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Penigma
http://penigma.blogspot.com/
A mystery under a pseudonym; a blog dedicated to the rational discussion of politics and current events
LATEST ARTICLES ( 1870 )
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Tea and Toast for Eric Cantor - He Loses His Primary in VA, No More House...
Eric Cantor has lost the Virginia Republican congressional primary. He is currently on television making his thanks and giving his concession remarks. Read more
Posted on 11 June 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
"Personhood" and "Life Begins at Conception" is NOT Scientifically Valid...
How Republicans would LIKE Babies to Arrive Courtesy of Washingtonwatch.com H.R. 1091, The Life at Conception Act H.R. 1091 would implement equal protection... Read more
Posted on 09 June 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
North Duh-kota and Whiz-sconsin Join the Rest of the 5 State Area in Coming...
Iowa has gay marriage. Minnesota has gay marriage. The remaining backward states in the region are being dragged into the 21st century, and real freedom and... Read more
Posted on 08 June 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
En Point - Ballet and Bergdahl Now, Flint/Coburn and Ballet, Then
I am amused at the right wing anti-elitist (when it suits them) radical right which embraces and extols mediocrity in all its many manifestations. Read more
Posted on 07 June 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Yup
PENIGMA RULES 1. We are here for discussion and debate. Citing factual sources is encouraged, and critical reasoning is prized here. Spam comments will be... Read more
Posted on 07 June 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Busta Troll Busted?
I'll make no bones about it--I love a good goating. That is where someone infiltrates a "conservative" facebook page, becomes an admin, and then the page "owner... Read more
Posted on 06 June 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
GOP = HYPOCRISY -Looks Like Maybe Bergdahl is Being 'Swiftboated' to Try to...
If this video does not play for you, it is the second interview here, from 6/4/2014, with the author of the article and another reporter from Afghanistan, with... Read more
Posted on 05 June 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Yes, People Kill People, but Guns Make a Huge Difference in How Many People Get...
This map was produced from a scholarly study by researchers from Boston Children's Hospital and published this March in JAMA Internal Medicine. Read more
Posted on 05 June 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Making (sh)It Up: MN GOP Endorsed Candidate for Governor of Minnesota, Jeff...
The boy carved out of wood, Pinocchio; when he lies, his nose grows but business doesn’t On the Sunday Morning June 1st edition of WCCO Sunday Morning, in an... Read more
Posted on 04 June 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Tojo Never Made It to Darwin
Do you really think it was guns that kept the Japanese from Invading the Continental US? Are you people really that ignorant? The range of a heavy bomber... Read more
Posted on 03 June 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Guns Are the Problem and the NRA is the Problem with the Dangerously Mentally Il...
From the Washington Times: House approves $20 million more for gun background checks The U.S. House on Thursday passed legislation to provide an additional $20... Read more
Posted on 02 June 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
You Can't Fix Stupid - and Stupid Kills People
I frequently point out that conservatives routinely, consistently, persistently, and dogmatically believe things which are factually false, are based on flawed... Read more
Posted on 30 May 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Craig Cobb Appears to Be Back at His Old White Supremacist Behaviors
He just can't help himself; Craig Cobb has a flat learning curve. He appears not to be trusted. The judge and the prosecutor let him off way too easily, if... Read more
Posted on 29 May 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Gop = Hypocrisy, Conservatives = Corruption
You can count on conservatives not to let their claims of patriotism get in the way of them slavishly serving big money special interests. Conservatives -... Read more
Posted on 29 May 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
RIP, Maya Angelou
From the 'Beeb' World News: US President Barack Obama has led the tributes to Maya Angelou, describing the poet, author and activist as "one of the brightest... Read more
Posted on 29 May 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Conservative Gun Violence Fallacies -- Or Should That Be 'Phallus-ees"?
Better funding of background checks so as to provide data to the NICS data base help prevent the dangerously mentally ill from obtaining legal guns from FFL... Read more
Posted on 28 May 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
An (Un)civil Society
Yet more random deaths. Yet more tragic loss. While the United States has seen a steady decline in overall criminal activity, including homicide, over the past... Read more
Posted on 27 May 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Memorial Day, and What It Means
Today is Memorial Day. Today is the day we honor and acknowledge those who died in military service on behalf of this country. Read more
Posted on 26 May 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Friday is Fun Day - Laugh at the Conspiracy Theory Guys (this is Hilarious)
OMG -- VOLDEMORT IS REAL! And he is actually a shape shifting SPACE ALIEN (who looks a little bit like James Carville - uh OH!). Read more
Posted on 23 May 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Did ALL Conservatives FLUNK Sex Ed?
We’ve recently seen new gains for the LGBT community, notably for marriage equality in Pennsylvania, Idaho and Oregon this week. I can only imagine the uproa... Read more
Posted on 23 May 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY