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  Derek Chauvin - The Right to a Fair Trial

  by Simon in

  1. social
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  anyone following the derek chauvin trial?.

  if you are actually following it, not just listening to the media, you will likely realize that there is a huge gap between what is going on in court and what is being reported in the media.. if the trial was fair, i think he should be acquitted.

  there is plenty of reasonable doubt about the cause of death (his dealer doesn't want to testify because he could be guilty of 3rd degree murder for selling him a fatal amount of fentanyl) and even doubt over whether the officer even had his knee on the guys neck or did anything counter to what they were meant to do as per policy.. but is it fair?

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  FFGhost

  Well, so much for the "died by overdose" defense attempt:

  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/08/us/george-floyd-breath-oxygen.html

  It was a nice try though. A for effort.
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  What do you think will be different in the Organization after the pandemic is over?

  by ExCircuitOverseer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  whether they go back to door-to-door or not, what will be different?

  do you think there will be a noticeable drop-off in attendance as we have read on here that many have left or faded?

  will there be a mass selling of halls?

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  Echo on the meeting attendance drop-off.

  I expect in-person meetings to resume with very limited capacity (20-30%) in the KHs for many months. Then, when finally full capacity is allowed, there will be a month or two of sparkling attendance.

  Then, attendance figures will gradually decline to levels even below the 70-80% that was the norm pre-pandemic. The dreary grind of meeting after meeting after meeting after meeting.....(repeat 500 times) meeting after meeting after meeting will wear away the charm of seeing people in person again.

  The WTS reaction will be perfectly identical to how they've reacted to every such "crisis" for the past 70-80 years - breathless articles and (well this part will be new) videos decrying "our lack of appreciation for spiritual things", screeching words about a "sacrifice of praise", Hebrews 10:24-25 will be used in multiple meeting parts nearly every week, COs will hammer elders, elders will hammer their field service groups, fathers will hammer their children, and...I dunno, children will kick their toys as the frustration mounts.
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  Sam Heard in April JW cult broadcasting says are you doing all you can?

  by mickbobcat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so sam rolex had this months talk on jw cult broadcasting.

  my question to sam rolex is why not sell your rolex and give it to the cult?

  how about muppet lett, why not sell your rental property in ga and give it to the cult?

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  It's been a while since they've had one of those "You're not doing enough! Your best isn't good enough! Do MORE, you miserable pathetic worms!" speeches.

  I was getting worried. It was well out of character for them to go so long without psychologically beating their adherents.

  Back to normal.
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  Report Card : How’s President Biden Doing?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i give him an f for falling down on the job..

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  FFGhost

  no one has talked about his horrible problem of stuttering.

  Articles from 2008:

  https://indyweek.com/news/elections/called-b-biden/
  

  https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93914952

  From 2007:

  https://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0827/p01s07-uspo.html

  2006:

  https://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/barone/2006/01/17/why-does-joe-biden-talk-so-much

  2005:

  https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2005-05-10-0505100099-story.html

  And so on.

  But yeah, the story about his stutter was just invented this year.....if you live in the OANN universe
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  Place your bets

  by Yomama in

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  belgium case will watchtower appeal there shunning case.

  or will they pay fine an accept defeat.

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  the case in Belgium was about Shunning, not about Tax

  In my best WT voice:

  "Yes, but by extension, it also applies to the payment of fines".

  You are of course correct, though.
  
  
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  JW Online University

  by Tim207 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have a family member who is a remote bethelite and they are working on creating content for online "university" for bethelites to teach them skills that are needed at bethel.

  from what i've seen it is a lot of recorded content saved on their sharepoint sites.

  i haven't seen any information on this from this site or reddit which i'm more active on.

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  teach them skills that are needed at bethel

  Curriculum:

  Sucking up to the department heads

  How to dispose of empty liquor bottles discreetly so the housekeepers don't report you

  Which brothers in which congregations are willing to pay you cash under the table for work done on the weekends

  Working around the Bethel internet firewall to get the streaming service you really want

  What else can you think of?
  
  
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  JW's getting creative (or desperate) to preach during the pandemic ....

  by EdenOne in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so, there's this social game called second life.. there one creates an avatar and can lead a parallel life.

  there's a bit of everything, from general environments to adult.

  it can be a hub for creative people, it can be a magnet for creeps.

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  I left a message asking if she will cover her head during the meeting if a male will be present ....

  Now that's funny. That deserves applause and a
  
  
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  Place your bets

  by Yomama in

  1. jw
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  belgium case will watchtower appeal there shunning case.

  or will they pay fine an accept defeat.

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  The WTS will go to any length, do anything and everything in its power, to fulfill its primary objective, its principal reason for existence, its very raison d'etre...

  To preach the good news of Jehovah's Kingdom.

  No, wait, that's not it.

  To protect its corporate assets and to avoid the payment of as much as one cent in taxes to any entity.

  Appeal, appeal, appeal. They will fight to the figurative death, expend all their resources, thousands of hours and the equivalent of millions of dollars in legal fees, to avoid paying any tax.

  And to JWs living in poverty due to COVID-19, warfare, recession, etc.? "Oh, we love you brothers VERY MUCH, you are always in our prayers, Jehovah will provide, but hey, not us."
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  Parking Attendant Training Videos

  by Jofi_Wofo in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i know that all of the assembly/convention attendant training videos have been leaked publicly, but has anyone gotten a hold of the parking training videos?.

  i saw these about a year and a half ago, when i was still pimo.

  as bizarre and manipulative as the attendant video series is, the parking videos put them to shame.

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  Yeah that's a good point. I only ever did the morning parking lot duty. The afternoon session would be a lot harder, where 10 or 15 thousand people are trying to leave a relatively small space within 15 minutes of each other, versus arrivals from different directions spread out over 2 hours.
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  What's New with Watchtower's Bethelites?

  by Never-A-Bethelite in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know there were prior kicking out of watchtower's bethelites by the higher ups under the guise of down sizing.

  now with the covid-19 thing, are these guys going to be kicked to the curb again?.

  for everyone who will fill me in, thank you in advance..

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  If they want to send out for a pizza, it has to be quarantined for 3 days.

  And then what, scrape off the mold?