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  The Advocates for Awareness of Watchtower Abuses (AAWA) [WARNING]

  by Simon in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  uncensored discussions and information for anyone interested in the advocates for awareness of watchtower abuses or 'aawa' http://aawa.co/ (previously known as "the association of anti-watchtower activists http://jwactivists.org/) and how it's handled and responded to privacy issues and put people at risk:.

  aawa is here!!

  (the association of anti-watchtower activists)an invitation to a new effort- aawawhy when i logged onto aawa did it go to facebook ?in regards to aawaaawa - every generation needs a new revolution - thomas jeffersonnotice how the introduction of the aawa has brought out the loonies lately?will aawa become another cult?

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  JeffT

  Well apparently I'm the only one to think of looking up the actual answers to these questions.

  In order to apply for non profit status with the IRS you have to finalize incorporation in the state where you're setting up shop. Then you have to file a bunch of paperwork including your financial history with the IRS. In other words, you have to be set up and operating, it then takes some amount of time to get approval and official status with the IRS. God knows how long this will take, you're dealing with a government agency.

  http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1023.pdf

  The IRS has thought of the situation that is occuring with AAWA and made provision for it. If an organization is granted 501(c)(3) status that status is retroactive to the date of incorporation. For the purposes of current operations the IRS treats the organization as a nonprofit and donations to it are tax deductible. Donators run the risk that the IRS will deny nonprofit status and deductions to it will be disallowed retroactively. I doubt this is of major concern for anybody likely to donate to AAWA for two reasons. One unless one of you gave them a whole bunch of money a retroactive disallowance is not going to result in much of a tax bill. More importantly, it seems unlikely that the IRS would not grant 501(c)(3) status to AAWA. AAWA's activities are not going to strike the IRS as a way to hide buckets of money for the incorporators, which is the thing that causes denial of nonprofit status.

  http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Charitable-Organizations/Contributions-to-Organization-with-IRS-Application-Pending

  http://www.501c3.org/how-to-start-a-501c3-nonprofit/
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  Camelot and the Cult of Cool as the world circled the drain

  by Terry in

  1. social
  2. current

  dwight david eisenhower's nickname was "ike".

  as in, "i like ike".

  i grew up under his administration which was chiefly known for lots of golf played by the commander in chief and a warning against the military industrial complex.

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  JeffT

  Terry, I was pretty young during Ike's tenure, but I became more political aware after that. I hated LBJ for his big push in Vietnam, Nixon was a character out of a Shakespearean tragedy: a potentilally great man brought down by his internal demons. Absent Watergate, universal healthcare in this country would probably be celebrating its 40th birthday sometime in the near future.

  On the whole, the sixties and seventies were some of the most divisive times in the history of the country. People talked about civil war and took it seriously. George Wallace picked up 46 electoral votes in the '68 election!

  I agree that nobody stands for anything other than self-promotion these days.

  You're spending too much time on "media" - the 24-hour news cycle.

  Browse the library and read a good book with some depth.

  1) WTF does that mean?

  2) Considering the "depth" of your typical posts I would suggest taking your own advice before telling others what to do.
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  Lawyers, Historians, Civic Minded People

  by Band on the Run in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i am reading a book that is a transcript of a major international conference of highest court jurists.

  justice breyer represented the united states.

  the title is judges in democracies.

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  JeffT

  Another one to add to my list of books to read.
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  Need help finding a citation re: You wouldn't go to a Toyota dealer

  by okage in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  okay, online, many jws use the line that if you have a question about a ford, you wouldn't go to a toyota dealer.

  they use this to say "only jehovah's witnesses can answer questions about jws.".

  i can swear that there is some version of this statement in a watchtower publication.

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  If I wanted unbiased information about Ford products I wouldn't ask a Ford dealer either.
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  Honest Reponse needed

  by His Excellency in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  attraction isn't the glue that holds couples together, and there have even been scientific polls and studies taken on this.

  that initial attraction *typically* doesn't last more than a few months.

  though attraction keeps you interested long enough to get to know someone and build a relationship with him/her.. but my question is this, how long does the attraction lasts in new couples, before they get bored with each-other?..

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  JeffT

  I think we got counseled for this. My (future) wife and I sort of liked each other so we drove ~100 miles to a circuit assembly together. We really hit off, so when we got home after the CA I took her out to dinner. We'd only been witnesses a few months at that point, none of my prior relationships had lasted more than a couple of months. Over dinner I knew that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with this woman. That was 39 years ago and we've managed to stay together through all sorts of ups and downs.
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  The Twist swept the Nation by storm and liberated a generation

  by designs in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  it is hard to believe it has been just over 50 years since chubby checker introduced the twist.

  it is also hard to imagine by today's standards in dance that his simple song laid the seeds for the freedom of expression that would define the 60s.. the ghetto dance found its way to the famous dive the peppermint lounge in nyc which was run by the mob.

  soon the celebrities and socialites showed up at the peppermint lounge, the mad men generation, and the twist was on its way to being the no.1 hit of the past 50 years.

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  JeffT

  I was a 6th grader when The Twist stormed the nation. At the time, most of us just thought it was a dance.
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  GATED COMMUNITIES IN PUERTO RICO: ACCESS CODES and REMOTES must be provided to the WATCHTOWER CORPORATION by APRIL 23, 2013...

  by Calebs Airplane in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  this case is in it's 9th year an has been touched upon briefly on and off.. the latest from the federal court is that all gated communites in puerto rico have until april 23 to provide the watchtower corporation full access.... this means the entry code or remote control devices that open the front fence.. this is clearly an act of provocation in order to create "pseudo-persecution" thereby increasing fs hours and "voluntary donations"....

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  JeffT

  I haven't been following this that closely. If I lived there in a gated community my question would be "what happened to my right to be left alone?" This ruling effectively outlaws gated communities as there is no saying who will get the codes.

  The Watchtower used to say that people that lived in places like that had made a decision not to hear "the good news."

  PS, I wonder what would be the effect of writing the all the kingdom halls and telling them they'd be the subject of a lawsuit if a house in the community gets broken into. Let them prove they're keeping the codes secure.
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  In Practice, the GB Substitutes "The Organization" for Jesus

  by Ding in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  recently, i have had some pm discussions with a couple of jwn members regarding the extent to which the gb injects itself and the wt organization into the bible message.

  one of them encouraged me to post my comments as a topic, so i am doing so here.. .

  in the wt religion, everything is about "god's organization.

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  JeffT

  Not surprising. The GB is busy replacing Jehovah with themselves.

  http://www.freeminds.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2904:is-the-governing-body-committing-blasphemy&catid=31:governing-body&Itemid=346
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  A very important petition!

  by sooner7nc in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.petitiononline.com/casec/petition.html .

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  JeffT

  I wasn't aware that Canada was ever part of the United States.
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  If you are in the real estate business, please answer my question. Thank you!

  by Iamallcool in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what does runner for real estate exactly do on daily basis?

  thank you!.

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  JeffT

  What sinis said. Real Estate involves moving tons of time sensitive paper from one place to another. In downtown Seattle (and I suspect many other places) various runners (real estate and lawyers are the most frequent users) use bicycles because they can ride between traffic lanes and on the sidewalk if needed. In thick traffic they can outrun the cops this way. On the other hand having a death wish or an inability to experience fear are probably job requirements.