Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Brian Crowley MEP
I just had a very interesting discussion with Munster MEP, Brian Crowley. The discussion mainly centered around CAP – myself not being in favour of subsidies, and Mr Crowley being very in favour. More here.
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Drezner's letter to Karen Hughes
Dan Drezner wrote a really entertaining open letter to Karen Hughes about how the US could help out Pakistan with regard to the recent earthquake, and in doing so improve US-Islam relations immensely. Indeed after US involvement in Indonesia subsequent to the tsunami, polls showed that hostility to the US decreased dramatically. The money quote:…
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Blunkett resigns from the Cabinet
You have to admit, he is a bit of a plonker.
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Bloggin
Very light posting of late – will catch up tomorrow as soon as the wireless in UCC is fixed. I am sure you are all getting on just fine without me !
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Halloween
I hope everyone had a good one!
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Blog worth
Via Frank: My blog is worth $70,002.96.How much is your blog worth? Not too shabby I guess!
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Testing Flock
Hmm Looks interesting.
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TV tonight
Timewatch looks good tonight, BBC2, 9pm. We follow in the footsteps of Julius Caesar’s bloody eight-year campaign that saw a million die, a million held hostage and 800 cities destroyed. There will also be a preview of ‘Rome’ just after, the highly successful series that has been shown on HBO in the US. I think…
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Globalization drives a wedge into EU
I like this quote from Ann Mettler of the Lisbon Council, concerning France’s economic policies: “France has not internalized a very important transition that is happening in Europe right now, which is the shift from the industrial economy to the knowledge and services economy,” said Ann Mettler of the Lisbon Council, a market-oriented research group…
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The rogue money printers of Pyongyang
By asking for the extradition of Sean Garland, has the US government blown the lid off what looks like the biggest money laundering schemes in history? In the IHT, John Cooley writes that for the first time the US government has acknowledged that North Korea prints ‘superdollars’ to support its economy. The Federal Warrant charges:…
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