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  JW covid-19 victims in the Netherlands

  by Gorbatchov in

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  from an excellent and trustfull elder source, i heard today.

  that in the netherlands, 440 jw's have covid-19 and 11 jw's have died.. g. .

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  I am sorry to see anyone die of this terrible virus. I seldom give the Watchtower credit for anything, but I will say this: they acted correctly as far as stopping in-person meetings and door-to-door activities. Their reasons for doing so might be self-serving, but the fact is they undoubtedly saved lives by taking this action.

  To be clear: It is still most certainly a money grubbing mind-control authoritarian cult! The little good they may do on occasion for whatever reason does nothing to ameliorate the massive harm they do all day every day.
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  US Letter Read Sunday 4/26 at Meeting - No KH Use and No Field Service Indefinitely

  by JWTom in

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  there was a letter read sunday at our meeting that mentioned some parts of us are starting to open back up.

  however, regardless of things opening up that no kingdom halls should be used for any meetings of any kind.

  also, no door-to-door ministry or any form of in-person ministry is allowed.

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  I agree with Atlantis and Petra. If the letter is genuine and has not been redacted to protect the original source, it would have the identifying marks they mentioned.

  They are wise in not releasing their copy of the letter prematurely. The Watchtower would like nothing more than to say, "Look! Those mentally diseased apostates are spreading lies and fake news again! You can't trust anything they say!" Heck, I wouldn't put it past the Borg to plant such a letter themselves, hoping it would be mistaken for authentic and publicized, just so they can discredit their sworn enemies.

  My personal opinion is that this letter is not authentic. It's not hard to write in the style of the Watchtower and make something sound like it's coming from them, especially if you get your grammar, punctuation and spelling right. Part of a nefarious scheme or not, I think this letter is an example of "fake news." I won't believe it or share it with others until Atlantis and Petra verify its authenticity. I trust them.
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  Has Anyone Had Chinese Food Lately?

  by minimus in

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  since this virus, i have noticed that nearly all of the take out joints in my area are closed.

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  I'm with you, cofty!

  First off, food sold at American "Chinese" restaurants isn't really Chinese anyway. More like "in the tradition of," and even then it's a pretty loose connection. That said, I'd love some Chinese takeout about now.

  As to your second point, I too would pay a premium to buy something made in America over something made in China. In many cases, "Made in China" has the same poor quality connotation that "Made in Japan" had in the 50's and 60's. The Japanese cleaned up their act and now produce lots of first quality, truly innovative stuff. China would be much better off if they followed suit.

  Some things, like the iPhone, are manufactured in China, but the process is highly controlled so that it meets the standards American high tech companies expect. Other things, not so much.

  I don't think it's realistic, or even possible, to go entirely China-free in today's marketplace, but I'm gonna do what I can. If there's a reasonable choice, I'm gonna go American very time.

  All that said, I hope we do whatever is necessary to cut our dependence on China for things vital to our society and our economy. We should be the world's source for medicines and medical devices, setting the standards others can only aspire to. The same could be said for other strategically important industries. Yes, we could and should trade with other nations around the world. But we should also have the infrastructure to be entirely self-sustaining if need be. We should never again find ourselves at the mercy of any other nation for anything. Let them come begging to us, not the other way around.
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  560 Laid Off at Trump's Doral Resort

  by RubaDub in

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  interesting.

  just reported today that 560 were laid off at trump's doral resort / golf club here in the miami area.

  up the road from me, one of trump's major resorts (the one he plays golf at a lot) is laying off most of the staff.. i am surprised since there is that federal support for businesses that if you don't lay off your employees, you get government support.

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  Or he could just apologize or "clarify" what he meant about the Mexicans. He was clearly over the top on that one, but I also think everybody's rush to be politically correct and distance themselves from a perfectly legitimate business because the owner said some stupid stuff is a bit much as well.

  Trump's worst enemy is his own mouth. If he would just stop tweeting and doing press conferences (he has people who could handle that job just fine), he'd be a lot better off.
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  Dead Body found in Kingdom Hall parking lot!

  by Atlantis in

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  if this has already been posted, then just delete it.. dead body found in kingdom hall parking lot!

  i think the article is from 2 days ago.. https://abc7.com/kingdom-hall-of-jehovah's-witnesses-fullerton-church-body-found-in-parking-lot/6100027/ petra!

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  As much as I love a good scandal involving Watchtower skullduggery, this doesn't appear to have any connection to the Borg other than the body happened to be discovered on its property.

  If there turns out to be a connection, however, I dearly hope it's broadcast far and wide and makes the Borg look as bad as possible.
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  560 Laid Off at Trump's Doral Resort

  by RubaDub in

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  interesting.

  just reported today that 560 were laid off at trump's doral resort / golf club here in the miami area.

  up the road from me, one of trump's major resorts (the one he plays golf at a lot) is laying off most of the staff.. i am surprised since there is that federal support for businesses that if you don't lay off your employees, you get government support.

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  It would look bad for his own business to receive government help anyway. If he's so rich, why doesn't he either keep his workers employed or at least pay them half wages while laid off? It would be great PR for him.
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  How will the GB respond to the new treatment for COVID-19?

  by careful in

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  one new cutting-edge attempt to deal with the novel coronavirus is to take plasma from those who have had covid-19, recovered, and have the natural antibodies against it, and then put those antibodies in victims who have the virus and need help.. https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/03/826638981/hospitals-universities-push-for-treatment-using-plasma-from-recovered-covid-pati.

  isn't taking plasma one of the the no-nos according to wts doctrine?does anyone see "new light" on the horizon in this matter that would allow the faithful sheep to accept such treatment?.

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  The Golden Age, predecessor of Awake!, used to rail against vaccinations. You can still find plenty of their ridiculous cartoons on the internet. Medical conspiracy theories and outright ignorance reigned supreme in those rags.

  Unofficially, some JWs passed around methods of scarring their children's arms so as to lie to fool the authorities about whether they had been vaccinated or not so they could attend school. Blatantly dishonest and deceptive, but many did it anyway.
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  3M Corporation-- You are Absolutely DISGUSTING - I hope you are sitting down when reading this

  by RubaDub in

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  i was watching the local news in the background and i heard a guy talking about 3m and how florida was getting screwed.

  i didn't hear the whole report.. later, i was switching through the channels and i saw the same guy talking to tucker carlson (fox news).

  come to find out he is the federal cdc equivalent at the state level.

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  waton, you are mistaken about those companies making stuff for the Nazis during World War 2. The computers and other devices were ordered, paid for and shipped, with US government approval, long before the war began.

  For example, construction on the Bismarck began in July, 1936. It was launched in February, 1939. IBM's German subsidiary did supply the German government with computers and a punch card system to facilitate their 1933 census, but this information was only years later used to enable the Holocaust. The US branch did not work with the Germans during the war.

  This is analogous to the weapons and other equipment sent to our former "friends" and now being used against us. I wish there were some sort of self-destruct mechanism we could imbed in stuff like that, especially fighter jets and missiles. Now there's an idea!
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  Question For People Being Put Onto A Ventilator - How Is It Powered?

  by Simon in

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  imagine you or a loved one have to go onto a ventilator and are given the choice of how it should be powered.

  what are people picking?.

  coal or oil powered energy.

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  I prefer the Pocket Ventilator by Ronco! Powered by 4 AA flux capacitors, available everywhere! But wait! That's not all...
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  Coronavirus Positive

  by snare&racket in

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  hey all,.

  i'm day six of isolation, confirmed to have coronavirus.

  i have been seeing very sick cv positive patients over the last month in my a&e role (emergency physician) it was inevitable i would contract it.. just wanted to give some symptom and treatment advice, it's anecdotal but may help.. started as sore throat and headache, then croaky voice, then dry cough, then episodic transient fevers, all this over the first few days.

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  Thank you so much for the info. They say knowledge is power, and in this case, it can lessen fear as well.

  Wishing you a speed and complete recovery. Thank you for all you're doing to help others at work, and for helping us understand a bit better what is actually going on.