hi to all americans.. i read this interesting summary of politics in the u.s. at the moment.. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-01/us-politics-wrap-debt-ceiling-nancy-pelosi/100503466.
is it 'on the money' so to speak?.
i ask because i often read reports of what's going on here in australia in overseas media.
Hi to all Americans.
I read this interesting summary of politics in the U.S. at the moment.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-01/us-politics-wrap-debt-ceiling-nancy-pelosi/100503466
Is it 'on the money' so to speak?
I ask because I often read reports of what's going on here in Australia in overseas media
and find they are more often than not skewed far from the reality.
jtg
hi all.. read this article re the gilgamesh clay tablet.. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-21/us-returns-gilgamesh-tablet-to-iraq/100478858.
how does it impact the dating of the biblical flood?
it seems earlier.. i am going to do some research myself to make a comparison.. it's interesting as i have not previously heard of the tablet but have heard of the.
Hi All.
Read this article re the Gilgamesh clay tablet.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-21/us-returns-gilgamesh-tablet-to-iraq/100478858
How does it impact the dating of the biblical flood? It seems earlier.
I am going to do some research myself to make a comparison.
It's interesting as I have not previously heard of the tablet but have heard of the
Epic of Gilgamesh.
Stay safe.
jtg
china's economy is wobbling as one of its largest companies, evergrande, is teetering on bankruptcy.. there's a good chance it's collapse will have a knock-on effect on other markets.. so more to thank them for than just the covid virus.. no one should have any dealing with china..
Here's an article in Australia.
Seems the debt estimate is about US$300 Billion.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-21/china-property-bust-evergrande/100472190
jtg
Edit,,, Liabilities of US$300 Billion, is the US$400 Million the interest debt they cannot repay ?!
If I understand it correctly.
reported in the news today - let's hope victims are duly compensated for their suffering and the org is taken to the cleaners.. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-10/jehovahs-witnesses-sign-up-to-sexual-abuse-redress-scheme/100449204.
cheeses - the wholly holey holy one..
Just hearsay as far as I know.
However every annual tax return shows huge sums of money going to "charitable causes" and "overseas aid"
Obviously getting sent to the U.S. as do other Branches around the world.
Been doing this for years now.
I recall JWleaks used to provide annual tax return documents for the Australian branch.
jtg
woke up to this piece on abc news australia.. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-13/jehovah-witnesses-child-abuse-four-corners-investigations/100444320.
the shine lawyer group have a reputation for going in hard.. jtg..
Woke up to this piece on Abc news Australia.
The Shine lawyer group have a reputation for going in hard.
jtg.
abc 4 corners tv here in australia to be seen on monday 13th september.. i`m looking forward to seeing it.. ex witnesses have their say ..
I'll be watching and am now sending the link to many, pimo and pimi folk I still communicate with.
https://www.abc.net.au/4corners/bearing-witness:-exposing-the-secretive-world-of/13533674
jtg.
have you heard this?
in the country of guatemala, by presidential mandate, all religion meetings should be celebrated only on-line!.
generally speaking, i wonder how worlwide restrictions on religious activities because of the pandemia are affecting them ...and the borg in particular.
I only spotted this.
Not a lot of detail however.
jtg
just spotted this on the abc online news here in aus.. the sort of things splane doesn't want the rank and file to hear.. about two women that finally saw through the control and hypocrisy of the jw belief system.. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-04/these-women-left-their-strict-religion-this-is-what-they-found/100165266.
jtg.
Just spotted this on the abc online news here in Aus.
The sort of things splane doesn't want the rank and file to hear.
About two women that finally saw through the control and hypocrisy of the jw belief system.
jtg
in a scene reminiscent of the fall of saigon, the usa embassy staff have been evacuated by helicopter.. for a third time in asia ( a fourth, if you count usa supported chiang kai shek's defeat in mainland china) usa supported forces have been defeated.
more than 1 trillion dollars wasted and a huge deathtoll (both sides) afghanistan is back to where it started,.
will the taliban behave differently this time ?
I found this opinion piece interesting in line with Rivergangs post.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-30/afghanistan-taliban-tarin-kot-rifle-failure/100416590
The first half was informative regarding the rifle. Second half, things we already know.
jtg
that rutherford or russell were into phrenology.
anyone have any info on this and is there anything in the tower or other publications going back about it?
thanks.
Found this mickbobcat.
It's from the screwed generation utube. It references a zions wt July15 19097 p4028 &4029.
https://youtu.be/dGsFw9CsDfQ?t=70
At about one minute thirteen seconds in. Seems they acknowledged it.
jtg
