Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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SULLIVAN vs. SULLIVAN
Kevin Drum points out some apparent inconsistencies in Andew Sullivan’s criticisms of John Kerry. As an irregular reader of Sullivan I still found Drum’s quotes rather convincing. Andrew Sullivan on John Kerry two days ago: “Life isn’t simple. But it doesn’t have to be as subtly, preternaturally, systematically complex as John Kerry makes it out…
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Chavez warns U.S. about '100-year war'
Hugo Chavez has gone off on one, he is starting to sound a bit paranoid. But the idea of a 100 year war sounds interesting, he certainly has enough oil to sell to all the other South American nations. But I just can’t help being suspicious of US intentions, especially where oil is concerned. Hey,…
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Bush Fund-Raisers Among Overnight Guests
So Bush had a few friends over to stay. Kevin Drum nails down Bush on comments about Clinton during the 2000 election debates. Hmmm. Pot, kettle, black.
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Making the News: Book Introduction (Draft)
Dan has posted the first draft of the introduction to his new book. Perhaps the first online collaborative book – he called for input last year. He is also now calling for more input. I had a good chat with him in London last year, very interesting guy. Have a look.
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Higgs Boson found?
Scientists believe they may have found the Higgs Boson, the so-called ‘God particle’. But we shall have to wait and see.
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$1 million bill leads to arrest
This reminds me of the episode of the Simpsons where Homer, Monty and Smithers visit Cuba and attempt to buy the island with a $1 trillion dollar bill that Monty stole He was supposed to have given it to the Europeans after the Second World War. Hehe. [via Back Seat Drivers]
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Ain't Nuttin But Music
You just started listening to « Aint Nuttin But Music » ?
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Bomb in Istanbul
Looks like the work of al-Qaeda, again in Turkey. I’ll check the latest in the morning.
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US govt buys world's biggest RAM disk
It’s rumoured that it was the Department of Homeland Security that is going to need all this RAM. But any agency or government that needs this much memory is up to something I guess. 2.5 Terabytes of RAM. My laptop has 256Mb. So they have 10,000 times the memory. Good god.
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Miniature fuel cells may oust batteries
Perhaps when these batteries come out, it may save the 3G industry, and my laptop wont stop working after just a few hours. I live in hope.
Got any book recommendations?