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Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.....Isaac Newton (1643-1727)

brentan comments on Mar 10, 2019:

Sometimes you have to make a point firmly and hold to it. Tact can amount to moral cowardice at times.

Diogenes replies on Mar 11, 2019:

Yess!

Why was the tooth brush invented north of Belleville, Ontario?

Novelty comments on Mar 10, 2019:

I heard that Jesus wasn't born there because God couldn't find three wise men or a virgin.

Diogenes replies on Mar 11, 2019:

Yup----"an' Almont, ifin weuns gits a dee-vors, will we still be bruther an' sister?"

Federal judge says thousands more could be included in lawsuit over family separations By ...

silverotter11 comments on Mar 9, 2019:

What a horror show this administration has turned out to be. Evangelicals should be ashamed at the treatment of these children and their families. No, they continue to think this terrible man was put in office by DOG.

Diogenes replies on Mar 10, 2019:

... and DOG is a distempered mut.

Still working on that New Year's resolution...

Diogenes comments on Mar 9, 2019:

Still working on my New Year's resolutions too---- from 1994!

Diogenes replies on Mar 10, 2019:

@BeeHappy LOL

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.....Isaac Newton (1643-1727)

SukiSue comments on Mar 10, 2019:

We need to heed this in today's divisive environment.

Diogenes replies on Mar 10, 2019:

@Marionville That was my cardinal point, "people who are offened over nothing"- or people who 'enjoy' being offended.

Trump's Misfortune! I read a topic, "It may be Trump's misfortune to have become president.

Varn comments on Mar 10, 2019:

If he has a core, it's Narcissistic. It’s difficult to imagine having those traits. For me, the space between ‘knowing he’s a worthless piece of shit’ - and ‘assuming his every idiotic utterance is correct’ ..doesn't make sense.. Many had warned not to allow someone with this disorder...

Diogenes replies on Mar 10, 2019:

Trump is EMPHATIC!!! His lies are the truest lies that have ever bubbled out of 'anything's' gob- ever! ...and the brainless slime soak it all up!

Well qualified

KKGator comments on Mar 7, 2019:

They're BOTH whores. Her and her husband.

Diogenes replies on Mar 9, 2019:

YEESSSSS!

Just curious.

Remowill comments on Mar 8, 2019:

About 12 boxes out to do it.

Diogenes replies on Mar 8, 2019:

When I go to the pub, I only have 'one'--- in a small pail!

Platitude of the Day Remember to smile----- and drive your enemies nuts!

Jolanta comments on Mar 7, 2019:

I think that trying to be nice to everybody is a good thing. People are more likely to listen to what you have to say if you don't swear or make them feel like they are idiots. It is an art though.

Diogenes replies on Mar 8, 2019:

I am not going to defend my post forever- life moves on- but I do have a few things to say about humour. [1] A person that would jest about someone else's misery, may get 'blessed' by Fate with some misery of their own. Surely, what a person delivers, they may receive. [2] If a "smile" can make a person angry, instead of a frown, abviously that person can be easily angered. [3] I have forgotten this quote, but I will do a version of my own. Avoid the person that can turn humour into argument; seek the person that can turn argument into humour.

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to ...

Cutiebeauty comments on Mar 8, 2019:

And sometimes you don't see the difference you make until sometime in the future...

Diogenes replies on Mar 8, 2019:

Yes, that too.

Welcome to five new members to the group: - @Blindbird who is into blues, bluegrass, sad Irish ...

FrayedBear comments on Mar 7, 2019:

Welcome to @Diogenes. Please pull up a stool to the fire and join in the craic, perhaps telling us about yourself, your likes and experiences with the genre.

Diogenes replies on Mar 8, 2019:

Well my craic is always active- warped as it is. It's a sad day when a person can't find a little humour in the day. Thanks for the welcome.

He actually has a soul??!! That's news!

EMC2 comments on Mar 7, 2019:

Notce the hair never grew back in the area of the frontal lobotomy

Diogenes replies on Mar 8, 2019:

That too!

He actually has a soul??!! That's news!

tioteo comments on Mar 7, 2019:

An asshole from any background is still an asshole.

Diogenes replies on Mar 8, 2019:

YEESSSSSS!

To get off the 'Trump topic' for a nanosecond! I guess some people will soon be ready to ...

Corvislover comments on Mar 7, 2019:

It's as ironic as cinco de mayo.

Diogenes replies on Mar 8, 2019:

@Corvislover Okay. I did not know that. I do NOT like being in the company of falling-down drunks.

Platitude of the Day Remember to smile----- and drive your enemies nuts!

Jolanta comments on Mar 7, 2019:

I think that trying to be nice to everybody is a good thing. People are more likely to listen to what you have to say if you don't swear or make them feel like they are idiots. It is an art though.

Diogenes replies on Mar 8, 2019:

Okay, okay- I promise "not to smile". Ugh, lemme see; I believe my joke was about pithy platitudes and cloistered, covert reality.

Are you tired of winning yet?

Diogenes comments on Mar 6, 2019:

Does it make you 'grate'?

Diogenes replies on Mar 8, 2019:

@EllenDale LOL

One person on here talked about "recycling energy".

gater comments on Mar 7, 2019:

you Canadians should watch what you say about our president, we might decide to turn Canada into our 51st state.

Diogenes replies on Mar 8, 2019:

Or we might turn your 50 into another province.

Well qualified

GinaKay comments on Mar 7, 2019:

@Closeted *We are better than this.* Don't get me wrong. I despise Trump, and believe his current wife is an opportunist who hitched her wagon to a corrupt, egomanical sociopath. And probably was the same as the undocumented immigrants that Trump villifies when she started working in the U.S. ...

Diogenes replies on Mar 8, 2019:

As soon as Trump is jailed--- or sooner, she will vanish. Old, fat Trump will be on wife 15 before he is done, and they will get uglier and uglier as he wears down to his last nickl.

To get off the 'Trump topic' for a nanosecond! I guess some people will soon be ready to ...

Corvislover comments on Mar 7, 2019:

It's as ironic as cinco de mayo.

Diogenes replies on Mar 7, 2019:

Yes, But in the case of cinco de mayo its a matter of wanting to connect with their past. I understand that- and I agree with that. The local Irish club is a familly club, with GAA games, music, set dancing---oh forgot, and 'fresh' Guinness! LOL

Platitude of the Day Remember to smile----- and drive your enemies nuts!

TheAstroChuck comments on Mar 7, 2019:

Shhh. Don't give away all of our mental warfare tactics. :)

Diogenes replies on Mar 7, 2019:

Ain't got none!

Just read this excerpt from a NewsWeek article; see the link at the end for the whole story; Dear...

bobwjr comments on Mar 5, 2019:

Asshole doesn't care said he could murder someone and get away with it

Diogenes replies on Mar 7, 2019:

"Trump murder"? Of the THOUSANDS of people that he has cheated in business: the little old lady that invested her last $5,000, or the the small business person who lost their $500,000. life savings----- in all certainty some of them committed suicide. Hang the bastard.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 6, 2019:

From a man who slowly degenerated into an alcoholic wreck as life went on. Sad.

Diogenes replies on Mar 7, 2019:

@Fernapple I drink booze, like I would drink anything else, 'coffee' for instance. The point is, I would not think of drinking a 'gallon' of coffee, even though I was too long out of my youth when I 'grew up'. On a very bad day though, I still call my pint, "Prozac".

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 6, 2019:

From a man who slowly degenerated into an alcoholic wreck as life went on. Sad.

Diogenes replies on Mar 7, 2019:

@Fernapple I've never tried drugs- but I can see a person getting into alcohol or drugs who would be depressed by their 'imperfections'- that is not quite the same as "lack of reaching perfection" as you put it. Overall though, a good point.

Are you tired of winning yet?

EMC2 comments on Mar 6, 2019:

Man oh man, winning all the way baby, Living on Social Security but this year I am serving my country as I PAY taxes for the first time. MY win, So tired of living in comfort and now North Korea is a real threat, Thank you President for breaking up the monotony. So tired of paying so little ...

Diogenes replies on Mar 7, 2019:

Isn't that, "tell it like it isn't"?

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to ...

Diogenes comments on Mar 6, 2019:

Marionville, PULEEZE put a funny quote on here- this very screwed up world could use a few laughs. In regard to your quote: "I used to be wonderful- that changed, now I'm marvelous--- in all modesty".

Diogenes replies on Mar 7, 2019:

@Robecology Well even idiots smile All the time- but a few laughs make the day go better.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to ...

Diogenes comments on Mar 6, 2019:

Marionville, PULEEZE put a funny quote on here- this very screwed up world could use a few laughs. In regard to your quote: "I used to be wonderful- that changed, now I'm marvelous--- in all modesty".

Diogenes replies on Mar 6, 2019:

@Marionville Okay---LOL; I still love ya!

Help!!! Today's "The Borowitz Report" has a feature article,Obama takes on Trump.

LB67 comments on Mar 6, 2019:

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/obama-demands-to-see-trumps-elementary-school-diploma

Diogenes replies on Mar 6, 2019:

Yes, people could try to get it on there. Wish I was smart--- my IQ is only '146' (like hell), only 10 points behind Trump's 156. That joke damn near makes me gag.

House committee is getting busy. [bbc.in]

Freedompath comments on Mar 3, 2019:

Let’s hope this brings trump to his demise! I have had enough of criminal trump!

Diogenes replies on Mar 6, 2019:

@Freedompath Ya, the crap does pile up! Might as well laugh at it- an' piss off Nature for doing it. LOL

House committee is getting busy. [bbc.in]

Freedompath comments on Mar 3, 2019:

Let’s hope this brings trump to his demise! I have had enough of criminal trump!

Diogenes replies on Mar 5, 2019:

@Freedompath- Without getting too detailed- got lots of hair- just too bad it ain't in the right places.

Mob Boss - Fuhrer Trump

Arouet comments on Mar 4, 2019:

Unfair to real mob bosses, many of whom are highly intelligent, cultured men with powerful personalities and leadership abilities. The fact that they are also pricks is beside the point.

Diogenes replies on Mar 5, 2019:

Trump is an inanimate lump. He doesn't have the ability to know anything about anything. He, and his witless bride, can't visualize the idea of "culture". Albert Ketelbey's Bells Across The Medows, to name just one piece of all the hundreds of thousands of fantastic pieces of world music, is something he wouldn't hear---- if he ever went to a concert, he would have to twitter. If he did hear---- to him, it would be a Martian frog cherping in Martian Latin.

House committee is getting busy. [bbc.in]

Freedompath comments on Mar 3, 2019:

Let’s hope this brings trump to his demise! I have had enough of criminal trump!

Diogenes replies on Mar 5, 2019:

@Freedompath ... and my hair didn't turn "blond"- it turned 'skin-coloured'- at least most of it.

House committee is getting busy. [bbc.in]

Freedompath comments on Mar 3, 2019:

Let’s hope this brings trump to his demise! I have had enough of criminal trump!

Diogenes replies on Mar 5, 2019:

@Freedompath LOL

Just sayin'

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 4, 2019:

He is a piece of work.

Diogenes replies on Mar 5, 2019:

"piece of work"- "...an' the neck bone connected to the solid lump atop the neck." Maybe that would be hard to put to music, though! It doesn't seem to have the right meter. LOL

RIP Bone Spurs

Science-guy comments on Mar 4, 2019:

The American flag that Trump has at his rallies, just signed onto the #metoo hashtag.

Diogenes replies on Mar 5, 2019:

Yep!

Trump's newest statement!

Diogenes comments on Mar 4, 2019:

'Sorry to Campbells'- sorry for being graphic- but there needs to be a little shit floating around in that soup!

Diogenes replies on Mar 5, 2019:

@LucyLoohoo Okay, ya got me again-- had to look up what "Altoids" were. LOL

RIP Bone Spurs

LucyLoohoo comments on Mar 4, 2019:

He's getting fatter and fatter.....nervous eating?

Diogenes replies on Mar 4, 2019:

"Fatter and fatter" because he is a glutton! 'Shovel it in slob- die, die die.'

House committee is getting busy. [bbc.in]

Freedompath comments on Mar 3, 2019:

Let’s hope this brings trump to his demise! I have had enough of criminal trump!

Diogenes replies on Mar 4, 2019:

@Freedompath, @LucyLoohoo ... and just who says blonds are not smart? LOL

House committee is getting busy. [bbc.in]

Freedompath comments on Mar 3, 2019:

Let’s hope this brings trump to his demise! I have had enough of criminal trump!

Diogenes replies on Mar 4, 2019:

@Freedompath Surelly "unnatural" is the correct word!

Trump's newest statement!

Diogenes comments on Mar 4, 2019:

'Sorry to Campbells'- sorry for being graphic- but there needs to be a little shit floating around in that soup!

Diogenes replies on Mar 4, 2019:

@LucyLoohoo Stop that- or you will get mean- like I am!! LOL

Who photoshopped a newspaper in his hands?

GothRik comments on Mar 3, 2019:

Don't panic - he is only looking at the pictures

Diogenes replies on Mar 4, 2019:

Just think how bad he could get if he could actually read!

Building a wall vs no clean water - Real emergency

St-Sinner comments on Mar 4, 2019:

Because the polluted drinking water that killed men, women and babies in Flint, MI was not caused by immigrants. It was the work of God loving good and decent church going Christian men.

Diogenes replies on Mar 4, 2019:

" 'Deer' Gaauud, sent 'thet' storm away from me, and down the road to my neighbour--- where it kills him and his family." An' god bless!!!

"We naively believed it couldn't happen here; because we assumed all the politicians would do ...

Diogenes comments on Mar 4, 2019:

Hitler commandeered an educated populace, not an easy one- containing 40% morons. Profoundly-evil Hitler, even, had some understanding, and interest, of the arts. And D.J.--- a 'lump' is a rather inanimate object.

Diogenes replies on Mar 4, 2019:

@Closeted Rather long- BUT something very important to think of!

Trump: Magna Cum Laude.

Pamscwf1 comments on Mar 2, 2019:

It's crazy that he's so sensitive about these things. The only logical conclusion is he's lied about them, why else would anyone care.

Diogenes replies on Mar 4, 2019:

Trump "sensative"? More like liars can't stop lying?

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough....Og Mandino.

Diogenes comments on Mar 2, 2019:

Og Mandino, whoever he is, is misinformed.

Diogenes replies on Mar 4, 2019:

@Marionville Okay, okay, I forgive you! LOL. Ya, I know, you didn't ask to be "forgiven".

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough....Og Mandino.

Diogenes comments on Mar 2, 2019:

Og Mandino, whoever he is, is misinformed.

Diogenes replies on Mar 4, 2019:

@Marionville Not to be arguementative, but if someone came along and wrote a book "How to Lose 50 Pounds in a Week", it too would sell millions of copies.

There is nothing in the whole frame of man which seems to me so unaccountable as that thing called ...

Diogenes comments on Mar 4, 2019:

... and Burns would be an authority on that one!

Diogenes replies on Mar 4, 2019:

@Marionville YESSSS, I agree- and my flaws have NOOOO end. Believe me, I am 'often' depressed. Even my dark humour is corrupted.

Trump's newest statement!

Robecology comments on Mar 3, 2019:

His biggest "alphabet soup" yet...in his longest speech...of any president...ever. ...

Diogenes replies on Mar 4, 2019:

Like that!

Trump's newest statement!

DharmaBum50 comments on Mar 3, 2019:

This meme was used with Sarah Palin, too--but it still pertains!

Diogenes replies on Mar 4, 2019:

Sarah-baby was stupid- him, besides being profoundly moronic, is a slithering, slimey crook--- more articulate at his 'trade' than she could ever be on her very best day.

House committee is getting busy. [bbc.in]

Freedompath comments on Mar 3, 2019:

Let’s hope this brings trump to his demise! I have had enough of criminal trump!

Diogenes replies on Mar 4, 2019:

The "criminal Trump" has 'always' had total contempt for the law!

Has anybody ever seen the anime “Death Note”?

KKGator comments on Mar 3, 2019:

Have I told y'all lately that I love your twisted minds? :D :X

Diogenes replies on Mar 4, 2019:

LOL. Me too, "love their twisted minds". Maybe they have a small bag of food, 'lotsa' guns, and Trump has a tweet-toy. Trump manages to kill them all------- then good god-dude, finds the twitter device doesn't work!

Who photoshopped a newspaper in his hands?

Freedompath comments on Mar 2, 2019:

Ha ha ha...what a sight, trump reading...must be fake!

Diogenes replies on Mar 3, 2019:

Was he "reading"---- or talking about "faulse" news?

Who photoshopped a newspaper in his hands?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 3, 2019:

Do you wonder if he moves his lips when he pretends to read?

Diogenes replies on Mar 3, 2019:

Love what you wrote.

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough....Og Mandino.

Diogenes comments on Mar 2, 2019:

Og Mandino, whoever he is, is misinformed.

Diogenes replies on Mar 2, 2019:

@Marionville "Bull shit baffles brains!" A superior example of that is #45.

If you don't practice what you preach, then at least preach what you practice...

Diogenes comments on Feb 26, 2019:

I've already been banned from AntaresRose's site. Looks like she has a long list to tend to today.

Diogenes replies on Feb 28, 2019:

@Freedompath You have the "odd" part right- she appears to be in her own cloistered world.

Pathetic. That's all I can say.

Cutiebeauty comments on Feb 26, 2019:

Poor little cute girl ?

Diogenes replies on Feb 27, 2019:

@TheGreatShadow I don't want to read this------- the only thing is, you are probably right- about this very sick dude! Could barn yard shit smell much worse?

On your knees, bitch.

The-Krzyz comments on Feb 22, 2019:

His hair looks so much better.

Diogenes replies on Feb 27, 2019:

Stop "telling the truth", like that. LOL.

Possessions are like flying birds, never to find a permanent dwelling.

LB67 comments on Feb 26, 2019:

Disclaimer: as I cannot actually read cuneiform, the image could very well say " your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries". Lol

Diogenes replies on Feb 26, 2019:

Yes, very well said!

Trump’s Kentucky Campaign Chair Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Trafficking Don't know of this ...

MojoDave comments on Feb 24, 2019:

Every person around Trump seems to be a criminal. What a coincidence!

Diogenes replies on Feb 26, 2019:

... an' ain't that the truth?

58 ex-national security officials to denounce Trump’s emergency declaration By QUINT FORGEY and...

jerry99 comments on Feb 25, 2019:

Trying to use logic and reason with a madman — total waste of time. Just get rid of the fucker already!

Diogenes replies on Feb 25, 2019:

"Fucker", come on now!!! You know Trump does everything with his mouth.

A Republican strategist talks about why he cannot support DJT: [youtu.be]

Freedompath comments on Feb 24, 2019:

Great interview!

Diogenes replies on Feb 25, 2019:

@Freedompath Around the world--- journalists and people who tell the truth, get murdered for their efforts. Being cognative doesn't have much to do with it--- and I am not being patronistic, you CAN see the big picture.

"Not all Repubicans are Racist...but all racists are Republicans"... [youtube.com]

EMC2 comments on Feb 25, 2019:

Bill is always dead on

Diogenes replies on Feb 25, 2019:

@Redheadedgammy My only comment about religion- is all religions are nuts, some much crazier than the rest. Today I had the 'head dude' from across the road ask if there was room for parking on the property. The last time they had faith healing they were parked on the highway, in both directions for a good portion of a mile--- JEEZUZ-DUDE- they are not Muslims!!! Maybe I should go across; he/she could wave their magic wand across my scalp- and schizam, I got hair again! LOL

Education isn't something you can finish. - Isaac Asimov

St-Sinner comments on Feb 23, 2019:

Let's differentiate between institutional or traditional/ classroom education and education as real learning. The sooner institutional education is over, the better the life will be for you. It is overrated and it has a rapidly diminishing value. Time has proven this. The colleges and universities ...

Diogenes replies on Feb 25, 2019:

I hope I express this in a rational way. The first objective is learing a way to live, a profession! Then there is the objective of learning 'why' we live. Hopefully, the "why" is not to collect a bigger pile of worthless junk.

If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there.....Lewis Carroll.

camne comments on Feb 24, 2019:

I made the mistake of taking Google Map's "alternative route" option to bypass a traffic jam, on a 6-hour drive. It added 2 hours to the total drive time, but took me thru the heart of Kentucky's thourghbred horse farms... Absolutely gorgeous, emerald green pastures & perfect white fences, ...

Diogenes replies on Feb 25, 2019:

I agree with what you said. Great to have the mold broken, by either accident or design, once in awhile. Good to have a new perspective, or a new awakening!

A Republican strategist talks about why he cannot support DJT: [youtu.be]

MojoDave comments on Feb 24, 2019:

Wow! He nails MrT, altho from a traditional conservative perspective!

Diogenes replies on Feb 25, 2019:

@MojoDave Trump disgraces the Republican Party. He drags it through the most shit-filled barnyard.

A Republican strategist talks about why he cannot support DJT: [youtu.be]

Freedompath comments on Feb 24, 2019:

Great interview!

Diogenes replies on Feb 25, 2019:

He certainly gets to the point!

No book is so bad

Sticks48 comments on Feb 25, 2019:

I'll bet he wouldn't say that now. :)

Diogenes replies on Feb 25, 2019:

@Sticks48 "HUH" what?

No book is so bad

Sticks48 comments on Feb 25, 2019:

I'll bet he wouldn't say that now. :)

Diogenes replies on Feb 25, 2019:

Don't reply to evil now, and act like a coward- then one may get the 'opportuniy' to do that on a regular basis.

I got sucked into watching McCabe's press tour for his book today.

coralisthree comments on Feb 23, 2019:

i watched him on Colbert, and some clips on CNN. i like him

Diogenes replies on Feb 24, 2019:

@Maiasaura "Poised, intelligent and professional", something that the Trump-thing has NOOOO concept of!

I think Mueller has an ace (or 36) up his sleeve! Will he pull a rabbit out of his hat?

Freedompath comments on Feb 23, 2019:

At this point in this mystery...there may be a barrel of mysteries to process!

Diogenes replies on Feb 24, 2019:

"Mysteries"--- and some crap OPENLY criminal. His criminal business is paid by the US Government everytime, most week-ends, that he takes his fat ass to Mar-a-Lago.

I think Mueller has an ace (or 36) up his sleeve! Will he pull a rabbit out of his hat?

Diogenes comments on Feb 23, 2019:

Don't count on it. Trump has already started his dictatorship.