Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Shakedown on the West Side
PR — For Immediate Release SYNOPSIS: LOCAL THUGS AND A QUESTIONABLE ALDERMAN MAY STOP CONSTRUCTION OF GROCERY STORE IN A FOOD DESERT. One of Chicago’s food deserts may not be getting a grocery store after all. After years of wrangling, Pete’s Fresh Market broke ground on a site located at Western & Madison on Chicago’s…
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Professor Makes Class Sign “Vote for Obama” Pledge
A citizen, whose nephew attends Brevard Community College, reports that he brought home the below bookmark pledging to vote for President Obama. The bookmark and pledge was handed out during a mathematics class taught by Assistant Professor Sharon Sweet. This occurred “while the student was in class at the request of his College Algebra…
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Chicago Teachers Fear Wave of School Closings
Striking Chicago teachers fear that once they approve a new contract with the school district and end their strike, Mayor Rahm Emanuel will go ahead with dozens of school closings because of falling enrollment and poor academic performance. via Reuters. Really? Well what do they think the mayor should do when the city is shrinking…
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Lou Prichett’s Letter to President Obama
Lou Pritchett is a former vice president of Procter & Gamble whose career at that company spanned 36 years before his retirement in 1989, and he is the author of the 1995 business book, Stop Paddling & Start Rocking the Boat. In April 2009 he wrote the follow letter to President Obama and copied the…
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‘Patent Trolls’ Get Biggest Piece Of Patent Pie
So-called patent trolls – which don’t actually make anything – in recent years received significantly larger damages awards on average than those won by companies that make things, a new report found. Critics of “trolls,” or nonpracticing entities, claim they hold huge numbers of patents and make money by simply attacking others with litigation. During…
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For Self-Defense a .22 beats .45
An excellent video (ok, it’s a tad annoying) about why a .22 beats higher caliber handguns when it comes to self defense. via WND. Bottom line is you can’t stop what you can’t hit.
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Several Stabbed At NYC Subway Station
Three people were injured in a stabbing on the escalator of a subway station in Queens Wednesday morning. An MTA spokesman said that Dina Saint-Fleur, 25, slashed at least two people after getting into a dispute on a J train around 8:45 a.m. Earlier reports indicated as many as seven people stabbed. via CBS New…
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The Real Romney: Mitt Romney, This is Your Life
Ken Smith runs a hospital for U.S. Veterans. You won’t believe what Romney does for them. “Romney’s generosity has helped tens-of-thousands of veterans.” Four short stories at the link. via TheBlaze.com.
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Where I Agree With the Teachers
On the fourth day of the teachers’ strike, protesters targeted school board member Penny Pritzker, whose family owns the Hyatt hotel chain. At 3:30 p.m., thousands of demonstrators dressed in red gathered outside the Hyatt Regency Chicago, at 151 E. Wacker Dr., protesting the $5.2 million in TIF money the city provided for a new…
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Ever Hear About the “Green” Old Lady?
Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the older woman, that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren’t good for the environment. The woman apologized and explained, “We didn’t have this green thing back in my earlier days.” The young clerk responded, “That’s our problem today. Your generation…
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