From County Clare the Queally Sisters "Beyond the Bellows & the Bow".

Diogenes comments on Oct 3, 2021:

1. FrayedBear---- you did it again- such fine, such fantastic Irish music! The girls are beautiful. The parents must have looked through a Gaelic bibliography of Irish names to come up with Aoibheann's name. A couple of years back I was talking with a girl studying at Trinity- she too had a 'name' that started off with 3 or 4 vowels. She got, "Efa". She told me the Basc's name, Eman de Valara, was forbidden to be spoken in the house.-----Yes, excuse the spelling!

The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.

Diogenes comments on Oct 3, 2021:

--- so it can be knocked down too!

It's your choice.

Diogenes comments on Oct 2, 2021:

Am I missing something here- after reading the comments? Rand Paul is talking about the non-vaxxers I would assume. Who in hell would want to die of the black plague or a tiny cut because there was nothing to sterilize it?

Maria, a devout Catholic, got married and had 15 children.

Diogenes comments on Oct 1, 2021:

Excuse me, what's the joke? Many decades ago, in hillbilly country in New Brunswick, I knew two that had 19! They obviously had industrial-grade stupidity.

“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created ...

Diogenes comments on Oct 1, 2021:

Yes.

The tastiest drug you can buy!

Diogenes comments on Sep 30, 2021:

I still prefer my one or two coffees a day.

Santa's sleigh will be extra heavy this year.

Diogenes comments on Sep 30, 2021:

It's September- about a week ago there was an advert for Christmas trees----artificial of course! But isn't the whole world artificial and La-la Land?

Take a morning walk.

Diogenes comments on Sep 30, 2021:

I don't know if any of that is true- but certainly a walk in the woods in the morning is refreshing.

Evangelical Pastor Says Jesus Hasn’t Returned Yet Because People Are Not Donating Money

Diogenes comments on Sep 29, 2021:

But you must admire their swimming talent; they are still able to do it; swim in their own slime.

“Music is a moral law.

Diogenes comments on Sep 29, 2021:

Music, may not be my ultimate cure, but it does calm me down. It is desert; tunes like Albert Katelbey's Bells Across the Meadows or the Largo from Dvorak's New Word Symphony and with the words sung by Paul Robeson.

News Flash The UK government has brought forward its plans to get all petrol-driven cars off the ...

Diogenes comments on Sep 28, 2021:

I thought the UK government would get enough money together to get MoJo a hair cut.

From my point of view, there is a tremendous amount to be said for secular humanism.

Diogenes comments on Sep 26, 2021:

* I don't know what a just alternative to "humanism" would be- but there are others that reside on this rock besides homo sapiens. At least humanism is a start.

Becky seems like a fun person

Diogenes comments on Sep 26, 2021:

I'm thinking about quiting beer- but then my rep would be gone- "the village drunk!" Becky's pal has a sour face.😜

German folk festival session. Anyone?

Diogenes comments on Sep 26, 2021:

Agreed, but "youngsters" have never heard 'music' with harmony. Something that makes people happy. Grundge! Why?

My new favourite word!

Diogenes comments on Sep 25, 2021:

I learn a new word--- once every 50 years! Must remember that one.

Get some earplugs.

Diogenes comments on Sep 25, 2021:

...or you can turn on a fan that has a constant sound that blocks out other interruptive sounds. Works for me!

In our more equalitarian times: After all, no one is stupid enough to prefer war to peace; in peace...

Diogenes comments on Sep 20, 2021:

Not really. Even Hitler killed himself- while thousand died in the rubble in Berlin- and not by their own hand. Slime floats.

Always comical.

Diogenes comments on Sep 18, 2021:

Just say "Me too", and respect the neighborhood perverts.

“Hors D’Oeuvre: A ham sandwich cut into 40 pieces”………………..Jack Benny.

Diogenes comments on Sep 17, 2021:

I am not pseudo sophisticated enough to be dining on Hors D'Oeuvre- but a good one. Good for a laugh!

Great tombstone

Diogenes comments on Sep 12, 2021:

* I saw a grave stone, "Gone fishing".

Power of books

Diogenes comments on Sep 12, 2021:

Where in hell can I get that book? My life needs to have a 'little' changing! Actually, a 'lot' of changing!

Guess that's one way

Diogenes comments on Sep 12, 2021:

Love it! Funny!

Hate to post this apparently truism especially considering the source.

Diogenes comments on Sep 12, 2021:

"Marion" Wayne would be an authoritarian on the subject.

The dog has the last laugh

Diogenes comments on Sep 12, 2021:

Hell, thats a female --- should look like a male--- and me!

A woman and her 10 year old son are driving in a taxi at night in Detroit… It’s raining hard ...

Diogenes comments on Sep 12, 2021:

Okay, funny!

“Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious ...

Diogenes comments on Sep 12, 2021:

Unfortunately- ain't that often the truth. It isn't just the Christian religion. The Talaban are not shy about showing how evil they can be.

"After 9/11, America was so outraged by the deaths of thousands of innocent American civilians over ...

Diogenes comments on Sep 11, 2021:

YESSSS! It is alright to murder other people who would like to have their lives---- but it is evil to murder US citizens who have done no evil. Think of the MILLIONS in Viet Nam, that wanted their own government--- in their own country! Eisenhower warned of the US military- industrial complex. War for the sake of war.

Great tombstone

Diogenes comments on Sep 11, 2021:

Question: is it better living or dead?

Statement from the AHA on the DOJ's Lawsuit Against Texas' SB 8 - American Humanist Association

Diogenes comments on Sep 11, 2021:

Thanks for putting that info on the site. This is info that informed people should know and consider.

Not really news...

Diogenes comments on Sep 11, 2021:

All that harp noise- and not even an Irish harp- and all that flapping of angel wings. Somebody open a window. At least in Hell there would be some sane prisoners, that the Gawd-dude has sent there.

For that one who hates socialism but can't define what it is....

Diogenes comments on Sep 10, 2021:

Another thought, most of Europe has socialist governments. From what I have seen most people do not live in castles----- or cardboard boxes either.

For that one who hates socialism but can't define what it is....

Diogenes comments on Sep 10, 2021:

Yes, 100%, but not to be forgotten is 'that woman', Francis Perkins', FDR's Labor Secretary from 1933 to 1945. I have read that she was insistent on many socialist initiatives.

“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious ...

Diogenes comments on Sep 10, 2021:

King's exacting adjectives, perfect! A few more: "dedicated ignorance", "applied stupidity".

That would make the republicans think again

Diogenes comments on Sep 9, 2021:

Ya, I saw the guillotine, but 'he' looks like 'he' is pregnant! I saw a quarter-toner in the pub a few days ago. Why? On Monday, I was out on a rough, 3 hour hike; didn't see anybody that looked like the cartoon.

Let's try not to make the same mistake again shall we?....

Diogenes comments on Sep 9, 2021:

One adjective is missing, "dangerous". Like all solipsists, Dump is a good example of a being with no limits. He is in his own world where he controls everything. Not one other event has any meaning to him.

“All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own ...

Diogenes comments on Sep 9, 2021:

And the chief moving factor is knowing that one must 'have an education'- and at an early age. Too little, too late does nothing. That is even rudimentary for the enjoyment of a civilized life.

Soccer fans are a bit like their idols! :-D

Diogenes comments on Sep 8, 2021:

Hey, but actually the shirt was pulled---- I like the laugh better when they fall to the ground when not even that happened. Ya, the bull shit needs to be taken out of football.

Pretty accurate

Diogenes comments on Sep 8, 2021:

Hell, a quarter-tonner from the local burg!

That's gonna be an awkward conversation.

Diogenes comments on Sep 8, 2021:

---or ask the US of A what war they are currently in in the 21st century!

A friend of mine sent me this from her vacation.

Diogenes comments on Sep 8, 2021:

Ha, ha--- about time for a few happy laughs!

if all the ifs & ands were pots and pans there would be no need for tinkers.

Diogenes comments on Sep 8, 2021:

I've put too many excuses into my life; there is no place for "ifs and ands". Toss them into the 'dust bin'.

Perfect costume

Diogenes comments on Sep 7, 2021:

At such a young age, and dealing with the realities of religion! But another point: I have worked with religious groups packing food. Although the humanist side may be small in religion, it is there.

A few words to live by

Diogenes comments on Sep 6, 2021:

Yes, a dozen tasks to start the day and if a person just frets and looks at them, there will still be a dozen left at the end of the day.

Ah! So that's what horseplay means! :-D

Diogenes comments on Sep 6, 2021:

Bland---- but still funny!

Orbers are trying desperately to convince flat-earthers of the truth.

Diogenes comments on Sep 6, 2021:

I read a book many decades ago and it had as a title, something very descriptive, but unimaginative, Sailing Around the World. In about 1899 he got to South Africa and met the Boer Prime Minister, who 'corrected' him; "That's Sailing in the World"

“The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance “…………….Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Diogenes comments on Sep 6, 2021:

Lots of Athenians in the world- too ignorant to know they didn't know it all.

Not the weed so much..

Diogenes comments on Sep 4, 2021:

Keep sucking garbage into your lungs- you won't need the two million dollars!

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Diogenes comments on Sep 4, 2021:

Fantastic music

Wonderful, optimism at it's greatest! :-D

Diogenes comments on Sep 3, 2021:

How did you find my advert?

He is on guard.

Diogenes comments on Sep 3, 2021:

NOTHING is funny in Afghanistan! Maybe 'deadly and silly'- but nothing more.

Take that

Diogenes comments on Sep 3, 2021:

Because I am an authority on porn (shame on me) - Hell will freeze over many times, before a person finds anything erotic in porn! Society frowns on porn, but on your TV you can watch scenes of heads being chopped off, guts being ripped out. (Excuse the dark humour- and even evil things) As moronic as porn is, at least I don't get the urge to vomit.

Hi there! This is my first post.

Diogenes comments on Sep 3, 2021:

That would certainly apply to me when I was young. There is another idea though, "Working hard" is not the same idea as working successfuly.

Ron Reagan: Unabashed Atheist - YouTube

Diogenes comments on Sep 2, 2021:

That is SOO informative. If it matters, that is like me, forced into the religious nonsense, and just as forcefully fighting every bit of it.

Yes always them

Diogenes comments on Sep 2, 2021:

I have only been through Texas, but from what I have read lately, it would seem that all three are populated with an over abundance of idiots.

Letters From An American 08/30/2021

Diogenes comments on Sep 1, 2021:

Sorry, I have not enough time to read all the facts and numbers. What I have read is that the US governments have sent huge amounts of hard-earned tax money to Afghan, where the government officials there just pillaged it. And they were almost as corrupt as the Taliban.

Justice for me, please. 😆

Diogenes comments on Sep 1, 2021:

Ya, "justice"---- whatever that is! And yes, I get the joke too!

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within. - Maya Angelou

Diogenes comments on Sep 1, 2021:

Some platitudes are sillier than others!

Happy Sinful Sunday....

Diogenes comments on Aug 31, 2021:

Ya Gawd fornicated with one of his married creations. Now let's talk about morality. Is there anything in that funny book- that isn't "funny"?

Robert G. Ingersoll

Diogenes comments on Aug 31, 2021:

I am guilty!!! Sometimes I watch shit on the computer. Yesterday I bought a readable, newspaper, one aimed at 'adult' readers, and listened to the classic radio station from NY City. I felt refreshed---- and NOT depressed, like I would be if I watched shit!

Why I'm still here! Lol

Diogenes comments on Aug 31, 2021:

Right now I don't need any added "THIT"--- and that's why I wouldn't consider using Facebook- or something called Faithbook either!

Why Jesus walked everywhere...

Diogenes comments on Aug 31, 2021:

All those Bibblie jokes, like walking on water- and the Christians think that other religious morons are fools. The nerve, the ego of t!

I've heard my nurse friends mention these stories! Lol

Diogenes comments on Aug 30, 2021:

A nurse told me a perve came in with a light bulb in! It must be dark there--- but why did it have to be illuminated?

Enjoy yourself, It is later then you think.

Diogenes comments on Aug 30, 2021:

> Yes, the whole quote makes a point. I wonder what else Acton had to say.

“We first make our habits, and then our habits make us”…………….John Dryden.

Diogenes comments on Aug 30, 2021:

That is an excellent point. There are many examples of that- and also 'people who have broken bad habits'.

Thought this was spot on!

Diogenes comments on Aug 29, 2021:

But the tent would have been built upside down, if that was possible- after all, they are "experts" at everything

In the US they take horse de-wormer while in Africa.

Diogenes comments on Aug 28, 2021:

Is he more insane than Dump--- or are they both at about the same level?

Biblical ancestry:

Diogenes comments on Aug 28, 2021:

And after that their descendants were dinosaurs.

Letters From An American 08/26/2021

Diogenes comments on Aug 27, 2021:

Biden has made a HUGE mess of Afghanistan, period! Biden did not end the virus because of the consistent efforts of fools like DeSantis! That is a different situation than the first.

He has the most who is most content with the least. - Diogenes

Diogenes comments on Aug 27, 2021:

Yes, the rich man is the person who is happy with what he has, the poor man is the man who never has enough despite his wealth.

“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.

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Diogenes comments on Aug 27, 2021:

I like it.

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

Diogenes comments on Aug 27, 2021:

An' sure as 'hell' ain't that right! And there is so much of it.

Libertarians you gotta love em....

Diogenes comments on Aug 26, 2021:

LOL! Another ME TOOer!

How about a "Fuck off you moron" card

Diogenes comments on Aug 26, 2021:

I had ass-holes that I have met over time--- won't miss the bastards! Many are under the mud.

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!

Why I have not really been sure of meditation

Diogenes comments on Aug 25, 2021:

Love it!

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

Diogenes comments on Aug 25, 2021:

I haven't figured it out- what intrinsic pleasure would a pervert get from watching children, boys or girls- they have no tits, or the figure of a woman. WHAT?????

"Why are we in this world?

Diogenes comments on Aug 24, 2021:

Don't blame it on the 'All-invisible'; blame it on the inventors of the fiction. Or maybe the writers (plural) should get together on one idea. Vonnegut had/has it right again.

49 unvaccinated University of Virginia students disenrolled from fall classes after failing to meet ...

Diogenes comments on Aug 22, 2021:

Either remove the stupid---- or kill the intelligent! It is that correct.

Rather than limit your challenge, strive to challenge your limit. - Marcel Proust

Diogenes comments on Aug 22, 2021:

Yes, good point.

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

Diogenes comments on Aug 20, 2021:

The unschooled, but aware, differ from the schooled who have never had an enlightened thought in their lives. I don't have Checov's (sp) quote handy, "The university brings out all talents, including stupidity."

“Boring damned people.

Diogenes comments on Aug 18, 2021:

I have found that in this current world of dancing buffoons- that to be honest is also to be considered to be "boring"--- but the next collection of "dancing buffoons" is just as boring as the trillion that went before it.

Looking for some venture capital....

Diogenes comments on Aug 17, 2021:

Sounds about right!

The pills are working!

Diogenes comments on Aug 17, 2021:

HA, ha, love t!

MeToo.....

Diogenes comments on Aug 17, 2021:

I'm a devout heathen--- don't gotta go no place!

“To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the ...

Diogenes comments on Aug 17, 2021:

Good ol' Tommy; he was so far ahead of his time!

Like many of us

Diogenes comments on Aug 17, 2021:

Yup, an" I thought I was the only one!

Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead. -Bukowski

Diogenes comments on Aug 17, 2021:

Yes, true. They will not "go crazy"---- they have already arrived there- long ago!

"Nothing happens in a vacuum in life: every action has a series of consequences, and sometimes it ...

Diogenes comments on Aug 17, 2021:

I have ZERO foresight- and it has cost me dearly! I should make a recording, and just press a button, "Why in hell did I do that?"

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.

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

Diogenes comments on Aug 17, 2021:

Right now I have a lawyer that will be dealing with a lawyer that has been charged twice with perjury. If my lawyer thinks that honesty will get me justice, he is wrong. A prime example of my statement, and Popper's, although I don't equate myself with Popper, is Donald John Dump and his foolish disciples.They want to be morons; they are morons; they have 'succeeded'.

Be more like Jesus.

Diogenes comments on Aug 16, 2021:

I thought it would be about starting some Jewish cult!

Letters From An American 08/14/2021

Diogenes comments on Aug 16, 2021:

Thanks for that; it is something to be remembered. Along with Frances Perkins, I also looked up Jeannette Rankin, first woman 'congressman'. (I am referring to the inexplicable name). One of her quotes is something I agree with to the very limits. ""If I had my life to live over, I would do it all over, but this time it would be nastier." I would kick the crooked bastards so hard in the crotch that their jewels would be wrapped around some satellite😜😊.

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

Diogenes comments on Aug 16, 2021:

Just paraphrasing Ben Franklin, in a way. I believe it was, "He who is willing to give up his liberty for safety deserves neither."

In light of recent developments it seems apropos to include some noteworthy quotes.

Diogenes comments on Aug 16, 2021:

China is now the richest country in the world. Now everything that was once made in western countries under well known names is now made in China. Better check even your food can, who in hell knows what's in it? Soon the US won't have enough money for their next war. 'What a tragedy!'

I make myself rich by making my wants few. - Henry David Thoreau

Diogenes comments on Aug 13, 2021:

Having a few "shiny things" makes living a bit of fun. Worshiping shiny things, and junk, turns life into foolishness.

“There was a time when religion ruled the world.

Diogenes comments on Aug 13, 2021:

If I remember correctly, the earth's circumference was measured correctly in BCE.

Two Canadians die and end up in Hell.

Diogenes comments on Aug 12, 2021:

Ya, either too hot, or too cold!

“The planet was being destroyed by manufacturing processes, and what was being manufactured was ...

Diogenes comments on Aug 12, 2021:

So true.

Someone is in TROUBLE!!!

Diogenes comments on Aug 8, 2021:

A good one!