Posts by WTWizard

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Isn't It Ironic That Many People Now Wish That Many of the Things China is Making Would Actually Be Made in Mexico?

by RubaDub in

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let me think of a few advantages to having mexico do more manufacturing for us:.

- low cost labor .

- just drive around or jump over the wall to see family and friends.

WTWizard

First, why not just make things right here in the US? I would like to see the majority of things made in the same country that they are used in, by independent companies that do not have to answer to some giant holding company or to the reptilians that are ruining our planet. It would be nice to also see Canada and Mexico making their share of items. Obviously, I am in favor of respecting the environment (and not with some fake information that is solely intended to deprive people of a decent life).

Even so, trade with other countries is unavoidable. I would be willing to spend more on a high quality computer made in Germany or New Zealand by a small company that is not dependent on The Establishment. I would also be willing to buy vitamins that are made in Europe or Australia, not bound to our corrupt FDA, and that actually help solve or prevent problems. It's just that I do not want everything to be made in China or Israel, or be forced to buy things made there for political correctness reasons that have nothing to do with quality and price advantages.

As for China, I have been trying to stay away from cheap garbage made there for reasons having nothing to do with this. I do not want to pollute the landfills with items that continually break or fail to do their jobs, just because the big company's parents decided to have their items cheaply made in China. General Electric is one of the worst--they used to make light bulbs right here, but all their fire-starter CFL eye-killer bulbs these days are made in China. And I think that, where it is reasonable, one should avoid Walmart like it is Coronavirus Deluxe. (Where if you get it, you die a miserable death.) They are a classic example of a company that went from buying American and proud of it to underhandedly outsourcing things to China and enforcing lousy quality. (Obviously, if this abomination is or becomes the only option, you will have to shop there--just don't shop there to save a few pennies on junk that will break in a month or so).

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Convention

by Gorbatchov in

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gorby's brother in law came by the porch and told "the conventions are cancelled".

we knew already but responded surprised.

"it will be recorded and showed at stream.

WTWizard

Use the money you otherwise would have wasted on this for donations? And I suppose that, next year, they will have to donate that amount of money in addition to wasting it on the Grand Boasting Session?

My response: Banning all donations to this filthy organization. You are probably hurting for money right now, unless you are working in "essential services". And even if you are working in "essential services", you never know when you are going to get hit with a big medical bill due to coronavirus complications (whether direct or not). You need the money to pay your own bills. You need the money for food and possibly medicine. You may need the money for supplements to throttle the infection. What right does the washtowel have to steal it?

Even if you are financially secure and have plenty to waste, why not put it aside? Invest in hard assets if you are in a position to do so (right now, there is a silver shortage--even at a $14 spot, rolls of silver quarters are priced more in line with a $20-25 spot). Whether or not you dare to gamble by buying stocks that are beat-up or leave money in the bank, putting it somewhere is a good idea. Do you have, for instance, enough food to last for 6 months of political instability or communism? Probably you lack enough for a 2 week quarantine, let alone for a 6 month shortage or official rationing. With whatever money you would have wasted on this wastefest, start buying whatever supplies you can to fix this (obviously, if you are under purchase limits, you need to respect them but you can order stuff online).

And, if this passes and you are left with substantial cash on hand (physical or digital), you can always spend or invest it later. You can use that money to take that vacation--which could well be the last one before the permanent lockdown under full communism. You can use it to treat yourself to a luxury--perhaps upgrading your computer, perhaps buying new furniture or new toys, perhaps getting that music downloaded that you couldn't afford to before. Maybe even a few new video games--of course, I do not recommend video games where you have to pay for the console and the game AND pay to play your own games. But, you might be able to pick up a Nintendo New 3DS and 15 or 20 games for a good price, now that the system is obsolete.

Or, you can disregard this and obey the Filthful and Disgraceful Slavebugger by wasting the money promoting global communism. You will regret that decision when the consequences of catching coronavirus and being without food, or a more serious lockdown for communism comes and you lack food and entertainment.

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What do you think of the ransom as proof of Jehovah's love?

by AlainAlam in

consider these excerpts from the bible and the publications:.

“no one has love greater than this, that someone should surrender his life in behalf of his friends” (joh 15:13).

“for hardly would anyone die for a righteous man; though perhaps for a good man someone may dare to die.

WTWizard

What does this have to do with me? Nothing. There is not one iota of marginal cost to this "sacrifice" for me. Joke-hova did not do this for each individual--it did it for the first individual, after which the marginal cost is zero. Of course, the marginal benefit to the recipients is minus infinity. Global enslavement under the worst possible conditions is worse than getting destroyed at Armageddon.

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is this real? Wife got an email from here group elder about daily check in's

by goingthruthemotions in

so this elder is super brainwashed, as is his wife.

she actually made a comment that she wished antmo 3 was her dad and that he is so cool.

oh my god, i threw up in my mouth.

WTWizard

Daily check-ins? What a wonderful way to make sure everyone gets coronavirus. The first person the hounder contacts that has it is going to give it to the hounder, who will then spread it to everyone else further down the list. Next day, start back with those who had been healthy, and make sure they get infected. Any that didn't quite get infected yesterday will get it today.

And likely not one of them take so much as a vitamin C pill. They trust in joke-hova, who wants as many sick as possible and then wants to use this to impose full communism. This communism will ruin the lives of the 95% of the people that survive the virus, ensuring that everyone will just work and have nothing to show for it. Nor will there be time for anything that remotely resembles spiritual work. No meditation. No exploring nature. No noticing patterns within one's life. No music, art, or entertainment of any kind. No nothing. Just the drudgery of endless stupid work under the worst conditions imaginable. Which is what this is becoming--daily checkups for people to make sure they are not drifting out, or actually enjoying the time out.

Not to mention, what happens if they run into the one person that has learned, or is in the process of learning, a language like German. I doubt any of the hounders have time to learn German (at least not in the English or Spanish parts of America). I will simply tell them, in German, that I simply do not appreciate them giving me coronavirus to get me back to work helping joke-hova to enslave the whole earth.

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Wash Your Hands to the Elbow (Maybe the Pharasees Had the Right Idea)

by RubaDub in

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i don't see anything about washing your hands for 20 seconds, but they did insist on washing the hands.. (there has to be some hebrew or greek word for hand sanitizer).

rub a dub.

WTWizard

It takes about 20 seconds for soap and warm water (30 C/86 F) to break a coronavirus apart. Once that happens, it can do nothing. Less than that, many whole viruses will simply be washed right down the drain, and a few will probably manage to stay on your skin.

To the elbows, that depends on whether your forearm is dirty or not. I don't bother going all the way up to the elbows, since I am not touching coronaviruses with my upper forearms.

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You heard it here first. U.S. District conventions CANCELLED!

by nowwhat? in

prudent decision even if the pandemic is over you are going to have people that.

lost jobs can't afford to go.

not allowed any vacation time rest of year.

WTWizard

I don't have the money to waste on this stupidity even in a normal year. Even if I was making $500,000 per hour, it would not be worth it. And I usually feel more drained after one of these wastefests than after working. Also, would it be wise to attend such an event even if the pandemic is winding down? That would be a good way to get it started right back up.

I can remember attending one of these Grand Boasting Sessions where everyone came back and got a nice flu after. I never got that flu. But, it does highlight that, even in the absence of a pandemic, it is still dangerous to attend these things (and it wasn't just food poisoning because that usually peaks 2 or 3 days after and this flu was lasting 2 weeks). No, I am not that worried about catching coronavirus and especially after dodging the flu so much and that I am taking vitamins that increase the chance of getting mild or no illness. But I am not so stupid that I am willing to risk even that going to one of those wastefests.

Not to mention the money wasted. I still don't know whether I am actually going to see that "stimulus" or my employer is going to try and take it out of my pay. And I am not sure I will not be forced to miss work, either because of a quarantine or because the whole place will be locked down for several weeks. To waste money on frivolous and stupid things like this is just plain stupid. I get negative benefit from these things (which, spending money on such is stupid even if times are normal because it programs the soul to be poor). So why waste time and money on it?

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Memorial 20.20

by inbetween09 in

how do congregations in times of corona curfews handle it ?.

there should be a video of the talk on jw.org for the general public.

are publichers just encouraged to watch it on april 7th?

WTWizard

Regular meeting at the Coronavirus Hall? They prefer that? I wonder how many hounder-hounders are going to make that the Law--and insist that it goes on at the Coronavirus Hall as usual. And they wonder why I refuse to go? Even in a normal year, it is a total waste of time.

And while I am not going to extreme measures to avoid coronavirus, I refuse to do anything this stupid to get it. True, I am more worried about the communism that is coming later this year into 2021 than about the virus. And I still work, and shop, as usual (I do take sensible precautions to not stupidly expose myself to this virus). But, to me, going to the Coronavirus Hall for this type of a meeting is about as smart as licking toilet seats. Not.

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June 2020 Study Watchtower - One or two little gems! :(

by The Fall Guy in

study watchtower, june 2020, box on page 22 - "note the comment made by an inactive one in spain: “i want to be reactivated, but it is very difficult.

but it is not easy.

i have to change my lifestyle and cut ties with some worldly friends.".

WTWizard

Do those filthy angels protect those hounders from whatever coronavirus the "inactive one" might have picked up? (And may be asymptomatic.) And since when do they leave people alone that no longer want to participate in the grand worldwide enslavement work?

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3 German Letters Arrived, (As of 2020-04-02)

by Atlantis in

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3 german letters, (as of 2020-04-02).

2020-04-01--letter.

https://docdro.id/iai6qkq.

WTWizard

Zeugen? I think the correct word is "Töricht", which is the German word for witless (Zeuge is German for witness).

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How much will Life Change after its all over?

by Slidin Fast in

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this period of crisis seems endless and absolutely weird but end it will.. in the mean-time people are working successfully from home, the skies have cleared, international meetings are held on line.

lots of frustrating commuter journeys are just not necessary.

the world is cleaning itself almost visibly in days, the skies are clearing.

WTWizard

I don't miss basketball (or, as they have earned the title of in the Clippers incident in 2014, Political Correctness ball) one bit. So nice to see the clippers getting so close to the playoffs only to have this come up--maybe had they not been so instrumental in destroying the rights of people to date those of their own race, I might not have hoped so much for them to lose so stupidly.

Also, I do not miss Barbra Scheißand one little bit. That wench could disappear off the face of the earth forever and I wouldn't miss it. That thing can barely put together a song without the help of Barry Gibb, Diana Ross, or Donna Summer that is worth anything. Rather, I listen to real music from CDs, mini discs, or MP3s that I bought (or, in the case of elusive tracks, just downloaded) and saved to MP3. As for movies, many YouTube videos and classic TV shows are better than what they are showing in the theaters. And I don't go to live performances--I would rather spend the money on MP3s of my favorite artists (such as David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, and Billy Idol). That way, I can listen to them long after the show has ended.