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   I'm posting more articles today, as they are pertinent today, and all good! Take your choice!  This isn't about the political situation, but very heart-warming! Will We Have Our Pets in Heaven? By  Joni Hilton  · October 28, 2020 When it comes to animals, I’m a pushover. Every dog and cat I’ve ever had has been spoiled rotten, but every one of them has had a happy personality along with loyalty and devotion (well, as much as a cat can muster). It pains me to kill spiders and insects, and I try to relocate them outside. I cannot watch dog or horse movies because I know I’ll be sobbing by the end. If a detective movie shows a cat wandering through the home of a murder victim, I forget all about the victim and my concern shifts to who will now care for the cat. But my most telling confession is that when our cat kills a mouse or bird, I pray that Heavenly Father will make the prey forget how it died, and just help it have a happy reunion with its relatives beyond the veil. This

   I'm posting more articles today, as they are pertinent today, and all good! Take your choice! Keeping Cool During High Political Drama By  Nicholeen Peck  · November 1, 2020 The political climate is pretty hot right now! Threats, scandals, verbal attacks, social unrest, corruption, and control tactics are all part of the current political scene. People are preparing for the worst no matter what the United States election turns out like. What preparations are the most effective? Preparing your own heart to be calm and focused on truth is the best way to prepare. Having self-government during times of political drama is what principled people do to stay calm. However, to have self-government a person must plan ahead. Lessons Learned From The Last Presidential Election Following the election of President Trump, four years ago, angry rioters took to the streets destroying property and making cities unsafe. Some US cities became hotbeds of hate. When I was at the United Nations in Ma

 I'm posting more articles today, as they are pertinent today, and all good! Take your choice! The Dangers of Censorship: Static Science, Diminished Liberty, and a Population in the Dark By  Jeff Lindsay  · November 1, 2020 To read more from Jeff, visit his blog:  Mormanity . A few weeks ago, I made a post on Linkedin.com that cited a report on the apparent media censorship of information on a certain compound that many doctors were finding helpful in treating COVID patients at an early stage. The article summarized the latest peer-reviewed findings and argued that the media’s reliance on only the negative studies, even one that was fraudulent and had to be withdrawn, was putting the nation at risk and reflected harmful and inappropriate bias. I said that “if this story is true, it will decrease my respect for the media.” I was not saying that everyone should start taking any particular medication, but was pointing to an article offering a different perspective on the debate around