HRA

Any Australians out there may help me with this.

The other day I had two guys at the door with "HRA" on their shirts asking me if I was interested in some health issue. I said no and they left.

Can't find anything on Google about the organisation and am curious. Who are these guys?

Might be a bit thick or have poor sight because I have a "No Door To Door Traders" sign on my front door. Mind you JW's have trouble reading it also but I expect that.

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Seeing things that aren't there

I have brain damage due to oxygen starvation and perhaps a genetic disability that on rare occasions causes me to hallucinate. It's not an everyday thing but it sure is unsettling when it happens. I am very suggestible and when I hear noises I sometimes see something that the noise reminds me of.

One day when I was at my computer I heard some leaves rustling on my roof that also sounded like footsteps. I hallucinated a red-eyed ghost walking through my door into my wall and disappearing.

While this was happening I was trying my best to make the hallucination stop. It didn't work.

Before I experience something like this there is a glow or aura in my head that I can't control. Despite my efforts, I see something that isn't there.

I go to a therapist but I don't believe this is psychological. Its the result of the injury.

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Derek Acorah, TV medium, dies aged 69

Derek Acorah, TV medium, dies aged 69

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Television medium and psychic Derek Acorah has died aged 69, his wife has announced. Gwen Acorah Johnson said her "beloved" husband had passed away "after a very brief illness". She announced his death on his official Facebook page, adding: "Farewell my love! I will miss you forever!"

I guess she doesn't think she'll be hearing from his spirit anytime soon.

Quote:

Acorah was best known for Living TV's Most Haunted, a reality TV series that followed a team of paranormal experts as they investigated haunted locations. Most Haunted ran from 2002 to 2010 although it returned in an online edition and on Really TV at various times until 2019. Acorah departed as the show's guest medium after six series in 2005 over claims of fakery.

He was a "fake medium" as opposed to a "real medium" of course. :rolleyes:

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[Actioned] When vegans become just funny

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-50981359

Kind of humorous tbf

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United Methodist Church may split over gay marriage and LGBT Clergy

//Note. I hem-hawed over whether to put this here or down in social. Move if necessary//

The United Methodist Church, which holds a demoniation of 12 million Americans and is the 3rd largest organized church in America (after the Catholic Church and the Southern Baptist Convention) is proposing a split to resolve years of heated debate over the role of homosexuality in the church.

CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/03/us/un...sal/index.html

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CNN - United Methodist Church leaders are proposing a split into more than one denomination in a bid to resolve years of debate over LGBT clergy and same-sex weddings, according to the church's official news agency. The proposal, from a 16-member group of bishops and church leaders, says a separation was "the best means to resolve our differences, allowing each part of the Church to remain true to its theological understanding, while recognizing the dignity, equality, integrity, and respect of every person." The restructuring comes after a contentious General Conference of the second-largest Protestant denomination in the US voted last year to reinforce the church's stance against ordaining gay clergy and performing same-sex weddings.

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Data Breach!

Accessing the forum through Chrome I'm getting a message that a data breach has exposed my password and it's prompting me to change it.

On Firefox it's fine, currently.

Is anyone else experiencing similar?

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Iranian general Qassem Suleimani asassinated in drone strike ordered by Trump

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...an-us-tensions

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Donald Trump ordered an airstrike that killed Iran’s most powerful general in the early hours of Friday, in a dramatic escalation of an already bloody struggle between Washington and Tehran for influence across the region. Suleimani, who ran Iranian military operations in Iraq and Syria, was hit by the drone strike while local allies from the Popular Mobilisation Units (PMU) drove him from Baghdad airport. The de facto leader of the PMU, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a close Suleimani associate, was also killed in the attack. “General Suleimani was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region,” a Pentagon statement said. “This strike was aimed at deterring future Iranian attack plans.” Minutes before the announcement, Trump tweeted a US flag without comment. Later, the White House put out a statement saying the strike was a “decisive defensive action” carried out “at the direction of the president”. Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, ordered three days of mourning and vowed that the US would face “severe revenge” for the killing.

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