Monthly Archives: September 2009
Why you should have beer in your food storage
Popular Mechanics — which has done a wonderful job of reinventing itself for the Web — has an article on five unusual survival checklist staples. While I’ve been touting contractor bags for over a decade (PDF file), and books are … Continue reading
Posted in Main, Preparedness, The Last Days
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The Second Quorum of the Twelve
[Note: this is a follow-up to the discussion in the comments to this post some months back.] We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church . . . . – 6th Article of Faith Yea, behold, … Continue reading
A great GayPatriot brunch
Sandra and I attended a brunch today, hosted by Dan Blatt of GayPatriot.net here in downtown Denver. There were eleven of us in all there, and the discussions were all quite interesting. Dan’s a screenwriter in west LA; at one … Continue reading
Posted in Current events, Food, Main, Politics
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30 LDS missionaries deported from Guyana [updated]
UPDATED [09/03/09 -- 2150 MDT] There are now indications that the expulsion of LDS missionaries from Guyana may have been due to political and/or religious reasons, rather than visa problems as originally reported: GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Authorities in Guyana grew … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Hymns, LDS Society, Main, Missionary work
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Another LDS-related “affinity fraud” case
I’ve posted a few times before (here and here) about “affinity fraud” cases involving Latter-day Saints, that is, financial fraud cases that in part prey upon Mormons via their religion, much as Bernie Madoff’s frauds preyed heavily upon Jews and … Continue reading
Posted in Cautionary tale, Economy, LDS Society, Main
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