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  Is honesty the best policy?

  by LouBelle in

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  i ask because many a time being honest and telling the truth, even with tact is not met well - in my experience.. in the last couple of days i went for an interview with a company and when asked what my current package was i was honest and told the truth.

  they came back with the exact same offer - i then asked if we could negotiate considering my experience blah blah blah - they didn't both to respond and after three emails and asking for some sort of curtesy reply, i got a very offish response.

  a collegue i work with went for the same interview, lied about what she earns and they offered her a higher salary and were happy to negotiate even higher.

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  scotoma

  Honesty is the best POLICY. It's the best guiding principle when you need a habitual reaction.

  However honesty is not necessarily the best STRATEGY. Sometimes there are larger issues - such as life and death - financial ruin - career goals etc.

  If you run a company at what point do you let your suppliers know the depth of your financial woes and the possibility of bankruptcy that will leave them without full payment? Unfortunately you have to play people.

  That's why human brains are so big. Social interaction in a clan of about 120 people requires some lying.

  The bible is full of divine deceptions.

  Why would Jehovah make Moses feel he was actually influenced by his intercession on behalf of Israel.

  Why would Jehovah act like he needed to promise he would never kill every living thing again?

  Why would Jehovah let his people believe that he really liked the smell of fat and entrails being grilled on the altar?

  When the Bible promises everlasting life (on earth or in heaven), based on Jehovah's tendency to deceive, how do you know this isn't a manipulative trick to get you to cooperate.

  Not that I believe any of that. But it shows lying is an essential option in surviving in a community?
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  Moscow - the only world power able to turn the United States into "radioactive dust"

  by scotoma in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  those are the words of a prominent russian tv broadcaster.. president putin recently appointed kiselyov as head of russia's newly restructured state-owned news agency rossiya segodnya (russia today), which was set up by an unexpected presidential decree to replace the longstanding ria novosti and voice of russia media outlets in december.. .

  do you think the watchtower writers are doing some recalculations?.

  will they switch the identity of babylon the great from a religious entity to the usa.. "rev.

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  DJS,

  It's obvious that Kielyov is far from the big nuclear button.

  What should be of concern is the sober formulation of policy that makes a first strike a rational strategy.

  Both Russia and the USA have a first strike policy. It is generally believed that the side that initiates the first strike has the best opportunity for their missiles to do the job - whether the missiles will be accurate or not - no one knows for sure until they shoot. One thing is sure if your strategy is reactive rather than preemptive you are guaranteed a result that is not optimum.

  So, who is more desperate? Russia or the USA. Desperate situations call for desperate actions. The FSB and possibly Putin himself were implicated in the bombing of the apartment complex in Moscow and other cities in Russia at the end of 1999 to destract Russians from Yeltsin's corruption and pave the way for Putin to become Prime Minister and then President. The bombs were blamed on the Chechens and Putin won the hearts of the Russian Nationalists by invading Grozny and bombing that city of a half million people into a pile of rubble. Litvenenko was poisoned with polonium because he knew too much about those bombings. Also look up Ryazan & bombing on the internet.

  Does the west want to make Russia more desperate?

  I don't expect missiles to fly but I wouldn't be surprised if a wealthy oligarch or even the FSB passed a suitcase nuke over to some terrorists to blow up the financial district in New York. There would be no return address. Putin would act real concerned and friendly sending his condolences. Even if the isotopes indicate a Russian device his plea would be that unfortunately such instruments can fall into the wrong hands.

  The USA would be preoccupied with digging out of that mess. The countries of the former soviet union - including Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia would understand that the west is no longer in a position to help them.

  We are in an extremely dangerous time. Anything could happen.
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  Moscow - the only world power able to turn the United States into "radioactive dust"

  by scotoma in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  those are the words of a prominent russian tv broadcaster.. president putin recently appointed kiselyov as head of russia's newly restructured state-owned news agency rossiya segodnya (russia today), which was set up by an unexpected presidential decree to replace the longstanding ria novosti and voice of russia media outlets in december.. .

  do you think the watchtower writers are doing some recalculations?.

  will they switch the identity of babylon the great from a religious entity to the usa.. "rev.

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  TD,

  Good point. If someone agrees to special arrangements if they don't build nuclear weapons then they ought to keep that committment.

  That would be an exceptional case.
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  Moscow - the only world power able to turn the United States into "radioactive dust"

  by scotoma in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  those are the words of a prominent russian tv broadcaster.. president putin recently appointed kiselyov as head of russia's newly restructured state-owned news agency rossiya segodnya (russia today), which was set up by an unexpected presidential decree to replace the longstanding ria novosti and voice of russia media outlets in december.. .

  do you think the watchtower writers are doing some recalculations?.

  will they switch the identity of babylon the great from a religious entity to the usa.. "rev.

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  wasblind,

  Shouldn't any nation be able to build whatever weapons they need for self defense?

  It won't be long before they will all have nuclear weapons that can be delivered stealthily with drones just big enough to fly a 50 pound payload and crawl to its target.
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  Moscow - the only world power able to turn the United States into "radioactive dust"

  by scotoma in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  those are the words of a prominent russian tv broadcaster.. president putin recently appointed kiselyov as head of russia's newly restructured state-owned news agency rossiya segodnya (russia today), which was set up by an unexpected presidential decree to replace the longstanding ria novosti and voice of russia media outlets in december.. .

  do you think the watchtower writers are doing some recalculations?.

  will they switch the identity of babylon the great from a religious entity to the usa.. "rev.

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  scotoma

  Sir 82,

  The former Soviet Republics gave up their nuclear weapons and Russia assumed responsibility for all debts of the Soviet Union.
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  Moscow - the only world power able to turn the United States into "radioactive dust"

  by scotoma in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  those are the words of a prominent russian tv broadcaster.. president putin recently appointed kiselyov as head of russia's newly restructured state-owned news agency rossiya segodnya (russia today), which was set up by an unexpected presidential decree to replace the longstanding ria novosti and voice of russia media outlets in december.. .

  do you think the watchtower writers are doing some recalculations?.

  will they switch the identity of babylon the great from a religious entity to the usa.. "rev.

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  scotoma

  

  What's the point of having nuclear weapons if your don't flash them once in a while.

  It's hypocritical the way conservatives fight for their right to have guns but they want to prevent other countries from having the same ability to defend themselves with nuclear weapons as the USA has.

  The so-called "legitimate" government that carried out a coup in Ukraine is now setting about confiscating all private firearms.
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  Moscow - the only world power able to turn the United States into "radioactive dust"

  by scotoma in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  those are the words of a prominent russian tv broadcaster.. president putin recently appointed kiselyov as head of russia's newly restructured state-owned news agency rossiya segodnya (russia today), which was set up by an unexpected presidential decree to replace the longstanding ria novosti and voice of russia media outlets in december.. .

  do you think the watchtower writers are doing some recalculations?.

  will they switch the identity of babylon the great from a religious entity to the usa.. "rev.

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  scotoma

  Those are the words of a prominent Russian TV broadcaster.

  President Putin recently appointed Kiselyov as head of Russia's newly restructured state-owned news agency Rossiya Segodnya (Russia Today), which was set up by an unexpected presidential decree to replace the longstanding Ria Novosti and Voice of Russia media outlets in December.

  Do you think the Watchtower writers are doing some recalculations?

  Will they switch the identity of Babylon the Great from a religious entity to the USA.

  "Rev. 18:16

  "Too bad, too bad-the great city, clothed with fine linen and purple and scarlet and richly adorned with gold ornament...because in 1 hour such great riches have been devasted...cried out as they looked at the smoke from the burning of her and said 'What city is like the great city?' And they threw dust upon their heads and cried out weeping and mourning and said "Too bad, too bad- the great city, in which all those having boats at sea became rich by reason of her costliness because in 1 hour she has been devastated."

  They probably won't change their idea that Babylon the Great is Religion. If the USA were Babylon the Great it would require them to conclude that at some point they would have to physically get out of the USA. That would be too much to ask JW's to do. And besides they've got that marvelous building project underway in Tuxedo.
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  A contribution from one of the members!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  a contribution from one of the members who doesn't get to post very often.. ... .......... ........................ ......... ..........atlantis

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  scotoma

  My father was the "stock" (literature) servant in the early 1950's at our "Company"(congregation).

  I had to fold those things for everyone.
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  JW's Never Closed the Door On A Russian King of the North

  by scotoma in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  king of the north.

  union, the "king of the south" can be none other than the rival non-communist bloc, under the .

  so who is the king of the north now?

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  scotoma

  What is amazing about this current confrontation is the fact that Europe and the USA have no interest in engaging Russian troops.

  They threaten to mess with Russia's money and that's the extent of it.

  There really isn't a military option to stop Russia from doing what it wants in Ukraine.

  Those who like to talk about how weak Russia is forget that they have a couple thousand nuclear weapons, quite a few of which just need a few keystrokes and they target any military or civilian target they choose.

  Rev. 13:3,4 "And I saw one of its heads as though slaughtered to death (Dissolution of the Soviet Union) BUT... its death-stroke got healed and all the earth followed the wild beast with admiration. And they worshiped the dragon because it gave the authority to the wild beast, and they worshiped the wild beast with the words: "Who is like the wild beast, and who can do battle with it?"

  APPARENTLY the USA and the EU aren't able to do battle with it.
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  JW's Never Closed the Door On A Russian King of the North

  by scotoma in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  king of the north.

  union, the "king of the south" can be none other than the rival non-communist bloc, under the .

  so who is the king of the north now?

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  nonjwspouse,

  What are the significant differences between Russia and the Soviet Union besides the fact that the Soviet Union no longer exists.