From Kolob In Peace

You can tell he doesn't read because he name checks the Culture a lot; a series about an anarchist utopia with full freedom of gender self-determination.

Basically, it's a more complicated situation than the idea that the church opposes nuclear weapons in general, but this is really cool to see and I hope this leads to more attention being directed at how the church has been war profiteering.

Although the church was opposed to the Minuteman missiles being placed in Utah, they have never been too concerned about being involved in their production and maintenance. Hill AFB is the main depot for Minuteman maintenance, and BYU was involved in the production of the guidance systems.

An add for Sperry Utah's Sergeant missile development in Utah.

Nuclear missile development has a long history in Utah, reaching all the way back to the MGM-29 Sergeant, one of the first Army missiles.

Unfortunately, the LDS church's opposition to the MX emplacements back in the day were primarily driven by self-preservation. Basically they were concerned that emplacements in Utah would make them a target in case of a nuclear war.

I don't expect the church to ever get rid of its investment portfolio, but at the very least it needs to be pressured to get out of the war profiteering business. Chipping away at their funds should start with very specific targets, and move from there. Northrup Grumman is a great start.

"Second, to divest from the weapon’s primary developer, Northrop Grumman, plus other missile manufacturers."

I really hope this leads to broader movement around this point, because it is wrong that the church is invested in weapons manufacturers like Northrop Grumman, Palantir, L3Harris, etc.

Which stage of capitalism has a guy raising my energy bill so that he can finally hear a woman say I love you?

I don't know that we teach it. I don't know that we emphasize it.

Even the filthy apostates can still feel the Light of Christ on occasion 🙏

Sorry Uchtdorf, you're washed up, time for a new continental European apostle

I'll take 10% of your money. Cash works.

The best way to impress Berger is to smush together as many space exploration buzzwords as possible.

"But I never thought they would use DHS and ICE in *that* way," man who helped create DHS and ICE.

A subtle way in which our society is becoming like 1984 is that 1984 is one of the only political book anybody reads.

Graduated in 2021 from BYU with a degree in family studies lmao

Re: strange messianic influence in the tech industry

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In the 80s, BYU had a computer research arm called the Eyring Research Institute. Novell, Dynix, and WordPerfect came from it. Dynix was an evolution of software used to record Mormon temple records. The software that became WordPerfect was supposedly invented with the 2nd Coming in mind.

Suspiciously, no WW2.

Or maybe not *that* suspiciously...

Weird how Kathy Lueders left NASA to run Starbase right after making the decision. Probably nothing.

I'm reminded of how the initial HLS contract award had SpaceX management rated "outstanding."

Which step of iterative development is falling so far behind schedule that you get your contract canceled?

NASA acting administrator says SpaceX is 'behind schedule' on moon-landing contract, so he's reopening it Acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy said opening up the contract to other companies will help America beat China in the race back to the moon.

FINALLY.

Maybe this time we can get a lander actually designed for the moon from the start and a normal landing architecture.

www.businessinsider.com/nasa-sean-du...

It's a fitting swan song for 60 years of American spaceflight excellence that we will be undone by this nation's near-religious faith that private industry always does it better.

A big chandelier inside a temple

The Earth bathed in celestial light

Don't Walk in front of a Utah building

A temple chandelier made to look like an eye

Mormon A E S T H E T I C

... and here to bow the lid off the ultra-top-secret government UFO coverup, it's special guest star Secretary of State Marco Rubio!

Lotta CIA guys brushing up on their mission language right now.

"Hmm, this is a picture of something called the Lamanite Generation."

Clark Gilbert:

"Wow a picture of the student body from '75!" Oh. Oh no.

The pirates of the Caribbean ghost guy

Best start believing in trade wars, yer in one.