Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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No WMD in Iraq
David Kay: “Turns out, we were all wrong”. I never really believed that there were WMD. On balance I ended up agreeing with the Iraqis when they said they didn’t have any – and they were right.
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Kim's criminal records
Kim Mathers is no friend of Court. Between 2000 and 2004, she’s been charged several times under different circumstances. In April 2000, Kim drove with a revoked driving licence and she received a second drunken conviction. Then in June 2000, Kim got in trouble again at Hot Rocks Cafe. As a consequence of the incident…
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Atlantic: January 2004
The Atlantic continues to outstrip itself, this months magazine has a plethora of great in depth analysis. Ill blog some of the non-net stuff later.
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Meanwhile: Europeans are not cowards: Fletcher Crossman
This is a rather interesting piece of writing. I think is the best article I’ve read in a while. I think I’ll put it all in, in case the IHT decide to take it down later.
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Black Hawk Down
I bought the Black Hawk Down DVD today, a snip at 15 euros. What I like about the film is that it is just about war, not about the nationalism or patriotism associated with it. It seems strange though to watch Black Hawks being shot down on film, and hear of real life events in…
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Good joke from the Newsnight digest
Anyone who is interested in news and current affairs should subscribe to the Newsnight newsletter, it always has a good joke, including today’s: In advance of the Hutton Report, a colleague sent this: George W Bush goes to a primary school to talk about the war. After his talk he invites questions. One little boy…
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America: An empire to rival Rome?
Jonathan Marcus examines America’s place in the modern world in a new series on BBC Radio. Sounds like an interesting listen.
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Two CNN staff die in Iraq ambush
I guess I always feel particularly sad when employees of news organisations get killed in warfare. Unfortunately, today, two employees of CNN were ambushed in Iraq. It appears both were of Arab origin, while an American cameraman was injured. I wonder if the assailants knew that they worked for CNN, or was it a random…
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Xbox 2 to get 65nm CPU – report
The Register is reporting that the Xbox 2 will use a 64nm CPU, just like the Playstation 3. IBM is making the chip for Microsoft, and some chips have already been completed. Looks like its going to be Sony versus Microsoft from now on.
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Eminem vs Moby
It is no secret for anybody that Eminem doesnt like Moby at all. Not only that he doesnt like his music, but he cant stand Moby as a person either. When Eminem doesnt like somebody, he has the honesty to express it publicly, which is a rare thing in the music industry.
Got any book recommendations?