outahere:...somebody with deep connections to the military, capable of getting that toxin
Apparently, according to The Moscow Times, accessing that nerve agent back in the 90s during the collapse of the Soviet Union wasn't that difficult
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Russia Uses Nerve Agent to Assassinate Spy
by cofty inwhat started as news of a man and woman being found unconscious on a park bench 12 days ago is escalating into an international incident.. sergei skripal had worked as a double agent for british intelligence mi6 before he was discovered and imprisoned in russia in 2006. he was later flown to england as part of a spy-swap in 2010. on sunday 4th march he was discovered along with his 33 year old daughter yulia close to a shopping centre in salisbury.. since then the story has become increasingly bizarre.
a policeman who was first to attend the scene also became critically ill and remains in hospital.
government scientists at porton down have confirmed that the cause is a russian military-grade nerve agent novichok.
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Do Jehovah's Witnesses Accept Evolution?
by jukief inby evolution or by creation?
by evolution or by creation?
"the bible is a myth" and "evolution is true".
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Earnest:...found it rather strange but I remember in the subsequent articles they referred to the effect of heart transplants on the recipients and I thought maybe there was something in it.
Lol!
Lorenz Reibling wrote a paper on this topic when he was an undergraduate in Germany back in the early 70s...(or what is in the 60s?). Reibling is a JW - or, at least, his father is. His father used to in the SS but converted to JWism after the war.
Reibling sells real estate now.
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Toronto CityNews - Online obit hijacked by religious propaganda: family
by OrphanCrow incristina howorun spoke to one woman who says her father’s online memorial was hijacked by posts trying to recruit new members to a faith her father had no connection to.. news video at this link:.
http://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2018/03/14/online-obit-hijacked-by-religious-propaganda-family/.
(you have to endure two ads to get to the broadcast).
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dubstepped: Bottom feeding disgusting scavengers, whoever is doing this. Shame on the soul sucking Borganization for not condemning the practice. They just gave it tacit approval.
Yes, JWs are ghouls.
The org has always encouraged inappropriate "witnessing" and that has included doing things like showing up at the graveside of unbelievers to hand out literature. There are many stories online of JWs doing just that.
JWs have an odd and strange relationship with death. Their view of death is perverted and they lack respect for other people's grief.
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Toronto CityNews - Online obit hijacked by religious propaganda: family
by OrphanCrow incristina howorun spoke to one woman who says her father’s online memorial was hijacked by posts trying to recruit new members to a faith her father had no connection to.. news video at this link:.
http://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2018/03/14/online-obit-hijacked-by-religious-propaganda-family/.
(you have to endure two ads to get to the broadcast).
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Cristina Howorun spoke to one woman who says her father’s online memorial was hijacked by posts trying to recruit new members to a faith her father had no connection to.
News video at this link:
http://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2018/03/14/online-obit-hijacked-by-religious-propaganda-family/
(you have to endure two ads to get to the broadcast)
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Politically Neutral? Can a legalistic organization claim that status?
by OrphanCrow ini found a document that discusses the canadian tax law for religions.. http://www.carters.ca/pub/seminar/church/2010/kjc0824.pdf.
i have long held the view that the org/wts says that it is non-political yet they behave like a political organization.
and it bothers me that religions are restricted from political activity yet the org has always been political.
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I found a document that discusses the Canadian Tax law for religions.
http://www.carters.ca/pub/seminar/church/2010/kjc0824.pdf
I have long held the view that the org/WTS says that it is non-political yet they behave like a political organization. And it bothers me that religions are restricted from political activity yet the org has always been political. This is what the CRA says about religions that get involved in politics:
PART IV: POLITICAL ACTIVITY
Political Purpose
– All religious institutes with charitable status are required by law to have exclusively charitable purposes (as determined at common law)
– An organization established for a political purpose cannot be a charity
– The courts have determined political purposes to be those that seek to:
Further the interest of a political party or support a political party or candidate for public office, or
Retain, oppose, or change the law, policy or decision of any level of government in Canada or a foreign country
– CRA will look at the stated purpose of a religious institute, as well as its activities to determine whether it has adopted political purposesSo that is what has me curious. The line I bolded:
Retain, oppose, or change the law, policy or decision of any level of government in Canada or a foreign country
The Org/WTS does exactly what the CRA says they aren't allowed to do and still retain tax status. I can think of many times that the WTS has opposed the law in both Canada and a foreign country. And not only that, but the WTS' big cheese in the law department is the Glen How firm in Canada.
In fact, it was/is Canadian lawyers who represent the org in Russia and in the European courts. Opposing the law of foreign countries and challenging court decisions in Russia and elsewhere, trying to change laws. And disregarding court decisions.
How is the org/WTS not political according to the CRA definition?
For background reading on the org's legalistic structuring and activities, this is a good paper:
And another good paper:
The Jehovah's Witnesses and their plan to expand first amendment freedoms
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Display on Computer is Upside Down!
by compound complex ingreetings, techies:.
i'm teaching a class right now and my students' desktop computer is showing microsoft word upside down.
we share documents between our two computers but cannot because of this crazy turn of events.. any ideas?.
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Say hi to Lacey, Coco. Eggs are a marvelous medium to work with.
I have been on a bit of a candy making rant, myself. Caramels this time.
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Display on Computer is Upside Down!
by compound complex ingreetings, techies:.
i'm teaching a class right now and my students' desktop computer is showing microsoft word upside down.
we share documents between our two computers but cannot because of this crazy turn of events.. any ideas?.
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Right click on desktop
Go to "screen resolution"
the fix should be in there
*oh. I just read your post again. Is it just Word that is upside down?
if it's just word...try this
- Right-click the text box and choose Format Shape.
- Choose 3-D Rotation in the left pane.
- Change the X setting to 180.
- Click OK, and Word flips the text in the text box, producing a mirror image. You can create an upside-down mirror image by changing the Y setting to 180.
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Sexist article about construction
by neat blue dog inhttps://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/activities/construction/women-in-construction/.
it's all about women being trained to operate heavy equipment, like it's a miracle.
they quote the male foreman, but don't tell you that only men are allowed to be foreman.
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darkspliver: FWIW it was posted online yesterday - AKA International Women's Day
Huh
I wonder how much the org got in grant money for International Women's Day
https://www.internationalwomensday.com/Grant-Funding
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TRUE SCRIPTURE EXISTS, A LIVING ONE
by venus ini find three categories of people according to the way they display their human qualities—(1) more than humans, (2) less than humans and (3) mixed in those qualities in varying degrees.. when i observe how they are all faring with their choices, it tells me what i should do and what i should not do.
hence my scripture is the mankind and letters are living human beings—present and past.
though it is not possible to see beyond an individual’s birth, i can see the history of nations (collective individuals) beyond their present generation into their past, through many generations which shows how their past deeds contributed to their present reality.
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"I pay serious attention when people say things and try to read in between the lines."
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Question is there any historical data on a women killing her entire
by poopie infamily including dog and then herself?.
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Yes, Poopie, there is data on women who kill their spouses and their children.
There are several academic papers written about that very subject. However, it is a field of study that is under represented quite simply because women do not kill their family as often as men do. But, when women do kill, it is most often their own children.
This is a book you may find interesting:
https://www.amazon.ca/Women-Who-Kill-Ann-Jones/dp/1558616071
And this study includes stats on women as well as men:
https://www.martindaly.ca/uploads/2/3/7/0/23707972/wilson_daly_daniele_1995_familicide.pdf