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lundbaek · lundbaek

http://www.sltrib.com/News/ci_12299851 "The LDS Church is walking a fine line when the mother of our very special president has been posthumously baptized and endowed in a Utah temple," she said. "It sends out the message that the religion she chose while she was alive was not go...

lundbaek · lundbaek

[According to the editor of World Affairs Brief: The following story turned out to be a hoax, even though the core truth about Obama's status as a foreign student is still true. Why else would the PTB continue to pressure all the colleges and universities to keep his records sealed? This is a techniqu...

arbilad · arbilad

Next on Senate agenda? 'Pedophile Protection Act' 'Hate crimes' law definitions would protect 547 sex 'philias' Posted: May 04, 2009 9:08 pm Eastern http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=97115 By Bob Unruh © 2009 WorldNetDaily The leader of a pro-family organization s...

arbilad · arbilad

When Jack Kemp ran for President I strongly considered voting for him. I guess that illustrates my political evolution if nothing else.

lundbaek · lundbaek

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_12223689?source=most_emailed

lundbaek · lundbaek

http://www.thebulletin.us/articles/2009/04/08/commentary/op-eds/doc49dc33ff9c9e2767655130.txtWhile speaking in Ankara, Tu...

arbilad · arbilad

Sen. Specter is going to become a Democrat. Is anyone surprised? He already was in everything but name.

arbilad · arbilad

This is some level headed, smart, analysis, and makes me respect Ron Paul even more:

arbilad · arbilad

There are companies working on programmable tattoos. Does this strike anyone else as a way to tempt people into adopting the number of the beast? Get this tattoo in your hand and you can watch videos! Oh, and it's necessary if you want to buy or sell anything. One of the examples in the article even shows...

arbilad · arbilad

New Frontier Bank was the biggest agricultural lender in Colorado; amongst other things, they financed about 30% of the dairy cows in the state. Many farmers can't find loans in order to plant their crops, because there just isn't the money from other banks to take up the slack. This is a crisis for Nor...

arbilad · arbilad

GM is preparing for bankruptcy, but says that it won't be necessary. Does anyone really doubt at this point that GM is going under? Besides their bad business practices, they need to overcome the minor obstacle that noone is buying their cars.

arbilad · arbilad

My bank was closed down by the FDIC on Friday. I guess I have to go looking for a new account now. That's too bad, because that was the nicest bank I've ever worked with. There was another bank failure on Friday, but my mind, for some reason, is concentrating on my bank failure. I'm not going to lose any mone...

arbilad · arbilad

A study has shown that people with type 1 diabetes received significant benefit from getting adult stem cells from their own bone marrow. Some stopped needing insulin altogether, and others were able to reduce their need for it.

arbilad · arbilad

Dave Arneson, one of the creators of Dungeons and Dragons, died recently. This is a sad day for geeks everywhere.

arbilad · arbilad

A coworker mentioned that Quiznos, a sandwich chain based out of Boulder, is running a spot where an oven with a deep male voice encourages a male worker to put that "foot long of tasty Quizno's goodness" in him. If you think that's disgusting, I'm not relating every sexualized element of the commerci...

arbilad · arbilad

This really seems like something out of science fiction. GM and Segway say that they plan to produce a two wheeled electric car that will drive itself. Personally speaking I would always distrust a car that drives itself. I've worked with computers for long enough to know that there is never a system w...

lundbaek · lundbaek

SALT LAKE CITY2 April 2009 Former Vice President Al Gore had a brief courtesy meeting with President Thomas S. Monson and then met with Elder M. Russell Ballard, Elder Quentin L. Cook and other members of the Churchs Public Affairs Committee Thursday evening. Mr. Gore gave a 30-minute presentation...

arbilad · arbilad

Ok, the title is incorrect. A representative of Ron Paul's organization was detained at the airport for carrying cash and campaign materials. So, lest anyone think that Lundbaek is exaggerating when he says that the government considers him (and likely me, since I have a Ron Paul bumper sticker) a t...

lundbaek · lundbaek

A gunman walked into an immigration services center in downtown Binghamton, N.Y. on Friday, killing an unknown number of people, wounding at least six, and taking as many as 41 hostage. Here is a glance at some of the worst U.S. mass shootings in recent years: -- March 29, 2009: Robert Stewart, 45, sho...

arbilad · arbilad

A typo on a cereal box sent callers to a phone sex line. I've heard of other similar incidents. For instance, an Apple Computer phone number for recycling used printer cartridges was just one digit removed from a phone sex line. It's sick that such phone lines are so common that errors like this happen c...

arbilad · arbilad

Global Editorial in 31 Newspapers Around the World (But Only 3 in the U.S.) Obama writes global editorial President Barack Obama on Tuesday published an editorial in 31 newspapers around the world, from Riyadh to Hong Kong to New Delhi to Chicago, attempting to stake out a strong leadership positio...

arbilad · arbilad

I would like to have a mosquito killing laser all for my very own. Unfortunately, I don't know how to duplicate this guy's project.

arbilad · arbilad

A couple that had been menaced by some people led them on a high speed chase to the police station. The perpetrators follow them into the police station parking lot and were arrested. Granted, the cops had to run after them a block, but I'm sure cops wish that all criminals would just come to the police st...

arbilad · arbilad

The first facility that, by the end of the year, will produce more energy than it consumes has come online. This is great news as far as energy production is concerned. Fusion power could provide lots of cheap energy.

arbilad · arbilad

The media can't leave Palin alone. They're now reporting how her daughter and her fiancee are breaking up. I feel sorry for the daughter, sorry for Palin, but really just sorry that the media thinks that stuff like this is everyone's business. It just goes to prove, though, that when you claim to hold y...

arbilad · arbilad

Queen Nancy: Fly as I say, not as I fly by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2009 Queen Nancy: Fly as I say, not as I fly Democrat Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is the Jennifer Lopez of congressional travel – fickle, demanding, and notoriously insensitive to the time, co...

historian · historian

http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/03/05/news/state/20-bozeman.txtBy BRETT FRENCH Of The Gazette Staff UPDATE 7:10 p.m. : BOZEMAN - One person is still unaccounted for after a natural gas explosion ripped a giant crater in the 200...

historian · historian

Barack Obama 'too tired' to give proper welcome to Gordon Brownhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...don-Brown.html

arbilad · arbilad

30% of the boxcars in the country are standing idle while Railroad companies are finding ways to deal with drops in freight.

arbilad · arbilad

Daylight Slavings time has been moved, and so don't forget to set your clocks an hour ahead this Sunday at 2am. Or, if you're of a more practical bent, set the clocks ahead before going to sleep on Saturday.

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Obama's mother baptized and endowed by proxy (Preview) http://www.sltrib.com/News/ci_12299851 "The LDS Church is walking a fine line when the mother of our very special president has been posthumously baptized and endowed in a Utah temple," she said. "It sends out the message that the religion she chose while she was alive was not go...	lundbaek	1	614	May 17, 2009 by DoubleD
	Obama's foreign student status revealed (Preview) [According to the editor of World Affairs Brief: The following story turned out to be a hoax, even though the core truth about Obama's status as a foreign student is still true. Why else would the PTB continue to pressure all the colleges and universities to keep his records sealed? This is a techniqu...	lundbaek	1	1012	May 17, 2009 by DoubleD
	Pedophile Protection Act (Preview) Next on Senate agenda? 'Pedophile Protection Act' 'Hate crimes' law definitions would protect 547 sex 'philias' Posted: May 04, 2009 9:08 pm Eastern http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=97115 By Bob Unruh © 2009 WorldNetDaily The leader of a pro-family organization s...	arbilad	0	665	May 7, 2009 by arbilad
	RIP Jack Kemp (Preview) When Jack Kemp ran for President I strongly considered voting for him. I guess that illustrates my political evolution if nothing else.	arbilad	1	507	May 2, 2009 by lundbaek
	LDS missionary arrested as an illegal immigrant (Preview) http://www.sltrib.com/ci_12223689?source=most_emailed	lundbaek	1	610	May 2, 2009 by arbilad
	Replacing God (Preview) http://www.thebulletin.us/articles/2009/04/08/commentary/op-eds/doc49dc33ff9c9e2767655130.txtWhile speaking in Ankara, Tu...	lundbaek	1	583	Apr 28, 2009 by oad
	Sen. Specter switching parties (Preview) Sen. Specter is going to become a Democrat. Is anyone surprised? He already was in everything but name.	arbilad	3	586	Apr 28, 2009 by lundbaek
	Ron Paul MD on swine flu scare (Preview) This is some level headed, smart, analysis, and makes me respect Ron Paul even more:	arbilad	1	527	Apr 28, 2009 by lundbaek
	Programmable tattoos (Preview) There are companies working on programmable tattoos. Does this strike anyone else as a way to tempt people into adopting the number of the beast? Get this tattoo in your hand and you can watch videos! Oh, and it's necessary if you want to buy or sell anything. One of the examples in the article even shows...	arbilad	2	628	Apr 22, 2009 by LEVE
	Colorado bank failure a heavy blow for agriculture (Preview) New Frontier Bank was the biggest agricultural lender in Colorado; amongst other things, they financed about 30% of the dairy cows in the state. Many farmers can't find loans in order to plant their crops, because there just isn't the money from other banks to take up the slack. This is a crisis for Nor...	arbilad	0	565	Apr 19, 2009 by arbilad
	GM preparing for bankruptcy, but thinks it won't be necessary (Preview) GM is preparing for bankruptcy, but says that it won't be necessary. Does anyone really doubt at this point that GM is going under? Besides their bad business practices, they need to overcome the minor obstacle that noone is buying their cars.	arbilad	0	550	Apr 17, 2009 by arbilad
	My bank failed (Preview) My bank was closed down by the FDIC on Friday. I guess I have to go looking for a new account now. That's too bad, because that was the nicest bank I've ever worked with. There was another bank failure on Friday, but my mind, for some reason, is concentrating on my bank failure. I'm not going to lose any mone...	arbilad	4	677	Apr 15, 2009 by lundbaek
	Adult stem cells take away need for insulin (Preview) A study has shown that people with type 1 diabetes received significant benefit from getting adult stem cells from their own bone marrow. Some stopped needing insulin altogether, and others were able to reduce their need for it.	arbilad	0	560	Apr 14, 2009 by arbilad
	Dave Arneson fails his saving throw vs death (Preview) Dave Arneson, one of the creators of Dungeons and Dragons, died recently. This is a sad day for geeks everywhere.	arbilad	2	656	Apr 11, 2009 by arbilad
	Sandwich chain commercial with strong homosexual content (Preview) A coworker mentioned that Quiznos, a sandwich chain based out of Boulder, is running a spot where an oven with a deep male voice encourages a male worker to put that "foot long of tasty Quizno's goodness" in him. If you think that's disgusting, I'm not relating every sexualized element of the commerci...	arbilad	0	550	Apr 8, 2009 by arbilad
	GM and Segway talk about two wheeled electric car (Preview) This really seems like something out of science fiction. GM and Segway say that they plan to produce a two wheeled electric car that will drive itself. Personally speaking I would always distrust a car that drives itself. I've worked with computers for long enough to know that there is never a system w...	arbilad	2	612	Apr 8, 2009 by arbilad
	Al Gore's Mtg, with the First Presidency (Preview) SALT LAKE CITY2 April 2009 Former Vice President Al Gore had a brief courtesy meeting with President Thomas S. Monson and then met with Elder M. Russell Ballard, Elder Quentin L. Cook and other members of the Churchs Public Affairs Committee Thursday evening. Mr. Gore gave a 30-minute presentation...	lundbaek	5	609	Apr 7, 2009 by mirkwood
	Terrorist detained at airport (Preview) Ok, the title is incorrect. A representative of Ron Paul's organization was detained at the airport for carrying cash and campaign materials. So, lest anyone think that Lundbaek is exaggerating when he says that the government considers him (and likely me, since I have a Ron Paul bumper sticker) a t...	arbilad	0	545	Apr 6, 2009 by arbilad
	U.S. mass shootings in recent years (Preview) A gunman walked into an immigration services center in downtown Binghamton, N.Y. on Friday, killing an unknown number of people, wounding at least six, and taking as many as 41 hostage. Here is a glance at some of the worst U.S. mass shootings in recent years: -- March 29, 2009: Robert Stewart, 45, sho...	lundbaek	0	505	Apr 4, 2009 by lundbaek
	Cereal box typo sends callers to phone sex line (Preview) A typo on a cereal box sent callers to a phone sex line. I've heard of other similar incidents. For instance, an Apple Computer phone number for recycling used printer cartridges was just one digit removed from a phone sex line. It's sick that such phone lines are so common that errors like this happen c...	arbilad	0	596	Apr 2, 2009 by arbilad
	Obama speaks to the world, but not to us (Preview) Global Editorial in 31 Newspapers Around the World (But Only 3 in the U.S.) Obama writes global editorial President Barack Obama on Tuesday published an editorial in 31 newspapers around the world, from Riyadh to Hong Kong to New Delhi to Chicago, attempting to stake out a strong leadership positio...	arbilad	0	643	Apr 1, 2009 by arbilad
	Mosquito killing laser (Preview) I would like to have a mosquito killing laser all for my very own. Unfortunately, I don't know how to duplicate this guy's project.	arbilad	1	602	Mar 18, 2009 by lundbaek
	A story Mirk will love (Preview) A couple that had been menaced by some people led them on a high speed chase to the police station. The perpetrators follow them into the police station parking lot and were arrested. Granted, the cops had to run after them a block, but I'm sure cops wish that all criminals would just come to the police st...	arbilad	2	657	Mar 16, 2009 by Xanth
	Fusion facility (Preview) The first facility that, by the end of the year, will produce more energy than it consumes has come online. This is great news as far as energy production is concerned. Fusion power could provide lots of cheap energy.	arbilad	2	621	Mar 12, 2009 by arbilad
	The media can't leave Palin alone (Preview) The media can't leave Palin alone. They're now reporting how her daughter and her fiancee are breaking up. I feel sorry for the daughter, sorry for Palin, but really just sorry that the media thinks that stuff like this is everyone's business. It just goes to prove, though, that when you claim to hold y...	arbilad	0	549	Mar 12, 2009 by arbilad
	Pelosi caught with hand in cookie jar (Preview) Queen Nancy: Fly as I say, not as I fly by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2009 Queen Nancy: Fly as I say, not as I fly Democrat Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is the Jennifer Lopez of congressional travel – fickle, demanding, and notoriously insensitive to the time, co...	arbilad	0	510	Mar 11, 2009 by arbilad
	What's with Montana? Explosions in Bozeman and in Whitehall! (Preview) http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/03/05/news/state/20-bozeman.txtBy BRETT FRENCH Of The Gazette Staff UPDATE 7:10 p.m. : BOZEMAN - One person is still unaccounted for after a natural gas explosion ripped a giant crater in the 200...	historian	2	674	Mar 10, 2009 by arbilad
	White House snubs British Prime Minister (Preview) Barack Obama 'too tired' to give proper welcome to Gordon Brownhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...don-Brown.html	historian	4	686	Mar 10, 2009 by arbilad
	Railroad companies idle 30% of boxcars (Preview) 30% of the boxcars in the country are standing idle while Railroad companies are finding ways to deal with drops in freight.	arbilad	0	582	Mar 9, 2009 by arbilad
	Daylight Slavings time (Preview) Daylight Slavings time has been moved, and so don't forget to set your clocks an hour ahead this Sunday at 2am. Or, if you're of a more practical bent, set the clocks ahead before going to sleep on Saturday.	arbilad	1	521	Mar 9, 2009 by arbilad
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