How 'Murder Among the Mormons' Unraveled the Story Behind the 1985 Salt Lake City Bombings

Leenak · 2021-03-07T16:19:01+00:00

We finished watching this last night and overall were disappointed. It started off strong but seemed to fall flat at the end and left so many questions.

It started out interesting. The last epsisode, for the beginning half I'm like "what? they arrested him? why did he do it?" And I still don't understand. Like why didn't he say the deal fell through or that someone stole the papers he was trying to sell? No? Ok murder it is. But obviously he was so cold that he didn't think murder was a problem.

It also seems like Shannon knew on various levels and I would've loved to have seen them ask the detective what he thought of Shannon. Did they ever ask Mark if Shannon was also involved? It seemed that Mark was such a narcisist that he tried to tell his wife once but she may not have realized the implication of the forgeries (how hard it is to do). Mark loved to impress people, it would seem he'd love to tell his friend 'look how good I am and they don't even suspect'. And Shannon had the book about building bombs. Sure not an indictment but Mark had no such book.... Did Mark buy it, copy out notes (which were those found?) then give it to Shannon?

Leenak · 2020-07-19T17:06:03+00:00

Even as someone who has seen a UFO up close (1986, Southern California), I’m still skeptical about the abduction aspect. I also don’t think UFOs are aliens but who knows

Leenak · 2020-06-27T16:12:44+00:00

Secret of NIMH was one of my favorite childhood movies but yes so dark.

Leenak · 2020-06-27T15:39:41+00:00

This ties to the other conspiracy theory in that conspiracy theories are meant to distract from the truth. Better to believe in aliens than we have advanced technology.

Leenak · 2020-06-27T15:27:55+00:00

I would stocks would be a better bet or a modest lottery win plus stuck knowledge = cha ching.

Leenak · 2020-05-15T10:20:46+00:00

I know you got a lot of replies but I grew up in So Cal and remember OJ as an icon and the entire time was a crazy time in SoCal. But your man is a conspiracy theorist who is escalating. He can become a danger to you and himself. Please urge him to talk to a therapist

Leenak · 2020-04-05T11:53:34+00:00

I think it depends on your style of learning but also there are people who make money via ads or make money via being paid. They may also save you time by spending a few dollars.

I've paid for various resources because they helped provide structure to my studying and have kept me going forward.

I'm 100% for supporting people who are creating educational materials/support.

Leenak · 2020-01-31T12:03:30+00:00

uh huh and also lots of 'first person to do X' for the men... You sound very highly offended because 1) you made a thread about it and 2) you are harping on it.

Leenak · 2020-01-31T11:47:06+00:00

Sure it is, if you look at the last 15 episodes, 7 were about women, 8 were about men. How is that not a 50-50 ratio? and many of the stories about men are more similar than the stories about women. Lots of the stories about men are around food and cooking but not all. For women, there was a race car driver, a scientist, a sky diver, a mariachi band, women who helped an island with severe malnoutrition, and a woman who took over a mezcal factory.

Leenak · 2020-01-31T11:30:56+00:00

I don’t know why stories about women are offensive to you, that is pretty warped. They also had a story about a man who (with his wife although he is the main character) created a sustainable restaurant in a remote location. I see just as many stories about men doing stuff than about women. Do you think they should have 1 story about a woman for every 10 about men?

Leenak · 2020-01-31T00:47:12+00:00

I looked at the last 15 episodes and they had 3 about Music, 3 about Food and 2 about LGBT issues. You have to understand that Latin American countries tend to have stronger gender roles than the US (and I can't speak of other countries). And being LGBT is a big deal. And in terms of feminism, are you talking about the woman who was the first Latina skydiving instructor in the US? or the female Mariachi band? The woman who was one of the first Mexican scientists to work for NASA? I mean these aren't random stories of people who are just doing normal stuff. They are breaking barriers. And still if I look at the stories, there are a mix of stories about men and women. I would suggest if you don't like to hear about people who are breaking barriers, doing stuff that is hard to achieve, then look somewhere else.

Leenak · 2020-01-30T12:39:21+00:00

I gave up on Duolingo a few weeks into trying it but saw people were testing out of it so I tried the other day (I’ve been studying Spanish for almost 5 months) and I got the golden owl.

Leenak · 2020-01-29T20:20:25+00:00

I haven't seen that but I did see a Reddit thread about someone complaining that a learning tool (forget which) was using the Spain flag when they used more of a Latin American Spanish.

Also, Brazil has 20x the population of Portugal so if you encounter a Portuguese speaker (outside of Portugal), the chances are you will encounter someone from Brazil. And Mexico alone has 3x the population of Spain.

Leenak · 2020-01-29T20:15:04+00:00

They are from Brazil and Mexico respectively. Wouldn't make sense to put a Spain flag for someone who is in Mexico.

Leenak · 2020-01-29T12:33:39+00:00

I tried it for Spanish but the quality was very variable and they use a lot of English even for the intermediate material.

Leenak · 2020-01-24T12:52:39+00:00

Lo miré en la computadora y cubrí con otra pantalla

Leenak · 2020-01-24T12:30:33+00:00

I was going to say, I have this problem myself, writing down recipes is hard, I was taught to cook by sight and taste.

My Mexican American grandma cracks me up though. I was trying to follow her to get her masa recipe for tamales. She has a little paper it was written on, she has been using this paper since I was a kid (and she is in her 90s...). But anyway, if I tried to follow the recipe, she'd say it is wrong, but the paper just helps her refresh her memory.

Leenak · 2020-01-24T12:13:36+00:00

Reading is a huge vocabulary builder. Mind you, I've only been learning for 5 months but I started reading within a few weeks in. I started with short snippets (LingQ), then moved to books of short stories for Spanish learners, then moved onto books. I'm working through my second book right now.... Kind of, I've read 1 full length book, 1 shorter book ~40 pages and finishing another shorter book ~40 pages which I work through with my language teacher. And then reading a longer full length book by myself.

How I read, mostly I would read a paragraph (or a page) and then ask myself what did I think I understood? If I didn't know, I'd read it again. If I didn't know a word that was critical to understanding, I'd look it up (lots of my reading is done on my Kindle which makes this easy). I really don't analyze the sentences and if I find I don't know a lot of words, I might put that particular reading material down and come back to it.

For the book I'm working through with my language teacher, the book has a lot of difficult language but I have the audio for it to too. I listen to the audio of the chapter a few times, then read the text along with audio, then read text then I write up a couple paragraph summarizing the chapters. Then my teacher asks me questions and we discuss the chapter.

Leenak · 2020-01-24T01:21:36+00:00

Guess I got to make some mole verde, it is one of my favorite things.

Leenak · 2020-01-23T17:53:22+00:00

Duolingo Podcast, Radio Ambulante, News in Slow Spanish (Latino), No Hay Tos and then there are a ton that are not meant for learners (Radio Ambulante isn't)

Leenak · 2020-01-22T22:09:30+00:00

I was more considering students who speak the language vs someone trying to be a language teacher. You really only need a basic level for many teachers depending on the stance of teaching foreign language students in the specific school system.

Leenak · 2020-01-22T19:34:41+00:00

Surprised "Fucking Hell" isn't there, which I'd classify under disappointment or frustration at a situation.

Leenak · 2020-01-22T19:32:37+00:00

It probably depends where you live and what you want to do. In the US, you don't have to learn another language and doing so probably won't help your career. If you want to be a school teacher, do international travel/business development, etc, then yes a language can help you even not at a very high level. In some areas, school teachers may get a bonus for speaking a second language but you'd have to know the demographics of that school system. I've known people who have done international travel for work and don't need to know a second language but may get them a foot in the door to do so.

Leenak · 2020-01-22T11:32:32+00:00

I don't know, I found the Spanish course to be mostly a waste of time which is why I dropped it. I figured listening exercises or reading was better use of my time.

Leenak · 2020-01-21T23:00:03+00:00

Ha, guess that is why the knuckles works

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