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  Wedding Anniversary #62

  by smiddy3 in

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  hi friends , i thought i would just let you know it`s my wife and i, 62nd wedding anniversary today.. not that we were able to celebrate much as my wife wasn`t up to it today .. however i did manage to give her a couple of champers at home ,while i had a couple o ales with friends down at the club and managed to put on lotto for tonite and a couple of keno`s from the club ,you never know the god`s might smile upon us for doing something right after all these years.?.

  take care guys.. smiddy 3.

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  cofty

  Congratulations Mr & Mrs Smiddy x
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  Scottish Queen of Woke Resigns

  by cofty in

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  first new zealand's dictator resigned and now nicola sturgeon the first minister of scotland has announced her intention to go.. nobody is certain exactly what the trigger was but there are plenty of possibilities.

  the final straw may have been her 'gender recognition' act that would have made it possible for anybody 16 and over to legally change their sex on a whim.

  the vast majority of scots were opposed but she battered the legislation through holyrood regardless.

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  I think the term is fitting if a little hyperbolic.

  She actually made it law that you could go to prison for saying the wrong thing in your own home.

  Her petty COVID rules and regulations were so convoluted that her spokesman regularly got tied in knots trying to answer questions about who could and couldn't find visit a dying grandparent.

  Her ambition was to be supreme ruler of a dominant and totally compliant SNP party in an independent country.

  In retrospect she was an abject failure.

  There is an authoritarian tendency in modern politics that must be constantly exposed and resisted. The leaders do NOT know what is best for us as recent events have shown.
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  Scottish Queen of Woke Resigns

  by cofty in

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  first new zealand's dictator resigned and now nicola sturgeon the first minister of scotland has announced her intention to go.. nobody is certain exactly what the trigger was but there are plenty of possibilities.

  the final straw may have been her 'gender recognition' act that would have made it possible for anybody 16 and over to legally change their sex on a whim.

  the vast majority of scots were opposed but she battered the legislation through holyrood regardless.

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  cofty

  First New Zealand's dictator resigned and now Nicola Sturgeon the First Minister of Scotland has announced her intention to go.

  Nobody is certain exactly what the trigger was but there are plenty of possibilities. The final straw may have been her 'gender recognition' act that would have made it possible for anybody 16 and over to legally change their sex on a whim. The vast majority of Scots were opposed but she battered the legislation through Holyrood regardless. Amendments were proposed that would have prevented rapists from taking advantage of the new law to gain access to female prisons. She arrogantly rejected the advice. Then Westminster overruled Holyrood causing much consternation and threats of legal battles because it's very important for rapists to be allowed to share cells with women in Scotland.

  Then, with perfect timing ideology met reality when an actual trans rapist turned up. Faced with huge opposition Sturgeon had to back down and got herself in a complete muddle over whether or not the rapist complete with penis was a woman or a man (she invented a third gender - rapist) and if a trans 'woman' is a woman as she had insisted why could 'she' be sent to a men's prison.

  Perhaps her sudden decision has something to do with a police investigation into missing millions. Maybe the chief Constable has given her a heads-up that the investigation isn't looking good for her.

  By every measure Scotland is worse off for her time in office. Life expectancy, education, health services, drug abuse, alcoholism & poverty. Even more concerning is the draconian laws that she has presided over that destroys free speech in Scotland and makes it possible to be imprisoned for saying offensive things in the privacy of your own home.

  Her authoritarian tendencies were especially evident during the pandemic. The convoluted laws that emanated from her - were bewildering.

  So two woke dictators down. Who is next? Canada?

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  Does anyone actually believe that Russia blew up its own gas pipeline?

  by slimboyfat in

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  the claim that russia blew up its own pipeline functions, whether intentionally or not, as a test of our collective intelligence, and it’s worrisome how many fail the test.

  as a former pentagon official put it, “a child could tell you that doesn’t make sense”.

  they talk a lot about russian propaganda and suppression of their media, which i don’t doubt for a minute.

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  My only surprise is that Biden had the fortitude to do it. Or is it further evidence that he is only a figurehead?
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  Basic Blood Questions For Witnesses

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  basic blood questions for jehovah's witnesses.

  where does the bible outlaw blood transfusions?

  (acts 15:29 gen.9:4) .

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  If you think you have even began to refute my argument you are thoroughly deluded.
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  Basic Blood Questions For Witnesses

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  basic blood questions for jehovah's witnesses.

  where does the bible outlaw blood transfusions?

  (acts 15:29 gen.9:4) .

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  I think what needs to be clearly understood is what uses of blood are restricted and which allowed

  That's very simple.

  1. If the animal was killed the blood can only be used for sacrifice.
  2. If it died of itself (or if nothing died as in a transfusion) the blood is no more sacred than the teeth
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  Does anyone actually believe that Russia blew up its own gas pipeline?

  by slimboyfat in

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  the claim that russia blew up its own pipeline functions, whether intentionally or not, as a test of our collective intelligence, and it’s worrisome how many fail the test.

  as a former pentagon official put it, “a child could tell you that doesn’t make sense”.

  they talk a lot about russian propaganda and suppression of their media, which i don’t doubt for a minute.

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  I wouldn’t put anything past Putin

  Putin is ruthless but he isn't stupid.

  Nord Stream AG, was incorporated in Switzerland in 2005 in partnership with Gazprom, a publicly traded Russian company producing enormous profits for shareholders which is dominated by oligarchs known to be in the thrall of Putin.

  Gazprom controlled 51 percent of the company ... Gazprom’s profits were shared with the Russian government, and state gas and oil revenues were estimated in some years to amount to as much as 45 percent of Russia’s annual budget.
  
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  Does anyone actually believe that Russia blew up its own gas pipeline?

  by slimboyfat in

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  the claim that russia blew up its own pipeline functions, whether intentionally or not, as a test of our collective intelligence, and it’s worrisome how many fail the test.

  as a former pentagon official put it, “a child could tell you that doesn’t make sense”.

  they talk a lot about russian propaganda and suppression of their media, which i don’t doubt for a minute.

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  Brilliant piece of investigative reporting by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Seymour Hersh.

  “If Russia invades . . . there will be no longer a Nord Stream 2. We will bring an end to it.” - Biden 7 Feb 2022

  How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline

  The New York Times called it a “mystery,” but the United States executed a covert sea operation that was kept secret—until now
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  Does anyone actually believe that Russia blew up its own gas pipeline?

  by slimboyfat in

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  2. current

  the claim that russia blew up its own pipeline functions, whether intentionally or not, as a test of our collective intelligence, and it’s worrisome how many fail the test.

  as a former pentagon official put it, “a child could tell you that doesn’t make sense”.

  they talk a lot about russian propaganda and suppression of their media, which i don’t doubt for a minute.

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  USA had the strongest motivation to destroy the pipeline.

  The complicity of mainstream media in official narratives in recent years is the biggest danger to freedom. Suppression of free speech is being codified into laws. Sadly Scotland is leading the way in some respects. It's heartbreaking to see what has happened to the cradle of the Enlightenment.

  There are rumours (no more than that at present) of journalists being arrested for reporting on the train derailment that has led to huge chemical contamination in Ohio.
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  Watchtower is Run Like the Mafia

  by Sea Breeze in

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  anybody else notice this?

  the have a syndicate (governing body) regional bosses (district overseers), captians (circuit overseers), and elders are their "made men" that enforce policy at street level.

  if you run your mouth too much, they wipe out your whole family (disfellowshipping).

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  I don't think the analogy works.

  Mafia bosses don't live on tiny stipends, live in strangers' homes 5 nights a week and depend on voluntary gifts.