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  Why do people support abusers in the NFL?

  by Simon in

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  i really don't get it.. in most sports in most countries your career is rightly over if you commit certain crimes.. but not in the good old nfl !.

  it seems players can rape, beat women, abuse children, fight dogs ... and they will not only be allowed to play but they will have an army of fans wearing their names on their shirts and cheering them on.. the abuse and arrogant attitudes seem to exist at all levels - it seems like there is an endless feed of news stories where some high-school or college football players have abused or raped girls and they end up being allowed back to play and people rallying round as though *they* are the victims.. surely, whatever someone's skills as an athlete are, there are some things that simply can't be excused?.

  or is winning truly 'everything' and it doesn't matter the cost?.

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  This issue is not confined to the NFL, or even sports. See Roman Polanski.
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  Do You Regard President Obama In The Same Way As You Did BEFORE The Election?

  by minimus in

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  lately, even late night comedians are starting to make fun of the president.. i hear more negatives about the president than ever before---even from his own voters.. (i had high hopes for him when he beat mccain but since then, i believe the president has been a huge disappointment)..

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  Median Household income Adjusted for inflation 1980: $46995

  Median Household income Adjusted for inflation 1992 $49,122

  Median Household income Adjusted for inflation 2008 $53,644

  Median Household income Adjusted for inflation 2012 $51,017

  http://www.davemanuel.com/median-household-income.php

  To be fair, the best was Bill Clinton, although I suspect a lot of the boom time was fueled by the dotcom boom. Makes me wish we'd elected Hilary in 2008. I think she'd have a better handle on problems like ISIS and Ukraine as well.
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  Any stock market investors here?

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if so, i was just wondering if there are any books or steps (classes, etc) you took or recommend to really learn it.

  and for what you recommend, what exactly do you do?

  (long term, short, daytrade, calls, sell high buy low, buy low sell high, etc).

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  If your employer has a 401(k) max out your contribution and/or buy into good mutual funds. Ask around and find a broker that will take on new, small investors for minimal fees. Some brokers want to take on new accounts to provide for future growth. Trying to pick Market winners and day trading are probably worse than taking your money to a casino.
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  The other side of the Ashya King story

  by Mickey mouse in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/ashya-king-this-story-isnt-quite-what-it-seems-9716486.html.

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  Whenever a new treatment for something appears, people go crazy trying to get it for themselves or their loved ones, even before we know anything about its effectivness or side effects. This treatment may not be appropriate for this case, and I doubt the parents know more about it than the doctors.
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  Hunting season

  by Defianttruth in

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  anyone getting excited yet?

  my four legged partner and i are super ready.

  he just got back from refresher training for the last month.

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  Ducks, dove, pheasant?

  If crashing through the brush is your thing how about Grouse and Quail? Or if you're really crazy and like running up and down mountains, Chukar.
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  PART TWO of AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE BY A PRACTICING JEHOVAH'S WITNESS

  by Sparks in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  while you are sitting there reading this, there are literally hundreds of thousands of young males and females all over the world [ mostly in america / canada and england] sitting in their grotty little smelly bedrooms or flats, designing computer viruses that they will up-load onto web-sites to cause anonymous innocent peoples computers to malfunction.

  these creeps spend literally weeks,months or even years hoping to make a computer viruses that will get into peoples computer bios to completely destroy their computers.

  they never see the peoples anger, frustration and distress.... the damage can cost each person about 1,000 [ $1,660.74 ] or more to replace a basic new laptop or tower.

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  sitting in their grotty little smelly bedrooms or flats,

  He lost me here. He might steal a line or two from "A Clockwork Orange" but he's no Anthony Burgess. I smell troll.
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  Want to make Money $ with a Web Site?

  by sarahsmile in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  has anyone had success with a high traffic website or blog ?.

  it might take a team of people to accomplish.. ads pay and people count, lots and lots of people.

  does jehovahs-witness.net make money every time someone looks at the web site?

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  From what I understand the income stream from running a website is a lot like the income stream from any other kind of writing: people who don't do it think you make tons of money, people who do know better.

  JeffT <-- has made $975 in three years as a freelance writer
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  Is new light coming again?

  by justme67 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just turned in my resignation letter to my congregation a few weeks ago.

  last week, 2 elders called me to say they received my letter and would like to meet with me to discuss my concerns.

  in my letter, i said i had found out about all the child abuse cases that were going on and that i didnt agree with their policy of disfellowshipping.

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  I would have said "If you guys knew what I know, you'd be right behind me. Unlike you, I can tell you what I know. Would you like me to start now?"
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  Is new light coming again?

  by justme67 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just turned in my resignation letter to my congregation a few weeks ago.

  last week, 2 elders called me to say they received my letter and would like to meet with me to discuss my concerns.

  in my letter, i said i had found out about all the child abuse cases that were going on and that i didnt agree with their policy of disfellowshipping.

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  I would have said "If you guys knew what I know, you'd be right behind me. Unlike you, I can tell you what I know. Would you like me to start now?"
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  Any recent wack-a-doodle elder comments in your congo lately?

  by sir82 in

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  2. friends

  our go-to wack-a-doodle elder moved to a new congregation a few years back.

  the position has been vacant since then.. we had an elder move in a few months back.

  he appears to be angling for the position of resident wack-a-doodle.. at last night's service meeting, he said (paraphrased): "as a congregation, we've been busier than ever before with our special campaign.

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  Gregor, I think you're talking about the tract campaign that started in the fall of 1973. The tract was released right after a drama about Jericho at the summer Internaional Conventions. Rumor had that there would be seven such tracts with the last one in the fall of '75. I remember it well, because that was my first convention, I was baptised that fall. Everybody went crazy speculating about that!

  Wife and I started our exit 15 years later after sitting through a talk about how our children shouldn't waste there time on education since the end was coming so soon.