Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Space weapons
Simon over at Dossing believes that weapons in space is ‘utter balloney’ and will never happen. I disagree, the motivation is there and the goal is too big a prize not to achieve. There are lots of possibilities besides the lasers or missiles Simon suggests. I did like Michael Goldfarb’s piece in the Weekly Standard…
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Chinese spacecraft back to Earth
It looks like a success for China, their prowess in space technology continues to grow.
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Solicitor corruption
I just can’t understand the muted response in the media. Sunday morning radio shows barely mentioned it, Gerry Ryan mentioned in passing this morning. Indeed the Sunday papers I had a chance to look at yesterday barely figured it as part of their news or analysis agendas. The only person to have realised what has…
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Irish solicitors
Words can’t desribe. I should really go into a rant about the goings on with Irish solicitors and their clients, but I am so angry I can’t articulate my position right now. I can’t understand why this is not figuring more prominently on Irish blogs or in the media. Outright fraud, theft, whatever you want…
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Irish solicitors up to no good?
I will have more on this over at Irishcorruption.com, but the allegations made on yesterday’s liveline were pretty damn serious. It gets coverage in today’s IT: The Law Society is also establishing a complaints helpline and placing advertisements in the media urging people who were unfairly charged solicitors’ fees to come forward. The move follows…
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Avian flu spread
More news on the avian flu front. It appears that the cases in Turkey have been confirmed as H5N1, meanwhile The EU has banned all bird and poultry products from Romania after tests confirmed the presence of a strain of bird flu there. Duck samples tested positive for the H5 virus, contradicting earlier findings. But…
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iPod Video, good for the prOn industry?
I tend to agree with Damien Mulley, you might find people watching rather, ahem, interesting videos.
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Job prospects
Dan Drezner, one of my favourite bloggers, has been denied tenure at the University of Chicago. He is understandably disappointed. It may have something to do with him having a blog: [Speaking of regrets, let’s go back to the blog…. er… any regrets?–ed.] The very first words I wrote on this blog were: “I shouldn’t…
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'Several dead' in Caucasus clash
Trouble in the Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkaria is one of the may enclaves in the region, as this Economist graphic shows. Indeed the Economist piece back in February discussed the instability of the region. IN ANY other European country, the carnage would have caused horror. But ten years of war in Chechnya have inured most Russians to…
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El Blogroll
I haven’t gone near my blogroll in ages, so it is badly in need of renovation. Some blogs that are no longer being updated have been deleted. And I have put in some new additions that I should have added ages ago. Here are the additions: (in no particular order I might add): Progressive Ireland…
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