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DenoPenno comments on Aug 21, 2019:

What is the POS going to do when his stock market ideas tank before his 2020 re-election? he is still beating up Hillary and she is not in jail. I imagine he can continue this after 4 years in office as well.

[abcnews.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 21, 2019:

Is Trump a moron? Is the whole world laughing at him? They certainly were at the UN when he announced he had done more for us than any other president. Then Fox Noise played that clip without the laughter and later it was said that Trump was "only joking." I'm repeating here, but this remark was presented to me by a former friend of over 50 years long before Trump said it himself. I am no longer friends with that man and can never be his friend again. Trump's America is not my America and it never can be.

[alternet.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 21, 2019:

But no one cares. Let's assume Trump talks 10 different things and 3 of them turn out to be true. The idea is to keep on repeating it all and some idiots will start looking at the remaining 7 things and wonder if they might be true also. This is how Trump gaslights you. Next comes that believer who claims US Steel laid off those workers "just to spite Trump." It is a big conspiracy and has spread over the entire world.

[marketwatch.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 21, 2019:

Yes, this is frightening. The problem is that there are so many who can't see it. They follow their savior that the mean old Dems will not let do what he wants. At least, that appears to be how they see it.

Twitter users mock latest Trump painting by right-wing artist

DenoPenno comments on Aug 21, 2019:

Looks like old mushroom dick wanting to see if you would notice.

Borrowed this from FB - thanks for the share Michael Lentz

DenoPenno comments on Aug 21, 2019:

Let's hope so. The ridiculous ideas of what has become known today as "the Family" has got to go.

The Jews are very disloyal" - Adolf Hitler, 1933 "The Jews are very disloyal" -Trump, 2019

DenoPenno comments on Aug 21, 2019:

Trump's first wife said he had books on Hitler and that he studied all of this.

[newyorker.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 21, 2019:

I'm all for Denmark.

That mother on the news, pleading and crying for police not to arrest her "little boy," for ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 21, 2019:

That "child" can kill and do mass shootings just like the next one. Let him learn that life threats have consequences.

Sorry I haven't been online much lately. I've been busy eating blueberries.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 20, 2019:

I love orgasmic blueberries, Merrie, and I could eat them all the time. :)

GUNS Insuring that guns never be used for illegal activities makes as much sense as insuring ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 20, 2019:

You are exactly correct.

Hi pals say hello to Luna.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 20, 2019:

Hi Luna. I like cats and dogs. Currently I have none.

NBC News Poll: Majority would support Democrat over Trump in 2020 GREAT NEWS! [msnbc.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 20, 2019:

Finally, a poll that was not done by the GOP.

Do you practice any rituals?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 20, 2019:

I have the sleep, get up, eat, get ready, and go to work ritual. It seldom changes.

The Christian Left, Appalled by Treatment of Migrants, Is Reviving in America

DenoPenno comments on Aug 20, 2019:

Every little bit helps.. Trump will not stop and he will not go quietly. He loves the attention.

I just had someone try and convert me to Christianity.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 20, 2019:

When I realized I was atheist it was almost like Paul with the scales falling off his eyes. For the first time I could see.

Someone said it’s (Trump’s recent executive order saying the LGBTQ could be fired) effect is ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 20, 2019:

From watching the Netflix series "The Family" recently I have come to believe that the entire federal government thinks that they are "Christian." Their insane prayer breakfasts are directed at spreading nonsense that is wrong or doesn't exist and they take in Evangelicals and others for their strange point of view. I'm sure that they think they have the right to fire, or demand the firing of almost anyone they want to. I see this at the base of an LGBTQ war along with other illegal doings.

I ran across this humorous short story a few years ago and preserved it in an obscure Word file.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 19, 2019:

This is really funny. :)

Getting ready to read The 1619 Project on slavery in America. [nytimes.com]

DenoPenno comments on Aug 19, 2019:

It starts but won't let me read it. They want me to subscribe.

Is there an easy answer to the old question "Is religion useful, useless or detrimental?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 19, 2019:

Religion is very useful if you are not honest and want to understand how it all began. Many people believe in the talking snake. OK, you win. It was a serpent.

Proud Boys Declare Portland Rally A Success

DenoPenno comments on Aug 18, 2019:

Why does anyone want a sign of Donald Trump's support? Maybe they are starting a conservative business. I'm also anti-fascist but I cannot understand a group who runs around with covered faces as an image. Are they wanting to be Superheros? All of this is what happens when you allow Reality TV to enter the White House and suddenly we have Reality POTUS. It is no wonder that the rest of the world is laughing at America today. Sometimes I want to laugh also through my tears.

I donate 100% of my President’s salary, $400,000, back to our Country, and feel very good about ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 18, 2019:

Are we sure this salary donation is a regular thing, or was it a one time thing? Either way, it is a distraction to keep everyone believing that Old Trumpery has our best interests in mind. He doesn't.

Let's Respect Each Other's Beliefs

DenoPenno comments on Aug 18, 2019:

I have no respect for the belief of others. Most have some variant of the mud man and rib woman fallacy.

Toilets designed to to attack users.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 18, 2019:

My Gawd! Now people are scared shitless that someone might have sex inside a toilet. Who thinks these things up? Can't they find something else to do?

Dating?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 18, 2019:

I feel the same way. A friend of mine tells me my "last chance" might be the local Senior Center. He's religious and goes there to give them support. I went there with him once to check it out and what I found was a group who prays over food and also does the pledge of allegiance. Then I discovered that if you get into a conversation with any of them you will quickly be told what is "fake news." I almost wanted to puke!

Praise the Lord! Gawd apparently designed humanity for rape.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 17, 2019:

If it was not for rape Steve King would not be here.

Former MSNBC Reporter Krystal Ball Exposes Mainstream Media Bias She also talks about the time ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 17, 2019:

The media can be biased but the real attack on mainstream media comes from Donald Trump. He would rather that his view of things be the only view. Jolanta is right in saying it is all about money and power. It would be a hoot in the end if it came out Bernie has more money than Trump.

Did promise a smiling picture when i hit level 9

DenoPenno comments on Aug 17, 2019:

Congrats, Bob.

Woman arrested for holding black teens at gunpoint

DenoPenno comments on Aug 17, 2019:

I think she is confused and thinks she is entitled to something that those kids might be taking away. Her fear is another diversion caused by Clownface and it is bringing out her hatred. "White must be right." I read recently that a white 60 something man said that "Donald Trump might be the white man's last chance." Chance for what? I don't think I want to live in these people's world. They scare me.

What is wrong with people?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 17, 2019:

"She already noticed that a dog ran them off from another home." Is she spying or lying? This woman is confused and afraid. She thinks she is "entitled" to something and the kids might be taking it away. Thank Gawd, she is white and he leader makes her right. (I do not mean Jebus.)

Americans Paid $90 Billion MORE In Taxes After Republican Tax Cut [youtube.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 17, 2019:

I'm not surprised one bit. What surprises me is that others do not see the Trump Tariffs as just another Trump Tax. This is because it will be American taxpayers who are really paying the tariffs.

Feds Spent More On Marijuana Prohibition In 2018 Than Fighting Domestic Terrorism ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 17, 2019:

Not where I want my tax dollars going at all, but OK with the conservative crowd. I work with one who keeps reminding me in conversations that the Feds still hold marijuana as illegal. I don't even use the product any longer. These are the same people who do not want "their tax dollar" going for your healthcare. I'm often wondering why there is so much hate. Could each of us have our own tax dollars going for our own healthcare? Maybe, if Trump did not give the money to the top one percent. These same groups point out that there is no medical use of marijuana and studies showed that years ago. Really? What were the studies and what groups did them? Maybe we should believe instead the smiling person in the ad who will be "pain free all day" because he took double strength Advil.

Whats the wrong thing about religion?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 17, 2019:

Better still, what is the right thing about religion?

Spicy chipotle turkey meatloaf.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 17, 2019:

Many thanks. I may try it. :)

Single.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 17, 2019:

I can agree with you. The second they start adding god into everything I am also done. A believer is one thing but when your daily banter goes into "isn't it a lovely day that god has made" I think we are done. I will not be browbeat and if I look at a tree I'm not looking for Jesus.

Public Service Announcement from the Mormons: [yahoo.com]

DenoPenno comments on Aug 17, 2019:

Just imagine. Church rules about drinking coffee. It's as bad as earlier Evangelicals insisting that wine in the bible was only grape juice.

If a person that doesnt believe in a Higher Power (God) (Christ) do you believe that they should be...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 17, 2019:

Do I believe they should be judged by the way they live their lives? I do not believe anyone should be judged for anything unless the activity negatively affects the lives and livelihood of others.

Congratulations to @bobwjr for reaching level 9 !! Woohoo.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 17, 2019:

Congrats, Bob. I'm stuck at 8.4 myself.

My take on God/Jesus answering prayers.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 17, 2019:

But Gawd was there. He allowed your neighbor to hear that prayer where you needed money and he also knew in advance that you would put your keys in the fridge. Isn't he wonderful. On the other hand, Charlie is going to have to get a leg amputated but there is some lizard who is able to grew another one if that happens to him. Poor Charlie.

The King of Rock n Roll, Elvis Presley died on this day, 16th August 1977 at the age of just 42.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 16, 2019:

I remember that day well. I was in Texas City, Texas on a service call at the home of a black lady. We were on her porch discussing the ailing clothes dryer when her son came out of the house and said "I think y'all better come inside and look at the TV. They just said Elvis Presley was found dead." We went inside and watched TV for the next hour.

Does science have all the answers to questions that matter?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 16, 2019:

Of course not. neither does Jesus or his Daddy.

Turned 58 years old on the 12th of August and for sometime been pondering this whole life thing.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 16, 2019:

I can agree. The older I get the more faults I see in theism and our system. You have to have a cell phone that wipes your ass and also makes pancakes to understand modern America today. Buy all the apps and be happy. Of course, I only have an old flip phone. :)

So my mom and I told my 11 year old sister that I was an atheist.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 16, 2019:

Don't feel bad that you were asked questions you could not answer. Remember that it is only the Christians who have all the answers. Once you know their answers you can create a trainwreck out of what they believe.

Penguin prostitution is a real thing. A very short book excerpt: - The Atlantic

DenoPenno comments on Aug 15, 2019:

Men should only be concerned with this if they live in areas where there are no women and only penguins.

So I was at the library today.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 15, 2019:

Maybe today we are so afraid of offending. If I am in Walmart and other stores like it people all say "excuse me" when they walk in front of me, beside me, or behind me. This happens if we are within 4 feet of each other. Hey, we all have to walk somewhere. Nobody cut me off or walked into me and I don't own the floor. Sometimes I smile and say there is no problem. Polite is polite but I feel like people are scared to death. As far as back and forth banter I get along with everyone and that includes those who do open carry.

Da fuq? [news.yahoo.com]

DenoPenno comments on Aug 15, 2019:

Why would anyone keep voting for this idiot?

Did you know this ?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 15, 2019:

I did not know.

There are no words horrendous

DenoPenno comments on Aug 15, 2019:

The ACLU should fight this till the end. Before long we will be branding women with an "A" as in the book "the Scarlet Letter." Let's go forward in life and history rather than go backwards.

Let's talk about Trump, Obama, Alejandra, friends, and enemies.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 14, 2019:

This man really does make a whole lot of sense.

I struggle with insomnia.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 14, 2019:

I have issues with insomnia brought on by anxiety and all of this goes into laying in bed aware of things still in my mind. Some of it is exaggerated by a dream state. Doctors want to give you a drug that knocks you out at bedtime but I could not have this. I have to be aware of what is going on. I see films of real events where you are asleep while someone is in your house. I live alone so I would be aware of this quickly. I hear everything even outside. What helps a lot is to not have the TV on as yo lay in bed, and you might have an hour of gentle music playing real low in the background, then shut off on it's own. They do have "sleep music" for this. I think I only woke up 3 times last night, and I have discovered that if you wake up every 2 hours you will have daytime sleep issues also. A good night's sleep is essential.

It would seem that the GOP is near to reaching fruition. I wonder what will come next?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 14, 2019:

Trump and his GOP are dismembering America piece by piece and trying to justify it to all of us. It is not working with me.

Susan Sarandon Born Susan Tomalin in New York City in 1946.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 14, 2019:

She once put her phone number out while on a talk show but it was not working by the time I called it. Maybe that was a "test" of her popularity. I always liked her.

4/5 days ago I surmised on the power source of a Russian rocket that exploded in the very north of ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 14, 2019:

I don't think Donald has a clue of what technology the US has. People in the know would be afraid to show him.

There is a question that atheists ask, " How can a just God allow bad things to happen to good ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 14, 2019:

They have turned it on us for a reason. We are now the product. Everyone wants a cell phone that kisses your ass and then makes you breakfast. The American Dream is still alive if you give up that silly idea of companies paying good wages, having healthcare, and stock options. If you want to work 2 or more jobs and have a partner doing the same, it is all still there. Along the way everyone is free to keep up with the Joneses. I add all this silliness as just one more reason to **not** believe in gods. The "**gods**" are the ones doing this to you and they are flesh and blood just as you are.

Imagine for a moment that the concept of god never existed, that no one had ever heard of such an ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 13, 2019:

Exactly. Believers wrongly take it as an established fact. The adults pass this all on to their children. Before long you see 6 year old with eyes shut and waving their hands up in the air babbling like idiots. Oh, she's got the Holy Goat!

Agnostic vs Atheist Sorry to rake up this seemingly old one up again but there have been so many ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 13, 2019:

A deity has no mass or energy. How would we know this? I think pixies are living in my shoes. In fact, they are in there even when my feet are in there.

ABOUT MUFFINS.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 13, 2019:

It is exactly not knowing and I eat no muffins at all. On to that "save your soul" thing, I ask what are you being saved from? Also, how do you know you have a soul?

Epic Christian Fails: The Cross and the Clitoris – Not Your Mission Field

DenoPenno comments on Aug 12, 2019:

It is a shame that people are so dumb about sex. When I was a teen an older woman loaned me her copies of the monthly magazine "Sexology." My step father found one and thought it was porn. People are just amazing!

An American gold medal fencer kneeled on the podium during the national anthem: 'We must call for ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 12, 2019:

Yes, and he had a perfect right to do so. It takes idiots like Donald Trump to believe that kneeling is in any way connected to patriotism and would show disrespect. It is a shame that so many fell into that idea and they have no idea why sports figures kneeled in the first place.

Mass shootings: Americans struggle to talk about guns and racism - The Washington Post

DenoPenno comments on Aug 12, 2019:

That struggle has some of the same old denial on conservative talk radio. One tactic they have always used is to get you to believe the other side did the same thing. It is a distraction and usually not relevant or not true. When it comes to the recent mass shootings I am now hearing that one shooter was a Bernie supporter and another was for Elizabeth Warren. Anything to get the racist tweets and rants of Trump out of the picture. Now, let's see if I got this right. The mass shootings are carried out in part by young men who support "Medicare for All" but are tired of the "Hispanic invasion of Texas" and "illegals crossing our borders." This is what conservative talk radio is pushing. Then I find that Trump called our borders an "invasion" and his racist tweets and ideas are put on Fox News who claims it is an "attack on patriotism" to question Donald Trump. Folks, this is all fuct up!

What America’s gun fanatics won’t tell you - MarketWatch

DenoPenno comments on Aug 12, 2019:

I've talked to some gun nuts who think the Founding Fathers wrote in a clause to allow citizens every weapon that the government had just in case that mean old government decided to "take us over." This is far reaching indeed and has no common sense. The government does not want you to own a gun. The NRA wants you to own a gun. Keep in mind that dope and armaments are 2 of the worlds biggest money makers.

Got my T shirt and pen!

DenoPenno comments on Aug 12, 2019:

Congrats. Looks great.

Are people that don't reason humans?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 12, 2019:

That's what it should mean but most of them don't know how to reason. For examples of this try watching The Atheist experience on Sundays in You Tube.

Can you logically be both a White Supremacist and a Christian?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 12, 2019:

Most Christians are white supremacists unawares. After all, Jesus looked like Tab Hunter. No, maybe that was Jeffery Hunter. I don't remember.

Profile questions here.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 12, 2019:

Sex is enjoyable but should be private in my view. In the 1970's myself and friends were talking about sex and a female relative said she had nailed me on an issue of whether I had sex with a certain person because I entered that conversation and told a story like the others. I reminded her that she did not hear me give a name like the others were doing. No, you will never hear me give a name. Some people like sex to remain private.

So it's looking like Trump wants to finally make a token stand for background checks for guns for ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 11, 2019:

Trump will make a lot of promises that he will claim to keep if you only re-elect him. He can do nothing right now but will say he will if you re-elect him, then he goes off on nonsensical tirades again as if he has forgotten it all. It's like that great healthcare he is going to give everyone after 2020 but McConnell says plainly that the GOP is not going to take up anything on healthcare.

What to do?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 11, 2019:

That would take a lot of time and money.

Huffpost has written an excellent series (three parts thus far) dealing with the problematic state ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 11, 2019:

DeVos is big in the "Christian Nation" movement as is Pence and many others in this current clown show.

Well, here I am single again....

DenoPenno comments on Aug 11, 2019:

Sorry this happened but I'm like you. I'm not sure she loves herself. That is what a lot of these key events are about. It's hard to see just what reactions she is wanting from you and a therapist may help.

Who needs a savior when we have science and Hitchens wisdom?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 11, 2019:

A savior from what? It boils down to the fact that Jesus is going to save you from what god promised to do to you if you do not believe. It's a setup. You have been trapped. Many theists point out that Jesus saves you from your enemies and bad things that might happen to you, but world events doesn't back this up. If you fall for it you can then understand why heaven has a gate and also walls. Apparently if you make it to heaven there might be enemies outside the city. OMG, what do we do?

It has just been reported that child molester and trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein, commited suicide in ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 10, 2019:

If you want to throw in a conspiracy just imagine that Epstein was told if he did this his money would go to his heirs as planned. If he did not, it would be lost forever. Just sayin.'

Jeffrey Epstein has committed suicide in his cell – reports — RT USA News

DenoPenno comments on Aug 10, 2019:

If this is true it gets Trump and others off the hook.

Is Bernie correct?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 10, 2019:

The American people around me have been taught that they do not deserve healthcare and also that it would cost too much. They think that if Bernie or someone like him was POTUS at this moment we would have instant Socialism and resent that healthcare would come out of a common till. Then they turn red and damned near explode to claim that illegals should not have heathcare. Many of these people are so ignorant that they think Mexicans come here and within 6 months are drawing Social Security. It simply is not so and never was so. Most of them also think that marriage grants an immigrant citizenship. This is not so either. Citizenship and marriage are separate issues and one does not bestow the other.

Would you still be friends with a person who ended up becoming a huge Trump supporter?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 10, 2019:

If he changes it may take a lifetime. I had a close friend for over 50 years that believes Trump is next to a godsend. We were at odds over Trump belief for a time and one day he told me the border situation could be solved quickly by shooting people who cross it down like dogs and just let their bodies remain where they fall. He even told me Trump would approve of it. I cussed him out in a very big way and he and I will never be friendly again. The above is a true story and you might see that my former friend is not the brightest bulb. Look closely and you can also see the supposed background of some of our recent shooters. To distance from crazy shooter ideas the Trump GOP tries to say one of the recent shooters was a Bernie follower and yet another one a Warren follower. OK. Now Trump's GOP wants you to believe that someone supporting Medicare for All is doing mass shootings. Not in this world. It's just more word salad by those who will fight for Trump's right to say anything and incite almost everyone. Trump is not a leader and he does not care about you. He only cares about Donald Trump.

In 1934 & 35, the average German citizen couldn't believe that the man that was rising to ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 10, 2019:

Exactly so. Currently they go along with it for love of power or mistaken belief that they are the supreme white race. No, this is not the left. It is the Trump Swamp GOP which has no empathy or backbone for common humanity. When Trump is gone they will cry out that they did not know. Everyone said "it cannot happen here" and they set back and did all they could to bring it on.

Travel Advisory: United States of America – Amnesty International USA

DenoPenno comments on Aug 10, 2019:

All created by the master of diversion and division in a record short time. Will America ever recover?

Only atheists.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 10, 2019:

I agree with you fully on this but we have an age difference. In earlier life I believed in every kind of woo. Today I believe in none. Woo is BS in the same way that gods are BS. People always hint that if I don't "hurry up" and find god or another woman I just might run out of time. LOL My longtime theist friend from age 12 or so thinks it should be a "church woman." Am I worried that I might run out of time? No. Believers have the most ignorant reasons to believe.

Isn’t there clear evidence that the supreme something that created the universe is an unjust ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 10, 2019:

If this supreme god was not himself created, how do we know that the universe was created. In fact, none of us are "created" in the biblical sense of coming into being. I am not mud man and you are not rib woman.

Science clashes with biblical literalism.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 9, 2019:

Many people think they can trace their church back to Jesus Christ. I have met those who claim they can trace their's back to John the Baptist. :)

Its friday! And thats all I have to say about that!!

DenoPenno comments on Aug 9, 2019:

YES! "Thank Claude it is Friday."

Trump administration breaks campaign promise, purges 200,000 VA healthcare applications

DenoPenno comments on Aug 9, 2019:

More Trump lies. It makes me glad that I already have my VA card but I reel for those who do not.

A post I saw on Facebook the other day said, " I stand for the flag, I kneel at the cross".

DenoPenno comments on Aug 9, 2019:

People that post this nonsense are of a belief that Trump was right on the issue when the idea was to contort "patriotism" so as to not know (or be dumb) on what the kneeling was about in the first place. Trump knew he could turn the meaning because almost everyone likes sports. The appeal was to white nationalism while ignoring facts of too many cops shooting black people. My amazement comes in as too many of my own relatives are on Trump's side of this. They must be ignorant and blind.

The White House is reportedly drafting an order to stop social media ‘bias’ [theverge.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 9, 2019:

What Trump really wants is social media to stop you from posting anything bad about him or his GOP. He might be happy if this led into "hate speech" directions but on the other hand he could say anything he likes and get away with it. This is the nature of Donald Trump who has studied Hitler in great detail.

The BITE Model of Influence • Open Minds Foundation

DenoPenno comments on Aug 9, 2019:

Trumpism seems to be bleeding over into the general populace. In fact, Trump is recorded as only telling 56 lies last week. He is improving and the Evangelicals are a big part of this. What doesn't make the news so much is the "prayer breakfasts" that his GOP is having everywhere and these include Mitch McConnell. The impression is that Trump's GOP is just one big happy religious family. This makes it easier for the mainstream media to "overlook" his racist and white supremacist rants and remarks as his defenders claim he is pure as snow in his desires for America. The idea is to make the general public think Trump and his GOP want everything that you want. The setup on this is to hope that Pence follows Trump and America can get its Christian Nation. Do they want everything that you do?** Of course not**. Trump has rescinded Obama bills that would allow a person with mental illness to buy a gun regardless of that illness. Trump is also trying to make it harder for you to sue the doctor if he cuts off the wrong leg in surgery. Of course, Trump says "we will all be happy." We should find the door they came through and show them the way out before they take too many bites.

US policeman refused to train female officer because of his faith - was fired and is now suing for ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 9, 2019:

This asshole and Pence should be brothers.

Public high school scheduled to hold 'Back to School Worship Service.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 8, 2019:

I agree fully with FFRF on this. Religion has no place in public schools in the first place but they keep playing with this idea and have for years. I suspect that the current administration has a lot to do with this because I saw a PBS program last night on TV that went into great detail about "prayer breakfasts" that were popular now all over. Politics has embraced it fully and even Mitch McConnell is involved. Trump and his GOP are setting it up to get what they want and desire out of the believers. Frankly, it should be against the law. I'm not anxious for Casper the Friendly Ghost to decide things for me. Public schools are also not a place to be told about gods.

I came across an older opinion piece by Graham Lawton (Executive Editor of 'New Scientist') and ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 8, 2019:

Can atheism provide a strong sense of meaning and purpose? Why would we need such a thing? Your meaning a purpose is strictly** up to you**. It should never be decided by something invisible and external to you.

Montana man assaulted 13-year-old boy for ’disrespecting the national anthem,’ witness says - ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 7, 2019:

The man needs to be locked up. As far as respecting the anthem, let's start the draft up again and maybe all can learn of this type of respect including the man who needs locked up. I hope the boy is OK.

‘Death Camps For Trump Supporters’ Fliers Posted in New York [infowars.com]

DenoPenno comments on Aug 7, 2019:

If it came from Infowars it might be a "fake news" strategy.

My kid told me there was a minor panic at band camp yesterday because the metronome over the ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 7, 2019:

Sadly many Americans have come to believe that the 2nd Amendment gives them the right to have any weapon that the government has and that it was put in our Constitution to give the citizens a chance in case the government decided to "take us over." Does that even make any sense?

No racism here!

DenoPenno comments on Aug 7, 2019:

I do my best to not befriend or hang around anyone who cannot see this. Trump is the worst!

Obama On Mass Shootings: Reject Language That 'Feeds A Climate Of Fear' : NPR

DenoPenno comments on Aug 7, 2019:

These are very true words. Let us not be distracted into the past because of our dire situation going on right now. I cannot argue using anything of 8 years ago when we have a gaslighting buffoon as POTUS. Those that protect him claim his words of an "invasion" have nothing to do with the shooting tragedies. OK, let's play it your way and call it "coincidence." Happy now?

Attention any white supremacists: if you belong to a klan or group where one of your members ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 7, 2019:

In my earlier days I had shady friends. Today I have few friends at all and have parted ways with a man I have known over 50 years just because of the outright nonsense going on today. America is a melting pot and not a place for white supremacists. If you cannot see that the crayon box has all colors you do not belong here.

A lot of people here have arrived from religious backgrounds so I was wondering what your feelings ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 7, 2019:

According to the Buybull life begins at birth.

There is a surge of scientific denial in America.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 7, 2019:

What happened is an influx of gaslighters who exaggerate things like Trump does but not always for political reasons. They bring their views to the forefront to push religion or start a movement, as well as to save money by denying environment conditions and just ripping the wealth from the ground. With the new trend in flat earth and other things out of the past many claim it must be true because it is gaining followers. They forget that someone is also selling videos and T-shirts, booking public pay by seat meetings, and getting paid by clicks to sites and pics posted. Maybe they are even writing new books but their is no new evidence. Antivaxxers write books and now the old diseases are starting to come back again. It is because of vaccinations that I saw polio disappear in my life time. Many do not believe this and it is not acceptable to them. Meanwhile you will be convinced of lizard people and Nazis on the moon because there is money to be made. There is always money to be made and the money they want is yours. If religion is somehow in that picture as well, the believers take the whole thing as proving that they were right all along.

Hi! I'm curious about something.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 7, 2019:

It depends a lot on whether you tell everyone you are non-religious. Not everyone in these areas wants to storm to the church the minute the doors open. It just that most of them profess to believe.

Scientific Proof of the Soul?! - YouTube

DenoPenno comments on Aug 7, 2019:

If there is a measurable magnetic field that disappears after death does that explain why the light bulb has no power once you turn off the current at the switch? Just curious.

When i make a friend i really dont care about what religion he/she is, or what their sex preference ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 7, 2019:

The world is turning upside down but that is another story. I get along with just about all people well because my take of them is pretty much an open book. Maybe they see me as honest. IDK. I've had gay and lesbian friends who start coming out to me. One woman told me she was a lesbian. I told her I was one too. :) The one group I get along with the least is modern day Trumpers. They cannot produce any religious facts and most want to hide their sexuality. The evidence they claim they have is not there. If they have support at all it's only for two sexes, then go to the Buybull for the claim. Maybe they didn't read it close enough.

For the history buffs: Interesting article about how Thomas Jefferson created his own "bible".

DenoPenno comments on Aug 7, 2019:

It remains surprising to this day how many will claim that Jefferson was a devout Christian.

Who’s married to one?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 7, 2019:

My ex was religious in so much that she was Catholic to begin with and later her grandfather was involved in the founding of Legio Maria. As I slowly turned away from religion in general and we would talk about it, she agreed with me. Even so, her bottom line was always that everyone believed in god.