Carborendum

Here's another story from my life: Around the midpoint of my mission, there was a shortage of Spanish-speaking missionaries. Long story, short, the Mission Pres asked me to learn Spanish. I'm a quick learner, but something happened fairly early on in the process. I was studying, memorizing, practicing, etc. I spoke broken Spanish -- absolutely not fluent for about three or four months. But during that time, we had a discussion that was absolutely clear and fluent. I spoke and I listened. We had a discussion that seemed as comfortable as the English lessons we'd had during the first half of my mission. After the discussion was over, we were saying our goodbyes and I realized I had difficulty understanding them because their accents were from a country that is not as clear as Mexican or Guatemalan (which was what I was used to). Not only had I lost my fluency in Spanish as I spoke it, but I also couldn't understand their odd accent -- that wasn't a problem during the discussion. That only happened once. It took another couple of months before I was actually fluent.

Speaking of tongues... (see what I did there?) When indexing, sometimes a document is written partially in English and partially in another language. Most of the time that I've come across it, it is a language I know well enough to have a go. And it tends to turn out OK. My wife was working on indexing when she came across such a document that was bad enough that she could not read it. Believing it to be German, she called me over to see if I could translate. I'm not fluent, but I'm familiar enough that I can translate simple things. It was not German. I somehow recognized it as Afrikaans. I don't speak Afrikaans. I have never studied Afrikaans. And it was different enough from German that I can't read it with any level of dependability. Yet, I was impressed to move forward. As I read, I didn't actually "translate." I simply knew what it said. To be clear, there is a different part of the brain that is reserved for one's first language(s) and another part for foreign languages. When reading the Afrikaans, I was not drawing on my familiarity with German. It was as plain to me as my first language. I knew what it said. The only problem I had was proper nouns -- so I did the best I could with those. We completed the document. As soon as we submitted it, I could not remember a single word of Afrikaans that I had just "translated".

I am SOOOO impressed with Vance right now: Clearly a biased reporter with accusatory and one-sided questions. Vance is incredibly impressive with his responses. Not only does he expertly parry all of her attacks, but he shows expertise and knowledge on a broad range of topics. She had at least a week to prepare for this interview with a team of researchers to bring up any and all possible weak points. But he acts like he knew exactly what she was going to ask. Amazing.

I had always wondered about the "wrestling" thing. But I figured it had to do with the temple because he was given another name.

I've often found myself being the "translator" between my FIL and the rest of the family. He has a vocabulary that is difficult to match. And he frequently insists on using archaic definitions of words. Because of this, miscommunications spark arguments. I then step in to translate. The argument usually dies pretty quickly.

As it is with all things miraculous.

I was just wondering, if this was legit, why didn't I get one? Then I remembered that I've gone through great lengths to protect my privacy. Even my siblings don't know my address. This is too suspicious for my own good.

"I must of necessity be brief." ...Then proceeds to speak enough to fill 4 pages.

I don't have any idea what you're talking about: Microsoft's Research Scientists Finally Solved Why Scammers Say They're From Nigeria - Business Insider

This tells me that you didn't even read my post. So, I won't bother addressing anything you said until you address what I said first. Agreed.

Let me guess. The only way for me to receive *your* money is if I connect my bank account to yours and authorize a transaction? Or would I have to get a bunch of vouchers that is equal to the funds that you're *definitely* going to send me after you receive the vouchers? Would you happen to be in Nigeria?

My son is an adult now. He even lives in his own apartment (with roommates). He's looking for a used car right now. And he is doing two things that I believe are unwise. I know what he should do from my "practical" side. But he wants to do something rather impulsive. And it will cost a lot of money. If I say something, he'll most likely take my advice. But I'm thinking that it may be a good time in his life to start making decisions on his own. What I'd hate to happen: I tell him the practical thing to do. He accepts my advice and it ends up being a bad decision (because all used cars are a gamble). OR He accepts my advice and really doesn't like the car and regrets it emotionally. He rejects my advice and it ends up being a lemon. It would be great if I don't say anything, he buys what he wants, and it turns out to be a great car. But I'm not banking on that. I'm thinking it would be better if I just kept my mouth shut and let the chips fall where they may.

Yes, you stated it perfectly. And I did answer it, albeit in a cryptic manner (for a reason). Yes, I was jarred by it a long time ago (if I'm interpreting your feelings correctly). And I had the same question. But I came to understand something about revelation as it pertains to the working of miracles. And that is what I'm being cryptic about (for a reason).

It is. But that's because we don't have any knowledge of how such a miracle was done. Could be. But that wouldn't explain how the troops from Pharoah drowned when they were right behind them. Yes, this last part. What manner of man is this that even the winds and the sea obey Him?

DeepSeek might not be as disruptive as claimed, firm reportedly has 50,000 Nvidia GPUs and spent $1.6 billion on buildouts | Tom's Hardware Summary: China spent a lot more money on developing DeepSeek than they let on. And it is nowhere near the level that they claimed it was. It's basically just a big nothingburger and they spent a lot of money to do nothing more than copy Nvidia. At the time of the OP, I had no idea how much they had spent. But they claimed that they spent virtually nothing on it and that their chips were really simple. It was all a lie. So, we can expect our tech stocks to start rising again.

For those of us who don't have access to Twitter, what is it about?

Democrats Panic After Their Horrifying Money Laundering Scheme Was Revealed Summary: USAID has been exposed as a slush fund for international manipulation. It was never for the purpose of "helping the impoverished people" of foreign nations that may or may not be allies. What's worse is that the funds weren't going where Congress approved it to go. It didn't even go where USAID said it was going. It was just an endless piggy bank for the people in USAID to spend on whatever they wanted, with impunity. A program of the government that most people didn't even know existed until Musk said it was just a ball of worms is now being heavily defended by Democrats all over. Shutting it down will be a $40B savings per year. One down, 99 to go.

A while back I had made a post about Trump's tactics with foreign countries (primarily about tariffs). People called it bluffing. I didn't really believe that. I believed that he knew it wasn't the optimal condition. And he'd rather not do it. But he was perfectly willing to follow through with the threats. Today, I came across this quote: It's true...

When I was the ward genealogy specialist, part of my training said that a person can put a note on their own record stating their desire for sealing or not-sealing to a parent in the divorce/unmarried/step-parent situation. Whether that is observed or not is a different question. Likely, the person will be sealed to a biological parent by rote. But if someone sees the notation requesting otherwise, they could have that person also sealed to the parent of choice. And in eternity, everything would be sorted out.

This is an exaggeration of what Musk has access to. In essence, he is an external auditor of the Treasury. We've had auditors of the Treasury before. We should have them much more often. And they should be external to the Treasury itself. DOGE has Read-Only access to the Treasury's system. They cannot make any changes to the system or any of the payments. But DOGE will be able to gather the payments and analyze where all the funds are going. Then he can provide recommendations to the President who will then review to determine which orders to give to the Treasury Secretary to implement. I don't know of any law that says that (please enlighten me). Either way, DOGE is independent of the treasury. You have yet to state what DOGE is doing wrong. Is there something criminal going on?

All the stuff happening recently makes me think that (even though it has been debunked, AFAIK) the full-text White Horse Prophecy is rearing its ugly head. We have basically funded Ukraine's war for years. The old and new equipment has been expertly applied by Ukraine to nearly destroy the Russan military. Recently, some injured Russian soldiers were sent back to the front lines to fight on crutches! That's messed up! Now Moscow itself has been hit with drones that can go 1000+ miles from the controller. China has a huge military that as virtually never been tested -- not against a strong power. And our assessment of their equipment and military is that even with its great numbers, it is not really a threat to the US. We're about to head into WWIII and Trump is not keen on the UN. NATO is weakening its internal diplomatic ties. And Trump is now cutting off USAID. All nations who have been friendly to us may no longer be an ally. We may very well be taking on the entire world. If we don't go nuclear, we can win if we have a completely defensive war. We have about a 1 in 3 chance of winning if we are on offense. If we go nuclear, it will be a game of chicken. And we all lose. The White Horse Prophecy says that all the nations of the world will come to attack the US because of its wealth/resources. The thing that the world doesn't get is that we don't really have a corner market on all the world's resources. We have more of some things, less of others, just like any nation. But the ability to make use of those resources and the people who can figure out how best to economize the allocation and use of those resources is what they are missing. And that makes them jealous. Now that the biggest threat to that efficiency (government overreach) is being hacked away, our nation is looking at the possibility of unparalleled growth like we've never seen. That sets the stage for the world's envy of US prosperity to get dialed up to a Spinal Tap 11. They simply cannot accept that disparity in quality of living. Whether that prophecy is true or not, current events seem to be lining up to tee that off. I like a lot of what Trump is doing. But everything needs to be done with such surgical precision that I don't know if this bulldozer President can pull it off without throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Delicate times.

Jennifer Gingrich Portland States which have let biologically male prison inmates self-identify as into women's prison are now dealing with allegations by female prisoners that they are being sexually assaulted by them. It was revealed only last week that Washington state has had numerous reports by women that they are being sexually assaulted by some of the five transwomen put in their prison in the last few months - one of them an actual serial killer of women. This came out in a court hearing, after a DOC whistleblower stated that female inmates are "terrified" and the ACLU went to court to keep the records sealed, because they are the ones who sued to get the transwomen into women's prison in the first place. https://mynorthwest.com/2666243/doc-washington-correctional-center-women-men-tr ansfer/? In Illinois, a female inmate alleges she was raped the first night transwoman Janiah Monroe was put in her cell. Monroe's ACLU lawyer got her put into women's prison even after she stabbed a cellmate to death in the men's prison, then called the cellmate - and other women who also alleged sexual misconduct by Monroe - liars. https://www.illinoistimes.com/springfield/transgender-inmate-accused-of-rape/Conte nt?oid=11867999 We have no idea how many women are now being raped in prison by biological males who have self-identified into women's prison, due to the legal interference of the ACLU getting records sealed in multiple states. This bill makes NO exceptions for inmates who have been convicted of sexual offenses or even murder of women. It also doesn't specify any need for sex reassignment surgery, but merely says self-identification is enough. If passed, LD 1044 would give a sexually intact male inmate convicted of raping and murdering women the right to self-identify as female and be housed in women's prison. It beggars belief that anyone could think this a good idea. It is even more shocking that no witness who appeared at the public hearing, nor any legislator, appears to have mentioned the impact on the female inmates at all! It is as if they didn't even rate a thought to anyone. Unfortunately, the many of us who would have liked to testify at the public hearing in support of those female inmates never knew about it. This seems to have occurred due to the drafters of this legislation using a bit of clever language: they referred to transgender people only as "certain individuals" so that anyone searching for legislation on the issue by keyword would never see it. There was no publicity in the news about this bill at all, and yet the usual trans rights activists all seem to have been informed about the hearing. Of course trans people deserve protection in prison. But women in prison are not human shields to be used to accomplish this. Female bodies do not exist merely to be risked protecting others from male violence. Have some common sense and protect biologically male inmates in the men's estate. Women in prison matter, too. -- Testimony given at Maine Legislature

Many revelations in the D&C specifically say he received the revelations via the U&T, not the seer stone.

My daughter was actually randomly selected (a while back) to provide feedback on the GL phone app. She simply said, "Fix the search function on the App." No response yet.

Interesting quote from the Tribulation Basically, He read the statement ahead of time. He was a successful enough businessman that he should have known what it meant. And the Church abided by that statement. But he still chose to cry foul knowing full well that the Church did exactly as promised. If the Church were vindictive, they'd be well within their rights to cry out "malicious prosecution."