Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Georgia's PM
Speculation is rife. Zurab Zhvania is dead, along with Raul Usupov. If one wanted to take full control of the Georgian government there are three posts that hold the most power. Mikhail Saakashvili would be a prime suspect if, along with the Prime Minister, the Speaker of Parliament, Nino Burjanadze, also ended up dead. It…
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Attacking Iran 'not on US agenda'
Perhaps the diplomatic tool that Rice is talking are the same ones used before the invasion of Iraq. On the question of an attack:”The question is simply not on the agenda at this point in time.” Rumours of US special forces in Iran may well be true – and rumour also has it that SAS…
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Saakashvili steps in as PM dies
I am watching events in Georgia closely, there must be more to this than first appears. More soon.
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Server outage
Apologies to everyone, the blog was down for a day thanks to a server move by my host. Things appear to be back to normal now.
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Prospects for Iraqi Democracy
Kieran Healy writes a good post on the Iraqi elections, and loosely compares it to the foundation of the Irish State. [Via Dan]
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Hoax VW advert
Wizbang has been showing a fake VW advert for some time now, and it is doing the rounds by email. To be honest I think the advert is absolutely hilarious. Quicktime is needed.
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Interview: The not so quiet Irishman
New Scientist has an interview with Barry McSweeney, Ireland’s first Chief Science Adviser. Some interesting stuff, go have a look.
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NASA readies possible space rescue
Here is hoping this will never have to be done, but it’s good to see NASA has some new contingency plans in place should an accident happen.
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Preparing for war with Iran
Steve Clemons mentions a piece about the probing of Iran’s missile defences. The flights, which have been going on for weeks, are being launched from sites in Afghanistan and Iraq and are part of Bush administration attempts collect badly needed intelligence on Iran’s possible nuclear weapons development sites, these sources said, speaking on condition of…
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Promoting the National Interest: Condoleezza Rice
In case anyone missed it, back in 2000 Condi Rice wrote this piece for Foreign Affairs. It’s a good insight into the mind of the new Secretary of State. Foreign policy in a Republican administration will most certainly be internationalist; the leading contenders in the party’s presidential race have strong credentials in that regard. But…
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