More white christian terror... now at a newspaper. :( guns... yeah we so need more guns...

DenoPenno comments on Jun 28, 2018:

Not much on this yet as I write except that the lone shooter used a shotgun. He is in custody and is not cooperating. Trump and friends have sent "thoughts and prayers."

DenoPenno replies on Jun 29, 2018:

OK, now we learn that it was 5 shot and killed and the shooter is named Ramos. He was upset about some sort of ongoing lawsuit with the newspaper. I wonder how Hannity is going to twist that into something against Maxine Waters? I'm serious! Before everything was known Hannity was blaming this shooting on her.

How can anybody in their right mind still believe in and support this guy?!

DenoPenno comments on Jun 28, 2018:

I agree. It's not just his lack of experience on political matters. To me, it's his ego and outright lies! He might tell 4 or more separate lies on one issue before the truth about it actually comes out. The entire time his team is telling lies to cover up for his lies. Then you realize that his ...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 28, 2018:

@Freedompath I'm hoping for a miracle but if I spell it out exactly somebody will come and take me away. Still, it could happen. :)

Oh Bill, you're so funny.

DenoPenno comments on Jun 26, 2018:

Molly Knight put him in his place. The problem is that they accuse us of what they are doing. If they do it it's OK. If we do it we are horrible. Poor Sarah Slanders thinks she is a victim. Not so. The victims are the good people of the USA. Even some overseas.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 28, 2018:

@silverotter11 Yes, I remember it well.

A brilliant Woman by the name of Jane Mayer writes for the New Yorker for er than most of us have ...

silverotter11 comments on Jun 28, 2018:

It has taken not that long to return to the era of the early 1900's. The very Rich and Money controlled everything. Unbridled capitalism, politicans, seats in congress and the senate bought and sold. Until finally it all crashed; the dust bowl and the depression brought about a New Deal. ...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 28, 2018:

Yep. Here we go again. Cheeto's dummy supporters don't seem to see this at all. Those who do don't care.

Naom Chomsky: Trump is a distraction. A must watch video. [youtu.be]

DenoPenno comments on Jun 27, 2018:

"Our beautiful clean coal" never was clean or beautiful. In the UK they had to stop using coal in order to clean up the air. It's all a matter of history and can be looked up and verified. Now the followers of this monkey even go so far as to say we have opened up 2 or 3 new coal mines. If there are...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 27, 2018:

@Diogenes I agree with you but the miner who voted for Drumpf probably would not. :)

Why migrate when u know who’s president?

hlfsousa comments on Jun 27, 2018:

Better than living in a shithole

DenoPenno replies on Jun 27, 2018:

Thanks to Trump we will all end up living in a shithole.

Why do conservative Christians feel oppressed?

NerdyOkieDude comments on Jun 23, 2018:

They can’t handle cognitive dissonance. It’s that simple.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 26, 2018:

Trump supporters have a hellava lot of cognitive dissonance.

Why do conservative Christians feel oppressed?

SheBeSecular comments on Jun 24, 2018:

Much like the nonexistent war on xmas, these are tactics used by the religious right/cults. They indoctrinate with the "them against us" dogma. Very effective with Republicons. Seriously, I do not understand how ANY atheist can support Drumpf.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 26, 2018:

I agree with you 100%. Drumpf is the worst. It's all about him and we are the victims. If the media had any balls they would stop posting eve3ry damned thing that he tweets. Then I could have my life back.

Socialists blame outsiders for their problems, it's a crime to speak the truth, sound familiar?

DenoPenno comments on Jun 25, 2018:

Familiar to me because this is the direction we are heading if we don't change some things and do it fast.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 26, 2018:

@Beach_slim OK, what's the point? Sweden is also socialist.

45 pisses on Harley Davidson.

Infoguy211 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

I hope he does. I hope Harley Davidson lays off a ton of Drumpf voters. I hope those tariffs kick Drumpf voters in their economic gonads.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 26, 2018:

@Catrachel1111 They will justify paying more for everything under Trump by saying it has to "trickle down" before we see a benefit.

Socialists blame outsiders for their problems, it's a crime to speak the truth, sound familiar?

DenoPenno comments on Jun 25, 2018:

Familiar to me because this is the direction we are heading if we don't change some things and do it fast.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 26, 2018:

@Beach_slim I am a liberal on the site. More of a Democratic Socialist and certainly not with the GOP. I will never alley with the GOP again, ever.

Seth Andrews: The Satanic Panic - The Witch Hunt of the Late Twentieth Century - YouTube

Tomfoolery33 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

I was in California when the McMartin case hit the news. It was all over the place. The whole thing was so stupid.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 25, 2018:

I saw a documentary on that and it was the damned dumbest thing I had ever watched or ever heard of. Talk about a witch hunt. The psychologist in the case was found out later to no ever be qualified and she planted everything in the minds of those kids.

Question for those that believe in an all powerful god.

buck1977 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

You mistakenly assume god belief is based on reason and logic.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 25, 2018:

It's not and it is all too much drama!

Different regimes, different approaches to border security:

DenoPenno comments on Jun 24, 2018:

**NOT true.** If illegals get that in America it is because they have stolen the identities of others. Our government never gave these things to illegals ever. So many insist otherwise and they are wrong. Pedro does not come here from Mexico and suddenly because he is old enough he draws social ...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 25, 2018:

@Varn BTW, if you think illegals are "unwilling to fight for or instill within their nations" a system like ours that they "want to steal" you need to understand that maybe the political system for them has made it almost impossible to fight. A little too much of Trump and that is exactly what is going to happen here. Trump is not your buddy. He's just the one in power right now.

Different regimes, different approaches to border security:

DenoPenno comments on Jun 24, 2018:

**NOT true.** If illegals get that in America it is because they have stolen the identities of others. Our government never gave these things to illegals ever. So many insist otherwise and they are wrong. Pedro does not come here from Mexico and suddenly because he is old enough he draws social ...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 25, 2018:

@Varn Did Mexico become our problem when Trump ran for office with a promise to build a wall? I've heard for years that they keep finding tunnels. Will they give them up when Trump builds the wall? I just can't buy it. If Trump has his way I'm scared shitless that the illegals will discover airplanes.

Posted this in PROGRESSIVES and SOCIALISTS group.

KC1959 comments on Jun 24, 2018:

Gonna go out on a limb here. Many posts regarding political parties but the political parties are only in place to accommodate the economic system. Economics rules the world. Until we can institute a system that reallocates the resources of the planet in a more equitable fashion, all political ...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 24, 2018:

@LetzGetReal You are hitting a lot of this right on the head. Too much dark money and re-doing of things in ways that do not help us. I'm very sure they are trying to figure how to take away your voting rights altogether so that in the end we can do nothing.

Jim Wright (Stonekettle Station) writes something you should read all the way through: ...

Charlene comments on Jun 24, 2018:

Fuck Trump,Fuck that lying bitch Sanders, Fuck the Entire Trump Admin, Fuck Mike Huckabee and Fuck All Converiturd Christian Rethuglicans..they want the cake..they can Eat Crow Cake.. I'm done taking the High road with Rethuglicans..they want to claim the narrative of this country..Time to Eat them...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 24, 2018:

Those "SINCERELY HELD BELIEFS" will get you every time. That is how those in power make exceptions.

Different regimes, different approaches to border security:

DenoPenno comments on Jun 24, 2018:

**NOT true.** If illegals get that in America it is because they have stolen the identities of others. Our government never gave these things to illegals ever. So many insist otherwise and they are wrong. Pedro does not come here from Mexico and suddenly because he is old enough he draws social ...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 24, 2018:

@Varn Have you ever noticed that Canada does not appear to have this problem? It doesn't appear that anyone there is "sneaking in another nation." Oh, that's right. They don't have Trump, do they? Open borber but there is no "crisis" at their border.

Different regimes, different approaches to border security:

DenoPenno comments on Jun 24, 2018:

**NOT true.** If illegals get that in America it is because they have stolen the identities of others. Our government never gave these things to illegals ever. So many insist otherwise and they are wrong. Pedro does not come here from Mexico and suddenly because he is old enough he draws social ...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 24, 2018:

@Varn The same people willing to sneak in another nation?? Who is sneaking in another nation and for what purpose? Is this present koolaid talk or does it go back to rich people wanting cheap house, garden and pool boys?

Unmasking the GOP as the Party of Negligent Homicide [truthout.

DenoPenno comments on Jun 24, 2018:

I'm not sure how much of my medical care is coming out of the ACA (Obamacare) but I chose to leave everything alone. I retired and the government pushed us all to let private companies do our medical care. I chose Coventry which is now under the Aetna umbrella. Off and on there have been small ...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 24, 2018:

@William_Mary What I see the most about healthcare is that people in power are trying to take it away from everyone else. Everyone should have cheap and affordable healthcare.

Different regimes, different approaches to border security:

DenoPenno comments on Jun 24, 2018:

**NOT true.** If illegals get that in America it is because they have stolen the identities of others. Our government never gave these things to illegals ever. So many insist otherwise and they are wrong. Pedro does not come here from Mexico and suddenly because he is old enough he draws social ...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 24, 2018:

@bigpawbullets I do suspect that many do as I have posted and just hope to mingle into the system. I've heard of drivers licenses for illegal aliens but notice the word "illegal" is still in the mix. This idea would simply be a way of making insurance money off the illegal who otherwise might not even have a drivers license. What would such license look like? I do not know.

Unmasking the GOP as the Party of Negligent Homicide [truthout.

Dwight comments on Jun 24, 2018:

Universal heathcare and an open border policy would solve much of the above concerns. Clinton was wrong to cave in to GOP welfare mythology.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 24, 2018:

So many claim they are against an open border. Show me countries worldwide that are surrounded by walls. Where are these countries? Can you name me one? Maybe Israel. This seems to make the border walls a big bunch of bullshit to me.

Finding Hidden Meanings in Words When I was a kid (and I mean younger than 10) I was already ...

Etre comments on Jun 24, 2018:

Sol is latin for sun, ancient mythology soul goes back to source, sun god, jesus is a solar deity, Ra, ect... soul/dier. Think about the mental conditioning. Sol/dier they forfeit their soul. The soul and spirit are not exactly religious concepts. The soul is the natural state of being, a humans...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 24, 2018:

Very well said. I used to study this but it was years ago. You would never know it now.

Space Force Is A Con!

DenoPenno comments on Jun 24, 2018:

If you have a space force you can be up there knocking out the other guy's satellites and cripple him before he does a lot of damage. Too much money to be made, but if we all get tired of this someday they can knock out all satellite communications. Control that ability and you control the world.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 24, 2018:

@Druvius True. You do that when you want to draw attention to yourself and everything is about you. Remember that it is Trump's space force.

New music is highlying overrated.

KateZilla comments on Jun 24, 2018:

all music was once new

DenoPenno replies on Jun 24, 2018:

Music used to be written from experiences of real people who were usually the writers. Like Birdingnut says, today it is all formulated.

If Jesus were alive, he would be on Jerry Springer.

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 24, 2018:

If Jesus were alive, the government would be calling him a liberal lefty loon, Fox would be calling him a dangerous extremist democrat, the churches and other religions would be calling him a fake, he would likely be in jail for insurrection and hate speech, feminists would be saying he was the ...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 24, 2018:

Yes, but to do his assassination right a group of men would have to chase him down and nail him to a cross.

A Child In Idaho Has Contracted The First Local Case Of Bubonic Plague In Nearly 30 Years | ...

DenoPenno comments on Jun 23, 2018:

Scary, but I take it as something that likely happened because of the current fad of not getting vaccinations. We are leaving ourselves wide open for many diseases today because of this. It's like refusing to put air in your automobile tires. Eventually there is a problem.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 24, 2018:

@Druvius I have seen polio wiped out in my lifetime. Keeping vaccinations current might also help with other diseases that creep in.

What goes around comes around. [oppo-news.com]

DenoPenno comments on Jun 23, 2018:

It is still all American to be able to refuse service to anyone. Maybe some cannot understand that but if I own a restaurant I am not obligated to serve you.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 23, 2018:

I need to take that remark into another level also. OK, a baker refused to make a gay couple a wedding cake. You find yourselves another baker. Pretty simple.

More insanity. [msn.com]

DenoPenno comments on Jun 23, 2018:

The amazing thing here is that people actually pretend that Trump's tariff deals are designed to help the USA and not to destroy it. A man I went to school with is a big Trump supporter and he says it has already caused some steel makers in America to produce their own steel again. He thinks that is...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 23, 2018:

@Catrachel1111 You are correct, but the Trump supporters answer these questions as a positive while ignoring that the emperor has no clothes. In other words, they support the Orange Mofo by repeating his lies.

To you haters

SleepingOnABoat comments on Jun 20, 2018:

No one says that. They say he is a racist because "there are good people on both sides". Or maybe because he has excluded blacks from renting in his buildings. Or maybe because his position on muslims has no nuance. Or maybe its because he is a racist.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 22, 2018:

@Renickulous Why do your arguments seem to think I'm saying Trump "has done things to other races?" I'm giving up here because that was NOT what I was saying at all. Racism is one thing. People that want to think I'm saying Trump is doing things to people of other races is another. Jesus Christ! Can't you have racism without Donald Trump? I'm certain it was around way before he was.

To you haters

SleepingOnABoat comments on Jun 20, 2018:

No one says that. They say he is a racist because "there are good people on both sides". Or maybe because he has excluded blacks from renting in his buildings. Or maybe because his position on muslims has no nuance. Or maybe its because he is a racist.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 22, 2018:

@Renickulous Some of us just call it shit disturbing. I think it is related to trolling. Otherwise, you get into arguments on which is the real news or the fake news. I see racism all the time and my ex wife of 12 years was black. Sometimes opinions can be racist. If I tend to have a racist opinion then I might be racist. We do not need "acts of racism" in order to be racist.

Not sure how anyone can support this idiot.

Catrachel1111 comments on Jun 22, 2018:

All of this makes me sick.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 22, 2018:

It makes me sick too. I don't need my day ruined repeatedly on a daily basis by whatever Twitler is tweeting. Somebody please cut his tweeter off.

To you haters

SleepingOnABoat comments on Jun 20, 2018:

No one says that. They say he is a racist because "there are good people on both sides". Or maybe because he has excluded blacks from renting in his buildings. Or maybe because his position on muslims has no nuance. Or maybe its because he is a racist.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 21, 2018:

@Renickulous My ideas are formed from watching and reading news from all over the world. I'm not part of the Trump bubble. Either Trump is a liar and a conman or the entire world is conspiring against him. Which do you think it is?

To you haters

sassygirl3869 comments on Jun 20, 2018:

But keeping them out because they're black,brown, and working class is racism.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 20, 2018:

But Sassygirl, what if they come from some shithole country? BTW, what is a merit based system? Isn't that like we only take those with the education we want and need and nobody else can come here? We will let in the space scientist and he can get Donnie's Space Cadet program going.

To you haters

GabrielM comments on Jun 20, 2018:

Seeking asylum isn't illegal. "Moron."

DenoPenno replies on Jun 20, 2018:

@Renickulous America has no laws about seeking asylum. Procedures to go through, yes. To try for asylum in the US you first have to get here. There is nothing illegal about coming here.

To you haters

SleepingOnABoat comments on Jun 20, 2018:

No one says that. They say he is a racist because "there are good people on both sides". Or maybe because he has excluded blacks from renting in his buildings. Or maybe because his position on muslims has no nuance. Or maybe its because he is a racist.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 20, 2018:

@Renickulous Watch and listen to Trump enough and you can plainly see which black people or those of brown skin it is that he does not like. The ones who do not see it are his supporters that would allow him to shoot somebody openly and get away with it.

Today.

birdingnut comments on Jun 19, 2018:

Hi, Shazbott, Yeah, that's what I've had to do. There's just so much bad news I want to hear, and the orange Hitler news seems unreal, and is distressing. By the way, you earn website points, and help other members get to know you better, when you write an informational profile that includes ...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 19, 2018:

Orange Hitler is very un-real. When I hear nothing of him I have a perfect day. Someone should cut off his Tweeter.

How often does it annoy you when people assume atheist don’t believe in anything at all?

sassylassie1018 comments on Jun 17, 2018:

What bothers me most of all, and what I have the most problems with is keeping my mouth shut. I have one friend who, and I'm not joking, ordered a "Spirit Box". Apparently that's supposed to monitor all of the radio waves or electronic static in his house and let him know if any ghosties are trying ...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 18, 2018:

@sassylassie1018 Hearing is not believing. Neither is seeing.

Are the right-wingers around the world winning?

DenoPenno comments on Jun 17, 2018:

No, they are being used. Taking away healthcare is only a small part of it. Worldwide the bustup of the European Union and the Western Alliance is planned so as to have less restriction when it comes to coal and oil products. This means they make more money. Back to American healthcare, I find ...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 18, 2018:

@ambesh18 Thank you very much for doing so, and thanks for your support.

Depression

Iamkratom comments on Jun 17, 2018:

Does anyone actually cope with depression and anxiety? I have learned to live with the person I have become on very bad days. But coping? Nope. Never

DenoPenno replies on Jun 17, 2018:

I cope through sleep or repeated computer upgrades that are a main problem. Once I get set up right on 3 computers Microsoft comes along and wants to knock that all down. It keeps me busy.

Depression

1ditrana comments on Jun 17, 2018:

Any tips or advice,how do.ypu all cope?

DenoPenno replies on Jun 17, 2018:

I also do certain exercises 3 days a week and I used to bodybuild when I was younger. Taking selected vitamins helps and maybe getting out of the house to do things. It doesn't have to be anything special. Just "you time" with others or alone in a chosen area.

How often does it annoy you when people assume atheist don’t believe in anything at all?

sassylassie1018 comments on Jun 17, 2018:

What bothers me most of all, and what I have the most problems with is keeping my mouth shut. I have one friend who, and I'm not joking, ordered a "Spirit Box". Apparently that's supposed to monitor all of the radio waves or electronic static in his house and let him know if any ghosties are trying ...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 17, 2018:

There was a time I used to believe in all that shit too. What cured me is that gods and all types of phenomena are supernatural. Nothing is supernatural. It means it's fake and there are many things you do not understand. OK, you say radio waves are invisible. So is daylight but it doesn't bring spirits or ghosties.

Aliens are often portrayed as being anthropomorphic which is highly unlikely given that on earth ...

BufftonBeotch comments on Jun 17, 2018:

I guess we have only fairly recently realized how incredibly intelligent octopuses are I highly doubt any will visit.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 17, 2018:

I thought I was visited by an octopus once. Guess I was mistaken. :)

Gilead is here.

shockwaverider comments on Jun 17, 2018:

Yeah and he's doing this on purpose for a political negotiation tool. Who could buy this stuff? It is out and out un-American. ...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 17, 2018:

I find it astounding that nobody sees what this is. Nobody sees what is happening here and what is going on. It happened that way in Germany but the USA has always said "it cannot happen here." With the Kock brothers and the current GOP it most certainly can happen here.

So Trump states he wants to be a dictator. Big surprise. [yahoo.com]

Dingodog comments on Jun 16, 2018:

Yeah, I heard him say Kim's people come to attention for him and he wants his people to do the same for him. Something like that. Fool. Dangerous, ignorant fool.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 16, 2018:

Maybe his support base might do that for him but most of us would ignore the lunatic or give him a finger.

I just want to bang my head against a wall! I've NEVER saw a president with so many lawsuits, or ...

MsDemeanour comments on Jun 15, 2018:

Why don't you shoot him?

DenoPenno replies on Jun 15, 2018:

Some of us are secretly praying for another mentally deranged person to come along. You just never know.

Am I wrong for comparing the religious to Nazism?

mt49er comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Nazi Germany was more than 98% christian. You are only wrong to bring in all the other religions which aren't always about disguising hate as love.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 13, 2018:

Religions do disguise hate as love because there are so many of them and only one is the right one. That right religion is always your religion.

What or Who created the universe?

DenoPenno comments on Jun 7, 2018:

It may be possible that there has always been a universe.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 12, 2018:

@kensmile4u I believe that is the case.

Never forget!

d_day comments on Jun 11, 2018:

Sure, you expect me to remember this, but you've all probably forgotten the Bowling Green massacre.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 11, 2018:

Bowling Green was a big one and the brain child of Kellyanne Conjob.

W. E. B. Dubois

Condor5 comments on Jun 10, 2018:

I don't know why more people of color do not understand this. How can one support and promote an institution that traditionally has oppressed one's entire ethnic constituency? It makes absolutely no sense to me.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 10, 2018:

No sense to me either and then you have those white idiots that claim slavery brought the black man to the one true god. How hypocritical.

I just had a horrible realization I am advocating and pushing really hard for medical marijuana ...

RavenCT comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Also have you never inhaled second hand pot?

DenoPenno replies on Jun 9, 2018:

Second hand pot gets me higher than a kite.

Do you support Trump?

Dogs4mylife comments on May 13, 2018:

He will go down as the biggest mistake in our country's history. He is a total incompetent idiot with no respect for our constitution or laws. A racist and Narcissist beyond compare. Each day I wonder if we have hit bottom with him and each day he proves that his presidency has even lower to go. I ...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 8, 2018:

@Trajan61 I am radical? OK. I suppose that if we have 8 billion people in the world and 4 percent of them have all the money that the real problem is that person who is on food stamps.

World Hunger: Effects of Capitalism and Western Imperialism...[who.int]

bigpawbullets comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Sobering article. While the insanity of politics will always be with us, I'm really wondering how the warming of the earth will effect this situation in the next 30 to 50 years. I continue to struggle with the fact that there are hungry and food insecure people living in my town.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 8, 2018:

@DonThiebaut A little meth would help me get through the day too, but I like my money. Buy meth here and there and you are flat broke. If you are that irresponsible I do not pity you.

Do you support Trump?

DenoPenno comments on May 30, 2018:

You think Trump deserves the respect that his position affords him? He's a liar and a conman. Please explain to me what "respect" you are talking about.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 8, 2018:

@Countrycuz666 Rip your pants and get a dictionary. Your hubris might be showing too.

World Hunger: Effects of Capitalism and Western Imperialism...[who.int]

bigpawbullets comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Sobering article. While the insanity of politics will always be with us, I'm really wondering how the warming of the earth will effect this situation in the next 30 to 50 years. I continue to struggle with the fact that there are hungry and food insecure people living in my town.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 8, 2018:

@bigpawbullets, @Krish55 Personally I do not see meth use as a symptom of the problem of poverty. It's hard to think I have no money so I'll get high.

I just read an article about the recent school shooting in Texas in a magazine called The Week.

DenoPenno comments on Jun 7, 2018:

There is violence in video games and since some of the recent school shootings a game maker came out with one called "Active Shooter." That was in poor taste and might have been recalled. We also have kids deeply into "the knockout game" which so many think is so cute - but it really isn't. So, ...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 8, 2018:

@Butcherman The purpose of all this stuff was supposedly to make young people want to enlist in the military so we would have no problems by eliminating the draft. I don't see comics or violence in general as helping things along.

So my 16 year old, (who knows how to do everything,) used my iron to put a transfer on a hoodie.

ABSykes comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Unless it damaged the finish on the baseplate, I can't imagine the iron is actually ruined. If it is, perhaps the 16 year old deserves an lesson in responsibility and should purchase the new one.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 7, 2018:

@pepperjones As you know in this life, Pepper, way too many of us are good at giving advice. It doesn't mean it's good advice, it just means we are good at giving it.

World Hunger: Effects of Capitalism and Western Imperialism...[who.int]

bigpawbullets comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Sobering article. While the insanity of politics will always be with us, I'm really wondering how the warming of the earth will effect this situation in the next 30 to 50 years. I continue to struggle with the fact that there are hungry and food insecure people living in my town.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 7, 2018:

I would struggle with those facts too in my small community of 1200 or so. The truth is that they brought it on themselves by spending all their money on meth. At my city hall the clerk tells me that some people do not pay the utility bill because there was not enough money to pay it and also pay cable TV. Then these people all run around talking and lying to each other. I stay mostly in seclusion.

So my 16 year old, (who knows how to do everything,) used my iron to put a transfer on a hoodie.

ABSykes comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Unless it damaged the finish on the baseplate, I can't imagine the iron is actually ruined. If it is, perhaps the 16 year old deserves an lesson in responsibility and should purchase the new one.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 7, 2018:

@pepperjones Well, I am so sorry that I offended you. It might be possible to clean the iron, so it was a suggestion. As for "parenting advice" I was trying to cause others here not to be harsh. In no way was I trying to tell you how to raise your kid.

So my 16 year old, (who knows how to do everything,) used my iron to put a transfer on a hoodie.

ABSykes comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Unless it damaged the finish on the baseplate, I can't imagine the iron is actually ruined. If it is, perhaps the 16 year old deserves an lesson in responsibility and should purchase the new one.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 7, 2018:

All that needs to be done here is talk to the 16 year old about what happened when he used the iron as he did. Make sure he understands so he will not be constantly doing this. Once you replace the iron, maybe give him the old one for his future projects.

What are your top 3 current favorite TV shows?

jonds56 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

The Daily Show, Judge Judy, baseball. I listen to music more than I watch TV.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 7, 2018:

@MarvelAnn Judge Judy Sheindlin is an intelligent and very rich woman. I love her show.

What are your top 3 current favorite TV shows?

JackPedigo comments on Jun 6, 2018:

I have roku and our super library. I usually go for British series and PBS productions. Right now I am hooked on "The Good Wife". I love tough women.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 7, 2018:

I like some British programs. My ex adored "Doc Martin."

What's your favorite ridiculous Bible verse?

OroLee comments on Jun 6, 2018:

Judges 11:30-39 And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord: “If you give the Ammonites into my hands, whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in triumph from the Ammonites will be the Lord’s, and I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.” . . . When Jephthah returned to ...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 6, 2018:

If she was an only child it would of had to have been his wife, you would think.

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

LadyAlyxandrea comments on May 29, 2018:

I dunno, you're hated long enough it can get to you

DenoPenno replies on Jun 6, 2018:

@LadyAlyxandrea When my ex left in 2014 I went through a lot but have taught myself not to hate. I know people who go to great extremes to tell me I "have to hate her." Why? Would it be because we went in different directions? Maybe because I could blame the breakup on her? These ideas do not seem wise to me. I even have a religious friend who told me god is good to me because I do not hate. She saw this. I did not tell her anything. I also do not believe in her god.

From Obama to Trump: the Grand Deception of Cyclical Change YesTheyCon [ghionjournal.

magicwatch comments on Jun 6, 2018:

Ever heard of verbal diarrhoea,

DenoPenno replies on Jun 6, 2018:

In the case of Trump it's his tweeter. Somebody please cut of that POS's tweeter.

Do you support Trump?

Dogs4mylife comments on May 13, 2018:

He will go down as the biggest mistake in our country's history. He is a total incompetent idiot with no respect for our constitution or laws. A racist and Narcissist beyond compare. Each day I wonder if we have hit bottom with him and each day he proves that his presidency has even lower to go. I ...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 5, 2018:

@Trajan61 It's like the house is burning and nobody can see the fire. They think the orange haired child with the matches is really their friend. Maybe when the house around them has burned they think there will still be a roof over their heads.

Genesis Adam finally dies -- 930 years after eating from the tree of knowledge, contrary to God's ...

nicknotes comments on Jun 4, 2018:

By blocking access to the tree of life, with the “cherubim and the flaming sword,” God denied Adam and Eve access to the life giving fruit so that Adam and Eve slowly began to die until they died hundreds of years later. It was like being in a room with the oxygen slowly being depleted until ...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 4, 2018:

And the church world goes on with this nonsense to this very day. The "fruit of the tree" even became oral sex at one point, but I doubt that would have killed them. God works in hysterical ways but without this nonsense there would be no need at all of Jesus. They had to explain why he got crucified and work out a plan of restoration. Another way would just be for god to have changed his mind. Instead, this nutty Jesus stuff explained the "removing of the curse" that was put upon mankind.

Social Exchange Theory. Do you think most people are like this?

nicknotes comments on Jun 4, 2018:

Social exchange theory proposes that social behavior is the result of an exchange process. The purpose of this exchange is to maximize benefits and minimize costs. According to this theory, developed by sociologist George Homans, people weigh the potential benefits and risks of social relationships....

DenoPenno replies on Jun 4, 2018:

I think that describes me these days. I used to be the opposite as recently as 2004.

Do you support Trump?

Dogs4mylife comments on May 13, 2018:

He will go down as the biggest mistake in our country's history. He is a total incompetent idiot with no respect for our constitution or laws. A racist and Narcissist beyond compare. Each day I wonder if we have hit bottom with him and each day he proves that his presidency has even lower to go. I ...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 4, 2018:

@Trajan61 Who will fix the damage that Idiot Trump is doing?

Quite a couple

DenoPenno comments on Jun 4, 2018:

The role they are each playing here is most likely accurate. Trump is a feckless cunt.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 4, 2018:

@EllenDale Thank you, Ellen.

Yes like 45 wrote Melanie...

njoy_life_2 comments on Jun 4, 2018:

Melanie = Melania?

DenoPenno replies on Jun 4, 2018:

The birther brotherhood and the Klan just had a baby= Oh, never mind!

Yes like 45 wrote Melanie...

EllenDale comments on Jun 4, 2018:

First, I think only Drumpf is allowed to misspell his wife's name. If we do it, I'm sure it will be considered treason (or in your case, @Lukian, terroristic [cuz he's unable to charge you with treason]). Second, I agree. Hasn't been seen in 23 days. She's dead (although considering who she's ...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 4, 2018:

Probably suicide.

Does anyone use the Skywire device for television reception? What can you tell me about it?

MissKathleen comments on Jun 4, 2018:

Many thanks to all for your answers. There are no "local" television stations here. The closest cities with stations are 70-200 miles away. I don't watch enough programming to justify the cost of cable/satellite service and, now having this information, the OTA options do not seem viable. I ...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 4, 2018:

You might try getting a Roku box if you have the Internet. Find out how to use it on You Tube.

Quite a couple

DenoPenno comments on Jun 4, 2018:

The role they are each playing here is most likely accurate. Trump is a feckless cunt.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 4, 2018:

@GodlessFred If my use of the C word offended anyone I am terribly sorry. Maybe I should have called him a dick.

Does anyone use the Skywire device for television reception? What can you tell me about it?

Bierbasstard comments on Jun 4, 2018:

Like many other "cable TV killer" scams, it is simply an antenna that will pick up local television station broadcasts. Nothing more. You can buy one at any store like Walmart, Target, Best Buy etc... Don't believe the hype. And they only work well if you are in an area that can pick up the ...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 4, 2018:

@Bierbasstard Why pay for it when over half of everything repeats every 4 hours?

Does anyone use the Skywire device for television reception? What can you tell me about it?

Bierbasstard comments on Jun 4, 2018:

Like many other "cable TV killer" scams, it is simply an antenna that will pick up local television station broadcasts. Nothing more. You can buy one at any store like Walmart, Target, Best Buy etc... Don't believe the hype. And they only work well if you are in an area that can pick up the ...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 4, 2018:

Scams galore come into play. One is the 150 mile TV antenna. You cannot pick up that far away. The curvature of the earth makes it impossible. I can pick up one station 92 miles away but it's PBS on the highest tower in Missouri and I only get the station half the time.

Does anyone use the Skywire device for television reception? What can you tell me about it?

Bierbasstard comments on Jun 4, 2018:

Like many other "cable TV killer" scams, it is simply an antenna that will pick up local television station broadcasts. Nothing more. You can buy one at any store like Walmart, Target, Best Buy etc... Don't believe the hype. And they only work well if you are in an area that can pick up the ...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 4, 2018:

You are correct. Many people think you are going to get all the programming from satellite on an antenna. Wrong! You get the major networks only, or whatever else they have included for you. A "mandate from Congress" about free OTA TV is not new. Television was always free and was paid for by commercials. As for antennas the GE Outdoor Pro is one of the best on the market. Height and direction are important.

Some more of my Anti Trump stuff...;) .

DenoPenno comments on Jun 3, 2018:

All truth in that Trump and Hitler comparison. Adolf would have that Orange Clown for breakfast or have him hanging by his nuts and wrapped in barbed wire.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 4, 2018:

@Charlene When we talk simply of the reality of things then and now, you are correct.

CNN Ratings Continue To Tank.

DenoPenno comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Is there any way that I could even remotely believe this crap to be true? Not on your life!

DenoPenno replies on Jun 3, 2018:

@gater None but my ex wife of 12 years is black and we are still friends.

CNN Ratings Continue To Tank.

DenoPenno comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Is there any way that I could even remotely believe this crap to be true? Not on your life!

DenoPenno replies on Jun 3, 2018:

@gater If she wasn't black maybe Trump could adopt her.

It is baffling that any Trump supporter still actually believes that any of his actions or policies ...

phxbillcee comments on Jun 3, 2018:

tRump supporters have taken self-delusion to new depths!!

DenoPenno replies on Jun 3, 2018:

@KKGator The believers want to think that god is in control even if he has to use a lowdown lying weasel like Trump to get a job done, so they believe the MAGA lies easily.

CNN Ratings Continue To Tank.

DenoPenno comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Is there any way that I could even remotely believe this crap to be true? Not on your life!

DenoPenno replies on Jun 3, 2018:

@gater I had the truth from worldwide TV news and multiple Internet writings until Orange Bozo came on the scene and suddenly he was the only one smart enough to know truth. Everything else was "fake news." Breitbart, Hannity, and Alex Jones are so proud. The rest of the world is lying about poor Bozo. What other conclusion could a person come to??

A big contingent of my wife's bible thumping family is coming to our house for the weekend.

Uncorrugated comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Tell them that in your house you do not say grace prior to eating, but it is fine if they choose to privately thank their god for whatever they like - after all, their god knows all of their thoughts, so they have no need to say anything out loud.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 1, 2018:

Excellent!

We need to take control of our society, our evolution, our world and our Multiverse!

DenoPenno comments on Jun 1, 2018:

I read your main title for the meme and it seems that TV shows like "The Flash," "Supergirl," etc. have already done this. Yeah, a multiverse can explain anything.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 1, 2018:

@MARDUK This may be so unless you get carried away watching the above fore mentioned TV shows. I do watch them BTW, but I find so many people trying to explain something by using a "multiverse." To me that means "anything can be anything." Then I'm back at square one.

Guys, please, do not forget to vote for decent people.

AdorkableMe comments on Jun 1, 2018:

I sometimes think I just woke up in Bizzaroland. I never would have thought these people would have a snowballs chance in hell of being elected but I have come to realize that there is a darker underbelly to our nation than I ever imagined possible. ?

DenoPenno replies on Jun 1, 2018:

I have come to realize the same and also see that a lot of people I know fall right into that dark side. Trump comes along and you find out that a lot of people you know were not on the same page with you to start with. I know some that will not acknowledge all of Trump's lies. Instead they say that both parties lie equally. This is insanity.

Wine lovers?

DenoPenno comments on May 6, 2018:

I'm not a wine person but I found a good grape Sangria soda. Where do I find a good grape Sangria wine?

DenoPenno replies on May 31, 2018:

@Stargazer13 Now it's end of the month and I've discovered Real Sangria which is made in Spain. Very good and about $8.66 for a 1.5 liter bottle. Tonight I also bought a white Sangria wine. Maybe I can try it over the weekend.

Have you ever asked a Christian why God doesn’t regrow amputated limbs, no matter how hard they ...

Agirlhasnoname comments on May 31, 2018:

Not that exact question but similar and it's always,"It's part of God's plan"..

DenoPenno replies on May 31, 2018:

It's always a part of god's plan. I even have a book called "God's Plan for Man." I thought it was important when I studied to be a preacher. Today I don't think anybody knows god's plan. Not even the invisible one himself.

The Culture Behind School Shootings

JeezumsCripes comments on May 30, 2018:

Malcolm Gladwell put forward an interesting hypothesis that school shootings inspire copycat behavior, and that the mass shooting at Columbine was ground zero for the phenomenon. I thought it was an interesting take on the issue, and seemed intellectually sound.

DenoPenno replies on May 30, 2018:

I agree, and it seems to be a game like mindset here. The next shooter will try to get more kids killed than the last one did. Kind of like the "knockout game" that went around for a while. Also note that someone tried to market a real game for this called "the active shooter." Another thing I consider in these shootings is a lack of values. I'm not talking god and religion. I'm talking about how everything changed when parents could no longer discipline their children. No one cares enough to do so today.

Do you support Trump?

gigihein comments on May 7, 2018:

I think we all support him as taxpayers ...beyond that he has not earned respect but instead been a tool to divide the country and start the process of undoing democracy.

DenoPenno replies on May 30, 2018:

@blueskies Obama "started a divide" in the sense that white racist people felt offended that black Obama was in the WH. His birth color and actual policies had nothing to do with it.

Gentlemen, could you please give me some insight concerning unsolicited pictures of male genitalia?

districtnative comments on May 28, 2018:

The simple and sad truth is that we men are way too preoccupied with our junk! Therefore, we feel like you ladies are too and we are too eager to share. I will share but only when asked to. I was fortunate enough to have a woman completely put me in my place the first time I sent an unsolicited dick...

DenoPenno replies on May 28, 2018:

@MermaidSuzy888 Cyber sex? Isn't that like fucking your phone?

Beware of the scam artists on this sight.

JeffMesser comments on May 28, 2018:

they're like the puget debs in Officer & a Gentleman. they will have text sex with you and tell you it's all safe but then they will use some cheap security program and it will be broken and your info/dick pics stolen.

DenoPenno replies on May 28, 2018:

Oh, no! They are stealing my dick pics. LOL

Conspiracy Theories - Do you believe in any?

njoy_life_2 comments on Feb 25, 2018:

I can't say I "believe" in these, yet I don't know that I disbelieve either. "Conspiracy" and "theory" aren't one word. We KNOW, beyond any doubt there have been conspiracies in the past. We KNOW there are unscrupulous people in powerful positions who would not hesitate to deceive, cheat, harm, ...

DenoPenno replies on May 28, 2018:

I've also never heard a satisfactory explanation.

So it's a scientific fact that the moon effects the oceans on the entire planet; i.

Lavender719 comments on May 28, 2018:

We are actually about 70% and I am convinced that we are affected. Why? First of all, there is a reason crazies are called lunatics and it is not just a myth. A friend was the head nurse at a NYC emergency room and told me, each time there was a full moon "They're jumping." A lot of suicides and ...

DenoPenno replies on May 28, 2018:

@jwd45244 Thank you for that last sentence which explains so much about "lunatics" and the fact of people doing things "in the light of the full moon." Sometimes a small truth goes unnoticed be many.

So it's a scientific fact that the moon effects the oceans on the entire planet; i.

Gatovicolo comments on May 28, 2018:

Statistically, there are higher rates of violent crimes during a full moon.

DenoPenno replies on May 28, 2018:

Wouldn't this be related to a person's ability to see better during a full moon as opposed to total darkness?

After you die, some things in your body keep on ticking, this video reveals | Science | AAAS

Marika comments on May 27, 2018:

Mary Roach wrote a book called "Stiff" in which she writes in one of the chapters that, after death, the body loses several ounces of weight. She named the exact amount which I don't remember right now, but it was the same for everyone. She wondered if this might be the weight of the soul. What do ...

DenoPenno replies on May 28, 2018:

I think she is delusional and wanted to believe that in the first place. Keep in mind that the Bible never said you had a "soul." Instead it says you become a living soul. I would assume you could also be a dead soul. Having a soul is what religion tells you so that you can believe the myth of never dying.

Republicans Call For Christianity As ‘Official Religion’ of US

EMC2 comments on May 24, 2018:

I used to be concerned about this intent but now I ask which god they will envoke, the asshole mean one or the one that loves everyone and never is rude or mean. If they were to envoke the unconditional love god then we are good to go but if they worship the dick head god who kills gays and ...

DenoPenno replies on May 28, 2018:

Yes, but the dick head god is in the Old Pesterment.

Guilt Trips

pthomas59 comments on Mar 13, 2018:

Smile and say. ."I'm at peace with it, let it go!"

DenoPenno replies on May 28, 2018:

@pthomas59 I know it was not true but I'll remember it the rest of my life.

Until people get tired of people, including children, being killed or wounded, they will not take ...

repubatheists comments on May 26, 2018:

What about the children who have been saved by "good" people with guns? There are plenty of examples.

DenoPenno replies on May 26, 2018:

You cannot show us these examples. I find nothing in the news. "Good" people with guns are likely to be killed by the cops. It's NRA and GOP propaganda.

Sneeze comment

yamaha45701 comments on May 21, 2018:

Small demons are constantly floating around us and like another commentator said, waiting to rush into our open mouths and seize our soul. The sneeze separates our soul from our body but saying, bless you to the sneezie makes the demon draw back in fear of an angel of the lord attacking the demon ...

DenoPenno replies on May 26, 2018:

Yes, and for those pesky Pentecostals speaking in tongues all the time and praying in them the same, they have gained the high ground here because they are using a language that the Devil cannot understand. WTF? Wait a minute. What idiot would actually believe that crap?

The unexplained..

ThinkKate comments on May 23, 2018:

While in high school, I had one girlfriend who, about 75% of the time that we called each other, we would pick up the phone before it rang. Ours was a busy phone, I had a younger brother and an older sister, and lots of people called, but it only happened with Karen and I. The same happened at her ...

DenoPenno replies on May 26, 2018:

When the song "Sweet Soul Music" by Arthur Conley was popular my best friend and I would cruise around in a car drinking beer and talking. On several occasions we would instantly start singing the song and turn on the radio at the same time. There it is - "do you like good music, yeah, yeah." It was as if we knew it was playing just then. The connection here was uncanny.