Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Media140
Today I’m in London for the Media140 event, “bringing together journalists, bloggers, social media advocates and publishers to share and discuss the effects and impact of twitter and other social media tools on mainstream media”. Looks like a great lineup of speakers. You can follow the event on Twitter with the hashtag #media140, or watch…
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Tax implications?
Take a look at this explanatory note: Conditions to be Satisfied to Avail of the Section 54 Exemption 4.1 Revenue will now apply the gift tax exemption under the “public purposes” provisions of section 54 CATA, 1976, to political donations that meet the various conditions and requirements under the Electoral Acts. These include the requirements…
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What is going on?
On Monday, an Irish Examiner report revealed that Fianna Fail had failed to disclose donations from some of the country’s biggest developers: Ballymore Properties and Durkan New Homes. The news has been greeted with apparent silence elsewhere in the media. I have to wonder why. It strikes me as important given that electoral law looks…
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Welcome to Ireland
Where PDFs of reports come from scanned documents, with this all over the place: Anthony rightly lambasts the Government on the censored Monageer Report. Can anyone really say we live in a properly functioning democracy?
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Rome
Some initial pictures from Rome:
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Another year
28 years young today. And enjoying the roman weather 🙂
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Religious US soldiers
Interesting stuff from al Jaz:
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Ansbacher Report – complete
I have uploaded the entire Ansbacher Report. I will be adding the full set of links shortly. (Some PDFs are not working, I will replace those)
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Swine Flu
Susan Watts talks to Dr Alan Hay, director of the World Influenza Centre in London. He gives some of the frankest views on the developing scenario thus far. Emphasis mine: According to Dr Hay this is key in trying to assess the likelihood of this virus causing a pandemic: “That was the unusual feature about…
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Ardmore photos
I went walking with my new 18-200mm Sigma and my trusty 20D. Some turned out quite nice I think. Highlights of the walk include the 8th century monastery and round tower, the wreck of the Samson (the crane) and the hermitage ruins.
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