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  New Poll : Trump 51% Approval Rating

  by minimus in

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  more than half the country approve of the president.

  ( just thought you might wanna know)🤓.

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  Rasmussen's prediction for 2018 midterms: GOP leads by one percent point.

  Fact: Dems won the House by 8.6%.

  That's a huge error.
  
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  Jw.org news about new assignment

  by Gorbatchov in

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  just read this interesting news at jw.org.

  g.. .

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  Inform Lloyd Evans.
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  What a Bad Day for Democrats

  by Simon in

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  so first the mueller report .... ... then avenatti, the hero that never was.. ... cnn panelists being arrested.. ... now obamacare has been rule unconstitutional so it's official - he achieved nothing at all.. what is gonna happen next?.

  i bet beto will stand on a glass table and fall through it.. or aoc will choke to death trying to eat a tide pod..

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  ... now ObamaCare has been rule unconstitutional

  Trump's subordinates refused to defend duly enacted federal law and nothing more. There is no final court decision.

  so it's official - he achieved nothing at all.

  Or Trump is just obsessed with destroying Obama's legacy.
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  Electronic Frontier Foundation v Watch Tower Society

  by Corney in

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  [disclaimer: the headline is slightly misleading since the eff itself doesn't participate in the case, so read more below].

  it's not a secret that during the last two years watchtower obtained nearly 40 dmca subpoenas requiring google, facebook, instagram, twitter, soundcloud, scribd, reddit and other isps to provide personal information of users that allegedly infringed the society's copyright.. since subpoena proceeding is ex parte, almost all the requests were granted.. but one of the affected users contacted, on advice of youtube's legal team, the electronic frontier foundation (eff), and the foundation found a law firm ready to represent him pro bono, namely garvey schubert barer:.

  youtube's legal department emailed the user on or about july 10, 2018, five days before the subpoena's return date, stating that it would comply with the subpoena unless it received a file-stamped motion to quash "or other type of formal objection before july 20, 2018.

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  EFF's staff attorneys filed new motion to quash DMCA subpoena - now on behalf of Reddit user darkspilver: https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-backs-redditor-fight-stay-anonymous
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  17 October, 2018 Russia - Kerch College Massacre

  by Listener in

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  2. scandals

  sadly an 18 year old russian male shot and killed 20 people and injured another 70. this occurred last year on the 17th october, 2018. kim and mike (youtubers) reported this today.. the russian had been raised by his mother who is a jehovah's witness.

  his ex girlfriend said that he had been subject to bullying because he was seen as different by other school kids and believed the shooting may have been a form of revenge.further information can be found here:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/kerch_polytechnic_college_massacre.

  his mother belonged to the local jehovah's witnesses,[27][28][29][30] limited his social activity, searched his pockets and refused to allow him to go to the cinema or use a computer, only allowing the latter when he turned 16.

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  This part of the Wikipedia article is very poorly written. It gives the impression that multiple sources were taken into account but in fact it cites mostly third-hand reports based on very few secondary sources. All media reports contradicting the main narrative are ignored.

  I wrote on this issue here: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5073857628078080/russian-gunman-raised-jw-family?page=2#/5643711020007424

  Unfortunately, I have almost nothing to add. Journalists have lost interest in this story, and there were no new info, no valuable, informative media reports were published during the last 4 months. Available information is incomplete and inconsistent, often unverified. The official investigation is conducted in secrecy, and even when it will be over the case files won't be released. It is SAD, isn't it?

  Maybe Mike & kim can give us a more balanced view.

  I would also love to hear Johnny the Bethelite. For his balanced view and inside information.
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  Russia Confiscates $30.4 Million Property From Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Room 215 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.worldreligionnews.com/religion-news/russia-confiscates-30-4-million-property-jehovahs-witnesses.

  it would appear that with this most recent confiscation the total taken from the jws by moscow amounts to more that $75 million.

  (ouch!

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  OrphanCrow,

  You ignore the context and connect unconnected. The org had no intention to avoid established procedures and tried to obtain proper permits but local authorities often abused and violated the law by refusing to issue them. Then it obtained permits for commercial or residential buildings. Just like many other minority religions had to do. Was it honest? No. Did it harmed public interests? Again, no: land was obtained legally (generally bought), not by fraud, building safety wasn't impacted, the state wasn't deprived of any taxes. Compare with the Orthodox Church that often doesn't even try to obtain any permit but authorities almost always help it to legalize its illegal buildings.

  As to the org's unsuccessful attempt to prevent unlawful confiscation of its properties after countless flagrant violations of the law committed by police, "experts", "judges" with total impunity, I cannot blame it.

  Finally, a proper "price" of minor regulatory violation could be a fine, not confiscation.
  

  Splash,

  The campaign was started after the MoJ filed its application with the Supreme "Court". Do you really believe it could lose? In no way it could.

  I'm not saying the campaign was wise - no, it wasn't. But, first, its impact shouldn't be overvalued; second, the most of those criticizing it are just sympathizers of other campaign - of raids, searches, arrests, criminal prosecutions, surveillance, intimidation, tortures etc.
  
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  Russia Confiscates $30.4 Million Property From Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Room 215 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.worldreligionnews.com/religion-news/russia-confiscates-30-4-million-property-jehovahs-witnesses.

  it would appear that with this most recent confiscation the total taken from the jws by moscow amounts to more that $75 million.

  (ouch!

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  Pete Zahut, the ban had nothing to do with the law the org's alleged non-compliance.

  The Fall Guy, that's what I wrote about. But both views "What's bad for Watchtower is always good" and "What's bad for Watchtower is always wrong" are sectarian and wrong.

  incognito2014, arbitrary seizure of building of worship of entire denomination violates rights and dignity of its members.

  Biahi, apples and oranges.

  Brokeback Watchtower, I don't think it's a good idea to equate victims' lawsuits and public exposure with state terrorism.

  Splash, there is no causal link. It would've happened anyway.
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  Russia Confiscates $30.4 Million Property From Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Room 215 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.worldreligionnews.com/religion-news/russia-confiscates-30-4-million-property-jehovahs-witnesses.

  it would appear that with this most recent confiscation the total taken from the jws by moscow amounts to more that $75 million.

  (ouch!

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  This is theft, unlawful seizure inextricably linked to multiple raids, arrests, tortures etc. I don't understand how anybody having principles other than "I hate Watchtower" can glorify it.
  
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  WT's ICO details have disappeared?

  by purrpurr in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the wt used to have a long page on the ico website listing all the data they gathered and what they were going to do with it.

  their basic contact listings are there but thats all??.

  whats going on??

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  The org's entities are registered with the ICO, but the Office's register isn't very informative:

  https://ico.org.uk/ESDWebPages/Entry/Z4617720

  https://ico.org.uk/ESDWebPages/Entry/Z5281400

  https://ico.org.uk/ESDWebPages/Entry/ZA220715

  
  
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  JW's in Russia tortured

  by ScottyRex in

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  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-47419918/russian-jehovah-s-witnesses-claim-state-tortured-them.

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  dubstepped,

  The same. But armed raids occur on average every 7-10 days.

  Everything indicates these crimes won't be properly investigated and prosecuted. The local gestapo has already accused Witnesses, through its puppet media, of being "worse than ISIS", of espionage, infiltration, using hypnosis, collecting forcible donations, even of beating each other themselves to blame the investigation (!), and similar bullshit.

  I also think it's important to remember that Jason Wynne and his cronies proudly claimed (partial) responsibility for the ban, i.e. for every armed raid, search, arrest, act of surveillance, intimidation, torture etc. Just for the record.