Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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I don’t know if this is funny or scary. I can tell you the comments on Twitchy are hilarious.
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DNC, Obama Campaign: It’s “Okay” to Vote Twice
When undercover reporters visited various [DNC] locations across the country they received the same response from Obama campaign staffers – that it’s basically okay to vote multiple times if you happen to be registered in two or more states. In Houston, Texas, for example, the Project Veritas reporter made her intentions known, and rather than…
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Biden: Doesn’t Know his Own Votes
“By the way, they talk about this great recession like it fell out of the sky–like, ‘Oh my goodness, where did it come from?’” Biden said. “It came from this man voting to put two wars on a credit card, at the same time, put a prescription drug plan on the credit card, a trillion…
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Chicago’s Pension Time-Bomb
While Emanuel can coast for two more years, the city in 2015 is required by law to set aside an additional $700 million a year for two of its four pension funds, all of which are woefully underfunded: That year’s budget will include a total of $1.2 billion for the retirement accounts of teachers, police,…
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When a Wise Man Debates a Fool…
When a wise man debates with a fool the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet. — Proverbs 29:9
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Feds Investigate Jesse Jackson Jr.
We all knew this was coming: Federal prosecutors and FBI agents in Washington have launched a new criminal investigation of Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. involving financial improprieties, including possible misuse of funds monitored by Congress, law enforcement sources tell NBC News.The probe prompted lawyers for Jackson to meet with federal prosecutors this week in…
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Businesses Expanding but Not Hiring
A majority of owners of midsized businesses in the Chicago area plan to expand in the next three months, but only a third say they will hire more workers in that time, according to a new survey. … The most recent poll … found that nearly 60 percent of surveyed businesses planned to expand in…
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$2M in Unemployment to Inmates
More than 1,100 people have collected nearly $2 million in unemployment benefits while they were in county jails or state prisons, including $43,000 that went to a person in the Cook County Jail, a state agency said Tuesday. Now they may face state or federal criminal fraud charges as well as having to repay what…
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SUV as Deadly Weapon
Two people were struck by a hit-and-run driver after a fight outside a River North neighborhood bar early Sunday morning, police said. via Chicago Tribune. Although it’s not reported here, the news from police on the scene is that this was a street fight where the fight’s loser went to his car and then used…
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No Internet Access
Dear Friends, Please hang in there with me. I’m without Internet access until Wednesday. Thanks.
Got any book recommendations?