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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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Happy First Day of Spring!
OK, so it's snowy - but it is melting, with temps above freezing (for now). Today, the periods of daylight and night are the same length. Read more
Posted on 20 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Watch as 1000 Years of European Borders Change
There's a lesson in here somewhere: Read more
Posted on 18 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Happy St. Patrick's Day - Here is a Short Quiz
Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick's Day....but how much do you know about Ireland? 1. Was St. Patrick Irish? Yes. No. 2. Were there snakes in Ireland for St.... Read more
Posted on 17 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Democracy Vs. Republic: Conservatives Believe False Things
Conservatives believe things that are not true. Conservatives imagine themselves to be victims, when they are not. I recently had a series of exchanges with... Read more
Posted on 16 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Losing Their Heads? Or Just out of Their Minds? (Update to an Earlier Story)
Raw Story reported a few days ago that now Rick Santorum has picked up the latest radical right wing / radical religious right claim about guillotines being... Read more
Posted on 14 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
THIS is What a Religious Bigot and Bully Looks Like,
This is the harassment from which we need to protect kids. This is hate under a cracked veneer of religion. This has nothing to do with God or love or... Read more
Posted on 12 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Colbert Nails IT! Guns and Religion.......
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 11 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Conservatives, by Definition, Believe Things That Are Not True
Tip of the hat to Addicting Info for this. According to right wing nut case Jim Garrow, the Obamacare guillotine has now been legalized and will be used to... Read more
Posted on 11 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Republican Minnesota Legislator Pat Garofalo Nationally Humiliated for Racism
Pat Garofalo, face palmed[ A trash-talking / trash-tweeting member of the MN GOP had to back track after first doubling down on a racist tweet. Read more
Posted on 10 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Michele Bachmann Struggles with Rejection by America by Attending CPAC
At CPAC, Michele Bachmann continued her cray-cray. She is dealing with rejection the same way she deals with the rest of reality, by denying it. Her own party... Read more
Posted on 09 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Arresting Developments: The Wacky Religious Right Fake Arrests
Whiny conservatives like to claim they are the victims of a "war on Christians". There is no 'war on Christians', but they enjoy pretending to be victims when... Read more
Posted on 09 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
C-PAC and Other Right Wing Nuts Apparently Don't Know President Carter IS ALIVE
Shame on them. It's not like he has gone into a shameful retirement because of a disgraced presidency. Instead of painting shlocky naked self-portraits and... Read more
Posted on 09 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
It's Friday Fun Day - but Not for McCain and Probably Not for His Buddy Putin...
But not so much fun if you're the Putin-praising Senator John McCain from Arizona. I have to wonder if perhaps the elderly senator is getting a bit past it, as... Read more
Posted on 07 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Norms and Shame - Another Post for International Women's Day
Cross posted from MN Political Roundtable with the permission of the author: Happy International Women's Day! Let's marvel together at what happens in India:... Read more
Posted on 07 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
March 8th is International Women's DayConservatives Don't VALUE Women, They...
Next door in South Dakota we have another example of racism meeting misogyny, and attempt by right wingers to intrude more of THEIR religious bias into... Read more
Posted on 07 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Why the Radical Right Has to LIE About Gun Confiscation - Because It is Not Real
The Radical Right subset of propagandists are in high gear. Understandably, the main stream media is not joining in their hysteria mongering. Read more
Posted on 06 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Watching International News This Morning Made Me Proud of Obama and Kerry
There was some de-escalation by Putin, pulling troops back from the border. But what most made me proud this morning was the video footage of Ukraine troops in... Read more
Posted on 05 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
MN GOP Stands for 'Mazingly Nutty, Gullible (&)/OR Paranoid!
A Minnesota radical Right Wing blogger wrote up a rumor earlier today as if it were fact this morning that “Connecticut was a commin’ to confiscate yer guns”. Read more
Posted on 04 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Happy Mardi Gras!
Have some traditional holiday pancakes, and then party, at least a little, to celebrate the last leg of winter and Lent, knowing that spring and Easter... Read more
Posted on 04 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Shame on the Killers, Shame on the Radical Right
They are killers, even when the people who will die are their own children.These people are the epitome of hate, of greed, of lust for power, of inhumanity and... Read more
Posted on 04 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY