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  1975 All Over Again

  by Sour Grapes in

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  the talk that brother morris is giving at the one day.

  assemblies is really getting the witnesses all worked.

  i heard his talk last last month and he really.

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  It is the same carrot on the same stick.

  
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  Welcome Me Back... Please

  by Doubtfully Yours in

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  after a very long hiatus in which i organized my feelings, thoughts and actions, please take time to welcome me back to this fine forum.. i'm trapped inside the organization, with no end in sight whatsoever.

  however, i've learned to keep a pretty good balance of the inner and outter world; not perfect in, not perfect out, just keeping a good balance for my sanity's sake.. feels good to be back posting again.. dy.

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  Gun story not in the news

  by Deputy Dog in

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  woman shoots and kills intruder in lincoln county cushing a woman with a shotgun was on the phone to a 911 dispatcher this morning in lincoln county when she shot and killed an intruder who crashed through her back patio door.. .

  donna jackson, 56, told the dispatcher a man she didn't know was at her sliding glass door to her back patio about 12:40 a.m. at 352112 e 800 road south of the cushing city limits, said lincoln county sheriff chuck mangion.. she was armed with a 16-gauge shotgun when the dispatcher heard the glass door smash and the shotgun blast, mangion said.. a man identified as billy dean riley, 53, was struck once in the chest and pronounced dead when emergency medical workers arrived, mangion said.. jackson was not harmed.. jackson was home alone when her dog woke her up, mangion said.

  she turned all the lights in the house on and then armed herself with the shotgun.

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  ONE MORE TIME!: Yet another climate post.

  by villabolo in

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  rain, winds, record heat hit northeast on same dayby david sharp, associated press writer david sharp, associated press writerthu dec 3, 5:47 pm et end .byline portland, maine a storm packing blustery winds and driving rain knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses in the northeast on thursday before giving way to sunny skies and record high temperatures all in the same morning.utility officials reported sporadic power outages from maine to new jersey after wind knocked down trees and power lines early thursday.

  winds reached up to 49 mph in brunswick, maine, while the isle of shoals off the coast of new hampshire recorded a 61 mph gust.

  in new jersey, wind speeds topped out at 45 mph.. but the rain and wind that battered the region early thursday gave way to sunny skies and unseasonably high temperatures by mid-morning.. in boston, the temperature hit 69 degrees, breaking the old record of 65 set in 1932. in portland, the temperature climbed to 68 degrees crushing the old high of 55 for the date.

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  villalobo: anecdotes is not data nor science.
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  Obama’s Science Czar John Holdren involved in unwinding “Climategate” scandal

  by MegaDude in

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  http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17183.

  lift up a rock and another snake comes slithering out from the ongoing university of east anglia climate research unit (cru) scandal, now riding as climategate.obama science czar john holdren is directly involved in crus unfolding climategate scandal.

  in fact, according to files released by a ceu hacker or whistleblower, holdren is involved in what canada free press (cfp) columnist canadian climatologist dr. tim ball terms a truculent and nasty manner that provides a brief demonstration of his lack of understanding, commitment on faith and willingness to ridicule and bully people.. the files contain so much material that it is going to take some time t o put it all in context, says ball.

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  Mad Dawg is full of contaminating gases.
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  Obama’s Science Czar John Holdren involved in unwinding “Climategate” scandal

  by MegaDude in

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  http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17183.

  lift up a rock and another snake comes slithering out from the ongoing university of east anglia climate research unit (cru) scandal, now riding as climategate.obama science czar john holdren is directly involved in crus unfolding climategate scandal.

  in fact, according to files released by a ceu hacker or whistleblower, holdren is involved in what canada free press (cfp) columnist canadian climatologist dr. tim ball terms a truculent and nasty manner that provides a brief demonstration of his lack of understanding, commitment on faith and willingness to ridicule and bully people.. the files contain so much material that it is going to take some time t o put it all in context, says ball.

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  There is nothing wrong in telling the deniers to shut the $%&!# up in the face of evidence. I wish i could do it with that much media expossure to creationists and to the WT.
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  Ooooooohhhh...My "unofficial" DA letter...yup...got it in the paper!!

  by HadEnuf in

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  over the years here on the forum...i have read with interest many da letters.

  brave people!!

  not so brave.

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  I didn't notice this was from 3 years ago. What was the fallout from all of this?

  Ada

  She wrote a second comment to her local newspaper:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/124267/1/Got-another-letter-published-in-our-local-paper then wrote a goodbye letter to her mum and sister: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/140325/1/My-last-communication-with-mom-sister
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  Is Jehovah's Witnesses a religion of confusion?

  by asilentone in

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  It is a busine$$ that uses religion to explot free labor without entitlement to benefits.
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  Jesus No Longer Invisible

  by cameo-d in

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  he's trying to come through.... http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5827975n.

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  Even more disturbing is that CBS News considers it newsworthy.
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  Think the GB Knows much about WT's Financial Holdings? Think Again

  by flipper in

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  i missed this point the first time i read ray franz's book " crisis of conscience " 3 years ago.

  but it leaped off the page at me the second time around reading it this time.

  on page 28 in discussing how secretive the gb meetings are and only rarely will an outsider be let in to gb meetings to give a report- then were sent away out of the room so the gb could continue meeting in secret.. franz in discussing financial issues states on pg.

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  We'll be able to "follow the money" when the U.S. government allows full public disclorure of the WTBTS juggling acts.