Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Georgian leader walks a separatist tightrope
CJ Chivers with his take on current events in Georgia. Like most people, he believes in Russian interference, but is also wary of how the Georgian President has heightened tensions by insisting on the return of the two renegede provinces to Tblisi control. The stakes are unmistakably high. Russia and the United States have competing…
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Frontline Voices
A curious referral today from an internal blog listing, or so it appears. It comes from a PBS program. It’s looking at international coverage of the US election, the actual referral comes from here. Yup not accessible, but hey interesting nonetheless.
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An original interpretation of "'97 Bonnie and Clyde"
An original interpretation of « 97 Bonnie And Clyde »
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Chavez has claimed victory…what now for Venezuela?
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HOW BIG IS WADI-US-SALAAM CEMETERY?….
Kevin Drum wonders how big the cemetery is, I have wondered myself, it seem to figure quite prominently in reporting of fighting in Najaf. Does it really hold 5 million people?
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Breakthrough Nanotechnology Will Bring 100 Terabyte 3.5-inch Digital Data Storage Disks
A 100 terabyte 3.5inch disk? Yes, and in the forseeable future…And the technology it uses: The small size of ferroelectric transparent structures makes it possible to fabricate nano-optical devices, such as volume holographic storage, having both positive and negative index of refraction that will allow molecular particles of an atomic size to be modified, controlled,…
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WordPress
Because my server keeps timing out on 500 errors, I am considering moving software from MT to WordPress. I have installed a copy of WordPress on my blog, and have started messing around with it. On first impressions it is quite good, and amazingly it requires no rebuilding as MT does. Lately my 1400-odd entries…
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Blogroll
I have added a new weblog to El Blogroll. Steve Clemons is Executive Vice President of the New America Foundationand, in my spare time, serve as Director of the Japan Policy Research Institute. His bio is here. Interesting essay by Fukuyama causing a bit of a stir. Matthew Yglesias adds his thoughts too.
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Fighting rages in South Ossetia
Things seem to be descending into chaos in and around South Ossetia. Heavy fighting has broken out in Georgia’s South Ossetia region, shattering a two-day ceasefire. Two Georgian soldiers died as their base in the village of Eredvi came under attack from South Ossetian separatist forces early on Monday. The ceasefire was agreed on Friday…
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Assessing blame for post-war Iraq
Phil Carter, former operational planner in the 4th Infantry Division, isn’t very impressed with Tommy Franks.[Via Kevin Drum] Carter believes that General Franks was not as concerned as he should have been about Phase IV. He also should have been more forceful in his views with the Whitehouse and Pentagon. Carter notes: Wow… the “group…
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