Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Z is for Zyklon by Roderick T. Long
As monstrous as Kilmeade is, I’m reluctant to think that even he could be so depraved in his punctuation skills that he could be taken to be saying “Just kill ‘em” rather than “Just kill ’em.” LikeLike
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(Policy of Truth) Z is for Zyklon
You’ve likely encountered Fox News host Brian Kilmeade’s suggestion that we deal with the problem of homelessness by killing mentally ill homeless people. The remark has widely been treated as an isolated, one-off, a kind of non-sequitur that Kilmeade dreamed up out of the blue, and for which he has now apologized. So, case closed. …
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) This is the most unwell plugger I’ve ever seen, which is honestly saying something
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger’s The Enthusiast is that novel! It’s even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Pluggers, 9/15/25 A friend of mine in Baltimore, widely known for always looking younger than she was, when…
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(QC RSS) Zlata, You Fool!
Zlata!x!!
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(xkcd.com) -Style Pizza
This is a syndicated post, originally published by xkcd.com at xkcd.com.
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(Policy of Truth) Activism and Its Critics
The migrant defense group that I work with, Resistencia en Acción, held a rummage sale the other day, raising $3,700 for migrants detained in a recent set of raids here in Princeton. That, by any measure, is a success. Think about what was involved in making it happen. Someone had to conceive the idea, then…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) She can also swim, I guess, but that seems pretty normal
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger’s The Enthusiast is that novel! It’s even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Mary Worth, 9/14/25 So, adding to the list of Olive’s Known Powers: she can predict the movements of…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Mistah Kirk, He Dead by Roderick T. Long
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Yeah, I meant “villain from Livy’s standpoint.” LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Mistah Kirk, He Dead by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Roderick T. Long. Haven’t gotten there yet. Just keeping track of the Alexanders and the Aristobuluses in Josephus was a full time job. They all seem like villains to me, honestly, even the best of them, but even worse are their mode…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Life is very long when you’re Blondie
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger’s The Enthusiast is that novel! It’s even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Blondie, 9/13/25 Blondie began in 1930, in a world now mostly alien to us, but it was originally…
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