[Ads-l] "Rule of holes"

[Laurence Horn]

a.k.a. “Law of holes”, a.k.a. “Healey’s first law of holes”.

Florida Gov. De Santis was just accused of violating the rule:
https://www.rawstory.com/ron-desantis-fox-news/

Apparently there’s some dispute about the origin of this rule or law: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_holes

Garson, do you have any background on this one?

LH
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