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• The 2013 Bad Penny Award for Gross Hypocrisy on the Right: Remember the Sarah...

  

  A lot of people refer to the religious and political right as the western equivalent of the Taliban. The legislation against women and children, both in... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Happy New Years Eve 2013!

  May your evening be safe and happy, and spent with the people you love and who make you happy. The following are some very impressive fireworks displays from... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Game is Rigged, the Playing Field Has Been Tilted by the Rich, by...

  

  As we face a new year, we need to close the loopholes, we need to change what is in place causing the wealth and income inequality. Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Giant Rainbow Penny Award for 2013 Goes To........ Minnesota!

  

  This year marked a tipping point for same sex marriage and marriage equality. Marriage equality and anti-gay discrimination are both important areas of civil... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Bad Penny Award for 2013 Goes to (drum Roll)......the Radical Right, for...

  

  Like these two pennies, the radical right has badly damaged our nation, our government, our society and our economy. This particular award is for the failure... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Time for the 2013 Penny Awards!

  

  At Penigma, we have an awards tradition of adding our two cents worth to the end of the year best and worst and most and least awards for the year - the Pennies! Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Friday Funday - Friday Fiore Animations

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  Posted on 27 December 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• We're in the Positive Top 10!

  

  we have a sense of humor Better than we did under that brief period of a Republican lege.... these rankings should bode well for the 2014 election cycle. Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Christmas is Over -- and According to This, Minnesota is the Exercise State

  

  Christmas for 2013 is over, time to go back to that exercise to offset all the celebrating! Thanks to Upworthy for this: And on to what we don't do well -- we... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• From All of Us at Penigma -- a Merry Tuba Christmas

  Honoring both Christmas and a very special Minnesota tradition: In case you are wondering what the heck a Tuba Christmas is, the history of this concert was... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Bigotry is Clear, Bigotry is Bad, Bigotry Must Be Opposed -- and Bigotry is Bad...

  

  Some seem to be ambivalent about what hate is and is not; they flip flop rather than having actual core values. The twist and blow with the wind. Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Here Comes the Sun, Here Comes the Son......

  In modern Iran, today or rather tonight, is celebrated as a major holiday, an ancient tradition that significantly predates Islam by many centuries. Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Happy Winter Solstice - the Darkest Day of the Year, a Celebration of the...

  

  Stonehenge Solstice Sun This is the point in the north where we have the least amount of daylight; starting tomorrow we begin to gain more minutes of sunlight i... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Whoooo HOOOOOOOOOO! Utah Ban on Same Sex Marriage Struck Down!

  

  Add another state to the long and growing list of states that now will be allowing same sex marriage. It's hard to keep up with the count, but I believe this... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Boo Hooo Hoo Blubbering Boehner Admitting the Right Wing Nuts Who Contributed...

  Right wing ideology makes conservatives stupid, it plays on and makes those who believe it more gullible, tricking them into turning over their hard earned mone... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Why?

  

  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 17 December 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Murray - Ryan Budget Legislation is Scheduled for the Senate on Tuesday:...

  

  The Murray – Ryan Budget passed the House of Representatives with a solid majority. Who voted yea and who voted nay from the Minnesota delegation is interesting... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Celebrate! Today is the 222 Anniversary of the Ratification of the Bill of...

  

  First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• On the Anniversary of Sandy Hook, Newtown Connecticut

  

  Today is the anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Yesterday, another High School in Colorado was the scene of another student shooting... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• It's Friday the 13th! Time for a Little Scary Fun! Three Cheers for the Giant...

  

  Followers of the Satanic Temple have petitioned to erect a monument on the grounds of the Oklahoma Capitol, right next to the Ten Commandments, following the... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY