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  Bank Bail-Out / Bail-In

  by Simon in

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  remember the last financial crisis, where there as a bail-out of the banks?.

  have you ever stopped to think what the "out" part of bail-out means?

  normally you think of bailing water out of a boat, or maybe jumping out of a plane, but in financial terms the "out" means "outside money".

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  Simon

  Accumulating that much after doesn't involve being "smart", just being a boomer.

  However much it is, it isn't their money and is owned by someone else. This is fundamentally theft and people aren't recompensed by the banks for the risk they take having them manage their money. Interest rates for savers are already criminally low, at a time of sky-high inflation, so whether people realize it or not the power-that-be are already dipping their hand into their bank account.

  This just upgrades to them using a wheelbarrow so they can carry more at once.
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  Taxpayer Money Direct to Union Pockets

  by Simon in

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  2. current

  the dems are not even trying to hide what they do anymore.. the latest is a direct payoff for political support by providing a $4500 subsidy on electric vehicles ... but only if they are made by union workers.. it's not the job of government to put their hand on the scale, especially not to benefit those who support them politically through campaign contributions.. corruption - it's what they do best.. https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-tesla-union-bill-tax-incentive-unionized-ev-makers-2021-9.

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  The dems are not even trying to hide what they do anymore.

  The latest is a direct payoff for political support by providing a $4500 subsidy on Electric Vehicles ... but only if they are made by union workers.

  It's not the job of government to put their hand on the scale, especially not to benefit those who support them politically through campaign contributions.

  Corruption - it's what they do best.

  https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-tesla-union-bill-tax-incentive-unionized-ev-makers-2021-9
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  How do JW feel about CBD?

  by Iamallcool in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am not so sure if i am willing to discuss cbd with my jw aunt.

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  It's just a naturally growing medicine. Not the bit that makes you go mental and write groovy music.
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  Bank Bail-Out / Bail-In

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  remember the last financial crisis, where there as a bail-out of the banks?.

  have you ever stopped to think what the "out" part of bail-out means?

  normally you think of bailing water out of a boat, or maybe jumping out of a plane, but in financial terms the "out" means "outside money".

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  Simon

  Remember the last financial crisis, where there as a bail-out of the banks?

  Have you ever stopped to think what the "out" part of bail-out means? Normally you think of bailing water out of a boat, or maybe jumping out of a plane, but in financial terms the "out" means "outside money". When the governments bailed out the banks, it was wth non-bank money ... taxpayers funds.

  This was unpopular, so instead they passed legislation so that in future, any bank that ran into difficulty would instead use a bail-in mechanism.

  In? "inside" money. Specifically, the banks creditors.

  Newsflash: if you have money in a bank, then you are a creditor and they are allowed to take it and convert it into IOUs to help their own liquidity.

  It's worth checking exactly which of your account types could be vulnerable to this because there is an ever-increasing chance that the financial system is going to get indigestion from the non-stop money printing and may go tits-up.

  https://www.investopedia.com/articles/markets-economy/090716/why-bank-bailins-will-be-new-bailouts.asp
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  What’s your favorite recipe?

  by Iamallcool in

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  any takers?

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  Simon

  Tip: don't repeatedly submit the same topic. This the 4th or 5th one.
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  Biden - Inappropriate Toucher and Killer of Children

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  ny times report on the drone strike in afghanistan - they killed an aid worker and his family including 7 children.. it was done as a political stunt so biden could claim they struck back at a terrorist (although it was a suicide bomb attack).. the attack was due to his incompetence and the drone strike done to distract from it.. his inappropriate touching of young girls now seems tame compared to his murder of young children.. he should be prosecuted.

  he should be jailed.

  he won't be, because us politics.. if you voted for him you're a shit that supports an inappropriate toucher and killer of children..

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  Pity the shits were the ones counting the votes.

  I notice you don't have much to say about Biden drone striking a house full of small children to distract from his previous mess?

  Nothing to say about it?
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  Biden - Inappropriate Toucher and Killer of Children

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  ny times report on the drone strike in afghanistan - they killed an aid worker and his family including 7 children.. it was done as a political stunt so biden could claim they struck back at a terrorist (although it was a suicide bomb attack).. the attack was due to his incompetence and the drone strike done to distract from it.. his inappropriate touching of young girls now seems tame compared to his murder of young children.. he should be prosecuted.

  he should be jailed.

  he won't be, because us politics.. if you voted for him you're a shit that supports an inappropriate toucher and killer of children..

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  NY Times report on the Drone Strike in Afghanistan - they killed an aid worker and his family including 7 children.

  It was done as a political stunt so Biden could claim they struck back at a terrorist (although it was a suicide bomb attack).

  The attack was due to his incompetence and the drone strike done to distract from it.

  His inappropriate touching of young girls now seems tame compared to his murder of young children.

  He should be prosecuted. He should be jailed. He won't be, because US politics.

  If you voted for him you're a shit that supports an inappropriate toucher and killer of children.
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  Should Biden Have Mandated Vaccinations Today?

  by Sea Breeze in

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  2. current

  biden mandated widespread covid shots today.. "we've been patient," biden announced.

  "but our patience is wearing thin, and your refusal has cost all of us.".

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  Hasn't Biden become quite the little unaccountable power-mad controlling dictator.
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  “The Right to Shun: Ghent’s Misguided Jehovah’s Witness Decision“ Matthew P. Cavedon

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://canopyforum.org/2021/04/19/the-right-to-shun-ghents-misguided-jehovahs-witness-decision/.

  in march, the criminal court of ghent, belgium fined the congregation of jehovah’s witnesses (jw) for “inciting discrimination and hatred or violence against former members.” the case centered on the jw practice of “disfellowshipping.” while the court’s sensitivity to the individual impact of shunning is laudable, its decision regrettably assaults the freedoms of religion and association.. first, some background on jw beliefs and disfellowshipping.

  jw was founded in the united states over a century ago and is headquartered in new york state.

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  I think the resort to "hate speech" laws is a motte-and-bailey tactic - are people concerned about the shunning or being called evil?

  Say they drop the "evil" part and simply call them non-believers or rejecters-of-Jehovah, but keep the shunning - is everyone happy with that?

  Who really cares about the name calling part? It's laughable to be called "evil" from a religion that counts the Yorkshire Ripper as an accepted member.

  And do you think the WTS labelling people as apostates will be top of the list of things to be concerned about when there are those who call for people to be literally killed? Wake me up when a government does something again Islam and their vile shit being preached in Mosques up and down the country.

  Still waiting for someone to come up with a suggested law that they'd like to see. Because I would be more afraid of the consequences of such a law than anything the WTS comes up with.
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  "Seven nations more populous than you are"

  by FFGhost in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i wrote this up a few months ago:.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5087628499091456/camp-israel-problem-pooping.

  this other little nugget from deuteronomy caught my eye as well:.

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  The bible is a series of tall tales by people who couldn't do real math.