Posts by GrreatTeacher

The grid is struggling. I have not signed up for those smart thermostats that the power company uses to cycle your equipment, and there's been no brownouts so far.

Just hanging out inside in the air conditioning with the ceiling fans going so I can keep the temp slightly warmer than the usual indoor temperature. Not using the oven, washer or dishwasher. Fingers crossed that my electric bill won't be astronomical.

How's everyone doing this summer? Surviving in the northeast? I shouldn't complain because this is our first spell of really hot weather and you folks to the west have been suffering for much longer!

Just checking on everyone! Stay cool!

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Breaking News: Anthony Morris III no longer serving on the Governing Body

by WingCommander in

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this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.

this is not a joke.

anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!

GrreatTeacher

I remember an age cap for Circuit Overseers..

Wasn't it at the same time District Overseers were phased out?

And near the time of the Great Layoffs at Bethel?

My tentative thesis is that it was to thin the ranks of bloated upper management. It was a money saving slimdown.

They are having trouble keeping elders, so I don't think they had a reason to limit elders' ages.

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Anyone here from Pennsylvania?

by Biahi in

the acting attorney general just announced 5 more jws arrested for csa.

one is still at large (wanted).

and, he is an elder.

GrreatTeacher

I still have family there though I live in Maryland.

I grew up in a circuit where some of this abuse allegedly happened.

The PA Attorney General has made more arrests. They have chosen to pursue this by pouring in a lot of time and resources which can make the difference between justice being served or not.

One perp killed himself rather than turn himself in.

The AG is breathing down every congregation in the state's necks. Elders should be scared. This will not go away quietly.

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A question about pedophilia

by joao in

i've been absent for a while, because i've been focusing more in helping portuguese readers know the truth about jw.

we're trying to form an association in portugal to help people abused by religious and non-religious organisations.

i've also been trying to get a little away of these issues because my life has been really complicated since i slammed the door on jw's face!.

GrreatTeacher

The Attorney General for Pennsylvania has made a press announcement about the arrests of JW pedophiles from the state and their intention of pursuing these cases where "young children who went to church to pray were instead preyed upon."

About 10 people have been arrested. One perpetrator ran and shot and killed himself rather than face the consequences.

Every congregation in Pennsylvania has been ordered to produce any and all evidence of child sexual abuse that had been reported to them going back to 1987.

Every elder should be and probably is shitting his pants right now. The Attorney General is on this hard and is not backing down. Pedophiles themselves have already been arrested, but what should concern every elder is that they will be looking for the hiding of knowledge of pedophiles that allowed abuse to continue.

This made the local television news from Harrisburg. You may be able to find it by doing a search on you tube for Harrisburg, PA Attorney General Jehovah's Witness Child Sexual Abuse Arrests.

This hit the old home territory, York County. You could add that into the search. There was at least one arrest there.

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Wedding Anniversary #62

by smiddy3 in

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hi friends , i thought i would just let you know it`s my wife and i, 62nd wedding anniversary today.. not that we were able to celebrate much as my wife wasn`t up to it today .. however i did manage to give her a couple of champers at home ,while i had a couple o ales with friends down at the club and managed to put on lotto for tonite and a couple of keno`s from the club ,you never know the god`s might smile upon us for doing something right after all these years.?.

take care guys.. smiddy 3.

GrreatTeacher

Congratulations on 62 years!

Not only the years, but the fact that you're still speaking to one another!

We're 30 years next month and I'm not sure how to celebrate. Sometimes a quiet night in and homemade dinner is best.

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Leaping to Confusions (Scene One)

by Terry in

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title: leaping to confusions.

scene one.

(interior doctor's office).

GrreatTeacher

I can tell chat bots aren't real when they answer too quickly. They never make spelling mistakes, but do subtly mess up language pragmatics. This is the written ones.

I think I could agree that they might be "real" if they somehow only felt like they "aren't from around here," but I haven't even felt that they even get that close.

One big tell is that spoken conversation often circles around on itself where you ask the same question but in slightly different ways. Humans who are honest respond with consistency but slightly different wording.

If you keep hearing the exact same phrase, ie. "That's understandable." and especially with the exact same intonation, then you've got yourself a bot.

BTW, technology has gotten better. When humans speak a string of numbers, the last one has a downward intonation indicating the end of the sequence. I remember when voice robots would not do that. Now, they often do. Pay attention to it the next time you get stuck in some phone response tree from hell. It'll take your mind off the frustration.

Another cue that you're not talking to a real human is when you curse them out and they reply cheerfully, " I can help you with that!"

Real people hang up on you!

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Vid obsession

by punkofnice in

i'm interested in your thoughts.. the media tells us a lot of agenda driven propaganda.

you're hard pressed to spot truth these days.. however, i'm told that the rona is now just a rotten flu and not the plague we were originally terrified in to believing.

last time i heard it was down in the hit parade to 16th nasty health thing.. all the people and family i know that have had the rona, have been complaining it's a very crappy flu.

GrreatTeacher

Viruses mutate. It's what they do. Selection pressure to the virus genome as people are exposed and fight the virus.

Humans build up immunity. It's what we do. We've all been exposed to little bits of it here and there in the course of life. And vaccinated people have been exposed to more.

And so viruses mutate to avoid detection by immune systems.

And so people are exposed to different strains and built up new immunity.

So, viruses mutate.

So immune systems learn to fight it.

So viruses mutate.

So immune systems learn to fight it.

So viruses...you get the picture.

It's evolution in action.

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Watchtower Bible And Tract Society Urging Town Of Ramapo To Act On Its Application In Timely Manner

by AndersonsInfo in

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https://rcbizjournal.com/2022/03/22/watchtower-urging-ramapo-to-act-on-its-application/?fbclid=iwar2akhf6eq1rrmhihrz4fqdqmf99l_jmkh7pcx70p6olunqfrvuspomer-e. by tina traster.

march 22, 2022. over the past eight months, the watchtower bible and tract society has reviewed public and other comments on its proposed development for 155 sterling mine road in ramapo and has revised its plans.. on monday, the applicant was prepared to present its feis (final environmental impact statement) and hoped the ramapo town board would accept its submission as “final,” to move on to review by the rockland county planning department.. instead, the board deferred making decisions, seemingly because they did not have enough time to review some newly submitted documents by the activist group rosa.. “we’re asking the board to take action on the ‘feis’,” said attorney ira emanuel.

“if you don’t like it, change it.

GrreatTeacher

If I were living in the area, I would have a problem with the development on the grounds that it would have approximately double the number of residents as the previously stated plans for a senior development, with all the attendant strains on local resources.

The previously proposed senior development had plans for 293 units. At 2 persons per unit that's 586 persons. Possibly fewer as retired folks die and leave their spouses in their homes alone.

Watchtower is proposing 545 one bedroom apartments which are likely for married folks, making the total number of residents 1090. In addition, there would be 100 studio apartments, presumably for singles, so that brings the grand total to 1190 persons.

This is more than double the originally proposed senior development! With that comes double the traffic, double the use of emergency services, double the number of people patronizing local supermarkets and pharmacies.

The only benefit of Watchtower's plan over the other development is the preservation of half the land. But, it's a 250 acre parcel, so they'll be clear cutting 125 acres. Displaced wildlife will move into residential areas.

Obviously I don't know much about that particular area, but this type of development is happening where I live, albeit with smaller parcels, usually no more than 100 acres. Old family farms are being bought up and developed. I don't have too much of an issue with tillable land being built on, but clear cutting acres of trees and throwing them in the wood chipper is an issue. I live on an island and drainage is a problem made worse by clear cutting and wetland fill. The drainage system is sometimes overwhelmed in my neighborhood and it has flooded up to my house. But, the big developers have the money to drag things out through the courts until they bankrupt the smaller counties and they finally give in. This last development spent 10 years in the courts. In that time, it was reduced from 1400 homes to 1100, and they agreed to preserve some additional wetlands. It's also a retirement community, and the pharmacies and grocery stores are now jacked up all the time. Oh, and they're selling in the $500,000 to $600,000 range!

Don't even get me started on homeowner's associations!

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Stephen Lett’s Favorite Color

by Iamallcool in

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i just noticed that stephen lett’s favorite color is blue.

he usually wear blue ties but not all the time.

just an observation on my part.

GrreatTeacher

Maybe he's colorblind. Red-green colorblindess leaves blue as the leftover bright color. Everything else is kind of muddy.

That would easily explain why blue would be a favorite.