NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote: 
My view as to what needs to be done is terrifying even to me and I don't want to go down that slimy,slippery slope.It would involve the military.Historically that is the beginning of the end of decency for a long time until a society can right itself.

  As to  what is wrong? Our political system is so horribly dysfunctional it needs to be removed and replaced.With what? I dunno.Let the military run things and clean up the mess and then we'll decide.

 meower wrote: 
Interesting. They put a small notch in all cats ears here when neutering but you wouldn't see that at a distance. 

 meower wrote: 
Awww...Love her meow/snarl/bark...

Yeah, ear-tipping makes sense for instantly identifying fixed cats among strays. I wonder if it affects cats' hearing or freaks them out ("WTF happened to my ear?!?").  

 kcar wrote:

 
I was going to go into a whole explanation, but this is better:

http://www.alleycat.org/Eartip

 

basically, she was feral and taken in to be fixed and tipped with the rest of her colony, but the vets felt that she was too little to be released (afraid that she would die) so she was made available for adoption, and we got her.

 

 meower wrote: 
me too, he's my favourite 

 meower wrote: 
meower, I've been wondering for weeks and just have to ask: what happened to your avatar kitty's left ear? 

 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:

 
I love Michael Leunig

 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote: 
There's gold in them there hills...

 oldviolin wrote: 
very good place to start. I'm kind of partial to dogs and ducks as well.

 

 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote: 

Ah ha! A seeker of more than the superficial...

From the perspective of the shackled world it emerged from and as a living breathing font of freedom and liberty toward a vaccuum; pride and vanity rules it's heart, vengeance and selfishness rules it's progress, pain and enmity rules it's past,  the means justifying it's ends rules its future...

An ironic shift to be sure. A proverbial Möbius strip constructed of a flesh and bone Occam's Razor. Human beings. Sheep with hot buttered souls. Spiritual wickedness. Shortsighted depravity. Round and round. I, Me, Mine...

To fix? Simple. Turn our back on all forms of fear and hatred of our fellow man, regardless of circumstance. It is all illusory and custom designed to force acceptance of powerlessness and control. It is all a lie.
Let what is within rule what is without. The children's song; red and yellow, black and white, we are precious in his sight...

I know. people are looking for political and/or ideological solutions. Many still will be looking when the look of horror is long frozen on their faces...

The first thing I would do is de-politicize schools and school funding. Then I would let the children be the teachers.

 bokey wrote: 
as a foreigner far away that makes me curious (and no, I'm genuinely curious, not wanting to stir up a shit storm):

what is wrong with the US in your view and what needs to be fixed?

 VV wrote: 
I can't speak for Kurt or anyone else,but there is a school of thought that there is absolutely nothing that could possibly be worse that to continue the course of self destruction that America has taken the last 8 years.
 While Trump is obviously a colossal douchbag asswipe,the thought of continuing on the destructive path of national self loathing and hatred that has been set down recently is totally unacceptable.
Here is the bottom line IMO-

Donald Trump SHOULD not be POTUS.
Hillary MUST not be POTUS.

Even Chris Christie is backing away from Drumph.

kurtster I admire your loyalty to your candidate to a point but when that loyalty (as viewed against Trump's accelerating self-inflicted implosion) starts to look like blind loyalty... isn't it time to cut bait? Continuing to support that buffoon through sh*t storm after sh*t storm begins to call your own credibility into question.

If not "cutting bait" entirely... maybe "going dark" is a better idea? At least until he is finally able to pull himself together (not that I think that is even possible given his track record). 

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
He's also got his surrogates out now suggesting the election will be 'rigged' and that there will be violence unless he is elected. This is completely reprehensible. Our history and policy of ballots not bullets *regardless* of the outcome is paramount.  This is the reason that EVERYONE should be denouncing this total trainwreck of a candidate. That there are not more Republicans publicly denouncing them is astounding to me. This guy represents the worst in our nation. If you stand with him, you are part of the problem.

Scarborough: Trump asked adviser why US can't use nuclear weapons

This REALLY should be the final nail in his coffin. The man has absolutely no business being president. 

It is no longer a matter of partisanship, it is now a measure of basic competence and mental balance. 
Since the DNC,  Trump has gone completely off the rails, imo. Do we really want to elect an "unbalanced person" to be a change agent? Really?

First Read: GOP, Trump Go From 'Unraveling' to 'Break Glass' Mode

 sirdroseph wrote: 
Yep

 fgsee wrote: 



Damn right, either Jill Stein or Gary Johnson are acceptable choices.

It seems to me that the neglected class here, the ones that are completely overlooked and ignored, are the youth that will inherit all of this mess.
Talking globally, they are marginalized as uncaring and ignorant.
This could not be farther from the truth!
They are hip to the environment, hip to the lies of elders, hip to the feelings of generosity and love... 

The litmus test for ALL candidates should be how much they consider youth and the environment.
So far, it's a clear choice