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What’s on my mind: Does Bounded Reality explain why we make such poor decisions? https://www.ecnmy.org/learn/you/choices-behavior/what-is-bounded-rationality/, https://medium.com/homeland-security/understanding-bounded-rationality-and-satisficing-175e787955d6, https://oxfordre.com/politics/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228637-e-961

News:

• Justice Department reaches settlement with families of Charleston church massacre: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/families-charleston-church-shooting-settle-lawsuit-justice-department-n1282635
• She won in June. That should have been the end of it: https://www.mobilize.us/blmpacgotv/event/423927/
• COVID-19 Update, Chicago Anti-Vax Activist and QAnon Supporter, Dies of COVID: https://www.thewrap.com/veronica-wolski-anti-vax-activist-qanon-supporter-dies-of-covid-at-64/
• This QAnon Influencer Accuses Democrats of Being Pedophiles. He’s one: https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/this-qanon-influencer-accuses-democrats-of-being-pedophiles-he-hides-his-own-conviction-with-an-alias/
• Banning Critical Race Theory: What it means for future of Black community: https://aframnews.com/banning-critical-race-theory-what-it-means-for-future-of-black-community/, https://withoutsanctuary.org/

This shit is for us: What should be our political strategy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_finance_in_the_United_States

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Are the actions of evangelical Christians aligned with the Bible? https://www.salon.com/2021/03/20/evangelicals-are-teaching-false-doctrine-who-says-so-jesus-christ/

Closing: She Went Out Strong: https://www.theroot.com/she-went-out-strong-dorothy-steel-who-made-her-featur-1847884130

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What’s on my mind: Are you being influenced by Dark Psychology? https://drjasonjones.com/how-to-avoid-being-manipulated/, https://lifeclub.org/books/social-engineering-christopher-hadnagy-review-summary

News:

• Republicans, again, block voting rights bill: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/20/us/senate-voting-rights-filibuster.html
• Democrat apologizes after comparing Buffalo mayoral candidate India Walton to KKK: https://thegrio.com/2021/10/19/democrat-jacobs-apologizes-comparing-india-walton-kkk-leader/
• COVID-19 Update, Colin Powell’s death distorted by antivaxx idiots: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/18/us/politics/colin-powell-dead.html
• Illinois Pastor charged with grooming teen girl for sex: https://julieroys.com/illinois-pastor-krol-charged-grooming-teen-girl/
• Democrats are ready to abandon Black voters, Again! https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democrats-election-shor/

This shit is for us: Time for Afrocentricity 2.0: https://www.britannica.com/event/Afrocentrism

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Irrational Cosmology:

Closing: Black Physicist Targets Cancer With Lasers: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/07/books/nobel-prize-literature-abdulrazak-gurnah.html

The intro music is “Transcend” by K.I.R.K and the outro music is “Ending” by Makaih Beats

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What’s on my mind: What we can learn from Game Theory: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/gametheory.asp, https://www.effectivecommand.org/docs/ReferenceArticles/Decision making using game theory (2003).pdf

News:

• Neo Nazis are training for combat:    https://www.rightwingwatch.org/report/neo-nazis-train-for-combat-in-growing-active-club-movement/
• Black republican’s comments prove they are just as disgusting as we thought: https://www.theroot.com/n-c-lawmakers-call-for-lt-gov-mark-robinsons-job-aft-1847838131
• COVID-19 Update, Black race traitor rails against vaccines from his hospital bed: https://news.yahoo.com/republican-running-governor-texas-hospital-152014770.html, https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/10/10/right-wing-activist-who-said-he-was-vaccinated-in-christ-dies-of-covid/
• Senate report details Trump's efforts to use DOJ to overturn election results: https://www.npr.org/2021/10/07/1044015379/senate-report-details-trumps-efforts-to-use-doj-to-overturn-election-results
• Outrage Grows Over Jailing of Black Children: https://www.propublica.org/article/outrage-grows-over-jailing-of-children-as-tennessee-university-cuts-ties-with-judge-involved, https://www.propublica.org/article/black-children-were-jailed-for-a-crime-that-doesnt-exist

This shit is for us: Are our Black organizations in tune with the Black community? https://naacp.org/articles/black-america-policy-recommendations-biden-administration

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: God don’t like stepping in shit:

Closing: Uncompromising Nobel Winner: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/07/books/nobel-prize-literature-abdulrazak-gurnah.html

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What’s on my mind: The Evil History of the Filibuster: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/04/history-filibuster-jim-crow-relic/

News:

• Over 200,000 children abused by the Catholic Church in France: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/report-finds-216000-children-were-victims-french-clergy-sex-abuse-since-1950-2021-10-05/
• Bill Cosby thinks R Kelly is innocent and will soon walk free: https://thegrio.com/2021/09/30/bill-cosby-andrew-wyatt-r-kelly-railroaded/
• COVID-19 Update, Covid denier fell to his death after mum, dad and pet dog died: https://worldnewsera.com/news/uk/covid-denier-fell-to-his-death-after-mum-dad-and-pet-dog-died/
• Lindsey Graham booed in home state: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/05/lindsey-graham-booed-covid-vaccine-republicans
• Ozy Media’s Carlos Watson, a Black role model or scam artist? https://thehill.com/homenews/media/575132-ozy-media-ceo-says-decision-to-close-has-been-reversed and https://www.theroot.com/the-ozy-finesse-explained-1847811155

This shit is for us: How to prepare for the coming civil war:

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: The Sacrament in different faiths: https://www.themountaineer.com/life/religion/communion-ceremonies-vary-among-denominations/article_8238073e-4554-11e7-a300-7b6575cc0a69.html

Closing: Black 6-Year-Old Girl Becomes Georgia’s Youngest Certified Farmer: https://www.theroot.com/black-6-year-old-girl-becomes-georgia-s-youngest-certif-1847812245

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What’s on my mind: The Gamification of Social Change: https://www.gamify.com/what-is-gamification and https://yukaichou.com/gamification-examples/octalysis-complete-gamification-framework/

News:

• Gabby Petito case raises question: Why don't missing people of color get attention? https://www.today.com/news/gabby-petito-case-raises-question-dont-missing-people-color-get-attent-rcna2247 and https://www.npr.org/2021/09/24/1040391878/jelani-day-identified-missing-bloomington
• R Kelly found guilty: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/jurors-resume-deliberations-r-kelly-trial-2021-09-27/
• Woman’s Last Words to Mom Before Being Intubated 'I Don’t Want to Die' of COVID, plus unvaccinated pregnant woman says she is “praying for a miracle” before she dies: https://people.com/health/unvaccinated-pregnant-nurse-who-died-of-covid-final-post/ and https://people.com/health/woman-uses-last-words-before-being-intubated-to-tell-mom-she-doesnt-want-to-die-of-covid/
• A ‘Sovereign Citizen’ claimed her home as his own: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/26/nyregion/moors-newark.html
• Oklahoma minister tackled by man who allegedly caught him fondling boy: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-michael-coghill-oklahoma-minister-arrested-touching-boy-tackled-father-lewd-20210928-7rr7zj3aljh5jlu24irwwl5s6e-story.html
• Trump claims that Arizona audit shows he won…it didn’t: https://abq.news/2021/09/fact-check-pro-trump-cyber-ninjas-election-audit-comes-up-short/
• Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'good Christian' abortion meltdown: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/marjorie-taylor-greene-s-good-christian-abortion-meltdown-ncna1280110

This shit is for us: Nation Building: https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-29621219 and https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/speeches-african-american-history/1934-w-e-b-du-bois-negro-nation-within-nation/

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: What do Christians think God is? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6095990/

Closing: Memoriam for Barbara Campbell Cooke: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/22/arts/music/barbara-campbell-cooke-dead.html

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What’s on my mind: The false narrative of so-called Religious Freedom laws: https://verdict.justia.com/2021/03/22/the-evangelization-of-lawlessness-rfra-was-the-first-big-lie

News:

• Biden Pushes Deterrent Border Policy for Haitians: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/22/us/politics/biden-immigration-border-haitians.html
• COVID-19 Update, Joe Diffie’s COVID-19 Death Twisted by Conspiracy Theorists: https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9364076/joe-diffie-covid-19-death-twisted-conspiracy-theorists
• Bipartisan police reform negotiations collapse: https://thegrio.com/2021/09/22/bipartisan-police-reform-collapse-congress/
• ‘I was raped at bible study’: Disturbing claims rock Hillsong Church: https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/world-news/i-was-raped-at-bible-study-disturbing-claims-rock-hillsong-church/
• White-majority neighborhood wants to divorce its Black city: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/analysis-when-a-white-majority-neighborhood-wants-to-divorce-its-black-city/ar-AAOKbP4?ocid=BingNews

This shit is for us: Irrational Black Support:

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Does belief in god really matter:

Closing: Melvin Van Peebles, Champion of New Black Cinema, Dies at 89: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/22/movies/melvin-van-peebles-champion-of-new-black-cinema-dies-at-89.html

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What’s on my mind: The Three Methods of Reasoning:  http://www.butte.edu/departments/cas/tipsheets/thinking/reasoning.html

News:

• Breaking News:
• COVID-19 Update, COVID kills 6 members of a Black family in 3 weeks: https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/coronavirus/2021/09/14/covid-kills-6-unvaccinated-members-palm-beach-county-family-3-weeks/8336808002/?itm_source=parsely-api
• For World Trade Center cook, surviving 9/11 led to activism: https://thegrio.com/2021/09/12/sekou-siby-advocates/
• New revelations about Trump and Jan. 6 show Mike Pence is no hero: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/14/woodward-costa-pence-jan-6-committee/

This shit is for us: How racism fueled the anti-choice movement: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/religious-right-real-origins-107133/

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: The Apocrypha and the Gnostic Gospels: https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Apocrypha-Books/, http://earlyenglishbibles.com/miscpages/Apocrypha.html, https://www.thesatirist.com/books/gnosticgospels.html

Closing: “Surviving 9/11”: The Story of Genelle Guzman-McMillan: https://goodblacknews.org/

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What’s on my mind: Our reaction to 9/11 squandered an opportunity for healing: https://apnews.com/article/911-20-years-world-affairs-cc497f11743fcbd48b0b3e0c3ed2da5f

News:

• Breaking News:
• In South Africa, fatal mix of race and vigilantes: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/04/world/africa/South-Africa-Phoenix-riots-deaths.html
• Conservative radio hosts all across America are losing their lives for the cause: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/09/anti-vax-radio-hosts-dying-covid
• Update on California recall: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/571328-california-recall-poll-newsom-backed-by-58-percent-of-voters
• Self-proclaimed prophet says god is getting pissed when people laugh at him: https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/hank-kunneman-says-that-questioning-his-false-election-prophesies-is-grievous-to-god/
• Ex-prosecutor indicted for misconduct in Ahmaud Arbery’s death: https://afro.com/ex-prosecutor-indicted-for-misconduct-in-ahmaud-arbery-death/

This shit is for us: The making of a Black race traitor: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2692&context=dissertations_2, https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/candace-owens-new-zealand-mosque-trump-20190319.html

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: The history of the bible: https://www.history.com/topics/religion/bible, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_the_Catholic_ecumenical_councils

Closing: Shining A Spotlight On Resistance: https://afro.com/celebrities-fans-remember-actor-michael-k-williams/

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What’s on my mind: Use mental models to improve your thinking: https://jamesclear.com/mental-models

News:

• Breaking News:
• A republican member of congress threatens another Jan 6:https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/08/30/gop-rep-cawthorn-warns-of-bloodshed-in-comments-appearing-to-endorse-more-jan-6-style-rallies/?sh=15a4d1164d50 
• Sen. Paul says Hatred for Trump Is Why Scientists Won’t Study Horse Drug: https://www.theroot.com/rand-paul-believes-hatred-for-trump-is-why-scientists-w-1847583884
• Afghanistan, an example of how the democrats always find a way to lose: https://roanoke.com/news/gop-dems-urge-biden-to-ignore-august-31-deadline/video_752d124f-efd6-599b-bf08-a73954e2ab88.html
• Letitia James wins lawsuit against a shop owner who called police on Black protesters: https://bnc.tv/ny-ag-wins-lawsuit-against-man-who-threatened-peaceful-black-protesters/
• Russian State Media Outlets Promote QAnon Rhetoric and Beliefs: https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/russian-state-media-outlets-promote-qanon-rhetoric-and-beliefs/

This shit is for us: Can bias be removed from policing? https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/29/opinion/problem-is-white-supremacy/

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Do Christians believe the bible is the word of god? https://news.gallup.com/poll/210704/record-few-americans-believe-bible-literal-word-god.aspx

Closing: Shining A Spotlight On Resistance:  https://aframnews.com/shining-a-spotlight-on-resistance-among-young-african-women/ 

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