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Penigma
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A mystery under a pseudonym; a blog dedicated to the rational discussion of politics and current events
LATEST ARTICLES ( 1877 )
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Joe Barton, GOP = Party of Stupid
I feel sad that conservatives actually believe rubbish like this, that they are consistently so willfully and intentionally ignorant, so anti-science, so... Read more
Posted on 05 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Are There Bachmann Corruption Charges Coming in Iowa?
Election bid or auction bid in Iowa? cross-posted from MNPP: According to the HuffPo, Kent Sorenson received significant quantities of moola, pay-offs,... Read more
Posted on 05 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
There's Much Less Science Taking Place Under the GOP Federal Shutdown
Instead, Australia and China, working cooperatively, made this discovery. You can bet they are also the nations that will be raking in the profits from this... Read more
Posted on 05 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Short Shot
cross-posted from MNPP: Yesterday, we had an incident in our nation’s capitol. Two members of law enforcement were injured, seriously enough to be hospitalized. Read more
Posted on 05 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
(Dis)Information Technology Professionals
My blog partner, DG, was recently over visiting another blog run by right-wing flack Mitch Berg. On it, Berg (a friend of mine who works in User Experience... Read more
Posted on 04 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
The Problem with "Good Guys with Guns"
is that so many of them are not really good. It is simplistic and superficial reasoning to assume that anyone legally carrying a gun, either open carry or... Read more
Posted on 03 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Do You Really Think They Care About Your "gun Rights", Suckers?
The right wants to use gun rights as a wedge issue to get you to vote against your self interests, yet their shut down could prevent people from exercising thei... Read more
Posted on 02 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Minnow-sota, Colorado, and the GOP Shutdown of the Federal Government
cross-posted from MNPR: Rachel Maddow last week (September 25, 2013) did a segment on her show on MSNBC about Duluth, Minnesota, and fat head minnows that are... Read more
Posted on 01 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
GOP = Deafness to the Will of the People
As noted in mid-September in the CNBC poll, in spite of the phony excuses that they are listening to the will of the people, the right wing fringies are... Read more
Posted on 01 October 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Bust Brodkorb and the Elephant He Rode in on
cross-posted from MNPP image from thinkprogress On Friday night’s edition of Almanac, there was a segment composed of former legislators who commented on curren... Read more
Posted on 30 September 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
My Deficit Ceiling Demands
The federal debt is something which both parties contributed in creating in nearly equal measure. Think not, go look at the debt levels under Ronald Reagan. G... Read more
Posted on 29 September 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
“Telephone”-style Reporting on Kenya Terrorists
from the AP Local imams and Muslims, including the A.I.C.’s Abdul Aziz, left, and Imam Abdirizak Hashi, stand in solidarity to speak out against extremism in th... Read more
Posted on 24 September 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Crunchy Or Squishy - What Kind of RW Nut Do You Prefer?
Cruz-ing for a bruising? Yours, ours, theirs… Blame "Ted Cruz-the-fuse" on the right wing ticking time bomb of destruction... cross-posted from MNPP: Crunchy... Read more
Posted on 23 September 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Failed Right-wing Math, and Wrong-headed Rationalizations on Nutritional...
Cross posted from MNPR: The Republicans are claiming that they are going to cut nutritional assistance, but make up for it, and find even MORE money, by... Read more
Posted on 22 September 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
The Navy Yard: Gun Control WORKS
The shooter at the Navy Yards in D.C. was a concealed carry permittee, from a wildly gun-hugging lax gun control state, Texas. Read more
Posted on 19 September 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Happy Constitution Day!
the Constitution, on display in the National Archive The Constitution was adopted and signed on this date in 1787, replacing the Articles of Confederation signe... Read more
Posted on 17 September 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
A Little Friday the 13th Fun
Alex Jones, working his radio magic cross posted from MNPP Jonesing The two 'Southron' Jones boys have, separately, made the news, again, for ugly stupidity. Read more
Posted on 13 September 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Chilling; from the Wonderful Folks at IFLS
Over the last few days several news articles have emerged announcing that Arctic sea ice is growing, not shrinking, and therefore the climate is not warming... Read more
Posted on 12 September 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Rightwing Welfare Myth Versus Fact
cross posted from MNPP The Institute for Southern Studies Tazra Mitchell wrote a great piece about what conservatives mistakenly believe about welfare assistanc... Read more
Posted on 12 September 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
More Michael Brodkorb Bills to Lege
cross posted from MNPP follow the money, or the lack of it The lege is dealing with more financial matters than that of state disaster relief – unless you use... Read more
Posted on 11 September 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY