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  Narcissist challenges culture ingrained with the concept of “saving face” to perform humiliating retreat

  by slimboyfat in

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  oh yeah, this is going to end well.

  hold on to your seats, folks, we’re on the front row of history for, as the chinese might say, “interesting times”.

  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8rgkkl7v8lo.

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  Balaamsass2

  ""Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

  So since we have no control of world macro-economics, what can we do individually to prosper?

  During prohibition my 2 grandfathers took took different paths...with different results.

  My paternal grandfather, left the farm for a secure government job, and became a Nashville cop.

  He retired to a small rural house and rode out the 1930s storm.

  My other Grandfather built a still, and made a small fortune during prohibition on weekends. He paid cash for his home, and bought a rental for cash as well.

  He wasted no time reading the news....he couldn't read. When prohibition ended, he rolled all profits into a farm outside of Stanford U. "kids got to eat". He lived very well from selling food, and chucks of farmland for the rest of his life.

  In the little time left on this planet (for me) I am interested on how to profit from all the current turmoil. :)

  Any ideas?
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  Trump Tariffs started today, Some Countries Caved in early morning.

  by liam in

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  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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  Balaamsass2

  ""Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" - George Santayana. "

  "The Tariff Act of 1930, also known as the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act, was a protectionist trade measure signed into law in the United States by President Herbert Hoover on June 17, 1930. Named after its chief congressional sponsors, Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawley, the act raised tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods in an effort to shield American industries from foreign competition during the onset of the Great Depression, which had started in October 1929.[1]

  Hoover signed the bill against the advice of many senior economists, yielding to pressure from his party and business leaders. Intended to bolster domestic employment and manufacturing, the tariffs instead deepened the Depression because the U.S.'s trading partners retaliated with tariffs of their own, leading to U.S. exports and global trade plummeting. Economists and historians widely regard the act as a policy misstep, and it remains a cautionary example of protectionist policy in modern economic debates.[2] It was followed by more liberal trade agreements, such as the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1934." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot%E2%80%93Hawley_Tariff_Act
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  Narcissist challenges culture ingrained with the concept of “saving face” to perform humiliating retreat

  by slimboyfat in

  1. social
  2. current

  oh yeah, this is going to end well.

  hold on to your seats, folks, we’re on the front row of history for, as the chinese might say, “interesting times”.

  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8rgkkl7v8lo.

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  The news has been a train wreck this year. I keep looking for historical parallels to get some insight, which is distressing. Ancient Rome and the first Ceasars? Nero? 1930s USA, isolationists, protectionisim and the rise of fascisim? It is perplexing.

  A few minutes ago Trump announced South Korea was flying in to cut a deal and the Markets rebounded on just the chance of good news.

  The one ray of hope is Trump's desire to be worshiped by his working class followers and be buddies with fellow billionaires and captains of industry. All these multi-millionaires understand business and markets and want to make MORE money...and will kiss butt if needed.

  The Chinese? They have always had periods of revolt and revolution and eventually will need to bow to internal economic pressures. I simply hope they don't react to tariffs the way the Japanese did in the 1930s and start a war.

  Fingers crossed, while tightening our belts.....
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  WT JUNE 2025 MODESTLY accept what YOU do not know

  by blondie in

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  pp.

  14-19 just some quote and a few comments from me, very, very repetitious.

  the gb seems to think that the rank and file came up the years 1914, 1925, 1975, generation (70-80 years from 1914=1994), overlapping generations.

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  Good reminder thread, Blonde.
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  1/2 of the Jehovah’s witnesses have gone

  by hoser in

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  there are 1/2 of the jehovah’s witnesses that there were 30 years ago in my area.

  some have left but i think that many have died and none of their kids stayed being jehovah’s witnesses.

  7 congregations have been dissolved over the years.

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  1/2 are gone, or... are all... 1/2 gone..?

  I got a call from POMO JW today.

  He is on a JW dating site. He changed his intro recently to include " I no longer believe the governing body are inspired or appointed by Jehovah" and "Not one of Watchtower's prophecies has come true". It has had no effect on the number of responses!
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  Special Talk just prior to the Memorial

  by Acluetofindtheuser in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  is the sunday special talk prior to the memorial just an introduction of a new outline for the sunday public talks?.

  is it an attempt to get the faders back to the meetings?

  they present in a way like some new light is going to be presented at the special talk..

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  The only thing "special" about a "special" talk is that ...it never is special. :)
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  First Time Ever..

  by blondie in

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  i received a phone call from a jw inviting me to the "special talk.

  " in 25 years out, never happened, don't know them, phone # nowhere near me and it was like she was reading from a script.

  i hung up... any one else?.

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  No phone calls. A few letters to past residents. I have been saving some letters. I plan on returning the jw facts flyer...perhaps... with the KH return address or perhaps... use the address of a pompous local elder?? That might set some tongues a-wagging. :)
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  Inviting People to Meetings

  by HereIam60 in

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  2. experiences

  the current memorial invitation campaign got me thinking about the few times over the years that someone i invited to a meeting actually came: .

  1) once when i was "new", i invited a friend to a sunday meeting.

  neither of us drove, so the brother conducting my study picked us up.

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  I used to have RVs and studies attend/visit. One bible study was memorable. A 20-something handsome conga drummer from South America. A real ladies man, not a bit shy, who loved answering...frequently off subject. He set multiple sisters' hearts a twitter. How he collected phone numbers baffled me....and when one of the sisters showed up pregnant....I was really baffled! He stopped going, though. Why? He said, "I'm looking for a good Catholic wife...JW girls are too easy".
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  What "message" does the J.W Org. have to offer that will attract new members ?

  by Phizzy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the message they have been pushing for 150 years or so is "the end is near !"..

  in the educated, civilised world, people think " yea ?

  maybe because of economic meltdown exacerbated by climate change, but not from some intervention by a non-existent god".. "would you like a free bible study ?

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  Balaamsass2

  Phizzy... 19th-century time warp. lol I have to agree.
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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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  I was googling "average factory wage" usa vs .....for a number of countries. Frequently $5 hr vs $20 hr. That is a big difference for a tariff to level out. Hoser has a point.