Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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McCain losing it?
My fellow prisoners…
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On Digg
My post on the Georgian Navy has been dugg… please go digg it if you like it. 🙂
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Russia pulls back
It is being reported that Russian forces are pulling back from their ‘buffer zones’ around Ossetia and Abkhazia. I took some photos in Karaleti on October 1, between Gori and Tskhvinali. This checkpoint appears now to have been dismantled. It’s a little hard to make out, but you can see the extent of tracks in…
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About the house
My cousin Victor, injured in a rugby accident 3 years ago, will be on About the House tonight talking about his new home in Longford. It’s on at 20.30 on RTE 1.
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Russian advances into Georgia
I did a quick sketch of how far Russian forces advanced into Georgia during the war. It was not widely reported that Russian armour went as far south as Borjormi. Several witnesses told me this happened. Apparently the Russian forces reached the outskirts of the town and said they had made a mistake, they then…
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What happened to the Georgian navy?
Ever since the August war in Georgia, various stories have circulated via many media outlets about what exactly happened the Georgian navy. Danger Room provided extensive coverage and links about the stories circulating. It included the blog post, Inside the battle for the Black Sea. Many blogs have covered the story, as have forums. Many…
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Alaverdi
I managed to grab this picture inside the 11th century cathedral at Alaverdi. Some people were getting married so I took a chance. There’s nothing I can add. It was like being transported back in time. There’s another of the dome here.
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Bank bailout in Ireland
Well while I was in Georgia the entire banking industry went into meltdown. And in Ireland the FF government has made the odd decision to guarantee all bank deposits in all banks. A €400bn bailout for the banks. We are in the tank for almost twice our own GDP. Rightly, the EU is looking at…
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Gori tank base bombed by Russia
Well my time in Georgia is over, and now it’s on to Oktoberfest. I hope the upload the bulk of my photos there, but I have already uploaded an initial set to Flickr. In it I was allowed access to the Georgian tank base in Gori, bombed by Russian forces. In the hills behind the…
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In Telavi
Internet access is proving problematic in the last week, especially since I was all over western Georgia. Uploading pictures is not easy either, but I did get some good photos north of Zugdidi, in Poti naval base, in the tank base in Gori, and near Senaki. I am now in the north east of the…
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