[FairfieldLife] The Getting Shafted thread -- the old whines are the best
Has anyone ever noticed that the pseudofems who say things like I would criticize Sarah Palin's beliefs or policies but will defend her when some- one attacks her 'as a woman' never ever seem to actually *do* the first part of what they claim? I'd like to see a *demonstration* of them criticizing Sarah Palin's beliefs or policies without doing any of the things they whine about in others. The thing is, they never *do* this. They only *say* that they criticize Sarah Palin, but all they do is support her. It's almost as if they lie in wait for someone to say something critical of Sarah Palin *period* so they can raise a glass of their favorite whine and complain about what victims women are again. Then again, these are women who seem to honestly feel that Sarah Palin is charismatic. What can you do with someone whose standards are that low, eh? :-) :-) :-)
[FairfieldLife] Survivor Micronesia
Just saw the season finale of Survivor Micronesia. Was there an Ashkenazi Jew (Amanda Kimmel) against a Hindu (Parvati Shallow)? It seems to me rather unlikely someone gives their child a name like that unless they are interested in Hinduism... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Micronesia PS. ashkenazi ash ke nazi (yikes!) :0
[FairfieldLife] Dollhouse -- Is Echo the most feminist character ever on TV or in movies?
For some time now I have been watching Joss Whedon's Dollhouse from the point of view of feminism. Based on his previous work, in which he created Buffy the ampire Slayer (one of the best feminist heroines ever) and in Firefly Zoe, Kaylee and above all Inara, I would suggest that Joss Whedon has created some of the strongest feminist characters that TV and movies have ever seen. And after watching the latest two episodes of Dollhouse, I would suggest that Echo is the strongest of them all. She just surpassed Ripley in Aliens to get my vote for the strongest feminist character ever put onscreen. The women is Joss Whedon's fiction all share common traits. First, they don't whine; when the going gets tough, they get going. Second, they own their own sexuality, and never allow any man or any other woman to put them down for expressing it in whatever way they want. Third, they don't take no shit from men, but never allow not taking any shit to turn them into shrews and harpies, or in fact mess up their day in any way. If a pissant tries to mess with them, they deal with the pissant as quickly and effectively as possible and then move on. And fourth and most important, all of Joss' women have the ability to love, and love deeply. It's the last characteristic that most defined Ripley in Aliens. Yeah, she could kick alien ass with the best of them, but it was the way she loved Newt that made her the memorable character she was. She was a woman in a man's world, never apologizing, making her way, becoming accepted as an equal to all of the men, but never allowing that to get in the way of being a woman, and a woman capable of love. That's Echo, to an even greater degree. If any fictional character in history had legitimate reason to whine, it's Echo. Men and other women have victimized her for several years now, pimping her out to the highest bidder, imprint- ing her with personalities not her own to serve as a plaything for others, or as an assassin when necessary, and doing everthing possible to control not only her life but her mind. And failing. Echo is still in control of her own mind. Imprint her as they might, she still knows who she is. Instruct her to do things and expect her to do them because she's been imprinted, and she does what *she* feels is best, not what she's told to do. Echo is completely unapologetic about her sexuality and the fact that she is on many assignments a sex worker. *She* knows that's not who she is, no more than the assignments in which she's a cold-blooded killer are who she is. And most important, *none* of what has been done to her has made her angry and bitter and afraid to love. She still loves deeply, more deeply in fact than any other character in the series. If that ain't feminist, I don't know what is. Those who think that feminism is non-stop whining should watch Dollhouse and learn a little something. About strength, about perseverance, about humility and compassion, about *doing something* and not just whining. And, most of all, about what it is to be a strong woman and yet unafraid to love. The whiners of the so-called feminist movement have seemingly traded that ability for non-stop resentment and hatred. They'd probably hate Echo, too, because she *can* love, and they can't.
[FairfieldLife] Re: TMO pulling out of FF?
A Courts-Martial 1) Sale of 600 prime acres of failed farming. 2)Sale of Folded school building. The stain of a high-water mark. It'll be slow death by a thousand cuts. Most people saw it coming decades ago but the plane was kept in the air by credulous wealthy donors. Now the machinery meets the geology and we have what's known as Controlled Flight into Terrain. That's aviation terminology for flying a perfectly serviceable aircraft into the side of a mountain due to pilot error. In this case, the underlying idea is perfectly good, and there's a viable business teaching a good mediation technique to the general public. But there's not a viable business in sucking money from wealthy donors so that a bunch of nut jobs in crowns who think they rule the world can spend it on vanity projects. The danger is that the good part of the business will go down the toilet with the bad parts. It'll be interesting to watch the slow stages. My guess is that they'll sell of every last building and parcel of land before they'll take off their crowns and admit they've made TM a laughing stock. At this point in the game the few remaining ones are still holding onto the idea that the cosmic cavalry will turn up at the last minute to save the day, i.e. use the last drop of money in the organization to pay for a phase transition. The next stage will be the growing realization that it's not going to happen, and they've left it too late to change course. The obvious candidate for the next round of land auctions is the university in Kansas. Because that'll be a much bigger loss of face than selling off surplus bits in Fairfield then when it finally happens (and it must do) we'll know that the magnitude of the tragedy is finally dawning on people and there might even be a chance to get them to listen to reason and common sense. Though not if Bevan has any say in the matter. Oh well they can't say they weren't warned.
[FairfieldLife] 1957
Maharishi's Year of Transcendental Meditation Maharishi evolves a simple, natural practice for the mind to come to a balanced state, and thereby gain the ability to spontaneously function in accord with all the laws of nature. This was the year of revival of Yog, philosophy and practice; this was the year of revival of Vedic wisdom for perfection in life.
[FairfieldLife] Re: How much did this romance cost America?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: On Dec 12, 2009, at 1:18 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: Two tall buildings, its image, and its future. Not to menton 3000 people. Pretty creepy when you see it up close in photos like that. Here's another nice picture. That's Obama bowing deeply to the Saudi king (and reportedly also kissing his hand, although that's not visible in the photo). He's even bending his knee. To me, that's a lot creepier than the president holding hands with the king. At least holding hands suggests they're equals. The White House realized the bow didn't look so hot, and claimed Obama wasn't bowing, it was just that the king is shorter than he is, and he had to bend over to reach the king's hand. Uh-huh. [obama bow] http://www.flickr.com/photos/36189...@n02/4180730124/ Here's a video of the bow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WlqW6UCeaY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WlqW6UCeaY Not sure if this is the right name for it, but I've always assumed that there is a protocol office at the White House that explains to the president and anyone else to whom it applies what the proper etiquette is for various heads of state as well as other activities. I also assume it would be the same from one president to the next. Have other presidents bowed to the Saudi King and Japanese Emperor?
[FairfieldLife] Obama's Big Sellout
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/31234647/obamas_big_sellout/print Obama's Big Sellout The president has packed his economic team with Wall Street insiders intent on turning the bailout into an all-out giveaway MATT TAIBBI Posted Dec 09, 2009 2:35 PM Watch Matt Taibbi discuss The Big Sellout in a video on his blog, Taibblog. Barack Obama ran for president as a man of the people, standing up to Wall Street as the global economy melted down in that fateful fall of 2008. He pushed a tax plan to soak the rich, ripped NAFTA for hurting the middle class and tore into John McCain for supporting a bankruptcy bill that sided with wealthy bankers at the expense of hardworking Americans. Obama may not have run to the left of Samuel Gompers or Cesar Chavez, but it's not like you saw him on the campaign trail flanked by bankers from Citigroup and Goldman Sachs. What inspired supporters who pushed him to his historic win was the sense that a genuine outsider was finally breaking into an exclusive club, that walls were being torn down, that things were, for lack of a better or more specific term, changing. Then he got elected. (...)
[FairfieldLife] Re: How much did this romance cost America?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: On Dec 12, 2009, at 1:18 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: Two tall buildings, its image, and its future. Not to menton 3000 people. Pretty creepy when you see it up close in photos like that. Here's another nice picture. That's Obama bowing deeply to the Saudi king (and reportedly also kissing his hand, although that's not visible in the photo). He's even bending his knee. To me, that's a lot creepier than the president holding hands with the king. At least holding hands suggests they're equals. The White House realized the bow didn't look so hot, and claimed Obama wasn't bowing, it was just that the king is shorter than he is, and he had to bend over to reach the king's hand. Uh-huh. [obama bow] http://www.flickr.com/photos/36189...@n02/4180730124/ Here's a video of the bow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WlqW6UCeaY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WlqW6UCeaY Not sure if this is the right name for it, but I've always assumed that there is a protocol office at the White House that explains to the president and anyone else to whom it applies what the proper etiquette is for various heads of state as well as other activities. I also assume it would be the same from one president to the next. The State Department seems to be the one with the protocol office, but it advises the White House. Have other presidents bowed to the Saudi King and Japanese Emperor? Apparently Bill Clinton got blasted by the NYTimes back in 1994 for almost bowing (whatever that means) to Emperor Akihito; and there's a photo of Nixon at least inclining himself forward toward Emperor Hirohito in 1971--but Hirohito is also leaning forward at about the same angle. I can't find anything else along these lines. Here are two accounts of the State Department's response to questions about the Obama bow (I've lost the URLs; don't remember where the first came from, but the second was from an MSNBC story): - In a written response to a reporter's question about the bow, the State Department said Tuesday that its protocol office worked closely with the White House to provide Obama with advice. 'Protocol, in general, is about respecting the customs and traditions of a host country,' the statement said. 'The president was simply showing respect.' - State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters Monday that the bow was 'a sign of respect to the emperor.' In an online State Department posting from 2007 titled 'Protocol for the Modern Diplomat,' envoys are advised to be aware of greeting rituals such as kisses, handshakes or bows and to follow a country's tradition. 'Failure to abide with tradition may be interpreted as rudeness or a lack of respect for colleagues,' it says. It was not clear whether the guidelines apply to the president. - The State Department most likely had to make the best of it for public consumption, whether or not it approved of the bows. And as I noted, the White House gave the transparently false excuse that Obama was leaning over because the king is shorter than he is. Good grief, he was practically *genuflecting*. Can't imagine that the president *not* bowing would be considered rudeness on his part, either by the Saudi king or the Japanese emperor, given that it doesn't seem to be something that has been done in the past. The whole point, to my mind, is that the U.S. was founded on the principle that royalty is basically *illegitimate*. All men are created equal and all that. I don't think the bows mean that Obama considers himself inferior or subservient to these royal personages, but it does reflect very poor judgment in terms of the optics.
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Getting Shafted thread -- the old whines are the best
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Has anyone ever noticed that the pseudofems who say things like I would criticize Sarah Palin's beliefs or policies but will defend her when some- one attacks her 'as a woman' never ever seem to actually *do* the first part of what they claim? Since Barry never reads our posts, as he's told us many times, it's odd that he would make this claim. (And neither of us has ever said what he attributes to us in quotes.) In fact, both Raunchy and I have criticized Palin. Just last night I referred to her as delusional, for example.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Dollhouse -- Is Echo the most feminist character ever on TV or in movies?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: snip And most important, *none* of what has been done to her has made her angry and bitter and afraid to love. She still loves deeply, more deeply in fact than any other character in the series. If that ain't feminist, I don't know what is. Those who think that feminism is non-stop whining should watch Dollhouse and learn a little something. About strength, about perseverance, about humility and compassion, about *doing something* and not just whining. And, most of all, about what it is to be a strong woman and yet unafraid to love. The whiners of the so-called feminist movement have seemingly traded that ability for non-stop resentment and hatred. They'd probably hate Echo, too, because she *can* love, and they can't. A few things Barry might want to bear in mind. First, he is not, of course, in a position to say whether any feminist, or anybody else, is or is not capable of love based on their postings on the Internet, so that aspect of his rant is a non sequitur. (And if Internet postings did give any such indication, would anybody here consider that Barry's postings exhibit the ability to love deeply?) Second, he might want to think about the distinction between whining on one's own behalf and campaigning against the oppression of women generally. He could ask himself, for example, whether he's ever seen Raunchy or me complaining about having been oppressed because we're women--other than, of course, calling attention to the constant misogynist attacks on us from Barry and do.rkflex and Vaj and some others here. But we do this not to complain--it's no skin off our noses, goodness knows--but to make a point, because they're such fine examples of hatred of women who stand up for themselves and other women. And finally, he might want to wonder about what Echo would say on an Internet forum like this about the condition of women. What the audience sees in the Dollhouse series is Echo's real life, as she's experiencing it. That is *not* what readers of this forum see of its participants, so Barry's attempt to compare the two is just RELY RLY STOOPID.
[FairfieldLife] Indulgence (was Re: Getting shafted-not w this recipie)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, m 13 meowthirt...@... wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMHN4_iAUfI food is love everybody unite for love to all even animals ...I can't eat mushrooms, so i just make the huumus and fry it.It makes a patty. You can make little pee wee patties and eat them on jasmine rice patties(make the rice,patr into shape, sizzle in your oil of your choosing Anybody want to share favorite seasonal foods that are must have's this time of year? Well - not at all seasonal - but just about my absolute favourite is something very, very simple: good bread and olive oil. Of course the ingredients must be the best. Last night we had some freshly baked Turkish bread with extra virgin Greek olive oil. Then a few trimmings help too - some dukka seasoning which I think is in large part sesame and cummin. And something that I hadn't tried before - Spanish Pedro Ximénez sherry (Apparently made by drying the grapes under the hot Spanish sun, concentrating the sweetness, which are then used to create a thick, black liquid with a strong taste of raisins and molasses that is fortified and aged in solera). Yep - that hit the spot!
[FairfieldLife] Re: How much did this romance cost America?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: Not sure if this is the right name for it, but I've always assumed that there is a protocol office at the White House that explains to the president and anyone else to whom it applies what the proper etiquette is for various heads of state as well as other activities. I also assume it would be the same from one president to the next. Have other presidents bowed to the Saudi King and Japanese Emperor? Richard Nixon actually BOWED TO THE DUDE WHO ORDERED THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR - Japanese Emperor Hirohito... [BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_540494286251650] http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fTT9xlgZ9CU/SwI25a3F2MI/faI/RgqrNrKtd\ sk/s1600/PresNixonBows.jpg Here's a good one - Tricky Dick bows to Mao tse Tung [mao] http://unpoliticalmag.com/2009/11/nixon-bows-to-ma/mao/ Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP_oOJiuvW4 = = Hello there, Pope John XXIII! [BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404129043889088162] http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZEf6TUYdm_0/Sv9Su61hZqI/ACA/LSberRcyG\ 4g/s1600-h/eisenhower+bow.jpg Howdy to you, wife of Italian Prime Minister Giovanni Gronchi! [BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404129290333129970] http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZEf6TUYdm_0/Sv9S9Q6XDPI/ACI/nColRqA6K\ bI/s1600-h/AP5912040168%282%29.jpg Hi again, Archbishop Iakovos of New York, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church of North and South America! [BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404130119360240226] http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZEf6TUYdm_0/Sv9TthR02mI/ACY/9uI00JuGy\ qk/s1600-h/AP590428059.jpg Long time no see, Charles De Gaulle! [BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404129710741476642] http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZEf6TUYdm_0/Sv9TVvDhVSI/ACQ/ev3O1SFSG\ 4s/s1600-h/AP5909020306%282%29.jpg
[FairfieldLife] Re: Dollhouse -- Is Echo the most feminist character ever on TV or in movies?
So, as a followup, I've named in this post a few of my favorite feminist characters in film and television. What are yours? Anyone out there got a favorite character from film or TV or literature whom they think tops Ripley from Aliens or Echo from Dollhouse? Or who you just like more, as an example of a strong woman? I've always found that one's likes and dislikes in one's favorite fictional characters says a great deal about one's own character. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: For some time now I have been watching Joss Whedon's Dollhouse from the point of view of feminism. Based on his previous work, in which he created Buffy the ampire Slayer (one of the best feminist heroines ever) and in Firefly Zoe, Kaylee and above all Inara, I would suggest that Joss Whedon has created some of the strongest feminist characters that TV and movies have ever seen. And after watching the latest two episodes of Dollhouse, I would suggest that Echo is the strongest of them all. She just surpassed Ripley in Aliens to get my vote for the strongest feminist character ever put onscreen. The women is Joss Whedon's fiction all share common traits. First, they don't whine; when the going gets tough, they get going. Second, they own their own sexuality, and never allow any man or any other woman to put them down for expressing it in whatever way they want. Third, they don't take no shit from men, but never allow not taking any shit to turn them into shrews and harpies, or in fact mess up their day in any way. If a pissant tries to mess with them, they deal with the pissant as quickly and effectively as possible and then move on. And fourth and most important, all of Joss' women have the ability to love, and love deeply. It's the last characteristic that most defined Ripley in Aliens. Yeah, she could kick alien ass with the best of them, but it was the way she loved Newt that made her the memorable character she was. She was a woman in a man's world, never apologizing, making her way, becoming accepted as an equal to all of the men, but never allowing that to get in the way of being a woman, and a woman capable of love. That's Echo, to an even greater degree. If any fictional character in history had legitimate reason to whine, it's Echo. Men and other women have victimized her for several years now, pimping her out to the highest bidder, imprint- ing her with personalities not her own to serve as a plaything for others, or as an assassin when necessary, and doing everthing possible to control not only her life but her mind. And failing. Echo is still in control of her own mind. Imprint her as they might, she still knows who she is. Instruct her to do things and expect her to do them because she's been imprinted, and she does what *she* feels is best, not what she's told to do. Echo is completely unapologetic about her sexuality and the fact that she is on many assignments a sex worker. *She* knows that's not who she is, no more than the assignments in which she's a cold-blooded killer are who she is. And most important, *none* of what has been done to her has made her angry and bitter and afraid to love. She still loves deeply, more deeply in fact than any other character in the series. If that ain't feminist, I don't know what is. Those who think that feminism is non-stop whining should watch Dollhouse and learn a little something. About strength, about perseverance, about humility and compassion, about *doing something* and not just whining. And, most of all, about what it is to be a strong woman and yet unafraid to love. The whiners of the so-called feminist movement have seemingly traded that ability for non-stop resentment and hatred. They'd probably hate Echo, too, because she *can* love, and they can't.
[FairfieldLife] Re: How much did this romance cost America?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: snip Have other presidents bowed to the Saudi King and Japanese Emperor? Richard Nixon actually BOWED TO THE DUDE WHO ORDERED THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR - Japanese Emperor Hirohito... Except that--oopsie!--Hirohito is also bowing to Nixon. Same with the pope and Ike--they're both bowing. Here's a good one - Tricky Dick bows to Mao tse Tung Not so good. It isn't at all clear from the photo that he's bowing to Mao. And in any case, neither Mao nor any of the other dignitaries in the do.rk's collection are *royalty*. More importantly, none of the pictured bows is anywhere near as deep as Obama's to the Saudi king and the Japanese emperor. do.rkflex FAIL. Again.
[FairfieldLife] Bush Sr bows deeply to Hirohito's casket
Then came the moment: When Mr. Bush [Sr.] approached the emperor's casket, he bowed deeply. The ongoing cable-and-blog dust-up over whether President Obama somehow dishonored America's image by bowing to Emperor Akihito of Japan the other day was reminiscent of another argument over the exact same issue 20 years ago. It was a different president, of course: George H.W. Bush, who came to the issue with some pretty solid credentials: as a young man who was shot out of the sky by the Japanese. And it was a different moment: The funeral of Emperor Hirohito, Japan's wartime leader, and father of the current Japanese emperor. Mr. Bush was even newer to the presidency at that moment than Mr. Obama is today. Barely a month in office, he traveled to Tokyo for Hirohito's funeral, declaring it was the right way to honor a former enemy turned ally. It was the first imperial funeral in many decades, a huge state event. And naturally it poured rain on the guests; ladies in their finest kimonos and Sumo wrestlers alike sank into the mud. Then came the moment: When Mr. Bush approached the emperor's casket, he bowed deeply. Those of us who had lived in Japan thought nothing of it. That is how respect is shown in Japan. But the pre-cable pundits were screaming, and soon one of our colleagues, the late Gerald Boyd, asked Mr. Bush about it at a news conference. Mr. Bush danced around an answer for a moment, mentioning members of his squadron who never came home, and Gen. Douglas MacArthur's decision to keep the emperor system, as a way of unifying the Japanese people. Then he said this: I'm representing the United States of America. And we're talking about a friend, and we're talking about an ally. We're talking about a nation with whom we have constructive relationships. Sure, we got some problems, but that was all overriding and respect for the Emperor. And remember back in World War II, if you'd have predicted that I would be here, because of the hard feeling and the symbolic nature of the problem back then of the former Emperor's standing, I would have said, No way. But here we are, and time moves on; and there is a very good lesson for civilized countries in all of this. So did President Obama violate protocol? Well, yes, but not by bowing. He made the mistake of both shaking hands and bowing at the same time, a big breach of etiquette. The truth was that he was supposed to choose one or the other. http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/presidential-bows-revisited/#more-53675
[FairfieldLife] Indulgence (was Re: Getting shafted-not w this recipie)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, m 13 meowthirteen@ wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMHN4_iAUfI food is love everybody unite for love to all even animals ...I can't eat mushrooms, so i just make the huumus and fry it.It makes a patty. You can make little pee wee patties and eat them on jasmine rice patties(make the rice,patr into shape, sizzle in your oil of your choosing Anybody want to share favorite seasonal foods that are must have's this time of year? Well - not at all seasonal - but just about my absolute favourite is something very, very simple: good bread and olive oil. Of course the ingredients must be the best. Last night we had some freshly baked Turkish bread with extra virgin Greek olive oil. Then a few trimmings help too - some dukka seasoning which I think is in large part sesame and cummin. And something that I hadn't tried before - Spanish Pedro Ximénez sherry (Apparently made by drying the grapes under the hot Spanish sun, concentrating the sweetness, which are then used to create a thick, black liquid with a strong taste of raisins and molasses that is fortified and aged in solera). Yep - that hit the spot! Bread with olive oil is yummy. I like to add ground pepper and a touch of balsamic vinegar to the olive oil. The one confection that always reminds me of Christmas is Russian Tea Cookies. I just have to be careful about accidentally inhaling particles of powdered sugar. It can really set off some vigorous coughing. http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes.aspx/russian-tea-cakes/3af8664b-6c3e-4022-b686-cd961521e59b
[FairfieldLife] Indulgence (was Re: Getting shafted-not w this recipie)
that sherry sounds good i can just see the sun putting its energy in those little guys Throw some rosemary in that olive oil warmed up m thanks for the vision i like to live vicariously thru other people s food adventures -M
[FairfieldLife] Tricky Dick Nixon bows to Mao Tse Tung - Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP_oOJiuvW4
[FairfieldLife] Indulgence (was Re: Getting shafted-not w this recipie)
O I make those every year! I put a cherry in the middle of each inside(surprise!) 2 dips in the sugar. My step mom used to make these every year and put them in the freezer till all the baking was done. We had a big chest freezer where she would put the rum balls,etc... I would go in there and pilfer those Russian tea cakes(confession;) My parents never said anything. So that is the code I give effort to live by with my children; give grace, don't say anything, just bake more in this season. ; P
[FairfieldLife] Re: Dollhouse -- Is Echo the most feminist character ever on TV or in movies?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: So, as a followup, I've named in this post a few of my favorite feminist characters in film and television. What are yours? Anyone out there got a favorite character from film or TV or literature whom they think tops Ripley from Aliens or Echo from Dollhouse? Or who you just like more, as an example of a strong woman? I've always found that one's likes and dislikes in one's favorite fictional characters says a great deal about one's own character. Silkwood Meryl Streep Fried Green Tomatoes Jessica Tandy, Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker A League of Their Own Geena Davis, Rosie O'Donnell and Madonna The Accused Kelly McGillis, Jodie Foster All the characters in these movies, based on the challenges faced by real women are far more compelling as role models for women than the fictional Echo who batted around like a pinball, will never find her mojo in real life.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Who says we can't pull out now?
So, does that make Barack Hussein Obama an Illinois miscreant? From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sat, December 12, 2009 9:55:37 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Who says we can't pull out now? Well Mike if you love blood and war so much why don't you volunteer to go fight in Afghanistan? Your moral standards are those of a Texas miscreant. Oh that's right, you are a Texas miscreant. :-D Mike Dixon wrote: What big government and big military are we at war with? If you meant us, big government is not defined by how big our military is, but by beauracracy, regulation and entitlement. So, you do want the Taliban restored in Afghanistan along with all that it intails. What oil and pipeline in Afghanistan? I believe there might have been a pipeline proposed at one time, but it was only *thru* Afghanistan, not *out of* Afghanistan. Yes, war can be a racket , people can profit from it, but so can Global warming or poverty be a racket. Bhairitu, your comparison of the *religious right* to the Taliban is laughable and shows how out of touch you are with reality. If you had to choose one to live under, American religious right or the Taliban, you would choose the Taliban? Just what is it about the *religious right* that you find so objectionable? Certainly you don't hate them more than the Taliban because of their stance on abortion, since the Taliban would be against it also. Maybe it's the setting of higher moral standards, like personal reponsability, that you may not feel comfortable with. _ _ __ From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal. net To: FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Fri, December 11, 2009 8:31:52 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Who says we can't pull out now? So Mike as a true conservative you like to spend your tax dollars in foreign countries with big military and big government? Aren't you a little confused? I thought conservatives were opposed to big government and over taxation? Yes, there are problems in Afghanistan but we're not there to solve them. We're there for the oil and it's pipeline. You gotta keep up. Our lard brained energy company types are licking their chops to get a hold on those resources. Likewise we weren't in Vietnam to decide their civil war either. We were there for THEIR resources. Don't you remember The Pentagon Papers? Remember, war is a racket. There'll be no Sharia Law in the US nor Taliban either. We have our own version of the Taliban called the religious right. But unlike the US other countries will not be sticking their nose into the second civil war that is about to erupt and last for decades in this country. Mike Dixon wrote: Right, only a couple million people died from *re-education* after we left Indo-China. If you really want the world to hate America, pull out after freeing a people from the Taliban and let the Taliban come back and take over...again. No education for women, very little for boys, total repression of human rights, executions before thousands in stadiums, burqas for all females, the list goes on. I notice criticism for American military but non for the Taliban or Al Qaeda. I guess you don't have a problem with them. I guess when the military industrial complex becomes cannon fodder, we can adopt Sharia law and enjoy Talibanism right here at home! _ _ __ From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal . net To: FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Thu, December 10, 2009 8:47:38 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Who says we can't pull out now? We did in Vietnam and look what's happened there. We're trading partners with them. If we pulled out of Iraq and Afghanistan right now I don't think much bad would happen at all. Yeah, it would take a few years for them to get things together. It would also take that amount of time after we left. Who are we to be playing god in foreign lands anyway?. It's their country not ours. And let's put away those psychopaths that run the military industrial complex. Or better yet if they want to play war, put them on the battle field. They'd make great cannon fodder.
[FairfieldLife] Indulgence (was Re: Getting shafted-not w this recipie)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: snip The one confection that always reminds me of Christmas is Russian Tea Cookies. I just have to be careful about accidentally inhaling particles of powdered sugar. It can really set off some vigorous coughing. http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes.aspx/russian-tea-cakes/3af8664b-6c3e-4022-b686-cd961521e59b Pfeffernusse! My favorite Christmas sweet treat too.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Dollhouse -- Is Echo the most feminist character ever on TV or in movies?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: So, as a followup, I've named in this post a few of my favorite feminist characters in film and television. What are yours? Anyone out there got a favorite character from film or TV or literature whom they think tops Ripley from Aliens or Echo from Dollhouse? Or who you just like more, as an example of a strong woman? Not gonna play My Feminist Character Is More Feminist Than Your Feminist Character, but here's my list of films with strong female characters, all feminists in different ways. Hard to say which are my favorites, but Thelma and Louise would be top contenders: Alice Doesn't Live Here Any More Color Purple Erin Brokovich Nine to Five The Piano Thelma and Louise An Unmarried Woman The Way We Were Terminator Funny Girl Broadcast News Gone With the Wind Coming Home Reds Out of Africa Star Wars Diary of a Mad Housewife First Wives' Club Silkwood Klute Bonnie and Clyde Private Benjamin The Accused Titanic Salt of the Earth Teeth
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shemp and Willy on Taxes.
Not my hegemony, Obama's hegemony. I don't run the war, he does. From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sat, December 12, 2009 1:08:08 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shemp and Willy on Taxes. WillyTex wrote: What should be the tax rate: Nowhere in the U.S. Constitution does it say anything about me havi8ng to pay a federal income tax. (we don't have an income tax here in Texas). So, I am opposed to payroll income taxes. So, if I had to pay a federal income tax, I'd prefer to pay a flat tax, but it should be very low, because the federal government should be very small. And of course not be running wars in the Middle East or anywhere else. Glad to see you opposing Dixon's hegemony.
[FairfieldLife] Leonard Cohen - The Future
From his 1992 album of the same name, The Future An interesting and perhaps accurately prophetic vision of today... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D97OxHZzBeQ
[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama's Big Sellout
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/31234647/obamas_big_sellout/print Obama's Big Sellout The president has packed his economic team with Wall Street insiders intent on turning the bailout into an all-out giveaway Maybe there's hope for Obama after all. You can never have enough billionaires or Wall Streeters running the country...and the president.
[FairfieldLife] Friendship - from the Rig Veda
Friendship He who abandons a friend who knows his duty of friendship, has no worth in what he speaks. What he hears is also false and he does not know the path of righteous action. ~ Rig Veda X.71.6
[FairfieldLife] Re: Tricky Dick Nixon bows to Mao Tse Tung - Video
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP_oOJiuvW4 horselaugh
[FairfieldLife] Re: Shemp and Willy on Taxes.
So, if I had to pay a federal income tax, I'd prefer to pay a flat tax, but it should be very low, because the federal government should be very small... Bhairitu wrote: And of course not be running wars in the Middle East or anywhere else... It's in the interest of the U.S, to have a large military budget for self-defense, so I'm not opposed to defense spending. A flat federal income tax would cover that. Maintaining a militia and army IS in the U.S. Constitution. And one of the smartest things the U.S. has done in years is to win the war in the Middle East and everywhere else. The small government I'm in favor of would not include large federal government spending on public welfare programs and federal agencies. Individual states would decide their own payroll and local sales tax. What I am in favor of, is improving the U.S. economy, so that everyone has a good job, paying good money. That way, people could support themselves or buy whatever they wanted to. And also help improve the global economy and bring up the standard of living everywhere. The above seems logical and reasonable to me: strong military for self-defense, small federal government; and a good economy. But the solutions you advocate seem dangerous and unrealistic: a defenseless, violent anarchic socialism, filled with poor people and world-wide famine, with enormous U.S. federal taxation to pay trillions of dollars in social welfare programs.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Dollhouse -- Is Echo the most feminist character ever on TV or in movies?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: So, as a followup, I've named in this post a few of my favorite feminist characters in film and television. What are yours? Too many to enumerate here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teIIa3wDeoU
[FairfieldLife] Re: More extreme emotionally charged venom
...this time from authors.nag, FFL's self-appointed nightmare mother-in-law, operator of the -Nitpicker Zone- death trap. Message # 236474 Judy wrote: Translation: The do.rkflex got nailed, and he has no comeback but feeble ad hominem. You waxed him real good, Judy. You can always tell when the dork (John Manning) gets nailed, by how loud he screams and how many names he calls you. Good job!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Dollhouse -- Is Echo the most feminist character ever on TV or in movies?
My three favourite strong women characters in movies aren't shoot-em-up types like Ripley (who I really love but just isn't in my fav's list): The mother in Fanny and Alexandre, whose strength and unconditional love for her children is reflected in her SPOILER ALERT murder of her husband and burning down his house, in order to protect Fanny and Alexander, her children. Marie Tifo, the mother in Les Bons Debarrat who is a force of nature and goes against all odds bringing up her daughter Manon in small town rural Quebec. Robin Wright Penn in The Playboys whose resolve as an unwed mother to go it alone in a small Irish village in the 1950s and reject the father of her child (the much older cop of the village, played by Albert Finney, who probably raped her) and suffer the consequences of the neighbours' taunts and jeers and the priest's disapproving eye. Ellen Page in Juno, in particular the scene in the Mall when she and her friend Leah bump into Jennifer Garner's character (who is to be the adopted mother of the child Juno is carrying) and Juno lets her touch her pregnant belly and listen and talk to the baby. The look on Juno's face as she peers down upon the amazed and appreciative Garner as she talks to the unborn baby is the crowning achievement of the movie and probably is what is responsible for her getting her Academy Award nomination. It was quite politically incorrect for Juno to even go to term with the baby and not have an abortion (see, the fetus has fingernails!) and that alone makes her a hero. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: So, as a followup, I've named in this post a few of my favorite feminist characters in film and television. What are yours? Anyone out there got a favorite character from film or TV or literature whom they think tops Ripley from Aliens or Echo from Dollhouse? Or who you just like more, as an example of a strong woman? I've always found that one's likes and dislikes in one's favorite fictional characters says a great deal about one's own character. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: For some time now I have been watching Joss Whedon's Dollhouse from the point of view of feminism. Based on his previous work, in which he created Buffy the ampire Slayer (one of the best feminist heroines ever) and in Firefly Zoe, Kaylee and above all Inara, I would suggest that Joss Whedon has created some of the strongest feminist characters that TV and movies have ever seen. And after watching the latest two episodes of Dollhouse, I would suggest that Echo is the strongest of them all. She just surpassed Ripley in Aliens to get my vote for the strongest feminist character ever put onscreen. The women is Joss Whedon's fiction all share common traits. First, they don't whine; when the going gets tough, they get going. Second, they own their own sexuality, and never allow any man or any other woman to put them down for expressing it in whatever way they want. Third, they don't take no shit from men, but never allow not taking any shit to turn them into shrews and harpies, or in fact mess up their day in any way. If a pissant tries to mess with them, they deal with the pissant as quickly and effectively as possible and then move on. And fourth and most important, all of Joss' women have the ability to love, and love deeply. It's the last characteristic that most defined Ripley in Aliens. Yeah, she could kick alien ass with the best of them, but it was the way she loved Newt that made her the memorable character she was. She was a woman in a man's world, never apologizing, making her way, becoming accepted as an equal to all of the men, but never allowing that to get in the way of being a woman, and a woman capable of love. That's Echo, to an even greater degree. If any fictional character in history had legitimate reason to whine, it's Echo. Men and other women have victimized her for several years now, pimping her out to the highest bidder, imprint- ing her with personalities not her own to serve as a plaything for others, or as an assassin when necessary, and doing everthing possible to control not only her life but her mind. And failing. Echo is still in control of her own mind. Imprint her as they might, she still knows who she is. Instruct her to do things and expect her to do them because she's been imprinted, and she does what *she* feels is best, not what she's told to do. Echo is completely unapologetic about her sexuality and the fact that she is on many assignments a sex worker. *She* knows that's not who she is, no more than the assignments in which she's a cold-blooded killer are who she is. And most important, *none* of what has been done to her has made her angry and bitter and afraid to
[FairfieldLife] Re: How much did this romance cost America?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: snip Have other presidents bowed to the Saudi King and Japanese Emperor? Richard Nixon actually BOWED TO THE DUDE WHO ORDERED THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR - Japanese Emperor Hirohito... Except that--oopsie!--Hirohito is also bowing to Nixon. Same with the pope and Ike--they're both bowing. Here's a good one - Tricky Dick bows to Mao tse Tung Not so good. It isn't at all clear from the photo that he's bowing to Mao. And in any case, neither Mao nor any of the other dignitaries in the do.rk's collection are *royalty*. More importantly, none of the pictured bows is anywhere near as deep as Obama's to the Saudi king and the Japanese emperor. do.rkflex FAIL. Again. ...and thinking about it, who the hell cares whether Nixon bowed to that mass-murderer and communist totalitarian dictator Mao? China is now more capitalistic than we've ever been and we're the greatest of friends and trading partners. So who in the end won and who lost? That fucker Mao lost and everyone else -- particularly the people of China -- won.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Dollhouse -- Is Echo the most feminist character ever on TV or in movies?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: [snip] A League of Their Own Geena Davis, Rosie O'Donnell and Madonna Geena Davis I can see. I can also see the actress who played her sister. And, in particular, the girl from the rural area, the really plain not-so-good-looking one who could wallop a home run, who was the strongest of them all put together for what she had to put up with in life. But Rosie O'Donnell? Madonna? They played 2 sheeple, wise-acre characters with virtually NO strength at all. I think you got their real-life personaes mixed up with their characters' personaes. The Accused Kelly McGillis, Jodie Foster All the characters in these movies, based on the challenges faced by real women are far more compelling as role models for women than the fictional Echo who batted around like a pinball, will never find her mojo in real life.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Dollhouse -- Is Echo the most feminist character ever on TV or in movies?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: So, as a followup, I've named in this post a few of my favorite feminist characters in film and television. What are yours? Too many to enumerate here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teIIa3wDeoU Boo hiss. Inferior remake of the original, starring Alastair Sim. Appallingly, there are no clips on YouTube, but here's a photo gallery: http://www.sttriniansworld.net/2009/09/belles-of-st-trinians-photo-gallery.html http://tinyurl.com/y9zu8yf
[FairfieldLife] Re: Karen Kelly Yantra website is finished!
Rick Archer wrote: My dear friend Karen Kelly is a master creator of very authentic Yantras... Yantras are derived from the Buddhist stupa, the earliest form of edifice architecture in India. The Patanjali Dome at Fairfield is a three-dimensional yantra based on the principles of Vastu - Maharishi Sthapatya Veda.
[FairfieldLife] The strongest feminist of them all
Flo, the Progressive Insurance cashier, played by Stephanie Courtney. I just saw her in a small independent film from 2003 called Melvin goes to dinner which I gave 5 stars to on Netflix. Courtney was the best thing in an equally excellent movie.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shemp and Willy on Taxes.
WillyTex wrote: So, if I had to pay a federal income tax, I'd prefer to pay a flat tax, but it should be very low, because the federal government should be very small... Bhairitu wrote: And of course not be running wars in the Middle East or anywhere else... It's in the interest of the U.S, to have a large military budget for self-defense, so I'm not opposed to defense spending. A flat federal income tax would cover that. Maintaining a militia and army IS in the U.S. Constitution. And one of the smartest things the U.S. has done in years is to win the war in the Middle East and everywhere else. The small government I'm in favor of would not include large federal government spending on public welfare programs and federal agencies. Individual states would decide their own payroll and local sales tax. What I am in favor of, is improving the U.S. economy, so that everyone has a good job, paying good money. That way, people could support themselves or buy whatever they wanted to. And also help improve the global economy and bring up the standard of living everywhere. The above seems logical and reasonable to me: strong military for self-defense, small federal government; and a good economy. But the solutions you advocate seem dangerous and unrealistic: a defenseless, violent anarchic socialism, filled with poor people and world-wide famine, with enormous U.S. federal taxation to pay trillions of dollars in social welfare programs. So you favor a military coupe running the country? The military is a part of the government, Willy. If you have a big military then you will wind up with a big government. You're very confused and a fitting tool for fascism.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More extreme emotionally charged venom
On Dec 12, 2009, at 1:41 PM, azgrey wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfiend jst...@... wrote: Nope. It's that Judy demonstrates her ability to enjoy life and have fun in ways that make Barry deeply uncomfortable. He doesn't like being exposed as shallow, dishonest, ignorant, misogynistic, and run by his anger. You can tell Judy is *really* losing it when she refers to herself in the third person. www.aaskolnick.com/junkyarddog/ Andrew once said to me 'having a conversation with Judy, is like shoveling water uphill.' Then he paused and added 'actually it's more like shoveling shit'. Actually I think he was right on both accounts: Talking to Judy is like shoveling really watery diarrhea uphill.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Who says we can't pull out now?
Certainly if keeps keeps up the Bush doctrine. Mike Dixon wrote: So, does that make Barack Hussein Obama an Illinois miscreant? From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sat, December 12, 2009 9:55:37 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Who says we can't pull out now? Well Mike if you love blood and war so much why don't you volunteer to go fight in Afghanistan? Your moral standards are those of a Texas miscreant. Oh that's right, you are a Texas miscreant. :-D Mike Dixon wrote: What big government and big military are we at war with? If you meant us, big government is not defined by how big our military is, but by beauracracy, regulation and entitlement. So, you do want the Taliban restored in Afghanistan along with all that it intails. What oil and pipeline in Afghanistan? I believe there might have been a pipeline proposed at one time, but it was only *thru* Afghanistan, not *out of* Afghanistan. Yes, war can be a racket , people can profit from it, but so can Global warming or poverty be a racket. Bhairitu, your comparison of the *religious right* to the Taliban is laughable and shows how out of touch you are with reality. If you had to choose one to live under, American religious right or the Taliban, you would choose the Taliban? Just what is it about the *religious right* that you find so objectionable? Certainly you don't hate them more than the Taliban because of their stance on abortion, since the Taliban would be against it also. Maybe it's the setting of higher moral standards, like personal reponsability, that you may not feel comfortable with. _ _ __ From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal. net To: FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Fri, December 11, 2009 8:31:52 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Who says we can't pull out now? So Mike as a true conservative you like to spend your tax dollars in foreign countries with big military and big government? Aren't you a little confused? I thought conservatives were opposed to big government and over taxation? Yes, there are problems in Afghanistan but we're not there to solve them. We're there for the oil and it's pipeline. You gotta keep up. Our lard brained energy company types are licking their chops to get a hold on those resources. Likewise we weren't in Vietnam to decide their civil war either. We were there for THEIR resources. Don't you remember The Pentagon Papers? Remember, war is a racket. There'll be no Sharia Law in the US nor Taliban either. We have our own version of the Taliban called the religious right. But unlike the US other countries will not be sticking their nose into the second civil war that is about to erupt and last for decades in this country. Mike Dixon wrote: Right, only a couple million people died from *re-education* after we left Indo-China. If you really want the world to hate America, pull out after freeing a people from the Taliban and let the Taliban come back and take over...again. No education for women, very little for boys, total repression of human rights, executions before thousands in stadiums, burqas for all females, the list goes on. I notice criticism for American military but non for the Taliban or Al Qaeda. I guess you don't have a problem with them. I guess when the military industrial complex becomes cannon fodder, we can adopt Sharia law and enjoy Talibanism right here at home! _ _ __ From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal . net To: FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Thu, December 10, 2009 8:47:38 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Who says we can't pull out now? We did in Vietnam and look what's happened there. We're trading partners with them. If we pulled out of Iraq and Afghanistan right now I don't think much bad would happen at all. Yeah, it would take a few years for them to get things together. It would also take that amount of time after we left. Who are we to be playing god in foreign lands anyway?. It's their country not ours. And let's put away those psychopaths that run the military industrial complex. Or better yet if they want to play war, put them on the battle field. They'd make great cannon fodder.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Obama's Big Sellout
ShempMcGurk wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/31234647/obamas_big_sellout/print Obama's Big Sellout The president has packed his economic team with Wall Street insiders intent on turning the bailout into an all-out giveaway Maybe there's hope for Obama after all. You can never have enough billionaires or Wall Streeters running the country...and the president. Why? What good are a bunch of greedy pigs? Do you worship money?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Dollhouse -- Is Echo the most feminist character ever on TV or in movies?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: So, as a followup, I've named in this post a few of my favorite feminist characters in film and television. What are yours? Too many to enumerate here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teIIa3wDeoU Boo hiss. Inferior remake of the original, starring Alastair Sim. Appallingly, there are no clips on YouTube, but here's a photo gallery: http://www.sttriniansworld.net/2009/09/belles-of-st- trinians-photo-gallery.html http://tinyurl.com/y9zu8yf You sound like my Mrs. - she loves Alastair Sim. Each Christmas I am obliged to sit through his Scrooge. No other version will do. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Sr2ow_ZH9wfeature=relat ed Then each year, worried that it's message may be a little close to home, I cast around for a charity to make a Christmas contribution. I have to admit though I am a bit cynical about many of today's big business charities (very Scrooge-like). I wonder what FFLers think ARE particularly good and worthwhile causes? Preferably international? This one - Tzu Chi Foundation - seems rather good, although one hopes it is not pushing religion: It is the largest organisation which embodies socially-engaged Buddhism. Several broadly similar organisations have emerged in Taiwan in recent years. They call for Buddhists to actively engage in improving society rather than just seeking personal, religious enlightenment. It does this with next-to-no paid staff but with the help of around 100,000 full and part-time volunteers. Even the 170 female monks at the Tzu Chi monastery are expected to support themselves. They make crackers and other foodstuffs which are sold around the country. This means the Foundation, and monastery, have minimal overheads, which is one reason they attract support from so many Taiwanese business people. Tzu Chi volunteers work all over the world from providing free medical care to illegal immigrants in the US, distributing emergency supplies in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, to work in Afghanistan, Myanmar and mainland China. Its, and Taiwan's, unique international position mean it is often allowed into places where traditional Western NGOs would not be welcomed. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/30/tzu_chi_foundati on/ http://www.tzuchi.org/
[FairfieldLife] This stuff is really getting rediculous! It's a joke!
Climate Change Issues [Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams preaches during an ecumenical ...] [AP] http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ap/brand/photos//SIG=10qgqrhua/*http:/\ /www.apimages.com/ Sun Dec 13, 10:57 AM ET Prev 9 of 691 Next http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Climate-Change-Issues-global-warming/ss/e\ vents/sc/120203climateissues/im:/091213/photos_wl_afp/d8536fd6865bf38084\ 9161e08fd990dc/;_ylt=AlmbQ6M_xoqDJ3O4UqOFcvYZO7gF Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams preaches during an ecumenical celebration in the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009. Shortly after the service Denmark's churches rang their bells 350 times which was the central act of a worldwide international bell ringing initiative. The bell ringing symbolizes the 350 parts per million that mark the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere according to scientists. State leaders from around the world are expected to attend the UN Climate Change Conference that is currently underway in Denmark. (AP Photo/Heribert Proepper)
Re: [FairfieldLife] Dollhouse -- A Love Supreme
After mentioning A Love Supreme there was another song reference too but I can't remember what it was . It was as if they were going go on a riff of song titles. Then there was the line saying I feel like an old person at Blockbuster which was subtle and funny. I actually backed up to see if I heard it right. And there was a bit of a flaw between the opening scene and the next. There was probably some footage that got cut for time reasons to explain the transition. I was watching Public Enemy last night and noticed that the orchestra theme was also based on a fragment of a jazz piece. Don't know if intentionally or not. Not enough notes for infringement though. As far as your other thread on Dollhouse goes it has to do with Whedon pitching a teen network back in the 1990s which would have had more female viewers than male. Thus the success formula would have been think Nancy Drew. In Hollywood it's all about figuring out something to pitch the goofballs that run the networks to earn your rice bowl in your plied trade. In Silicon Valley it's about coming up with an idea for product that vulture capitalists will throw their money at long enough to provide a rice bowl when you're over the hill and none of SV companies will hire you. Then when it flops come up with another idea to pitch. If it wins, all the better. Most don't. BTW, I think the writers would have quite a laugh at your characterizing Dollhouse as novel when they think of it as a task to earn a paycheck. Reminds me of the Twin Peaks forum on Genie back in the early 1990s when people were comparing David Lynch to Shakespeare. TurquoiseB wrote: In season one of Dollhouse, Joss Whedon (creator of the series) wrote only two of the episodes -- #1 - Ghost, and #6 - Man on the Street. True-blue fans (of which I am one) tend to think that they were the two best of that season. In season two, Joss wrote episode #1 - Vows, but has remained absent as a writer until now. So along comes episode #8 - A Love Supreme. If you know the works of John Coltrane, everything you need to know is in the title. A Love Supreme was Coltrane's masterwork. I suspect that Dollhouse -- short-lived as it may be -- will be regarded in the future as somewhat of a similar masterwork. Jazz is improvisation. You start with a theme, a concept, and then -- if you have the balls -- you take the theme and go all Nike on its ass and Go For It. Coltrane did that with his A Love Supreme. Joss did that with his. It's not just that every note of the basic theme leads up to but could never predict the eventual epiphanal moments when the piece took flight and became something else, something transcendent to the theme. It's that every note of the first few bars in which the theme was established were *essential* to the piece taking flight. What came before didn't just precede what followed; what came before *enabled* what followed, and allowed it to happen. A Love Supreme is not a one-hour segment in a 26-hour television series. It is chapter twenty-one in a twenty-six- chapter novel. Sometimes when I watch Dollhouse I feel like a reader following the works of Dashiell Hammett, or Erle Stanley Gardner, or Raymond Chandler, or, for that matter, Charles Dickens, in the first publication of their latest novel. All of these writers' novels were *serialized* in cheap pulp fiction magazines. Readers bought them for pennies and rarely realized that they were reading great literature. And what could be cheaper and more pulp fiction than broadcast television, on the FOX network, no less? And yet. Dollhouse is great literature. Besides, it's funny. I don't think I'm ever going to stop laughing at Echo saying to Alpha, He's ten times the man you are...and you're like...40 guys. :-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: More extreme emotionally charged venom
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Dec 12, 2009, at 1:41 PM, azgrey wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfiend jstein@ wrote: Nope. It's that Judy demonstrates her ability to enjoy life and have fun in ways that make Barry deeply uncomfortable. He doesn't like being exposed as shallow, dishonest, ignorant, misogynistic, and run by his anger. You can tell Judy is *really* losing it when she refers to herself in the third person. www.aaskolnick.com/junkyarddog/ Andrew once said to me 'having a conversation with Judy, is like shoveling water uphill.' Then he paused and added 'actually it's more like shoveling shit'. Actually I think he was right on both accounts: Talking to Judy is like shoveling really watery diarrhea uphill. I think she would take exception to that comment!
[FairfieldLife] The cry of Mother Nature, MMY.
MMY used this term in the '60's to describe the hippies, today I suspect he would use it to describe the Episcopalian Church: Episcopal Church Elects Second Gay Bishop Los Angeles Diocese Chooses Lesbian Day After Selecting Area's First Female Bishop; Vote can be Vetoed * [244] * L.A. Elects First Female Episcopal Bishop http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/04/national/main5896533.shtml?so\ urce=related_story * Pope Opens Door Wide to Angry Anglicans http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/20/world/main5400240.shtml?sourc\ e=related_story (AP) The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles elected a lesbian as assistant bishop Saturday, the second openly gay bishop in the global Anglican fellowship, which is already deeply fractured over the first. The Rev. Mary Glasspool of Baltimore needs approval from a majority of dioceses across the church before she can be consecrated as assistant bishop in the Los Angeles diocese http://www.ladiocese.org/ . Still, her victory underscored a continued Episcopal commitment to accepting same-sex relationships despite enormous pressure from other Anglicans to change their stand.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Obama's Big Sellout
Vaj wrote: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/31234647/obamas_big_sellout/print Obama's Big Sellout The president has packed his economic team with Wall Street insiders intent on turning the bailout into an all-out giveaway MATT TAIBBI Posted Dec 09, 2009 2:35 PM Watch Matt Taibbi discuss The Big Sellout in a video on his blog, Taibblog. Barack Obama ran for president as a man of the people, standing up to Wall Street as the global economy melted down in that fateful fall of 2008. He pushed a tax plan to soak the rich, ripped NAFTA for hurting the middle class and tore into John McCain for supporting a bankruptcy bill that sided with wealthy bankers at the expense of hardworking Americans. Obama may not have run to the left of Samuel Gompers or Cesar Chavez, but it's not like you saw him on the campaign trail flanked by bankers from Citigroup and Goldman Sachs. What inspired supporters who pushed him to his historic win was the sense that a genuine outsider was finally breaking into an exclusive club, that walls were being torn down, that things were, for lack of a better or more specific term, changing. Then he got elected. (...) The country could have elected Hillary or even Sarah Palin and the same thing would have happened. Whoever is behind the curtain has a stranglehold on the Presidency and if you don't do as they say something unfortunate will happen. Wouldn't you just love to know what is in that first briefing? I would. I wonder if it can be remote viewed? ;-) The best thing we can do is turn as many Americans as we can into non-conformists.
[FairfieldLife] Buddha Boy
Rare clear view of Nepal Buddha Boy with interviews http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQoxWQLSnCg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQoxWQLSnCgfeature=related feature=related BUDDHA BOY 1 - Nepal 2008 - Guruji Tapaswi Palden Dorje with really nice chant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA-MWhdHBwg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA-MWhdHBwgfeature=related feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX7s9reTmQ0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX7s9reTmQ0feature=related feature=related Speech of 'Buddha Boy' in Nepali http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg0l9hO7qWM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg0l9hO7qWMannotation_id=annotation_612881; feature=iv annotation_id=annotation_612881feature=iv 'Buddha Boy' Sitting in Fire - January 18, 2006 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjbiPDh4G_o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjbiPDh4G_ofeature=related feature=related Buddha Boy Uncovered: Secret Techniques http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVoLvLXRILg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVoLvLXRILgfeature=related feature=related documentary on Ram Bahadur Bamjan, parts 1 - 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v29clGMWU84 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v29clGMWU84feature=related feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndg_6eajjNM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndg_6eajjNMfeature=related feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGMwa4yZLL4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGMwa4yZLL4feature=related feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzNAZE2gaBY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzNAZE2gaBYfeature=related feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSKBYaVlYKU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSKBYaVlYKUfeature=related feature=related
[FairfieldLife] Re: Dollhouse -- A Love Supreme
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: BTW, I think the writers would have quite a laugh at your characterizing Dollhouse as novel when they think of it as a task to earn a paycheck. You've obviously never read -- or never under- stood -- the interviews that this particular group of writers have given. The novel aspect is definitely there, provided by Joss, who defines the basic plot points for them and then reviews each script to see whether it fits into his overall vision and reworks each one if it doesn't. Besides, not all writers have as shitty a work ethic as you seem to. All writers and playwrights in history have worked within a capitalistic system that didn't appreciate them and that was in it only for a buck. Some created art anyway. Them we remember. The ones who were only in it for a paycheck no one remembers the names of. I wax rhapsodic about Joss Whedon sometimes because it amuses me to do so. I admire his ability to work within a system that is almost designed to produce shit and instead produce the occasional diamond. Those who settle for a paycheck and produce the shit that is expected of them and then blame it on the system aren't worth writing about.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dollhouse -- A Love Supreme
TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: BTW, I think the writers would have quite a laugh at your characterizing Dollhouse as novel when they think of it as a task to earn a paycheck. You've obviously never read -- or never under- stood -- the interviews that this particular group of writers have given. The novel aspect is definitely there, provided by Joss, who defines the basic plot points for them and then reviews each script to see whether it fits into his overall vision and reworks each one if it doesn't. Besides, not all writers have as shitty a work ethic as you seem to. All writers and playwrights in history have worked within a capitalistic system that didn't appreciate them and that was in it only for a buck. Some created art anyway. Them we remember. The ones who were only in it for a paycheck no one remembers the names of. I wax rhapsodic about Joss Whedon sometimes because it amuses me to do so. I admire his ability to work within a system that is almost designed to produce shit and instead produce the occasional diamond. Those who settle for a paycheck and produce the shit that is expected of them and then blame it on the system aren't worth writing about. Turq, you're a shameless Dollhouse fanboy. Your even more of one than the few I read over on the AV Forum. You're beginning to sound like Lawson did on Babylon 5. :-D To be good in the entertainment industry you learn how to give interviews. If you can't then the PR department will speak for you. Sometimes PR does that for legal reasons. What that means is how your really work or feel doesn't matter, it's what they want t the reader to hear. If you have an interesting approach to work then candid is okay. It's a game (and one that Whedon and crew know well). One can go for the paycheck and still do good work. Otherwise a lot of writers would prefer to remain obscure and write great literature. Those often wind up with gig teaching literature at colleges.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Dollhouse -- Is Echo the most feminist character ever on TV or in movies?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: snip my favorite feminist characters in film and television. What are yours? Too many to enumerate here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teIIa3wDeoU Boo hiss. Inferior remake of the original, starring Alastair Sim. Appallingly, there are no clips on YouTube, but here's a photo gallery: http://www.sttriniansworld.net/2009/09/belles-of-st- trinians-photo-gallery.html http://tinyurl.com/y9zu8yf You sound like my Mrs. - she loves Alastair Sim. Each Christmas I am obliged to sit through his Scrooge. No other version will do. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Sr2ow_ZH9wfeature=relat ed Ahhh, that's the 1935 version, not the 1951 Sim version. Here's a clip of the Sim version, beginning with his awakening Christmas Day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8gOU8XJc7Yfeature=related I just watched it and went through two Kleenexes. Wipes me out every time. My very most favorite moment is when he arrives at his nephew's house and has that brief, wordless exchange with the little servant girl after she's taken his hat and coat, when he hesitates at the door to the parlor where the Chrismas party is going on. Everything is written on their faces. She knows who he is and why he's hesitating. He turns his head to her and raises his eyebrows--Do I dare go in? And she gives him a warm little smile and a nod. Maybe the ultimate example of understated, absolutely perfect British acting and directing. And then the earlier part of this clip, right after he's awakened and tremulously answers the knock on the door, expecting another ghost--and it's Mrs. Dilber, his charwoman (the brilliant Kathleen Harrison), bringing his breakfast, and he realizes it's Christmas, that he still has a chance at redemption. We talk here about blissfulness; I don't think there's ever been a more moving and contagious portrayal of it on screen. Then each year, worried that it's message may be a little close to home, I cast around for a charity to make a Christmas contribution. I have to admit though I am a bit cynical about many of today's big business charities (very Scrooge-like). I wonder what FFLers think ARE particularly good and worthwhile causes? Preferably international? I have two domestic causes, Feeding America and The Innocence Project. And one international one, Kiva, which does microloans to small businesses in developing countries. http://feedingamerica.org http://innocenceproject.org http://www.kiva.org This one - Tzu Chi Foundation - seems rather good, although one hopes it is not pushing religion: It is the largest organisation which embodies socially-engaged Buddhism. Several broadly similar organisations have emerged in Taiwan in recent years. They call for Buddhists to actively engage in improving society rather than just seeking personal, religious enlightenment. It does this with next-to-no paid staff but with the help of around 100,000 full and part-time volunteers. Even the 170 female monks at the Tzu Chi monastery are expected to support themselves. They make crackers and other foodstuffs which are sold around the country. This means the Foundation, and monastery, have minimal overheads, which is one reason they attract support from so many Taiwanese business people. Tzu Chi volunteers work all over the world from providing free medical care to illegal immigrants in the US, distributing emergency supplies in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, to work in Afghanistan, Myanmar and mainland China. Its, and Taiwan's, unique international position mean it is often allowed into places where traditional Western NGOs would not be welcomed. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/30/tzu_chi_foundati on/ http://www.tzuchi.org/
[FairfieldLife] Berlusconi gets his due
I'm surprised that Italians haven't done to this fascist what they did to Mussolini. Or maybe they still will http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8410946.stm
[FairfieldLife] Taibbi vs. Obama By Kevin Drum
Generally speaking, Taibbi gets his facts right and he gets the big picture right: Obama's team is nearly as dedicated to the economic status quo as Republicans are. Ditto for many though not all Democrats in Congress. Matt Taibbi's long polemic about Barack Obama's economic team http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/31234647/obamas_big_sellout/\ print in the current issue of Rolling Stone has attracted its share of both support and derision in the blogosphere over the past couple of days. Big surprise, eh? Digby rounds up some of the reaction here. http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/stop-making-sense-by-digby-there\ s-lot.html Well, after reading the piece this afternoon you can basically count me among the supporters. Is it over the top? Of course it is. Are there some matters of interpretation that I think Taibbi gets a bit wrong? Sure. For example: the conceit of the piece is that Obama chose to build his economic team around people who were acolytes of [image image-_original] Bob Rubin, and this strikes me as misguided. Basically, Obama chose to build his economic team around mainstream Democratic economists with previous government experience, and virtually all of these guys have ties to each other and therefore to Rubin. That's every bit as bad maybe worse, in fact but it changes the problem from one of personal influence to one of systemic influence. There's a real difference there. What else? Taibbi spends a lot of time on Rubin pal Michael Froman, who led Obama's search for an economic team during the transition, and this leads him to say that Tim Geithner was hired to head the U.S. Treasury by Froman. But that's kind of silly. At the cabinet level, Obama didn't need Froman's advice. He chose Geithner all on his own. Taibbi also commits one of my pet peeves, suggesting that the bailout may eventually cost taxpayers $23 trillion. That's ridiculous. He also fails to emphasize enough that virtually all of the bailout money was directed by the Fed and virtually all of it predates Obama's presidency. But look: this is all just nitpicky bullshit. Taibbi's piece is basically about how the finance industry owns Congress and the Obama administration, and that's basically true. In fact, I have a piece coming out in a week or so in the print magazine that makes pretty much the same point. My approach is different, and my language is all PG-rated, but my conclusions are pretty much the same. The finance industry, through both standard lobbying and what Simon Johnson calls intellectual capture, has, over the decades since Reagan was elected, convinced nearly everyone that what's good for Wall Street is good for America, and that what's bad for Wall Street would be catastrophic for America. Everything else follows from that. So, sure, I think Taibbi overstates Rubin's influence and thereby understates the real systemic problem here, but hey it's his article, not mine. Generally speaking, he gets his facts right and he gets the big picture right: Obama's team is nearly as dedicated to the economic status quo as Republicans are. Ditto for many though not all Democrats in Congress. It's worth reading. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/31234647/obamas_big_sellout/\ print POSTSCRIPT: One more thing. Here's the final paragraph of Taibbi's piece: What's most troubling is that we don't know if Obama has changed, or if the influence of Wall Street is simply a fundamental and ineradicable element of our electoral system. What we do know is that Barack Obama pulled a bait-and-switch on us. If it were any other politician, we wouldn't be surprised. Maybe it's our fault, for thinking he was different. I don't think Obama has changed, or that he pulled a bait-and-switch. In fact, I'd say his moderate, mainstream centrist approach to the economy was pretty clear during the campaign. I vote instead for the influence of Wall Street being a fundamental and ineradicable element of our electoral system. http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2009/12/taibbi-vs-obama-0
[FairfieldLife] Re: Dollhouse -- Is Echo the most feminist character ever on TV or in movies?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: snip my favorite feminist characters in film and television. What are yours? Too many to enumerate here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teIIa3wDeoU Boo hiss. Inferior remake of the original, starring Alastair Sim. Appallingly, there are no clips on YouTube, but here's a photo gallery: http://www.sttriniansworld.net/2009/09/belles-of-st- trinians-photo-gallery.html http://tinyurl.com/y9zu8yf You sound like my Mrs. - she loves Alastair Sim. Each Christmas I am obliged to sit through his Scrooge. No other version will do. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Sr2ow_ZH9wfeature=relat ed Ahhh, that's the 1935 version, not the 1951 Sim version. Here's a clip of the Sim version, beginning with his awakening Christmas Day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8gOU8XJc7Yfeature=related Ah yes! That's right. My other half also insists that we never, ever watch the colourised version. An Alastair Sim purist you see. (In similar vein she loves Terry Thomas and especially the original School For Scoundrels). I just watched it and went through two Kleenexes. Wipes me out every time. ;-) I have two domestic causes, Feeding America and The Innocence Project. And one international one, Kiva, which does microloans to small businesses in developing countries. http://feedingamerica.org http://innocenceproject.org http://www.kiva.org Many thanks - I'll take a look.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Dollhouse -- Is Echo the most feminist character ever on TV or in movies?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: snip my favorite feminist characters in film and television. What are yours? Too many to enumerate here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teIIa3wDeoU Boo hiss. Inferior remake of the original, starring Alastair Sim. Appallingly, there are no clips on YouTube, but here's a photo gallery: http://www.sttriniansworld.net/2009/09/belles-of-st- trinians-photo-gallery.html http://tinyurl.com/y9zu8yf You sound like my Mrs. - she loves Alastair Sim. Each Christmas I am obliged to sit through his Scrooge. No other version will do. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Sr2ow_ZH9wfeature=relat ed Ahhh, that's the 1935 version, not the 1951 Sim version. Here's a clip of the Sim version, beginning with his awakening Christmas Day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8gOU8XJc7Yfeature=related Ah yes! That's right. My other half also insists that we never, ever watch the colourised version. An Alastair Sim purist you see. Colorisation is but one of many changes that are routinely done to a movie when going from movie screen format to TV format. The other big one is screen ratio (sorry, I forget the technical term); that is, the ratio of length to width. Another is editing to fit it into TV schedules. Another is censoring. Etc. So if your other half is a purist and that purism is for all movies, there would be very few she would be able to see on TV. I look at colorisation as a paen to property rights. When the colorisation concept first became popular in the mid '80s, people like Martin Scorcese and Woody Allen went before Congress asking for laws that would prevent colorisation of movies. I myself found their request rather demeaning to the whole concept of freedom of expression. First of all, there was and still isn't a technology to colorise films, only a technology to colorise VIDEOS of films (or, now, digital versions of movies). So the original version of a movie was, by definition, left intact. Secondly, directors don't usually own their films (that is, the rights) because in exchange for getting the money to make the piece of art in the first place they gave away their right. So it belongs to someone else who can bloody well do what they please with it. And if a multi-billion dollar corporation wants to colorise a video or digital version of a film (which of course leaves the original film 100% intact) who is the director to say that they can't do it? Is Ted Turner LESS of an artist than Scorcese when he pushes a button to colorize Raging Bull? It may be shitty art, it may be art for the sake of money, it may be bastardizing one of the greatest films every made in America...but it is art nevertheless. And you or I or anyone else hasn't the right to say that, oh, because this artists is better or that artist has purer motives that we can pass a law to protect this or that one's sensibilities. If a director doesn't want his film played with or manipulated in any way, he shouldn't sign his rights away in the first place. This has never been more true than it is today in this age of youtube, the internet, and digital movie-making when anyone with very little money can make any film they want. So the complaint that the studio is interfering now rings hollow. The constitutionally protected right to free expression doesn't include the right to have people pay to look or read or hear your art. Free speech doesn't guarantee you an audience for your speech. For that part of it, you're on your own. (In similar vein she loves Terry Thomas and especially the original School For Scoundrels). I just watched it and went through two Kleenexes. Wipes me out every time. ;-) I have two domestic causes, Feeding America and The Innocence Project. And one international one, Kiva, which does microloans to small businesses in developing countries. http://feedingamerica.org http://innocenceproject.org http://www.kiva.org Many thanks - I'll take a look.
[FairfieldLife] Buddha boy spoke out against recent animal sacrifice at Gadhi Mai
Palden Dorje planned to give blessings on 1823 November 2009 at the site of the Gadhi Mai Mela, a Nepalese religious festival where hundreds of thousands of animals are sacrificed, something he has strongly condemned. However, for security reasons priests were unwilling to alot a space for him. On 30 October 2009 he spoke out in public against the approaching Ghadi Mai killings. Speech with English subtitles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG54_bRp2CY
[FairfieldLife] Re: 1957
1958 Maharishi's Year of Spiritual Regeneration Movement. Inspired to raise the quality of life in the world through the practice of Transcendental Meditation, Maharishi inaugurates the Spiritual Regeneration Movement to spiritually regenerate mankind. 1957 Maharishi's Year of Transcendental Meditation Maharishi evolves a simple, natural practice for the mind to come to a balanced state, and thereby gain the ability to spontaneously function in accord with all the laws of nature. This was the year of revival of Yog, philosophy and practice; this was the year of revival of Vedic wisdom for perfection in life.
[FairfieldLife] Re: TMO pulling out of FF?
The Guyfawkes' Critique: the plane was kept in the air by credulous wealthy donors. Now the machinery meets the geology and we have what's known as Controlled Flight into Terrain. That's aviation terminology for flying a perfectly serviceable aircraft into the side of a mountain due to pilot error. In this case, the underlying idea is perfectly good, and there's a viable business teaching a good mediation technique to the general public. But there's not a viable business in sucking money from wealthy donors so that a bunch of nut jobs in crowns who think they rule the world can spend it on vanity projects. The danger is that the good part of the business will go down the toilet with the bad parts.
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[FairfieldLife] Are you easily disgusted?
Are you easily disgusted? A surprising look at how your political views might be affected BY VI-AN NGUYEN IMAGINE TAKING A SIP from your drink, only to realize that it belongs to a stranger. Grossed out? If so, then you may be a con-servative thinker. High disgust sensitivity, or a tendency to react strongly to things you think are gross, can predict political conservatism, researchers say. Less turned off? That could indicate more liberal views. Two recent studies link disgust sensitivity with conservative atti-tudes on gay marriage and abor-tion. In one, 181 participants were tested for how they'd react to un-pleasant situations, such as find-ing an unflushed toilet in a public restroom. Then they were asked about their political leanings. Researchers found a correlation An emotional reaction to impurity might inform conservative values. between being easily disgusted and politically conservative. The more sensitive to disgust you are, the more you might re-act intuitively negative to sexual or other bodily behaviors that might be seen as unusual or im-moral, says Noel Inbar of Har-vard University's John F. Ken-nedy School of Government. Because disgust is a reaction to perceived impurity, he says, it might inform conservative values such as opposing homosexuality, gay marriage and abortion. USA WEEKEND -Dec. 11-13,2009 27
[FairfieldLife] WARNING - TM mantra information!
I feel that at this time, some important information on the TM mantras should be revealed online; subject to the required WARNING sign recommended by that anonymous TMO a-hole. However, the mantra information will be released at a later date. ... In lieu of such information, I will present some Klingon mantras: ... 1. OM GhaytanHa Namah 2. OM Sri Ghang Namah 3. OM Sri nItebHa Namah ... As you can see, such biju mantras for silent meditation are preceded always with the OM, unlike the TM mantras. It's also known that the Klingons are heavily into Cthulhu Deity worship and prefer to chant long mantras such as: Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn. ...which in the Cthulhu language (according to Wiki), means In is house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming. ... There's also an ongoing controvery on the Klingon home planet as to whether the biju mantras have an actual meaning in terms of devotion to the Deities; or, are they meaningless sounds? You decide.
[FairfieldLife] physicist John Stuart Bell visits The Maharishi
From Wiki on Bell: Bell died unexpectedly of a cerebral hemorrhage in Belfast in 1990. His contribution to the issues raised by EPR was significant. Some regard him as having demonstrated the failure of local realism (local hidden variabl es). Bell's own interpretation is that locality itself met its demise. ... what this implies is that QM can't be accounted for by some hidden variables such as (In Bohm's theory - FTL or Faster-Than-Light signals). However, Bohm's theory has not been disproven. At this time there's no evidence for non-trivial FTL signals. Bell visited The Maharishi in Rishikesh in 1979. He's quoted by Jeremy Bernstein in Quantum Leaps, page 34: ... They asked the Maharishi for his views. I was shocked to learn that the Maharishi claimed he could make rain. First you see the blue sky and a little cloud, then you relax. The cloud grows and there is rain. Unfortunately this was not something you could order, especially with a skeptical audience. AT that time, he had a class whom he was trying to teach to levitate above the ground. He was interested in all the queer aspects of Quantum Mechanics which he thought had some connection to Eastern Mysticism. I did not have a chance to converse with him . For me, he was just a figure on the throne making pronouncements. But I liked the Maharishi setup .The meals were good It was vegetarian. ...to be continued...
[FairfieldLife] Re: Are you easily disgusted?
This is an interesting study, and one I've been waiting for. For some time I have noticed the tendency in several groups to pitch their political and moralistic screeds *TO* the potential disgust factor in their perceived audience. It is, after all, the whole basis for the language used by the anti-gay movement and (interestingly) the radical feminist movement. The appeal is not only emotional, but what I call the co-option of emotion. The people who are using this technique of polemic *live* to find the most disgusting, emotionally-manipulative stories they can find and repeat them as memes, because they are hoping to infect the people they're speaking to *with* disgust, and the natural emotional reaction to disgust. I think it's a sad and lazy technique. The people who use it have realized that they do not have the ability to inspire, and to steer their audiences' perceptions towards something higher. So they settle for trying to un-inspire and steer their perceptions towards that which disgusts. Remember this technique not only the next time some- one posts a disgusting story about gays designed to appeal to *your* disgust factor and provoke an emotional reaction in you, but also the next time someone posts an equally disgusting story of rape or sexual exploitation of women, with *exactly* the same intent. The person posting the story isn't really disgusted, and in most cases they don't even feel the emotion themselves. They're just using the most emotionally-loaded story they can find to co-opt Someone Else's Emotion and pass it off as their own. And they're doing this to appeal to the conservative in you. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: Are you easily disgusted? A surprising look at how your political views might be affected BY VI-AN NGUYEN IMAGINE TAKING A SIP from your drink, only to realize that it belongs to a stranger. Grossed out? If so, then you may be a con-servative thinker. High disgust sensitivity, or a tendency to react strongly to things you think are gross, can predict political conservatism, researchers say. Less turned off? That could indicate more liberal views. Two recent studies link disgust sensitivity with conservative atti-tudes on gay marriage and abor-tion. In one, 181 participants were tested for how they'd react to un-pleasant situations, such as find-ing an unflushed toilet in a public restroom. Then they were asked about their political leanings. Researchers found a correlation An emotional reaction to impurity might inform conservative values. between being easily disgusted and politically conservative. The more sensitive to disgust you are, the more you might re-act intuitively negative to sexual or other bodily behaviors that might be seen as unusual or im-moral, says Noel Inbar of Har-vard University's John F. Ken-nedy School of Government. Because disgust is a reaction to perceived impurity, he says, it might inform conservative values such as opposing homosexuality, gay marriage and abortion. USA WEEKEND -Dec. 11-13,2009 27
