Or, maybe it's being promoted as the next big thing to replace Manga. Sent to me by a University lecturer of my acquaintance.
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I think it's saying, "Buy Japanese" ...
by fulltimestudent inor, maybe it's being promoted as the next big thing to replace manga.
sent to me by a university lecturer of my acquaintance.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=260&v=m8-vje-bq9c.
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fulltimestudent
On another forum, discussing this same problem, someone put together this table of (taxpayers?) money paid out to save American and other financial institutions.
While acknowledging the importance of 'banks' in providing credit and capital, it seems that the Greeks may not be as important as some other people on this planet.
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PS: This is not my ownwork, its someone elses, and I have not attempted to verify the amounts of money listed.
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Chinese Bikies
by fulltimestudent indid you know that china has bikies, too?.
a group (should i say "gang" - grin) of 23 chinese bikies, taken yesterday in beijing, at the start of a 3600 km road trip to lake baikal in siberia.
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fulltimestudent
Did you know that China has bikies, too?
A group (should I say "gang" - grin) of 23 Chinese bikies, taken yesterday in Beijing, at the start of a 3600 km road trip to Lake Baikal in Siberia.
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JW's came to my door 6 weeks ago. I told them I was inactive.......
by Alchemist in6 weeks ago some jws came to my door.
i've been inactive for 8 years.
after they gave their presentation i told them i was inactive.
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LisaRose: " but from what I have read there is a great deal of apathy on the part of JWs these days. People do the bare minimum of door to door work and no one has time or the will to devote to others in the congregation ..."
Smile!
A generation (in human terms) is often counted as 25 years. But even if we counted it as 40 years, we see that there have been three generations, since old Charlie Russell started pounding the ears of humankind with a message of urgency.
Proverbs 13:12 noting how humans react to that says:
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. (NIV)
So for three generations, at least, the hopes of those preaching, have been deferred. There has been no fulfillment of the promises of the Bible as preached by Charlie Russell, Joey Rutherford, Nathan Knorr/Freddy Franz or the current lot of Bible gabblers. No wonder they are apathetic.
It was just the same in the early church. They believed that the end was close, as the author of Luke wrote:
"Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened." (Luke21:32 NIV).
So after the first generation of Christians had died off, gradually the same sort of apathy set in and problems started to arise within the church. Today, I think we can predict, many will also turn to other interests.
Another XJW that I was speaking to recently, told me of his two adult children (who are still in), and with teenage kids of their own. In one family the two children train at athletics every morning. Another is involved in ballet with many classes. The "truth" is no longer their only interest. Most interesting is the fact that in the case of those two third generation families, the elders in their congregation say nothing about those extra-curricular interests.
Clearly, their paradise is right here, in the here and now.
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Have Anglosphere (USA+UK) sanctions against Russia failed?
by fulltimestudent inits fair to say that western sanctions have hurt the russian economy and made life a little more difficult for ordinary russian families, but as far as causing a political/economic collapse of russia - there is not much evidence that the sanctions are causing grief in russia.. and when you examine 'deals' that russia has made since the sanctions were authorised, it may be that russia is ahead of the game.. it can be suggested that sanctions are a very weak tool.
famously, sanctions have not worked against china (back in mao's time), cuba or north korea.
they weakened iraq, but caused the 2nd world economy then operating, and helped push iraq back into anarchy.
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Regardless of the rights or wrongs of any the parties involved in this dispute between Russia and the West, it appears on face-values that the intent of the sanctions, that is to cause the collapse of the Russian economy, has not worked. The Russians have been able to work out new economic arrangements that make an economic collapse in Russia unlikely. -
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Have Anglosphere (USA+UK) sanctions against Russia failed?
by fulltimestudent inits fair to say that western sanctions have hurt the russian economy and made life a little more difficult for ordinary russian families, but as far as causing a political/economic collapse of russia - there is not much evidence that the sanctions are causing grief in russia.. and when you examine 'deals' that russia has made since the sanctions were authorised, it may be that russia is ahead of the game.. it can be suggested that sanctions are a very weak tool.
famously, sanctions have not worked against china (back in mao's time), cuba or north korea.
they weakened iraq, but caused the 2nd world economy then operating, and helped push iraq back into anarchy.
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fulltimestudent
Another sign of the failure of the sanctions was the St Petersburg International Economic Forum held in St. Petersburg, Russia last June.
The Asia Times reported:
And no caravanserai could possibly compete with the 19th edition of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). Thousands of global business leaders – including Europeans, but not Americans; after all, President Putin is “the new Hitler” – representing over 1,000 international companies/corporations, including the CEOs of BP, Royal Dutch Shell and Total, hit town in style.
Reference: http://atimes.com/2015/06/spief-st-petersburg-in-the-heart-of-the-action-escobar/No CEO's of large western companies would waste their time attending a conference of a failed state.
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Have Anglosphere (USA+UK) sanctions against Russia failed?
by fulltimestudent inits fair to say that western sanctions have hurt the russian economy and made life a little more difficult for ordinary russian families, but as far as causing a political/economic collapse of russia - there is not much evidence that the sanctions are causing grief in russia.. and when you examine 'deals' that russia has made since the sanctions were authorised, it may be that russia is ahead of the game.. it can be suggested that sanctions are a very weak tool.
famously, sanctions have not worked against china (back in mao's time), cuba or north korea.
they weakened iraq, but caused the 2nd world economy then operating, and helped push iraq back into anarchy.
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fulltimestudent
Next is India, and it should be noted that India has always had a close link with the Russian Armaments Industry, so while its no surprise for new deals to be announced, but they are coming from a government that the US has attempted to bring into the western alliance.
On May 14, 2015, the Hindustan Times noted these military contracts with Russian companies:
Another major bid cleared at the council meet is the Russian proposal to assemble advance twin-engine Kamov helicopters. The cost and other modalities for the 200 Kamov Ka-226T helicopters would be worked out later, defence sources said, pointing that some of them could be bought off the shelf.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/govt-clears-a-string-of-big-ticket-defence-deals/article1-1346959.aspx -
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Have Anglosphere (USA+UK) sanctions against Russia failed?
by fulltimestudent inits fair to say that western sanctions have hurt the russian economy and made life a little more difficult for ordinary russian families, but as far as causing a political/economic collapse of russia - there is not much evidence that the sanctions are causing grief in russia.. and when you examine 'deals' that russia has made since the sanctions were authorised, it may be that russia is ahead of the game.. it can be suggested that sanctions are a very weak tool.
famously, sanctions have not worked against china (back in mao's time), cuba or north korea.
they weakened iraq, but caused the 2nd world economy then operating, and helped push iraq back into anarchy.
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fulltimestudent
Yesterday (July 7) a Russian newsagency announced more details of the growing entente with Saudi Arabia (who has been seen in the past as working within the western alliance).
The report is written by M.K.Bhadrakumar, a reliable Indian commentator.
Saudi Arabia puts big money in Russian economy
BY M.K. BHADRAKUMAR on JULY 7, 2015 in ASIA TIMES NEWS & FEATURES
The Russian news agency Sputnik has reported on an agreement signed between the Russian Direct Investment Fund [RDIF] and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia “to create a partnership to invest $10 billion into projects implemented in Russia.” The report said the Saudi funds will be invested within 4-5 years starting from this year and that seven concrete projects are “currently in the final stage”. The majority of Saudi investment will be made on Russia’s agricultural projects, as well as on medicine, logistics and the retail and real estate sectors.
Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Konstantin Palace outside St. Petersburg, Russia, in June this yearAn interesting feature of the deal is that the Saudi investment vehicle will combine with other Asian sovereign wealth funds, especially the Russia-China investment Fund (which is backed by the China Investment Corporation.)
Meanwhile, the RDIF disclosed that it also signed an agreement with another Saudi Arabian sovereign-wealth fund, the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority, to undertake projects in Saudi Arabia and other Middle East countries.
All this has developed since Crown Prince Mohammed made that shock visit to Moscow in June.
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Have Anglosphere (USA+UK) sanctions against Russia failed?
by fulltimestudent inits fair to say that western sanctions have hurt the russian economy and made life a little more difficult for ordinary russian families, but as far as causing a political/economic collapse of russia - there is not much evidence that the sanctions are causing grief in russia.. and when you examine 'deals' that russia has made since the sanctions were authorised, it may be that russia is ahead of the game.. it can be suggested that sanctions are a very weak tool.
famously, sanctions have not worked against china (back in mao's time), cuba or north korea.
they weakened iraq, but caused the 2nd world economy then operating, and helped push iraq back into anarchy.
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Its fair to say that western sanctions have hurt the Russian economy and made life a little more difficult for ordinary Russian families, but as far as causing a political/economic collapse of Russia - there is not much evidence that the sanctions are causing grief in Russia.
And when you examine 'deals' that Russia has made since the sanctions were authorised, it may be that Russia is ahead of the game.
It can be suggested that sanctions are a very weak tool. Famously, sanctions have not worked against China (back in Mao's time), Cuba or North Korea. They weakened Iraq, but caused the 2nd world economy then operating, and helped push Iraq back into anarchy. In a way sanctions are like the disfellowshipping sanctions used by our former loving brothers, some buckle under the pressure, but others get their backs up and decide they will never give in.
But back to the "deals."
It can be argued that sanctions pushed Russia closer to China. Some 100 trillions of dollars in deals between Russia and China have been announced since the sanctions were applied. New pipelines (oil and gas) are already under construction, and a new VFT (Very Fast Train- i.e. 300km/hour) rail-line route, is being surveyed eastward from Moscow. Details of armament deals have not been disclosed, but it is rumoured that the deals included the very latest Sukhoi fighter plane, the equivalent of the F-35 and the latest anti-aircraft rocket system.
I've counted some five different arrangements (inclusive of the China deals) that the Russians have made since the Americans applied sanctions.
I'll post these separately. The first will be the Russian-Saudi Arabia agreements just announced.
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Christian woman reveals what American Christianity is ALL about
by fulltimestudent inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsrlqmjvfdg
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