Let me spell it out for you in one sentence.

I am NOT making fun of the "problem", which NOWHERE in the Bible is spoken against ... I am making fun of the VIDEO, which is absurd, and world class CREEPY.

Space Merchant:

It is clear we have entirely different concepts about

1 hour ago, Space Merchant said:

As regards this specific prisoner being released .... what is a better solution?

In your essay above you used 493 words,  2084 characters, and to the best of what I was able to read,.... you did NOT answer the question.  My question was about this SPECIFIC prisoner.

Be CAREFUL out there Brothers and Sisters ...

There is NO evidence whatsoever that in modern times Jehovah has EVER interfered in the affairs of men, either individually, in car groups, or as tribes, states, and nations.

No evidence whatsoever.

Other than the fact that John Kerry is this generation's Neville Chamberlain, what he is doing is highly illegal under the Logan Act, and  if the United States were in a shooting war with Iran, would be TREASON.

It is a good thing only the Universe considers blatant stupidity the universal capital crime.

But then again .. usually only those at the bottom of the pile will have to pay the real world consequences.

This is known as "bad luck".

Anybody who can walk 100 km a day, which is about 62 miles, carrying and picking up and delivering packages and mail (!!) is INCREDIBLE!

Drones are impressive, but THIS mailman is INCREDIBLE !

1 hour ago, TrueTomHarley said:

Sometimes I think ‘junk science’ means nothing more than science not funded by big business or government 

I believe exactly the opposite.

It is usually the "Government", and "Big Business" that promotes junk science because there is so much money to be had by those in government AND big business to either inflate their organizational Empires, or siphon vested interest money into their friends' and their own pockets.

Ever notice that when technical and other Patent's expire, the now cheaper stuff, Freon being the classic example, becomes illegal?

The most classic example of this is the fantasy that "Global Warming" is mankinds' fault, or that the Ozone layer is being depleted by mankind''s actions.  

There is a LOT of money to be made, and a lot of Socialism to be advanced by forcing this "junk science" onto the mainstream agenda. The whole concept of "Carbon Credits" does both, for the brokers, like Al Gore.

While volcanoes send billions  of tons of noxious chemicals around the world, back home we are banning ASTHMA INHALERS, because the exhaled propellant is SUPPOSED to be destroying the Earth.

It's absolute LUNACY ... and very, very profitable junk science.

This post is over a year old, now, and I STILL think the photo is FUNNY!

Marcus Aurelius:

Your posts are being cut off at the bottom, as if with a pair of scissors, halfway through a line of text.

Would you give your life for your errant brother?

What ... like in a hostage situation where "they" are going to shoot one, and I volunteer to take someones' place, so he might be spared?

I had a Brother in good standing ask me this, circa 1980.

Jeff Murphy, who we called "Murph the Surf", as we were driving to a large monthly Witness Yard  Party Gathering in Escondido, California many years ago asked me this.

  As we were driving from Hollywood to Escondido, his exact question was "Would you take a bullet for me Tom?"  He was surprised when I answered ... no.

I further explained that I would risk my life to save his, if there was a reasonable chance of success, but I would not deliberately step into a bullet to save his life.

He asked "Why not?"

I replied that I was reasonably assured what I was going to do with my life, and if I "took a bullet" for him, and he WASTED his life, then I would also have wasted mine.

I will defend any innocent person with my life, but I hope not to throw it away.

"Stuff Happens", like when the back-yard party gathering bar closed at 10PM, while I was making my acquaintance with a Sister on the other side of the back yard, and when I got back they had packed away my large bottle of Southern Comfort I had brought to the party.

I havn't seen Jeff in about 40 or more years, but I never saw my bottle of Southern Comfort again.

Curious ... five guys with the same infections .....

CNN is the Clinton News Network ... and is vewwy vewwy fwustwated.

hehehehehehehe.

This brings up the VERY real question ... and very IMPORTANT question ...

Is it REALLY "love", when you can turn it completely on and off like a light switch?

My answer is NO!

You cannot as a human being do that, and be sane.

... at least with "worldly people", we don't cut our love on and off ... on and off ... on and off ... like a light switch  as we do with our own spiritual family as they get df'd and reinstated.

The "worldly people" seem to have the advantage!

Thanks for asking ....

Here, near Charlotte, it was overcast today with no rain, and a 15 mph breeze.  Now, at approx. 12:30 AM Saturday, it's about the same, with no discernible wind noise.  Tomorrow it is an 85% chance of rain, with maximum 30 mph winds forecast. Sunday forecast is 30 mph and 100% chance of rain.

I bought 26 candles in  glass tubes, 5 square yellow flashlights,  24 cans of beans and 60, 2.5 gal. freezer bags to fill with water.and 45 cans of dog food ( for relatives if they have to come over ... so they will leave ASAP).

We live on a heavily wooded lot with very large trees, which I suppose will be the greatest danger, falling into the house, but we shall see.

In 1954 I was 6 years old when Hurricane Hazel tore through Richmond Virginia,  and I went out and tied myself to a tree with a garden hose, and watched roofs peel off and flop down the street.

It was fun!

.... my Mom was not pleased .

What's that in REAL miles per hour, and REAL feet and inches?

I think the phrase "Don't land your personal airplane on an airport taxiway"  might be appropriate for this guy.

He is a fine actor, but he is originally a carpenter by trade, who reads lines well, and had the looks to be a a movie star.

On this issue, he is still an actor ... reading someone elses' lines.

Here are some "facts" to illustrate the point.

When you for a HUNDRED YEARS  deliberately scare people  with mental imagry WORSE THAN THIS ... and like this truly awful  and nutty shark film,.... you go from being  a bearer of light to the world .... to a producer of  irrational horror so bad .....  it becomes both revulsive and comedic.

We have been taught to fear EVERYTHING ... and it has a price.

We banish our own people for the slightest difference in conscience ... and now the Nations are returning the favor, just as Israel was chastised by the Babylonians ... for just cause.

Everything that goes around ..... comes around.

For those in Rio Linda, these clips were NOT a documentary.

 

 

 

On 9/13/2018 at 1:04 PM, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

I understand that it is being discussed at World HQ running a special issue of the Watchtower, explaining the "signs from the heavens ..." that Hurricane Florence will be picking up sharks from the Atlantic Ocean, and dumping them in front yards, back yards, and on old peoples homes.

This of course was not factual, it was a satire lampooning the fact that the Society has for a hundred years  provided 15% strong spiritual truths  mixed with 85% irrational cluelessness and false prophesies of various sorts, and clueless observations that make no sense at all, before, during, or after their proclamation ... with the stated or implied imprimatur of God's backing.

There is the saying "Once burned, twice shy!" which sums up my feelings, as after twenty times and more of being "burned" I think all rational people are ENTITLED to be "wary".

Faith is one thing.

Gullibility, is idolatry.

Concerning the difference ( and there is a very REAL one ) between "evidence", and "proof":

As Robert A. Heinlein once stated "One man's religion is another man's belly laugh".

3 hours ago, Space Merchant said:

Going after the real problem, that is the better solution

As regards this specific prisoner being released .... what is a better solution?

I mean ... one that is legal.

How would YOU solve this SPECIFIC prisoner's situation?

The phrase "Going after the problem" is completely meaningless, without specifics.

So .... what is a BETTER solution ?

This to me is quite funny.

These Liberals work themselves up into a blood lust feeding frenzy to destroy Trump ... and start eating EACH OTHER.

All of the above.

....and MORE.

Without irrefutable hard evidence ... NEVER assume a person's motive for ANYTHING.

If all else fails, and as a very last resort ... ask them.

.... and there never has been any way to fire these charlatans, and there isn't any way to fire them today.

What is the answer for a person of normal intelligence and conscience ?

Ya just can't fix stupid ......