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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  It had taken many years, and extracted a heavy toll, but Lloyd finally fulfilled his quest to become one of the Saintly Brandon class.

  
  
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  More than 17 years of service to the XJW community!

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  i want to take a moment to salute rick fearon, an "apostate" near boston massachusetts usa who more than 17 years ago started the sixscreens telenetwork on youtube.

  you can find it here: https://www (dot) youtube (dot) com/ (at) araretreat/streams.. like our benevolent host simon green here at jehovahs-witness.com, rick has not done his great work for his own financial enrichment or to collect followers for himself, as some xjw grifters have done and continue to do.. saturdays and sundays are the busy days at six screens, with call-in programs like:.

  * jw world news.

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  WingCommander: just accept that different things appeal to different people. Just because you don't appreciate Rick and his channel, doesn't mean other people can't.

  It's ridiculous to get so heated about.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  "Busy staying on top of the JW propaganda", sorry, what?

  They really don't change their teaching that much or that often, it's just constant repetition of the same things. Occasionally there is some slight nuanced adjustment.

  C'mon, it takes zero time to "stay on top of it" because nothing happens. It's re-runs. Every convention is the same as the last going back 10 years.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  Not Lloyd. He picks up women at the Ukrainian border and makes it look like he just rescued Anne Frank in his video.

  So to be clear, the man that buys women for sex only went to "save" women, there were no men that needed his help?

  Funny that, eh? I'm sure he wasn't just hoping to pick up a poor desperate hottie who's unfortunate circumstances would make her be eternally grateful to some knight in shining armour ...
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  Picture this: someone claims that they need x number of patreons to work at something full time.

  They reach that number.

  So why is the target then raised? If you're working full time, you have enough, why the constant push for more?

  Because it's not to enable working at the thing, it's to swan around at others expense.

  Even his most die-hard zealots must figure that out sooner or later.

  All the targets he's met, he's subsequently failed to deliver on the promised things that those would "enable" him to accomplish.

  He just wants people's money, and in return he'll do the minimal amount necessary to keep up the charade that he's worth it.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  I could be wrong , but he make me think of a lot of JW ,especially the born in, with that 1980\90 mentality , that Armaguedon is coming,so you don't need to put money aside for your retirement, or have a will , life insurance or put money aside for the kids to go to college

  Lloyd seems like the type who, if he has a sudden increase in income, will have a sudden increase in spending and "lifestyle" to match it, as though that income is going to continue ad-infinitum.

  He doesn't seem like the sort to think long term or plan ahead, to treat it as a bonus that should be set aside.

  Whatever success you might have as a "YouTuber" is fickle and down to the whims of the platform and the public. Times change, what was popular is suddenly old hat. It's not something you can rely on long term as a career as it isn't transferrable - you can't get another job on a different topic and assume you'll have the same success, and Patreon is suitable for a side-gig, not your main source of income, certainly not if you have a family to support and responsibilities.

  But then the man-child always acts like he has none. From what I can tell, he'd rather buy himself some new lego toys than spend money on essentials for his family.
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  Do You Think Trump Is Done?

  by minimus in

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  certain forces appear to be trying to make sure donald trump never runs for president again.

  some republicans are clearly abandoning trump and of course the democratic press has been saying trump is done!

  is trump’s goose cooked?

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  It will, all those things - it's been built-back-better ... how can it fail?

  Disclaimer: bridge is not for driving on, walking on, and we recommend not standing under it.
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  Do You Think Trump Is Done?

  by minimus in

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  certain forces appear to be trying to make sure donald trump never runs for president again.

  some republicans are clearly abandoning trump and of course the democratic press has been saying trump is done!

  is trump’s goose cooked?

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  Does anyone genuinely believe that Clinton, Obama, and Biden aren't utterly corrupt and guilty of conspiring to profiteer from their positions and fix the election?

  For real, do people genuinely look at them, at all that has happened and think "duh, yeah, fine upstanding leaders right there!"

  If so, I have a bridge to sell you.

  They are all 3rd world dictator wannabes.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  She says they interfered with her ability to get employment. ??? Hollywood gave her 3 years to talk about nothing but Scientology, she got an Emmy for the show. Granted she hasn't done much since but she's an aging actress who still looks good but doesn't have a helluva lot of range. She's no Kate Winslet or Streep, so she's really sure that Scientology is the reason she can't get much work these days?

  I'm not aware of ever seeing anything she's been in. I wouldn't be surprised if the Scientologist argument was that she was only 'famous' in the first place because of them (was she famous? She seems like one of these people who are, well, "famous for being famous", and on TV but you can't remember why).

  Maybe I just watch the wrong shows ...
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  Now that Leah Remini files a lawsuit against the Scientology church

  Yeah, good luck with that.

  We've been watching "How to Become a Cult Leader" on Netflix and it's interesting. One thing that I keep thinking is "how could you legislate against this?". Because you can legislate against actual abuses, that break laws, but you can't legislate belief.

  So lawsuits that boil down to "someone told us we were super beings from another planet and we believed them" seem like they should be doomed to fail. No one can or protect you from believing a dumb belief, that is entirely on you and your parents.