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  Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread

  by Simon in

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  this topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.

  latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.

  the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.

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  Terry

  EVANGELICALS of every stripe have pretty much the same mindset since
  they live in a different world

  Republicans of every stripe...

  Democrats of ever stripe...

  Politicians, Gun advocates, Environmentalists, Vegans, Atheists, Pacifists, Texans, Apostates, etc., etc...

  Anything can be categorized and placed into neat generalizations. While not agreeing with what much of what others believe, wouldn’t we at least concede that most people are well intentioned. Would an aberration be a proper representation of any of the above?
  
  
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  What Will Happen To President Trump In Your Opinion?

  by minimus in

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  he has been “impeached “.

  will he be convicted in the senate?

  is he so “damaged goods” that he is ineffectual?

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  Never Trumper

  A term often used by President Trump referring to those in various governmental and law enforcement agencies who criticize, disagree with, or are disturbed by his conduct.

  Ever Trumper

  Someone who will not, under any circumstance, withdraw support of or confidence in President Trump in spite of his behaviour, frequently unbecoming of the office he holds.
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  Steven Hassan has a new book...

  by Queequeg in

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  steven hassan's new book..

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  I think Mr. Hassan is going to go from Hero to Zero for many on this forum.
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  Do You Believe The News Media Is Trustworthy?

  by minimus in

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  recently a friend and i were having a conversation about the news media.

  he is a democrat but he’s also a very reasonable person.

  i’ve known him for many years.

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  Something I’ve wondered about for some time.

  I would like to think that the various news agencies are in somewhat of a competitive relationship with each other. Would it not be advantageous for one news outlet to expose the false or erroneous reporting of another, thus holding each other in check?

  Was journalism ever like this?
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  If You Could Invite Any 3 people

  by new boy in

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  to dinner living or dead..... who would the be?.

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  Lee Harvey Oswald, Bobby Orr and my friend Dennis Kolodynski who disappeared with his dad, brother and uncle on a fishing trip that I might have been included in about 45 years ago.
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  Miscellaneous highlights from 10/2019 WT

  by neat blue dog in

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  okay sorry, just a few more things that grabbed me in this issue:.

  the magazine starts with an article dedicated to the 100th anniversary of that all important year on which the gb's authority hangs, 1919. the article ends with several rapid fire assertions:.

  by the end of 1919, jehovah’s people.

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  This means that the Governing Body will no longer be with us on earth. However, the great crowd will remain organized. Capable brothers from among the other sheep will take the lead. We will need to show our loyalty by supporting these brothers and by following their God-given direc- tion. Our survival will depend on it!

  Watchtower Study October 2019 pp 17-18

  Wow, what a great GB exit strategy this may be. They disappear, the Great Crowd believing that they’ve been raptured away has no reason to search for them. They look to another group of leaders waiting for direction. Meanwhile the GB and corporate directors are living in a tropical paradise.

  It would make a good novel. I bet Terry Walstrom could write it.

  
  
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  Michael Cohen... sleazebag or patriot?

  by Queequeg in

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  so, what do you think?

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  fwiw, i say sleazebag....

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  Did it seem to anyone that the Republicans were acting a lot like WT elders in some judicial committee hearings that I’ve heard about? No attempts (that I know of so I may be incorrect) to refute or examine the evidence on its own merits. Just a lot of loud character assassination and righteous indignation. That was the best they could do?
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  Do You Think President Trump Will Be Impeached?

  by minimus in

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  whether you like him or not.... it doesn’t matter.

  do you think he will be impeached?

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  I think Clinton should have been impeached. I think Trump should be impeached if circumstances warrant it.

  Has anyone considered the consequences of a Trump impeachment? I think the hostility would get reved up big time.

  Collusion or no collusion, the Russians are delighted I’m sure.
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  Banners for London Protest

  by Farmer Jim1 in

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  hi folks, i’m attending the london protest at the excel convention in august and am making some banners.

  i’m aiming for short but memorable sentences that will stick in jws minds and also make them laugh a little at their own organisation.. my best so far is ‘this is not a protest, it’s an overlapping protest’.

  has anyone got any ideas for more?.

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  Doesn’t matter what we say,

  you won’t research it anyway.
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  Caption This

  by Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho in

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  “It takes Different Strokes to rule the world”