Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Regular Guy Schools Politicians on Gun Control
“The Constitution does not guarantee public safety. It guarantees liberty.” [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ledhyTAE2zo] This guy is famous and he don’t even know it.
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It’s Big Brother Day
Just plain too damn spooky for all this to hit in the same day. If you’re not weirded out… you should be Let’s start with the CIA keeping track of EVERYTHING you do. Discussing the goldmine of data that today’s technology has created, the Central Intelligence Agency’s Chief Technology Officer Ira “Gus” Hunt on Wednesday…
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Sugary Drinks Kill 25k per Year in the U.S. Alone
Consumption of soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages may contribute to hundreds of thousands of deaths around the world, mainly due to Type 2 diabetes, a new study says. The results show sugar-sweetened beverage consumption is linked to 180,000 deaths a year worldwide, including 25,000 deaths a year in the United States, the researchers say. via…
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Black Leaders Oppose Gun Control
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RABZq5IoaQ] “There is a direct correlation between Gun Control and Black People Control.” “Black Codes to deny the Second Amendment to recently freed slaves.” “When they take our guns is when they will take our God. And that is when America will fight back.” Amen to that!! Not since Lincoln has a president so…
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Moody’s Downgrades Chicago’s Motor Fuel Debt
Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded to A3 from Aa3 the rating on the City of Chicago’s (IL) $181 million of outstanding rated motor fuel tax debt. The outlook has been revised to negative. via Moody’s. Surprises no one. Barely qualifies as news actually. The City’s broke. Unemployment (real unemployment, the U6 number) is out of…
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Conservative Black Chick Launches Super-PAC
The first blacks elected to Congress after the Civil War were Republicans. Rev. Hiram Rhodes Revels was the the first black Senator elected and his peer Joseph Hayne Rainey was the first black elected to the House of Representatives. I’m excited to see the creation of the Conservative Melting Pot PAC, which not only will…
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Modern Policing Model: The LAPD?
Sheriff’s deputies caught one of the Bloods before he could vanish into the maze of two-story apartment blocks that make up Imperial Courts. Another suspect got away. Deputies spotted the third ducking into one of the apartment buildings. They were preparing to go in when Phil Tingirides, the Los Angeles Police Department captain responsible for…
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What Type of Gun Used at NY Car Wash & Barber Shop?
The following is the Associated Press report on the standoff between police and the man who they say opened fire at a barber shop and a car wash on Wednesday in upstate New York, killing four. But as the gun debate rages, it’s interesting to note that the gun used by the killer was not…
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New Database Tracks Private Student Info
Parents and privacy experts are blasting a new national database that compiles personal student information for educational companies that contract with public schools. New York State officials, working with the city, have already uploaded students’ names, addresses, test scores, learning disabilities, attendance and disciplinary records into the inBloom database, according to the Daily News via…
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MLK and His Guns
Most people think King would be the last person to own a gun. Yet in the mid-1950s, as the civil rights movement heated up, King kept firearms for self-protection. In fact, he even applied for a permit to carry a concealed weapon. A recipient of constant death threats, King had armed supporters take turns guarding…
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