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    Anna reacted to James Thomas Rook Jr. in ANTHONY MORRIS AT THE LIQUOR STORE   
    If I did NOT have the sense of humor that I do Billius T. Pettifog 46, and had YOUR sense of humor (if any, which has not to date exposed itself to forum view ...) I might take your intended, malicious, and vulgar insult personally, and take appropriate action.
    You have not identified who I am with your malicious, vulgar libel ... but with your own words ... you sure have identified  who YOU are.
    The phrase for that is "Undressing yourself in public.", to which I have no objection.
    In fact ... I encourage it.
    .... always good for a laugh!
    ... and it does give all interested people  a perspective of how to view the REST of your alleged logic and reasoning.
     
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    Anna got a reaction from JOHN BUTLER in ANTHONY MORRIS AT THE LIQUOR STORE   
    It is! I love Baileys!
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    Anna reacted to James Thomas Rook Jr. in ANTHONY MORRIS AT THE LIQUOR STORE   
    Being as tall as I am,  living in the future is no picnic.
    Keep getting hit by flying cars.
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    Anna reacted to Melinda Mills in ANTHONY MORRIS AT THE LIQUOR STORE   
    (Replying to Outta Here.)
    Thanks for the observation.  It is being used loosely.
    Yes, agree it is not about the value of money per se. However,  readers of the Bible will still recall the statement "They will throw their silver into the streets..." and if and when this happens, they will say that they read it in the Bible.   We can't deny that the Bible said that.  As BillyThe Kid reminisced, "What was fascinating to me, My mother pointed it out to me in the '60s as a devout JW that would happen, and it sure the hell did. There is no photoshop on that. It's not a tale."   My mother used to quote it a lot as well.
    For other students who look deep into the Bible for guidance and more insight, they will understand it more fully.
    *** rr chap. 6 p. 70 par. 18 “The End Is Now Upon You” ***
    Do you discern a lesson for us in this part of Ezekiel’s prophecy? It is about the need to set the right priorities. Consider this: Only after the inhabitants of Jerusalem understood that the end of their city and their life was upon them and that material goods could not save them, only after that did they drastically change their priorities. They threw their possessions away and began to “seek a vision from a prophet”—but their change came too late. (Ezek. 7:26) In contrast, we are already fully aware that the end of this wicked world is upon us. Therefore, our faith in God’s promises has moved us to set the right priorities in life. As a result, we are busy pursuing spiritual riches, which have lasting value and will never be thrown “into the streets.”—Read Matthew 6:19-21, 24
    Material goods is money's worth, so it has a connection still. Some people have money in the bank, some have it in land and other possessions. All can be changed into money.
     *** w88 9/15 p. 13 par. 14 Listen—Jehovah’s Watchman Speaks! ***
    14 Jehovah and his executional forces cannot be bribed. (Read Ezekiel 7:19.) Bribery could not save the “concealed place,” the Most Holy, from being profaned as Chaldean “robbers” seized sacred utensils and left the temple in ruins. Jehovah ‘caused the pride of the strong ones to cease’ when King Zedekiah was captured and chief ones of the Levitical priesthood were killed. (2 Kings 25:4-7, 18-21) No, sinners in besieged Jerusalem could not escape adversity by bribery when God ‘judged them’ as covenant breakers. Similarly, during the imminent desecration of things Christendom holds sacred, she will not be able to bribe her way out of the execution of divine judgment upon her. It will then be too late to listen to Jehovah’s “watchman.”—Ezekiel 7:20-27.
    This is a more direct and valid application. 
    Good speech writers and politicians use Jesus' parables loosely in their speeches every day.  But we don't think they are trying to get close to God or really seeking to do his will.
     
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    Anna reacted to JW Insider in ANTHONY MORRIS AT THE LIQUOR STORE   
    That was my point, too. Further information from the Snopes article explains it this way:
    One popular posting on Facebook was captioned, “This is a street in Venezuela. That’s money in the gutter. It’s worthless. Welcome to socialism.”:  . . .
    Although hyperinflation has indeed caused the bolivar to become all but worthless, the caption on this viral photograph is a bit misleading. The money shown lying in the gutter in this picture is Venezuela’s old currency, the Bolívar Fuerte, which was replaced by a new form of currency, the Bolivar Soberano, in August 2018. When the Bolivar Soberano was introduced, Bolívar Fuerte currency in amounts less than 1,000 ceased to be legal tender, and Bolivar Fuerte currency in all amounts was completely withdrawn on 5 December 2018. . . .
    The viral photograph was likely taken on 11 March 2019 and showed the aftermath of looting at a bank in the town of Merida. Local news outlet Maduradas.com compiled several other photographs of the incident and reported that the perpetrators had discarded the old money on the streets and even lit some of it on fire (translated via Google):
    TERRIBLE! Hooded (vandals) sacked the bank Bicentenario in Merida and scattered bolivars of the old currency through the streets (+ Photos)
    On Monday, March 11, hooded (vandals) sacked the Bicentenario bank agency on Avenue 3, Glorias Patrias, in the state of Merida.
    The fact was confirmed by the deputy of the National Assembly Williams Dávila, as well as by the correspondent of El Nacional in the state of Mérida, Leonardo León.
    Through the social network Twitter, they reported that citizens scattered piles of old money bills in the streets, which were then set on fire.
    TWITTER:
     
    Descifrando la Guerra @descifraguerra Replying to @descifraguerra  Ayer se produjo el saqueo de un banco bicentenario en la ciudad de Mérida, en las cercanías de la plaza Glorias Patrias. Los saqueadores incendiaron una pila de bolívares además de dejar muchos billetes por el suelo.
    Mayr 12, 2019. [Mar not May, thanks Melinda Mills] -------------- end of Twitter quote as seen as Snopes ------------
    In short, the “money in gutters” image shown above captured an older and now invalid form of currency that was tossed aside after the looting of a bank, and not usable currency discarded by citizens because it had been made next to worthless due to “socialism.”
    ------------------end of Snopes.com quote------------------
    Snopes is often wrong. But these pictures were already well known and understood in their original context on Twitter, and from various journalists on all sides of the Venezuela situation before Snopes picked up on it.
    It was still related to Maduro, and is still related to money becoming worthless. It is still supportive of the idea that people will be throwing their money (even their gold) in the streets, because money is of no value as a savior in the day of Jehovah's fury. It shows how bad things can get. A major use of these pictures, however, was to create a lie that it was all based on Maduro's mismanagement and therefore could be blamed on socialism. The masked persons who came into the bank may very well have planned the propaganda photo-op for purposes of drumming up support from outside Venezuela for the opposition parties.
    It reminds me of Russian authorities planting literature in JW KH's as a set-up to frame trouble. The opposition parties in Venezuela have been getting away with violence, riots, sabotage, even terrorism, hoping to create a big enough backlash from the government that will give the excuse for a "regime" change.
    It also reminds me of how someone can take pictures of Bro. Morris in a liquor store to try to give the impression that all this must be for him and him alone, or that it must be for the purpose of allowing him to abuse alcohol over some period of time.
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    Anna reacted to Evacuated in ANTHONY MORRIS AT THE LIQUOR STORE   
    What is important about this text has nothing to do with money losing it's value either through obsolescence or inflation. It is more about the fact that Jehovah cannot be bought.
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    Anna reacted to TrueTomHarley in ANTHONY MORRIS AT THE LIQUOR STORE   
    I don’t drink anymore, you know.
    (Of course, I don’t drink any less, either.)
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    Anna got a reaction from BillyTheKid46 in ANTHONY MORRIS AT THE LIQUOR STORE   
    Believe it or not (well you probably will believe it) on a certain ex-jw forum there are over 40 pages of discussion over this video already! I only read a  few, but as True Tom would say, they are in an absolute frenzy over this (actually TTH would use a different word). It's kind of sad, post a video of a man buying several bottles of Scotch, and it gets analyzed to kingdom come.....
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    Anna reacted to James Thomas Rook Jr. in ANTHONY MORRIS AT THE LIQUOR STORE   
    I personally do not trust a Brother who does not drink alcohol.
    He may be COMPLETELY and absolutely trustworthy, as most are ... but I have found that alcohol makes a person more uninhibited, and it is then that their CURRENT "true colors" are more likely to be shown.
    To be fair ... I have scared off quite a few people when I drink.
    It saves BOTH of us a lot of wasted time and effort.
    It's a "sword that cuts both ways".
    ( I no longer drink alcohol because it interferes with my heart medications ... but I am STILL a Grumpy Old Man.)
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    Anna reacted to Evacuated in ANTHONY MORRIS AT THE LIQUOR STORE   
    Quite the contrary. This makes him even more interesting! You can knock my door any time Bro.Morris!
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    Anna reacted to Evacuated in ANTHONY MORRIS AT THE LIQUOR STORE   
    The laws governing the use of currency images. (US)
    Reduce or Enlarge the Image – The image must be less than 75 percent the bill's actual length or more than 150 percent the of the currency's actual length. A dollar bill is 6.1 inches long, so it can only be used at 4.6 inches or smaller or at larger than one and a half times its actual size — at least 9.2 inches. Print One-sided Only – The printed piece cannot use the currency as a double-sided image. It can only be one-sided. You may show the front or the back but not both. Destroy Creative Materials – Scans, digital files, negatives, plates, and any other materials used in creating the currency reproductions must be destroyed, deleted or erased after final use. All complied with I am sure?  😊
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    Anna reacted to JW Insider in ANTHONY MORRIS AT THE LIQUOR STORE   
    Also not fake. I printed all these myself, and accidentally printed so many I use them as tissues and throw them into paper bags to toss out. Point being that it's not impossible to create propaganda, especially when there's a measure of truth in it.
     
     

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    Anna got a reaction from James Thomas Rook Jr. in ANTHONY MORRIS AT THE LIQUOR STORE   
    Doesn't look like an edited video to me.
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    Anna got a reaction from Foreigner in ANTHONY MORRIS AT THE LIQUOR STORE   
    Doesn't look like an edited video to me.
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    Anna got a reaction from JOHN BUTLER in ANTHONY MORRIS AT THE LIQUOR STORE   
    Doesn't look like an edited video to me.
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    Anna reacted to Evacuated in Here is a new Question .........   
    Plenty quotations etc above dealing with this, but nothing really specific.
    My understanding is that whilst there are true anointed Christians with a heavenly hope still on earth, in the flesh, they will celebrate the Lords evening meal, regardless of the stream of time or the relative position of Jesus Christ in the heavens. The only time this specific celebration will end is when there are no more anointed Christians left here on earth to celebrate it.
    The scriptural basis for this is at :  Matt.24:31;  2Thess.4:14-17;  1Cor.11:26.
    Although Jesus is ruling from the heavens as Jehovah's Messianic king, there are several executive actions he will be taking in the near future, one of which includes the transference of the full number of his 144,000 companions to where he is, in the heavens, to share with him in his heavenly rule. Once that is accomplished, the last Memorial (as we know it) will have been celebrated. As that transference has yet to take place, the Memorial is still being celebrated..
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    Anna got a reaction from Queen Esther in ANTHONY MORRIS AT THE LIQUOR STORE   
    "What an astonishing bit of footage"  Really? The man going out to the liquor store to buy some whiskey? 
    "This is not how Tony Morris would like to be seen by Jehovah's Witnesses" Why on earth not? It's more like Lloyd Evans doesn't want to see Anthony Morris like this, because Lloyd Evans has some weird ideas about Br. Morris, and now his weird ideas have been shattered. Now he knows Anthony Morris is just like anyone else. Surprise!
    Grow up Lloyd!
    P.S.
    There are Sunday afternoon meetings too.
     
     
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    Anna got a reaction from Jiminy Cricket in ANTHONY MORRIS AT THE LIQUOR STORE   
    "What an astonishing bit of footage"  Really? The man going out to the liquor store to buy some whiskey? 
    "This is not how Tony Morris would like to be seen by Jehovah's Witnesses" Why on earth not? It's more like Lloyd Evans doesn't want to see Anthony Morris like this, because Lloyd Evans has some weird ideas about Br. Morris, and now his weird ideas have been shattered. Now he knows Anthony Morris is just like anyone else. Surprise!
    Grow up Lloyd!
    P.S.
    There are Sunday afternoon meetings too.
     
     
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    Anna reacted to James Thomas Rook Jr. in Bethel and Alcohol   
    Years ago, when there were many fewer choices, I used to use McAfee Anti-Virus software, but noticed that every time I updated, I got a VIRUS!
    I think , and I am serious about this, that McAfee creates viruses, or the program gives many false positives. Or both.
    I use Freemake Video Downloader  several times a week, and have never had any problem.
    .... since I uninstalled McAfee about 10 years ago.
     
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    Anna reacted to TrueTomHarley in ANTHONY MORRIS AT THE LIQUOR STORE   
    I got about a minute into it, maybe a minute and a half, and I noticed three things about it.
    1) Lloyd is extremely pleased with himself.
    2) In his brief exchange about pants, where he somehow caught Bro Morris on the phone, (just THAT says something - that he takes a call from an unknown “brother” with unspecified concerns, instead of it being handled well down the line by some support staff) the latter comes across as warm, engaging, and not in the slightest bit full of himself (as Lloyd DOES seem) - “No, call the branch,” he laughs, “and I’d better not see you guys wearing them,” he quips, and “You’re kidding me, right?” It was impossible not to warm to the guy.
    3) Lloyd’s cooing concern of how difficult it is for an ordinary person, such as he, to speak with a GB member (notwithstanding that he had just done it), as though an 8:000,000 to 1 ratio meant nothing at all. In fact, apparently it is an 8 billion ratio to 1 that he expects anybody to be able to waltz through, since he said at the outset that he is not among the 8 million. 
    The guy is too infantile to endure, and I got no further. I mean, this thing runs 17 minutes.
    4) (Yeah, I know I said 3, but I thought of another) @Witness ‘s ridiculous assumption that she landed a major blow. “Here’s one for you, TTH,” she says, with no doubt whatsoever that I am going to clear the calendar and patiently analyze it, doubtless running it through several times so that all of her insinuations sink in. @Witness, who I simply asked a couple of questions of, and who thereafter regarded me as her star pupil for a time, and expressed such disappointment when she found that it was not so. I mean, this is a very strange woman. 
     
     
     
     
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    Anna got a reaction from James Thomas Rook Jr. in Your daily reminder that you are not a predator   
    Cat's
    Since when do he cows have udders? I suppose since this cartoon.
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    Anna reacted to TrueTomHarley in ANTHONY MORRIS AT THE LIQUOR STORE   
    Better still, invite him to your home for supper.
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    Anna reacted to James Thomas Rook Jr. in Your daily reminder that you are not a predator   
    Your daily reminder that you are not a predator
    I dunno ... when I go to Golden Corral for breakfast, and load up on bacon, pork chops, fried chicken, sausages, eggs, I occasionally think of the TRILLIONS of animals that we kill each year to gobble up with gusto.
    Actually, humans are the greatest, and most efficient predator that has ever lived on this planet, by a considerable margin.
    Think about it!
    Cows With Guns - The Original Animation.mp4
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    Anna reacted to James Thomas Rook Jr. in Your daily reminder that you are not a predator   
    A rope that thick, making a  90 degree turns in a small conduit, will bind ... the same way that a plastic wire tie binds   ...  apparently the lioness knows this but the wrestlers do not.
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    Anna reacted to TrueTomHarley in ANTHONY MORRIS AT THE LIQUOR STORE   
    There is something very childish about these remarks, as though one has gone on a "starvation diet" and his enemies later come along and are upset that he has not starved to death.
    It is very very unlikely, I think, that dedicated funds account for his spree. If you have worked with Jehovah's Witnesses, you simply know this.
    He co-directs an organization directly benefiting 8 million persons, and indirectly benefiting many more. That will include friends in financial high places; those sort of friends are not stingy.
    In Knorr's time, he being the one to funnel vendor business here and there, some of those vendors would lavish gifts on him. I've been told (anecdotal evidence - @JW Insider will know things like this) that he had given him (I think by a paper manufacturer) a Cadillac or two, which mostly just sat there in the Bethel garage. At the time, such was standard practice anywhere, and since many members of Congress enriched themselves that way, laws were passed against it. Not sure if they were passed to dissuade anyone other than Congress, though.
    I appeal to JWI for facts, even though he corrected me when I wrote that the GB rode in the wheelwells of airplanes so as to get from Point A to Point B as cheaply as possible. 'Nah, they don't,' he said.
    Have parallel things happened in this day with technology vendors? Dunno. Maybe. What! is anyone other than Lloyd so stupid as to think he is guzzling himself away after a day's work pondering God? It may even be intended for entertaining those vendors themselves, who, when they come calling, distrust the Kool-Aid.
    Now, the GB doesn't do business deals, like Knorr did. They have them isolated whereby they simply think about God, like the apostles in the first century who didn't want to be distracted by "waiting on tables." So that suggesting doesn't fit so closely as in might with Knorr. But still...
    Every exchange I have had with Lloyd reveals him to be a pretty nasty piece of work. That does not mean that he will not have plenty of allies, for he gets the job done. But he has an affinity for bullying and taunting gifs. I used him as a window into the world of opposers, but I ultimately dropped him from my feed, because I was too tempted to answer him. Every exchange shows him up as bullying, but it gets wearing even though I like to show him up in that way. There really is something to that circuit assembly part geared to teens (with spillover for adults, probably, as good general council) about that kid who replied to one "apostate" because he just got mad at the truth being maligned & and he was reasoned with that it might not be such a good idea.
    Here is my latest (ideally my last) episode with this character:
    https://www.tomsheepandgoats.com/2019/03/look-what-i-found-in-my-inbox-from-lloyd.html
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