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  Another mass shooting, three or four hours ago.

  by James Mixon in

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  san bernardino california.

  up to 12 people have been killed.. the center a private non-profit agency that assists people with developmental.

  disabilities.

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  flipper

  Talesin, thank you - you said what I meant better and without all the blather. I do go on sometimes...

  It just makes me nuts to see how snowed people are.

  Mrs. F
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  Another mass shooting, three or four hours ago.

  by James Mixon in

  1. social
  2. current

  san bernardino california.

  up to 12 people have been killed.. the center a private non-profit agency that assists people with developmental.

  disabilities.

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  flipper

  JFChrist. This is what happens here in the US.

  We divide up and argue about shit - political parties, racist crap, gun control, etc.

  Meanwhile the assholes at the top of the food chain carry on business as usual.

  Bomb the shit out of civilians in countries that just coincidentally have oil.

  What ever happened to Iran-Contra? quickly forgotten.

  Wall St., no biggie. BP just got let off the hook for manslaughter, kind of like the cops shooting black kids (until that coverup was just blown in Chicago)

  This is the kind of crap that brings down civilizations. As the inequality gets worse and worse, the top gets more arrogant and callous and the drone class gets more angry, hopeless and takes more risks. Look up studies on effects of inequality on society.

  Solution? Seems to be another cycle in history. Address the source of the problem when you can, meanwhile live carefully and always be observant of whats going on around you. Ain't no immediate solution.

  Yeah, I get bent out of shape. I need some effin' nerve medicine. Mrs. F
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  "Why don't you just call yourself an atheist?"

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the best answer to this question ever.

  i don't tire listening to it.

  "i am not, i am not simply the one who says 'i'" .

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  Yeah, Paul, 'fraid I'm too simple for this here Derrida fella.

  But flying chocolate teapots are cool!

  My great uncle Rudi would roll in his grave - he was a professor of philosophy at a university in Bratislava (until the Soviets rolled into town).

  Most of his descendants are humble potatoes.

  Mrs. F
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  Another mass shooting, three or four hours ago.

  by James Mixon in

  1. social
  2. current

  san bernardino california.

  up to 12 people have been killed.. the center a private non-profit agency that assists people with developmental.

  disabilities.

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  flipper

  The business interests pretty much run the US - these people at the "top" are a study in human nature - the greedy and selfish part. There is a very high percentage of sociopaths in high positions. If lawmakers won't take bribes they likely get threatened. Jesus, look how it went with the Wall St. banksters.

  So good luck getting gun control here.

  As for the Jihads - what is religion but escape from the realities of life? There's almost always some heaven or paradise where life is good and abundant. Big appeal for the disenfranchised.

  I wish there was a better word than "terrorist". A word that combines asshole, coward, psycho and parasite...

  I'm not saying it's useless to protest, work for gun laws, etc. May take a long time so better start now. But watch your back. Eyes open and stay under the radar if you want to make changes.

  See how this crap happening out their affects some of us? I will now stop my rant and appreciate my peaceful little home and family.

  Mrs. Flipper
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  Another mass shooting, three or four hours ago.

  by James Mixon in

  1. social
  2. current

  san bernardino california.

  up to 12 people have been killed.. the center a private non-profit agency that assists people with developmental.

  disabilities.

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  Mass shootings on a regular basis are a symptom of the direction society is going. Take away guns or make them illegal won't do a damned thing other than change the killing methods.

  Any illegal commodity has always been available just about anywhere. Prohibition era, drug laws, censorship etc. pretty ineffective.

  At age 60 I've seen the actual wages plummet and the lower classes expand.

  Think about how frustrating it is for relatively sane people to work 2 jobs and still have trouble. There is a percentage of the population who are "below average" mentally and/or psychologically, have lower social skills and very little earning power.

  Meanwhile the rich parade their rather obscene wealth on the evening magazine shows after the news. Eventually the shit will hit the fan.

  In history there were organized revolutions but societies were smaller and surveillance was pre- technology. In a country like the US it would be pretty hard to organize a revolution, and anyone who's got there wits about them is probably working to much to have the time...

  How do you put a stop to scattered, half-assed, mentally unbalanced revolutions?

  Yeah, I know - need to work on positive thinking.

  Mrs. Flipper
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  Another mass shooting, three or four hours ago.

  by James Mixon in

  1. social
  2. current

  san bernardino california.

  up to 12 people have been killed.. the center a private non-profit agency that assists people with developmental.

  disabilities.

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  flipper

  I vote for Lisa Rose as next president. Peace out, Mr. Flipper
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  Another mass shooting, three or four hours ago.

  by James Mixon in

  1. social
  2. current

  san bernardino california.

  up to 12 people have been killed.. the center a private non-profit agency that assists people with developmental.

  disabilities.

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  flipper

  What Silent Buddha said on Page 3 , very accurate
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  Another mass shooting, three or four hours ago.

  by James Mixon in

  1. social
  2. current

  san bernardino california.

  up to 12 people have been killed.. the center a private non-profit agency that assists people with developmental.

  disabilities.

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  Just a disgusting scene once again in San Bernardino this afternoon. My deepest condolences to the families who lost loved ones. This has got to stop. As President Obama alluded to in his comments it's like the U.S. is having one of these mass shootings like every week or every other week since Sandy Hook.

  Bottom line in the U.S is that we have too many damned right wing Republican politicians who are backed by the NRA who have huge amounts of lobbyists who financially back these politicians to get into office. You think these folks are going to vote for gun control ? Hell no.

  Look - I'm not saying gun control will work, I believe in the constitutional right to bear arms. However - there should be strong gun REGULATION laws that make it mandatory to do background checks on people's criminal, psychological, and medical histories before selling them firearms. Otherwise we will continue to see these scenes repeated over and over again and it will continue to be like we are living in the freaking wild west of the mid 1800's all the time with vigilante justice going on and mentally unstable people able to kill us at the local store, mini mart, in our offices at work, colleges, churches constantly. That is already happening and will continue to happen.

  Our politicians need to grow a conscience in this country and vote for not gun control, but gun regulation. I'm so pissed off about this I just wrote a song a month ago called " Gun Regulation ". In the song I relate an experience I knew about 2 years ago - A young 30 year old man I knew came home from serving in Iraq with his life intact, healthy - he went to work in Sacramento, California as a bouncer in a bar and then when trying to break up a fight between two jealous patrons over a lady, one of the men shot this young Iraqi war veteran in the back killing him. So he survived Iraq yet comes home to good old America - and gets shot and killed. The irony is so sad. Another young 18 year old lady I know who worked at a Deli sandwich shop near Sacramento and after work goes to a small party in some young man's apartment and he's messing with his gun showing off - it discharges and he accidentally shoots and kills this young lady.

  Point I'm making is it's happening WAY too much in a supposedly FREE , SAFE nation. Yeah right. Hell, maybe I should join the military and go to Iraq - I may have a better shot at living. This is just my 2 cents from the observation out here in California from what I see.

  Oh yeah , and a big P.S. on this - We have the Reagan administration to thank for putting all the psychologically disturbed people back out on the streets in the 1980's when they shut down many mental health institutions whereby these nutcases would be kept on lockdown not allowed free roaming the streets to cause harm. I think our politicians COULD do something about this , but they won't because when it comes down to it- it's all about the immortal big dollars $$$$$ that the corporates save by ignoring people killing each other to appease big government and big money
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  Australian Royal Commission Findings released

  by Mephis in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  will just post the general findings by counsel for the commission (angus stewart) - case specific ones are prior to them.

  in short, absolutely damning.. not been through every submission myself yet.

  available for download here: http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.aspx.

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  Just to emphasize the magnitude of these numbers that Level The Playing Field shared on the Australia situation -

  1. 108 of the 1,006 child molesters were elders or ministerial servants

  2. 28 alleged child molesters were APPOINTED as elders or ministerial servants AFTER having been the subject of an allegation of child sexual abuse

  3. Only 401 of the alleged child molesters were disfellowshipped of the 1,006

  4. 230 of those 401 child molesters were reinstated back into the congregations

  5. Of those disfellowshipped 78 were disfellowshipped for child sexual abuse on more than one occasion.

  These figures are astonishing. Criminal really . So actually 835 of the 1,006 JW child molesters got back into the congregation- reinstated. That's 83 % of all the child molesters allowed back into congregations to assault more innocent children.

  Adding to the words of Oubliette : Let's review it's a criminal organization
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  Australian Royal Commission Findings released

  by Mephis in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  will just post the general findings by counsel for the commission (angus stewart) - case specific ones are prior to them.

  in short, absolutely damning.. not been through every submission myself yet.

  available for download here: http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.aspx.

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  TORNINTWO- Thanks for posting the Australian news report. Very damning against the WT Society