The opening week for Kamala Harris has been dogged by the question of whether a tough-minded, law-and-order prosecutor like Harris can win the Democratic nomination. Progressive (socialist) Democrats who are already committed to the social-democratic visions of Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have been unloading on social media, spreading videos of Harris talking like a Nixonite about crime, hoping to show that she is not only at odds with the activist base of the Democratic party, but with the whole country.

Everyone knew the socialist outcry was coming. Harris seems to have let it bait her into an ill-thought-out dash leftward on economic issues, namely her co-sponsorship with Bernie Sanders of a “Medicare-for-all” bill. Probably why democrat's pushed so hard for Obamacare. anyone knows that the UN-Afordable Care Act is incapable of paying for itself as it stands by itself. Without constant infusion of public federal dollars Obamacare would be bankrupt in short order. Unless those who pushed this on the American people knew nothing about business it seems they knew it would flop, and were waiting in the wings with Medicare for all to replace the financially insolvent Obamacare.

Democrat's have fostered on the American public that the European medical/insurance system is a wonderful example of what we should be following. If one truly follows the true story of the EU insurance industry of France, England, Germany Sweden and Denmark their leaders have been saying for nearly a year that unless taxes are seriously increased and benefits are adjusted (downward) to fit economic reality their socialistic insurance programs will be bankrupt within five years.

I posted the French insurance ministers report on this subject several months ago.

... and this is the wonderful example for medical insurance that democrat's want to force on America.

The new class of socialistic democrat's and the standard, run of the mill, democrat's don't see eye to eye. This "blue wave" may turn into a congressional house that could sink by the time the 2020 election arrives due to division the new socialists are pushing Pelosi for. Will be interesting to see how their divisive endeavors will divide the democrat's when the country begins to see what will happen to their pay checks in order to pay for their "give us your freedoms and paychecks in order to support their tax and spend mentality".

Everyone is suppose to get everything for free, but they never explain up front how the public (middle class) will foot the bill for their ideology.

News flash: record cold wave hits Midwest.

Tweet from President:
Global warming,where are you when we need you.

Just watching the local news (5:35am):

1. Both high schools have records of him being troubled.
2. He was placed in a mental health facility in 2014
3. High school friends advised his mother of his problems who opted out of asking for help
4. His girlfriend stated he had dreams of killing people
5. His girl friend said he said he wanted to kidnap people
6. In an email he told his girl friend he wanted to commit suicide by cop.

Pure and simple no one wants to get involved. With all of this on his record how could he be hired in as a prison guard and purchase a weapon????

It's still my opinion that the back ground check system isn't working and mentally disturbed people are being ignored. We as a country need to invest more in these types of individuals and less in gun control.

Treat the problem and not the symptom.

Traumatic experiences themself do not cause mental illness. We all have negative experiences in life. What's important is how we react to these experiences.

I possess a carry permit from the state of Indiana. Most state laws are similar to each other. Before applying I did a study of state laws regarding hand guns. Federal laws are plenty in abundance. The problem is enforcement is not properly being acted on. If laws that now exist arn't being acted on what will new laws do? In Indiana this individual could never have legally purchased a weapon. He would have had to obtain one illegally.

But then the question of the prison job he had comes up. This is an example of laws and background checks that are on the books now that are not being enforced. Until existing laws are rigorously applied we are wasting our time generating more that, in the end, will only limit legal citizens.

I've argued for decades that we need to earnestly enforce the laws we have. Until this happens I'll never agree to writing more. New laws always seem to work in the favor of the criminal.

After I went through the process of applying the local, state and federal governments took three months to complete there background checks on me. The average citizen has to be squeaky clean. How do these people with mental issues get by? This is an issue that the national news media side steps. They side stepped it big time in Parkland Fl. Fellow high school students who told the news reporters about him hearing voices were told theydidn't need their story. As I've stated for more than a year, the majority of these killers have a psychiatric history. How are they legally purchasing weapons?

In Indiana a person with psychiatric history can't even by a BB gun.

Just like if we don't have access to drugs addicts won't exist.

The Sebring Florida bank shooter grew up in the area I live. He went to Plymouth and Breman high schools (around 20 miles away). He has a record of mental health issues. Once spending time in the Plymouth mental facility. A past girl friend said he sent her texts about kidnaping people and suicide by police.

Instead of calling for weapons bans the schools and community are asking why his conditioned wasn't acted on and how the community can help troubled people like this. His mother was contacted about early comments by school friends but she refused to work with the state police. In a way his mother may hold some responsibility for ignoring his condition.

Mr. Xaver had recently been training to work as a correctional officer at Avon Park Correctional Institution, a prison about 20 miles north of the bank where the shooting occurred.

This is a failure of the legal system to perform proper state and federal background checks. Even the Correctional Institute should have discovered his hospital stay in Plymouth Indiana before hiring him. He has a documented history of mental issues.

Gun control would have done nothing to stop this. Background checks and giving help to those who have mental issues are the only answers.

It seems anything a man writes in his profile is assumed to be untrue.

So what do we write?

Do we write anything?

Would anything we write be believed?

So this brings us back to real life: are we here only for the forums because online dating doesn't work?

As I've stated in months and years past: as men and women age we loose trust in the opposite gender. So we look at photos, sip our coffee and then go about our day (or evening).

It's interesting that when women makes the above statement and a man challenges it he's considered a jerk because she thinks he wants to be in a higher priority than her biological children.

My estimate is these types of answers, while true, are reflecting entries made by women in their profiles.

So when a man reads this in a woman's profile is he to assume he will be second, third, etc?

One of the problems with reading women's profiles is many of their profiles follow the same outline. More or less if you read one you've read them all:

1. I love my family
2. I love to travel
3. I love to laugh
4. I love to go out for dinner
5. Etc

The above is not meant to be harsh but ladies tell us something we don't already know. Because so many profiles of women read as I wrote above men ignore reading profiles because they, generally, read the same.

Yes Toddygirl5 I did read your profile!

Well, I don't check out men's profiles so I can't offer an opinion regarding men's photos. I'm 67 (will be 68 on January 31st) and I set my search age parameters to 60 and above. I have to say that at least 1/3 of the women's photos look like a mid 40's to early 50's individual or the photo has been modified with Photoshop.

Some will post a 40 something photo and then when one views their profile (yes, I read profiles) they'll have another closer to their real age. I figure if she looks to good she probably isn't. At my age a true few extra pounds, a few wrinkles and silver hair can't be helped (either gender). I don't understand being dishonest because when a meeting takes place the facade disappears.

In the end, people voted for Trump. Americans wanted RADICAL change and Donald Trump was that change. Clinton was, well, more of the Same old, same old. She would have been a continuation of the Obama administration.

The polls had Hillary winning 80 to 85%. She should have won by a major landslide: but she didn't. To claim that Russian intervention stole all of her massive lead is a major insult to the American people and is being used as an excuse for her miserable failure.

BTW, the above info is from a CNN article dated November 12, 2018.

Democrat's can not and will not admit the people wanted change away from liberal socialism. They'll let the country fall on it's face first.

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AgDay report:
Chinese opening up markets to purchase American chickens. All due to President Trumps trade deal with Beijing made in South America.!

True romantic relationship love can only be tested within the relationship of marriage. Living together doesn't have the long term commitments that marriage brings.

Within a marriage you will find out if one has true love which contains boundless amounts of commitment.

Suppose to be -5F (-20C) degrees tonight. Suppose to warm up to 32F (0C) by Tuesday. Time to get out the sun screen.

U.S. special counsel disputes report Trump told lawyer to lie

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office on Friday disputed a report in BuzzFeed News that President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen said Trump directed him to lie to Congress.

https://news.yahoo.com/lawmakers-plan-investigate-whether-trump-told-lawyer-lie-010657648.html

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But, boy did the nbc, cbs, abc, pbs and cnn news agencies spread that story as fact. This is the type of fake news that much of America will come away believing.

Contrary to liberal doctrine Trump didn't bring DIVISION!

Division brought Trump! The unAmerican liberal direction of the country helped fuel and elect Trump as president. Not Russian interference.

The house democrat's are refusing to end this shut down. I wonder if they would be so hard nosed if their pay and benefits stopped in the event of a government shut down?

Congress is way to isolated from the effects of the decisions they make.

The democrat's are putting all of their bets on the 2020 election. If they can create continuous accusations against Trump and republicans their hoping to hold the house, win the senate and the presidency. Then watch the liberal socialist laws come hot and heavy.

If the democrat's come into power in 2020 watch for them to offer free citizenship to all 11,000,000 illegal aliens.

As strange as this may sound "The Wall" may be the front story being argued about for the government shutdown. Time will tell.

Here’s the Reality About Illegal Immigrants in the United States

By VIVIAN YEE, KENAN DAVIS and JUGAL K. PATEL MARCH 6, 2017

There are 11 million of them, the best estimates say, laboring in American fields, atop half-built towers and in restaurant kitchens, and swelling American classrooms, detention centers and immigration courts.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/03/06/us/politics/undocumented-illegal-immigrants.html

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... and the President is exaggerating? 11,000,000? Please describe how 11 million is exaggeration?

I still say the democrat's and news media are supporting open boarders because if allowed and they become citizens they will vote democratic. The democrat's and media could care less about the "poor Hispanics" as a people but only as a way to change the voting demographics of America: one way or another. This is about votes (power) not being people friendly.

Up until the night of the 2016 election liberals thought they had the USA in their back pocket. Not so, said much of the country. Allowing in millions of illegals and rewarding them with citizenship will guarantee democrat victories for more than a decade.

By then capitalism will be legislated out and socialism will be legislated in. The riots in Europe are the average citizen displaying their displeasure with socialism. Just where democrat's want to take America.