Is it this son?
~Sue
betterdaze
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my motorcycle trip next weekend with dubs....and why it is sad.....
by oompa incause i have some really cool old jw friends and it is a weekend riding camping trip in the great smokey mountains...........and that should be fun right?............ya.........except......
these cool old friends were going to let my dfd son ride with us and camp and all........but then some of their dub family wanted to come, and some other dubs who dont even know my son........and even though he was great friends with some of these guys kids... who wanted to come just to camp...........well..........they would not come if my son comes............ you can not beleive how sad this makes me....it hurts....i dont even want to go now but i do understand these nuts and i do like my old friends......my dfd son even said to still go because he understands why his lifelong best friend (just reinstated!!!!
) will not go if he goes......he seems way cooler about it than me.................... this kind of painful conflict is going to kill me early......i wish me and my son could move far far far far far away....oompa.
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International Conventions - $7 Million for Paris Alone - Where's the money?
by Ultimate Reality inthe "package" for americans to attend the paris convention this year was $2600 per person including airfare ($2000 w/o airfare).
the optional dinner vouchers were an additional $160 per person.
all this for 5 days.
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There was an Oath of Allegiance to the United States passport requirement instituted in 1915. See this article:
NEW PASSPORT RULES IN EFFECT SUNDAY; Oath of Allegiance, Duplicate Affidavit, and Three Photographs of Applicant Required. FULL DETAILS OF THE TRIP Where One Is Going When Abroad, and Why.
That requirement was dropped from passport applications at some point in time. The confusion amongst ex-JWs may stem from an online copy of Nathan Knorr's (undated) passport signature here. (Scroll down to 2008_Jehovahs_Witnesses_and_National_Oaths_of_Allegiance.pdf)
"Further, I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservations, or purpose of evasion; So help me God."
Not the same as the Oath of Allegiance (still required for U.S. citizenship) but no longer for U.S. passports.
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International Conventions - $7 Million for Paris Alone - Where's the money?
by Ultimate Reality inthe "package" for americans to attend the paris convention this year was $2600 per person including airfare ($2000 w/o airfare).
the optional dinner vouchers were an additional $160 per person.
all this for 5 days.
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Form DS-11: Application for a U.S. Passport
"I declare under penalty of perjury all of the following: 1) I am a citizen or non-citizen national of the United States and have not, since acquiring U.S. citizenship or nationality,
performed any of the acts listed under “Acts or Conditions” on the reverse side of this application (unless explanatory statement is attached); 2) the statements made on the
application are true and correct; 3) I have not knowingly and willfully made false statements or included false documents in support of this application; 4) the photograph
submitted with this application is a genuine, current, photograph of me; and 5) I have read and understood the warning on page two of the instructions to the application form.
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Passport Office FAQ
Why do I need to appear in person at a US Passport Office?
You must appear before the acceptance agent to pledge an oath that you have faithfully and truthfully completed the application for a new passport. You'll be asked to sign the application after making the oath. Your signature will attest to your having done so. The official at the US passport office will check your state issued ID to verify your signature and physical description. -
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Alumna sues college because she hasn't found a job
by daniel-p inthank this dipshit for giving a story to jws next time they bash higher education:.
alumna sues college because she hasn't found a jobnew york (cnn) -- a recent college graduate is suing her alma mater for $72,000 -- the full cost of her tuition and then some -- because she cannot find a job.. startclickprintexclude===========image=======================/image======================caption==========trina thompson has sued her alma mater, monroe college of new york.===========/caption=========.
endclickprintexcludetrina thompson, 27, of the bronx, graduated from new york's monroe college in april with a bachelor of business administration degree in information technology.. on july 24, she filed suit against the college in bronx supreme court, alleging that monroe's "office of career advancement did not help me with a full-time job placement.
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Apostate Artwork
by sacolton infor use on any jw discussion/website .... .
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(insert your captions here).
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Heaven said:
Go for it! Let me know if it prints okay? I'm happy to send a higher-resolution PDF to anyone who PM's me.
It's a spoof of a current WT tract. Couldn't help playing with it.
~Sue
P.S.: Many thanks to Simon and the newest incarnation of this site, us Mac peeples can now post images/videos and style text with the greatest of ease. The light gets brighter, LOL!
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Greetings....
by Girlie injust wanted to say hello to all here.
i really don't have much of a story to tell about myself.
just find myself at a crossroads of sorts and wondering if i should stay or move on, although the greater part is telling me to move on.. long story short, i have been a baptised jw for 14 years.
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Welcome, Girlie!
~Sue
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MY B-I-L IS IN THE HOSPITAL
by Mary inhere's another update on my brother in law:.
my sister and b-i-l went to the cancer center in toronto earlier this week to see about getting the stemcell transplant for his disease.
it was actually an encouraging visit as the oncologist there said that they did not feel his condition had progressed into the acute myloid leukemia yet and that he had longer---up to 2 years---than what his local oncologist had said.
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I understand in a way that I wish I didn't, (((Mary))).
Strength and a peaceful spirit to you all.
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Apostate Artwork
by sacolton infor use on any jw discussion/website .... .
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(insert your captions here).
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Law shields religious charities from scrutiny
by betterdaze injust posting for future reference.... law shields religious charities from scrutinysunday, july 26, 2009. by harvy lipman.
the record.
staff writer.
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Just posting for future reference...
Law shields religious charities from scrutiny
Sunday, July 26, 2009
BY HARVY LIPMAN
The Record
STAFF WRITER
One of the key elements of the money-laundering case brought Thursday against several leaders of the Syrian Jewish communities in Brooklyn and Deal was the use of charities linked to religious groups as conduits.
According to the federal complaints, checks made out to the charities were sent to Israel, where the funds were run through other entities and returned to money-laundering clients for a fee.
This is not the first time federal authorities have uncovered a scam utilizing religious charities to launder money. In fact, less than two weeks ago, Naftali Tzi Weisz, the grand rabbi of a Brooklyn-based Hasidic sect, agreed to plead guilty to one charge in a case involving charities connected to his group. That scheme involved steering donations to the charities, which would transfer the money through various Israeli banks and organizations and return 80 percent to 95 percent of the funds to the donors.
Thus, a donor who gave $100,000 would get a tax deduction for the full amount, even though only $5,000 to $20,000 of the money went to charity.
Several experts in non-profit law said that federal tax law significantly hampers regulators’ ability to ferret out abuse by charities linked to religious groups. Under the Internal Revenue Code, such organizations are not required to file tax returns as most non-profits are. Of the half-dozen charities named in Thursday’s federal complaints, only one has filed federal tax returns.
“There’s no regular flow of information the way there is with every other form of taxpayer, whether an individual or a tax-exempt entity,” said Marc Owens, a Washington lawyer and former head of the Exempt Organizations Division of the Internal Revenue Service.
“Because of that lack of information, the IRS has a difficult time determining if something irregular is going on. There are no documents to look at.”
Oversight ‘difficult’
Daniel Kurtz, a Manhattan lawyer and former director of the New York Attorney General’s Charities Bureau, said religious groups’ exemption from filing tax returns also hamstrings state regulatory agencies, which rely on the information in the returns.
“Obviously, it makes it tremendously difficult to exercise any level of oversight,” Kurtz said.
He noted that some restraints on government review of religious groups’ activities are warranted under the First Amendment’s guarantee of religious freedom.
“There may be some things that would look unusual at another organization, like spending a lot of money for vestments to clothe a priest, that are none of the state’s business,” Kurtz said. “But the total lack of oversight is troubling.”
Owens said Congress has recently added a section — restricting audits — to the tax code, even further limiting oversight of religious groups.
“There’s a requirement that a high official of the IRS determine that there is a reasonable probability an audit will find information that endangers the church’s tax-exempt status before an audit can be conducted,” he said.
That’s quite different from other non-profits, which can be audited if an IRS examiner sees any reason to suspect a problem.
“You can’t start an audit of a church because an agent drove by a church and saw something suspicious, like a big car parked in the driveway,” Owens said.
Complicating matters, the tax code doesn’t define what constitutes a church.
“There are no regulations, but the issue has been addressed by a series of court decisions over the years,” Owens said. The IRS has developed a set of 14 criteria to decide whether an organization constitutes a religious group that have been endorsed to varying degrees in subsequent court rulings.
Chief among them are whether the organization has a congregation, holds regular services, ordains ministers based on a set of prescribed studies and has its own place or places of worship.
“An organization does not need to meet all of them, but it needs to meet a goodly number,” Owens said.
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My SIL might be 'fishin'....?
by AK - Jeff inmy wife 'faded' during the same time i da'd myself.
we are absolutely both on the same page.. it is interesting [and on another level disturbing] that 'status' plays so heavily in the minds of jw's and their relationships.
as many others have related, my wife sometimes is engaged in conversations with jw's she meets in public, while all those same jw's will totally 'shun' me - sometimes in the same moment.
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LOL at sacolton with the nasty Nellie Olsen pic — I just wanna’ slap that sneer off her face! No doubt about it, AK-Jeff's SIL makes her look like a saint.
~Sue