Posts by frozen2018

It doesn't help that some media will be circling like vultures waiting for people to get infected and maybe (hopefully in their eyes) die. And while the media is bad, the public who choose to devour this tragedy-porn makes the situation worse. I understand why the decision makers are hesitating to move forward. Nobody wants to go first.

I believe that the executives from mayors to governors to the President as well as everyone from CEO's of large corporations to the sole proprietor of a neighborhood store need to take ownership of the fact that to reopen means some will get sick and a few may indeed die to at least blunt the inevitable backlash that will come from a public that will be egged on by the press ("If it bleeds it leads," so they say). People need to be able to go back to work, to be productive, to have structure. Society does not have the luxury of waiting for a cure. Every week that passes, people's resources dwindle and eventually when their resources are gone, people will go from being depressed to being resentful to being angry to being enraged. But don't worry, the media will be there to report on that carnage also and, without noticing their hypocrisy, they'll blame the very same executives who could have reopened the economy but didn't.

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Kids Without Rules

by minimus in

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i see a lot of kids that rarely get discipline.

they are allowed to do whatever they want and if someone says something to them they don’t want to hear, they blow them off, ignore them or engage in disrespectful talk.. what’s wrong with today’s parents??

they are producing a generation of entitled brats!.

frozen2018

What’s wrong with today’s parents?? They are producing a generation of entitled brats!

So says every curmudgeon who has ever lived in human history...

At the NSA, a "Curmudgeon" Incited Change from the Inside

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Interesting documentary on oil and renewables.

by JimmyYoung in

i don't like micheal moore at all but he produced this doc and it is exactly what i have been saying about the renewable energy myth for years.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk11vi-7cze&feature=youtu.be.

frozen2018

So what's the TLDR of the documentary?

The greenest thing about green energy is the money corporations are pocketing via taxpayer subsidy. Green energy uses just as much, if not more, fossil fuel than proponents claim green energy offsets. Green energy leaves a trail of environmental destruction wherever it goes. There is nothing sustainable about sustainable energy.

The documentary also lays out a case that serious population control and a shift away from consumption economies is necessary to prevent future, planet wide cataclysm.

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Interesting documentary on oil and renewables.

by JimmyYoung in

i don't like micheal moore at all but he produced this doc and it is exactly what i have been saying about the renewable energy myth for years.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk11vi-7cze&feature=youtu.be.

frozen2018

I just watched this. It is a must see for anyone interested in "green energy." It'll be too bad if some people see the words Michael Moore and dismiss it although it would be interesting to see the reactions of Michael Moore fans. Michael Moore produced the documentary, he didn't make it.

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My dad is now a ministerial servant tonight

by Wagurl in

my dad just became mistrial servant should i move out i’m almost 18. what the hell should i do?

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frozen2018

What concerns me are the scandals

Yes, that is a concern. My military ex told me a couple of stories. But to be fair, the military does not have a monopoly on bad behavior. The military is a reflection of society at large. Churches, Fortune 500 companies, mom and pop stores, big cities, small villages, college campuses, even the freaking Boy Scouts! All have or have had dishonorable men and women in their ranks.

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My dad is now a ministerial servant tonight

by Wagurl in

my dad just became mistrial servant should i move out i’m almost 18. what the hell should i do?

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frozen2018

* will you enlist in the military? I often suggest this to GUYS, but I'm not sure that for the average young lady it is a great idea.

The last "love of my life" was an officer in the Army. I didn't know that much about military life before she came along, but holy cow! The military has so many benefits! And those benefits last a lifetime. I encourage young people, whether male or female, to at least seriously consider a stint in the military. The military will whip you into shape, teach some discipline, and the recruit will learn some skills (and no, the skills are not all about killing people). My ex has traveled the world and is now in grad school thanks to the US Army. I met many of her female Army friends. I admit it is not for everyone, but it is an option more young folk should explore. As a bonus, when young jw youth go into the military, jw's are aghast.

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Drink and Zoom, No Smell No Tell

by 2+2=5 in

i’ve been at work with some jws over the last week.. i was conversing with one jw elder who mentioned having a couple of drinks after work, on the evening of a zoom meeting.

he said he never drinks before a meeting, but did this occasion.

this jw is not a heavy drinker, he’s very moderate compared to most.. this got me thinking about the other jws i use to associate with, who were actually drinkers, blokes that would drink 8+ beers, when it’s gone out comes the scotch or vodka.. i think they’ll be counting the sober bro’s on one hand at these meetings.

frozen2018

Most of the attendees at this meeting look pretty sloshed.

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The virus and how it's affected life

by days of future passed in

since i've never lived in time with dire events, this virus and it's effects, has taken me by surprise.

not that i should be surprised by how people responded, but until you experience it first hand, you just don't get the scope of it all.. all the hoarding.

i've always taken things in a more rational way.

frozen2018

I don't know how things will change in real life, but it better change in disaster movies. You've seen disaster movies (asteroid heading for earth, ufo attacks, etc) where people are running around in a panic, cars are crashing into each other, fires everywhere, and other assorted mayhem. In the future, if a disaster movie doesn't include one scene where people are beating the tar out of each other as they fight over the last roll of FREAKING TOILET PAPER at the Wal-Mart, I will be deeply disappointed.