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  Your thoughts on the Libertarian party

  by James Mixon in

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  i really like what governors w.weld and g. johnson bring to the table.. not familiar with the libertarian party and will do some investigation,.

  but any thoughts on this party..

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  Both Hillary and Trump could really mess up free trade this time around. I don't trust either of them. They are both crooked and triggerhappy. Vote for the Gary Johnson the pothead, because character matters.

  @ SonoftheTrinity

  I agree I can see either Hillary or Trump tanking the U.S. economy and affecting the global markets big time. I don't trust either of them, either :-(

  And about pot? I like pot. I haven't done pot since college, but I don't think it should be criminalized as it currently is.

  Libertarians aren't all alike, and there's a big left to right spectrum from anarcho-syndicalists like Chomsky to anarcho-capitalists like the Tea(bagging) Partiers.

  I believe a large part of the current political arena problem is that the majority of the U.S. electorate is largely suffering from global illiteracy--they are globally myopic. They have little clue what is really going on around the world, and even less interest in finding out.
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  Other Religions use the Name JEHOVAH too

  by UnDisfellowshipped in

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  are jehovah's witnesses really the only religion that promotes and preaches the name of jehovah?.

  jw's are always claiming that they are the only religion that preaches and uses the name jehovah, and that is why only they will be saved.

  for example, look at this quote from the watchtower:.

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  But as it is not the real spelling of Gods name in hebrew anyway (as it was spelled by the Highpriest)

  What the F*** are you talking about! The "Highpriest" would pronounce it outloud once a year in public, it has nothing to do with him spelling it out. The four Hebrew letters are Yod-He-Waw-He. Most of the time in the early copies now extant the Masoretes pointed it with the Eh and Ah, as in the vowels of Shema, not Adonay.

  These four consonants are "matres lectionis" (mothers of reading) and can act as vowels sounds "Yod" for EE or EH, "He" for EH or AH, and "Waw" for Oh or OO.

  As Josephus (who was writing in Greek) said the name is pronounced according to its vowels.
  = Ee, Eh, Oh, Ah.
  Hebrew has breathing sounds, like our H, the Greeks thought of that as an accent.

  From Hebrew "YeHoWaH" we get the Latin "IeHoUaH" which with the later consonant script form of the letter I, and the U/V split, became "JeHoVaH" in more modern ecclesiastical Latin.

  The later pointing that appears in the Tetragram isn't what Martin, the Catholic Monk, used, because the vowels aren't the same in YeHoWaH and aDoNai, not even eLoHiM.

  BTW, I have an Ed.D. in Literacy. I have studied Hebrew and Greek in post-grad studies, and I'm a polyglot to boot.

  
  
  
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  American democracy in crisis

  by slimboyfat in

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  okay cut to the chase.

  the united states has got a problem.

  hillary clinton is so unpopular that practically any republican who ran against her would probably have beaten her.

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  Eegads! Yes. I'm for real. Kinda leaning anarcho-syndicalist at the moment.

  Clinton or Trump are going to ruin the economy. Printing more dollar bills isn't going to solve the problems.

  I've just about thrown my hands up in the air on this one. If these are the choices the majority wants then let the ballots fall where they may.

  There comes a time when you get fed up with the political machine!
  
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  Signs That Armageddon is "Any Day Now"

  by Nevuela in

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  my "anointed" roommate told me a good one today.

  as we were discussing psychotropic medications, she brought up a friend of hers who was recently forced off of "benzodiazepine" (there is no one drug by this name; rather, it is a specific classification of drug).

  she claimed that many people are being forced off of the medication(s) due to "concerns over side effects," and that her friend is suffering from withdrawal on top of whatever symptoms the drug was previously helping to control (she didn't elaborate and i didn't feel comfortable asking, sorry).. my roommate then went on record to say (i'm paraphrasing here) "this is why armageddon has to happen very soon, because satan is using this system to make all these people suffer psychologically to drive them into the streets and go crazy.

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  Benzodiazepines are a type of medication known as tranquilizers -- familiar names are Valium and Xanax -- that are easily abused.
  -- from WebMD
  
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  American democracy in crisis

  by slimboyfat in

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  okay cut to the chase.

  the united states has got a problem.

  hillary clinton is so unpopular that practically any republican who ran against her would probably have beaten her.

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  Sounds like it may be time to vote Libertarian or Green Party on this one.
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  Egyptian Judoka Refuses Handshake After Losing to Israeli

  by oppostate in

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  wow!

  talk about shunning...egyptian judoka refuses handshake after losing to israeli.

  “that is extremely rare in judo,” the american coach jimmy pedro said.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp1E2NLwdt4
  
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  Egyptian Judoka Refuses Handshake After Losing to Israeli

  by oppostate in

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  wow!

  talk about shunning...egyptian judoka refuses handshake after losing to israeli.

  “that is extremely rare in judo,” the american coach jimmy pedro said.

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  Wow! Talk about shunning...
  
  Egyptian Judoka Refuses Handshake After Losing to Israeli

  “That is extremely rare in judo,” the American coach Jimmy Pedro said. “It is especially disrespectful considering it was a clean throw and a fair match. It was completely dishonorable and totally unsportsmanlike on the part of the Egyptian.”

  Sasson went on to win a bronze medal in the event, which was won by the French legend Teddy Riner.

  Read the entire story here.
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  New York 1963

  by Lincoln in

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  dear friends, "my story"?

  i lost touch with jw 1991 (i was declared "not to be associated with") and shortly after became a "born again christian".

  i was recovering a difficult divorce (my love for 10 years / we were both jw) and was recovering myself.

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  Whatever happened to Paul's counsel that if someone can speak in tongues they should refrain from doing so when assembled unless there's someone else who can translate?

  I'm a polyglot and to me her speaking in tongues just sounds like babbling with repetitive Hah-hah-hah-hah.

  
  
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  The UK WTS companies' accounts documents for 2015 are currently available to download and here's information plus links

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  the uk wts companies' documents for 2015 are currently free to download from the uk government's companies house website.

  the person who sent me this information said that it appears they are testing a new form of the website, so access to documents may in the future revert to a pay per file system.

  therefore, he advises getting copies of documents as soon as possible, as he doesn’t know when the testing phase will finish.

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  Thanks Barbara!

  All that filthy-lucre loving accounting-books give and take makes my head spin.

  Money, money, money. It's a richman's WT hierarchy world!

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX_qAtwMDFk
  
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  The Edgar Chronicles (My encounters with a crow)

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  origins and prelude (edgar chronicles).

  for the last several days, there has been some kind of black bird strutting about on the starbucks patio searching for crumbs.. .

  i don't particularly get along with these birds.

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  oppostate

  Wonderful story, Terry.

  I liked the vivid imagery your descriptions paint.

  Thanks for sharing the story!