Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Faking Facebook
What a curious thing. This week someone by the name of Simon Coveney, and using a picture of a TD of the same name, joined the Resign, Mr Ahern Facebook group. Interesting, I said to myself. I wonder if that could be the same guy. He did post about broadband over on Damien Mulley’s blog…
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Politics and Facebook
The Resign, Mr Ahern Facebook group, started back at the start of December, has just passed 1,500 members. It is certainly a milestone, and certainly the biggest Irish-oriented politically oriented group I have come across. Following requests from members for some form of physical protest against Mr Ahern, I have put a date of Saturday…
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Mahon wiki
I just found out that the Mahon wiki is displaying incorrectly in IE6 and IE7, and can’t figure out why. Any suggestions?
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PJ Mara and Norman Turner
What’s the connection? The Irish Times reports: It is not clear why Turner, a British national whose mother was from Cork, wants to have an Irish passport. Turner was a director of a number of Irish companies, and took up residence here during the 1990s when he was seeking to promote a hotel, conference centre…
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Blog Awards – nomination
Some kind folk have nominated this blog in the best political blog category. I can’t say I deserve it, my blogging has been hit and miss of late, thanks to time consuming projects like finishing my BA, working in the Irish Examiner, working on the Mahon Tribunal wiki (yes I am still working on it).…
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Ahern helped with passport
RTE are leading with this story and it looks like this will set the news agenda for tomorrow. Ahern is due back before the Tribunal on February 21 and 22. It has been confirmed tonight that Bertie Ahern assisted Manchester businessman Norman Turner in receiving a passport in 1994. Mr Turner – who donated money…
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Padraig Flynn on the Late Late Show, January 1999 video
Finally guys, the video you have been waiting for. Pee Flynn destroying his political career in one interview. Love it. Forgive the quality, it is a nine year old VHS recording.
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Anonymous releases full Tom Cruise video
Anonymous are really going to town on Scientology. Good. But it’s likely won’t stay on YouTube for long. What a freakin dumbass: And Colbert with his take:
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Was the Fed duped?
The Big Picture speculates that Bernanke was caught out by Societe Generale dumping futures contracts. The WSJ Market Beat blog tends to agree. Did Bernanke know about the fraud on Monday? Did Societe Generale tell the Bank of France, who then would have told the ECB? Did the ECB inform the Fed? The dumping of…
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Dissertation topic
1. History 2. Module: Machiavelli’s World: Political Ideology from Renaissance to Revolution This seminar will trace the development of modern political ideologies out of a variety of contexts in the early modern world. A wide range of key authors will be considered, from Machiavelli, Luther and Erasmus to Hobbes, Rousseau, Voltaire and Paine. Their texts…
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