the latest trend seems to be that you can't go to any store without being asked for money.. no, not the money for the things you went in there to purchase, extra money for the store to donate to charity.. yes, that's right, the big-name stores, often making $millions in profits, ask you to give them extra money so that they can give it to charity and get some publicity about how awesome they are so that they'll look good to their customers, like, erm, you.. it seems to have ramped up more in the last year or so and frankly, it pisses me off.
if i want to donate to some cause, i'll give the money straight to them.
i hate that it puts people on the spot to guilt them into donating and imagine some people on a tight budget may give even when they can't really afford it.. often you don't know what the charities really are (it's vague like "to help children") or how the money will be spent or even how much will go on the people it's supposedly to help (charity is a multi $billion industry, some just exist to pay themselves).. so what to do?
I believe charity is the way humanitarian causes should be funded and not trough taxation by the government.
With that being said, I too find it annoying to be asked to donate to a specific charity every time i check out at the grocery store. At the least the store should say "Would you like to donate $1.00 to Charity X? We match every dollar donated."
yesterday i drove passed a town a couple of hours from my home and saw this kh under construction.
this is the first new design kh i've seen in washington state even though i would think by now another one or two have been built.
maybe not with their financial situation being the way it is.
I haven't seen windows on a Kingdom Hall since 1987. I thought they were to have none to keep insurance rates down.
you guys!
our first birthday celebration was a total successšthe kids had a blast.
the neighborhood kids said that it was the best party they have ever been to.
Well done! I enjoy reading such stories. Bringing joy to our children is important. I could not fathom raising my children as Witnesses.
oh the money.. this years rc gave me a thought as i watched the money pour in.. at the circuit assemblies, the one dayers now, the ādeficitā has been announced and the dubs expected to ārise to the occasionā with their cash.
we all thought that dubs, eventually, would do the math and see that the watchtower boys were charging a per-head fee.
we thought that this would make them think, and they would see the money grubbing.
"No Collections"
those of you who own glock pistols know that it takes a bit of know-how or work to open a glock magazine for cleaning, or for adding a magazine extension to increase round capacity.
the reason why glock chose this method of retaining is to prevent accidental release of the magazine springs and cartridges in case they are dropped.
the military and law enforcement agencies appreciate this system more than the average joe.
I just bought 2 new Glocks yesterday. I won't use anything else for work.
... well, obviously not rey (daisy ridley) from the latest star wars films.
she's a complete mary sue.
but, before hollywood tried to force sjw propaganda down our throats, there were lots of powerful, legit female characters in film.. here are some of my favourites .... ripley (sigourney weaver): i though this character was great.
I have always been a big fan of Wonder Woman. I have been a comic collector since I was 4 (although that 1980's Awake! article on comic books made me do it covertly while I was in). I thought the recent Wonder Woman film with Gal Godot was great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mryipltf3i.
Francesca Stavrakopoulou is a 10 out of...
hi folks, iām attending the london protest at the excel convention in august and am making some banners.
iām aiming for short but memorable sentences that will stick in jws minds and also make them laugh a little at their own organisation.. my best so far is āthis is not a protest, itās an overlapping protestā.
has anyone got any ideas for more?.
so, this week on the clm there was an interesting comment at our kh.. under the "apply yourself to the field ministry" portion this week, there was the bible study assignment based on the publication: who are doing jehovahās will today?
published in 2016. the material was from lesson 28 "what can be found on our website?
there is a footnote at the bottom that reads: .
Wow! I have never been so encouraged from a meeting part in my whole life. How ironic.
hillary is very supportive of doing whatever it takes to undermine trump.
would you be happy if she were your president?.
No. I am happy the U.S. dodged the bullet named Hillary Clinton.
I did not vote for Trump in the Republican Primaries. I did not vote for either in the general election. Since Trump has taken office I have been pleased with most of what he has done.
What pleases me the most is that Donald Trump is not part of the Washington D.C. elite class. That is why he is hated by both Republican and Democrat federal elected officials.
