Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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IL Finances Heading to Social Unrest
“I think it’s going to reach a point where there’s either social disorder or bankruptcy before people will act,” he said. via Crain’s Chicago Business. Ya, that sounds about right. But let’s back-up a little. This is a quote from a story about how back the finances are in Illinois. A Blue Ribbon Panel put…
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I Made Crain’s Chicago Business
Forgive me the indulgence: Dr. El-Tag referred questions to her attorney, James Bosco of Chicago.The case is about “restricting patients’ access to a doctor of their choice,” Mr. Bosco said in a statement. “That the plaintiff Dr. Koziol believes patients would choose Dr. El-Tag over him is evidence enough of Dr. El-Tag’s reputation for excellence,”…
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I really don’t understand all the hate. Are not those on the left supposed to accepting of everyone? Tolerance and all that? Seems to me the left is the chief preacher of hate.
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Islamist Radicals Visited White House
A year-long investigation by the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) has found that scores of known radical Islamists made hundreds of visits to the Obama White House, meeting with top administration officials. via The Investigative Project on Terrorism. This is a problem. A real mo fo problem. No word yet from the Ministry of Truth.…
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Italian Court Jails Scientists for Failure to Predict Earthquake
Rarely since a Catholic inquisition in Rome condemned Galileo Galilei to spend the remainder of his days under house arrest for the heresy of teaching that the Earth revolves around the sun, has an Italian court been so wrong about science. Today, a court in the central Italian city of L’Aquila, 380 years after that…
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Democrat Voter Fraud in Florida & a Beating in WI
[Republican] Voters are getting letters that look like they are from local elections offices, questioning their citizenship. But Local 6 has learned the letters are fake, and they are going out across Central Florida and other parts of the state. Officials said the voters who have received the letters thus far are white, registered Republicans…
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Alderman Flip-Flops Again on Chick-fil-A
A Chicago alderman once again is threatening to block Chick-fil-A from opening a restaurant in his Northwest Side ward because of the owner’s stance against gay marriage — after saying earlier that he had dropped his opposition to the fast-food outlet. Ald. Proco “Joe” Moreno, 1st, accused Dan Cathy, president of the family-owned restaurant chain,…
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Airlines Fees vs. Fares: Impacting Taxes
The liberal Washington Post complains: There’s a 7.5 percent federal tax on every airline ticket. The money goes into a fund that pays for the air transportation system: airports, capital improvements and the operation of the Federal Aviation Administration. … When the airlines kept ticket prices down by shifting $12.8 billion to baggage fees, they…
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The Fed & Debt Cancelation
I met a European trader in a bar this week, who brought up the possibility that at some point, the Bank of England might just rip up the UK government debt it has acquired through quantitative easing — just straight up throw it on the fire, and tell the government it no longer owes the…
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What Drives Corporate Profits?
In a heady story over the Business Insider today Joe Weisenthal walks us through an analysis as to why corporate profits are so high right now. It generally all comes down to this chart: It shows the various drivers and drags on corporate profitability. So for example, household savings are always a drag on profitability,…
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