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Roundup of JWs in the News

Roundup of JWs in the News

Recent conversations in the comments have reminded me that I haven’t done my posting of recent news related to Jehovah’s Witnesses. The purpose in doing this is simply to highlight, over time, the kinds of issues that the JW mindset and set of demands can create or intensify in some. It is meant to encourage more compassionate and ethical policies and behaviors within the Watchtower organization and to help former JWs understand some of the clusters of danger that may…

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JWs in the News

JWs in the News

Antonie Dixon’s sister gives evidence in court When Antonie Dixon told the jury an astonishing tale of sexual abuse by his mother and beatings at the hands of Jehovah’s Witnesses, they must have wondered whether any of it was believable. Today they heard from someone else who was there at the time and she confirmed much of what he said. According to Dixon’s sister Carla, he was dubbed “devil spawn” by their mother. (

No Cover-up! Hold Contactors Responsible

No Cover-up! Hold Contactors Responsible

So what’s been happening with Halliburton? Ugly, ugly stuff, even against their own… Gang Rape Cover-Up by US, Halliburton/KBR A Houston, Texas woman says she was gang-raped by Halliburton/KBR coworkers in Baghdad, and the company and the U.S. government are covering up the incident. Jamie Leigh Jones, now 22, says that after she was raped by multiple men at a KBR camp in the Green Zone, the company put her under guard in a shipping container with a bed and…

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Halliburton and KBR in the News

Halliburton and KBR in the News

Halliburton and KBR have broken up – and breaking up is hard to do. But no sad faces, y’hear? Everything’s A-OK for the billionaire war and oil profit set. They are diggin’ the new headquarters in Dubai – way better than Houston. Texas is so over. Everything’s bigger in the United Arab Emirates. Halliburton’s second quarter profits more than doubled. Halliburton Co.’s profit more than doubled in the second quarter, getting a $933-million lift from the separation of former subsidiary…

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Update on JWs in the News

Update on JWs in the News

Watchtower Cashing In on Real Estate Nonprofits Not Shy About Cashing In on Real Estate Gems In Brooklyn, the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Watchtower Bible & Tract Co. of New York sold a building at 89 Hicks St. to Brooklyn Law School. A few months ago it sold a 48-unit elevator apartment building for $14 million. (Non-JW!) College Students Ban the Pledge I still don’t salute the flag or do the pledge of loyalty to the piece of cloth. I stand in…

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