In the matter of fiction, the creator of Superman had him flying through the air- but he never had ...

DenoPenno comments on May 30, 2019:

Jesus did both. Imagine how long it must have taken for Jesus to be raised into the air before he was received by a cloud and was out of site. Imagine the release of a helium balloon to help you see this. Now imagine that Jesus will return "in like manner."

Diogenes replies on May 31, 2019:

"Return"- he was never here in the first place.

Trump Joke of the Day The postal service created a stamp with a picture of Donald Trump.

TheGreatShadow comments on May 30, 2019:

His supporters are licking the self adhesive side.

Diogenes replies on May 31, 2019:

@glennlab Well his ass hole has to look better than his face.

White House Wanted USS John McCain ‘Out of Sight’ During Trump Japan Visit [wsj.com]

Diogenes comments on May 30, 2019:

Disgusting! Unspeakable! When they name a ship after 45, Heel Spurs, will it be put out of sight too?

Diogenes replies on May 31, 2019:

@Redheadedgammy But "Orange Anus" sounds like a useable name too. Maybe a longer name: "Long Red Tie, Short Dick"

I prefer the time in America when the President and the Village Idiot were two different people

Summer72 comments on May 30, 2019:

Best bumper sticker I saw during Bush Junior's term. "SOMEWHERE IN TEXAS A VILLAGE IS MISSING THEIR IDIOT". The good old days. Lol

Diogenes replies on May 31, 2019:

Molly Ivins, a Texas journalist, called Bush, "Shrub". Even Shrub had a small amount of decorum, and did not twitter all night as if he had no cabinet, or secretaries in charge of these bureaus.

I prefer the time in America when the President and the Village Idiot were two different people

TheDoubter comments on May 30, 2019:

Trump plays two roles

Diogenes replies on May 31, 2019:

Trump IS the village idiot; he is not "playing" or pretending.

Just read an an article saying their are now military patches with trumps likeness on it! Wtf?

Diogenes comments on May 30, 2019:

"A friend of yours"? Maybe you should upgrade.

Diogenes replies on May 31, 2019:

@LucyLoohoo Mentioned this before: I have gone into one restaurant for 20 years and just ignored other stupidity by the owner over the years. Support for Trump, drew the very wide line that I won't step over or ignore. I can 'eat my beans' some place else.

Hide the USS John McCain! Don't upset the Orange Baffon. [cnn.com]

Summer72 comments on May 30, 2019:

I'm just Baffled at how many people allow him to continue to disrespect other Americans! It is un patriotic! He is PETULANT CHILD!

Diogenes replies on May 31, 2019:

Yes, "petulant". He just can't find enough events to make himself look foolish.

If there were only two choices, I would rather 'pretend' to be evil, than out of necessity, have to ...

Pauntley comments on May 30, 2019:

Your preferred option certainly sounds like more fun, if only it were possible. But I fear that the fun of pretended evil would pretty soon infect the secret store of goodness and the fun lose its savour.

Diogenes replies on May 31, 2019:

Yep, maybe. Poor old Trump, both evil and stupid, is constantly racking his tiny brain to find something vacuous to tweet, while claiming to be a "stable genius". Some of the other horses in the barn may challenge the "stable genius" part of that tweet though.

In the matter of fiction, the creator of Superman had him flying through the air- but he never had ...

DenoPenno comments on May 30, 2019:

Jesus did both. Imagine how long it must have taken for Jesus to be raised into the air before he was received by a cloud and was out of site. Imagine the release of a helium balloon to help you see this. Now imagine that Jesus will return "in like manner."

Diogenes replies on May 30, 2019:

My comment was about "fiction", and some fiction is worth reading--- an' some ain't. The bible was "written by the hand of god" ---- and just what made the "hand". Reading trash is boring.

Try the Trump diet! Every time you go to eat something, think of the fat bastards face, that will ...

Diogenes comments on May 30, 2019:

Looking like a fat slob is disgusting! Even without looking at the slobbering Trump- "I" eat too much- while around the world there are children starving to death.

Diogenes replies on May 30, 2019:

@Austin-Cambridge "Critical thinking"- I am no champion of much "thinking"; it is depressing that I am not much more aware! Some things are so obvious that even "I" can get it. Excuse my dark humour. Major point though: thanks for your reply.

Try the Trump diet! Every time you go to eat something, think of the fat bastards face, that will ...

Besalbub comments on May 30, 2019:

Or think of the fat bastards ass playing golf .

Diogenes replies on May 30, 2019:

@Besalbub Yep!

Try the Trump diet! Every time you go to eat something, think of the fat bastards face, that will ...

Besalbub comments on May 30, 2019:

Or think of the fat bastards ass playing golf .

Diogenes replies on May 30, 2019:

"Playing", he only "plays at being a human". I think you meant to say, "cheating at golf".

And keep stomping

bobwjr comments on May 29, 2019:

Absolutely right high road will not work

Diogenes replies on May 30, 2019:

I feel, the high road IS the right road- BUT to make every punch a knock out. When he gets up for the next round, knock him down again---- until he finally gets jail time. These weekly Mar-a-Lago trips are open, they are criminal, they are making Trump slavishly rich, at tax payer expense- unlike any of his other bankruptcies, where he stole only a few $billion- and the investors took the hit.

The sign above the late, the great Hugh Heifner's door bell: Si junctura fabrefacta, et non tinniant...

Diogenes comments on May 29, 2019:

I am not going to address anyone in particular- and this is going to be the last time I address this issue. I am HARDY a saint-- by any measurement. Being the geezer that I am, I would rather die of a heart attack, while fucking- than being ripped apart by somebody's bomb. A few years back, right...

Diogenes replies on May 29, 2019:

I wasn't finished. There were luxury cars in the drive-- hey, the freaks have lots of money! A mean and direct question- I don't give a rat's ass about Heifner, dead or alive, what if everybody acted like him? For one thing there would be a huge increase in STD.

I usually don’t use others religion against them but damn if there’s one thing I can’t stand ...

Theresa_N comments on May 29, 2019:

All christians are fake christians because there never was a jesus.

Diogenes replies on May 29, 2019:

Next thing you will be saying is that Superman isn't real either! LOL

The sign above the late, the great Hugh Heifner's door bell: Si junctura fabrefacta, et non tinniant...

Freedompath comments on May 27, 2019:

...I would never knock cause I wouldn’t want to be used and discarded, like trash!

Diogenes replies on May 28, 2019:

@Freedompath, @WonderWartHog99 It may surprise you, WartHog, that I watch a lot of documentaries- and I enjoy satire and things that are actually funny------- NOT foolishness that requires laughter, just because the unending laugh record has come on again.

The sign above the late, the great Hugh Heifner's door bell: Si junctura fabrefacta, et non tinniant...

Freedompath comments on May 27, 2019:

...I would never knock cause I wouldn’t want to be used and discarded, like trash!

Diogenes replies on May 28, 2019:

@WonderWartHog99, @Freedompath Men who molest children should be given the lash. There can be NOOOOO excuse, subjectively, or objectively! Subjectively: if a bank robber robs a bank, it is because there is money in it and he gets money. Objectively: it is wrong, because he does not have the right to take someone else's money. What do perverts get from children? They don't look like sex objects. And from what I have seen, in this very twisted world, a person is even required to "respect" the weirdoes. They have "rights". (sic)

The sign above the late, the great Hugh Heifner's door bell: Si junctura fabrefacta, et non tinniant...

Freedompath comments on May 27, 2019:

...I would never knock cause I wouldn’t want to be used and discarded, like trash!

Diogenes replies on May 28, 2019:

I was NOT praising Heifner. And my point was that the TV has all the twisted so-called "sexual" indoctrination that a person can stomach, along with murder to the point that it gets boring. And remember, the reason that we are all here is because mommy and daddy did the bonk.

"(MAN'S) UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY LIES IN THE WAY IN WHICH HE BEARS HIS BURDEN" Victor Frankl, ...

Marionville comments on May 27, 2019:

Haven’t read this book ...maybe something to be remedied!

Diogenes replies on May 28, 2019:

@aahouck49 Yes, they came for "the others", "but they won't come for me"- so the unlighted think!

The rest of us ought to take time today to remember our fallen and honor their sacrifice.

LucyLoohoo comments on May 27, 2019:

My father, Lt. Cmdr. Alvis Townsend, USN... died in a military plane crash. He was 32...I was far too young to remember him. Ask me what I think of the pustule and his pooooorrrrr lil' paws!

Diogenes replies on May 28, 2019:

@LucyLoohoo Hope I say something worth saying, or reading. I guess the reason I hate this current Stalin so much is that I have had far too many encounters in my life with his ilk. Although I have never met Trump- it is 'personal'.

The rest of us ought to take time today to remember our fallen and honor their sacrifice.

LucyLoohoo comments on May 27, 2019:

My father, Lt. Cmdr. Alvis Townsend, USN... died in a military plane crash. He was 32...I was far too young to remember him. Ask me what I think of the pustule and his pooooorrrrr lil' paws!

Diogenes replies on May 28, 2019:

Your comment was worth reading. Thanks for being on here.

The rest of us ought to take time today to remember our fallen and honor their sacrifice.

Diogenes comments on May 28, 2019:

I had an EASY go in the air force- let's not put a crown on my head. My job was to take the detonators out of torpedoes so that armament systems could calibrate the sonar. If one had detonated, they would have been picking the 'used meat' off the inside of the remains of the containment compound. In...

Diogenes replies on May 28, 2019:

@zeuser I am NOOO hero. I guess my major point is that Trump just loves to lie- that is something he must do, every waking second of his worthless day.

I was just thinking, have any of you read George Orwell's, "Animal Farm?

LucyLoohoo comments on May 27, 2019:

I have a red hat, with the message "Make Orwell Fiction Again!" Unfortunately, many people don't ''get'' it. SIGH.

Diogenes replies on May 28, 2019:

YEEESSSS! Unbelievable that they don't get it! "Trumpism" is no longer fiction. In 1984 Smith's (hope I have that name right) job was to erase yesterday's 'fictitious' news, and to replace it with today's 'fictitious' news.

The Two Ronnies. - Mastermind. [youtu.be]

AnonySchmoose comments on May 26, 2019:

That requires memory, quickness, and a straight face to answer every question one question later. Was it promoted as both a game show and comedy? Were those guys mainly comedians?

Diogenes replies on May 26, 2019:

@Marionville The Two Ronnies are 'very' funny; been so long since I have seen them, but Mastermind was tedious beyond belief. For example if the topic was "Gin", and being hypothetical: "How much does the average gin bottle weigh?" Who knows; who cares?----- Monster, big thanks for putting on The Two Ronnies; gotta be the best Mastermind I have ever seen. LOL.

"THE KING IS NOT THE LAW.

Diogenes comments on May 25, 2019:

A person can never discredit Paine for not thinking. Thanks for the quote. He also said, "Man created god." Well secular, modern society recognizes that, but back in his time saying that had it's risks.

Diogenes replies on May 26, 2019:

@aahouck49 Well I am certainly "strange"- don't know if it has anything to do with being Irish though. But then there is the concept of "being normal"- puleeze, god-dude deliver me from that! I am dumb enough; I don't want to be "pabulum-brained"! ... and boring!!! So bad that the wall-paper won't even talk with me anymore.

"THE KING IS NOT THE LAW.

Diogenes comments on May 25, 2019:

A person can never discredit Paine for not thinking. Thanks for the quote. He also said, "Man created god." Well secular, modern society recognizes that, but back in his time saying that had it's risks.

Diogenes replies on May 25, 2019:

@aahouck49 "What say me?" about the Irish. Strange, that you should know that I was Irish. I didn't even know I was of Irish decent for a third of my life. But it was the 'feel' of it that has grown as each year passes. My great-great grandfather was from Derry and great-great- grandmother from Cork. She died in 1909. They did very well for themselves. I have been to their house.

Yup he does cover-up comb overs too!

RichieO comments on May 24, 2019:

He covers up his cover ups better that most...

Diogenes replies on May 25, 2019:

@RichieO Even though I got lousy marks on any university work I did, at least I tried; at least I did my own work----- the Idiot never did a thing --- in his whole 'ucking life. The ass hole even cheats at golf- he is only so-called "respected", by people like him--- who have no respect for him!

"THE KING IS NOT THE LAW.

MojoDave comments on May 23, 2019:

I tried to grab some fog but I mist!

Diogenes replies on May 25, 2019:

@aahouck49 Well wish I knew a bit about what to do on the internet, when the site times out- the message I had for you just went into the great unknown. I like to play with words too, but I did have to look that one up, and I read the meaning. I like to learn things. I know an insignificant amount about "Greek philosophers, or Diogenes"; again, I was being pretentious, and playing games. "Mr." Diogenes and I do have something in common though- to understate the point we have both lived in, uh, 'sub-standard housing'. No, I am not talking about some prison; that would be a step 'upward'.

Trump invokes emergency powers to sidestep congress and sell arms to Saudi Arabia ...

genessa comments on May 24, 2019:

he wants to be considered a legitimate president, which he (atypically, correctly) suspects he is not, and yet, he doesn't mind going down in history as a president whose presidency was beset by one emergency after another! g

Diogenes replies on May 25, 2019:

Wrong! It is 'one' emergency- that has never stopped.

Trump invokes emergency powers to sidestep congress and sell arms to Saudi Arabia ...

Babyoda comments on May 24, 2019:

Last July he called my country,Canada, a ''National security threat'' in your Senate because of a trade war over steel.I am sorry,I can only speak in memes now.

Diogenes replies on May 25, 2019:

The mental midget, Pretty Boy, Trudeau, is our national emergency- if we didn't have Freeland, we would be in deep dooy.

"THE KING IS NOT THE LAW.

MojoDave comments on May 23, 2019:

I tried to grab some fog but I mist!

Diogenes replies on May 25, 2019:

@aahouck49 Okay, okay; I had to look it up! LOL- but still, I am 'almost' as smart as "a stable genius". LOL

I have just talked to my good friend from Barbados.

seattlepanda comments on May 24, 2019:

I don't know that I've seen Kamala Harris angry...(understandably)frustrated sometimes, but angry I don't recall...

Diogenes replies on May 25, 2019:

'Somebody', male or female, needs to get angry---- and from what I have seen lately, more women are showing some fortitude than men.

I have just talked to my good friend from Barbados.

thinktwice comments on May 24, 2019:

Her name is Kamala Harris...your friend is male... I know it is not intentional in a demeaning way, but, why did you choose to say Ben Carson's name and not hers? I think years of patriarchy are ingrained in our society...

Diogenes replies on May 25, 2019:

Another short addition: thanks for your help.

I have just talked to my good friend from Barbados.

demifeministgal comments on May 24, 2019:

Perhaps he sees how it will reflect poorly on him or on other black women. Unfortunately, visible minorities or POC in the states still tend to be seen as a monolith, rather than individuals acting out. So, he may believe, that if she gets angry, racists will use that as proof to paint all black ...

Diogenes replies on May 25, 2019:

YES, YES, YES! Who in hell gives a damn what 'white', red-necked morons think- or even 'if' they think? But get this straight; educated whites need to be in educated black's shoes to get the full 'feeling'.

Stephen Colbert doing Trump is damned good- and also very funny! But then we have, 'Trump doing ...

gigihein comments on May 24, 2019:

The funniest thing is when his advisors/staff were lined up and had to lie, um report how calm he was. ..my favorite was Sandra Huckabee saying he was calm ....and not like when he was angry and ranting...

Diogenes replies on May 25, 2019:

"'When' he was not angry and ranting."! Does anyone want to list the trillion times that he hallucinates and talks like the Great Dic-taker ? Why not take the easy route, and list the times he is 'not' ranting?

Yup he does cover-up comb overs too!

RichieO comments on May 24, 2019:

He covers up his cover ups better that most...

Diogenes replies on May 25, 2019:

Don't agree with you- he is not bright enough to make his unending lies have even the slightest possibility of reality- he is just a blither machine that can't be shut off.

I have just talked to my good friend from Barbados.

thinktwice comments on May 24, 2019:

Her name is Kamala Harris...your friend is male... I know it is not intentional in a demeaning way, but, why did you choose to say Ben Carson's name and not hers? I think years of patriarchy are ingrained in our society...

Diogenes replies on May 25, 2019:

YES, I think you are right. I didn't have a pen and paper handy to write her name down and it was one of the few times I had seen her. Understand, very clearly, that I admire her very much- THAT is why I wrote my post. Carson, a true Trump sycophant, is screwing people that need housing; he doesn't give a fuck what colour they are.(Yes, and I sometimes use 'that' expletive) I feel that educated people, of any colour, like Obama too, should put aside their decorum and dignity, and attack the Trump clown. Trump is a moron- and is dangerous to the extreme; persons who do not challenge him may well find that they do not have their dignity- or lives either

This is a bit deep! If a tree fell in the rain forest and landed on Donald Trump, would anybody give...

St-Sinner comments on May 24, 2019:

Yes, his radical base. I am sure Melania would not cry.

Diogenes replies on May 24, 2019:

I am sure the invisible, never-seen, first lady, would explode in glee. Oh, I made a mistake; she is actually "seen"- when she is 'its' arm candy!

tRump would be a winner… If there were ever a competition for being called the most disparaging,...

Freedompath comments on May 24, 2019:

His actions will NEVER give him the thing that he needs most...humanity!

Diogenes replies on May 24, 2019:

If Trump was put in a million dollar suit---- there would still be a two-bit asshole inside that suit.

Just a reminder. This is a tRump war with Iran will end for all of us

Redheadedgammy comments on May 16, 2019:

I worry about him starting a war to try and take the pressure off himself with the investigations. There is nothing he won't do to try and save himself....

Diogenes replies on May 17, 2019:

I have said it too many times----- but it still applies, "He is not pretending to be insane; he is as whacko as any vegetable can possibly be!" His whoopee cushion has crash landed too many times.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and ...

IamNobody comments on May 16, 2019:

Knowing that we don't know is a good start

Diogenes replies on May 17, 2019:

I know nothing- I have never known anything- and if I have ever acquired knowledge, by accident, I have forgotten it long ago. I wish I had at least learned a 'little bit'. It is depressing!!!

Note: this is just an artistic expression.

Our_existence comments on May 16, 2019:

I've said it before, I'll say it again: Let me hang that Orange POS like a Pinata. Then I can use my Louisville Slugger to see if there's cheeseburgers inside. After that, take the remains and throw them on a pile of burning tires. I will then proceed to piss on the flames to put out the fire.

Diogenes replies on May 17, 2019:

"Piss on it"--- well something has to relieve the smell of burning shit. The smell of burning tires can be tolerated.

Idiots with guns running all over the country shooting everything up: [en.

Our_existence comments on May 16, 2019:

Gun rights are more important than human lives. Just imagine if Alabama passed a law, banning ALL guns, no exception. Hmmmmmm?

Diogenes replies on May 17, 2019:

An' ain't ya got that one right!

My favorite thing this week. [independent.co.uk]

KKGator comments on May 16, 2019:

I hope it follows him around everywhere he goes. It's a damned shame we can't park it across from the WH, when he's there, and Mar-A-Lago, when he's THERE.

Diogenes replies on May 17, 2019:

@KKGator Ya, ya, agreed!

Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine ...

mcgeo52 comments on May 17, 2019:

Of course some flowers are better than others, especially as food or medicine.

Diogenes replies on May 17, 2019:

@Lady-DebianLinux Yes, when fresh. I was on a hike this Sunday and there were fresh fiddleheads, in a pine forest. I don't know how far that they grow in the south.

Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine ...

mcgeo52 comments on May 17, 2019:

Of course some flowers are better than others, especially as food or medicine.

Diogenes replies on May 17, 2019:

True, but dandelions too have bright yellow flowers. Nature provides in many ways; it takes humans to want a carpet green lawn---- and they will spray every kind of poison on the grass to get it.

My favorite thing this week. [independent.co.uk]

KKGator comments on May 16, 2019:

I hope it follows him around everywhere he goes. It's a damned shame we can't park it across from the WH, when he's there, and Mar-A-Lago, when he's THERE.

Diogenes replies on May 17, 2019:

Are you implying that he is sometimes in the White House? I thought he was always twittering, with his fat ass in a golf cart. Mr. Clement said that "golf ruined a good 'walk'"--- lotsa luck with that one if he ever tried to apply it to Trump.

Rare photo ...

Science-guy comments on May 12, 2019:

Makes sense. He does have shit for brains.

Diogenes replies on May 14, 2019:

He doesn't have a "brain"- not even one made of "shit". The shit was put in the hollow to silence the wind blowing between his ears.

Trump has no idea what he’s doing By Eugene Robinson May 13, 2019 at 6:14 PM EDT ...

AnonySchmoose comments on May 14, 2019:

Good article. Eugene Robinson is an entertaining and lucid commentator. The article says that Trump is either lying that China (not US consumers) will have to pay the tariffs, or "he’s even more clueless about trade than ... imagined." Eugene Robinson forecast: "Trump will scramble to ease ...

Diogenes replies on May 14, 2019:

Yes, make an 'unsuccessful' "attempt to clean it up".

Atheist toast.

Cast1es comments on May 14, 2019:

Never heard of him , either .

Diogenes replies on May 14, 2019:

Well, without insult, you should read more. Even then Hitchens must have too much time on his hands if he can debate something as foolish as religion; it would be like debating with a five-year-old about how Superman flies through the sky.

I read an article about Einstein and his brilliance.

LucyLoohoo comments on May 8, 2019:

Brilliant! That really makes me smile...thanks!

Diogenes replies on May 12, 2019:

@LucyLoohoo Well I am of the opinion his brilliance, being able to see too many sides of a situation, may have had a negative effect on his mind.----- and, no, I have no understanding of psychology, at least at that level.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two ...

EricJones comments on May 10, 2019:

True. If you want people to be interested in you, you're telling them you're self-centered. self-serving and that it's all about you. And nobody wants a friend like that

Diogenes replies on May 12, 2019:

@brentan Yes, it is important for a person to have some respect for self---- as long as it is deserved.

Rare photo ...

LucyLoohoo comments on May 12, 2019:

WOW! Remember, kids...you saw it HERE! Evolution in action!

Diogenes replies on May 12, 2019:

LOL

Well at least his own supporters are getting the worst of it...

OldGoat43 comments on May 11, 2019:

When morons play war games with real weapons everyone is at risk. So just eliminate the morons.

Diogenes replies on May 12, 2019:

But the weapons ARE real in Trumps unreal world. He is going to blow China off the map- then go play golf. I can imagine him looking at a monstrous hole in the ground and saying, "Who took my golf coarse?" Remember: he is crazy; he is not putting on an act.

War just ahead !?!

zeuser comments on May 11, 2019:

This is just stupid enough to be a plausible strategy concocted by our orange Einstein. 🙄

Diogenes replies on May 12, 2019:

Hey, although I like that "orange Einstein"--- gotta give the orange thing credit----- for his tenacious endeavors. If there was the most moronic thing in the universe hidden under the biggest rock "in the universe", he would find it and use it.

Making life have a purpose!

HankSherman comments on May 11, 2019:

Still think back in the day. Some people walked away from scenes like this snickering loudly. And every once in awhile a smile would come to them, then a full blown laugh. Do you hear them???

Diogenes replies on May 12, 2019:

You make a point!

We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

Forkbeard comments on May 12, 2019:

How true. I see folks of my age in god's waiting room ( how disappointed are they going to be) as I pass by an old folks home on my bike.

Diogenes replies on May 12, 2019:

Talking about bikes; haven't been on mine in a few years- shame on me ! But I am going on a hike today with a group, rain or shine. And those people waiting for the god-character may be even younger than you. Another consideration: some individuals born with heath or physical problems are much more productive than people who abuse their Nature-given health.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two ...

EricJones comments on May 10, 2019:

True. If you want people to be interested in you, you're telling them you're self-centered. self-serving and that it's all about you. And nobody wants a friend like that

Diogenes replies on May 10, 2019:

@Marionville I agree with both you and Eric. I enjoy a good conversation, and when someone says something that I have no knowledge of, I want to hear more. At the same time, if I have read interesting articles during the day, hopefully, I can add that to the conversation. I do not want to hear my own loquacious rant 'about me'--- or anyone else though.

Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our ...

Diogenes comments on May 8, 2019:

I find anywhere where positive things are taking place brightens the day. I saw a film of young people playing "bells" - fantastic! But it isn't just music, it could be competing in a sporting event and joking about why anyone would do this, 'just to create sore muscles.'

Diogenes replies on May 8, 2019:

@Marionville I've had some good conversations in a pub--- believe it or not. But I am a doer, not a 'drinker'- where the bar flies go into the so-called "Sports Bars"--- but absolutely don't participate in any sport. Yes, I get off to fitness four or five times every week. There, there may be a conversation about anything from history to art- and it's all sealed with lots of laughter. Have said all this though--- I am getting very tired of the pubs. It is getting to be "the same old".

I read an article about Einstein and his brilliance.

LucyLoohoo comments on May 8, 2019:

Brilliant! That really makes me smile...thanks!

Diogenes replies on May 8, 2019:

I believe Tesla's brilliance--- and of course Edison's copyright thefts, may have effected his mental health. He ended up in dire poverty feeding the pigeons in Central Park.

Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our ...

Freedompath comments on May 7, 2019:

Without people who care about everyone’s wellbeing we would be improvised. It seems important to look for them everywhere.

Diogenes replies on May 8, 2019:

@WilliamCharles I never use four-letter words- they have too many letters in them. I spell "shit" with two T's. LOL.

Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our ...

WilliamCharles comments on May 7, 2019:

Made me think of this for some reason. :-----: "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go." – Oscar Wilde

Diogenes replies on May 8, 2019:

THAT is so true! I have known someone that if a thousand good things happened to her and there was one perceptive bad thing- the 'perception' got wrung to death. People would cross the street to avoid her. Yes, and sometimes we have to look and 'want' to find relief from stress.

"We are all equal, but some are more equal than others" George OrwellAnimal Farm Always reminds ...

Cutiebeauty comments on May 7, 2019:

Who are these five and what country are they from?

Diogenes replies on May 8, 2019:

@Marionville You 'got it'! Even the Second World War: 'in the movies' John Wayne led the US military and he and it saved the world. When Hitler started the Barbarossa Campaign more German troops were diverted east than west. At least that is what I have repeatedly read. Russia won the war, whether we like that or not. Germany- and Japan have learned from their defeat- that war is not nice or fun. Right now Angela Merkel is the only adult 'in the room'. The US learned from the war too- or should I say, "their war and murder industry"- there is big profit to be made in war.

I intend to live forever, or die trying....Groucho Marx.

Diogenes comments on Apr 30, 2019:

Good one!

Diogenes replies on May 6, 2019:

@aahouck49 I'm Irish decent- but my former 'true-love' is back in Nederland- so many decades ago- back when we were both slim---- and one of us was good looking- wasn't me!!!!.

I intend to live forever, or die trying....Groucho Marx.

brentan comments on Apr 30, 2019:

Do not go gentle.....

Diogenes replies on May 6, 2019:

"Do not go gentle into that good night, But rage, rage, against the closing of the light." I am doing that from memory---- so like all my other memory, most of Dylan Thomas' poem, to his father, may be wrong.

Spiritual inspiration

NHjulie comments on May 2, 2019:

I'm so tired of hearing people say, when they survive something, "Thank God. He was looking out for me". What this means is that everyone else who had something bad happen "god" didn't care enough about. Infuriates me!

Diogenes replies on May 4, 2019:

Ya, "God-dude don't blow me away; take that storm down the road and blow my neighbor away."----- in good religious love, of course.

There is something infantile in the presumption that somebody else has a responsibility to give your...

Robecology comments on May 2, 2019:

Love Dawkins! Here's another one by him that I keep tabbed.... http://godlessmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Richard-Dawkins-014.png

Diogenes replies on May 4, 2019:

@Robecology It may give you a tremendous shock to know that I agree with most of what Dawkins has to say. I will also add to that, he falls down when he attempts to produce another 'brainy quote'- which at times seems to be his priority. I saw a TV clip, many years ago, of the Canadian, Marshall McLuhan; he too was attempting to be profound. He was making an ass of himself. He was mumbling gibberish; even the supposed non-intellectual reviewer noticed this. To me, as dull witted as I am, and talking about "eye brows", anyone who would stare through the hair of their eye brows, needs to find the light switch----- and turn on the light. And of me: I know nothing and if I have ever learned anything, by accident, I have forgotten it long ago. I guess that would make me a prime candidate for president of the US.

There is something infantile in the presumption that somebody else has a responsibility to give your...

Diogenes comments on May 2, 2019:

The last bit of that quote is an outright lie. It is noble to ascend, the mountain, for some all they have to do is go up; they have been placed at the base from birth. Others take a lifetime even finding the figurative mountain. I don't care if it is the famous Richard Dawkins that said it; it ...

Diogenes replies on May 3, 2019:

@Freedompath I hope you are my "pal"------ because, absolutely, I am NOT attacking you. The point is- if you go 'begging' for justice- you ain't gonna get it. You have to forcefully extract it from the capitalist's greedy, little mits.

There is something infantile in the presumption that somebody else has a responsibility to give your...

Robecology comments on May 2, 2019:

Love Dawkins! Here's another one by him that I keep tabbed.... http://godlessmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Richard-Dawkins-014.png

Diogenes replies on May 3, 2019:

Some more blather by Dawkins. There are people in this world, who with their families, will die in the indignity of filth and the torture of a lengthy starvation. He needs to trim his eye brows.

Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality. - John Dalberg-Acton

davers comments on May 3, 2019:

But who decides what is morel and what is not?

Diogenes replies on May 3, 2019:

@davers Hey, I spell shit with two T's--- join the club.

We need empathy, not religion.

gigihein comments on Apr 5, 2019:

so true. if you are doing good to cover your ass, it isnt really altruistic.

Diogenes replies on May 3, 2019:

Better to 'pretend' to be bad, than to have to 'pretend' to be "good".

Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality. - John Dalberg-Acton

davers comments on May 3, 2019:

But who decides what is morel and what is not?

Diogenes replies on May 3, 2019:

Well the "Morels", for one thing, are among the most expensive, followed by Cremini and Portabello. Oyster are the easiest to find in the supermarket.

A little history Bill Barr ought to keep in mind.

Summer72 comments on May 2, 2019:

I sure hope the house of cards continues to crumble. Barr seemed to dig in his heels. These Trumpateers think that they are above the law. He has so many people brain washed with his gaslighting!

Diogenes replies on May 2, 2019:

He deserves jail--- all the more so when he "digs in his heels". Too bad he doesn't have a small inkling of justice and honesty, and with a frantic search within himself----- dig in his heels for that! Hardly likely!

There is something infantile in the presumption that somebody else has a responsibility to give your...

Diogenes comments on May 2, 2019:

The last bit of that quote is an outright lie. It is noble to ascend, the mountain, for some all they have to do is go up; they have been placed at the base from birth. Others take a lifetime even finding the figurative mountain. I don't care if it is the famous Richard Dawkins that said it; it ...

Diogenes replies on May 2, 2019:

@Freedompath I have noticed in this life that there are some who have the choices of curbing their excesses, but chose not to; the grossly fat, are the first to enter the "all-ya-can-eat" restaurant. I have noticed that those who have too much, want more. I have noticed people who are just skin and bones, and are starving to death. Maybe if they just took an 'optimistic view' of life that wouldn't happen------ or am I missing something? In a situation like this there is no choice.

Those who will not reason . . .

Marionville comments on Apr 30, 2019:

George Gordon Byron. - “Mad, bad and dangerous to know”. ....to quote Lady Caroline Lambe.....and by all accounts she knew what she was talking about!

Diogenes replies on May 1, 2019:

@Marionville I 'may' have read that- can't remember.

The 'c-word'- oh, naughty, naughty! I have often wondered how the f-word became the most foul ...

brentan comments on Apr 29, 2019:

I think it's a great word when you're angry but too aggressive to be used to mean having sex.

Diogenes replies on May 1, 2019:

@brentan Ya, but much overused ones; but there are verbs too. Example: Little Fred walked down the little street to little Gramps and Granny's little house and when he opened the little door, Gramps was littleling Granny. Ya, I know, gotta get back on my meds. LOL

Those who will not reason . . .

Marionville comments on Apr 30, 2019:

George Gordon Byron. - “Mad, bad and dangerous to know”. ....to quote Lady Caroline Lambe.....and by all accounts she knew what she was talking about!

Diogenes replies on May 1, 2019:

Yes, I've read about his 'exploits'--- but it sounds like the lady is writing a first-hand account.

It's friggin true!

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 27, 2019:

I so miss complete sentences and well thought out answers.

Diogenes replies on Apr 30, 2019:

@LucyLoohoo Hey, I looked pretty good till I was a 100- but the last 10 years have been rough. LOL

I intend to live forever, or die trying....Groucho Marx.

Diogenes comments on Apr 30, 2019:

Good one!

Diogenes replies on Apr 30, 2019:

@Marionville LOL.

I intend to live forever, or die trying....Groucho Marx.

Diogenes comments on Apr 30, 2019:

Good one!

Diogenes replies on Apr 30, 2019:

@Marionville Wish, I could get "right to the point' with my Dutch lessons. Is there a cure for procrastination and laziness?

The 'c-word'- oh, naughty, naughty! I have often wondered how the f-word became the most foul ...

brentan comments on Apr 29, 2019:

I think it's a great word when you're angry but too aggressive to be used to mean having sex.

Diogenes replies on Apr 30, 2019:

To me, I don't care---- but I was in a pub, by myself, a few days ago, and two sat down at the next table. Every other word was "fuck". This is not 'vile'---- but in fact, it is the ultimate 'sin'- it is damned 'boring'. The overuse of any word: The little boys need to buy a little book with little words so when they use their little brains to say the little words they have a little to say.

The 'c-word'- oh, naughty, naughty! I have often wondered how the f-word became the most foul ...

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 29, 2019:

Why not make it murderer, torturer, rapist, trophy hunter, or any number of other options. As to fuck - a pleasing enough way to pass an hour - but a weekend making love is so much better

Diogenes replies on Apr 30, 2019:

I agree with you so fully.

Something to consider! If a person sleeps the recommended number of sleep-hours for the day, it is ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 29, 2019:

My ex needed very little sleep, like maybe 3-4 hours, tops. I felt very resentful as I realized he got Years more awake/living time than me!

Diogenes replies on Apr 30, 2019:

@AnneWimsey I blame myself for my ONE mistake. I could never get another one like that--- but I still wasn't going to bet on/with the one in a 1,000,000 odds. A person that likes to argue, about anything, will find someone to argue with. I have better things to do with my time.

Something to consider! If a person sleeps the recommended number of sleep-hours for the day, it is ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 29, 2019:

My ex needed very little sleep, like maybe 3-4 hours, tops. I felt very resentful as I realized he got Years more awake/living time than me!

Diogenes replies on Apr 29, 2019:

He is your "ex". Was he a quality-like person with his lack of sleep?

The 'c-word'- oh, naughty, naughty! I have often wondered how the f-word became the most foul ...

jerry99 comments on Apr 29, 2019:

I suspect the sound of these short strong expletives (shit, fuck, cunt) gives them a lot of impact and has come to be taken as offensive.

Diogenes replies on Apr 29, 2019:

Yes, and if I get fucking angry enough, I use all of them- but the sole use of all three gets to be tired and worn out----- ya, and I know there have been some funny stories about all three words. And if I am a "saint", I degrade sainthood. Well maybe I can't degrade sainthood- to me, it already has a bad rep. LOL

The 'c-word'- oh, naughty, naughty! I have often wondered how the f-word became the most foul ...

Athena comments on Apr 29, 2019:

I don't think "fuck" is considered to be the most foul word in the universe. The most fabulous, maybe. It's so multipurpose. Wanna' fuck? That might be music to someone's ears, depending on who's asking. Profanity using religious terminology is considered much worse in many places. And ...

Diogenes replies on Apr 29, 2019:

It's not my compulsion to deal with so-called 'dirty words'; the main point that I tried to extend was 'this weird world and such strange proclivities'. As I sit here, with a Webster's English Dictionary in my hand, copyright 1997 (not 1897), revised 2002, there is the publishing company's aversion to reality. There seems to be a word eliminated between "cumbersome" and "cunning". Okay, maybe an abridged version; but what governs what is to be removed?

The 'c-word'- oh, naughty, naughty! I have often wondered how the f-word became the most foul ...

Naills1675 comments on Apr 29, 2019:

I’ve often wondered who got the job of deciding “shit” is bad but “poop” is Ok. “Fornicate” sounds way worse than “Fuck”. Imo anyway.

Diogenes replies on Apr 29, 2019:

@Allamanda That is 'information'- and 'that' is interesting.

Something to consider! If a person sleeps the recommended number of sleep-hours for the day, it is ...

Cutiebeauty comments on Apr 29, 2019:

Sleeping is fun but waking up is better 😊

Diogenes replies on Apr 29, 2019:

Yep.

Something to consider! If a person sleeps the recommended number of sleep-hours for the day, it is ...

Athena comments on Apr 29, 2019:

This is correct. Scientist and sleep expert, Matthew Walker, explains how not sleeping increases the chances of getting many other things that will kill you prematurely. Sweet dreams! https://youtu.be/m6Rb75aIpKw

Diogenes replies on Apr 29, 2019:

@Athena Sorry, I didn't enter my reply to you in the right place; I replied to myself--- must be my lack of sleep. LOL

Something to consider! If a person sleeps the recommended number of sleep-hours for the day, it is ...

Athena comments on Apr 29, 2019:

This is correct. Scientist and sleep expert, Matthew Walker, explains how not sleeping increases the chances of getting many other things that will kill you prematurely. Sweet dreams! https://youtu.be/m6Rb75aIpKw

Diogenes replies on Apr 29, 2019:

Yes, I wasn't advising not to sleep eight hours; my point was the amazing amount of time- the 20 years. The last part of that video, hit the mark, to me,'stupid people making stupid choices'. Although not mentioned in the video, the 'party-all-night-crowd'---- who, yes, end up getting cancer and grossly fat from their choices.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.....Mahatma Gandhi.

Diogenes comments on Apr 27, 2019:

Good morning. Yes, agree. "He/ she lived their life so carefully they safely arrived at their death." I have often wondered about people that are not living their lives; what have they got to lose?

Diogenes replies on Apr 29, 2019:

@Marionville Addressing the subject, "fear". 'Yesterday', not a month ago, or 10 years ago, I talked with "Proessor Emeritus ..." I was in the coffee shop and he approached me as I quietly worked on lessons, nothing to do with university. I don't know why he thought talking to someone like me would be interesting. We eventually talked about the local morons on the road. I had a half-wit pull a stunt on me recently. He said, that when they tail-gate him, he just pulls over to the side of the road and lets them pass. Ya! That just puts off the situation for today- where in another while, they may get a person unexpectedly and he/she will get killed. A person can only back up so many times, and so far, and eventually there is neither time or space to back to.

They already took your good jobs, that’s why you're doing this one but it’s only temporary, as ...

TheDoubter comments on Apr 27, 2019:

robots are too smart to take an entry-level job.

Diogenes replies on Apr 29, 2019:

"Entry level jobs": well more and more people educated people are getting dumped into entry level jobs---- and seeing their lives destroyed by poverty .It is just the right situation, for educated people, to set up bloody revolution; ask Marie Antoinette and Louie. I have never waited tables; but I do my best to try to thank a restaurant worker for their grinding work, and to make their day better; to let them know that all customers are not 'rude-rubes'. If I were to work in a restaurant, with moronic-little customers, changing their minds, while their screaming brats misbehaved in the background- someone would eventually get the garlic-flavoured ice-cream.

New findings on Mary Magdalene from the Onion [theonion.com]

azzow2 comments on Apr 28, 2019:

I hope they did not waste tax payer money to figure out such nonsense.

Diogenes replies on Apr 29, 2019:

@JimG Yes, "research". 'They',ve' researched and found old mouse tracks- so Mickey Mouse's grandfather 'actually' existed. But unlike the ficticious Mary and Jeezuz-dude, I've seen Mickey on the screen.

From Charles Pierce, in Esquire: "In my life, I have watched John Kennedy talk on television ...

powder comments on Apr 28, 2019:

Not sure of the lady being referred to.... I see Trump as a symptom rather than the cause. The system that allowed him to gain power is what is flawed and needs repair.

Diogenes replies on Apr 29, 2019:

@Redheadedgammy Yes, I've forgotten her name too- and to me, that is to 'my' shame. We should be honoring, this brave, honest, educated woman--- instead of remembering the faux-tearing and b-movie acting, of this lying, low-life scum, Brett Kavanaugh.

It's friggin true!

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 27, 2019:

I so miss complete sentences and well thought out answers.

Diogenes replies on Apr 28, 2019:

@LucyLoohoo Hey, I am 110, and you say you are 101-- and I being a geezer, am looking for a geezerette.

It's friggin true!

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 27, 2019:

I so miss complete sentences and well thought out answers.

Diogenes replies on Apr 28, 2019:

@LucyLoohoo Probably- or Redford. Anyhow, a famous actor. At 110, my tiny brain is staring to go!

The tweet says it all...

RobertNappi2 comments on Apr 27, 2019:

Everyone of that 38% are RELATED!!!!

Diogenes replies on Apr 28, 2019:

If that was in Ontario, "Almont, ifen we-uns gits a dee-vors, wil we stil be bruther 'n' sister?

It's friggin true!

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 27, 2019:

I so miss complete sentences and well thought out answers.

Diogenes replies on Apr 27, 2019:

@LucyLoohoo Yes, so well said! To Trump, the "thing" he is married to, is just that, a "thing". And Barack, probably has "lust" for Michele, his articulate, good-looking wife!!! Imagine that in this very, very weird world. I've forgotten the name of one of the founders of Sundance Film Festival, who said, "Why go out for hamburger, when I have steak at home?"

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.....Mahatma Gandhi.

Cutiebeauty comments on Apr 27, 2019:

I certainly agree with the second part... Not sure about the first especially this day and age... You can get into a lot of trouble living as though it's your last day alive... Like, would you sell your house... ? Quit your job? Get drunk? ;)

Diogenes replies on Apr 27, 2019:

@Marionville Yes.

"This is the end of my presidency, I'm fucked." Okay, but when is the ACTUAL end?

glennlab comments on Apr 26, 2019:

We can always hope, i believe this impeachment inquiry will end more like Nixon and less like Clinton. Open hearings, Televised hearings on every illegal aspect of the administration. Tie him up so that he cannot do anything.

Diogenes replies on Apr 27, 2019:

Professional criminals, like Trump, know that if one lies long enough, it becomes 'truth'. Through his history of crime it has always worked before.