[msn.

Barnie2years comments on Oct 20, 2019:

If Christie takes this job after the way he was treated during the election campaign (as detailed in his book) his balls have obviously shrunk to the size of a pea. Along with his brain and dignity.

True statesmanship from the past.

Barnie2years comments on Oct 19, 2019:

If all presidents were “stable geniuses.” 🤣

About it, I'd say

Barnie2years comments on Oct 17, 2019:

If Turkey ca find some connection to Biden and his son Trump will supply them with weapons and maps of Kurd outposts a military installations. 😡

"Donald Trump on Thursday evening claimed that energy efficient light bulbs make him look orange.

Barnie2years comments on Oct 16, 2019:

Funniest thing I’ve read today! 🤣

Fake news fail! ABC claims footage from Kentucky gun range shows Turkish attack on Kurdish civilians...

Barnie2years comments on Oct 16, 2019:

Sad! Just handing Trump real ammunition. Guess it beats putting reporters at risk in a real war zone, but then just don’t put video with the reporting.

Mexican Senate Set to Pass Bill to Legalize Marijuana in Next Few Days

Barnie2years comments on Oct 15, 2019:

Shows just how behind the rest of the world we are.

Take the U.

Barnie2years comments on Oct 15, 2019:

Did it earlier, got an email.

Why do some men automatically think women should be flattered by cat calling, aggressive advances, ...

Barnie2years comments on Oct 14, 2019:

Call me crazy, but I would guess that at some point in their life it either worked, or if they are with a group it is just showoff thing to prove they are the most "manly.' Watch the older TV shows and a lot of the movies and you find the brazen guy, the 'bad boy" often get's the girl in the end, so there is that. I have known lots of guys who I thought were kind of crass and blowhard, they seem to get dates. I tend not to and I like to think I have always been respectul, so it's confusing to males as well.

How often has coincidence made you feel like God could really have a plan after all?

Barnie2years comments on Oct 14, 2019:

I speak fluently French, learned 60 years ago, when my father’s company transferred I’m over to France to open a factory. After three years in a French public school I spent most of my time in International schools and with English speaking friends. Came back to the States at 17 and have had little use for my French since. And yet I can hold an adult conversation with French people I meet, can watch and mostly understand French language movies and have several French friends I stay in touch with online through written French, with only very occasional use of Google Translate. Has nothing to do with god, everything to do with you being attuned to recognizing a French accent or showing interest in someone foreign. If you spoke Polish or Slovak or any other language, chances are you would run into some of them and start a conversation just for fun. Look up the Chaos Theory if you really want an explanation of coincidences without the need of a divine guide.

[yahoo.

Barnie2years comments on Oct 14, 2019:

Trump and his minions are sick people! 🤬

Happy people.

Barnie2years comments on Oct 14, 2019:

I don’t think I need therapy. I need sex! Took me 20 minutes of staring to see anything but ❤️ 😁

White House sends talking points on ex-Ukraine ambassador meant for allies to House Democrats

Barnie2years comments on Oct 12, 2019:

I'm thinking more like sabotage from within. Trump's omerta is falling apart, bit by bit.

[aol.

Barnie2years comments on Oct 12, 2019:

Not probable: certain!

10, 9, 8, 7, 6....

Barnie2years comments on Oct 11, 2019:

Pretty much sums it up! 🤣

Dating sites.

Barnie2years comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Gave up after trying a half dozen and being totally unimpressed. Almost getting taken in by a scam artist on one was the nail in the coffin. Could have cost me a lot of money.

There are so many posts about people having to hide non belief or listen to others continue to ...

Barnie2years comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Pretty much how my lack of belief works. Many of my friends are religious. As long as they don’t follow my Facebook posts, we don’t spend our time together discussing religion (or politics, sex or finances for that matter), but whatever interests we share. Some haven’t even unfriended me on FB, they just don’t read the posts they don’t like and focus on the baby animals and funny stuff. Just as I pass up their god posts.

It's sad that some ppl bully others, even on this site who you have to block.

Barnie2years comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Sadly, social media has given assholes the power to spread their manure and poison the water of civil discourse on all platforms. I have seen some of the most innocuous posting draw strange and inappropriate responses from people with nothing whatsoever of interest to say. Negativity has overtaken those who can offer nothing of value to the conversations. I enjoyed your post and feel certain that your kind and compassionate conversation with people on that help line has made many feel better and surely saved lives. All I ca say is ignore the ignorant, they thrive on baiting and negativity, don’t let them get you down.

[alternet.

Barnie2years comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Trump has something really bad he is hanging over Lindsey and Mitch’s heads to get them to do his bidding. Hope that comes out in the wash too!

Bernie Sanders' daughter-in-law, Rainè Riggs, dies at 46 - UPI.com

Barnie2years comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Not having a good month! 🙁 Life does that to you sometimes.

Americans Think ICE Is the Worst Federal Agency, Poll Shows

Barnie2years comments on Oct 8, 2019:

Trump considers these guys his version of the SS troops in Nazi Germany. I look for him to use them in ways they were never legally set up to operate as these impeachment investigations proceed.

[alternet.

Barnie2years comments on Oct 8, 2019:

Ha, ha! Revenge is sweet! 😄

I thought this was funny af.

Barnie2years comments on Oct 7, 2019:

Love this! And if it hangs around too long, the smell ruins the whole house!

[alternet.

Barnie2years comments on Oct 7, 2019:

Because Trump and the Trumptards have no respect for the Constitution, the rule of law nor the Republican Party except as it benefits them.

[alternet.

Barnie2years comments on Oct 7, 2019:

Except it didn’t work. It was delayed on appeal.

Saudi Arabia to allow unmarried foreign couples in hotel rooms | World news | The Guardian

Barnie2years comments on Oct 7, 2019:

I wouldn’t want to be the first couple to try it out! 😬

George Conway: Trump Is Unfit for Office - The Atlantic

Barnie2years comments on Oct 7, 2019:

That is long! Conway is obviously a lawyer. Everything he states was clear to see long ago, but the Republicans chose to ignore it. If the Electoral College was designed for any purpose, it was to protect the country from popularly electing a con man by overriding the popular vote. It failed in its duty. The 25th Amendment will fail because of fear of retaliation. Impeachment will fail in the long run, not just because the Republicans in the Senate will not vote on it, but because by the time the House goes through the process the 2020 election cycle will be in full progress and unless Trump goes completely off the rails, people won’t care as they put all effort into electing a better president. What a messed up time we live in, but such is the cycle of life.

[yahoo.

Barnie2years comments on Oct 6, 2019:

Everyone already knew that anyway! This is not news, just stating the obvious. Everything legal and moral stops at Moscow Mitch's door.

NBC Breaking News 9:00 AM: A firm of attorneys confirms that his team represents multiple ...

Barnie2years comments on Oct 6, 2019:

I’m leery! When you corner a con artist like the Don, he will try every trick in the book to weasel out of it. I seriously worry that in order to throw the impeachment off track, the Trump team will plant false allegations out there to overburden the investigation, then at some point show them to be totally made up. Maybe I give Don the Con more credit than he is due, but I wouldn’t trust the blowhard with a $10 loan.

[yahoo.

Barnie2years comments on Oct 4, 2019:

I like to think if I found enough explosives in my kid’s room to blow up the neighborhood, I’d call the cops too!!

Sometimes I'm confused on what to call myself.

Barnie2years comments on Oct 4, 2019:

After reading the answers on here, I am not sure you have any better answer than you had before. So, I will throw my two cents in. I often consider myself a “realist” as much as an Atheist. Which means that I don’t spend a lot of time worrying about what I can’t prove, can’t see and doesn’t have any bearing on my life. Whether a “god” exists or not, I have seen no indication of it, it has no effect on my life, I have no fear of death because it is inevitable regardless of what you believe. Nobody has yet taken a picture of billions of humans who have died running around in heaven or hell. No pictures of winged people flying around protecting people. In wartime, most people on both sides pray, they die randomly anyway, not based on how many times they attended church or temple or mosque. If you are going to question that which is not seen and unprovable, what is your take on extraterrestrials? There are far more sightings, testimonials, and archeological evidence they exist or existed than what is available for proving a god. Or ghosts? Many people can testify they have experienced them. Where do you draw the line of what to believe and what not? By the numbers of people who favor that belief. The Abrahamic religions, taken as a group, certainly have the numbers. But some of that is due to the fact that they were great at killing off the competition! 😄

Every year, I post a birthday begging video on Youtube.

Barnie2years comments on Oct 4, 2019:

👍🧚‍♀️ Here’s a little fairy for your birthday! She can’t work her magic until it actually is your birthday. Which means she will be in a holding pattern for the next month! You have so many gifts already; good looks, a good mind, a loving family, good health and a great sense of humor. It will take the fairy (let’s call her Betty!) at least a month to get that world peace thing going. And perhaps she can provide the House some help with their impeachment work as a great gift as well!

[alternet.

Barnie2years comments on Oct 4, 2019:

Given that he is running the most corrupt government in modern history, this is laughable. But then many people thought Hitler was just a funny guy in his early years.

I suppose that after 14 years of being off and on dating sites and receiving many inappropriate ...

Barnie2years comments on Oct 4, 2019:

You have to realize there is a theory out there espoused by certain men that directness is the best way to achieve a goal. In the world of sales it is taught that the law of averages says that the more “no’s” you get, the closer you are to a “yes”. In sales classes I attended this idea was carried over to the pickup world. That manifests itself in the idea that if you go up to enough women and ask them if they would like to give you a blow job, though you may get your face smacked or yelled at 95% of the time, at some point you will meet up with one of the 5% who will say yes. That, according to the theory makes it worth the effort. Seems your fellow falls into that mindset, and with online dating, the fear of physical violence makes it much less painful to test the theory. And easier, since you can broadcast your slime over a much wider audience. Sadly, for the same reason telemarking and phone scams work, this approach at some point probably does too. I know some pretty creepy dudes that have a lot more success in the dating pool than me, that’s for sure.

[alternet.

Barnie2years comments on Oct 3, 2019:

Damn those Trumpettes hate the truth, no matter where it comes from! 😄

[yahoo.

Barnie2years comments on Oct 3, 2019:

Wait, wait! We have to give the president time to destroy all the relevant documents! Does anyone remember Reagan and Oliver North’s mad dash to shred all documents relevant to illegally supplying arms to Nicaraguayen rebels? Nixon I am sure would have liked more time to burn the tapes or at least add more blank spaces.

[yahoo.

Barnie2years comments on Oct 3, 2019:

I would be happy if all political ads which do anything beyond profiling the candidate, their positions, experience and priorities were banned. Negative ads should not be allowed at all on any platform.

[alternet.

Barnie2years comments on Oct 3, 2019:

Honestly, I don’t think he had any to crush! Few of the Republicans have the balls to face off with Trump and his radical base.

[yahoo.

Barnie2years comments on Oct 2, 2019:

Steroids? More like off his meds!

So I don't have any problem believing that there is no Santa Clause . . .

Barnie2years comments on Oct 2, 2019:

Much of religion is based on fear. They use love to try and cover it over, but the driving force is fear. Fear of the unknown, fear of death, fear of being alone. The human need of tribalism, fear of “the other.” All are used to indoctrinate children into the fold of whatever the religious beliefs of their parents happen to be. As we grow older, we develop our own sense of need. Some leave their faith for stronger ones, cults if you will, out of fear that the one they were in had it wrong. Some go the other way and find more liberal believers to follow. And some like you just question what it is you believe but can’t accept the idea of nothing out of fear of being wrong. I had a friend who said he believed because he could not accept the idea that life on earth is finite, humans being the wonderful species we are. That there had to be more! Even my Dad, who I’m sure was an Agnostic even though he never stated it directly, as he neared the end, was hedging his bets and showing a religious side. You know, just in case. That is how deeply ingrained the idea was in his childhood. Speaking for myself, I am an Atheist. I went through many years when things in my life seemed too odd to be just random events or coincidence. So I espoused “fate” as propelling people’s lives to their “destinies.” The problem with that is fate and destiny require a master to orchestrate, which of course leads you back to a god. Then in watching the movie Butterfly Effect there was a short extra feature on the Chaos Theory as it relates to life. (The movie itself was not that great. I am not an Aston Krutcher fan. The earlier French version I though was better by far, called Happenstance I believe.) This theory explained to me exactly why things happen, sort of. They are not random, and not controlled by some invisible puppet master as in fate, and certainly not subject to change by human prayer, which I consider to be the equivalent and as useful as wishing. No, the things that happen in your life are created by not only decisions and actions that you yourself make, but by those made by millions of others all the time! This is a very simplified version of the theory and would probably take a book to explain exactly the thoughts behind it. But it was the time I pretty much became a certified Atheist. And I will remain one until the day someone will show me with photos, a map and introduction exactly where heaven is, who god is and where all the billions of people who have died over the eons of human existence are stored. 😄 Sorry, I ran on, don’t get to talk about this much.

I am finally moving out of Shawn's house ! Awhile back, he was drunk, of course and he gave me 30 ...

Barnie2years comments on Oct 2, 2019:

Now that you are out of Shawn’s grasp, stay out. Expect him to try and lure you back at some point. Don’t! Be cautious if you still have things to move. Drugs, alcohol and religion create some very dangerous people.

This video is on a whole new level of funny! 😂😂 this woman says a demon slept with her ...

Barnie2years comments on Oct 2, 2019:

I find this stuff so sad. Shows to a degree how little we as a species have evolved from our cave dwelling ancestors.

For the 2nd Time This Year, NYPD Gunfire Kills 1 of Its Own

Barnie2years comments on Sep 30, 2019:

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. When police departments went from 6 round revolvers to 17 round semi automatics, they were setting up for death. Instead of firing two or three rounds at a suspect, now they can fire ten or fifteen without taking a breath. And with semiautomatic weapons, once you start pulling the trigger it’s easy to keep pulling. Multiply that by half a dozen cops firing at the same time. Survival rate goes way down.

Two daring pranksters allegedly hacked a billboard to play pornography

Barnie2years comments on Sep 30, 2019:

Is nothing sacred? 😁

Noticed the ‘sunset glow’ a few hours too early. This doesn’t look good 😧

Barnie2years comments on Sep 30, 2019:

Forest fire smoke?

Haiti has been racked by corruption forever .

Barnie2years comments on Sep 29, 2019:

We have been supportive of corruption worldwide for over half a century, as long as the leaders of the countries do not declare themselves socialists or communists. Any Right Wing dictator can count on full financial support for himself and the oligarchs of the country to keep them in power. Left leaning governments can be certain that the US is providing support to overthrow them and financial sanctions to assure their government can never succeed.

Stupidest thing I saw on the internet today.

Barnie2years comments on Sep 27, 2019:

Just love how theist think they can speak to something they know nothing about. Some of the most religious people I know are some of the most miserable. But I don’t make that a blanket statement about believers; I know some that are euphorically happy, which is just as weird.

Atlantic writer offers an explanation for why Republicans continue to support a criminal executive, ...

Barnie2years comments on Sep 27, 2019:

What a great article! Shows just how much trouble our country really is in.

I finally got around to watching the PBS country music special by Ken Burns.

Barnie2years comments on Sep 26, 2019:

Sounds like Early Blues to me!

[youtu.

Barnie2years comments on Sep 26, 2019:

Love, love Vivaldi!

I had a hard time choosing the last word because there are so many that would fit ie, brain, heart, ...

Barnie2years comments on Sep 26, 2019:

Morals would fit as well.

[alternet.

Barnie2years comments on Sep 25, 2019:

Greatest negotiator ever that Trump! He doesn't negotiate, he just flat out steals and robs.

[dailykos.

Barnie2years comments on Sep 24, 2019:

Good old Rudy! Glad Trump keeps him around for levity, 😄

People don’t always say “I love you”.

Barnie2years comments on Sep 24, 2019:

I would accept any of the above.

I do not believe Pelosi would do this unless she felt she had Ironclad evidence.

Barnie2years comments on Sep 24, 2019:

I think Trump was being so blatant about actually saying he broke the law and didn’t care (again) she had no choice.

[dailykos.com] Shocking everyone McConnell agrees to pursue the Ukraine whistleblower complaint.

Barnie2years comments on Sep 24, 2019:

When Republicans start doing the right thing it makes me even more nervous!

Britain still seems to have a reasonable Supreme Court!

Barnie2years comments on Sep 24, 2019:

It would seem better than ours. How are the justices for the British Supreme Court chosen?

Help Me Help Please

Barnie2years comments on Sep 24, 2019:

Find and vet your local abuse shelters if you have any, then recommend the ones you find most welcoming. Short of that, if she is being visibly beaten (bruises, bleeding or worse) call the cops. Without physical evidence I doubt they would do anything. Beyond that, it has to be her decision.

Yay! I’ve just joined the ranks of blockers!! Always swore that I would never do it, but being...

Barnie2years comments on Sep 24, 2019:

I held off as long as possible. But like everywhere else online, the trolls sneak in. Name calling, totally unsubstantiated claims, complete denial of facts in favor of “I know better because I do”. I think I have three or four in blocked jail.

Camel's testicles bitten by woman at Louisiana truck stop petting zoo: authorities

Barnie2years comments on Sep 23, 2019:

Ouch!

[friendlyatheist.

Barnie2years comments on Sep 23, 2019:

This administration is so far out in the brain dead zone, it’s a wonder they can function at all.

I am delighted Biden is no longer at the top . [vox.com]

Barnie2years comments on Sep 22, 2019:

Think at this point we need to get rid of the old and in with the new. Biden will not pull in the millennial voters needed.

Looking for advice on how to quit smoking without switching to vapes.

Barnie2years comments on Sep 22, 2019:

The first step is done: wanting to quit. I quit twice. First time I quit cold turkey. Finished a pack of cigarettes and didn’t buy another. Withdraw symptoms are a bitch; flemme clogged throat, bowel changes are the primary physical ones. Not knowing what to do with my spare hand when I was drinking, not taking breaks because I didn’t know what to do with them and the socializing with other smokers were some of the mental ones. After almost 11 years I picked up a pack of cigarillos on the way to hunting camp. In the evenings the guys sat around smoking and telling hunting stories, I figured it would help me fit in. Next thing you know, I’m smoking a pack a day again! But the price of cigarettes was going up, smokers were becoming more and more ostracized and I just didn’t enjoy the taste. But after a couple of failed attempts I realized I couldn’t go cold again. I picked up a program, can’t remember the name, where you get progressively stronger filters (and look funny, like a 1920’s smoker) and quit over a four week period. I liked it, because the first two weeks you can pretty much smoke as much as you are used to, then taper off the second two weeks. You also keep a diary of what time you have a smoke and why (after breakfast, bored, coffee break, etc.). After four weeks, I smoked my last cigarette and have been smoke free since, probably going on 30 years. So, good luck, they didn’t have Chantix or patches when I was smoking and I think Nicorette gum was just coming out, but I knew I wanted the nicotine out of my system, so didn’t use them (I think I tried some and didn’t like the taste either). It is worth the effort.

Ohio Amish Men Escape Cops After Being Caught Partying in Their Buggy - Thrillist

Barnie2years comments on Sep 21, 2019:

They have some wild shindigs in the barns here in Pennsylvania too!

I had an eventful day.

Barnie2years comments on Sep 20, 2019:

As a motorcyclist myself I would like to say thank you for stopping and caring. Having gone down a few times myself in my younger days, I know it’s terribly embarrassing, especially if your not seriously hurt (I luckily never was). But having someone (a pretty woman even more) stop to check up on you and offer help would certainly help those feelings calm down. You are a sweetie! 👍😍

I shouldn’t be taken for granted.

Barnie2years comments on Sep 20, 2019:

That is all you need to know!

At 57 yrs 10 mos, I am about to do something I have never done before.

Barnie2years comments on Sep 19, 2019:

At this point in my life I think I would rather live in a shed by myself than have a roommate. Not ruling out falling in love (sometimes it does snow in August!) and having to make adjustments. And I have had short term visitors (I think three or four weeks is the limit) and survived, but felt much more comfortable when they left. But that’s just me. Some people need and enjoy closer human contact. Wishing you all the best if you proceed. As stated in other answers, get it in writing, have an exit plan and a conflict resolution method in place.

[scientificamerican.com] How Diversity Makes Us Smarter. Agree/Disagree?

Barnie2years comments on Sep 19, 2019:

One reason for my being on social media! You can meet people from unlimited backgrounds, countries and ethnic/racial cultures. I often enjoy well thought out debates (actual debates, not the name calling, sound byte generating reality shows on TV) with fact based support. If the other persons reasoning is “I believe”, “because”, degenerates into name calling or unsupported blabber, the discussion is over. There is always room for agree to disagree, since even facts seem to be fluid nowadays. Diversity for the sake of allowing those with violent, racist, unsupported threatening ideas a voice are not welcome into the discussions.

BREAKING NEWS MSNBC-Trump cancels California's emission standards set by Obama.

Barnie2years comments on Sep 18, 2019:

They don’t need to succeed (why be as stupid as Texas was during Obama’s presidency?), they need to stonewall the Orange Moron in court until we get a chance to elect a real president rather than the Reality Show contestant we have now.

[msnbc.

Barnie2years comments on Sep 18, 2019:

Anything and everything he does or says is for his and his family’s personal gain. Nothing else matters to them. They are cold hearted, have no empathy, self centered money grubbing con artists!

[alternet.

Barnie2years comments on Sep 18, 2019:

Lock him up, lock him up! Lock them all up!

[alternet.

Barnie2years comments on Sep 18, 2019:

Trump and Lindsey are in bed together, they just put on public spars for headlines.

Florida man, woman caught having sex in police car after DUI arrests

Barnie2years comments on Sep 18, 2019:

Wow, that is taking back seat sex to a whole new level! And their Blow test wasn’t even all that high.

Lewandowski hearing devolves into partisan circus - AOL News

Barnie2years comments on Sep 17, 2019:

This is the times we live in. The Republicans and their supporters at this point would sell their first born to maintain the presidency and control of the Senate.

Is the impeachment investigation a constitutionally defined inquiry, or a unofficial political ...

Barnie2years comments on Sep 17, 2019:

With the current Senate, they will never actually impeach Trump, no matter if they found actual bodies buried in Trump Tower next to a gun with his fingerprints on it, let alone anything short or treason. And his minions will not testify against him, you know Omerta and all that. So the chance of digging up something beyond what is already know is probably nill. But to do nothing, knowing that no one with nothing to hide goes to all the effort he is, is to give carte blanche to some of the most outright illegal behavior by a president in modern history.

[dailykos.

Barnie2years comments on Sep 17, 2019:

The biggest crook’s finger pointing to take heat off himself is not working out very well! 😁

Here.

Barnie2years comments on Sep 16, 2019:

I’ve spent much of my life studying female pubic anatomy, both visually and tactility! According to this article, I might know more about them than the average doctor! 😁

[vice.

Barnie2years comments on Sep 16, 2019:

This is going on in many glaciers and other mountains as well. Sometimes bodies and objects thaw out that have historic and scientific value. I wonder if people who lost loved ones on the mountain are attempting to identify them and retrieve the bodies for burial?

I’ve been a grandma for 2.

Barnie2years comments on Sep 16, 2019:

Beautiful Mimi with a cutie pie grand daughter! Love the heck out of her! I hope she lives nearby.

[youtu.

Barnie2years comments on Sep 15, 2019:

I can’t understand how even the people he screwed over, some repeatedly, still show him support. I read Chris Christie’s book Let Me Finish. Trump shit on him over and over and he kept coming back for more and still supports him! And Trump does the same to everybody, uses them when it suites him then tosses them like yesterday’s leftovers. I wouldn’t work for him if he laid a million bucks on the table in front of me!

Golden Toilet Stolen From the U.K.'s Blenheim Palace | Time

Barnie2years comments on Sep 14, 2019:

I think the French newspaper Le Monde suggested they investigate Trump too! 😄

Exactly... [facebook.com]

Barnie2years comments on Sep 14, 2019:

Interesting!

We so often learn far too late than the heroes of history were actually horrible people, and the ...

Barnie2years comments on Sep 12, 2019:

It’s pretty much standard in all countries. History is twisted to the benefit of the country teaching it. Why does the South honor men who were responsible for the deaths of thousands of men on both sides to support the slave economy? Japan and South Korea are fighting over Korean teaching that WWII Japanese used Korean women as troop prostitutes. Atrocities against Native Americans are pretty well never taught in K-12. This is the way of the world: countries want to promote their own glory, toot their own horn, no matter how many horrible things it took to get there.

The secret to making it last.

Barnie2years comments on Sep 12, 2019:

Hell, most the changes I found started about a week or two after the honeymoon! 🤣 Or maybe it was the day after the wedding.

So many brilliant, articulate men and women available and somehow our choice of leaders do not ...

Barnie2years comments on Sep 11, 2019:

No one in their right mind would want the job! No matter what you do or say, around 50% of the people you represent are going to be steaming mad at you. And if you compromise, half of each 50% will still hate you.

OR.

Barnie2years comments on Sep 11, 2019:

British politics, makes American Congress look positively boring and sedate! Not sure which one is the least productive.

Carolyn wrote the following 7 years ago and I thought it brilliant, just as she is.

Barnie2years comments on Sep 11, 2019:

This is a wonderful idea, but not likely to get much traction. Lives are still being lost in foreign countries due to this attack, including first responders who had to fight for compensation for ills suffered from working on the wreckage. Fear is what drives politics, especially on the Right, it sells air time and newspapers. It allows scam artists to try and guilt people into making donations to fake charities. And it completely overlooks the fact that the death of 3,000 Americans in this attack caused the death of millions of Iraqis who had nothing at all to do with it. But history and memory are often only loosely based on facts.

If you had to kill your own meat would you?

Barnie2years comments on Sep 10, 2019:

I have hunted and fished. I made a point of eating or trying to eat whatever animal or fish I took. First, I was not really good at either, so no creatures went extinct while I was hunting/gathering. Second, cleaning the catch was not fun, but fortunately I never killed a large animal like a dear or bear. Third, I could never be a farmer and raise animals to be slaughtered, but then I could never be a boxer or a surgeon either. Cutting live flesh is not something I would do willingly. Fourth, my rationalizing for eating meat is that putting that meat on the table is employment and income for thousands of people. Farm kids are lovingly raising animals for slaughter because it is the life they were brought up in. And millions of animals would never be born at all if it wasn’t for the food industry. I realize the corporate farming and slaughtering is not pleasant, I have been inside chicken processing plants. But then vegetable farming on the corporate scale often mistreats humans in the process of growing those vegetables. But there would be no other way to feed our exploding population with mom and pop farms. They are a luxury few can afford, and I want to grow my own vegetables about as much as I want to hunt my own meat! 😊

[dailykos.

Barnie2years comments on Sep 10, 2019:

Nope, Bolton got tossed! 🤣

Decade in the Red: Trump Tax Figures Show Over $1 Billion in Business Losses

Barnie2years comments on Sep 9, 2019:

He is a fraud in every sense of the word. Most of the money he lost was other people’s money, banks etc., not his own. But because much of the tax law is written to protect the most wealthy, his paper losses of others money is deductible off kids personal taxes and others (contractors, partners, investors) are left dealing with the losses he caused. I remember when he was in big trouble, close to filing for bankruptcy and the holders of his debt were falling all over themselves to lend him more money because his bankruptcy would have cost them more than the possibility he could somehow become solvent and stay in business. It’s a sad world we live in.

Next Friday is Friday the 13th AND there's gonna be a full moon.

Barnie2years comments on Sep 9, 2019:

Don’t forget to take some selfies! 😄😍

He just knows EVERYTHING...

Barnie2years comments on Sep 9, 2019:

Love this! 🤣

[aol.com] Ex South Carolina Governor and Congressman, Mark Sanford to challenge Trump in Primary?

Barnie2years comments on Sep 8, 2019:

One more cheating, lying Republican looking to run the country. Imagine that!

Last weekend, I sat down to enjoy a big mug of coffee, only to have my hand suddenly do some weird ...

Barnie2years comments on Sep 7, 2019:

A sudden tremor sounds like more than an age thing. Unless that coffee cup weighed around 5 lbs, I would go have medical possible causes ruled out. Don’t mess with it! Could be anything from a mini stroke, Parkinson’s to brain tumor. Best to find out early than wait to see if other symptoms develop.

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Barnie2years comments on Sep 6, 2019:

I’ve missed out on a lot of sex because I enjoy talking too much! 😄

This could be applied to everyone. Things one does when they find “the one”. [relrules.com]

Barnie2years comments on Sep 6, 2019:

Finding the one is only good when they find you back. Several almost killed me! 🙀

What was your first kiss like?

Barnie2years comments on Sep 6, 2019:

At friends of my parents house, about 9 or 10 years old. They had two daughters, one my age and one my sister's. The daughter my age was very cute, her name was Babbet. While the parents talked after dinner, we kids decided to play hide and seek in their apartement. When it was our turn to hide, Babbet took me into their parents darkened bedroom and on the bed gave me my first real kiss! My brain didn't work right for a week! We never managed to be alone together again, but I remember her and that kiss like it was yesterday.

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Barnie2years comments on Sep 5, 2019:

Of course he is! That and the fact most have darker skin than his orangish white.

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Barnie2years comments on Sep 5, 2019:

Trump should stay out of everything, he’s a rolling clown car!

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Barnie2years comments on Sep 5, 2019:

Hopefully it doesn’t really matter and Trump’s new home after the next election will be a prison cell. I’m sure if he could Trump would have fired him already just for fun. But he’s a good little soldier, keeps his head down and avoids taking any attention away away from Dumbo as much as possible, so he is perfect for the job. If he had chosen Chris Christie for the job (ad probably why he didn’t) there would be an ego battle going on that he doesn’t have with Pense.

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Barnie2years comments on Sep 4, 2019:

If she was further away I would say local foods that are hard to find other places. Lebanon baloney, Tastekakes, Wilbur Buds, local chips (Utz, Herr’s, Bickles), Farmers Cheese. Off the food, favorite games she liked to play, cards or board games. Books for fun, hobby items. How big a box do you want to pack? 😄