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  TV.JW.Org - WTF is Wrong With This Guy? - CAPTION THEM

  by passwordprotected in

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  2. friends

  i've heard about his bombastic, overly patronising, cartoon-ish delivery before, but i'd never actually seen it...until now.

  and i should add, this religion bears little to no relation to the one i left 6 years ago.. .

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  besty

  look out for some self-aggrandizing stats on video plays pretty soon

  http://www.jwplayer.com/video-analytics/

  yep - the boffins at jw.org have succumbed to the benefit of online tracking of web visitors..-all your views are belong to us..
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  Bitcoins - anyone here mining?

  by Jim_TX in

  1. social
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  howdy!.

  it's been a while since i've poked my head in here.... i was just curious if anyone on the forum is involved with bitcoin mining?.

  i am, and am having fun doing it.

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  besty

  just signed up for a circle.com account - very slick...also check out xapo.com as an alternative...
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  Aren't Watchtower literature trolleys and stands illegal?

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  in many places it is illegal to set up a stand and sell things in public without council approval.

  so why is it that jws can set up their trolleys in busy public areas without being asked to move on?

  i saw this article this morning about muslims being asked to stop handing out leaflets in parramatta, because it is illegal.

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  besty

  I think every local government will have different guidelines...
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  Aren't Watchtower literature trolleys and stands illegal?

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  in many places it is illegal to set up a stand and sell things in public without council approval.

  so why is it that jws can set up their trolleys in busy public areas without being asked to move on?

  i saw this article this morning about muslims being asked to stop handing out leaflets in parramatta, because it is illegal.

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  besty

  Morning commuters at my central London rail terminus are subjected to running the gauntlet in the following order:

  1 - Charity collectors - about twice a month there will be a team with buckets for cash donations - always good causes

  2 - Brand marketers releasing a new product will do give-away free samples of brekafast bars etc - popular with most people grabbing freebies

  3 - Free morning newspapers being handed out - ignore

  4 - Authorised homeless man selling Big Issue magazine - ignore

  5 - various unauthorised beggars - ignore

  6 - JW's with cart - ignore

  They are just another annoying obstacle which most people are visually filtering - it might be different at quieter locations - in Central London 99.99% of people stream past them without a glance.
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  Watchtower/Telecom Ownership Agreement!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  watchtower-qcstelecom ownership agreement.. .

  re: petition to transfer ownership of qcstelecom, inc., to watchtower bible and tract society.

  http://documents.dps.ny.gov/public/common/viewdoc.aspx?docrefid=%7b57614a3f-7101-408a-8b25-b3499530db5a%7d.

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  besty

  @punkofnice - there is a difference between 'no punches pulled' and asserting baseless nonsense - those type of comments just feed the JW persecution complex and are the opposite of helpful to our position.

  PS - none of my immediate family talk with me either.

  Lets discuss over a beer in London one of these days ;-) PM me if up for that,
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  Watchtower/Telecom Ownership Agreement!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  watchtower-qcstelecom ownership agreement.. .

  re: petition to transfer ownership of qcstelecom, inc., to watchtower bible and tract society.

  http://documents.dps.ny.gov/public/common/viewdoc.aspx?docrefid=%7b57614a3f-7101-408a-8b25-b3499530db5a%7d.

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  besty

  @punkofnice - tasteless comment.
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  Scottish independance in two days what do you think?

  by barry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  one thing i would like to say is will the union jack be changed because the scottish flag is incorpreted in it.

  if the union jack is changed will we change our australian flag because the union jack is in our flag?

  even hawawi has the union jack also fiji and many other commonwealth countries.. .

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  simon - its perfectly possible to ascertain why people voted the way they did.

  You call a bunch of them afterwards and ask them ;-)

  http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/sep/20/scottish-independence-lord-ashcroft-poll

  http://whatscotlandthinks.org/ is also an excellent resource

  People voted yes because of self-determination, Westminster politics and whats happening with the NHS

  People voted NO because of risk, pensions and the pound.

  Independence is a processs, not a referendum date. It has been successfully underway since 1998. It's surprising people are unable to see the bigger picture.
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  Scottish independance in two days what do you think?

  by barry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  one thing i would like to say is will the union jack be changed because the scottish flag is incorpreted in it.

  if the union jack is changed will we change our australian flag because the union jack is in our flag?

  even hawawi has the union jack also fiji and many other commonwealth countries.. .

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  besty

  Scotland 'owns' about 85% of UK North Sea oil by geography and yet is allocated only 8% of it on a per capita basis.

  If oil revenue was allocated by geography Scotland would be a slight net contributor to the UK pot.

  https://fullfact.org/scotland/how_much_money_tax_would_scotland_have_spend_uk_scottish_independence-33426

  Of course Londoners also receive +24% subsidy compared to the rest of England, but you don't hear so much about that...
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  Scottish independance in two days what do you think?

  by barry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  one thing i would like to say is will the union jack be changed because the scottish flag is incorpreted in it.

  if the union jack is changed will we change our australian flag because the union jack is in our flag?

  even hawawi has the union jack also fiji and many other commonwealth countries.. .

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  besty

  interesting article dozy - I'm not in scotland as you know so don't have any idea really what the mood on the street is - I guess YMMV as usual.

  the author does speculate on what would have happened following a YES vote, and for me thats entirely the problem - speculation.

  what we can observe now is how the NO vote will work out.
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  Scottish independance in two days what do you think?

  by barry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  one thing i would like to say is will the union jack be changed because the scottish flag is incorpreted in it.

  if the union jack is changed will we change our australian flag because the union jack is in our flag?

  even hawawi has the union jack also fiji and many other commonwealth countries.. .

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  besty

  I think Scotland could & should go it alone and 1.6m fellow Scots agreed.

  Having said that I respect the 2m Scots who disagreed and I expect that going forward together we hold the Westminster feet to the fire to deliver in a timely manner on their promises.

  There has been one recurring theme on this thread which needs people to do their own research to form their own view, not that peddled as fact in the MSM - and that is that Scotland is a net recipient of more than its fair share of UK public spending. (and by implication Scottish people should be grateful to the UK (read England) for its largesse which enables them to drink themselves silly whilst eating pies and fighting, all on England's dime).

  Reading material: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnett_formula https://fullfact.org/scotland/how_much_money_tax_would_scotland_have_spend_uk_scottish_independence-33426