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You are enough

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 27, 2019:

Sounds a lot like Stuart Smalley from SNL "I'm smart enough, I'm good enough and, doggone it, people like me..."

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 27, 2019:

If it brings you peace, go with it.

New Alabama Law Permits Christian Church To Establish Its Own Police Force | Michael Stone

242Foxtrot comments on Jun 26, 2019:

That's a good plan, HC. I have a bucket list item in Mobile, so instead of driving in from NOLA, perhaps I can figure out how to dart in from the FL side and get back out in a hurry. The downside is, it's still FL.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 26, 2019:

Luckily (maybe) I live here in the great plains. To cross Alabama I'd have to go there first, and I didn't leave anything behind the last time I was there. That was a really long time ago.

New Alabama Law Permits Christian Church To Establish Its Own Police Force | Michael Stone

mjb007bond comments on Jun 26, 2019:

How long before they implement blasphemy bylaws?

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 26, 2019:

@TheGreatShadow You do realize that the conservative xians won the Scopes trial...

New Alabama Law Permits Christian Church To Establish Its Own Police Force | Michael Stone

TheGreatShadow comments on Jun 26, 2019:

Hopefully they are armed with only bibles. They are less effective than a gun...

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 26, 2019:

Really, the south and conservative xians... I'm sure they're armed to the teeth.

How to be Pro-Life. Are you Pro-Life? Should women be in charge of their own wombs?

TheGreatShadow comments on Jun 25, 2019:

Sorry, bit I don't agree with the last. Unless under extreme circumstances.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 26, 2019:

@TheGreatShadow When you grow a uterus and a pair of ovaries we can talk about your opinion of abortion and what women should do with their bodies.

How to be Pro-Life. Are you Pro-Life? Should women be in charge of their own wombs?

TheGreatShadow comments on Jun 25, 2019:

Sorry, bit I don't agree with the last. Unless under extreme circumstances.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 26, 2019:

@TheGreatShadow Women are not incubators, we should have complete say over what happens to our bodies. If we choose to end a pregnancy it is no one else's business. My body, my choice, no one else's business, END OF STORY. Your friend is a moron who has no concept of birth or babies. A 4 month old baby is a living being and that would freaking be murder. I am mom of 3 living children, grandmother to two, I was a practicing xian for much of my life, do you want to hear my personal abortion story? I used to never share it, in recent times I share it much more publicly and much more often,

Trump says wrongly to the Hill "I don't need Congress's permission to declare military strikes ...

Our_existence comments on Jun 25, 2019:

This is how WW III will begin

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 25, 2019:

with donnie boy with the nuclear button we can kiss our asses goodbye.

How to be Pro-Life. Are you Pro-Life? Should women be in charge of their own wombs?

TheGreatShadow comments on Jun 25, 2019:

Sorry, bit I don't agree with the last. Unless under extreme circumstances.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 25, 2019:

Would you clarify that please.

The Not-So-Intelligent Designer: Why Evolution Explains the Human Body and Intelligent Design Does ...

MayQueen comments on Jun 25, 2019:

Does it explain why God put the amusement park next to the sewage treatment plant? That's not a very intelligent design, if you ask me.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 25, 2019:

I haven't gotten that far into the book yet.

The Not-So-Intelligent Designer: Why Evolution Explains the Human Body and Intelligent Design Does ...

AnneWimsey comments on Jun 25, 2019:

One word: Knees. Ours & dogs. "Intelligent Design" my ass......

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 25, 2019:

The birth canal, really really bad design all things considered.

Map: The United States of America, ranked from best to worst

LiterateHiker comments on Jun 24, 2019:

I LOVE living in Washington State. Spectacular hiking, three national parks, the Pacific Ocean, and clean air and water. We have a Democrat governor, Jay Inslee, and a Democrat majority in state government. Jay Inslee is a national leader in addressing climate change. Washington Attorney ...

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 25, 2019:

@Marionville And now that all my kids have settled within 30 miles of where I live, there's no way I'd consider moving away. Sigh... At least living out there made them good little liberals too.

Map: The United States of America, ranked from best to worst

LiterateHiker comments on Jun 24, 2019:

I LOVE living in Washington State. Spectacular hiking, three national parks, the Pacific Ocean, and clean air and water. We have a Democrat governor, Jay Inslee, and a Democrat majority in state government. Jay Inslee is a national leader in addressing climate change. Washington Attorney ...

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 25, 2019:

I have a special place in my heart for Washington. It was there that I found (or refound) my liberal side. I lived in the Tacoma/Bothell/Everett area from 1993 to 1999. In 1999 we moved to Kansas. What a freaking shock, even though I'm originally from Nebraska. I loved the hiking, the ice caves, the water. If not for the cost of living and distance from extended family, I would have loved to stay there.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Unimaginable Reality of American Concentration Camps | The New ...

Athena comments on Jun 24, 2019:

Trump will be remembered for much of the egregious acts and decisions he's taken and agreed to respectively. These ARE concentration camps. I hope he ends up in jail, with no fast food, no porn and no hairspray.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 24, 2019:

@Bobby9 That you are so OK with babies being ripped from their parents and sleeping on floors, not bathed or cared for to even the minimums of animal shelters, and that you would rather quibble about definitions than the real issue tells me all I need to know about you as a human being.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Unimaginable Reality of American Concentration Camps | The New ...

Athena comments on Jun 24, 2019:

Trump will be remembered for much of the egregious acts and decisions he's taken and agreed to respectively. These ARE concentration camps. I hope he ends up in jail, with no fast food, no porn and no hairspray.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 24, 2019:

@Bobby9 HOW are they NOT concentration camps? I've been to Dachau, I have studied history. Everything I've seen says concentration camp.

If FL Town Bends Rules for Orthodox Jews, Satanist Will React with “Giant Dongs” | Hemant Mehta ...

NoPlanetB comments on Jun 23, 2019:

I love it... bring on the dongs! There was an article a few weeks ago where the Hasidic Jews were protesting women protesters and the women stripped off their shirts down to their bras and/or not and all the HJ fled. LOL Loved that too. Used their own stupidity against them.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 24, 2019:

I saw that one, ladies standing out there in just their bras and men running like frightened chickens. SMH.

What You Can Do to Close the Camps | Social Justice Education | Yopp!

Jolanta comments on Jun 23, 2019:

I wonder how many will ready this.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 23, 2019:

I am sure not nearly enough.

I fear we may be too far along this path.

KKGator comments on Jun 23, 2019:

We ARE Nazi Germany, all over again. I don't know why more people don't see it.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 23, 2019:

Because our schools don't teach shit. They have been dumbed down. Dumb workers don't make waves.

Lots of truth in this. And we sure as hell need to be better stewards of that six inch layer:

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 22, 2019:

This is the problem farmers on our area are experiencing this year. The flooding has washed away the topsoil in many places, or covered it with sand, or worse with heavy metals. Bad year in the heartlands.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 23, 2019:

@RussRAB If they are lucky they can sell and move, start a new life in a city. Farmland with no topsoil is essentially parking lot.... where no one parks because it is in the middle of nowhere. Most of the farmers are mortgaged to the hilt. Not a good time.

They could be twins? This might have been posted, but it's a good one.

Killtheskyfairy comments on Jun 22, 2019:

I can’t imagine the level of disrespect that Barron will have for his mother and women in general. 🤨 Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.🤡

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 22, 2019:

@TheGreatShadow definitely wishful thinking. We grow up thinking our lives are the norm, we are the default value. That kid was screwed before he was born.

They could be twins? This might have been posted, but it's a good one.

Killtheskyfairy comments on Jun 22, 2019:

I can’t imagine the level of disrespect that Barron will have for his mother and women in general. 🤨 Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.🤡

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 22, 2019:

@TheGreatShadow Seriously? As a parent I'm thinking it was too late for Barron to become a compassionate human being within the first 5 years of his life. With a dad like DT and the rest of his half siblings... I wouldn't wish him on any female of any species regardless of age.

OMAHA NE area folks.

Dod-Ramon comments on Jun 22, 2019:

How I wish the event would be rotational! Bring it to other cities

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 22, 2019:

World Humanist Day is international. There is no reason a humanist group in your area couldn't organize a local picnic. Check out this site for a Humanists group in your area. https://americanhumanist.org/get-involved/find-or-start-a-chapter/

New Study Shows Medicare for All Would Save US $5.1 Trillion Over Ten Years

callmedubious comments on Jun 20, 2019:

yes, but would cut into the obscene profits of the healthcare industry. therefore not gonna happen til after the crash & burn. then there will be no money so you'll be reduced to a 3rd world healthcare system.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 21, 2019:

I disagree, I think the system will be salvaged, but I think we need some politicians with brains and spines to stand up to the industry.

Remember on November 3rd!! And share this everywhere!!

WonderWartHog99 comments on Jun 21, 2019:

I ought to be selling those.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 21, 2019:

If you do I might buy one.

[realfarmacy.com] This is fascinating!

glennlab comments on Jun 20, 2019:

Been doing that for at least 35 years maybe longer, shaking tomatoes and peppers to pollinate is a very old trick, taught to me when I was a kid, but I didn't start using it until my first adult garden in 77 in Spokane. The video was extremely labored in explaining what should have taken 1 minute....

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 20, 2019:

Yeah, I almost quit when he was gushing over the tomatoes, and I didn't watch it all the way through. I don't go out to the garden every day, but maybe I will start. I've always had sufficient harvest just for me...

I'VE BEEN BANNED FROM TRACTOR SUPPLY.

JacobMeyers comments on Jun 19, 2019:

Was that for real? As in you really said that yourself in TSC ?

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 20, 2019:

No, I'm not retired yet...

Can Humanism Overcome Hate? - TheHumanist.com

linxminx comments on Jun 19, 2019:

Great article with so many good points. What is really scaring me are the people who, even after acknowledging a news item is fake, will still use it as a justification for eliciting fear and getting people all worked up. I don't know how many times I reported that a news item appearing on my ...

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 19, 2019:

Nope, I have never heard of him before, however, I might have to remedy that. I am active with my local Humanists group, we might need a speaker in the not too distant future.

For those with hearing impairments, restaurant noise isn’t just an irritation.

ProudMerrie comments on Jun 19, 2019:

I have some hearing loss and background noises drive me crazy and make it difficult to hear. There are some restaurants I don't even go into anymore because of the noise levels. Texas Roadhouse comes to mind -- loudest one I've ever been in.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 19, 2019:

I haven't been to a Texas Roadhouse in years, and partly because it was so noisy.

More women are choosing not to have kids, and society can't cope - ABC Life

LiterateHiker comments on Jun 19, 2019:

Declining white birth rates are behind the Republican push to ban abortions. They fear the coming minority majority. I support women who say no to having kids. Like them, I was adamant about not having children. Pressure to have kids was relentless and absurd: *"You both are so ...

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 19, 2019:

One of my girls has been adamant about not wanting kid since high school. She is now 31. She is the most adoring, generous auntie that you could imagine. I never pressured any of my girls to have kids, in fact I was more on the take your time side. I think it worked out well. The youngest had her first child at 25, and the oldest at 33. Considering the toll that babies take on relationships, your body, your finances, and your time, every individual needs to make a decision that is right for them. One size does not fit all.

LUDDITE.

Cutiebeauty comments on Jun 19, 2019:

Nice word...

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 19, 2019:

@Cutiebeauty in the future we will refer to that person as Trump or Trumpist. America has a new Luddite.

For those with hearing impairments, restaurant noise isn’t just an irritation.

AnneWimsey comments on Jun 19, 2019:

I have a remote control that came with my hearing aids with a setting which shuts off all mic pickups except directly in front of me, effectively shutting down 90% of background noise & allowing me to focus on the person i am looking at. Thanks, Costco! Any other hearing aid supplier would charge ...

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 19, 2019:

I have a friend with a similar arrangement. I'm thinking I might need hearing aides sooner or later, maybe sooner. I do use the SoundPrint App whenever I am out. I keep finding more and more of my friends are now wearing hearing aides. And I definitely know a couple of people who should get their hearing tested, but no, they're fine they tell me. Yeah right.

For those with hearing impairments, restaurant noise isn’t just an irritation.

AnonySchmoose comments on Jun 18, 2019:

I feel that loud restaurant music is discriminatory. It becomes too difficult to hear the people with you. FYI: I'm unable to read the article, because Washington Post won't let me read any more of their articles until I pay them for a subscription. It is one I would very much like to read.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 19, 2019:

Ask and you shall receive... sometimes... (Franziska Barczyk/for The Washington Post) By Joyce Cohen June 17 at 12:00 PM It was supposed to be a joyful family gathering. Last spring, Kim Powers-Brown took an overnight train from her home in eastern Washington state to join her relatives at a restaurant near Seattle. Because of her hearing difficulties — she cannot understand speech amid background noise — the group of four requested a quieter spot. “The waitress said no, that side of the restaurant was closed and she was the only waitress on duty — it would be too much trouble,” Powers-Brown said. The family was led to a corner table, with a speaker playing music overhead. She couldn’t understand a word. Her brother demanded they sit in the quieter closed section. “I begged him not to embarrass me,” said Powers-Brown, who was born partially deaf and wears a hearing aid in one ear. [Why I will start including accessibility information in my restaurant reviews] “I apologized twice, but we were still treated rudely,” she said. “It was very uncomfortable. I felt terrible that our get-together meal was such a disaster because of my needs.” Under Title III of the Americans With Disabilities Act, restaurants — as places of public accommodation — must accommodate disabilities. But what if the disability is a hearing impairment, and the request is for a lower volume? On this issue, the law has largely remained silent. Hard-of-hearing diners report a vast range of responses when they seek softer music or quieter seating. Sometimes the music is turned down or off, and sometimes it isn’t. Sometimes it is even turned up. Maybe the volume is declared unchangeable, set by corporate overseers. Or there’s no available seating far from the clattering kitchen, the droning ventilation, the hearty partyers. Powers-Brown, 60, who is earning a library degree, rarely dines out with anyone but her husband. She never even thought to request quiet. “I was brought up to adjust to others,” she said. Instead of struggling to converse over a meal, she reads. The law, though, requires “full and equal enjoyment in places of public accommodation,” said Daniel Fink, a retired Los Angeles doctor and a noise activist. His paper on the disability-rights aspects of ambient noise was presented at a recent meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. “I can guarantee that people with hearing impairments don’t fully enjoy noisy restaurants,” he said. Pisco y Nazca in the District, where dining-room noise levels last fall measured 95 decibels, or about as loud as a power mower. (Deb Lindsey/for The Washington Post) Restaurants these days are louder than ever, to the point where critics (led by The Post’s Tom Sietsema) check volume ...

Can Humanism Overcome Hate? - TheHumanist.com

GeorgeRocheleau comments on Jun 19, 2019:

I have my doubts, but I don't think religion can either.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 19, 2019:

I think in over 2000 years we've pretty much proven that religion is a huge part of the problem.

NIXIE -- Noun 1) a letter or parcel that is undeliverable by the post office because of a faulty ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 18, 2019:

I deal with nixie's as part of my job. We get lots of returned mail. It isn't a good way to avoid your medical bills because we will find you in most cases, but it is a short term delaying tactic.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 18, 2019:

@Cast1es I talk to people all day long with similar questions, I work in customer service for the Central Billing Office of a not for profit hospital for children. I just started this job 14 weeks ago, this is my second week on the phones without a lead tethered to me. All our calls are recorded and my calls are all reviewed, I have to keep a log. So, I am also reading a book right now called An American Sickness How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back by Rosenthal, Elisabeth I so want to recommend this book to about half of my callers, however I am sure I would be fired so fast there would still be a breeze next week. However, I can recommend it to you. I actually bought a tablet so I can keep the titles of my books private, I read some pretty subversive and rather anti christian stuff, and I'm just not ready to advertise in that office that I'm that far out of the common mold. My supervisor and her boss both wear crosses. I feel your pain, my dear. No one has that type of money. Yes, you can ask for an estimate before you ever have a procedure. But read the book it will forever change your life. We desperately need Universal Health Care in the US. Everyone is out for profit and it is coming out of our hides.

KHAKI.

Haemish1 comments on Jun 18, 2019:

Now I have to look up “quinary”

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 18, 2019:

I am assuming that quinary would be after primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary... though I don't often see a list going beyond tertiary.

> Gorgeous, 30 and in California but how can she resist me?

CarolinaGirl60 comments on Jun 17, 2019:

“Read from you” Ugh, scammer-speak! Near universal among them, it’s eerie. Or they all use the same translator. 😁

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 17, 2019:

Google Translate, it is all the rage now.

We Have Five Years To Save Ourselves From Climate Change, Harvard Scientist Says

greyeyed123 comments on Jun 16, 2019:

Yeah, and I think that was five years AGO.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 16, 2019:

The article is about 18 months old, so 3.5 years left.

The Belief That Trump Is a Messiah Is Rampant and Dangerous | Psychology Today

wordywalt comments on Jun 16, 2019:

That is damned hard to believe. I find it hard to believe that anyone can be that ignorant, stupid, and morally bankrupt.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 16, 2019:

I wish you were right, but check out the other comments.

Why Do (So Many) American Women Still Support Patriarchy?

DonaldHRoberts comments on Jun 16, 2019:

The truth is, before women decided to displace men or be equalized they had the unique position of the ruling influence a place in society they gave up to fall into the ugly trap of the great facade. Silent rule is always the most powerful.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 16, 2019:

Hundreds if not thousands of women throughout history have stayed with abusive/controlling husbands because divorce was not an option. For the most part women have not been silent rulers, they have been cowed and coerced.

Catholic Priest Claims Autistic Children Are ‘Like Animals’ Caused By Porn, Masturbation, ...

Hebert54 comments on Jun 16, 2019:

Does it really surprise you that a priest can say anything so hateful? This from a person who supposedly has a direct line to his all loving imaginary friend.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 16, 2019:

It doesn't surprise me, it does disappoint me.

Somebody asked this question on Quora: Were Trump’s adult kids actually invited to the state ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 15, 2019:

They had class when the Trump Circus showed up.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 16, 2019:

@Cutiebeauty Class is responding with dignity when dog poo shows up at your dinner. They kept their composure and their class, even though I am sure it galled them to do so. So, I definitely mean when, and during. That is something the Drumpfs will never have, never realize, and never recognize.

Im willing to bet that it would be absolutely the opposite, once Mr Tariffs is expectorated out of ...

Mofo1953 comments on Jun 15, 2019:

SEE LINK BELOW, NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE BLOOMBERG LINK.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 15, 2019:

Gremlins

Im willing to bet that it would be absolutely the opposite, once Mr Tariffs is expectorated out of ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 15, 2019:

Link doesn't work, can you fix or remove please.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 15, 2019:

@Mofo1953 Thank you so much!!

[nytimes.

bleurowz comments on Jun 15, 2019:

I reached my monthly limit on NY Times articles, but I understand it. It plays upon our insecurities by making us feel we're not good enough as we are, so that you'll go buy the product.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 15, 2019:

This month has flown by so fast, I'm shocked it is mid month already. I haven't finished my early month chores... Anyway, copied and pasted the article as a reply, you're on the right track...

Would you call this an OSHA OHHHH Shit!!

patchoullijulie comments on Jun 15, 2019:

So, whose bright idea was it to put the pole in the middle of the water?

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 15, 2019:

We've got some major flooding out here, so lots of our utility poles are now surrounded by water. Mother nature doesn't give a damn for the plans of man.

I ran across a more-twisted-than-usual, Right Wing, batshit crazy website where the members want ...

tioteo comments on Jun 13, 2019:

Yeah. JFK Jr. is gone 20 years, and he would still be a better president than Ol' Orange.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 14, 2019:

Wow! It has been 20 years.... I'm now depressed and in shock. It doesn't seem like THAT long ago.

I am sooooo being pulled into the 21st century.

LizBeth comments on Jun 13, 2019:

It took me a bit to embraced Kindle (I liked 'real' books). But once I understood the ease of always having my book handy on my phone, not having to store/move physical books, buying a book with one click.....I was hooked.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 13, 2019:

I don't like it on my phone, the screen is too small and I would have to keep turning pages. I know, I'm such a baby. I have a tablet so I use that. I like adjusting the font so I can read it easily. And my light at my desk at worked stopped working so I can adjust the app so I can read it less light. I do think the tablet weighs more than most books, but to borrow or return a book to the library is a mouse click instead of a trip to the library. Yeah, I can get used to this.

BRIDGET BISHOP On this date in the year 1692, a woman named Bridget Bishop was hanged on Gallows ...

Bigwavedave comments on Jun 12, 2019:

I am slowing coming to understand how ingrained this has been in history and how far the USA has to go.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 12, 2019:

There is a really good book that covers that, called Fantasyland - How America Went Haywire A 500 Year History by Kurt Anderson. Totally fascinating, and a good read.

Sounds good.

zeuser comments on Jun 11, 2019:

I'm like Speaker Pelosi. I don't want him dead, I want him in prison.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 11, 2019:

I just want him out of the white house in the shortest route possible.

My cat thinks I'm perfect.....

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 10, 2019:

My cats think I am the can opener and water bowl filler. And catnip bringer.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 11, 2019:

@MojoDave Yes, I have had a lifetime of training from some lovely kitties.

Kissing. How do you like it?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 10, 2019:

I never liked how my ex kissed either. I always needed a raincoat or napkin. That should have been a warning sign, but now that is all history.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 11, 2019:

@MissKathleen Ya gotta laugh or you'll ruin your makeup! We produced some fantastic children so in the long run there was lots of good that came out of it.

It Makes you wonder just what it is that attracts women to the horrible, fat, piggy eyed, ...

altschmerz comments on Jun 10, 2019:

I’ve heard he can actually be quite charming in person, if he likes you.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 10, 2019:

I think I'd hurl!

Older Americans Are Preparing for Death, but Not Long-Term Care

callmedubious comments on Jun 10, 2019:

many children will be in for great disappointments when their parents end up in long term care..there goes the inheritance.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 10, 2019:

My kids know there will be very little that I am able to leave to them, beside what I've already given them. They're cool with that, and they don't like their dad and his family holding the inheritance over them. I raised my girls right, I gave them my attitude!

Anyone who says money cant' buy happiness never....

TheGreatShadow comments on Jun 9, 2019:

That's why you never take me to a pet store...

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 10, 2019:

Never buy from a pet store, adopt from a rescue or Humane Society. Pet stores are frequently fronts for breeders and are notorious for mistreatment of their animals.

Can an atheist be a hippy?

HippieChick58 comments on May 20, 2019:

I AM a hippie! And I am a happy hippie Atheist. Why would it not be possible.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 10, 2019:

@MattChanning1 That would bring clarity and that can be a dangerous thing.

Why don't we murder?

Athena comments on Jun 9, 2019:

I tell people I've raped and murdered all the people I've ever wanted to in my life. None.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 10, 2019:

There have been a few that I have thought might have benefited from being murdered, but I had no desire to be the instrument, welllllllll not post divorce.

Why don't we murder?

thinktwice comments on Jun 9, 2019:

I guess we need to be afraid of the holier than thous more than I thought...yikes!

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 10, 2019:

@Beowulfsfriend Thankfully I have let my passport lapse and no funds to travel. So no chance of going to Saudi any time soon, or any place outside the US...

Im an idiot.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2019:

If you have sour milk in your fridge, you take it out, take a sniff, and dump that crap. You don't put it back in the fridge and think it won't be so bad next week. Unless both of you have changed it isn't going to be different.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 10, 2019:

@Petter Hey!!! New picture, looks good!!

Exactly! (I know I see myself)

brentan comments on Jun 9, 2019:

I need a pet.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 10, 2019:

I recommend pets. They give me a reason to go home, and are endlessly entertaining.

10 Journalism Brands Where You Find Real Facts Rather Than Alternative Facts

JimG comments on Jun 9, 2019:

Well at least *Forbes* didn't put itself on the list, and I don't trust the WSJ. They may present facts, but they don't necessarily do so without bias.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 10, 2019:

I used to read WSJ, my ex Father in Law subscribed for his son, my now ex-husband. I am the sort if it is in print and in my house I will likely read it. So I read it. There were some really good articles that I still remember. Soooo several years post divorce, I picked up a WSJ in a waiting room. Either I've gone way far to the left (very possible) or they have veered strongly to the right, I thought they were far more right leaning than they were years ago. I didn't care to wade through the junk to get to anything I'd be interested in.

10 Journalism Brands Where You Find Real Facts Rather Than Alternative Facts

powder comments on Jun 9, 2019:

Try English language news from countries where English is not the main language. Al Jazeera RT English papers in India, China, Thailand......wherever. You get differing perspectives and realise how biased Western media is at times. Venezuela a recent classic example. BBC? Bahahaha

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 10, 2019:

I like Al Jazeera, I used to read it frequently. Thanks for the reminder, I need to bookmark it at work... we sometimes have periods of inactivity and MSN News is the default.

Why don't we murder?

thinktwice comments on Jun 9, 2019:

I guess we need to be afraid of the holier than thous more than I thought...yikes!

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 9, 2019:

@MsDemeanour I have two cats and a herb garden. AND I talk to the cats.

Why don't we murder?

thinktwice comments on Jun 9, 2019:

I guess we need to be afraid of the holier than thous more than I thought...yikes!

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 9, 2019:

@MsDemeanour I am absolutely certain I'd have been called a witch and drowned or stoned.

Older Americans Are Preparing for Death, but Not Long-Term Care

ElusiveMoby comments on Jun 9, 2019:

My grandparents prayed for long lives, a gift they sought from the Lord. They lived with Alzheimer's, incontinence, loneliness, and pain until the age of 100. That's not a gift I want. I will go to "sleep" when living is no longer a blessing.

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 9, 2019:

I have told my adult children something similar. When I stop having fun I want to go. No chemo, no surgeries, no ventilation, no heroic measures, nothing to extend my life. I don't want to spend more than 2 days in a hospital, and I want to go as cheap as possible.

It isn't left vs right, it it Top vs. Bottom.

KITDFOHS comments on Jun 9, 2019:

Do I want to be on top or on bottom?

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 9, 2019:

Seriously? At this moment I suspect you're one of us down here on the bottom. I doubt anyone on this site is counted among the top.

What Americans actually die from, what they search for on Google, and what the media reports on.

SeaMeNebraska comments on Jun 9, 2019:

How is terrorism being defined here?

HippieChick58 replies on Jun 9, 2019:

https://ourworldindata.org/terrorism

People Who Read A Lot of Books Are Way Nicer, Kinder and Empathetic

Ms_McSteven comments on Jun 8, 2019:

Here's my counterpunch: I've watched TV as part of a couple, and as part of a group. It's very social. I walk into the breakroom in the morning, and someone starts a conversation about what was on the night before. Reading is solitary. It's more difficult to find others who have read what...