DesirousOfChange

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  St. Louis at 50 Year Murder High

  by Sea Breeze in

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  murder rate at 50-year high in democrat mayor lyda krewson’s st. louis.

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  East St Louis is a sad story. In the 40s & 50s it was run by the Buster Wortman mob. The area (St Clair and Madison Counties) had the revenue and political influence equal to Cook County/Chicago. The National Stockyards and the resulting banks there, were the cash cows. During the race riots of the 60s, E St Louis was "burned to the ground". The "Big Money" left town and never rebuilt. Then anyone with even a little money, got the hell outta there (white flight). The rioters "won". They took over East St Louis. 50 years later, it's still a (to quote silentbuddha) fucking shithole.

  Fast forward to 2020 -- I fear history is repeating itself in Baltimore, Seattle, Minneapolis, etc. Ferguson was surely a "repeat". Nothing has been rebuilt there since its burning in 2006.

  BTW -- East St Louis has been a strong Democrat stronghold since the 60's.

  The City of St Louis has TWO political parties: White Democrats and Black Democrats.
  
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  My Prediction: Trump Wins Big

  by minimus in

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  a month ago it might have been questionable.

  not now.

  after bader’s death and biden’s inability, this shouldn’t be close.

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  DesirousOfChange

  People need to... vote for family values.........Such as porking a porn star while third wife is pregnant with child.

  As though any of these people have "values"?

  Biden is grabby and sniffs the hair of little girls and is accused of sexual assault (but we don't believe women who accuse Democrats).

  Obama allegedly was on the "downlow" and regularly engaged in gay sexual encounters before hitting the national limelight.

  Clinton was getting bl*wjobs from interns in the Oval Office.

  Kennedy. Roosevelt. Both said to have multiple affairs.
  

  So let's quit pretending that any of them have any "personal" values. We need to discern what result their policies will have on community (our) values. People in power don't want to live by our rules or values.
  
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  St. Louis at 50 Year Murder High

  by Sea Breeze in

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  murder rate at 50-year high in democrat mayor lyda krewson’s st. louis.

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  DesirousOfChange

  The City of St Louis is its own "county".

  There is also St Louis COUNTY. It is the "suburbs" surrounding StL CITY.

  Sometime around the 1904 Worlds Fair, the high class folks in the City of St Louis seceded from the County. They did not want to pick up the costs for the redneck country folks in the outlying rural County. Fast forward 100 years and that redneck country territory is the high rent suburbs and the City is the Ghetto (with a few very classy and a few moderate neighborhoods).

  Usually crime statistics given for St Louis only include the actual City of StL which makes the numbers usually seem very "high crime" because most large cities include their surrounding (safer) suburbs vs just the "inner city".
  
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  St. Louis at 50 Year Murder High

  by Sea Breeze in

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  murder rate at 50-year high in democrat mayor lyda krewson’s st. louis.

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  DesirousOfChange

  People get what they vote for.
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  Ruth Bader Ginsburg has Died

  by Simon in

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  so, a supreme court nominee up for grabs ....

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  Ant legal recourse?

  by Huxley1979 in

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  hello everyone, if the elders start hounding someone to attend a judicial committee meeting is there any legal recourse that someone can take to make them back off?

  i know that sometimes they will just at the threat of it.

  thoughts?.

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  Have the elders "invited" you to a JUDICIAL COMMITTEE (3 elders) or to meet with 2 Elders (investigative committee)?

  IF they have already formed a "Judicial Committee" then they believe they already have the "evidence" to DF you. That would mean TWO eye witnesses or strong circumstantial evidence (ie you stayed overnight alone at the home of a lover). The 2 eye witnesses can be testifying to two different events (ie you spoke apostate ideas to both persons at different occasions; or 2 people saw you smoking at two different times).

  If you are to meet only with TWO Elders, then they are still trying to "get the goods on you", hoping really for your "confession" or that you admit to the "sin". In this situation, you can DENY DENY DENY. Frankly, most elders will follow those rules -- with only ONE witness against you -- they'll drop the charges (and wait......). Or they'll hope you will answer the "apostate question": Do you believe the GB is the Spirit Directed channel used by Joe Hoover to direct the Flock?" (or something similar). If you say no or challenge that, then you have agreed that "you are no longer on of JW's".
  

  If you are to meet with THREE Elders and you refuse to meet, they will DF you in absentia and call you (with two elders on the phone) to give you the results. The only way to avoid DFing is to meet with them and convince them the two witnesses are in error or lying, or to grovel for forgiveness and hope they find you "repentant". If you haven't been going to meetings, etc, then you do not "have the fruits" that prove you are repentant.

  Good luck!
  
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  Ruth Bader Ginsburg has Died

  by Simon in

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  so, a supreme court nominee up for grabs ....

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  Trump might nominate someone. It's up to Mitch McConnell to bring the nominee to the Senate for confirmation. I can't see that happening before the election.

  Ginsburg was nominated (by Bill Clinton) and confirmed in only 43 days with a vote 93-3 (those were the days of cooperation/compromise).

  So there is time for Mitch to "get 'er done".
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  Steal in Iran and Get Your Fingers Chopped Off!

  by minimus in

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  three teens were convicted of stealing and the punishment is cut off their fingers.

  some past punishments were finger and foot removal.

  pretty barbaric but i bet they don’t have too many looters there..

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  Probably their head.
  
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  My Prediction: Trump Wins Big

  by minimus in

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  a month ago it might have been questionable.

  not now.

  after bader’s death and biden’s inability, this shouldn’t be close.

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  DesirousOfChange

  Interesting to see how many who do NOT live in the United States has so much to say about American politics.

  "When America sneezes, the whole world catches a cold."

  Maybe that has something to do with it.
  
  
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  Do Jehovah’s Witnesses “Witness” Any More?

  by minimus in

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  i see no more preaching.

  no more door knocking.

  no more car groups.

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  DesirousOfChange

  At this point they are buying food that would normally be bought by restaurants and handing it out to the elderly (my parents). I'm guessing that since they don't preach, this is how they are keeping their 501c3 status.

  You're wrong Watcher. The food is being purchased by "you" -- the Government -- and they are using "charitable" organizations (incl religious groups) to distributed the food.

  WATCHTOWER NEVER SPENDS THEIR OWN MONEY (Unless the judges forced them to pay for their child abuse in court.)