My state senator for the TN legislature is a barber. Yet, he has made medical decisions for women with voting for the laws to restrict abortions. I have had sepsis twice and unfortunately know what it is like to nearly die. To subject young women to sepsis due to an abnormal pregnancy that could severely alter their young lives is wrong. When women need medical care, it should be immedi
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Steve gave me permission to post this. Eric "Good-bye to God: An Editorial Cartoonist’s Journey From Jesus to Journalism– and Beyond," by Steve Benson How does one go from being a born-in-the-bed Mormon to a born-in-the-brain atheist? From a Latter-day Saint to a Latter-day Ain’t? From a believer drowning in faith to a skeptic saved by the facts? Point me to the confessi
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I am so sorry Cux X. Such a thoughtful post. She was indeed fortunate to have you in her life and for her to be in yours. A wonderful combination of two extraordinary individuals. Sending you comforting thoughts.
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There was an article awhile back that discussed why do members of the British monarchy live so long. Basically it is because they are well taken care of financially, physically, medically, and do not have the stresses that normal folks endure. Stress is a major factor in shorter life spans. If you are the person giving stress (and well compensated for doing so), you live longer. Also, an unhe
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Oh cuzx, I am so sorry to learn of your wife's situation. Wishing the best for her, yourself and your family in this difficult time.
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Yes, a very difficult language to learn.
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There is a fun and interesting short documentary on the BBC - https://www.bbc.co.uk/reel/video/p0fdwnv0/the-hunt-for-a-finnish-treasure-of-immeasurable-worth This is a story of a contemporary Joseph Smith with a dream mine thrown in. It includes ancient folklore, outlandish claims, true believers and of course, fraud. I found it interesting since I speak a bit of Finnish.
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An excellent book I have mentioned before is entitled 'Dying of Whiteness'. The majority of the book is centered on life in Missouri with a bit on Tennessee. Poor health care. High gun deaths. Low wages. Now these attacks on the already low level of education. Jesus does need to hurry to save Missouri. What a state he has chosen to pick his return. I live in TN which is not much better r
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I had to look at the list for a minute. Here is an example of a senior couple mission to Alaska to work for the Church Education Sys (may have exact name wrong) USD $3,820 / Month per Couple HOUSING USD $1,400 PERSONAL USD $1,190 TRANSPORT USD $500 INSURANCE USD $730 These are what should be paid to the volunteers, not the other way around. There are many more expenses than just on th
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Amazing what is happening in TN, yet not unexpected: "NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – A Republican lawmaker is calling for the resignation of Tennessee Lt. Gov. Randy McNally after the 79-year-old’s social media activity has come under scrutiny. State Rep. Todd Warner has accused McNally of “sexually grooming” a 17-year-old minor by commenting “relentlessly” on “nude photos”
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It is intent to deceive and mislead.
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How does his rant apply to Finnish, which is a gender neutral language? My mother, when ever she was speaking English, would always confuse him and her when talking about someone as Finnish was her native language. She never absorbed English gender pronouns in her speech. I was used to it.
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There is an interesting article at https://onlysky.media/afiala/non-religion-is-sticky-and-contagious/ This was based on a Guardian article from a few weeks ago. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/22/us-churches-closing-religion-covid-christianity A few quotes: 'Sociologists have been studying the rise of the nones for a couple of decades. Studies of “nonversion” (conver
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Thanks for posting this Concerned. It is difficult to imagine anything more unenlightening than the endowment ceremony. What a waste of time for all involved. Sorry you have to endure that.
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Messy had deleted the content of the post. I do not believe it can be recreated. After the content was deleted, I deleted the thread per request. A couple of comments from my experience: Starting this site nearly 25 years ago with all the hate mail, hate fill posts and even threats on my life, have helped me. I was an extreme introvert. Now I am just an introvert. So there is a positiv
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Someone donated $1000 to our ISP. Thanks, whoever that was. Wow. We are set for the year and then some. Thanks to all who contributed. It was all significant and appreciated.
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It is disturbing to see people like her. No compassion. Mormonism seems to enforce a feeling of superiority. I see this too with hard core Evangelicals.
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That includes checks to be mailed that we know of. So we are close to finishing to $2k. Thanks so much.
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Looks like Paypal was down for a bit when I tried to access for a time last night. It said my account did not exist when I tried to login. Everything is up and running now. Account is secure. Changed password too with 2 token authentication, Eric
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Account fixed. Reset. New Password and 2 token authentication. It is safe to donate. Nothing was lost. If you canceled a payment, I will be sure to get your refund.
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I was able to transfer the paypal balance earlier so nothing was lost I believe. It may be that paypal was offline for a bit when I tried to log in and my account was not showing up and I may of overreacted. I am waiting for their call back
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Please do not donate. My account was not accessible for a few hours. I think we are fine but trying to make sure. At the moment it seems OK. I am waiting for them to get back to me so hold off on donations. Sigh I was able to transfer the balance in the account of $1100 so that is secure. It may take a few days to clear up the issue. I had to remove my bank from the account to be sa
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If we include the one check that we know of will be mailed. Other checks are not known at this time. So we are getting close. Thanks so much in keeping this going. Eric
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Caldwell should be good. I have known them for a long time. If there is a problem this time, contact me. This is the only issue I have heard of dagny. Thanks so much.
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Paypal just handles the transaction. You use the credit card of your choice.
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Thanks for helping. We need to reach $2k for the one year of funds.
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We are at $700. :-) Going to sleep now.
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We are at $605. Thanks so much. A good start.
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Thanks we are at $378 (after paypal takes its cut) We need 2k to operate for a year.
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We are about done. Will leave up for one more day (Monday Feb 13) Thanks so much! ------------------------ Account fixed. Reset. New Password and 2 token authentication. It is safe to donate. Nothing was lost. If you canceled a payment, I will be sure to get your refund. We are currently behind in payments as we ran out of funds. I paid 2 months but will not personally pay going forw
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