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  "Independent" Scotland joke!

  by BoogerMan in

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  humza yousaf, scotland's first minister, said: "scotland, i'm afraid, is suffering because we are not independent.

  " https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-66012834.

  try telling that to scotland's tourists and many island communities: the ferry services are dying month by month, and the two new overdue & over-budget ferries justify a serious legal/criminal enquiry.. any bunch of incompetents who can't provide a small country with a ferry service and a legally binding contract to build 2 new boats - having controlled scotland since 2007 - has no credibility in claiming they could run a country!.

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  The whole idea of Scottish independence is a bit of a joke anyway, TBH.

  I agree, especially now with what has been revealed about the SNP leadership. And with wee Nicola Krankie out of office, Hamza is a far less inspiring and unifying figure (thankfully).

  Leaving the EU was the right move, but breaking up the UK would be a disaster for all the constituent countries, IMO, and the sooner the prospect of Scottish independence recedes into the background, the better.

  I always found it amazing that the pro-indy Scots (and Remoaners around the rest of the UK) would whinge about anyone who was against Scottish independence but supported Brexit, claiming it was hypocritical.

  However, there is a huge difference between being a member of a 300+ year borderless union of essentially similar nations which has stood for generations and during which millions have intermarried, lived and work together, versus a constantly changing union (from 6 to 27 in 70 years, and 8 more bidding to join) of less than 80 years duration (and only 33 for borderless travel) between hugely different nations, many of whom have significant cultural and historic differences and have been at war with each other even in the past century.

  Anyone who cannot see that the EU and UK are at root very different unions (and that's not to mention the aspect of a shared landmass) is both culturally and historically naive.
  
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  Good grief, that even LOOKS like a cult photo!

  The low-budget hippy cult leader (who's eaten a few too many pies) holding forth with his "pearls of wisdom", while the adoring acolyte gazes at him in rapt attention.

  Frightening.

  Even the funky chest of drawers in the background has a ziggurat-like appearance to it. And what are those votive offerings on the top in front of the clock?
  
  

  And what do those kind of cult leaders have in common?

  • Milk their followers for money
  • Obsessed with sex
  • Drag along with them a number of weak-willed and/or brain-washed followers
  • Get an ego boost from the praise of those 'worshippers'
  • Over-inflated sense of their own importance
  • Unable to believe they could be wrong, that their 'mission' will fail or that they will be brought down
  • Demonise anyone who opposes or resists them.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  .Can you imagine if OOPS , the other photos the rated XXX one ,had been leak ?

  Oh please, no. I hope there AREN'T any X rated pics or video of LE out there!

  If there were any I hope they were securely deleted, for the sake of the wellbeing of mankind. I don't ever want to have my eyeballs assaulted by the sight of such a thing!
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  Very Interesting Post...

  by XBEHERE in

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  and then, for two years…..nothing happened.until they pretended everything was normal and sent everyone back to the hamster wheel.

  back to meetings, back to d2d, back to assemblies & conventions.

  everyone, get back on the hamster wheel, and don’t you dare complain or try to get out of it by using zoom.. https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/14fhe4y/exercise_patience_classic_gaslighting_from_wt/ .

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  Anyone who believed that our pandemic was a sign has to be crackers...
  I never saw that in the JW official teaching although I am sure some jumpy dubs went for it .

  Agreed. I never believed for a second that COVID would inevitably be the start of the long-awaited "end". The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 was far more deadly and yet the end didn't come then.

  Besides which, as the Bible often reminds us, the end is supposed to come "like a thief", "at a time [you] do not think to be it" and so on. That would hardly be consistent with an obvious global situation like a deadly plague sweeping the planet (not that COVID proved to be as bad as it could've been, but we know it is still possible for a future pandemic to be worse).
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  Now our paragon of free speech and respectful dialogue has some (hypocritical) advice for Elon Musk...

  
  
  ... and some more about "respectful public engagement with opposing viewpoints"!
  
  
  

  EDIT: Page 999!
  
  
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  The currently missing 'Titan' submarine. What do you think?

  by SydBarrett in

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  any opinions are just speculation, but my guess, being morbid, is that there was not a hull breach and implosion (although that would have been the most merciful fate for them), but instead the amateur level of building this thing meant that it lost power and communication and got itself tangled in the titanic's wreckage or is sitting on the actual seabed with no way to release ballast to resurface.

  terrifying.

  what's your gut feeling?

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  Oh, and surprise surprise - it appears there were safety concerns about the Titan submersible in the past...

  Titanic sub: Safety concerns raised about missing submersible
  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-65977432
  
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  The currently missing 'Titan' submarine. What do you think?

  by SydBarrett in

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  any opinions are just speculation, but my guess, being morbid, is that there was not a hull breach and implosion (although that would have been the most merciful fate for them), but instead the amateur level of building this thing meant that it lost power and communication and got itself tangled in the titanic's wreckage or is sitting on the actual seabed with no way to release ballast to resurface.

  terrifying.

  what's your gut feeling?

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  If they cut corners, the risk could go from a tiny possibility to an almost guaranteed disaster. I wonder, if you told the people paying such large dollar amounts that they might not be able to track the sub if it got lost, would they have stepped aboard?

  Surely businesses providing such services have a duty of care to their customers? Ok, so you might be trying to provide an 'exciting' experience, but it can't really be much different in principle to an adventure holiday company, a theme park with 'thrill' rides, etc. The service you provide may have a certain level of risk, but if you know that there is a greater degree of risk which you as a provider could take reasonable steps to mitigate against (but you don't), then surely there is a basis for corporate negligence or manslaughter charges right there? Things like a secondary power and/or propulsion source, or a backup means of communicating with another vessel or the surface, should be the minimum safety for a deep-sea diving vessel such as this.
  
  This reminds me of the horrific Kursk submarine disaster, but that was a slightly different situation as it was a military vessel and there were multiple faults and failings which led to all 118 crew dying, and the sub lying on the bottom for over a week before rescuers reached it.
  
  
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  He’s never been called out on his bullshit and had it stick until last year.

  Excellent post.

  That's exactly why he's built up such a bulletproof shell of self-confidence and aggrandisement. Noone had really challenged his image of himself for all this time until last year. He's still in the denial stage where he just can't bring himself (publicly at least) to really admit he may have been wrong and been the bad guy at any point. That denial may continue forever or, as TonusOH said earlier, he may have a sudden epiphany one day which will either break him or it will solidify his position as a real villain with a chip on his shoulder.

  He thinks he’s the best thing to have ever happened to Dijana and probably wastes no time in reminding her what a local brother in Sisak would have earned for her.

  Don't forget also, the other tactic used by many adulterers, cheaters and sex offenders: blame their partner's supposed inadequacies for their perversion or choice of infidelity. In his case, he blamed her inability to satisfy him for his "need" (ie: deliberate choice) to pursue prostitutes on a regular basis.

  That's almost the ultimate betrayal, not just the act of cheating itself, but to undermine your mate by publicly blaming her alleged faults for your problems. Add to that the repeated mental attacks on her with manipulative, gaslighting messages and the use of his kids to massage his image and there is no doubt he is a toxic husband and father.
  
  Will he ever realise that either? And would that realisation even make him change? Who knows. But right now, the indicators are not positive.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  Oh, there are so many places(*) you could go with this one.

  • Was he hunting for Moby-Dick? Or was he just Being-A-Dick (as usual)?
    
    
  • He looks like a fisherman - and there's usually something very fishy going on where LE is involved.
    
    
  • Did he get swallowed by a big fish, but spat back out onto land? (I couldn't blame any self-respecting fish for vomiting that out.)
    
    
  • If I caught something like that in my nets I'd throw it right back. (Although it would probably pollute the water.)

  Etc, etc...
  
  (*) - or "plaices". But I won't "carp" on about it.
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  Regional Convention Attendance

  by XBEHERE in

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  elder friend of mine texted me asking what my rc attendance was 2 weeks ago (family and i streamed it since wife is not well).

  he told me that his rc in the jersey city assembly hall last weekend was low.

  co told them that around 2600 were the total from 16+ congs that were assigned.

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  I remember sitting in the hot sun in a suit sweating your balls off getting dehydrated...

  Or if you were in the UK, the opposite problem: getting frozen by the cold wind blowing round the upper levels of the football stadium you're in - or soaked by pouring rain, then having to sit in the stands (or in your car) slowly steaming in a soggy, creased suit!
  

  (Note: of course, we did have hot days too during the conventions, but it depended how good the summer was each year - the rainy/cold ones were worse!)