Posts by DJS

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Tanzania News Update

by mana11 in

i wanted to share with you some feed back from this region.

since you could say tanzania and other regions within africa are the last hard to reach places on the earth.

it is where the www preaching work funds are directed, as being justified to get your donations.there are now no longer any foreigners at the branch within tanzania, they all were told to go.

DJS

There has been a sharp increase in Islamic based terror attacks in Tanzania. Of interest:

Recent Islamist-Associated Attacks in Tanzania

November 2011 Tanzanian government issues a warning of potential al Shabab attacks after 10 Tanzanian nationals were arrested on the Kenya-Somalia border attempting to

join al Shabab.

June 2012 Arrest of Emrah Erdogan, a German national who had joined al Shabab, at Dar es Salaam airport.

October 2012 Tanzanian policeman is hacked to death with machetes in Zanzibar.

November 2012 Acid attack on moderate, anti-UAMSHO Muslim imam in Zanzibar.

December 2012 Shooting of a Catholic priest in Zanzibar.

February 2013 Interfaith rioting in Mwanza area related to Muslim protests against Christian butchery practices leads to beheading of a local priest.

February 2013 Murder of a Catholic priest and torching of a church in Zanzibar.

March 2013 Rioting by Sheikh Ponda Issa Ponda supporters in Dar es Salaam.

May 2013 Handgrenade attack at St. Joseph’s Church in Arusha, killing 3 and wounding 63, during a celebration by the Vatican nuncio.

May 2013 Burning of a Christian church in Tanga region.

May 2013 Arrest of five men in Dar es Salaam in possession of explosives and impro- vised explosive device–related materials.

July 2013 Arrest of British terrorism suspect, Hassan Ali Iqbal, in Kyele, Mbeya region, as he tried to cross into Malawi.

August 2013 Acid attack on two young British women in Zanzibar’s Stone Town.

August 2013 Homemade petrol bomb attack on a Christian church in Dar es Salaam.

September 2013 Acid attack on a Catholic priest in Zanzibar’s Stone Town.

September 2013 Attempted handgrenade attack at shopping area in Zanzibar’s Stone Town.

September 2013 Killing of a elderly priest in Zanzibar’s Stone Town.

October 2013 Arrest of 13 suspected al Shabab–linked militants at a military-style training camp at Makolionga Mountain in Mtwara region.

October 2013 Arrest by Kenyan military forces of three Tanzanians traveling to Somalia to join al Shabab.

October 2013 Arrest of Tanzanian businessman Juma Abdallah Kheri for financing terrorism in Kenya and Tanzania.

November 2013 Arrest of 69 people running an “al Shabab child indoctrination camp” for over 50 4–13 year olds in Tanga.

January 2014 Explosives attack at New Year’s Eve celebration at Christian church in Arusha.

February 2014 Three IED attacks in Zanzibar targeting two Christian churches and a restau- rant popular with tourists.

February 2014 Acid attack on moderate Muslim preacher and his son in Arusha.

April 2014 Bombing of a crowded bar popular with tourists in Arusha, injuring 15 people.

June 2014 Explosives attack on a mosque in Zanzibar’s Stone Town, killing one and wounding four people, potentially linked to Islamists’ intent to attack an anti–al

Shabab cleric.

July 2014 Explosives attack on the private house in Arusha where moderate clerics were gathered.

July 2014 Explosives attack on an Indian restaurant in Arusha popular with tourists and local residents.

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Thanks GOD JW's don't have Beauty Pageants

by James Mixon in

i can see it now, we are the most beautiful and smartest people in the world.. steve harvey will never be the host of another beauty pageant.

lol.

i was thinking, don't you think it's time for our society to move on from beauty pageants?.

DJS

Sowhatnow,

Have a great day oh Queenly One!!!!

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Thanks GOD JW's don't have Beauty Pageants

by James Mixon in

i can see it now, we are the most beautiful and smartest people in the world.. steve harvey will never be the host of another beauty pageant.

lol.

i was thinking, don't you think it's time for our society to move on from beauty pageants?.

DJS

Sowhatnow,

I am anointing you the Queen of Reactionary and the Goddess of Hysteria. You are the vice mayor of the twin villages Certitude and Platitude. Even James isn't worthy of you.

Do you, James and your ilk EVER do some actual research before posting? Ever, never Ms. Jackson?

Our education system does speak for itself. If you and James would do some actual research you would find that math and reading test scores are essentially unchanged from 45 years ago. Given the social upheaval and the changing demographics, a lot of experts suggest that the even line is actually an improvement.

If you would do some actual research you would find that the Blue states (e.g., MA, CT, etc.) have academic test scores equal to the Asian countries, and that the following social and cultural issues greatly factor into educational results:

Family income (the primary factor for achievement and completing college, and poverty or low socioeconomic status is the leading cause of low educational attainment).

Family educational levels (if mom and dad have college degrees, kids will more likely).

Cultural and social issues such as divorce (stable rates for the past two decades or so, but from the 70s to the 90s divorce soared). The US looks vastly different than it did 50 years ago. There are greater percentages of people of color and culture, some of which have not valued education as highly.

The education system of the US may be uneven and unequal, but it isn't in the toilet. Blue states perform well on average. Red states do not perform as well. Blame it on the $, the culture and religion. And child beauty pageants.

And if you would do some research you would find that intra or inter country comparisons are very difficult to make without understanding and allowing for these cultural, social and economic differences - BEFORE you make shoot from the hip, opinionated though expressed as certitudes and platitudes, hysterical, reactionary, paint with a broad brush, completely erroneous definitive statements.

Otherwise Sowhatnow, you're a peach. James, Sowhatnow, et al, I can help you, but you have to let me.

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Thanks GOD JW's don't have Beauty Pageants

by James Mixon in

i can see it now, we are the most beautiful and smartest people in the world.. steve harvey will never be the host of another beauty pageant.

lol.

i was thinking, don't you think it's time for our society to move on from beauty pageants?.

DJS

The French I believe have banned child beauty pageants until the age of 16. Many psychologists believe that child beauty pageants are a form of child abuse (google it), and they state that it is driven mostly by moms with achievement by proxy disorder, where the moms live through their children.

Riddle me this, double x-ers. What kind of mom would put loads of makeup on her 6 year old, dress her in micro mini ef me skirts and heels and teach her to walk like a stripper??? Yet there are a lot of moms who get off on this stuff. I'm stunned that the fathers go along. I find it deeply disturbing, and I'm with the French and LisaRose on this.

But there evidently is a large audience for child pageants. The two cable tv shows about child pageants had high ratings.

Having said that, what adults do is of no consequence to me. In a perfectly egalitarian world where there was no misogyny and where we had equal pay and equal opportunities, it is a certainty that there would be beauty pageants, strippers and hookers (and thank god for that). I don't see the human species evolving those things away ever. One woman's irrelevance is another woman's opportunity.

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Thanks GOD JW's don't have Beauty Pageants

by James Mixon in

i can see it now, we are the most beautiful and smartest people in the world.. steve harvey will never be the host of another beauty pageant.

lol.

i was thinking, don't you think it's time for our society to move on from beauty pageants?.

DJS

I probably should ignore this OP. James, are you trashing the US education system also in addition to pageants? It isn't perfect, but it is very good in many ways and it certainly isn't in the toilet.

Uninformed opinions stated as certitudes and platitudes. Nothing better to do tonight JM?

'Irrelevant' beauty pageants? Irrelevant to you or everyone?

Are you the final arbiter on all things or just our education system and pageants?

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JW's have he lowest tolerance for LGBT

by EdenOne in

according to a pew research survey ... and it has evolved little since 2007.. eden.

DJS

Yes Oubilette, further 'proof' that only they have the truth and god's backing. Makes me wanna hurl.

The Dark Lords will view this as confirmation of their own deity and step up their hate filled teachings and practices.

I'm going to email this article to Angus Stewart.

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Does this make you feel good? Coz it makes me feel bad.....

by ScottyRex in

jw
friends

i just watched this clip on youtube....i can't begin to say how it made me feel.

, i'm not sure who i am more annoyed about.

the bloke doing the commentry, the punk shouting at a serious and should be respectful religious event, or some of the youtube comments that follow.. and i find this so disrespectful.

DJS

Thanks GTTM,

Tony Prime, aka NinjaMaskinen, is probably a very good guy. I agree with your assessment; by the time Tony/Ninja left, we all were trying to reach out to him and find a foundation of agreement.

However, having said that, there is so much narcissistic, look at me, youtube posting egocentric crap going on with this video and these types of disruptive activities that it makes it difficult for those of us who would support rational disobedience to give him warm fuzzies. This video, like some of what's his name Cedar or something like that, scream narcissistic look at me aren't I cute.

These activities are disrespectful, rude, potentially harmful and may one day if they keep these things up, even deadly; they confirm what the Dark Lords tell the rank and file about ex-dubs, that we are demon possessed and mentally diseased. They firmly close the minds of the vast majority of dubs. They support the persecution complex so rampant in the cult.

And they may be illegal. But kudos? BS.

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Does this make you feel good? Coz it makes me feel bad.....

by ScottyRex in

jw
friends

i just watched this clip on youtube....i can't begin to say how it made me feel.

, i'm not sure who i am more annoyed about.

the bloke doing the commentry, the punk shouting at a serious and should be respectful religious event, or some of the youtube comments that follow.. and i find this so disrespectful.

DJS

pbrow is at least consistent; he posted the same 'end justifies the means' nonsense the first time this was discussed. Hey pbrow; it doesn't. Really.

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Does this make you feel good? Coz it makes me feel bad.....

by ScottyRex in

jw
friends

i just watched this clip on youtube....i can't begin to say how it made me feel.

, i'm not sure who i am more annoyed about.

the bloke doing the commentry, the punk shouting at a serious and should be respectful religious event, or some of the youtube comments that follow.. and i find this so disrespectful.

DJS

(see below for previous OP). The leader of the gang quickly joined the site in defense of their activities during this Memorial (of course he denied being the ring leader). He left with his tail between his legs. Someone on the site no doubt tipped him off that their antics weren't being received quite so well by the ex-dub community.

"These guys crash a Kingdom Hall on Memorial, video included"

by Crazyguy 8 months ago 201 Replies latest 8 months ago

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Brave New W0rld of Education - The Regressive Left

by cofty in

i found this to be a thought-provoking film on the trend in higher education.. oubliette drew my attention to a brilliant article recently called "the coddling of the american mind".

please have a look at the film, click the link and check out the links in the article.

i would love to hear your thoughts.. ...

DJS

NeveraDub,

"For 20 years I listened to talk radio in the U.S., being indoctrinated to see the left just as depicted in this movie."

Twenty years of Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage and Matt Drudge? Just shoot me.

I avoid nut jobs of any persuasion, liberal, conservative, religious, conspiracy theorists, or psychotic girls (unless they are really, really hot). Having said that, I have found it much more difficult to find left wing nut jobs; I rarely stumble across them.

I've taught at two colleges, and my experience is vastly different. We had a few right wing nut jobs. They didn't fare well as could be expected in a collegiate environment. But I do not recall any left wing nut jobs, and the focus of both colleges was to have open minded, fair and respectful discussions about all topics. I kept my personal political and religious views to myself; I believe most of the other profs did the same.