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Kendra wrote: ↑Fri Nov 18, 2022 7:38 pm

Slim Cognito wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2022 5:56 pm Well, that song is now ruined forever.

sad-cafe wrote: ↑Thu Nov 24, 2022 10:49 am he is also suing Neil Shoen right now.

Journey is all but dead. Jonathan got Neil to get rid of Steve Smith and Ross Valery.

Now Jonathan is suing for sole ownership.

They are coming in April but we have elected not to go.

Kriselda Gray wrote: ↑Thu Nov 24, 2022 8:34 am Johnathan Cain wrote two of my favorite power ballads: Journey's "Open Arms" and Heart's "Alllies" and I really hate that he wound up being a trumper *and* is married to trump's "spiritual advisor", Paula White. What a way to ruin some great songs!

pipistrelle wrote: ↑Thu Nov 24, 2022 11:02 am

sad-cafe wrote: ↑Thu Nov 24, 2022 10:49 am he is also suing Neil Shoen right now.

Journey is all but dead. Jonathan got Neil to get rid of Steve Smith and Ross Valery.

Now Jonathan is suing for sole ownership.

They are coming in April but we have elected not to go.

Yeah, I don't think this is the early Journey I somewhat fondly remember.

bill_g wrote: ↑Fri Nov 25, 2022 10:27 am Well, there we go. All my questions answered in three minutes.

Ugh.

pipistrelle wrote: ↑Fri Nov 25, 2022 10:39 am

bill_g wrote: ↑Fri Nov 25, 2022 10:27 am Well, there we go. All my questions answered in three minutes.

Ugh.

I didn't have the courage.

bill_g wrote: ↑Fri Nov 25, 2022 11:22 am

pipistrelle wrote: ↑Fri Nov 25, 2022 10:39 am

bill_g wrote: ↑Fri Nov 25, 2022 10:27 am Well, there we go. All my questions answered in three minutes.

Ugh.

I didn't have the courage.

You have to watch it just for the comedy of two Trump groupies hitting on the interviewer.

The Allure of Conspiracy Theories and How to Dispel Them with Dr. Michael Shermer

Conspiracy Theorist In Chief in the White House
I regularly use Shermer’s book, The Believing Brain, in many of my cases. This year, Dr. Shermer published this latest, perhaps his most important book, because “it was time obviously with the conspiracy theorist in chief in the White House.” He talks about how having a conspiracy theorist in the White House made the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol possible and the need to understand that we are not separate from those who stormed the Capitol. They are regular people with jobs, families, and careers, and they are white-collar workers, ex-military, and ex-police. Understanding what they were thinking and how they got there matters in knowing what steps to take to stop it.

What’s Next?
Dr. Shermer talks about the beliefs of the insurrectionists not being well thought out, as there was no plan for what would happen afterward. If they killed Nancy Pelosi and hanged Mike Pence, what was next? Dr. Shermer discusses that a lot of beliefs are like this, they are not carefully thought out, and they are something of a mob mentality where people believe what they have been told by the leader and go along with it without considering the end results and what those will mean.

The Biology of Fear and Belief
Dr. Shermer discusses how the biological evolutionary importance of reacting to a perceived threat works within conspiracy theorists, as well as type one and type two errors and how they play into the beliefs. He talks about it being a signal detection problem, stating when someone believes a conspiracy theory is true and it’s not, that’s a type one error, a false positive. A Type two error is a false negative, which in this context means a conspiracy theory is true but is not believed to be correct. This is seen as the more dangerous error to make because that could cost a person the ability to flourish in their life or even their life itself.

Dr. Shermer discusses the idea that we evolved this propensity to make more type one errors and to assume more conspiracy theories are true, even if they’re not, because it’s a low-cost error to make compared to missing an actual conspiracy theory. Additionally, because there are conspiracy theories that turned out to be correct such as COINTELPRO and MK-Ultra, there is a distrust of the government, making believing in false conspiracy theories much easier.

Andrew Tate has been arrested in Romania after police raided his luxury home in connection with a human trafficking investigation. 

The prolific social media personality, 36, reportedly had his villa searched by police on Thursday, and was detained for 24 hours alongside his brother Tristan as part of the probe. 

Self-described misogynist Andrew Tate and his brother will face questioning by the country's organized crime and terrorism team as part of the probe into alleged sex crimes and human trafficking offenses.

It's believed that his online spat with Greta Thunberg was the reason he was arrested - after he posed alongside a Romanian pizza box, which may have inadvertently revealed his location to authorities.

A spokesperson for Tate told DailyMail.com: 'We cannot provide any details at the moment regarding alleged reports that they have been detained; however, Andrew and Tristan Tate have the utmost respect for the Romanian authorities and will always assist and help in any way they can.' 

The US State Department and FBI did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Thursday evening. 

raison de arizona wrote: ↑Thu Dec 29, 2022 7:33 pm Oh that’s beautiful! He’s such a turd bucket, couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy! I note his Wikipedia has already been updated.