Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Bill To Regulate Men’s Reproductive Health
Before getting a prescription for Viagra or other erectile dysfunction drugs, men would have to see a sex therapist, receive a cardiac stress test and get a notarized affidavit signed by a sexual partner affirming impotency, if state Sen. Nina Turner has her way. via Dayton Daily News. The thinking here is more than a…
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Bus Driver Injured with Caustic Liquid by Passenger
A CTA bus driver was treated at an area hospital tonight after a woman threw a liquid believed to be rubbing alcohol in the man’s face when the two argued about an expired fare card, police said. via Chicago Tribune. One word yet on whether Rahm’s going to demand from Springfield a Rubbing Alcohol Registry.
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DC Metro’s Pervert Problem
[DC] Metro took several steps this week to address complaints that it wasn’t taking sexual harassment seriously enough. … “I was disturbed to hear their reports about assault and intimidation while riding trains and buses, particularly those accounts which involved our employees making disrespectful comments,” Sarles wrote to his more than 11,000 employees in a…
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Facebook in the News (and not in a good way)
Some people will never learn that whatever you post online people will expose: FOX Chicago News has obtained pictures of a Chicago police officer wearing his uniform in some very provocative photos with women wearing next to nothing. The photos were posted on the officer’s Facebook page. FOX Chicago News has three, but we’ve learned…
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FAA to Allow Unmanned Drones (to kill you)
The Federal Aviation Administration has taken the first concrete step toward allowing drones to fly alongside passenger airplanes in the United States. As required by a law signed by President Obama in February, the FAA is moving forward with a plan to integrate unmanned aircraft into the national airspace by 2015. … Proponents of the…
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Jim Rogers: Worry About 2013, Panic About 2014
If you don’t know Jim Rogers you should. I first heard about him maybe 15 or so years ago. I was riding my Harley around and someone gave me Jim’s book, Investment Biker. It’s a great read and for several months I wanted to grow-up to be Jim Rogers. Also interesting, from Wikipedia: In December…
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Limbaugh, Fluke, Maher, Romney, Obama + Allred
The insanity continues: Rush Limbaugh has drawn the ire of celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred, who sent a letter to the Palm Beach County state attorney requesting an investigation into whether the popular radio host should be prosecuted for calling a law student a “slut” and “prostitute” last week. … In a letter dated March 8,…
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Limbaugh, Fluke, Maher, Romney + Obama
Will this ever end? Current and former White House aides on Thursday rejected demands by a conservative group that a Super PAC supporting President Obama refund a $1 million check from comedian and talk show host Bill Maher because of coarse comments he’s made about Sarah Palin and other Republican women. … Carney said “language…
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Criminal Justice System Failing
A man who knocked out a woman’s teeth in the South Loop in 2008 when she refused to give him a cigarette became violent again, according to police, this time beating up his longtime female companion. The latest attack took place Monday night in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side, police said. It was…
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Bizarre News Day
Here’s some of the stories on the home page at Fox News this evening: Targeted Killing in US? Mueller Mum: FBI Director Robert Mueller, when pressed at agency budget hearing, says he has to check with Justice Department whether Eric Holder’s criteria for targeted killing of Americans can be justified within US. Mueller Grilled on…
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