Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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US report pins down bogus degrees
The BBC is reporting that some US nuclear scientists may not be as qualified as they say they are. Investigators have established that 28 top federal employees including nuclear monitors possess bogus college degrees and the phenomenon may be much bigger. This all sounds familiar, where have I heard this before? One told the GAO…
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Two Architectures Chosen for Terrestrial Planet Finder
I think this is perhaps one of the most exciting projects, along with the Terrestrial Planet Imager, that NASA is working on at the moment. I wrote an article on it in the Irish Examiner a few years ago. The results of this kind of project could have huge consequences for humanity, and our place…
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Rapping the "D-town"
How could we define the Detroit underground rap? The Detroit underground rap has something raw and dark inside. You can feel the harshness of the industrial city inside of the Detroit rappers rhymes.
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US citizen beheaded on video
More torrid pictures/videos, this time showing a US citizen being beheaded by Arab militants. And we have to wait for more photos and videos from Iraq – this is getting very bad. This is shocking stuff, carried out apparently in revenge for the treatment of Iraqi prisoners. Some curious remarks by the White House: “It…
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Obie style rhyme
Obie- style rhyme December 5, 2003 Obie Trice is a rarity in the conceited world of hip-hop – a relatively modest MC, writes Khalil Hegarty.
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Happy Birthday to Me
23 today! God I am getting old. 🙂
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The Week in Politics
Blogging has been light, I was in Dublin on Saturday night to visit some old friends and to attend a party with the folks from Irish Citizens for Trustworthy E-voting. The lads from RTE’s Week in Politics were there, doing a piece on Cullen’s climbdown. We had some cake, some champagne, and Joe McCarthy made…
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Fisking John Drennan
Ireland is a corrupt country. The disease of corruption is so embedded in Irish society that it is not even noticed by the majority of the population. Even in the media, there are many who simply refuse to accept/recognise corruption when it stares them in the face. John Drennan wrote an article (reg. required) in…
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Silly Sound (freestyle, by me)
Lonely in the crowd, man youd better applaud The silly sound of the words I created, words I found Words that will put you on the damn ground
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Eminem's early talent
Many people will argue that Eminem wouldnt have been noticed by the public without Dr Dre. If it is true that the talented rapper and producer has influenced Eminems destiny for a large part, it is also true that Eminem had managed to impress some people on the local Detroit scene and even at school.
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