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  Ron DeSantis: "We do not require assistance. The people of Florida will rebuild on our own"

  by BettyHumpter in

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  2. friends

  as if.no, of course he's already asking for federal aid.

  it's the republican way.

  florida needs the rest of the country to pitch in taxpayer dollars because it's different when it happens to me.

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  BettyHumpter

  https://www.moneygeek.com/living/states-most-reliant-federal-government/
  
  

  Key Findings:

  • Eight of the 10 states most dependent on the federal government were Republican-voting, with the average red state receiving $1.35 per dollar spent.
  • Nine states sent more to the federal government than they received — seven of these were Democrat-voting and had higher per capita GDPs than many of the red states that received the most.
  • New Mexico had the highest return on federal spending of any state ($4.33), and Delaware had the lowest ($0.63).
  • The eight states receiving the highest child tax credit per capita were all Republican-voting.
    
    
    
    

    Red States Lead With Federal Dependence

    Democratic-voting blue states tend to be wealthier and pay more to the federal government than they get. In contrast, Republican-voting red states tend to have less wealth and receive more federal government funds than they pay. In the MoneyGeek rankings, 8 of the 10 most dependent states are considered red states.
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  Ron DeSantis: "We do not require assistance. The people of Florida will rebuild on our own"

  by BettyHumpter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as if.no, of course he's already asking for federal aid.

  it's the republican way.

  florida needs the rest of the country to pitch in taxpayer dollars because it's different when it happens to me.

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  Most Federally Dependent States

  Rank	State	Total Score	State Residents’ Dependency	State Government’s Dependency
  1	Alaska	93.22	1	3
  2	Mississippi	84.94	4	4
  3	Kentucky	79.54	6	7
  4	West Virginia	78.08	2	11
  5	Montana	75.90	13	2
  6	New Mexico	75.15	3	15
  7	Arizona	69.92	12	6
  8	Louisiana	69.50	21	1
  9	Indiana	68.23	9	12
  10	Alabama	66.92	10	10
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  Ron DeSantis: "We do not require assistance. The people of Florida will rebuild on our own"

  by BettyHumpter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as if.no, of course he's already asking for federal aid.

  it's the republican way.

  florida needs the rest of the country to pitch in taxpayer dollars because it's different when it happens to me.

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  BettyHumpter

  "As for contributing to society, we will miss Mississippi mor e than NYC"
  
  
  If you say so.....

  
  

  
  
  
  
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  Ron DeSantis: "We do not require assistance. The people of Florida will rebuild on our own"

  by BettyHumpter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as if.no, of course he's already asking for federal aid.

  it's the republican way.

  florida needs the rest of the country to pitch in taxpayer dollars because it's different when it happens to me.

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  No. They congregate in states like Mississippi and accept aid from liberal states where the jobs actually are while complaining against it and spending their money on red MAGAt caps. :)
  
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  Ron DeSantis: "We do not require assistance. The people of Florida will rebuild on our own"

  by BettyHumpter in

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  as if.no, of course he's already asking for federal aid.

  it's the republican way.

  florida needs the rest of the country to pitch in taxpayer dollars because it's different when it happens to me.

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  BettyHumpter

  "There is a growing feeling from some right-wing commentators such as Lauren Chen that the US should split into two new independent countries - one Republican, the other Democrat."
  
  Such a split would be pretty messy. The divide is mostly Urban vs Rural. So while you may have a state that is 'Republican', it's major cities may be majority democrat. How you gonna split that up?

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  Sister In "Pants" Carrying the Microphone--Brother in "Jeans" out in Service!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  click the image to enlarge.. sister carrying microphone at kingdom hall in pants!.

  https://postimg.cc/jdjysmgt.

  brother in blue jeans out in service.. https://postimg.cc/z36bj89h .

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  It looks like a cramped conference room at a shitty Holiday Inn for a Dentist's conference.
  
  It's strange to me how they never got the importance of architecture to the human psyche. I'm not talking about building a St. Peters. I mean many 'humble' protestant churches make an effort to be aesthetically pleasing and to convey the importance of what the believers feel the buildings purpose is.
  
  I've had to go to my non-JW grandparents church on several occasions for weddings, funerals etc. Vaulted roof, but timber framed. Stained glass. A bit stuffy feeling, actually. But, even though i'm not a believer, it does give a certain feeling of permanence. I remember attending a cousin's wedding and thinking my grandparents were married in that same spot, and not only that, my grandmothers grandmother was married in that same spot.
  
  A Kingdom Hall wedding or funeral may as well be taking place in conference room 3 at _____ Corp Inc.
  
  
  
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  Ron DeSantis: "We do not require assistance. The people of Florida will rebuild on our own"

  by BettyHumpter in

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  2. friends

  as if.no, of course he's already asking for federal aid.

  it's the republican way.

  florida needs the rest of the country to pitch in taxpayer dollars because it's different when it happens to me.

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  As if.
  
  No, Of course he's already asking for Federal Aid. It's the Republican way. Florida needs the rest of the country to pitch in taxpayer dollars because it's different when it happens to me. It's completely different from 2012 when he voted against aid to New York. That was different. Those New York liberals need to sort their own affairs. Clearly this situation with good patriotic Floridians is far different and we deserve aid.
  
  See also: Mitch McConnell, who also opposed aid in 2012, not only begged for aid to his state of Kentucky after the recent floods, but complained that the feds didn't act fast enough.
  
  Of course 8 of 10 of the most Republican states are on the dole. Perhaps we should just let them go....
  
  
  
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  Incredible News from History

  by Simon in

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  2. current

  you think you know things, then you come across something that makes you do a double-take.

  how was it kept so qiet?.

  for instance, how many were killed in the jones-town massacre?

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  "Well, it was the US. They did it to themselves but the bombs were close to detonating (3 of 4 steps completed) and one couldn't be recovered, so it's still there, weapons-grade uranium in a field in North Carolina

  The fact that both of these events is so poorly known likely has something todo with it being done by the government itself."
  
  Errrr...I wouldn't say they are poorly known.Everyone and their brother knows about the Goldsboro crash. Also the Tybee Island incedent. Tybee was a childhood vacation spot. Everyone knows there is a nuke in Wassaw Sound at Tybee Island. I've known it since I was a kid. It's not some sort of big secret.
  
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  A humorous look at the efficacy of the vaccines

  by Vidqun in

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  2. humour

  https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/friday-dark-humor-vaccine-efficacy-science-explained.

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  "Yes, that might be true, till 2020. Something went wrong after that."
  
  Well, that's a new tack from the anti-vaccine people. In my memory, the movement picked up steam in the late 90's, coincidentally when everyone started getting internet access. Back then people were reading stuff saying vaccines contained thimerosal. Vaccines cause autism etc etc. The late 90's was around the time that my circle of friends began having children and a few jumped onto that particular nonsense and for a while didn't want to get their children any vaccines. Thankfully they came to their senses.
  
  I think my great-grandparents, who lived in a time when smallpox was real, Polio, Rubella, Measles, Whooping Cough and on and on were actual worries for their children's lives would call you a moron.
  
  But you're saying all those were good. Its the new one thats bad. And you've discovered the truth "on your internet" lol. This time the conspiracy is REAL!
  
  Isn't it strange how the powerful people running these vast conspiracies involving thousands of co-conspirator's have it all planned out, but they keep getting foiled by people making YouTube videos from a dirty apartment. You'd think "they" would just give up.
  
  
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  Avoiding Temptation As a Young Elder

  by TMS in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it was the summer of '72.

  i was 24 but had been the presiding overseer or congregation servant of a small congregation in the county seat of an arkansas county for about 3 years.. my regular pioneer wife of nearly four years was big and pregnant, with our attempts at birth control unsuccessful.. one of my wife's several bible studies was with a young woman named brenda whom my wife had encountered in door to door work.. brenda had two young children she could barely handle and was married to a very countryfied arkie named henry who worked as a chicken catcher, one of the most difficult jobs at the local chicken plant.. brenda eventually revealed that she'd been raised as a jw, but was never baptized, having left home to marry henry at age 14. she spoke of her family in texas, mentioning her mother and two older sisters, all jws she said.. one morning, just before the meeting for field service, we noticed a small car in kingdom hall parking lot.

  my wife and i were parked to one side of the hall in our aluminum nashua house trailer.. two young women got out of the car and soon joined us for the meeting for service, identifying themselves as brenda's sisters from texas.. the two girls, ages 17 and 20, were distractingly beautiful, with the eldest decked out like a magnificent southern belle including hat and heels, her high-end clothing accentuating her very obvious curves.. with no one else showing up for field service, it ended up just the four of us in the car group with the two texas girls in the back seat.. starting our time at a not-at-home, the 20 year old asked if she could accompany me to "hear my presentation.

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  BettyHumpter

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