Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Cop steals pot. Bakes it into brownies. The result is the usual.

Virginia voters have spoken, and unfortunately for them, they elected a total Clinton hack — Democrat toady and stooge Terry McAuliffe — governor. I would never have even considered voting for McAuliffe in my wildest dreams, but I would have had trouble voting for Cuccinelli because of his support for sodomy laws. I am sure I am…

Not that we really needed more reminders about how we are living in a police state, and while I really don’t have anything new to say and I’m in a hurry to get to a class, I would feel amiss if I didn’t mention two appalling incidents which illustrate how out of control things have…

Will Obamacare(less) trigger a recession due to an increase of out of pocket expenses? Some people think so. Here is a headline for you: Obamacare Will Change Everything — And I Think It Might Cause A Recession If you reduce the revenues of 18% of the economy by 6 to 8% every year for 4…

One of the things which hasn’t received all that much attention yet (because it doesn’t kick in until after the next presidential election) is the so-called “Cadillac Tax.” Employers are already responding by shifting costs to workers: Employers at risk of being hit with the “Cadillac tax” provision in the Affordable Care Act are shifting…

I have been carping and kvetching about Obamacare — especially the “if you like your health insurance you can keep it” lie –for years now. But beyond complaining in blog posts, there was little I could do. Obama and his allies lied — malevolently, in my opinion — to put this horrific piece of social engineering…

A lot of men — and older women — argue that it doesn’t apply to them, so why should they have to have coverage for it? Um, is there such a thing as paternity coverage? If not, why not? Can anyone enlighten me please? I am honestly trying not to be sexist. How can there…

It is gloomy, dark, dank, cold, and clammy. But this cartoon always cheers me up.   A pair of toy robot dogs I bought for a buck a piece at a recent garage sale needed no cheering up. All I had to do to make them come to life was to put batteries in them.…

Over the years, I have become quite accustomed to wars against various holidays and celebrations. There is a longstanding war on Christmas, a war on Thanksgiving, and of course the annual war on Columbus Day, and these wars are pretty much run by the politically correct left, for the usual politically correct reasons. But a…

This sums up perfectly what virtually no one on the left understands about the Tea Party. The feuding between business groups and Tea Party Republicans is just beginning. Trade associations and conservative groups that clashed bitterly over the government shutdown and the debt-ceiling hike will soon be on opposite sides in fights over the U.S.…

The definition of a stool sample.

I just finished carving my annual jack-o-lantern, just in the nick of time before the sun set. As to my costume, I couldn’t quite to get the thing properly zipped, so my face is stuck.   Ouch!

How would you feel if you had done nothing wrong, but because of someone else’s crime, you were stripped of accomplishments you had earned legitimately? I’d be plenty pissed off, and I would not rest until the situation was corrected. Like most other people, a certain percentage of teachers and professors engage in dreadful behavior…

Hot Swapping is not a sexual term. Follow the link for a moderately comprehensive definition. And Hot Swap Controllers are not people directing an orgy. I do wonder though if there are Male and Female Mating Connectors involved. H/T Weasel Zippers

Unless of course you are exempt from math. MORE: They knew.

A commenter to my last post pointed out a study which focuses on the divisions between libertarians and social conservatives, and I found this chart interesting: While it looks like there is a lot of divergence between Libertarians and the “Christian right,” the interesting thing is the way both are able to work with and…

Some poetry from SF cira 1969. The original scan should you actually care to read it. And the other side of the page (slightly defaced by my kids a long time ago) for historical accuracy.

In his discussion of the war between conservative and moderate Republicans David Freddoso (the editor of Conservative Intelligence) is squarely on the side of the conservatives. However, he warns about a new trend: A new trend becoming almost alarmingly mainstream among conservative activists is to find RINO-ism in every shadow. The football equivalent would be…