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Are You Concerned About Inflation?
by Simon in
1. social
2. current
i saw a statistic the other day that something like 25% of all the debt that the us has incurred since 1776 was created in the last 12 months.

that's because they have printed so much currency and instead of letting that stop them, they are going to continue printing more to go on a spending spree on crazy green-new-deal schemes and union handouts.. does anyone think that this can be anything other than inflationary?

they are effectively stealing the wealth of everyone to then hand money out to people.
Simon

The latest inflation again beat estimates, even for the doctored number!
8.3% now. Imagine believing this classes as a "fall" just because it's down slightly from the previous months record peak when it's really the 2nd highest for the last 40 years?
Remember: Inflation compounds. If you have money in the bank it's now a melting ice-cube and someone just turned the heat up.
Try this inflation calculator to see what it does and remember - if you manage to protect yourself from inflation they then ding you by claiming you've made capital gains even if all you achieved was standing still.
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Vicarious Liability: Court of Appeal dismisses appeal from religious organisation following sexual assault
by yalbmert99 in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=d0a1ca63-2027-4702-9f6d-3c3da5fd9c5f.
Simon

Police also possess credentials and garb and weapons and powers which they can wrongfully use without authority
That's why IMO police should have both better legal protection and more legal accountability
You should face a much higher judgement for killing a police officer and a police officer should face much harsher sentence if they abuse their position.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
Simon

Because we like watching train wrecks.
Lloyd is like a train wreck ... that a plane then crashes into ... on a fault line so everything is swallowed by an earthquake ... before an asteroid strike obliterates everything.
Apart from that he's a straight up regular kind of guy.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
Simon

Must one touch their forehead to the monitor for that to work, or will it work from say, two feet away?
It will work from a distance, but if you touch your forehead and the monitor, you'll possibly improve the resolution - especially if you place a slice of ham in between. The exact science behind it is difficult to explain.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
Simon

Anything current or all back when he was an active participant on here?
Mostly from when he was on the site (all the AAWA crap) but some still a few years after he left.
He literally wanted comments that were negative about his videos to be removed.
And by "negative" I mean anything that wasn't outright praising him 'cause he's such a precious little petal and is so very easily hurt.
That's why I ended up typically removing his videos from the site - I didn't want to be sending him any traffic or directing people to him in any way esp. if he was going to complain that people could share their views.
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Vicarious Liability: Court of Appeal dismisses appeal from religious organisation following sexual assault
by yalbmert99 in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=d0a1ca63-2027-4702-9f6d-3c3da5fd9c5f.
Simon

For sure, setups where it's a clearer employee / employer relationship and the employee has defined work location and hours are more clear cut.
With the JWs the line between religion and social contact is very blurred. But that's on them too.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
Simon

It's very advanced, the software turns every pixel of your screen into a miniature camera, sensing slight fluctuations in the quantum field to pick up a shadow of your appearance. This is then augmented at the server-side using artificial intelligent guesswork to re-create your image.
Warning: it can also suck up a little of your soul or life-force, but the benefit to me is that I gain immortality. So not all bad. Well, for me anyways ...
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
Simon

I have a ton of emails from him whining about various things, typically wanting people's posts removed. He really can't stand not to be in control.
Man, I was way too over-patient back then!
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Vicarious Liability: Court of Appeal dismisses appeal from religious organisation following sexual assault
by yalbmert99 in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=d0a1ca63-2027-4702-9f6d-3c3da5fd9c5f.
Simon

An employee doing something in their own time is nothing todo with their employer, it's nothing that their employer has directed them todo and they are not using any specific position based on their employment. People don't lose personal liability just because someone employs them.
The liability comes from the employer putting them in a certain position and the person using that position to harm someone.
In the case of the WatchTower, the org puts them in control of people as a local authority over them and gives them access to people.
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Vicarious Liability: Court of Appeal dismisses appeal from religious organisation following sexual assault
by yalbmert99 in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=d0a1ca63-2027-4702-9f6d-3c3da5fd9c5f.
Simon

There is a very clear and direct authority structure all the way down from the Governing Body through the regional, branch, district and circuit overseers down to elders and ministerial servants.
All are in their positions at the say-so of a hierarchical management structure. Hirings and firings always come from above. No one is elected by their local congregation.
This will cost them. They will need to carry insurance to cover what the representatives they have assigned do.
They can't throw up their hands and say "it had nothing to do with us" and leave local elders to carry the responsibility for what the organization directs them to do.