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Sounds like a dog whistle

For reference: https://comicskingdom.com/curtis/2025-01-18

One other point I’ll mention before undertaking a sizable relocation. My dad once told me the story of an old man who sat along a major highway back in the day. A traveler stopped and said, “Hey feller, I’m headed to that town up ahead and wonder if you can tell me what the people there are like?” ”Well,” says the old timer, “why don’t you tell what the people are like where you came from?” The traveler replied, “Those people?! Why they are some of the meanest people you’ll ever meet! Most of them need a good punch in the face and the rest also deserve but you haven’t found out why yet. They’ll talk behind your back, savage your reputation, separate you from your friends, and leave you wondering if you have any sanity left. I wish a pox on the whole bunch of thieving, lying, cheating slobs!” ”I’m sorry to tell you,” the old man started, “but you’ll find a lot of people like that where you’re headed.” The traveler swore under his breath and moved on. A few hours later another traveler headed to the same town stopped by the old timer. “Hey feller, I’m headed to that town up ahead and wonder if you can tell me what the people there are like?” ”Well,” says the old timer, “why don’t you tell what the people are like where you came from?” The traveler replied, “Those are some of the finest people you’ll ever know. They’re hospitable to strangers and even more generous with friends. They’ll cry with you, celebrate with you, root for you, and remind you there’s better days ahead. I’m almost sorry I left.” ”You’ll be happy to hear,” the old man started, “that you’ll find a lot of people like that where you’re headed.”

Ngram says it’s most popular usage is from the saints themselves quoting this passage, but it does turn up in a collection of letters back in 1709. Otherwise it looks to be in Bible commentaries.

The other silent letters

Everything I know about the Church in Scotland can be found here: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/global-histories/scotland?lang=eng#mapxs1 Actually, that’s more than I know. I haven’t read the links. Check out the Global Histories for a comparison of what it’s like where you are.

The wonderful thing about congregational singing is that, no matter how bad your voice you are still invited to join in with enthusiasm. The not-so-wonderful thing about congregational singing is that it’s also true for your neighbor.

Zion - the only good city Atonement and community sin Community Covenants

You hold infants to such high standards

Looks like @NeuroTypical is getting a new signature.

We also have a difficult time getting our women to admit to aging. Many are still "39". Mutton dressed as lamb indeed.

For what it's worth, Nibley's opinion on why Pharoah was of the wrong lineage was because he tried claiming a patriarchal priesthood through a matriarchal line. Also worth considering is that I understand the Book of Abraham was not used as an early source to justify the priesthood ban (obviously it was brought into play later).

Still haven't found it yet, but this seems to be closer:

Coltrin's recollections seems to be inaccurate. Based on Coltrin's 1879 recollection: Spring 1834: Joseph Smith says, "the spirit of the Lord saith the Negro has no right and cannot hold the Priesthood" Before April 1837 (when the presidency is restructured): Joseph Smith drops Elijah from the quorum of Seventy Sometime in Kirtland: Elijah receives the Kirtland endowment from Coltrin I would add to this timeline: 1836: Joseph Smith himself signed Elijah's ministerial licence affirming his priesthood office (suggesting that he either didn't know Elijah Able or didn't hold the same views Coltrin ascribed to him 2 years prior) 1839: Fellow quorum members in the Seventy accuse Elijah of teaching outside the orthodoxy in his mission. This suggests that the Seventy (and Elijah) were unaware that he had been released. Brothers Smoot and Marsh's statement can easily be chalked up to the wisdom of not infuriating the locals where they proselyted. Especially since that advice was given so close to Joseph signing Elijah's license.

Not quite what you're looking for, but this is from Spencer W. Kimball and the Revelation on Priesthood: The statement you're looking for may be in Gregory Prince's works.

First off, the image of sticks representing the records of Judah and Joseph is a secondary interpretation. As with the previous chapter where the assembled bones serve as a testimony of resurrection, the primary message is that Israel and Judah will be reunited. That said, the two sticks as records fits better than bones as resurrection because the Book of Mormon (as stated by Nephi) is a precursor and a facilitator of that reconciliation. Now, on the point of the reliability of reading the sticks as books, it turns out that the word “wood” is far more versatile than you give it credit for. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?filename=26&article=1011&context=mi&type=additionalhttps://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?filename=26&article=1011&context=mi&type=additional see the section on “What is an ‘Etz’?

Anathema

Fact: For every early Christmas carol, advertisement, posts, or decorations, a turkey dies. After decades of trying to change American culture, President Lincoln gave up on that tack and declared a national holiday for consuming turkey. And that's how Thanksgiving was invented.

Clickbait thread. Advertises hats but it’s all about tech support.

$6000 child credit, $25000 down payment, no tax on tips to support an opportunity economy.

No one ever expects political fights!! Our chief weapon is anger… anger and fear… fear and anger… Our two weapons are anger and fear… and othering… Our THREE weapons are anger, fear, and othering… and division… Our FOUR… no, AMONGST our weapons… amongst our weaponry are such elements as anger, fear… I’ll come in again.

Time to bring back signatures.

One thing I appreciated about the first Trump term was actually seeing the checks and balances checking and balancing (now I understand why they used technical hockey terms). All of a sudden the powers that be realized “holy cow, the powers we’ve afforded ourselves could be a real nightmare if we had to let someone else have them!”* At the time I thought (and still do) that if Hillary had been elected she would not have gotten the pushback from congress that Trump did. It was nice seeing congress want to keep their intertwined powers and responsibilities for a change.** It does look like the Party has turned more in his favor, so I am concerned about that dynamic, but the those who oppose him seem to REALLY oppose him so I wonder how friendly the dynamic will be this term. * I also liked seeing my friends embrace conservative principles without realizing it. “Trump is going to cut a pet program, but that’s no reason why we can’t fund it ourselves!” Heh, that’s what we’ve been saying. ** I also liked seeing the Executive push back by reminding them of their responsibilities. “Why did we change the way we were handling things before? Well we reread the Act that authorizes us and realized it didn’t actually tell us to do it that way. We’ll gladly switch back, but we’re gonna need to create a formal, legal, paper trail saying that’s what you support.”

I thought astronomists already confirmed Venus is covered in hellfire.