Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Blantly Racist Headline at L.A. Times & Tribune
White working class: Clinging to guns, religion and Romney via Chicago Tribune. Here is Barack Obama’s full quote: You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton…
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Illinois Unemployment at 9.1%
Unemployment across Illinois rose to 9.1 percent in August, the third straight month of increases in the state, the Illinois Department of Employment Security said Thursday. … Unemployment in July was 8.9 percent. Increases in the unemployment rate in June, July and August followed nine months of slow but steady declines. The federal government said…
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One Word for CPS Teachers: Save
Save. Save as much money as you can. Live well below your means. The pension time-bomb is coming. One of the most vexing problems for Chicago and its teachers went virtually unmentioned during the strike: The pension fund is about to hit a wall. The Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund has about $10 billion in assets,…
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Surgeon Sage Says
“Surgeon Sage Says” (circa 1915)
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Chick-fil-A Wavies 1st Amendment Rights
Chick-fil-A has pledged to stop giving money to anti-gay groups and to back off political and social debates after an executive’s comments this summer landed the fast-food chain smack in the middle of the gay marriage debate. The Civil Rights Agenda, which dubs itself the largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy group in Illinois,…
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400 Richest Americans’ Worth $1.7 Trillion
The net worth of the richest Americans grew by 13 percent in the past year to $1.7 trillion, Forbes magazine said on Wednesday, and a familiar cast of characters once again populated the top of the magazine’s annual list of the U.S. uber-elite, including Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Larry Ellison and the Koch brothers. The…
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Crumb & Get It: Baker with Principles
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s_CGWKN8Ak]
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Student Denied Entry to Michelle Obama’s Speech
A conservative student was denied entry into a rally featuring First Lady Michelle Obama at the University of Florida on Wednesday because he was wearing a t-shirt in support of Republican John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) 2007 campaign for the White House. … A conservative student was denied entry into a rally featuring Michelle Obama at the…
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Harvard vs. South Dakota Mine School
Which Grads make more? Harvard University’s graduates are earning less than those from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology after a decade-long commodity bull market created shortages of workers as well as minerals. Those leaving the [SDSMT] college of 2,300 students this year got paid a median salary of $56,700, according to PayScale…
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Pete’s Fresh Market — Update 09/19
Reliable sources inform me that Pete’s and people from the city are sitting down and trying to work out a deal to restart construction. Reliable sources also have confirmed the facts of the original post. If any readers have stories of problems with any politicians please contact me privately with that information. We have been…
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