Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

The next Drug Menace is going to be sniffing chocolate. It turns out that raw cocoa is more potent than many of us considered. According to OZY, raw cocoa rushes endorphins into your bloodstream and relaxes your body with magnesium, plus it’s loaded with flavanols that increase blood circulation and stimulate brain power. Cocoa also…

In the polls for September 8th Libertarian Gary Johnson seems to be running at about 10% and Green Jill Stein is running at about 3%. That means that on the fringes limited government is more popular than socialism. This is encouraging. Until you think about those not part of the 10%. That would be 90%.…

We have a truly heart warming story of a police woman helping the babies and children of a couple who overdosed on an opiate. But we ought to remember some things. Without the police efforts drug users would be seeing doctors instead of the neighborhood dealers. But you know. Socialism. “There is no social problem…

The only thing that surprises me about this is that anyone would be surprised. The widespread abuse of the potent opioid fentanyl appears to be largely the result of illicit manufacturing of the synthetic drug as opposed to the misuse of legally prescribed versions of the painkiller, according to two US government studies released Thursday. That…

President Obama has just pardoned 111 non-violent Federal Drug Law offenders. Naturally there have been complaints in the comments. My response to one of them (a Trump supporter) was: Trump? Because he thinks Drugs are a State issue? Obama is already putting his policy into effect. I think Obama should be applauded for listening to…

Colin Kaepernick had this to say about Hillary. We have a presidential candidate who has deleted emails and done things illegally and is a presidential candidate. That doesn’t make sense to me because if that was any other person you’d be in prison. So, what is this country really standing for?” The USA stands for…

By now (25 August 2016 0346z) I’m sure there are a lot of questions about the missing text. Here it is: I wrote a few days ago about cannabinoids in the gut. It turns out there are also a lot of cannabinoid receptors in the skin. Cannabinoids are almost exclusively found in cannabis, and have…

David Goldman discusses how Trump might fix American Foreign Policy – Middle East Version. A commenter noted that Trump was dangerously unqualified. There is always the possibility of the dangerously qualified Hillary. With Trump there will be errors which may be fixed. With Hillary there will be policy which can’t be fixed.

Politics is mostly about the use of unaccountable force. How much politics do you want in your life?

The deathgod smiled. “Catch your breath quickly now, while you may,” he stated. “Breath is the least appreciated gift of the gods. None sing hymns to it, praising the good air, breathed by king and beggar, master and dog alike. But, oh to be without it! Appreciate each breath,… From Lord of Light. During the…

In an apparently wasted effort to teach tolerance I said this to one of my Republican friends. === Criminal distribution makes it easier for your kids to get drugs. The black market doesn’t card. And I’d be interested in how you intend to eradicate ALL plants you don’t care for. To even think that is…

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A new paper is out looking at Endocannabinoids in the gut. I will give you my gut reaction later. Accumulating evidence indicates that the endocannabinoid system is a key modulator of gastrointestinal physiology, influencing satiety, emesis, immune function, mucosal integrity, motility, secretion, and visceral sensation. In light of therapeutic benefits of herbal and synthetic cannabinoids,…

In casual conversations, I’ve raised the point that maybe they do not, which seems grounded in common sense. People always argue with me, and I’ve never considered it important enough to worry about. Now that Obamacare has put us all in the same economic pool, however, it’s worth some long, hard, number crunching. According to…

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As I keep saying, we are not governed, we are ruled. Not only is privacy considered a threat to our rulers, but even curiosity about privacy is cause for being put under surveillance. The NSA surveillance program called X-Keyscore, first revealed last summer in documents leaked by Edward Snowden, has been found to contain selection…