Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Facts about Betty Kresin, Eminem's grandmother
Betty Kresin, Eminems grandmother from the maternal side , got married at the age of 14. She got six children from 3 different marriages. She first married Bob Nelson. She gave birth to her daughter Debbie in 1955.She accuses her first husband, Bob Nelson, of being verbally abusive. Both moved to Warren, Michigan, to be…
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Benzino claims Eminem made racist statements against Blacks
“Meanwhile, The Source’s Ray Benzino released a statement last night claiming he has damning evidence against rival Eminem that will seal his fate in Hip-Hop. Allegedly, Benzino has acquired an “original cassette recording of a Detroit basement tape which features a series of raps by Marshall Mathers that contain blatant racist and derogatory statements about…
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Sun Hurls Another Solar Flare at Earth
Scientists again warned that communications on Earth could be disrupted this week by another spectacular eruption on the surface of the Sun and that it might even hamper firefighting efforts in California. “It’s headed straight for us like a freight train,” said John Kohl, a solar astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge,…
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Angry O'Brien angers O'Brien
Dick O’Brien is surprised at my noting that I got the impression that he has ‘some sympathy’ for Dennis O’Brien It was a straight misread – I read ‘a little sympathy’ rather than ‘little sympathy’. Apologies Dick. I’m going to have to stop blogging while cider is running through my brain.
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Ban on smoking in public places
I recently met Perry in London where we briefly discussed the ins and outs of banning smoking. He was all against it, and I, for my sins, did not see a problem with it. Maybe its down to personal experience. Most of the comments left over on Samizdata support Perry in his argument – include…
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IDS
25 names have been entered. Smith will be contesting the no-confidence motion. He fights on.
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Kim finally appears in Court and gets a tether
The Eminem Blog BY NANCY A. YOUSSEF Detroit Free Press After two days of playing hooky – and two arrest warrants – Eminem’s ex-wife was ordered to wear an electronic tether when she finally appeared Thursday in Macomb County (Mich.) Circuit Court to face charges she ignored a court date and she had drugs during…
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White House Website and History
Why does the White House robots.txt file look like this? It appears to mean that searches related to Iraq are being disallowed. Hmm. This is oh so strange. Perhaps someone with a better idea of search technology can explain it to me? Quite a debate going on over on Dan’s blog. The Democrats have something…
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Paul Krugman debate with Irwin Stelzer
Interesting debate on last night’s Newsnight on BBC2. You can watch it here, until the link changes at 23.30pm today Here Kirsty Wark presents a discussion between New York Times columnist Paul Krugman and Rupert Murdochs associate, and member of the Hudson Institute, Dr. Irwin Stelzer. I typed out a transcript it was that interesting……
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Eminem's Dad
When you see my Dad, tell him that I slit his throat in this dream I had. Those are the words Eminem uses towards his father in his well known song from his debut album My Name Is from the Slim Shady LP. Marshall Bruce Mathers II stepped out of his sons life when he…
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