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  I’m Seeing Some Trump Fatigue Out There

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i’ve heard from a few trump voters that they are getting tired of the whole trump thing.

  one person yesterday said he lies.

  another person said she hears from her clients in her business that the constant drama and push back from all sides against trump is fatiguing.. i remind people that before this worldwide pandemic, we had the best numbers in jobs.

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  Poster said "cases", not "deaths". My stats also refer to "cases".

  I agree death count has been dropping, but keep in mind that the death rate lags behind the new infection rate. I expect to see a jump in death rates in mid-July or so.

  Oh, and regarding increased testing:

  Yes, of course, more tests = more cases confirmed, BUT also keep in mind that the positivity rate of the tests is also rising.

  So some of the increase is due to "increased testing", but the increasing positivity rate of test administered indicates that the disease is spreading and is not controlled.
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  I’m Seeing Some Trump Fatigue Out There

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i’ve heard from a few trump voters that they are getting tired of the whole trump thing.

  one person yesterday said he lies.

  another person said she hears from her clients in her business that the constant drama and push back from all sides against trump is fatiguing.. i remind people that before this worldwide pandemic, we had the best numbers in jobs.

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  sir82

  new cases have been steadily declining the past 6 or 7 days.

  ???

  What stats are you looking at?

  https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/cases-in-us.html

  

  Those are the 6 highest days (6/30 thru 7/5) in the US since the start of the pandemic, surpassing the prior peaks in April.
  
  
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  Prince Andrew & Jeffrey Epstein, WTF

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  in fact, several "wtf"s, not least - why were you visiting a convicted pedophile after his release from prison, never-mind having any contact with him in the first place when his preoclivities seemed to be an open secret.. and the best he can some up with is "i don't remember"?

  you don't remember?

  there's a fucking photo of you with one of the victims and accessories to the crimes you dumb fuck!.

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  sir82

  Ghislaine Maxwell will start to sing to the authorities to minimize her prison time.

  Assuming she doesn't suddenly become "suicidal"....

  ...coincidentally at the same time that security cameras malfunction and guards happen to be on a coffee break.
  
  
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  Jessica Leigh Collins - do you believe her story (Epstein)

  by Anony Mous in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  as i was researching some stuff about this epstein guy and came across postings about jessica leigh collins.. her twitter has most of her story: https://twitter.com/midnitemj but it is actively being suppressed by twitter - a regular search on twitter doesn't get her account as a result and none of her posts have been seen by more than a few hundred people.

  many media outlets have tagged her as "russian troll" while she doesn't seem anything like it.

  it certainly is way too detailed and is going on for way too long to be a troll nor is her story being artificially trended or upvoted, fact is, the posts have virtually no upvotes or retweets even though people elsewhere claimed they tried.. what i can gather is that she came out about being trafficked by epstein but quickly found out that nobody is actually interested in her story.

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  sir82

  Hopefully Maxwell lives long enough to testify / flip.

  There are some big names, BIG names, on both sides of the aisle, who are extremely nervous.
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  Food Boxes given out by Society

  by JustChillin in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  anyone else get a food box delivered by local congregation to your door - allegedly by the society?

  weird.

  i looked online and found a couple of youtube channels saying the society is taking food from food banks and giving it only to their congregations.

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  sir82

  You want to know what's funny?

  They keep stressing here that this is "practice" for when the "great tribulation" begins. They are testing their "distribution networks".

  But....but....but...isn't the "great tribulation" when "the governments" decide to "destroy" all "false religions"?

  How is it that "the government" wants to "destroy" a religion, but simultaneously provides free food for the members of the religion they are trying to "destroy"?

  I can't figure it out. Must be too "deep".
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  As Biden Struggles, Hillary Waits For The call

  by Bangalore in

  1. social
  2. current

  https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/495371-as-biden-struggles-hillary-waits-for-the-call.

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  any thoughts about this?.

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  More "struggles" for Biden in swing states that Trump won in 2016.

  The [Russia / Taliban / bounty] issue is not yet reflected in these numbers.

  Numbers at 50% or higher are highly significant, Trump campaign would have to change the minds of voters in order to win (rather than convince undecideds).

  Election is ~4 months away.

  https://twitter.com/Politics_Polls/status/1278275369146212352
  

  NEW

  @ChangePolls

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  @CNBC

  Poll (6/26-28):

  #Arizona: Biden 51% (+7) Trump 44% .

  #Florida: Biden 50% (+5) Trump 45% .

  #Wisconsin: Biden 51% (+8) Trump 43% .

  #Pennsylvania: Biden 50% (+6) Trump 44% .

  #Michigan: Biden 48% (+5) Trump 43% .

  North Carolina: Biden 51% (+7) Trump 44%
  
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  Bringing Reproach on Jehovah's Name

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  all my jw life i was reminded constantly about the importance of not bringing reproach on jehovah's name.

  decisions on whether or not to disfellowship an individual often turned, not on the seriousness of the sin, but on whether the incident was public knowledge and had resulted in bad publicity for the congregation.

  i recall a middle-aged lady being reported to the elders for shoplifting a sweet worth less than £1- and the elders' insistence that a judicial committee must be formed because the store manager and staff knew that she was a jw (i successfully argued that all she needed was support for her dreadful family life, but that's another story).

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  The five groups will be banned from receiving federal funding and could lose tax concessions, including charitable status.”

  New light alert!

  It's quite amazing how often "new light" is prompted by changes in tax laws or a loss in a court case.
  
  
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  They Are Going To Start Clamping Down With Staying At Home - Local Needs + GB Update #4

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  many of us have watched the gb #4 update.

  most of us jumped for joy when they basically said that there will be no meeting in person for a long time to come.. one aspect we overlooked was how hard they hit home the "love of neighbor".

  how this "love" is what makes a true christian and as a result our love for our neighbors will motivate us to stay at home.. well now they released a letter that is instructing all kh's to view this video during their local needs part.

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  You show your face for the first two minutes and then shut down the video and go and cut the grass.

  In our congregation fully half the attendees shut down the video for the whole meeting. I strongly suspect there are adult beverages and other "stuff" going on.
  
  
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  COVID-19 won’t go away until Joe Biden or Hillary Clinton are in the Oval Office

  by hoser in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it’s no secret that the mainstream media runs the show and that they can’t stand trump.

  for good reason because trump has been demeaning to journalists on several occasions.. life lesson for donald trump: don’t make fun of people that have the power to destroy you!

  nobody likes getting laughed at.. don’t get me wrong.

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  sir82

  For the record:

  Covid-19 doesn't care who the president is.

  Covid-19 will be around long after January 20, 2021.

  Covid-19 won't stop spreading exponentially in the US until people figure out that wearing / not wearing a mask is not a political statement, it is the only current practical treatment available to slow the spread of the disease. Wearing a mask is a medical treatment, it is not a referendum on "constitutional rights".

  That is all, carry on.
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  How Could We Have Been So Heartless?

  by BluesBrother in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am addressing here those who, like me, spent decades in the organisation that we called “the truth”.

  perhaps like me you were brought up in it from an early age.

  looking back now i wonder that i could have been so heartless as to believe that the mass slaughter of billions of people was “good news”.

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  I think that idea bothers the vast majority of JWs, who are not really psychopaths.

  But they cope with it by either not thinking about, or rationalizing that "Jehovah would never do evil, if those people die it will be because they really did deserve it...somehow", or maybe that Jehovah wouldn't actually have to do much killing, people would slaughter one another. Or as SBF said, there would be a lot more who "made the cut" than just baptized, active JWs & their kids.