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  When China sneezes ..... !!!!!!

  by fulltimestudent in

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  i'm being a smartarse with that title.

  its a play on an old saying in ozland (australia) which was, "when the usa sneezes, australia gets pneumonia" which was meant to describe the economic clout of the usa on the economic life of australia.. but first, a (hopefully) quick personal story.

  two weeks ago, i went with some chinese friends to a house auction in hurstville (a suburb in sydney, which is now a popular suburb for cantonese speaking chinese).

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  The Chinese can sneeze all they like.

  However, they should stop eating bat soup.
  
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  The future of the Watchtower Society

  by mickygrey in

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  i left way back in 2002, seems a long time ago now and i haven't really kept up with any developments since.. i've kept one ear open and noticed recently there is talk of the wt being investigated over the sex abuse cover ups, but over the years this story has come in and out of the news.. what is everybody's predictions as to the future of the borg?

  i know what most people want to happen, but realistically, are we just looking at certain elements being hit because of the restructuring they did a few years ago to protect from this very thing?

  looking further ahead, you'd like to think that more people would wake up?

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  The future of the Watchtower Society

  
  
  
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  People that are shunned and those that shun mimic slavery

  by Yomama in

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  so im reading this book 1619 about slavery then it dawned on me that shunning like slavery emotionally rips apart families.

  if you look at romans 1:32 study note under natural afection they tell on themselves if you cannnot love your familey you cannot love others wow just wow try shareing that point with your pimi relatives..

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  He could have said slavery was wrong......he didn't. So much for Jesus and all of the Old and New testament. In fact it supported Slavery which still goes on to this day - yeah, true.

  But it's important to get a sense on perspective on slavery.

  Slavery in Christian-majority countries ended a long time ago. The British ended the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade at the beginning of the 1800s.

  As far as we know, Jesus never owned slaves. But Muhammad did own slaves and concubines, and he traded in them.
  

  Slavery among Arabs and Muslims started centuries before the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and ended in 1962 in Saudi Arabia and Yemen and in 2008 in Mauritania! ... just think about that for a moment: there are some people alive in Mauritania right now who are freed slaves. Makes you think, doesn't it?
  
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  Iowa Democratic Caucus - Just WOW

  by Simon in

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  there was a babylon bee or onion spoof article a few weeks back claiming the democrats would lose their own caucus and ... well, they managed to do it for real.. apparently they can't count their own votes, their app and process is now steeped in corruption (created by a company called 'shadow' that has taken money from multiple candidates as well as the dnc and has links to clinton) and multiple candidates have declared themselves the winner.

  biden has apparently done so badly that he's going to court to block the results being announced.

  no estimate of when they will be released even.. how do they come up with this ... and what does it mean for the election results where they oversee the counts?.

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  Because he's doing a fantastic job and the alternatives would range from dreadful to downright scary.

  ^^^ This ... just this.

  Trump's no saint but he's taking his job as President seriously and he's actually doing his level best to deliver on his manifesto. He's also improving the economy and apparently improving the lives of African-Americans.

  The Dems, in contrast to Trump, are showing themselves to be a deranged bunch of chancers and extremists who shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the levers of power.
  
  
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  "I'm As Mad as Hell - and I'm not going to take it anymore" (First Principles)

  by Terry in

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  two things we all need to know; may already know; have known for a long long time - but nothing at all has changed .... first principles.

  these are assumptions that cannot be deduced from any other proposition or assumption.. .

  (what the hell does that mean?).

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  DEMOCRACY: Two wolves and a sheep voting on 'what's for lunch' -ah yes, aka 'the tyranny of the majority' stance.

  Except that isn't how it always is.

  Here in the UK, former PM David Cameron passed the same-sex marriage bill without asking the UK electorate to vote one way or the other in a referendum on it.

  This is fine, because why should the tyranny of the majority get to decide how consenting adults live their lives?

  Democracy is the best thing we have.

  Ken Livingstone (a spiv, chancer and deranged commie) has gone on record saying that 'if voting changed anything, parliament would abolish it'.

  Well, this isn't quite true (see Brexit and the 2019 general election).
  
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  Proportional Representation vs Electoral Collages

  by Simon in

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  the craziness of first-past-the-post elections .... we'll no doubt have to now live through the scotts demanding another referendum, because we may take their lands, but we will never take their freedom!

  and so they want to be free of the uk, where they have a disproportionate influence in parliament, and be a little dot that's part of the eu.

  yup, freedom.. but anyway, as it stands right now they have 48 seats after getting 1.2m votes.

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  Does Scotland have its own parliament? - Scotland has a devolved parliament, granted by Westminster.

  The Scottish electorate voted to remain within the UK in 2014.

  The devolved parliament isn't enough for the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP), who want to leave the UK and then re-join the EU (some 'independence', eh, they just want to trade one political union for another).

  As it stands, tax-payers south of the Scottish border pay Scottish students' university fees and free eye care for all Scots north of the border.

  Yet the SNP aren't happy with this arrangement.

  They'd rather disrespect the 2014 IndyRef result and have Scotland leave the UK, then put another EU membership referendum to the Scottish electorate, re-join the EU and become the EU's dumping ground for lots of third-world immigrants, legal and illegal. <--- weird, huh?
  
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  Proportional Representation vs Electoral Collages

  by Simon in

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  the craziness of first-past-the-post elections .... we'll no doubt have to now live through the scotts demanding another referendum, because we may take their lands, but we will never take their freedom!

  and so they want to be free of the uk, where they have a disproportionate influence in parliament, and be a little dot that's part of the eu.

  yup, freedom.. but anyway, as it stands right now they have 48 seats after getting 1.2m votes.

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  @SBF ...

  The SNP are treating the Scottish electorate as if they were a bunch of school children. It's actually rather pathetic.

  Scottish people are better than that - they are grown adults who recognise that choices and votes have consequences.

  They understand that the 2014 result must be respected for the time being.
  
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  Proportional Representation vs Electoral Collages

  by Simon in

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  the craziness of first-past-the-post elections .... we'll no doubt have to now live through the scotts demanding another referendum, because we may take their lands, but we will never take their freedom!

  and so they want to be free of the uk, where they have a disproportionate influence in parliament, and be a little dot that's part of the eu.

  yup, freedom.. but anyway, as it stands right now they have 48 seats after getting 1.2m votes.

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  Hold Scotland hostage long enough - Lol

  Scotland isn't being held hostage. The SNP and other anti-English tossers need to respect the 2014 IndyRef result, it's as simple as that.

  BTW how do we know if the SNP will respect a second IndyRef result if it goes against them for a second time? (they're not respecting the first)
  
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  Proportional Representation vs Electoral Collages

  by Simon in

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  the craziness of first-past-the-post elections .... we'll no doubt have to now live through the scotts demanding another referendum, because we may take their lands, but we will never take their freedom!

  and so they want to be free of the uk, where they have a disproportionate influence in parliament, and be a little dot that's part of the eu.

  yup, freedom.. but anyway, as it stands right now they have 48 seats after getting 1.2m votes.

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  @SBF - well, let's exercise some common sense ...

  Scotland chose to remain in the UK in a once-in-a-lifetime referendum five and a half years ago. This result must be respected.

  Anyone can clearly see that it's a bit too early to start talking about a second IndyRef right now.

  First of all, the UK must leave the EU, with all the trade stuff needing to be done and dusted ('Brexit').

  So, let's see ... the first IndyRef was in 2014.

  How about having a second one in 2025 or 2030? <--- this seems reasonable to me.
  
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  Proportional Representation vs Electoral Collages

  by Simon in

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  the craziness of first-past-the-post elections .... we'll no doubt have to now live through the scotts demanding another referendum, because we may take their lands, but we will never take their freedom!

  and so they want to be free of the uk, where they have a disproportionate influence in parliament, and be a little dot that's part of the eu.

  yup, freedom.. but anyway, as it stands right now they have 48 seats after getting 1.2m votes.

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  Are you saying Scotland is not allowed to change its mind? - at the moment, Scotland (actually the SNP) needs to respect and live by the result of IndyRef 2014.

  The Scots are allowed to change their minds in the future - just not right now.