Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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This story begins like a scary tale : a 47 years old man gets murdered during his sleep by a 18 years old teenager. The scene takes place in 2001, Newcastle, England:
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New blogs and link payback
I’ve come across a few new blogs recently, either through blogs I read regularly or from people linking to me. Jonathan Schwartz, president and COO at Sun Microsystems has a blog. Charles Arthur, technology hack for the London Independent, has just started blogging. John Kushiner of Harpswell, Maine, has started blogging, inspired he says in…
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Jack Straw on the European Constitution
Jack Straw adds his two cents to the debate on the European constitution, criticisng the Economist’s position on it.
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Michael Moore is a big fat stupid white man
The Economist has some stinging criticism of the collection of essays that make up the new book, Michael Moore Is A Big Fat Stupid White Man by David T. Hardy and Jason Clarke, two bloggers. I can only agree with the Economist’s position. Although I have not read the book, I have a good idea…
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Light rail in Minnesota
Amid all the criticism of Dublin’s new LUAS system, it turns out that a US city built a light rail system of about the same size, for about the same price. But was it worth it? The economist seems to think it might be. In Minneapolis a light rail was opened on June 26th, it…
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Nuclear weapons in the Middle East
Israel never signed the Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT). Israel produces plutonium at Dimona in the Negev desert. This site is off limits to inspectors. Israel bombed Iraqs nuclear reactor in Osirak in 1981. Pakistani scientist, Abdul Qadeer Khan, sold nuclear wares to Iran, Libya and North Korea. He may have sold nuclear material to other countries.…
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Back again
Back from a weekend of drinking. More bloggin soon.
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The youngest rapper in the world
The youngest rapper in the world is only 7 years old. This kid is a child prodegy: he started his career in 2000, when he was only 2 years and a half. His name Lil Maxso aka Maximillian Justn Flores.
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Another "Stan" gives Eminem a bad name
Luke Bass is what we could call an obsessive and dangerous Eminem fan: http://www.portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/06/02/nbass02.xml
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Off to Dublin
Off up to Dublin now, see you all there.
Got any book recommendations?