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Thought du jour: The heaviest load in life is to carry around a big ego.

freedom41 comments on Aug 27, 2021:

And 45 has no problem with that. He has that load marked very fragile.

Diogenes replies on Aug 27, 2021:

Dump has no problem with that- he hasn't got enough cognitive activity to know he is a brainless turd.

Thought du jour: The heaviest load in life is to carry around a big ego.

Marionville comments on Aug 27, 2021:

I don’t think you’ll ever have that burden to worry about I’m pretty certain!

Diogenes replies on Aug 27, 2021:

@Marionville LOL!

“There are worse forms of prostitution than whoring”…………….Ian Rankin.

Diogenes comments on Aug 27, 2021:

Another point, when you quote someone named Rankin, you personally know about their total disregard for decorum or protocol, although I wish I had some writing talent.

Diogenes replies on Aug 27, 2021:

@Marionville M. my last name is "Rankin"--- poor world every time I write a few words! And about the only thing I have in common with Diogenese 1 is living in a hovel.

Thought du jour: The heaviest load in life is to carry around a big ego.

Marionville comments on Aug 27, 2021:

I don’t think you’ll ever have that burden to worry about I’m pretty certain!

Diogenes replies on Aug 27, 2021:

Big thanks! Love ya-- but you already know that!

How about a "Fuck off you moron" card

Cast1es comments on Aug 26, 2021:

My brother is a Trump supporter . My parents always said I was the smart one of the family .

Diogenes replies on Aug 27, 2021:

Apparently that can not be denied!

Blackadder. - General Melchett visits the troops - BBC. [youtu.be]

Diogenes comments on Aug 25, 2021:

I liked Martin best in the Blackadder series. Very funny!

Diogenes replies on Aug 25, 2021:

@Marionville Gotta get another hobby-- this being stupid is getting rather boring!

Blackadder. - General Melchett visits the troops - BBC. [youtu.be]

Diogenes comments on Aug 25, 2021:

I liked Martin best in the Blackadder series. Very funny!

Diogenes replies on Aug 25, 2021:

@Marionville M, like all things maybe I got it wrong. Wasn't the acto'rs name that played the officer Rowan Martin? He played Mr. Bean? ---- help!!

Thought du jour.

Killtheskyfairy comments on Aug 25, 2021:

It’s why I always walk facing traffic.

Diogenes replies on Aug 25, 2021:

A hundred years ago when I was young, and going to a country school- that was one of the first things that we were taught. Remember my age- we used to yell shit at the German prisoners being taken to farm labour. They were in fast trucks.

Christian pastor gets 30 years in prison for secretly filming children as they undress – DeadState

Unity comments on Aug 25, 2021:

The judge saved a lot of lives with this sentencing. Pettigrew the pedophile will not be exploiting children from prison.

Diogenes replies on Aug 25, 2021:

Yes!

"Why are we in this world?

callmedubious comments on Aug 24, 2021:

reminds me of an evening around 40 years ago in germany. my wife & i, with another couple, had been out for a nice meal in a gasthaus with good beer & wine. when we were back in my mercedes heading home my old friend, Hermie, said, out of the blue: "you know, i sometimes wonder just why we were put ...

Diogenes replies on Aug 25, 2021:

@callmedubious There is an endless list of books that I should have read--- but didn't, obviously! Everybody has heard of Schopenhauer, but I haven't read anything by him.

"Why are we in this world?

callmedubious comments on Aug 24, 2021:

reminds me of an evening around 40 years ago in germany. my wife & i, with another couple, had been out for a nice meal in a gasthaus with good beer & wine. when we were back in my mercedes heading home my old friend, Hermie, said, out of the blue: "you know, i sometimes wonder just why we were put ...

Diogenes replies on Aug 24, 2021:

It's a test of some kind- but why?

[youtube.com] Arthur McBride - Paul Brady 1977

FrayedBear comments on Aug 22, 2021:

It's a long time since I heard that Roger! And Paul Brady is a new fine performer for my library.

Diogenes replies on Aug 22, 2021:

@Marionville Ha, ha- yes, it was in mid day- or close to it.

This post is to greet new members to g:66.

FrayedBear comments on Aug 21, 2021:

Welcome to @Diogenes, @BethPl. Please come in and try to give me a like or grumpy emoji or any flavour in between. This will help you get your level 10 status. Contributing articles and approving, commenting or disagreeing with other's posts will make you a participating part of the group thus ...

Diogenes replies on Aug 22, 2021:

@FrayedBear That IS a possibility! Sorry if I have done it twice. Right now I have too many distractions. I want to clear all the distractions- and then concentrate on the positive bits.

[youtube.com] Arthur McBride - Paul Brady 1977

FrayedBear comments on Aug 22, 2021:

It's a long time since I heard that Roger! And Paul Brady is a new fine performer for my library.

Diogenes replies on Aug 22, 2021:

@Marionville Ya, I 'sorta' remember that about Bogle. Now that I am 110 years old, it is difficult extracting things from my dark hole. Good morning.

[youtube.com] Arthur McBride - Paul Brady 1977

FrayedBear comments on Aug 22, 2021:

It's a long time since I heard that Roger! And Paul Brady is a new fine performer for my library.

Diogenes replies on Aug 22, 2021:

@Marionville YES! I believe this may be an Auzie song- but every word in that song has meaning. Also Arthur McBride is a fav.- and the vocalists in both songs are fantastic.

This post is to greet new members to g:66.

FrayedBear comments on Aug 21, 2021:

Welcome to @Diogenes, @BethPl. Please come in and try to give me a like or grumpy emoji or any flavour in between. This will help you get your level 10 status. Contributing articles and approving, commenting or disagreeing with other's posts will make you a participating part of the group thus ...

Diogenes replies on Aug 21, 2021:

Thanks for the reply.

Letters From An American 08/19/2021

JackPedigo comments on Aug 20, 2021:

So where will that put our country? To date our biggest strength has been due to our democratic way of governing. Once the republican take over we will basically be a fascist theocracy and we all know where that leads countries. Instead of excessive immigration we will experience excessive ...

Diogenes replies on Aug 20, 2021:

If the anti-serum croud are so fervently dedicated to dying, I too wish them full success in their effort. There should be no health workers forced to help them. Anyhow, stupidity can not be cured

Basically true

webspider555 comments on Aug 20, 2021:

Looks like Boris Johnson, a clown the circus probably wouldn’t accept

Diogenes replies on Aug 20, 2021:

Poor ol' BoJo, can't miss a day out of costume. What a shock to the world if he ever grew up!

“The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 20, 2021:

Being uneducated often results in poor health and safety choices, which means that it is, for a lot of people, especially later in life, the exact same thing as being dead.

Diogenes replies on Aug 20, 2021:

@Marionville Yes, agreed! But I would not want to go into surgery and have the blade put to me by someone who could not muster self discipline.

“The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 20, 2021:

Being uneducated often results in poor health and safety choices, which means that it is, for a lot of people, especially later in life, the exact same thing as being dead.

Diogenes replies on Aug 20, 2021:

@Marionville Education by one means or other is vital. "Good luck comes to him/her who is prepared." That means even knowing something about basic health. Why are there fat doctors, if education makes a difference?

“The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 20, 2021:

Being uneducated often results in poor health and safety choices, which means that it is, for a lot of people, especially later in life, the exact same thing as being dead.

Diogenes replies on Aug 20, 2021:

This may sound elitist- it is not. I am "aware". But education; I have bits and pieces all over the place- but it isn't anything sensational. I am taking pills for bloodpressure; if I just exercised, one hour everyday, I could toss the pills in the garbage. I know this because I take these pills and my bloodpressure on days when I exercise and don't. There is more to life than just health also. I have read that Einstein treated his 'second' wife like she was some moron. She had her doctorat. It would take someone who was very imature to act like that.

I don't want to look at female wrinkles- and I know of no intelligent woman that wants to look at ...

KateOahu comments on Jun 3, 2021:

The body changes with age, most notably with a thickening of the trunk. It does take much effort to look fit and strong. There ARE exceptions, and some of us are envious of those who don’t have to work at it. For me, being healthy is enough, whether I have a little extra poundage (which I ...

Diogenes replies on Aug 20, 2021:

Yes, this being old is a new 'experience' for me. I may hve been old in some other life--- but I don't remember! And some of the physical maladies are rather disgusting. Back to the point, I agree with you, it is more important to have a sense of being, and everybody does not have to be 'so-called' 'perfect and slim'.

Carl Sagan denied being an atheist. So what did he believe? - The Washington Post

Julie808 comments on Aug 17, 2021:

I disagree with that definition of an atheist, feeling it simply means someone who lacks a true belief in god/s, BUT I can respect his denial of being considered an atheist. Perhaps he would have considered himself agnostic? I am guessing he felt that there might be something out there, some ...

Diogenes replies on Aug 17, 2021:

Yes, "unkowable", when the ignifficant human can know all the answers--- then they too should be able to create universi from nothing.

Just my luck

Cast1es comments on Aug 16, 2021:

So true . Even when I know and remember my passwords , they seldom work .

Diogenes replies on Aug 17, 2021:

Yup, ain't that the truth. But, "passwords and telephone numbers"- there are only so many telephone numbers, but there are a billion passwords! Okay, I exaggerated---- but only by one!😒😁

Carl Sagan denied being an atheist. So what did he believe? - The Washington Post

Diogenes comments on Aug 17, 2021:

I know that all religions are man-made. I am agnostic because I don't know if there is a thoughtful presence behind Nature---- and I have no intention of inventing one.

Diogenes replies on Aug 17, 2021:

@Word You are playing with semantics again- with no justifiable reason. Are you inventing gawd-dude anew?

“No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational ...

mcgeo52 comments on Aug 17, 2021:

This is the key to the Democrats failure to understand and communicate with the right wing. The Dems expect the MAGAs to be rational.

Diogenes replies on Aug 17, 2021:

Yep!

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. - Dwight D. Eisenhower

mcgeo52 comments on Aug 15, 2021:

I can only imagine what he would have to say about today's Republican Party.

Diogenes replies on Aug 16, 2021:

He certainly would be repulsed! Can you imagine him having a conversation with THE THING that demanded the 21 gun salute? Then haveing a conversation with the gun-party ----when they all missed?

Letters From An American 08/14/2021

silverotter11 comments on Aug 15, 2021:

Sadly, the Social Security Act would not have been safe if trump had gotten re-elected. he lost but his supporters continue to try and take America back 100 years to the 1920's.

Diogenes replies on Aug 16, 2021:

@silverotter11 De Santas is stark ravin' nuts! He gives being wacko a bad name!.

Letters From An American 08/14/2021

silverotter11 comments on Aug 15, 2021:

Sadly, the Social Security Act would not have been safe if trump had gotten re-elected. he lost but his supporters continue to try and take America back 100 years to the 1920's.

Diogenes replies on Aug 16, 2021:

Are you saying in the 1920s that the government actually did everything possible to murder 200,000 to 300,000 people like Dump did with the virus??? Yes there would have been deaths, but not near 600,000!

This music is in Russian. Ivan Rebroff was famous for his wide vocal range. Enjoy

bobwjr comments on Aug 5, 2021:

No link

Diogenes replies on Aug 12, 2021:

@Ello On a bad day, I am ready to "paste" alright--- paste the computer with a sledgehammer.

The Young And Secular Are Least Vaccinated, Not Evangelicals

AnneWimsey comments on Aug 7, 2021:

Do y'all remember Fox, et al, downplaying Covid because "only old people get it"? No sympathy whatsoever!

Diogenes replies on Aug 9, 2021:

Yep!

The Young And Secular Are Least Vaccinated, Not Evangelicals

Budgie comments on Aug 7, 2021:

It may simply be that the evangelicals who are busy screeching at their audiences not to get vaccinated are simply the noisiest and get noticed but the actual people are ignoring that. Could be that the anti vax misinformation has impacted the younger people more than we thought. It is ...

Diogenes replies on Aug 9, 2021:

It is a crime that after they get the virus that they are allowd in the hospital. Thousands of healthcare workers have died because there had been no vaccines; then when there are vaccines available the clowns, with the hard lumps above their necks, won't take them. Only one thing to say, "Get out you fucking, stupid bastards; die in the street."

The Young And Secular Are Least Vaccinated, Not Evangelicals

Lauren comments on Aug 7, 2021:

This is so disturbing. I had hoped my girls (all atheists) were representative of their 20s age group because they were quick to sign up and get their vaccines as soon as it was available, possibly because they'd just spent almost a year only being able to visit with me through windows. Perhaps the...

Diogenes replies on Aug 9, 2021:

@Lauren Good morning😊

The Young And Secular Are Least Vaccinated, Not Evangelicals

Lauren comments on Aug 7, 2021:

This is so disturbing. I had hoped my girls (all atheists) were representative of their 20s age group because they were quick to sign up and get their vaccines as soon as it was available, possibly because they'd just spent almost a year only being able to visit with me through windows. Perhaps the...

Diogenes replies on Aug 8, 2021:

@Lauren I wasn't really raising a negative issue. I will not call myself an athiest- I just don't care about something as foolish as religion. And I also call myself a "free thinker"; in fact free enough to change my mind, if I have taken in a situation that is incorrect.

The Young And Secular Are Least Vaccinated, Not Evangelicals

Lauren comments on Aug 7, 2021:

This is so disturbing. I had hoped my girls (all atheists) were representative of their 20s age group because they were quick to sign up and get their vaccines as soon as it was available, possibly because they'd just spent almost a year only being able to visit with me through windows. Perhaps the...

Diogenes replies on Aug 8, 2021:

I wish you had said they were agnostic. Who cares ,for 2 seconds of the day, about religion?

The Young And Secular Are Least Vaccinated, Not Evangelicals

KateOahu comments on Aug 7, 2021:

The young always think they are invincible.

Diogenes replies on Aug 8, 2021:

Yep, some! Then there are the students who surge above the rest--- with hours of intense study!

From a time when gratuitous violence was considered entertainment...

Beowulfsfriend comments on Aug 7, 2021:

Popeye was my hero.

Diogenes replies on Aug 8, 2021:

Well I did like him trashing Brutus! The big, supposedly "toughf" guys need their lumps bashed on a regular basis---- even if it is only in a cartoon.

“Words, too, have genuine substance – mass and weight and specific gravity.” — Tim O’Brien

Diogenes comments on Aug 7, 2021:

So true! "Big words" as they have been called, and often misused, are irrelevant. I too often use the word "thing" instead of a specific noun or verb. Decades ago I was watching a doc about the Canadian orator Marshall McCluhan. It ws foolishness; instead of saying something; he was trying hard ...

Diogenes replies on Aug 7, 2021:

@Word No shit! I like the funny parts of the 'Bibblie', which would just about include all of it. I like your missive- it just shows there is a reason for being agnostic. There was the character in Ireland that had the earth creation to something like 200 years- and on a Saturday afternoon. Hell, he was only out by a few billion years. The Big Bang 13 or 14 billion ago; planets forming about 4 billion!😜 Now I may be out a few billion, but I am still closer than the seven-day nonsense. Sunday being the first day of the week- changed by Constantine, was to give gawd-dude time to think about it-- should have thought longer. Jeezuz said nothing- but his script writers made up his dialogue.

This music is in Russian. Ivan Rebroff was famous for his wide vocal range. Enjoy

bobwjr comments on Aug 5, 2021:

No link

Diogenes replies on Aug 6, 2021:

Sorry- I am having trouble with this toy/computer, no matter how hard I try to put someting on here.

The history of intellectual progress is written in the lives of infidels. - Robert Ingersoll

mcgeo52 comments on Aug 1, 2021:

History is the story told by the winners.

Diogenes replies on Aug 2, 2021:

And the "winners" are too often the manipulators.

This guys is kind of like a Canadian Sagan.

Robecology comments on Jun 9, 2021:

Good one. Notice what nations are taxing gasoline high, what nations are taxing low. The sooner we end our dependence on Fossil fuels, the better.

Diogenes replies on Aug 1, 2021:

@Robecology I was in the air force, stationed at Chatham, New Brunswick, so long ago- seems like another life time.

This guys is kind of like a Canadian Sagan.

Robecology comments on Jun 9, 2021:

Good one. Notice what nations are taxing gasoline high, what nations are taxing low. The sooner we end our dependence on Fossil fuels, the better.

Diogenes replies on Aug 1, 2021:

@Robecology Thanks for that. I have read that the Fudy Tides in New Brunswick are the biggest in the world. Unfortunitly, I have not read more. There are probably turbines already there.

“Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 31, 2021:

Yes, but such things often bring about a reaction in time, we could be on the verge of a new age of faith in traditional education and the idea of 'good taste' as and objective standard, which can be taught. When everyone can have unlimited trash delivered to their screen for free, the real ...

Diogenes replies on Aug 1, 2021:

@Fernapple What I forgot to mention also, acording to history before Constantine was that early Christians had to endure the arena- and the lions---- if this makes any difference one way or the other.

"I'm 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics.

whiskywoman comments on Aug 1, 2021:

lots of men 65 look 80 and cant get it up if that's not you be thankful and join aarp and get your dollar on every purchase

Diogenes replies on Aug 1, 2021:

I'm 83, and going swiming in a few minutes. Don't care about age- as long as I don't look like some of the 55-year-olds, and younger, that I have seen. My health is due to healthy food and exercise.

“Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 31, 2021:

Yes, but such things often bring about a reaction in time, we could be on the verge of a new age of faith in traditional education and the idea of 'good taste' as and objective standard, which can be taught. When everyone can have unlimited trash delivered to their screen for free, the real ...

Diogenes replies on Jul 31, 2021:

@Fernapple "..in the end everybody adopted it.." After Constantine made it the state religion--- what was second choice? Okay execution, but other than that!

This guys is kind of like a Canadian Sagan.

Robecology comments on Jun 9, 2021:

Good one. Notice what nations are taxing gasoline high, what nations are taxing low. The sooner we end our dependence on Fossil fuels, the better.

Diogenes replies on Jul 31, 2021:

I believe I have read that some house winows have sun reflective windows---besides solar panels on the roof.. Obviously the petrolium industry will spend trillions to keep their polluting product going. When will car coating/paint become solar panels? Forget the charging stations and the huge electric generating stations that are required for car electric chargers.

Great cartoon!!!??

BufftonBeotch comments on Jul 30, 2021:

Vaccine refusal may accomplish essentially the same thing.

Diogenes replies on Jul 31, 2021:

I believe that vacine refusal 'is' accomplishing the same thing. They may not be "gone"- but they ain't wih us either.

She's as much an athlete as a dancer. [bing.com]

Marionville comments on Jul 29, 2021:

It would certainly keep one fit!

Diogenes replies on Jul 30, 2021:

There is also another girl dancing to a bodhran at the Belfast Sumer Fest. She too is spectacular!

When someone tells me that their church can heal me....

Diogenes comments on Jul 29, 2021:

Isn't it amazing that they can cure a cancer patient that is a bout to die tomorrow, and that patient will run around the room in a state of euphoria---- but they can't cure dandruff. 'Golly' ---maybe there is a bit of ham acting going on.

Diogenes replies on Jul 29, 2021:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz World-wide, there isn't much possibility of removing X billions of con-men and their deciples.

When someone tells me that their church can heal me....

Diogenes comments on Jul 29, 2021:

Isn't it amazing that they can cure a cancer patient that is a bout to die tomorrow, and that patient will run around the room in a state of euphoria---- but they can't cure dandruff. 'Golly' ---maybe there is a bit of ham acting going on.

Diogenes replies on Jul 29, 2021:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz "Homicide"? The believers are already dead from the neck up.

the person who came up with this deserves a bonus.

Diogenes comments on Jul 28, 2021:

But it's bent on the end!

Diogenes replies on Jul 28, 2021:

@phxbillcee I knew there was a reason.

Let's beat Covid together.

Willow_Wisp comments on Jul 27, 2021:

He's just doing it for the boob view.

Diogenes replies on Jul 28, 2021:

Willow, pulleez laugh!!! It was a joke. I was going to say more- but NO, the subject is over.

Let's beat Covid together.

Diogenes comments on Jul 27, 2021:

Being the dirty old bastard, that I am---where can I get my next 100 shots?

Diogenes replies on Jul 28, 2021:

@St-Sinner LOL

“That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always ...

Diogenes comments on Jul 28, 2021:

Beauty is only skin deep. If youthful, internal ugliness stays into old age, there is nothing left of any consideration. On the other hand, RBG at 86 had a few wrinkles, maybe caused by laughter, but was beautiful inside and out.

Diogenes replies on Jul 28, 2021:

@Marionville Good morning! Now that I am 110, I am begining to think I was an old grump when I was young too--- but I still hope I have my trite, tattered sense of humour--- I hope it causes laughter someplace.

Tracey Ullman. - British PM Theresa May skypes with Donald Trump… [youtu.be]

KateOahu comments on Jul 27, 2021:

Hopefully, he will never again speak for the US.

Diogenes replies on Jul 27, 2021:

@MsKathleen "Prosecuted"? He murdered 200 to 300 thousand people. They used to hang murderers that killed ONE person. Yes there would have been covid deaths----- but sure as hell not 600,000! The games need to STOP.

Tracey Ullman. - British PM Theresa May skypes with Donald Trump… [youtu.be]

KateOahu comments on Jul 27, 2021:

Hopefully, he will never again speak for the US.

Diogenes replies on Jul 27, 2021:

Dump was/still is the world's dumbest doorknob!

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Diogenes comments on Jul 25, 2021:

I would obviously consider you a 'mate'. It's a hard life; but at least a few, that deserve a decent life, should get through with a smile- and a pint in hand.

Diogenes replies on Jul 26, 2021:

@rogerbenham I would not eat a pail of potatoes- can't think of why, even a moron, would drink pails of booze. I go to the pub to get out--- for me, there is no second entrance to some punch-up joint. I like a bit of music-or some football on the TV. "Football", the game where the players kick the ball with the foot---- obviously!

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Diogenes comments on Jul 25, 2021:

I would obviously consider you a 'mate'. It's a hard life; but at least a few, that deserve a decent life, should get through with a smile- and a pint in hand.

Diogenes replies on Jul 26, 2021:

@rogerbenham I have an intense dislike for falling-down drunks. And here is another point, I would rather talk to a 'little old lady--- that has just run a marathon- and is drinking tea". Next- this is not a story about a "marathon runner". There is a 97-year-old woman at fitness, under 5', who reads while she is on the treadmill. The books she reads are so big, and heavy--- think she is into weight lifting too!!! She reads more than I have done in the last 10 years. What I have just said is not fiction.

I'll pass next time.

Diogenes comments on Jul 25, 2021:

Excuse my expletives!!! Not a fucking cockroach or anything as big as a dinosaur has ever come back from the dead. I do not understand the fucking absolute hate of science---- and reality!

Diogenes replies on Jul 26, 2021:

@MsKathleen YES, of course!! But it is so unreal that the religious clowns acually believe in any of this nonsense. Jezuz-dude fed the "multitude", supposedly 5,000. I can make a joke of that: "He just waved his magic wand over the can of sardines and one stale bagel---- and "super-duper", 5,000 delux meals!!!

Here's a thought...

St-Sinner comments on Jul 25, 2021:

Ha... Ha.... It applies more to patriarchial societies overseas where children are independent only when parents get very old. I had a sense of entitlement and lived with my mother until 30 and until I flew to the US. I knew nothing about cooking, fixing a light bulb etc. I did other jobs like ...

Diogenes replies on Jul 26, 2021:

I was 17 when I joined the air force---- I sure as hell didn't stick around for 30 years.

Joking about the inevitable.

Willow_Wisp comments on Jul 25, 2021:

I think it was Admiral Nelson who mortally wounded said these last words: “If this is dying I don’t think much of it” It may have been someone else but I love the quote. UPDATE: It was Lytton Strachey.

Diogenes replies on Jul 25, 2021:

As long as it is not 30 years of dying--- before the cardinal event ever takes place.

R U Qualified???

KateOahu comments on Jul 22, 2021:

I would not shop at Walmart, period.

Diogenes replies on Jul 25, 2021:

@MsKathleen I buy "processed foods" because at times I am lazy.

In Portuguese vaccine is spelled vacina, this is quite the Typo for national TV! :-D

Lizard_of_Ahaz comments on Jul 23, 2021:

Maybe if we put up signs outside vaccination clinics saying "Free Vagina" more people would get vaccinated....

Diogenes replies on Jul 24, 2021:

Only the transexuals would apply!

R U Qualified???

KateOahu comments on Jul 22, 2021:

I would not shop at Walmart, period.

Diogenes replies on Jul 24, 2021:

@MsKathleen "Yes", to all you have said. And the Chinese, they also enslave their lower classes. Many decades back a pharmacist was talking about his visit to a medical production facility in China, and he said no western standards were met. And when a person picks up a can of food and it has, "Imported by----"- beware! There are lots of fisheries on the east coast- who in hell needs oysters from China?

R U Qualified???

KateOahu comments on Jul 22, 2021:

I would not shop at Walmart, period.

Diogenes replies on Jul 23, 2021:

Agreed!!! Because they have killed every other business in my small town: furniture, garages, clothing, groceries, sometimes it is necessary to go in there. But because of greed, they even have to get rid of cashiers.

"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.

KateOahu comments on Jul 20, 2021:

My favorite Pollock.

Diogenes replies on Jul 21, 2021:

@WilliamCharles Soooo true

"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.

JackPedigo comments on Jul 20, 2021:

So we shouldn't fear the insane people running countries? We shouldn't fear their equally insane enablers? Understanding is one thing but having a solution is another.

Diogenes replies on Jul 21, 2021:

So on point!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good to know!

Killtheskyfairy comments on Jul 19, 2021:

They always say the ones in prison are low IQ and this is a good example.

Diogenes replies on Jul 20, 2021:

Does that mean that Dump is going to prison?

There are always two reasons we ever fail at anything, it's that we tried and that it mattered.

zeuser comments on Jul 17, 2021:

Truman did some very controversial things, the integration of the armed forces was just one of them. Let's not forget he nuked Japan and told MacArthur to go fuck himself. He really didn't give a shit what people thought of his actions if he thought he was in the right.

Diogenes replies on Jul 18, 2021:

It is many years since I've read some of this- so I hope I don't have it rearranged. Truman only had a high school education, but he had the ability to think, even if he did not always get it right. There is a quote by Anton Chekov, "The universesity brings out all abilities, including stupidity." And yes, apparently he gave MacArthur a dressing down, for being late greeting him at an airfield in Japan; after all, he was the President of the US.

Give him room, stay in your lane...

HankSherman comments on Jul 16, 2021:

Really sad....there is always some with the deathwish.

Diogenes replies on Jul 17, 2021:

Yes, and they should be allowed to succeed in their deathwish--- with no medical treatment allowed. 'All the decent medical people who have died because of these cockroaches!'

Greatest since bikini. People with a high sense of fashion can appreciate.

bobwjr comments on Jul 16, 2021:

Cock sock yuck

Diogenes replies on Jul 17, 2021:

Just when you think perverts can't get much more sick!

And then there's the politics of dancing.

richiegtt comments on Jul 8, 2021:

I thought of my favorite Architect ,Frank Lloyd Wright when reading this post .

Diogenes replies on Jul 9, 2021:

I believe Wright had an actual waterfall in a house in Bullalo, NY. Some find music in the breeze and rippling water.

“When someone would mistreat, misinform, misuse, misguide, mishandle, mislead …or any other ...

Diogenes comments on Jul 8, 2021:

You are up early. I just don't sleep

Diogenes replies on Jul 8, 2021:

@Marionville It is 04:15. My "not sleeping" is a worn-out topic. I want you to have a good day!

Any body feeling more tolerant or less tolerant of religion after the last 6 months?

Trin81 comments on Jul 11, 2020:

I was never very tolerant of religions but feel even less so now. Their absolute hate and need for power becomes so much more apparent when they are promoted in any way. The hypocrisy of their beliefs just comes to the fore in times like these. Have to say though, I feel like the evangelist type is ...

Diogenes replies on Jul 8, 2021:

You wrote your comment last year- so I don't even know if you will see this. I am so far past religion; I feel it is so unimportant; it may be worth a few passing laughs, but not more. I am NOT an athiest; I have more important issues to deal with. Agnostic? Yes, I wonder if there was a begining of time. Is there some sort of cognitive organizer? I understand this as not possible----when we have "all the answers", we will be able to take 'nothing' and build our own universe. I am open for discussion.

Do the math

St-Sinner comments on Jul 7, 2021:

Lol... I believe it was a very scientific finding and I fully trust it.

Diogenes replies on Jul 8, 2021:

If Dump says, "the globe is square", 'tis gotta be true.

Pretty much.

KateOahu comments on Jul 6, 2021:

Truly, we ARE part of nature, but we do not teach this to our children, and they therefore do not respect nature.

Diogenes replies on Jul 7, 2021:

Yesterday I saw a cartoon; it stuck the point in. It was in the Toronto Globe and Mail, the only adult read left in the area. It has a mother wolf talking to her pup, about a bottle on the ground. "Hey don't throw that on the ground! What were you raised by, people?"

"Animal factories are one more sign of the extent to which our technological capacities have ...

AnonySchmoose comments on Jul 6, 2021:

Animal factories ought to be called criminal. The violence to humans begins with animal factories and vice versa.

Diogenes replies on Jul 7, 2021:

@zeuser A valuable reply. I eat fish, but I am aware of the question, "Have you seen the fishes cry?" I have no justifiable answer for that. And then I see these TV programs with the "sport fishermen"- who rip the mouth out of a fish---- then throw the 'trash' back in the water. This does not even answer the question of animal terror; there is so many delicious vegetables and fruits- and I don't even happen to be a raving vegetarian.

Strange days indeed.

Cast1es comments on Jul 2, 2021:

Seems to be some gender confusion .

Diogenes replies on Jul 5, 2021:

Yes!

“One must maintain a little bit of summer, even in the middle of winter”……………Henry ...

Diogenes comments on Jul 2, 2021:

If I have the 'correct Thoreau' and his settlement at Waldon's Pond, coutesy of Emerson, he went there to get away from unsettling civilization. What would he do in the current insane world?

Diogenes replies on Jul 5, 2021:

@MsKathleen Yes, for safety's sake- in this current, wacko-world--- NEVER tell the truth.

“As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to consumerism or hatred of the...

Diogenes comments on Jul 5, 2021:

M thanks for that.Mr. Chomsky was/is a credit to MIT. With all my other vices- at least "consumerism" isn't one of them. I have no idea why anyone would be compelled to have the latest junk.

Diogenes replies on Jul 5, 2021:

@Marionville Now here is some more dark humour----- so please "lauph". I am going to buy a new wallet- as soon as I have some money to put in to it!

Well, it works with the help of your American cousins!

Theresa_N comments on Jul 1, 2021:

It was the Russians that beat Hitler.

Diogenes replies on Jul 2, 2021:

Corporal Hitler must have missed a load of history when he thought up Barbarossa.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. - Ben Franklin

KateOahu comments on Jul 1, 2021:

But ‘tis necessary to know the source is reliable.

Diogenes replies on Jul 2, 2021:

Yes, do cross-check.

Hello again.

Diogenes comments on Jun 30, 2021:

When a person has nothing in their head, there is no problem sleeping. When there is endless negative thoughts, there can be no sleep, at least not for me! Right now the heat is causing discomfort- but people are also dying. And when it gets so hot that food will not grow- that will be the next ...

Diogenes replies on Jun 30, 2021:

@Spinliesel The sports pundits, four from the Sun Sports, forcast that Deutschland would win- they were wrong. England 2, Germany 0. I am not a sports fanatic, but I do like the game where they kick the ball with their feet--- thus "football"

The circle of life lmao

Killtheskyfairy comments on Jun 27, 2021:

But apparently they are happy with their lot…

Diogenes replies on Jun 29, 2021:

Point well taken!

Mmmm...I don't think so

Killtheskyfairy comments on Jun 27, 2021:

If you go, make sure it’s with someone smart, like a professor. If it’s just a bunch of snooty rich people, pass. Although I never understood why rich people didn’t have a yacht of their own.

Diogenes replies on Jun 27, 2021:

So you think all pofs are smart? Yes, you are right, a large number of rich people are "snooty", or distainful, even though they are slimey, low-life crooks.

yum! can't say no to a plate of well cooked steak!

KateOahu comments on Jun 26, 2021:

Whatever it takes? Some women will do anything to get a man.

Diogenes replies on Jun 27, 2021:

I prefer one 'taste' over the other---- an' it ain't dead cow.😊

Clever Spock

MichelleGar1 comments on Jun 26, 2021:

Speaking of plethora.... https://youtu.be/-mTUmczVdik

Diogenes replies on Jun 27, 2021:

Back many years ago at my part-time employer, Ontario Hydro, I commented on a painted sign: "Must have been done by Leonardo da Vinci." There was an empty pause- and then, "I wonder how Leonardo is doing." I said, "I think he is getting rather dusty."

This resonated with me.

LiterateHiker comments on Jun 27, 2021:

I disagree. Life is a process of learning and growing. Born prematurely, I had to fight to survive. I'm learning to relax. I was born an ebullient optimist. This hasn't changed. Still use all of my senses outdoors. While hiking, I love hearing the soft rattling of millions of Aspen leaves, ...

Diogenes replies on Jun 27, 2021:

Good for you for activly seeking an interesting path.

A Bulgarian-Macedonian folk music concert for your pleasure.

Marionville comments on Jun 27, 2021:

Will take a dip into it later …6.30 am is too early!

Diogenes replies on Jun 27, 2021:

I am already 'sleepless'.LOL😒

The paramount of evil! There may be jokes about evil religion on here, but is there any serious ...

Robecology comments on Jun 25, 2021:

Sick is different from evil. Sick is almost accidental. Evil is cruel, mean, corrupt, etc with intention. So #1...they're not the same. #2; If you're a demographer or a population biologist you don't even factor in evil...for example - is it evil or sick that female spiders and mantids eat ...

Diogenes replies on Jun 25, 2021:

Well, your last statement seems to be hinting at eugenics. That would mean that a cripple like Stephen Hawking would be dispossed of. And power, of the moment, Hitler would servive. In Saskatchewan and other places where there are unmarked graves the number is near a thousand. Call this "evil" what you like. Better to hang the bastards---- and 'bastardettes' than to permit this again.

Five Stars

racocn8 comments on Jun 25, 2021:

That would come under the genre of developing happy outcomes for real world scenarios that are not so happy.

Diogenes replies on Jun 25, 2021:

Yes. I agree with you!

The paramount of evil! There may be jokes about evil religion on here, but is there any serious ...

Marionville comments on Jun 24, 2021:

What is even more reprehensible is the secrecy and covering up by the churches and state alike, because the government was complicit, and it wasn’t confined to Canada, it happened in many other countries. It happened to indigenous populations In Australia, and to children who were born to ...

Diogenes replies on Jun 25, 2021:

Yes, and here in Canada, the number of found graves keeps increasing. One of the most twisted religions is the Christian one. Women are forced to have no rights. About 1,100 CE men were no longer allowed to marry- even though one pope ("one" or more) had fathered a number of children in the Vatican. Nothing is as Nature intended it to be. It is not a concept where natural love comes out easily; it is an idea of punishment- for so-called sins.

The paramount of evil! There may be jokes about evil religion on here, but is there any serious ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 24, 2021:

Here's a link: First Nations finds 751 unmarked graves at Saskatchewan residential school site https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/24/first-nations-saskatchewan-unmarked-graves-496082

Diogenes replies on Jun 25, 2021:

YES, about the 700, that information came out in the last few days- and I think that was in British Columbia.

Car security

KateOahu comments on Jun 24, 2021:

lol…SOMEONE will find a way…