Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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A Marine Writes Sen. Feinstein
Senator Dianne Feinstein, I will not register my weapons should this bill be passed, as I do not believe it is the government’s right to know what I own. Nor do I think it prudent to tell you what I own so that it may be taken from me by a group of people who…
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Liberals Love Arab News Propaganda
Double-irony from Al Gore & Current TV: It all starts with a story from The Atlantic Wire (A fairly left-leaning group:) Every once in a while a tweet appears that’s so silly, it must be a joke. Like this one from Glenn Beck: “Before Al-Jazeera bought Current TV, TheBlaze looked into buying it but we…
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Mass Shooting: 3 Dead, 2 Wounded, in Switzerland
No assault weapon involved: A man armed with an old military rifle and a handgun shot and killed three women and wounded two men in a southern Swiss village, police said Thursday. Police shot and wounded the suspect after he threatened to also shoot officers who arrived at the scene after the shooting in the…
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Shot vs. Shot & Killed – The Miracle of Modern Medicine
This post was originally drafted in April. Bare with me… very current story cited below. I’ve mentioned before that the shooting to death ratio appears very low to me. Crime stats over at Crime in Chicago suggest that in 2011 2,217 were shot, with 441 dead – 19.9% (ratio of 5:1.) So far in 2012…
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5 Found Shot in French Alps
NOTE: This is a story from 09/05/2012 that was stuck in the “draft” folder. Still as timely as ever. French authorities say five people, including a teenage girl, have been shot in a forest in the Alps. All five were initially reported to be dead. The teenage victim is now reported to be in critical…
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Obama Voters’ Gun Problem
Obama voters are killing each other Chicago’s murder numbers have hit that magic 500. Baltimore’s murder toll has passed 200. In Philly, it’s up to 324, the highest since 2007. In Detroit, it’s approaching 400, another record. In New Orleans, it’s almost at 200. New York City is down to 414 from 508. In Los…
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Run, Hide, Fight — Have an Active Shooter Plan
From the Alabama Dept. of Homeland Security. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ESNae7OoyM]
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How Liberty Dies
People who wanted a little bit of security in lieu of liberty.
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Propaganda Alert from The Associated Press
Shear propaganda as written by the White House in an attempt to create some news: President Barack Obama has signed into law a five-year extension of the U.S. government’s authority to monitor the overseas activity of suspected foreign spies and terrorists. …. The law does not apply to Americans. When Americans are targeted for surveillance,…
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Sea Turtle Meets A Scuba Diver
Very cool video: Sea turtles do the cutest things. In this video posted to Reddit, a friendly sea turtle pays a surprise visit to a scuba diver. At first, the diver pushes the curious animal away with a big shove to its belly. But the turtle persists. The diver quickly comes around and starts to…
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