Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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One way to protest…
The Muslim Council of Britain is someone I have some sympathy for, after watching the news earlier. The BBC reports: When a well-organised group of hecklers from a fringe, Islamist group stormed a general election event organised by the Muslim Council of Britain, it was a PR disaster the organisation could have done without. In…
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Sullivan to become atheist?
Andrew Sullivan is just a little freaked out at Ratzinger becoming pope. Choice quotes: It would be hard to over-state the radicalism of this decision. It’s not simply a continuation of John Paul II. It’s a full-scale attack on the reformist wing of the church. The swiftness of the decision and the polarizing nature of…
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Leggy indeed
Jeff is right, “making Ann Coulter the symbol of the right would be like, oh, making Michael Moore the symbol of the left, eh?” I thought she was attractive but, on reflection her legs do look awfully thin. Go to McDonalds Ms. Right!
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New blogger
John’s wife has started blogging, go send her some encouragement. Though I would suggest to John that he splash out on a small cheap server and get the two of you your own domain names – or even blog on the same blog!
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Journalism in South-East Asia
Rebecca MacKinnon has been blogging from Laos and Vietnam, interesting stuff and nice photos, go have a look.
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Blackline resigns
Peter has decided to cease blogging. I did drop into the Blackline a few times a week, and always found it thought provoking. Why cease I don’t know, but I do know I’ve had times where I contemplated doing the same. But someone has to feed the blogmonster. Peter will continue with posting over at…
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The difference between economists and political scientists
Dan Drezner has a lenghty post concerning a debate he’s having with Matthew Yglesias and Brad DeLong. It surrounds the US request for China to “immediately introduce a flexible currency” which the FT reports is “a marked shift in tactics after several years of patient diplomacy aimed at nudging China towards allowing the renminbi to…
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New Pope
I am one of those people who actually wasn’t alive when the last Pope was elected, so it is interesting to see a new one. His policies sound exactly like JPII’s.
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Sunday bits
Cork County Council deserves high praise for their decision to buy and restore Blackrock Castle in Cork harbour. The most amazing aspect of the project is the installation of a high-tech robotic observatory. It will feature two high-power telescopes, optical and radio. It will also include a fully equipped operations room that will be linked…
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Sony PSP
Thanks to American relatives visiting, I had the oppurtunity to try out the new Sony PSP. It is very impressive. I even did the Wipeout browser hack so I could browse the net via my 802.11g wireless network. The screen is extremely impressive, the quality of the graphics is quite literally shocking to someone like…
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