Posts by Simon

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JWs who are now paying the price of following the cult.

by mickbobcat in

my in-laws are two such people.

people who pioneered and did not work and try to save, instead they made just enough to get by and waited for the end to come.

now my mil is in palliative care and the state is paying for her keep, my fil lives in a dilapidated home and can not keep it up.

Simon

Apart from the money they take from people directly, and the expenses of going to meetings and assemblies, buying suits etc... (for many, it's the only time they need to wear one), the biggest cost is time.

You can do so much with your time once you leave, it's really THE most valuable commodity anyone has and why people work - to purchase future time not working.

Away from the WTS you can develop your career, start and run a business, educate yourself, or heck, just sit and relax for a while, spend time cultivating real meaningful friendships.

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Evolution News: Humanlike Footprints in Crete Dated to 6 Million Years Ago!

by Disillusioned JW in

i find it astonishing that humanlike feet could have existed that long ago.

i wonder if some non-human upright ape might have had that kind of feet that long ago.

see https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/humanlike-footprints-in-crete-dated-to-6-million-years-muddle-archaeologists-1.10301706 and https://scitechdaily.com/oldest-footprints-of-pre-humans-identified-in-crete-six-million-years-old/ .

Simon

"New research suggests researchers would like to get their names in the big publications and even onto the front-page of the news and, well, saying you found some footprints doesn't cut-it so you have to make them old, no, whatever you're imaging is not old enough, way older, like a bazillion years? Oh, too old and unbelievable? Yeah, I guess younger than the earth itself. How about a few million? You're sure no-one can check? OK, roll the presses ..."

Margin of error +/- 6 million years

Think of all the things that scientists can't really tell us for certain, today, when things are measured.

It's all guesswork, but there's no one to check, 'cause no one was there. Heck, it doesn't even look like a footprint - hello, McFly, did no one notice that it isn't even an actual footprint?

Anyway, outlandish claims get them free headlines and more funding ...

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Science News article: ‘Case closed’: 99.9% of scientists agree climate emergency caused by humans

by Disillusioned JW in

a news article has the headline of " ‘case closed’: 99.9% of scientists agree climate emergency caused by humans"; see https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/19/case-closed-999-of-scientists-agree-climate-emergency-caused-by-humans .

the article says in part the following.. 'the scientific consensus that humans are altering the climate has passed 99.9%, according to research that strengthens the case for global action at the cop26 summit in glasgow.. the degree of scientific certainty about the impact of greenhouse gases is now similar to the level of agreement on evolution and plate tectonics, the authors say, based on a survey of nearly 90,000 climate-related studies.

this means there is practically no doubt among experts that burning fossil fuels, such as oil, gas, coal, peat and trees, is heating the planet and causing more extreme weather.. a previous survey in 2013 showed 97% of studies published between 1991 and 2012 supported the idea that human activities are altering earth’s climate.. this has been updated and expanded by the study by cornell university that shows the tiny minority of sceptical voices has diminished to almost nothing as evidence mounts of the link between fossil-fuel burning and climate disruption.. the latest survey of peer-reviewed literature published from 2012 to november 2020 was conducted in two stages.

Simon

What does a net zero Carbon world look like?

A massively lower population.

It's like Hitler, but dialled up to 11 ... heck, 111.

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Alec Baldwin Shot a Woman Dead

by Simon in

so alec baldwin shot a woman dead on set and seriously injured another man.. what do we put this down as?

a tragic accident?

maybe ... except that implies no one was to blame.. the more you find out, the more it seems that this was due to negligence and lack of attention to safety.

Simon

Nobody wants to be homeless...nobody doesn't want to have a job, a career, a life for goodness sakes.

Sorry, but this is just wrong. There are plenty of people who don't want to work, are happy living on the street without responsibilities and don't give a damn about having a career or contributing to society.

Allowing people to live like this enables it. The current system of endless benefits, paying people to live this way, is damaging to society.

But anyway, Alec Baldwin shot a woman dead, which is the main subject of this topic.

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Alec Baldwin Shot a Woman Dead

by Simon in

so alec baldwin shot a woman dead on set and seriously injured another man.. what do we put this down as?

a tragic accident?

maybe ... except that implies no one was to blame.. the more you find out, the more it seems that this was due to negligence and lack of attention to safety.

Simon

Her first response tells you everything - "because we need to be given more money". It's their answer to every problem, which is why they create these problems and make them worse.

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Alec Baldwin Shot a Woman Dead

by Simon in

so alec baldwin shot a woman dead on set and seriously injured another man.. what do we put this down as?

a tragic accident?

maybe ... except that implies no one was to blame.. the more you find out, the more it seems that this was due to negligence and lack of attention to safety.

Simon

The more you learn the more you realize these people are batshit crazy and reckless.

So apparently, they had a mix of blanks, dummy and LIVE bullets on set, and it isn't uncommon for people to take "prop guns" (what the rest of the world calls "guns") over lunch and go shooting live rounds for target practice!!!

Can you imagine anything so idiotically reckless and dangerous?

Day 1 rule: no live bullets on set.

So many basic, simple, safety rules, each of which would avoid this, all disregarded.

I'm actually amazed now that more people aren't killed regularly in Hollywood. It seems that accidental shootings may happen regularly and as long as no one is killed, no lessons are learned.

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Tax on Unrealized Capital Gains!

by Simon in

so janet yellen, the us treasury secretary, thinks taxing unrealized capital gains would be a way for them to fund their runaway spending.. first, they claimed that the real cost of their nonsense spending was $0, so they were lying then or are lying now ("why not both?!").

second, they claimed that money printing doesn't affect inflation, so why not just print the money instead?.

third, the "for billionaires" is to get the feeble minded masses on board, those that live on benefits and vote democrat for more "free money", but the irs monitoring of $600 bank accounts is also apparently to target the ultra-wealthy as well.

Simon

I guess to explain my previous point better, it all comes down to the difference between value and price.

The value of your house hasn't really increased, but the price has risen. The price has only risen because they have devalued the currency that it is denominated in, so the gain is imaginary. But they want to tax you on that imaginary gain. You still own the same house, and if you sold it could only buy another equivalent house. You haven't really gained anything.

So not only have they stolen from you by devaluing the currency you may hold, but any asset held independent of that devalued currency they now want to also tax.

Massive theft to bankroll their incompetence and profligate spending.

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Calgary Alberta Canada new mayor elect Jyoti Gondek

by hoser in

jw
friends

this will be an entertaining 4 years.. she already declared she wants to shut out oil and gas in an oil town and says she will refuse to swear in a duly elected councillor tomorrow..

Simon

She's correct that Calgary should diversify and stop living the boom-bust life riding the oil-price roller-coaster.

But she's a union backed puppet who will just up the costs to run the city with waste and over-staffing. Calgary really can't afford it after Nenshi gutted the downtown core and spent all the tax money.

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Science News article: ‘Case closed’: 99.9% of scientists agree climate emergency caused by humans

by Disillusioned JW in

a news article has the headline of " ‘case closed’: 99.9% of scientists agree climate emergency caused by humans"; see https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/19/case-closed-999-of-scientists-agree-climate-emergency-caused-by-humans .

the article says in part the following.. 'the scientific consensus that humans are altering the climate has passed 99.9%, according to research that strengthens the case for global action at the cop26 summit in glasgow.. the degree of scientific certainty about the impact of greenhouse gases is now similar to the level of agreement on evolution and plate tectonics, the authors say, based on a survey of nearly 90,000 climate-related studies.

this means there is practically no doubt among experts that burning fossil fuels, such as oil, gas, coal, peat and trees, is heating the planet and causing more extreme weather.. a previous survey in 2013 showed 97% of studies published between 1991 and 2012 supported the idea that human activities are altering earth’s climate.. this has been updated and expanded by the study by cornell university that shows the tiny minority of sceptical voices has diminished to almost nothing as evidence mounts of the link between fossil-fuel burning and climate disruption.. the latest survey of peer-reviewed literature published from 2012 to november 2020 was conducted in two stages.

Simon

If it does drive extreme weather events, it could become a sovereign risk to some countries before long due to the high costs of management.

Q: Weren't the Maldives supposed to be underwater by now? How do the models explain that they have a larger surface area than ever before?

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Science News article: ‘Case closed’: 99.9% of scientists agree climate emergency caused by humans

by Disillusioned JW in

a news article has the headline of " ‘case closed’: 99.9% of scientists agree climate emergency caused by humans"; see https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/19/case-closed-999-of-scientists-agree-climate-emergency-caused-by-humans .

the article says in part the following.. 'the scientific consensus that humans are altering the climate has passed 99.9%, according to research that strengthens the case for global action at the cop26 summit in glasgow.. the degree of scientific certainty about the impact of greenhouse gases is now similar to the level of agreement on evolution and plate tectonics, the authors say, based on a survey of nearly 90,000 climate-related studies.

this means there is practically no doubt among experts that burning fossil fuels, such as oil, gas, coal, peat and trees, is heating the planet and causing more extreme weather.. a previous survey in 2013 showed 97% of studies published between 1991 and 2012 supported the idea that human activities are altering earth’s climate.. this has been updated and expanded by the study by cornell university that shows the tiny minority of sceptical voices has diminished to almost nothing as evidence mounts of the link between fossil-fuel burning and climate disruption.. the latest survey of peer-reviewed literature published from 2012 to november 2020 was conducted in two stages.

Simon

Charts that track CO2 show clearly a rise in levels since the 1950's

If you measure temperature starting in Spring, it tells you that you are going to burn up. It matters how long you measure over, the trouble is we think "since the 1950's is a long time", which it is, to an individual. But it's not long in geological time.

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsta.2013.0096

The real question is how much of the CO2 rise is man made (seriously, read up on how much a volcano can put out). And is the bit we contribute going to be catastrophic, or just result in increased vegetation.