South Park on generative AI, Mormons

(Armchair Analysis)

(HailHeidi) Ex-Mormon reacts to South Park episode | All About Mormons

Sammy Obeid stand up comedy: Charlie Kirk

Kirk the comedian tears down Ted Cruz's facade

(Sammy Obeid) Solving Charlie Kirk's murder | Stand up comedy

Does our CIA really do evil?

(Fern) The CIA's scariest secret weapon: The Heart Attack Gun

Trump MAGA man shoots up Mich. church

SUMMARY: Police said the right-wing suspect, Thomas Jacob Sanford, drove his American flag strewn pickup truck into The Church of Jesus Christ of LDS in Michigan before firing, killing and injuring a dozen people, and setting the building on fire. Police then killed Sanford in a shootout, officials said.

Authorities identify suspect after two killed in US church shooting

Church shooter opened fire on hundreds of Mormon worshippers is pictured in Donald Trump shirt

My warrior may have shot up Church, but Israelis
shot Charlie Kirk, not me, uh, I mean, did not...

(The Independent) A Sunday worship [yesterday, Sept. 28th, 2025] service turned into a scene of horror when an American gunman [Iraq War veteran and mass murderer] rammed his Chevy pickup into a Mormon church in Michigan before opening fire on congregants and setting the building on fire, killing four people and injuring at least eight others.

• Grand Blanc Township church attack
• Michigan church shooting latest: ‘Evil act of violence’ left 4 victims dead and 8 wounded as police reveal details on victims

Loser Confederates, Nazis, Trump/MAGA

Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, was identified as the suspect, police said during a press conference on Sunday evening. The attack unfolded around 10:25 am at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, about 50 miles north of Detroit, according to police.

Hundreds of people, including children, were inside at the time of the shooting. After the suspect smashed his pickup truck with two American flags affixed to the bed through the front doors of the church, Sanford emerged with an assault rifle and began firing on worshippers, Grand Blanc Township Police Chief William Renye said.

4 mass shootings over weekend

(Breaking Points) Chaos as shootings erupt: Church, Boat, Casino

I support Bibi and my MAGAotts in all things.

• Karoline Leavitt claims Michigan church shooter ‘hated people of Mormon faith’ as Trump decries ‘attack on [fake] Christians’
• Gunman in Michigan church shooting was U.S. Marine and Iraq War veteran: Officials

Look, Jeffrey Epstein, this capital is MY
capital. I'll see you on Kiddie Island soon.

His reign of terror continued as he intentionally set a fire that turned into a massive blaze, police said. It was brought under control just before 1:00 pm. As the suspect fled the church, he exchanged gunfire with two officers and was killed. More: the-independent.com

IHIP News: 🚨 Trump's plan leaked to press; Dems secretly helping him?

• NY Post: What we know about Thomas J. Stanford, Michigan LDS church shooter
• The Independent UK; IHIP News; Pfc. Sandoval, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Big questions remain about Kirk 'shooter'

(Kim Iversen) Details do not add up. Accused 'shooter' Robinson

Look at us, Everybody, we're televangelists!

(The Jimmy Dore Show) Guest Host Misty Winston: Will Israel get full narrative control of this assassination and murder/glorious death penalty execution of patsy Mormon gun nut (and accused assassin) Tyler Robinson (who by 9/13/25) is nowhere mentioned even as a "suspect" on the Killing of Charlie Kirk - Wikipedia page. Interesting. We know the names of the alleged decoys who were not the shooters but who were present and calling attention to themselves so that the real assassin could escape unnoticed.

IHIP News: Trump gets booed amid scandal; Israel's Bibi is suspicious?!

(The Jimmy Dore Show) Why was Kirk terrified of being killed by Israel

I confess. Kash Patel caught me.

Then all the footage of the gunless alleged shooter leaving a roof and going into a nearby neighborhood or supposed "wooded area" nearby with a towel and giant rife and scope to set it down...Who's buying this nonsense? The Mossad/CIA showrunners can't even get the details of the official narrative right! If it were just their narrative being aired, it would not make sense. Then Bibi immediately goes out on a Denial Tour (Jewish, Israeli leaders call for prayers and end to political violence after Charlie Kirk is shot | The Times of Israel), having known of Charlie Kirk's DEATH before anyone else and mistiming a social media release saying so. (See The Kim Iversen Show coverage). Who told Netanyahu that Kirk had died before anyone else? The same showrunners who told Trump, "You can be the one to announce we have the patsy in custody"?

Brown rightwing racist FBI Kash Patel

Kash Patel's 'Valhalla' tribute to Charlie Kirk sparks online outrage, Netizens call him 'cringe'
(Republic World) Sept. 13, 2025: FBI Director Kash Patel’s 'heartfelt' tribute to Charlie Kirk has set off a storm of emotions and debate online. During his speech, Patel referred to “Valhalla,” a term [not] from Norse mythology meaning the “Hall of the Slain” [but from modern MAGA, Neo-Nazi, fringe rightwing ideation] where brave warriors are believed to go after death. While many saw the remark as a moving gesture of respect, others found it controversial, sparking intense discussions across social media platforms. The emotional farewell took place just days after Kirk was shot dead on September 11 at a university in Utah. Meanwhile, authorities quickly detained the suspected shooter, demonstrating their commitment to pursuing justice. #CharlieKirk #KashPatel #FBI

Never mind Kirk plot. Look over here!

(Forbes) Trouble in London, England, as Brits clash with police

• Misty Winston, Kurt Metzger, The Jimmy Dore Show; Ashley Wells, Pfc. Sandoval, Shauna Schwartz (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Punk Rock in SLC (film) and Kalama Sutta

Punk rock made sense to rebels

SLC Punk! is an American comedy-drama film written and directed by James Merendino. The film centers around Steven "Stevo" Levy, a college graduate and punk living in Salt Lake City during the mid-1980s. SLC Punk!, which was released in 1998, was chosen as the opening-night feature at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival [2]. Merendino created the film based on his experience growing up in Mormon-heavy Salt Lake City. Although the film is not autobiographical, Merendino has said that many characters were based on people he knew [3]. More

What's so punk about Buddhism? Well, it is anti-authoritarian, into direct experience rather than intermediary priests. It is about questioning and going "against the stream." Just ask punk Buddhist Noah Levine, his Buddhist dad Stephen Levine, or his long-time teacher Jack Kornfield.

[Mormon] Jesus saves? Buddhism is all lies? - Are you envious of lay people, and do you regret?

Western monk explains his choice of Theravada. - How can we know and be sure? Bodhi

Not until I was sure did I claim to know and see.

It is so sad to hear this last man's words. The same accusations were hurled at the Buddha in his day by Brahmins and doubters. While it may sound reasonable to us as we assume, it is completely wrong. The Buddha DID NOT follow his own thinking or take a "best guess" and the meaning of life. It was about awakening to the Truth he could never have imagined. It has so little to do with "thinking" and so much to do with directly experiencing. But he did not stop there. He verified again and again and taught a path of verification and purification. Buddhism is not a belief system, as much as people try to treat it that way or make a "religion" out of it. It is a path-of-practice, a set of instructions. One must practice (walk) the path to verify it for oneself. There is nothing to believe or accept on blind faith. There is everything to investigate and see for oneself. What is the most "punk" sutra? That would have to be the Kalama Sutta, the Buddha's invitation to self-inquiry. "Don't believe anything I say just because I say it -- or even that of your teachers or books or traditions. But you yourselves must know and see" is the gist of what the Buddha is saying to the Kalamas, a group of people who rightly doubted him as "just another teacher about to exalt himself and condemn others." The Buddha shocked them when he didn't do that but still managed to teach them the Dharma.

How can anyone know anything?

The Buddha gives a standard: Start from what you
already know to be true from your own experience.

In the Kalama Sutta the Buddha lists the criteria by which any sensible person can decide what to accept as true or not: Do not blindly believe religious teachings, he tells the Kalamas, just because they are claimed to be true, or even through the application of various methods or techniques.

Direct knowledge grounded in one's own experience can be called upon [as the deciding factor]. The Buddha advises that the words of the wise should be heeded and taken into account, but he does not propose passive acceptance.

Rather, the Buddha promotes constant questioning and personal testing to identify truths that verifiably reduce one's own disappointment, suffering, and misery (dukkha) and that of others.

The Kalama Sutta (also called the Kesamutti Sutta) states [3]:

• Do not go on what has been acquired by repeated hearing (anussava), nor upon tradition (paramparā), nor upon rumor (itikirā), nor upon what is written in scriptures (piṭaka-sampadāna), nor upon surmising (takka-hetu), nor upon axioms (naya-hetu)... More

Vote Kamala-Trump? Jimmy Dore (comedy)

Your Country Is Just NOT That Into You

Standup comedian Jimmy Dore may be an Irish Catholic Bostonian, but out west in California, he's gone spiritual and more New Age. Now he has a lot of powerful Hollywood friends -- Al Pacino, William Neeson, Vince Vaughn, Jim Gaffigan, Mitts Romney, Barry H. O'Bama, Candace Owen, maybe Diddy himself, and too many more to mention.

Some of them called in this week to spill the beans and dish the gossip.

Jimmy, don't air our dirty laundry.

It's a tough time for Holy Roman Catholicism, or at least for the child m'lesting officials of the Church. Child sexual abuse victims by Catholic (homosexual, incel, bisexual, omnisexual) priests. The Los Angeles Archdiocese has had to pay more than a billion dollars ($700 million before and another $800 million now owed with millions in lawyers' bills) after dragging their heels, declaring bankruptcy, trying to avoid any kind of healing, confession, repentance, or reconciliation with the sodomized molested parties, and totally not molesting any new child victims.

(Oh wait, they are still ritually doing the devil's work of sacrificing virgins to God, namely young altar boys and anyone else Catholic parents entrust to them). Some of us here were Catholic, so we know what goes on. Jimmy knows, too, as apparently does famous comedian Jim Gaffigan.

• Official website: jimmydore.com

News of the Day

• Al Pacino says he went from $50 million to broke, joining a long list of stars who've experienced money troubles
• Christian students in Wisconsin speak out after Kamala told them they were at the wrong rally
• Israel’s response to Iran’s retaliation attack already ‘a done deal,’ official tells Times of Israel
• CNN's Tapper asks Bernie Sanders why Harris is on the campaign trail with Republican Liz (My Father is Dick) Cheney and not him
• Comic actor and unconvicted killer Alec Baldwin returns to SNL in new role after manslaughter charges dropped
• Serious breach alleged: US intel docs outlining Israel's genocidal plan to strike Iran leaked (Who cares what arms supplier US wants or says in public, so long as they keep funding our genocide and wars)
• One dead after historic deluge of rain in New Mexico floods streets and homes
• SNL pokes fun at viral TikTok influencers, 'tradwives' in hilarious doom scrolling sketch
• Perspective: Why the Kamala 60 Minutes brouhaha matters
• Kamala engages with Anti-Israel protesters during campus rally what he's talking about is real
• This tiny home has a bathroom kitchen outlets and light switches for under $19,500
• VIDEO: Former Pres. Trump hurls insults during Catholic charity dinner
• Comedian Jim Gaffigan asks why is Kamala not here at the Al Smith dinner
• Cardinal Dolan upset that Harris skipping Catholic Al Smith charity dinner
• Lindsey Graham to Republicans backing Harris, 'What the hell are you doing?'
• I want to buy land and move to the country in the next 5 years and 4 steps I'm taking now will get me there
• Billie Eilish joins Michael Keaton in urging Saturday Night Live viewers to vote as she performs 'Birds of a Feather,' 'Wildflower'
• Flash flooding slams Roswell, New Mexico
• Harris campaign says she did not agree with protester accusing Israel of genocide
• Ethnic cleansing: How the media whitewashes Israel's rampage and ongoing genocide
• Consider voting Green Party, Dr. Jill Stein (jillstein2024.com)

• Jimmy Dore, The Jimmy Dore Show, jimmydore.com (videos), Mike MacRae, Kurt Metzger; Ashley Wells, Pfc. Sandoval, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Mormon Wives/10 Commandments (TV)

Ex-Mormon reacts to The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives

(Alyssa Grenfell) Sept. 12, 2024: Everyone said these women “aren’t that Mormon.” I jumped into the show and realized just how thoroughly Mormonism is dominating these women’s lives. Who was the favorite person on the show? It's the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) not Mormonism.

• [COMMENT: If Amish Mafia was fun, this show will seem like a blast, peering into the lives of sugar addicts going bonkers by taking prescribed drugs and excitotoxins killing off their neurons.]

Ex-Mormon reacts to standup comics George Carlin's 10 Commandments

(HailHeidi) Aug. 14, 2024: Thanks so much for watching this reaction and hearing me share my thoughts as a recovering Mormon. (Sound like comedian Carlin is a recovering Catholic). This bit made me laugh because it is thought-provoking. Thanks for the recommendation!

• Original video credit: George Carlin - 10 Commandments

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CIA against lawsuit approved by judge (TJDS)

Judge approves lawsuit against CIA and Pompeo over Assange illegal surveillance

(The Jimmy Dore Show) Dec. 29, 2023: #TheJimmyDoreShow Richard Roth is the lead attorney suing the CIA and former CIA head Mike Pompeo for spying on journalists and lawyers for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange while he was living in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.

A judge recently ruled that the lawsuit can go forward, rejecting the CIA’s contention that illegally copying data from visitors’ electronic devices was perfectly aboveboard and not secretive spying in violation of their right to privacy.

Watch Jimmy Dore’s interview with Roth about the case and the outrageous CIA overreach in the Assange case.

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"Women Talking" (PG13)

 

Women Talking (PG13 • 1 hour 45 mins) Based on the best-selling novel by Miriam Toews, Women Talking follows a group of women in an isolated religious colony [think Amish, Mennonite, or Mormon] as they struggle to reconcile their [Germanic Christian Puritanical] faith with a series of sexual assaults [rape, child molestation, forced impregnation] committed by the colony's men.

 

Now playing at: Landmark Theatres, Pasadena, Los Angeles County. Genre: Drama. Director: Sarah Polley. Cast: Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley.

• landmarktheatres.com (trailer)
  

Bernie's Iowa; Trump's revenge (comedy)

Seth Meyers (Late Show, 2/5/20); Seth Auberon, Pfc. Sandoval (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Bernie beat Buttigieg, but Petey takes credit for DNC manipulation that screws Sanders

(Late Night) "Politics makes strange bedfellows." We never thought we'd have anything good to say about Mittens Romney (his real name) or bad to say about Peter Booty-judge (not his real name).

Senate GOP, except for Romney, acquits Trump in predicted removal from office trial

If the DNC screws me again, I'll back Biden!

Seth Meyers takes A Closer Look at Senate Republicans completing their cover-up of impeached (officially indicted) President Trump’s crimes today when they acquitted him after a removal from office/impeachment trial that banned witnesses because what he did wrong was not in question. The only thing in question was whether or not he should be removed from office for it. Watch Late Night with Seth Meyers weeknights 12:35/11:35c on NBC.

Look at these two sell-outs. They're no better than Klobuchar or Clinton. I'm an Independent.

Ancient pyramid cities, USA (video)

JeffTheWatchman; David Vose; Xochitl, S. Auberon, P. Macpherson, (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

(JeffTheWatchman, March 1, 2012) Pyramids and hieroglyphics in America B.C. Secrets not taught in Public School, Part 3

Ancient US pyramid city greater than Egypt

There are many pyramid styles in America

The ancient Native American "Pyramid City" of Cahokia, named by modern people in the U.S., exists in the Midwest in the state of Illinois.

• A Mormon view of Cahokia

Another city stands today along the Mississippi River that is not Cahokia. It is a real city that existed in America before Europeans invaded and occupied the land.

It's odd that no one was told as if no one cared about ancient Mormon (Latter Day Saints) legend and heritage. That city is Manti, the chief city of the Land of Manti. It is situated near the headwaters of the Sidon, which is the modern-day Missouri River, where it intersects with the Mississippi.

• Could the Mississippi have been the River Sidon? (BookofMormonEvidence.org)
• The Missouri Mormon War of 1838, Utah Mormon War, Illinois Mormon War

Amalickiah (as imagined by Josh Cotton)

It was the most southerly city of importance in the region. Being an outlying settlement of the Nephites, it suffered greatly from Lamanite invasions even though it was strongly fortified.

In the great war inaugurated by Amalickiah, it was captured by the Lamanites (some time before 66 BCE), and converted by them into an important base of operations against the Nephites, east and west.

Indigenous Peoples' History

In 63 BCE two Nephite generals, Gid and Teomner, recaptured it by stratagem. And Helaman took his Ammonite and other troops there and made it his headquarters. 

• The Book of Alma the Son of Alma, Chapter 58: Helaman, Gid, and Teomner take the city of Manti by a stratagem—The Lamanites withdraw—The sons of the people of Ammon are preserved as they stand fast in defense of their liberty and faith. About 63-62 B.C.

It was not captured again by the Lamanites during that long and disastrous war. In later Lamanite invasions it undoubtedly fell more than once into their hands as it was in the direct line of the course they generally took when entering Nephite territory.

• Lesson 32: “They Did Obey…Every Word of Command with... (LDS.ORG - Manual)... In one battle, the Nephite armies led by Helaman, Gid, and Teomner faced “an enemy which was innumerable,” but they received very little...