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LATEST ARTICLES ( 1995 )

• Just Lock the Republicans in the Clown Car Together - Preferably in the Trunk

  

  These are factual figures. Conservatives are lousy at governance, and especially poor at economic policy and foreign policy --- and those two are both closely... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Conservative Hypocrisy and Double Standards of Justice -- Easy on Themselves,...

  

  Conservatives are hypocrites. Conservatives want a lenient justice for them and their children, and the harshest possible justice for other people. Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• My Favorite Quote of the Week, So Far: Robert Reich

  Sing it Reich, sing it LOUD, sing truth to power! Texas not only hates the rest of the nation, Texas just passed more lax gun laws, which were promoted and... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Celebrating the Real Meaning of Memorial Day

  It is too easy to fall into the trap, the habit, of treating Memorial Day as just a selfish personal party day, a vacation day, disconnected from the original... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Conservatism Is, LITERALLY, Resulting in the DEATHS of Women and Children

  

  most recent infant mortality rates, 2014 most recent statistics on comparative maternal mortality rates Last month the Shriver Report, a non-profit that deals... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• GOP Continues the War on Women, in New and Uglier Ways

  How the GOP, apparently, think babies arrive... This is in the larger context of state level anti-abortion legislation, as well as state level and federal... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• As We Face Republicans (mostly Men) Again Being Anti-sex, Anti-women, and...

  Here is the thing -- labor seldom is over in an hour; it can go on for MUCH longer. We are fortunate that science has now provided this opportunity for men to... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Happy Mother's Day to Our Readers and Their Families.

  

  Here is an extraordinary example of motherhood the hard way, from the animal kingdom a little over two months ago --- a bald eagle keeping a nest with two eggs... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Friday Fun-day - More Fiore

  in view of the provoked attack last weekend in Texas. A pox on both the extremists - the anti-muslims associated with the bigot Pam Geller, who only seeks free... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Amen

  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 08 May 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Conservatives, Texas Stupid Style - Even Bigger Stupid Than Normal

  

  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 08 May 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• GOP = Gender Offensive Party : HF 1546 / SF 1543

  

  We have an issue in our legislature relating to sex and science. Not surprising, we have a divide along political lines relating to the issues, with... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Flag Propaganda 5: Miami, Florida, and Old Glory

  

  how we saluted the flag In American classrooms during the pledge of allegiance prior to December 1942 image from wikipedia[ Salute to the U.S. Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Hooray for Larry Wilmore

  He's not Colbert (at least not yet), but he NAILS this one. I can't think of a better example of shitty Republican 'math' where they just make up shit, and... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• It's Friday Fun Day! Happy May Day 2015!

  To put your week in perspective -- enjoy! This poor guy may have been thinking more 'm'aidez', the international call for help, than the sound-alike May Day... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Global Warming Denier States Underestimated the Threat of Avian Flu

  A week ago, the Iowa Secretary of Agriculture claimed that avian flu wasn't going to be spreading. From the Daily Iowan, a week ago today (emphasis mine - DG):... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• RIP Patrick Howe

  

  We mourn the passing of one of our blogosphere friends, in France, Patrick Howe, aka Microdot.His blog was always funny, creative, frequently insightful, witty... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• RIP, Jack Ely

  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 29 April 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• It's Friday!

  My favorite from this week and last week. Enjoy! Lynch -- finally confirmed! Yipppeee! A momentary hiccup in Republican obstructionism and failure to govern! Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Update: Governor Declares Avian Flu State of Emergency

  No surprise, we have more bird flu in Minnesota, not only among turkey farms but now outbreaks at chicken farms. Governor Dayton is releasing additional... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY