Posts by Fatfreek

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Why no coverage of the Russian ban in the media?

by highdose in

i mean not just in russia but world wide, wouldn't this be a great oppotunity to educate the public about this cult????.

hint hint people with media contacts....

Fatfreek

The Associated Press is mainstream. Russian court rules against Jehovah's Witnesses

(AP) – 2 days ago

MOSCOW — Russia's highest court on Tuesday upheld a ruling halting the activities of a regional branch of Jehovah's Witnesses and banning dozens of its publications in what the group deplored as an unfair move.

Russian Supreme Court spokesman Pavel Odintsov said it rejected the group's appeal of September's ruling by a regional court in Rostov-on-Don. That ruling outlawed the group's activities in the region, seized its assets there and labeled 34 of its publications as extremist.

The group said the list of books includes a children's book of Bible stories, and its signature magazine, The Watchtower.

"We are deeply disappointed with that decision," Jehovah's Witnesses spokesman Yaroslav Sivulskiy told The Associated Press. "We are concerned that it may affect all our activities, including imports of our publications which are printed in Germany."

Sivulskiy said that the Supreme Court specifically ruled that the 34 publications should be added to the federal list of publications considered extremist. He said that would effectively ban the publications throughout Russia.

"We consider it to be a rollback to the past," Sivulskiy said in a reference to the Soviet past when many members of Jehovah's Witnesses, including his father, were put in prisons. "The Supreme Court makes it illegal for us to profess our views."

He said that the group will appeal the Supreme Court's verdict to the European Court for Human Rights, arguing that the Russian courts misinterpreted the law. The law on combating extremism that served as a basis for the verdict has been widely criticized by many rights groups, which said its loose phrasing allowed authorities to stifle dissent.

A 2004 ruling by the Moscow City Court prohibited Jehovah's Witnesses branch in the Russian capital from engaging in religious activity in the Russian capital.

Sivulskiy said there are at least 160,000 Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia.

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It's Been A While...

by tall penguin in

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friends

two years i think.

life has been moving forward for me post-jw.

i just wanted to share a really great thing that happened recently to me.

Fatfreek

A bit redundant I know, but I'll say it anyway.

Thanks for sharing.

Len

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Great Video: Why you should never talk to the police, even when you are innocent and did nothing wrong..

by Elsewhere in

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friends

even if you are innocent and did nothing wrong... do not talk to the police!.

great video!.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8z7nc5sgik.

Fatfreek

That is a good one, Elsewhere. I would have never believed it.

Part 2 is good as well.

Len

ps: They are both lengthy and on a slow connection (my satellite isp is at 0.5 mbps.) will take far more than the 21 minutes of each video.

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Time's running out for free Windows 7 free upgrade

by Fatfreek in

it wasn't easy.. last july i bought a new hp desktop with the vista home premium operating system.

the reason was simple -- according to the ad, as a new buyer i would be entitled to a free update to the yet-to-be-released (and highly touted) operating system, windows 7.. .

today i decided to go for it as i knew time was running out (end of december is deadline).

Fatfreek

Yes, DGP. In WT language, it's right around the corner.

We're not only in the final month, we're in the last 26 days. Even then, I probably wouldn't bet the farm on it.

Len

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Toilet tissue a-streaming -- honest!

by Fatfreek in

several weeks ago i was behind a lady and her husband in line at a mcdonalds in arkadelphia, ar.

this was a saturday morning and they were, in turn, behind a jw group who was getting its energy snacks in order to endure the strenuous activity ahead.. i was tempted to tap the lady on the shoulder and quietly tell her -- or do the same with her husband at risk of getting a black eye.

i remained silent and quietly giggled.. .

Fatfreek

Same when you see a zipper undone.

Hi Hopscotch. Several months ago my brother in law and family arrived at our front door for a get-together. It was obvious that he'd neglected his zipper so I asked if he'd left his barn door open. He looked puzzled, I dropped it, and he never did figure it out. I thought that was an expression that fell off the dinosaur -- yet He's 74.

Len

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Toilet tissue a-streaming -- honest!

by Fatfreek in

several weeks ago i was behind a lady and her husband in line at a mcdonalds in arkadelphia, ar.

this was a saturday morning and they were, in turn, behind a jw group who was getting its energy snacks in order to endure the strenuous activity ahead.. i was tempted to tap the lady on the shoulder and quietly tell her -- or do the same with her husband at risk of getting a black eye.

i remained silent and quietly giggled.. .

Fatfreek

Several weeks ago I was behind a lady and her husband in line at a McDonalds in Arkadelphia, AR. This was a Saturday morning and they were, in turn, behind a JW group who was getting its energy snacks in order to endure the strenuous activity ahead.

I was tempted to tap the lady on the shoulder and quietly tell her -- or do the same with her husband at risk of getting a black eye. I remained silent and quietly giggled.

Tissue a-streaming

Len

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Time's running out for free Windows 7 free upgrade

by Fatfreek in

it wasn't easy.. last july i bought a new hp desktop with the vista home premium operating system.

the reason was simple -- according to the ad, as a new buyer i would be entitled to a free update to the yet-to-be-released (and highly touted) operating system, windows 7.. .

today i decided to go for it as i knew time was running out (end of december is deadline).

Fatfreek

Hmmm ... sorry about your problems with Vista. While I don't have the problems with my Vista that many folks do, I'm confident yours will probably go away with the new installation of 7.

Remember the qualifier for Free is, "All PCs bought with a Windows Vista Home Premium (or above) license on or after July 1, 2009 to January 1, 2010"

Good luck.

Len

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Time's running out for free Windows 7 free upgrade

by Fatfreek in

it wasn't easy.. last july i bought a new hp desktop with the vista home premium operating system.

the reason was simple -- according to the ad, as a new buyer i would be entitled to a free update to the yet-to-be-released (and highly touted) operating system, windows 7.. .

today i decided to go for it as i knew time was running out (end of december is deadline).

Fatfreek

It wasn't easy.

Last July I bought a new HP desktop with the Vista Home Premium operating system. The reason was simple -- according to the ad, as a new buyer I would be entitled to a free update to the yet-to-be-released (and highly touted) operating system, Windows 7.

Today I decided to go for it as I knew time was running out (end of December is deadline). After a call to HP where I made the purchase, I learned that one must have a copy nearby of the sales invoice. It took awhile but I finally found that piece of paper so I thought I was then home free.

Not quite. The deeper I got into HP's web site application form, filling in all the understandable details -- name, address, phone, etc. -- the final demand by HP didn't make sense. I did it, but I still don't understand it.

You must upload a copy of your sales invoice. That means you must have a scanner, be familiar with image formats (it must be of jpg format) and know how to keep the scanned size to one that is below their size required maximum, and finally be able to navigate to that image file, copy its path and name, then paste it into the web form and press the submit button.

On the positive side, I learned that I didn't need to download the update on my slow (satellite) connection. They will mail the disk using the postal service. And it's free.

Oh well, that's done -- and I thought I'd share the experience.

Len Miller

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Old WT Literature

by yellow in

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friends

i,ve got old bound wt,s awakes and other books and mags dating back to the early 50's, it's taking up quite a bit of space and i don't know what to do with it.

i had thought of setting it alight but i'm not sure if it would burn, it would also be a waste of a perfectly good match.

could anybody give me any ideas please..

Fatfreek

The Awakes from 1966 thru 1969 are especially valuable to some with articles about 1975 that shouldn't be forgotten. Those Awakes were intentionally (my opinion) omitted from the WT Library on CD as the newer issues begin with 1970.

The WT and many other pubs are now available on CD. That eBay tip is probably a good one.

Len

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"Is It Latter Than You Think" Article in Awake

by Leprechaun in

mary christmas - article in the awake i think it was 1969 or1968 there is a picture of two passenger jets flying into the world trade center buildings, now, what do you think of that.

now, that was some thirty years in advance, and a little more than coincidence.

what the hells up with that folks?

Fatfreek

I have it on reliable sources that the following was on their drawing board.

World Trade Center, Watchtower view