Posts by betterdaze

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Witnesses pledge $5.5M to fix crummy Dumbo park

by OrphanCrow in

witnesses pledge $5.5m to fix crummy dumbo park.

they will clean up before they leave.the jehovahs witnesses will give the city $5.5 million to overhaul a run-down dumbo park the organization promised to make-over more than a decade ago as part of a lucrative rezoning deal, after local pols demanded the group finally honor its pledge before it sells all its land and decamps from the borough for good.the sect officially the watchtower bible and tract society believes the money will be enough to cover its share of the long-stalled plans for the land.watchtower has set aside this amount to cover the funds officials estimated the city would need to take over this project and complete the current vision for the park, the group told this paper.the religious outfit offered to fix the moribund bridge park 2 a slab of crumbling concrete next to york street station and quite possibly the crummiest park in the city in 2004, when the city agreed to let the group build a huge housing complex on a massive parking lot next door at 85 jay st.plans at the time included a turf baseball field, a new playground, and a lighted path from the subway station to the neighboring farragut houses development.but watchtower never actually built the new property, and the planning process for the park facelift dragged for years through various design permeations, eventually hitting an impasse over cost and labor the witnesses wanted to use its members as volunteer workers, which is not how the city typically does business.the groups announcement last month that it is selling 85 jay st. now incredibly valuable thanks to the residential rezoning as part of its mass exodus from the neighborhood it has long called home sparked renewed calls for the witnesses to keep their vow and put some of the massive windfall to good use.it is unacceptable that since the watchtower committed to work with the parks department, over 11 years have passed, the site has seen no improvements, and remains a piece of barren asphalt, a host of local pols and business leaders wrote in a letter to the organization in december.it remains to be seen whether $5.5 million will be enough to take the park from drab to fab, however the parks department said it cant estimate the total costs without a concrete plan for the park in place.

watchtower honchos say they have one ready, based on the citys most recent requests for the site, which now include a skate park and a multipurpose field.those pushing for the park renewal say they also want more details before celebrating, but the pledge is still good news.without seeing the details, that seems like a significant step in the right direction, said councilman steve levin (dboerum hill), one of the letter-writing pols.

betterdaze

At the end of the article, we find out a little bit more about the Managing Partner of Taurus Capital LLC, a Reibling company.

Orphan Crow, I sincerely appreciate your sleuthing efforts and follow them closely. However, you’ve made a false connection that requires correcting.

Howard Zemsky owns Taurus Capital Partners, a private equity firm in Buffalo. His projects focus on Buffalo and western NY state.

Riebling’s Taurus Investment Holdings, a global real estate company based in Boston (with a NYC office) is a completely different entity. Mr. Zemsky has no affiliation with them other than a similar name. Dozens of registered companies all throughout the U.S. carry the name "Taurus".

Zemsky’s recent (January 2015) appointment to Empire State Development is a state-wide agency stewardship role that has had, and will, have some oversight with DUMBO projects going forward. Mr. Zemsky was never involved with the Watchtower’s rezoning efforts prior, and specifically NOT through the Reiblings at all.

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If JWs were to change their name what would they change it to?

by slimboyfat in

was it 1931 when they adopted jehovah's witnesses?

(at the time with lower case w) isn't it about time now they changed name again?

i mean everything else is changing why not the name!

betterdaze

Well, Big Brother and the Holding Company is already taken…

How about Bank of Yahweh — "Where the Prey Pay to Pray"?

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Changed Will Watchtower You Get Nothing!

by Hadriel in

as i mentioned last week i'm a covert fade.

it dawned on me that i had the watchtower bible and tract society in my will.

i just changed it.

betterdaze

There is zero chance Christ would act in this manner or have such a structure that would weaponize family. … That just can't be right.

Luke 12:

Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.

Matthew 10:

Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn

a man against his father,  a daughter against her mother,  a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law— a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.

Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

That's your Jesus weaponizing family in the Bible record.

I remember trying to shove square pegs into round holes, too. Wish you and your family all the best going forward!

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What are the economics of cart witnessing?

by slimboyfat in

on another thread shepherdless sketched out the past business model of jws and its demise.

until 1990 they were a straightforward publishing business with the tremendous advantage of free labour in production and free distribution agents.

since then they've been relying on donations for literature to keep the old model going.

betterdaze

This company is not affiliated with WT, but they do ship carts as well

Welfull Group Company Limited
11 F Jinjiang Mansion No.111 Hushu

Litcart Litcart Acrylic Panels Wheel Litcart Parts Rain Cover

http://en.52wmb.com/b-watchtower_bible_and_tract_society/4519633

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What are the economics of cart witnessing?

by slimboyfat in

on another thread shepherdless sketched out the past business model of jws and its demise.

until 1990 they were a straightforward publishing business with the tremendous advantage of free labour in production and free distribution agents.

since then they've been relying on donations for literature to keep the old model going.

betterdaze

This exporter/shipper/supplier comes up for kiosks, literature carts and parts, furniture handles and folding chairs.

RSF Sourcing Group LLC
Unit A, Floor 29, Legend Tower
7 Shing Yip Street
Kwun Tong, Kowloon 123
Hong Kong

It seems Watchtower is always the trading partner/consignee. The former website contact in Hong Kong is actually a purchasing agent located in… Wallkill, NY according to his LinkedIn account.

See a sample here: http://portexaminer.com/trade-data/rsf-sourcing-group-llc-watchtower-bible-and-tract-society/ctyosznycmi1188/

LITCART SPARE PARTS https://panjiva.com/Rsf-Sourcing-Group-Llc/15761737

This list shows Watchtower received 228 cartons of literature carts and chairs on 2015-08-26:

https://panjiva.com/shipment_search/results?user_term=1&prefilter=none&type=&q=watchtower&commit=Search+Now

RSF again. All of the trading partners are Watchtower: http://en.52wmb.com/s-rsf_sourcing_group_llc/3865094

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Awww....animals raising babies of another species...everlasting thread!

by rebel8 in

jw
friends

ever since i saw a video of a crow feeding and nurturing a feral kitten, i've been fascinated by stories of animals who raise babies of another type of animal.

so here begins my official repository of these stories!

feel free to add any others you know of--humans raising house pets doesn't count!.

betterdaze

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeIxWVkviOQ

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Watchtower properties for sale website

by NewYork44M in

jw
friends

here is a great site in case anyone is interested in acquiring wt property in brooklyn heights.

https://www.watchtowerbrooklynrealestate.com/.

betterdaze

Brooklyn Daily Eagle, December 3, 2015 - 8:51pm:

“The site spans an entire city block in the dynamic DUMBO neighborhood and has nearly 1 million square feet of development rights,” Richard Devine, a Jehovah's Witnesses spokesman, said in a statement. It's near the foot of the Manhattan Bridge.

Now used as a parking lot, the 135,000-square-foot Jay Street site also has frontage on York, Front and Bridge streets. Real estate sources told the Brooklyn Eagle two years ago that developers who had approached the Witnesses at that time were willing to fork over $400 per buildable square foot — nearly $400 million.

A competitive offering process has also started for 124 Columbia Heights, a ten-story, 152,000-square-foot residential building that overlooks Brooklyn Heights' beloved Promenade.

Devine called it “a remarkable building with spectacular views of the Brooklyn Bridge, the Statue of Liberty and the impressive Lower Manhattan skyline.”

The Witnesses, who expect to complete their Warwick headquarters construction in 2017, still own another dozen Brooklyn Heights properties they have not yet brought to market.

More at link: Breaking news: Jehovah's Witnesses put Brooklyn Heights headquarters up for sale

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What happened with Dr. Applewhite's supplementary report? Mistery solved

by Viva la Vida in

jw
friends

542 on 16 august 2015, dr applewhite wrote to the legal representative of watchtower.

australia and advised that she was unable to prepare a supplementary statement due.

to other commitments.

betterdaze

Moneyca Appleshite makes her living $elling “educational programs” to institutions involved with children so they can 1) lower their insurance premiums, 2) avoid expensive litigation, and 3) reduce payouts to victims.

That’s it. She doesn’t give a damn about victims, her motives are purely financial. 110% on the side of the ABUSERS all the way, whoring herself out particularly to churches.

So when Father McHandy touches little Bobby the altar boy, the Church can turnaround and say, “But we have a program in place, you can’t sue us, it’s not our fault.” She then pops in and protects them in court: “They met the standard of care, at the time.”

From her bio on the Park Dietz website:

Dr. Applewhite is able to provide clear answers to the question of whether an organization did or did not meet the standards of care for prevention, detection, and response to abuse at the time. Dr. Applewhite has provided opinions and reports regarding the standard of care in the civil litigation context in both a consultative and testifying capacity.

Bold mine, italics theirs. This seems to be the crux of her business: If there was no standard of care, at the time, then no crime really occurred. But WHO establishes that standard of care? Why, Dr. Appleshite does! And she’s got a program to sell you too!

This is how her bogus testimony fell apart. She was saying that because the WT wrote an article in the early 1980’s, they were way ahead of the Catholic Church in addressing the issue. Therefore, the “standard of care” at the time was met because essentially, there was none.

Make no doubt about it: This wretched bitch is all about protecting church a$$ets, never the children.

And yes, I’d like to register my utter disgust with her employers, but then they’re basically tapeworms, too.

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I just found out that my youngest brother committed suicide

by SnakesInTheTower in

jw
friends

my middle brother called me a couple of hours ago.

our youngest brother, josh, who was 38, was found by his friends in his apartment.

he hung himself.

betterdaze

Sorry for your loss, Rich.

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Pop Trivia

by Simon in

so many serious topics lately ... so for anyone who wants a break, it's trivia time and the subject is pop music.. which act is the only one to have a top 100 hit both before, during and after the beatles had theirs?.

no googling.

if you guess, you also need to add a trivia question for others to answer..

betterdaze

Where did Bruce Springsteen “spring” from?

Not in Jersey. Name the town.

(Edit: Not town, Village)