Carborendum

I'm not sure if you realize this. But ... I don't know if there is an official term for this... You're making the point by denying the point.

LOL. What's funny about this photo is not that it has mostly Asians. It is that they all look like dorks/nerds, including the white kid. I resemble that Venn diagram. I've been all four at one point or another. I'm having trouble explaining it without "sounding" racist. But it is very common for Asians to be good at math (Half-Asian lawyer Bill "I'm not a math Asian" Richmond excepted). This is simply a statistic, nothing more. But it isn't just math. Of overall IQ scores per nation, the nation of Singapore tops the list. Part of that was how Singapore was founded. But even so, the remaining Asian countries are still near the top. Explanations abound. Many people say it is because Asian families put so much emphasis on education that the parents study with the children to be sure they learn well. There's some truth to that. But it doesn't really explain it.

You know, I've never been asked if I would like to have an Asian class or anything of the sort. The last ward I was in there was another Korean family (recent immigrants) who attended. I became good friends with the father. When boundary changes moved us to a different stake, I was the only Asian in the ward (my children of course were half-Asian). Then all of a sudden in one weekend, we seemed to have a mass migration of part-Asian families. No one asked any of us if we needed a new class or anything of the sort. No one bothered asking if I or anyone else felt left out or ostracized or treated differently because we were Asian. And I never cared. I understand that Blacks probably have it worse, and especially in the Church because of the whole priesthood ban thing and all that came with it. But I've been in wards with some black people who never felt singled out. They were part of the community.

I agree. It was very unusual. But it did happen. I hope that my post didn't give the impression that it was common. As I said, I only experienced it a few times. One interesting thing I heard was a particular fireside they had on racial interactions. It wasn't about "being racist" or anything like what you'd hear today. This young woman spoke about the good and bad. The most interesting thing she said was when her white friends said, "Oh, don't worry, we don't really consider you black." She was mulatto. Not the same mulatto girl I spoke of before. Indeed, I found that to be a very odd thing to say to "comfort" your friend.

That would certainly help. Let's take a look at what they provided. That last on is interesting in that it omits the first phrase of the verse: Let's see, who is stealing, killing, and destroying? No matter what "side" you're on, I'd say those things ought to be condemned. Through a 64 page document, we have five scriptures which pretty much all say the same thing: Love thy neighbor as thyself. In this context, even the John reference says the same thing. I don't think anyone is against loving their neighbor. I don't think anyone is against treating each other as equals. But the goal of the document seems to be that some people need to be more equal than others. No. They didn't. But it may not be as bad as it seems at first glance. The wording can be taken a number of different ways depending on perspective. And that is unfortunate. The problem is that we're seeing this through the lens of all the social upheaval that we see in the news every day. And if that is the background on which they drafted this, then it is a monstrosity. If, instead, they drafted this based on gospel principles alone, then this document does actually state those gospel principles. And those principles are true. They are due #2 if we are willing to give the benefit of the doubt. I think #1 is more likely given that I've found that the motivations of the NAACP have moved far from their stated purpose. Instead of answering this directly through scripture, I'm going to point to Tolkien's commentary on Saruman (the books, not the movies). Saruman was "Saruman the White." But when Gandalf came to him for help, he was wearing a rainbow colored robe. Saruman declared, "I am now Saruman of many colors." He explained that we cannot be held to a single standard, but welcome all sources. Compare that with Joseph's "coat of many colors" and with the symbol of the rainbow as a covenant with the Lord. The important distinction is the difference between light and pigment. When combining all frequencies of light, we get white. When combining all colors of pigments, we get black or a very dark muddy color. If it is light, it is of God. If it is of man's understanding, we get stuck in the mire or pitch. So, diversity of race and personalities? No problem. diversity of ideology and ideas of right and wrong? Big problem. The problem I see is that we then end up asking "what ideology is right or wrong?" At BYU the answer should be simple. The teaching of Jesus Christ (rainbow, light). The main problem I have with documents such as this encourage ideologies that are NOT in harmony with the teaching of Jesus (filthiness, man's light). BYU v So. Cal. Growing up in So. Cal. Racism was like second-hand smoke. Even when you didn't participate, it was always floating around somewhere. My friends of all races made ethnic jokes of all races (including white). Even friends would make ethnic jokes about their friends. Did it hurt? Often. Much? Not much. My friends made up a particular term for me specifically making fun of how I looked (I won't repeat the term). These were my friends that did this. And you know what? I did too. We didn't even know it was wrong. My (white) 5th grade teacher once had to call the class to order and explain to us that we need to stop telling ethnic jokes. I had never heard the term before. So, she had to explain it. My first reaction was, "But everyone does that." She responded, "Yes. And it needs to stop." Would it surprise you to hear that most of the kids (of all races) didn't stop? Some did. I had to think a long while about it. I believe I've explained my position on that elsewhere. But most people kept doing it. And they did a lot more than ethnic jokes. But this story sums up the overall idea. At BYU, even as an Asian guy, I experienced racism there. I also knew a couple of black people (I met many, but only got to know two of them). The black guy had it a lot worse than I did**. The black (mulatto) girl was extremely attractive and had no problem with anything. A lot of guys hit on her. And most of the girls wanted to be like her and around her. I had a few really bad experiences. A few mild ones that were more annoying than hurtful. But I never got the impression that it was all that common. Certainly not as common as it was in So. Cal. public schools. So, if people are crying about the level I experienced when I went there, they don't have a clue what real racism is. **His experiences were much higher and more frequent on the annoyance scale. But the really bad stuff was said behind his back. None of it was overt because he was rather large and people were afraid of facing him. People weren't afraid of me. I weighed about as much as a 13 year old girl. So, they said stuff right o my face. I would pray that it hasn't gotten worse since I attended.

The Antifa anti-Anti-vax idea came from the LAPD. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-08-14/anti-vaxers-face-off-with-counter-demonstrators-in-front-of-city-hall The article went on to indicate that the counter-protesters were not all Antifa. They were a mix. This softens it a bit. It indicates that Antifa is anti-anti-vaxx. While that doesn't necessarily mean that they are "pro-vax", it does indicate they are perfectly fine with denying the rights of anti-vax voices from being heard. Notice that they didn't harm any of the pro-vax voices -- just the anti-vax voices.

Other than the bios I just read, I have no idea who he is. But... yes... I have a feeling.

My wife. Yes, this is the cross I have to bear for marrying the most perfect woman on earth.

I thought I'd provide my amateur legal analysis of Trump's legal standing against the order from New York. 1. So far, I haven't heard the official word that a warrant has actually been issued by any court. 2. If issued, NY would invoke the extradition clause of the Constitution which requires a court in the harboring state to give up the accused to the authorities of the issuing state. 3. Through precedent, the governor of the harboring state has been taken out of the picture. Now it's all about the courts. 4. One thing that no one has brought up in any of the discussions is that the warrant has to be "valid." Since the activities for which he is being accused were over 5 years ago, there is no felony that he has even been a hint of accusation that has a statute of limitations beyond 5 years. They say NY wants to roll that into some campaign finance thing during the 2020 election. But so far, everything I've heard does not affect nor was affected by the 2020 campaign. So, the courts in Florida "could" simply state that the warrant is not valid because it is for an "alleged" crime that is beyond its statute of limitations. Additionally, Trump's legal team could sue the state of NY through the Federal courts for harassment and abuse of office. But instead, he's probably going to get arrested, beat the system and get popularity points for his election. So, he'll win no matter what.

I'm talking about the mentality/philosophy, not the act. Exactly. Coveting is the mentality that motivates theft. Socialism is just a government approved method of doing so. See Luke 12 (specifically v 13-15, but the rest of the chapter is applicable).

This is simply a variant of the philosophy that: Because X, some or all of your wealth belongs to me. (Or at least, I should be in control of that wealth.) How exactly is that different from theft?

A Convention of States will not prevent a divorce. It can, however, become the conduit through which we can achieve the divorce. Consider the following thought experiment: FIrst, I'll acknowledge the difference between a Leftist and a Liberal (short answer: Leftist is FAR liberal. But there is more to it than that). But even if you were to lump ALL liberals into the same category, I'd ask anyone to consider these conclusions though this thought experiment: If all liberals were to somehow be kidnapped by aliens and taken to a far away galaxy, what would happen to the remaining population of this country? There would be about a month of mourning, adjustment, and figuring out. Then we'd move on. If all conservatives were to somehow be kidnapped by aliens and taken to a far away galaxy, what would happen to the remaining population of this country? The country would immediately begin to fall apart and within a year (possibly a lot less, depending on how many liberals are really leftists) it would become a lot like South Africa today. I'm not sure if people have been keeping up with the latest conditions of South Africa. But that is the future of this country if conservatives keep losing on both the social and political front.

Not that I believe the story. But after a musket ball went through several inches of flesh, it wouldn't be so hot as to denature proteins. (see what I did there?)

And you said you're not an Elton John fan. Pffbbtt.

Then he's ahead of me. I've tried maybe a dozen times. I think I got most of it down pretty good. But the salt level is still eluding me.

It seems like you enjoyed it well enough. That's a fairly common recipe. But I do want to warn you about a couple if items in that recipe. Sea salt is not necessary. You can use common table salt. But do NOT use iodized salt. Pickling salt is sold at a higher price. But if you just use non-iodized salt, you can get the same results for much cheaper. I'd warn against using starch (item #4). Or at least, use MUCH less than the recommended amount. Some regions of Korea use this. Others don't. I find that using the starch results in a slimy sauce that resembles mucus (not pretty). It is supposed to be juicy. Not slimy. So, if you use only a TINY amount, that should be ok. But many kim chee recipes don't use it at all. Of the sweeteners, the most authentic would be the Asian pear or the plum juice. The others will work as well. But they will obviously have a different flavor. Brining is a tricky step. The right amount of salt is crucial. But since each head of cabbage is not uniform, there's not a simple way of gaging how much salt to use. Sadly, this is where I tend to fail quite a bit. There's also a certain amount of rinsing you're supposed to do. But if you rinse too much, you remove more salt than you should. After the 2 month (or more) period where it moves from pickling to fermentation, it is often used for stew (kimchi-chige). You put the pieces in a pork stew with vegetables that you'd put in stir fry (that's the simplest way to put it). But you may want to look up a recipe for chige (CHI-geh).

My first official engineering job after I left school: I was enjoying my kim chee and stir-fry. A lady in the office came slowly walking down the aisle between cubes, sniffing the air. She was about 5 or 6 cubes away from me. When she arrived at my cube opening, she turned in with this horrified look on her face and asked,"What on EARTH is that SMELL?!?!" "That must be my kim chee." I decided to be kind. I never bring kim chee to the office again.

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It doesn't really matter who thinks it is "possible." We need only answer two questions: 1. Has there ever been any documented case of it happening? No. 2. Will there ever be a case of a successful human being born from such? Probably not. Not a lot of difference between "impossible" vs statistically improbable to the point where we may as well consider it impossible. Otherwise, we may as well start developing the improbability drive to solve all the world's woes.

Phrasing was ambiguous. I wanted to point out that "Fudiciary money" is essentially the currency that the bank has on hand." This used to be "tangible" currency only. But I'm not sure what the current status is with most funds being transferred electronically nowadays. https://byjus.com/question-answer/what-is-fiduciary-money/ It's important to note that "money supply" is a misnomer. It is commonly used in the financial industry, and is taken as appropriate & correct. But the reality is that it almost never actually means that more dollars are being destroyed than are being printed. What it means is that the available tangible or substantial fungible medium of exchange is not meeting the demands of the economy. And this alone is not what causes a recession. The recession (which began last year) hit PRIOR to the Fed reacting to inflation. Here's what I find funny about how Biden is handling things: Hunter's laptop was just Russian disinformation. Hide while the laptop was proven true and keep denying everything because he has the power. Jan 6th was an insurrection where the protesters were there to overthrow the government. Ignore the exculpatory video showing that they were working peacefully in cooperation with police. Recession hits: Tell everyone we're not in a recession. Recession seems to have a slight recovery. But it gets worse the following year. Banks fail: Tell everyone that it has been contained. Gee, I wonder what's going to happen next.

The video omits the ending which indicates that parthenogenesis in humans simply doesn't happen.

Dimensions need not be a problem for a mathematical model. We plot time and distance on an XY cartesian plane. We certainly don't think of time as a spatial dimension. Yet it can be considered a vector from an analytical perspective. So, consider a the state of "God" and state of "Mortal" as variables which can be analyzed as a dimension.

When you first posted this, I was wondering if there was a question. Based on the pursuant conversation, I'm guessing that you're either wondering why (or asking for opinions on why) the Savior told them to tell no one about the raising the daughter from the dead. I'm not certain if Jewish beliefs on resurrection have changed since the 1st century. But modern Jews are split on the idea of resurrection. Some sects don't even believe in the immortality of the soul itself, much less the ability to reunite soul and body. Other sects argue about whether the Messiah would resurrect all who had died or not (such as what happened upon Jesus' resurrection). Others wonder if non-Jews can be resurrected or if only Jews will be resurrected. Sects differ. But when they look at Elijah and Elisha who both raised a child from the dead, they argue about whether the children in question were actually dead or if they were simply so close to death that back in that day, they had no way of knowing whether the child was "really" dead or not. Consider that Jesus said that Jairus' daughter "is not dead, but sleeping." What did he mean by that? Was she just in a coma, or suffering from narcolepsy? Or was she dead in that her spirit had left her body, but had not "crossed-over"? Was he speaking of spiritual death? Was he simply saying implying that it was only a temporary condition? Note that this statement is clearly different than the similar comments made at Lazarus' death. So, I'd wonder more about that statement than why they were to tell no one. He raised others from the dead as well. Son of the Widow of Nain (Luke 7:11-17) Lazarus (John 11). Neither of these two events were restricted in their proclamations. While the Widow's son was of a less well-known individual, the raising of Lazarus was absolutely public. It was widely known. I've been unable to independently verify, but I was once told that it was a common belief that the spirit "lingered" for three days after a person "died". This may have been from people who were buried who suffered from narcolepsy. Or it may be a myth. But if that was a common belief, then the Pharisees could have dismissed the other two because the person had not been buried for four days. But they could not dismiss this. And they sought to kill Jesus from then on (John 11:53). After that point, he no longer taught among the Jews. He taught others in the region who were of the House of Israel (John 11:54). Only after he had completed his teaching in outlying regions did he come back in his triumphal entry on Palm Sunday. Then he proceeded to cleanse the temple and quickly completed the mission at Gethsemane until they came to arrest him.

I called my congressman about the $600B aspirin to get rid of brain cancer. The response was essentially, "I didn't vote for the substance of the bill. I voted for the pork in the bill." That seemed rather tone deaf since the entire purpose of the bill was to be the biggest pork & nothing but pork bill in history. So, what are we going to do now? $6Trillion aspirin next?

Any excerpts that you can post?