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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 ( 1878 )
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Vaccinate KIDS!!!!
From IFLS, Immunisation is estimated to have prevented the deaths of two to three million children each year. Unfortunately, 1.5 million children under the... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
This is What Losing Looks Like
A certain sitcom actor made a lot of noise a while back about 'winning'... which was a lot more like whining, and losing. It sounds remarkably like the current... Read more
Posted on 17 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
The Debt Ceiling Crisis -- Someone is Making Money off of It, on the Right
Hardcore radical right wingers will try to crash not only the government, but the economy. Some of this is out of ignorance, a deeply ignorant lack of... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Time for Tough Love
cross-posted from MNPP: Revenge….or Rescue? Neither. It’s time for tough love! I have been participating in both sides of an internal debate, arguing with mysel... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Shooting Blind
I was pilloried by a NRA activist who writes under the name Sebastian on his blog a while back, for asserting that we should require eye testing for gun... Read more
Posted on 14 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
GOP Lies - They Lie Big, They Lie Often; They Lie by Omission and by Comission
Conservatives have to lie, because the facts are not their friends. They choose to believe things which are not true, WHICH THEY KNOW, ON SOME LEVEL OF THEIR... Read more
Posted on 14 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Both Sides Are NOT to Blame for the Current Budget Mess
Late in the evening of September 30, 2013, the House Rules Committee Republicans secretly changed the rules of the House so that the ONLY Member allowed to... Read more
Posted on 13 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Now It's Ted Cruz Who is Poll Dancing
One of the biggest problems with the right is that they are reality deniers. They go through intellectual contortions that are far less graceful than those in... Read more
Posted on 13 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Highway Hubris, and Gross Political Miscalculation
The organizers of the big trucker protest in D.C. made a lot of delusional noise about the support they had, claiming millions would join them in a new... Read more
Posted on 12 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
2nd Update - the Racist Right Statements from the Truckers Non-shut-down of...
We've often heard the right deny they're racists. I think that must be because 1. they are good at denying facts and reality; and 2. Read more
Posted on 11 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Update on the Epic Fail of Truckers Shutting Down Washington D.C.
like the truckers shutting down D.C. very little truck action cross-posted from MNPP: Update on the Truck Nuts – epic failure Claims of 100 million shrunk to 1... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Celebrate Today - the Day of the Girl
From DayoftheGirl.org We are a 100% youth-led movement committed to promoting the International Day of the Girl Child on October 11 as a platform for change in... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
How's That Shut Down Strategy Working for You, GOP?
Remember when the extremist Conservatives assured the GOP that the shutdown wouldn't hurt their popularity? Uh OH! Looks like someone was badly wrong (not that... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Kessler Supporter Endangers Hearing by Dropping His Gun.
Pants are kept up with belts; for those who appreciate the security of a little redundancy, or just like to 'be prepared' (the girl scout motto), belt and... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Naming Names: Foreign Press Blames Michele Bachmann Tea Party, and GOP for Shut...
cross-posted from MN Political Roundtable In hot water!(image courtesyhttp://mariopiperni.com) - See more at: http://mnpoliticalroundtable. Read more
Posted on 11 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Where, Oh Where, is the Toxic Avenger, When We Need Him to Vanquish the Evil...
the original movie trailer, top; the musical trailer, bottom In the not-so-distant past, from out of the campy ooze of nuclear waste, came a hero! Read more
Posted on 10 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Colbert Demonstrates WHY He Deserved Those Two Emmys
You have to love this: The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Video Archive and this is even better, in that it references Michele the lunati... Read more
Posted on 10 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Keep on Truckin'! Mark Kessler, Posterboy for Failure
It's too funny - and too much fun laughing at Mark Kessler, poster-boy for Failure. I'm betting the 'other' related truck-in (like a hippie sit-in, but with... Read more
Posted on 09 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Maddogging on 'Magog' and Michele Bachmann, Gagging on 'Gog'
fake man on dinosaur rock, above and below For those of you not familiar with the definition of the word 'maddog' (not mad dog) used above, from dictionary. Read more
Posted on 08 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Bastard! What a Total Lack of Empathy, Compassion, Ethics, Integrity, Or...
Lee Terry, Republican Representative from NE No class. No decency. No integrity. Pure greed and selfishness. Utter Hubris and arrogance. Read more
Posted on 07 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY