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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 ( 2046 )
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Meet Hugh Jeffreys, a Right to Repair Advocate
I want to give a shout out to this person since he caught my eye with a video about fixing an old MacBook Pro. This, of course, would be something of interest t... Read more
Posted on 12 October 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Bring Down The Government!
Or why is this man looking so smug?The bottom line is that if the US had a Westminster system, the government would be dissolved and there would be new... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Dell Sells Linux Computers!
I moved from the Microsoft operating system a while back, I'm guessing in 2011 from my old blog posts. I have a serious dislike for tech giants having worked... Read more
Posted on 09 October 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Find a COMPATIBLE Linux Computer for $200+: Roadmap to Linux. Part 1
I have been seriously thinking about returning to Linux for the reasons mentioned. Apple's Mac OS is based on Linux, but has proprietary things which force you... Read more
Posted on 07 October 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
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
