A simple math problem for you...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 14, 2022:

Be careful talking to Republicans. If you ask them about healthcare you just might get body slammed.

“Humility is not denying your strengths, humility is being honest about your ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 14, 2022:

I am aware of mine and I have plenty.

If God is real he can say fucking hi... I hear fucking crickets!! God can suck my balls!!

DenoPenno comments on Feb 14, 2022:

God called my name once but I did not get to look at him. I was in an apartment complex parking lot and underneath my car which I was working on. He was totally gone by the time I got out to look for him.

My wife is 90% dope, but that % where she lacks is annoying.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 14, 2022:

Maybe she is not into having her ass slapped repeatedly and being asked "who's your daddy."

Can you choose what to believe?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 13, 2022:

Good question. I find many believers that claim honestly that they would have the same religion if brought up in other countries where that religion is little known and not practiced. They seem to not have rationality or logic.

Joe isn't was cool as he thought he was. LOL

DenoPenno comments on Feb 13, 2022:

Joe who?

Former believers' weigh-in (way out)?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 13, 2022:

At an earlier time I studied to be a Pentecostal p[reacher. The day finally came when I realized I had studied too much.

Joshua Toplosky Thinks Russia Will Invade During Superbowl

DenoPenno comments on Feb 13, 2022:

Yes it is crazy talk. It's all in and all done. Nothing else left to say unless they do invade. It's also all about money. If Putin wins here he gets a little more money from all of us. He controls oil and gas. The European effect will "trickle down" to us in America as well.

When was God born?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 13, 2022:

I believe we were influenced by everything and had no way of explaining things. God gave us a way of knowing and explaining when we did not know.

A classic that never gets old to me. B.W. Stevenson--My Maria [youtu.be]

DenoPenno comments on Feb 13, 2022:

They called him Buckwheat. This is his most famous song.

A simple contradiction caused a whole religion to fail.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 13, 2022:

But babies get here through sin. All of us do. That is why Adam and Eve knew instantly that they needed clothes after eating the fruit. They were naked and knowing this might make you wanna screw. I've often wondered if certain Evangelicals pray for forgiveness after having sex. The most lied about thing in this world is sex.

Meanwhile people still hold onto the "Good Book"

DenoPenno comments on Feb 13, 2022:

This is pretty much why I hold that it is all just so much nonsense. Then I also add that the bible as we know it today came into being some 300 plus years after the time of Jesus and all of the writings did not make it into the big book. It was decided that the bible book should have a beginning and an end. This idea of book construction also explains all of the contradictions.

Toyota is one of the auto manufacturers financially impacted by the anti-vax truck blockade.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 13, 2022:

They are starting to get a handle on this situation now.

Forget the symbolism of martyrdom and righteous devotion to blind faith, do you not find it utterly ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 13, 2022:

In my version of this Jesus would be in an electric chair hanging around my neck by silver chain. He would be fried and his skull cracked open. This execution of another time is not real to me because I do not like jewelery or necklaces. Maybe I should look into getting one and just hang it on my wall.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn

DenoPenno comments on Feb 13, 2022:

The best of luck always to you.

In winter weather 🙂

DenoPenno comments on Feb 13, 2022:

In winter weather this lady could keep me warm. :)

From 1962 here is Johnny Mathis and GINA. Photo Is actor Gina Torres. [youtube.com]

DenoPenno comments on Feb 13, 2022:

I like Johnny and always did. Gina is of course so much more prettier than Johnny.

Good morning, it’s Sunday and I’m in relaxed mode listening to this oldie from 1966…and can ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 13, 2022:

Great song. I like most of their songs.

Do the Russians know what they are up against?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 13, 2022:

I think they know exactly what they are up against. The stage has been set and Putin is getting his hands into the pockets of just about all of us here. It is all about money.

You know this is true

DenoPenno comments on Feb 13, 2022:

Not true in my case. I use it to check knowledge of events and ideas. I use it as a political activist and I also use it to watch movies and television from all over the world totally free. Right now I have access to over 8,000 TV channels. The strange thing is that so many will not believe this, and yes, I will never be able to watch them all. My lack of knowledge in known languages prevents me from even trying.

Lev Parnas Knows What A Bad Guy Trump Is, He Was Giuliani's Fixer

DenoPenno comments on Feb 12, 2022:

With Trump it is all about money and I do not mean your money. It's his money. Rumor has it that he got a co-signer on his big money loan from Duetche Bank, and that signer would have been Russian.

Did religion give an advantage to pre-industrial revolution societies?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 12, 2022:

In what way?

If god has a great plan, why pray?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 12, 2022:

George Carlin had some greats on this one. They seem true to me, but the bibble claims people in the Old Pesterment were often able to change god's mind about something. That seems to be why people keep praying nonsense today as well.

Resurrection

DenoPenno comments on Feb 12, 2022:

Mankind has always believed in some form of resurrection. This is a basic belief because we cannot accept that we will no longer exist at some point. We do not want our thoughts or ourselves to perish.

Ain't religion grand!?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 12, 2022:

The believer's standard answer is always "yeah, but that was in the Old Testament."

Study: Black and Latino Churchgoers Turning to Pastors for Mental Health Services

DenoPenno comments on Feb 11, 2022:

Religion and its organizations should have ZERO influence or input on mental health services. People who believe in an invisible man in the sky are not equipped to deal with mental health.

But God Didn’t Say That: Religious Community Members Talk God and Abortion - YouTube

DenoPenno comments on Feb 11, 2022:

I know how they all are on this but in the bibble the fetus only became a real person at birth. In the womb it had no rights whatsoever.

"Contention is better than loneliness" is an Irish saying. Your thoughts?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 11, 2022:

Nice story and from what I can make of it there was a happy ending.

A Catholic priest resigned in an absurd scandal involving invalid baptisms

DenoPenno comments on Feb 11, 2022:

Strange. My idea of a Catholic baptism is similar to how you flick water onto your bar-b-que. If the guy did it with a water gun it might be invalid.

• X-Men is about civil rights.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 11, 2022:

I can agree with you on most of this. I'm also aware that some people never get it. In my life journey I have went from right to left. It is strange to me that some today are claiming the left is "against the Constitution" and make claims that it never changes and we were meant to be a Republic. We should ask them to explain all of those Amendments. Many making all these claims could not vote or even hold office without them. This is all just more proof that many do not think. People ask me how we are going to pay for all these things the left wants. Immediately I ask them if they ever buy anything. Food, cars, property, -- anything at all. This produces a taxation that pays for things people need.

Nun sentenced to prison after stealing $835,000 from Catholic school to go gambling

DenoPenno comments on Feb 11, 2022:

Gambling can become a disease. If I had riches to where I could spend that much money on gambling I would not do it. I do gamble, but very little. No boats, no casinos, no card playing, etc.

Ministry affiliated with Duggar family falls from grace

DenoPenno comments on Feb 11, 2022:

With the Duggar family you might have 14 children pregnant again.

Lauren Boebert 'Splains Bible Heroes Who Got Canceled, Like Abel And Jesus [wonkette.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 11, 2022:

OMG! HITF did this bozo ever get elected? Now with that said Sharack, Meshack, to bed we go.

Our friend @sookiesue has returned.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 11, 2022:

Welcome back, Sookiesue. I missed you. :)

Oh my God... Ghostbusters live action TV show is in the works!!!

DenoPenno comments on Feb 11, 2022:

Do we need that? The last good film I saw about them was Ghostbusters Afterlife.

A public school Bible teacher in TN told students "how to torture a Jew"

DenoPenno comments on Feb 11, 2022:

This is not exactly the way to teach us about hate crimes. A public school bible teacher. WTF is that? In the name of Christianity let me help you. How To Torture A ________. Now all you have to do is write any name you want to in the blank. I'm sure your god will be happy with the idea. He likes the same things that you do.

And let’s not forget Dubya Bush Jr……..The mortgage and housing crisis of 2008.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 10, 2022:

I thought it was amazing how Trump's money level went along with his desire to increase it while convincing a lot of Americans to believe he liked the same things that they did. Some of those fools still believe that.

Tru dat. 😆

DenoPenno comments on Feb 10, 2022:

I live alone, have a favorite stovetop burner and seldom use the other ones.

Take your time.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 10, 2022:

Sort of reminds me of when Matt on The Atheist Experience has people guess a card he is thinking about. Who would fall for that? Apparently a lot of people.

Bob Saget's cause of death released - CNN

DenoPenno comments on Feb 10, 2022:

I tend to not put much stock in head injuries causing anything serious. Most of us have that reaction but we should all become aware of what happened to Natasha Richardson. She did not even take the skiing injury seriously but she died 2 days later.

Already seen by more than 7 million people. Are you one of them?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 10, 2022:

I agree that Ricky is funny but I do not like his shows. I do love his atheism.

Pope Francis on potential conflict in Ukraine: 'War is insane' I think religion is insane.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 10, 2022:

Yes, religion is insane. I recently heard a few rants on the Dan Bongino Show where Dan is damning the hell out of his Democratic imagined bad guy while admitting they are both Catholic. Dan went on to claim Jesus is his savior and how much he believes in god. This is a double whammy on how ate up politics and religion are today.

LDS leader Brad Wilcox's racist comments have caused chaos among Mormons

DenoPenno comments on Feb 9, 2022:

But Matthew, why did you leave? You could of had your own planet. :)

[theguardian.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 9, 2022:

This should not be allowed at all and it goes deeper than 2 teachers. Ignorant ass people think that if they get the foot of their god in the door we become a Christian nation. Americans are so diverse and mixed that this would never be allowed. ALL religions would have to be taught and examined to the point of not having time to favor any of them. Wake up ignorant Christians.

I haven’t posted here in ages, but I do stick around on several Athiest sites.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 9, 2022:

Is there such a thing as replenishing the earth? When the bibble says mankind is here to replenish the earth we might assume that the earth had been plenished before. Just sayin'.

We're going to discuss the pragmatics of death.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 8, 2022:

I'm going to have a basic simple cremation.

I've learned something that I have long heard about but had never experienced myself until recently.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 8, 2022:

Yes, this topic is difficult. My lifelong religious friend died close to a month ago and I keep wanting to call him up. We talked almost daily on the phone unless he got religious on me. My plans for my own demise have changed in the last few years. I'm going to be cremated at a local funeral home. The plans are all laid out in advance. What my 2 daughters do with the ashes is up to them. I will have nothing to do with it because I will be dead. I do want them to make me an obit for the paper and little flyers can be passed out at the funeral home. No service at all. Just a gathering where a small number of others might talk about me and see pics on a board that my daughters make up. My ashes can be scattered or kept. That's up to the kids too. My ex called me from Dallas last Saturday and we talked for 3 hours. She had legal concerns she needed info on. How to pursue them, etc. She could hardly believe my updates on just who all had died. What I am seeing is that the term "here today and gone tomorrow" is a reality.

The end times for religion - Freethought Now

DenoPenno comments on Feb 7, 2022:

I'll swear i posted on this just recently. Is my deja vu kicking in again?

FFRF pulls up to an Illinois victory over church parking subsidy - Freedom From Religion Foundation

DenoPenno comments on Feb 7, 2022:

If the church wants parking it should have a parking lot.

As followup to my recent post concerning religion and government and recent discussions about ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 7, 2022:

I see clouds in the sky that look just like Jesus. I think others look like Mary also. Bet ya Muslims have favorite cloud formations as well. Are there any clouds that look like Brigham Young or is he now on another planet?

Faith in the metaverse: A VR quest for community, fellowship Many Americans — some traditionally ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 7, 2022:

I do not believe in or use VR and I'm not so sure about a metaverse. "Well, there could be one." Yes, and monkey could be flying out of my ass.

The men have been MAAD for a long time!

DenoPenno comments on Feb 7, 2022:

I've heard and seen these jokes my entire lifetime but I never have had any problems asking for directions. This is true in my case regardless of the person I am asking for directions. Male, female, school kid. It does not matter. If you are lost and do not know where you are it is natural to ask for directions.

I'm waiting for this bikini to go on sale. What do you guys think? [southmoonunder.com]

DenoPenno comments on Feb 7, 2022:

Love to see you in one but does it offer support?

A recent interlocutor informed me that Evolutionary Psychology wasn’t real science, so if that’s...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 7, 2022:

Good luck with your claim. It is hard for me to believe atheists are more intelligent because a great many of them believe stupid shit just like religious people do. I see some atheists not believing in a god simply because they do not want to and have never had any desire to go in that direction. At the same time they might believe in UFO's and aliens because it seems likely. As I write this many think NASA had admitted to aliens just because they admitted to UFO's. That is not true at all unless you want to believe it as true. We all have cognitive bias to one degree or another.

The last 2 paragraphs are important to understand.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 6, 2022:

I don't even think that the virus cares that it can infect you. This within itself is giving a virus the capability to think as a human does. The virus is not aware of us except in the fact that we become its host and it has the one job of staying alive. It is maybe because I was in school during the eradication of polio and other diseases that I do not fight vaccines. IDK. People are stupid. In America you can be anything that you want to be -- except that you are not. Nobody faces that. What they want is to re-do an election. Re-do anything that you do not want to agree with while claiming you are right. Trump reinforced all that and some people think he is still president and flying all over the world on Air Force One. Idiots believe what they want to. It all just depends on what type of idiot you are. I was recently discussing vaccines with a woman and we seemed to be in agreement. Then she told me why she would never be vaccinated while I told her that I always am. She says they came up with the vaccine too quickly. I asked her if scientists might be better today than the 15 years she says it took to develop polio vaccine. She says no and even told me they are worse. I left her with the thought that if those in power are killing you off they do not get your money. There is a big push to keep us alive and that is the only way to continue getting our money. With the negative Trumpism spread in the last few years keeping us alive is also giving a form of legitimacy to our government.

I know I was, better now. But still growing everyday.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 6, 2022:

This is very true. It really is. I am totally self aware and I know my opinions in the recent past. Maybe just a couple of years ago and my how everything changes. You see how you were an idiot.

Republicans Censure Liz Cheney and Label Jan 6 Insurrection ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 6, 2022:

I love that hunting remark by the way. This is also a very good picture of her. :)

If only women this pretty just wrote us at random.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 6, 2022:

If I got her attention I would instantly invite her to Netflix and Chill.

I haven’t posted here in ages, but I do stick around on several Athiest sites.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 6, 2022:

I'm an ex-Christian and bible study has brought me to this point. There is no going back. I have seen behind the curtain and the mighty Wizard of Oz is a total sham.

In keeping with the standards that have become the norm on this site (if they were ever different) I...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 6, 2022:

I'm an atheist plain and simple. Do I have any proof that gods do not exist? No, and neither do you. There is no proof either way but I am also not the one making claims. P.S. Atheism is not a religion. There is nothing here that I follow. As a one time believer I point out the fallacy of theism. Meanwhile, they just keep making it all up.

Two comedians who summarize the news with a twist of humor are Stephen Colbert and Bill Maher.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 5, 2022:

I watch Bill every week but I still watch Rachel. She is a political commentator while Bill is a comedian and political activist.

In my continuing effort to understand why so many atheists and agnostics (the people one would ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 5, 2022:

Certainly religion evolved. I have witnessed it evolve in my lifetime. Many modern claims of religion were not there just a few short years ago. The basic reason is this. **They just keep making it up.** As our species moves ahead in every front we also find new and more strange religious beliefs, all complete with increasing denominational growth. When I was a teen an Evangelical preacher had "flying saucers" tied in with Satan and the book of Revelation, claiming that he had seen a "saucer girl" and later found her working in a cafe. She denied having ever have met him. Just what all this meant I am not sure, but the man fabricated a story to convince us that flying saucers are of the devil. Yes, religion evolves and has evolved. Anyone remember when social security was the "mark of the beast?"

I'm trying to change my tone of posting.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 5, 2022:

Interesting story. I used to be close to police but am now starting to lose any love I had for them. Especially when in my area they botched a murder investigation and claimed the shooter had "probable cause" when the murdered black man was not even inside the shooter's house. It boiled down to a dope deal gone wrong in white man territory. Do you want dope in my area to come from Tyrone or Billy Bob? As for the drinking part I can no longer drink even in this weather. If I try it does not work. Imagine being an alcoholic and unable to drink. Life is a sheer hell. I have thought of finding one of those cops and having him force me to drink at gun point. Maybe then I could once again enjoy playing a favorite song repeatedly 25 times. IDK.

I can accept that there are beings in this Universe that are so advanced compared to humans that ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 5, 2022:

Yes prayer. Close your eyes and bow your head and start talking to yourself. OK. Close your eyes and bow your head and imagine anything that you want. Does this sound like a kid game yet?

I was at Walmart and one of my hearing aids fell out.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 4, 2022:

Just for the hell of it I would have replied "I only thank god when I find my car keys in the refrigerator."

So no different than the rest of us then?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 4, 2022:

This is so true. The difference is when you say you are dying for other people and they still have to die for themselves.

Reminds me of the kind of thinking used in religion, conspiracy theories and Fox News

DenoPenno comments on Feb 4, 2022:

Don't let Fox news get this or we might see it on TV.

Notice the difference ?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 4, 2022:

Very true and it just about says everything. The problem is that the GOP and Trump supporters do not see this. They also tell you immediately that they are not racist. Then they go into "black people for Trump" kind of crap.

WHERE IS TRUMP'S MONEY COMING FROM?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 4, 2022:

Thanks for posting coz these things are good to know. Idiots like the above donate to Trump but his current grifts and scams keep a large amount of money flowing. Trump loves money and he really would like to have yours. Brand shifts and gotta pay Deutsche Bank soon.

My reply My reply when a man accused me of not being adventurous because I wouldn't share ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 4, 2022:

Good for you. I never share sexual details ever. Why would a person want to tell stories that only stimulate the desires of others? I'm only going to tell you what I like if I'm going to have sex with you, or maybe while we are having sex. I'm still totally mystified by sexual ideas of whacking someone's ass and asking who their daddy is. Likewise, a woman's head bouncing off of a beds headboard and making noise is not thrilling to me. Noisy sex in general is not thrilling to me.

I've spent an hour and a half now trying to explain "sunk cost fallacy" to my son He's no nearer ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 4, 2022:

My last marriage was a sunk cost fallacy.

It has been a rough time, help when you can.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 3, 2022:

Ignore the many food kits that send you a delivery. Shop local.

A lot of people have been pretty quiet lately, sound off if you're still with us.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 3, 2022:

I'm OK but no work for 2 days do to bad weather February 2nd and 3rd. Damn that groundhog!

Oregon church sues town over restrictions on free meals to homeless people : NPR

DenoPenno comments on Feb 3, 2022:

Regardless of all the homeless should be fed. Why? They are homeless in part because some greedy bastards somewhere tricked them out of their money through everything from second mortgages and extremely high interest rates. They are homeless because you took their stuff away as you led them on with a promise of more.

Masked Singer judges walk off after Rudy Giuliani reveal

DenoPenno comments on Feb 3, 2022:

I don't watch the show but if Rudy is in it, hell no! Oh, hell no!

Are we approaching the end times for religion in the west? [freethoughtnow.org]

DenoPenno comments on Feb 3, 2022:

Is religion dying or just changing its face? The "end times" were around when Jesus last spoke to his disciples and told them what to expect. Today so many take this simple idea of end times and incorporate it into their ideas about the book of Revelation. It matters little to the believers that this book was added to the bible as we know it today some 300 plus years after the time of Jesus. The book also barely made it into the canon but did so because what was needed in the big bible book was a beginning as well as an end. People have been talking about this rubbish ever since. Revelation has as many interpretations as words of Nostradamus.

No internet yesterday. Felt like a hopeless Luddite.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 3, 2022:

When the tech tells you to call the computer manufacturer it means he does not know. He has no clue. The main 3 step process that you ended up using normally will solve the problem . The reason is that the computer searches for a usable connection and what it finds is what you had used before. A simple reboot solves problems and is often needed for a program or service to start working. I'm not a computer tech and I am self taught. What I hate is having this same type of problem and having a smartass around trying to change (or get me to change) settings. All they will do is screw it up. Always reboot. My computer shows wifi connections that sometimes get changed and if you know the main one a single click will get you back if a reboot does not.

The Gates of Hell are closing soon

DenoPenno comments on Feb 3, 2022:

Send all this snow there before the gates close.

ALL of this!

DenoPenno comments on Feb 3, 2022:

Everyone says this would all cost too much and they ask how are we going to pay for it. I ask how do other countries pay for it. As for Americans paying for this type of system I simply ask them if they buy anything? Anything at all. Now I rest my case.

I would love to hear thoughts and opinions on Whoopi Goldberg's recent controversial comments ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 3, 2022:

I understand where Whoopi is coming from. Having studied a lot about Hitler I recall that once someone pointed out to him that his cook was Jewish. His answer was that if they did not like that they could Aryranize her.

I have been sick since October, went for endoscopy and biopsy last week, found out I have hiatal ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 3, 2022:

Sorry to hear of all this. Do as you feel you must. Funerals are for the living, so this is all up to you. I know little of hiatal hernias but docs today will do anything to brand you with GERD. I was told I have it and I can eat anything that I want to without symptoms. The monthly meds I got for it were given away to others who really did have it. As for an ex husband body slamming you, he sounds like a Republican. Were you asking him about Healthcare when this happened? My making light of this comes from a real story. You sound like a good person. Nobody deserves to be a scapegoat.

Important tips for you nuns out there. 😜

DenoPenno comments on Feb 3, 2022:

Let's not forget that godly person who wants to beat children for not eating because they are afraid the kids will starve. The next time I see that one I'm gonna tell them to stop or I will report them for child abuse.

How the Satanic Temple helped this Fresno-area woman’s recovery from heroin, meth addiction

DenoPenno comments on Feb 3, 2022:

I'm so glad this works and that they put great significance into the number 6. It was a while back when I was walking through the park and I found a man pleading "no, not me" as others took a big mallet and were trying to knock three sixes into his head. He was crying and did not want to be the one wearing the mark of the beast.

I'm sure this has happened to a few of us before on car repair.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 3, 2022:

Sorry folks. I'm just not going to confront this man and want to fight him just because he is not honest. WTF, it was only money. Women are usually the ones to be taken by repair scammers. You can bet Jason will lose business here because I will politely tell my story every time I hear of someone having him repair a car.

'Please Do What Is Right': Native American Lawmakers Urge Biden To Free Leonard Peltier

DenoPenno comments on Feb 2, 2022:

I cannot really get all the facts in the Peltier case but I do know that the favored racial side in all arguments is white. Every time we make racial strides some genius comes along to mess it all up again. As for Native Americans, we never did favor the Indian. We stole their land and tried to get rid of their food source long ago. We were constantly "resettling" them. Even when MLK Jr. was killed many in my area thought he was prying into things that he should have left alone. Hoover had files on everyone and did his damndest to prove that King was a Communist. The racial deck was a stacked deck. A few idiots are trying to make things that bad all over again. We should resist and not listen to them. Many who think they have logic are only living in a lower form of consciousness.

How would you answer someone who says they hate our government?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 2, 2022:

I agree with you fully and would like to answer the way that you really wanted to say. Instead, those who often tell me they cannot stand our government get replies out of me to the effect that it's pretty hard to "have it your way." That's an idea that just does not work because we all have different opinions and agendas. We have to realize that we are not all the same and we have to stop wanting everyone to be the same. If you are that type of person you are really saying you want everyone to be just like you. That's a little trick that Trump pulled on everyone. What did happen recently at my workplace is something that I responded to. A man came in wanting something for his car and said before he had to go all the way to Dupo, Illinois and he hated to go there. They are all liberal SOB's and if he goes there he always carries his gun because you do not know what they are going to do. My instant reply was that if he shot any of those liberal SOB's he would probably be facing charges for doing so. He agreed that I'm probably right. Then the conversation got away from the ever present and exaggerated political party nonsense that goes on these days.

I'm in the midst of the snowmageddon here.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 2, 2022:

Much the same in my area of Missouri about mid state. The difference so far is only 2 inches or less of snow but they say that is going to change. We have plenty of ice so I called in to work today and they said stay home. None of the other drivers are coming in so they do not need me, the lunchtime relief driver. Since this can go on until noon or better Thursday it is all a big wait and see as to what happens

On heightened senses and intensity. Your thoughts?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 2, 2022:

But you make it all seem so poetic. I have always thought I had heightened senses and sometimes to extremes. Led in paths once that do not exist or are only make believe, I am aware of the realities of it even as I became a shattered watcher of events. I remember the time while working on a furnace with others my inner voice said "if you do not move now that SOB will stab you through the eye with a 6 inch screwdriver." That was when I moved and also when he slipped and his hand ended up where my head was. I'm not blinded and I lived to another day. Very recently a co-worker told me that Midwest had called and Tony finished fixing my truck. I can go pick it up now. OK, but everyone I work with knows I do not have a truck. I have a car. So, I went and picked it up so extremely happy that I live in my reality and not that of others.

Oklahoma lawmaker wants to fire teachers who offend students' religious beliefs

DenoPenno comments on Feb 1, 2022:

This is absolutely stupid. Among other things it makes the students in charge of the teachers. Why have school?

Definitely bad guys

DenoPenno comments on Feb 1, 2022:

I remember my stepfather wanting to burn some of my books. I will never forget. Mom allowed this and went along with it. Is it any wonder that I finally rebelled? Censorship is never good.

What's with this latest Trump rally and him saying he'd pardon the Jan 6th people?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 1, 2022:

My guess is that he will never be held accountable. Powers that be are afraid of starting a war so the plan is to slowly allow other lawsuits to go forward as they can prosecute him now. Trump will continue to grift the public who might in time see how much of a pathetic liar he really is. Eventually the Trump nonsense will have to simply fall by the wayside as the nation moves on. Meanwhile, Trump and Pillow drain the gullible for all they can get.

The original strain.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 31, 2022:

BA.1 or BA.2 are each dominate strains depending on the areas they are in. One area may have one of them while another area has another.

He is different [youtube.com]

DenoPenno comments on Jan 31, 2022:

Amazing yes. Too good to be true - maybe.

Taken from my front door

DenoPenno comments on Jan 30, 2022:

Yikes! Snow is one of my biggest fears.

We have a cougar running around our neighborhood the 4 legged types not the 2 legged ones.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 30, 2022:

A cougar of that type might be hungry and it is possible you could come close to one around locally. It would scare both of you and chances are he would leave the area rather than attack. I once met up with a Bobcat at about 30 feet. When we saw each other we both went in opposite directions rather quickly.

Any non god fearing entomologists out there who can identify this critter who's living under our ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 30, 2022:

Locust like big grasshopper. If you move it keep your fingers away from it's mouth. Otherwise, it will not hurt you.

Secularism is not atheism.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 30, 2022:

Secularism is fine. I'm a secular atheist but I show little interest in secular things. Hey, I might even be a secular humanist but I'm still atheist.

I just got to thinking how Christians pray to their god and call him father as if he were a parental...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 30, 2022:

Christians do prey. In fact they prey on anyone they can.

Those who know me know I am a big proponent for the Death with Dignity program, but sometimes it’s...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 30, 2022:

I do not believe that death has any dignity but if you want to exit for any reason and are of sound mind the choice should openly be yours.

Priorities for next 14 days : No matter what , making sure I have no wear down panties on and ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 30, 2022:

Hang in there Pralina. Continue with lots of water mixed lightly with lemon juice and maybe also vinegar. Some say "no" to simple cheap black teas for this but they make me pee like a racehorse. A little lemon in that tea would be my thing. Hang in there. If worse comes to worse they can break the kidney stone with sound. I know people who have had this done. One of my former bosses was one such guy and he constantly had kidney stones.