Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(Jesse Walker, Author at Reason.com) How Pat Robertson Shepherded His Flock Into Politics
Farewell to the senator’s son who pioneered a TV genre, helped create the Christian right, ran for president, and earned the grudging respect of Abbie Hoffman
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on All Normal on the American Front by mlyoung57
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Yes, let’s do that. LikeLike
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(QC RSS) Thought EMTs
Time to get wet
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on All Normal on the American Front by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to mlyoung57. Well, we’ll have to make plans to go to Israel and Palestine some day. Gaza aside, the risk level is acceptable. But Saudi Arabia is no-go territory for me. Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, or Jordan I would visit. But not Saudi…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Zombies Are Impossible by Beau
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – The camera loves you
New comic!Today’s News: Missed out on The Art of Ménage à 3 Kickstarter campaign?Get it via InDemand at Indiegogo: https://igg.me/at/artofma3/x/27564548#/Want printed books or swag? Check out our store! https://pixietrixcomixs…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on All Normal on the American Front by mlyoung57
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. I’ll definitely take a look. Though I’m as much interested in what Friedman says is happening elsewhere, especially Saudi Arabia (roughly, political norms are shit, but cultural norms are rapidly trending in the r…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on All Normal on the American Front by Irfan Khawaja
I don’t remember if I posted this already or not, but this essay gives a much better analysis of the contemporary Israeli scene than anything Friedman has written. https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2023/05/11/whose-constitution-whose-democracy-jos…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on All Normal on the American Front by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to mlyoung57. As you can probably guess, I regard “American internationalism” as a plague upon the Earth, and Thomas Friedman as one of its Typhoid Mary’s. I posted those two passages above to draw attention to the incoherence and double stand…
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(QC RSS) Therapeutic Use
Music references? In QC???? what is this, 2006?
Got any book recommendations?