Democratic Aide Arrested for Advocating for Voting RIghts

Secretguy comments on Oct 12, 2018:

This has (hopefully) been taken care of.

genessa replies on Oct 12, 2018:

he was out of jail fast enough to be interviewed by rachel maddow on her show last night, but as of that time they still had his phone. there was just more discussion of this on her show tonight. g

Anti-vaxxer ‘warrior mom’: If vaccines are so great, ‘why aren’t they mentioned in the ...

genessa comments on Oct 12, 2018:

donald trump is not mentioned in the bible. oh wait, it depends on which bible, right? the bible of my people doesn't mention him, only a special prosecutor whose title was ha-satan (the prosecutor). my understanding is that the christian bible mentions trump, not by name but clearly enough. i ...

genessa replies on Oct 12, 2018:

@The-Krzyz yep, job. i am not sure if he shows up anywhere else. there is no devil as christians know him in the jewish bible. it's just not a jewish concept (despite their being demons in jewish folklore -- folklore is always different, as santa claus well knows!) g

kuma looking pissed off on the back of the chair, sam in the middle and minky in front.

OldGoat43 comments on Oct 12, 2018:

I guess after knowing them you can tell them apart easier.

genessa replies on Oct 12, 2018:

oh yes. even my guy, who'd lived with them as long as i, would ask me which cat was which. i can tell them apart by voice from across the house and he still asks me, how do you know it's penny, tevye, kuma... well, the same way i know when it's you, richard! they all have different voices! g

Anyone in NYC care to get together Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday evening?

genessa comments on Oct 12, 2018:

i'm envious. i used to live in brooklyn and work and play in the city. now i'm in the midwest and it's... different. if you have any time to kill, please hop on the merry-go-round in central park for me! g

genessa replies on Oct 12, 2018:

@PolyWolf no carousel? what kind of life is THAT? rofl! g

Electric wendy g

SACatWalker comments on Oct 12, 2018:

Yeah, overcharged. Tiny ears!

genessa replies on Oct 12, 2018:

they're not huge but they're tilted forward here so they look even smaller. g

I am watching bits of testimony from blasey-ford and from kavanaugh.

ThisGuy comments on Sep 28, 2018:

I still think the FBI needs to investigate. While Ford's performance was very convincing, it is still hard to substantiate. The other women who have come forward need to be interviewed and the whole circus needs some professionalism. Regardless of the accusations I will agree that he does not...

genessa replies on Oct 12, 2018:

@ThisGuy i am glad you clarified. i've been amazed how many people say otherwise and i can only assume that those people did not watch the testimony at all but got their information second- or thirdhand from the likes of faux news. g

Do you support Trump?

genessa comments on Sep 9, 2018:

sorry, he deserves as much respect as a painful rectal itch, which he closely resembles. he is not the office and the office is not him. i respect the office, which he does not. asking for no disrespect sort of scotches the poll, doesn't it? if you mean no disrespect for each other, that's fine;...

genessa replies on Oct 12, 2018:

@Cutiebeauty true! g

Electric wendy g

SkagwayKim comments on Oct 12, 2018:

Excuse me, I think you’ve overcharged your cat... ?

genessa replies on Oct 12, 2018:

@SkagwayKim ain't it the truth! g

I call this golde's "come hither" look. g

SkagwayKim comments on Oct 12, 2018:

Demanding pets or planning an ambush? Either way, this is adorable!

genessa replies on Oct 12, 2018:

aww thanks! g

kuma and her parents penny (center) and tevye (right). g

Ray13 comments on Oct 12, 2018:

Excellent photo:) Do they get together like that often?

genessa replies on Oct 12, 2018:

sometimes i see one big cat and i have to count ears to know how many (especially when the snugglers are kuma, wendy and tevye)! they've always been very close. g

Electric wendy g

SkagwayKim comments on Oct 12, 2018:

Excuse me, I think you’ve overcharged your cat... ?

genessa replies on Oct 12, 2018:

she keeps plugging herself back in! g

three late greats: from left to right, sammy, rossini and minky. g

Hathacat comments on Oct 12, 2018:

Bet you miss them!

genessa replies on Oct 12, 2018:

sure do. my beautiful boys. g

Melania Trump in a recent interview said she may be the most bullied person in the world.

godlessguy comments on Oct 11, 2018:

Of course she is bullied ,how can any one say otherwise . Even her son is bullied ,and anyone that does not think bullying a child of a President is wrong is probably one of you liberals

genessa replies on Oct 12, 2018:

@juli15 okay if you're going to say i said one thing when in fact i didn't say that, WHATEVER. dialogue is impossible when one party gaslights. BYE. g

Democratic Aide Arrested for Advocating for Voting RIghts

cmadler comments on Oct 12, 2018:

Firstly, he was not advocating for voting rights, he was "demanding" the county to change the registration of university students from one precinct to another with no documentation. Secondly, according to the sheriff's office, he was not arrested, but rather he was cited for either disturbing the...

genessa replies on Oct 12, 2018:

incorrect. he was not disturbing the piece, they arrested him (first asking his candidate's political party), he was advocating, which in this case was demanding that the supreme court's longstanding decision be honored as it was NOT being honored, the students had been told one district and then told they'd done it wrong when they had followed directions exactly so he wasn't the one changing the district, and they confiscated his phone as well. g

penny, still with us at age 16 and a half, with two daughters, layla, who looks like her except for ...

Lavergne comments on Oct 12, 2018:

Awww........so sorry to hear that. We had two Himalayans (sisters) and one made it to just shy of 20 and the other one is still kicking....I can tell she is definitely declining but not in any pain and still loves to cuddle and love on me. Just enjoy her company for whatever time she has ...

genessa replies on Oct 12, 2018:

every day, as if it's the last. i love my babies! the others not pictured are penny's husband (not kidding!) tevye (pictured elsewhere), his sister golde, and tev and pen's surviving daughters wendy and kuma. g

In Defense of Santa Obviously Santa Claus isn't real, yet you'd be very hard pressed to actually...

genessa comments on Oct 8, 2018:

you can write and post letters to the devil if you want. that doesn't make him real. st. nicholas is the patron saint of pawnbrokers, isn't he? does that make it a sin for christians to shop for christmas presents at malls or other retail outlets? i am asking in sincere ignorance, for i have ...

genessa replies on Oct 12, 2018:

@johnprytz i'll save you the trouble. g

tevye, the father of my grandkittens g

RobertNappi2 comments on Oct 12, 2018:

Sweet!

genessa replies on Oct 12, 2018:

he's asleep on my pillow, waiting for me :-)) g

tevye, the father of my grandkittens g

Sheannutt comments on Oct 12, 2018:

Very handsome cat.???

genessa replies on Oct 12, 2018:

merci! g

tevye, the father of my grandkittens g

Hathacat comments on Oct 12, 2018:

Those cheeks!

genessa replies on Oct 12, 2018:

he is a cheeky fellow! g

Melania Trump in a recent interview said she may be the most bullied person in the world.

godlessguy comments on Oct 11, 2018:

Of course she is bullied ,how can any one say otherwise . Even her son is bullied ,and anyone that does not think bullying a child of a President is wrong is probably one of you liberals

genessa replies on Oct 12, 2018:

@HarrySlick common among the delusional, and while we're at it, bye! g

tevye, the father of my grandkittens g

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Oct 12, 2018:

Handsome fellow.

genessa replies on Oct 12, 2018:

why, thank you! g

tevye, the father of my grandkittens g

SkagwayKim comments on Oct 11, 2018:

Awwwwww!

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

shh he'll try to kiss you right through the computer! he's a kissy kitty. he loves to kiss me and my guy, and the other cats, and the dog. the dog comes up and begs for kisses from tevye. she knows who the family kisser is! g

Melania Trump in a recent interview said she may be the most bullied person in the world.

bigpawbullets comments on Oct 11, 2018:

She remains gracious in the face of the shrilling leftists.

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@tiredofthis1 calling me a thing shows what kind of a boor you are. and i am tired of YOU. BYE! g

Melania Trump in a recent interview said she may be the most bullied person in the world.

godlessguy comments on Oct 11, 2018:

Of course she is bullied ,how can any one say otherwise . Even her son is bullied ,and anyone that does not think bullying a child of a President is wrong is probably one of you liberals

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@godlessguy 'yawn i can guess your sources. anyway melania is not bullied. if barron is bullied, i am sorry. i think he looks like a young serial killer but that's just me. it doesn't justify bullying. on the other hand, melania is not bullied, and what a comedian says is not bullying. getting beaten up and having your lunch money stolen is bullying. g

Melania Trump in a recent interview said she may be the most bullied person in the world.

genessa comments on Oct 11, 2018:

who is bullying her? the donald? maybe she doesn't know what "bully" means. g

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@powder well if that is your plan, then you're stupid, which i already knew. actually i am awfully sick of reading your nonsense. 'bye! g

Why are humans so slow to learn?

genessa comments on Oct 11, 2018:

we're not slow to learn. we're not learning. there's a difference. g

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@Yogisan if we have to learn them over and over, we have not learned. that's not learning. that's the opposite of learning. the quotation, not far from accurate, is from george santayana. and again, it's NOT LEARNING. it's failure to learn. g

Melania Trump in a recent interview said she may be the most bullied person in the world.

bigpawbullets comments on Oct 11, 2018:

She remains gracious in the face of the shrilling leftists.

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@granny they are irrelevant to whether or not melania trump is being bullied and how come you believe THOSE women but not blasey-ford, EH? nitwit! g

Melania Trump in a recent interview said she may be the most bullied person in the world.

bigpawbullets comments on Oct 11, 2018:

She remains gracious in the face of the shrilling leftists.

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@juli15 1. clinton raped no one. 2. what someone else did has no impact on whether or not melania trump is being bullied, which she is NOT. but hey, change the subject and lie, double whammy there. works on idiots. not on me. g

"1492 The teachers told the children that this was when their continent was discovered by human ...

genessa comments on Oct 11, 2018:

he hits the nail on the head (apart from saying "continent" when in fact in 1492 columbus "discovered" a caribbean island -- but what the hey! teachers DO make out like it was the us of a! g

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@Triphid well yeah, that's why he called the natives indians! he wasn't looking for north america OR the east indies; he had no clue they existed. he was looking for india. my understanding is that he never did realize he hadn't found it. g

Melania Trump in a recent interview said she may be the most bullied person in the world.

bigpawbullets comments on Oct 11, 2018:

She remains gracious in the face of the shrilling leftists.

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@HarrySlick very good, you have turned to the "but what about" school of countering a statement. you're also dead wrong about trump and clinton, because clinton's affairs were consensual and trump is a rapist, but even were that not so, it's still irrelevant to the current situation, and it's STILL not what we're talking about. we were talking about melania. she is not being bullied and she is not a class act and she isn't very bright. nothing you say about other presidents or other first ladies or your first dog or your first orgasm changes that. oh, and that means you're not all that slick. g

Who remembers Ding Dongs????

ADKSparky comments on Oct 11, 2018:

Wasn't there a Drakes cake that was similar but had a hard chocolate frosting? I think they were Ring Dings.

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

i vaguely remember seeing drakes in the store and ring dings rings a bell (pun intended) but i didn't like chocolate as a child and don't eat crap as an adult hahaha so... no drakes for me, no hostess EVER. but nostalgia is nostalgia, i understand. g

A watched clock boils twice a day. MixedMetaphors

genessa comments on Oct 11, 2018:

my two favorites are (from a dorm neighbor when i was in college a million years ago) "that just drives me up a bat!" and (more recently, and said on purpose) "it's not rocket surgery." g

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@PolyWolf bera was funny too but not on purpose lol g

A watched clock boils twice a day. MixedMetaphors

genessa comments on Oct 11, 2018:

my two favorites are (from a dorm neighbor when i was in college a million years ago) "that just drives me up a bat!" and (more recently, and said on purpose) "it's not rocket surgery." g

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@PolyWolf oh the term certainly comes well after the practice. people have been making eggcorns since people have been speaking! i am sure bera didn't know what a malapropism was either but he made them. g

A watched clock boils twice a day. MixedMetaphors

genessa comments on Oct 11, 2018:

my two favorites are (from a dorm neighbor when i was in college a million years ago) "that just drives me up a bat!" and (more recently, and said on purpose) "it's not rocket surgery." g

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@PolyWolf could be. this has to be a close relation of malapropisms. i wonder if yogi bera was into eggcorns too? g

Life doesn't suck.

genessa comments on Oct 11, 2018:

waiting for that upload.... g

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@PolyWolf it's my favorite, although there is another good one way far away and costing a whole lot more that, at dinnertime, has raw oysters (on ice). richard hates them. i love them. uh oh, a mismatch! g

A watched clock boils twice a day. MixedMetaphors

genessa comments on Oct 11, 2018:

my two favorites are (from a dorm neighbor when i was in college a million years ago) "that just drives me up a bat!" and (more recently, and said on purpose) "it's not rocket surgery." g

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@PolyWolf ah i see. like "for all intensive purposes" and "i should of." ugh they drive me nuts! now that i know there is a name for that... yeah they still drive me nuts.. unless they're uncommon and funny. g

A watched clock boils twice a day. MixedMetaphors

genessa comments on Oct 11, 2018:

my two favorites are (from a dorm neighbor when i was in college a million years ago) "that just drives me up a bat!" and (more recently, and said on purpose) "it's not rocket surgery." g

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@PolyWolf no! is it like an acorn? i'll go look! g

Life doesn't suck.

genessa comments on Oct 11, 2018:

waiting for that upload.... g

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@PolyWolf if i get over this walking pneu/fleu/respiratory-screu-yeu i've got in time, i may be going to an asian buffet next week, and that particular buffet has really good sushi (and mounds of juicy seaweed, and a mongolian bbq, and omg i have to go make dinner and i don't think it's going to be that interesting!) g

A watched clock boils twice a day. MixedMetaphors

genessa comments on Oct 11, 2018:

my two favorites are (from a dorm neighbor when i was in college a million years ago) "that just drives me up a bat!" and (more recently, and said on purpose) "it's not rocket surgery." g

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@PolyWolf i know she thought that was the real expression. now hear it in your mind in an extreme boston accent and you've got it! g

Anyone else desperately craving sushi?

genessa comments on Oct 11, 2018:

always! i hope you find it superb. and if you do, please upload me some sashimi. g

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@PolyWolf pray? (ducking!) g

"I am an atheist, out and out.

JanGarber comments on Oct 11, 2018:

I see no necessity for proof.

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

nor do i. nor would it be possible, even were it necessary, which it's not :-)) g

Fox News Lies About Denmark for No Apparent Reason

JanGarber comments on Oct 11, 2018:

Faux news is just that.

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

it sure is! g

Usa today criticized for publishing inaccurate trump op-ed

AnneWimsey comments on Oct 11, 2018:

Ummm, an op-ed is Opinion....?

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@AnneWimsey 1. the editors, and as i say, it's not censorship. it's editors doing their jobs (or in this case, not.) 2. you can know what the enemy is thinking without giving them a platform with no correction of the lies and errors, implying approval. 3. the same editors, except i wouldn't contribute to the wsj or usatoday.or the national enquirer. and it's not censorship! editors get to choose what's in their publication! i've BEEN a magazine editor. when i said yes this, no not that, it wasn't censorship. our magazine wasn't a thousand pages long. we chose what went in and what didn't, and if the article was crap it didn't get in. i've also been rejected by editors. they had the right to do it. i wasn't happy but i didn't delude myself that i'd been censored. i'd been rejected. MOST submissions get rejected. the president's submission didn't get rejected because he's president, even though his submission was full of lies. it could've been accepted with corrections. they didn't do that. they accepted it and presented it as if it was true. that's irresponsible. g

Melania Trump in a recent interview said she may be the most bullied person in the world.

Trajan61 comments on Oct 11, 2018:

The libtards want to bully and harass anyone who doesn’t agree with them. They are getting very radical!

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

yes, people who use words like "libtards" know about bullying.' g

Melania Trump in a recent interview said she may be the most bullied person in the world.

bigpawbullets comments on Oct 11, 2018:

She remains gracious in the face of the shrilling leftists.

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

you have a weird idea of grace, and i guess your ears are super-sensitive since you mistake the cries of women who's been assaulted for "shrilling." g

Melania Trump in a recent interview said she may be the most bullied person in the world.

godlessguy comments on Oct 11, 2018:

Of course she is bullied ,how can any one say otherwise . Even her son is bullied ,and anyone that does not think bullying a child of a President is wrong is probably one of you liberals

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

give me one example of her or her son's being bullied. lemme see, were they denied use of a bathroom? were they run over with a car during a nazi march? maybe they were shot up in a school, might club, church or movie theatre. oh i know -- someone didn't like her jacket! POOR MELANIA. g

Melania Trump in a recent interview said she may be the most bullied person in the world.

genessa comments on Oct 11, 2018:

who is bullying her? the donald? maybe she doesn't know what "bully" means. g

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@powder yes of course it's because she's a woman. i don't like THIS woman so i must hate all women, including myself. i voted for a woman to become president (and i sure as hell don't mean juill stein). but because i don't like THIS one, it must be because she's a woman. and in what way has she spoken out? yes, honey, you too are full of shit. g

As we settle into fall I'm thinking of christmas.

genessa comments on Oct 11, 2018:

i never had to deal with santa, being raised in a secular jewish family. santa always seemed silly to me. i don't even think i knew that some people actually believed santa was real; it was, to me, just a silly story that christians were into. but yeah, i suppose it does predispose folks to ...

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@Tunisianamber it's cultural within christianity, even if not within christian orthodoxy. it's christian folklore. it is for sure christian. g

Quite the sausage fest in here, huh fellas? Lol how’s everyone doing?

LiterateHiker comments on Oct 10, 2018:

What the heck is a sausage fest? It sounds like slang for a penis. Ugh. Not a good first impression.

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@Pralina1 :-)) g

Quite the sausage fest in here, huh fellas? Lol how’s everyone doing?

LiterateHiker comments on Oct 10, 2018:

What the heck is a sausage fest? It sounds like slang for a penis. Ugh. Not a good first impression.

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@Pralina1 only if you have one to spare! g

Rand paul's wife keeps loaded gun by bed to ward off liberal attacks!

RiverRick comments on Oct 11, 2018:

The right is starting to paint anyone not on board with their ignorant, self-absorbed, far-right platform of lies as part of the "Mob!" When they lose in November they will use this as part of their part of their response... Rigged by the mob to steal the election. Trump has demonstrated he has ...

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@RiverRick too easy (and i'm against the death penalty -- it's easy to be against it when you don't hate the person, right? but i'm still against it!) let him live long and uncomfortably with prison food, prison sex and a JOB. g

Usa today criticized for publishing inaccurate trump op-ed

AnneWimsey comments on Oct 11, 2018:

Ummm, an op-ed is Opinion....?

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@AnneWimsey choosing not to publish one of a gazillion submitted op-ed pieces isn't censorship! it's editorial prerogative, and it should have been used. the fact that it's by the president is an even stronger reason to be sure it's suitable before printing it. if i sent in an op-ed piece they probably wouldn't publish it, and i'm a much better writer than the president, not to mention a better person, a more knowledgeable person (it doesn't take much) and a kinder person. an opinion piece that cites incorrect information needs to be fact-checked just like an article. that's not censorship. g

Rand paul's wife keeps loaded gun by bed to ward off liberal attacks!

RiverRick comments on Oct 11, 2018:

The right is starting to paint anyone not on board with their ignorant, self-absorbed, far-right platform of lies as part of the "Mob!" When they lose in November they will use this as part of their part of their response... Rigged by the mob to steal the election. Trump has demonstrated he has ...

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

i hope he ends up in prison, broke, with a very hunky horny cellmate and no golden toilet. g

Usa today criticized for publishing inaccurate trump op-ed

AnneWimsey comments on Oct 11, 2018:

Ummm, an op-ed is Opinion....?

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

yes and opinion pieces are chosen carefully by the editorial boards of publishing entities. they are not required to publish the opinion of everyone who expresses one. they are not required to fact-check when they GET an opinion that cites untruths, but it sure would be a good thing to do, and it's valid to criticize them it they don't bother. g

Why does the universe exist? | Jim Holt [youtu.be]

gater comments on Sep 29, 2018:

There is no answer other than it just does.

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@gater whatever, o keeper of the truth. back to your bubble. shoo! g

Christian Prophet: Hurricane Michael was created by Democrats in ‘retaliation’ for Kavanaugh’s...

genessa comments on Oct 11, 2018:

i wonder which it is -- we're a violent mob so scary that rand paul's wife has to sleep with a gun by her bed, or we're ominpotent and can cause bad weather, and no guns would be effective against us? i don't get it. am i a goddess or not? inquiring minds need to know! g

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@AnneWimsey okay now i'm hungry. do goddesses get hungry? g

Christian Prophet: Hurricane Michael was created by Democrats in ‘retaliation’ for Kavanaugh’s...

genessa comments on Oct 11, 2018:

i wonder which it is -- we're a violent mob so scary that rand paul's wife has to sleep with a gun by her bed, or we're ominpotent and can cause bad weather, and no guns would be effective against us? i don't get it. am i a goddess or not? inquiring minds need to know! g

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@AnneWimsey i want animal sacrifices. well, just fish. well, just lox. lots of lox. g

Why does the universe exist? | Jim Holt [youtu.be]

gater comments on Sep 29, 2018:

There is no answer other than it just does.

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@gater there is also peace that comes with the illusion of understanding, and drugs can do that too. that kind of peace is less than peaceful for the folks who have to put up with the deluded and drugged. g

Rand paul's wife keeps loaded gun by bed to ward off liberal attacks!

thinktwice comments on Oct 11, 2018:

I keep a loaded gun in my nightstand but it has nothing to do with anything political...unless poisonous snakes and black bears have taken up politics...

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@thinktwice it seems to be a prerequisite. g

Rand paul's wife keeps loaded gun by bed to ward off liberal attacks!

AlPastor comments on Oct 11, 2018:

Rand Paul is a pretty significant person in the culture of victimhood.

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

i know. the feels, the feels! i'm almost crying. wait... wait... are those tears of... laughter? g

Rand paul's wife keeps loaded gun by bed to ward off liberal attacks!

thinktwice comments on Oct 11, 2018:

I keep a loaded gun in my nightstand but it has nothing to do with anything political...unless poisonous snakes and black bears have taken up politics...

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@thinktwice a dangerous idiot. i'd settle for impeachment and banning from public office. g

Rand paul's wife keeps loaded gun by bed to ward off liberal attacks!

thinktwice comments on Oct 11, 2018:

I keep a loaded gun in my nightstand but it has nothing to do with anything political...unless poisonous snakes and black bears have taken up politics...

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

not unless you're talking about betsy devos, nope lol g

Rand paul's wife keeps loaded gun by bed to ward off liberal attacks!

Green_eyes comments on Oct 11, 2018:

Rand Paul and his neighbor had been at it for years. Of course Rand as we know is such a nice guy?. It had nothing to do with politics and her whining was unnecessary. I’m certain that if there was credible threats, they would have security. The fact that they don’t, says a lot.

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

the fact that he's a lying plagiarist who couldn't get board certified as a doctor and so created his own certification service to certify himself says a bit too lol g

Resonate with anyone else?

genessa comments on Oct 11, 2018:

not really, though i understand it will with many. i have already done most of those things, if they even needed to be done (can't stop doing what one never did). i don't expect to grow happy. i have always worn curiosity and laughter. they do help. g

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@GreatNani exactly. contrast is important. g

Lock her up?

yamaha45701 comments on Oct 11, 2018:

The stock market fell yesterday. It may go back up but something tells me we are in for at least, a major correction. Plus once all the tariffs hit, prices are predicted to go up. So, will those things make the Trump supporters pull back? I doubt it. They want an enemy and now it is other Americans....

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

i know we're all supposed to attack but no one will tell me when, where or who. i must not qualify to be part of the mob. g

Resonate with anyone else?

genessa comments on Oct 11, 2018:

not really, though i understand it will with many. i have already done most of those things, if they even needed to be done (can't stop doing what one never did). i don't expect to grow happy. i have always worn curiosity and laughter. they do help. g

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@GreatNani true enough. i think it would be scary to meet someone who always was. there ate drugs that do that.... g

Trump calls reporter olivia nuzzi into the oval office

fidla comments on Oct 11, 2018:

I hate tv news

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

there is no one single thing called tv news. there is fox, which isn't news (or factual) and there is cnn, which is iffy, and there is msnbc, which in the evening is quite good and includes intelligent analysis but at other hours not really different from cnn, and there is local news, with talking heads who may or may not understand what they're reading from their teleprompters. there is also pbs and bbc and they're different again. i wouldn't paint it all with one brush. g

Usa today criticized for publishing inaccurate trump op-ed

RiverRick comments on Oct 11, 2018:

Why wasn't this published in the National Inquirer? They could put it in between the Kim & Elvis love child and the alien abduction. Fits right in....

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

i know! such a missed opportunity. g

I thought I would honor the republicans' respect of women by changing my profile picture to feature ...

powder comments on Oct 6, 2018:

From what I have seen of Melania, she is a class act. You don't like Trump so attempt to degrade his wife. Very classy mate

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

act yes, class, no. and you attribute motivations based on facts not in evidence. g

I have a person in one of my science classes that is really struggling with the content in class ...

GreatNani comments on Oct 10, 2018:

I would let it alone. Let the professor handle it.

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@GreatNani except to petition him or her and make him or her less okay with it. g

In Defense of Santa Obviously Santa Claus isn't real, yet you'd be very hard pressed to actually...

genessa comments on Oct 8, 2018:

you can write and post letters to the devil if you want. that doesn't make him real. st. nicholas is the patron saint of pawnbrokers, isn't he? does that make it a sin for christians to shop for christmas presents at malls or other retail outlets? i am asking in sincere ignorance, for i have ...

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@johnprytz yes i mostly have done that. as for asking me to reply, don't be silly. you didn't invite me personally but by posting you invited replies. you didn't make your post private, so your invitation by default extended also to me. g

Why blame "god" for natural disasters ? Its only nature after all

SeeCanU comments on Oct 11, 2018:

lol.. silly! god is the one who brings the good! that's the devil doing all the bad shit.

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

"act of god"? g

Atheist dogma

mordant comments on Oct 8, 2018:

{shrug} In my experience none of these things accurately describe what most atheists think. Theism and religion are clearly not the same thing and in my experience most atheists comprehend this. You can have religion without deities (many kinds of Buddhism or Taoism for example) and you can ...

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@JoeChick correct. but it's the reverse i see people here apparently not knowing: that not all theists belong to a religion. maybe they don't know not all religions are theistic either, but i mention the aspect i do because it impacts the current topic more. g

There is a difference.

Dancing comments on Oct 11, 2018:

The point is we are almost there. The have found some of these detention camps have inhumane living conditions. Children being medicated because it's easier. Some of these kids will never see their parents again. It is different but it has the same unrest. The underlying hate.

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

exactly. it doesn't matter if the details are different. the intention is similar, the motivation is the same, the the result, alas, is similar. and the resulting society is the same. i don't think we're almost there. i think we're there. nazi germany didn't pop into being in a big bang. it grew. we're well past its beginnings. g

In Defense of Santa Obviously Santa Claus isn't real, yet you'd be very hard pressed to actually...

genessa comments on Oct 8, 2018:

you can write and post letters to the devil if you want. that doesn't make him real. st. nicholas is the patron saint of pawnbrokers, isn't he? does that make it a sin for christians to shop for christmas presents at malls or other retail outlets? i am asking in sincere ignorance, for i have ...

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@johnprytz yes i am reading what you write but i'm getting awfully tired of that. WHATEVER. you know what lightens me up least in the world? being told to lighten up. the only people who ever tell me that are people who aren't funny. g

Why does the universe exist? | Jim Holt [youtu.be]

gater comments on Sep 29, 2018:

There is no answer other than it just does.

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@gater how nice FOR you. g

Why does the universe exist? | Jim Holt [youtu.be]

gater comments on Sep 29, 2018:

There is no answer other than it just does.

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@gater as i said... you were there so you know. i'm glad you're so sure. some of us are still exploring. it's all over for you. whatever will you do now? g

Georgia’s Republican Candidate for Governor Is Blocking 53,000 Voter Registrations – Mother ...

powder comments on Oct 11, 2018:

Which is why I laugh at America's angst re Russia and electoral interference when this type of shit goes on. 53000 in one state; not a bad effort.

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

i see no conflict here but knock yourself out. g

I have a person in one of my science classes that is really struggling with the content in class ...

GreatNani comments on Oct 10, 2018:

I would let it alone. Let the professor handle it.

genessa replies on Oct 11, 2018:

he has already said the professor is NOT handling it. g

TV or not?

SidneyWH comments on Jun 7, 2018:

I feel as If there should have been another option other than I can't live without my TV. You would think that this site would include some gray area.

genessa replies on Oct 10, 2018:

it's not the site. it's the person. the site has not created the poll. g

Why does the universe exist? | Jim Holt [youtu.be]

gater comments on Sep 29, 2018:

There is no answer other than it just does.

genessa replies on Oct 10, 2018:

@gater i did not realize you were there. scientists who believe the big bang was not the beginning still believe it was the beginning of THIS universe, which will not expand forever -- that there may have been a universe or universes before this one, which contracted and then banged into the next one. none of them claims this IS how it it, just that it COULD be how it is, with varying degrees of likelihood. you, on the other hand, have the truth, i guess. g

I have a person in one of my science classes that is really struggling with the content in class ...

genessa comments on Oct 10, 2018:

i would reach out. i'd start with "you know this is a science class, right?" then i would point out that religion is not only a personal thing but one that varies from person to person, so that the claims s/he makes in class conflict not only with physical reality but with the possible belief ...

genessa replies on Oct 10, 2018:

alternatively i would make all these points to the professor and urge him/her to make them in turn to the student, so that the student would not be able to say "mind your own business" to you. if you can get something in writing and get other students in the class to sign it, and then present it to the professor, the professor might find that motivational. g

The real Donald Trump tweet: The paid D.

A2Jennifer comments on Oct 9, 2018:

He can’t fathom anyone doing anything for any reason other than money.

genessa replies on Oct 10, 2018:

@A2Jennifer sorry, in terms of republicans, the brush is appropriately broad. we've had leaks from their meetings. we know what their agenda is AS AN ENTITY, not just personal agendas of individual republicans or even small groups of them. i know good politicians. i am personally acquainted with keith ellison (a democrat) and he is wonderful. i've dealt with mark dayton and he is wonderful too. i observed obama; he is wonderful. but i have not YET met a republican politicians, or seen one in action, whose actions were completely ethical, and most of them are quite the opposite. those who are not completely unethical are mostly unethical. look at susan collins. she knows damned well kavanaugh will attack roe v wade, never mind all his other issues, and she claims to be in favor of reproductive rights. someone got to her. i don't think it was that difficult to do. she is atypical not because she caved but because she even pretended to resist. g

One favorite QUOTE : "THE PROBLEM WITH THE WORLD is that intelligent people are full of doubts .

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 10, 2018:

The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. W. B. Yeats,

genessa replies on Oct 10, 2018:

beat me to it. bukowski paraphrased but much less eloquently. g

Should healthcare providers be required to accept Medicaid/Medicare patients?

ladyprof70 comments on Oct 9, 2018:

I think it's more complicated than this simple choice. The reimbursements from the government for these programs have been falling behind to the point where physicians(and their HMOs or hospitals) lose money. I can't think of any other profession where providers would be expected to lose money.

genessa replies on Oct 10, 2018:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/02/01/paul-ryans-claim-that-more-and-more-doctors-just-wont-take-medicaid/?noredirect=on=.3d9c04dbd08d from almost two years ago: paul ryan's claim that more and more doctors just won't take medicaid (two pinnocchios from wapo). it's state by state. my point about the red states stands. g

Should healthcare providers be required to accept Medicaid/Medicare patients?

ladyprof70 comments on Oct 9, 2018:

I think it's more complicated than this simple choice. The reimbursements from the government for these programs have been falling behind to the point where physicians(and their HMOs or hospitals) lose money. I can't think of any other profession where providers would be expected to lose money.

genessa replies on Oct 10, 2018:

https://www.rd.com/health/wellness/wildly-overinflated-hospital-costs/ wildly overinflated hospital costs is the article's title. i have seen even more inflated prices (the title says costs) reported by patients who dared to look at their bills. no one is asking hospitals to lose money -- except red state governors who declined the medicaid expansion funds. hospitals close in those states. g

Atheist dogma

mordant comments on Oct 8, 2018:

{shrug} In my experience none of these things accurately describe what most atheists think. Theism and religion are clearly not the same thing and in my experience most atheists comprehend this. You can have religion without deities (many kinds of Buddhism or Taoism for example) and you can ...

genessa replies on Oct 10, 2018:

@JoeChick correct, but theists who are not members of a religion tend to be respectful. it's not a rule but a tendency. organized theists, aka religionists, do a lot of swinging and my nose gets bent out of shape! g

Man Perfectly Explains Women’s Rage Today Using Brutal Analogy So That All Men Can Finally ...

Redheadedgammy comments on Oct 10, 2018:

I hope this spreads far and wide on the Internet so that many more people can read it and THINK!!!

genessa replies on Oct 10, 2018:

spread it far and wide :-)) g

Why Trump thinks imaginary protesters aren't receiving imaginary checks | MSNBC

sassygirl3869 comments on Oct 10, 2018:

He listens to Faux News (Fox). He gets misinformation from their idiot commentators and guests.

genessa replies on Oct 10, 2018:

even when he gets (by some miracle) good info, he doesn't understand it and gets it wrong. g

It is not a difficult time to be a man, Cheetoh Benito.

genessa comments on Oct 10, 2018:

now, now, it is a difficult time for cheetoh to be a man. his brains (if we want to call them that) are in his dick and his dick is apparently very small. too bad his mouth is so big. g

genessa replies on Oct 10, 2018:

@PalacinkyPDX i sent my absentee ballot in a week ago :-)) g

NAKED PRAYER - Cuz god can hear you better with your junk hanging out. [christianpost.com]

genessa comments on Oct 10, 2018:

my junk doesn't hang out. women are built differently. g

genessa replies on Oct 10, 2018:

@Sgt_Spanky gravity does take its toll but STILL. g

Am I the only one that believes that Eve was actually the daughter of Adam and Lilith?

p-nullifidian comments on Oct 10, 2018:

What difference does it make? It's all fiction! These people you've described never actually existed. They're made-up characters, from folklore. We may as well argue over characters from Game of Thrones, but at least that would be more interesting!

genessa replies on Oct 10, 2018:

@Robsweapon oh look! the new guy earned a block for being a snowflake. oh, the feefees! g

It is not a difficult time to be a man, Cheetoh Benito.

genessa comments on Oct 10, 2018:

now, now, it is a difficult time for cheetoh to be a man. his brains (if we want to call them that) are in his dick and his dick is apparently very small. too bad his mouth is so big. g

genessa replies on Oct 10, 2018:

@PalacinkyPDX concentrate on this image: you're standing in a line. the line is moving well. you get to the head and you're at a table. you're handed a ballot. you go into a booth. you vote dem up and down the ticket. the lady at the table hands you an "i voted" sticker. ahhhh, it feels good! g

Man Perfectly Explains Women’s Rage Today Using Brutal Analogy So That All Men Can Finally ...

Alimacbean comments on Oct 10, 2018:

It's a shame we need to dumb it down. I don't have the fear that many women have, as I've never really had any incidents happen. However, just because I haven't experienced it, doesnt mean I don't get it. Men shouldn't have to experience to get it, but why don't they get it? (A lot of men do, ...

genessa replies on Oct 10, 2018:

i think the best-intentioned men get it intellectually to the extent that they know women are not objects and would not rape, and are horrified when other men do rape -- but i don't think most men really know how normalized the threat is for women, to the extent that we have to take steps to protect ourselves that shouldn't be normalized, and to the extent that some women don't even protect each other, so entrenched in the culture are we. g

Atheist dogma

mordant comments on Oct 8, 2018:

{shrug} In my experience none of these things accurately describe what most atheists think. Theism and religion are clearly not the same thing and in my experience most atheists comprehend this. You can have religion without deities (many kinds of Buddhism or Taoism for example) and you can ...

genessa replies on Oct 10, 2018:

@mordant again, exactly. their right to swing their religion ends at my brain! oh that doesn't work as well as the arm/nose thing, but it sounds kind of good. g

It is not a difficult time to be a man, Cheetoh Benito.

genessa comments on Oct 10, 2018:

now, now, it is a difficult time for cheetoh to be a man. his brains (if we want to call them that) are in his dick and his dick is apparently very small. too bad his mouth is so big. g

genessa replies on Oct 10, 2018:

@PolyWolf one can only hope it does! g

A little second-hand advice for the fellas out there, looking to impress women.

genessa comments on Oct 9, 2018:

i, a woman, have some really important advice about how to impress women: stop trying to impress women. instead, be yourself, but examine yourself too; if you are doing stupid stuff, that's going to turn women off but more importantly it makes you a guy who does stupid stuff. that can't be ...

genessa replies on Oct 10, 2018:

@TheAstroChuck ah youth. one's heart goes pitter-pat and one's motor skills melt away. g

Atheist dogma

mordant comments on Oct 8, 2018:

{shrug} In my experience none of these things accurately describe what most atheists think. Theism and religion are clearly not the same thing and in my experience most atheists comprehend this. You can have religion without deities (many kinds of Buddhism or Taoism for example) and you can ...

genessa replies on Oct 10, 2018:

@mordant yes exactly -- unless someone was deliberately trying to pick apart your statement, which picking would be in the service neither of logic nor of reason. g

A little second-hand advice for the fellas out there, looking to impress women.

genessa comments on Oct 9, 2018:

i, a woman, have some really important advice about how to impress women: stop trying to impress women. instead, be yourself, but examine yourself too; if you are doing stupid stuff, that's going to turn women off but more importantly it makes you a guy who does stupid stuff. that can't be ...

genessa replies on Oct 10, 2018:

@TheAstroChuck definitely some men. g

US changes course to allow Russian surveillance flyover - CNNPolitics

RiverRick comments on Oct 10, 2018:

This is actually old news...

genessa replies on Oct 10, 2018:

the article is dated september 28, 2018. g