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(In Reply To Thread): Feeling despondent over the state of the world today

Posted 07-18-2016 at 04:29 PM by Blondebaerde
Updated 07-18-2016 at 11:31 PM by Blondebaerde

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Originally Posted by gentlearts View Post
It is as though I have reached my limit of tolerance for the constant pounding of sorrowful things happening in the world.
Last night's Bastille Day massacre seems to have hit me in a physical way. I feel like curling up in a ball and sleeping, and I can't snap out of it.
I mourn the loss of our collective happiness, and feel powerless to affect change.
Probably better as a blog post: what to do with the world and big problems? My response to the thread, not posted:...
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Posted in Lifestyle
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OK, I'm Onboard with the Senator! Wait, Oh No...

Posted 06-30-2016 at 06:14 PM by Blondebaerde
Updated 07-18-2016 at 11:32 PM by Blondebaerde

"In the past few weeks, since she defeated Bernie Sanders, Mrs. Clinton has been impersonating a centrist. Her foreign-policy speech was crafted to contrast sharply with Trump’s illiterate eruptions. She praised NATO, upheld the importance of alliances with Japan and South Korea, defended John McCain’s heroism, stressed the centrality of American world leadership, and promised to harness allies in the war to defeat ISIS. The speech was miles to Trump’s right."

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Poor Statist Stooges! Awww....

Posted 06-28-2016 at 04:58 PM by Blondebaerde

Yet another fantastic National Review article refuting New York Times, Slate, Huffington Post, other statist stooges and in defense of nationalism and patriotism.

http://www.nationalreview.com/articl...g-among-voters

I agree that we get much of ours from the British and their long history of national pride and achievement. As a man of Irish ancestry, I try not to carry those ancient grudges too far and look to the...
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Thoughts on Brexit, Short Sounds Bites (ongoing)

Posted 06-26-2016 at 10:30 PM by Blondebaerde
Updated 07-09-2016 at 11:12 PM by Blondebaerde

6/26: I hear Lurch is heading to Brussels and London to encourage more EU states to "not leave" based on "An EU united and strong is our preference". Christ almighty, do these damned far Left statists never learn? Every time some clown in their regime opens its gob, a million more Europeans figure out, correctly, that the best move is to do the exact opposite. They should refuse his plane permission to land at either airport.

Their filthy, anti-church, big government,
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(In Reply to Thread): At wits end with my 20 year old!

Posted 06-14-2016 at 04:05 PM by Blondebaerde
Updated 06-26-2016 at 12:31 AM by Blondebaerde

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Originally Posted by Chilly71 View Post
So has anyone here had to get their 20 year old out of the house and how did you do it?

I love my son to eternity and its breaking my heart but this "kid" thinks he knows it all and he really needs a dose of reality!

Sorry for the long post but I'm just looking for some solutions before the "Drill Sargent" mode takes over.
It's easy for me to say...I'm not a parent...but I really have to fall back to how my dad handled it w/me...
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