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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 ( 1995 )
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Update: Boston Identifies the Bombers, Kills One
Update: one of the victims, who had both legs amputated, has been of special help in identifying at least one of the bombers to law enforcement, having looked... Read more
Posted on 19 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Bullying is Wrong. Abusing People Because of Your Ignoran...
Bullying is wrong. Abusing people because of your ignorant belief is wrong. Conservatives try to justify it by claiming a right and privilege under freedom of... Read more
Posted on 18 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Right Wing Contorted Thinking and the Right Wing Avalanche of Violence
I had to laugh at the far right this morning, but it was a somewhat sad, head-shaking kind of laugh. Our friend Mitch Berg, (who is a friend in spite of strong... Read more
Posted on 18 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Good Reporting at Down with Tyranny
Do you ever get tired of that insincere patriotism from the right claiming to support our military?Yeah, me too.As noted by the blog Down with Tyranny, 104... Read more
Posted on 18 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
YES We DID Torture, and NO, It NEVER EVER PRODUCED INFORMATION THAT MADE US SAFER
Dubya lied, Condie lied, Cheney double lied. What torture DID do was to make us LESS SAFE, and less moral as a nation. Those Republican 'value party'... Read more
Posted on 18 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Shame on Those Senate Cowards. Either They Will Vote for Gun Control, Or They...
Posted on 18 April 2013
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I Agree with This Tweet
Think Progress noted some of the worst responses to the violent tragedy in Boston. I think this first response however was direct and to the point. Read more
Posted on 16 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Best Read of the Morning - Conservative Fantasy About Voter Fraud
Conservatives attempting to suppress legal voter participation are attempting to skew election outcomes in their favor. There is no voter fraud, there is no... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Today is the Date on Which Abramham Lincoln Died
I am reminded by this that the first group to volunteer for the union side of the civil war was our own 1st Minnesota. I am also reminded by this piece of... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Grim Humor
As tempting as it is to laugh at this jerk, it is well noted that we had our own militaristic fool who had the opportunity to do far more harm to others, and... Read more
Posted on 13 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Public Utilities, Private Futilities
In England and Wales, Margaret Thatcher privatized the water supply. Unless you had a well, you were pretty well screwed. The premise that safe, clean drinking... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
More Failed Right Wing Priorities
Where you can marry your cousin, but where the right wing nuts in the state rejects your right to religious freedom. More proof that the right is anti-liberty,... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
They Even Look Similar....
J. Edgar Hoover used Joe McCarthy to go after five or six people who had communist affiliations, people who were possibly, if not proven, to be traitors to the... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
RIP, Funny Man
The third prominent figure from the 20th century. From his official web page: Jonathan Winters passed away of natural causes at his Montecito, California home a... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Shame on the Right. We Are Not the Enemy; They Are Intentionally Becoming Our...
Every time I hear someone talking about 'taking back our government', I ask "from whom?". Every time I hear someone talking about needing their guns to take up... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
The Right Wing Continues to Wage Culture War, Economic War, on Women. They Will...
Right wing policies are wrong, bad, a failure - for women, for families, for the nation. Read more
Posted on 12 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Teabillies........
Posted on 10 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Just Sayin'
This overblown non-crisis of Obama looking like Satan is about as insignificant as a George W. Bush look-a-like-head on a stick (sort of, and only from the... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
AND It is Refined at Facilities Big Oil Got Us to Pay Billions For, While the...
Posted on 10 April 2013
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Not Exactly Your Classic 'Turducken'......
If you believe the feminist axiom that a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle........I challenge our readers to write their own caption for this 'smoke... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY
