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Recent Links » September 2008

Her milkshake brought all the boys to the yard. Rumor has it this was a Burkina Faso TERRORIST SPY. → Oh, that’s right. Blame Compaore first! #
Blaise Compaore is not a man of God! #
COMPAORE WINS DEBATE! #
You think Compaore is pro-family? FOR SHAME! So much pre-marital sex… #
“Abortion law… is restrictive. Abortion is permitted only to save the life of the mother and must be approved by three physicians.” Score another point for Compaore! #
Compaore stands firm for the family. #
Attacking Compaore via necromancy? #
Compaore’s secret combinations continue. #
What do Compaore and Captain Moroni have in common? #
Prophetic much? #
Doing our part. #
MormonTimes redesign. Now with RSS. #
Police State #
Church and state: two great tastes that taste great together #
Richard Posner on the bailout #
What do you wanna do with your life?! → I wanna ROCK! #
We’ll just have to start sporting bouffants like Dear Leader. → What are Amri’s feelings on bouffants–cool or creepy?? #
L’enfer, c’est les autres castaways. #
Live blogging the General RS Meeting #
Buffett’s financial ‘time bombs’ start to go off. #
FLDS = Mormons. Or so says Stephen Singular. #
13-million-digit prime number found #
Unscripted, post debate response from VP candidate Joe Biden and VP candidate Sarah Palin. Ha, just kidding… #
The second most impressive thing any of you will ever see. Ever. → Ever. #
The single most impressive thing any of you will ever see. Ever. → Ever. #
Rest In Peace, Hud… #
Have you seen this cat? #
Tour the Draper Temple. #
OBAMA WINS THE DEBATE! #
Proof that going on a mission is like taking the blue pill → or the red pill…crap! Who can remember? #
The best TV advert for bread I’ve ever seen. → and it’s British! #
Liberal Media continues to attack Palin. #
Honest compensation for an honest day’s work. #
Hey, guys, I’m a scandal too. Don’t forget about me! Why aren’t you talking about me? #
Xango, like radioactive water, but newer. #
A stunning film. #
J. Green = D’s Blx. → Or, M’s Ns. #
Finally, a prophet can be our president. → I guess that means he’ll be showing up. #
Biden is a gaffe-o-matic. Also, have you heard about Clay Aiken? #
Four ways of looking at a map #
Listen to yourself! #
Lysol will protect you from STDs (video) #
…or his VP candidate. #
Steve should have checked with McCain before writing his last post. → Less regulation and lower taxes. How remarkably innovative. #
God’s in His Heaven, All’s Right With the World. → Joe Torre in playoffs; Yankees out. BOOYAH! #
Snakes on a Plane! #
BCC Sidebar inherently unreliable; also, Clay Aiken is gay. #
“Capitalism is not working!” #
Once again Canada is unjustly sidelined. → Operation: Leafblower #
Parenthood: ur doin it wrong #
“Beijing’s first attempt to erect defences against the deepening U.S. financial meltdown.” #
“We just wanted to choose a really large number.” → You gotta be effing kidding me… #
“It is going to be part of the President’s job to deal with more than one thing at once.” #
Wall St Bailout alternative with a distinctly Mormon flavor. #
I fail to see any downside with this. → ever seen 10-year-old water? it’s eerie how little it changes. Or beef jerky, omigosh. #
So, they did win then? #
Pyrex cookware: oven safe, microwave safe… except when it explodes and cripples you. #
Canadian television reporter or enemy combatant? → or does it matter. #
Welcome to the (republican) party, pal! → if you get this joke you are a sinner #
“Furope No Taki” = Japanese for “holeeeee cow.” #
I’m sick of the sexist treatment of Sarah Palin. #
mmmmmm, blank mang and mortrews. #
barrrrrrrrrrrrrffffffff → I hate you Jeremy. #
Photo highlight from last year’s MHA! #
What’s the difference between a hockey-mom and a deer-in-the-headlights? Don’t ask these reporters… #
After all the instability of the past week, they have to go and ambush us with this stunning, shocking piece of information #
This may be why this is the stuff Jesus really used… #
After the election, move to Scotland. #
Phished again!! #
“Relying on deceptive arguments is not only contrary to gospel principles, but ultimately works against the very mission of the Church.” #
economy FAIL #
Let’s face it, the guy is Satan #
Biased news media omits mention of getting banned from BCC. → he had it coming. #
[golf clap] #
Bridging a Jewish-Mormon rift. → We have the freedom to choose whether religion will unite us or divide us. In the past, my family chose to let it divide. #
Alliance Defense Fund, legal counsel for the Yes On 8 Campaign, won’t hire Mormons. → sigh… #
Attention mothers: prepare to feel like crap in 5, 4, 3, 2….click #
Make blogging healthy = good excuse to do more blogging! (video) → walk and not faint #
Memo to Morans: lern 2 spel. → H.T.: BHodges #
“If it’s cheating on your wife to watch while another woman performs sexually in front of you, then why isn’t it cheating to watch while the same sort of spectacle unfolds on your laptop or TV?” → HT: Marc B. #
Bank manager in Nottinghamshire robbed the rich, helped the poor (and is accordingly going to jail) #
The real difference between liberals and conservatives (video) #
Fraudulent voter registration tactics. Guess where…. #
Hot ice!! → wow. #
“America is in danger of becoming something of a legal backwater” #
Baker, Kissinger, Powell, et al — all support APPEASEMENT!!!!! → Hat Tip: DKL #
Thanks, Forbes, for keeping your head in a crisis. #
Ralph Nader in conversation with Rocky Anderson’s pet parrot. → Rather funny, actually… #
Worst. Album Covers. Ever. #
Correcting misinformation can serve to increase the power of bad information → …especially amongst conservatives. Seriously. #
Accurate Pie Chart. #
David Byrne on writing fake Mormon hymns. → HT: Greg #
No, no — I didn’t mean exterminate so much as move ‘em out. #
And people say Mormons only see black and white. → Steve’s score: 8 #
Museum of the Moving Image presents The Living Room Candidate. #
I know that our running game is true. #
“Most husbands, nowadays, have stopped beating their wives, but what can be more agonizing to a sensitive soul than a man’s boredom at meals.” #
Netflix for magazines! → I don’t see the Ensign in there anywhere. #
Scientific evidence against the WoW continues to pile up! #
The Complicated Reality of ER Overuse #
North American Missionaries pulled from Bolivia. #
Liberal Hacks at NYT Attack McCain Healthcare Plan → Hat Tip: M* sidebar #
I WANT TO BELIEVE #
Math: one of the softer sciences. → take THAT Sumer Evans! #
Wall Street Journal Editorial Page Attacks McCain Health Care Plan → Hat Tip: Geoff B. #
Watch this to about 0:45. → LOLZ!!!! #
Danger! #
Dethroning pR0n → a giant leap forward for teh interwebz #
Extraordinary Short Film #
Rest In Peace, Brother. #
Raise your hand if you think Sarah Palin believes Mormons are Christian. #
Scariest. Cat. EVER. #
Worst. Job. EVER. #
“Could it be that the Universe keeps creating new things in its unlimited creativity… “ #
Financial Devastation #
A voice from the dust on the financial market meltdown. #
Key US ally takes brave steps in the fight against immorality in the media. #
For the Strength of Chilean Youth #
Will the terrorists stop at nothing!!?! → HT: S.P. Bailey #
Pay no attention to the latest US failed financial institution behind the curtain. #
You mean, like, his worldview? #
State of Probation: Having Kids Prohibited #
North Texas home burns down, as fire hydrants were switched off to combat “terrorism” #
What makes people vote Republican? #
I don’t see “Hockey Mom” as an option. #
NASA remembers 9/11 #
The politics of amniocentesis → HT: Dave H #
But as we all know, Eve was buried in Kansas City. #
Injured LDS female blogger and the interview with Matt Lauer. #
Gun Safety FAIL #
Looks like they are still drinking our collective milkshake #
Extremely helpful advice. #
The BCC theme song? #
“America is more communist than China is right now. You can see that this is welfare of the rich, it is socialism for the rich.” → …says another rich crackpot #
Kitty Genovese redux. Not a good one for the City of Brotherly Love. #
Colbert Report writer tries to go 24 hours without Google #
If you can’t stand the heat… #
The God Particle; or Why Stephen Hawking is About to be $100 Poorer → “Some fear the experiment may create a black hole that will tear the Earth apart.” #
Particle physicists do not behave like politicians. #
Is it hypocritical to think that a woman can lead a nation and not a congregation? → Interesting panel discussion at the On Faith blog #
Casualties of War #
Second Coming? → …or merely a sign thereof? #
“The 65 mpg Ford the U.S. Can’t Have.” #
Maybe just limit it to winter and times of famine? #
Motorcyclist killed driving 239 mph on Utah salt flats. #
Awesome website for the MMM book. → HT: Ardis. #
The Official Food of Women → Yogurt. #
Jared transcripts of the MMM conf. #
Ardis transcript of the MMM conf. #
Jesus Party mocks those who work among the poor. #
“What does it mean to have hundreds of friends on Facebook? What kind of friends are they, anyway?” #
Two more weeks until Almafest 2008, featuring both Jim and Julie. #
The dawn of a new age. #
Obama: “I think that the surge has succeeded in ways that nobody anticipated…beyond our wildest dreams.” → It worked exactly the way McCain anticipated. #
Collecting and using your rainwater in Utah? CRIMINAL! #
Scientists have for the first time recorded individual brain cells in the act of summoning a spontaneous memory #
Man who cycled around the world is run over by a car in Greece. #
Karl Rove, Hypocrite Extraordinaire → plus, he went to my High School #
New (and intensely interesting) statistical data RE: the gay question #
Virtual twins have less in common than fraternal or identical twins reared apart, or biological siblings years apart in age. #
Why oh why didn’t he do this in 2004? #
Spider on frog on turtle. #
Seventh-Day Adventists rescue Mormons #
What’s on your mind, dear? #
In a world with no movie trailer voice…it’s a sad world indeed. → RIP Don LaFontaine #
$33 vs. $50 at Deseret Book: November 26. #
New Mormon Artist magazine. #
Uh, is this a missile over central Utah?!?!?!?!?!? → File under WTF(rick) #
Looks like it’s back to using tiger bones and elephant tusk tea. → Sorry, guys. #
AMV announces new bloggers, renewed vision #

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