"My" thought du jour: "Inaction to me, is equal to everyday stirring your food, but not eating it.

Fernapple comments on Sep 27, 2021:

Not just you how about Darwin. Enjoy. https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/how-think-about-exercise/201501/charles-darwins-daily-walks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmHrq6oUeoQ

Diogenes replies on Sep 29, 2021:

I can clearly understand why Darwin would take these quiet walks.

Happy Monday all...

HankSherman comments on Sep 28, 2021:

Adoreable

Diogenes replies on Sep 29, 2021:

"Adorable"- and funny!

“Music is a moral law.

Pralina1 comments on Sep 29, 2021:

Life saving as well ♥️ 10 or so years ago , I got involved w the deaf community in my area . Mostly young kids and adolescent who do not have an implant . Most of them are functioning and thrive . Every single time I got to share a meal w them or an activity , more and more I got home each ...

Diogenes replies on Sep 29, 2021:

That is so well said! Could not be expressed better. There are days; "life saving as well".

German folk festival session. Anyone?

Diogenes comments on Sep 26, 2021:

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

Diogenes replies on Sep 27, 2021:

@FrayedBear Just now on the radio, listening to "Going Home" sung by the fantastic negro singer- forgot his name. When those words were put to a movement of the New Wold Symphony, what a fantastic move.

Brian Peters & Gina La Faux with an excellent rendition of Rudyard Kipling's "Gentleman Rankers", ...

rogerbenham comments on Sep 24, 2021:

Rather a cutting voice. Good traditional song.

Diogenes replies on Sep 25, 2021:

@FrayedBear I always thought it was the "riff raff" that did a better job of putting the 'blade' to the posh. They are, after all, such better targets.

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

Killtheskyfairy comments on Sep 17, 2021:

Probably to the cheapest man in America!

Diogenes replies on Sep 17, 2021:

@Killtheskyfairy ' scuse! Can't see the expression on your face!

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

Killtheskyfairy comments on Sep 17, 2021:

Probably to the cheapest man in America!

Diogenes replies on Sep 17, 2021:

Portrayed himself as the cheapest person. I read that he was rather generous,

British spirit. Why waste a perfectly good pint? 😆

NHjulie comments on Sep 13, 2021:

Especially if it's a Guinness.

Diogenes replies on Sep 14, 2021:

There are also some great pints in Northern England. I call one, Geordie Brown, but proper name is Newcastle Brown. Yes, but I still like my Guinness too. Slan.

Sums it up nicely...

zeuser comments on Sep 11, 2021:

Yet nobody in the audience catches on. Of course, these are the same rubes who buy gold they will never see based on a TV commercial from somebody they don't know.

Diogenes replies on Sep 13, 2021:

@zeuser I don't think there are any stocks aroumd that are selling for a nickle --- so that pretty well leaves me out of the stock buying!

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

FrayedBear comments on Sep 12, 2021:

American political fervour seems to have the same effect. Look at the anti Trumpers vs. the pro Trumpers. How about we flood fbuk with pictures of the original 9\11 in 1973 when the Pinochet junta pushed by Nixon & Kissinger, the US CIA & Australia's ASIS overthrew the democratically elected ...

Diogenes replies on Sep 13, 2021:

@FrayedBear And the hidden news IS the news.

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

Killtheskyfairy comments on Sep 12, 2021:

A teachable moment goes awry!

Diogenes replies on Sep 12, 2021:

@Killtheskyfairy Spot on!

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

Killtheskyfairy comments on Sep 12, 2021:

A teachable moment goes awry!

Diogenes replies on Sep 12, 2021:

@Killtheskyfairy Another comment: yes, there is too much misery in this world--- when I get to Hell, I hope there is not as much.

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

Killtheskyfairy comments on Sep 12, 2021:

A teachable moment goes awry!

Diogenes replies on Sep 12, 2021:

@Killtheskyfairy I was on a Dutch bus out of Valkenburg and they had a tour guide. We got to the Moulon Rouge in Paris. He said, in typical Dutch humour, "There are many 'ladyies' around here; in fact there's one" She looked as if she had come out of some cartoon.

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

FrayedBear comments on Sep 12, 2021:

American political fervour seems to have the same effect. Look at the anti Trumpers vs. the pro Trumpers. How about we flood fbuk with pictures of the original 9\11 in 1973 when the Pinochet junta pushed by Nixon & Kissinger, the US CIA & Australia's ASIS overthrew the democratically elected ...

Diogenes replies on Sep 12, 2021:

@Marionville And it is a hell of a lot more fun to be happy than it is to be unhappy!

Sums it up nicely...

zeuser comments on Sep 11, 2021:

Yet nobody in the audience catches on. Of course, these are the same rubes who buy gold they will never see based on a TV commercial from somebody they don't know.

Diogenes replies on Sep 12, 2021:

@zeuser Precisly, about investing----- I KNOW NOTHING! Just when do you know when a stock has hit bottom- and when it starts to rise it may rise very rapidly. A premier investor, forgotten his name, said invest in a stock/s that a person believes in. Well petrolium vehicles are as ancient as wooden wheels---- but just what electric or hydrogen vehicle is going to come out on top?

As I've just posted this in Hello -

rogerbenham comments on Sep 12, 2021:

Wow! Lovely songs. Powerful message. Horrific stadium. Welcome to Fascism so eagerly wanted by the "elite", the gigantic corporations, the military industrial complex, the militarised police, the chums of big business known as our parliaments. Why are the electorate so stupid? Because 1/2 have an ...

Diogenes replies on Sep 12, 2021:

I worked for Ontario Hydro!! "Hundred or less"! How about '70 or less'?

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

FrayedBear comments on Sep 12, 2021:

American political fervour seems to have the same effect. Look at the anti Trumpers vs. the pro Trumpers. How about we flood fbuk with pictures of the original 9\11 in 1973 when the Pinochet junta pushed by Nixon & Kissinger, the US CIA & Australia's ASIS overthrew the democratically elected ...

Diogenes replies on Sep 12, 2021:

@Marionville Marje, when a person is at the absolute bottom, a little music that grasps the situation, even if it brings tears to the eye, is a bit of relief. It is reinigorating to know that someone else has seen the same things.

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

Killtheskyfairy comments on Sep 12, 2021:

A teachable moment goes awry!

Diogenes replies on Sep 12, 2021:

Ya, sumpthin' like that!

The alternative to thinking in evolutionary terms is not to think at all. - Sir Peter Medawar

KateOahu comments on Sep 12, 2021:

A lot of people taking the latter option these days.

Diogenes replies on Sep 12, 2021:

I am stupid, what did he say--- or did he say anything? Apparently, the wife of James Joyce asked him, "Why don't you write something that people understand?" My question: "Did Joyce understand himself?"

Perfect costume

Julie808 comments on Sep 6, 2021:

Not for a laugh, but for a scary reality check for a religious halloween costume, for sure.

Diogenes replies on Sep 11, 2021:

Yes, but she is doing an actual parody on religion. She is liable to be beaten for her satire. Religious morons have thin skins.

Not really news...

Julie808 comments on Sep 11, 2021:

Correct! My feeling is that heaven isn't a destination. It's peace of mind, a state of harmony with our surroundings, happiness, so it's all in our heads and I'm already there! (Woo woo...)

Diogenes replies on Sep 11, 2021:

Ya, "woo woo" to you too!

Sums it up nicely...

zeuser comments on Sep 11, 2021:

Yet nobody in the audience catches on. Of course, these are the same rubes who buy gold they will never see based on a TV commercial from somebody they don't know.

Diogenes replies on Sep 11, 2021:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz I know NOTHING about investing---- but I do know enough to buy before it hits bottom.

I knew them way back when.

bobwjr comments on Sep 10, 2021:

Ain't Photoshop fun

Diogenes replies on Sep 11, 2021:

Sorta!

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

AnonySchmoose comments on Sep 10, 2021:

Made me think of the over 400 Freedom Riders in 1961... many of whom were badly beaten and arrested for trying to integrate buses and trains in southern U.S.

Diogenes replies on Sep 11, 2021:

@AnonySchmoose BIG thanks for that. It was "John Lewis", who was mentioned in the article you sent. Yes I said, "died recently", well I think he died last year. This world needs more people who show some courage!

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

Diogenes comments on Sep 10, 2021:

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

Diogenes replies on Sep 11, 2021:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz Yup!

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

AnonySchmoose comments on Sep 10, 2021:

Made me think of the over 400 Freedom Riders in 1961... many of whom were badly beaten and arrested for trying to integrate buses and trains in southern U.S.

Diogenes replies on Sep 10, 2021:

Please help! Who was the little, black man who just died? He was beaten and suffered severe head injuries in that time. He was little in stature- but NOT in courage! If he had been 7 feet tall the 'brave' (sic) beater would still be running.

That would make the republicans think again

Diogenes comments on Sep 9, 2021:

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

Diogenes replies on Sep 10, 2021:

@bobwjr Yup, but only if the truck was a few steps away.

I am not particularly a fan of Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, but a few days ago there was...

BitFlipper comments on Sep 9, 2021:

When hospital resources are being rationed, people who refused to be vaccinated (except for medical reasons) should treated as expendable.

Diogenes replies on Sep 10, 2021:

Yes, those that don't want preventative medicne, the vaccine, then they also should not be given any medical attention. And I was not talking specifically about Canada- that goes for anywhere in the world. I have edited this. I have read that people requiring heart surgery, for example, had their surgery "delayed" because there was too many anti-vaccers were being treated

Perfect costume

Diogenes comments on Sep 7, 2021:

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

Diogenes replies on Sep 8, 2021:

@bobwjr Where I volunteered, a good portion were non-religious and secular. The TV evangelist bastards should be jailed! To me, they are openly committing fraud--- obviously!

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

Diogenes comments on Sep 6, 2021:

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

Diogenes replies on Sep 7, 2021:

@Marionville Sorry, sorry! I worked with too many "Athenians"---- and they had no connection to Greece. And I totally agree with Shelley's quote. The only thing that 'saved me', in a very minor way, was my curiosity; I had the trauma of not knowing the aswers.

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

Diogenes comments on Sep 6, 2021:

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

Diogenes replies on Sep 7, 2021:

@Marionville What have you got against taking the hemlock coctail? Convictions take more than just talk. I don't have a translation of his trial, but Socratis in 399 BCE said he was wise enough to know that he didn't know everything, the average Athenian wasn't.

What 40 looks like to kids.

Cast1es comments on Sep 3, 2021:

I'm 78 and still live independently . Mom lived to be 99.5 . She said she didn't want to make it to 100 .

Diogenes replies on Sep 3, 2021:

Damn, "the old women on this site!"- said the almost 84-year-old geezer. Gotta admit I only did a half hour geezer walk this morning. Yesterday it was a fast hour walk. The time at the pool is limited to one hour- so into the pool. Because I am insane- I am still wondering if I could run! Do not be what others want you to be!

Ron Reagan: Unabashed Atheist - YouTube

CuddyCruiser comments on Sep 2, 2021:

Certainly not like father like son in this case.

Diogenes replies on Sep 3, 2021:

@HippieChick58 YES!

Ron Reagan: Unabashed Atheist - YouTube

freeofgod comments on Sep 2, 2021:

I love his ads. It's probably the first, if only time, some people will hear that it's ok to be an atheist.

Diogenes replies on Sep 3, 2021:

@OldMetalHead Excellent point----- and I agree. But that is also about intrusion of personal liberty for any reason that is 'fluffed' out of a/any tiny brain/s. And in Afganistan girls can't go to school "because they are inferior"! Maybe in some book there should be writen, "The stupid shall inherit the Earth." , because the way things are going, it sure looks like it.

Ron Reagan: Unabashed Atheist - YouTube

freeofgod comments on Sep 2, 2021:

I love his ads. It's probably the first, if only time, some people will hear that it's ok to be an atheist.

Diogenes replies on Sep 2, 2021:

But I am an AGNOSTIC---- I refuse to fight something as foolish as religion!

Justice for me, please. 😆

Lizard_of_Ahaz comments on Aug 31, 2021:

Justice is for the rich those of us without 50 million or more in the bank end up all wet...

Diogenes replies on Sep 2, 2021:

I am currently dealing with the "justice joke". I have committed no crime. In fact I lead a rather boring life. But the criminals are laughing while they sell their cocaine, watch their dog fight; pimp children! The slop should be flushed down the sewer.

Accomplished Women Who Did Hard Work And Got No Credit

linxminx comments on Sep 2, 2021:

Another one. Ellen Swallow Richards. The first woman to go to MIT, graduated, and was the first woman to teach at MIT. Through her research, she laid the foundation for what is now the water treatment systems we have for bringing water to our homes. She was admitted to MIT being called a ...

Diogenes replies on Sep 2, 2021:

The truth--- but it is still so unbelievable.

Happy Sinful Sunday....

Diogenes comments on Aug 31, 2021:

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

Diogenes replies on Sep 1, 2021:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz I am not really interested in the manufactured facts. I have read, one of the wives of Philip of Masadonia, fornicated with a snake god, and along came Alexander the Great. He managed to conquer vast empires--- but unlike the Jeezuz-dude, he couldn't walk on water- or even do something as simple as come back from the dead.

I wanna hire the marketing guy.

Lorajay comments on Aug 28, 2021:

It should be a fertilizer store instead of a furniture store.

Diogenes replies on Aug 31, 2021:

Yup

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

Diogenes comments on Aug 30, 2021:

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

Diogenes replies on Aug 30, 2021:

@Marionville I quit that tobacco-bit 50 years ago. Imagin- putting one of those filthy things near the mouth. A lot more that I want to defeat as well!

Federal judge excoriates Trump lawyers, refers them for disbarment

freedom41 comments on Aug 29, 2021:

What it takes to get Trump in jail or in front of a firing squad.

Diogenes replies on Aug 30, 2021:

"FIring squad"--- well he ordered a 21 gun salute--- and they all missed. Remember he has ONLY murdered a 'few' hundred thousand people.

“Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness ...

mcgeo52 comments on Aug 28, 2021:

I have spent far more than my fair share of time in court, but have refused to become an attorney. When a friend asked me why I never wanted to be a lawyer I explained, "If I know the law as well as, or better than, they do, but I don't have to worry about losing my bar card, I have a distinct ...

Diogenes replies on Aug 28, 2021:

Knowing the law has less importance- than knowing how to twist it and tie it into a knot.

Thought du jour: The heaviest load in life is to carry around a big ego.

freedom41 comments on Aug 27, 2021:

And 45 has no problem with that. He has that load marked very fragile.

Diogenes replies on Aug 27, 2021:

Dump has no problem with that- he hasn't got enough cognitive activity to know he is a brainless turd.

Thought du jour: The heaviest load in life is to carry around a big ego.

Marionville comments on Aug 27, 2021:

I don’t think you’ll ever have that burden to worry about I’m pretty certain!

Diogenes replies on Aug 27, 2021:

@Marionville LOL!

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

Diogenes comments on Aug 27, 2021:

Another point, when you quote someone named Rankin, you personally know about their total disregard for decorum or protocol, although I wish I had some writing talent.

Diogenes replies on Aug 27, 2021:

@Marionville M. my last name is "Rankin"--- poor world every time I write a few words! And about the only thing I have in common with Diogenese 1 is living in a hovel.

Thought du jour: The heaviest load in life is to carry around a big ego.

Marionville comments on Aug 27, 2021:

I don’t think you’ll ever have that burden to worry about I’m pretty certain!

Diogenes replies on Aug 27, 2021:

Big thanks! Love ya-- but you already know that!

How about a "Fuck off you moron" card

Cast1es comments on Aug 26, 2021:

My brother is a Trump supporter . My parents always said I was the smart one of the family .

Diogenes replies on Aug 27, 2021:

Apparently that can not be denied!

Blackadder. - General Melchett visits the troops - BBC. [youtu.be]

Diogenes comments on Aug 25, 2021:

I liked Martin best in the Blackadder series. Very funny!

Diogenes replies on Aug 25, 2021:

@Marionville Gotta get another hobby-- this being stupid is getting rather boring!

Blackadder. - General Melchett visits the troops - BBC. [youtu.be]

Diogenes comments on Aug 25, 2021:

I liked Martin best in the Blackadder series. Very funny!

Diogenes replies on Aug 25, 2021:

@Marionville M, like all things maybe I got it wrong. Wasn't the acto'rs name that played the officer Rowan Martin? He played Mr. Bean? ---- help!!

Thought du jour.

Killtheskyfairy comments on Aug 25, 2021:

It’s why I always walk facing traffic.

Diogenes replies on Aug 25, 2021:

A hundred years ago when I was young, and going to a country school- that was one of the first things that we were taught. Remember my age- we used to yell shit at the German prisoners being taken to farm labour. They were in fast trucks.

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

Unity comments on Aug 25, 2021:

The judge saved a lot of lives with this sentencing. Pettigrew the pedophile will not be exploiting children from prison.

Diogenes replies on Aug 25, 2021:

Yes!

"Why are we in this world?

callmedubious comments on Aug 24, 2021:

reminds me of an evening around 40 years ago in germany. my wife & i, with another couple, had been out for a nice meal in a gasthaus with good beer & wine. when we were back in my mercedes heading home my old friend, Hermie, said, out of the blue: "you know, i sometimes wonder just why we were put ...

Diogenes replies on Aug 25, 2021:

@callmedubious There is an endless list of books that I should have read--- but didn't, obviously! Everybody has heard of Schopenhauer, but I haven't read anything by him.

"Why are we in this world?

callmedubious comments on Aug 24, 2021:

reminds me of an evening around 40 years ago in germany. my wife & i, with another couple, had been out for a nice meal in a gasthaus with good beer & wine. when we were back in my mercedes heading home my old friend, Hermie, said, out of the blue: "you know, i sometimes wonder just why we were put ...

Diogenes replies on Aug 24, 2021:

It's a test of some kind- but why?

[youtube.com] Arthur McBride - Paul Brady 1977

FrayedBear comments on Aug 22, 2021:

It's a long time since I heard that Roger! And Paul Brady is a new fine performer for my library.

Diogenes replies on Aug 22, 2021:

@Marionville Ha, ha- yes, it was in mid day- or close to it.

This post is to greet new members to g:66.

FrayedBear comments on Aug 21, 2021:

Welcome to @Diogenes, @BethPl. Please come in and try to give me a like or grumpy emoji or any flavour in between. This will help you get your level 10 status. Contributing articles and approving, commenting or disagreeing with other's posts will make you a participating part of the group thus ...

Diogenes replies on Aug 22, 2021:

@FrayedBear That IS a possibility! Sorry if I have done it twice. Right now I have too many distractions. I want to clear all the distractions- and then concentrate on the positive bits.

[youtube.com] Arthur McBride - Paul Brady 1977

FrayedBear comments on Aug 22, 2021:

It's a long time since I heard that Roger! And Paul Brady is a new fine performer for my library.

Diogenes replies on Aug 22, 2021:

@Marionville Ya, I 'sorta' remember that about Bogle. Now that I am 110 years old, it is difficult extracting things from my dark hole. Good morning.

[youtube.com] Arthur McBride - Paul Brady 1977

FrayedBear comments on Aug 22, 2021:

It's a long time since I heard that Roger! And Paul Brady is a new fine performer for my library.

Diogenes replies on Aug 22, 2021:

@Marionville YES! I believe this may be an Auzie song- but every word in that song has meaning. Also Arthur McBride is a fav.- and the vocalists in both songs are fantastic.

This post is to greet new members to g:66.

FrayedBear comments on Aug 21, 2021:

Welcome to @Diogenes, @BethPl. Please come in and try to give me a like or grumpy emoji or any flavour in between. This will help you get your level 10 status. Contributing articles and approving, commenting or disagreeing with other's posts will make you a participating part of the group thus ...

Diogenes replies on Aug 21, 2021:

Thanks for the reply.

Letters From An American 08/19/2021

JackPedigo comments on Aug 20, 2021:

So where will that put our country? To date our biggest strength has been due to our democratic way of governing. Once the republican take over we will basically be a fascist theocracy and we all know where that leads countries. Instead of excessive immigration we will experience excessive ...

Diogenes replies on Aug 20, 2021:

If the anti-serum croud are so fervently dedicated to dying, I too wish them full success in their effort. There should be no health workers forced to help them. Anyhow, stupidity can not be cured

Basically true

webspider555 comments on Aug 20, 2021:

Looks like Boris Johnson, a clown the circus probably wouldn’t accept

Diogenes replies on Aug 20, 2021:

Poor ol' BoJo, can't miss a day out of costume. What a shock to the world if he ever grew up!

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

Fernapple comments on Aug 20, 2021:

Being uneducated often results in poor health and safety choices, which means that it is, for a lot of people, especially later in life, the exact same thing as being dead.

Diogenes replies on Aug 20, 2021:

@Marionville Yes, agreed! But I would not want to go into surgery and have the blade put to me by someone who could not muster self discipline.

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

Fernapple comments on Aug 20, 2021:

Being uneducated often results in poor health and safety choices, which means that it is, for a lot of people, especially later in life, the exact same thing as being dead.

Diogenes replies on Aug 20, 2021:

@Marionville Education by one means or other is vital. "Good luck comes to him/her who is prepared." That means even knowing something about basic health. Why are there fat doctors, if education makes a difference?

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

Fernapple comments on Aug 20, 2021:

Being uneducated often results in poor health and safety choices, which means that it is, for a lot of people, especially later in life, the exact same thing as being dead.

Diogenes replies on Aug 20, 2021:

This may sound elitist- it is not. I am "aware". But education; I have bits and pieces all over the place- but it isn't anything sensational. I am taking pills for bloodpressure; if I just exercised, one hour everyday, I could toss the pills in the garbage. I know this because I take these pills and my bloodpressure on days when I exercise and don't. There is more to life than just health also. I have read that Einstein treated his 'second' wife like she was some moron. She had her doctorat. It would take someone who was very imature to act like that.

I don't want to look at female wrinkles- and I know of no intelligent woman that wants to look at ...

KateOahu comments on Jun 3, 2021:

The body changes with age, most notably with a thickening of the trunk. It does take much effort to look fit and strong. There ARE exceptions, and some of us are envious of those who don’t have to work at it. For me, being healthy is enough, whether I have a little extra poundage (which I ...

Diogenes replies on Aug 20, 2021:

Yes, this being old is a new 'experience' for me. I may hve been old in some other life--- but I don't remember! And some of the physical maladies are rather disgusting. Back to the point, I agree with you, it is more important to have a sense of being, and everybody does not have to be 'so-called' 'perfect and slim'.

Carl Sagan denied being an atheist. So what did he believe? - The Washington Post

Julie808 comments on Aug 17, 2021:

I disagree with that definition of an atheist, feeling it simply means someone who lacks a true belief in god/s, BUT I can respect his denial of being considered an atheist. Perhaps he would have considered himself agnostic? I am guessing he felt that there might be something out there, some ...

Diogenes replies on Aug 17, 2021:

Yes, "unkowable", when the ignifficant human can know all the answers--- then they too should be able to create universi from nothing.

Just my luck

Cast1es comments on Aug 16, 2021:

So true . Even when I know and remember my passwords , they seldom work .

Diogenes replies on Aug 17, 2021:

Yup, ain't that the truth. But, "passwords and telephone numbers"- there are only so many telephone numbers, but there are a billion passwords! Okay, I exaggerated---- but only by one!😒😁

Carl Sagan denied being an atheist. So what did he believe? - The Washington Post

Diogenes comments on Aug 17, 2021:

I know that all religions are man-made. I am agnostic because I don't know if there is a thoughtful presence behind Nature---- and I have no intention of inventing one.

Diogenes replies on Aug 17, 2021:

@Word You are playing with semantics again- with no justifiable reason. Are you inventing gawd-dude anew?

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

mcgeo52 comments on Aug 17, 2021:

This is the key to the Democrats failure to understand and communicate with the right wing. The Dems expect the MAGAs to be rational.

Diogenes replies on Aug 17, 2021:

Yep!

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

mcgeo52 comments on Aug 15, 2021:

I can only imagine what he would have to say about today's Republican Party.

Diogenes replies on Aug 16, 2021:

He certainly would be repulsed! Can you imagine him having a conversation with THE THING that demanded the 21 gun salute? Then haveing a conversation with the gun-party ----when they all missed?

Letters From An American 08/14/2021

silverotter11 comments on Aug 15, 2021:

Sadly, the Social Security Act would not have been safe if trump had gotten re-elected. he lost but his supporters continue to try and take America back 100 years to the 1920's.

Diogenes replies on Aug 16, 2021:

@silverotter11 De Santas is stark ravin' nuts! He gives being wacko a bad name!.

Letters From An American 08/14/2021

silverotter11 comments on Aug 15, 2021:

Sadly, the Social Security Act would not have been safe if trump had gotten re-elected. he lost but his supporters continue to try and take America back 100 years to the 1920's.

Diogenes replies on Aug 16, 2021:

Are you saying in the 1920s that the government actually did everything possible to murder 200,000 to 300,000 people like Dump did with the virus??? Yes there would have been deaths, but not near 600,000!

This music is in Russian. Ivan Rebroff was famous for his wide vocal range. Enjoy

bobwjr comments on Aug 5, 2021:

No link

Diogenes replies on Aug 12, 2021:

@Ello On a bad day, I am ready to "paste" alright--- paste the computer with a sledgehammer.

The Young And Secular Are Least Vaccinated, Not Evangelicals

AnneWimsey comments on Aug 7, 2021:

Do y'all remember Fox, et al, downplaying Covid because "only old people get it"? No sympathy whatsoever!

Diogenes replies on Aug 9, 2021:

Yep!

The Young And Secular Are Least Vaccinated, Not Evangelicals

Budgie comments on Aug 7, 2021:

It may simply be that the evangelicals who are busy screeching at their audiences not to get vaccinated are simply the noisiest and get noticed but the actual people are ignoring that. Could be that the anti vax misinformation has impacted the younger people more than we thought. It is ...

Diogenes replies on Aug 9, 2021:

It is a crime that after they get the virus that they are allowd in the hospital. Thousands of healthcare workers have died because there had been no vaccines; then when there are vaccines available the clowns, with the hard lumps above their necks, won't take them. Only one thing to say, "Get out you fucking, stupid bastards; die in the street."

The Young And Secular Are Least Vaccinated, Not Evangelicals

Lauren comments on Aug 7, 2021:

This is so disturbing. I had hoped my girls (all atheists) were representative of their 20s age group because they were quick to sign up and get their vaccines as soon as it was available, possibly because they'd just spent almost a year only being able to visit with me through windows. Perhaps the...

Diogenes replies on Aug 9, 2021:

@Lauren Good morning😊

The Young And Secular Are Least Vaccinated, Not Evangelicals

Lauren comments on Aug 7, 2021:

This is so disturbing. I had hoped my girls (all atheists) were representative of their 20s age group because they were quick to sign up and get their vaccines as soon as it was available, possibly because they'd just spent almost a year only being able to visit with me through windows. Perhaps the...

Diogenes replies on Aug 8, 2021:

@Lauren I wasn't really raising a negative issue. I will not call myself an athiest- I just don't care about something as foolish as religion. And I also call myself a "free thinker"; in fact free enough to change my mind, if I have taken in a situation that is incorrect.

The Young And Secular Are Least Vaccinated, Not Evangelicals

Lauren comments on Aug 7, 2021:

This is so disturbing. I had hoped my girls (all atheists) were representative of their 20s age group because they were quick to sign up and get their vaccines as soon as it was available, possibly because they'd just spent almost a year only being able to visit with me through windows. Perhaps the...

Diogenes replies on Aug 8, 2021:

I wish you had said they were agnostic. Who cares ,for 2 seconds of the day, about religion?

The Young And Secular Are Least Vaccinated, Not Evangelicals

KateOahu comments on Aug 7, 2021:

The young always think they are invincible.

Diogenes replies on Aug 8, 2021:

Yep, some! Then there are the students who surge above the rest--- with hours of intense study!

From a time when gratuitous violence was considered entertainment...

Beowulfsfriend comments on Aug 7, 2021:

Popeye was my hero.

Diogenes replies on Aug 8, 2021:

Well I did like him trashing Brutus! The big, supposedly "toughf" guys need their lumps bashed on a regular basis---- even if it is only in a cartoon.

“Words, too, have genuine substance – mass and weight and specific gravity.” — Tim O’Brien

Diogenes comments on Aug 7, 2021:

So true! "Big words" as they have been called, and often misused, are irrelevant. I too often use the word "thing" instead of a specific noun or verb. Decades ago I was watching a doc about the Canadian orator Marshall McCluhan. It ws foolishness; instead of saying something; he was trying hard ...

Diogenes replies on Aug 7, 2021:

@Word No shit! I like the funny parts of the 'Bibblie', which would just about include all of it. I like your missive- it just shows there is a reason for being agnostic. There was the character in Ireland that had the earth creation to something like 200 years- and on a Saturday afternoon. Hell, he was only out by a few billion years. The Big Bang 13 or 14 billion ago; planets forming about 4 billion!😜 Now I may be out a few billion, but I am still closer than the seven-day nonsense. Sunday being the first day of the week- changed by Constantine, was to give gawd-dude time to think about it-- should have thought longer. Jeezuz said nothing- but his script writers made up his dialogue.

This music is in Russian. Ivan Rebroff was famous for his wide vocal range. Enjoy

bobwjr comments on Aug 5, 2021:

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Diogenes replies on Aug 6, 2021:

Sorry- I am having trouble with this toy/computer, no matter how hard I try to put someting on here.

The history of intellectual progress is written in the lives of infidels. - Robert Ingersoll

mcgeo52 comments on Aug 1, 2021:

History is the story told by the winners.

Diogenes replies on Aug 2, 2021:

And the "winners" are too often the manipulators.

This guys is kind of like a Canadian Sagan.

Robecology comments on Jun 9, 2021:

Good one. Notice what nations are taxing gasoline high, what nations are taxing low. The sooner we end our dependence on Fossil fuels, the better.

Diogenes replies on Aug 1, 2021:

@Robecology I was in the air force, stationed at Chatham, New Brunswick, so long ago- seems like another life time.

This guys is kind of like a Canadian Sagan.

Robecology comments on Jun 9, 2021:

Good one. Notice what nations are taxing gasoline high, what nations are taxing low. The sooner we end our dependence on Fossil fuels, the better.

Diogenes replies on Aug 1, 2021:

@Robecology Thanks for that. I have read that the Fudy Tides in New Brunswick are the biggest in the world. Unfortunitly, I have not read more. There are probably turbines already there.

“Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 31, 2021:

Yes, but such things often bring about a reaction in time, we could be on the verge of a new age of faith in traditional education and the idea of 'good taste' as and objective standard, which can be taught. When everyone can have unlimited trash delivered to their screen for free, the real ...

Diogenes replies on Aug 1, 2021:

@Fernapple What I forgot to mention also, acording to history before Constantine was that early Christians had to endure the arena- and the lions---- if this makes any difference one way or the other.

"I'm 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics.

whiskywoman comments on Aug 1, 2021:

lots of men 65 look 80 and cant get it up if that's not you be thankful and join aarp and get your dollar on every purchase

Diogenes replies on Aug 1, 2021:

I'm 83, and going swiming in a few minutes. Don't care about age- as long as I don't look like some of the 55-year-olds, and younger, that I have seen. My health is due to healthy food and exercise.

“Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 31, 2021:

Yes, but such things often bring about a reaction in time, we could be on the verge of a new age of faith in traditional education and the idea of 'good taste' as and objective standard, which can be taught. When everyone can have unlimited trash delivered to their screen for free, the real ...

Diogenes replies on Jul 31, 2021:

@Fernapple "..in the end everybody adopted it.." After Constantine made it the state religion--- what was second choice? Okay execution, but other than that!

This guys is kind of like a Canadian Sagan.

Robecology comments on Jun 9, 2021:

Good one. Notice what nations are taxing gasoline high, what nations are taxing low. The sooner we end our dependence on Fossil fuels, the better.

Diogenes replies on Jul 31, 2021:

I believe I have read that some house winows have sun reflective windows---besides solar panels on the roof.. Obviously the petrolium industry will spend trillions to keep their polluting product going. When will car coating/paint become solar panels? Forget the charging stations and the huge electric generating stations that are required for car electric chargers.

Great cartoon!!!??

BufftonBeotch comments on Jul 30, 2021:

Vaccine refusal may accomplish essentially the same thing.

Diogenes replies on Jul 31, 2021:

I believe that vacine refusal 'is' accomplishing the same thing. They may not be "gone"- but they ain't wih us either.

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Marionville comments on Jul 29, 2021:

It would certainly keep one fit!

Diogenes replies on Jul 30, 2021:

There is also another girl dancing to a bodhran at the Belfast Sumer Fest. She too is spectacular!

When someone tells me that their church can heal me....

Diogenes comments on Jul 29, 2021:

Isn't it amazing that they can cure a cancer patient that is a bout to die tomorrow, and that patient will run around the room in a state of euphoria---- but they can't cure dandruff. 'Golly' ---maybe there is a bit of ham acting going on.

Diogenes replies on Jul 29, 2021:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz World-wide, there isn't much possibility of removing X billions of con-men and their deciples.

When someone tells me that their church can heal me....

Diogenes comments on Jul 29, 2021:

Isn't it amazing that they can cure a cancer patient that is a bout to die tomorrow, and that patient will run around the room in a state of euphoria---- but they can't cure dandruff. 'Golly' ---maybe there is a bit of ham acting going on.

Diogenes replies on Jul 29, 2021:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz "Homicide"? The believers are already dead from the neck up.

the person who came up with this deserves a bonus.

Diogenes comments on Jul 28, 2021:

But it's bent on the end!

Diogenes replies on Jul 28, 2021:

@phxbillcee I knew there was a reason.

Let's beat Covid together.

Willow_Wisp comments on Jul 27, 2021:

He's just doing it for the boob view.

Diogenes replies on Jul 28, 2021:

Willow, pulleez laugh!!! It was a joke. I was going to say more- but NO, the subject is over.

Let's beat Covid together.

Diogenes comments on Jul 27, 2021:

Being the dirty old bastard, that I am---where can I get my next 100 shots?

Diogenes replies on Jul 28, 2021:

@St-Sinner LOL

“That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always ...

Diogenes comments on Jul 28, 2021:

Beauty is only skin deep. If youthful, internal ugliness stays into old age, there is nothing left of any consideration. On the other hand, RBG at 86 had a few wrinkles, maybe caused by laughter, but was beautiful inside and out.

Diogenes replies on Jul 28, 2021:

@Marionville Good morning! Now that I am 110, I am begining to think I was an old grump when I was young too--- but I still hope I have my trite, tattered sense of humour--- I hope it causes laughter someplace.

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KateOahu comments on Jul 27, 2021:

Hopefully, he will never again speak for the US.

Diogenes replies on Jul 27, 2021:

@MsKathleen "Prosecuted"? He murdered 200 to 300 thousand people. They used to hang murderers that killed ONE person. Yes there would have been covid deaths----- but sure as hell not 600,000! The games need to STOP.

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KateOahu comments on Jul 27, 2021:

Hopefully, he will never again speak for the US.

Diogenes replies on Jul 27, 2021:

Dump was/still is the world's dumbest doorknob!

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Diogenes comments on Jul 25, 2021:

I would obviously consider you a 'mate'. It's a hard life; but at least a few, that deserve a decent life, should get through with a smile- and a pint in hand.

Diogenes replies on Jul 26, 2021:

@rogerbenham I would not eat a pail of potatoes- can't think of why, even a moron, would drink pails of booze. I go to the pub to get out--- for me, there is no second entrance to some punch-up joint. I like a bit of music-or some football on the TV. "Football", the game where the players kick the ball with the foot---- obviously!

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Diogenes comments on Jul 25, 2021:

I would obviously consider you a 'mate'. It's a hard life; but at least a few, that deserve a decent life, should get through with a smile- and a pint in hand.

Diogenes replies on Jul 26, 2021:

@rogerbenham I have an intense dislike for falling-down drunks. And here is another point, I would rather talk to a 'little old lady--- that has just run a marathon- and is drinking tea". Next- this is not a story about a "marathon runner". There is a 97-year-old woman at fitness, under 5', who reads while she is on the treadmill. The books she reads are so big, and heavy--- think she is into weight lifting too!!! She reads more than I have done in the last 10 years. What I have just said is not fiction.