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  Serena William is 'fighting for women'?!

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  so serena williams lost the us open final 6-2, 6-4 to naomi osaka, her japanese-american opponent.. williams received three code violations from the umpire, carlos ramos: .

  1. a warning for illegal coaching (subsequently admitted by williams's coach).

  2. a point penalty for smashing her racquet.

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  Serena Williams

  Diane Abbott

  Jameela Jamil

  Cathy Newman

  Tana Mongeau

  Linda Sarsour

  Angela Merkel.

  there’s a theme to LUHE’s posts.
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  Do you like to experiment when cooking?

  by Xanthippe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just lately i've become weary of following recipes in books or online.

  recently when on holiday in the lake district i wanted to make pasta with a tomato and cheese sauce but the only interesting cheese they had at the local store was a somerset brie.

  i discovered when peeled of its skin and tossed in with tomatoes and pasta it melts beautifully and tasted amazing.

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  I’m mainly cooking from Ottolenghi and Ghayour’s recipes atm, Middle Eastern, god they’re good.

  Also keep making an aubergine larb which I can’t eat enough of.
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  What Music have you Been Listening to this Last Year ? Post You tubes if you Like !

  by flipper in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wktxjuyiat4.

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  Been listening the The The a lot this week after seeing them live on Wednesday.

  This is the Day rocked.

  https://youtu.be/S03UOkb9zU4
  
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  Advice on my JW Mother

  by InjusticeSystem in

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  2. family

  i need the advice of those of you who are exjw's on what to do about my still in mother.

  briefly, here's the situation: i am a born-in, never got baptised (thank the fsm), became an athiest about 2015 but haven't come out to anyone but my wife and some trusted friends.

  my mother was raised in the society and is a true believer, but was never as strict about it as some parents are when i was growing up.

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  I’m not dfed but the relationship with my mother was fraught, tense and one sided and depressed us both. Neither of us have contacted each other in 2 years and it’s much healthier for me. It’s sad but I find loss easier to live with than toxicity.

  But only you can decide what’s best in your situation.
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  1969 Awake on Education - A Sore Spot for Me

  by NotBlind in

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  my father would have started college 49 years ago this week.

  about three months earlier, the week he graduated high school, the awake!

  magazine came out with some very clear direction to teenagers.

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  I became an elder the same month I started university, this was around 2000. The CO told the elders my decision to go to uni was not an impediment. I immediately became school overseer but 8 months later I cracked, resigned and stopped going to meetings.

  So the 1969 Awake had no legacy for me but my experience probably became proof that Uni was bad for your faith (although my faith was fake).
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  Just saw the film, "Apostasy"

  by Bad_Wolf in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it was a very good film but not fully what i was expecting.

  a jw could even watch it, i don't think the title fit the movie.

  there was absolutely nothing about apostasy, nor do i recall the word even being mentioned.

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  The exterior was a recently sold Kingdom Hall, the interior was a Masonic lodge.
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  Apostasy Movie

  by The Fall Guy in

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  i found it extremely accurate, and as such, not a pleasant experience.

  merely reinforced my certainty regarding the org's venomous teachings & practices.. a very well made film for non-jw's to get a good insight into the minds & attitudes of the cult and its members, but not really one i'd urge faders to go and see.

  victim returning to the scene of the crime scenario.. opinions will differ..

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  I bumped into someone I know that works in the local cinema that’s screening Apostasy: apparently it’s been really busy, selling out some nights. Granted it’s on a smaller screen but the good reviews seem to have resulted a wider audience.
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  Cheese!

  by neat blue dog in

  1. social
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  any cheese lovers out there?

  i just love virtually any kind, from creamy and soft to brittle and sharp, from cottage cheese to the 'moldy' cheeses like gorgonzola.

  i like to try new things, so any suggestions for cheese varieties you have tried?

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  Époisses washed down with a Sauternes.

  Dolcelatte with drizzled honey and toasted almonds.
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  What Music have you Been Listening to this Last Year ? Post You tubes if you Like !

  by flipper in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wktxjuyiat4.

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  https://youtu.be/9_iqifzdNrM
  
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  Why are JDubs scared to death of apostate websites?

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when i was an elder back in the 1970's i loved to debate and challenge ministers, preachers, and holy rollers.

  now you can be a loyal jdub fully indoctrinated for 30 years but just take a peek at an apostate website and you are doomed.

  yes, satan now has you by the gonads and all of the years of being at the meetings, all of the family worship nights, all of the conventions, and all of the personal study just go up in a cloud of smoke.

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  Apostate websites are dangerous because you can read them in private with no audience to play to. They are scared of apostate websites like they were scared of Crisis of Conscience when it was published.

  They are right to be scared as it might bring their world crashing down around them.