Is your workplace atheist friendly.

NoMagicCookie comments on Aug 31, 2018:

For the most part. There is one that can't stand me because I don't believe in her invisible sky-daddy but I don't run across her very often. We do have meetings that require prayer and closing with thanks to Jesus but I use that time to reflect on the sad condition of those I work with (fantasy ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 6, 2018:

There are always those who cannot stand you for some reason and others tend to take them very seriously. It was recently said that I smell like creamed corn. OMG! Think on that a minute. How offensive! :)

When do you feel safe to talk about your beliefs/nonbeliefs?

Mooolah comments on Sep 6, 2018:

I so enjoy the shock & awe in the expresion. Less so now a days but in the past those in Mexico would gasp & cross themselves. Here it is a blank stare but with eye contact. As if stopped in their tracks. Then there is an audible "oh". Nothing more to say. I used to be a novelty. My spouse used to ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 6, 2018:

The strange thing about admitting you are atheist is that you get asked if you "worship Satan." It shows how ignorant people really are, plus why do you have to "worship" anything. Yet, the stupid preacher is telling you how you worship your car, money, your wife, etc.

Who is your favorite Judge on television?

oldFloyd comments on Sep 3, 2018:

The guy from Detroit from what I've seen he reminds me of a real judge in lake county OH. I think it's Greg Mathis not sure.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 4, 2018:

@JustLynnie I like him too but they changed his timeline in my area so I can't see him as much as I used to.

How comfortable are you with the word "Atheist" ?

OneTrueDog comments on Aug 26, 2018:

It's a very exact Greek word. It means literally "without God". So it's very correct for many people. However, many atheists mistakenly think it means "without belief" which is both totally wrong, and also totally impossible for a human being. All human beings need beleif systems, and ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 3, 2018:

@OneTrueDog I believe in radio and tv waves also and I worship these waves. I even worship the electricity that makes them both work. That electric can kill you at any time so don't take a long bath close to your radio.

How comfortable are you with the word "Atheist" ?

Logic85 comments on Sep 3, 2018:

Though I consider myself leaning more towards atheism, I cannot use that word around my family or church yet. In my circle, an atheist is someone who is not to be trusted, siding with the devil, misled, not reading their Bible or is bitter against God. For now, I call myself agnostic.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 3, 2018:

I can't side with somebody who comes out of the same book as the god I do not believe in.

Age of understanding

HereticSin comments on Aug 31, 2018:

I was actually a fairly firm believer until I was 14. I had a science teacher who pressured us to learn the Method, and hammered into us how it wasn't just the physical science but all of knowledge that it could be applied to. I began to test the claims of christianity and found they didn't add ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 3, 2018:

One irony here is that many claim they are "spiritual." That word can mean anything you want it to mean just like those many people who "believe in their own way." At last count there are over 4000 denominations of Christianity.

Age of understanding

Logic85 comments on Sep 2, 2018:

Age 32 (just two weeks ago!). I got to thinking about the omnipotence of God. Is there such thing as all-powerful God to create a rock He can't lift. That's a paradox I've asked people. Never got a sufficient answer. "He is bound by his goodness" I hear all the time. (But then He wouldn't be ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 3, 2018:

They must have a different bible. What goodness is the Abrahamic god bound by?

TIME TO GIVE A SHIT! I hear people say all the time that they are not that interested in ...

silverotter11 comments on Sep 3, 2018:

No kidding!!! This slow tide to facism did not start with trump, years of apathy by fucking baby boomers got us here. I have voted Dem since Reagan. He was a puppet if there ever was one. The gop figured out long ago get them riled up over killing babies and we got 'em. Sad they do not see ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 3, 2018:

@Snickers77 OK, Chuck, but do you see any evidence that Trump is wanting to give this all back to us now or that he is the great savior his followers all think he is? I see none at all and I do not say this as a Democrat. Rather, I am a voting American.

TIME TO GIVE A SHIT! I hear people say all the time that they are not that interested in ...

silverotter11 comments on Sep 3, 2018:

No kidding!!! This slow tide to facism did not start with trump, years of apathy by fucking baby boomers got us here. I have voted Dem since Reagan. He was a puppet if there ever was one. The gop figured out long ago get them riled up over killing babies and we got 'em. Sad they do not see ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 3, 2018:

@Snickers77 Well, Chuck, I guess we have just never had any heros at all. It's all been downhill the whole time. Looks to me that the GOP wants to claim what they do is done by the Dems. I thought it was all the Kock brothers and Mercers. We all know those rich people want to give away their money.

What was the worst gift you've ever received?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 1, 2018:

My ex once gave me a Mickey Mouse snow globe for Christmas. I always thought it was because I gave no gift, but she forgot that I bought her round trip flight to Kenya.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 2, 2018:

@BufftonBeotch I agree.

So you wanted to see @SukiSue legs and feet !

SukiSue comments on Aug 30, 2018:

Okay! Legs at the beach....

DenoPenno replies on Sep 1, 2018:

I want to see SukiSue in a bathing suit. :)

ATHEIST STICKERS -- I have found out the hard way just how loving America's xtians truly are.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 1, 2018:

Sorry this happened to you but it doesn't have to be a religious person who done the deed. Many people who do not go to church or worship a god just have it in their head that all that nonsense is right. Maybe they have self anger for not doing right and take it out on you for not believing all the ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 1, 2018:

@Snickers77 I studied for the ministry as a Pentecostal but never became that great preacher. I was more like Marjoe Gortner I guess. After years of back and forth on it I woke up to see no evidence of gods at all.

America needs to wake up an realise we are sliding into facssim and pure hate we need to get out and...

kozmic comments on Aug 27, 2018:

Vote, for sure, it's important to vote. But as an old time soviet leader pointed out, it's more important who counts the votes. As we've discovered to our dismay.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 1, 2018:

Look for them to once again use a "Cross Check" machine on votes to make sure "Smith and Jones" did not vote in multiple states. This flawed machine is not used on Republican votes. The gullible think it keeps people from voting twice and there are so many still who believe bus loads of illegals come in to vote. Do those that fall for this actually vote? That would not go in my district at all and could never happen.

Original sin -- biggest scam ever.

Sticks48 comments on Aug 31, 2018:

No crucifixion, no resurrection, no Christianity!

DenoPenno replies on Sep 1, 2018:

@Sticks48 I know that. Apparently the Christians don't know that. :) Read my post again.

Original sin -- biggest scam ever.

Sticks48 comments on Aug 31, 2018:

No crucifixion, no resurrection, no Christianity!

DenoPenno replies on Sep 1, 2018:

What do you mean no crucifixion, no resurrection? Don't you understand the the bibble has flaws in the crucifixion story and both of these events occurred at the time of a religious ceremony that changes dates from year to year according to the calendar. No contemporaries of that time list either event at all, and it leaves us with no date of death or resurrection. Jesus can resurrect yearly up to 2 weeks apart in time. So, what is the problem?

‘No One Is Ever Really Ready’ Death with Dignity

PalacinkyPDX comments on Aug 28, 2018:

Of course it's not easy and, like everything else in life, imperfect. What I think is unfair is how people with dementia and Alzheimer's are basically denied this dignity. They should be able to create a legal directive ahead of time which, given them regressing to a particular state, would allow ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 30, 2018:

My step father didn't want any of this. He fought to avoid the nursing homes and keep his own power of attorney. All it did was make things worse and I had to outsmart him and take it away so he could have the care he needs. He still says he can walk with a cane and live in a little house somewhere but that's how he broke his hip to start with. He will never walk again and can only walk a short distance with a walker. He does that if you get him into the walker first.

Them southern baptists tho

DenoPenno comments on Aug 30, 2018:

I don't like any of them and I run door knockers off. The Baptists send out a few. My boyhood friend of years ago is now going to a Baptist church and he is Pentecostal. I've seen Pentecostalism change drastically in my lifetime. If you hang in there long enough you finally get the idea that ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 30, 2018:

@dalefvictor This is exactly why there are so many religious denominations. Just start another church. My own children tell me not to mess things up for them. They know I do not believe any longer but claim they "believe in their own way."

Have any if you learned of a family secret that just blew you away or helped you understand why ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 29, 2018:

Depending on the era they were raised in you find that parents do strange things. My mother has been dead over 6 years and not long before she died she had tried again to convince me that I never lived with my grandparents. This had been a lifelong fight and she claimed I never lived with them and ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 30, 2018:

@jc2018 I misses my mother but came to look at my grandparents as my real parents. All I knew of my dad was pictures.

Post a song, maybe even daily, about our age group/generation.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 29, 2018:

Go to You Tube and look up Aretha Franklin singing "Don't Play That Song - You Lied" from 1970. She was on a TV show and sang and played the piano. I choked up and damn near cried, then I had to play it all again. The sheer power of her voice and her delivery reminded me of a revival meeting, but ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 30, 2018:

@sweetcharlotte I only liked Elvis many years after he came on the scene. One thing I never understood was when they said Elvis sang like a black man. All I saw was that in a big production they backed his vocals with black female chorus.

A lot of divorces seem to end in acrimony. Why?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 30, 2018:

I agree that divorce lawyers are NOT your friend. That's why I did my own divorce. What happens more than not is that we change. We are going in different directions. When we are bitter with the former spouse and talk badly about them we are really telling others how bad they were so we will look ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 30, 2018:

@birdingnut Exactly what I did and I had the same costs. Wanting to keep my property I also put a quit claim deed in with the paperwork and it was immediately filed after divorce court. I also did all my ex wife's paperwork coming here and she is a US citizen today. I should have become an attorney but was too stupid to see it. Recently I was behind everything that got my demented step father into a nursing home but he fought it all the way. Vocal about not wanting me as a POA he was OK with setting my daughter up in that position. She admits she doesn't know what she is doing and I guide her all the way.

RANT: When you have to ask for an apology and tell the offender exactly what to apologize for, it's ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 29, 2018:

I understand this and I don't blame you. I might feel like that too if it happened to me. On the other hand, I'm not working towards any goals except maybe staying alive a bit longer. I'm not bettering myself or going to school, and I'm not trying to become who I ought to be. I work and I draw SS...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 30, 2018:

@Nottheonlyone I'm either Super Chicken or Secret Squirrel. :)

List favorite methods of recreational non-motorized transportation, then name your favorite.

LiterateHiker comments on Aug 29, 2018:

Hiking, walking, running. Swimming, sailing, rowing, kayaking and paddling a canoe. Favorite: Hiking is my passion.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 30, 2018:

@LiterateHiker Sounds good. I wish you both well. BTW, happy birthday too.

List favorite methods of recreational non-motorized transportation, then name your favorite.

LiterateHiker comments on Aug 29, 2018:

Hiking, walking, running. Swimming, sailing, rowing, kayaking and paddling a canoe. Favorite: Hiking is my passion.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 29, 2018:

@LiterateHiker I'm a former weightlifter but I give up now! Ten laps around the high school track was enough for me.

List favorite methods of recreational non-motorized transportation, then name your favorite.

LiterateHiker comments on Aug 29, 2018:

Hiking, walking, running. Swimming, sailing, rowing, kayaking and paddling a canoe. Favorite: Hiking is my passion.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 29, 2018:

I can go for hiking. I have feet problems with tingling and I wear New Balance shoes with a diabetic insert. If I'm wearing those shoes I might out hike you. My ex liked to walk track and she couldn't keep up with me.

The most important thing to think about if you ever consider repealing Roe v. Wade...

Freedompath comments on Aug 29, 2018:

I think my favorite is ‘Elect functioning adults November, 2018.’ But they all hit a nerve!

DenoPenno replies on Aug 29, 2018:

@Trajan61 I can't argue with you. I tried to point out how your thinking is going and here you come back at me with Al Sharpton. A friend of mine told me in anger that Sharpton never comes to the defense of a white person. My answer to him was "what part of being a black activist is it that you do not understand?"

‘No One Is Ever Really Ready’ Death with Dignity

DenoPenno comments on Aug 29, 2018:

Funeral homes do not like me. When I die I am going to be cremated plain and simple. Death with dignity? There is no such thing. It's an invention of funeral homes to make more money.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 29, 2018:

@JackPedigo I see your point and both you and your wife are doing a noble thing. What I refer to is the horrible deaths that so many of us have in the end and funeral homes pushing their "death with dignity" thing by throwing a little more money at it. They bring god into the picture to justify all this. When the local funeral home found out I'm atheist the owner told me he didn't "have enough faith to be atheist." My mother did not have an easy death and it had no dignity.

The most important thing to think about if you ever consider repealing Roe v. Wade...

Freedompath comments on Aug 29, 2018:

I think my favorite is ‘Elect functioning adults November, 2018.’ But they all hit a nerve!

DenoPenno replies on Aug 29, 2018:

@Trajan61 Prove it or shut the fuck up! When it comes to Obama and racism most people prove their racism by bringing up Obama. A young man in the Northwest claimed he was not racist at all, he just didn't think that black man should be in the White House. "Black" does not bother or threaten me. I cannot argue the political mess of today with titles of "Obama and Hillary." On the other hand, if you want to fact check 45 just follow his many daily tweets. Yes, there is a record of this. Just follow it and go way back bringing all of his lies up to date. You might learn something.

I was talking to a man at work who had questions about my atheism.

ThisGuy comments on Aug 24, 2018:

Free will is the usual go to. What most don't realize is that free will is a logical paradox when it comes to a god, so then you have to start over. The easier and more productive answer is that some people are sick and damaged and children should be protected from them, cause no god has showed ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 29, 2018:

You do have the free will to be raped. The rapist also has the free will to do the raping. The big problem with "free will" is that believers claim so desperately that you have to have it in order for their god to save you because it is supposed to be entirely your choice. It is so important to them and religion in general, but this same god knows in advance how everything is going to turn out, but he doesn't want a single one to perish. Put that piece of relish together.

What it's like to see through the eyes of a Trump supporter..... [facebook.com]

Donotbelieve comments on Aug 29, 2018:

I don't want to know.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 29, 2018:

@Donotbelieve It's hard to understand somebody that promotes taking away from the needy because of race, religion, and skin type so that a fearful white majority can profit and feel better. This is hatred and the politics of greed. It has no place in America culture.

A local newspaper's facebook made the best error. R.I.P. ????????

DenoPenno comments on Aug 29, 2018:

If you do pull his finger do you get Paul's manly fart? :)

DenoPenno replies on Aug 29, 2018:

@LadyAlyxandrea My words were a joke of the name Manifort.

I've been watching 14 yearold Courtney Hadwin and can't believe how her funk/soul style has taken ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 28, 2018:

I saw her one time on TV and was amazed.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 28, 2018:

@Donwhy I can't.

Has any Republican summed up Trump better than McCain did?

CosmicPeanut comments on Aug 26, 2018:

I predict 45 will eventually defect to Russia to avoid prison. We will never live that down.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 28, 2018:

@Trajan61 What damage? I hope you enjoy Trump's more affordable healthcare, Denny. Do you see it yet? I don't either. Mine is still almost a zero co-pay. The secret is that I still have the same insurance and I switched nothing. I have friends that said their's doubled. I know. It's hard to talk about this without starting to cuss Hillary. It must all be her fault.

Has any Republican summed up Trump better than McCain did?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 26, 2018:

McCain said it well and he is the only true Patriot that I see. It would be funny to see Trump become a Russian citizen in order to avoid everything over here as the walls close in, but you never know.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 28, 2018:

@Trajan61 Maybe you are right. Him and his buddies are too busy looking for Hillary's e-mails. At least they are doing important things and stirring up the support base regularly. Nice to go into areas to have rallies often too. More division here than I've seen in my lifetime.

I'm not sure how eloquent these posts should be, but here goes: I've been watching old star trek ...

Barnie2years comments on Aug 28, 2018:

It is entertainment reflective of the time they were filmed. A couple of nods to a supreme being got you browny points with the believers without acknowledging a direct religious connection. Sadly, I think we are headed back that way if you look at new shows coming out this fall. The funniest one is...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 28, 2018:

What amazes me if when people ask if I have ever watched "Lucifer." WTF? A TV show where the devil is a cop. Why would I waste my time?

If you left being a part of a religion...

WilliamFleming comments on Jun 4, 2018:

Back in ‘61 I attended a Baptist seminar with some folks from Auburn. As I sat there, it suddenly occurred to me that I didn’t believe anything that was being said. On the way back in the car, I openly expressed my opinion, The others were surprised, but offered no criticism or arguments. Other ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 28, 2018:

I reject Christianity as presented by anyone. Religions are based on "holy books" and nonsense. All such holy books are nonsense. There are no gods trying to get in touch with you.

Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders praise McCain: An object lesson in the politics of the pseudo-left ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 28, 2018:

I'm sorry, OP. I'm not reading this. You post that Ocasio and Sanders ( "along with the corporate media and Republican Party establishment are seeking to use McCain's death as an opportunity to shift public opinion in favor of war and political reaction.") For this to be true both parties must ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 28, 2018:

@William_Mary OK, so now I find the truth in Infowars and Brietbart? Not hardly. If we have the pseudo left do we have the pseudo right? What is the difference and what is the real left and right? All I know is a clown got elected and everything went to hell.

For those who don't have....Wouldn't it be beautiful to fall asleep and wake up with a loved one?

GreatNani comments on Aug 28, 2018:

Yes, I have forgotten about that and how nice that is.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 28, 2018:

Wanna cuddle?

For those who don't have....Wouldn't it be beautiful to fall asleep and wake up with a loved one?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 28, 2018:

Me too. Just remember this is one of the promises of your religion. Too bad we will never know it.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 28, 2018:

@HardBlues69 Religion promises that you instantly see your loved ones who have passed once you die. I was once religious, but how anyone knows this I have no idea.

Today he's tweeting about a deal with Mexico... I'm not sure that he can find Mexico on a map...

mcgeo52 comments on Aug 27, 2018:

Maybe not a bigger asshole...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 27, 2018:

I think Trump and Cheney should go hunting together. That might solve our problems.

Heres a sample of the kinds of things that hit my Facebook feed.

JustLynnie comments on Aug 26, 2018:

I dont have friends like that. I have a few Republican friends on my page, but they are respectful. You need to unfollow these morons.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 26, 2018:

I used to be a Republican but I have no Republican friends. These days it must be pretty hard to talk with them.

Cultural "Decay"

273kelvin comments on Aug 26, 2018:

One of the low points of Romes decline was when it was put up to the highest bidder. You get that every election.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 26, 2018:

It's more than this really. When they want to privatize prisons and water supply, etc. we just get weaker as a country. Too much of this going on now.

Should an ex President get secret service protection in prison?

birdingnut comments on Aug 25, 2018:

When the orange twitler is impeached, he'll no longer qualify to be a "former president."

DenoPenno replies on Aug 26, 2018:

Yes, and he cannot vote or carry a gun.

I just found out John McCain has died.

joeymf86 comments on Aug 26, 2018:

I remember him defending Obama too. I then look at how Trump acted during his presidential campaign against Hillary and how he's acted towards other people now. Such a huge difference in character. Remember, Trump was a "birther" when Obama was running and is the reason so many people thought Obama ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 26, 2018:

McCain told it like it is. So many still believe Trump on this because Trump is telling them what they want to hear.

I just found out John McCain has died.

PenLOP comments on Aug 26, 2018:

I don’t know where I fall with him. On the one hand, he was a political maverick who was a relatively outspoken voice in a party that has lockstep values, and in the other, he was the man who brought the idiot that is Sarah Palin to the national stage, and arguably paved the way for 45. That and ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 26, 2018:

I agree with you fully.

Last Easter I posted the following photo on FB and apparently I offended some relatives.

DenoPenno comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Leave it up! I think the entire thing is bizarre. Imagine instead a Jesus that was given the electric chair. His followers now wear small electric chairs (with him sitting in it) around their necks on a silver chain. My, how religious we are.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 25, 2018:

@Liberty Perhaps it is different search engines. Imagine not pagan as being Christian. What is called pagan to one is not pagan to another.

Would the World Be Better Off Without Religion? A Skeptic’s Guide to the Debate - CSI

Mitch07102 comments on Aug 18, 2018:

Word

DenoPenno replies on Aug 25, 2018:

In the beginning was the word, and the word was made into flesh and so many tried to speak it.

Last Easter I posted the following photo on FB and apparently I offended some relatives.

DenoPenno comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Leave it up! I think the entire thing is bizarre. Imagine instead a Jesus that was given the electric chair. His followers now wear small electric chairs (with him sitting in it) around their necks on a silver chain. My, how religious we are.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 25, 2018:

@Liberty Crucifixion was a method of execution. Many people may have been executed during the time Jesus was supposed to have lived but there is no proof of a biblical Jesus being executed at any time. An audience before Pilot and a big to do about the whole affair, even a soldier declaring the dead man was "the son of god", and then a special burial in a tomb. There is no public record at all of this and if it happened there should be. Instead we have nothing. What is pagan? The term "pagan" is used to describe any religion other than your own.

In defense of third-party candidates: Blame those who didn't vote, not those who chose to run.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 20, 2018:

We can't have change if we do not vote, and also if we vote for someone on a platform that we know cannot win it will sometimes give an advance to the party that we did not want to win.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 20, 2018:

@Christiep77 This is because you were put into a position to have no other choice.

What not to say to a friend experiencing a mental health problem. [scontent.ffcm1-2.fna.fbcdn.net]

DenoPenno comments on Aug 19, 2018:

I get it fully. At 72 I'm starting to get extreme anxiety but I think the American political scene has something to do with this. As a result I find more and more than I cannot sleep or do not sleep for very long. I wake up constantly. A friend of mine has this and his doctor gives him meds that ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 20, 2018:

@kmdskit3 Meditation? SMART recovery? I wouldn't take this crap if I had it. A 12 step group? What, like AA? Please! Been there, done that, and not going back. What I have with Aetna/Coventry is people who ask you from time to time if you feel like hurting yourself. WTF? I think I explained in my post that my anxiety comes from a feeling that I can no longer be in control and I am a person that does like to be in control. This should be plain enough. Obviously if you are knocked out in order to sleep you are not in control. As an alcoholic I had zero drinks yesterday. I had 2 drinks the day before that. If I have a lot of drinks I am again no longer in control. A person has to be in control of themselves. They have to understand what is going on and why. At least, I do.

American Charged In Uganda After Racist Assault On Hotel Workers | HuffPost

DenoPenno comments on Aug 19, 2018:

I saw this on video and the "missionary" appears as a white supremacist to me. He blamed his rant and attacks on drugs later but he should be fully prosecuted for his racist nonsense. I knew he had a screw loose when he slapped the clerk and started in about Jesus.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 19, 2018:

@m0752532706 When I was in Kenya I traveled with ease and one attorney there in Uganda House thought I was from the UK. My future wife and I had business there one day and she told me you have to leave passports and ID with the guards. They gave mine back immediately and kept hers until I said "she's with me" and they gave hers back also. The attorney upstairs was nice and kind and did not even charge for his advice and notary services. He might have been wrong in pegging me as UK (my real last name would make you think that) but he guessed my wife's tribe immediately. I found that Kenyans have a unique ability to do that just by watching and hearing others. One thing to get used to there is that you see police and soldiers carrying weapons. UK does this at Heathrow but I was in a Kenyan supermarket one day buying milk and the soldier next to me also buying milk had a fully loaded machine gun. You get used to it.

Age. Just a number? [youtu.be]

DenoPenno comments on Aug 19, 2018:

Jumping Jack is dead. He died at 96 of complications of pneumonia. That being said, you can remain physically active like these people in the video. I'm 72 and not as flexible as I once was but I workout 3 days a week. I'm a 250 lb. gorilla with liver disease and a gastro problem. My feet tingle ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 19, 2018:

@Cast1es Jack was a short man and had a top weight of less than 180 lbs. He was the "Godfather of Fitness" and did many feats of strength every year on his birthday up until he was 70 years old. He lived his image and was not just for show. His daily workouts included an hour of circuit training with weights followed by an hour of swimming in his pool. One of his feats was a swim form Alcatraz while handcuffed. On a TV show called "You Asked For It" Jack once did 1000 pushups non-stop. Not too many people can do that. In my top form days I once hit 250 and could do no more.

Trump-Media Logrolling [consortiumnews.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 16, 2018:

Sometimes it seems as if the media that you do get back and forth is only something to catch your eyes and sell newspapers or make you read the stuff regardless of format. Reporting has turned into the selling of stories. One old saying is yet true. If you wanna know what is going on just follow the...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 19, 2018:

@William_Mary All pretty good but it was not Hillary's supporters that she thought was deplorable.

Age. Just a number? [youtu.be]

DenoPenno comments on Aug 19, 2018:

Jumping Jack is dead. He died at 96 of complications of pneumonia. That being said, you can remain physically active like these people in the video. I'm 72 and not as flexible as I once was but I workout 3 days a week. I'm a 250 lb. gorilla with liver disease and a gastro problem. My feet tingle ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 19, 2018:

@Cast1es Yes, Jack LaLane and I also go with what works.

Trump-Media Logrolling [consortiumnews.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 16, 2018:

Sometimes it seems as if the media that you do get back and forth is only something to catch your eyes and sell newspapers or make you read the stuff regardless of format. Reporting has turned into the selling of stories. One old saying is yet true. If you wanna know what is going on just follow the...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 18, 2018:

@William_Mary You have some very good points that I agree on. For one thing, I see both political parties having some split within and not knowing what to do. That part is really scary. Hating Trump is a natural with me. His tweets are the biggest lies of contradiction I have ever seen. As for Facebook, don't sell their influence short. They have changed since the election but they had posts by trolls who wanted everyone to favor Trump. You have to consider how many in America read things in Facebook. This is why I say Hillary did not sabotage her own campaign. She did, however, have an iron control that hurt the entire DNC and they were caught off guard. Put it all together and Trump won by electoral vote.

Then and now... Thoughts?

glennlab comments on Aug 18, 2018:

nein, nein

DenoPenno replies on Aug 18, 2018:

The real language of Drumpf. Best known as Agolf Twitler.

Then and now... Thoughts?

Snickers77 comments on Aug 18, 2018:

Both parties are far to the right from the Republican party of Eisenhower.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 18, 2018:

I miss Ike.

Dump Trump!

glennlab comments on Aug 18, 2018:

Still say that hand up his ass has to hurt, might explain the sick expression he always has

DenoPenno replies on Aug 18, 2018:

Giving new meaning to Vlad the Impaler.

Trump-Media Logrolling [consortiumnews.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 16, 2018:

Sometimes it seems as if the media that you do get back and forth is only something to catch your eyes and sell newspapers or make you read the stuff regardless of format. Reporting has turned into the selling of stories. One old saying is yet true. If you wanna know what is going on just follow the...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 18, 2018:

@William_Mary I don't have the link but there is a list of Mueller charges for most people he has investigated and is taking to court so far. These people want to make plea deals.. Trump wants to make plea deals. That's what his lawyers are doing when it is plain they do not want Trump answering questions in front of Mueller. What are they afraid of? Is the orange man going to incriminate himself? Most likely he would. Now the GOP claims his revoking of security clearances is because Trump found out about this deep plot against him and wants to stop Mueller's investigation. People forget that Trump just might be angry. I think he is angry and afraid. He vows to destroy those who are against him. Who's going down here? It's people that have surrounded Trump. The man won't just STF up and let Mueller do his investigation. That's what the rest of us should do too. When it comes to Trump I keep hearing building and changing lies daily and most of those are from his supporters.

Trump-Media Logrolling [consortiumnews.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 16, 2018:

Sometimes it seems as if the media that you do get back and forth is only something to catch your eyes and sell newspapers or make you read the stuff regardless of format. Reporting has turned into the selling of stories. One old saying is yet true. If you wanna know what is going on just follow the...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 17, 2018:

@William_Mary I'm not so sure it is a false Russian narrative. Why all the trouble with it and people going up for charges? If it was a leak from the DNC then I have to assume Hillary really did want to destroy her chances OR she was so scared of Trump winning that she had to get the dirt on him. As I remember it nobody at that time thought Trump had a chance in hell of winning!

I was messing around on Pinterest earlier and picked this up.

AwarenessNow comments on Mar 10, 2018:

Yes! Today I saw a bumper sticker that said "No God, no morals, no future" This presumes our basic nature is sinful and amoral. As if we are still children and need our mummy and daddy to watch our behavior every moment. How immature. This completely overlooks the fact that it feels good to do ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 15, 2018:

I'm amazed at the kind of future they think they are going to have. My religious friend thinks god will be the big spark and all the rest are the little sparks gathered around him. It sounded so exciting!

A pastor told me today that he is sorry that I have not felt the love of god.

Beowulfsfriend comments on Aug 14, 2018:

If there is a God, a superior being, then for me, to personally accept them, they have to be totally uninvolved with humanity. More like the Eastern religions which are more spiritual interconnectedness. If there is an Abrahanic god, then I don't want anything to do with such an asshole. If he ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 15, 2018:

The all powerful god cannot intervene as it would screw up his perfect plan. This is why prayer doesn't work.

The LAte Show With Stephen Colbert-Qdoba Has An Imaginary Customer [youtu.be]

DenoPenno comments on Aug 15, 2018:

I look at myself in great detail and I can kinda see how marketing works because of things that have stuck with me over the years, what I eat, etc. I'm never able to see how marketing has caused me to buy anything. I'm serious! I have nothing in my house that marketers are selling. I have no ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 15, 2018:

@zephr A classic ride might be half of what you see in ads on TV. My car is a 2005 Monte Carlo so it doesn't qualify.

Hi Gene here. Nice to see a community of like-minded people here.

SukiSue comments on Aug 14, 2018:

Hi!

DenoPenno replies on Aug 14, 2018:

What is serendipity?

Besides politics, religion and age... what is your dating "dealbreaker"?

racocn8 comments on Aug 14, 2018:

Needless drama.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 14, 2018:

I can go along with that one. I've had enough drama for 3 lifetimes.

Nowhere as good as the original

JK666 comments on Aug 14, 2018:

Trump is NO biker!

DenoPenno replies on Aug 14, 2018:

Yeah, but wouldn't you like to see Trump as a stuntman in an Evel Kneivel film doing all the stunts for the first time?

This is what healthy food looks like :-) From left to right: Organic berries, papaya with ...

Paul4747 comments on Aug 13, 2018:

And this is what good food looks like. Cheeseburger Mac... Patty melt and fries... Lasagna... Shrimp scampi Alfredo... Thai glazed salmon. Those are some nice appetizers you've got though.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 13, 2018:

These are things I would like to eat.

I have a friend that follows 45 on twitter.

GreatNani comments on Aug 13, 2018:

Amazing how he has the time to Tweet so often :( total ass hat!

DenoPenno replies on Aug 13, 2018:

All he does is watch TV, tweet, and play golf. He does no governing and would not know how in the first place.

Just wondering when these lying bastards are going to get around to turning the lights back on.

sassygirl3869 comments on Aug 13, 2018:

POS sees them as devalued humans. Racist Trump sees them as black and brown sub-humans.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 13, 2018:

The problem with white supremacists in America today is that they are scared. They see America becoming a bit more brown and they panic. One such white man who claims not to be racist is pursuing civil rights as per the 1960's but doing so for the white man. He just don't get it.

Just gotta ask this.

ProudMary comments on Aug 13, 2018:

If you think there's not a dime's worth of difference between Barack Obama and the current squatter in the White House, then you're not paying very close attention.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 13, 2018:

@Spag84 Yup! That's how it is. Give up. It's done. There's nothing we can do. Popeye did it. Oh, wait.

The best revenge really is living well.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 5, 2018:

I hear ya and I see it, but this is in reverse with my ex and myself. She has a nice apartment and a newer car, maxed out credit cards, and lots of clothes and shoes. I'm in a 2 bedroom mobile with an older car,** I have what I want and need**, but my 2 credit cards are like money if I need it. I ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 13, 2018:

@Cast1es The "friend" that I mentioned used to drink a lot and do a lot of dope. What stops him today is that he don't know how to manage his money. He often gets his electric turned off for non-payment.

He wouldn't lie to us would he?

Krysia22 comments on Aug 13, 2018:

He was kidding...he really means to redefine the constitution to make it less bothersome to his needs

DenoPenno replies on Aug 13, 2018:

I agree. This POS is a a special kind of turd.

Just gotta ask this.

ProudMary comments on Aug 13, 2018:

If you think there's not a dime's worth of difference between Barack Obama and the current squatter in the White House, then you're not paying very close attention.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 13, 2018:

@Spag84 "Average people." Who are they? How do you sign something into law against white people? You are a scared racist. OMG my race is a minority. So what?

If karma was real wouldn't people just stop doing bad things?

MichaelSpinler comments on Aug 13, 2018:

no. most believe a god is watching and that this god will punish them for being bad, that has not stopped them, then some people like to be punished, or abused etc. self deprecating. etc.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 13, 2018:

God's punishment stops no one because you can always get forgiveness. Even deathbed forgiveness according to believers. This is why the murdering rapist and his victim and both happily in heaven.

For all of you doubters out there....

DenoPenno comments on Aug 12, 2018:

I'm sure the aliens are scared. BTW, aren't their laws against having a "space force" as a defense unit for your country?

DenoPenno replies on Aug 12, 2018:

@Surfpirate I'm sure Trump and his legal genius team can figure it out. I think he just wants to be a Space Cadet.

For all of you doubters out there....

glennlab comments on Aug 12, 2018:

That's because they don't believe there is intelligent life left since Trump got elected.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 12, 2018:

Yes, and his supporters are proof of this if not anything else.

Space Farce

KKGator comments on Aug 12, 2018:

I hope they crash and burn. Just these four. Wait, is Pence in the cargo hold? Him, too.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 12, 2018:

Yes, please add Pence.

Whacked out Trumper!

PalacinkyPDX comments on Aug 11, 2018:

I'm going to make a wild conjecture, and guess this individual owns numerous high-powered weapons.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 11, 2018:

I bet you are right. I have an ex boss who owned several and he taught his entire family to shoot. He thought it was survival. I think it is repressed anger.

Isn't it about time for a new "chosen prophet" yet?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 10, 2018:

How about Elizabeth Clear Profit? Did I get her name right?

DenoPenno replies on Aug 11, 2018:

@KevinAverett Sorry. That was Elizabeth Clare Prophet.

How do you get the Jesus/Jehova people off your doorway?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 11, 2018:

I told 2 men at my door once that they could just sacrifice a goat for me. One of the men said very seriously "that doesn't work any more."

DenoPenno replies on Aug 11, 2018:

Did I just give them proof that their god is changing?

How do you get the Jesus/Jehova people off your doorway?

Punkrawkdude99 comments on Jul 9, 2018:

Another fun game to play with them is to just tell them about your religion and just keep talking and making shit up..and tell them. Their religion sucks and you won't join it... My made up religion is Carmenism... Obviously our God is the super hot large breastwd Carmen Elecktra I also throw...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 11, 2018:

I like Carmen Electra. :)

Florida Mayor Issues Proclamation Calling for 40 Days of Fasting and Prayer – Friendly Atheist

DenoPenno comments on Aug 10, 2018:

This is junk! You can bet the mayor is still going to eat and drink.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 11, 2018:

@lakegirl84 I live in a similar area in Missouri. I love living here but most people think Trumpsky is god. I either ignore them or for certain ones I call them stupid. If we talk politics I challenge them to answer about Trump without talking Hillary, Obama, or AIG insurance. My challenge is that most of them can't do it. I must be right because it shuts them up.

On dating sites, everyone says they like long walks on the beach.

LionMousePudding comments on Aug 11, 2018:

"Looking for a partner in crime" "Work hard and play harder" (exhausting again! Plus sounds painful) But actually what really weirds me out is "just an average guy looking for an average girl," like, you are going to ADMIT that? Lol.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 11, 2018:

A partner in crime. I don't commit crimes. I see those on forensic TV shows who were partners in crime and in the end they go to different prisons. Just sayin'.

On dating sites, everyone says they like long walks on the beach.

Stephanie99 comments on Aug 11, 2018:

I do like long walks on the beach. I used to live near the ocean and I walked on the beach often. I did that once with my last boyfriend. I think that people pretend. Unlike the guy who just posted below me, I do not recommend sex on the beach. Would you to sandpaper your privates?

DenoPenno replies on Aug 11, 2018:

Sex on the beach? I do not like sand in the crack of my ass or certain other places.

A Seattle artist painted this portrait.

GreatNani comments on Aug 10, 2018:

Quite talented.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 11, 2018:

I hope you meant the artist.

Opinionista • Jay Naidoo • 10 August 2018 Credo Mutwa: Tapping into the wisdom of the ancients...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 10, 2018:

Healers all have a bag of tricks.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 10, 2018:

@VAL3941 I am familiar with Baba. Studied many things but I am a young man inside this older body. Mystical double speak no longer holds anything for me.

Is there a word that says one is anti "religion" not antithiest?

peststudio comments on Aug 10, 2018:

The force

DenoPenno replies on Aug 10, 2018:

May the 4's be with you.

Is there a word that says one is anti "religion" not antithiest?

Marionville comments on Aug 10, 2018:

You first question is easy to answer. If you believe in god or gods then you are a theist and if you don’t you are an atheist. The second one is a more nebulous question. My short answer is no, there is no word for anything that doesn’t exist in reality. We don’t believe God controls ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 10, 2018:

@Marionville The big argument of the centuries. People on both sides and neither has a good name for it.

Sexual Compatibility - How better to phrase it?

PalacinkyPDX comments on Jul 23, 2018:

It's not just sex, it's also the smell, taste and touch of the other person. Does their voice turn you on? How does staring into their eyes feel? Some of these are very animal reactions to another person even if they're filtered though the human intellect. Personally, if I don't like someone's smell...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 10, 2018:

You are very correct on smell, touch, and taste. If you spend time apart in separation these areas might change and it adds to possibility of permanent separation. Humans are also animals. Intimacy depends a lot on these areas.

Ajit Pai FINALLY Admits FCC Lied to Americans About DDoS Attack - The Humanist Report [youtube.com]

gigihein comments on Aug 9, 2018:

What a fracking tool.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 10, 2018:

What a fracking fool?

The 7 Godly Sins

Scottzillyun comments on Aug 9, 2018:

I saw a bumper sticker today that said : Faith , Hope, Love ! Im thinkin " didnt that use to be " : Faith , Hope and Charity ? and according to Jeeebus , Charity was the greatest if these Xians wanted to distance their greedy selves from that charity thing so , they over-ruled Jeebus ?

DenoPenno replies on Aug 9, 2018:

@Wurlitzer Yes. Sometimes it's just a translational thing but it makes you wonder if people are using it today to distance themselves from what is happening to the immigrants. I know a right wing Christian family that plainly says "Jesus would not approve or all the handouts." They must have a different bible maybe.

Are you Aryan?

Dietl comments on Aug 9, 2018:

White supremacists are willfully ignorant about history. They only believe the myth that they constructed in their lazy minds. I don't think that the majority have the will or the brainpower to educate themselves on their real heritage. And even if they do their biases only let them cherry-pick the ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 9, 2018:

I'm with you on that one and you have hit it all exactly. The only difference is that in America they think they have some mystical and pure blood line that puts them in a category with bred cows, horses, dogs, and other animals. The stupidity is that they forget those animals were bred that way. Humans have no such pure race or blood.

WHO'S WHO IN HELL Why are so many interesting, intelligent, talented and just plain cool people ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 9, 2018:

I like your list but cannot go along with "who's who in hell." The current Evangelicals are wrong in biblical belief, mostly because they do not study it and also because of a strong fear of death.** There is nobody currently in the biblical hell. Nobody at all.** That place is for a future time. ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 9, 2018:

@Electro68 Revelation 20:1-2. Chained for a thousand years but again it is a future time. What makes the entire biblical myth ridiculous is that we have 66 books joined together to make a story and none of those books were written with plans of being bound together that way. Christians forget this coz they have to know all, and they have to have a story. It's all made up!

Why are men and women put under so much pressure to have kids in this society?

KKGator comments on Aug 7, 2018:

Hell if I know. I think it's pretty inappropriate for anyone to exert any kind "pressure" on anyone to procreate. Society can go fuck itself with that bullshit. I remember the father of a friend telling me that since I was an intelligent woman, involved with an intelligent man, we had a moral ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 8, 2018:

@KKGator My ex wanted children but I'm too old for that and I knew I would end up raising the child.

That U.

KKGator comments on Aug 8, 2018:

Of course it does. He's working with them to take this nation down.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 8, 2018:

Trump's ability to freely borrow money is needed to promote his "brand" and further his name and interests. Aligning with Russia may mean he can continue to borrow from them. It appears the rest of the world has caught onto his bag of tricks, so helping Putin works in Trump's favor. Forget any ideas that he gave a damn about America. What he cares about is Trump.

Why are men and women put under so much pressure to have kids in this society?

KKGator comments on Aug 7, 2018:

Hell if I know. I think it's pretty inappropriate for anyone to exert any kind "pressure" on anyone to procreate. Society can go fuck itself with that bullshit. I remember the father of a friend telling me that since I was an intelligent woman, involved with an intelligent man, we had a moral ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 8, 2018:

Good for you, and it's your choice anyway. I always call people like that as "doing a job on you, or doing a number on you." It is manipulation that I have never allowed in my lifetime. Keep in mind also that religion plays a part in this as well. People believe it is our jobs to "replenish the earth."

No more star for trump. This will keep me up at night... [yahoo.com]

GregFroh comments on Aug 7, 2018:

Why Americans are so mad about Trump? I'm German, and I don't understand the hatred.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 7, 2018:

Start following American news and then maybe you will get it. Trump is a lying POS.

What right does the atty general have to take on a job of increasing christian values within our ...

seaspot_run comments on Aug 7, 2018:

OTOH, remember the guy who covered up the boob on the statue of Justice?

DenoPenno replies on Aug 7, 2018:

Yes. That was John Ashcroft of Missouri. They go to great lengths to prove their Christianity.

Toxic People

Marionville comments on Aug 7, 2018:

I don’t actually understand this post....can you explain?

DenoPenno replies on Aug 7, 2018:

@Bierbasstard Maybe possible but the report is a little fat fetched in my opinion.

Pascals Wager Is A Terrible Argument - EssenceOfThought [youtube.com]

DenoPenno comments on Aug 6, 2018:

When Blaze came up with his argument it was as if Christianity was the only religion. He also assumes that you can pretend to believe and all will be find. You have lost nothing at the time of your death. This can only be logical if the person making the wager does not believe and there is no god ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 7, 2018:

@pnfullifidian Apparently it does. Thanks for the spelling correction. :)

Toxic People

Marionville comments on Aug 7, 2018:

I don’t actually understand this post....can you explain?

DenoPenno replies on Aug 7, 2018:

Apparently a great many paranoid people think that if you have a web cam it can actually work in reverse and people are able to get into your computer and look at you, seeing what you do and hearing what you say. I admit something like this could be built but I doubt that this is happening.