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• The Latz Word on Same Sex Marriage.

  This was some of the best and wisest things said during the debate. Latz was superb. and also these words by Latz were pivotal to what the right has tried to do... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Shortly the Legislation Will Be Signed Legalizing Same Sex Marriage in Minnesota.

  

  Cross posted from MN PP: Tomorrow, Dayton will sign the legislation. In the next year or so, as more states pass same sex marriage, this will become a non-issue. Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Fortunately, I Doubt She Could Get More Strident Than She...

  

  Fortunately, I doubt she could get more strident than she already has in her homophobia. But hey! It might divert her momentarily from her Islamophobia or her... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• TRUE Liberty, Justice, Equality --- and Prosperity --- Have Prevailed!

  The MN Lege has passed our same sex marriage freedom legislation. We now have more liberty in Minnesota, more equality, and more justice. We have acted to... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Not All People, Not All Truth; but Too Often This is Correct.

  

  While it is usually more persuasive to be diplomatic rather than offensive, I tend not to care very much if the truth offends people either. Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Ah, Yes, Longin for the Good Old Days When Republicans Were NOT the Party of...

  

  I like Ike; he was an excellent president. Think of that the next time you drive over one of the bridges his legislation provide, or the next time you drive dow... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Sadly He's Gone Now,

  

  but it is EXACTLY the kind of observation Rooney would have made in his heyday, and all too true. Although it might be more true they are angry that Hillary... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• It's Mothers Day!

  

  From all of us at Penigma, to all of you who are Moms, Happy Mothers Day. We celebrate you if you are a birth mom, an adoptive mom, a step-mom; however you... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Muddling the Middle

  Crossposted from Man with the Muckrake blog:Interesting quote of the day: by lacithedog From the FAIR blog: Where media define the "center" or the "middle" tell... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Let Us Connect the Dots for You, Conservatives - and Call You Out.

  

  This is clearly an effort to preemptively try to attack Hillary Clinton, not from patriotism, but in an effort to exploit a tragedy, including loss of life,... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Cross-posted from MN PP: Short and Sweet – Same Sex Marri...

  

  cross-posted from MN PP: Short and Sweet – Same sex marriage equality passes! by Dog Gone on May 9, 2013 What wonderful news, what an interesting debate. Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Do Context and Rules of Construction Matter?

  On another blog, someone made the comment: You give us a link to statuatory interpretation, but fail to recognize that we're talking about the constitutional... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Same Sex Marriage in Minnesota Vote Scheduled for Today

  The conservative argument seems to come down to "God doesn't like the gay".What they really mean is conservatives don't like "the gay", so they claim to know... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• We Are Not Expendable Or Disposable; Having Sex Does Not Make Us So

  

  This week MSNBC host Chris Hayes did a series of interviews about the three women who were kidnapped, raped, and beaten for approximately a decade, in... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Know Your Neighbors, Know Your Friends, Do Not Be Silent

  It is coming out now that the daughter of one of the kidnappers was the best friend of the youngest of the three women victims in Cleveland, Ohio, and was the... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Essay Question on the Second Amendment:

  Please explain how a document which states as its purposes is to "form a more perfect Union...insure domestic Tranquility" (Preamble). Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Kidnapper Could Sue for Custody of His Victim's Child

  

  Cross-posted from MN Political RoundtableThree women who were kidnapped ten years ago were found recently when one of them escaped, along with a child belongin... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• What is Wrong with This Country? This is Apparently Factual - and Terrible

  

  At the National Rifle Association Convention this week, RAW story picked up on one of the speakers advising attendees to keep guns in their children's bedrooms. Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Because Amid Snow and Rain and Wind, We Should Have Some Fun on Fridays Spread...

  

  HONG KONG - MAY 02: Dutch conceptual artist, Florentijin Hofman's Floating duck sculpture called "Spreading Joy Around the World", is moved into Victoria Harbou... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Science Project, My Ass

  I read an oddly eclectic, even eccentric assortment of material, and always have. I first read about aluminum foil being used for making improvised explosives... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY