the warren buffett scam.. http://the-classic-liberal.com/warren-buffett-scam/.
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I'm starting to believe the study that found that conservative voters tend to have lower IQs.
That article was nothing more than a rant without any facts. Hiding money in a Charitable Foundation is an absurd concept. Usually the purpose of hiding money is so that you can retrieve it again. Giving it to a charity who is going to spend it is the worst tax shelter ever.
dear randall.
good morning!.
here is the daniel of brazil (former bethel).. this week at the forum of former jehovah's witnesses had an interesting news!
Have they gotten desperate enough to let women be Ministerial Servants yet?
i was reading this news article and it brings out that nasa is planning a manned mission to mars.
nasa plans to work with other countries on this mission, and not just go it alone.
it turns out that the obama administration has set a goal for nasa to have this done by the 2030s.
I would love to believe this, but it has been planned since 1989 when proposed by Bush Sr.
It was reproposed by Bush Jr. in 2004
This time it might get off the ground as it seems NASA is turning to the world rather than getting stonewalled by their own Congress.
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http://autos.aol.com/article/woman-arrested-for-warning-drivers-of-speed-trap-with-makeshift/?ncid=txtlnkusauto00000020.
REALLY? Find me a couple of "fine officers" under 50 years old, and I'll buy them a donut. NOBODY goes into law enforcement that doesn't have "issues".
Last summer I sold my car and the person that came to pick it up asked if we could hold off taking the plates off until he drove home. I have a friends and family plan of insurance for my car so I agreed to let him drive and followed him up.
I was able to take off the back plate but the front plate has seized screws and I didn't have the proper tools to remove it. The guy and his wife assured me that they were registering it and the plate on it didn't have the stickers on it so it wasn't legal.
Fast forward about 3 months I get a stack of parking tickets. I call up the local police station and explain the situation, I honestly thought that there was nothing to be done. I didn't get the initial ticket so by the time I got the notice the time to fight it in court had passed.
It went back and forth a few times as the lady at the office had to wait for a couple others to run the situation by them and they happened to be on vacation. What I thought was stall tactics turned out to be legitimate and she called up and said that I needed a police case number to attach to the file and they would close all the tickets.
I went down to the local station and explained what I needed to the officer at the desk. About half way through, this massively fat cop waddles over and loudly starts to insult me.
I left the plates on it, that was illegal, as far as he was concerned I should be CHARGED. I should be thankful he was in a good mood and just leave it alone and walk away. I was a bit floored. I told him that it was an oversight that I was not aware of. I understand ignorance of the law is not a defense, but I was a bit shocked to be threated with a criminal charge for something that another officer told me they would look after.
I asked what I was supposed to do now that I am still getting tickets and don't have the plate. He said I gave the plates away as a gift and the police would not help, in fact if I went to take them back he could follow me out and arrest me for tresspassing.
At this point I reiterated what he told me and asked if that was the official police stance. He affirmed it, so took out my phone and asked for his badge number. He just snorted and he didn't have time to waste with me and walked away.
After he left the lady at the front desk took out police report filled out my details and gave it to me. I faxed it over and they actually removed all the tickets from my file.
So one pompus ass and two nice officers. If I had their names I would likely send those two donuts as well. :)
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http://autos.aol.com/article/woman-arrested-for-warning-drivers-of-speed-trap-with-makeshift/?ncid=txtlnkusauto00000020.
So Scott77, do you feel that the Police Officer was in his right to fabricate charges against Natalie Plummer?
She was not detained for holding up a sign, the charge she was brought in for was standing on the street, of which she denies. As she tried to reason with the officer he tried to get her for resisting arrest.
No doubt the in car camera would have been unfortunately turned off for this arrest as well.
It was an abuse of power and an illegal arrest. I hope the power tripping officer has his badge removed.
There are plenty of fine officers in the police force, but they really need to reel those in that feel they can walk all over someone's civil rights because they have a badge.
Frankly I have difficulty understanding why you would support this.
dear randall.
good morning!.
here is the daniel of brazil (former bethel).. this week at the forum of former jehovah's witnesses had an interesting news!
One of the things that is tapping in the back of my mind is the upcoming meeting to help the elders understand the new changes so they can help the flock accept it as well.
Could this be related to the blood fractions letter that was recently released? A meeting telling them that life is sacred and to stop refusing these "dirivatives"?
i was just looking over some of the documents from the candice conti case and just need something clarified.. in the letter dated august 31, 1998 from the freemont elders to the branch, they answered the question "how is he viewed in the community/authorities" with "legal authorities contacted, police report made, no action taken by courts, community unaware".
it appears from this letter that the brothers did in fact contact the authorities and they chose to take no action.. this leaves me a little confused as to what exactly the society is at fault for here.
is the issue that they didn't notify members of the congregation, which allowed jonathan kendrick to molest his victim?
I'm guessing the abuse was before that. The first case was in 1993 against his daughter and he was removed as a MS. I believe it was shortly after that when he abused Candice. Later on, he abused the daughter of a study who's family immediately filed a police report to which the above letter addresses.
I'm pretty sure that was the case. For Candice, they didn't report it or warn the congregation and he went on to reoffend.
This is from memory, so others feel free to correct me if I have this wrong.
Edit: He abused his daughter in 1994 and was convicted of a misdemenor sexual assault.
He went on to abuse Candace from 1995-1996 but it went unreported.
He was caught again for abuse of the child of study in 2004 for which he was convicted again.
The letter above seems to be referencing the 1994 incident, but long after the conviction and after his subsequent abuse of Candice
dear randall.
good morning!.
here is the daniel of brazil (former bethel).. this week at the forum of former jehovah's witnesses had an interesting news!
Can we start an ex-jw pot on what the changes will be?
I have $5 on a refined understanding of the Generation and the 144,000 no longer being a litteral number.
jane doe v. watchtower bible and tract society of new york, inc.. .
jury trial - june 14, 2012 - day 10. .
mr. schnack: ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the judge has instructed you that it is your choice to award or not to award punitive damages.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but these are the closing arguments for the deliberation for punitive damages after the verdict.
If so, it would be extremely arrogant for the lawyers to claim that this is the first case and that they are changing policy after the previous argument likely attacked Candace's character and denied any wrong-doing.
It is like they are so used to the rank and file switching their whole understanding just because of new light, that they thought a jury would forget their previous comments and believe the "current truth"
i'm a big science nerd and i remember when we were going over the creator book, that the big bang doesn't necessarily prove there is no god.. i said this comment during book study and the conductor's jaw dropped.
everyone was pretty uncomfortable and it didn't help that he ct me off as i was explaining the red shift and mom wasn't too happy about all that.
i had to do a lot of bible research and write some nonsense about how the big bang was not reality or some sort...ugh.. .
I was told to quit as a volunteer fire fighter.
1) I showed lack of respect for my life that Jehovah had given me
2) I may have to leave a meeting to fight a fire and what is more important
3) It was stumbling people in the congregation
I had actually refused to quit, I told the elder that if it was his house on fire during the meeting, wouldn't he want to know that there were enough people to keep it from burning to the ground?
I said it was stupid and refused. He went around me and told my mom and she forced me to quit. That was a big fight, I really fought back on that one. Being a firefighter was something I had wanted to do since I was a child, after I got out of school, I thought "why not follow my dreams?"
She threatened to take away the car, which I was paying for anyways. Eventually I quit to stop the nagging.
