Posts by SydBarrett

I like having both. I've got 5 weeks of PTO to use when I see fit, but its nice to also have a few where the entire company goes home for a day or two. It may just be me, but when I take PTO there is a sort of nagging background anxiety, because works continues for everyone else and whats my inbox gonna look like when I return?

When we all go home for for Christmas or Thanksgiving it's nice knowing things are pretty much gonna be as we left them when we return Monday.

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Trump: "Too many holidays"

by SydBarrett in

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“too many non-working holidays in america.

it is costing our country $billions of dollars to keep all of these businesses closed,” the president wrote in a truth social post..

“the workers don’t want it either,” he added.

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“Too many non-working holidays in America. It is costing our Country $BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to keep all of these businesses closed,” the president wrote in a Truth Social post.

“The workers don’t want it either,” he added.

Its the second sentence that makes me eyeroll. Yes, us 'workers' absolutely despise paid company holidays. What sort of lunatic would want a day off in the middle of the week?

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Trump installed new flagpoles at Whitehouse

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on wednesday he said they were “beautiful poles” and “the best poles anywhere.

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in the world actually.” .

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What are the key features that transform a flagpole from being a long metal pole which flies a flag to being "the best flagpoles in the world"?

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Trump installed new flagpoles at Whitehouse

by SydBarrett in

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on wednesday he said they were “beautiful poles” and “the best poles anywhere.

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in the world actually.” .

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On Wednesday he said they were “beautiful poles” and “the best poles anywhere. . . in the world actually.”

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WAR begins.

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things are moving right along.

“israel” has gone to war with iran.. who is fooled?.

this is uncle sam, same as in ukraine.. daniel layed out clearly the events of “d day” june 6, 1944 as the “ships of kittim” would sail against the king of the north.

SydBarrett

Lastmanstanding's pronouncements will age about as well as this forgotten piece of christian kitsch from the cold war:

Then he'll move on with new prophecies concerning whatever is happening 6 months or 6 years from now. They too will be wrong.

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WAR begins.

by lastmanstanding in

things are moving right along.

“israel” has gone to war with iran.. who is fooled?.

this is uncle sam, same as in ukraine.. daniel layed out clearly the events of “d day” june 6, 1944 as the “ships of kittim” would sail against the king of the north.

SydBarrett

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Predictions for the next decade?

by jehovaxx in

as it’s nearly the new year my prediction over the next decade or so will see the sense of urgency dwindle.

then some huge huge changes.

for example by 2034 in a decades time, they will have address the 1914 issue and will come out and say we can’t be dogmatic.

SydBarrett

Back in the late 90's when internet discussion forums started getting popular and even through the heyday of this forum in the early 2000's, I think many people felt there was gonna be some big moment when it was all exposed and people en masse would see it for what it was and we'd hug and make up with our jerk relatives and they'd say "i'm sorry, i was wrong".

Not gonna happen.

It's gonna be a slow fade into an internet version of TBN. (for non americans, that was a corny religious variety show that may or may not still be on).

Eventually a century from now, they won't even be growing from reproducing, but someone or some group will own the buildings. Some now unborn group of people will close the doors the last time, sell the assets, make a little windfall, and the WT will pass into history. Maybe remembered by future religious studies Phd candidates writing a thesis on obscure american religion in the 19th century.

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Is Belief in Jesus Enough to be Saved? Or Does it Include Believing Jesus?

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i don't think it is possible to believe in jesus and then not believe what he said.

the purpose of the watchtower organization is to take as many people to hell as possible.

they do this by tricking people into rejecting the bare minimum requirements for the free gift of salvation that jesus offered to ”whosoever”.. one of the stipulations for salvation is belief that jesus was raised from the dead:.

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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)

by Simon in

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uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.

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Lloyd Evans.