Three Months Passed After the Beating of Five Believers in the Orenburg Colony. What Is Happening to Them Now?

[Isabella]

According to data on May 4, 2020, Feliks Makhammadiyev, who had a damaged lung, is recovering in the prison hospital; the threat to life has passed. Believers Budenchuk, Miretskiy, Gridasov and German also report feeling better. They are forced to work ten hours a day.

https://www.jw-russia.org/en/news/2020/05/2.html

[Arauna]

Said a prayer for them..... to stay strong and set an example to their prison guards They look like lovely brothers.

[TrueTomHarley]

Columnist Andrew Sorokowski wrote at the time of the ban: Why would a country of 144 million trash its international reputation for the sake of harassing a harmless 175 thousand? 

Yet Russia has done so, painting itself before all as though a land of thugs

[James Thomas Rook Jr.]

1 hour ago, TrueTomHarley said:

Columnist Andrew Sorokowski wrote at the time of the ban: Why would a country of 144 million trash its international reputation for the sake of harassing a harmless 175 thousand? 

You do not understand, TTH, ol' buddy, ol' pal, how the REAL world works.

The answer is quite simple, because it is ALWAYS the same answer with ANY group of people.

There are no exceptions.

Power and authority is acquired and/or consolidated ... when someone, anyone .... uses arbitrary power to make other people's lives miserable.

It causes fear, and dread of that arbitrary use of power and authority, and that fear and dread causes a chilling effect that suppresses protest, resistance, and consolidates power to make MORE arbitrary decisions into the hands of the perpetrators of this tyranny .... whether it be grand, or petty tyranny.

This is why the State Governors and their minions, cohorts, and accomplices give lip service to wanting to reopen the coronavirus disabled economy ... which in fact is THEIR disabled economy, basing their "decisions" on models and forecasts that from the very beginning, and continuing to this day HAVE NEVER BEEN RIGHT.

... by a factor of at least FOUR.

Their arbitrary use of power is exhilarating to them, and confuses simple minded ones when they see it being used, and the conclusion they most often reach is that the State Governors are wiser and smarter than they are ... a concept that the Governors know well, and exploit and take advantage of.

No one dares utter the simple truth "The King has no clothes!"

It is a vicious cycle that spirals upward in their favor, because the people fear punishment, ridicule, and social pressure to conform.

They also do not want to be punished for not being true believers in the crisis du jour,  ... like being fined or imprisoned for opening their restaurants early, as the edicts, not based on REALITY, are utter nonsense, and and are based only on fear of death by proxy, and the exploitation of mass hysteria.

No one dares utter the simple truth "The King has no clothes!"

Examples of this in EVERY walk of life, are legion, and standard operating procedure ... and always have been.

The arbitrary use of arbitrary power is what keeps those who have power, in power.

....and THEY, as long as they can maintain power ... always sleep warm, dress well, and never miss a meal.

[TrueTomHarley]

47 minutes ago, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

You do not understand, TTH, ol' buddy, ol' pal, how the REAL world works.

Sigh....if it helps, I wrote Andrew to tell him that he was a jerk, that he didn’t have a clue about anything, and that he should have voted for Trump.

[James Thomas Rook Jr.]

You are forgiven, my son ... go in peace, and sin no more.

...don' forget to tip the waitresses, and genuflect.

[TrueTomHarley]

2 minutes ago, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

You are forgiven, my son ... go in peace, and sin no more.

...don' forget to tip the waitresses, and genuflect.

Not only will I sin no more, I will walk it back a little to give you some credit.

55 minutes ago, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

This is why the State Governors and their minions....Their arbitrary use of power is exhilarating to them....confuses simple minded ones when they see it being used, and the conclusion they most often reach is that the State Governors are wiser and smarter than they are.

Cuomo in NY is declaring how in every crisis there is opportunity. He is carrying on about how we must ‘reimagine education’ ‘common-core’-style, with an end to classroom gathering. Remote is working so well, he claims, that it is the pattern for the future. What is he smoking?

My daughter teaches via remote learning overseas and declares it exhausting to both students & teacher. To hold their attention for hours is even more challenging than in the classroom setting.

I looked into teaching once as a change-of career. Subject mastery plays less a role in teacher qualifications than one might think (in NY, it may be different elsewhere), whereas classroom management & child psychology is huge. It all goes out the window with remote learning, or maybe it will now require 8 years to be duly certified, not the 6 that NYS now requires. (not immediately, but a teacher is expected to quickly progress to Masters after hire)

https://twitter.com/bobconfer/status/1257964172954001408?s=21

On Easter Sunday the Governor tweeted a photo of his family gathered around for dinner, all spaced out at 6 feet each. No photo of Trump matches the sumptuous luxury on display, and at the most insensitive time—when people are really hurting. Incredibly, most comments were those of well-wishers praising him.

 

[Arauna]

21 hours ago, TrueTomHarley said:

trash its international reputation for the sake of harassing a harmless 175 thousand? 

Because it is a God unto itself.... it does not care about human rights.

What it cannot fix with brute force, it fixes with bribery and corruption.

China doing the same.  All totalitarian regimes are not transparent and cannot be trusted. If they offer you something free or something that looks benevolent.... you must quickly realize there is a catch.