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  Would you give up one year at the end of your life if you could relive any one day in the past?

  by Esse quam videri in

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  like the question asks: if you could relive any one day of your life, any age, any place and remember everything about it afterwards, would you be willing to live one year shorter at the end of your life?

  one day for one year?.

  i realize that someone well on in years would think twice about it, but, what about you younger ones?

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  If we had a choice of which year we could lose, I might trade for a special day.
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  Amarillo TX RBC Liquidation- Branch Resource Recovery Team

  by jwabuse.com in

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  2. scandals

  got this in my inbox today, thought it was kind of interesting.

  i like the wording "all proceeds go to non-profit programs.

  " i wonder what all exactly the "branch resource recovery team" gets involved in?.

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  They know that equipment can be purchased or donated when it is usefull, so avoid the cost of storing or moving equipment to where it is needed. If there was an abundance of projects, it would make sense to keep tools. If only needed occasionally, it makes sense to sell tools and buy in the vicinity they're needed
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  Susan Rice Sought Names of Trump Associates in Intel?

  by freemindfade in

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  https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-04-03/top-obama-adviser-sought-names-of-trump-associates-in-intel.

  what can we make of this?

  rice is on record being a racist and lying about benghazi, now this?

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  If you want to know what good Hillary has done, all you have to do is look at her bio from the moment she left college. She has always pursued an agenda of helping people, particularly women and children. She has actively championed women's rights in oppressed countries.The Clinton Foundation has the highest rating among world wide charities, and despite the outright lies and half truths about it, spends over 90% of money raised in charitable works. It is a fact that whenever she has been in Office, she has commanded respect from those she works with.

  I know that these points are wasted on most of the right, because they choose to inflate any of her mistakes into national scandals. I've followed the Clintons since they first came onto the major political scene, and recognize their failings, as I recognize the failings of all our politicians. I firmly believe, however , that she has been unfairly demonized by the right, because she stands for principles that are anathema to the Republican party.

  Please don't bother listing all your talking points(Benghazi,uranium,Emails, Bernie Sanders, Podesta, predator Bill enabler, Wall Street speeches, etc.), I've done my research using all sources, including those I find abhorrent, and find her no worse than many other politicians, and better than most.
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  ".... they do not kill in the name of JEHOVAH..."

  by kpop in

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  we all love apostates because it is apostates that expose the cults for what they are.

  few people should know this better than we do!

  interesting video of mosab yousef at jerusalem conference sept 2016. yes, he really says that "muslims do not kill in the name of jehovah..." which i found interesting.. please, please listen to the whole thing before making a comment.

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  I don't love all apostates. There are a lot of idiots out there that do serious damage to the credibility of the rest us with their disjointed, rambling rants.
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  President Trump launches missile strike against Syria

  by jwleaks in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  pesident trump authorized the missile strike because “it is in the vital, national security interest of the united states to prevent and deter the use of deadly chemical weapons.” .

  59 tomahawk missiles were launched from two us navy ships.. russia has condemned the action.. https://youtu.be/4svp3yfneyq.

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  Sometimes people do the right thing for the wrong reasons. Let's see if Trump can come up with a cogent plan to deal with Assad that doesn't give the impression of a knee jerk reaction.Time will tell whether this is part of a broader plan or an attempt to raise sagging poll numbers.
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  Dear Syrian Refugees

  by Simon in

  1. social
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  welcome to canada from one immigrant to another !.

  calgary is welcoming it's first refugees from syria and iraq so tomorrow i'm going to take all the winter clothing that we have and donate it to a women / children's charity.

  it's not much (well, actually, it's a huge pile ... everything from when we first moved over!

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  Simon: I agree with a lot of what you've said here. The problem is that the vetting process is too slow. I can't believe that if the the various NATO nations put their resources to work we couldn't invest in the creation of some sort of international agency with the manpower to speed up the process.

  Also, as has been pointed out, I'm sure most refugees would prefer to stay in their country if it were safe to be there. We should be focusing on providing areas of safety with clean, well run temporary camps where refugees can be housed in dignity until it's safe to go home.Most camps are a disgrace, due to underfunding and lack of resources and personnel. What better way way to create a whole generation resenting the Western countries that allow them to live in such squalor. Does it really matter that it's not our fault that they're in that situation? How many people could be helped for the cost of 59 cruise missiles.

  After World War Two, there were agreements made between nations to avoid refugee problems exactly like we're seeing today. Unfortunately, they're being ignored. If the refugees could be taken in by all counties proportional to their populations, we wouldn't have the overwhelming numbers in Germany and other welcoming countries.

  Let's get innocent civilians out of the danger zones, and let the idiot armies and warlords duke it out, but also make a meaningful effort to help the innocents.
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  Dear Syrian Refugees

  by Simon in

  1. social
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  welcome to canada from one immigrant to another !.

  calgary is welcoming it's first refugees from syria and iraq so tomorrow i'm going to take all the winter clothing that we have and donate it to a women / children's charity.

  it's not much (well, actually, it's a huge pile ... everything from when we first moved over!

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  I suppose the rash of horrific Muslim terrorist attacks in Canada changed some people's minds.
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  Breaking news: Islamic Terrorist Attack in Stockholm Sweden involving stolen truck, 3 gunmen on the loose!

  by kpop in

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  time to break out the facebook filters, #hastags, candles, vigils and sing "we are the world!

  " one day, one day, with enough #hashtags and scented candles we'll stop those annoying terrorists!.

  https://twitter.com/newsthissecond/status/850334044042792960.

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  It's useless because I have the facts on my side.

  You're absolutely right, You have all the facts that agree with your position, and you just ignore or deride any facts that don't go along with them. The point is, two sets of facts can exist alongside each other. One set can be about the horrible acts of Terrorist Muslims, and another can be about the wonderful things that some other Muslim does.

  I haven't figured out how to post links, but if you'll Google Mohamed Bzeek Muslim, you'll find out about a Libyan Muslim in the US who has devoted his life to foster parenting terminally ill children. Ten have died in his arms. To paraphrase him,"I am a human being, we are all human beings".

  I acknowledge both the good and bad in the Muslim community. I figure there's enough condemnation in posts like these that I don't feel the need to pile on more. Luckily, I find that there are others in this forum that also see that there are two sides to the Muslim story. To my way of thinking, that's a truer picture of the reality of any group

  Hitler was a monster, but you could make him look like a saint if you only listed the good things he did in his life.

  That's what I object to in OP's like this one. I make decisions based on both sides of the story, you choose to use only one side to confirm your bias.

  
  
  
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  Breaking news: Islamic Terrorist Attack in Stockholm Sweden involving stolen truck, 3 gunmen on the loose!

  by kpop in

  1. social
  2. current

  time to break out the facebook filters, #hastags, candles, vigils and sing "we are the world!

  " one day, one day, with enough #hashtags and scented candles we'll stop those annoying terrorists!.

  https://twitter.com/newsthissecond/status/850334044042792960.

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  No, I'm upset that the lives of those killed in London and Stockholm are evidently worth more than those in Syria whose deaths were just as random and senseless, just because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. I condemn both acts.
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  Why more highly educated people are less into conspiracy theories

  by Mickey mouse in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've seen discussions here about how jehovah's witnesses seem to be prone to believing conspiracy theories... https://digest.bps.org.uk/2017/04/05/why-more-highly-educated-people-are-less-into-conspiracy-theories/.

  this last paragraph seems particularly relevant:.

  importantly, van prooijen said his findings help make sense of why education can contribute to “a less paranoid society” even when conspiracy theories are not explicitly challenged.

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  Maybe educated people are too busy enjoying their careers and making good money to care about such trivialities?

  I think there's a lot of truth to that statement.