There are no people in the world who understand the Jews like the Mormons. Quote attributed to no less than David Ben-Gurion himself by none other than Ezra Taft Benson. And, boy, was I glad to run across this quote today. Because a question has been bugging me, and I’ve…
Author: Chino Blanco
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We are men of action, lies do not become us.
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Deseret News, David Cross, Hipster Comedians, and the Untold Story of Joseph Smith
Deseret News recently mentioned David Cross’ latest release and called it “a probable R.” After listening to this track, I’d probably agree (technical note: the clip ends at 3:40 with Dave’s “sowwy” … nothing but dead air after that): Memo to hipster comedians: If you’re gonna rail, make some effort…
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—————————————————– Midweek Mormon Reddit Gazette 2010-W19 —————————————————– r/exmormon: Mormon Stories Podcast | Book on Church HQ In a 4-part podcast, Andrew Ainsworth asks LDS anthropologist Daymon Smith about Post-Manifesto Polygamy, Correlation, the Corporate LDS Church, and Mammon. r/exmormon: Mormon Convert, Mormon Defector: independent historian Polly Aird talks about her book…
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—————————————————– Midweek Mormon Reddit Gazette 2010-W18 —————————————————– Atheism disproved! You wash your hands even though you can’t see the germs, right? Right? I was talking with my nine year-old son the other night after spending a good part of the evening blogging. He showed some interest in what I was…
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—————————————————– Midweek Mormon Reddit Gazette 2010-W17 —————————————————– Religious refugees in mainstream America … (r/movies)
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—————————————————– Midweek Mormon Reddit Gazette 2010-W16 —————————————————– LGBT POV: Mormons to Honor National Organization for Marriages Orson Scott Card in DC Saturday (r/lgbt) Good As You: When you care enough to overthrow the very best: BYU group picks staggeringly anti-equality Card (r/religion) For anyone in the DC area: There’s the…
One year later: new Mormon crew, same old fear.
April 7, 2009: “Gathering Storm” (if you’ve seen it, pls skip to the second vid) April 5, 2010: “One Way Out: An Invitation to America” Released almost exactly one year apart and produced by the same Arizona Mormon crew LDS YouTuber (and prophet of doom) David Kat. What gives, Mitt?…
“If I see Harry Reid in the temple, I’m going to hit him.”
Hey, Mormons: Wilco Tango Foxtrot? (Comments are now closed at the original post, so please comment below) Serious kudos to The Millennial Star and John Fowles for taking on this topic in this M* guest post: Harry Reid fireside canceled because of politics IMHO, it’s a pitch-perfect response to this…
Why the LDS brand matters
General David Petraeus discusses Iraq & Afghanistan war strategy with BYU students: Petraeus began his remarks by listing the Top 10 reasons BYU students make such great soldiers: Number One – They understand how far Iraq has come over the past seven years. In fact, they think that Iraq’s old…
What is it with Utah and standing ovations?
Before Kevin Garn got his Big O, Cardinal Francis George brought a BYU crowd of 12,000 to their feet. I just threw up a little in my mouth.