Jon Bjork

Then let's be able to apply credits to those tariffs for the refunds owed to importers by the government.

Me too

:-)

So if the government will be slow in issuing refunds, shouldn't the government be blocked from reinstating tariffs? Or at least shouldn't importers be able to apply refunds as a credit to new import tariffs?!?

Crucial for quality assurance!

U.S. economy unexpectedly sheds 92,000 jobs in February The worse-than-expected report signals that the labor market is on weaker footing than previously believed.

NEW: U.S. economy unexpectedly sheds 92,000 jobs in February

Let's just shoot ourselves in the foot again.

Nice! Thank you!

Time series plot depicting predicted Nino 3.4 region ocean temperature anomalies from the latest (Mar 2026) ECMWF ensemble. It depicts an extremely rapid rise in such temperatures, from modest negative anomalies to strong positive anomalies, by mid-summer 2026--indicative of a transition from weak-moderate La Nina conditions to moderate-strong El Nino conditions over just a few months.

Whew.

All signs are increasingly pointing to a significant, if not strong to very strong, El Niño event. I'll have more to say in coming weeks & months, but for now I'll just say that this is increasingly likely to become a major regional-to-global climate driver in 2026-2027.

Our decimated wine exports to Canada have hit our Lodi wineries particularly hard. Canadians have been big supporters of ours both through wholesale and tourism. We very much miss them.

Spring has sprung 💐

About time.

Fine here in California. Perhaps it's a server they are using in your area of the northern midwest?

Judge Orders Government to Begin Refunding More than $130 Billion in Tariffs Over 2,000 lawsuits have been filed by companies in the court seeking to recoup their money after the Supreme Court invalidated tariffs last month.

A federal trade-court judge ordered the Trump administration to start refunding the more than $130 billion it collected in the global tariffs invalidated by the Supreme Court last month. on.wsj.com/4d3ggwh

An important take-down from within the GOP.

white house releases objectives for operation epic fury. regime change not (any longer) a specific goal

Anthropic’s Feud With Pentagon Earns It Fans Amid the Blowback The AI company’s app is reaching new heights of popularity after President Trump ordered the government to stop using it.

Winning for losing? Anthropic’s app is hitting new levels of popularity after Trump ordered the government to stop using it.

CNN put together a montage of the regime's incoherent talking points about Trump's war on Iran

Did tariffs on imported wines help American wineries? If so it's hard to see. American wineries faced headwinds in 2025 that included demographic shifts, reduced tourism, and higher input costs. You might think that tariffs on imported wines would have helped. They didn't.

Jason presents a very important and accurate analysis of what we're facing in the wine industry. Please read.

Jeffries: "The American people want us to focus on making their life better & more affordable, not getting involved in another endless war in Middle East that's going to end in failure. This administration somehow found billions for bombs, but can't find money to bring down the high cost of living"

Wine barrels in Bercy, Paris, in 1908. The wine warehouses of Bercy were located in the 12th arrondissement of Paris. Located along the Seine, this area received, stored and distributed wines and spirits. During the late 19th and the early 20th century, Bercy was the world's largest wine market.

YouTube video by TED The Attack on Iran — Why Now? | TED Explains the World with Ian Bremmer

the us and israel attacked iran. why now and what comes next? i break down the decision, the risks of escalation, and what to watch.

NEVER ALLOW A RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY TO DICTATE HOW OUR GREAT MILITARY FIGHTS AND WINS WARS! That decision belongs to YOUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, and the tremendous leaders I appoint to run our Military.    The Leftwing nut jobs at Anthropic have made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying to STRONG-ARM the Department of War, and force them to obey their Terms of Service instead of our Constitution. Their selfishness is putting AMERICAN LIVES at risk, our Troops in danger, and our National Security in JEOPARDY.    Therefore, I am directing EVERY Federal Agency in the United States Government to IMMEDIATELY CEASE all use of Anthropic’s technology. We don’t need it, we don’t want it, and will not do business with them again! There will be a Six Month phase out period for Agencies like the Department of War who are using Anthropic’s products, at various levels. Anthropic better get their act together, and be helpful during this phase out period, or I will use the Full Power of the Presidency to make them comply, with major civil and criminal consequences to follow.   WE will decide the fate of our Country — NOT some out-of-control, Radical Left AI company run by people who have no idea what the real World is all about. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!   PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP”

Trump: “The Leftwing nut jobs at Anthropic have made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying to STRONG-ARM the Department of War, and force them to obey their Terms of Service…
 
Therefore, I am directing EVERY Federal Agency in the Government to IMMEDIATELY CEASE all use of Anthropic’s technology.“

Map depicting predicted departures from average of temperatures later on Friday across the U.S. Southwest from the ECMWF model. Highly anomalously warm values are depicted nearly everywhere.

Map from NOAA NWS depicting specific locations expected to approach or exceed high temperatures today. Many such locations are noted in southern CA, AZ, NV, and adjacent regions.

Exceptionally warm-to-hot late winter conditions expected across the Southwest through the weekend, peaking Fri and Sat. Numerous daily record highs (and record warm overnight minimums) will be set, along with some Feb monthly records possible. [Thread] #CAwx #AZwx #NVwx

I was thinking of experimenting with Claude Code. Now I'm DEFINITELY going to start using Claude. Nice to see a rare example of a company with some sense of a moral compass.

:-)

This administration seems bent on NOT helping us.

My family would LOVE two feature requests:

1. Long push on a tile to bring up a definition of the word.

2. Ability to drag tiles to rearrange them.

I can see this one!

The Justice Department did not release key records in the Epstein files about a woman who made an unverified accusation against Donald Trump. In 2019, the woman said she had been sexually assaulted by Trump and Jeffrey Epstein decades earlier, when she was a minor. nyti.ms/4ceQAwl