Author: Darin
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Big Five: Conscientiousness a Strong Predictor of Academic Performance
Mammadov’s (2021) metaanalysis on the Big Five personality traits and academic performance is an interesting read. He concludes by linking conscientiousness as explaining a good portion of academic performance variance. For background, the Big Five or the Five Factor Model (FFM) is a personality theory proposed made popular by Costa and McCrae (1999). The FFM…
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FBI: 40 Active Shooter Incidents in 2020
Based on the FBI’s reporting and as of May 2021, there were 40 active shooter incidents in 2020. This was up from 30 recorded in 2019. This is incredible, especially given the COVID lockdowns. Read the report here: https://www.hsdl.org/?view&did=855806
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COVID Bleach “Remedy” Was a Sacrament
In an interesting piece, Thomas Buckley of Bloomberg Business Week describes the Genesis II Church of Health and Healing in Florida. This was the home to Mark Grenon and family, better known as the individuals who were selling a snake-oil “cure” for COVID — the Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS). Grenon employed sovereign logic to describe…
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West Point CTC Reviews the Proud Boys
As I am involved in research on the January 6th U.S. Capitol insurrection, I have run across several indicted individuals involved in the Proud Boys (or PB). The PB is a group with extremist ideology. The Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at West Point recently put out a study on PB. It is worth a read…
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ICYMI: Ammon Bundy was Convicted by a Jury of his Peers
Ammon Bundy–the Idaho anti-government actor– was convicted a week ago by a jury of his peers. He was convicted for occupying the Idaho Statehouse in August 2020. If you will recall, he led a group of maskless protestors upset over the stay-at-home orders. The Bundy family is an interesting group. Cliven Bundy, Ammon’s father and…