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One of the many reasons why I don't like CNN... [ammoland.com]

jondspen comments on Nov 9, 2018:

I use BBC, Aljazeera, and Reuters where I READ the news. I can usually get a good idea about the REAL story by comparing notes from these three sources. Sigh...I remember once upon a time when reporters actually reported the facts, not ran op ed pieces about every story they covered.

Two of the women who accused Kavanaugh of rape have now admitted to lying for political reasons.

jondspen comments on Nov 9, 2018:

You're just being a misogynist if you don't support a woman's right to lie about you, get you fired, ruin your reputation, and have you criminally prosecuted.

When teenagers are expected (if not encouraged) to date as many people as they can prior to ...

jondspen comments on Nov 9, 2018:

Perhaps some are one or the other, perhaps some are a little of both. I think the biggest problem is that children think once they reach 18 or 21, they have it all figured out and won't ever change or grow as a person. Hell, even the 30, 40, and 50 something people I talk to take this mentality. I mean at 43, most people are only half way thorough their lives, and look at all the changes in attitudes and ideas since birth!! But they seem to think that the next 43 years they will remain intellectually stagnant; and yes, I realize unfortunately the close minded individuals do...even in the face of obvious change.

Iceland’s Christmas ad was brave and necessary.

jondspen comments on Nov 9, 2018:

Pretty cool

Remake The Last Jedi

jondspen comments on Nov 9, 2018:

I honestly am done with Disney. I didn't like the content on the Disney channel when my daughters were tweens....I especially don't like them pushing their agenda in these movies. I mean, a hero from the original now a pan sexual who is a rampant sexual harassment poster boy - in a kids movie none the less? Thanks Disney, but I am perfectly capable of raising my kids and teaching them about the world without you feeling like I can't do my job as a parent. Even if TLJ was remade, I won't go see it b/c I am boycotting them with my wallet.

I never considered myself an artist until recent years.

jondspen comments on Nov 9, 2018:

How can I respond when the Pleiades won't let me drink my soup from an envelope?

Have you done the Myers Briggs?

jondspen comments on Nov 10, 2018:

Yes...one of my previous employers had everyone take it, so we would know how to deal with the person or better understand their approach to communication and problem solving. I found that it was used to attack and label people if they didn't agree with some stupid idea or POV being presented.

Would i go to hell if i don't know god?

jondspen comments on Nov 11, 2018:

Of course you would! The only problem is getting processed into the correct eternal damnation. After all, if you don't know god...then you don't know gods....therefore you have to be evaluated as to which deity you pissed off the most and has the best claim to your eternal suffering.

Which one brings back your memories? Mine is 3 and 4 ?

jondspen comments on Nov 11, 2018:

Why are they all black? Isn't that a bit racist? And what's the stringy thing attached to it? Is it a lanyard so you don't lose it? LOL I've used 2, 3, and 4. My great aunt had 2, paternal grandmother had 3 and maternal grandmother had 4. We had #4 also, but with the 10ft cord that always twisted into a DNA helix and would reach from one end of the house to the other and provided free games of limbo.

Don't thank me for my service I typically ask business if they give discounts to disabled ...

jondspen comments on Nov 12, 2018:

Thank you for the responses so far. Again, my goal is to not be rude to those people, but to challenge their appreciation and involvement in the democracy they enjoy. I have thought about typing up a small paragraph, or getting business cards made up to hand to them....that way it might not come off as an attack, but more of a personal challenge.

Spiritual but not Religious, WHATS THAT

jondspen comments on Nov 14, 2018:

It means they want to go to heaven, but don't want to do or give up all the shit to get there, so they believe in the happy imaginary friend fairy land without the need to 'earn' it.

Being 55 and not being able to find work in the field for which you've prepared is like being half ...

jondspen comments on Nov 14, 2018:

No...not halfway. Half way through you are dealing with trash mobs, and still have a chance to exit the instance, go back to town where you spend the rest of the game at the craft table. It's more like at that point you are at the boss chamber, the door just shut behind you when you realize the above! LOL

An interesting way to talk to theists: I'm a probation officer.

jondspen comments on Nov 16, 2018:

That's pretty awesome...you seem like you really care about people in general. After reading your post, I thought to myself, "No way this person can be a PO in Texas!"

Who's someone that "gets a pass" because they're famous but really shouldn't because they've ...

jondspen comments on Nov 19, 2018:

Anyone with last name Bush...starting with great granddad that was a war profiter and helped finance germany

The UN is useless.

jondspen comments on Nov 19, 2018:

To the victors go the spoils...that's why France and England still have it.

Dating woes

jondspen comments on Nov 19, 2018:

Hmmm...that's odd. Usually it's the women who feel they have to fix the man they are dating (dress better, get better friends, get a better job, be more ambitious, stop flirting, clean house/put down tolite seat for her b/c she can't seem to see the benefits of looking before you put your ass on something, etc etc etc). Cursing - well, depends. If every other word out of your mouth is "FUCK", then yea, I wouldn't want to intro you to my colleague at work, young children, or grandparents. I was 6 years Marine Corps, so I can cuss like a sailor, but I also have class and tact, and know when it's appropriate. Drinking - again, maybe you are just social, maybe you are a lush. How much you drink a night when you drink, and how often is that a week? Politics - can't argue there, given that I don't think you're a member of the American Nazi party. But if you were, I wouldn't try to change you, I would just kick you to the curb. Tone down your personality - are you just outgoing - or do you come across as a no class, loud mouth, ignant, hood rat? That's not racist b/c of your skin color....I know lots of white trash hood rat girls. You be you, but on the other side of that coin, if you keep going out with guys and get the same input over and over....at some point you have to realize the only constant in the equation is you. I don't know you....so honestly I can't say if it's just bad luck with the guys, if you keep attracting the same type guy which are just oil to your water, or if you need to be honest with yourself and maybe make some personality tweaks. EDIT - you describe yourself as an alpha female, and it occurred to me that either one, you are consistently attracted to Alpha male types, and there is this dominance game being played....or being an alpha, ANY type of compromise is seen by you as controlling. I'm just spit balling ideas here...no basis in facts, just thoughts on reasonable probabilities from what I have experienced. Strong personalities typically are not attracted to betas, unless it's to establish dominance in the relationship - not respect, and strong personalities have trouble bending and compromising.

Open Mic tonight at Liberty Station from 9pm til Midnight.

jondspen comments on Nov 19, 2018:

I thought this read Open Mic from 9pm till Midnight in the year 2101 - I was like DAMN - now that's a party!!!

Gov. Jerry Brown Quietly Admits Trump Was Right, Eases California Logging Rules [dailywire.com]

jondspen comments on Nov 19, 2018:

Don't see how this is "gross mismanagement". Also love the last sentence in the article, "The president may not have been wholly correct but it seems he was certainly on to something." But hey, why be honest when you have an agenda to push, right?

I bet your mother was the same ... that is why you turned out all right.