Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

It’s all going to be Republicans’ fault. This administration just never stops politicking.  Their universe is defined by politics.  Politics raises the sun, politics moves the stars, by golly politics creates the quantum-mechanical Gamow window that allows stellar fusion to happen in the first place.  That’s why the IRS went teabagger hunting, State didn’t want…

I found a really good summation of the prostitution’s closing argument in the comments at Legal Insurrection. BDLR is Bernie De La Rionda the lead persecutor who gives the closing argument. GZ is George Zimmerman – the defendant. TM is Trayvon Martin – the deceased. Good was a witness to TM beating GZ. VetHusbandFather July…

A lot of people keep talking about the young libertarian who had the unbridled temerity to stand up to police who had pulled him over without cause and who searched his car. Earlier I linked this, but it’s gone viral on YouTube now, so here it is. Frankly, that officer and his attitude would scare…

Here is some Rodney King history at the Wiki and the New York Times. I have been asking this question lately: Will Trayvon Martin rack up more or fewer dead than Rodney King? Rodney had 50 homicides in sympathy. There are some preliminary indications. Reports have come in from eye witnesses in Sanford, Florida that…

For some time, I have been lamenting the fact that no matter what the police state apparatchiks do, or how publicly they do it, there never seems to be an available remedy for the victims. This story of a dog shot in its own yard — by officers who ignored a BEWARE OF DOG sign…

1. Endocannabinoid production in the body peaks in the 15 to 25 year age range. 2. Pot use peaks in the 15 to 25 year age range.

I recently learned from a friend about a man in Pennsylvania who is being charged with the crime of keeping pet ducks: A Pennsylvania man is facing a fine of $500 a day for having four pet ducks. Delmont resident Jim Kistler was notified that having his web-footed pals, Larry, Moe, Curly and Fred, is…

This is the motion to depose B. Crump the lawyer for Trayvon Martin’s family. I can’t cut and paste the document or any part of if (odd for a public record) but you should read it. It is a blockbuster.

Tattoo’s have become fashionable in America among certain segments of society. But this? A New Black Panther Party leader with the words “kill whitey” tattooed on his face has been busted for allegedly carrying a loaded and unlicensed gun, according to the New York Post. Well just what AM I supposed to say in response?…

I don’t keep up with modern art as I should. In fact, the way I carry on against Abstract Expressionism, most urban sophisticates would consider me a backward troglodyte, if not a metaphysical innuendo. My problem is basically a very selfish one. I know what I like, and I don’t like Abstract Expressionism. I tend…

Eric sent me a link to this Partnership For A Drug Free America site which is in the early stages of ginning up a pogrom on coffee users. They have a pop up which asks you to fill out a survey. I’m always glad to help. Here are some of the survey questions with my…

I’m not much of a techie, and one of the reasons is that I don’t have the patience to be a shopper. Going into stores to look at new products and have chats with sales people is just not my thing. However, occasionally I will stumble onto a cool tech gadget purely by accident, and…

In a comment to my last post, I expressed what appears to be a naive hope: Are cops soldiers? I hope not! I have been reading about so many police state outrages lately that it has become mind-numbing. This morning I read about a young woman from affluent Millburn, New Jersey who was treated to…

I have been following, avidly, the George Zimmerman case. The trial is a circus and the prosecution has made a terrible case (it rested today). Actually they have made the defense’s case. But that is not the real news. The real news is on the street and on Facebook. There is a Riot for Trayvon…

It seems as if rarely does a day go by that I don’t read about another police horror story, and the latest one is especially awful. Police in Henderson, Nevada brutally invaded a home, used chemical weapons on the residents, and arrested them. Not for any alleged crimes they had committed, mind you. The police just…

I just found out a neighbor runs a web site (which must remain linkless lest I get in trouble) devoted to the advocacy of a fascinating old practice: Human placenta consumption. It is rare, but apparently gaining in popularity: Modern practice of placentophagy is rare, as most contemporary human cultures do not promote its consumption.[1]…

That sixteen year old boys can and do father children is not especially newsworthy, but this news item seems to have caught the attention of the public because the mother is 28, and was the father’s high school teacher: A 28-year-old teacher in California was placed on administrative leave after she gave birth to a…

I have not been following events in Egypt as I perhaps should, but I have been too damn busy. (Who knows? A military coup there may be an improvement over a “democratically elected” fundamentalist hardliner.) Still, photos like this intrigue me: Hope things work out over there, and while I am anything but an Obama…

As you may or may not know student loans have created a trillion dollars in debt that is dragging down our economy and is also making it difficult for students to form households once they get in the real economy. Evidently George Soros is financing the protests. There was an interesting comment at the article.…