Posts by DJS

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The Governing Body's Currant Money Grab From The Rank And File Will Only Get Worse And More Oppressive

by frankiespeakin in

jw
friends

the governing body are fighting for corporation survival here, and now and they are only going to get worse as the child molestation lawsuits must be paid out so expect more in real eastate sell offs and kingdom hall scemes to rip off the rank and file for every single penny they can get out of them praying on their extreme gulibilty to the limits another words to the breaking point.. this type of double dealing with the hard earned contributions given to support the kingdom halls will very quickly back fire on them causeing more extreme measures to pay the plaintiffs in child molestation lawsuits.

it is a snow ball rolling down the hill..

DJS

Selling off assets, simplifying the org chart and other processes and procedures are typically things done by organizations in stress. However, the other side of this could be a long-term strategy based on the organizational design. Consider:

1. They have bred the poorest and least educated class/relgion in the US and likely everywhere else they exist. The new ones coming into the borg will likely look exactly like that, with few financial resources.

2. They have bled the best and brightest for years and likely see that continuing. With the Internet and the economic situation in Western and aflluent lands, this will likely continue into the future without any let up. They know that.

3. They appeal to the dysfunctional and the social misfits of the world where they will likely continue seeing increase. It is likely the only increase will come from these areas/populations for the foreseeable future.

So how do you pay for meeting places and the org. infrastructure necessary to serve these? I doubt very seriously that they are cashing out to help support these efforts. Even if they were those resources likely wouldn't stretch very far or last very long. The only way to gain cash flow to support their business design is to grab it from the existing cult members. Now look back at No. 1. Good luck with that.

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Did you miss me?

by Hortensia in

went to montana, had a really good time.

flew there, drove back with a friend.

was gone eight days.

DJS

Of course!

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Is College Worth It? Clearly, New Data Say...

by NewYork44M in

jw
friends

a new set of income statistics answers those questions quite clearly: yes, college is worth it, and its not even close.

for all the struggles that many young college graduates face, a four-year degree has probably never been more valuable.. here is the article from the new york times:.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/27/upshot/is-college-worth-it-clearly-new-data-say.html?hp.

DJS

NY,

It's as I said, too many uneducated and under-educated don't know how to analyze data. An anecdote or personal experience, though not without merit, hasn't much to do in many cases with facts. The Dubs haven't been trained to think, so they aren't very good at it.

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Is College Worth It? Clearly, New Data Say...

by NewYork44M in

jw
friends

a new set of income statistics answers those questions quite clearly: yes, college is worth it, and its not even close.

for all the struggles that many young college graduates face, a four-year degree has probably never been more valuable.. here is the article from the new york times:.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/27/upshot/is-college-worth-it-clearly-new-data-say.html?hp.

DJS

NY,

It's as I said, too many uneducated and under-educated don't know how to analyze data. An anecdote or personal experience, though not without merit, hasn't much to do in many cases with facts. The Dubs haven't been trained to think, so they aren't very good at it.

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I'm not gay, but

by FL_Panthers in

you ever seen a guy that you thought, " i'm not gay but hey!

i like the cut of his jib"?.

well here's the: blokes i'd like to "yenz" thread.

DJS

Steve2,

Yes, it makes sense.

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"Honour" Killing in Pakistan

by cofty in

25 year old farzana iqbal was stoned to death by a crowd led by her own father and two of her brothers outside the high court in lahore yesterday.. her crime was to reject her cousin, who her family had decided she should marry, and fall in love with a man of her own choosing.. thousands of women are murdered every year in so-called "honour killings" but convictions are very rare.

pakistani law permits victim's families to forgive a murderer, but in these cases the killers are family members who are nominated to carry out the execution by the rest of the family.. this is what happens when you allow a mysogynistic religion to influence secular law.. reuters report...l.

DJS

Honor killings have occurred in the U.S. as well. They have typically been Pakistanis or other Islamic extremists. Marriages are also typically arranged in India; however, the Hindu belief system is in large part based on tolerance, so honor killlings are unlikely. Thier cousins to the East, however? That's a different matter. Islam is known for intolerance.

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I'm not gay, but

by FL_Panthers in

you ever seen a guy that you thought, " i'm not gay but hey!

i like the cut of his jib"?.

well here's the: blokes i'd like to "yenz" thread.

DJS

Found Sheep,

Researchers at Cornell University, examining data collected from a representative sampling of young Americans which included more than 20,000 individuals in 80 communities across the United States, found that nearly 15% were not strictly heterosexual, i.e. either lesbian or bisexual. The proportions in Europe might be higher. For example, in Norway, nearly a quarter of girls and young women identified as lesbian or bisexual: see L. Wichstrøm and K. Hegna, "Sexual orientation and suicide attempt: A longitudinal study of the general Norwegian adolescent population,"

The percentages of gay or bi-sexual males is much lower, in the 5% range. So FS, you are normal. And as you know, all girls are 2 drinks away from a girl-on-girl experience (see Dennis Finch "Just Shoot Me").

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Is College Worth It? Clearly, New Data Say...

by NewYork44M in

jw
friends

a new set of income statistics answers those questions quite clearly: yes, college is worth it, and its not even close.

for all the struggles that many young college graduates face, a four-year degree has probably never been more valuable.. here is the article from the new york times:.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/27/upshot/is-college-worth-it-clearly-new-data-say.html?hp.

DJS

Some of the responses illustrate why college is valuable. Often I read strongly held views on this site, from those who have considered exceptions rather than rules or read a study that was essentially about the tail ends of bell curves, where the 'data' (and I use the term loosely) is extrapolated/projected over an entire population based on the extreme behaviors at either end of a behavior curve for a population.

It's like someone who smokes telling you that their grandmother smoked for 50 years and lived to be 90. As if that's supposed to mean something. Smoking takes years off the AVERAGE life and even more years of quality life. Lots of successful individuals never went to college; that's not the point. On average those with college degrees make more money on an annual and lifetime basis, are unemployed less often, are promoted within organizations more often. In addition, studies suggest that those with college degrees are healthier, smoke less, abuse prescription and illegal drugs less, are less obese and less likely to get divorced.

Those are averages. Anecdotal or experiential comments about specific individuals have no bearing on the OP.

And WallsofJericho, I'm glad you agree with me.

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Is College Worth It? Clearly, New Data Say...

by NewYork44M in

jw
friends

a new set of income statistics answers those questions quite clearly: yes, college is worth it, and its not even close.

for all the struggles that many young college graduates face, a four-year degree has probably never been more valuable.. here is the article from the new york times:.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/27/upshot/is-college-worth-it-clearly-new-data-say.html?hp.

DJS

TO,

One thing you don't mention in your post is that recruiters, when presented two candidates otherwise 'equal' - one with a college degree and one without - will almost always choose the one with the degree. That factors into income statistics. If I were the college recruiter I would do the same thing. College also teaches analytical thinking (well they are supposed to), which also factors into income, as those moving up corporate ladders are more typically rational, analytical thinkers and planners. There are a lot of other reasons to get a college education that don't necessary factor into income, such as personal growth and being exposed to many different viewpoints, thoughts and ideas.

Additionally, unemployment rates in the US for college graduates are typically half those without a college degree, and that 'statistic' remains fairly constant during recessions and boom times. That also factors into income.

Dubs and ex-dubs: go to college. Professor DJS says so.

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Another Shooting Massacre

by whathehadas in

http://abcnews.go.com/us/santa-barbara-shooting-suspect-calls-loneliness-darkest-hell/story?id=23855994&ts=true.

DJS

Yeah, my ex GF has NPD. And she wouldn't (physically) hurt a flea. She might drive it crazy, but she wouldn't physically hurt it. I've read that some sociologists fear that in our desire to level playing fields, end bullying and create a kinder, gentler growing up period for our young men and women that we have also in many ways emasculated young males and not given them all of the skills they need to survive and thrive. There are a lot of issues with Gen Y males which suggest this is true; mass shootings are simply one anomalous and horrific aspect of this.