The Getty museum is way further South and West. This is tragic. We used to live in Ventura and I had that area as part of my territory. I commuted from Ventura down the PCH past Mugu rock (the one in half the car commercials made in the US) through North Malibu (my favorite) to Malibu, Pacific Palisades to Santa Monica. Yeah, the 101 was usually faster but nowhere near as pretty and peaceful. I
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I kinda wish that he'd have called some of his USAF buddies to strafe Temple Square and then call the COB and "ask" them to handle the situation at BYU. But the thing I can't get over is that a BYU kiss ass actually thought he could tell the USAF and a decorated combat officer what they can or cannot do. How arrogant (and wrong) can you get?
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Good points. But, help me understand how a school, owned by a Church, with a prophet with a direct line to God, and also professes to know the future, can't see some of these PR disasters coming???
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True, But the sheer arrogance of telling a career decorated combat vet and USAF member that he can't drink coffee? That's over the top cluelessness. Plus, he was drinking his coffee in his home, not in a BYU office. My friends in other states, that I sent the article to thought is must've been an article from The Onion. If it wasn't for the overwhelmingly bad publicity, I'm not sure Worthen would
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Nightingale Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yup. Paywall. Pro tip. To get around that paywall, figure out how to quickly put your phone on airplane mode. Then find the SL Trib article on your phone. Then click on that article, then immediately put your phone on airplane mode. You will then be able to read the article.
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This reminds me of 7 years ago when BYU, through their own stupidity, almost lost their ROTC program to UVU. BYU President and staff arrogantly and astonishingly demanded that the USAF Colonel, a non-mormon that led the ROTC program sign the Honor Code and agree not to drink coffee. The Colonel rightly refused. BYU threatened to kick him off campus. The Pentagon stepped in and told BYU to FO. The
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The Costco VISA is great. 4% back on all Costco buys, including gasoline. Plus 3% back on most other purchases at other places. Pay it off every month. It's like getting a 3.5% raise. I wonder if you get 3% back if you use it to pay tithing?
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Look, you seem smart, but you're naive. Laundering money through real estate and construction are some of the oldest tricks in the books. And, no, nobody's doing it without church approval. Read a few things first; https://www.firstaml.com/resources/5-ways-criminals-launder-money-through-real-estate/ https://www.abrigo.com/blog/uncovering-real-estate-money-laundering/ https://www.fincen.
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That would be taxable income.
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You're right. Emergency use only. The good part is that a lot of kids today know that. My daughter just finished her Master's. After graduation, like all grads, her and her friends get a ton of credit card offers. I told her to get an AMEX for emergencies. She, like her friends, can do math. They know what 28.9% interest rates on a revolving balance ends up costing them. They all pay with Apple
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I'm just guessing; Common Sense?
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Bingo. Honestly, how many RM's would choose a average looking, totally proper, chaste mormon girl over a smokin' hot blonde with a semi questionable reputation?
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"Purity = absence of sex when (most) religion judges women" Oh. So that's why ugly people are so pure? :)
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Or, it's all bullshit.
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The reason we didn't drop an atomic bomb on Germany was because nuclear fallout and radiation doesn't recognize a country's borders. Japan was a perfect target that wouldn't result in fallout to any allies. Kermit Beahan was my neighbor in Clear Lake City, Texas. He was the best bombardier in the Air Force. He was in the spotter plane when the Enola Gay dropped Little Boy on Hiroshima and was the
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Won't happen. Chimps are too smart to fall for mormonism.
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"OTOH, I have had the experience of my dad working directly with the SLC church construction people where they were bureaucratic skinflints to the point of being monumental pains in the butt." You or your Dad have zero clue as to what "the" church claims on its books. You know real costs. You don't know what claimed costs that the church reports.
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Gee. Let's see. Skimming from a 150K wardhouse or skimming from an 70 million dollar temple. Gee, tough choice.
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No. The Huge part of why they're built is so the top dogs can skim $$$$ from intentionally inflated construction costs. It's a way to wash tithing dollars into the pockets of those at the top of the Ponzi scheme.
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Well, Black people never fawned over "The Book of N-Word". As long as mormons keep that as sacred scripture, calling the "mormons" is fair.
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I remember that. I was a little kid, but my friends older brother played that, Wooly Bully, Little Red Riding Hood and Henry the eighth, I am. Wow. That was a major flashback.
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My old next door neighbor got "called" as a MP in Russia. He said they paid LDS Inc. 3k a month for that "privilege". "The" church can make up a ton of positions designed to take 36K a year away from their members. They might be designated to deliver the Deseret News or be WalMart type greeters at some temple.
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My point exactly. It's no locals. But, our government knows exactly who it is. They're collecting info on these drones and their operators. They could end it in an hour if they wanted to.
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You're correct. My daughter is a CFI and teaches students Instrument rating. The have "Foggles" to simulate flying blind. But, for thousands of people reporting, it's not because they are mistaking stationary lights as moving objects. It's because there are a ton of drones in the sky.
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Go read about the dozen drones following a US Coast Guard vessel off the NJ coast. Guaranteed, the government knows exactly what these are and who is behind this.
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I've seen a Starlink trek flying with my daughter over Nashville. Launched from Florida. It looks like a lighted string of pearls, and moving superfast. Only in our sight for about 40 seconds. This is nothing like Starlink.
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Crystal Light.
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The most amazing part is that this has been going on for a while, and nobody in NJ has been reported for shooting a few down. That's insane!
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Go online, printout a few articles about LDS Inc. forcing a temple in the neighborhood in Fairview TX, near Dallas. Pissing off neighbors and local politicians. Then tell them that Texas takes a dim view of mormons and they should probably keep a low profile and not tell Texans who they are.
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Stand up, declare your new ward boundaries as "None" and walk out. Don't look back.
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