a pioneer sister, from a neighboring congregation, told us back in 1972, the visiting co, carey w. barber was working their territory and went in to ali's training camp.

ali was working out in the ring while barber preached to him.

the 'campaign' was the peace and security book.. .

A pioneer sister, from a neighboring congregation, told us back in 1972, the visiting CO, Carey W. Barber was working their territory and went in to Ali's training camp. Ali was working out in the ring while Barber preached to him. The 'campaign' was the Peace and Security book.

Ali looked at a picture of the future paradise in the book, and remarked, 'I don't see any black people.' Barber tells him to look a little closer. So Ali does, and buys the book.

Ali tells him he met the Greatest Man in the world. Carey said he thought he was talking about him.

I heard that story so many times, I was burned out with it. During that week Barber shares the experience with the Hamburg Cong. then again at our Circuit Assembly.

On September 7, 1977, he got added to the Governing Body. Shortly thereafter he told the Bethel family after breakfast some of his experiences. Yes, that was the highlight of his life, he sold a .25 book to a celebrity. No return visit, no study, no baptism, he just sold a book to Ali; just like the apostles.

Born in England in 1905, he died at 101 on April 8, 2007.

A very brief article on him in the Watchtower. Regarding the 40's it says, 'In time, Brother Barber worked in the Service Department'.

After coming back to Brooklyn as a GB member, he was assigned to the Correspondence Office. He wasn't up to par, I heard, so they moved him out and had him schedule speaking assignments for Bethel Elders.

https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/w20071015/Rejoicing-Over-Victory-With-the-Lamb/

When he served my cong. I was in his car group mid week. One young pioneer asked him if he ever got nervous. Yes, he said. One time at the Annual meeting in Pittsburgh, Knorr asked him to conduct the text, as the brother assigned was a no show. His wife said she could tell he was nervous then, but he did do a good job.

Now, knowing some history on the religion, I wonder if the 'no show' brother had taken a spin up to Russell's Pyramid and did some meditating the day before?

Barber was the very first witness I had run into that had a bad attitude, that is, before going to Bethel.

Speaking of Knorr, he said he roomed with Brother Knorr, when he first got to Bethel in 1923. "Knorr let everybody know he was in charge of that four man bedroom."

Before that day, all I heard was praise. Often wondered if Knorr would have allowed him to be on the GB, had he known that.

https://www.readingeagle.com/2023/06/04/historical-marker-dedicated-at-ali-training-camp-site/

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Did 'BIG BRO' knock off Michael Hastings ?

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naw, that only happens in russia.. michael hastings sent email about fbi probe hours before deaththe huffington post | by melissa jeltsenposted: 06/22/2013 6:02 pm edt | updated: 06/22/2013 11:36 pm edt2,7686211281502get media alerts:sign upfollow:michael hastings, michael hastings buzzfeed, michael hastings death, michael hastings email,michael hastings fbi, media newshours before dying in a fiery car crash, award-winning journalist michael hastings sent an email to his colleagues, warning that federal authorities were interviewing his friends and that he needed to go "off the rada[r]" for a bit.. .

the email was sent around 1 p.m. on monday, june 17. at 4:20 a.m. the following morning, hastings died when his mercedes, traveling at high speeds, smashed into a tree and caught on fire.

he was 33.hastings sent the email to staff at buzzfeed, where he was employed, but also blind-copied a friend, staff sgt.

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Martin Armstrong is lucky to still be breathing.

"If they want you, you have ZERO constitutional or human rights. They even tried to kill me in the same place they killed Jeffrey Epstein. I was in the hospital in a coma but to their dismay, I survived.''

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/rule-of-law/the-rule-of-law-trump-is-finish/

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Has Rutherford's 16-cylinder Cadillac been found?

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i ran across this episode of jay leno's garage on youtube today.

all i know is it seems very similar to j f rutherford's much-vaunted 16-cylinder cadillac.

watch the episode and let us know what you think.

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https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/bone-metastasis/symptoms-causes/syc-20370191

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Franklin_Rutherford

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Has Rutherford's 16-cylinder Cadillac been found?

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friends

i ran across this episode of jay leno's garage on youtube today.

all i know is it seems very similar to j f rutherford's much-vaunted 16-cylinder cadillac.

watch the episode and let us know what you think.

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Was the cane for a bad back or 1 too many bottles?

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Jehovah's Witnesses get honorable mention June 5 by CHILD USA Founder and CEO Marci Hamilton 😉

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3:52 - start of marci hamilton's speech.

6:26 - 'i'm talking about amish, plain communities, the jehovah's witnesses, scientology, the organizations that squash the victims of sexual assault...and do not permit them to blame others in the organization publicly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg4vzhi8mfa&t=234s.

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'Speaking at a rally on the Capitol’s exterior front steps, Amish, Mennonite and Plain people were among those who recounted abuse they had endured and urged passage of the window.'

'Partisan stalemate keeps child sexual assault lawsuit window from advancing in Pennsylvania

June 5, 2023

Caleb Kauffman, at podium, speaks at a rally outside of the Pennsylvania state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., June 5, 2023. Kauffman, a survivor and advocate, and others were calling on the state Senate to pass two pieces of legislation that would open a two-year window for child sex abuse survivors to file otherwise outdated lawsuits over their claim. (AP Photo/Brooke Schultz)

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Child sexual abuse survivors pressed Pennsylvania lawmakers Monday to move ahead with opening a two-year window for them to file otherwise outdated lawsuits over their claims, but a partisan fight in the Legislature kept the proposal bottled up with no resolution in sight.

Amid the stalemate, survivors renewed calls for the Legislature to pass either version of the measure — one that would give voters final say on the window in the form of a constitutional amendment, the other legislation that would also need Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s signature.

Speaking at a rally on the Capitol’s exterior front steps, Amish, Mennonite and Plain people were among those who recounted abuse they had endured and urged passage of the window.

“Here we are again fighting for our rights as victims and survivors of childhood sexual abuse who have been waiting many, many years for the opportunity for justice, to find out the truth, to hold our perpetrators accountable, to hold institutions accountable,” said Rep. Mark Rozzi, a Berks County Democrat who has championed the legislation for years.

Following the report, and as lawmakers pursued legislation, the Pennsylvania diocese set up compensation funds and made payments to victims.

Both chambers have passed their own version of the measure that would temporarily waive the statute of limitations for sex abuse crimes, and the House voted for it with bipartisan support in February.

The Republican majority Senate bundled the measure with two GOP-favored initiatives: expanding voter ID requirements and lowering the threshold to invalidate state regulations pushed through by a governor’s administration. The three constitutional amendments passed the Senate on a nearly party-line vote in January.

The House took up the Senate’s version of the bill last month and stripped out the GOP-penned priorities. That bill would now have to be voted on in the Senate in its current form before it could go before voters. The Senate has shown no appetite for paring down its bundle of proposed amendments.

Kate Flessner, a spokeswoman for the Senate Republicans, said her caucus “remains open to conversations about how to accomplish all three of the important constitutional amendments initially included” in their version of the bill.

It marks another hurdle for effort, which legislators had passed with bipartisan support more than two years ago, but mishandling from the state meant it never went before voters, and legislators had to begin the process again.'

https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-child-sexual-assault-lawsuit-window-3cf97d97461d3332b002948904efb539

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Jehovah's Witnesses get honorable mention June 5 by CHILD USA Founder and CEO Marci Hamilton 😉

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3:52 - start of marci hamilton's speech.

6:26 - 'i'm talking about amish, plain communities, the jehovah's witnesses, scientology, the organizations that squash the victims of sexual assault...and do not permit them to blame others in the organization publicly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg4vzhi8mfa&t=234s.

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3:52 - start of Marci Hamilton's speech

6:26 - 'I'm talking about Amish, Plain communities, the Jehovah's Witnesses, Scientology, the organizations that squash the victims of sexual assault...and do not permit them to blame others in the organization publicly.'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg4VzHi8mfA&t=234s

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Watchtower (Study) August 2023 - gaslighting and deflecting again.

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'they turn the story around to make it seem like you are at fault, deflecting attention and blame away from them to make you feel guilty.

this type of emotional manipulation is called gaslighting.. .

deflection is manipulation, and if it's coupled with other toxic relationship behaviors, it may be necessary to remove yourself from the situation.'.

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'They turn the story around to make it seem like you are at fault, deflecting attention and blame away from them to make you feel guilty. This type of emotional manipulation is called gaslighting.

Deflection is manipulation, and if it's coupled with other toxic relationship behaviors, it may be necessary to remove yourself from the situation.'

https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/deflection#:~:text=Deflection%20is%20manipulation%2C%20and%20if,narcissists%20and%20other%20toxic%20people.

Jehovah's Witnesses don't want to be reminded 'the expectations' were theirs to begin with!

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Watchtower (Study) August 2023 - gaslighting and deflecting again.

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'they turn the story around to make it seem like you are at fault, deflecting attention and blame away from them to make you feel guilty.

this type of emotional manipulation is called gaslighting.. .

deflection is manipulation, and if it's coupled with other toxic relationship behaviors, it may be necessary to remove yourself from the situation.'.

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EXACT SAME THREAD

Perhaps Simon can nuke this one. Apparently this pc was hacked and 'they' did it. Not me!

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Geoffrey Jackson "Not my Field" Australian Royal Commission 2015

'Partisan stalemate keeps child sexual assault lawsuit window from advancing in Pennsylvania

Following the report, and as lawmakers pursued legislation, the Pennsylvania diocese set up compensation funds and made payments to victims.