[FairfieldLife] Re: To Barry re Dexter
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: I presume you finished watching it. What did you think of the ending? Sets up whole new possibilities for the future.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Just Been Thinking
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sun...@... wrote: Thanks for the recommendation. Now I know what do to with the Barnse and Noble credit I have. It's a good book. It's a pity The Sparrow was never made into a movie, because Antonio Banderas was signed on to play the priest, and he would have been perfect for the part. As for me mis- typing the name a couple of times, here's a video comment on that, and the feeble-minded pussy who felt the need to comment on it as part of her ongoing a day is not really a day unless I get to lash out at Barry campaign. :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--FyndryTFofeature=player_embedded --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sundur@ wrote: Seeing Avatar, and reading a lot recently of reports of possible liquid water on other planets, had me thinking that if intelligent life is found, then Christian missionaries would feel compelled to immediately go and try to convert the inhabitants. I am not poking fun at them. But, I figure that a world view that holds that Jesus is the Lord of the Unverse, does'nt really allow for any renegade provinces that may not have heard the good news. I think discovered life on another planet, (if it happens) is going to be a tough one here. If you like thinking about such things, Steve, I highly recommend a pair of novels by Mary Doria Russell. The first is called The Swallow and the sequel (necessary to get over the impact of the original) is called Children Of God. Both are brilliant. In The Swallow, Jesuit priests working at the deep radio dish in Areceibo are on hand when the first radio communication arrives that definitely, no question about it, is from another species that does not live on Earth. They live on a planet that is actually reachable. So while the governments of the Earth are arguing about who is going to go there and who is going to pay for it and get the credit for it, the Jesuits (phenomenally wealthy) do what they've always done and mount their own expedition. Part scientists, part priests, they go to this planet with the best of intentions. And it turns out really, really, really badly. Heartbreakingly badly, shattering the life of the priest at the heart of it all. It really takes the followup novel Children Of God to resolve things and make things somehow all right again. The Sparrow was Russell's first novel. It won the Arthur C. Clarke Award, James Tiptree, Jr. Award, Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis and the British Science Fiction Association Award. But please don't think that these science fiction credentials make it lightweight on in any way a genre novel. Mary Doria Russell's favorite author is the same as mine, Dorothy Dunnett. That's a pretty awesome role model to feel that you have to live up to in your own writing. She does.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Sad News for Shemp
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: And now for a prediction. The article says she died of a heart attack. Well, if you recall, that's the same thing that happened to Karen Carpenter, the singer, who died at age 33 back in the '80s. But her heart attack was from complications from anorexia... More recent articles suggest she was taking medication for some kind of flu, and vomiting because of that. All I can say is, having spent the weekend kneeling at the porcelain throne myself as the result of a similar flu, at its worst vomiting sure *feels* as if it could provoke a heart attack. Or at the very least you wish you'd have one so that the upchucking would stop. Makes me happy that I don't get sick very often, if this is what it feels like. It did keep me from venturing into town to try to see Avatar, though, although I found out from friends who saw it that I wouldn't have been happy with the results anyway. No theater in Barcelona was showing it in its original English-language version, and the only one that was showing it in 3D had a version dubbed into Catalan. Sigh. Guess I'll have to pirate a copy and wait until I'm in a city that appreciates the joys of VO (version originale) movies and/or the latest tech to see it properly.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: To Barry re Dexter
On Dec 21, 2009, at 3:11 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: I presume you finished watching it. What did you think of the ending? Sets up whole new possibilities for the future. Esp. considering Trinity's family is going to eventually figure out that Kyle is Dexter.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Oath taken by TMO teachers re; mantras
yifuxero wrote: Oath taken by TMO teachers So, you signed an oath to the 'TMO' when you became a TM Teacher? What did the oath say?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Failure was the plan
raunchydog wrote: There is no financial incentive for them to reform our nations health care system... From what I've read, the health care 'reform' is just an attempt by the federal government to take our our lives and impose another financial mandate on the states. It's a tax hike on payroll. According to the article below, Nebraska's share of the costs was going to be over $45 million. So, I'd say that Governor Ben Nelson had quite of an economic incentive to vote in favor of the bill. Apparently there are other states whose budget is going to be busted too: Texas and Louisiana and California and several other states. OMAHA - It was the concern of Nebraska's Republican governor over expanded Medicaid costs in the proposed Senate health care overhaul bill that led to a compromise to cover his state's estimated $45 million share over a decade, U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson said Sunday... 'Neb.'s Nelson sees backlash on health reform plan' By Margery A. Beck Associated Press, December 20, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/yhqseyr
[FairfieldLife] Re: Health Insurance may now be mandatory!
Bhairitu wrote: And maybe some lifetime you'll be born with a brain that can understand all this... So, you're in favor of a national health care system run by the federal government in which all Americans are provided free health care. Just one large federal health care provider. And, you're not in favor of any private health care insurance companies or medical institutions. Is that right?
[FairfieldLife] Re: How the healthcare bill may INCREASE the number of uninsured.
I wonder how long it will take for Obama to completely bankrupt the entire Country? after all Barack Obama believes America is a Rich Country, Pres. Debate '08. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: How Obamacare Will Hurt Young People by Dick Morris [http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2971de6b63f404f0c8e20c809753324b?s=28d=\ http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb652353\ 6%3Fs%3D28r=G] Posted by Dick Morris http://frontpagemag.com/author/dick-morris/ on Dec 21st, 2009 and filed under FrontPage http://frontpagemag.com/category/front-page/ . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 http://frontpagemag.com/2009/12/21/how-obamacare-will-hurt-young-people\ -by-dick-morris/feed/ . You can leave a response or trackback to this entry [Print This Post] http://frontpagemag.com/2009/12/21/how-obamacare-will-hurt-young-people\ -by-dick-morris/print/ Print This Post http://frontpagemag.com/2009/12/21/how-obamacare-will-hurt-young-people\ -by-dick-morris/print/ [Teenage Problems, Social Issues and Bullying] A detailed analysis of the Obama health care program now before the Senate indicates that it will force big premium increases for all families http://frontpagemag.com/wp-admin/# , especially for those under 30 years of age. The study http://frontpagemag.com/wp-admin/# , by the consulting firm of Oliver Wyman, concludes that premiums for individuals will rise by $1,576 and $3,341 for families by under the bill. Young people will be hit the hardest. The study predicted that premiums for new health insurance policies purchased by the youngest third of the population would rise by 35 percent under the bill. These increases will stem from the bill's provisions that bar http://frontpagemag.com/wp-admin/# insurance companies from raising rates on sick people and from excluding people based on pre-existing conditions. Both of these mandates will mean higher costs for the younger and healthier population. This bill is, in effect, a tax on the young. Nor will subsidies do much to mitigate the impact. To get a subsidy under the bill, you have to earn less than about $80,000 a year (combined household income) and have spent between 2 percent and 10 percent of your income on premiums http://frontpagemag.com/wp-admin/# . So a couple making a combined income of $40,000 would have to pay about 5 percent of their income, $2,000, before they could get subsidies. Those making $60,000 would have to pay about 8 percent of their income $4,800 before they could get a subsidy. And those making $80,000 would have to chip in 10 percent of their income $8,000 before they would get a subsidy. These are hefty bills for young families to bear. So most won't do it. The fine for failing to have health insurance [http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2_bing.gif] http://frontpagemag.com/wp-admin/# is only $750. So most young people will just pay the fine and be done with it. When they get sick, they'll get covered and the insurance company can't charge them a higher premium than it would have charged when they were healthy. And it can't turn them away. So this bill is not a measure for full national health insurance coverage. At best, it's a bill that will insure you when you are sick and make the rest of us pay the bill. And, in the meantime, you'll have to chip in $750 a year for the privilege. Employers, too, will find it much cheaper to pay the $750 per employee than to buy insurance. Ironically, there is a good chance that this bill will actually increase the number of uninsured. Its ban on letting insurers raise rates on sick people will force premiums so high that many people will drop their insurance. After all, when they get sick, they can and will easily get their insurance back.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Just Been Thinking
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: snip As for me mis- typing the name a couple of times, (Read: As for Barry getting the title of the book he's touting wrong two times out of three...) here's a video comment on that, and the feeble-minded pussy who felt the need to comment on it as part of her ongoing a day is not really a day unless I get to lash out at Barry campaign. :-) The older and more feeble-minded he gets, the more freaked out he is by the increasing number of mistakes he makes, especially when someone who's older than he is and rarely makes mistakes notices them. Actually, reading Barry's synopses of the two books, I thought I'd probably like them. I went to Amazon to order the first one but couldn't find it under The Swallow. Figured maybe it was out of print and no longer available, so I checked the title of the sequel and found it immediately. The (correct) title of the first one was mentioned in the description, and it was indeed available. Barry would rather lurk waste his time on a wild goose chase because of Barry's error than have anybody know he got it wrong. Any decent human being would have been grateful for the correction. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--FyndryTFofeature=player_embedded This is a fabulous video, though. Just sent it to my sister.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Just Been Thinking
Steve wrote: Seeing Avatar, and reading a lot recently of reports of possible liquid water on other planets, had me thinking that if intelligent life is found, then Christian missionaries would feel compelled to immediately go and try to convert the inhabitants. So, you're trying to 'convert' us to your way of thinking, Steve? I am not poking fun at them. But, I figure that a world view that holds that Jesus is the Lord of the Unverse, does really allow for any renegade provinces that may not have heard the good news. I think discovered life on another planet, (if it happens) is going to be a tough one here.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How the healthcare bill may INCREASE the number of uninsured.
You mean default? Why hell, all he has to do is print up more money! From: BillyG wg...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, December 21, 2009 7:09:14 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: How the healthcare bill may INCREASE the number of uninsured. I wonder how long it will take for Obama to completely bankrupt the entire Country? after all Barack Obama believes America is a Rich Country, Pres. Debate '08. --- In FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ ... wrote: How Obamacare Will Hurt Young People – by Dick Morris [http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2971de6b63f404f0c8e20c809753324b?s=28d= on Dec 21st, 2009 and filed under FrontPage http://frontpagemag.com/category/front-page/ . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 http://frontpagemag.com/2009/12/21/how-obamacare-will-hurt-young-people , especially for those under 30 years of age. The study http://frontpagemag .com/wp-admin/ # , by the consulting firm of Oliver Wyman, concludes that premiums for individuals will rise by $1,576 and $3,341 for families by under the bill. Young people will be hit the hardest. The study predicted that premiums for new health insurance policies purchased by the youngest third of the population would rise by 35 percent under the bill. These increases will stem from the bill's provisions that bar http://frontpagemag .com/wp-admin/ # insurance companies from raising rates on sick people and from excluding people based on pre-existing conditions. Both of these mandates will mean higher costs for the younger and healthier population. This bill is, in effect, a tax on the young. Nor will subsidies do much to mitigate the impact. To get a subsidy under the bill, you have to earn less than about $80,000 a year (combined household income) and have spent between 2 percent and 10 percent of your income on premiums http://frontpagemag .com/wp-admin/ # . So a couple making a combined income of $40,000 would have to pay about 5 percent of their income, $2,000, before they could get subsidies. Those making $60,000 would have to pay about 8 percent of their income — $4,800 – before they could get a subsidy. And those making $80,000 would have to chip in 10 percent of their income — $8,000 — before they would get a subsidy. These are hefty bills for young families to bear. So most won't do it. The fine for failing to have health insurance [http://images. intellitxt. com/ast/adTypes/ 2_bing.gif] http://frontpagemag .com/wp-admin/ # is only $750. So most young people will just pay the fine and be done with it. When they get sick, they'll get covered and the insurance company can't charge them a higher premium than it would have charged when they were healthy. And it can't turn them away. So this bill is not a measure for full national health insurance coverage. At best, it's a bill that will insure you when you are sick and make the rest of us pay the bill. And, in the meantime, you'll have to chip in $750 a year for the privilege. Employers, too, will find it much cheaper to pay the $750 per employee than to buy insurance. Ironically, there is a good chance that this bill will actually increase the number of uninsured. Its ban on letting insurers raise rates on sick people will force premiums so high that many people will drop their insurance. After all, when they get sick, they can and will easily get their insurance back.
[FairfieldLife] Priest outrages police by telling congregation: 'My advice to poor is to shoplift'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1237470/Priest-outrages-police-telling-congregation-My-advice-shoplift.html http://tinyurl.com/yapl3ca By Graham Smith Last updated at 3:01 PM on 21st December 2009 A clergyman has been criticised as 'highly irresponsible' after advising his congregation to shoplift following his Nativity sermon. Father Tim Jones, 41, broke off from his traditional annual sermon yesterday to tell his flock that stealing from large chains is sometimes the best option for vulnerable people. It is far better for people desperate during the recession to shoplift than turn to 'prostitution, mugging or burglary', he said. The married father-of-two insisted his unusual advice did not break the Bible commandment 'Thou shalt not steal' - because God's love for the poor outweighs his love for the rich. But the minister's controversial sermon at St Lawrence Church in York has been slammed by police, the British Retail Consortium and a local MP, who all say that no matter what the circumstances, shoplifting is an offence. Delivering his festive lesson, Father Jones told the congregation: 'My advice, as a Christian priest, is to shoplift. I do not offer such advice because I think that stealing is a good thing, or because I think it is harmless, for it is neither. 'I would ask that they do not steal from small family businesses, but from large national businesses, knowing that the costs are ultimately passed on to the rest of us in the form of higher prices. 'I would ask them not to take any more than they need, for any longer than they need. 'I offer the advice with a heavy heart and wish society would recognise that bureaucratic ineptitude and systematic delay has created an invitation and incentive to crime for people struggling to cope.' He added that he felt society had failed the needy, and said it was far better they shoplift than turn to more degrading or violent options such as prostitution, mugging or burglary.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Priest outrages police by telling congregation: 'My advice to poor is to shoplift'
might as well *repeal* the other 9 commandments, or were they *suggestions*. From: It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.r...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, December 21, 2009 7:35:26 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Priest outrages police by telling congregation: 'My advice to poor is to shoplift' http://www.dailymai l.co.uk/news/ article-1237470/ Priest-outrages- police-telling- congregation- My-advice- shoplift. html http://tinyurl. com/yapl3ca By Graham Smith Last updated at 3:01 PM on 21st December 2009 A clergyman has been criticised as 'highly irresponsible' after advising his congregation to shoplift following his Nativity sermon. Father Tim Jones, 41, broke off from his traditional annual sermon yesterday to tell his flock that stealing from large chains is sometimes the best option for vulnerable people. It is far better for people desperate during the recession to shoplift than turn to 'prostitution, mugging or burglary', he said. The married father-of-two insisted his unusual advice did not break the Bible commandment 'Thou shalt not steal' - because God's love for the poor outweighs his love for the rich. But the minister's controversial sermon at St Lawrence Church in York has been slammed by police, the British Retail Consortium and a local MP, who all say that no matter what the circumstances, shoplifting is an offence. Delivering his festive lesson, Father Jones told the congregation: 'My advice, as a Christian priest, is to shoplift. I do not offer such advice because I think that stealing is a good thing, or because I think it is harmless, for it is neither. 'I would ask that they do not steal from small family businesses, but from large national businesses, knowing that the costs are ultimately passed on to the rest of us in the form of higher prices. 'I would ask them not to take any more than they need, for any longer than they need. 'I offer the advice with a heavy heart and wish society would recognise that bureaucratic ineptitude and systematic delay has created an invitation and incentive to crime for people struggling to cope.' He added that he felt society had failed the needy, and said it was far better they shoplift than turn to more degrading or violent options such as prostitution, mugging or burglary.
[FairfieldLife] Re: How the healthcare bill may INCREASE the number of uninsured.
BillyG wrote: I wonder how long it will take for Obama to completely bankrupt the entire Country... Apparently he's working on it this week, Billy. According to Obama, without the passage of the health care 'reform' bill, America will be bankrupt. But, I thought American was already bankrupt, and that was the reason for the economic bailout. Go figure. But, it's not all bad news, Billy. At least the U.S. didn't get bullied into giving away more billions of dollars at Copenhagen! The Copenhagen Accord is merely a UN decision that has no legal standing and there is no timetable to turn it into a proper treaty... 'Copenhagen climate summit: report card' Telegraph, December 21, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/ybey4e5
[FairfieldLife] Nowhere to run!
The word global has taken on sacred connotations. Any action taken in its name must be inherently virtuous, whereas the decisions of individual countries are necessarily narrow and self-serving... Read more: 'Nnowhere to run from the new world government' By Janet Daley Telegraph, December 19, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/ybarzfx
[FairfieldLife] Re: How the healthcare bill may INCREASE the number of uninsured.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: But, it's not all bad news, Billy. At least the U.S. didn't get bullied into giving away more billions of dollars at Copenhagen! The Copenhagen Accord is merely a UN decision that has no legal standing and there is no timetable to turn it into a proper treaty... 'Copenhagen climate summit: report card' Telegraph, December 21, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/ybey4e5 Let's not forget about the EPA Gestapo!! The strong arm of the environmentalist wacko movement! AKA, the Greens! The end is near The sky is falling and other original proclamations It would take a land mass the size of Tennessee or bigger populated with wind turbines to replace the energy we currently get from coal, the technology is simply not there yet!
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Health Insurance may now be mandatory!
WillyTex wrote: Bhairitu wrote: And maybe some lifetime you'll be born with a brain that can understand all this... So, you're in favor of a national health care system run by the federal government in which all Americans are provided free health care. Just one large federal health care provider. And, you're not in favor of any private health care insurance companies or medical institutions. Is that right? Like I was saying...
[FairfieldLife] Deepest, Dark, Midwinter
This is it - 30 minutes to the low point... Winter solstice is 17:47 UTC by my calender. The *new light* will (we trust) be born shortly. Happy (pagan) New Year! Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Warning- Avatar
On Dec 20, 2009, at 7:22 PM, off_world_beings wrote: Several times angelic-like females have descended and made love to me in my sleep. Not joking. Its as real as it gets. The movie will not capture that. The feeling stays with you for days, weeks, and even for a lifetime you can recall it and it comes back. Very humbling feeling mixed with sweet love. Yes, but does she let you see the children? Children are for mortal humans like yourself for example. The rest of the universe does not indulge in that practice. You thought I meant physical children? LOL!
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sad News for Shemp
TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: And now for a prediction. The article says she died of a heart attack. Well, if you recall, that's the same thing that happened to Karen Carpenter, the singer, who died at age 33 back in the '80s. But her heart attack was from complications from anorexia... More recent articles suggest she was taking medication for some kind of flu, and vomiting because of that. All I can say is, having spent the weekend kneeling at the porcelain throne myself as the result of a similar flu, at its worst vomiting sure *feels* as if it could provoke a heart attack. Or at the very least you wish you'd have one so that the upchucking would stop. Makes me happy that I don't get sick very often, if this is what it feels like. It did keep me from venturing into town to try to see Avatar, though, although I found out from friends who saw it that I wouldn't have been happy with the results anyway. No theater in Barcelona was showing it in its original English-language version, and the only one that was showing it in 3D had a version dubbed into Catalan. Sigh. Guess I'll have to pirate a copy and wait until I'm in a city that appreciates the joys of VO (version originale) movies and/or the latest tech to see it properly. I may venture up to the multiplex nearby and ask which auditoriums it is playing in before I buy a ticket (the phone is usually automated but may try it anyway). Auditoriums 1 and 2 are fine except 1 you have sit at the last row as the full wall is the screen and it is a small auditorium and that is fine with me since no exuberant teenager won't be kicking my chair. And 2 is their largest auditorium and I've sometimes sat at the back there. In fact I think the 3D movie I saw there with the Avatar 3D trailerwas in that auditorium. Number 5 is off my list because the center speaker is blown and the owner won't fix it. Perhaps I should post something about that in the local business online guides. I mean what would it cost him? $5K at the most (these are industrial strength speakers). I remember when my band bought two Altec Voice of the Theater boxes (standard for movie theaters) in 1967 for $600 or less. That included a horn and woofer on each. As for 3D all the auditoriums are DLP projection so any showing is 3D.
[FairfieldLife] Dem Sen Whitehouse: Desperate GOP's 'Day Of Judgment' Is Coming
Sen. Whitehouse: There Will Be A 'Reckoning' For GOP's 'Desperate, No-Holds-Barred Mission Of Propaganda' On the Senate floor yesterday, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) slammed Republicans for their desperate, no-holds-barred mission of propaganda, falsehood, obstruction and fear, which he said will result in a day of judgment by the American people. WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAHJt5b5Ex4
[FairfieldLife] Swami Rama's Son comes forward with expose
Swami Rama's alleged son comes forth with his side of the story on Swami Rama: http://www.sonofaswami.com/ Robert Walter was 12 when he discovered that his real father was his mother's guru, the renowned Indian yogi Swami Rama - not his alcoholic dad, Arne Walter. Swami Rama had contributed enormously to yoga's surging popularity in the United States when he became the first Indian yogi to demonstrate in scientific experiments that he could control his brain waves, skin temperature, and heartbeat. His feats were celebrated in magazines and newspapers across the country, winning him many devoted followers, including Robert's mother, Shirley Walter. Robert hoped he'd finally found the strong, wise, and loving father he'd always yearned for. But he quickly realized that he was the guru's dirty little secret: Swamis are Indian monks who take vows of celibacy, and Robert was living proof that His Holiness Swami Rama was not the otherworldly saint his followers worshipped. Swami Rama warned Robert not to disclose their relationship, saying that if he did, the Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy - the guru's rapidly growing and lucrative organization - would be destroyed, and someone would assassinate him. But he also promised that if Robert kept his paternity secret, he would inherit the institute one day. In Son of a Swami: A Life of Lies, Robert explores his painful quest for a bond with his father, and Shirley recounts her attempts to reconcile her guru's inspirational teachings with his exploitative behavior. As Robert becomes caught in a web of lies and false promises, he struggles to understand his father - and himself. Seeking to overcome his own addictions, he confronts the questions that have plagued him since he was 12: Is he the son of a sex addict, a yogi with extraordinary powers, or both? Shirley explores how she became one of Swami Rama's earliest supporters and one of his sexual victims. She also details the price she paid for extricating herself from the Himalayan Institute, and examines the ways she failed to understand her son's need for a truthful reckoning - until now. Along the way, mother and son expose Swami Rama's double life as a revered guru with millions of admirers, and an accomplished con artist who had sex with dozens of his disciples and lived lavishly at his students' expense. The Walters describe the cult-like workings of the Himalayan Institute and its leaders' ongoing attempts to demonize Swami Rama's victims as deluded, vengeful liars. They also expose the people and organizations that continue to defend and profit by their connection to Swami Rama, even after his death. This unique double memoir will shed new light on the lure of religious cults, the ways in which they enforce conformity, and the myriad temptations awaiting Eastern spiritual leaders who come to the West. Son of a Swami will be of great interest to Indians, as well as the millions of Westerners who have studied yoga or followed an Eastern guru. It also will fascinate anyone interested in cults, sexual abuse by religious authorities, or vividly written memoir.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Dem Sen Whitehouse: Desperate GOP's 'Day Of Judgment' Is Coming
I doubt it --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote: Sen. Whitehouse: There Will Be A 'Reckoning' For GOP's 'Desperate, No-Holds-Barred Mission Of Propaganda' On the Senate floor yesterday, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) slammed Republicans for their desperate, no-holds-barred mission of propaganda, falsehood, obstruction and fear, which he said will result in a day of judgment by the American people. WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAHJt5b5Ex4
[FairfieldLife] Re: Dem Sen Whitehouse: Desperate GOP's 'Day Of Judgment' Is Coming
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG wg...@... wrote: I doubt it The GOP is already in the toilet, BillyGee Whiz. How do you think they got there? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Sen. Whitehouse: There Will Be A 'Reckoning' For GOP's 'Desperate, No-Holds-Barred Mission Of Propaganda' On the Senate floor yesterday, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) slammed Republicans for their desperate, no-holds-barred mission of propaganda, falsehood, obstruction and fear, which he said will result in a day of judgment by the American people. WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAHJt5b5Ex4
[FairfieldLife] Re: Dem Sen Whitehouse: Desperate GOP's 'Day Of Judgment' Is Coming
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG wg...@... wrote: I doubt it So do I. As one TPM commenter notes: The masses will no more remember this than they remembered The Republicans fighting both Social Security and Medicare tooth and nail. And soon the republicans will be claiming credit for any good that comes out of this eventual bill (as they did/do with the stimulus bill) and blaming the Democrats for all that s wrong with it. And once again, they will remain unchallanged and encouraged to do so by the corporate media. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Sen. Whitehouse: There Will Be A 'Reckoning' For GOP's 'Desperate, No-Holds-Barred Mission Of Propaganda'
[FairfieldLife] Bush v. Gore: who is more eco-friendly?
http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/house.asp http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/house.asp
[FairfieldLife] Re: Just Been Thinking
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sundur@ wrote: Seeing Avatar, and reading a lot recently of reports of possible liquid water on other planets, had me thinking that if intelligent life is found, then Christian missionaries would feel compelled to immediately go and try to convert the inhabitants. I am not poking fun at them. But, I figure that a world view that holds that Jesus is the Lord of the Unverse, does'nt really allow for any renegade provinces that may not have heard the good news. I think discovered life on another planet, (if it happens) is going to be a tough one here. If you like thinking about such things, Steve, I highly recommend a pair of novels by Mary Doria Russell. The first is called The Swallow and the sequel (necessary to get over the impact of the original) is called Children Of God. Both are brilliant. In The Swallow, Jesuit priests working at the deep radio dish in Areceibo are on hand when the first radio communication arrives that definitely, no question about it, is from another species that does not live on Earth. They live on a planet that is actually reachable. So while the governments of the Earth are arguing about who is going to go there and who is going to pay for it and get the credit for it, the Jesuits (phenomenally wealthy) do what they've always done and mount their own expedition. Part scientists, part priests, they go to this planet with the best of intentions. And it turns out really, really, really badly. Heartbreakingly badly, shattering the life of the priest at the heart of it all. It really takes the followup novel Children Of God to resolve things and make things somehow all right again. The Sparrow was Russell's first novel. It won the Arthur C. Clarke Award, James Tiptree, Jr. Award, Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis and the British Science Fiction Association Award. But please don't think that these science fiction credentials make it lightweight on in any way a genre novel. Mary Doria Russell's favorite author is the same as mine, Dorothy Dunnett. That's a pretty awesome role model to feel that you have to live up to in your own writing. She does. I read The Sparrow years ago and loved it - and will now get Children of God and try some books by Dunnett. Totally different but incredibly wise and well written is Fifth Business by Robertson Davies, a Canadina Jungian writer - I am rereading it and enjoying it even more 15 years later.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Dem Sen Whitehouse: Desperate GOP's 'Day Of Judgment' Is Coming
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG wgm4u@ wrote: I doubt it So do I. As one TPM commenter notes: The masses will no more remember this than they remembered The Republicans fighting both Social Security and Medicare tooth and nail. And soon the republicans will be claiming credit for any good that comes out of this eventual bill (as they did/do with the stimulus bill) and blaming the Democrats for all that s wrong with it. And once again, they will remain unchallanged and encouraged to do so by the corporate media. Actually the Republicans had a better plan than Social Security (which is going broke). It was called *Elder Care* authored by Bob Dole. I know some silly democrats like to call Republicans cold hearted, that's just rhetoric, Reagan Republicans are just smarter! It's easy to be popular when you give away the public treasury! Remember it was a Republican Congress that passed along the balanced budget to Bill Clinton!! Silly democrats like to ignore that fact
Re: [FairfieldLife] Deepest, Dark, Midwinter
This is it - 30 minutes to the low point... Winter solstice is 17:47 UTC by my calender. Extra credit: where would one go on this shortest of days to get the most possible sun, specifically a sun that is directly overhead? Love will swallow you, eat you up completely, until there is no `you,' only love. - Amma --- On Mon, 12/21/09, PaliGap compost...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: PaliGap compost...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: [FairfieldLife] Deepest, Dark, Midwinter To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, December 21, 2009, 12:21 PM This is it - 30 minutes to the low point... Winter solstice is 17:47 UTC by my calender. The *new light* will (we trust) be born shortly. Happy (pagan) New Year! Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year. To subscribe, send a message to: fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links
[FairfieldLife] Number of the mornings at the Sun's uprising???
Rgveda VII 76 3 Great is, in truth, the number of the Mornings which were aforetime at the Sun's uprising. Since thou, O Dawn, hast been beheld repairing as to thy love, as one no more to leave him.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Number of the mornings at the Sun's uprising???
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote: Rgveda VII 76 3 Great is, in truth, the number of the Mornings which were aforetime at the Sun's uprising. Since thou, O Dawn, hast been beheld repairing as to thy love, as one no more to leave him. Beautifulwhat does it mean!! :-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: Dem Sen Whitehouse: Desperate GOP's 'Day Of Judgment' Is Coming
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG wg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG wgm4u@ wrote: I doubt it So do I. As one TPM commenter notes: The masses will no more remember this than they remembered The Republicans fighting both Social Security and Medicare tooth and nail. And soon the republicans will be claiming credit for any good that comes out of this eventual bill (as they did/do with the stimulus bill) and blaming the Democrats for all that s wrong with it. And once again, they will remain unchallanged and encouraged to do so by the corporate media. Actually the Republicans had a better plan than Medicare (which is going broke). It was called *Elder Care* authored by Bob Dole. I know some silly democrats like to call Republicans cold hearted, that's just rhetoric, Reagan Republicans are just smarter! It's easy to be popular when you give away the public treasury! Remember it was a Republican Congress that passed along the balanced budget to Bill Clinton!! Silly democrats like to ignore that fact Elder Care was the Republican alternative to Medicare which is going broke
[FairfieldLife] Miracle Christmas image appears on toast
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[FairfieldLife] Post Count
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Dec 19 00:00:00 2009 End Date (UTC): Sat Dec 26 00:00:00 2009 174 messages as of (UTC) Mon Dec 21 23:59:52 2009 15 authfriend jst...@panix.com 13 Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net 12 Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net 11 TurquoiseB no_re...@yahoogroups.com 11 Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com 11 BillyG wg...@yahoo.com 10 WillyTex willy...@yahoo.com 9 dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony...@yahoo.com 9 ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@netscape.net 8 do.rflex do.rf...@yahoo.com 7 raunchydog raunchy...@yahoo.com 7 off_world_beings no_re...@yahoogroups.com 7 lurkernomore20002000 steve.sun...@sbcglobal.net 7 Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com 6 yifuxero yifux...@yahoo.com 5 nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com 4 therewillbeli...@ymail.com, UNEXPECTED_DATA_AFTER_ADDRESS@.SYNTAX-ERROR. 4 It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.r...@gmail.com 3 shukra69 shukr...@yahoo.ca 3 gullible fool ffl...@yahoo.com 3 cardemaister no_re...@yahoogroups.com 3 Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@lisco.com 1 wayback71 waybac...@yahoo.com 1 ruthsimplicity no_re...@yahoogroups.com 1 guyfawkes91 no_re...@yahoogroups.com 1 anonymous_wone no_re...@yahoogroups.com 1 PaliGap compost...@yahoo.co.uk 1 Dick Mays dickm...@lisco.com Posters: 28 Saturday Morning 00:00 UTC Rollover Times = Daylight Saving Time (Summer): US Friday evening: PDT 5 PM - MDT 6 PM - CDT 7 PM - EDT 8 PM Europe Saturday: BST 1 AM CEST 2 AM EEST 3 AM Standard Time (Winter): US Friday evening: PST 4 PM - MST 5 PM - CST 6 PM - EST 7 PM Europe Saturday: GMT 12 AM CET 1 AM EET 2 AM For more information on Time Zones: www.worldtimezone.com
[FairfieldLife] Re: Sad News for Shemp
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: snip Anyway, I'll bet that's what happened to Murphy. If you remember her from her memorable roles in both Clueless and Freeway she was quite pudgy. And then all of a sudden she reappeared on the scene as thin as a rake. So I suspect a regiment of binging, throwing up, and massive weight gains resulting in anorexia led to complications that produced the heart attack. This has apparently become a major rumor: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/21/brittany-murphy-anorexia_n_399443.html http://tinyurl.com/ydhkdrn
[FairfieldLife] Aryan Paradise???
[...]the Iranian Avesta expressly tells us that the happy land of Airyana Vaijo, or the Aryan Paradise, was located in a region where the sun shone but once a year, and that it was destroyed by the invasion of snow and ice, which rendered its climate inclement and necessitated a migration southward. :0 - Back cover of Tilak's Arctic Home in the Vedas.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Sad News for Shemp
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: snip Anyway, I'll bet that's what happened to Murphy. If you remember her from her memorable roles in both Clueless and Freeway she was quite pudgy. And then all of a sudden she reappeared on the scene as thin as a rake. So I suspect a regiment of binging, throwing up, and massive weight gains resulting in anorexia led to complications that produced the heart attack. This has apparently become a major rumor: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/21/brittany-murphy-anorexia_n_399443.html http://tinyurl.com/ydhkdrn ...and I noticed that at least one reader in the comments section invoked Karen Carpenter Syndrome.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count
How about a Christmas present, Rick, in the form of upping the weekly count to 100, seeing as many of us will be holidaying at home and in front of the computer a lot? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, FFL PostCount ffl.postco...@... wrote: Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Dec 19 00:00:00 2009 End Date (UTC): Sat Dec 26 00:00:00 2009 174 messages as of (UTC) Mon Dec 21 23:59:52 2009 15 authfriend jst...@... 13 Vaj vajradh...@... 12 Bhairitu noozg...@... 11 TurquoiseB no_re...@yahoogroups.com 11 Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@... 11 BillyG wg...@... 10 WillyTex willy...@... 9 dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony...@... 9 ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... 8 do.rflex do.rf...@... 7 raunchydog raunchy...@... 7 off_world_beings no_re...@yahoogroups.com 7 lurkernomore20002000 steve.sun...@... 7 Rick Archer r...@... 6 yifuxero yifux...@... 5 nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com 4 therewillbeli...@..., UNEXPECTED_DATA_AFTER_ADDRESS@.SYNTAX-ERROR. 4 It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.r...@... 3 shukra69 shukr...@... 3 gullible fool ffl...@... 3 cardemaister no_re...@yahoogroups.com 3 Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... 1 wayback71 waybac...@... 1 ruthsimplicity no_re...@yahoogroups.com 1 guyfawkes91 no_re...@yahoogroups.com 1 anonymous_wone no_re...@yahoogroups.com 1 PaliGap compost...@... 1 Dick Mays dickm...@... Posters: 28 Saturday Morning 00:00 UTC Rollover Times = Daylight Saving Time (Summer): US Friday evening: PDT 5 PM - MDT 6 PM - CDT 7 PM - EDT 8 PM Europe Saturday: BST 1 AM CEST 2 AM EEST 3 AM Standard Time (Winter): US Friday evening: PST 4 PM - MST 5 PM - CST 6 PM - EST 7 PM Europe Saturday: GMT 12 AM CET 1 AM EET 2 AM For more information on Time Zones: www.worldtimezone.com
[FairfieldLife] Re: Sad News for Shemp
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: snip Anyway, I'll bet that's what happened to Murphy. If you remember her from her memorable roles in both Clueless and Freeway she was quite pudgy. And then all of a sudden she reappeared on the scene as thin as a rake. So I suspect a regiment of binging, throwing up, and massive weight gains resulting in anorexia led to complications that produced the heart attack. This has apparently become a major rumor: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/21/brittany-murphy-anorexia_n_399443.html http://tinyurl.com/ydhkdrn ...and I noticed that at least one reader in the comments section invoked Karen Carpenter Syndrome. FWIW, cardiac arrest may or may not be due to a heart attack per se. A heart attack involves a blockage; cardiac arrest just means the heart stops beating, from any one of a number of different causes. People with anorexia, especially if they're also bulemic, can have severe electrolyte imbalance, which can cause cardiac arrest because nerve signals aren't being transmitted properly to keep the heart beating. If Murphy's electrolytes were already shaky and she had a severe bout of vomiting from whatever cause, that could bring on cardiac arrest by exacerbating the electrolyte imbalance.
[FairfieldLife] Re: How's MSAE doing?
This website may help you. They've helped hundreds of people such as yourself. Here are the references to the MSAE: http://tmfree.blogspot.com/ Om Dear, is a bum steer this gives you. To those Fallen away meditators who strayed from the path. Troubled animals didn't get to the end. A Disgruntled lot. Troubled animals. Non-meditators. Death, 'tis a melancholy day To those who have no transcendence, When the poor soul is forced away To seek her last abode. In vain to heav'n she lifts her eyes, For guilt a heavy chain, Still drags her downward from the skies To darkness, fire and pain.
[FairfieldLife] Re: 1957
1966 Maharishi's Year of Academy of Meditation In the year of the great Kumbha Mela in Allahabad, India, Maharishi inaugurates the first International Academy of Meditation, Shankaracharya Nagar, Rishikesh, India, with the second International Transcendental Meditation Teacher Training Course. 1965 Maharishi's Year of Bhagavad-Gita Maharishi explains expereiences of Transcendental Meditation in terms of the principle of action: Nishkama karma yog, yogastah kuru karmani; Established in Unity, perform action -Bhagavad-Gita II 45, and completes his commentary on the Bhagavad-Gita. 1964 Maharishi's Year of God Consciousness Maharishi explains experiences of Transcendental Meditation in terms of the most refined state of Cosmic Consciousness -God Consciousness. 1963 Maharishi's Year of the Science of Being and Art of Living Maharishi presents a profound and practical philosophy of living for the modern scientific age. 1962 Maharishi's Year of Theory of the Absolute Maharishi brings to light the Theory of the Absolute and trains hundreds of Meditation Guides to help bring the direct experience of the absolute to people everywhere. 1961 Maharishi's Year of Teacher Training. Maharishi's inspiration to multiply himself by training teachers of Transcendental Meditation: the first international course is held in Rishikesh, India. 1960 Maharishi's Year of Cosmic Consciousness. Maharishi explains experiences of Transcendental Meditation in terms of Cosmic Consciousness. In London, Maharishi inaugurates his First Three Year Plan to spiritually regenerate the world. 1959 Maharishi's Year of Global Awakening Maharishi starts to teach Transcendental Meditation around the world. 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: 1957
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony...@... wrote: 1966 Maharishi's Year of Academy of Meditation In the year of the great Kumbha Mela in Allahabad, India, Maharishi inaugurates the first International Academy of Meditation, Shankaracharya Nagar, Rishikesh, India, with the second International Transcendental Meditation Teacher Training Course. ...paid for, mostly, by Doris Duke, who was recently portrayed by Susan Sarandon in an HBO drama. Duke, an early advocate of TM later took up with the Hare Krishna's, just as George Harrison did. She was also suspected of murdering a boyfriend who she conveniently and, ahem, accidently ran over under suspicious circumstances. 1965 Maharishi's Year of Bhagavad-Gita Maharishi explains expereiences of Transcendental Meditation in terms of the principle of action: Nishkama karma yog, yogastah kuru karmani; Established in Unity, perform action -Bhagavad-Gita II 45, and completes his commentary on the Bhagavad-Gita. 1964 Maharishi's Year of God Consciousness Maharishi explains experiences of Transcendental Meditation in terms of the most refined state of Cosmic Consciousness -God Consciousness. 1963 Maharishi's Year of the Science of Being and Art of Living Maharishi presents a profound and practical philosophy of living for the modern scientific age. 1962 Maharishi's Year of Theory of the Absolute Maharishi brings to light the Theory of the Absolute and trains hundreds of Meditation Guides to help bring the direct experience of the absolute to people everywhere. 1961 Maharishi's Year of Teacher Training. Maharishi's inspiration to multiply himself by training teachers of Transcendental Meditation: the first international course is held in Rishikesh, India. 1960 Maharishi's Year of Cosmic Consciousness. Maharishi explains experiences of Transcendental Meditation in terms of Cosmic Consciousness. In London, Maharishi inaugurates his First Three Year Plan to spiritually regenerate the world. 1959 Maharishi's Year of Global Awakening Maharishi starts to teach Transcendental Meditation around the world. 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.
