{"id":49558,"date":"2022-10-20T06:47:28","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T13:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=49558"},"modified":"2022-10-19T15:52:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T22:52:57","slug":"open-thread-october-20-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2022\/10\/20\/open-thread-october-20-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread October 20, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, an email from Faithful America informed me that the group was a contributor to a PBS Frontline documentary calledc”Michael Flynn’s Holy War<\/a>,” which had aired Tuesday night. I went looking for it to see whether I could stream it, and I did find it here<\/a>. So, I streamed it. The URL does not look like one needs to be a Passport member to stream it, but I am one, so I can’t be sure. But I’m sharing it anyway, because this is important information in my opinion.\u00a0 Also yesterday, I filled out my ballot, signed and sealed the envelope, stamped it, and added the most aggressively patriotic stickers I could find.\u00a0 I dated it as of today, so I’ll try to get it out before the mail is delivered\/picked up.\u00a0 On top of that, (don’t faint!) Trump** sat for a deposition in the Carroll defamation case.\u00a0 No content released yet.\u00a0 This is a civil suit, which means if he took the Fifth, the fact that he did s CAN be used against him.<\/p>\n

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First we have a story from a collection of sources regarding John Durham and the investigation Bill Barr instigated into Christopher Steele<\/a>, which has taken three and a half years. In all that time, he only charged three people, of which only one resulted in conviction (on a plea deal, with a sentence of probation only, which is not nothing, but it’s also not much.\u00a0 Incidentally, the one charge that person pled to was unrelatred to the investigation.) Two people went to trial, and the second has just been acquitted of all remaining charges (one charge was dropped.<\/a>) The first trial also resulted in acquittal. Durham still hadn’t given up, but will likely now get more pressure to do so. The “investigation” appears to be simply a scavenger hunt for mares’ nests<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Daily Beast – Humans Are Hardwired to Cheat. Here\u2019s How We Stop Ourselves.<\/a>
\nQuote – What evolutionary and economic theories have to do with stuffing fish filets into fish and sneaking an (alleged) vibrating butt plug into a chess match may not be immediately apparent. But behavioral scientists like University of Arizona associate professor Mary Rigdon think about sporting competitions in much the same way that biologists like Strassmann study evolution. \u201cWe have this idea that competition should naturally lead to better athletes and more exciting and entertaining sporting activities,\u201d Rigdon told The Daily Beast. \u201cBut we started to ask the question: Is there a possibility that competition can actually generate unethical behavior?\u201d
\nClick through for article.<\/a> It’s not about elections, but it certainly has some application to them. But it also has application t other things. Have you ever said, or wanted to say, “It isn’t a competition” in a conversation when one person appeared to be “one-upping” others? I certainly have. Is it possible that the discomfort (or more) that many white people feel about white privilege stems from a feeling that they are being accused of cheating? I think I’ll be saving this article.<\/p>\n

Food For Thought
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