Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The housing bubble
I came across this over at the Pin. Martenson posted this presentation as an explanation of the US housing bubble a couple of weeks ago. You could take everything he says and apply it to our own housing bubble. It’s very well worth a look. I am trying to get data together on our housing…
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The Big Bailout
The US government is to step in and help out Freddie and Frannie. I guess it was bound to happen after the events of recent weeks, there was really no way to get let these mortgage lenders go under, in IndyMac Bank fashion.
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Podcasts
Where are all the listeners coming from? My first podcast from May is still being listened to and downloaded a few times a day. Almost nobody has left a comment. I have no idea where all these people are coming from, can anyone help? Are the podcasts being crawled and skewing the download figures?
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Sunday Paper digest
Like Bernie, I scan the Sunday papers. Helpfully in work we have a reading room with all Sunday papers available for reading – though I still tend to scan the papers online on Saturday night. Here are the best news/opinion articles I found today: Shane Ross: FAS: the €20m-a-week quango Shane Ross calls for FAS…
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Ahmad Batebi
In July 1999 the man on this cover of the Economist, Ahmad Batebi, was arrested by Iranian authorities. He was tortured and told he would be killed. During his interrogation he was blindfolded and beaten with cables until he passed out. His captors rubbed salt into his wounds to wake him up, so they could…
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iPhone 3G
I had a mess around with it today, a colleague in work got one. Hmm. It is rather nice, not much different to its predecessor. Would be handy for blogging, among other things. Should I, or shouldn’t I?
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Guardian Media Group Buys paidContent for $30 Million
Says Kara: In what will be seen as a new media coup, sources tell BoomTown that Britain’s Guardian Media Group is set to announce this morning that it will buy the company that runs the high-profile digital media news site paidContent for a price “north of $30 million.” Paidcontent even got scooped. More here.
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Fannie and Freddie on the brink
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shares plummeted again today as concern mounted that the US government will be forced to take over the beleaguered mortgage finance companies, which some investors fear are at risk of default. The markets opened two hours ago, and the Dow has already fallen below 11,000. We are now back at…
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Sudanese president charged
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has been charged with genocide and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court. From MSNBC: The action by the prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo of Argentina, will mark the first time that the tribunal in The Hague charges a sitting head of state with such crimes, and represents a major step…
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New Books
Now that university is over I can try and go back to my regular reading. I purchased these books recently, not sure how long it will take to get through them all. What Happened by Scott McClellan Suicide of the West by Kock Smith Your Government Failed You by Richard Clarke Epicenter by Joel Rosenberg…
Got any book recommendations?