Is every one really created equal?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 10, 2021:

NO because none of us are created.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 10, 2021:

@Word If you think we are created then we were created by our parents. No gods are involved.

I think back to my time in Texas when often I told someone I had to hurry home because Carter was on...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 10, 2021:

It is a little known fact that Adrianne Palicki (Cmdr. Kelly Grayson on The Orville TV Series) made a pilot film for a Wonder Woman TV series in 2011, the series never went ahead but she was great

DenoPenno replies on Jan 10, 2021:

Thanks. I never knew this.

Cat raises couple's lockdown spirits by delivering letters from mystery neighbour

Druvius comments on Jan 9, 2021:

One of my cats vanished once (eventually found, happy ending,) but searching for him found several neighbors who were like "Oh, we thought he was a stray, he drops by for food regularly." Lying little ingrate, lol.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 10, 2021:

That's how we got a cat once. She decided she liked our food more. I told the kids not to feed her but then it was too late.

A week ago I posted about my younger cousin having COVID-19 and how I was really worried about his ...

Larimar comments on Jan 9, 2021:

I've heard of many having a brief appearance at improvement, my father among them. If they crash again after, it's not usually a promising sign. Sorry for your loss.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 9, 2021:

My cousin's wife says he was outside with deer hunters this year and she told him they are too close. His reply was that it was OK coz they were in the open air. He did not wear a mask at that time. I too do not always wear my mask but I guarantee I am 6 feet from you. Even so, I had COVID-19 in December. I have recovered and my cousin did not.

On the phone today with my longtime religious friend, we talked of January 6th and everything ...

Detritus comments on Jan 9, 2021:

What happened on December 6?

DenoPenno replies on Jan 9, 2021:

Sorry. I did mean January 6th. :) My bad, and I have corrected it now.

On the phone today with my longtime religious friend, we talked of January 6th and everything ...

bbyrd009 comments on Jan 9, 2021:

also, while i understand it is handy to declare "I have no beliefs in any of that today," an obv corollary is "I believe in none of that" right

DenoPenno replies on Jan 9, 2021:

My study of the bible helped me become atheist. I'm not sure of what you are talking about. Perhaps we studied different bibles.

A week ago I posted about my younger cousin having COVID-19 and how I was really worried about his ...

altschmerz comments on Jan 9, 2021:

My condolences! COVID is so unpredictable. I've heard of people seemingly getting better and then dying a bit later.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 9, 2021:

This is what happened to my cousin.

On the phone today with my longtime religious friend, we talked of January 6th and everything ...

FearlessFly comments on Jan 9, 2021:

If you can't/won't be HONEST with 'friend', then they/you aren't really 'friends'. :P

DenoPenno replies on Jan 9, 2021:

He thinks I am "angry with god." We do talk about these things but I see him as a deluded hypocrite. I've known him since we were 12 and at one time was just like him.

On the phone today with my longtime religious friend, we talked of January 6th and everything ...

bookofmorons comments on Jan 9, 2021:

when they speak of the "final Days" they truly believe it. Even when it doesn't happen it rarely shakes their beliefs

DenoPenno replies on Jan 9, 2021:

My friend is my age so he might be in his "final days." Most Evangelical Christians are taught to believe the end (according to Revelation) will come in their lifetimes. They forget that Jesus reportedly said we were in that 'end time" before he died. Some of his followers were supposed to be alive when he returned. It is so laughable.

I am not one for conspiracy theories but this struck me.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 9, 2021:

One assumes it was Trump? Where have you been for the last 4 years?

DenoPenno replies on Jan 9, 2021:

@273kelvin No, because in the way the others are abandoning the administration they are trying to save themselves and their political futures if any. As for American stupidity, I am shocked that 74 million believe the current nonsense and would abandon our rule of law.

A week ago I posted about my younger cousin having COVID-19 and how I was really worried about his ...

Lauren comments on Jan 9, 2021:

How dreadful! I'm so sorry for your loss, and I imagine his wife is beside herself with grief as well. If she's not been infected, perhaps the two of you could have a private memorial for your cousin to help you with your grief.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 9, 2021:

His wife is very private and told me today she needs some time before we go forward here. She grieves silently and my cousin is to be cremated. Any service of any kind will come later.

Becoming an Atheist made me realize how much religion has poisoned everything(WARNING Long Post) : ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 9, 2021:

Religion does poison everything. Then we pretend to be so smart when we debate the importance of religion and wonder if gods could be real.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 9, 2021:

@bbyrd009 Atheism is a religion like bald is a hairstyle.

Re: New strains of COVID, it may be a long summer.

Cast1es comments on Jan 8, 2021:

I've read that a big concern about having the Corona virus , is pneumonia that also comes with it . While heading to my pharmacy to collect a prescription and get a shingles booster shot , it occurred to me that it had been years since I had gotten my pneumonia shot , so I asked about a booster shot...

DenoPenno replies on Jan 8, 2021:

My corona came with pneumonia because nobody was smart enough to give me antibiotics.

A Former Christian Nationalist Lawmaker is Part of the Attempted Capitol Coup | Hemant Mehta | ...

xenoview comments on Jan 7, 2021:

I hope they wait to charge tRump for his crime when he is no longer president.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 7, 2021:

Correct, and this is why we do not need any removal by 25th Amendment right now. Too little time for it but it they did it Pence would "pardon" Trump. We need Trump to instantly face any legalities he has brought on himself. Once out of office he cannot put that off forever like he has done with other things.

To make a donkey lead a cart forward, you need a carrot to reward him if he goes forward and a stick...

xenoview comments on Jan 7, 2021:

Faithfools believe there is a heaven they goto when they die. Faithfools have the guilt of sin and the fear of hell. So they pray for forgiveness for every little thing they think is a sin.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 7, 2021:

This is true but "sin" according to Paul was no more than "missing the mark." He used the analogy of an archer shooting at a target. We all "miss the mark' from time to time but you see by this that no one particular thing is a 'sin." BTW, I am not a fan of Paul and I view him as the biblical antichrist.

To me, the question that life must have a purpose, I never found to be true.

KKGator comments on Jan 7, 2021:

Agreed. As far as I'm concerned, my life's purpose is whatever I decide it is. That purpose may vary depending upon my mood.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 7, 2021:

Gator, I agree with your every word.

I'm sorry if this opinion is unseemly, but I think the National Guard should shoot to kill.

racocn8 comments on Jan 6, 2021:

Can they get a brigade on horseback to trample them first? Or use one of those microwave emitters that makes it feel like their skin is on fire.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 6, 2021:

Something close to the second one maybe and I think they will need more than the national Guard. Curfew starts at 6 PM tonight so we will see.

Ok America, you can have ONE humanist. [pewforum.org]

DenoPenno comments on Jan 4, 2021:

People need to separate their politics and their religion.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 5, 2021:

@Hages I mean it will be re-molded away from what it has become today.

Ok America, you can have ONE humanist. [pewforum.org]

DenoPenno comments on Jan 4, 2021:

People need to separate their politics and their religion.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 4, 2021:

@Hages I am a former Republican but the party as we know it is going to die. Members of the Lincoln Project will work on this with others in the coming months regardless of how long it takes.

Even Dem Stacey Abrams has expressed distrust of Kemp handling of GA elections as Sec.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 3, 2021:

This nonsense will continue until we remove the Orange Asshole from the White House.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 4, 2021:

@Flowerwall I said nothing about Kemp. I'm about the man who claims he is never responsible

Is any of this real?

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Jan 3, 2021:

My sister and I complain to each other several times a day over the phone. She has been in remission from Stage 4 breast cancer for years, but a recent ultrasound shows spots on her liver. She also had a heart attack last spring. She complains a bit about feeling tired, but most of our ...

DenoPenno replies on Jan 3, 2021:

You are correct. The pandemic magnifies the issues.

Judge: Civil Cases Against Danny Masterson Must Go Through Scientology Mediation | Hemant Mehta | ...

Beowulfsfriend comments on Jan 2, 2021:

It is pretty ridiculous to hand over mediation to any church. Scientology has too much money in California. Much like the Catholic church having early control over the sex claims against them.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 3, 2021:

It is hard for me to review the origin of Scientology and cal it a church.

Is any of this real?

creative51 comments on Jan 1, 2021:

Life can be brutal at times, but it is still life. Believe in yourself. You are a human with a thinking mind and you can and will find your way through this difficult time. The are no perfect solutions to the challenges of life. All of us muddle on through. I appreciate your comments and posts on ...

DenoPenno replies on Jan 1, 2021:

Thanks. I may get through it but my comment was about how fake everything really is. I see more all the time. I don't really have a bad situation it's just that my relationship with reality is messed up. It took a lifetime to see this.

Al Jazeera revealed yesterday that actress Dawn Wells of Gilligan's Island fame lost her battle with...

genessa comments on Jan 1, 2021:

they are a little late. she died two days ago i think. anyway, it is sad. g

DenoPenno replies on Jan 1, 2021:

@genessa Better but not fully up to par yet. Some of it is physical and some mental coz of the pandemic and living along. You stay safe too.

My new year began with a power outage of at least nine hours. This does not bode well.

bobwjr comments on Jan 1, 2021:

Sorry

DenoPenno replies on Jan 1, 2021:

@Gwendolyn2018 We should be addicted to what keeps us safe. I have determined to keep my vent hood lights on at night, or any low power device you can get for this. The idea is that you do not fall and harm yourself. Being able to see inside your unit is needed for this.

Al Jazeera revealed yesterday that actress Dawn Wells of Gilligan's Island fame lost her battle with...

genessa comments on Jan 1, 2021:

they are a little late. she died two days ago i think. anyway, it is sad. g

DenoPenno replies on Jan 1, 2021:

Chances are they were on time and it was me posting this late. I'm bored, still fighting breathing problems, etc.

My friends that know me consider me to be a statistical outlier.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 30, 2020:

If the question is, "Can any of you have a romantic relationship with a person of faith?" The answer is no.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 30, 2020:

In the end such a relationship will turn to bite you.

is there another opportunity of life after death

Krish55 comments on Dec 27, 2020:

Best to ask that question at Easter. The question for Christmas time should be: Is there life after credit card debt?

DenoPenno replies on Dec 28, 2020:

That was when Jesus had a bad weekend.

Nothing like a little holiday racism.

Cyklone comments on Dec 27, 2020:

So you were once married to your black first cousin???

DenoPenno replies on Dec 27, 2020:

My ex wife is black and my family thought her first cousin was her. Married 12 years and lived together for 10, I suppose some white people have difficulty Identifying black people.

Today's Moral....

Wisterious comments on Dec 26, 2020:

Best snow-job of all time. I mean, how many Cons (Mary) can claim to not only have fooled her husband, but have started (well, you know what I mean) the largest religion in the world. She be smiling..

DenoPenno replies on Dec 26, 2020:

That was not exactly what happened. Joseph got Mary pregnant. He is full of the "spirit of god." The lineage of earthly beings listed show that Jesus was to be an earthly king of promise. Once he was killed there had to be a change of plan. Now he is sky daddy.

First read in RT and very valid opinion.

DenoPenno comments on Dec 24, 2020:

Covid has changed us entirely. The idea that money can be made off of covid has changed us even more.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 24, 2020:

@FrayedBear The term "deep state" was made up by Steve Bannon and Donald Trump. Bannon admitted this in a interview. So much for it's "indoctrination."

To all my fellow athiest friends.

Triphid comments on Dec 24, 2020:

"Piss be upon Allah and his bum-buddy, Muhammed." Of course Islam IS the Religion of Pieces, because IF you do NOT choose Islam then you WILL be chopped into pieces.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 24, 2020:

You mean that Muhammed did not fly to heaven on a winged horse?

How to Talk to Racist Family Members During The Holidays [youtube.

DenoPenno comments on Dec 24, 2020:

I watched a third of this. I personally have nothing to do with racists whether the person is a family member or not. Once I see you as racist we are done. This is because we need the best for all of our people without playing stupid games.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 24, 2020:

@chalupacabre Many in my family are the same type of racists.

First read in RT and very valid opinion.

DenoPenno comments on Dec 24, 2020:

Covid has changed us entirely. The idea that money can be made off of covid has changed us even more.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 24, 2020:

@FrayedBear Is this what it means? I have just recovered from COVID-19 myself and been cleared again for work. I don't think it means anyone done anything to me.

Is anyone else annoyed when religious people claim that their beliefs are full of love and ...

DenoPenno comments on Dec 23, 2020:

It annoys me a lot. Religion is totally made up and all you have to do to prove it is study how the bible as we know it came into being.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 24, 2020:

@abyers1970 Might we also add that the Jewish scholar Josephus was "Romanised." As such he was commissioned to write a history of the Jews.

Our Health Care Heroes are Getting Fed Up With Us

Larimar comments on Dec 23, 2020:

dental appt tonight, the hygenist says how it may all not be so necessary. Really? Just keep your mask on lady. grrrr

DenoPenno replies on Dec 24, 2020:

Maybe she is in favor or selling the vaccine.

For years I have joked that conservatism is cruel.

Detritus comments on Dec 17, 2020:

IMHO and based on a small sample I think that the (alleged?) PTSD is self imposed. In my sample it was due to the need for xtians to feel persecuted.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 24, 2020:

@yvilletom Paranoia in it's simple form is only a heightened awareness.

as with all the Fed largesse: the rich get richer & the poor get poorer.

abyers1970 comments on Dec 23, 2020:

Both sides are bad. I consider politicians to be like professional wrestlers. They put on a show in front of the crowd beating the hell out of one another for show them afterward they go grab a beer together and laugh at the poor suckers whose money they took

DenoPenno replies on Dec 24, 2020:

This view has changed a lot in the last 4 years.

Alec Baldwin Calls For Donald Trump To Be Physically Disciplined

AnonySchmoose comments on Dec 23, 2020:

Contemplated today about what type of humiliation that tumor trump ought to receive. I'm hoping for a stupendous comeuppance that will make millions cheer, laugh gleefully, dance in streets, sing songs of mockery -- the celebrations televised worldwide, and then may he be forgotten for the ...

DenoPenno replies on Dec 23, 2020:

I like that name "Tumor Trump." :)

The Death Knell for Trumpism is Sounding [dailykos.]

TheoryNumber3 comments on Dec 21, 2020:

That all makes sense, except that according to this article, Trump plans to build his own media network to compete with Fox News, and I fear that he still has enough loyal aficionados to make it a reality. ...

DenoPenno replies on Dec 21, 2020:

I can't see Trump building a a news network to compete with Fox News. He would be arguing with the advertisers all the time.

Help! I am going insane.

LiterateHiker comments on Dec 21, 2020:

Stop watching TV if you don't want to see advertising. Or use the mute button.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 21, 2020:

The advertising I don't want to see is the Medicare ads they said would stop December 7th. They lied.

Can America Leave this Abusive Relationship?

dave1459 comments on Dec 16, 2020:

Yes, things are just now getting violent. They weren't violent 40 years or so ago when a guy climbed a tower in Texas and started shooting people or when children were being shot in school 30 years ago in Arkansas or a few years ago when Sandy Hook happened or when a mad man shot lots of people un ...

DenoPenno replies on Dec 19, 2020:

You can blame Trump when those who back him manufacture and go after this sort of behavior as being the daily norm and they do all that they can to make it so.

I got a letter today from PSRS/PEERS which is an educational retirement system based in Jefferson ...

Larimar comments on Dec 19, 2020:

great....it's just more reassuring to me that I will be moving away from MO in the future

DenoPenno replies on Dec 19, 2020:

What I am writing about is an educational retirement system. This one happens to be in Missouri but it could be a similar system in any state. You would think that once their money is verified it would go back into the system to help everyone once a person has passed on. My stepfather's money should have went this route once he died. I find it more than bizarre that they now send me a letter claiming my mother who died in 2006 could now get dad's money. It makes me wonder if they even have a financial officer. If their is an open stock option for this company I would certainly avoid it.

When something good happens: "Praise Jesus!" When something bad happens: "God has a plan for you!" ...

nicestuff comments on Dec 19, 2020:

God: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_8-Ball

DenoPenno replies on Dec 19, 2020:

The god idea works out pretty well when you pray to a milk jug.

Jill Biden reacts to slander about her doctorate

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 18, 2020:

We talk about how Melania is complicit in horrible crimes and cover ups and we're terrible sexist male chauvinist assholes (I believe is what I was called), and then the Republicans turn around and shit all over a woman with a doctorate (because she's not a medical doctor) instead of championing an ...

DenoPenno replies on Dec 18, 2020:

Jeff, I think I can second that opinion.

Now I am recovering from COVID-19.

genessa comments on Dec 18, 2020:

oh man i am sorry to hear you have it and glad to hear you're recovering. no one talks about the confusion but i have a friend who is in his 70s (just had a birthday in fact) who had it and his MAIN symptoms were extreme foot pain and confusion! to this day he doesn't clearly remember the day he ...

DenoPenno replies on Dec 18, 2020:

According to my Total Access testing people my quarantine time was up yesterday and I should be released for work. This is now up to corporate who seems to be dragging their feet.

Supreme Court Rejects Religious School’s Challenge to Kentucky Virus Order | The governor had ...

rainmanjr comments on Dec 18, 2020:

Well goodie for them.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 18, 2020:

@rainmanjr Governments do have a right to close down group gatherings. Taking that away in case of pandemic only adds to chaos.

Not making that mistake

Wisterious comments on Dec 16, 2020:

I have talked with men that wash their hands BEFORE peeing. Sounds like a good idear to me!

DenoPenno replies on Dec 16, 2020:

It is a good practice. :)

If there were an atheist church (for lack of a better word) where the speaker holds up a bible and ...

Mofo1953 comments on Dec 16, 2020:

Hypotethical over hypothetical equals more hypothetical bs.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 16, 2020:

I would not even waste my time.

I was raised feeling that my existence is a burden to others.

Moravian comments on Dec 16, 2020:

They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you. But they were fucked up in their turn By fools in old-style hats and coats, Who half the time were soppy-stern And half at one another's throats....

DenoPenno replies on Dec 16, 2020:

I look back on my now dead parents and find that they needed some sort of godly guidance from invisible beings in order to put our lives together and give us meaning. This was because everything happened for a reason and the invisible man had all the answers. By the time I was a teenager I was going to be the world's greatest minister and my parents were so proud. It was a real hoot. Imagine the years it takes to see yourself through that one.

I’m done with my religion, and COVID solidified that : atheism

Thirst2learn comments on Dec 7, 2020:

The biggest hypocrisy is supporting BLM communists superspreaders while condemning churches, or supporting big businesses like Walmart while forcing small businesses to close. Y'all are blind to your own hypocrisy.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 7, 2020:

I have a little trouble following along here. Communist superpreaders and BLM at that. Maybe I will get it some day.

Megachurch pastor dies of COVID-19 after church reopens - Los Angeles Times

nicknotes comments on Dec 4, 2020:

More proof the Jesus story is a fable

DenoPenno replies on Dec 4, 2020:

Maybe he drank poison? No?

Religion explained.

DenoPenno comments on Dec 3, 2020:

Very well put. BTW, somewhere I have a "get out of hell free" card. :)

DenoPenno replies on Dec 3, 2020:

@Wisterious I'll look for the meme and try to post it here for you.

Trump to Congress: Repeal Section 230 or I’ll veto military funding Section 230 gives broad ...

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2020:

If 230 gets repealed, it's all but a certainty that all of Trump's social media accounts will be suspended so that the companies aren't liable for anything that he says.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 3, 2020:

Trump is all about getting himself some more money.

For Covid hospital patients, how much does a day in the hospital cost, and to whom does the hospital...

yvilletom comments on Dec 3, 2020:

Covid hospital stays seem very expensive.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 3, 2020:

I would imagine the patient gets the bills and that it is designed to be expensive. If you have Medicare they probably are padding that stay with all they can add under the pretense that you will pay it coz you could have died and there is nothing you would not do for your precious health. Modern insurance is all screwed up.

Have you lost friends or family due to the division in America?

Apunzelle comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Well that’s just weird. My goodness. Very sad. PS - Why mention her breast implants? Is that relevant to something? PPS - I did cut off one friendship. I learned a lot of things about who she wa s from her Facebook posts ... anti-abortion, pro-Trump, OK with separating families at the ...

DenoPenno replies on Dec 3, 2020:

I'm defending Kathleen's use of the breast implants. Both male and female pay attention to breasts. What she did here is draw attention to the differences in appearance because she is telling a story and giving a contrast. She is educating us. I do the same thing in setting up my answers. I talk too much, yes, but I put together my story to educate you in my answer to things. I could just report that I lost 2 friends. It would have no meaning. In the end I educate you to my view yes, or I educate you to my view no. Sometimes we get it in the future maybe.

I was trying to figure out who actually wrote the books of the bible and everyone thinks its these ...

DenoPenno comments on Dec 2, 2020:

In our time today there is very little of anything left to actually hint at original authorship. We have pieces and fragments and everything is a copy of a copy of a copy. You cannot tell the religious this however. They think the gospels were written by those who's names are on them. They ask why ...

DenoPenno replies on Dec 3, 2020:

@Fernapple Yes, but they talketh so funnyeth in those daze. :)

Trump shot himself in the foot, and trumpsters don't know shit.

DenoPenno comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Now the Trump pinata is breaking.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 3, 2020:

@TheGreatShadow Biden has to be a sworn in active president to even get a pinata.

Southern Baptist Leaders: Critical Race Theory is “Incompatible” With Our Faith | Beth ...

PBuck0145 comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Critical Race Theory is incompatible with reason and sanity.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 2, 2020:

When ideas like this go on long enough those in power start experimenting on everyone else.

McConnell shoots down bipartisan $900 billion coronavirus stimulus plan as stalemate drags on

barjoe comments on Dec 2, 2020:

He wants the economy to crash so he can blame democrats and use it on the off year elections. He doesn't care how many people suffer.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 2, 2020:

I think you are right. Also, now that Trump is gone the GOP will pretend to start worrying about spending again. Hypocrites!

I hope Trump pardons himself instead of stepping down and having Pence do it.

Redneckliberal comments on Dec 2, 2020:

I THINK PENCE WOULD THROW HIM UNDER THE BUS!!

DenoPenno replies on Dec 2, 2020:

Pence would be upset that Trump blew it. After all, lapdog Pence was supposed to be next.

Back to the package store today to buy some good German beer, I told the young clerk that it ...

MonikaBard comments on Dec 1, 2020:

I m German and I asked my Grandma once , how that could have happened. She said that they where all poor and Hitler came and created all kinds of jobs and everybody was doing better. And that they didnt know about the starting holocaust. I still love my Grandma, and she passed away. And Im in ...

DenoPenno replies on Dec 1, 2020:

I am not judging the German people by my post. I got along well with them in Germany in 1965 to 1967 when I left the US Army. My post is a set up that I did with this young clerk to show him that Hitler was a lot like Trump. His reaction of "whoa! it is what it is" was expected. I wanted to show him that Hitler almost happened here as Trump. His kind use that expression to support Trump. I'm aware that Hitler created jobs and everyone was doing better. Donald Trump does not have the brain to do this. He wants to be a dictator but he is all about himself. He has no empathy to help people.

Cuomo signs bill limiting Trump pardon power

Theresa_N comments on Dec 1, 2020:

I wouldn't be surprised if he emulated Hitler in his demise.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 1, 2020:

Let us hope so. Then we would be done with him.

What’s round and nasty? A vicious circle.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 1, 2020:

What’s round and nasty? Various unspeakable parts of the outgoing president?

DenoPenno replies on Dec 1, 2020:

You worded it too politely.

This faker deserves to lose the special election. [independent.co.uk]

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 1, 2020:

When Lincoln said " you cannot fool all the people all the time.” it was not supposed to be a challenge.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 1, 2020:

Trump compared himself to Lincoln and now Lincoln has spoken in America even though he is long dead. Don't know about the UK though. Let her loose and we can ditch that Mitch.

Worst Bible Passages

gsiamne comments on Nov 30, 2020:

The Book of Job and Yahweh and Satin having a competition at the expense of a man's emotions. So, yes, Job lost his children.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 30, 2020:

Did he get back new children or the same ones he had before?

Always wondered.

DenoPenno comments on Nov 29, 2020:

Good point but the believers still call it "the food chain."

DenoPenno replies on Nov 29, 2020:

@Joanne They also ignore the fact that lions have a hard time eating straw with sharp pointed teeth. lol

"Canadian border unlikely to reopen every time soon." [twincities.]

Julie808 comments on Nov 29, 2020:

Mainland USA is still spiking. My island just lifted our quarantine for incoming travelers on October 15th, but it didn't take long for the incoming positive case count to start to get too high for the safety of our residents. We are going back to the 14 day quarantine for all incoming travelers ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 29, 2020:

My workplace has a 14 day quarantine but it went into just 4 days for me. I admitted that I was likely in the presence of a coronavirus person at a funeral but the truth is you can be exposed just by going to the grocery store. Nobody knows the health of those under the mask or those that will not wear them.

Right-Wing Host: Mr.

Hages comments on Nov 29, 2020:

Andrew Klavan is nuts.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 29, 2020:

Most likely.

Supreme Court Denies Crazy Pastor’s Lawsuit Against LA Gov.

redhog comments on Nov 29, 2020:

Fucker needs to be in prison

DenoPenno replies on Nov 29, 2020:

Before he goes he can send me a portion of those stimulus checks.

Bill Maher summed up his show season by comparing cults.

gsiamne comments on Nov 28, 2020:

That is great. I also liked that he talked about Christianity being a death cult.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 29, 2020:

This is because Christianity is a death cult. A blood religion that ended with Jesus being dead, then it twists things around until you are also dead. At that time the gullible claim you have "made it home" and will be there forever.

Trump Flips Out at Reporter in Thanksgiving Tantrum: “Don't Talk To Me That Way!” | Vanity Fair

BirdMan1 comments on Nov 27, 2020:

"You are the president of the U.S.? Could have fooled me. Oh, THAT was the fraudulent election, remember?"

DenoPenno replies on Nov 28, 2020:

@SeaGreenEyez I agree with you so much on this. :)

I’ve met a few atheists over the years that believe ghosts are real.

DenoPenno comments on Nov 28, 2020:

I have this problem also. How can I believe in anything supernatural if gods are beings with no evidence of their existence? If you believe in ghosts, aliens, bigfoot, etc. your belief system is simply a pick and choose with no logic or evidence playing any part of it.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 28, 2020:

@Joanne I agree with you fully on this. :)

I have neuropathy in my feet.

HippieChick58 comments on Nov 28, 2020:

I know there are meds to help with neuropathy, this is something you need to discuss in depth with your doctor. I talk with seniors all day about their health and medications, I do health interviews for an insurance company selling Medicare Supplement Insurance. I have learned so much about senior ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 28, 2020:

You have the best answer and she (my doc) will listen and do this or I will change my PCP.

I have neuropathy in my feet.

MaryJane comments on Nov 28, 2020:

Sounds like you are seeing a neurologist. I would suggest seeing an endocrinologist or a diabetes specialist. Even your PCP would give you better care than that.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 28, 2020:

I am seeing my PCP and it came up once as to my liver needing to be biopsied. It was another issue and I refused. Certain idiots now claim that I could not take the neuropothy meds if I drank and this is a lie. Also, how would anyone know if you drank or not? Some righteous souls even get into whether you deserve the meds or not. All of them are avoiding the question and I know a man with my problem and he drinks and has meds for his neuropothy also. All I get is distraction and diversion on what would otherwise be a simple question.

Solving the fitted sheet problem once and for all. "SQUIRREL!!" [tiktok.com]

St-Sinner comments on Nov 27, 2020:

An ok deal! The President said don't use TikTok.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 27, 2020:

He's pissed that they made false bookings at one of his hate rallies and he ended up with a small crowd.

I just found the first academic job that I am barred from applying for due to my lack of faith in ...

DenoPenno comments on Nov 27, 2020:

I would call it un-constitutional but they will get away with it. Just go to another university.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 27, 2020:

@Alienbeing It is. It may also turn out being true. We live in idiotic times.

Covid-19: US Supreme Court backs religious groups over New York caps [bbc.com]

xenoview comments on Nov 26, 2020:

I say let them gather a get covid. The bad part is they give it to others.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 27, 2020:

Very true. I was recently at a funeral that proved to be a masking nightmare.

A stoners take on life the universe and everything my forty second attempt to explain my self.

ChestRockfield comments on Nov 25, 2020:

I don't know if I know what matrix you're taking about. At first I thought you were taking about the theory that we're almost assuredly living in a simulation. The first time I heard it I didn't give it much thought and didn't really agree or disagree with it; it seemed like a corollary of the ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 26, 2020:

@Willow_Wisp I do know one thing. Time travel is possible and we are all on time machine Earth heading forward in time right now. I think this is the only direction we get though. :)

Einstein gave us the answer to gravity, warped space/time.

Triphid comments on Nov 24, 2020:

And yet quite a few of Einsteins theories/hypotheses have been shown of late to be somewhat faulty.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 24, 2020:

Science is always moving on and moving ahead. I'm talking science here that has a good working model and not simply scientific theory.

Just a thought here, Should we not spare a moment for this Imaginary God of Abraham who once was ...

DenoPenno comments on Nov 22, 2020:

Jehovah was a tribal god. This is why he said not to have any gods before him and also why he was violent and murderous. In NT times there was no bible as we know it today. In fact, no bible at all until the third century. This fact has modern believers today simply making up crap right out of the ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 24, 2020:

@dahermit You are exactly correct here according to the scriptures. When I tell people this they call me a JW. The truth is that modern believers want to be "instantly" somewhere and they use Paul claiming the wonders he saw not knowing "whether he was in or out of his body" to back up dead believers being in heaven when they die.

Televangelist: Criticism of Trump is Satan’s Plan to Block the Return of Jesus | Beth Stoneburner ...

Willow_Wisp comments on Nov 24, 2020:

Jesus isn't coming back, I sent him to buy smokes, if he hasn't come back yet, he's not coming back. Besides the infallible book said he'd be back in the same generation he was talking to at the time so what are they expecting exactly?

DenoPenno replies on Nov 24, 2020:

It still could happen. All you need is for some apostles to be alive today and over 2000 years old.

So exactly how do Biden supporters justify the televised subtraction of 19k+ from Trump to Biden in ...

Charlene comments on Nov 24, 2020:

It called Mail-in Ballots..which is Voting..which is how our democratic Republic works..

DenoPenno replies on Nov 24, 2020:

It's also best to understand that Trump and other politicos all vote by absentee or mail in ballots. People who are citizens and live overseas vote this way also. Trump told his followers not to vote this way and he got his ass kicked because of it. We have a pandemic and mail in ballots are perfectly legal.

Supreme Court Declines to Take Up Satanists’ Faith-Based Abortion Case | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...

Mofo1953 comments on Nov 24, 2020:

Dems need to win the 2 seats in GA. Won't be easy as the right wing has started already with disinformation on polls and the need to "defend" the conservative majority.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 24, 2020:

This is exactly what is going on there now in yet another recount. We are fighting to defeat the efforts by getting rid of 2 GOP senators and Trumpy is wanting recounts so that Mitch Bitch will remain speaker and defeat anything Biden does. It is a close race and all about Mitch losing power. More can be done if he does.

The whole Adam and Eve story is just hilarious.

BD66 comments on Nov 24, 2020:

What about the olive leaf? Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark. 11And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.12And Noah waited seven more days and ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 24, 2020:

The ancients knew very little about fresh water or salt water. It shows in the writings.

So Trump is now trying to take credit for pumping billions of tax payers money into operation ...

DenoPenno comments on Nov 21, 2020:

Dolly Parton gave a million towards the finding of a COVID-19 vaccine.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 22, 2020:

@Austin-Cambridge Before Porter Wagoner died he had lost all his song rights. Dolly Parton paid a million at that time to buy them back for him. I always wanted to go see Porter but it did not work out that way. He was from Missouri.

A few times I tried to point out the latent subconscious damage that religion has done that most ...

Gareth comments on Nov 22, 2020:

I think it's a bit tenuous to blame the First World War on Christianity.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 22, 2020:

Instead let's blame it on stupidity. If we are not careful between now and January 20th another such stupid thing could happen.

And a little chain secures the head to the guillotine so you can chop it off again and again...😉

QuidamOutrepont comments on Nov 21, 2020:

If Jesus was impaled, christians would not make cross signs, they would put their fingers up their asses.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 21, 2020:

Actually there are original language translations that claim the so called cross was a "torture stake." Many reject this cause they say it is a JW view, but former Pentecostal preacher Dan Barker says it is true. Now all we have to do is imagine how Catholics would make this sign, and ask would there ever have been a movie called "The Sign of the Torture Stake." This shows how important the cross was to Christianity.

Is it true that you get a new Ferrari when you reach level ?

DenoPenno comments on Nov 21, 2020:

Maybe not. I can't seem to even get to level 9 and I appear to have a different feed than everyone else.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 21, 2020:

@Leelu You may be exactly correct on this. Thanks.

FL School Board, Fearing Satanists, Nixes Christian Invocations at Meetings | Hemant Mehta | ...

Dorkyndaft comments on Nov 20, 2020:

My mom's ex-husband was a Southern Baptist preacher. Needless to say, he and I didn't agree on much. We did agree, however, that religion should be kept separate from the public school classroom except as part of historical context. They don't want other religions taught, so constitutionally non ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 20, 2020:

Correct but some push for Christianity to be taught in public schools. If it ever is the legal teams will have to make sure all religions are taught, so this would shorten them down to a basic mention and that means the Christians did not win after all.

France's Macron issues 'Republican values' ultimatum to Muslim leaders - BBC : atheism

Diogenes comments on Nov 20, 2020:

In Canada we have Sikhs wearing their hats/turbans in Parliament. No one else can do that. Agnostics can not go in with a peaked cap with an A on the front of it. No First Nations reps can wear their various head gear in. It is insulting that these clowns have no respect for the country they are ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 20, 2020:

Agnostics cannot go in with a peaked cap with an A on the front of it because Agnosticism is not a religion.

Voter-fraud charges filed in PA -- against registered Republican – HotAir

Frctnal comments on Nov 19, 2020:

I've seen 3 articles about actual fraud that happened this year...in all three cases the fraudster was a Republican

DenoPenno replies on Nov 19, 2020:

@Frctnal It didn't help him none. :)

Voter-fraud charges filed in PA -- against registered Republican – HotAir

Frctnal comments on Nov 19, 2020:

I've seen 3 articles about actual fraud that happened this year...in all three cases the fraudster was a Republican

DenoPenno replies on Nov 19, 2020:

You mean like Eric Trump claiming fraudulently that over 80 Trump votes were discarded and burned. :)

'Soros' review: A George Soros documentary looks at the life and activism of the right's favorite ...

DenoPenno comments on Nov 19, 2020:

I've heard about George Soros for a very long time now. He is blamed for everything and there is little evidence. The right still blames Soros today but he is 90 years old. This tells me a lot more than it tells them. LOL

DenoPenno replies on Nov 19, 2020:

@Hages Maybe so. I have no proof that Soros organised and did anything. He was like the perfect scape goat

An overview of his career ... [en.wikipedia.org]

RoyMillar comments on Nov 18, 2020:

Once his loans are called and his assets will take a big dip in value causing the rest to be called ,quite likely forcing bankrupcy or foreclosure

DenoPenno replies on Nov 19, 2020:

I look for this to happen. I'm not sure America will loan him any more money.

I wish this were hyperbole

JimG comments on Nov 18, 2020:

I wonder how many more times he'll have to win, but I can't wait for the official one on December 14.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 18, 2020:

Confirmation state by state should come between December 7th and 14th. The closer it is to that final date the more Trump and friends think they might have something to howl about. This means more people with papers that you cannot see but the pages appear printed. Also Trump lawyers with evidence "in a sealed envelope" to take to a court somewhere. So far nobody is buying it.

COVID Silver Lining: I canceled Thanksgiving day get together with my conservative, evangelical ...

DenoPenno comments on Nov 16, 2020:

The way the virus is going in Missouri my Thanksgiving might be buy a small ham (if I can get one) and just stay home. Previously I was going to go to a dinner at one of my daughter's places but there is no indication that there will be a dinner. A third option would have been to find a woman in my ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 16, 2020:

@Jolanta If you were here I would gladly take you to dinner.

Since the Trump Administration has rounded the curve on coronavirus and declared victory and moved ...

barjoe comments on Nov 15, 2020:

Declares victory over the virus and declares victory in the election. His followers believe this. They're living in fantasyland.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 16, 2020:

@barjoe There is no proof that once having had the virus will make a person immune. No proof at all that Johnson or Trump have immunity right now.

I have a dear friend I've known for years.

Gareth comments on Nov 16, 2020:

When you press creationists on what their god created the universe out of - it's "nothing".

DenoPenno replies on Nov 16, 2020:

Yes, but only a god can do that. Besides, look at all these trees. :)

Researchers Have Once Again Found a Negative Correlation Between Religion and IQ | Hemant Mehta | ...

Jolanta comments on Nov 16, 2020:

IQ is not that important if you don't know how to tie your shoe laces or balance a check book.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 16, 2020:

I know several people who can tie their shoes but are unable to balance a check book. They simply write even dollar amounts for all items. It works for them but I balance mine with a calculator and do it daily due to online banking. These others I mention are mostly religious but what it means is that they are just not good with check books. Maybe the wife or ex wife did all that for them before.