take care of the many who, through no fault of their own, get the short straws in life. They deserve better.” 🇺🇸
www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2024...
“Spend it wisely. Take care of the many who, through no fault of their own, get the short straws in life. They deserve better.” 🇺🇸
www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2024...
February 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Buffett’s annual letter is out — and includes this message to “Uncle Sam” about the tax Berkshire will pay:
“Spend it wisely. Take care of the many who, through no fault of their own, get the short straws in life. They deserve better.” 🇺🇸
www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2024...
“Spend it wisely. Take care of the many who, through no fault of their own, get the short straws in life. They deserve better.” 🇺🇸
www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2024...
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Big Balls’s past gets more scrutiny — including the internship where he was terminated.
“You’re willing to risk our entire network to a 17-year-old?” one frustrated executive asked the company’s CEO in 2022. “Are you for real right now?”
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...
“You’re willing to risk our entire network to a 17-year-old?” one frustrated executive asked the company’s CEO in 2022. “Are you for real right now?”
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...
February 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Big Balls’s past gets more scrutiny — including the internship where he was terminated.
“You’re willing to risk our entire network to a 17-year-old?” one frustrated executive asked the company’s CEO in 2022. “Are you for real right now?”
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...
“You’re willing to risk our entire network to a 17-year-old?” one frustrated executive asked the company’s CEO in 2022. “Are you for real right now?”
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...
DOGE claims to have saved $55 billion.
WSJ is able to find $2.6 billion over a multiyear period.
Elon is taking a sledgehammer to the government over 0.2%.
This is not about economics.
WSJ is able to find $2.6 billion over a multiyear period.
Elon is taking a sledgehammer to the government over 0.2%.
This is not about economics.
February 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
DOGE claims to have saved $55 billion.
WSJ is able to find $2.6 billion over a multiyear period.
Elon is taking a sledgehammer to the government over 0.2%.
This is not about economics.
WSJ is able to find $2.6 billion over a multiyear period.
Elon is taking a sledgehammer to the government over 0.2%.
This is not about economics.
Here in Wisconsin, egg prices are over $10.
February 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Here in Wisconsin, egg prices are over $10.
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If any of our former NATO or Five Eyes allies have intelligence data and assessments, which surely they must, about the background of the leader of their new strategic adversary, the United States, now is as good a time as any to release them, subject to protection of methods and sources, of course.
February 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
If any of our former NATO or Five Eyes allies have intelligence data and assessments, which surely they must, about the background of the leader of their new strategic adversary, the United States, now is as good a time as any to release them, subject to protection of methods and sources, of course.
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WaPo Page One:
“If you’re going to just yell at me, that’s not going to be an effective town hall,” McCormick said ..
“But we’re pissed!” a woman shouted. #GA07
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
“If you’re going to just yell at me, that’s not going to be an effective town hall,” McCormick said ..
“But we’re pissed!” a woman shouted. #GA07
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
February 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
WaPo Page One:
“If you’re going to just yell at me, that’s not going to be an effective town hall,” McCormick said ..
“But we’re pissed!” a woman shouted. #GA07
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
“If you’re going to just yell at me, that’s not going to be an effective town hall,” McCormick said ..
“But we’re pissed!” a woman shouted. #GA07
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Dealing with stress of the day by hitting the gym…
January 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Dealing with stress of the day by hitting the gym…
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“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King
- Dr. Martin Luther King
January 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King
- Dr. Martin Luther King
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Home insurance in areas hit by repetitive disasters is going to be the number one housing affordability issue over the next 4 years. And possibly going into the midterms.
More so than interest rates. Florida in particular is going to have huge problems.
More so than interest rates. Florida in particular is going to have huge problems.
Here in Florida we have a housing crisis of our own - developers are building affordable homes all around, but many are sitting empty because people can't afford the necessary home insurance.
December 1, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Home insurance in areas hit by repetitive disasters is going to be the number one housing affordability issue over the next 4 years. And possibly going into the midterms.
More so than interest rates. Florida in particular is going to have huge problems.
More so than interest rates. Florida in particular is going to have huge problems.
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This is all the Russians have been able to take in almost a year, at the cost of about 1500 men A DAY.
You heard that right, 1500 PER DAY
You heard that right, 1500 PER DAY
December 1, 2024 at 11:53 PM
This is all the Russians have been able to take in almost a year, at the cost of about 1500 men A DAY.
You heard that right, 1500 PER DAY
You heard that right, 1500 PER DAY
Great news!!!
Yesterday’s victory by Syrian rebel forces in Aleppo after their shock offensive is a huge defeat for both Russia and Iran.
November 30, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Great news!!!
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She also wrote: “I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around and uses women for his own power and ego. You are that man (and have been for years) and as your mother, it pains me and embarrasses me to say that, but it is the sad, sad truth.”
November 30, 2024 at 3:13 AM
She also wrote: “I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around and uses women for his own power and ego. You are that man (and have been for years) and as your mother, it pains me and embarrasses me to say that, but it is the sad, sad truth.”
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People need to calm down about the Oreshnik missile. (Not about the strike itself, which was barbarous Putin chest-thumping.)
It's a medium range ballistic missile. Of course it's faster than the speed of sound because that's what ballistic missiles do. Don't fall for "AMAZING SUPERWEAPON" hype.
It's a medium range ballistic missile. Of course it's faster than the speed of sound because that's what ballistic missiles do. Don't fall for "AMAZING SUPERWEAPON" hype.
November 24, 2024 at 5:05 PM
People need to calm down about the Oreshnik missile. (Not about the strike itself, which was barbarous Putin chest-thumping.)
It's a medium range ballistic missile. Of course it's faster than the speed of sound because that's what ballistic missiles do. Don't fall for "AMAZING SUPERWEAPON" hype.
It's a medium range ballistic missile. Of course it's faster than the speed of sound because that's what ballistic missiles do. Don't fall for "AMAZING SUPERWEAPON" hype.
Too good
I’m contractually obligated to tell you guys the Boston Red Sox added Jhoestynxon Garcia to their 40-man roster and his nickname is “The Password.”
November 20, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Too good
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WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: ".. If Mr. Trump wasn’t informed about this political liability before announcing the nomination, he might reasonably wonder what else Mr. Hegseth hasn’t told him."
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/opinion/pete...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/opinion/pete...
Opinion | The Pete Hegseth Sexual Assault Accusation
If the Trump transition was taken by ‘surprise,’ did he not disclose it?
www.wsj.com
November 20, 2024 at 4:41 PM
WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: ".. If Mr. Trump wasn’t informed about this political liability before announcing the nomination, he might reasonably wonder what else Mr. Hegseth hasn’t told him."
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/opinion/pete...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/opinion/pete...
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Just my 2 cents. But my goal is to ignore the trolls. Give them zero attention. Block them if they annoy me.
I think the worst thing we can do on this site is re-create the ad hominem/ personal attacks that occur across comments on Twitter/insta/tiktok/ etc
I think the worst thing we can do on this site is re-create the ad hominem/ personal attacks that occur across comments on Twitter/insta/tiktok/ etc
November 19, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Just my 2 cents. But my goal is to ignore the trolls. Give them zero attention. Block them if they annoy me.
I think the worst thing we can do on this site is re-create the ad hominem/ personal attacks that occur across comments on Twitter/insta/tiktok/ etc
I think the worst thing we can do on this site is re-create the ad hominem/ personal attacks that occur across comments on Twitter/insta/tiktok/ etc
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Gordon Lightfoot, born today in 1938.
He knew he had a hit with “Sundown”, he said, “almost the night that I wrote the song. One of my exes was out with her girlfriends. They were out bar-hopping. I was left at home to write songs. I was on a roll.” 🎸
He knew he had a hit with “Sundown”, he said, “almost the night that I wrote the song. One of my exes was out with her girlfriends. They were out bar-hopping. I was left at home to write songs. I was on a roll.” 🎸
November 17, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Gordon Lightfoot, born today in 1938.
He knew he had a hit with “Sundown”, he said, “almost the night that I wrote the song. One of my exes was out with her girlfriends. They were out bar-hopping. I was left at home to write songs. I was on a roll.” 🎸
He knew he had a hit with “Sundown”, he said, “almost the night that I wrote the song. One of my exes was out with her girlfriends. They were out bar-hopping. I was left at home to write songs. I was on a roll.” 🎸
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"It is being framed as a review of how the U.S. first got into the war in Afghanistan and how the U.S. ultimately withdrew."
Do not accept this framing.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Do not accept this framing.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Trump transition team compiling list of current and former U.S. military officers for possible courts-martial
All of the officers were involved in the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, which independent reviews have blamed on both the Trump and Biden administrations.
www.nbcnews.com
November 17, 2024 at 2:16 AM
"It is being framed as a review of how the U.S. first got into the war in Afghanistan and how the U.S. ultimately withdrew."
Do not accept this framing.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Do not accept this framing.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...