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  Probability of Earth and life being how it is

  by ballistic in

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  there are some things we don't know about existence and whether the earth is a simulation or even a creation.

  but we can do some statistical analysis on it.. the probability of a planet like earth existing in the goldilocks zone and having a moon that perfectly eclipses the sun is extremely low, but it's not impossible.

  the habitable zone (or goldilocks zone) around a star is the region where a planet could potentially support liquid water on its surface.

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  This means that something with the chance of less than one in 10⁶⁷ happens not only every day, millions of times every day.

  ^^This^^
  
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  Judge Arrested for Immigration Related Criminality

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  breaking: fbi director kash patel has announced the arrest of milwaukee judge hannah dugan for obstructing ice during the arrest of an illegal alien.

  patel: "we believe judge dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse, eduardo flores ruiz, allowing the subject — an illegal alien — to evade arrest.".

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  Anony Mous,

  There's no "IF" here. Joint sessions of Congress normally happen twice a year (State of the Union address and Convention of the Electoral College) and the Capitol Building and grounds are closed on these occasions.

  Constitution and Independance Avenues are closed. 1st and 3rd Streets are closed. Mobile barricades with "Area Closed" signs mark the boundaries of the protective zone established by the Secret Service.

  Crossing into the protective zone, even inadvertently, is trespass although an angry shout from a police officer is about all that would normally happen, provided you complied with the order to leave. If you refuse to comply, it's no longer a misdemeanor. If you have a weapon in your possession, it was never a misdemeanor.

  Like I said, I'm sympathetic to J6 defendants who were denied due process and I'm also sympathetic to any who did not realize the seriousness of what they were doing, although I think you would have to be low grade moron to fall into that category.
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  Judge Arrested for Immigration Related Criminality

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  breaking: fbi director kash patel has announced the arrest of milwaukee judge hannah dugan for obstructing ice during the arrest of an illegal alien.

  patel: "we believe judge dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse, eduardo flores ruiz, allowing the subject — an illegal alien — to evade arrest.".

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  I lived and worked in DC for 13 years. I've visited, the Capitol, the White House, the various memorials and monuments many, many times. I've watched Congress in session and know what it takes to be admitted to the visitor galleries

  I'm sympathetic to the fact that many of the J6 defendants were not given due process, but the idea that they weren't trespassing is simply not true.
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  Judge Arrested for Immigration Related Criminality

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  breaking: fbi director kash patel has announced the arrest of milwaukee judge hannah dugan for obstructing ice during the arrest of an illegal alien.

  patel: "we believe judge dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse, eduardo flores ruiz, allowing the subject — an illegal alien — to evade arrest.".

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  Without commenting on the bigger picture, Eduardo Flores-Ruiz is a violent offender who's been deported once already

  --A very poor choice to champion, as felony assault is without question a crime.
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  800-why-1914 helpline, Marilyn Zweifel

  by coffee_black in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for many years, since the mid 80s, marilyn zweifel manned the help-line.

  several months ago, the help-line stopped due to marilyn's serious health issues.

  marilyn was hospitalized a few weeks ago.. she has serious health issues and has suffered from 2 serious falls... she is now in a nursing home.

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  I didn't know Marilyn, but am sorry to hear of her passing...

  Curious if Zweifel was her actual surname or was it assumed for the work she did (?)

  Zweifel = Doubt

  Ich habe meine Zweifel = I have my doubts
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  Can someone remind me the reason's you could be disfellowshipped?

  by SydBarrett in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the only reasons i can remember are smoking, sexual immorality and of course, apostasy.

  there must be others but having been out since 1990, i'm drawing a blank.

  i was thinking perhaps serious criminal offenses that result in prison, but then i remembered a brother in my congregation in the 1980's who went to prison.

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  Joining the military would result in "Disassociation" which is technically different than "Disfellowhipping" although the end result is pretty much the same

  This was the workaround to avoid a repeat of 1918
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  God’s wisdom in allowing bearded JWs July 25 Watchtower

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the july 2025 watchtower has a paragraph that claims that it was the superior power and wisdom of jehovah that guided the gb into allowing jws to grow beards.. the study article is ‘can you still learn from basic bible teachings?’ under the subheading ‘jehovah is the creator’ paragraph 7 states-.

  “ 7. what did rahela do to accept a change in direction?.

  your answer.

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  Beards have been a mark of (male) degreed professionals for at least the last 20 years.

  Take Bob Borson, author of the popular blog and podcast "Life of an Architect" for example

  

  Or Matt Harris, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at USU:

  
  

  --Nothing even the least bit unusual here.

  (Sometimes I think certain posters are deliberately channeling Ken M.....)
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  Trump Tariffs started today, Some Countries Caved in early morning.

  by liam in

  1. social
  2. current

  usa politicians in charge of the economy for the past 50 years were too stupid to understand how the economy works.

  this just proves my theory, that an education on the top tier universities just sucks and means nothing in the real world, unless its in the stem education.

  for 50 years usa had zero tariffs on other countries.

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  Rivergang,

  It also includes primary industries...

  Okay...My observation, as an engineer here in the land of Orbital ATK, Dillon Aero, Raytheon, etc., is that automation has not eliminated the "good" jobs.

  The days of standing at a machine all day are gone, but human beings are involved in every step of any manufacturing process and are still very much the brains of the operation.
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  Trump Tariffs started today, Some Countries Caved in early morning.

  by liam in

  1. social
  2. current

  usa politicians in charge of the economy for the past 50 years were too stupid to understand how the economy works.

  this just proves my theory, that an education on the top tier universities just sucks and means nothing in the real world, unless its in the stem education.

  for 50 years usa had zero tariffs on other countries.

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  A lot would dépend on how one définies "Production Facility" and "Fully Automated"

  The first thing that popped into my head was manufacturing, but production can include a lot of things
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  Trump Tariffs started today, Some Countries Caved in early morning.

  by liam in

  1. social
  2. current

  usa politicians in charge of the economy for the past 50 years were too stupid to understand how the economy works.

  this just proves my theory, that an education on the top tier universities just sucks and means nothing in the real world, unless its in the stem education.

  for 50 years usa had zero tariffs on other countries.

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  Heard and McDonald Islands are external territories of Australia since 1947 and would be treated as Australia proper for purposes of tariffs.

  --Assuming anything could actually be manufactured, mined or grown there which is extremely unlikely..

  These islands are very tiny, very inhospitable, they both have active volcanoes, the waters around them are treacherous and they are both restricted. You can't set foot on either one without permission from the Australian government and they're only giving permission to scientific expeditions once in a while.

  The inclusion of these islands as countries subject to tariffs reeks of AI and its inability to exercise subjective judgement.