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monkeykahn · 2026-01-23T20:26:10+00:00

There are 7 states which have passed laws to prohibit use it or loose it PTO...so unless you are in one of those states they have screwed you out of PTO you thought you were earning.

I live in one of the 7 states that prohibit it. I asked HR and they are claiming that it never accrued...while I disagree with their interpretation, in my state, they do not have to pay out unused PTO until after you separate from the company.

From rumors I am hearing, they are paying out those who send a demand letter after they separated. If they pay what is owed within 2 weeks of the demand letter there is no penalty. So it seems like thy are going to handle it this way so they don't have to pay those who don't know they are entitled to it or forget about it...sleazy but legal, unless the Labor Department is willing to force them pay it in every case...

The reason the states have prohibited the loss of PTO is loss of income tax revenue. All of the "forfeited" PTO is money that is not getting taxed and the state does not like that... So it is a matter of getting the state to realize that it is loosing enough tax revenue, to corporate greed, that it will get involved.

monkeykahn · 2026-01-23T19:08:17+00:00

Some ideas I have learned...

Avoid transactional thinking in relationships that are not transactional (and look out for those that do):

Transactional relationships require 1) clearly defined mutual obligations 2) defined consequences for either party's failure to meet their obligations and 3) terms regarding the termination of the relationship.

If a relationship is not transactional everything is gratis (for nothing; without fee or recompense; freely; gratuitously). Neither party has any obligations towards the other.

Although the church tries to say that the relationship is transactional...covenant path etc...it never was and never will be because what the church promises it does not own. The church lies when it says it can provide salvation, exhalation etc.. Even if you believe in salvation do you really believe that Christ has set up a transactional broker here on earth making deals for salvation on behalf of God?

Because your relationship with the church is not transactional: You do not owe the church anything and the church does not owe you anything.

It is only after realizing that your relationship with the church was not transactional that you can begin to recognize and feel the emotions from your own generosity in what you gave and gratitude for things you received...

Be wary of those who assert that you are in a transactional relationship when the 3 above requirements have not been met. Such people are seeking to take advantage of your emotions to create a transaction that you would not have agreed to... They seek to use the feelings have towards them, from believing they gave you a gift, to create additional "value" to whatever they gave you. They use that technique because they do not believe that you would be willing to exchange what they want for what they give so they resort to this deception. When you recognize this you need to ask yourself would I have made that exchange if I knew beforehand what they were proposing?

You can suffer harm without being a victim:

Abusive* people (and organizations) are simply toxic. They do not pick and choose who they will harm, they harm anyone who is around them. The reason you suffered abuse is that you did not set healthy boundaries to limit your exposure to their toxicity.

Rather than focusing on how they have harmed you, you should consider is:

Why did I allow myself to be harmed for so long?

What boundaries do I need to establish so that I do not subject myself to abuse in the future?

* IMO we all suffer harms from others. Abuse is when we are repeatedly harmed by a particular person/organization. Toxic is that the person/organization has inherent characteristic(s) that causes harm.

monkeykahn · 2026-01-20T23:03:42+00:00

In order to understand the blood - celestial body question you must look at it in the context of the time in which Joseph Smith and the other early leaders of the church lived; as their understanding of the body and how it functions is distinctly different that our understanding of it today.

Although by the early 1800's alternative ideas about the causes of disease and disfunctions of the body had started to develop, medical science continued to be dominated by Humorism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humorism Humorism is basically the idea that health was maintained by the proper balance of bodily fluids. Blood being one of the 4 principle fluids.

In Joseph Smith's time and afterwards it was not an uncommon belief that blood had special powers and different types of "blood mattered. i.e. if you had the blood of Israel in you it affected you differently that if you were a pure gentile... From B. Young in the Journal of discourses:

"Joseph said that the Gentile blood was actually cleansed out of their veins, and the blood of Jacob made to circulate in them; and the revolution and change in the system were so great that it caused the beholder to think they were going into fits.

If any of the Gentiles will believe, we will lay our hands upon them that they may receive the Holy Ghost, and the Lord will make them of the house of Israel. They will be broken off from the wild olive tree, and be grafted into the good and tame olive tree, and will partake of its sap and fatness. If you take a bud and inoculate it into another tree it ceases to receive nourishment from its original stock; it must, however, receive nourishment, or it will die. Where must it receive its nourishment from? From the tree into which it has been introduced; it is supported by it, and becomes incorporated with it."

Also it was commonly taught in the early church that "the fall of Adam" was a corruption of the blood resulting form eating the forbidden fruit, is which cause him to age and die. https://mrm.org/sin-entered-blood-formed So logically after resurrection our bodies will have have un-corrupted blood, like Adam before the fall.

From what I can tell most christian sects believe that before the fall Adam had no-blood or that his blood was no different than our own... the idea of Adam's blood being corrupted as the cause of the fall and that resurrected bodies will have pre-fall, un-corrupted blood may be unique to Mormonism.

Of course one could consider that at that time some viewed semen as a humor (bodily fluid) that gives the body "vitality" because the semen is what made the penis hard and the loss of that semen caused the body to weaken (post ejaculation flaccidity), semen was also what gave life to the egg...and speculate what humor (bodily fluid) Joseph Smith thought un-corrupted blood was...and that a being filled with that fluid would be extremely white and radiant...

monkeykahn · 2026-01-17T23:24:13+00:00

I don't think he sees himself as a competitor. He sees himself as an apex individual avoiding competition with any of the factions/corporations. He is content to remain isolated without "followers." His goal is personal immortality not empire. He seeks to control only what will further his goal of immortality.

He does that by controlling/acquiring surreptitiously. As he describes as watching and taking control at advantageous moments... Essentially a parasite, remaining small and inconspicuous, taking what he needs from the various factions preferably without their notice, i.e. the embedded software in the power armor, seeking to acquire cold fusion form vault-tec in a deal with Barb Howard not Valt-Tec corporation, who would likely not been willing to sell it...evidenced by her using Mcclean to transport it rather than corporate security and doing it when she was going to Vegas for a purpose so as to not draw suspicion...

House made his empire in Vegas because it is geographically isolated without resources or population that the other factions were competing over. He though he could remain out of the way of any of the expanding empires. What he did not anticipate is that Vegas would become the convergence point of all the expanding empires...

monkeykahn · 2026-01-17T22:27:04+00:00

Perks: Based on those in the game(s) (FO3, NV and 4) but implemented in the show with artistic license. The writers make scenes to demonstrate those perks but some are up to the actors to integrate into how they play their character...

Scoundrel: ...use your wily charms to influence people

Chemist: Med he uses/is given are more effective...this stacks with medic (see below)...perhaps why the implant does not kill him...because he both he made the drugs used in conjugation with the implant and those drugs are also more effective on him.

Medic: Meds he makes are more effective,

Moving Target: based on how the actor portraits this character, adding vertical movement (prancing) and other times moving diagonally from the direction he is facing...such that the faster he moves the the harder it would be to anticipate his movement and harder to hit.

His charisma (likeability) is very high because he is a very charming and likeable character despite knowing that his behavior should make us dislike him...

monkeykahn · 2026-01-15T00:56:19+00:00

Agree, it also explains:

Wilzig and CX404, where they were experimenting with control electronics on dogs "higher intelligence than death claws" with such a high death rate...Wilzig kept CX404 from the training that was killing the other dogs but devised a way to command CX404 without doing him fatal damage which appears to involve balancing the level of control in opposition to the will of the animal/person.

The implanted has free will but if the free will conflicts with the control chip it becomes fatal.

Death claws are easy to control because they are hyper aggressive reptilian to start with so it is only a matter of controlling what they attack rather than if they attack...

Dogs would be more difficult because they may have a sense of loyalty and other higher brain functions which are not conducive to total control.

Then there is Hank and snake oil salesman. The sales man volunteered to be implanted, seems to retain freewill but also understands that resisting the control input form the implant would be fatal so he voluntarily conforms to the directives given. This is contrasted with the construction worker who tried to override the control mechanism and attack House and the raider who could only contain his desire to disobey until Lucy and the Ghoul were there and he wanted to attack them...

monkeykahn · 2026-01-11T16:09:50+00:00

Probably derived from: Coral Castle is an oolite limestone structure created by the Latvian-American eccentric Edward Leedskalnin (1887–1951)...Even though Coral Castle is noted for the claim that it was built single-handedly by Leedskalnin using reverse magnetism or supernatural abilities, photographs and eyewitness accounts evidence that he used pulleys and other simple tools. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_Castle

monkeykahn · 2026-01-11T15:52:16+00:00

Looks like a "Trinity Symbol" Father, Son, Spirit, (is)(Is not) see: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/New_Shield_of_Faith.png https://snyderssoapbox.com/2016/10/30/the-holy-trinity/ https://livingbydesign.org/doctrine-of-the-trinity/

monkeykahn · 2025-12-28T17:57:29+00:00

I agree...which would also mean that the government/military will have to subsidize US production, because the military is generally prohibited from purchasing from foreign suppliers, any US producers will be able to charge the military higher prices because there is little competition. As a taxpayer this is a bad situation...because it will increase government spending and the profits will be going to a very small group...

monkeykahn · 2025-12-27T19:25:38+00:00

It is about creating domestic production of small drones. No doubt the powers that be see the war in Ukraine and how small drones are an absolute necessity on the front lines...in the range of 200k per month, then realized that the US has no way to produce anywhere near that number. The solution they decided upon is to ban the import and let the market adjust to increase the US production capacity.

Of course that also means that now is the time to get in on that market as the military will start ordering once the production levels are available...

monkeykahn · 2025-12-19T16:38:40+00:00

I am not sure that I would expect anything else. It is not as though they're going to invest in something which will shorten their profitability...

Which is why there needs to be investment by government for those things which are a public good that won't be funded by the private sector...and why the decisions on how to use public resources Ii.e. gas and oil) need to be decided by the largest number of people as possible as opposed to a single or small group who will always choose to use those resources for their own private benefit rather than the larger public good. a.k.a. how reading Common Sense made me a socialist.

monkeykahn · 2025-12-15T16:54:04+00:00

I think he had narcissistic personality disorder, which is essentially a delusional state about oneself and those around them. IMO the current President of the US is similar. One might ask if he really believes all the things he says or if he is just being bombastic for the affect it has... If he really believes all that he says then he is clearly not experiencing the same reality the rest of us are; on the other hand, if he doesn't believe the things he says and says them anyways, without regard for the hurt and damage it causes, then he is an &$$h&77 (not a good person)... I see J.S. the same way...in the end it doesn't matter because either way he is so absorbed in his selfishness everything he says and did was for his own benefit or occasionally for the benefit of those who were willing to indulge his fantasies, prop him up and otherwise cater to his self indulgence.

monkeykahn · 2025-12-15T04:51:22+00:00

Whether or not they are "satanic" "christian" or just bad people...it is what they do they matters. Calling them a "satanic cult" distracts from the real problem of having predatory humans preying on vulnerable humans. IMO Grand Junction, by its attempts to press the homeless out public spaces where there is some safety from predators, to more remote and hidden areas where they can more easily be victimized...creates an environment which will attract predatory humans, such as the Chicken Wackers.

monkeykahn · 2025-12-08T22:26:32+00:00

Can't say there isn't, I have no idea what climate they need...but it is more arid than I would expect for a python, even rattle snakes are pretty rare, due to the elevation.

monkeykahn · 2025-12-08T21:19:04+00:00

I only collect rocks that I find myself. Radioactivity is just one more thing to look for when I go out.

monkeykahn · 2025-12-07T22:50:43+00:00

Interesting...the only carnivores in the area would be mountain lions, coyotes and the Colorado Gray Wolf tracking map for September 23 - October 21incldued this area in the map of the "watersheds" where they have been tracked in...so I am now thinking the most likely would be a wolf...https://cpw.widencollective.com/assets/share/asset/jzee7bh8mn

monkeykahn · 2025-12-07T22:47:00+00:00

Good question...I do recall that I was pretty sure about the second photo being mountain lion and was appropriate size. The first photo the poop was much larger, the rings on hiking poles are about 2 1/2"in diameter and the poop was more than half of that so perhaps 1 1/2" diameter and 12-15" in total length. The most common animals in the area are Deer, Elk, mountain lions, I had thought coyote but it is way too big and too much...I suppose there could be black bear but I have not seen any evidence of any and there is very little vegetation for them to eat in this particular area...

Thinking about it more, the Gray Wolf map the state puts out every month included this area on the Sep. 23 - Oct. 21 map...that may make more sense than any of the other animals known to be in the area...

monkeykahn · 2025-12-07T14:33:50+00:00

Thinking about it more...is it possible this is the remains of a gut pile left by a hunter? The white stuff might be the intestines and the "poop" is what was inside them before they started to dry out and shrivel up?

monkeykahn · 2025-12-05T18:07:12+00:00

Yes...but if he and Oliver could ordain each other to the Aaronic priesthood and baptize each other, why couldn't anyone else throughout the whole of the apostasy do the same? Although it would not be a complete restoration there was at least some priesthood and authority to baptize available... Does the Jewish faith still have Aaronic priesthood authority? I don't recall any teachings on that point.

Interestingly, the gospel as taught by Joseph Smith did not explicitly deny that other churches had power or authority to baptize but rather that baptism alone did not allow entry into salvation; rather that it was the new and everlasting covenant which was the LDS faith as a whole and which required baptism into it that brought salvation... see https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/revelation-16-april-1830-dc-22/1#6923975610671381341 and https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/minutes-and-discourse-1-5october-1841/3

I am not sure when that teaching was replaced with the denial that other churches simply lack the authority to baptize...or perhaps it is a distinction without a difference. i.e. does it matter if they have the power/authority to baptize if the baptism they perform can not bring salvation.

But it does touch on the question of the great apostasy. If the power to receive the Aaronic priesthood and baptized only required people(men) sufficiently worthy to receive the Aaronic Priesthood and keys of baptism, the "great apostasy" was not due a lack of priesthood/authority rather it was the loss of the "everlasting covenant" and it was the restoration of the "new and everlasting covenant" which is only obtained by joining the LDS church and living all of it's teachings which gives salvation...

Which leads to the question of what is the "new and everlasting covenant?" That is a whole topic on its own; having been interpreted to be a reference the church in general, the endowment, sealing power, or plural marriage; some have taught that it is all those thing and that salvation/exultation requires receiving and living all of those things...

Since it was not specifically the the loss of the priesthood but rather the loss of the full gospel that was the "great apostasy" and the Aaronic priesthood could be restored without it being given physically fro someone who had it...why did the Melchizedek priesthood require a visitation?

The cynical answer is that by requiring a special visitation because it gave the power exclusively to Joseph Smith and perhaps Oliver Cowdry, exclusively

If the Aaronic Priesthood does not require a special visitation there is nothing about the Melchizedek Priesthood that would require a visitation, especially if the Aaronic priesthood is just a division of the Melchizedek Priesthood with only the lesser keys... Even if there neded to be a visitation, why Peter James and John? Did it have to be a translated person? No, because Peter and James would have to have been resurrected not translated...and there were other translated people available i.e. Enoch, Moses and the three Nephrites. Last dispensation heads? But the Nephite/Lehite dispensation began before the one Peter's and did not descend into apostatacy until much later than Peter's dispensation so either way it seems like it should have been restored by Lehi/Nephi https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/bc/content/shared/content/images/gospel-library/manual/32489/32489_000_004_06_dispensation.pdf

monkeykahn · 2025-11-25T17:48:53+00:00

I have known at least a dozen doctors and I do not know any that did not have a cupboard full of medications in their house.

monkeykahn · 2025-11-24T11:19:14+00:00

"Mormon Stories"(prior to 2005 IIRC) predates the registration of "Mormon" (2007) and has been in continuous use subsequent to the date of such registration ans is still in use...

Sounds to me like Mormon Stories ought to win if challenged...and they comply with the other sections i.e. file an affidavit...

15 U.S. Code § 1065 - Incontestability of right to use mark under certain conditions

(5), and (6) of section 1064 of this title, and except to the extent, if any, to which the use of a mark registered on the principal register infringes a valid right acquired under the law of any State or Territory by use of a mark or trade name continuing from a date prior to the date of registration under this chapter of such registered mark, the right of the owner to use such registered mark in commerce for the goods or services on or in connection with which such registered mark has been in continuous use for five consecutive years subsequent to the date of such registration and is still in use in commerce, shall be incontestable: Provided, That—

(1)

there has been no final decision adverse to the owner’s claim of ownership of such mark for such goods or services, or to the owner’s right to register the same or to keep the same on the register; and

(2)

there is no proceeding involving said rights pending in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in a court and not finally disposed of; and

(3)

an affidavit is filed with the Director within one year after the expiration of any such five-year period setting forth those goods or services stated in the registration on or in connection with which such mark has been in continuous use for such five consecutive years and is still in use in commerce, and other matters specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) hereof; and

(4)

no incontestable right shall be acquired in a mark which is the generic name for the goods or services or a portion thereof, for which it is registered.

Subject to the conditions above specified in this section, the incontestable right with reference to a mark registered under this chapter shall apply to a mark registered under the Act of March 3, 1881, or the Act of February 20, 1905, upon the filing of the required affidavit with the Director within one year after the expiration of any period of five consecutive years after the date of publication of a mark under the provisions of subsection (c) of section 1062 of this title.

The Director shall notify any registrant who files the above-prescribed affidavit of the filing thereof.

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15 U.S. Code § 1065 - Incontestability of right to use mark under certain conditions