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That's what they say... And men have bought it (sorta). But as I observe women (feminists especially) throughout society, they claim one way, yet behave another.

It is also happening in America.

Actually, you only need between 3% - 5% for energy production. This range where most modern power plants are. 20% is at the level that people wonder "why on earth are you spending the money to?... OOooohhhh..." While it can be used for a bomb, it is low-yield and will most likely be used as a dirty bomb. Technically, they could make a high-yield bomb. But the critical mass requirement goes way up. @ 20%, they would have enough with the mass they already have at 400kg to make a single bomb. For 60% (which they currently have) they could make 10+ bombs. If they enrich it to 90%, they would lose 30% of the mass, resulting in about 300kg. At that range, they could make ... about 10 bombs. Do you see a problem with the last two lines? Technically, they have the same firepower with the uranium they already have. Each would be about a 20 kTon yield. The lost centrifuges don't matter.

I'm not sure why they're making a big deal about the Church's "mysterious" real estate holdings. We have hundreds of temples which are valued at multi-million dollars for just the buildings alone. Then consider the land value as well (usually in nice neighborhoods). Add to that all church buildings (especially stake centers). Then have all the Deseret Industries buildings (welfare farms, welfare food stores, canneries, outreach, thrift stores, etc.) Duh-uh. Yes, we own a lot of real-estate. And??? This is like the big deal about the Church having $100B endowment fund. My response was: and??? If the Church liquidated all holdings and distributed it to all the members of the Church worldwide, we'd have enough for half the median annual salary for each active member of the Church. Then we'd be broke and we'd have no church to meet in, no temples to attend, no charitable support to provide. The Church would be dead. Compare the $15B the Church owns compared to Walmart's $121B in real estate alone. Then add to it all the other stuff they have in factories, warehouses, and stores. Are they an evil corporation? This is nothing more than propagating the notion that Rich = Evil. EDIT: I don't think the Church would be dead. But it would be similar to the condition of the Church prior to Lorenzo Snow. But we would have to build up our churches and temples again.

Reports now (take them for what they are worth) say: Iran's stockpile of uranium was enriched to 60%. Not enough to do a full-blown bomb. But obviously beyond "energy-producing" levels. Iran was apparently moving the uranium via trucks, prior to the bombing. The centrifuges were destroyed or made unuseable. While some may be reparable, it is still a significant cost to Iran. However, we are aware that they had others at other facilities. We don't know where. Saudi Arabia is clear that they consider Iran a bad actor. Apparently, there is no love lost between them.

Not too much more than standard sheathing. Roofing for house: Standard 10-yr roofing baseline: $10,000 for X sf of roof. Higher quality roofing for 20-yr roof: $20,000 for the same area. Metal roofing for 30 yr roof: $25,000 for same area. Doors can have metal sheathing for only a nominal premium over a standard exterior security type door. Windows can have lattice work. Aluminum siding can be cheaper than vinyl. But it is more subject to damage. It dents more. Vinyl is more flexible, so it can absorb hits without permanent deformation. So, you could do it. But the vulnerability would be any glass (doors and windows). You'd need metal fiber curtains or something. And I have no idea how well that would work. It does depend on the source of the EMP. A solar flare would induce a very long wavelength EMP as it interacts with the magnetosphere. So, that is easier to defend against. But the infrastructure would be more vulnerable. But a nuclear bomb or other man-made EMP device would have shorter wavelengths (if done correctly). So, they would penetrate gaps more easily. The bomb would have to be detonated at the correct elevation in the magnetosphere to affect a large area. An EMP device would not be powerful enough to affect a large area. We simply don't have that technology.

I think I may not have laid the irony heavy enough in my post. I think NT did a good job of expanding upon my intent.

So... Iran is attempting a do-over of the Strait of Hormuz. Yeah, it went over so well the first time. And we have Trump. Can you imagine how bad it would be if Biden or Kamala were in office?

So, the No Kings protests are over. And the tallies are in. It was a rousing success. I gotta give it to the Dems. They succeeded.

I never really understood this concept. That is to say, I know what the technical definition of closure is: But the idea that we can find certainty in life (much less the spiritual realm) is just not realistic especially in highly esoteric subjects. We can find closure in what we know with the five senses. But "belief"? If anyone claims that there is no other worldly sense, then how can we know that it is or is not? It's a circular self-defeating view. All we can do is -- express doubt. There is no certainty because you can't prove a negative. At best, one can be agnostic. Yet all too many atheists will mock those who believe. For all they know, the theists could be correct. Similarly, most other belief systems end up being circular. The Bible tells us there is a God so, we know He exists. We know the Bible is true because it says it is the word of God. The one major difference in epistemology that the Restored Gospel offers is personal experience via the Holy Ghost. My x-mo friend was completely honest about this. He left because after being raised in the Church and giving it a good chance, he realized that he had never felt the Spirit. That's why he left. Assuming that is true (I have no reason to doubt his own words about his own experience) I don't blame him. Really living this religion requires a lot. And if you have no certainty after many years of giving it a good try... How can you justify the effort to stay? Atheists are perfectly welcome do disagree with others' belief systems. But to claim that they have either moral or intellectual authority over theists seemingly displays a lack of self-awareness.

I wonder if we're looking too much at a microscopic level. As Americans, we're used to wars starting suddenly and then ending in a few years. Shot heard 'round the world Chesapeake and Delaware Ft Sumter The Lusitania Pearl Harbor 38th Parallel Gulf of Tonkin 9-11 What if it is all just one very long war? What if the battlefield of societies and planets is bigger than the few plots of land and a few politicians that we tend to think about? What if all the end times prophecies are ...being... fulfilled. But the complete fulfillment of the prophecy is to come to fruition over the course of centuries? Maybe we still have another century or two before Christ comes again. 1. The Jews have gathered in the land of Israel. It happened before I was born. But it did not happen for over 1500 years. 2. I believe that the lowered fertility rates we've seen in recent decades is very much a part of the "death" (death, disease, famine, and war). Sterilizing children and adults. Abortion Birth control pills and abortion pills are now being suspected of contaminating the water supply in developed nations, to the point that we have more miscarriages and infertility. 3. From Ezekiel: Iran is literally Persia. Gog and Magog seem like Lebanon and Hezbollah. Gomer and Togarmah are modern Anatolia & Turkey. Sheba, and Dedan fit well with Lybia and Ethiopia (which are also mentioned elsewhere). Meshech and Tubal are also a part of modern Turkey. 4. The Constitution shall hang by a thread. Does anyone really believe we have another century as the nation we've grown up in? I'd like to think we do. But probabilities??? We'll see. Is it strange that while we focus on the Jews returning to their homeland, that we didn't notice how many Muslims were chased out of the boundaries of the Ottoman Empire since Columbus. The first sign of decline for the Ottomans was that Spain chased out the Ottomans in the same year that Columbus set sail. Does that sound coincidental to anyone else? The thing is that it has been going on for quite some time, right under our noses. The Lord's timetable is much longer than ours. We expect it to happen all in a few years like so many wars we've known. What if the fulfillment of end times prophecies has already begun centuries ago, and we still have a couple centuries for it to complete? Sounds like a burning to me.

Paid protesters:

"go there" does not mean that people get on boats and planes to enter into that geographic region. It means: "Jump to the conclusion that it is a fulfillment of end-times prophecy."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet Now, why would Obama want to destroy Iran's centrifuges if they were "only" using it for nuclear energy? Hmmm?