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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

We are beyond peak and have been hit with some heavy winds that took a lot of leaves but we still had some good views during the hike.

Picture of Drax on a hike in the Adirondack Mountains.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Vildor is out there playing like he got Gonzo's contract.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I'm not from Iowa but have used the roads plenty of times in Iowa in my travels and never had an issue. Quite a few gravel roads to shorten the route but not an issue and who is driving into a river because they don't see a bridge?

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Life imprisonment costs less than execution, and the death penalty does not deter crime. Ending it would free millions of dollars for programs that do real good, like school lunches. Also, you can never take back a wrongful conviction with the death penalty.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Been waiting for Chism to show what he has.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

At this point, I think the Pats should just have the backups travel to Buffalo for the game and leave the starters back in Boston to heal and get ready for the next game. 😆

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I don't think he is stepping into any of his throws this year and relying on arm strength alone. Throwing mechanics look a mess this year.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I laughed when I read about his "agreement" with Denmark, an arrangement that was already in place for years. Then I thought about his supporters, who will believe he pulled it off. They have no clue about history or the world around them and will count it as a win for him.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

We have paid the price for the government pouring money and resources into external threats and ignoring the internal Christian National threat.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

So we probably have about 11000 cattle farmers voting against their best interest in Montana.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I'm good with a judge for each of our 13 districts but let's not broadcast it since Trump may like the idea himself and expand the court himself.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Dont know how three out of ten supported the terms the US wanted . All I can figure is they didn't read it because it is almost like the US didn't want an agreement since some of the terms were ridiculous.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Deaths usually come in threes so there is still hope.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Drax is celebrating National Dog Day by trying to put as many toys in his mouth as he can. #nationaldogday

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Blanche isn't a good lawyer, and his handling of Trump's pre-presidency cases showed it. Lawyers specialize for a reason and Blanche doesn't know federal law or case law well enough for the job. He also doesn't have the seasoned DOJ staff around him to cover for the gap so he will lose cases.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The reason I am a Democrat is because I like electing representatives who have different opinions and express these opinions. I do not need to hear from representatives who spew the same talking points that were written for them by their party like the GOP does.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

He has already tested NATO but NATO isn't taking the bait. He is essentially begging NATO to enter the war so he can have an excuse to get out of Ukraine and save face.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

So Rand Paul will have to prove that Fauci's fifth amendment stance is not valid for any chance to get a criminal contempt charge. We can mark this down as things that aren't going to happen and all this is is Paul trying to get a headline.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

"And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids!"

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Ya...GM has made strides to stay the same while Ford realizes they are going to at least try to compete while lobbying Congress to restrict imports while they figure it out. GM knows they have a tax payer bailout again if they can't compete so why spend the money. www.usatoday.com/story/cars/n...

usatoday.com

Ford wants to beat Chinese maker BYD at the cheap EV game. Here's how

One of America's largest automakers is desperate to beat Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD at its own cheap EV game. Here's how they plan to do it.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The legacy US carmakers are scrambling to catch up now that the rest of the world has pulled so far ahead that our "capitalist" society won't even let overseas cars in to compete. Seems on brand for the US carmakers.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Can't believe this is still a thing when we have the Pedo on TV everyday trying to pronounce basic words and attempting to create coherent sentences.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

It's called a headline and that is all the GOP wants. The headline is more effective than any follow through.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Zappa predicted the current political situation back in the early '80s, and no one in the political media took him seriously but he was right.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

You'd think he'd know Tennessee v. Garner, the Supreme Court decision that says the opposite of what he's claiming. He's clearly out of his depth on the law and shouldn't be in the position he's in.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

You'd actually be supporting unions by creating competition where none exists. Companies would be forced to build what the market demands, not what they see fit. Ford has already said they can build affordable electric cars with union labor that can compete with the Chinese but hasn't as of yet.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The bill should bar them from accepting any gift, even if it is a cup of coffee. That this isn't already law is baffling.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

How far we have fallen in just over a decade.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

A message from a time when we weren't a perfect country but we were better than we are now.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

It must have tested well with the MAGA base so the red scare will now be a thing until 2029.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Exactly, Texas begged to get in the union.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

My mother insisted that I have one so the purchase was made to make her happy.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Thirty-one percent apparently have no grasp of politics, past treaties, or the world at large.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

My guess: not one of these respondents could tell you what NATO stands for or what it does.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

The Slate doesn't come close to the EV trucks China is building as far as options available and the price of those options. Canada will have better options than anything Slate puts on the table.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I agree and I miss my Scirocco. Always surprised the Sirocco model never caught on more; mine was sporty, reliable, just a great little car. I eventually totaled it in an accident, and I still consider it the best car I've ever owned.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Two things I love in one pic, a German Shepherd and a Scirocco.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The justices can float their most controversial opinions on the last day and then disappear with no accountability. SCOTUS has become a court that mangles precedent to reach predetermined conclusions, then vanishes behind lifetime appointments and institutional immunity.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Well that just brought a happy tear.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The Democratic Party is always late to its own history lesson. After any far-right administration, a hard push to the left is inevitablem. It's a political pendulum, not a policy choice. The Dems need to accept that and stop fighting a tide they didn't create and can't stop.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Six months ago, a retired CIA officer said in an interview that Russia is winning the war. My first thought? Glad he's retired because he clearly doesn't understand how Ukraine is actually winning it.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Had a 77 280Z with the same color. Loved it.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The reflecting pool, under Obama, was stabilized from sinking further into the marsh it was built on and it was made more shallow to conserve water. The bill wasn't even close to what the pedo quoted.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

When OPM's background investigators wouldn't rubber-stamp clearances for his people, he had them moved under DOD, a jurisdiction where he expected less resistance and more compliant outcomes. Kushner was a prime example of a person who was denied a clearance by OPM due to 100 misleading answers.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Federal background investigations such as the SF-86 have a blind spot: religion and cults. Investigators are boxed in on what they can even ask in this area, and the government hands them no list of concerning groups to flag for deeper scrutiny so an investigators hands are tied on this issue.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Trump is turning into Shrek.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

And it starts as predicted.

Comment 13 days ago that the reflecting pool will peel and go back to what it was before.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

This makes me smile and want to jump in.

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J. Barry @jbarry.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I wish some reporter would ask Johnson to explain how Social Security has any effect on the governments budget. Social Security supports itself and can continue to do so with common sense decisions but no one in the government has common sense.

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