I am skeptical of the idea that individual rights are safer at the federal level than they are at the state or even local level. I would have to see that demonstrated rather than simply stated. The...

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The States' Rights argument used by the Confederacy was legally incorrect. And it was morally wrong as well.

The Constitution never...

Industrial wineries and vineyards--with their monocrop--threaten humans, other critters, and the environment in many ways. Human, animal, and plant life NEED the basics, such as water, food, and...

Shepherd, I don't know what we would do without your quick response to new considerations. This project sounds much like the WalMart expansion in RP. It looks to dwarf ANYTHING in town. What...

Bill Maher surveys the Republican Presidential Hopefuls


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G30TPYghrXs

Yup, it is ... if you've ever left America you'll know that ... a lot of the world seems quite civilized in comparison, or maybe that's just characteristic of my destinations ...

We are a young...

Dear Readers,

Ann Jones reports on questions about America's sanity raised by citizens of other countries. America is certainly psychopathological. The nation suffers from developmental...

40 years of marriage..

A married couple in their early 60s are celebrating their
40th wedding anniversary in a quiet, romantic
little restaurant.

Suddenly, a tiny yet beautiful fairy...

Ten-Day Village Building Convergence Rocks Small Town Sebastopol

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Participants in the ambitious ten-day First Annual Sebastopol...

Greetings.I am the male half of a middle aged couple. For perhaps the better part of a year, I have been reaching out for help, since I was told that if I never asked for it, how would anyone know...

Jbox; " much ado about not very much"? Move on? Really? That kind of thinking is exactly the problem. I suspect you are a male and who is not aware of subconscious disregard for women. This is the...

This post--I've deleted most of it, for brevity's sake--assumes that getting over traumatic events is an act of volition. I do not believe this is true and it is certainly not always true. Why do so...

So then, it actually has been established that Efren tore the screen, rather than its having been torn before he ever arrived?

Re: your other remarks--of course it's not implausible that the...

Hi everyone. I have not yet responded to this thread until now because I have tendinitis and cannot type (using voice recognition software is a long exhausting and painful process). But I am...

you really really do want to find a way that this is all good, don't you?

The willingness of women to sponsor others and start over is sweet of them, probably. It could still be cover, since...

....just a reminder of where this topic started. We probably won't hear from too many current participants, as it would be counter productive for them.

I for one would love to see all the energy,...

I was ripped off and I speak for my self.

Joy

In my perception, which is all I have, these are valid questions that have been asked of someone who blatantly refuses to acknowledge that most women have been harmed by this practice, as much as...

Gratitude just doesn't say enough about your compassionate insight and intelligence in speaking to this topic. I so appreciate your willingness to take the time to share your truest feelings and...

The thing is that it is easy enough to see that these circles/pyramids are evolving in the direction of more evolved sounding rhetoric. But the nature of the scheme has not evolved. I did one 25...

Wow, Hummingbird, what a fascinating viewpoint. I appreciate you sharing it just so we can see it. Of course, anyone is allowed to steer their life by any viewpoint they want. However I think...

Kathy,

If it's o.k. to be swindled if higher values are being served, than it must be o.k. to swindle if I perceive that higher values are being served.

We are all vulnerable to predators,...

Podfish, I think Hummingbird IS saying it's ok to be swindled since there are higher values being served...not in so many words of course, and H please correct me if I'm wrong.

But let's put this...

ok, if you're going to prejudge us because of our gender, I'll cop to being a man right off. (I never thought I'd be on Joe Manthey's side of an issue! weird..) Sure sounds like you're disparaging...

I think that the appeal of making $40,000 (which is what one woman I know made) is a lot more exciting than just $4,000., if the entry ticket was only $500. If you had a choice of gaining $40,000...

$5000 or $500 - unless you change the cover story and the structure it's still a pyramid scheme.

Joy

Very clearly stated -thank you
It's the COVER STORY that is the problem.
Joy

This is what confuses me. If it's a workshop, why not call it a workshop? If it's a group with an entry fee, why not call it that? If someone isn't going to get their money back, or if it's just...

I thought it might be helpful to state again what a pyramid scheme is. I think that what's key to protecting ourselves and others is to recognize the form, whatever name it goes under. This isn't...

Exactly!!

Svea

Wow. Thanks, as this post is a perfect example of the crap that is thrown around that causes the whole gifting pyramid scheme to regurgitate itself every few years. Bla Bla Bla. I like how you...

Patricia, I'm no math whiz, but I can tell you this: The odds of making money versus losing your investment, whether you're on the 3rd, 6th, 8th or whatever level, depend entirely on whether three...

Anybody who's serious about making sure they're doing the right thing can find out the truth about pyramid schemes in 10 minutes on the Internet. Lots of these people read Wacco, and they'd have to...

In reading this thread, I am struck with a couple of thoughts. First, it seems like otherwise smart women who would never respond to a $5 chain letter, are perfectly willing to send thousands of...

Hey Dixon - I was thinking that it'd be nice to have a stat that reflects the asymmetrical odds with a pyramid scheme. 89% is interesting, but it makes it sound like everyone has those odds -- one in...

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9 Shocking Dangers of Fluoride Exposure

https://www.wakingtimes.com/2014/02/05/9-shocking-dangers-fluoride-exposure/

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Why do parents need to know these? Do they plan on reading their texts and get involved with their sex lives? Why?

I like to think that all members of this forum are encouraged to present ideas and links to support those ideas .... I see a lot on this forum that I don't agree with and sometimes I comment and...

It's my experience that wild conspiracy theory claims are actually rarely challenged in this forum. And when they are challenged I have found the exchanges have often gone something like this:

...

That would be the Mammalian Overlords, who have shown themselves to be somehow colder than reptiles.

Finally someone else who really understands!!!

The Reptilian Overlords disseminate a vast array of conspiracy theories to distract us from seeing who really controls everything.

Scott,

The post that you reference regarding "gang stalking" can only be mine, as I don't recall anyone else posting about this subject. Thank you for renewing my concerns ...

If you do...

I thought that this graphic was appropriate ... also appropriate is this quote ...

“The greatest ignorance is to reject something you know nothing about”

Can't seem to find the author, sorry...

Big Media, Big Finance, Big Insurance, Big Military, Big Energy, Big Banking, Big Ag, Big Pharma and the other parties in the corporatocracy that operates America and much of the world for its...

I'm with you, MW. I find that 'connecting-the-dots' by educating myself is so very important. Those who like to divert the issues to jabs and public ridicule if others have a different point of view...

“The limits of debate in this country are established before the debate even begins, and everyone else is marginalized and made to seem as either a communist, a kook, some sort of disloyal person or...

Now CASINO'S is a whole other topic. I can not stand them !

If you ever listen to public radio you would be appalled at the stories told about Walmart.I was !

What I have below is nothing to...

PJ, you are absolutely spot-on that this needs to be a red-line issue for elected officials and candidates at all levels. Along with public employees such as the ones running our county Department of...

Just a thought...
If state after state continues to bring up GMO labeling initiatives and the giant Monsanto Corp. keeps outspending 10 to 1, won't that slowly bleed them to death? They can't keep...