Berengaria

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  Poll - Will you accept blood?

  by OrphanCrow in

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  i have made a poll to try to determine the impact of the wt's no blood policy on ex members.. if you are an exjw, please participate.. vote here:.

  *oops...hang on here...i have to make a new poll...this one lets you vote more than once.

  i will post the new one .

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  Berengaria

  Hello OC, here is my own experience from a few years ago

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/242488/looks-like-have-officially-disassociated-myself
  
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  What is your opinion of the news media?

  by minimus in

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  to me they have an agenda and they really don't care about professional journalism.

  most are untrustworthy and that's a shame.

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  Berengaria

  Sorry Min, I don't remember the conversation. I do find it rather ironic that you are referring to political groupies. You being a Republican and a Trump supporter who chooses to stick your fingers in your ears to all but positive news about your hero.
  
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  What is your opinion of the news media?

  by minimus in

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  to me they have an agenda and they really don't care about professional journalism.

  most are untrustworthy and that's a shame.

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  Berengaria

  "Also worth noting that some details of the dossier have now been corroborated..."

  Indeed. I was going to link to some news articles on that very subject (also the missing ex MI6 and his suspected collaborator in Russia who was found dead in the back seat of his car a likely victim of the Kremlin). But..........it will change no ones mind, even IF they actually bothered to read.
  
  
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  What is your opinion of the news media?

  by minimus in

  1. social
  2. current

  to me they have an agenda and they really don't care about professional journalism.

  most are untrustworthy and that's a shame.

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  Berengaria

  "That's fanning the flames Outlaw. They advertised it . A good journalist would check the source rather than report on unsubstantiated error. Once again, if I said Outlaw has urinated with hookers on the bed that Obama slept in and it was OBVIOUSLY UNTRUE, and all CNN did was simply report to the world these unsubstantiated reports,pardon the pun but I think you would be pissed"

  CNN did not advertise. They reported on Trump receiving a synopsis of memos that were circulating in Congress and the intelligence community. They said several times they would not give the details because they could not be corroborated by independent sources. This is not fake news. It is journalism. It's the Free Press spoken of in the First Amendment. It's up to us to be discerning about what we believe. Trump and the GOP have been poisoning the well for a very long time, and you are falling for it. You have now decided the only information that you will consider is only information that is complimentary to Trump. How do you expect to get to the truth like that??
  
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  What is your opinion of the news media?

  by minimus in

  1. social
  2. current

  to me they have an agenda and they really don't care about professional journalism.

  most are untrustworthy and that's a shame.

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  Berengaria

  I too am curious just what fake news stories CNN is pushing?

  What lies by Hillary and her surrogates are you referring to? It's so easy to make these blanket statements without talking fact checkable specifics.

  Trump and his have done their job well. Now any negative reporting on Trump is just the media lying. My gosh you'd think at least a bunch of ex Jws would know better.

  Just to clarify, all politicians deceive and embellish.
  
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  84 Lumber Commercial

  by azor in

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  just saw this commercial and was very impressed.

  hoping more companies start doing the same.

  most of us are immigrants.

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  Berengaria

  One of the first steps in the furthering of Fascism, is control of the media. Look at how the JWs demonized any information that didn't agree with them. Trump is doing it now. He says the media is unfair or lies and boom his supporters refuse to listen to any facts that contradict Trump.

  Illegal immigration is at it's lowest point in years, and Obama was criticized heavily for deportations. How is that a revolving door?

  FAIR is an anti immigration group. Their calculations on the cost of illegal immigration have been deemed highly qestionable.

  http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/sep/01/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-illegal-immigration-costs-113-bi/
  
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  So, the Womens March ... What Is It For?

  by Simon in

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  it seems like mobilizing after the election, which seems pointless.

  i keep hearing demands for equal rights but don't understand what rights they are missing exactly.. normally a march is to show the support (and potential votes) for a cause, but ... votes for what?

  ... and the election happened already.. is anyone else confused?

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  Berengaria

  So you are a Trump supporter now Simon?
  
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  So, the Womens March ... What Is It For?

  by Simon in

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  it seems like mobilizing after the election, which seems pointless.

  i keep hearing demands for equal rights but don't understand what rights they are missing exactly.. normally a march is to show the support (and potential votes) for a cause, but ... votes for what?

  ... and the election happened already.. is anyone else confused?

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  Berengaria

  I can tell you exactly what it was about. We believe him. And quite frankly if you have been following his cabinets picks and executive orders in the last few days, we are right to. Issues at stake are equal rights and protections under the law for everyone. Climate Change. Education. Clean food and water. An economy that works for ALL. Etc. etc. etc. We were there to say we are watching. We are engaged, and we are not going to stand by quietly while the progress of the last hundred years is dismantled.
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  I haven't checked in here in at least 5 years

  by Dinah2 in

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  this place is great and it helped me.

  for anyone i used to interact with, i think about you often.

  i just wanted to read and catch up..

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  Berengaria

  Hi Dinah! I only check in here about once a month. How are you?
  
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  Election Post-Mortem

  by Simon in

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  i'm sure many people, republicans included, are shocked at the results of the 2016 presidential election.

  really, wtf!.

  the polls were wrong and although it's tempting to blame voter suppression and fbi interference, that would just avoid looking at the real issues for the loss.

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  Berengaria

  He lied with impunity and his ignorant supporters just lapped it up. Not to mention, the hate factor. His message was one of hate. Not a single positive.Trump said it all when he said "I love the poorly educated". That is what happened. Period.