Guess you can do this

HumanistJohn comments on Jun 5, 2020:

Of all the words writ by the hand of man, the saddest are... "Assembly required."

I took a drive with a friend over to the west side of Kauai yesterday, the farthest I've been away ...

HumanistJohn comments on Jun 4, 2020:

Beautiful countryside and such lovely pictures!

One year ago today in Stresa, Italy.

HumanistJohn comments on Jun 4, 2020:

Love the flowers (but I'm probably biased). Also loved the carved figurines. How much do you edit your photos? Crop?

Gen Mattis Defends Protestors and Says Trump Tries to Divide Us Former Trump Defense Secretary ...

HumanistJohn comments on Jun 4, 2020:

orange-blob will play the law & order card, attempting to raise fears in the suburbs. They played thatcard about immigrants- "they're coming for your homes." You'll hear the rhetoric snd see the ads. Isn't it funny that djt and enablers protray these protesters as violent but protestoers in Charlottesville who were carrying torches and guns were said to be "very fine people". And then there were the stormtroopers who tried to invade Michigan's legislature...

Please...Make it stop!!!!

HumanistJohn comments on Jun 4, 2020:

His cowardness runs much deeper. Anyone who can't admit that he's ever made a mistake is afraid of himself and his 'shortcomings'. And I use the word 'shortcomings' as an additional jab.

Hint of Summer

HumanistJohn comments on Jun 4, 2020:

Glad you broke the 1:3 "rule".

I enjoy being part of this group , being almost two years since I joined.

HumanistJohn comments on Jun 3, 2020:

As far as jokes go, I enjoy groaners. They're usually pretty clever. In the USA, people generally make all kinds of assumptions about you if you don't believe in god. They generally assume that you're debauched and immoral. The USA ranks very low in the acceptance and knowledge of science. And very low in areas of societal well-being. Mainly because of religion.

The Pink Sunset Afterglow.

HumanistJohn comments on Jun 3, 2020:

Beautiful sky colors and wonderful refletion.

@HumanistJohn here is my follow up to our conversation the other day - some night shots.

HumanistJohn comments on Jun 3, 2020:

Thank you very very much. I appreciate it. It's so nice to have a dark sky. It's really difficult to take night sky pictures- sensors just aren't designed for it. So #1 was facing a little south of east... The last 4 ("about 5 AM")- you sure got up early! #7 & #8- what direction were you facing? Agian, thank you!

One year ago today, in and near Baveno, Italy.

HumanistJohn comments on Jun 3, 2020:

I especially like the shapes and the contrasting reda and blue in #1.

Finished work and made it home .

HumanistJohn comments on Jun 3, 2020:

The wannabe dictator is getting some practice in.

Some lovelies from the walk around my yard (pasture) yesterday.

HumanistJohn comments on Jun 2, 2020:

Wonderful! Great photos. #1 Composition is nice with the two flowers. #2 Highly sensual; I can almost smell the flower... #3 Interesting composition with colors and textures highlighting each other. #4 Love the framing! #7 Wow!

The only laugh out of this whole sad affair

HumanistJohn comments on Jun 2, 2020:

Typical. A hypocrite playing to his hypocritical base. I am worried about the election in November.

Trump’s Tweets Fan the Flames as Tensions Rise In US Cities As police clashed with ...

HumanistJohn comments on Jun 2, 2020:

Do you think tRump owns a fiddle?

This is what we really need.

HumanistJohn comments on Jun 1, 2020:

we have, instead, a wannabe dictator... a bigot... an ignoramus... a con artist... a russian asset... and... {I invite people to add to this list}

3 out of 4 have brains, dignity and deserve respect!!!!!!

HumanistJohn comments on Jun 1, 2020:

post also said it was a HOAX. he was the idiot who dismantled the pandemic unit. He ought to be tried for murder- depraved indifference. Among many other charges.

The White House lights turned off as protests raged outside - Vox

HumanistJohn comments on Jun 1, 2020:

The lights went out at the White House when donald trump and his entourage entered it. All is darkness there.

More People Blatantly Ignoring Social Distancing Guidelines New data appears to indicate that ...

HumanistJohn comments on May 31, 2020:

In the 'first' Superman movie, there's a scene where Clark needs to change his costume. He runs by a phone hanging on a post and just shakes his head...

For those of you not nerdy enough to know what kaiju are, he's talking about Godzilla.

HumanistJohn comments on May 31, 2020:

What's next? More political harassment... Public funding of Christianity and prayer in schools and ... Arrests of political opponents... Eradication of a free press... Establishment of state media... A 'deep state' in support of trumpism and repubs and their hideous agendfa... Many other horrers... Concentration camps (re-education... "He loved big brother")... Public- and private- executions... All these are in a dictator's playbook. You might also ask Putin.

trees are glorious

HumanistJohn comments on May 31, 2020:

Great photos, especially of the trees.

This was posted on FB by Grandmother’s for Nature: [grandmothersfornature.

HumanistJohn comments on May 31, 2020:

Great closeups. I am amazed.

even rocks are beautiful

HumanistJohn comments on May 31, 2020:

Great colors. Love the patterns in #3!

This is a native Peacock butterfly (you can see why) photographed in the garden last summer, on my ...

HumanistJohn comments on May 31, 2020:

Wonderful! Most butterflies are plant-specific ( at least that's for species in eeastern Virginia).

I posted this in the garden group, but thought it would go here as well.

HumanistJohn comments on May 31, 2020:

Great photos! And th perspective/viewpoint of #2 is quite original. Good artistry.

Landscapes — 1: Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 2018.

HumanistJohn comments on May 31, 2020:

I really like #2. #3 us very interesting- wsd it film or digital?

Get the joke

HumanistJohn comments on May 30, 2020:

In Auggust 2017, when the Charlottesville Intimidation by NeoNazis and racists happened (you know, the poeple whom djt called "very nice people"), we were in an AMTRAK dining car. The couple we were seated with were from Netherlands. He was accessing his home town newspaper on his tablet. There, in full inglorious color, was a photo and an article. Those bastards with the torches made headlines all over the world.

I want this on a shirt

HumanistJohn comments on May 30, 2020:

Wanna be dictators (and repubs in general) always hate facts.

One year ago today, I took a hike in Stresa, Italy, and up the mountain to Someraro and elsewhere.

HumanistJohn comments on May 30, 2020:

The water photos are especially great. How long does the person posing as a statue have to remain still? Do you have any pictures of the white peacocks?

Greetings to everyone! This is my first post in this group, and I'm excited about it.

HumanistJohn comments on May 30, 2020:

Thank you for sharing your beadwork although I can't decide whether the white background or the textured background shows your artwork beter. Love the nature photos.

Angry Young Preacher: The Bible Says Gay People Should Be Executed (Humanely) | Hemant Mehta | ...

HumanistJohn comments on May 30, 2020:

Another example of pick-and-choose The bible also says that, if your son is unruly, take him before the elders and then stone him to death. Does he preach that also? Does he wear clothes made of two different materials? The bible foorbids that also. He probably wants to post the ten commandments everywhere too. By which he means those found in exodus 20. The funny thing is that the 'list' in exodus 20 is never called 'ten commandments'. But the ones found in exodus 34 are called specifically that. Compare the lists- they are different. The name of the game is ALWAYS pick-and-choose.

Putting the Twit in Twitter

HumanistJohn comments on May 30, 2020:

He wants to destroy everything that doesn't kiss his ass.

One year ago today, in and near Baveno, Italy.

HumanistJohn comments on May 30, 2020:

Love the grend in #1! Mama & her chicks should have gone viral. Great composition in #2. Great sly colors in #20.

Trump Shares “The Only Good Democrat is a Dead Democrat” Video President Trump has tweeted a...

HumanistJohn comments on May 30, 2020:

Are concentration camps next? Gas chambers? tRump supporters are willfully ignorant.

Today’s walk on the golf course. I found peonies.

HumanistJohn comments on May 29, 2020:

Love the water shots with the reflections.

It's the Stupid, Stupid.

HumanistJohn comments on May 28, 2020:

Evangelicals Unmasked Mrs Betty Bowers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4oNAHA6Hfw

What a clown. I wish Twitter would shut down his account

HumanistJohn comments on May 28, 2020:

Conservatives hate truth. pos can't shut it down. However, his lackeys (such as pos junior , Barr) can cause all kinds of legal problems. that fat orange blob keeps talking about the "deep state." That's what he wants- a government which always backs up whatever he says... a doj to harass and prosecute his po;otical enemies... god & country everywhere (of course, the evangelical god. no others need apply) conservatives have always attacked freedom & democracy.

Ok Texas, your turn.

HumanistJohn comments on May 28, 2020:

Not surprising. repubs have even admitted that a larger turnout reduces their chances of winning anything.

Quid pro quo?

HumanistJohn comments on May 28, 2020:

More like "quo vadis?"

Yes, it’s peonie time! My single plant disappointed me by giving me again, only one flower.

HumanistJohn comments on May 28, 2020:

"What a flower!" What ... flower photographs! Great close-ups!

They're starting pretty early with the conspiracies for when trump loses! Saw this on FB and loads ...

HumanistJohn comments on May 27, 2020:

According to Time.com (https://time.com/5843088/west-virginia-mail-carrier-fraud-absentee-ballots/), eight ballots were altered. Five were changed from Democrat to Republican. The other three were Republican already but 'Republican' was circled with black ink. Voter fraud? Most of the cases are tRump supporters.

These things write themselves

HumanistJohn comments on May 27, 2020:

I wish. Of course, then we get pence... Unless they die within minutes of each other.

Found a delightfully detailed future front page for the NY Times...

HumanistJohn comments on May 27, 2020:

It's too early to start celebrating. The election is more than five months away. And we know that republicans always play dirty, from Watergate on down. When they finish disenfranchising people (ask Stacer Abrams), they will throw out as many votes as they can (ask Al Gore).

Trump Accuses Twitter of Interfering in the 2020 Presidential Election President Donald Trump ...

HumanistJohn comments on May 27, 2020:

This administration lies continually. republicans are allergic to truth.

WHAT IT IS REALLY LIKE TO BE INTUBATED AND PLACED ON A VENTILATOR Written by a nurse who works ...

HumanistJohn comments on May 27, 2020:

@SeaGreenEyez @HippieChick58 Thank you both for your comments on this post.

Lets hope so friends

HumanistJohn comments on May 26, 2020:

Unfortunately his supporters believe every lie out of his mouth.

Potty POTUS

HumanistJohn comments on May 26, 2020:

He's such a cry baby!

One year ago today, we walked through Baveno, Italy, on the west coast of Lago Maggiore.

HumanistJohn comments on May 26, 2020:

Great! Love #1- focus & bokeh fantastic. Same for #2. Great perspective on #5 & #6.

A few blasts from the not-so-distant past...

HumanistJohn comments on May 26, 2020:

Great photos! I like the effect (posterized?) on #1 & #2.

Please, I beg you all.

HumanistJohn comments on May 26, 2020:

If orange blob is not booted out we'll have a theocratic dictatorship masquerading s democracy.

WHAT IT IS REALLY LIKE TO BE INTUBATED AND PLACED ON A VENTILATOR Written by a nurse who works ...

HumanistJohn comments on May 25, 2020:

@bbrd009 Your 'logic' is totally wrong. If doctors and nurses don't live as long, on average, as others it does NOT mean that they give bad advice. IF this is as you say (and I haven't checked- YET), it's because (1) they are exposed to more infectious agents and (2) they have very stressful occupations. AS far as taking up smoking because a TV 'doctor' recommended it... many of then were juat actors. Yes, there was a time when some doctors recommended smoking because smoking supposedly reduced stress. However, since studies were done, health professionals warn against smoking. And, by the way, fasting will not 'reset' your immune system.

Perfect name

HumanistJohn comments on May 25, 2020:

I'm still laughing! Can't stop!

Gosh, isn't it wonderful when the flowers 💐 look good enough to eat.

HumanistJohn comments on May 25, 2020:

I especially love the colors in #4 and #5. The subtle color gradients in #4 are very pleasing. Amd I really like the shades of red and green in #6. The reds in the buds adds to the effect.

I love going back to the peacock spot in my walks.

HumanistJohn comments on May 25, 2020:

Love those pictures! Maybe you'll get lucky and get another picture of a peacock struttin' his stuff. It would also be nice if you could get a closeup of his colorfull display.

The Death of Expertise

HumanistJohn comments on May 25, 2020:

There are a number of reasons for this demise. Just to quote a few: 1 Evangelicalism, which wants to support their little holy book, no matter how ridiculous its claims are 2 Critical thinking skills are not even hinted at in most schools. Our schools can't teach such things- kids might actually use them and reject their parent's beliefs and values 3 right-wing politics, which wants their beliefs validated without any facts and even with facts to the contrary/ They've been downgrading expertise and education for years (one of the dirst things the greedy-old-party almost always cuts is educationsl funding. After all, we must cut taxes to ensure that the rich stay rich.

FEED MY BIAS ! My history is bad.

HumanistJohn comments on May 25, 2020:

I'm reading this now: The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World Paperback – April 16, 2019 by Catherine Nixey (Author)

Guess the Chinese are slow on everything. Slow to report virus slow to update records.

HumanistJohn comments on May 25, 2020:

@Cutiebeauty Consider the source... National Review is another right-wing rag. All their articles I have ever read either miss the point entirely or twist things around. Why aren''t they pointing out all the corruption of this administration? By the way, conservatives have no damn right to birch about nepotism when they support the king of nepotism that asshole in the white house. Such typical right wing hypocrisy

Now, watch this drive.

HumanistJohn comments on May 25, 2020:

... and he didn't even yell "fore"...

My daughter’s eye...

HumanistJohn comments on May 25, 2020:

Great shot. Amazing focus!

Some roses at home. I’ve cropped the yellow rose

HumanistJohn comments on May 25, 2020:

Great flower photos! Love #1 especially but I think (and it's only my opinion) it would be even better if you cropped it, omitting the bottom third. That would make the large flower stand out even more.

How much you wanna bet that Trump will unveil his own portrait before leaving office?

HumanistJohn comments on May 24, 2020:

Biden ought to hammer this point home.

Four years ago today, we were in Stresa, on the West Coast of Lago Maggiore, Italy. :)

HumanistJohn comments on May 24, 2020:

Thank you for posrting again; you do sch great work. I enjoy looking at your photos. The patterns in #6 are intriguiing- the shadow against the bricked pavement... The perapective on #7 is also unique. Very good!

Trump Hits the Golf Course to Kick Off the Summer Season With the coronavirus death toll ...

HumanistJohn comments on May 24, 2020:

Hear Trump criticize Obama for playing golf during a crisis: https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/05/23/donald-trump-golf-coronavirus-obama-ebola-sot-vpx-nr.cnn

Four years ago today, we went to Milano (Milan), Italy.

HumanistJohn comments on May 24, 2020:

All great photos but #9's my favoritel love the way the picture flows. Are #7 and #9 the same building?

Landscapes — 1: Lough Macnean Lower, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, 1969.

HumanistJohn comments on May 24, 2020:

Great compositions, especially #2- the sun coming through the tree branches, the sweep of the picture (the sky and the water give an almost triangular shape), and the reflections in the water... all add uo to make a wonderful composition. I like #1 but I wish the sky were a little more pronounced, but it's very difficult to get sky and ground perfectly balanced. Still, it's a great picture. #3's slope adds to the picture greatly. Smooth. Relaxing

Lincoln Project is going after McConnell - and I think they will get the turtle!

HumanistJohn comments on May 23, 2020:

moscow mitch always complains about partisanship but no one is more partisan than him. We now have scores of right-wing federal judges and 2 more bastard supreme court justices because of him. And hen there was that circus of an impeachment "trial."

I bet he thinks he's a great husband and father too.

HumanistJohn comments on May 23, 2020:

His base understands that "cleaning up the mess I inherited" are code words for "undoing everything that Obama did."

YES! GOD BLESS ALL AMERICANS, ONLY BELIEVERS THAT IS!

HumanistJohn comments on May 23, 2020:

And the last sentence of that spiel: "And I don't give a damn, either."

I bet he thinks he's a great husband and father too.

HumanistJohn comments on May 23, 2020:

Another racist, self-serving, delusional remark from the king of lies.

With their backs against the wall, in discussions about gods, religious people often tend to use the...

HumanistJohn comments on May 23, 2020:

Is there anything you can't justify by faith? There's an invisible green Martian sitting on your shoulder. Oh, by the way, she's weightless. I have faith she's there...

Love is in the air!

HumanistJohn comments on May 23, 2020:

Great shot!

Spread this one far and wide,

HumanistJohn comments on May 22, 2020:

Clinton, Bush, and Obama acted as Presidents. The clown who holds the title now only cares about himself and his image. The most important thing to him during this crisis is his TV ratings.

I have a friend who's parents are atheists (I met them at a Unitarian church) but he converted to ...

HumanistJohn comments on May 22, 2020:

I haven't had time to read your entire post yet but one thing struck me... He doesn't think viruses are real because they can't be seen in a microscope. Before the invention of the microscope he'd probably say the same things about germs. And wwhat about atoms?

Haven't seen it explained this well before...

HumanistJohn comments on May 22, 2020:

"his tiny balls" Laugh! Laugh!

Wildflowers Taken different days.

HumanistJohn comments on May 21, 2020:

@Lincoln55 @fishline79 @Heidi68 Here are the original photos, converted from raw yo jpg with no editing (other tha reduction of quality to get a reduced file size) Comments, Anyone?

Four years ago today, my spouse and I took a niece and her husband on a boat trip to see Isola Bella...

HumanistJohn comments on May 21, 2020:

Wow! Great perspective/point of view on the landscapes and the building/street photos. The pers[ective really heightens the interest.

Caught what I think is a dove gathering nesting materials from the back yard.

HumanistJohn comments on May 21, 2020:

Great Bird picture!

In the neighborhood. Detroit, MI

HumanistJohn comments on May 21, 2020:

Great street photography! I particularly liked the last 3.

Sunset in Kona

HumanistJohn comments on May 21, 2020:

Like the subtle shades of yellow/orange. The different trees are also interesting.

Good advice

HumanistJohn comments on May 21, 2020:

A long, long hot bath and shower with lots and lots of soap. And something to get that bad taste out of my mouth because I puked.

After three gray rainy days in Miami: Brickell Avenue skyline...

HumanistJohn comments on May 20, 2020:

Interesting shapes/styles of those buildings. Nice photo with a great perspective. Grat sky. But the building styles sure clash.

Lincoln Art Park mural, Detroit "We are one and of the same A force of nature.

HumanistJohn comments on May 20, 2020:

Beautiful colors in that mural.

Snoopy knows.

HumanistJohn comments on May 20, 2020:

And all the damn tRump cultist followers have no comment. Except to applaud. I once saw a product that had, on its label, "genuine artificial leather." I wonder how many people were taken in?

Quite an interesting contrast! History and history in the making!

HumanistJohn comments on May 20, 2020:

Perhaps tRump lacks a pineal gland.

datingpool [agnostic.com]

HumanistJohn comments on May 19, 2020:

Not true at all.

A vaccum is what vaccum does

HumanistJohn comments on May 19, 2020:

This is a common cultural joke. I don't understand. Most women love giving BJs!

Unsuccessful president, unsuccessful businessman Trump thinks to stop trading with China will save ...

HumanistJohn comments on May 19, 2020:

Lard doesn't take the heat very well. It melts under criticism.

Ok, not entirely sure where to post this.

HumanistJohn comments on May 18, 2020:

Even though many organized religions are losing members, evangelicals are gaining power in the United States. This is scary, their talk of satan and demons. I just started reading Catherine Nixey's book** The Darkening Age (The Christian Destruction of the Classical World)**. It's scary how much he attitudes of evangelicals are so much like those of the early middle ages.

Trump Claims He's Taking Hydroxychloroquine to Guard Against Virus President Donald Trump said ...

HumanistJohn comments on May 18, 2020:

Do you think he'll try drinking some bleach next? He's heard that disinfectant kills viruses...

Feels a bit ridiculous posting these in a photography group, as they were taken out the window of my...

HumanistJohn comments on May 18, 2020:

Great Sky Color!

Taken locally to where I live, Bluewater nature trail Greenhithe Kent UK

HumanistJohn comments on May 18, 2020:

Great bird photos!

In regards to the middle picture-----Following the first picture a progressive president was chosen ...

HumanistJohn comments on May 18, 2020:

If we don't get tRump and his cronies and e=nablers out of office in November, we will have it even worse than we have now. We will be living in a Dikensian world. Gone will be all programs to help anyone. Privization will be even more rampant (bye bye Post Office, for example). The department of justice (so-called) will begin prosecuting political opponents and journalists. And the horrors go on and on. I have voted for 3rd party presidental candidates before. BNut this time around, a vote for a 3rd party helps tRump/

I hate Theists

HumanistJohn comments on May 18, 2020:

You CAN say "I hate theists." I don't believe that you hate the people themselves but hate what tey do and stand for. In this forum I do believe such sentiments are acceptable. However, I wouldn't express those feelings "in public."

Beautiful day with beautiful flowers

HumanistJohn comments on May 17, 2020:

Great color and bokeh! he shades of blue and green in #3 go nicely together. Love the detail in #1.

No comparison, but I'm going to try anyhow.

HumanistJohn comments on May 17, 2020:

A cold glass of milk and a warm homemade chocolate chip cookie...

I can't make this shit up.

HumanistJohn comments on May 17, 2020:

He needs to be in jail. Corruption thy name is republican. @dede18 Wasn't Martha Stewart a democrat? Different rules- the gop hounded Hillary for years, but no one's supposed to touch orange-blob shithead. Just ask his partner in crime, Barr

Absolutely Priceless.

HumanistJohn comments on May 17, 2020:

Orange-blob ignores anything longer than a 1-pager. And he'll usually ignore that if his name isn't on it. Also he's such a damn racist that he wants to undo all of Obama's achievements. Hell, he still ranted about the Central Park 5 even after it was proven that they were innocent based on a confession and DNA evidennce.

Eric Trump: Coronavirus will disappear after election day - Business Insider

HumanistJohn comments on May 17, 2020:

It seems that eric (pos in training) is suggesting that the virus is another way that the media and democrats are tring to get tRump.

FOX NEWS ACTUALLY AIRED THIS GRAPHIC:

HumanistJohn comments on May 17, 2020:

Another question (or two): What was fox's spin on this? That 'Ministry of Truth' spins everything of course. Whicjh show aired it? I am surprised that Germans didn't rank Putin more of a threat, given Putin's ambitions in eastern Eusope.

Sunday hike at Tai Tam reservoir and dam,Sai Wan Ho,New Territory,Hong Kong.

HumanistJohn comments on May 17, 2020:

Love the water photos with the blue water and blue sky.

I love flowers, love taking pictures of flowers.

HumanistJohn comments on May 17, 2020:

Great photos. I particularly like #6. The greenery gives a great background to the flower's color and shape of the petals.