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  Do you have a Facebook account, important message

  by Tameria2001 in

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  i'm not sure where to put this under, but i got a message from my anti-virus service.

  they were informing me that facebook left everyone's password open for any employee of facebook to see.

  they strongly recommended people to change their password to their facebook account.

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  Tameria- I don't know what kind of working environment you're in, but if you have an email account through your job, the IT people can read your email without knowing your password.

  To give you an example I used to work for Morgan Stanley, one of the MD's (Managing Director) I worked with was in charge of reading over various employees company emails to make sure they weren't saying anything x-rated and sending jokes out on the companies account, needless to say she certainly didn't have the email to those accounts she was reading over. Don't ever think a password is key for anyone not to view your emails and social media.
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  Qualifying For A Kingdom Hall Funeral

  by minimus in

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  one of the most despicable things i can remember is having the elders determining whether or not you “qualified” for proper funeral services in a kingdom hall and if the talk could be given by an elder.

  people are hurting terribly and the family is then told, even though the deceased was a member of the congregation, they still weren’t good enough to qualify for proper burial services per the congregation!

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  I made sure that the brother who gave my mothers memorial talk didn't make it sound like a recruitment.

  and if he did try to do that, I was on the front row anyway, I would've called him out in front of everybody
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  When you were an active JW, did you ever have dealings with a pyramid scheme?

  by Tameria2001 in

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  2. experiences

  i'm not sure why this memory popped up, and i was wondering if any others, when they were still active jw had dealings with a pyramid scheme involving other witnesses in the organization?

  at the time it was 1993, and my husband and i were still newlyweds.

  once in a while, we would attend a neighboring congregation because that was where he grew up, and some of his family was still attending there at the time.

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  I remember two sisters in the Hall sold some kind of cleaning detergent, but it wasn't Amway. I don't remember the name of it, but I remember this particular product wasn't very trustworthy, I remember watching an investigative report on the news about it, this was in the late 70 or early 80's and it was kind of funny to me, but this woman here in NYC agreed to sell the product, she could barely speak English with the reporter, but she pointed to the living room of her apt and the room was FILLED with boxes of this product that she had to sell !! Funny to me because these two sisters were involved with it, but surely not funny to that woman who got stuck with a shitload of the stuff in her apartment.
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  Will You Stop Listening To Michael Jackson’s Music?

  by minimus in

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  since the hbo documentary, more people are condemning mj.

  will these child abuse allegations affect you if you ever liked his music?.

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  Brothers . . . the society has a new proclamation that any music from our former brother, Michael Jackson, is no longer appropriate to be played in our homes for entertainment. If you feel the need for some musical enjoyment,. we will be releasing CDs of the spiritual melodies from our songbook. I can think of no other way to fully enjoy the gift of music than the music of Jehovah . . . .
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  Michael Cohen... sleazebag or patriot?

  by Queequeg in

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  so, what do you think?

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  fwiw, i say sleazebag....

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  It's the southern New York district office that Trump has to watch out for not what Cohen had to say.

  YESS!!! As Sunny Hostin pointed out today on The View, she is a former prosecutor in the state of NY, and she says the same exact thing. So I'm just thinking how Drumpf and his henchmen are following the playbook of Watergate, if so, bye bye Drumpf !
  
  
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  My conversation with the "Fixer" attorney for Pentecostal TV evangelists

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  i had occasion to chat with a man who was the attorney for a large cabal (all related by blood) of pentecostal tv evangelists.

  how it came about was as follows.i was finishing my first book about my stint in prison as a jw (i wept by the rivers of babylon)and a man in a suit walked over and asked me what i was working on.he said he'd seen me every day and got curious.i told him.he jumped at the chance to unburden at that point.in the course of our conversation, he opened my eyes to a great many things, not the least of which was the poisonous inevitability of larceny which comes with being a spokesman for god's 'truth.

  'he described the process.

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  He told me about Robert Tilton, a local TV evangelist who had been taken down by an investigative report. Tilton had owned so many satellites used for TV ministry, NBC leased some of them for their broadcasts. His ministry required one million dollars per day just to break even! The hardest part of being Tilton's attorney was finding ways to hide all the cash.

  As long as Tilton keeps me laughing on YouTube,where's he known as the farting preacher, I don't care what he does, he doing the same as all the other bogus evangelists and the GB now with their videos they're showing at the meetings now.
  
  
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  Michael Cohen... sleazebag or patriot?

  by Queequeg in

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  so, what do you think?

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  fwiw, i say sleazebag....

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  Queequeg - So, what do you think? FWIW, I say sleazebag..

  Truth hurts Queeg ??
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  "Dog bites religious books on South Florida beach, but his owner gets put in the doghouse"

  by ShirleyW in

  1. jw
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  the thing that stands out about this story is and i italicized below is, the jw said he had a permit, which i really, really, really, have a strong feeling that this is the biggest lie told on the planet, dubs just set those damn carts down wherever they please, step back about five feet from them and start looking at their phones are gossiping with their pioneer partner about everyone else in the cong while getting their hours in.. man's best friend also proved to be his best accomplice in the case of a marathon man and his french bulldog butterbean.edgar wallis jones, 59, was walking his dog on sombrero beach feb. 6 at 11:30 a.m. jones approached a jehovah's witness who had a cart filled with religious literature set up near a pavilion.he told the man that he was not allowed on city or state property with religious books.

  the victim responded that he had a permit and that they were free.jones said if the literature was free, he would take all of it.

  he grabbed the cart while butterbean began chewing on some of the books.

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  The thing that stands out about this story is and I italicized below is, the JW said he had a permit, which I really, really, really, have a strong feeling that this is the biggest lie told on the planet, Dubs just set those damn carts down wherever they please, step back about five feet from them and start looking at their phones are gossiping with their pioneer partner about everyone else in the Cong while getting their hours in.

  Man's best friend also proved to be his best accomplice in the case of a Marathon man and his French bulldog Butterbean.
  Edgar Wallis Jones, 59, was walking his dog on Sombrero Beach Feb. 6 at 11:30 a.m. Jones approached a Jehovah's Witness who had a cart filled with religious literature set up near a pavilion.
  He told the man that he was not allowed on city or state property with religious books. The victim responded that he had a permit and that they were free.
  Jones said if the literature was free, he would take all of it. He grabbed the cart while Butterbean began chewing on some of the books.
  The victim called 9-1-1 and gave Deputy Ian Douthirt a description of the man and his dog. He said he had seen the man around town before and believed he was a local.
  The deputy canvassed the beach, and several witnesses said they saw a man who matched the suspect's description and a dog who matched the bulldog's description. The dog was described as a tan and white, older and chubby French bulldog. One witness said the suspect told him his dog's name is Butterbean but that he didn't choose it; children chose the dog's name.
  Deputy Douthirt's subsequent search of several animal hospitals and shelters turned up one with a file for a French bulldog named Butterbean, but they would not provide additional information given that the incident did not directly involve Butterbean.
  The Monroe County Sheriff's Office posted a description of Butterbean to its Facebook page in the hopes of identifying the bulldog's owner.
  Deputy Douthirt returned to the scene of the crime on Feb. 11, and his search was quickly over. He passed by the pavilion where the victim had been standing when he heard a dog bark. A tan and white French bulldog was walking with its owner, a man matching the suspect's description who then repeated the story of Butterbean's name to the deputy.
  The deputy mentioned his investigation into an incident on the beach, and Jones admitted to talking to the Jehovah's Witness about the legality of his literature cart. He denied taking the cart, but he readily admitted that Butterbean chewed on some of the religious books.
  The victim later identified Jones in a photo lineup, and a judge issued a warrant for Jones' arrest on Feb. 20.
  Jones turned himself in on Monday. He was charged with disorderly conduct.
  Butterbean was not charged in the incident. Deputy Douthirt reported Butterbean remains in good health, spirits and in the care of Jones.
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  Are You Horrifed if Someone Goes Into a “Massage Parlor”?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yesterday, robert kraft, the owner of the new england patriots, got busted for getting a massage and more.

  they say there is another more high profile person who also got busted.. does this stuff upset you that some men have gone into a massage parlor for possibly more than a massage?

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  Frozen - do you have a sense of humor? You really haven't heard anyone say "you two ladies" are you girls" when referring to two men before?
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  Are You Horrifed if Someone Goes Into a “Massage Parlor”?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  yesterday, robert kraft, the owner of the new england patriots, got busted for getting a massage and more.

  they say there is another more high profile person who also got busted.. does this stuff upset you that some men have gone into a massage parlor for possibly more than a massage?

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  Frozen, I don’t get why billionaires would go to a strip mall for a rub and tug either

  To Frozen and Min - I bet if you two girls won a jackpot lottery with such an excess amount in your bank account, you would be paying for things that you thought were silly that other folks paid for , just like the ol' rub and tug at the local mall.