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LATEST ARTICLES ( 1995 )

• Guns on December 8th: Then, Now, .......and the Future?

  

  Lennon Murder scene Mark Chapman, Lennon's murderer Today, December 8th, is the anniversary of several famous shootings, and the beginning of the wee... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Remember Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941

  

  History tells us that the attack on Pearl Harbor was intended to dissuade the United States from entry into World War II. They were wrong; it did the exact... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Continuing Racism, and the Common Thread of Conservatism and the Religious...

  

  South African Apartheid, aboveUnited States Segregation, below Both Jim Crow laws and Apartheid laws are approximately contemporaneous, with Jim Crow ending... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Rest in Peace, Nelson Mandela, Courageous Fighter Against Apartheid

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  Posted on 05 December 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Craig Cobb Update: Not-So-White Supremacy in the Cold NoDak Snow

  

  Craig Cobb, center Craig Cobb is the White Supremacist, wanted for hate crimes in Canada, who has a various times been jailed, or hospitalized in the local... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Thanks for Nothing, Thanks for Everything

  

  the famous Norman Rockwell painting from 1942, one of the 'four freedoms' series The week of Thanksgiving, Time magazine published 17 essays on thankfulness. Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Fluffy - NO, Not the Snow - Warms My Heart

  This sums up my experience in the middle east. No meeting princes, but the same experience that Muslims are not scary, evil, bomb-throwing terrorists, but... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Happy Thanksgiving to Penigma Readers

  

  Wishing everyone a safe and HAPPY holiday, with the family and friends of your choice. It is a great day to celebrate all of our blessings, and the many ways... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Nuclear Meltdown

  The right-wing (those who deny science, carry around assault rifles to intimidate people, etc..) certainly seem to be very unhappy with the vote last week to... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Give 'em Hell, Harry!

  

  lapel pin I applaud Harry Reid for exercising the ridiculously mis-titled nuclear option. Nothing exploded, no mushroom cloud appeared in Washington D.C.,... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Sovereign Citizen v. Scottish Police

  He pulls Black's Law Dictionary as his legal authority: what is wrong with this? Fortunately, no guns were involved! See also: www.dailyrecord.co. Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• On the 50th Anniversary of JFK'

  

  I was reminded last weekend by an interview with one of the then cub reporters who covered the trip to Dallas of President and Mrs. Kennedy that they went to... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Lessons of History for Liberty and Equality - NO Second Class Citizens

  

  Yesterday, the Governor of Illinois signrd into law full marriage equality for that state, a state with the motto "land of Lincoln", recognizing same sex... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Conservatives: Willful Ignorance, Revisionist History, and Hate Seeking -...

  

  The sad reality is that the far right believe a lot of things that are simply not true, including that it was John Quincy Adams rather than the Union Army,... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Gun Huggers Must Be SO Proud... NOT

  

  Is allegedly abusive to women, repeatedly; how big a stretch is it that he attempted to bully Trayvon Martin? George Zimmerman is in the news again, with anothe... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Republican Dirty Politics Still Crossing the Northern Border – But THERE It IS...

  

  Robo-caller, if they were cute The GOP plays dirty; and as of 2011, following the Tea Party putsch of 2010, the Canadian Conservatives imported the GOP... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Right Wing Extremist Craig Cobb Can't Be a White Supremacist Anymore - He's Too...

  Fact is stranger than fiction - and more fun. Ugly human being (on the inside) Craig Cobb, who wanted to try to take over quiet little Leith, North Dakota, and... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Best Quote Heard in a Long, Long Time

  

  From the new Amazon.com original series, featuring the creative talents of GarryTrudeau's writing (yes, the Doonesbury creator) and the acting talents of John... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Denial of Service Attack on the Obamacare.gov Site

  

  The right wing has had a whack at interference with the health care site, a denial of service attack. from Arstechnia "Researchers have uncovered software... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Right Wing Has Got Nuthin' - Per Usual

  We're number 1, we're number 1 in health care. Except factually, we aren't. As the president noted in his recent address to the nation, our status quo health... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY