Michelle O.

genessa comments on Oct 3, 2018:

she's wonderful but she has made it VERY clear she wants nothing to do with running for office. meanwhile if we don't have a big blue wave next month, there won't be anything approaching an honest election in 2020 and it won't matter who's running. g

genessa replies on Oct 3, 2018:

@Leafhead use it as fertilizer. i wish i could drive (and had better health). man, would i ever drive people to get their i.d. cards, and to city halls to get absentee ballots or to polls in november. that has to be done. there is so much voter suppression going on. g

Michelle O.

brentan comments on Oct 3, 2018:

Vote Michelle for same old. Vote Bernie for social democracy.

genessa replies on Oct 3, 2018:

michelle isn't running but she would HARDLY be the "same old." i'd be quite surprised to see bernie running again. i'll vote for anyone running on the democratic ticket, not only because i actually believe in what they believe in, but because that's the only way to get rid of the criminal organization currently running the country. g

Everything can change, Yes everything, with a smile .

genessa comments on Oct 3, 2018:

nope, definitely not everything. some things, even many things, but not everything. g

genessa replies on Oct 3, 2018:

@belfodil you are mistaken. i was not angry at all. i was also not being aggressive. read what i said. there is no aggression or anger there, although there is a measure of frustration. however, your telling me that i am very very angry when i wasn't even a little angry makes me a little angry so i guess i WILL block you. be as ridiculous as you want, but don't tell me how i feel. it's just another one of the many things you do not know. g

Everything can change, Yes everything, with a smile .

genessa comments on Oct 3, 2018:

nope, definitely not everything. some things, even many things, but not everything. g

genessa replies on Oct 3, 2018:

@belfodil what has that got to do with your topic? you keep changing the subject! and your questions make no sense anyway. look, i have nothing against you. i don't want to block you because you're not a troll, you're not rude, i have no reason to block you the way i block bad people. but your posts, one after the other, are so nonsensical, and when you're called on that, you just change the subject with more nonsense. so i'm thinking about it. i'm just tired of seeing this nonsense on my page. if i do it, it won't be personal. g

Everything can change, Yes everything, with a smile .

genessa comments on Oct 3, 2018:

nope, definitely not everything. some things, even many things, but not everything. g

genessa replies on Oct 3, 2018:

@belfodil you were talking about smiling. what are you talking about now when you say "level of physical structure"? this is nonsense. g

Relative Reality The same reality can be quite different from the perspective of two different ...

genessa comments on Oct 2, 2018:

it matters if you're trying to accomplish something either alone while thwarted by those with a different perception of reality, or in concert with others who cannot agree with pertinent perceptions of yours. otherwise, not so much. g

genessa replies on Oct 3, 2018:

@johnprytz so who said everyone should agree on everything? g

Reality In Review: Part Three Reality and Free Will… What?

genessa comments on Sep 29, 2018:

"... if you are actually a colony of organisms, each of which have no free will (i.e. – your body cells hence tissues, organs and organ systems), then “You”, the total collective of those organisms that lack free will, can’t have free will." that is by no means a given. MANY things are ...

genessa replies on Oct 3, 2018:

@johnprytz okay. but that has no impact on what i said. g

Do you believe that a cure for cancer exists, but it's not available to the public because medical ...

CMan comments on Oct 3, 2018:

I am positive there is a cure for all cancers. I believe all cancers are cause by stuff in our environment. The food we eat, the water we drink, the air we breath and I don't believe it is by accident. The cancer industry is a multi-billion dollar a year industry and if they announced a cure ...

genessa replies on Oct 3, 2018:

cancer has existed since way before any of the carcinogenic things we now have in our environment were there. ancient greeks had cancer. g

Do you believe it's unethical to eat meat?

genessa comments on Sep 8, 2018:

i do not believe it is unethical to eat meat. we are omnivores, as a species. there are unethical ways to produce meat and i am against that. every vegan i have ever personally know has become ill from being a vegan and had to stop. every single one. i know someone who has been a vegetarian ...

genessa replies on Oct 3, 2018:

@darthfaja my experience, with well educated people, is that those who went vegan got sick and had to stop. there were enough of them for me to notice a pattern. i can only speak from that experience. g

I have learned a lot from this site .

genessa comments on Sep 27, 2018:

married men can't chat? chatting with an eye toward romance, yeah, that's a no-no, but chatting? i'm a straight woman and i am spoken for anyway, but i'll chat with anyone who doesn't get rude lol. g

genessa replies on Oct 3, 2018:

@sweetcharlotte i don't know. common knowledge? semi-common? anyway i've heard it before. it might be more british than american. i'm american, myself. g

While sleeping when it's warm I like to leave one leg outside the covers in order to moderate body ...

genessa comments on Oct 2, 2018:

i always sleep with my feet uncovered unless it's horribly cold. i thought it was just a quirk of mine but my mother, on her deathbed, doped up on morphine and slipping into a coma, kept kicking the covers off her feet. the nurses kept replacing them until i made them stop. "she wants her feet ...

genessa replies on Oct 3, 2018:

@rogueflyer oh i can't STAND a nice, freshly made, all-tucked-in bed! i won't even use a top sheet! g

Do you believe it's unethical to eat meat?

genessa comments on Sep 8, 2018:

i do not believe it is unethical to eat meat. we are omnivores, as a species. there are unethical ways to produce meat and i am against that. every vegan i have ever personally know has become ill from being a vegan and had to stop. every single one. i know someone who has been a vegetarian ...

genessa replies on Oct 3, 2018:

@darthfaja i definitely do NOT want to. i should not have to add a pill or injection to make my diet work! g

New York’s attorney general says Trump Foundation bankrolled political campaign, pursues lawsuit |...

powder comments on Oct 2, 2018:

Ever heard of the Clinton Foundation? Not defending Trump but they are as bad as each other. Big oil for Bush. Not really news

genessa replies on Oct 3, 2018:

@powder i give up. the article is about one thing. you bring up another, and not only that, but the one you bring up is bogus. i explain how it is bogus and you pick on a word i didn't attribute to you (i am allowed to use my own words to describe whatever i want). so i'm through. i stand by the article i posted. i stand by the stuff i said afterwards. i have nothing more to say to you. g

I just read an article in tonights paper that I wanted to share although it certainly is not ...

genessa comments on Oct 1, 2018:

i am totally against the idea of NOT giving pets away for free. the people who will use them badly will pay the "rehoming fee" i see everywhere, because they're usually profiting from that bad use. they can afford it. on the other hand, people who would rather spend the money on vet services and ...

genessa replies on Oct 3, 2018:

@BettyColeman understood. but not being able to afford $400 at one time is NOT the same as not being able to afford normal vet visits and food and other care. it simply doesn't. and the people charging that as a rehoming fee mostly had not taken care of any of those expenses and were not being reimbursed for them by the rehoming fee. they simply called it a rehoming fee when in fact they were just selling an animal, and they claimed it was to avoid having nasty people buy the animal, and this is what the original post and my response to it were about. we had a diabetic cat too, and he got insulin shots twice a day. we were poor then too (although not when we got the cat) but we did it anyway. we do not need to be judged for being poor and having pets. no one does. g

I have learned a lot from this site .

genessa comments on Sep 27, 2018:

married men can't chat? chatting with an eye toward romance, yeah, that's a no-no, but chatting? i'm a straight woman and i am spoken for anyway, but i'll chat with anyone who doesn't get rude lol. g

genessa replies on Oct 3, 2018:

@sweetcharlotte to chat someone up -- to initiate and continue conversation with someone with romance (or sex, or scamming) in mind. g

Yes, I can burn the quran the same way I can wipe my ass with the torah and let a dog piss on the ...

genessa comments on Oct 2, 2018:

the people who are burning the quran are not doing those other things. they're burning it because it's muslim. they would be outraged at your doing anything to the christian bible, and torah resembles the christian old testament somewhat so they might object to that too. they're selective in ...

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@GodlessWahid666 um... all religions have cultlike elements. g

Incest: Immoral or Moral?

genessa comments on Sep 17, 2018:

i don't see it as a moral issue. it was presented (eons ago) as a moral issue because god was obviously punishing people who slept with close relations (genetically punishing them, right?) but safe sex, and we're talking adults... it makes people cringe. it makes ME cringe. but on a moral level,...

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@Triphid i didn't say incest started only with human beings, or that it is unique to human beings! gosh, why would i say that? my cat tries to hump his daughters all the time (good thing he's fixed). i didn't, and i wouldn't, say that. and i know what prehistoric means, thanks. i said incest taboos in humans predates written history. i don't know why or how, but think you thought i said the opposite of what i said! i might also note that there is no clear date when suddenly homo sapiens popped into being. it was a slow process like so much else, and mankind as we know it involves a little cross-breeding with neanderthals, who, i suspect, may have had the same taboos against incest. i believe there are other animals (not my kitties) that have such taboos, but they don't write them down lol g

I just read an article in tonights paper that I wanted to share although it certainly is not ...

genessa comments on Oct 1, 2018:

i am totally against the idea of NOT giving pets away for free. the people who will use them badly will pay the "rehoming fee" i see everywhere, because they're usually profiting from that bad use. they can afford it. on the other hand, people who would rather spend the money on vet services and ...

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@BettyColeman i got some of my cats at animal control, NOT no-kill, and they charge a fee. i think i saved those cats' lives by doing that. but now i haven't money even for that, and many people don't, and yet would not only benefit from having pets, but would benefit the pets by loving them, too. one does what one can. i am hoping my surgery in november doesn't leave my guy alone with the burden of the pets. he can't even take care of himself. g

I did big giant rant on Facebook on how the Good Old Days never existed, and is only acceptable to ...

genessa comments on Oct 2, 2018:

i don't hear much longing for the good ol' days from anyone who isn't also deluded in other, even more important ways (like being bigots, thinking trump is a real president and thinking democrats eat christian babies for lunch, which is ridiculous; they're obviously only dinner entrées).

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@cava ... and the more fictional the object of the nostalgia! g

I was ghosted by a potential date when I revealed I didn’t believe in astrology.

Elly-Katheist comments on Oct 2, 2018:

True, but I do respect belief in astrology over belief in any religion. At least the stars and planets can be seen/mapped out.

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@Elly-Katheist that chart would be for the birds! g

ELIZABETH WARREN FOR PREZ?

genessa comments on Oct 2, 2018:

i cannot begin to predict. we may have a primary full of candidates or only two or three, and warren may or may not be among them. surely someone we haven't yet met will be, too. whoever wins the democratic primary has my vote, but right now i'm concentrating on 2018. g

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@Nichole765 yep. i think warren is wonderful and of course it would be great to have a female president at last, but of those who have actually said they might run, i really like eric holder a lot. but by next year all sorts of things will happen and we'll know better than for whom to root and maybe for whom to work. g

Homosexuality?

ArtzyNerd comments on Oct 2, 2018:

it is genetic.

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@Spongebob i agree of course, but i don't necessarily think fluid means that people change midstream. i think fluid means you can be born without a clear sense of being strictly one gender or the other, and that you might flow back and forth along the spectrum, rather than meaning that you spend part of your life straight and then suddenly become gay. also not everyone's sexuality is fluid. some are more fluid than others! i think we need to make sure we define our terms. g

I was ghosted by a potential date when I revealed I didn’t believe in astrology.

Elly-Katheist comments on Oct 2, 2018:

True, but I do respect belief in astrology over belief in any religion. At least the stars and planets can be seen/mapped out.

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

so can birds, but it would be nuts to think they controlled our personalities or futures! g

I was ghosted by a potential date when I revealed I didn’t believe in astrology.

genessa comments on Oct 2, 2018:

silly, eh? "what's your sign" is a common pickup line; it's odd when it turns out to be a dealbreaker. but what's ghosted? (i'm not in the dating scene, so if it's a term relating to that, i am ignorant!) g

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@SkotlandSkye i would still ask. sometimes things don't mean what they appear to mean. i don't think there was anything wrong with asking. g

I just read an article in tonights paper that I wanted to share although it certainly is not ...

genessa comments on Oct 1, 2018:

i am totally against the idea of NOT giving pets away for free. the people who will use them badly will pay the "rehoming fee" i see everywhere, because they're usually profiting from that bad use. they can afford it. on the other hand, people who would rather spend the money on vet services and ...

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@Ray13 well of course. but that is a far cry from recommending that anyone who wants them pay a couple hundred bucks and then consider it a rehoming fee! g

An awful lot of the comments lately are by people arguing against libertarianism thinking it's a ...

genessa comments on Sep 20, 2018:

i don't think libertarianism is a religion. i think it's republican light. i don't think it's anarchy. i think it's selfishness incarnate. i do not speak from a position of ignorance. i speak from a position of having paid attention to libertarians. g

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@Jnutter819 i'm not in any such group! this showed up on my page. i responded to it. i didn't even see it was for a group or i might just have let it pass. most groups don't even let you respond if you're not a member, so when i saw the comment line, and i had an opinion, i went ahead and expressed it. as for presumed innocent and kavanaugh, give me a BREAK. it's the republicans who are suppressing evidence and taking away rights. i will back off since you've pointed out that i am inadvertently interfering in a group (so WHY is the comment setting open to all?) but not before saying that you have things bass-ackwards here. g

Since when does the president micromanage the fbi at all, much less to the extent of deciding who, ...

KissedbySun comments on Oct 2, 2018:

I'm not accepting it as normal, but sadly the people who have been voted into office are doing nothing to stop it. I will continue to fight it by trying to vote them out of office and vote someone in who has integrity, and the courage to do the right thing.

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

me too. got my absentee ballot here on my desk. mailing it in today. g

Since when does the president micromanage the fbi at all, much less to the extent of deciding who, ...

jacpod comments on Oct 2, 2018:

since you got an abnormal president?

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

i may have ended up with him but i'm not the one who went to the store and picked him out. he got dumped on me. i am not alone in that. it would be nice if we could exchange him for a real president but someone ripped the tags off and threw away the receipt. g

Test showing sexual preferences

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

don't you know to whom you are attracted? g

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@sweetcharlotte then you don't need a test. g

Homosexuality?

MrBeelzeebubbles comments on Oct 2, 2018:

What do I think of homosexuality? What consenting adults get up to is absolutely none of my fucking business. It's also none of yours. Period.

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@belfodil they are unrelated. incest happens when it happens regardless of sexual orientation. throughout this thread you have been equating incest with homosexuality. that's incorrect. you may be of this opinion or that opinion and you have a right to your opinions, but this is a factual matter and you are simply incorrect. incest and homosexuality are two different things, just as eating a nice dinner and homosexuality are two different things, murder and homosexuality are two different things and football and homosexuality are two different things. some gay people eat a nice dinner. some gay people are murderers. some gay people play football. being gay doesn't cause any of those three behaviors, none of those three behaviors is caused by being gay, and none of those three behaviors is exclusive to gay people. the same goes for incest. g

Homosexuality?

jlynn37 comments on Oct 2, 2018:

I am not learned on human physiology, but in my opinion, nature has no definition for natural and in nature, things just happen. Even if it is a choice, which I do NOT believe it is, a person has every right to make that choice as long as there is no harm done by their actions.

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@belfodil again, why are you equating homosexuality with incest? g

Homosexuality?

UrsiMajor comments on Oct 2, 2018:

I think what two consenting adults do in the bedroom is nobody else's business. I would hope someone would look at my business in the same light.

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

i agree, and only most gently wish to point out that homosexuality is not just about sex. it's about to whom one is attracted, not just sexually but romantically. it's about with whom one falls in love. sometimes people ask how a small child can know s/he is gay when, after all, s/he isn't even remotely sexually mature. well, when i was about three, i knew i was in love with gene autry. if i'd been gay i might have been in love with, say, annette funicello instead. (oh, probably not, but that's all i can think of, since i was watching the mickey mouse club at that age.) it's that simple. so it's not just about what people do in the bedroom. people in love do other stuff besides have sex. g

Homosexuality?

UrsiMajor comments on Oct 2, 2018:

I think what two consenting adults do in the bedroom is nobody else's business. I would hope someone would look at my business in the same light.

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@belfodil straight people can be incestuous too. what's incest got to do with homosexuality? why are you equating the two? g

Homosexuality?

zeuser comments on Oct 2, 2018:

I view sexual orientation like I view hair color, how tall you are, or whether you go bald. Some things just come with the package, it's how you were born. That is all.

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@zeuser actually sometimes hair color changes naturally as well, and not just with age (and not just with trauma, though it was interesting when after brain surgery liz taylor's lovely black hair turned white). sometimes a baby's hair or a small child's hair will change color as s/he grows to adulthood. i don't know how common it is but i know it's not rare. side issue, i realize and not terribly serious, but i thought i'd mention it nonetheless :-)) g

Homosexuality?

ArtzyNerd comments on Oct 2, 2018:

it is genetic.

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@belfodil no there isn't. people don't change from gay to straight. people don't change from straight to gay either. they just realize that they're gay. g

Homosexuality?

Infoguy211 comments on Oct 2, 2018:

There's a region of the brain that governs sexuality. In homosexuals, it's the same size as a woman's in men, and in women it's the size of a man's. It has nothing to do do with one's experiences.

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

i am not sure that the relative size of the hippocampus controls sexual orientation. it appears to control gender identity. trans people can be gay but that's two separate (not unrelated) things. g

Reality In Review: Part Three Reality and Free Will… What?

genessa comments on Sep 29, 2018:

"... if you are actually a colony of organisms, each of which have no free will (i.e. – your body cells hence tissues, organs and organ systems), then “You”, the total collective of those organisms that lack free will, can’t have free will." that is by no means a given. MANY things are ...

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@johnprytz we were talking about life, not just existence. so what you said, being true, still does not conflict with what i said. g

I am very angry at the AARP Foundation as I write this.

sellinger comments on Aug 20, 2018:

Don't fully understand but doesn't sound too good, get some recordings next time you speak to them like omarosa did ?

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@sellinger i don't need it back lol i would've preferred that it was understood for what it was, but if you don't get it, i can't help that. g

New York’s attorney general says Trump Foundation bankrolled political campaign, pursues lawsuit |...

powder comments on Oct 2, 2018:

Ever heard of the Clinton Foundation? Not defending Trump but they are as bad as each other. Big oil for Bush. Not really news

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@powder the clinton foundation HAS been investigated. it's more transparent than the american red cross! geez, you are buying a bunch of lies. you're just spouting them at me. bloody russians yes. with that i agree. but the clinton foundation is righteous. do you really think a foundation that distributed aid medications internationally will receive no international donations? why wouldn't it? the receipt of a donation does not mean the recipient is receiving pay for play. you have to show the play to prove that. there isn't any evidence of that at all, and it HAS been investigated. as for the hacked emails, they were not just hacked. they were altered too. g

New York’s attorney general says Trump Foundation bankrolled political campaign, pursues lawsuit |...

powder comments on Oct 2, 2018:

Ever heard of the Clinton Foundation? Not defending Trump but they are as bad as each other. Big oil for Bush. Not really news

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@powder i will add that if no one can call anyone out for dishonesty because other people are also dishonest, then why have laws at all? and by the way, whose hypocrisy are you claiming this is? is the new york attorney general somehow part of the clinton foundation? what ARE you talking about? g

New York’s attorney general says Trump Foundation bankrolled political campaign, pursues lawsuit |...

powder comments on Oct 2, 2018:

Ever heard of the Clinton Foundation? Not defending Trump but they are as bad as each other. Big oil for Bush. Not really news

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@powder the only person with the haiti angst was pence, who claimed that abc tv reported that the state department had directed relief services contracts to friends of the clintons. abc hadn't, in fact, said any such thing, and the reason it hadn't is that it wasn't true. you don't know pence lies? in addition, funds were NOT used for chelsea's wedding; where'd you get that -- breitbart? come on. your point is bogus because it is based on untruths. i am not calling you a liar. i am saying you have believed liars. g

New York’s attorney general says Trump Foundation bankrolled political campaign, pursues lawsuit |...

powder comments on Oct 2, 2018:

Ever heard of the Clinton Foundation? Not defending Trump but they are as bad as each other. Big oil for Bush. Not really news

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@Marionville, @powder yes, that is a country. wanna tell me a little more about what you think haiti has to do with your misapprehension about the clinton foundation? (and don't tell me to look it up. you're the one with the false premise. the onus is on you.) g

New York’s attorney general says Trump Foundation bankrolled political campaign, pursues lawsuit |...

powder comments on Oct 2, 2018:

Ever heard of the Clinton Foundation? Not defending Trump but they are as bad as each other. Big oil for Bush. Not really news

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@Marionville good point, added to the fact that the "what about" in this case is bogus. g

Reality In Review: Part Three Reality and Free Will… What?

genessa comments on Sep 29, 2018:

"... if you are actually a colony of organisms, each of which have no free will (i.e. – your body cells hence tissues, organs and organ systems), then “You”, the total collective of those organisms that lack free will, can’t have free will." that is by no means a given. MANY things are ...

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@johnprytz that is the theory, and yet somehow there was no life on this planet and then there was. it had to come from something, but what it came from was likely a chemical combination that sparked life. there was no life in any of the chemicals involved but they became greater than the sum of their parts. that is how catalysts work. g

Homosexuality?

genessa comments on Oct 2, 2018:

it is none of those things. it is likely mostly genetic. it is not something that should have a judgment attached to it; it just is what it is. humans are not alone in being sexually diverse. it's nobody's business who loves whom, and it's even kind of silly to try to find out where it comes ...

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@belfodil nope, i don't mean that. i don't even know what that means! factors do not get forced to do anything. g

Since when does the president micromanage the fbi at all, much less to the extent of deciding who, ...

bingst comments on Oct 2, 2018:

I have wondered the same thing. Also, it doesn't make sense just on the surface of it. It seems to me that if the FBI is going to take any guidance on this, it should come from the Senate.

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

in a perfect world, yes. with this senate.... ha! g

Since when does the president micromanage the fbi at all, much less to the extent of deciding who, ...

Marionville comments on Oct 2, 2018:

I wondered about that when I saw his news conference about it on TV yesterday. Not from US but I found that strange.

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

an outside view is valuable. yours is... well, let's just say the inside view is confusing to some, and their confusion is confusing to me. it all seems to obvious and awful. how come some people can't just look at a man like trump and see the dangerous clown i see? how come some people can't just look at kavanaugh and see the misogynistic spoiled erstwhile rapist i see? i don't get it. i don't have x-ray vision or anything! g

Homosexuality?

msbrachtseal comments on Oct 2, 2018:

I think of it as a choice based on feelings, emotions, environment, heredity, and circumstance. Maybe even more factors like chance, but one could argue the priors make the latter plausible.

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

all correct except for choice. it's not choice. that's the one thing it is not. one may choose not to act upon one's nature, and hide who one is, and that is inevitably a choice that will take an emotional toll, but one cannot choose to be straight or gay (or whatever). one can argue for choice but the argument would have no basis whatsoever. g

New York’s attorney general says Trump Foundation bankrolled political campaign, pursues lawsuit |...

powder comments on Oct 2, 2018:

Ever heard of the Clinton Foundation? Not defending Trump but they are as bad as each other. Big oil for Bush. Not really news

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

um... no. clinton foundation, one of the most respected foundations existing. does not use funds for campaigning. uses them to fight aids worldwide, among other worthy causes. in what WAY are you finding fault with the clinton foundation. be specific. what exactly have they done wrong? g

I just read an article in tonights paper that I wanted to share although it certainly is not ...

genessa comments on Oct 1, 2018:

i am totally against the idea of NOT giving pets away for free. the people who will use them badly will pay the "rehoming fee" i see everywhere, because they're usually profiting from that bad use. they can afford it. on the other hand, people who would rather spend the money on vet services and ...

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@Ray13 so then what do you do if you don't have a wide circle of pet-deprived friends and you have a pet in need of a home? you have to be a good judge of character. but most people in the world are strangers. i have NO friends who want a pet, and my guy has alzheimer's, and i'm having surgery in november from which i probably will recover (no guarantees) but which is likely to find cancer, which has worse odds. if i did, what does my guy do with the pets? he knows no one. he can't take care of them alone indefinitely. it KILLS me; these are my babies. we can't take them to a shelter, not even a no-kill, so we would have to find them homes with strangers. how do we do it? i am crying as i type this. it's an impossible situation. these cats have slept in my bed and my arms for 14-16 years. g

Horoscopes....does yours fit you? ?

genessa comments on Oct 1, 2018:

that's not actually a description of my sign, pisces. now, we all know astrology is total bunk, right? i know it. you know it. for some reason, though, i am a totally typical pisces. go figure. it doesn't change my mind about astrology but it is pretty spooky. g

genessa replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@Sheannutt not the actual descriptions of course. i mean false though it may be, there are standard descriptions for the sings. these are neither the right descriptions nor funny enough to be good substitutes. i've WRITTEN joke horoscopes and i think mine were funny :-)) but everyone has a different sense of humor. it's not offensive. it's just puzzling. g

Incest: Immoral or Moral?

Hellno comments on Aug 31, 2018:

God populated the world through incest, ok with him. Makes me feel nauseated, inner moral code says no to incest.

genessa replies on Oct 1, 2018:

@Triphid again, i gently disagree only in part, because there are different gods even in the same bibles. they're all supposed to be the same guy but they can't be. some of them are dreadful and some are not. it doesn't matter because they're ALL fictional. g

Incest: Immoral or Moral?

genessa comments on Sep 17, 2018:

i don't see it as a moral issue. it was presented (eons ago) as a moral issue because god was obviously punishing people who slept with close relations (genetically punishing them, right?) but safe sex, and we're talking adults... it makes people cringe. it makes ME cringe. but on a moral level,...

genessa replies on Oct 1, 2018:

@Triphid earliest times, definitely. before the evolution of mankind... no such thing as "before" because evolution is a continuous process. perhaps you mean prehistorical times? g

Democratic Socialism [counterpunch.org]

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

well, that certainly perpetuates the myth that the democratic party as a whole is all talk and mostly interested in preserving unrestrained capitalism. those who pay good attention and don't cherry-pick, and don't equate being donated to with being beholden and bought and sold, know that this is ...

genessa replies on Oct 1, 2018:

@dan325 i think she is wonderful, and i think that her finding more value than downsides in the agreement -- and i am not saying i am for or against, because i STILL don't know all the details, just that some people SAID it gives the corps that power and others say otherwise - doesn't make her a person who caves. she probably actually believed in its value, right or wrong. g

You've read the warnings.

AnneWimsey comments on Oct 1, 2018:

Ohferpetessake...just report and/or block. It reads like a robot anyway...do you know there are quite a few sociology studies going on that measure reactions to stiff like this? Do not waste your precious time!

genessa replies on Oct 1, 2018:

@AnneWimsey lol i put in all the words that happened between us. there is no law requiring everyone to read all of them. g

You've read the warnings.

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

update: his profile (yep he's still here) says he is from tennessee, or at least IN tennessee, and his education level is "college." he may be in tennessee but he is definitely not FROM any of the united states. his speech is not like that of an uneducated american; it's the speech of someone ...

genessa replies on Oct 1, 2018:

@JimG no? not yet eh? rofl rofl! g

What is the secret

genessa comments on Sep 29, 2018:

dogs are not generally consumed by humans in what is considered the western world but they have been, and in some cases still are, consumed by humans elsewhere and elsewhen. at least some native american tribes considered dog a delicacy. i don't know if koreans still eat dog; if they don't, ...

genessa replies on Oct 1, 2018:

@belfodil and the people who have dogs do NOT breed them every year, might even spay them, and the people who have sheep DO breed them. g

I don't even like eisenhower but i sure can't argue with this. g

Marine comments on Sep 29, 2018:

He was the last good republican president.

genessa replies on Oct 1, 2018:

@Marine that makes sense but i don't think it was the only motivation. g

Democratic Socialism [counterpunch.org]

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

well, that certainly perpetuates the myth that the democratic party as a whole is all talk and mostly interested in preserving unrestrained capitalism. those who pay good attention and don't cherry-pick, and don't equate being donated to with being beholden and bought and sold, know that this is ...

genessa replies on Oct 1, 2018:

@dan325 i don't see it, and i do pay attention. i know cory booker was accused of that and it just wasn't true. case in point: he voted against an amendment (to a bad bill, as it happens) to let us import inexpensive drugs from canada. everyone was outraged and said it was because he was playing to big pharma. it is true that new jersey is the home of a lot of pharma, but it is ALSO true that there was a SIMILAR amendment allowing us to import inexpensive drugs from canada, and booker voted FOR that one! but no one ever mentions that. everyone just wants to attack, attack, attack and he didn't do anything wrong and wasn't bought, sold or owned by big pharma. so i hear this a lot about dems and it always turns out to be a case like that. g

All right, you godless lot.

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

today. thrice. i went to the ordway theatre for a cookies and coffee reception followed by a season preview, a couple arias from each selection from the coming season. it was wonderful. as i went to get some cookies, i saw a guy wearing a t-shirt that said VOTE and i told him i loved his ...

genessa replies on Oct 1, 2018:

@LetzGetReal yep! and i was being honest all three times. i wasn't reaching; my reactons were natural. g

An awful lot of the comments lately are by people arguing against libertarianism thinking it's a ...

genessa comments on Sep 20, 2018:

i don't think libertarianism is a religion. i think it's republican light. i don't think it's anarchy. i think it's selfishness incarnate. i do not speak from a position of ignorance. i speak from a position of having paid attention to libertarians. g

genessa replies on Oct 1, 2018:

@Jnutter819 but i am against libertarianism, so i don't want anyone to argue FOR it, and i certainly don't agree that both parties take away your rights, unless i could agree that regulating toxic emissions was taking away the rights of corporations. i can't agree to that, so i can't agree to any of this. g

You've read the warnings.

AnneWimsey comments on Oct 1, 2018:

Ohferpetessake...just report and/or block. It reads like a robot anyway...do you know there are quite a few sociology studies going on that measure reactions to stiff like this? Do not waste your precious time!

genessa replies on Oct 1, 2018:

i don't consider it a waste of time if i can warn people! it's not all about me, ya know! g

You've read the warnings.

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

update: his profile (yep he's still here) says he is from tennessee, or at least IN tennessee, and his education level is "college." he may be in tennessee but he is definitely not FROM any of the united states. his speech is not like that of an uneducated american; it's the speech of someone ...

genessa replies on Oct 1, 2018:

@JimG oh but i should mention that he is following 23 people, ALL WOMEN. that's just not normal. g

You've read the warnings.

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

update: his profile (yep he's still here) says he is from tennessee, or at least IN tennessee, and his education level is "college." he may be in tennessee but he is definitely not FROM any of the united states. his speech is not like that of an uneducated american; it's the speech of someone ...

genessa replies on Oct 1, 2018:

@JimG his profile says spiritual. 'sigh. he has left me alone, at least, since all of the above! g

Reality In Review: Part Three Reality and Free Will… What?

genessa comments on Sep 29, 2018:

"... if you are actually a colony of organisms, each of which have no free will (i.e. – your body cells hence tissues, organs and organ systems), then “You”, the total collective of those organisms that lack free will, can’t have free will." that is by no means a given. MANY things are ...

genessa replies on Oct 1, 2018:

@johnprytz agency can't come from a state of no agency? then i guess evolution is impossible. since i see evolution happening all around, i guess i don't buy that. g

I just had my second scanner from this website. Ladies beware.

genessa comments on Oct 1, 2018:

i got what appears to be a scam contact too, but from a different name. g

genessa replies on Oct 1, 2018:

and the guy who contacted me was following 23 people, all women, and blair is following 27 people, all women, and at least two are the same on both lists. hmm. g

PLEASE tell me this is not common among things parents subject their children to.

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

sorry but that is not what all or even most straight people say. all the straight people i know say be who you are, and teach kids to accept people for who they are. being straight doesn't automatically make someone an asshole. g

genessa replies on Oct 1, 2018:

@orange_girl it might or might not even be a thing. it might just be what some small group of people are doing. g

Democratic Socialism [counterpunch.org]

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

well, that certainly perpetuates the myth that the democratic party as a whole is all talk and mostly interested in preserving unrestrained capitalism. those who pay good attention and don't cherry-pick, and don't equate being donated to with being beholden and bought and sold, know that this is ...

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@dan325 that's the myth. it points out a MYTH. that was my point. if you think the dems are manipulated by the economic elite, how can you respect them? that's what teaches the disrespect, and it's not even true. but i am EXTREMELY glad to hear how you vote. you are right about no practical alternative... and to have one, you have to get whatever that alternative was some chops. pretend for an instant that jill stein wasn't a russian/republican stooge. pretend the green party was a nice as its name implies, and viable. you don't just get a president. you get school board members. you get dogcatchers. you pay the dues, earn the chops, work the way up. i think we would not benefit from a three-party system (now we're talking politics, not economics) because we have no coalitions; we're not parliamentary. britain's not doing such a good job right now making that work but theoretically it can work. it can't, here, with our system. however, we only have one major political party right now. the republicans are not a political party. they're a criminal organization. so there IS room for a second party... once we have gotten the criminals out. there isn't a viable alternative, as you say, but there could be... not necessarily soon, especially since the republicans are paying to have third party candidates on ballots to split the liberal vote (this just happened in ohio). but once we have them gone, if a party more economically progressive than the democrats wanted to challenge them/join them in power, why not? g

Are we freethinkers to be as petty as Christians on their websites?

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

what, atheists, as diverse as we are, should be superior in character to theists? some of us are petty and some of us are not. if you have some discussions to start (it's really hard to start a discussion with "we should be discussing this" but, you know, present the problem, or present the ...

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@HumanistSinger is that all you wanted? attention? feh. run into the street naked carrying a sword and get the same effect. you didn't get any more attention from me for saying something stupid than you would have for saying something smart. i answer a lot of posts. i know this won't change your life, but i have no particular respect for your attention-seeking. in fact i rather DISrespect that. i will now turn my attentions elsewhere. g

Proof of no god?

jondspen comments on Aug 23, 2018:

It's the same proof that there are no unicorns, leprechauns, fairies, etc., which is the lack of ANY evidence they exist or influence the physical world in any way. Do you feel the same about these mythical creatures as you do about 'gods'?

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@darthfaja sorry, that's my fault, my unicorn chews through his lead every once in a while and goes wandering. i think it's because i'm not a virgin. g

I keep seeing people posting about the allegations of sexual assault against Bill Clinton and how ...

linxminx comments on Sep 30, 2018:

I believe (it's been awhile) the women in the Clinton case came forward with allegations that they had a relationship/affair with Clinton. I don't believe he was ever accused of sexual assault. There is a difference. Clinton had affairs with other women, including Monica Lewinsky, and did not ...

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@SukiSue even before that -- he should be dismissed because he forwarded email with stolen information (and the subject line SAID so, so it's not as if he forwarded it innocence) and then lied about it in the hearings for his current position. the explosive temper alone would be a reason to dismiss; the lying in the previous hearings alone also would be. g

Ya' pays your money & ya' takes yer choice...

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

just so you know, the expression is "you pays your money and you takes your chances." chance, not choice. of course that doesn't change the veracity of the meme, which is spot on. g

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@phxbillcee hysterical! i'll add something to it (don't i always?) he talks about memes, and of course a meme can say anything and attribute it to anyone, but sometimes memes show someone's picture and then have a message it is maybe not so clearly attributing to the pictured person, but which is purportedly in sync with that person's world view, or at least that person's persona's world view. example: all of those gene wilder as willie wonka memes. it's the same picture again and again, and there may be a different message under it in each meme, and no one actually thinks wonka said that in the movie, but everyone can imagine the line being said in THAT voice. usually the message does go along with that persona's tone. once in a while, some rightwinger will use it to express a rightwing view that simply does NOT go along with wonka's persona, and most definitely doesn't go along with wilder's worldview, as he was a liberal democrat. when that happens, there is either deception or ignorance (or both) involved. it would be like showing a picture of clint eastwood and saying something pro-gun control. it's not a match. it's not even about misquoting; it's about misreading the truth about the pictured party. anyway, misquotes can be corrected, although their proliferation is hard to stop, but this misguided , mismatching meme-making is harder to counter because if you use more than three or four words in your response people accuse you of being obsessed, or emotional, or defensive, and pay no attention to what you're actually saying. if i were not so tired from my day out, i could probably have said that in fewer words -- but not three or four lol anyway thanks for the laugh! i enjoyed that video. g

Scientists Are Working on an Algorithm to Predict Death - Tonic

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

death is the easiest thing in the world to predict. i will predict it now: we're all going to die! there. you wait and see if this isn't true! but seriously, an algorithm cannot predict death. it can calculate the odds but it cannot use every bit of information that would help such a ...

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@tnorman1236 again i understand, though i think that anyone who is already considered an end-of-life patient already has a family being prepared and hopefully as much palliative care as possible. so maybe the algorithm says "friday at four in the morning" instead of "really soon" -- i guess it's okay but it wouldn't be at the top of MY list. still, it's interesting, in its way.

Ya' pays your money & ya' takes yer choice...

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

just so you know, the expression is "you pays your money and you takes your chances." chance, not choice. of course that doesn't change the veracity of the meme, which is spot on. g

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@phxbillcee see, people can't even agree on an origin! i can find nothing connected with barnum for either version and in fact cannot even find an origin for the version with which i am familiar. this is SO weird! g

Scientists Are Working on an Algorithm to Predict Death - Tonic

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

death is the easiest thing in the world to predict. i will predict it now: we're all going to die! there. you wait and see if this isn't true! but seriously, an algorithm cannot predict death. it can calculate the odds but it cannot use every bit of information that would help such a ...

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@tnorman1236 i understand. i am not sure i agree that this would be better to know about end of life patients. about patients who MIGHT die, where the algorithm would be the least useful, it would be better to know, but if a patient is dying, what possible use could it be? so they can plan to have more empty beds in time for more dying patients? i can see some pretty cold uses for this algorithm in that circumstance. g

Ya' pays your money & ya' takes yer choice...

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

just so you know, the expression is "you pays your money and you takes your chances." chance, not choice. of course that doesn't change the veracity of the meme, which is spot on. g

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@phxbillcee the choice version appears to have originated with aldous huxley. g

Ya' pays your money & ya' takes yer choice...

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

just so you know, the expression is "you pays your money and you takes your chances." chance, not choice. of course that doesn't change the veracity of the meme, which is spot on. g

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@phxbillcee lol i love it! i love the "work" part. i didn't know about the choice version, and its alternative definition, and the mysteriousness of the seemingly ubiquitous claim that both definitions mean the same thing. it's just WEIRD. i wonder, though, if this has anything to do with p t barnum? the chances version sounds like him.... g

I keep seeing people posting about the allegations of sexual assault against Bill Clinton and how ...

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

he wasn't impeached for sexual assault. he was impeached for lying to congress when asked about a consensual affair that wasn't anyone's business but his, monica's and hillary's. trump's minions are afraid he will fall into a perjury trap. clinton actually did -- because he was asked about ...

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@Freedompath as long as your second initial isn't u.... oh my that reminds me of a good moment from the odd couple (the play and probably the movie, not the tv show, although it may have shown up there). oscar madison is upset with the little notes felix unger leaves around the house, which felix has signed with his initials: "fu." g

Ya' pays your money & ya' takes yer choice...

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

just so you know, the expression is "you pays your money and you takes your chances." chance, not choice. of course that doesn't change the veracity of the meme, which is spot on. g

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@phxbillcee really? but it doesn't even make sense, since the phrase, as i understand it, originated as a response to the expressed disappointment of wager losers.the cambridge dictionary, while giving both versions, only gives the definition for the choice choice. its definition makes no sense for the chance choice. this https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/You+pays+your+money+and+you+takes+your+chance is the defition, admittedly for a version i haven't heard but meaning the same thing, that gives the definition i have always understood for the phrase. the funny thing is that caveat emptor applies to either definition, even though the definitions are almost opposite in meaning! g

I keep seeing people posting about the allegations of sexual assault against Bill Clinton and how ...

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

he wasn't impeached for sexual assault. he was impeached for lying to congress when asked about a consensual affair that wasn't anyone's business but his, monica's and hillary's. trump's minions are afraid he will fall into a perjury trap. clinton actually did -- because he was asked about ...

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@Freedompath that is of course a major difference. sadly it's not even our only objection to kavanaugh but holy crap it's a big one! g

I keep seeing people posting about the allegations of sexual assault against Bill Clinton and how ...

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

he wasn't impeached for sexual assault. he was impeached for lying to congress when asked about a consensual affair that wasn't anyone's business but his, monica's and hillary's. trump's minions are afraid he will fall into a perjury trap. clinton actually did -- because he was asked about ...

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@Freedompath lol but your initial is f! if you put g, people will wonder! of course that isn't always a bad thing. g

Ya' pays your money & ya' takes yer choice...

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

just so you know, the expression is "you pays your money and you takes your chances." chance, not choice. of course that doesn't change the veracity of the meme, which is spot on. g

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@phxbillcee i always liked him, too! nobody's perfect.... g

I am very angry at the AARP Foundation as I write this.

sellinger comments on Aug 20, 2018:

Don't fully understand but doesn't sound too good, get some recordings next time you speak to them like omarosa did ?

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@sellinger it wasn't a real apology. please do not accept it. g

Julie swetnick accuses kavanaugh and judge

GreatNani comments on Sep 30, 2018:

This is insane. Why is this man still being considered for anything?

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@AnneWimsey he is one of the worst we could find, which partly explains why trump chose him (although he chose him from a short list compiled by the federalist society -- which ironically is not federalist in the sense i understand the term to indicate. i'm a federalist in the true sense; the federalist society is the opposite!) of course the other reasons are 1. he believes a president can't even be QUESTIONED, much less interrogated, while president, which would suit trump just fine! and 2. he will make the republicans wet their diapers with joy by reversing hard-won rights for women, minorities and everyone else whose rights have traditionally been stomped, and slam-dunk right back into the dark ages. people who lie don't like light. g

Proof of no god?

genessa comments on Sep 2, 2018:

Atheism's premise that there are no gods is a religion the same way being bald is a hair color. is not believing in the tooth fairy also a religion? how about not believing in unicorns? you are certainly entitled to remain a skeptic and an agnostic but i do take issue with your labeling atheism a...

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@darthfaja her personal beliefs are not a problem for me, or even my business... until she makes a statement based on a mistaken apprehension, such as what an atheist is. being an atheist, and knowing atheists, i can attest to the falseness of that statement (not the part about how she feels but the part about why she feels that way, and i am not accusing her of lying but pointing out that she is mistaken about what an atheist is, feels, does and says). so she can be an agnostic or not, a skeptic or not, that's her business. she can even hate atheists if that's how she feels; she doesn't need to justify it to me. but if she says atheists make a certain statement and we do no such thing, then i feel a need to correct that. my life doesn't hang in the balance, but here i am on this site, reading the statement, so here i am correcting that. g

I do not care about your scientific degree, or your position, because it benefits you alone, But I ...

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

seriously, a scientific degree benefits the bearer alone? those who discovered the cure for or vaccination against deadly diseases benefited no one? science teachers benefit no one? someone who actually knows how to be a president and attains that position benefits no one? tell that to the nine...

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@belfodil i did. my statement stands. and most people with degrees don't get them so they can show off. that's a myth that uneducated people sometimes spread. i mean it's not impossible that someone does that but it's not the usual reason or the usual procedure. g

Can I know your opinion?

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

i have never heard of a religious book or a religion that proposes that the body rolls over in the grave in order to separate from the soul. i do not even believe in a thing called the soul, in that sense (in the motown sense, sure!) but that doesn't matter; i would've heard of such a belief, i ...

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@belfodil my comment stands. g

Ya' pays your money & ya' takes yer choice...

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

just so you know, the expression is "you pays your money and you takes your chances." chance, not choice. of course that doesn't change the veracity of the meme, which is spot on. g

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@phxbillcee thanks! haha the author got the expression wrong too. you are absolved :-)) g

I keep seeing people posting about the allegations of sexual assault against Bill Clinton and how ...

LouElmo comments on Sep 30, 2018:

Women never lie and we should always believe them with little or no evidence. Because you know, women wouldn't lie about this. Just ask Emmet Till.

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

no one is saying that! but lots of men are saying women ALWAYS lie, and if the accused is a republican, the woman not only must be lying but must be a pawn of the clintons (and soros). i don't assume anyone is lying and i don't assume anyone is guilty. but we have a lot of testimony and evidence here and so far it points to his guilt and her honesty. it has nothing to do with what ALL women or MOST women or SOME women do. it has to do with THIS case. anyone with eyes and ears and a brain can see that this woman is telling the truth and this man is WAY out of control and lying his ass off. g

I keep seeing people posting about the allegations of sexual assault against Bill Clinton and how ...

linxminx comments on Sep 30, 2018:

I believe (it's been awhile) the women in the Clinton case came forward with allegations that they had a relationship/affair with Clinton. I don't believe he was ever accused of sexual assault. There is a difference. Clinton had affairs with other women, including Monica Lewinsky, and did not ...

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@linxminx clinton may (or may not) objectify women -- being charming in and of itself is not an objectification of women! -- but he doesn't advocate legislating the objectification of women, or the adjudication of it. there are those who do. i can think of someone in the white house who does, and he isn't even charming! in fact he has anti-charm. g

I keep seeing people posting about the allegations of sexual assault against Bill Clinton and how ...

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

he wasn't impeached for sexual assault. he was impeached for lying to congress when asked about a consensual affair that wasn't anyone's business but his, monica's and hillary's. trump's minions are afraid he will fall into a perjury trap. clinton actually did -- because he was asked about ...

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@Freedompath on the grand scale of things, i think going after him for that when traditionally we give presidents THAT much leeway and try to focus on the job done, not the blowjob done, is more unethical than either the sex of the lying (in answer to a question that should not have been asked). did anyone ask george h w bush that? oh wait, we don't know if HIS affair(s) was/were in the oval office. does that really matter more than, say, his son's attacking a sovereign nation under false pretenses? that's lying too, and if dubya didn't get a blow job, he sure delivered a snow job. cherrypicking what to impeach about is political and has nothing to do with ethics (or the people's house). g

I keep seeing people posting about the allegations of sexual assault against Bill Clinton and how ...

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

he wasn't impeached for sexual assault. he was impeached for lying to congress when asked about a consensual affair that wasn't anyone's business but his, monica's and hillary's. trump's minions are afraid he will fall into a perjury trap. clinton actually did -- because he was asked about ...

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@Gareth granted, gareth... but then so is asking about it when it's not in and of itself unethical and doesn't affect his performance as president. he should not have been gone after for that and asked. had he not been asked, there would have been no occasion to lie, and i am not excusing the lying but come on, impeachable for that? seriously? high crimes? not! g

sorry my phone is broken, so i can't take a photo, but we're having a cold snap and suddenly all ...

dalefvictor comments on Sep 30, 2018:

I it really bad when they get together like that. No you know what has ten ears, 180 claws, 10 eyes, 5 tales, and 5 tails. No how does one get some sleep with a monster like that on your bed.

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

oh i had to break up the snugglefest to get to sleep but then one by one most of them came back. penny slept on my body, golde slept in my hair and wendy came over and held my hand. teyve stayed behind wendy and bathed her, and kuma slept on a pillow right by me. g

sorry my phone is broken, so i can't take a photo, but we're having a cold snap and suddenly all ...

Captain747ex comments on Sep 30, 2018:

Aww, that would be a sight to see. Cats are so cute when they cuddle together.

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@SACatWalker i should have a new battery in the mail pretty soon, and i HOPE that turns out to be what's wrong with it. it has many curious symptoms, but it also just won't hold a charge, so i have high hopes the battery is the source of all the symptoms. it was last time. g

Ya' pays your money & ya' takes yer choice...

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

just so you know, the expression is "you pays your money and you takes your chances." chance, not choice. of course that doesn't change the veracity of the meme, which is spot on. g

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@phxbillcee sorry, no more free reads this month so i cannot read whatever that is. g

sorry my phone is broken, so i can't take a photo, but we're having a cold snap and suddenly all ...

Captain747ex comments on Sep 30, 2018:

Aww, that would be a sight to see. Cats are so cute when they cuddle together.

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

it's too bad i can't see properly when they cuddle with me! penny lies on top of me. she can barely wait for me to lie down. sometimes she tries to crawl up on me when i'm not quite settled. i don't know what she looks like on me but she feels very comforting! g

I keep seeing people posting about the allegations of sexual assault against Bill Clinton and how ...

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

he wasn't impeached for sexual assault. he was impeached for lying to congress when asked about a consensual affair that wasn't anyone's business but his, monica's and hillary's. trump's minions are afraid he will fall into a perjury trap. clinton actually did -- because he was asked about ...

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@Pralina1 that is close to how i see it. i guess i can also point out that the impeachment and the "investigation" that led up to it wasted enough taxpayer money to raise the question of whether or not it was worth doing over that issue. i mean, lyndon johnson used to make senators talk to him from outside the bathroom door so they could hear him pooping. that was kind of gross. impeachable? and did it make him a bad president? as far as i know, dubya never had a blow job in the oval office. is lying to the american public about illegally invading a foreign country that never attacked us and didn't have weapons of mass destruction an impeachable offense? is it worse than a blow job -- and more to the point, is it more our business than a blow job? g

I keep seeing people posting about the allegations of sexual assault against Bill Clinton and how ...

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

he wasn't impeached for sexual assault. he was impeached for lying to congress when asked about a consensual affair that wasn't anyone's business but his, monica's and hillary's. trump's minions are afraid he will fall into a perjury trap. clinton actually did -- because he was asked about ...

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@linxminx no, not a huge deal. we can disagree civilly. not every can, alas! but we don't entirely disagree. i am not trying to give clinton a pass on his indiscretion. i am trying to say that congress had no call -- and certainly no pure motivation -- to impeach him over it. g

I keep seeing people posting about the allegations of sexual assault against Bill Clinton and how ...

genessa comments on Sep 30, 2018:

he wasn't impeached for sexual assault. he was impeached for lying to congress when asked about a consensual affair that wasn't anyone's business but his, monica's and hillary's. trump's minions are afraid he will fall into a perjury trap. clinton actually did -- because he was asked about ...

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@linxminx if he can have a lunch break on our dime and a golf game, he can have a blow job. we may not like that, but it's still none of our business -- and he wasn't impeached for wasting taxpayer money. g

Someone made a post asking who speaks hebrew.

GreatNani comments on Sep 30, 2018:

Bluemandolin is no longer a member? That is a shame. She was a lovely person.

genessa replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@GreatNani i am glad! i am not trying to badmouth anyone, just tell it like it is, not to coin a phrase, but i'd have felt sad had this been your friend. g