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  Hope -And A Conspiracy Confirmed

  by metatron in

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  http://www.businessinsider.com/buttonwood-one-dollar-one-vote-2014-5.

  just because the 'truth" is nonsense doesn't mean i don't hope for a better world.. .

  in recent years, there have been a lot of people on the fringes complaining that the western world in particular is ruled by an unaccountable elite.

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  http://www.businessinsider.com/buttonwood-one-dollar-one-vote-2014-5

  Just because the 'Truth" is nonsense doesn't mean I don't hope for a better world.

  In recent years, there have been a lot of people on the fringes complaining that the Western world in particular is ruled by an unaccountable elite. They may call them "the Illuminati" or "the Cabal" or just "the Elite". This has been dismissed by the mainstream. However.....

  A new paradigm is rapidly emerging in which these powerful malefactors are now called "Oligarchs". This has now entered the mainstream with a Ph.D dissertation being quoted as above (The Economist) making the rounds on the internet.

  Now, it isn't a bunch of hooded bankers sacrificing to Satan but it captures the important point all the same: a few rich and powerful people who run most of the world.

  So, I am very happy to see this idea being exposed because that would be the first step towards overthrowing it - and stopping warmongering, debt slavery, scofflaw banking and more.

  Things are accelerating. A better world, IMO.

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  Scientists Warn of Rising Oceans as Antarctic Ice Melts

  by bohm in

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  the collapse of large parts of the ice sheet in west antarctica appears to have begun and is almost certainly unstoppable, with global warming accelerating the pace of the disintegration, two groups of scientists reported monday.. the finding, which had been feared by some scientists for decades, means that a rise in global sea level of at least 10 feet may now be inevitable.

  the rise may continue to be relatively slow for at least the next century or so, the scientists said, but sometime after that it will probably speed up so sharply as to become a crisis.. this is really happening, said thomas p. wagner, who runs nasas programs on polar ice and helped oversee some of the research.

  theres nothing to stop it now.

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  http://hotair.com/archives/2014/05/16/is-the-global-warming-establishment-suppressing-dissent/

  I love this stuff. The Climate Hysterics generate a deceptive headline - you wait a week or so - and new evidence appears in regard to suppression and exaggeration.

  No Climate Science credentials should be needed by anyone to have reasonable doubt about climate doom-hype. Their expertise is irrelevant except for their ability to make correct predictions - and that's where the failure has been most evident (just like the Watchtower)

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  WT buys more property in NY

  by Gypsy Sam in

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  i did a search and didn't see this news on here yet.. i like how the 2015 completion date for ny now says 2016, yet there has never been time for college.. .

  http://t.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20140513/biz/405130321/-1/news&template=tabletart .

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  http://www.kjvoice.com/media.asp

  I'm not talking about secular Jews in that area, I'm talking about ultra-orthodox who zealously abuse the legal system to a degree that far exceeds the Watchtower! (unbelievable as that might seem)

  This may be a political/legal strategy of 'you have to get thru them to get to us', in regard to taxes and legal restrictions. The Hasidim are very nearly a law unto themselves - a fact once used as a plotline on NBC's "Law and Order SVU".

  I'm willing to listen to alternatives as to why the WTS left a port city with vast links to the rest of the world and instead are building their headquarters in the middle of nowhere, in upstate NY. It screams "cult" or "religious enclave" - much like groups that are already there.

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  Another Blow To Anglo-American World Power

  by metatron in

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  http://www.universetoday.com/111820/moscow-delivers-double-whammy-to-us-space-efforts-bans-rockets-engines-for-military-use-wont-prolong-iss-work/.

  i'm surprized at the speed at which these foolish missteps by the us keep happening.

  you may see a powerful move against the dollar by russia and its allies before this fall.

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  http://www.universetoday.com/111820/moscow-delivers-double-whammy-to-us-space-efforts-bans-rockets-engines-for-military-use-wont-prolong-iss-work/

  I'm surprized at the speed at which these foolish missteps by the US keep happening.

  You may see a powerful move against the dollar by Russia and its allies before this fall. It will not cause the dollar to collapse but neither will it be without consequences.

  I believe that Winston Churchill made mistakes that guaranteed the end of the British Empire. Now, President Obama - and a Republican Congress seem poised to accomplish much the same with regard to the US.

  It's a bit sad - but a multipolar world might be a more peaceful place.

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  WT buys more property in NY

  by Gypsy Sam in

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  i did a search and didn't see this news on here yet.. i like how the 2015 completion date for ny now says 2016, yet there has never been time for college.. .

  http://t.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20140513/biz/405130321/-1/news&template=tabletart .

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  That tax comment illustrates the possible reason why they moved to this area in upstate NY. This area is dominated by extremist Jewish groups who tend to vote as an absolute block, as their rabbis order.

  I believe this acts to block action against these religious tax cheats.

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  What's the dirt on the GB? Proven not anecdotal.

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have no respect for the governing body of jehovah's witnesses(tm) as i consider them to be wicked men.. having said that, is there any proven dirt on them that could expose them for the critters they are?.

  i heard that jaracz was a sex offender but where's the evidence?.

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  They have promoted fraud for 130 years in telling the public that 'Armageddon is soon' and collecting donations all during that time.

  They are morally worse than Bernie Madoff. He cheated people out of their life savings for a number of years and was stopped by authorities. The Watchtower has wasted millions of lives in pursuit of a fraud for well over a century and still continues this deceit, unstopped.

  Why is a non-profit corporation allowed to get away with such behavior when analogous conduct by a stock issuing for-profit company would trigger lawsuits and possible jail time?

  They are greedy almost beyond belief because they lust to dominate and control people's lives, down even to private intimacies. This is the intense greed manifest by men such as Stalin or Hitler - a greed that transcends mere money.

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  Scientists Warn of Rising Oceans as Antarctic Ice Melts

  by bohm in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the collapse of large parts of the ice sheet in west antarctica appears to have begun and is almost certainly unstoppable, with global warming accelerating the pace of the disintegration, two groups of scientists reported monday.. the finding, which had been feared by some scientists for decades, means that a rise in global sea level of at least 10 feet may now be inevitable.

  the rise may continue to be relatively slow for at least the next century or so, the scientists said, but sometime after that it will probably speed up so sharply as to become a crisis.. this is really happening, said thomas p. wagner, who runs nasas programs on polar ice and helped oversee some of the research.

  theres nothing to stop it now.

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  So, the article predicts a clear problem emerging hundreds of years from now?

  Global warming (over decades) is a scientific fact. Rising CO2 levels are scientific fact. Making long range predictions about these trends is not fact, it involves speculation. This is the critical point that upsets me.

  My speculation involves a question: why are the major media and so many in academia so obsessed with disasters that likely are many years away - if they come at all or if humans cannot compensate for them?

  I conclude (my speculation, again) that is a deliberate distraction - generated because other problems are so immediate, dangerous and probable.

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  Scientists Warn of Rising Oceans as Antarctic Ice Melts

  by bohm in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the collapse of large parts of the ice sheet in west antarctica appears to have begun and is almost certainly unstoppable, with global warming accelerating the pace of the disintegration, two groups of scientists reported monday.. the finding, which had been feared by some scientists for decades, means that a rise in global sea level of at least 10 feet may now be inevitable.

  the rise may continue to be relatively slow for at least the next century or so, the scientists said, but sometime after that it will probably speed up so sharply as to become a crisis.. this is really happening, said thomas p. wagner, who runs nasas programs on polar ice and helped oversee some of the research.

  theres nothing to stop it now.

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  From the Associated Press:

  "The worrisome outcomes won't be seen soon. Scientists are talking hundreds of years......."

  Am I misquoting here?

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  Scientists Warn of Rising Oceans as Antarctic Ice Melts

  by bohm in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the collapse of large parts of the ice sheet in west antarctica appears to have begun and is almost certainly unstoppable, with global warming accelerating the pace of the disintegration, two groups of scientists reported monday.. the finding, which had been feared by some scientists for decades, means that a rise in global sea level of at least 10 feet may now be inevitable.

  the rise may continue to be relatively slow for at least the next century or so, the scientists said, but sometime after that it will probably speed up so sharply as to become a crisis.. this is really happening, said thomas p. wagner, who runs nasas programs on polar ice and helped oversee some of the research.

  theres nothing to stop it now.

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  http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2023590735_apxsciantarcticmelt.html

  This report seems to assert that "hundreds of years" will pass before anything worrisome or dramatic happens.

  Is it likely that we'll all be long dead before a profound fufillment of these prophecies happen?

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  Question: Where's The Doctrinal "Component" Behind Recent Changes?

  by metatron in

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  2. friends

  i just wanted to toss this out there: is there any noticeable doctrinal backdrop or expressed scriptural component behind recent changes?.

  now, there are many opinions about recent changes - ranging from complete and utter cynicism motivating the governing body to naive belief in their own bullsh*t. also, are they just reacting to sudden developments or is there any coherent long term plan?.

  i would think that if they truly expect to 'trim down' the organization by laying off publishers (in addition to bethelites, do's, branch members) then the watchtower magazine and various assembly talks should reflect that.

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  But what about predicting or preparing the flock for downsizing or obvious failure?

  I think we pretty much agree that they are headed for disaster with the new donation demands and more. They haven't trotted out any 'love of the greater number cooling off' crap or re-defined the 'truth' as belief in certain doctrines without regard for growth of numbers or any loving behavior.

  OTOH, perhaps I can now answer my own questions by fleshing this subject out - perhaps they are so firmly reactionary that any doctrinal change that emerges will be in reaction to whatever reactionary legal or financial change they've already made.

  "Certainly brothers, the End must be very close. Jehovah is clearly 'shutting the door of the Ark' in regard to Kingdom Hall construction."

  maybe something like that...

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