Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Back
Finally able to blog again after a weekend of adventure and mishap. It was eventful to say the least. The server move is finally complete so I am expecting no more downtime for another while at least.
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Juan Cole on Mark Steyn
Juan Cole does a far better job taking Mark Steyn’s argument apart than I could hope to. Here’s a nice exerpt: Steyn wants to create a 1300-year struggle between Catholic France and the Muslims going back to Tours. This way of thinking is downright silly. France in the 19th century was a notorious ally of…
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800,000th visitor
And the 800,000th visitor is, I believe, Simon. I think so because he left a comment around the right time. Your prize is in the post Simon 😉
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Orange revolution in Azerbaijan?
Rather large protests indeed, but not as many as the opposition expected – they say thanks to police intimidation. The government of President Ilham Aliyev allowed the opposition to stage a three-hour rally in the outskirts of the capital, Baku. Election officials have ordered re-runs in two districts and one recount. About 15,000 protesters attended…
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McSweeney story
Featuring on Matt Cooper on TodayFM right now… The current speaker, Vicki Philips is from geteducated.com, who run the Diploma Mill police. They have a helpful top 10 signs of Diploma Mill. The issue has been risen of the accreditation versus approval –
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Publish and be damned (or possibly lose your house!)
Tom Raftery brings up the subject of blog libel, and how it applies to Irish blogs. He notes: TJ McIntyre told me that simply by publishing an article, you can lose your house. âIt doesnât matter if the article is defamatory or not – if someone decides to take a case against you, the cost…
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C.I.A. Asks Criminal Inquiry Over Secret-Prison Article
As John speculated in a comment on here last week, the CIA are seeking information about the leak. Notes the NY Times: The Central Intelligence Agency has asked the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation to determine the source of a Washington Post article that said the agency had set up a covert prison…
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More on Brian McSweeney
Griffith College Law lecturer Fiona de Londras will be on the Right Hook on Newstalk 106, it’s on now. The subject will be the McSweeney PhD controversy. Fiona was also quoted in today’s Examiner in a story by Michael O’Farrell.
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O2 to offer UK 'super 3G' data network by Q3 06
If mobile speeds are going this way, as they seem to be, DSL is going to have to do some serious work to keep up. I heard a rumour of the default DSL service going from 1Mb to 2Mb, with an increase in upload speeds included. Also noted are plans by Magnet to roll out…
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Kansas school board redefines science
More on science and religion, the Kansas Board of Education has approved new public school science standards yesterday that cast doubt on the theory of evolution. Notes CNN: The challenged concepts cited include the basic Darwinian theory that all life had a common origin and the theory that natural chemical processes created the building blocks…
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