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LATEST ARTICLES ( 1995 )

• Happy Holidays to Our Gentle Readers

  Happy Passover and Happy Easter, respectively.(And our very secular congrats to our next door neighbors on their Final Four victory. Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Freedom from the Crazy and the Freakishy Weird and the Bloody-Minded

  

  Evangelical Conservatives are a small group of people who have tried to be very controlling of others. Do what they say, or they will make you pay, in whatever... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Instead of Being HAPPY, the Greater the Obama Administration's Success and the...

  

  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 04 April 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Same-sex Marriage, Law and Customs: the Minnesota Connection, and a Brief History

  

  As we see the religious right take another hit or two on the chin from the masters of the conservatives -- Business, NOT Jesus, not conservative organized... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• All Good -- and the Right Has NO Alternative, Much Less One as Good Or Better

  

  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 03 April 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• It's Friday Fun-day!

  

  I hope you will laugh at this as much as I did. The moon will however have an effect on your life - it will affect the tides. The sun will have an effect on you... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Hobby Lobby and Citizens United

  Citizen's United paved the way for Hobby Lobby, by declaring companies to be entitled to the protections of people, and Hobby Lobby declared the owners of a... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Kansas --- Brownback and His Administration Are Taking the State Down the Toilet

  

  There's nothing but bad news in Kansas on revenue and their economy: Kansas tax revenue $11.2 million less than expected in March Weak sales, corporate income... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Conservative Economic Polices Are Epic Failures -- and Have Been Since...

  

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  Posted on 01 April 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Pence Continues to Blow It, and Blow It BIG

  

  I predict that there will be no 'fix' changing this law; the only adequate 'fix' is repeal. No Republican candidate, many of whom are embracing the Pence... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Guess Mike Pence DOES Believe in Indiana Discrimination

  

  Shall we start a betting pool on how long before Indiana - and Pence - cave on this? Shall we be honest that this was always all about gay discrimination, as... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Just Sayin' -- Bigotry is Bigotry is Bigotry

  

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  Posted on 31 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Open Letter to Governor Pence of Indiana, and to Conservatives in Georgia and...

  

  Dear Mike Pence, You sir, Governor Pence, are a liar and a coward, and a bigot. Let's just cut to the chase, cut through your bullshit.  Your statement on th... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Dear Indiana -- It's Called PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION

  

  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 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Conservatives LOVE LOVE LOVE Our Constitution, Except When They Don't -...

  

  If you follow right wing propaganda sources, like the World Nut(Net) Daily or the right wing Townhall, or the speeches by many conservatives, especially those... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• It's Friday Fun-Day!

  And nothing is more fun than Mark Fiore animations. Fiore is easily one of the most brilliant creative minds of our generation with his satirical humor and... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Laff(er)ing at Ted Cruz and His Ridiculous Flat Tax Proposal / End the IRS...

  So, now Ted Cruz joins past presidential candidate wanna-bees on the right in proposing a flat tax. Flat taxes have been proposed by most recently Herman Cain... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Conservatives Are HYPOCRITES

  

  I have to give Donald Trump credit for consistency at least, as an idiot birther. Wrong. But consistent. Much as I hate to give him credit for anything, at leas... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War About as Much as Harry Truman Won World War 2

  Whenever I confront my conservative friends about their hero, and the man they claim was the best President since World War II, it generally goes down two lines. Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Bibi Wins Big -- Big Butt-hurtz

  

  Bibi Netanyahu's not having a good time after his Likud party victory in Israel. Bibi got that win by peeling off other extreme conservatives from minor parties... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY