Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Pause for a laugh – Genuine extracts from letters sent to Local Councils in Ireland
1. I wish to complain that my father hurt his ankle very badly when he put his foot in the hole in his back passage 2. The lavatory is blocked so will you send a man to look into it? 3. Our gutters are blocked. This has been caused by the boys next door throwing…
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Not an evil monster, but a regular man
Activists have tried to shut him down. Eminem has been pictured as a monster and to some narrow minded people he is still a woman and gay hater, an evil man. Hes been protested and demonstrated against by gay and lesbian groups. On several websites that belonged to his detractors, I have read: Eminem admits…
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No more inquiries: the war was right
Oliver Kamm, with a lengthy post on the war – I liked alot of the comments after, very interesting reading.
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An American Foreign Policy for a Unipolar World: Charles Krauthammer
Teresa, over at Kate’s blog, links to a speech by Charles Krauthammer. An interesting issue while reading Frank Fukuyama.
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Cathy Seipp
Jackie D points to an article in the National Review Online, by Cathy Seipp’s on how her daughter’s blog got pundited, and spread throughout the blogosphere. Jackie is mentioned in the article, as are many of the Samizdata people, most of whom I had the pleasure of meeting last October. A great story.
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Jack Jameson and David Aaronovitch
William Sjostrom points to an article in the Guardian by David Aaronovitch. In the article, Aaronovitch brings up an article from the New Statesman in January written by Jack Jameson. Jack Jameson apparently wrote it as an “allegorical story” and not a factual story. Hmm. It seems that Peter Wilby is not happy at all…
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Mary Seacole
I heard on the news recently that Mary Seacole had received an award, posthumously obviously, topping the poll in the 100 greatest black britons. Clive Soley is delighted, as he has been campaigning for a statue of her to be placed in London. Keep up the blogging Clive!
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Tom on the Radio
My mate Tom Watson MP will be on BBC Radio tonight, I shall be listening in.
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Bush's CV
Green Violet blogged this before I got the chance to – it is a funny read. I hope all of my Republican readers don’t mind. GEORGE W. BUSH 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20520 EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Law Enforcement: I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for driving under the influence of alcohol. I…
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"Kim"
The song « Kim » has always been the medias target and has shocked a lot of (closed minded) people. Eminems song has always been pictured as « horrible ». But if you take a deeper look at the lyrics and at the context in which the song was written, you will clearly see that…
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