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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 ( 1924 )
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Let's Also Stop Comparing This to Previous Wars
First off, this is the first war where a madman has nuclear weapons and made it clear he will use them if anyone tries to stop his illegal invasion of a... Read more
Posted on 02 March 2022 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Stop Knocking the Green New Deal: Ukrainian Situation Shows Need for Energy...
Very Amusing this: Despite what the one right wing Pennsylvania Representative says: The Green New Deal is not an off switch for the economy. If anything, energ... Read more
Posted on 01 March 2022 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin Has Totally Lost It
Wouldn't you try to avoid harming the people you are claiming to defend if that is your purported reason for illegally invading another country?Not Vladmir... Read more
Posted on 01 March 2022 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
I Would Like to Think That You Heard This Here First!
Le Figaro asked if the invasion of Ukraine will be Putin's Afghanistan?Yes, very much so. It will probably have a much worse effect on him than he expects. Read more
Posted on 28 February 2022 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Is Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin Insane Enough to Use Nuclear Weapons?
YES! Very Much so. He opened up this without too much of a threat from the west.The invasion is harming the people he claims to want to protect: the ethnic... Read more
Posted on 28 February 2022 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
No, You Cannot Compare Ukraine to Anywhere Else
There is quite a bit of history in this region: especially since it is between Asia and Europe. The term "Rus" comes from the Vikings since they owe quite... Read more
Posted on 27 February 2022 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Meet Stepan Bandera
He looks like a nice guy to me.This little clip from a Czech site pretty much sums up the situation in Ukraine: Stepan Andriyovich Bandera (1909-1959) is an ico... Read more
Posted on 25 February 2022 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
So, the "unthinkable" Has Happened.
I'm not really surprised. Or that wrong.Remember that Russia has been aiding the Donbas separatists (and other ethnic Russians) since the Crimea voted to... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2022 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Wotinthefuck is Vladmir Putin Thinking (or Not)????
You can’t really compare this situation to Hitler’s walking into countries since the locals aren’t going to give the Russians a warm welcome: unless you mean... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2022 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Ukraine Helps to Debunk Second Amendment Fallacy of Armed Resistance.
CONSIDER THIS... This is just part of the known tally ... In 1929 the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, approximately 20 million... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2022 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
A Unified Language for Africa????
This is a furtheration of my thoughts on this topic. Yeah, there is an irony that someone who quotes Julius Nyerere would critique the use of Swahili as a lingu... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2022 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
I Really Love Russell Brand and Agree with Him on a Lot of Things ("fings").
The problem with democracy in the US is that it isn't. The country that spent most of the 20th Century preaching about free and fair elections on a secret ballo... Read more
Posted on 21 February 2022 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Still More Russell Brand on US Politics.
Do this with a "French accent" and it's pretty much what I would say:[1]"I don't know how people can get so whipped up by either side of the political debate... Read more
Posted on 19 February 2022 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
"It's High Time We Move from the Coloniser's Language."
OK, I have to laugh as someone who speaks the two most common languages spoken in Africa: English and French. Portugese is the third. Read more
Posted on 18 February 2022 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Yet Another Reason I Don't Really Fit in the US.
Besides being multilingual. Tant pis pour toi si tu n’es pas bilingue. My politics are pretty far left in the US, but pretty centre/centre-left in Europe. Read more
Posted on 17 February 2022 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Russell Brand on the Democrats and Still More Russell Brand!
This video needs to be seen since both parties like to demonise the other while neglecting their own faults. Meanwhile, people are being conned with "hot button... Read more
Posted on 07 February 2022 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Greg Gutfeld on Whoopi Goldberg and CRT
I have a love-hate relationship with Greg Gutfeld. He says some things which are bang on sometimes. He also says some things that are a little off. I used to... Read more
Posted on 06 February 2022 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Big Brother/Sister is Watching You and You Are Giving Him Everything He/she Wants
You might find this interesting if you believe you support "capitalism":Time to wake up because Big Tech is running your life.Time to become a Luddite. This... Read more
Posted on 04 February 2022 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Russell Brand on Hillary Clinton
Unlike Doggone, I KNEW that the Russia narrative was Rubbish. Russell Brand makes the truth easy to swallow:Tulsi Gabbard captured Hillary Clinton best. Read more
Posted on 03 February 2022 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
The US Really Needs to Join the Rest of the World
In this case, it's the metric system. There are a lot of really good reasons: one of which is trade. There are only three countries in the world using the... Read more
Posted on 29 January 2022 DEBATE, SOCIETY