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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 ( 2051 )
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It's Friday Fun Day! GOP HYPOCRISY: Carson's Cutting Remarks!
Anyone can occasionally contradict themselves, or alternatively change their views and opinions. But there is something unique to the hypocrisy on the right, th... Read more
Posted on 14 August 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Coming to a Republican Debate Near You
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 12 August 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
People Have to Carry Insurance on Every Other Damn Thing ...
People have to carry insurance on every other damn thing that could damage or harm people or property. These firearms should be categorized as an attractive... Read more
Posted on 09 August 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
GOP = H Y P O C R I S Y (St. Ronald Ray-gun Rides Again! Uh- OH!)
For all the lip service the right pays to Secular Saint Ronnie Ray-gun, he'd be run out of the GOP and the Tea Party on a rail, and then tarred and feathered,... Read more
Posted on 09 August 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
And Rounding out the Weekend's Funnier Confrontations of Right Wing Hypocrisy
We do not see conservatives trying to make THESE more legitimate challenges to the sanctity and success of traditional marriage illegal. Read more
Posted on 09 August 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
And Another Refreshing View of Right Wing Hypocrisy - Do as I Say, Not as I Do,...
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 08 August 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Racists Tend to Be Gun Nuts......
From FB/ Gun Control. Now. Probably not all gun nuts are racists, but ALL racists are gun nuts. I would add that the overwhelming majority of racists and simila... Read more
Posted on 08 August 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
A Botanical and Historical Friday Fun Day
Yesterday was the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima; Sunday will mark the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki. Read more
Posted on 07 August 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Of Love and Lawn Mowers: Conservatives Don't Get Consent and Consciousness
Conservatives say stupid things they think are clever. The more extreme the Tea Bagger politics, usually the dumber and less insightful the comment. Facts are... Read more
Posted on 07 August 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Food for Thought (Right-Wing Terrorism)
A quote of a from the New York Times, based on statistics provided by the US Military Academy's Combating Terrorism Center. Despite public anxiety about... Read more
Posted on 04 August 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Achievers of New Lows in Hypocrisy = GOP
past wisdom "I don't want to see religious bigotry in any form. It would disturb me if there was a wedding between the religious fundamentalists and the... Read more
Posted on 04 August 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Conservative Boogeymen and Bad Conservative Government
The deeply indebted MN GOP is trying to play their wedge politics on the state's dime, in contrast to legitimate non-wedge-issue investigations, in calling for... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
past wisdom "I don't want to see religious bigotry in any form. It would disturb me if there was a wedding between the religious fundamentalists and the... Read more
Posted on 02 August 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Putting a Double Helping of Dumb in Fee Dumb
past wisdom "I don't want to see religious bigotry in any form. It would disturb me if there was a wedding between the religious fundamentalists and the... Read more
Posted on 01 August 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Friday Fun Day
Let's start with a newish video from clever satirical animator Mark Fiore and then move on to the fringe right craziest thing I've heard this week -- the claim... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Gun Free Zones.......are NOT the Problem; GUNS ARE THE PROBLEM
If more guns made us more safe, we would not have the gun violence problem as a nation that is unique to us, in contrast to other advanced nations. Read more
Posted on 30 July 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Right Wing Religious Propagandists Slime the Boy Scouts of America
Ban pedophiles, not gays. Gays are not automatically pedophiles or sex predators. Conservatives know, or should reasonably be expected to know this, but prefer... Read more
Posted on 29 July 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Not. One. More.
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 28 July 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Pissing Matches with Bullets
image from bookwormroom.com Our problem with gun violence is that the people who defend unfettered access to, and carrying around, guns in this country, across... Read more
Posted on 27 July 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Failed Policy, Failed Logic, Failed Ideology
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 26 July 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY
