My parents are in their 80’s and are still running their business. I figure what the hell Whatever keeps them happy. They travelled a bit when they were in their 50’s and 60’s but after 9/11 there was a lot of bullshit involved in travelling internationally and they don’t really socialize a lot so they just keep doing their thing.
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5Having trouble with parents staying home?
by Steel inmy parents are in there late 60s, they have a net worth of 2 to 3 million dollars and a 2500 sq ft home.
my dad works a hobby job at a service station for boredom reasons.
it’s a kiosk type between glass but it does require some contact with the public.
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Should graffiti go as well as the confederate statues?
by newsheep inon the news tonight as the blacks are bringing down the confederate statues they are wanting to keep the graffiti up as a remembrance of what happened to their ancestors.
then why do away with the statues?
it doesn't make sense to me or am i missing something here?
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hoser
Contrary to the Jehovah’s Witness teaching that humans are something special we are animals like any other animal. Evolution over millions of years has taught us that we need to stick to our own kind and shun dissidents, the disabled and people generally different than ourselves.
If you watch a group of pigeons on the ground the similar coloured birds are in the group but the odd coloured birds are shunned and are on the edge of the group picking up the scraps. This is for the survival of the group much like jws disfellowship or ostracize those who are different.
I’m not sure if we will ever as a species be able to overcome our racist past. We can try to erase the past but what stops another group of people from rising up and being racist to those they have displaced?
From a survival point of view we need to be inclusive. It can’t be based on a quota that we are forced to hire so much percent based on ethnicity. We need the best and the brightest.
If the guy that comes up with a cure for cancer happens to wear a turban or is severely autistic who the hell cares.
Part of our problem is that technology is progressing so fast and the world is changing so fast that we can’t keep up with our attitudes and actions.
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“White Privilege”
by minimus inlately that’s all i’ve been hearing about!
i’m sick and tired of listening to white people begging for forgiveness simply because they are white.
in a nearby town, a six year old girl asked her mom, “ why don’t we have a black lives matter march here?
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If you and I are running the 100 meter dash, and I start 10 meters ahead of you, but you have worked out and watched you diet, and ended up passing me and won, this mean I didn't have an advantage to begin with?
I’ve seen the video about the 100 meter dash.
What does that have to do with the colour of my skin? Absolutely nothing.
In Canada we have an Indian privilege. If you are Treaty native or Métis the taxpayers provide your college education. I don’t have that privilege because I was born with the wrong colour of skin.
So the indigenous Canadian starts out 10 meters ahead of me because he didn’t have to take out student loans to pay for his degree. Is that your point redvip2000?
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“White Privilege”
by minimus inlately that’s all i’ve been hearing about!
i’m sick and tired of listening to white people begging for forgiveness simply because they are white.
in a nearby town, a six year old girl asked her mom, “ why don’t we have a black lives matter march here?
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hoser
I don’t believe anyone is privileged. The reason can be seen in siblings coming from the same family. Some have economic success. Others don’t fare so well. Why is that? Choices of who you marry, how hard you work, whether you choose to smoke or drink and how well you manage your money all can determine your success.
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What did Russell and the Bible students say about racism?
by Fadeaway1962 infeatured on jworg , what does the bible say about racism?
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and a video , johny and gideon: once enemies, now brothers , two men from south africa.. what did russell and rutherford have to say about racism in the congregations ?.
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hoser
The golden age magazine used the N word a lot.
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Breaking: Beards in The Watchtower
by neat blue dog inthe latest issue of the watchtower shows a man with a beard praying.. .
i fully expected to see him 'progress' to clean-shaven in the following pictures, but instead he is still bearded when 'applying bible principles'.. .
i then realized that he was already featured on the cover itself.. .
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The bearded man is pictured in the latest PUBLIC edition of the watchtower. It means that it is ok for bearded men to study with Jehovah’s witnesses. Once they are baptized the rules change.
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Article "Would You Stand up to an Opressive Regime or Would Conform? Here's the Science"
by Bill Covert inthere is a article on firefox "would you stand up to an oppressive regime or would you conform?
here's the science" taken from "the conversation" by nick chater.
10-9-2019.. perhaps someone with computer skills can copy and post this article on this forum.
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hoser
The upper and middle classes in Germany during the 1920s-1940s were almost twice as likely to join the Nazi party than those with lower social status.
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Economic Recovery after COVID-19
by Simon init feels like we've really turned a corner, this morning especially.. the covid lockdowns are ending and medical systems were not overwhelmed plus there are existing treatments that have been proven to be effective (like hydroxychloroquine) and new vaccines and medicines in the pipeline.
a week or so ago the dems were dead against opening things up but since they are encouraging protests (which often turn violent) they can't continue that stance - thus proving trumps claim that it will soon be gone.
the majority of the deaths were politician-assisted (which i hope people are prosecuted for) so it's not the big risk we were led to believe and (over) reacted to.. the bls reported this morning that the us economy just added a huge number of jobs (most on record) and will undoubtedly benefit even more from a drive to source local production and supply chains going forwards.
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I’ve learned from covid that a lot of jobs are bullshit and are not needed. I think the owners of the companies have realized that they can be just as or more profitable with less staff.
In my small company I’ve learned over the last 2 months of the lockdown (essential service) how to be much more efficient with less labour.
I hate to shit in Simon’s cornflakes but I don’t see a speedy economic recovery. Restaurants, airlines, hotels and brick and mortar stores are going to have a hard time climbing out of the abyss. Now that businesses realize that some of their employees prefer working from home commercial real estate will take a hit. Some people like their $2000.00 a month covid check from Trudeau so will also be reluctant to return to the workforce.
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How Would You React if a Snake Started Talking to You?
by RubaDub injust an odd thought i guess.
i saw a large snake in the back of my house the other day and it went on its merry way.
i just asked myself, what if the snake turned around and wanted to have a philosophical discussion on life, the universe or the origin of creation and then began to ask me questions?
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I musta ate some bad mushrooms
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Watchtower August 2020 Are they introducing new light?
by Listener inthe latest watchtower is now out and they make this statement -.
7 during the thousand year rule of christ, all of jehovah’s earthly children will have to make changes to please him.
so all of them will have true fellow feeling as they help the resurrected ones to combat sinful tendencies and to live by jehovah’s standards.
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I’ve had new light two times in my life.
We originally had incandescent light bulbs. That light took up a lot of energy. Then we got those squiggly compact fluorescents but that light grew dim when it got cold outside and they had a lot of bad mercury in them that was bad for the environment.
Then we put in led lights which in our current understanding is the true light.