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Penigma
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A mystery under a pseudonym; a blog dedicated to the rational discussion of politics and current events
LATEST ARTICLES ( 2042 )
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Will Trump Cause the Collapse of the US Government?
Perhaps it's time to admit that the US is a de facto Westminster Parliamentary Democracy. That is a system where the lower house of parliament has an ability... Read more
Posted on 25 September 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Civil War? The REALITY You NEED to Understand
Adam Kinzinger on why talk about civil war is misguided.And the US Constitution does not give you a right to fight the government, which is pretty explicit in... Read more
Posted on 17 September 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
America's Downward Spiral With Political Violence
What the supporters of "gun rights" fail to comprehend, despite their saying guns are "inanimate objects" is that "inanimate objects" can be turned against them... Read more
Posted on 13 September 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
SCOTUS Doesn't Understand the Phrase "ultra Vires".
I'm not going to repeat what the role of the US Supreme Court is, but it is not to create laws.It's is to interpret them according to legal method.Not to... Read more
Posted on 11 September 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
When We Hang the Capitalists, They Will Have Sold Us the Rope
Charlie Kirk is the product of misrepresenting the Second Amendment to make it anything other than a declaration that the militia, that is the... Read more
Posted on 10 September 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
The Black Cap
The black cap – based on court headgear in Tudor times – was traditionally put on by judges passing sentence of death.Ok, if you look this thing up on the... Read more
Posted on 10 September 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Nottoway Plantation--Those Who Forget the Past May Repeat Its Mistakes
I'm rather surprised by black people rejoicing at the destruction of this plantation since it seems to me that they would want to preserve this. Read more
Posted on 21 May 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Trump Has Found Gödel's Loophole in the US Constitution Which Allows the US to...
Kurt Gödel was an Austrian-American logician, mathematician, and analytic philosopher. He was born in Austria and emmigrated to the United StatesWhen Gödel was... Read more
Posted on 15 May 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Politics and Appearance: Mangione's Supporters Explained
OK, the US political system is broken. I doubt it was ever functional from 1759 onward. Benjamin Franklin suggested a plan for unifying the thirteen colonies th... Read more
Posted on 14 May 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Loyalist Networks and the Coming of the American Revolution in New York ...
As I said in an earlier post: British North America isn't that hard an alternative reality since it's called Canada. The British North America Acts, 1867–1975,... Read more
Posted on 11 May 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
The US is Too Soft on Unlawfully Present People
The less politically correct term is illegal immigrant, but the issue is their immigration status. One of the reasons for the laxness is that it is not a crime... Read more
Posted on 08 May 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
You Don't Understand Natural Rights If You Think They Give You a Right to Own a...
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among... Read more
Posted on 04 May 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
I'm Not Sure How to Title This Post About "assault Weapons"...
For some reason, some "Democrats" have decided to revive the proposal about banning "assault weapons". Let's start with the obvious: it's the same old shit... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
The History of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
The problem with the US supreme court is that it has become political and not impartial. If anything, it has become a joke.Scalia was the wrong person to... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
American Independence From the British Perspective
The move for independence wouldn't have happened had the French won in the Seven Years/French and Indian War. That opened up the west and got rid of a threat... Read more
Posted on 30 April 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World
I've been hearing that the War for Independence wasn't a war against a foreign foe, but was a civil war. Toss in how much it messed up the country whether the... Read more
Posted on 29 April 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Is Luigi Mangione a Vigilante Or a Terrorist?
Ok, I don't think the two are mutually exclusive. In fact, they tend to overlap.I need to set up some definitions. I will define vigilantism as "collective... Read more
Posted on 26 April 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Myth Busting the American Riflemen of the Revolution
Yet another myth goes down the crapper.And while we're at it, the guns used by the Rebels were either English Brown Besses or French Charleville. The... Read more
Posted on 24 April 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
OK, Luigi Mangione Supporters!
Yeah, I want to see him convicted.And for some very good reasons, which I am going to try to explain for your sick minds.Let's start off with what Brian Thompso... Read more
Posted on 22 April 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Tory During the American War for Independence Didn't Mean They Were Against...
It sort of amuses me that one line of alternative history is the what if the 13 Colonies had remained united with Great Britain. The reason that it amuses me... Read more
Posted on 20 April 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY
