Headlines you should never read about a SCOTUS nominee.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 28, 2018:

Face it. He is lying because he wants more money as SCOTUS for the rest of his life. That's why he did nothing at all. Yes, nothing. Conservative talk radio today was down on Megyn Kelly. They claimed she left Fox News for another network, her ratings are not that high, and she hates Donald Trump. ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 29, 2018:

@silverotter11 That's likely too. The Kock brothers and friends are good at giving their yes men big bucks and equally as good at setting up false grass roots programs making you believe they are for the common man. It would be easier and less expensive to just pay for clean water and other benefits that we all should have and enjoy.

Does anyone truly "believe"?

david75090 comments on Sep 29, 2018:

I don't rule out "something". I just don't think organized religions have any more of a clue than I do. I feel like the origin of life is way above my ability to comprehend. It's a chicken and egg thing.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 29, 2018:

The chicken and egg thing may be so very damned stupid, but we've heard it all of our lives. Consider this. What/who was the first disease germ? How/when did the other disease germs get here? I don't think germs showed up one at a time, do you? People and animals most likely did not show up one at a time either. When the bible says they did it is to give mankind more importance than we really have.

Tea Party prime.

KKGator comments on Sep 27, 2018:

Fucking morons. My standard response does not change.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 28, 2018:

@LucyLoohoo It's not there. Many conservatives in this area of Missouri think that way. I think it goes back to business people not wanting "their tax dollar" to be spent in frivolous ways. It's selfish if you ask me.

I've asked this question in a different forum, and the answers were interesting.

stinkeye_a comments on Sep 28, 2018:

*Edit: The first item in this list is neither a ploy for attention, nor a discussion prompt. See my profile for more info before replying with a rebuttal, please.* 1. I'm not very attractive to start with, so that rachets down the whole stress level for me quite a bit. *I am very happy about ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 28, 2018:

Don't put yourself down. You look fine and I'm sorry you have to go to all this trouble.

Sen.

KKGator comments on Sep 28, 2018:

None of that means that McConnell won't call for a Floor Vote if he thinks he's got the votes. He's a slimeball. I wouldn't put it past him to do just that.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 28, 2018:

KKGator, you are exactly correct.

I came across this today and read some of the comments that were dripping with venom toward another ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 27, 2018:

This meme seems to fit most Republican women who have all drank the koolaid.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 28, 2018:

@Livia Thank you. Yes, it does.

A Natural Afterlife?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 27, 2018:

Memories change and that puts a different light on past experiences. All of it puts another light on ideas that we can survive death in any way. With so many opinions I think we are just making it up.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 28, 2018:

@johnprytz The church world believed it would be you in your prime of mental and physical being. Nothing backs this up. How would we work this out with a dead 2 year old or a miscarriage? How do you reconcile any of that with reincarnation? It's all mind games.

Reality In Review: Part One Reality: Basic Premise.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 27, 2018:

Before bad sci fi movies of brains in a vat would people have come up with an idea that we might just be "a brain in a vat?" I don't think so. What I am saying is that ideas of our reality are in constant change. We find that change sometimes involving fringe ideas. It means we all will have ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 28, 2018:

@johnprytz If they are so set on believing we are all brains in a vat they will believe it anyway. A recent example of what I mean is found in Trumpian politics when I asked outright if the man would change his mind if myself and 2 others kidnapped and tortured him. He said "no." I then replied "why would I keep arguing this nonsense with you and what do I expect to gain?"

So I grew up in a rather religious Muslim family and I remember my family being pretty superstitious...

p-nullifidian comments on Sep 28, 2018:

So there's religion, and then there's superstitious customs which may not have any direct bearing on the faith. The practice, for instance, of saying 'bless you' after someone sneezes, is a superstition that has little to do with a doctrine. I just have one question, what does it mean to "leave a ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 28, 2018:

@BufftonBeotch What does it mean to leave a show upside down? Maybe see a cross turned upside down? It means these 2 items are upside down. :)

I came across this today and read some of the comments that were dripping with venom toward another ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 27, 2018:

This meme seems to fit most Republican women who have all drank the koolaid.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 27, 2018:

@Livia I agree with you fully but I see your words as fitting right in with what I was trying to say. Being female you have seemed to have said is so much better. The part about the feminist left solidarity is not clear to me however. I don't see feminist left or right as degrading to women.

The final question was by Senator Neely Kennedy asking Kavanaugh if he believed in God if he would ...

Ubergooroo comments on Sep 27, 2018:

Did he take the polygraph test? No, he did not.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 27, 2018:

A polygraph is not conclusive of anything. I once had to take one for a job position. To warm up for the real questions they asked me to "tell some lies" while they watched the machines reaction. It's like adjusting a control until you get the result you want and mostly it measures breathing and heart rate etc. during a series of questions.

The final question was by Senator Neely Kennedy asking Kavanaugh if he believed in God if he would ...

SageDave comments on Sep 27, 2018:

I cringed when I heard Kennedy ask if Kavanaugh would "Swear to god" that he is not lying. I could not believe that such nonsense was still seen in Washington by educated men to justify a lie. Like others here, I find the sentiment disingenuous at best.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 27, 2018:

Yes, but mostly done and believed by Republican men. These are the guys that still believe a court of law has people swear on the bible to "tell the truth" just like in an old 1940 movie. They play this drama out in real life today with hope that everyone will believe it.

Tea Party prime.

KKGator comments on Sep 27, 2018:

Fucking morons. My standard response does not change.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 27, 2018:

Mine either. I'm reminded of local Christian people in my area who run a health food store. They are all convinced that "Jesus would not like the giveaways." I think they are reading a different bible.

From a friend of mine on Twitter.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 27, 2018:

Very good post. thanks for sharing. I am hoping the tide is turning, but it is a hell of a battle.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 27, 2018:

Mostly the tide turns "only for now." Men (and especially Republican men) are taught that women must be out to get someone or that there is "something to gain" by reporting anything.

Look at the faces of every woman in the gallery... and then look at all the men.

LanaMorgan comments on Sep 27, 2018:

listening to him today made my skin crawl. Ugh.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 27, 2018:

I don't watch or listen to him. It would ruin my day coz I can barely get past Trump tweets in the mornings.

Look at the faces of every woman in the gallery... and then look at all the men.

Aivery comments on Sep 27, 2018:

I swear, it sounded like he was trying not to cry during the entire thing.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 27, 2018:

I'm sure he is trying not to cry. He makes over $15000 a month right now. He is super afraid that he is going to be denied a pay raise. A big pay raise. I'm sure he and his wife had plans for that money and the Trump crowd told him this was all a shew in. This is the "ruining his life" that Republicans are all talking about right now.

Prayer,the biggest way of not really doing anything

Bendog comments on Sep 27, 2018:

Praying is like begging. Your percentage of success is still poor.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 27, 2018:

You are begging god to change his plan just for you. People claim you can't make deals with god but this is usually where the deal making starts.

President of Bolivia schools Trump to his face at UN Security Council meeting.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 26, 2018:

A trip to my mailbox today produced extreme right wing political literature. A careful look at it produced the following names: The Heritage Foundation One Nation America Org. Fox News These are some of the people behind Trump and company and they include the Kock brothers, Mercers, DeVos ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 27, 2018:

@silverotter11 I have 2 of them and I do not carry them around smiling at them. At home they are in my house. At work they stay locked in my trunk.

Where Did the Universe Come From?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 26, 2018:

I'll give this my best shot. Do you mean the universe or the cosmos? Are they the same? Is it possible that one of them always existed? Other than these possibilities I haven't a clue and neither do you.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 26, 2018:

@Christologist It's no different that discussing whether gods do or do not exist. Sorry. I'm done.

It's twue, it's twue! g

DenoPenno comments on Sep 26, 2018:

They laughed at the moron in the UN and Sinclair media in my area is not even carrying that story.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 26, 2018:

@genessa Maybe close to it. In a loud convo with an old friend about this and he's a Trump supporter. He is so upset that I don't like Trump that he immediately went into the Clintons and Obamas going to be jailed and he says it is going to happen, McCain not being a war hero, Whitewater, Ellen DeGeneres program saying Michele Obama is really a man. Whoopi Goldberg and one other to be fired, (4 times on that one) back to Whitewater again. He thinks he's seeing this all on Facebook and local TV programs. It must be something I am missing. I laughed at the moron and got onto him for changing the subject and I did it every time he changed the subject. Voices got loud and we hung up on each other. Why would I discuss McCain or Whitewater with him now? Trump supporters have no idea what to say. This started when I said Trump got laughed at in the UN and pissed my friend off.

Thanks to Americans United for Separation of Church and State, I'm now aware of Tuition Tax Credits,...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 26, 2018:

Just hang on and sit tight. This pony show isn't over yet. Americans United is a front for the big money men that are wanting to control everything.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 26, 2018:

@bingst Most of us believe in separation of church and state. I'm talking about Citizens United and got confused here. I'm talking of bogus organizations started by Kock brothers and friends. Sorry.

Climate Change Is Causing Earth to Wobble on Its Axis, NASA Says

TheAstroChuck comments on Sep 26, 2018:

From the article: The change in the axis of rotation is about 4 inches and won't impact day-to-day life. It appears the changes will have some adverse side effects such as increasing the rate of polar ice melt and having to recalibrate GPS satellite systems.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 26, 2018:

@TheAstroChuck Thanks, Chuck. I'm not up on all of this.

What is something that you were told by a religious figure that made you mad?

Sgt_Spanky comments on Sep 26, 2018:

I'll give you two, both relative to the death of my brother ten years ago. While Jim was dying in the hospital of a brain tumor and he had declined to the point where he could no longer speak or move, the Chaplin came in at one point to offer "spiritual comfort." While there, he asked me if I ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 26, 2018:

It might have been better if the Chaplain had offered Southern Comfort.

Climate Change Is Causing Earth to Wobble on Its Axis, NASA Says

TheAstroChuck comments on Sep 26, 2018:

From the article: The change in the axis of rotation is about 4 inches and won't impact day-to-day life. It appears the changes will have some adverse side effects such as increasing the rate of polar ice melt and having to recalibrate GPS satellite systems.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 26, 2018:

There is talk about the poles shifting but I'm not exactly sure how or when this will happen.

Trump weighing antitrust probe into Google, Facebook & Twitter.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 26, 2018:

It could happen here or anywhere. All you need is a bastard like Trump backed by people like Stephen the Gerbil to insist that you need to listen to and allow their insanity. Media can pick and choose and when they lose that right we all go back to a type of theocratic fascism like our world has ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 26, 2018:

@Freedompath Thank you so very much about the truth on bible studies. It gets to a point where you want to answer them. They say "and do you know what Jesus did then?" I wanna jump up and say "no and neither do you.!"

ABC 30 IS SILENT Trump was laughed at in the UN when he made a point of him and his ...

OCJoe comments on Sep 26, 2018:

Sorry to hear that. NBC 4 (Los Angeles area) covered it.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 26, 2018:

It was covered later on other programs that ABC 30 carries. It's just that the main morning news they run daily did not cover it at all. They appear to go out of their way to cover if Trump farted but not to cover him being laughed at at the UN.

Where Did the Universe Come From?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 26, 2018:

I'll give this my best shot. Do you mean the universe or the cosmos? Are they the same? Is it possible that one of them always existed? Other than these possibilities I haven't a clue and neither do you.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 26, 2018:

@Christologist Why would I discuss? My viewpoint is formulated from what models we have of certain things right now without going into the extremes. Discuss away and we would still not prove anything.

It's twue, it's twue! g

DenoPenno comments on Sep 26, 2018:

They laughed at the moron in the UN and Sinclair media in my area is not even carrying that story.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 26, 2018:

@Nichole765 I agree fully. Trump now says he put that it there to get laughter but that is not what he said at the UN. He said there that "he did not expect this reaction." He has a giant ego and his remark is what he wants you to believe. I've known a man for over 40 years who made that remark way before Trump went to the UN. Remember that Trump claimed to have the "biggest inauguration crowd ever." It was not true and the pictures were doctored. Why would a man supported by maybe 30% have the biggest anything? Little toad mushroomdick has topped over 6000 lies so far.

Okay, so Cosby has been sentenced to at least three, and no more than ten years.

TheGreatShadow comments on Sep 25, 2018:

There is a possibility that he could get off in as little as 18 months. I had a friend that was sentenced to 6 years in prison for something similar. She admitted in court that she lied about her age. The County Attorney still prosocuted the guy because this is a no fault state. He ended up spending...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 25, 2018:

@KKGator His attorneys will use his health conditions to get him the lightest sentence that they can. Look for something like 3 years tops at a minimum security prison and time off for good behavior.

This is warped.

KateZilla comments on Sep 25, 2018:

Good. Be afraid. Maybe think before you act and know that No means no. Ask any woman if she feels "safe". . so Kavanaugh is the 40 yo virgin damn who knew

DenoPenno replies on Sep 25, 2018:

I think the defense claims Kavanaugh didn't even have a penis when he was in college. A female friend of mine follows all this and asks what difference does it make. It makes every difference in the world when the man is to be on that bench for the rest of his life.

This is warped.

Paracosm comments on Sep 25, 2018:

I wish people who believe this crap would engage with reality long enough to understand rape culture and statistics. They're worried about the small chance that somebody might be falsely accused? What about the high probability of being raped or assaulted then blamed for it? Ugh.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 25, 2018:

No, what they are worried about is losing a lifetime GOP Supreme Court nominee. That's what it is really about.

WHY THE RUSH TO CONFIRM?

MichaelSpinler comments on Sep 25, 2018:

the only factor i see you left out. that this judge is going to keep trump out of jail for treason. he thinks the pres. can live by a different standard than the rest of us. trump is banking on it.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 25, 2018:

I agree, Michael, and I see this firmly. Trump needs this man to be able to change previous rulings so that Trump can pardon himself. Nixon could not do that by previous decisions. If Trump gains power to pardon himself he also might decide never to leave. Roe v. Wade can also be re-done even if it is considered "settled law" and the fascist theocratic state can begin. "http://www.justice.gov/file/20856/download

Double Standard of the day.

glennlab comments on Sep 25, 2018:

Maybe if he got raped, the story would change, but i don't know any dude that could keep it hard with him in the room.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 25, 2018:

@KKGator I think you are right. I even know a few men who would do it but it would have to be with a strap on. :)

As a child, were you forced to hug/kiss relatives or friends when you didn't want to?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 25, 2018:

I think this is changing today. Possibly we see it secretly today that all this huggy kissy stuff could have caused uncle Charlie to end up molesting you. That's why he doesn't get this treatment from kids today and gets only a goodbye if he gets anything at all. Today kids are told to say "goodbye"...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 25, 2018:

@Marcie1974 OK, and you are free to do it but it doesn't mean that everyone does it. This is the only fact I was reporting.

As a child, were you forced to hug/kiss relatives or friends when you didn't want to?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 25, 2018:

I think this is changing today. Possibly we see it secretly today that all this huggy kissy stuff could have caused uncle Charlie to end up molesting you. That's why he doesn't get this treatment from kids today and gets only a goodbye if he gets anything at all. Today kids are told to say "goodbye"...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 25, 2018:

@Marcie1974 Let me explain. When I leave my daughter's place the kids are not gathered together to tell me bye because "grandpa is leaving." They might be outside playing or in another room.

Aren’t the democrats being hypocrites on their dirty war against Kavanaugh after backing Bill ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 25, 2018:

OK, let's change the subject back to the Clinton's when neither of them are in power right now so it doesn't matter what you bring up. As for Hillary trying to cover up or ignore Bill's romps I suppose she should have turned against him immediately and cried out for divorce. Let everything go to ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 25, 2018:

@ronnie40356 Remember that Trump has a history of picking people just like himself and many have the same type of history.

Double Standard of the day.

glennlab comments on Sep 25, 2018:

Maybe if he got raped, the story would change, but i don't know any dude that could keep it hard with him in the room.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 25, 2018:

@mcgeo52 Let's get these strap-on lesbians interested in Trump and put it all on pay per view.

What does everyone think about sexbots?

memorylikeasieve comments on Sep 23, 2018:

With my luck, the robot wouldn't want to have sex with me, either.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 24, 2018:

I made a machine out of a vacuum cleaner but it's too damned noisy. :)

How many of us in here have lived and continue to live a PERFECTLY ethical and moral life?

girlwithsmiles comments on Sep 24, 2018:

You mean is anyone here living in denial? No I make mistakes and I think everyone does.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 24, 2018:

We all make mistakes. What hurts you is being in a church to learn that god and Jesus never made mistakes and wanting you to live up to that fantasy.

Flashing lights..

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Sep 15, 2018:

I have been pulled maybe four or five times in my life (I am almost 66) and received my first and only speeding ticket in my 50s. I have white, gender, and now, age privilege, and I have never felt threatened. I also have the gift of knowing the right thing to say and how to say it. I was pulled...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 23, 2018:

Wise moves. I'm white and ex military. Any time I am in my car and talking to a cop I have both my hands on the steering wheel. If he asks for my drivers license I tell him where it is and what I am reaching for and my hand slips gently back to my wallet in my back pocket. Some think I am doing the extreme but this will normally make sure you stay alive. People of any color should practice this. It ends up that both of you are showing respect and no one gets killed.

What have you eaten while not realizing what it was until afterwards?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 23, 2018:

Paper inside a frozen dinner pack. It was so cleverly hidden inside the meat that when I found it I had eaten half of it. Was it a packing fluke or some clown? IDK.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 23, 2018:

@JenBeberstein NO. Too much of that going on then anyway and they might think it was fake and maybe I wanted money.

Observation from church today: 09/23/18: 1.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 23, 2018:

I like numbers 6 and 9 a lot here. Sexuality aside, Paul was a murderer who did not meet Jesus and he changed everything with over a third of his writings in the NT. His ideas are absurd to an extreme. We think he had great visions and taught us so much and yet this man by his own admission could ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 23, 2018:

@birdingnut Yes, and Nandor Fordor once said he believed that theists were creating their own heaven and he would not be surprised if they had it all created by now. This was supernaturalism in psychoanalysis. It has no provable evidence. I deal with logic and things provable.

Observation from church today: 09/23/18: 1.

brownH50 comments on Sep 23, 2018:

You still go to church?

DenoPenno replies on Sep 23, 2018:

@brownH50 Yes, Jesus had a bad weekend.

Observation from church today: 09/23/18: 1.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 23, 2018:

I like numbers 6 and 9 a lot here. Sexuality aside, Paul was a murderer who did not meet Jesus and he changed everything with over a third of his writings in the NT. His ideas are absurd to an extreme. We think he had great visions and taught us so much and yet this man by his own admission could ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 23, 2018:

@birdingnut Exactly. Free will is a myth created by theists to claim that god wants you to come to him by your own "free will." We do not really have that luxury.

The Kavanaugh hearing: Sexual allegations fuel the Democratic Party’s right-wing politics ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 23, 2018:

I disagree. You have too many things in the fire here right now for Dems to worry with. The idea would be to delay until after the election with hopes that you gain some control again so as to prevent a man form getting into a lifetime Supreme Court position. Kavanaugh says Roe v. Wade is "settled ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 23, 2018:

@William_Mary Yes, but I see a similar thing going on in both parties even as we write this today. I'm not sure either of them know how to deal with this without upsetting everything.

The one thing we all have in common is that we don't buy into organized religion, however, is there ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 23, 2018:

I've never ate Feng Shui. No, wait. I have this wrong. I do play the harmonica. :)

DenoPenno replies on Sep 23, 2018:

@Redcupcoffee LOL. Yes but I don't play it as much as I used to. I can do the John Lennon harmonica part in "love Me Do." :)

Last night I was out with The Phoenix Atheists Meetup group at a local restaurant.

JDRay comments on Sep 23, 2018:

The “just look at the trees” argument finally got old to them, finally, after decades and decades and the best they can come up with is, “just look at your thumbprint”. A paper airplane is a much better use of the paper at least it is able to demonstrate something real as it glides through ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 23, 2018:

"Just look at the trees" is what the Baptists told me last summer. Today they came around again using kids to put their tracts on your door. I'm working outside and saw the kid run from my door quickly, joining up with the rest of them in the street, then I used that tract to mix up some glue on. You learn to use what you can.

The Kavanaugh hearing: Sexual allegations fuel the Democratic Party’s right-wing politics ...

Renickulous comments on Sep 23, 2018:

hillary tried this on trump but instead of rape it was collusion

DenoPenno replies on Sep 23, 2018:

@William_Mary WHY? Neither of them are in power right now. It is viewed as changing the subject.

The Kavanaugh hearing: Sexual allegations fuel the Democratic Party’s right-wing politics ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 23, 2018:

I disagree. You have too many things in the fire here right now for Dems to worry with. The idea would be to delay until after the election with hopes that you gain some control again so as to prevent a man form getting into a lifetime Supreme Court position. Kavanaugh says Roe v. Wade is "settled ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 23, 2018:

@William_Mary I think it is being brought up but not in a hardline way so as to drive supporters away. They cannot in the minority claim the man as a fascist and get any real support here.

The Kavanaugh hearing: Sexual allegations fuel the Democratic Party’s right-wing politics ...

Renickulous comments on Sep 23, 2018:

hillary tried this on trump but instead of rape it was collusion

DenoPenno replies on Sep 23, 2018:

It appears that Trump is surrounded by crooks as determined by the Mueller investigation and Mueller is also a Republican. Go figure. It isn't Hillary or Obama that we are talking about here.

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DenoPenno comments on Sep 23, 2018:

JRehling telling it like it is. My kids want to claim it is because we "removed god from the classroom." I'm the first one to point out that god was never in our classrooms. I believe that we have more shootings today because we can no longer whip Johnny's ass. Parents are not in control any longer,...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 23, 2018:

@genessa This is exactly why I cannot look at Trump's America as my America. The man is unhinged.

Has Stormy Daniels, left Donald Trump, mushroom for manoeuvre?

Looking4-Others comments on Sep 23, 2018:

looks like it

DenoPenno replies on Sep 23, 2018:

Very likely.

Bad logic about christianity and shootings, cause and effect. g

DenoPenno comments on Sep 23, 2018:

JRehling telling it like it is. My kids want to claim it is because we "removed god from the classroom." I'm the first one to point out that god was never in our classrooms. I believe that we have more shootings today because we can no longer whip Johnny's ass. Parents are not in control any longer,...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 23, 2018:

@genessa I didn't really want to beat the children and I fully agree with your gun remarks. I used to be a gun advocate and practiced with one all the time. Not any more. Today I learned that a friend who never had guns has bought a handgun. We are too afraid today. I've known that man a good portion of my life and he never had a gun. These days the idiot thinks Trump could solve any border problem simply by shooting the ones that cross dead on the spot. What an idiot. I pissed him off when I told him so too.

"This is the evil genius of Trump—is that he knows how to keep, especially liberals, all ...

Varn comments on Sep 22, 2018:

Horseshit... ‘trump’ is intellectually lazy, thus uninformed. He’s obviously losing it mentally from his *hay days* in NYC (see the Netflix documentary). He’s a babbling, poorly educated lazy asshole who, though afflicted with the same mental condition as hitler (Malignant Narcissism), ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 23, 2018:

I would have so much more of a better life if he would just shut the fuck up!

Why in the world would ANYONE want to vote against this kind of bill.

exilesky comments on Sep 23, 2018:

Why yes, you are correct, the obvious answer is they want the world to be a place where men rule and only women bleed.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 23, 2018:

I saved my comment because I know you have already said it best.

NyukNyukNyuk

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 22, 2018:

Definitely stooges.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 23, 2018:

I agree but it's an insult to the Stooges.

A Tale of Gender Bashing and a Double Standard.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 22, 2018:

It saddens me that there is such a double standard between the genders, the group think, and the enabling behavior. IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY Well posted, linxminx, but this just might be all about **people control** ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 22, 2018:

@linxminx Trumps remarks make him appear to be an idiot. If in any doubt do a Google search for other sites that are like Snopes.

The actual truth!

GreatNani comments on Sep 22, 2018:

Oh wow! I would laugh but this makes me so mad. What is the matter with people, are republicans not parents, don't they love their daughters and sisters and mothers? They are not decent human beings!

DenoPenno replies on Sep 22, 2018:

@mcgeo52 You've done your homework. Business has no morals or ethics.

A Tale of Gender Bashing and a Double Standard.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 22, 2018:

It saddens me that there is such a double standard between the genders, the group think, and the enabling behavior. IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY Well posted, linxminx, but this just might be all about **people control** ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 22, 2018:

@linxminx That works for comments inside Facebook and often you come up with a bare minimum page just enough to make an account. No pics, no other items period. It seems unlikely to me that someone so opinionated has nothing on their page. In my view of this these pages can be used later to try and guide opinion on some other subject matter. In other fact check, Snopes.com is a good one. You can also follow Trump's tweets which make him look like an idiot, and there are many online fact checking sites or which Breitbart and Alex Jones are NOT remotely related. Truth did not suddenly start showing up in 2015 like others want us to believe.

A Tale of Gender Bashing and a Double Standard.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 22, 2018:

It saddens me that there is such a double standard between the genders, the group think, and the enabling behavior. IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY Well posted, linxminx, but this just might be all about **people control** ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 22, 2018:

@linxminx They may have been legit but try to fact check them in order to see for sure. Some people want to give a "cutesy" sarcastic reply today. Others are trolls to manipulate opinion. That was the difference I was bringing up.

The actual truth!

GreatNani comments on Sep 22, 2018:

Oh wow! I would laugh but this makes me so mad. What is the matter with people, are republicans not parents, don't they love their daughters and sisters and mothers? They are not decent human beings!

DenoPenno replies on Sep 22, 2018:

@mcgeo52 So very true, and the big bankers financed both sides of the war too.

A Tale of Gender Bashing and a Double Standard.

mikebeed comments on Sep 22, 2018:

I live in Mo., this woman is a piece of shit!

DenoPenno replies on Sep 22, 2018:

So, does that mean that we need Josh Hawley in Mo. now that we have gotten rid of Greitens? I think Hawley is a POS.

A Tale of Gender Bashing and a Double Standard.

CoastRiderBill comments on Sep 22, 2018:

I have a rule and standard that I have set for myself. I became aware of this when I was 20 years old, and the subsequent years and decades have found me becoming increasingly aware in practice and words. I do not make jokes about anyone based upon gender. I try hard to abstain from thinking in ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 22, 2018:

@linxminx The problem with joking and demeaning behavior is that it soon becomes something taken seriously if repeated. You become a black sheep because you have told others that you were one. A person also becomes an authority on something because they talk about it more than others.

Do you really care if another member blocks you?

LiterateHiker comments on Sep 22, 2018:

I don't care. On Fitness Singles, I get notified when a man views my profile. Recently when I clicked on the profile of man who had viewed me, he had blocked me. I figure he's a Trumpster who was offended by this sentence in my profile: "If you are a Trump supporter, hit the back button ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 22, 2018:

I support things for Donald Trump but some of them that I support might get me arrested.

TRUMP IDENTIFIED THE REMAINS News this morning says that 2 Korean war veterans remains have been ...

242Foxtrot comments on Sep 22, 2018:

C'mon, stop picking on Trump! The names were on a list given to the White House and someone was able to read the names to Trump. Simple.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 22, 2018:

I agree with your explanation but it does not agree with the news report. It's because of the misleading news report that I started this thread.

These asshats just have to go where they aren't wanted or needed, let them die out like the rest of ...

Infoguy211 comments on Sep 22, 2018:

Round them all up, plop them on top of a massive toxic waste dump, house them in FEMA trailers containing asbestos and formaldehyde, give them rusty 19th century technology, give them seeds and a 10 day food supply, seal off the camp with electrified razor wire, guard the perimeter, keep the ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 22, 2018:

@Surfpirate Isn't that what is happening though. Decent people are becoming the scum of the earth simply because their politics now work like their religion. They just keep on making stuff up. Such is Trump's America.

Imagine...

patchoullijulie comments on Sep 22, 2018:

yeah.....but........patriotism is way more important! :S

DenoPenno replies on Sep 22, 2018:

I do understand your comment and I'm ex military and think I am a Patriot. My problem is that none of this thing of taking a knee before the game has anything at all to do with Patriotism. This is a thing with Trumpsters started and planted by the big Dump himself. Then we learn that this man and his whole family think that they are Patriots. How so? How is that possible? None of them can be a patriot even with a small "p."

Of these, what posses a great threat to the US; terrorism, immigrants and drugs?

CraigInCbus comments on Sep 21, 2018:

People in my city are being killed by opiates and overdose deaths are becoming common place. So I'd say opiate drugs are the greatest threat by a wide margin.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 22, 2018:

@CraigInCbus Big pharma is one. Stealing pills and drug cartels, Sinaloa etc. is hardly a situation of "blaming drug epidemics on immigrants." It's a way of life for many and they don't get drugs to America the way Donald Trump thinks. I'm simply citing what's going on and it cost my grandson his life. Cops in my area are so proud that they made the biggest drug bust in the county ever, and they tell you that they watched a long time and then cut off the head of the snake. WRONG. That boy they arrested didn't pull drugs out of his ass or make his own. He got them from a cartel and local law enforcement will not say much about that.

The actual truth!

GreatNani comments on Sep 22, 2018:

Oh wow! I would laugh but this makes me so mad. What is the matter with people, are republicans not parents, don't they love their daughters and sisters and mothers? They are not decent human beings!

DenoPenno replies on Sep 22, 2018:

They feel that they are but on Facebook a college educated engineer attacked me on issues of Kavanaugh's hearing saying that we are a bunch of baby killers living under rocks and in caves, scum of the earth that would kill the unborn in Roe v. Wade, and forever support abortion clinics. It never dawns on people like this that the clinic is actually a woman's health clinic made available for those who cannot afford healthcare. When religion marries into politics as the GOP has allowed you end up with people who actually believe the clinic is "an abortion clinic" and that said clinic is actually used rather than a birth control pill. The woman has no rights in regards to control of her own body and in extremes you find doctors murdered because "they were killing babies." The killers then know that Jesus actually supports what they did and none of it is in the bible. In the end the Senate seat was the most important because the current mindset is to un-fund the clinic and un-do Roe v. Wade. Modern GOP gets ahead by going backwards.

She has good reason to be wary of testifying to them.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 21, 2018:

No, it isn't any wonder at all. Adding to the strangeness I found on conservative talk radio today that one call in person wants to have Ms. Ford investigated to see if she has any George Soros money. Another caller said she was popular in high school and we all know that girls get popular by ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 22, 2018:

@Freedompath Both parties today have people splitting from the mainstream. This appears to be a needed thing but is causing much of our problems also.

Still friends with church people?

EmeraldJewel comments on Aug 13, 2018:

Nope! Too many of them was convinced I was the devil and was doing his work to turn as many people away from god.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 21, 2018:

I am friends with limited church people. Most of them even today think that god will bring me back to something I have proven to myself does not exist. Gods and holy books are imaginary.

If you were ever religious, do you ever recall making sacrifices for god to prove your love to him?

mordant comments on Sep 21, 2018:

I think the biggest thing I did to curry favor with god was to stay married to my first wife for 15 years, which is about 14.5 years longer than any sane person should have. I knew "god hates divorce" and that if I trusted him he'd make even a bad marriage good. Like you, I was "only left feeling...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 21, 2018:

@EmeraldJewel Never knew you came out of Pentecostal. So did I.

Of these, what posses a great threat to the US; terrorism, immigrants and drugs?

CraigInCbus comments on Sep 21, 2018:

People in my city are being killed by opiates and overdose deaths are becoming common place. So I'd say opiate drugs are the greatest threat by a wide margin.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 21, 2018:

@CraigInCbus Where do they get it? Opiates are stolen by individuals or delivered by a controlling Mexican cartel. Drugs are a controlled business and have been in this country ever since we declared a "war on drugs."

What's a body part that you wouldn't mind losing, and why did you pick that one?

graceylou comments on Sep 21, 2018:

My uterus. I really want it gone. Never had much use for it.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 21, 2018:

Only if it is giving you trouble.

I know the subject of age difference has come up a few times here.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 21, 2018:

In my experience all my friends were married so it might have made me hurry to marry at 21 and the woman was 34 and had 4 kids. It worked for a couple of years. In the end we remained friends over the years. She's dead now and so are 2 of the kids. Next I'm 24 and ran off with a 16 year old. ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 21, 2018:

@graceylou It doesn't make a lot of sense really. In between it all you find weavings of Evangelical religion and extreme right wing politics. Today I am as liberal as they come. Earth is a crayon box and we are the crayons.

TRUMP IDENTIFIED THE REMAINS News this morning says that 2 Korean war veterans remains have been ...

birdingnut comments on Sep 21, 2018:

That line was in The Washington Post; the rest of the newspapers said that the US identified the remains. It is presumed that the return of the remains by North Korea is because of Trump's encounters with Kim Jung-on, which started out with exaggerated playground bully threats, ending in at ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 21, 2018:

Yes, but Trump himself identified nothing. He is not capable of doing so. The media puts him forward as something of importance before the mid terms. Media wants you to think well of Trump. Why?

Some Brief Thoughts on Time.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 20, 2018:

Well said but I have to disagree with you about deep sleep. It is during this time that your brain mulls over the experiences of "now" from that moment and before and puts it together sometimes in a hard to understand segment that we call dreams. The irony of "time" is that theists think there was ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 21, 2018:

@johnprytz I agree.

TRUMP IDENTIFIED THE REMAINS News this morning says that 2 Korean war veterans remains have been ...

genessa comments on Sep 21, 2018:

which news was this? it sounds stupid. g

DenoPenno replies on Sep 21, 2018:

America This Morning on KDNL TV 30 in St. Louis, Mo. They are owned by the Sinclair Group who is pro Trump. I agree that it was stupid. People commenting here are trying to tell me what it most likely meant by the ignorant announcement. I know what they meant. It's the wording of this. TRUMP DID NOTHING TO IDENTIFY ANYBODY. This is my point. Any identification was done by experts in the field of that type of identification.

THE REAL MEANING OF HELL Recently I replaced all the faucets in my place because they dated back to...

NothinnXpreVails comments on Sep 20, 2018:

Hell is the death of your child. I’d trade everything, sacrifice all of existence for him to have his life back. This is hell. I’d love to be trapped in a cycle of faucets being switched out like you speak of instead of this real hell I exist in.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 21, 2018:

I'm very sorry that you went through this and I know it is very hard to deal with. My own grandson was murdered 2 years ago and nobody wants to prosecute the killer. My daughter has a special hell because of it and we are still involved in proceedings.

Has anybody ever gone numb emotionally?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 19, 2018:

Yes, I am numb emotionally right now. I am shattered! It started when my wife left, then I realized my life was not what I thought it was. I am not who I thought I was, and it all goes backwards to where I see almost everything. I'm able to see why I do what I do and why others do also. Your entire ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 20, 2018:

@EmeraldJewel Thanks. Maybe it sounds worse than it really is. There are many positive things in that mess that I wrote. Recovery is probably not an option.

Looks like a storms a comin'. We have to hunker down here in Crazytown!

TheDoubter comments on Sep 20, 2018:

T is shitting his pants

DenoPenno replies on Sep 20, 2018:

If he isn't he ought to be. LOL

Have you ever been in a relationship where the other person did not know the cultural "givens" ?

JackPedigo comments on Sep 18, 2018:

My late partner was from a Moslem country (Iran). She never believed and when she came to the US had no idea of Christianity or any other religion. She thought they were all silly even though her family were practicing (sometimes) Moslems. However, after coming here, at 24, she picked up the ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 19, 2018:

My Kenyan ex picked up on cultural norms quickly. One example would be that in her culture there was no Christmas tree or presents and celebration.

Has anybody ever gone numb emotionally?

Johnljr45 comments on Sep 19, 2018:

Its depression...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 19, 2018:

You may be right on depression. I never knew I was depressed until I had a girlfriend of years ago who pointed it out to me. She worked in the medical field. A lot of the things I do are ways that I deal with my depression.

I could use some words of wisdom, friends.

ProudMary comments on Sep 19, 2018:

My two cents worth has already been more than covered by other commenters. There's some great advice here.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 19, 2018:

I feel the same as ProudMary.

He's crusified..

tioteo comments on Sep 19, 2018:

Now, let's see if he can resurrect himself.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 19, 2018:

Put a little tar on him while you are at it.

Thank you Stormy Daniels! We now can add a new description for that POS tRump: Mushroom Dick! Add ...

dkp93 comments on Sep 18, 2018:

I was about to post an article about this, so I'll just add it here. https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a23300854/stormy-daniels-toad-trump-mario-kart/

DenoPenno replies on Sep 19, 2018:

A yuge mushroom head? He probably has had injections and they took material from his ass.

I'm not sure I chose the correct group.

TheGreatShadow comments on Sep 19, 2018:

No. This is a forum for Athiests and Agnostics. I am neither. I'm spiritual, but not religous.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 19, 2018:

As usual, spiritual but not religious can mean anything that you want it to mean.

Anyone else think of his site as a secret society? :P

genessa comments on Sep 17, 2018:

nope! it's an open site! we may keep our atheism secret offline (i don't, but that's me) but this site is by no means a secret site. g

DenoPenno replies on Sep 18, 2018:

I only hide my atheism from my employers and I think they really do know. What else do you call a man who once studied for the ministry but is no longer religious? That's about as far as I go in talking about it.

Anyone else think of his site as a secret society? :P

Flyingsaucesir comments on Sep 17, 2018:

Yeah, secret except for the flashing neon sign AGNOSITIC.COM in the clubhouse window. If it were secret, we wouldn't have a steady trickle of believers sneaking in here intent on saving our souls. But we do, though they don't get very far, poor frustrated bastards, lol! ?

DenoPenno replies on Sep 18, 2018:

I'm also in Atheist Nexus under a different name and believers sneak in there all the time. They like to pretend they are one of you and then in the end tell everyone they are going to hell. They throw them out and erase all their posts. The bastards have the most ridiculous arguments.

Last straw for Religion

IBuiltTheMoon comments on Sep 16, 2018:

Yeah I went to a Christmas service at a relatives church last year and I don't know if I've ever heard people use the words praise, worship, love, and adore more creepily in my life. The 17 year old kid hopping up and speaking about how Christians are persecuted in the US put me over the top. ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 18, 2018:

Christians say they are persecuted because Jesus said in their book that they would be persecuted. Then the minister brings it up weekly in the 3 times or more that they go to church. Is it really so? Of course not, but I've heard it enough to where it almost makes me wanna go persecute some Christians!

My youngest son is 8 (almost 9 he will tell you).

birdingnut comments on Sep 18, 2018:

Ever since I dumped red meat, white flour, white sugar, and most processed food in my early 20s, I stopped getting colds. I raised my kids that way and they didn't even get the sniffles. But eating a clove of raw garlic will cure up congestion-although it's best to eat it just before bedtime so ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 18, 2018:

@birdingnut Coca Cola wants to put cannabis oil in their drinks and I say more power to them. Not every drink like in the early days but a special one they are wanting to make now that pot is legal. I bet this eliminates the job of that one special FBI agent in Atlanta. :)

What do you do on Sundays?

WeaZ comments on Sep 13, 2018:

On Sundays... sleep, relax, Listen/watch Talk Heathen, Atheist Experience. Watch movies, record/edit videos.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 18, 2018:

That almost sounds like my exact routine.

Let's start an argument. Who is the greatest singer in the history of music?

Wendy965 comments on Aug 29, 2018:

Freddie Mercury. I would also put in votes for Paul Rodgers of Bad Company and of course Aretha Franklin.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 18, 2018:

I can think of some other names, Wendy, but I happen to agree with you. Jay Black also comes to mind of Jay and the Americans.

Inner conflict.

Wendy965 comments on Sep 2, 2018:

I almost wish I COULD feel "lonely"!! I'm so very, very good at just being with myself and my dog...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 18, 2018:

I do get lonely. Very lonely, but I am perfectly content doing the things that I do and I really enjoy doing them. I'm currently trying to entice a young lady to "visit" me but I hope she doesn't think I want her to move in. I had a situation like this once where the woman did almost move in and she drove me nuts. She started occupying all my time.

In need of friends.

UUNJ comments on Sep 18, 2018:

I’m active in my Unitarian Universalist congregation, and I moderate a UU group here. Atheists and freethinkers welcome! There is a UU Church of the Larger Fellowship that is a virtual community if you want progressive worship without an expectation of theism. www.clfuu.org

DenoPenno replies on Sep 18, 2018:

That sounds great except for that word "worship." I am not actively worshiping anything and not really looking to start.

Feeling a bit bummed.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 18, 2018:

I have an ex mother in law who tells everybody that computers are responsible for the breakup of many marriages. I think she misplaced responsibility here. Nothing guarantees that you and this man would be a match really even if you seem to be so much in agreement. Words on paper or a screen mean ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 18, 2018:

@VelociraptorRemy In that respect we all with we could go back 20 years or more.

Thank you Stormy Daniels! We now can add a new description for that POS tRump: Mushroom Dick! Add ...

Infoguy211 comments on Sep 18, 2018:

Cadet Bone Spurs, Cheeto Hitler...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 18, 2018:

Agolf Twitler.

Feeling a bit bummed.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 18, 2018:

I have an ex mother in law who tells everybody that computers are responsible for the breakup of many marriages. I think she misplaced responsibility here. Nothing guarantees that you and this man would be a match really even if you seem to be so much in agreement. Words on paper or a screen mean ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 18, 2018:

@VelociraptorRemy The fact that you met 20 years ago does not nullify my words or advice because you seem to be searching for justification. There is no justification in this situation.

What's your most outlandish belief? (Mine is, I believe crop circles are not man-made.)

DenoPenno comments on Sep 17, 2018:

If i saw a crop circle in a field tomorrow I would know that people are trying to fool someone. How would a crop circle be other worldly? What could possibly be the message?

DenoPenno replies on Sep 18, 2018:

@Redcupcoffee I gave up on Fate magazine years ago. I respect your views here but your argument is like saying all religions are not false. Mine is the true religion. Google something like "The truth about crop circles" to understand what I am saying.

Tryna decide which would save my soul lol!

DenoPenno comments on Sep 18, 2018:

I always have those people who tell me to be fair I have to "try" all religions. Why do I have to try anything if you can prove that the writings are bullshit? Other defenders of the faith say "god doesn't send you to hell, you send yourself there." If you are so frantically searching I can agree ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 18, 2018:

@chalupacabre I'm trying to figure out why people think they have to worship something or follow something, then want a book to be a guideline to all of that.