Archive for December, 2009
Famous weather scientist: Climategate ‘tip of iceberg’
Famous weather scientist: Climategate ‘tip of iceberg’ ‘Conspiracy would become manifest’ if all climate research e-mails unveiled Posted: December 08, 2009 9:46 pm Eastern By Bob Unruh © 2009 WorldNetDaily The Colorado scientist described by the Washington Post as “the World’s Most Famous Hurricane Expert” says the “Climategate” e-mails from the United Kingdom that revealed possible …
Rumors debunked:
Rumors debunked: If you hear anything via e-mail or otherwise about the Salt Lake Temple closing for several years for extensive renovations, let me tell you that these “Rumors the Salt Lake Temple Will Close Are Unfounded.” So quell it if you hear it. Savior’s name: “Whatever happened to Jesus?” this blogger asked, and quickly [...]
Hot, Steamy Mormons: Are the Latter Day Saints Getting Sexy?
AlterNet Decem,ber 10, 2009 Calendars and videos featuring scantily clad Mormons are helping redefine images of the Latter Day Saints — but not everyone in the Church is happy. … http://www.alternet.org/sex/144447/hot,_steamy_mormons:_are_the_latter_day_saints_getting_sexy/
Glenn Beck’s Christmas Wish List
By Ken Kupchik Dear Santa, It’s me Glenn Beck. I wanted to write you personally and tell you that you need to wake up and see what’s happening to the country! Wake up, Santa. Look! See! Think for yourself, using the thoughts that I want you to think! I stand with you. Your socialist policies [...]
New LDS emphasis: Care for the needy
From the Salt Lake Tribune December 9, 2009 By Peggy Fletcher Stack Compassion for the elderly and infirm that has come to characterize Thomas S. Monson’s ministry soon will be embraced more fully by the worldwide church he leads. The LDS Church is adding “to care for the poor and needy” to its longstanding “threefold [...]
Christmas gifts for your Mormon scholar or Book lover
The facts are indisputable: There is no way to slake the biblio-appetite of your scholar. Even if all 30 volumes of the Joseph Smith Papers were on the shelf, your scholar would still be dreaming of an imaginary four-volume J. Golden Kimball Papers (including the much-anticipated expletive facsimile volume). Despair not. There are great gifts [...]
Confetti Antiques System Maintenance (updated 12/09/09 8:12 PM)
Confetti Antiques & Books will be down for maintenance. Start time: 12/09/09 8:00 PM – MST End time: 12/09/09 8:30 PM – MST Services affected: www.confettiantiques.com mail.confettiantiques.com (both IMAP and POP) Maintenance plan: The root password was forgotten (d’oh). The plan is to start up into single-user mode and change the root password, and restart [...]
Stupid Crooks
Oakland,Calif. Acording to Alenda County District Attorney’s office, in 1995 a man walked into an Oakland bank and handed the teller a note reading: “This is a stikkup. Hand over all yer mony fast.” Guessing that this man was no rocket scientist, the teller replied, “I’ll handover the cash as long as you sign for [...]
Two Major Publishers To Hold Back E-Books
By JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG Simon & Schuster is delaying by four months the electronic-book editions of about 35 leading titles coming out early next year, taking a dramatic stand against the cut-rate $9.99 pricing of e-book best sellers. A second publisher, Lagardere SCA’s Hachette Book Group, said it has similar plans in the works. “The [...]
The Promise of Enough by Emily Freeman
Title: The Promise of Enough Author: Emily Freeman Publisher: Deseret Book Genre: Non-fiction Year Published: 2009 Number of Pages: 114 + journaling pages Binding: Hardcover ISBN10: n/a ISBN13: 978-1-60641-143-8 Price: $21.95 Reviewed by Jeffrey Needle It may seem to some a bit out of sync to be spending 22 bucks on a book about abundance [...]