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LATEST ARTICLES ( 1995 )

• Potholes in Logic

  I recently flew home from Washington DC on the same plane as Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton.  I didn't know Dayton suffered from a degenerative condition which... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• GOP Whining Over Paying Women Fairly

  

  from the WAGE project: Employers pay women less than they pay men for the same reason male dogs lick their balls - because they can. And like male dogs,... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Celebrate World Meteorological Day 2014! Acknowledge Global Warming and What We...

  

  Weather is different than climate. Global warming is real. World Meteorological Day 2014 Weather and climate: engaging youth World Meteorological Day is... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Hooray for Michigan! The Latest State with Greater Freedom!

  

  Michigan is the latest state where a court has overturned their same-sex marriage ban. Another blow for freedom and equality, one that continues to put the stat... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Fred Phelps, Westboro Church Hate Group Patriarch Dies

  We look forward to his hate group of limited family members dying with him. Some of his former members have defected, and tried to undo his work - good for them. Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Happy First Day of Spring!

  

  OK, so it's snowy - but it is melting, with temps above freezing (for now). Today, the periods of daylight and night are the same length. Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Watch as 1000 Years of European Borders Change

  

  There's a lesson in here somewhere: Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Happy St. Patrick's Day - Here is a Short Quiz

  

  Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick's Day....but how much do you know about Ireland? 1. Was St. Patrick Irish? Yes. No. 2. Were there snakes in Ireland for St.... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Democracy Vs. Republic: Conservatives Believe False Things

  

  Conservatives believe things that are not true. Conservatives imagine themselves to be victims, when they are not. I recently had a series of exchanges with... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Losing Their Heads? Or Just out of Their Minds? (Update to an Earlier Story)

  

  Raw Story reported a few days ago that now Rick Santorum has picked up the latest radical right wing / radical religious right claim about guillotines being... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• THIS is What a Religious Bigot and Bully Looks Like,

  

  This is the harassment from which we need to protect kids. This is hate under a cracked veneer of religion. This has nothing to do with God or love or... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Colbert Nails IT! Guns and Religion.......

  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 11 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Conservatives, by Definition, Believe Things That Are Not True

  

  Tip of the hat to Addicting Info for this. According to right wing nut case Jim Garrow, the Obamacare guillotine has now been legalized and will be used to... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Republican Minnesota Legislator Pat Garofalo Nationally Humiliated for Racism

  

  Pat Garofalo, face palmed[ A trash-talking / trash-tweeting member of the MN GOP had to back track after first doubling down on a racist tweet. Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Michele Bachmann Struggles with Rejection by America by Attending CPAC

  

  At CPAC, Michele Bachmann continued her cray-cray. She is dealing with rejection the same way she deals with the rest of reality, by denying it. Her own party... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Arresting Developments: The Wacky Religious Right Fake Arrests

  Whiny conservatives like to claim they are the victims of a "war on Christians". There is no 'war on Christians', but they enjoy pretending to be victims when... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• C-PAC and Other Right Wing Nuts Apparently Don't Know President Carter IS ALIVE

  

  Shame on them. It's not like he has gone into a shameful retirement because of a disgraced presidency. Instead of painting shlocky naked self-portraits and... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• It's Friday Fun Day - but Not for McCain and Probably Not for His Buddy Putin...

  But not so much fun if you're the Putin-praising Senator John McCain from Arizona. I have to wonder if perhaps the elderly senator is getting a bit past it, as... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Norms and Shame - Another Post for International Women's Day

  

  Cross posted from MN Political Roundtable with the permission of the author: Happy International Women's Day! Let's marvel together at what happens in India:... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• March 8th is International Women's DayConservatives Don't VALUE Women, They...

  

  Next door in South Dakota we have another example of racism meeting misogyny, and attempt by right wingers to intrude more of THEIR religious bias into... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY