Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Rumsfeld gets roasted by Clinton
Rummy needs to resign. My goodness indeed. When referring to the number of troops that went into Iraq, Rummy said: “I guess history will make a judgment on that”. How long do we have to wait before history kicks in? It’s well over three years since the invasion. Can we not at least start to…
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Strange 'twin' new worlds found
An interesting discovery: ‘Planemos’ is a great word… The pair belongs to what some astronomers believe is a new class of planet-like objects floating through space; so-called planetary mass objects, or “planemos”, which are not bound to stars. They appear to have been forged from a contracting gas cloud, in a similar way to stars,…
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Democracy vs Democracy?
Daniel Drezner seconds the question posed by Michael Totten at Instapundit this week. Is Totten right to say that the current war is the first example of a democracy going to war with a democracy? Excellent discussion over at Drezner’s blog. Incidentally I agree with Drezner on this, given that the Lebanese forces themselves have…
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Abizaid relents
The exchange today at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. [via Steve] SEN. CARL LEVIN: Do you agree, General, that — with the ambassador from Britain to Iraq that Iraq is sliding towards civil war? GEN. ABIZAID: I believe that the sectarian violence is probably as bad as I’ve seen it, in Baghdad in particular, and…
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Newspaper websites wake up
The Washington Post has taken the plunge – to link to rival newspaper sites. I can’t understand why this has not happened sooner. Most bloggers realise that linking actually helps traffic, and doesn’t drive away readers as conventional wisdom suggests. Online media outlets like Slate or Salon prominently feature their links to other sites and…
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Matt Damon as Captain Kirk?
So the rumours say. I just can’t imagine someone else acting the role of Captain Kirk other than William Shatner. At least we have another Star Trek film to look forward to though.
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Haditha
No doubt a word that will live in the memory of the Marine Corps for some time to come. It appears the evidence backs the story that Marines deliberately shot civilians. Steve Clemons believes the war is now deflating America’s purpose. Senator Max Baucus’s nephew was also killed in July.
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Quietest month
I’ve just realised that July 2006 was my quietest month for posting since I started blogging, with a total of nine, yes NINE posts. Whatever next?
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Mac Mini as home entertainment
I’ve been meaning to post about buying a Mac Mini, and hooking it up to a Samsung 32′ R7 HD TV in the living room. It works wonders on your music collection, with Front Row at your beckon call. Setup was flawless, plugging straight into the wireless network and downloading the latest updates. It’s even…
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A link
Another UCC student joins the blogging fraternity. Click over to John Mortell’s blog.
Got any book recommendations?