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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 ( 2042 )
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I Wrote Two April Fool Posts:
This one, I wrote for the MN Progressive Project, where it has been posted all day today. Enjoy. More ‘Fairness’ to Rapists? The Young Rapist Protection Act by... Read more
Posted on 02 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Poking Fun at Right Wing Logic
Before getting righteously annoyed after seeing this posted to facebook, I looked up the author of the tweet below; he's a Minnesota performer, and this is... Read more
Posted on 01 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Every Day is April Fool's at Fox News
From Media Matters, catching Fox News making fools of themselves and their viewers on global warming, which is a polite term for blatant dishonesty: The chart o... Read more
Posted on 01 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Easter, the Gun-huggers Fallacy, and Tony Cornish
cross-posted from the MN Progressive Project: Back on the 20th of March, the Big E wrote here about the assertion by Tony Cornish on Jesus and violence, with... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Easter? Ishtar? Earlier?
Origins of the name "Easter": The name "Easter" originated with the names of an ancient Goddess and God. The Venerable Bede, (672-735 CE. Read more
Posted on 31 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Happy Holiday of Your Chosen Faith (or No Faith)
Here's the thing; neither Easter rabbits nor Easter eggs are Christian symbols. But the right wing nuts are shrieking about an imaginary attack on Easter. Read more
Posted on 31 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
More Ways the Right Gets Facts Wrong; This is NOT Correct. Bill-O's Books Are Al...
It's not bad enough that the right wing nuts like this guy get their facts wrong, they try to profit from lying to people who want to be deceived. Read more
Posted on 30 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Bill O'Reilly = Economic Ignoramus
Facts are not the friends of conservatives. As noted by Media Matters: If you haven't seen Richard Wolff's take down of Bill O'Reilly and his incompetence when... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
We Are NOT a Christian Nation, We Are a Secular Nation.
Posted on 30 March 2013
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What's the Problem with the Word Vagina?
There have been multiple instances where conservatives have had problems with the word vagina, despite their culture war on women and vaginas. Maybe they feel... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
The 'Biblical' Definition(s) of Marriage We Keep Hearing About...
About that damned puritanical, uptight, sanctimonious holier-than-thou conservative insistence on the religious / 'Christian'/ Biblical definition of... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Obvious
I'd reverse the first two - he can vote because he's human, not because he's white. Conservatives have tried to prevent those who are not white from voting,... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Good for America, Good for the Economy.
For the few who are holding on to their hate and intolerance with both hands -- because that is what it is to deny people civil liberties, no matter how you... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
We Want Marriage Equality, We Want It NOW.
It's clear, it's here, equal marriage for same sex couples. As someone noted, support appears to be especially strong in St. Louis County, MN... Facebook has... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Make a Choice
Now is your time to decide. Do you stand on the side of history which supports equal rights, not separate rights, but equal rights. Read more
Posted on 29 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
RIP, Richard Griffiths
Many people know Richard Griffiths from the Harry Potter movies; he was so very much more than the role of Uncle Vernon Dursley. He will be missed. Read more
Posted on 29 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Faith is a Wonderful Thing, but the Problem with One Grou...
Faith is a wonderful thing, but the problem with one group forcing or coercing others with their faith is.....they can be wrong, can do horrible wrong actions i... Read more
Posted on 29 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Outrage!
I would hope that the national NAACP will censure this fool. We have a 'rape culture' in this country because we have an unacceptable tolerance for criminal... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
ACT Today to Support Gun Control
There was a blog set up to address the 'lies' told by Heather Martens and Joan Peterson of Protect Minnesota and by me. So far.......it's empty; no lies, no... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Sing It Bill! Sing It LOUD and Sing It OFTEN!
It was true back in his day, it was true during Dubya, it was true during the 2008 and 2012 election cycles, and it is still true today. Read more
Posted on 28 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY
