Posts by adjusted knowledge

So after nearly 15 to 19 years of not attending a convention, I can't recall exactly, I went to one last year. The brother giving the talk was from Bethel and was introduced as a helper of the Governing Body. It was a title I never heard of before. I've been inactive since the 90's. His name was David Schafer. His talk was boring and basically consisted of warning against apostates and he even named the ones Rutherford dismiss from the board of directors as apostates. He even named the splinter groups that were formed and then caught his mistake and warned those not to google the names he just mentioned. Anyways what I thought was interesting is how this "helper" was treated. First a prayer was given mentioning his name and during lunch people flocked all around him. He was being treated like some movie star. He also is the one doing the interview on jwtv of the lawyer.

So do helpers later on feel the holy spirit and began partaking at the memorial? I'm just curious where the GB members are picked from and thought maybe the "helpers" who devout their life to these men are on the short list.

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"JANITORS WITHOUT BORDERS" A NEW JEHOVAH WITNESS AND WALMART PARTNERSHIP!

by SanLuisObispoTruthSeeker in

january 1, 2015 news.

"walmart and the watchtower are joining forces to help bring low wages and minimal education to all the inhabited world!

the governing body is pleased to announce!

adjusted knowledge

1. Walmart tells their employees "You don't need a Pension because you have Social Security coming from your $8 a hour paycheck!"

Walmart has a 401k with a 100% match. Pensions have been declining for decades in most sectors.

$8 an hour is starting pay for an entry level position that requires no education nor advance skills.

With that being said I wouldn't recommend anyone to get a job at Walmart. It is low pay and impossible to live off unless you become a manager.

2. Walmart hands out to their employees applications to get Food Stamps because they know their employees can't make enough money working for Poverty wages. The Middle Class end up giving Walmart Employees the "E.I.C. Tax Credit" plus Food Stamps.

An outright lie. I've been a manager for Walmart nearly 19 years and never handed out applications to get food stamps. If it has happened it was not by company directions.

Walmart does benefit the most by government assistance. I believe Walmart received near 14 billion in SNAP money and their employees cost the government around $6 billion in some type of assistance. So a nice $20 billion for the tax payers. It is estimated however walmart saved American families $257 billion in purchases (2006 statistics)

I'm not a supporter of Walmart, but tired of people spouting talking points they read as if its fact. Or worst make up their own lies. I can speak from experience. I started at Walmart at $4.75 an hour in 1995 and now make over $60,000. I'm only an Assistant Manager which is the lowest level of salary manager. You can make money in Walmart if you are motivated. I don't enjoy my job nor agree with their pay policy. So I'm changing career. That's what a free market is about.

The $15 an hour pay that keeps being spoken of for low skill workers may not be a solution. It will interesting to see the results in the cities that implement it.

http://murray.seattle.gov/minimumwage/#sthash.aatEI4qj.dpbs

A starting teacher in my area makes $32,000 a year. That is someone who completed four years of college and may have between $6k to $18k in student loan debt. So you want McDonalds, Walmart, and such to pay low skilled 18 year old kids $30,000 a year? That is what $15 comes to at 40 hours a week. That also doesn't include all the other cost (workers comp insurance, medical, dental, unemployment insurance, ect..)

Again I'm not pro walmart but if you are going to make an argument it needs to be accurate and factual. There is plenty of things wrong with Walmart. The real solution if you hate the company is don't shop there and don't work there.

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Toddler accidentally shoots woman dead in Idaho Walmart

by nicolaou in

a woman has been shot dead by a 2-year-old in a wal-mart store in idaho.. .

the 29-year-old was shopping with four children in the store in hayden, when the two-year-old reached into her handbag and fired the weapon, shooting her dead.. initial reports suggested the woman was the boy's mother, but the police have said that this is as yet unclear how they are related.. source; http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/toddler-accidentally-shoots-woman-in-idaho-walmart-9950847.html.

i've nothing to add to my past comments on americas psychotic relationship with guns.

adjusted knowledge

It is sad though that even after classrooms full of kids are massacred there is still no political will to enact even basic changes to have background checks.

Background checks are required. Any licensed dealer is required to perform background checks. I'm a manager at Walmart and have sold somewhere around 300 guns in my career. They all had to pass a background check.

What isn't required by most states is background checks for private sales. In other words, you can go to a gun show say in the state of Florida with your gun. You can then sell it to anyone there and not be required to perform a background check. That is the loophole some feel needs to be fixed. Federal law defines a private seller as anyone who doesn't rely on gun sales as their principal means of financial support.

I'm all for gun control laws. I like Chris Rock thoughts on the topic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuX-nFmL0II

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What are your new year's resolutions?

by rebel8 in

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friends

do you have any?

adjusted knowledge

Main focus is career change. I will apply to three universities in January. I hope I get accepted into the accelerated program.

Lose around 40lbs

Spend time with my daugher

Learn Spanish

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Toddler accidentally shoots woman dead in Idaho Walmart

by nicolaou in

a woman has been shot dead by a 2-year-old in a wal-mart store in idaho.. .

the 29-year-old was shopping with four children in the store in hayden, when the two-year-old reached into her handbag and fired the weapon, shooting her dead.. initial reports suggested the woman was the boy's mother, but the police have said that this is as yet unclear how they are related.. source; http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/toddler-accidentally-shoots-woman-in-idaho-walmart-9950847.html.

i've nothing to add to my past comments on americas psychotic relationship with guns.

adjusted knowledge

Things can change if enough people will it, gun control, a tightening up of regulations can effect a public change of mood. That is a very powerful thing. It needs political courage to start the ball rolling.

Those are all valid but guns are part of America's culture. It will be very hard to change an entire countries culture. Gun ownership transcends all types of groups. Democrats, Republicans, all races, males, and females. ect. own guns in this country. A mass shooting and killing of little children is not enough to even get real gun control laws to be pass on a national level, and people still think guns will be banned.

Again, the only question I have is, "How are you going to disarm over 100 million Americans and remove around 310 million guns from this country?"

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Toddler accidentally shoots woman dead in Idaho Walmart

by nicolaou in

a woman has been shot dead by a 2-year-old in a wal-mart store in idaho.. .

the 29-year-old was shopping with four children in the store in hayden, when the two-year-old reached into her handbag and fired the weapon, shooting her dead.. initial reports suggested the woman was the boy's mother, but the police have said that this is as yet unclear how they are related.. source; http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/toddler-accidentally-shoots-woman-in-idaho-walmart-9950847.html.

i've nothing to add to my past comments on americas psychotic relationship with guns.

adjusted knowledge

Those who argue that all guns should be banned will never in their life time see it happen in the USA. I know the adage of avoiding the word "never". However, there are 100's and 100's of millions of guns in the hands of over a hundred million Americans. Guns are very easy to purchase legally in this country. You can walk into a Walmart that sales gun and walk out with a rifle that holds a 30 round clip (depending on location) capable of firing a .223 round as fast as you can pull a trigger. You just have to fill out 4473 form and a background check. Most locations only have to keep the 4473 for twenty years and after that records go bye bye. Most are paper base and not kept in digital format.

So how exactly do you plan on disarming millions of people? Keep in mind there is no national gun registry.

A more realistic route is some of the suggestions Simon gave.

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A possible way for the Watch Tower to generate revenue via their website.

by adjusted knowledge in

jw
friends

earlier in the week someone posted the potential value of the jw website based on visits and if they used advertisements.

many stated they would never do that but i propose they could.. besides their real estate profit making business model, they have the conventions as cash generating machines.

they give directions to their members to which hotels/motels to use.

adjusted knowledge

insidetheKH

135 years of Watchtower magazines there was not a single advertisement in it.. there won't be any on the website too

So please explain the following link then.

http://www.jw.org/en/online-help/jw-broadcasting/roku/

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A possible way for the Watch Tower to generate revenue via their website.

by adjusted knowledge in

jw
friends

earlier in the week someone posted the potential value of the jw website based on visits and if they used advertisements.

many stated they would never do that but i propose they could.. besides their real estate profit making business model, they have the conventions as cash generating machines.

they give directions to their members to which hotels/motels to use.

adjusted knowledge

insidetheKH and Chaserious make some very good points. Never advertising in their magazines and their buildings except for themselves supports the idea they may never do so on their webpage.

insidetheKH "@runforever yes people can get usernames (but the majority does not have one)"

How would you know the amount of usernames that have been registered at jw.org?

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A possible way for the Watch Tower to generate revenue via their website.

by adjusted knowledge in

jw
friends

earlier in the week someone posted the potential value of the jw website based on visits and if they used advertisements.

many stated they would never do that but i propose they could.. besides their real estate profit making business model, they have the conventions as cash generating machines.

they give directions to their members to which hotels/motels to use.

adjusted knowledge

The proposed ADs on their website was just one suggestion. It may not happen or for a very long time. But there are other methods to generate income from their site. They could hold a special talk online and have a link attached for donations. Imagine if they only got one fourth of their active members to donate $5 during that talk.