Calling Canadian JW Abuse Survivors

Silentlambs is asking for any French-speaking JW or ex-JW abuse survivors from Canada to come forward for a possible interview with key media in Canada.
If are such a victim or you know of such a victim who can assist, please contact info@silentlambs.org for more information.

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Boston Legal Tackles Guantanamo

To my chagrin, I have never seen an episode of Boston Legal. If only it aired an hour (or two) earlier.
It looks like a show to which I could easily have become addicted.
Here’s ten minutes on Guantanamo. What’s not to love? Never mind the cast (wow. the cast.) - this is a succinct overview of [...]

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AlterNet’s Ten Most Popular Stories of 2006

Here’s an interesting list from AlterNet - their ten most popular stories of the year. ALterNet is a great resource, although a couple of the stories surprised me.
They also have the top ten most discussed (which leans hard on 9/11), the top ten Iraq myths, the top ten outrageous right-wing comments of 2006, the [...]

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Speak up today for Net Neutrality as Condition of Merger

Remind the FCC and Congress that they must serve the public interest by making nondiscrimination on the Internet a permanent condition of the AT&T-BellSouth merger. Be heard today!
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Don’t Let Ma Bell Monopolize the Internet
The AT&T and BellSouth merger would resurrect the Ma Bell monopoly that ruled communications for decades. But this new corporate behemoth [...]

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Couric…ick

Oh please. When will these dolts wake up? Who were the people at CBS who came up with the incredibly stupid choice of Couric as an anchor in the first place? It tarnishes their reputation. Of all the women they could have selected to be the first solo evening news anchor, they chose her. Ick. [...]

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Questioning JW Records Disfellowshipping Process

In the words of Christopher Walken in the role of The Continental, “Wow. Wowie-wow-wow-wow.”
I stumbled across this today while backtracking some google searches that led people to this site. It’s always interesting to see what else comes up under the same search phrases. Go to this page at FreeMinds.org to hear the recordings. It doesn’t [...]

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Media Vocabulary Guidelines Needed

When you see it, protest. I wrote to Brad Kalbfeld (Deputy Director, Managing Editor, a member of the AP senior management team) to recommend vocabulary guidelines:
“I am writing to you to request that you draw up some vocabulary guidelines for the Associated Press.
As an objective reporting service, you surely cannot have missed the fact that [...]

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