Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Political Corruption Is Responsible for $3 ATM Fees
How much does corruption cost you? When you use a non-network ATM, it’s usually a $3 fee, just for accessing your own money. The cost to the bank charging you that money, however, is just 37 cents. That’s price gouging, and when you add it all up, it’s a total of $7 billion annually that goes from…
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The Romney Foreign-Policy Agenda
The next president will face critical challenges, but Mitt Romney has offered no clear vision of America’s role in the world. What can we learn from his team of advisers? read more… via The Romney Foreign-Policy Agenda.
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Joseph Farah: Romney “most dangerous man in America . . . America’s toast.” | American Vision News
The splitting of the GOP starts Joseph Farah: Romney “most dangerous man in America . . . America’s toast.” | American Vision News. Joseph Farah: Romney “most dangerous man in America . . . America’s toast.” by Joel McDurmon on May 18, 2012 Joseph Farah of WND.com writing in 2010: There is, however, someone in the Republican wings,…
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Mitt and the AutoTune
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Forget ‘gun control’; CSGV represents ‘genocide enablement lobby’ – St. Louis gun rights | Examiner.com
Readers of this column will notice that the term “gun control” is rarely used here, except in the ironic sense, within quotes. This is because controlling guns is only the means to an end for what is more accurately referred to as the forcible citizen disarmament lobby. The desired end is a meek, docile…
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Stand Your Ground Marissa Alexander: Marissa Alexander Stood Her Ground, Here’s How You Can Stand With Her
Stand Your Ground Marissa Alexander: Marissa Alexander Stood Her Ground, Here’s How You Can Stand With Her. Marissa Alexander faces 20 years in prison for Standing Her Ground. Her husband beat her while she was pregnant. After yet another beating, Alexander fired a warning shot into the ceiling. That shot saved her life. Prosecutor…
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Bring On Less Democracy
Bring On Less Democracy. (full article) “Is anybody else as depressed as I am about the next four years? No matter who wins, we face the prospect of bitterly divided government, savage partisanship in Congress, and increasing executive desperation. Even if Republicans win the Senate and retain the House, they will not have a filibuster-proof…
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Decayed Meat Treated With Carbon Monoxide To Make It Look Fresh At The Grocery — Health & Wellness — Sott.net
Decayed Meat Treated With Carbon Monoxide To Make It Look Fresh At The Grocery via Decayed Meat Treated With Carbon Monoxide To Make It Look Fresh At The Grocery — Health & Wellness — Sott.net. Most meat eaters may be unaware that more than 70% of all beef and chicken in the United States, Canada…
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The Price of Prejudice
The Price of Prejudice. Some opponents of the law have focused on the fact that the law was so poorly written that it threatens not just to disenfranchise gay people, but unmarried straight couples as well. Here’s the thing about discrimination: It inevitably overshoots its target. As emerging research on its psychosocial effect shows, discrimination hurts…
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Scientist warn EPA on Monsanto corn rootworm
Scientists warn EPA on Monsanto corn rootworm (via http://www.occupymonsanto360.org) The stakes are high – corn production is critical for food, animal feed and ethanol production, and farmers have increasingly been relying on corn that has been genetically modified to be toxic to corn rootworm pests. “This is not something that is a surprise… but it…
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