Do atheists experience cognitive dissonance in their life as it unfolds?

skado comments on Apr 6, 2023:

A great example of Cognitive Dissonance in atheists ( some, not all ) is when they are shown scientific evidence ( tons ) that religion plays a major role in the survival of our species. The indication that cognitive dissonance is at work is that they not only show no interest, they vociferously ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 6, 2023:

I think we all have CD whether we know it or not but religion has done a part in our survival as a species and also has led to mass murder and torture as well.

Work hard for what you want because it won’t come to you without a fight.

Castlepaloma comments on Apr 4, 2023:

Being overly competitive rather than being unique causes too much fighting stress for my dreams. Prefer to calling it playing hard or loving what you do. The rest of it, I go for that.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 4, 2023:

Earlier today I saw something on the Edge browser trying to tell you the 10 most common dreams people have and what they might mean in real life. I read all of them but cannot remember once having a dream about any of them. Who would have thought?

Laugh 😂, Puke 🤮 or Cry 😭 - it depends on the indoctrination that you have had.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 3, 2023:

I did not vote but normally I avoid this type of event. In 2004 I did go to a couple of them in Kenya.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 3, 2023:

@FrayedBear My ex wife is from there. Married 12 years and lived together for 10 of those years.

New Rule: Atheists Day | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - YouTube

pamagain comments on Apr 2, 2023:

Bill irritates me more every week....but, this is a good one!

DenoPenno replies on Apr 2, 2023:

Bill never irritates me. As a Progressive I mostly agree with him and look at his views not so much as comedy but as political activism.

The Covenant School tragedy shows how more prayers will never stop gun violence

DenoPenno comments on Mar 31, 2023:

Now we know the shooter as Audrey Hale and as this unravels it gets more confusing, packed with stirring ideas of what it might have been and how it all happened. Audrey lived with her parents at 28 years old and they say they had no idea what she was going to do that day. Some say that Hale was ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 2, 2023:

@Tejas Misgendering and dead naming the shooter. What is that? I am simply pointing out the ignorance of others who have assumed what happened and bordered on a "why" as to it all. My post reported on some of this and has no personal opinions at all regarding the shooter.

Did you ever wonder what your heart rate should be?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 1, 2023:

I take blood pressure meds but I have never wondered about this. If I had heart problems I might wonder.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 2, 2023:

@FrayedBear Blood pressure has nothing to do with your heart. It has many factors and happens over time.

THE PROCESS: Investigation ✔️ Grand jury ✔️ Indictment...

Organist1 comments on Mar 31, 2023:

I can't wait for the time when I can turn on my TV and not hear that vile person's name anymore.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 31, 2023:

I stopped watching morning news because Trump was on repeatedly saying something just to get on TV.

Senate votes to end COVID-19 National Emergency by Nathaniel Weixel The Senate on Wednesday passed...

Castlepaloma comments on Mar 30, 2023:

If it's not a vaccine emergency , it will a environmental emergency or a nuclear emergency. When are we going to lock these people up?

DenoPenno replies on Mar 31, 2023:

If you live in Canada I doubt you will be locking any of them up. For Americans however, this is a political party statement that demands power and loyalty out of the right.

I’m just going to leave this here

WayneDalton comments on Mar 31, 2023:

Should have remained an actor😖

DenoPenno replies on Mar 31, 2023:

He was an actor before he was elected POTUS. The problem here is that so many people thought the show was about a real life boss who could hire and fire you. It was not. It was "Reality TV." This is why everyone missed it on Trump being a good choice to run our country.

Christian Nationalists use that book to justify their so-called morality.

BOBdammit comments on Mar 29, 2023:

What??? Ban a book full of murder, incest, and a family floating around for two months on a barge full of animals and nothing but time on their hands???

DenoPenno replies on Mar 29, 2023:

@BOBdammit See ho this sets with you. The 40 days and nights was only the time that it rained. https://bibleanswergirl.wordpress.com/2013/10/13/how-long-was-noah-on-the-ark/

North Carolina Church Raises Thousands to Pay Off Cafeteria Lunch Debt For Every County School ...

KKGator comments on Mar 28, 2023:

Too bad they can't just help people because its simply the right thing to do. They've always got to drag their invisible friend into it.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 29, 2023:

There is a food pantry in the town where I work and I once took a friend there. They make you hear about their invisible friend before you can get your food. Yes, the invisible man did this and not people who had extra and cared about you.

Christian Nationalists use that book to justify their so-called morality.

BOBdammit comments on Mar 29, 2023:

What??? Ban a book full of murder, incest, and a family floating around for two months on a barge full of animals and nothing but time on their hands???

DenoPenno replies on Mar 29, 2023:

The barge full of people and animals floated around much longer than 2 months according to the fictitious story.

Donald Trump Has Completely Lost His Mind

BDair comments on Mar 28, 2023:

Attack on the Capitol https://youtu.be/yEkRIJOQW0g

DenoPenno replies on Mar 28, 2023:

Sorry. I saw different video that was not made for people who thought Jan. 6th was no big deal. Anyone can edit and comment on video to make it look like a peaceful visit.

"1200 People Were Asked Why They Left Christianity.

DenoPenno comments on Mar 27, 2023:

I really don't care much. Knowing how our modern day bible came to be is enough for me. I don't need religion and I do not want religious politicians. They should stop talking about gods.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 27, 2023:

@WayneDalton By councils and decree some 300 plus years after the time of Jesus. It was decided to make a big bible book out of many smaller books and they wanted a beginning and an ending. Let that sink in and you can easily imagine our crank nutjobs today.

After watching this video you will have no doubt that Covid19 was nothing more than deliberate US ...

DenoPenno comments on Mar 25, 2023:

I've said this before many times but nobody gets it. The current scheme of things is to get your money by any means possible and to get as much money as they can. Powers that be cannot get your money if you are dead. People die every day but killing you only creates money for the undertaker.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 26, 2023:

@FrayedBear I will have nothing that others inherit. My 2 daughters get my bank accounts if anything is left when I die. My property is a half acre of land and a car. My life is my electronics inside my mobile home and when I die my kids can go electronically nuts. This does not mean they will know how to use any of it. They can keep my mobile home by simply paying the yearly taxes if they wanna live here but I do not think it is worth moving. The question foremost would be "do they want my land." Just move in. I'll be dead and not complain.

America's analysis of criminality is pretty fucking bent.

DenoPenno comments on Mar 26, 2023:

That describes it pretty well, but now Zuck has to pay millions and has a new plan to charge users of Facebook and claims he is protecting user privacy. This will start in Asia, he says, then continue into the rest of us. My take on it is that to get his money back he will still allow free users ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 26, 2023:

@Archeus_Lore I agree fully and I do political activism from his site. To do this correctly you have to post your fact or belief and not name call or argue. I refuse to pay Zuck.

He's right to be worried.

CourtJester comments on Mar 24, 2023:

Shit.... The democrats send billions to Ukraine, they send a chunk back as donations to the democrat party, they purchase some weapons and the dealer or manufacturer makes their political donation, then the Ukrainian government pockets the rest. This war wont end any time soon. It would cost ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 24, 2023:

@Flyingsaucesir I doubt that he has any evidence of kickbacks but I do agree this war will not end anytime soon. Also, if Putin was dead tomorrow that would not stop this war. Whoever took his place would simply continue.

Remember the TV commercials?

Barnie2years comments on Mar 24, 2023:

I don’t buy any other brand of ketchup! I’ve never found any I liked better. Squeeze bottles have helped the flow issue. 😁

DenoPenno replies on Mar 24, 2023:

Thank you. I would buy this only in a squeeze bottle.

Canada Muslim told not to pray at Canadian train station

DenoPenno comments on Mar 24, 2023:

They ignore the prayer rules. Jesus said to pray in your closet. Muslims make a big deal all out in to open about it but I bet Mo never told them to do it this way.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 24, 2023:

@barjoe Yes, and he flew to heaven on a winged horse. :)

After Utah lawmakers allowed book banning, one parent went after the Bible

KKGator comments on Mar 24, 2023:

I always love whenever anyone turns the tables and successfully uses the fascists' actions against them.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 24, 2023:

I can agree with that.

Governor Sanders To Sign Arkansas School Bathroom Bill into Law - Opera News Official

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2023:

The number of dumbass right wingers boggles the mind.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 22, 2023:

True. Then they take right wing crap and say the left is doing this.

A woman had her amputated toes grow back after prayer! I used to drive by this church on my way to ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 21, 2023:

She lies. She lies like a rug. She lies like a lazy dog on a rug. She lies like a flea on a lazy dog on a rug. 😂

DenoPenno replies on Mar 21, 2023:

Yes, she lies.

Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it. Christopher Hitchens

FrancoFran comments on Mar 19, 2023:

Neither is it derived from government

DenoPenno replies on Mar 20, 2023:

Very little is derived from governments but they do have certain laws that we must follow or we end up in prison. I would rather come home knowing what i am going to do every night.

Yesterday the JW's came to my door and gave me a tract asking me to attend a "memorial of Jesus' ...

Archeus_Lore comments on Mar 18, 2023:

I don't really give a fuck when putatively he died, because for one thing, they can't even prove that he lived, and secondly, IF he fucking lived, I'd like to know how they can possibly believe the immaculate conception bull shit . . . . if their own daughter came home one day and said, hey, mom and...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 18, 2023:

The way believers see it all today is a recent idea put together with lots of bullshit from Saul of Tarsus who never even met Jesus. Paul, as he became later, wrote a third of the NT. He once said for his teachings that he could not tell if he was in or out of his body when he received them from a higher power. Believers just eat that all up cox they take it as proof of a soul and nobody wants to die.

If you want to survive 2023.

DenoPenno comments on Mar 18, 2023:

Why would I invest in gold? If everything went to hell quickly I could not use this gold to buy anything or do anything. It would not get me food or gasoline. People in a panic would knock you down and trample you and your gold. Cash would not work so well either. Green passports. The color of ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 18, 2023:

@Castlepaloma Not a liberal. Once a Republican long ago and today a Progressive. I want what is best for all of us.

Do you agree or disagree with Gov.

Archeus_Lore comments on Mar 18, 2023:

Unless you are asleep at the wheel, you know that the USA initiated this war, then blamed Russia. That right there should be enough to know. The USA has just as much business in Ukraine as they did in Iraq, which is fucking NONE!

DenoPenno replies on Mar 18, 2023:

I'm not a fan of Putin. Sorry. The U. S. being involved in this dispute of territory has many risks. We did not start the war directly. Putin claimed he was purging the Nazis from the Ukraine.

The god of reverse psychology.

DenoPenno comments on Mar 17, 2023:

I always thought it was so strange that they ate the forbidden fruit and suddenly discovered that they were naked. What is so wrong with being naked? This would also mean that the "forbidden fruit" was from the tree of knowledge. This changes many things and believers still think this was a true ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 18, 2023:

@BufftonBeotch Apparently if the penis kept that foreskin you were "unclean." (Was it the lack of water in the area?) So, hack that skin off to show you are special to your god. Later, Kellogg of cereal fame came along and claimed circumcision would keep boys from masturbating. Why was everyone so worried about this?

Despite reality, Trump blames Pence for January 6 violence.

Organist1 comments on Mar 13, 2023:

He knows his followers will believe whatever garbage drips out of his mouth.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 17, 2023:

@alliwant No, he convinces them that he hates what they hate. This is how he builds his base.

[google.com] Bart Simpon, bank run

Castlepaloma comments on Mar 15, 2023:

Biden won't charge taxpayers for banking bailout. Silicone Valley Bank and many others to come. Who is paying for the bail out, China, Ukraine, banks printed money or higher inflation? Any ideas?

DenoPenno replies on Mar 17, 2023:

@Castlepaloma I live in a 2 bedroom 16 wide mobile home on my half acre of land in a small town community. As an old man I work 2 days a week and also have my Social Security. Freedom and healthy food are it and I could buy a new car outright if I wanted to but I refuse even to finance one. Total system collapse would ruin me but I do not play their games. I'm aware but I do not fear. As an introvert my life is my 5 days a week that I can do my own thing at home privately. My drunken neighbor does not understand that. (Guess I"m like George Thorogood.) Next week they will bring my new dishwasher. I just went to Lowe's and wrote the $928 check last week. Crypto is gypto, but I did invest in pot once in Canada. ACB did a reverse split and took my money. I watch out for me but you can bet I'll never do that again.

[google.com] Bart Simpon, bank run

Castlepaloma comments on Mar 15, 2023:

Biden won't charge taxpayers for banking bailout. Silicone Valley Bank and many others to come. Who is paying for the bail out, China, Ukraine, banks printed money or higher inflation? Any ideas?

DenoPenno replies on Mar 16, 2023:

@Castlepaloma An American president is not our insurance of anything and drug cartels are not taking care of me. I also do not have my own Government as you claim. So far WW3 has only started between Russia and the Ukraine. I doubt that either of those 2 are printing our money and we have been off the gold standard for some time. Is anything else new and can we decide our fate by who is president or Prime Minister? I doubt it.

[google.com] Bart Simpon, bank run

Castlepaloma comments on Mar 15, 2023:

Biden won't charge taxpayers for banking bailout. Silicone Valley Bank and many others to come. Who is paying for the bail out, China, Ukraine, banks printed money or higher inflation? Any ideas?

DenoPenno replies on Mar 15, 2023:

I don't think printed money is paying for the bailouts at all and certainly not anyone outside the U.S. Either there is an insurance program in place to cover these bailouts or YOU the taxpayer will pay it in the long run.

Despite reality, Trump blames Pence for January 6 violence.

warlord13 comments on Mar 13, 2023:

Being a Libertarian, I'm not going to take political sides because both sides are nothing but crooks. Anyone with two eyes and 1/4 brain can realize if any other citizen did what they (rep/dem) have done, we would be sitting in a jail cell awaiting a trial date. (and yes...even our kids with ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 15, 2023:

Jay, you are wrong on many points here but I will not debate them. For the record I carry a Libertarian card in my pocket but my political stand is actually Progressive these days. I want what benefits all of us and not just a chosen few.

This editorial defending Coach Deion Sanders' prayers is a massive fumble

TXLerins comments on Mar 14, 2023:

What would happen to colleges if (gasp!) there were no football programs!

DenoPenno replies on Mar 15, 2023:

Maybe god would stop having favorite sports teams.

New Rule: Oscars So Woke? | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - YouTube

GrooshStar comments on Mar 12, 2023:

I miss that show, I don't get HBO anymore.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 12, 2023:

Neither do I but i watch Bill's show every Saturday with the devices I have. The show actually airs on Friday nights.

Yes. I am implying that Trumpers are dumber than hyenas

Sticks48 comments on Mar 10, 2023:

They may actually be the dumbest living creatures this Universe has spawned.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 10, 2023:

@silverotter11 I work with people like this and when you confront them on the issues they deny it. Then if you don't watch it you have offended them again. Trump sure knew how to get to Christians even if they were the "we don't go to church" kind of believer.

Renowned liberal Atheist Richard Dawkins claims Liberals and Leftists are cowards in regards to ...

KKGator comments on Mar 9, 2023:

I can't disagree with him.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 9, 2023:

Neither can I.

Surprisingly, I kind of thought this seemed like a workable idea at the time! 😂 Our obsession ...

Castlepaloma comments on Mar 9, 2023:

I won't eat that product ,same with live bugs. No matter how broke I'll ever be or if they mandate it like the vaccines.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 9, 2023:

It was a a movie where the dead secretly become the food for the masses while only the rich have real food. The rich are behind this and we are to believe we now have too many people.

I was thinking today about canceling my subscription to Jon Stewart on Apple TV+ since some of the ...

DenoPenno comments on Mar 8, 2023:

I subscribe to nothing. I have You Tube ad blockers and basically watch anything I want for free. This includes movies at your local theater. My neighbor wants me to teach him how to do this and he can't even use a computer. Lost cause there and I will not get involved, but Jon Stewart is worth it. ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 9, 2023:

@FrostyJim Start using Adblock Ultimate in your browser.

WORLD NEWS AND COMMENTARY from Jeff Childers 'The UK Sun ran a baffling story yesterday headlined, ...

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DenoPenno replies on Mar 8, 2023:

The big mystery to me is why it is a death riddle involving Australians. In a future post it will change into deaths of other people also. Now it is New Zealanders. Is someone getting paid here by clicks, likes, and views?

It is Micky Dolenz birthday. The Monkees, She. [youtu.be]

Marionville comments on Mar 8, 2023:

Happy birthday Mickey!

DenoPenno replies on Mar 8, 2023:

Happy Birthday, Mickey. :) I remember you since the show Circus Boy.

"Be fruitful and multiply": TX bill cuts property taxes for couples with 10 kids

DenoPenno comments on Mar 4, 2023:

II think you would have problems feeding 10 kids so why not.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 8, 2023:

@snytiger6 Without y usual levity on the matter this all happens because of a bible verse that said "be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth."

They have lots of new phones and apps now and you need to change, the woman told me.

Fernapple comments on Mar 5, 2023:

I only just gave up on my Blackberry, because the battery was done for. I got a new phone mainly for emergencies, which lives in the glove compartment of my van, and is hardly ever turned on, but I still miss the Blackberry. Like you I use refurbished computers all the time, why can't people ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 5, 2023:

@Fernapple I will check into this. Thanks. If we have it here it even fits my name.

Was Jesus Christ REALLY Emperor Titus?

Fernapple comments on Mar 5, 2023:

Anybody who thinks they know with any degree of certainty, what the origins of the new testament truly are, given both the vast gulf of time, and the complete lack of confirming records, is deluding themselves. I have heard a dozen theories, and all of them made sense and fitted the available ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 5, 2023:

The origin of two thirds of the NT are from Saul of Tarsus who never even met Jesus. Good old Apostle Paul.

They have lots of new phones and apps now and you need to change, the woman told me.

Fernapple comments on Mar 5, 2023:

I only just gave up on my Blackberry, because the battery was done for. I got a new phone mainly for emergencies, which lives in the glove compartment of my van, and is hardly ever turned on, but I still miss the Blackberry. Like you I use refurbished computers all the time, why can't people ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 5, 2023:

I hear you loud and clear. My phone with a $20 card every 90 days is a Samsung powered by Trackfone. I use it like you use yours but the weather app stops working on it. You can make it work again by buying another $20 card, but it won't work long. Text and talk are always there. People that know me than me have looked at it and have no idea of the problem. I've figured out that this is a new strategy of Trackfone uses to sell more phone cards.

I found another agnostic forum but this one is kind of new.

DenoPenno comments on Mar 2, 2023:

The forum is worth checking out. What is the name?

DenoPenno replies on Mar 4, 2023:

@Julie808 I agree with you fully. Arguments are "won" when one side gives up. This does not mean much and is why I do not like to argue. I simply state my facts as logically as possible and then just move on. Seldom do any of us "convert" anyone. I. E. we will never convince the far right that bus loads of people are not showing up at polling places and all are allowed to vote without real credentials. It does not happen but I keep hearing it all the time.

Jimmy Dore knows what's up. Sean Penn Has COMPLETELY Lost His Mind Over Ukraine [youtu.be]

DenoPenno comments on Mar 3, 2023:

OK, Jimmy. Sean Penn could just shut the hell up or he could do propaganda for Putin. Which one do you prefer?

DenoPenno replies on Mar 3, 2023:

@BDair I could also say that I believe Putin and the Ukraine is full of Nazis. Does that work for you?

Governor Ron DeSantis wrote an op-ed in the WSJ 'On Monday, I signed the law ending the Walt ...

DenoPenno comments on Mar 3, 2023:

Is this what being "woke" is all about? I read that DeSantis and others are also banning books too. Some books are banned apparently for viewpoint and language use. Is this about not wanting kids to know the truth? Some famous books are even having a "woke" re-write of certain sections. This is like...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 3, 2023:

@BDair I'm not sure 3rd graders are reading about Drag Queens. Who in the public school system would have the authority to push this? Nobody. Your thoughts on this are a misconception.

Priest Says Hell Is Fake And Religion Is About Control! - YouTube

ASTRALMAX comments on Mar 2, 2023:

Religion is one of the earliest forms of carrot and stick training. I don't wonder why it is called the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, there is certainly no democracy in it. However, even given the gradual demise of organized religion, I would like to think that something will not take its place but I am not ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 2, 2023:

@BOBdammit Doesn't everyone know there are 7 heavens?

Hate-preacher: Gays should be executed with stones "melted down into a bullet"

OldMetalHead comments on Feb 25, 2023:

Funny how these guys never harp on adultery since it's mentioned many more times in the bible than homosexuality. Must be because advocating for stoning members of your congregation wouldn't be good for the collection plate.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 25, 2023:

If I follow this hate preacher it means I want people like Little Richard killed. I know Richard Pennimann is dead already but this guy is nuts

The misdirection has worked for hundreds of years, I don't see it changing

DenoPenno comments on Feb 24, 2023:

True. In Germany in 1965 I found one bathroom for everyone in Nurnberg. This worked fine and I seriously doubt they have created separate bathrooms since that time. These bathrooms had one attendant who would clean and monitor and also accept tips.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 24, 2023:

@pamagain The thing is, you would think all of those in America today creating strife through politics should know this. The 1960's until now is a long time. Secretly I think they do know. It is all just part of their control game.

Based on, concerned , verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 24, 2023:

OK, what is Jesus birthday? We have no idea really and we also do not know his date of death. Date of birth is guessed at and his date of death is constantly changing according to the calendars. Imagine that your loved one died but you had no idea what date that was. This says a lot about Mr. Jesus.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 24, 2023:

@rainmanjr A manger birth. Most people are not aware that in those times the animals were on the bottom floor of the Inn. This would be the "manger" that we Westerners so often speak of. It should also be noted that anyone writing of this Jesus birth had no way of knowing anything about stars that could have influenced the event or even if stars were present. Ancient goat herders knew very little about stars or any heavenly events. For sake of importance they made things up.

CHD Sues CDC to Obtain Documents on COVID Vaccine Injuries and Deaths Reported in VAERS By ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 21, 2023:

OMG, I think they are hiding studies about polio and have been for years. Maybe we are all doomed. How do we make them immediately share all of the study info with the public? Old Charlie wants to know.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 21, 2023:

@BDair Maybe not but recently released info on Covid is that it can drain the body of needed potassium and cause the thing you claim the vaccines are doing. Newly found and newly released this flies in the face of many antivaxxer claims.

When they show you what they are...

Beowulfsfriend comments on Feb 21, 2023:

That's a total WTF. And, I bet he's an xtion.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 21, 2023:

@BufftonBeotch Through forced birth they hope to gain party supporters later in life. So many fall for this by claiming to be pro-life when the real issue is control.

Sometimes people just do not think. They hope that you do not think either.

CourtJester comments on Feb 20, 2023:

If you look at the data, there were a shit ton of ballots that had only Biden chosen and no other candidates marked on the ballots. That would be why.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 20, 2023:

To know this I suppose you have looked at the data. You looked at the ballots. Well, maybe not.

Former President Jimmy Carter to begin receiving hospice care at home following hospitalizations

Sweed comments on Feb 19, 2023:

It should be 45, not Carter

DenoPenno replies on Feb 19, 2023:

45 should be in a nursing home right now with every attendant warned that he is trying to escape.

Opinion | What John Fetterman Should Know About Thomas Eagleton - POLITICO

KKGator comments on Feb 18, 2023:

And some people still wonder why FDR hid his physical condition? Not only are a large percentage of the American people woefully ignorant of SO much, far too many of them are completely unwilling to educate themselves. They'd rather maintain erroneous assumptions and demonize what you they don't ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 18, 2023:

I have depression and I have lived with it since 1986 when a wife died. It comes and goes, off and on, and I do NOT want to be medicated for it. Things that seem to increase this depression is the fact that I am not getting any younger. At least we can say Fetterman was honest about his situation.

Someone else is wary of Ukrainian intent?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 15, 2023:

The biggest Ukrainian intent that I see is not wanting to be taken back into Russia again.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 17, 2023:

@FrayedBear I am American but I am talking of knowing people in my community. My reply is in answer to statements that people in the Ukraine all want to be Russian. This is a generalization that cannot be known. You therefore cannot speak for all of these people.

Someone else is wary of Ukrainian intent?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 15, 2023:

The biggest Ukrainian intent that I see is not wanting to be taken back into Russia again.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 15, 2023:

@FrayedBear I can't speak for that many people, Bear. I might tell you that people in my community are all hicks but we both know that I do not and cannot know these 1200 people. Been here since 2006 and I know maybe 30 people tops.

Someone else is wary of Ukrainian intent?

vocaloldfart comments on Feb 15, 2023:

I cannot fathom Zelensky. the guy does not seem to be real. Just something not quite Kosher about him. He is an actor and comedian, who is writing his script? War is a battle of wits as much as the physical military one. Zelensky seems to be playing the part of Oliver "please sir more" begging on...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 15, 2023:

@Kurtn What real truth of the war? Maybe you think it is all about Nazis.

She must REALLY like chicken!! A Cook County School Cafeteria Worker Stole $1.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 13, 2023:

I hate chicken wings. I really do.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 13, 2023:

@TheoryNumber3 I just finished a small can of chicken noodle soup with lots of crackers a dab of hot sauce. Very tiny pieces of chicken in this soup.

So, I've been telling my brother that my mom was sending large amounts to right wing nutjob groups ...

barjoe comments on Feb 11, 2023:

I hope your mom gets better.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 12, 2023:

@barjoe You need to have a durable power of attorney (POA) to do anything. This should be investigated for the state her mother lives in and followed accordingly.

'Last month, ICAN, through its attorneys, sent a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 10, 2023:

I can decide too. :)

DenoPenno replies on Feb 11, 2023:

@BDair So now we believe websites with names like icandecide and prepareforchange. How about wheredoyougetyourfacts?

'Last month, ICAN, through its attorneys, sent a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)...

BOBdammit comments on Feb 10, 2023:

I'm somewhat happy with my bike.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 10, 2023:

Oh, yes! I can decide dot org. :)

[youtube.com] Donna CLIFF RICHARD & THE DRIFTERS

DenoPenno comments on Feb 10, 2023:

Great song. These days I always have intimate thoughts about a friends wife when I hear it. Getting goosebumps thinking of her as I write this. Any chance ever of me and her? Nope! :)

DenoPenno replies on Feb 10, 2023:

@rogerbenham True, unless you convince her that eatin' ain't cheatin.' :)

The Covid Plandemic house of cards is collapsing.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 10, 2023:

No one ever said that taking the jab would prevent transmission. This is a misunderstanding repeated by those who do not want to be vaccinated. It's like saying that a flu shot will prevent you from getting the flu. Sorry. It will not.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 10, 2023:

@BDair I agree with most of your longer answer to my remarks but it was a pandemic. Who really knew anything because there was nothing to study to get data. Do a bio on the germs and produce a vaccine was about all they could do and do it quickly.

Is atheism unnatural?

David1955 comments on Feb 10, 2023:

I've said before, will say again, that I think some people are born more wired towards religious belief, while other wired not to believe, and a lot of people are kind of neutral and sort of go along with it through socialisation and Pascal's Wagering fear. However, fundamentally religion is a ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 10, 2023:

@NostraDumbass When you take religion back far enough then god is female just like your mother.

After affirming LGBTQ people, a Christian school lost donors and will shut down

racocn8 comments on Feb 8, 2023:

It is all about hate. Without the hate, there's no enjoyment of kicking down. (It's got to be tough waking up to the same semi-conscious trailer trash degradation.)

DenoPenno replies on Feb 9, 2023:

Trailer trash is a very offensive remark. Even though I live in a "mobile home" (hey, I'm not moving it around anywhere :) ) I know others who live in trailers that I would not ever want to hang around with. This living arrangement became part of my lifestyle years ago and allows me to save money today.

Joe Biden killed it from the moment he was announced as POTUS.

Sgt_Spanky comments on Feb 8, 2023:

This was followed by GOP rep Sarah Huckabee Sanders spending 20 mins lying and spinning everything Biden said to paint the Dems as rampaging Visigoths out to destroy everyone's life and sell their children into slavery. Every minute of Biden' address were proposals to ease the burdens on the ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 8, 2023:

@MyTVC15 It is hard for me to imagine her getting harpooned.

International investigation shows Russian missile shot down flight MH17 in 2014 over Ukraine.

KKGator comments on Feb 8, 2023:

Putin has to be put down like the rabid animal he is.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 8, 2023:

I fully agree but it will make little difference in the current situation.

After watching her reply to Biden's stellar State of the Union speech (where he talked about things ...

MyTVC15 comments on Feb 8, 2023:

I confess, I shut the tube off before she was done introducing herself. I am not going to waste any time listening to her.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 8, 2023:

I don't listen to Huckabuck. I think she is greatly confused.

How long you used to believed in God?

Castlepaloma comments on Feb 5, 2023:

For 3 months, baptism, I was taken by the well dressed girls in church. Until I watched Linda Blair turn her head completely around and threw up her pea soup, all over everyone in horror movie. Plus their answers were not good enough, for my hard questions.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 6, 2023:

@Castlepaloma Thanks for posting. I read up on some of this coz I looked her up earlier today.

How long you used to believed in God?

Castlepaloma comments on Feb 5, 2023:

For 3 months, baptism, I was taken by the well dressed girls in church. Until I watched Linda Blair turn her head completely around and threw up her pea soup, all over everyone in horror movie. Plus their answers were not good enough, for my hard questions.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 6, 2023:

I would have liked to have known Linda Blair when she was not throwing up pea soup. :)

This is how corrupt medical science has become.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 5, 2023:

Yes, of course. I get it now. People should have just been left to die while the vaccines were fully tested for 10 years.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 5, 2023:

@Castlepaloma I have no idea who they are killing. Who are "they?" The worldwide idea in developed countries is not to kill you off. It is to keep you alive so as to get your money.

The Jehovah's Witnesses are no longer a "religious community" in Norway 😉😍😙🤗😄😘 ...

jackjr comments on Feb 2, 2023:

Unfortunately we're supposed to have freedom of religion which seems to mean all religions (and even none). Unfortunately, we're not a civilized as some countries and are headed in the opposite direction. Now we can't even enforce our own rules (Johnson Amendment) in trying to regulate the speech of...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 4, 2023:

@jackjr True, and what believers think was said is "be a good boy and pay your taxes." Separation of church and state is another matter because if this situation really happened there is no "church" involved. Jesus was supposedly just talking to a group of people.

The Jehovah's Witnesses are no longer a "religious community" in Norway 😉😍😙🤗😄😘 ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 2, 2023:

This is a step forward but I find people in general from the religious world haste the JW's. Everyone claims it is the door knocking. I see it differently. * They do not believe in a soul and claim when you are dead you are dead. * They have only 144,000 going to heaven. * The resurrected dead ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 3, 2023:

@Buck You have no soul. This is because you are the soul. No god or invisible being gave you a soul at any time. You are a living soul. A time will come when we are all dead souls when we die.

The Jehovah's Witnesses are no longer a "religious community" in Norway 😉😍😙🤗😄😘 ...

jackjr comments on Feb 2, 2023:

Unfortunately we're supposed to have freedom of religion which seems to mean all religions (and even none). Unfortunately, we're not a civilized as some countries and are headed in the opposite direction. Now we can't even enforce our own rules (Johnson Amendment) in trying to regulate the speech of...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 3, 2023:

@jackjr This is true Jack but it was a trick question and Jesus knew it. No self respecting Jew of his time believed that Caesar was owed anything.

In America, you have to opt out of religion in public life.

rainmanjr comments on Feb 3, 2023:

This is a fine example of how Dems coddle dogmatic religion, mostly Christian and Islam, and help it survive. I think that's a mistake which has led to The Federalist Society but I'm bitter.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 3, 2023:

@rainmanjr OK, what religion are the Republicans? I can see where religion having a political party is not going anywhere. Too many people and too many religions.

Like most adults, we are working with different scripts.

Organist1 comments on Feb 3, 2023:

I met someone like that last week for a lunch date. Very little was said by text, but he was a real talker in person. It turns out that he just dislikes texting. I hope yours turns out well.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 3, 2023:

I also dislike texting. In fact, I hate texting.

In America, you have to opt out of religion in public life.

rainmanjr comments on Feb 3, 2023:

This is a fine example of how Dems coddle dogmatic religion, mostly Christian and Islam, and help it survive. I think that's a mistake which has led to The Federalist Society but I'm bitter.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 3, 2023:

Nonsense. Now religion has a political party?

Good enough for me

BDair comments on Jan 31, 2023:

Except, you might have to be on drugs to drink Bud.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 3, 2023:

In Bev totally ruined Budweiser.

Florida Demanding Girls Report Menstrual Info to the State in Order to Play School Sports Florida...

glennlab comments on Feb 3, 2023:

Why is he so concerned with what goes on in little girls' pants?

DenoPenno replies on Feb 3, 2023:

It almost makes you wonder if he is trying to get in those pants.

Look what one of my apps has just reported: online stalking. Does it happen to you?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 2, 2023:

My browser has AdBlocker Ultimate and I avoid lots of nonsense that way. I'm not worried about which companies are stalking me because all of them do that now. They either want to sell you something or get your business somehow. Others might want to give you a virus. It's not likely you would find ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 2, 2023:

@Flyingsaucesir I'm not sure that Linux would run the programs that I use. If I find someone that says it does I might have to switch. Right now one of mine is Firestick 4K Max and even though I have no trouble with it I hear that Walmart's latest Onn Android TV is much more friendly and easier to use.

BOOM! FAKE vaccine cards for doctors?

Jolanta comments on Feb 1, 2023:

Give it a break.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 2, 2023:

@Castlepaloma You must live in a different world than I do.

Governments don’t want an intelligent population because people who can think critically can’t ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 1, 2023:

While George is telling us the truth here keep in mind that voting is needed. The reason is that every society will have a leader and even dictators will have their people vote. This is so they can claim their authority is "legal."

DenoPenno replies on Feb 1, 2023:

@Buck What I was trying to tell you is that we either have the 2 corporate puppets or we end up with someone like Putin or Kim. I don't want either of those

BOOM! FAKE vaccine cards for doctors?

Jolanta comments on Feb 1, 2023:

Give it a break.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 1, 2023:

@BDair I agree with Jolanta. The thing is, I'm not finding any new information. If all of this was about food instead of a vaccination you would stop eating and sound an alarm so others would stop eating also. Give it a break.

It still amazes me how much more the typical agnostic/atheist knows more about the Bible than a ...

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Jan 31, 2023:

Xtians don't typically study the "history" of the Bible outside of books/articles written by ardent Xtians. When I was in church, I asked my pastor about reading a variety of books, and he said that one should not read works that do not support the Bible or align with it as they could "weaken one's...

DenoPenno replies on Jan 31, 2023:

I have known Baptists who claimed they could trace their church all the way back to John the Baptist. Yes, we knew it was all about him the whole time.

I need advice and find so many businesses have incompetent employees.

BDair comments on Jan 31, 2023:

I would get one of these, or just wash my dishes in the sink.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 31, 2023:

I DO NOT WANT to wash dishes in the sink and when I had one of those they did not want to either. That is why we had a dishwasher in the first place.

I need advice and find so many businesses have incompetent employees.

TheoryNumber3 comments on Jan 31, 2023:

Amazon sells them. But they look like they take up a lot of counter space.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 31, 2023:

They are usually 28 X 22 and about 19 high, but some are smaller. I wanted opinions from people who had them or knew someone who did. Amazon could get me one pretty quickly if they do not damage it. Comfee and Farberware are brands I am most interested in from them right now.

After Man Kills Wife, Kids and Self, Obituary Says He Cherished Family

silverotter11 comments on Jan 27, 2023:

I had to LOL - that's some fucked up shit. I left religion behind when I was 12. I can not comprehend the religious nutters.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 28, 2023:

@Sticks48 Religion haunted me deeply until about 20 years ago but today I will be one of the first to tell you that Jesus said not to eat with Republicans or Shriners.

Charges Filed For The Five Memphis Officers Involved In Tyre Nichols’ Death -- News5

jackjr comments on Jan 26, 2023:

In a class I once took on criminal law, the instructor (a onetime officer and then mayor of a small town in SD) said, that cops and crooks are often the same. Some cops want to be on the legal side of the fence and want to knock heads, and break a few laws.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 27, 2023:

I watch a lot of TV and movies and ideas like this seem to be repeated so often in plots that it would seem like a training ground for many officers.

SARCASM WARNING: It’s Not a Gun Problem—Americans Are Just Super Extra Evil, Crazy, and Stupid ...

LiterateHiker comments on Jan 25, 2023:

Stop generalizing about Americans. The majority of Americans want to ban assault weapons and feel horrified by gun violence. I never owned a gun and never will. In my profile I wrote, "I want a man who enjoys hiking and who only shoots with a camera." I blame the National Rifle Association ...

DenoPenno replies on Jan 25, 2023:

I own 2 guns that are not registered and not traceable in any way. I never carry them with me and gave up practicing a long time ago.

I hate it that people are trained to make you think they are helping you so much.

waitingforgodo comments on Jan 24, 2023:

Aisle do my best. Miller High Life is 4.6% ABV.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 25, 2023:

Similar stories are me looking for another computer monitor or TV that I can use for one. I simply wanted a bigger monitor and it has to have a certain type of base for the location and way that I am going to use it. I make this very plain because I know what I am looking for. The sales lady says "you can mount those on the wall too you know." Then I have massage wands that have a 2 feet style pulsating head design and I want them close by my favorite chairs in order to use them. If I put them away completely it is a bother to get them out again. One has fallen and broken before but I fixed it. The best way of getting what I want is to have the wand sticking out of a small waste basket with the handle and cord facing up. Protected and not likely to fall anywhere. The eager store owner tries to sell me a paint mixing bucket with writing all over it. Then a red bucket with "True Value' written on it. Jesus Christ! Please stop. Will you please stop and quit trying to sell me. I am not there to be sold on anything. Show me what you have and let me decide what I want. The sales people are now believing they did a great job by convincing you of what you really want and are looking for. Pathetic. I finally bought small black waste baskets at Dollar Tree for $1.25 each.

Who is now in possession of the docs from those empty classified folders?

RichCC comments on Jan 20, 2023:

What did one expert say? -- The documents aren't separated from the folders because the folders are for document** *transit* **[my emphasis]. Is this why tRump tore up and flushed(poor man's shredder) all those documents? What was it The Penguin said in one of those Batman movies? -- A little...

DenoPenno replies on Jan 21, 2023:

With Donald Dump the idea is anything to keep it going and keep his name mentioned and in the minds of others. When he dies I will say it could not have happened to a nicer man.

San·tos (săn′təs, säN′to͝os) A city of southeast Brazil on an offshore island in the ...

glennlab comments on Jan 20, 2023:

I hope he gets a new job as a Brazil inmate.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 20, 2023:

I am amazed that they immediately want to put him on committee and MTG is also getting a job now. The plan must be to get us to think these people are normal.

Anecdotal - An email from a nurse to Alex Berenson Hi Alex - As a nurse for over 20 years I ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 19, 2023:

The corporation I work for goes through the questions this nurse is talking about. They have their own way of doing things. As for a hospital asking ridiculous Covid questions of you, I don't know any that do. Nurses are in my family and I don't think hospitals are obsessed with Covid as much as you...

DenoPenno replies on Jan 20, 2023:

@BDair Nobody tells me what to think. Not even you. For the record I do go by the scientific method.

Anecdotal - An email from a nurse to Alex Berenson Hi Alex - As a nurse for over 20 years I ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 19, 2023:

The corporation I work for goes through the questions this nurse is talking about. They have their own way of doing things. As for a hospital asking ridiculous Covid questions of you, I don't know any that do. Nurses are in my family and I don't think hospitals are obsessed with Covid as much as you...

DenoPenno replies on Jan 19, 2023:

@BDair How valid does that sound to you? Not very much to me. People just keep on making shit up paid by subscribers clicks, views, and likes.

'Japan has launched an official investigation into the unprecedented numbers of people dying after ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 14, 2023:

Oh, Jesus Christ!

DenoPenno replies on Jan 17, 2023:

@FrayedBear Ist ficken quatsch!

'Japan has launched an official investigation into the unprecedented numbers of people dying after ...

FrayedBear comments on Jan 14, 2023:

Like I keep saying "it is only since I was conned & misled into being given a Pfizer injection have I had incredible arthritis in my hands. Arthritis is a auto immune inflammatory disease.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 14, 2023:

@FrayedBear Half or more of the meds that we all take have side effects that nobody wants. It almost makes you want to quit with the meds, but that will not work.

'Japan has launched an official investigation into the unprecedented numbers of people dying after ...

FrayedBear comments on Jan 14, 2023:

Like I keep saying "it is only since I was conned & misled into being given a Pfizer injection have I had incredible arthritis in my hands. Arthritis is a auto immune inflammatory disease.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 14, 2023:

OK. I had arthritis before any Covid jabs so what is the point?

Lisa Marie Presley death: Singer and only child of Elvis, dies at 54 after hospitalization mother ...

Emme comments on Jan 13, 2023:

All these young folks dropping like flies & nobody sees the c19 Vax correlation. And nobody thinks that all these deaths of YOUNG folks are being explained away as anything and everything EXCEPT the vaccines is in the least bit strange or is normal? But "THEYRE" sure it's definitely NOT the ...

DenoPenno replies on Jan 14, 2023:

@laidback1 I don't think I'm the one that is retarded here. I've had the Covid shots and I'm alive. Elvis had heart problems and died from it but drugs might have helped. Lisa is his only child and it is likely that she also had heart problems. Antivax bullshit does not mean that everyone who took the jab died from it. Yo can believe what you like but I wonder where you get your information.