Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Bournemouth
Well that was an interesting weekend. I attended the New Statesman party on Sunday night in Bournemouth, and to those of you interested in politics and the media, quite a few faces would have been familiar. I had a quick chat with Paul Routledge, Daily Mirror and New Statesman regular, Peter Oborne, Spectator guy, and…
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US Air Force B-2 Bomber Drops 80 JDAMS in Historic Test
I am all too familiar with US weapons technology, having been an avid play of flight sims in my younger days. I had actually already done this little test on a flight sim, flying an F22 Raptor, with infinite bombs on. JDAMs are scary weapons. You could take off, climb to a height, approach the…
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Voxpolitics do
I attended the latest Voxpolitcs do at the US embassy in London last night. It was a great debate, and a great subject. I especially liked Phil Noble’s presentation. An evangelical Dean supporter he definately is – fascinating facts and stories, including when Howard Dean told his mother that he was running for presidential candidate…
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New blog
Annette was impressed enough with my weblog to add me to her 4-long blogroll on her brand new weblog. Cheers! Typepad looks good, seems mildly expensive. I’m sticking with MT. Go over and read the latest addition to the Irish blogosphere! Annette’s put more effort into her sidebars than I have….
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Another hiatas
I get more and more annoyed with myself – I have been neglecting to blog, and its always on my mind, and I feel bad for not doing it. I am an addict, and I’m not fulfilling my addiction. My excuse is, of course, that I am too busy. Well that’s not good enough. More…
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McKenna judgment and Nice
Dick has responded, in depth, as ever… Just what is so undemocratic about the EU is beyond me. Sure, we all hear about the bureaucrats in Brussels, but all the decisions are made by our elected representatives. The Council of Ministers comprises of our governments while the European Parliament is directly elected. European Commissioners are…
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Euro referendum
It seems that I have created a bit of a stir with my comments yesterday on the European Union. Blog Irish picked up on my post and noted: Gavin’s line is a little too close to the Shinners’ for out taste, but it is the witless enforcement of “consensus” masking real problems that gives the…
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Health fears over Twin Towers' plume
This is something that could prove worrying. I was at the WTC on September 28 2001, on a holiday I had planned before September 11. I was in the vicinity of the WTC, still smouldering, for quite a number of hours. Might be alarmist, but then asbesthos is a dangerous substance. The smell was…hm…plasticy in…
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Teen brain changes increase cigarette addiction
Are teens more prone to getting addicted to nicotine than adults? A study reported in New Scientist seems to suggest so. The team provided teen rats aged about 40 days with nicotine. Others were given nicotine only after they had passed into adulthood, at about 70 days. The rats could help themselves to the drug…
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Estonians vote Yes
Of course off the back of a No in Sweden, we have a firm yes in Estonia. I hope the Estonians know what they are letting themselves in for. With all the votes counted, the Yes side had 66.9 per cent, compared with the No side’s 33.1 per cent. Some 63 per cent of 850,000…
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