Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Asset bubbles explained
Chris Martenson does have detractors, but I like this explanation:
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Ideas Campaign
What a crock. It was launched on Prime Time last night by Aileen O’Toole, co-founder of The Sunday Business Post. In submitting an idea you also agree to its publication in any form by The Ideas Campaign. By submitting the idea you are thereby granting The Ideas Campaign the perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right to use,…
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Anglo question
Maybe someone out there can lend a hand. I was re-reading the Moriarty Report and came across this: The genesis of Guinness Mahon Cayman Trust Limited, and how it became a bank in its own right, has already been referred to. In 1984 it was sold by Guinness & Mahon (Ireland) Limited to Guinness Mahon…
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Stewart on CNBC
The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – Th 11p / 10c CNBC Gives Financial Advice Daily Show Full EpisodesImportant Things With Demetri Martin Political HumorJoke of the Day
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Dempsey and Fitzpatrick
I was interested to note the following: On June 13, 2002, it was reported that outgoing Minister for the Environment Noel Dempsey made his appointments to the Dublin Docklands Development Authority. The appointments were: Lar Bradshsaw (Re-appointed chairman) Angela Cavendish (Alexsam Corporate Finance) Donal Curtin (Accountant of Byrne Curtin Kelly) Declan McCourt (Auto dealer OHM…
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Shane Ross responds
Says Ross in last Sunday’s Independent: LAST April I met a hotshot Dublin businessman in a southside pub. He was not a household name but — at that time — he was as rich as Croesus. And he was angry at a piece I had written about Anglo Irish Bank. The meeting was cloak and…
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Tubridy and blogging
I had a listen to Damien, Suzy and Val on the Tubridy show earlier. And I have to say, I felt embarrassed for Mr Tubridy. Last time I checked the year was 2009. But it was as if Tubridy was in 2004 or 2005 and blogging was still all new and shiny. I was asked…
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Liveblogging FF
I have to ask this because I was showing some of my fellow bloggers at the Fianna Fail Ard Fheis the figures. How many people were following the liveblogging exactly? It’s not an easy thing to measure, but some of the indications are pretty surprising. I was taking photos with my iPhone and tweeting them,…
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Sobering figures
Irish companies laid off 6,337 workers last month, an increase of 123% on the year- earlier period, the government said today. And the sobering bit: Irish alcohol consumption declined 6% in 2008, the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland said in an e-mailed statement today. Alcohol consumption in Ireland is now back to 1997 levels, the…
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That dinner again
Thanks to the Sindo we have this from a Fine Gael spokesman: Mr Kenny’s spokesman yesterday said that when Mr Kenny had questioned the Taoiseach about whether any members of the Cabinet were involved in facilitating the so-called ‘Golden Circle’ he did not have a specific individual minister in mind. He added, however, that it…
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