Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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On the Radio
I was on Irish national radio last night, only my second time – you can listen here. Download or open. I’m on around the 41st minute, but listen to the whole thing, it’s interesting stuff. Dick O’Brien over at Back Seat Drivers had a listen, and says I’ve been playing a stormer. Cheers Dick!
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Slim Shady said to do it again!
Eminem: If I’m a jump off a bridge, I’m a jump off a bridge because I want to jump a bridge, not because somebody told me to. Proof: Not because Ice-T say he jump off the bridge. We jump off the bridge cause we gonna jump off the bridge anyway.
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Singer Barbara hails 'genius' of rapper Eminem
By Maureen Coleman mcoleman@belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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E-voting on Vincent Browne
Excellent stuff on Vincent Browne tonight – yours truly has been contacted to possibly contribute. The government are running for the hills today it seems – Bertie Ahern was waffling as ever. Update: I was on the VB show – I will put a link up as soon as the online version becomes available. I…
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Eminem files suit over use of song
Rapper’s publisher sues Apple, MTV over commercial By David Shepardson / The Detroit News
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"Shit On You" song
« Shit On You » has probably angered a lot of people, but I guess the most offended were certainly feminist groups.
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Bill Hicks anniversary
The number of people visiting my site for Bill Hicks material has doubled in the lead up to the 10th Anniversary of his death. I think I will write a personal essay or article on him to mark his anniversary. I was looking at his biography in the bookshop today – good reading. He is…
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Dodging a space bullet
This story from Slashdot, on a new system that could be used to try and take out a rogue asteroid headed for Earth. A killer asteroid, the kind of space rock that did in the dinosaurs, is on a collision course with Earth. A fleet of nuclear-powered robots races to the rescue. Humanity’s survival hangs…
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U.S. Army Cancels Comanche
Bloomberg is reporting that the US Army has cancelled the Comanche helicopter program. This marks a major shift in the investment strategies of the US military for the future, where it will and will not, be spending money over the next couple of decades. It’s a good decision for US interests, the Comanche is really…
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Power and Population in Asia: Nicholas Eberstadt
Nicholas Eberstadt has an essay in the latest edition of Policy Review. It’s a detailed essay, as one would expect, and is very well worth the read. I’ll have to do one of my old in-depth analysis pieces on this one.
Got any book recommendations?