Posts by GrreatTeacher

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To all those underage and awake…

by Londo111 in

jw
friends

i salute you.. when i was in, i was a brainwashed idiot.

it instilled an arrogance and made me part of a community that contributed to your suffering.. i remember when i would see a jw parent drag their teens to the meeting.

some of these parents had converted recently, some had been some years.

Racial Bias in Policing

by Coded Logic in

the us justice department just released findings from their investigation of the baltimore police department.

as 40% of the force is comprised of black officers some thought they'd be "immune" to racial bias.

it turns out black cops can be just as racist - if not more racist - against black people than white cops.

GrreatTeacher

Ruby,

Baltimore can't get and keep cops because their pay is so low compared to surrounding counties.

Also, the working conditions are extremely dangerous because the poverty is concentrated within the beltway. There's virtually no middle class in the city at all; there's endless poverty and only some lucky working class. There's gangs there. It's a black hole of concentrated crime.

The net effect is that they can't find decent cops who live in the city to hire, and when they do, they can't retain them. Their job is dangerous and, in general, just awful. They see terrible, terrible things and some of them are never the same again.

Cops get their first couple of years' experience in Baltimore city and then transfer to the surrounding counties for both a raise and better working conditions.

This is from personal experience. I just accepted a teaching job there and have lived there in the past. My husband grew up there. The city got more and more dangerous which is why we moved.

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Signs That Armageddon is "Any Day Now"

by Nevuela in

my "anointed" roommate told me a good one today.

as we were discussing psychotropic medications, she brought up a friend of hers who was recently forced off of "benzodiazepine" (there is no one drug by this name; rather, it is a specific classification of drug).

she claimed that many people are being forced off of the medication(s) due to "concerns over side effects," and that her friend is suffering from withdrawal on top of whatever symptoms the drug was previously helping to control (she didn't elaborate and i didn't feel comfortable asking, sorry).. my roommate then went on record to say (i'm paraphrasing here) "this is why armageddon has to happen very soon, because satan is using this system to make all these people suffer psychologically to drive them into the streets and go crazy.

GrreatTeacher

Early eighties? Mid eighties?

Never heard it before, but I like it!

I remember going to school in the late seventies and eighties and watching old movies with squiggly lines from the fifties.

Jesus, I'm getting old.

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Signs That Armageddon is "Any Day Now"

by Nevuela in

my "anointed" roommate told me a good one today.

as we were discussing psychotropic medications, she brought up a friend of hers who was recently forced off of "benzodiazepine" (there is no one drug by this name; rather, it is a specific classification of drug).

she claimed that many people are being forced off of the medication(s) due to "concerns over side effects," and that her friend is suffering from withdrawal on top of whatever symptoms the drug was previously helping to control (she didn't elaborate and i didn't feel comfortable asking, sorry).. my roommate then went on record to say (i'm paraphrasing here) "this is why armageddon has to happen very soon, because satan is using this system to make all these people suffer psychologically to drive them into the streets and go crazy.

GrreatTeacher

Benzodiazepines should be tapered down so you don't suffer "withdrawal."

They are tranquilizers that treat anxiety and agitation, but if you go off of them suddenly, you can have rebound symptoms, which are a worsening of the agitation. That's why they should be tapered.

I hope this person has a competent doctor.

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American democracy in crisis

by slimboyfat in

okay cut to the chase.

the united states has got a problem.

hillary clinton is so unpopular that practically any republican who ran against her would probably have beaten her.

GrreatTeacher

I'm actually more interested in what happens directly after the election. That's when the parties start strategizing for the following election.

The Democrats and the Republicans are both kind of shell-shocked and unstable right now.

I wonder what direction they are going to try to steer themselves toward now.

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Woman's Purpose

by StopTheTears in

jw
friends

i'm probably going to say some things here that will disappoint many.

there are some that may look back over the years and say "man i really blew it" i'm not writing the following to scold for failures, but rather to help those who are young enough to put into practice what god wills for their life, and also to those of us who are in our middle years that still have time to change some things, in order to please god and find a peace that only being in his will can bring.

first let me say that god didn't create man for you.

GrreatTeacher

Is this satire?

If not, so very sad, very sad, sad, sad. Sad face. :(

Seriously, it sounds likd some creepy man's wet dream. Yeah, you can get women to buy into it, but they are fully covered in long Little House on the Prairie dresses and wear their hair in long braids. So, not a net win.

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Start A Butterfly Garden!

by Bonsai in

jw
friends

time to take a break from debating religion.

take in a breath of fresh air and be healed by the wonders of nature around you.. how many of you have a garden?

how many have a nice flower patch to go with your vegetable garden?

GrreatTeacher

Oh, he's a cutie. I've never seen a caterpillar like him before. He looks like The Hungry Caterpillar in the book by Eric Carle.

Is that a coleus in the second photo?

My plants are wilting severely in the heat. My flowerboxes were watered last night and look nearly dead this morning. 100° F heat for a week is killing everything, including me since the air conditioning in my car went up. Hopefully things will cool down in a couple weeks, my flowers will perk up, and I won't have to pay $500 that I don't have to replace my a/c.

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Creed - A Satirical Poem

by Perry in

“creed” on the world.

by steve turner.

we believe in marxfreudanddarwin.

GrreatTeacher

I would love to know who this "we" is because that truly is a strange mish mash of unrelated beliefs there.

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Got the personal invite to the D.C

by Phizzy in

a nice jw old boy knocked the door and asked me how i was, said they were giving out invites, i refrained from mocking him for the total waste of time such "work" is.. he mentioned that " we don't know when the end will come" , so i just said i was sure my new grandson would grow up, go to university, get a good job and his kids would do the same, by which time i shall be long gone.. "you are sure of that ?

" asked the jw, "oh yes", i replied.. i know we cannot be sure of anything, except death and taxes, but there is loads of evidence that my scenario may well play out, there is no single shred of evidence for an "end to the system" as envisaged by jw's, their weird view coming from a totally discredited source, the bible and mainly its final book, what nonsense..

2. That is all.

Anything more is unnecessary and shows a clear regard for WTBS above all else.