Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Shite, this is going to
Shite, this is going to take a while to fix. Just lost 3 months of material. Grrr Radio, I’m really getting pissed off with you.
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Blair stands by Iraq intelligence
Tony Blair has responded to the allegations made in the Foreign Affairs Committee report. The fact is that we put before the House of Commons and indeed the country the case that we made. I should tell you right at the very outset, I stand by that case totally. I am quite sure we did…
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Canada gets interesting
Naomi Klein is supporting her country today, with a praising of the introduction of some liberal laws that she says make Canada a hippie nation. · The Liberal party government of prime minister Jean Chrétien did not support the invasion of Iraq (“opposed” would be too strong a word, since we maintained troops in the…
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My results for President
My results for President 1. Kucinich, Cong. Dennis, OH – Democrat (92%) Click here for info 2. Gephardt, Cong. Dick, MO – Democrat (83%) Click here for info 3. Edwards, Senator John, NC – Democrat (69%) Click here for info 4. Kerry, Senator John, MA – Democrat (68%) Click here for info 5. Libertarian Candidate…
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U.S. grapples with delays in restoring basic services to Iraq
Dick O’Brien criticises the Irish Times for quoting two different figures for US casualties since May 1st. I am not sure who is right, though I read this today in the Herald Tribune, by Brian Knowlton. Two more U.S. troops were killed in attacks Sunday and Monday, the 70th and 71st to die in Iraq…
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Guardian in the US
Paul over at An Oasis points to a story in the New York Metro about the Guardian publishing a US version for its growing US market. Interesting stuff. No, he said. Were bringing the Guardian to America. Were going to publish an American version.
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Our fake patriots
So why is it deemed by the right to be patriotic both to oppose the EU and to appease the US? Why has the old reactionary motto “my country, right or wrong” been so smoothly replaced with another one: “their country, right or wrong”? Why does the British right now believe it has a God-given…
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The decision was an easy one
Interesting media story over on Volkh, linked to Fox News. A presenter in the US got the sack from MSNBC for his attack on a caller to his show: Oh, you’re one of the sodomites,” Savage said. “You should only get AIDS and die, you pig. How’s that? Why don’t you see if you can…
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Seeing mortal danger in a superpower Europe
William Pfaff with another excellent contribution to the transatlantic debate. Well worth the read. France is systematically denigrated, as to a lesser extent is Germany – Germany is thought salvageable, or open to intimidation, once Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is gone. France is portrayed as suffering from “a profound pathology,” and America’s enemy. In Washington power-corridor…
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Philip Bobbitt: Spooks and spin doctors
Philip Bobbit, author of the excellent Shield of Achilles writes a thought provoking piece in todays Guardian. He talks about WMD, the media and the intelligence services. He is really siding with Tony Blair on this one, is he not? I venture no opinion on the merits of this matter. I have complete confidence in…
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