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  Has Anyone Had Chinese Food Lately?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

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

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  Here in the UK most 'Chinese' restaurants are actually run by Hong Kongese.

  A bit like most 'Indian' restaurants here are actually Bangladeshi.
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  Differences between UK and US Corona Virus TV Updates

  by ThomasCovenant in

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  2. friends

  i'm in the uk, and most days over the last 2 weeks i've watched the 5pm uk government update on the corona virus situation which includes questions from the media.

  generally speaking i've found the whole update, including the questions and answers, to be respectful, informative and non combative, with, to the best of my recollection, very little mention of politics and blame.

  certainly no political point scoring.

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  I'm in the UK, and most days over the last 2 weeks I've watched the 5pm UK government update on the corona virus situation which includes questions from the media.

  Generally speaking I've found the whole update, including the questions and answers, to be respectful, informative and non combative, with, to the best of my recollection, very little mention of politics and blame. Certainly no political point scoring.

  After watching it I feel as if some progress is being made against a contagious virus that is harming our country.

  Last night I watched, for the first time, the US equivalent. Apart from being told what an absolutely brilliant job the government is doing, the thing that I took away from it is that there are two political parties in the US that seem to be at loggerheads over the corona virus and there is a lot of blame to be apportioned.

  After watching it, I feel that the virus is not as important as the politics and not as important as who is to blame for this that and the other.

  Was this how all the US TV updates are or was this a one off?
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  Happy 20th Birthday to JWD / JWN

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  as sgt pepper sang, "it was 20 years ago today" ... that i made my first post on my first forum.. i obviously didn't put too much thought into what it should say although i must have burned 45 posts testing things and was too lazy to reset the counter before going live (?):.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/46/welcome.

  but somehow, it worked and grew and here we all are, 20 years on.

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  Happy Birthday

  and thanks for keeping the site going.

  It was a great help for me just to be able to read something contrary to the official dogma, even if I didn't comment much or start many posts.

  Even though we don't all agree on matters, both religious and more recently politically, I would hate to see the site cease. I think our little xjw world is better with the forum than without it.

  Thanks
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  "We're In The Last Days Of The Last Days!"... So Say's Old Rubberface

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  have you seen this on jworg?.

  https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/region/global/coronavirus-report/.

  2 minutes in everyone's favourite clow, stephen lett, tells us all that this coronavirus means we're in the last days of the last days.. cool.

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  Its still on the Jdub website under 'newsroom'

  https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/region/global/coronavirus-report-interviews/
  
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  Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.

  latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.

  the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.

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  Terry, after watching that video,

  I think I'd prefer a 'godless' atheist Chinese over any 'evangelical' Christian American.
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  The Evil Masterminds Behind COVID-19: Charmin and Cottonelle

  by keyser soze in

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  2. current

  of all the things people decided they needed to stockpile for a potential quarantine.

  all of the stores around my area ran completely out of toilet paper this last weekend.

  people were piling it into their carts and vehicles as if they were going to be holed up for a year.

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  ''People would have to be shitting continually, but then why use paper - just sit on the toilet and flush it every 10 minutes.''

  
  
  
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  BBC News Article 4th Feb 2020. Jehovah's Witnesses sued over 'child sex abuse'.

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51006771.

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  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51006771
  
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  New Wuhan coronavirus around.....

  by mikeflood in

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  2. current

  new coronavirus wreaking havoc.....first case detected in the us one hour ago....six deaths already in china.....hope it gets controlled soon.....

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  Well I suppose if it manages to wipe out about 6 billion of us we'll be back to the population number of a hundred years ago.

  It would certainly help climate change and pollution problems.
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  JW defense fail

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  it's a little long, but if you have a chance, read this court transcript of a sleazy jw lawyer's interaction with a judge and others.

  in the course of defending wt, he uses theocratic warfare non-stop, but the court sees right through him and it's both pathetic and infuriating:.

  https://jwsurvey.org/child-abuse-2/breaking-news-watchtowers-defense-collapses-jehovahs-witnesses-reproved-for-failure-to-report-child-abuse-settlement-with-fessler-reached.

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  Thanks for posting this.
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  Montana Supreme Court will hear the $35M case tomorrow

  by Corney in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the montana case enters the home stretch.

  the state supreme court will hear oral arguments tomorrow, 13 september, at the northern hotel in billings during the state bar of montana’s annual meeting (announcement 1, announcement 2).

  an introduction to the argument will begin at 9:30 a.m., with the argument starting at 10 a.m. (4 p.m. utc, 9 a.m. sf time, 12 a.m. ny time, 5 p.m. london time, 2 a.m. saturday sydney time).

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  ''If I am walking down the street and see someone being raped and in fact have the ability to stop it but I don't, guess what,''..............I'm a fucking bastard.

  And if I didn't even bother to report to the police that I had witnessed a rape, well, I'd rather not use the C word.