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LINCOLN, Nebraska (CBS Local) -- October 30th 2019 — A man tried to use a fake $1 million bill to open a checking account at a local bank branch, police in Nebraska said.
The man presented the bill to a teller at a Pinnacle Bank branch in Lincoln’s Havelock neighborhood Monday morning, witnesses told investigators. He adamantly claimed it was real despite attempts by tellers to convince him otherwise.
The man left the bank with the phony bill — and without a new account.
Read more at:  https://detroit.cbslocal.com/2019/10/30/police-man-tries-open-account-bank-fake-1-million-bill/

Passed the Network+ exam today.  On to the Security+ next 🙂

I clicked the link to see the picture of the "unidentified" mystery object that even the FAA can't recognize.
Duh... its the Bible, no wonder nobody can identify it. 👽

Mystery Object That Fell from Sky through Kentucky Man’s Home Still Unidentified
WARNER TODD HUSTON -- October 26th 2019
The object that reportedly came crashing through a Kentucky man’s home is still unidentified, but the Federal Aviation Administration says it is not an airplane part.
Tommy Woosley says that the still unidentified object smashed through the wallof his Burgin, Kentucky, mobile home last weekend.
The homeowner says that the object must have hit the home when he was gone over the last weekend because when he came home, he found wall damage and damage to his bathroom.
The Mercer County Sheriff’s Department says they are seriously looking into reports of an object that may have fallen from an airplane and landed into the side of a man’s mobile home. The device is some type of pressurized canister.
Read more at:
https://godfatherpolitics.com/mystery-object-that-fell-from-sky-through-kentucky-mans-home-still-unidentified/

Mystery Object That Fell from Sky through Kentucky Man’s Home Still Unidentified
WARNER TODD HUSTON -- October 26th 2019
The object that reportedly came crashing through a Kentucky man’s home is still unidentified, but the Federal Aviation Administration says it is not an airplane part.
Tommy Woosley says that the still unidentified object smashed through the wallof his Burgin, Kentucky, mobile home last weekend.
The homeowner says that the object must have hit the home when he was gone over the last weekend because when he came home, he found wall damage and damage to his bathroom.
The Mercer County Sheriff’s Department says they are seriously looking into reports of an object that may have fallen from an airplane and landed into the side of a man’s mobile home. The device is some type of pressurized canister.
Read more at:
https://godfatherpolitics.com/mystery-object-that-fell-from-sky-through-kentucky-mans-home-still-unidentified/

Mystery Object That Fell from Sky through Kentucky Man’s Home Still Unidentified
WARNER TODD HUSTON -- October 26th 2019
The object that reportedly came crashing through a Kentucky man’s home is still unidentified, but the Federal Aviation Administration says it is not an airplane part.
Tommy Woosley says that the still unidentified object smashed through the wallof his Burgin, Kentucky, mobile home last weekend.
The homeowner says that the object must have hit the home when he was gone over the last weekend because when he came home, he found wall damage and damage to his bathroom.
The Mercer County Sheriff’s Department says they are seriously looking into reports of an object that may have fallen from an airplane and landed into the side of a man’s mobile home. The device is some type of pressurized canister.
Read more at:
https://godfatherpolitics.com/mystery-object-that-fell-from-sky-through-kentucky-mans-home-still-unidentified/

After reading your initial post a few quotes came to mind.
" . . . neither be partaker of other men's sins; keep thyself pure."  -- I Timothy 5:22
"Mercy detached from justice grows unmerciful."  -- C.S. Lewis
We definitely should not encourage people to continue gross sins in their lives.  We should speak the truth to others in love with wisdom (see Ephesians 4:15) and encourage others to turn toward God.  Sometimes (many times) it is best to say nothing as the person is not ready to receive counsel.

How about...make a goal to go to church and just sit in the foyer for ten minutes? You know, baby steps? 
if you make a lesser goal, this might be easier?
So just go even if dressed super informal (if people don’t mind what you wear in your area. In my area, you could show up to church in jeans and we would wrap you in a warm embrace). 
If a bit nervous, go to church sit for a bit in the foyer and then call a friend? It is hard to walk into a building in which you do not know anyone. We are thinking of you! Let us know how it goes! ❤️ 
 

Honesty.  Follow Christ.  Be the person you know you should be.

I worked for a casino for about six years and it was a great day when I got to quit and leave that industry.  My jobs at a casino were a security officer and a warehouse worker.  I knew my employer was engaged in deceit and attempted manipulation to get money out of people.  At the same time, nobody was forcing anyone to go to the casino to gamble.  People did it and still do it today.
In my opinion I would refrain from spending time gambling at casinos as they lead to paths a saint should wish to stay away from.

I worked for a casino for about six years and it was a great day when I got to quit and leave that industry.  My jobs at a casino were a security officer and a warehouse worker.  I knew my employer was engaged in deceit and attempted manipulation to get money out of people.  At the same time, nobody was forcing anyone to go to the casino to gamble.  People did it and still do it today.
In my opinion I would refrain from spending time gambling at casinos as they lead to paths a saint should wish to stay away from.

My sins don't get wiped just because somebody else sins more than me.

After reading this I'm not sure what you want to hear from us.  Did you want to hear that it's okay to gamble?  

Well, I'm impressed too, but I still think the Lord doesn't want you to gamble.   Casino gambling is just institutionalized preying on the weak and vulnerable, a legal business that exploits a vice.  Like running a liquor store (or a whorehouse in Nevada where it's legal). 
So you've got a system because of a handy neurodivergent quirk.  Legal doesn't mean moral.  Can doesn't mean should.  The fact that some LDS folks are crooks, doesn't mean legal gambling is ok.  
But yeah, the ability is still pretty impressive.

I prayed about leaving New York for Utah over seven years ago and felt like we should go.  We left federal housing with some money saved and moved to an apartment in Utah.  There have been challenges for us over the last seven years but now we have a growing retirement account, about $78,000 in equity in our home and I have employment that I really like making about 35% more in wages.

After reading your initial post a few quotes came to mind.
" . . . neither be partaker of other men's sins; keep thyself pure."  -- I Timothy 5:22
"Mercy detached from justice grows unmerciful."  -- C.S. Lewis
We definitely should not encourage people to continue gross sins in their lives.  We should speak the truth to others in love with wisdom (see Ephesians 4:15) and encourage others to turn toward God.  Sometimes (many times) it is best to say nothing as the person is not ready to receive counsel.

After reading your initial post a few quotes came to mind.
" . . . neither be partaker of other men's sins; keep thyself pure."  -- I Timothy 5:22
"Mercy detached from justice grows unmerciful."  -- C.S. Lewis
We definitely should not encourage people to continue gross sins in their lives.  We should speak the truth to others in love with wisdom (see Ephesians 4:15) and encourage others to turn toward God.  Sometimes (many times) it is best to say nothing as the person is not ready to receive counsel.

I can't 'love' this comment enough.  You said what I was trying to find words for.
25+ years of living a double life, of being convinced I was a telestial person, not redeemable, of lies to keep my family together in this life because i KNEW I wouldn't be with them in the next life.  That was hell.  Confessing to the Bishop, to my wife, to the Stake President, to the Disciplinary Council, going to therapy, changing my habits, going through withdrawals, suffering panic attacks, 12 step programs.  These repentance steps have all been difficult, even heart wrenching, but definitely wonderful.  

In my youth, in my journal I wrote that I had discovered that the worst part of sin isn't the sin or even the consequences - the worst part comes when I realize how wrong and damaging is the sin and go through the process of repenting.  To accommodate this understanding I have altered a quote from Alma, "Wickedness never was happiness but it was fun while it lasted."
I must also admit that I am quite perplexed when someone talks about how wonderful repentance is.  When repentance is done with - then the universe is wonderful and all is aligned but for me repentance has always been more painful than committing the sin.  So much so that I wonder if some just pretend and do not really repent just to avoid the hassle, pain, suffering and trauma of it.  The easy part for me has always been the sin - the hard part has always been repentance.  
When someone says that repentance is easy and no big thing - I wonder, "Are you still tempted to commit the sin? Maybe you are not quite committed enough to repent of it and determine not to ever do anything even like that again."  And it is not just putting myself through the process; it is also realizing what I put Christ through.  And so, for me, I find the big dramatic sin more likely to focus on and go through the whole process.  But the little insignificant sins - as stupid as it sounds - are much harder to come to grips with and convince myself that even such a little sin is worth the hassle of repententing and being done with it.
 
The Traveler

You cannot be serious.
You have a woman who came into Congress as the first openly bisexual woman who is in a throuple.  This throuple involves a thirty year old woman, a thirty year old man and a 22 year old young lady.  The young lady is a paid employee on the campaign staff of the 30 year old woman.  The older woman is elected to Congress.  She is on the following committees:
House Armed Service Committee,   Subcommittee on Tactical Air & Land Forces, Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
House Committee on Oversight and Reform (Vice Chair) ,Subcommittee on Environment, Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy
House Science, Space, and Technology Committee,  Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
Due to her position of influence she has access to classified information.  She is held up as a banner of LGBTQ+ individuals and yet she is openly having sexual relations (or put into compromising situations) with a) an EMPLOYEE!!! b) a young women.
If it were she were a straight male, this would be a massive news story, plastered all over the news about #metoo. 
But b/c she is LGBTQ+, you get comments like the above (basically amounts to a yeah, so what).
Do we have ANY morals anymore in this country?

I am also very sad Cat123 about the general wickedness of the general population in America.  God's judgments will come on this nation and especially the wicked unless they repent and turn with their whole hearts to God.  We are seeing a corrupting rot especially in the Federal government and some state governments that is spreading because of our sins. 
I pray almost everyday that the Bill of Rights and the United States Constitution will be preserved as long as there is a band of Christians that possesses this land.

I just read through Genesis Chapter 47.  This is what Joseph did to the people of Egypt:
For seven years he collected up a fifth of all the Egyptians' grain. 
He put it into storage for the disaster he knew was coming. 
When the bad years came, he sold it instead of giving it to the Egyptians.
When the Egyptians had no more money, he took their livestock. 
And when all the livestock was gone the Egyptians traded their land for grain and seed.
Joseph then told them for in the future they would give 20% of their harvests to Pharoah.
They were not sold into slavery.  I did not find the information you posted about selling themselves into slavery in Genesis chapter 47.

I just read through Genesis Chapter 47.  This is what Joseph did to the people of Egypt:
For seven years he collected up a fifth of all the Egyptians' grain. 
He put it into storage for the disaster he knew was coming. 
When the bad years came, he sold it instead of giving it to the Egyptians.
When the Egyptians had no more money, he took their livestock. 
And when all the livestock was gone the Egyptians traded their land for grain and seed.
Joseph then told them for in the future they would give 20% of their harvests to Pharoah.
They were not sold into slavery.  I did not find the information you posted about selling themselves into slavery in Genesis chapter 47.

It doesn't surprise me in the least bit that she gets to the top of the female hierarchy pretty quickly. In general, women's hierarchy is dominated by who can get the guys and who can be the most emotionally manipulative.  As much an outrageous movie "Mean Girls" is-there is a whole heck of a lot of truth in it when it comes to female hierarchy.
If you are in her country, well that is no bueno-especially if you don't know the culture very well.  It's possible (but IMO highly unlikely) that her behavior is more typical for that culture. I think it highly unlikely, however some culture are much more affectionate than US culture-i.e. they give hugs and kisses (on each side of the cheek).  Some cultures it is seen as no big deal for a married man to give a female friend a hug and a kiss on her cheek.  That is a serious no-no in US culture.  That's where you have to find someone you can trust in that culture-a good Bishop maybe-and simply straight up ask, my wife is doing xyz is this behavior is typical for your culture?  More likely than not, it's not appropriate.  And from what you stated I'm 99.9% sure it's not . . .but it's always good to run that to ground.
From what I've gathered the Plan B or abortion pill is not a pleasant experience and so if your gut is telling you something was off about more likely than not it was. The thing you have to do with your gut is to analyze it and tear down why exactly it is that you have those gut feelings and when you do (which it sounds like you've done a good bit of that) you can build up evidence to support or disprove your gut . . . .most likely your gut is right.
Why are you ashamed for her behavior? If she is sleeping and whoring around-that reflects on her not on you.
There is an absolutely fabulous scene in "Gone with the Wind"-long movie but excellent. Well Ms. Scarlett has married Rhett Butler but secretly still wants to be with another man, Ashley-who is married. She is at Ashley's place of work and they either kiss or hug tightly and other relatives see them.   Word gets back to Rhett and Ashley's wife (who is Scarlett's best friend).  That evening was a birthday party for Ashley.'s wife.  So what to do, what to do. Rhett is being cuckholded.  Scarlett doesn't want to go to the party.  Well Rhett tells her, yes you are going and you are going to wear this dress (which happens to be a very sensuous red dress), and you are going ALONE!  Basically, Rhett refuses to take responsibility for Scarlet's bad behavior and forces her to face the music-it's a great scene.
Nope, I'm a dude married ~15 years myself.  Just been through enough and a lot that I had to face my own music in my own marriage (thankfully nothing with infidelity) many moons ago.  I sort of self red-pilled.  I've never gone to those websites/forums, but I'm familiar enough with their arguments and there is a whole litany of reasons as to why this is a fairly typical problem now. I've gone from an absolutely horrific, horrible get me out of here marriage to a pretty peaceful one.  It's taken work on both our parts.  So I know it's possible. Seeing what marriage can be and it can be quite wonderful-I really do feel sorry for all the MGTOW, incels, etc. that have such distaste and dislike for women. I more have distaste/dislike for the cultural system which has given rise to our current situation.
Some general bits of advice that I've learned.
1) Don't shoulder other individuals responsibilities. Everyone needs help from time to time, but you have to know when to let others lie in the bed they made so to speak. Don't make excuses for other's bad behavior. Each person is responsible for their own feelings, their own actions, their own behaviors.
2) You both have to be extremely stubborn, as in we are both stubborn enough in the concept of this marriage working that we WILL make it work one way or another!
3) You have to actually be married to each other, being a husband and being a wife is a role that you play and those roles (husband/wife) should be the 1st roles you play, above mother/father, above provider/breadwinner/homemaker. And being married is much, much more than a stupid piece of paper signed by some stupid "official".
4) The best place for advice on how to be married is found in the Scriptures.  Genesis, Moses, Abraham, Ephesians, 1 Corinthians, 1 Timothy and Proverbs.  You will NEVER find better marriage advice than what is found in the Word of God. When you study the scriptures, specifically the parts that describe relationships between men and women God WILL enlighten your mind and give you understanding about how to approach things.
Some ancillary things that have helped me better understand people, relationships, etc.  I really do like listening to Stefan Molyneux's podcasts when he talks to people about their problems.  Those shows are generally about 2 hours, but you will learn quite a bit in those two hours of listening, and you come away from it thinking "well at least I don't have that guy's problems!!!!!!"
I've been through a lot in my life and come out on the other side-so if you need more specific help feel free to PM me.

Some comments based on your feedback.  I was pretty accurate about her looks and probably the reason why she married you-i.e. she saw you as the safe, stable provider who to provide protection and resources for her while she had kids.  You are 55 and she is 40, been married 15 years so when you go married she was 25 and you 40.  Now here's another thing think about.
Why is it that she didn't marry some other guy who was in his 30s?  She must have been quite the looker at 25, meaning she could have grabbed guys who were stable in their upper 20s to lower 30s?  Most men are able to be good providers by the time they are late 20s early 30s . . .so why did she go 15 years her senior?  At 25, she's not completely inexperienced in the world-probably graduated college, been in the workforce, possibly mission. So why go 15+ years . . .especially if she is a looker. 
I believe you gave a hint as to why in the above.  My guess is because the men just a little older were either already gone (as in already married) OR rejected her.  Why would a 30-35 year old man reject a 25 year old really good looking woman?  You said it in the paragraph above-but not in the words I'm going to use. 
Emotional maturity.
She uses threats, she is able to control the conversation, control the tone, the emotional setting, the emotional blackmailing of divorce, etc. For someone who is 40, she is extremely emotionally immature. My guess is she probably met a few guys closer to her age, but they recognized her emotional immaturity and said, nah pass.  That's why she is going with younger men-she is extremely emotional immature and used her good looks and her threats of leaving you hanging over your head for the past 15 years.  It's probably why you were never able to stand up to her (nor help her develop emotional maturity).  You felt so blessed to have married her, to be so lucky to marry this great looking gal that you overlooked and ignored her emotional immaturity for so long.
So now the question is what do you do about it. She is an emotionally immature adult at 40 and that's a hard thing to deal with. How do you deal with an emotionally immature adult? She is not a child, however there are lessons that can be learned from dealing with children.  Children are by nature emotionally immature. They throw tantrums over the smallest things, one minute they are happy, the next minute sad.  Tell a child no that hasn't learned to hear no and they melt-down. 
The best way to deal with a child is to not get sucked into their drama. The best way to deal with an emotionally immature adult is the same thing-don't get sucked into their drama. Don't get emotionally involved in the discussion.  Stop worrying about divorce and stop letting that emotional blackmail determine what you are going to do. Be prepared that she might just as well divorce you (so prepare financially), however you can't step up and be the leader she needs if you are worried about it or letting it affect your decisions.
Like I said, you've got to develop boundaries.  If she starts emotional manipulation and talking about divorce-just tell her calmly but firmly "I won't entertain discussions about divorce, this conversation is over"  Mean it and walk away.  If you need to just leave the house until she calms down do so. She is testing you when she brings up divorce and uses it as a weapon . . .as in "is divorce an actual possibility or not?" You have to be the leader and shut it down. You have to be a leader and be absolutely clear about when exactly you would divorce her.  Would you divorce her if she was promiscuous?  If possible, then be blunt and say when she brings up divorce "The only time I would ever entertain divorce is if you have screwed around with another man, otherwise this conversation is over".  You've let her know exactly where the line stands that if she is trying to get you to divorce her, she knows what she needs to do in order to make that happen.
If she starts in with wild mood swings when she doesn't get what she wants, be clear firm and use as few words as possible.  "I'm not going to engage in a conversation like this" or "when you are calm then we can talk" and leave, walk away go take a drive, go read scriptures, etc. She can learn to control her emotions, she can learn to be more rational and less immature, it is very possible, it's just that she's never been forced to do so.  Because of her looks she has been able to get exactly what she wants through emotionally immature behavior. So start teaching her by example how to do so.
Be a leader to your wife.  She needs to know how to become an emotionally mature adult.  The only way she can do that is by seeing what an emotionally mature adult looks like-i.e. from a leader.  So if you can step up and be emotionally mature-completely ignore her childish tantrums, she will eventually realize that it gets her nothing and eventually she will either learn to be more emotionally mature OR she will decide she will commit adultery so you will divorce her OR she will divorce you just because.
The only way at this point to avoid divorce is for her to become emotionally mature-otherwise it's going to happen one way or another.