[FairfieldLife] Re: Rammstein - Requiem for a Dream
LOL - the last group I managed had both Irish and German nationals on it. Very cool. :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote: OMG !! My heart started racing when I saw the I'm German part, anything more than 25 you will end up being that intellectual pervert - Angela M, unless of course your first name is either Judy or Denise :-) On Nov 23, 2011, at 3:40 PM, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote: I am genetically 25% German, so I enjoy the culture. I liked that Rammstein video. The rest of me is 25% Norwegian, 25% Irish and 25% Welsh. Precision and art. Restraint and humor. No fame or fortune. :-0 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@ wrote: Excellent! Thanks, and Happy Thanksgiving! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote: Now this is the way to appreciate Rammstein. Tee Hee. Time to prepare for battle - I mean Thanksgiving. Aaaau. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wat8pEW2B4feature=related I like to drum along with Ich will: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4K6ZxDwi34feature=related The drum part is way simple, but has IMHO a fairly good drive and even groove for a metal band, or stuff. Also, the Sanskrit-like power of the German language is rather obvious...
[FairfieldLife] Re: Rammstein - Amerika
I had forgotten about this song until your post, and really enjoyed the video - What's a better reason to have a space program than to land on the moon and rock? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Nice, actually and we are so fortunate to so be.  From: whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 5:38 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Rammstein - Amerika  I think I can hear them up there! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yydlX7c8HbY
[FairfieldLife] Re: Music Video: Occupy the Future
Well done, enjoyed the song - I'm curious about the granularity of the modeling interface - is the blinking by the characters built in? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: This is my latest Captain Bebops video Occupy the Future: http://youtu.be/EuVxn0RdLNc Enjoy!
[FairfieldLife] Re: UC Davis chancellor Chemical Linda Katehi
It was an interesting article. I've heard the Chancellor interviewed here on TV and radio a fair amount following the UC Davis debacle, and she comes across to me anyway as genuinely concerned about this, beyond just saying the right things. Seems like a decent enough soul in the middle of a very ugly situation. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@ wrote: On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 8:03 PM, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: Thanks to the EU, bankers, and UC Davis chancellor Linda Katehi, university freedom for Greece's students has taken a huge, dark step backwards. UC Davis' Affirmative Action Chancellor. There was a time in a universe far away where people had to be qualified to hold a position other than by quota. So it's all about a bug about blacks and women, again. Sounds familiar, Tom. Moaning about the excesses of affirmative action is such an old saw. What's up with that? Are you concerned that some poor pissed upon white guy who usually gets a leg up from *his* good old boy affirmative action network might not be able to compete on a level playing field with a person with equal qualifications from an underrepresented group? Do you think there are so many job openings for chancellor of a university that Katehi's appointment simply fulfilled a quota? Katehi isn't a lightweight who didn't earn or deserve her position as chancellor of UC Davis. Her curriculum vitae could compete with any man for the job she holds. http://chancellor.ucdavis.edu/about/index.html But that's not the point of the article, is it?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Rammstein - Requiem for a Dream
Happy Thanksgiving, Emily and everyone! IDK= I don't know TTYL= Talk to you later \,,/ = variation of horns. When one feels real pissed off, this can be soothing, here are some awesome Polish instrumentals with someone's variations of horns. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXvBn7FybBs Here is another song from an album with a finger configuration from ancient cultures: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3ZBtDe0cZ4 Maybe one of our Sanskrit experts can give the meanings of the hand signs. Maybe Ravi knows? Ravi, are you here? Sal, do you know? Please share. : ) Turq may know, he is of the Buddhist interest? I would like to know why the song was put to the below Rammstein youtube? The song was not from the band. LOL. Around 1:21 in the youtube video, a quick glimpse at hands holding \,,/ in the air towards the stage, known as Horns. Some say the devil's horns, yet it is the old symbol many ancient cultures use. I don't believe the symbol \,,/ is of the devil, because I do not believe in the devil. lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux7EvC3zRAEfeature=related .back to baking pies.see ya'll later! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Obaanow, remember, I'm just jumpin' on the utube thing - it's really me that is in utube school :).  And I still keep my dictionary close at hand to translate certain words and phrases in maskedzebra and Judy's posts.  And, the YMMV, ROTFLMAO, wrt, FWIW, IMO, etc. acronyms are just starting to stick.  What language is this, pray tell.  ^.^ From: obbajeeba no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 4:10 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rammstein - Requiem for a Dream  \,,/ --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote: Now this is the way to appreciate Rammstein.  Tee Hee.  Time to prepare for battle - I mean Thanksgiving.  Aaaau. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wat8pEW2B4feature=related
[FairfieldLife] UFO over in Saigon, Vietnam July 25, 2011.mp4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBvOaIIlZdw
[FairfieldLife] Blog about Maharishi
Happy Thanksgiving to group members. You might enjoy reading a blog that contains beuatiful quotes by Maharishi on love and compassion, a poem about him, and an informative essay about the current quality of collective consciousness. It is at http://peoplesguidetotheendoftheworld.blogspot.com/. Hope you enjoy.
[FairfieldLife] Happy Thanksgiving
As much of a sucker as I may be for the traditional family Thanksgiving, the image of the holiday I'm fondest of is the Addams Family Thanksgiving. Real OWS stuff, way ahead of its time. :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccj2BH25c0I
Re: [FairfieldLife] UC Davis chancellor Chemical Linda Katehi
On Nov 24, 2011, at 5:42 AM, whynotnow7 wrote: It was an interesting article. I've heard the Chancellor interviewed here on TV and radio a fair amount following the UC Davis debacle, and she comes across to me anyway as genuinely concerned about this, beyond just saying the right things. Seems like a decent enough soul in the middle of a very ugly situation. Then you would have been perfect bait for the Nazis, Jim. A lot of them came across as decent souls, too. Wake up. Anyone can put on a pious act for the cameras. It's what they do that counts, and her actions were reprehensible. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@ wrote: On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 8:03 PM, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: Thanks to the EU, bankers, and UC Davis chancellor Linda Katehi, university freedom for Greece's students has taken a huge, dark step backwards.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy Thanksgiving
Excellent! Thanks for the reality check! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: As much of a sucker as I may be for the traditional family Thanksgiving, the image of the holiday I'm fondest of is the Addams Family Thanksgiving. Real OWS stuff, way ahead of its time. :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccj2BH25c0I
[FairfieldLife] Re: General Anton Dostler
Happy Thanksgiving! : ) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu yifuxero@... wrote: The General being prepared for execution, 1945: http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/4/35244.jpg
[FairfieldLife] Re: Blog about Maharishi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TimA alejandro_ferrera44@... wrote: Happy Thanksgiving to group members. You might enjoy reading a blog that contains beuatiful quotes by Maharishi on love and compassion, a poem about him, and an informative essay about the current quality of collective consciousness. It is at http://peoplesguidetotheendoftheworld.blogspot.com/. Hope you enjoy. Let us be in love with all around us. Let us in love resolve to be in love, for love is life, and certainly we do not want to step out of life. So let us in love resolve to remain in love and let us never step out of the boundaries of lovingness. For in love dwells the power of God, the power of creation, wisdom of life and the strength of all good. Certainly our life has to be all in love. Beautiful, thanks for posting this !
[FairfieldLife] Re: Blog about Maharishi
Nevertheless, Tim, see the Sicilian way Gaga prepared her turkey tonight. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TimA alejandro_ferrera44@... wrote: Happy Thanksgiving to group members. You might enjoy reading a blog that contains beuatiful quotes by Maharishi on love and compassion, a poem about him, and an informative essay about the current quality of collective consciousness. It is at http://peoplesguidetotheendoftheworld.blogspot.com/. Hope you enjoy.
[FairfieldLife] Gaga Turkey
Lady Gaga Gets Cookin' in ABC Thanksgiving Special Source: thedailybeast.com
[FairfieldLife] Re: Blog about Maharishi
And you might also want to catch Aaron Rogers well before this. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TimA alejandro_ferrera44@... wrote: Happy Thanksgiving to group members. You might enjoy reading a blog that contains beuatiful quotes by Maharishi on love and compassion, a poem about him, and an informative essay about the current quality of collective consciousness. It is at http://peoplesguidetotheendoftheworld.blogspot.com/. Hope you enjoy.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Testing clickable link
Crow's First Lesson God tried to teach Crow how to talk. Love, said God. Say, Love. Crow gaped, and the white shark crashed into the sea And went rolling downwards, discovering its own depth. No, no said God, Say Love. Now try it. LOVE. Crow gaped, and a bluefly, a tsetse, a mosquito Zoomed out and down To their sundry flesh-pots. A final try, said God. Now, LOVE. Crow convulsed, gaped, retched and Man's bodiless prodigious head Bulbed out onto the earth, with swivelling eyes, Jabbering protest And Crow retched again, before God could stop him. And woman's vulva dropped over man's neck and tightened. The two struggled together on the grass. God struggled to part them cursed, wept Crow flew guiltily off. TH --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@ wrote: Frankly I don't want to be bored to death by some British poet reading one of his works in a monotone. I did just fine in 4th grade, thank you, and didn't need to repeat it. Or stay developmentally arrested there. Ha! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXYMNDu-qxo ...a shadow man. He's a man to correct Man. But of course he's not a man - he's a crow, and he never does quite become a man... ...The crow is the indestructible...bird, who suffering everything, suffers nothing
[FairfieldLife] Re: UC Davis chancellor Chemical Linda Katehi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote: It was an interesting article. I've heard the Chancellor interviewed here on TV and radio a fair amount following the UC Davis debacle, and she comes across to me anyway as genuinely concerned about this, beyond just saying the right things. Seems like a decent enough soul in the middle of a very ugly situation. She is fighting for her job at this point, so she does have a strong motivation to say the right things. But I don't really see her as the devil incarnate. I don't think she had any idea that the police were going to use excessive force on the protesters when she told them to remove the tents. From a CBS News story: During Tuesday's meeting with about 1,000 students, Katehi said she had only directed police to take down tents that anti-Wall Street protesters had erected on the campus quad. 'My instructions were for no arrests and no police force,' she said. 'I explicitly directed the chief of police that violence should be avoided at all costs.' I've seen no evidence to suggest she's lying, much less that she intended for the police to use excessive force, nor any indications that she wasn't horrified by what happened. As the person who ordered the police to remove the tents, she's ultimately responsible, but the most she's guilty of, as far as I can see, is a failure to anticipate the possibility that the police would ignore her instructions to avoid violence, and perhaps a failure initially to make sufficiently strong statements following the pepper spraying. My sense is that she really wasn't that tuned in to what was going on with the protests day to day. She's been heavily into other unrelated administrative activities that most likely were consuming most of her attention. The post on Naked Capitalism raunchy linked to itself links to a post on Crooked Timber that expresses the same concerns about her background but is not quite so inflammatory: http://crookedtimber.org/2011/11/22/athens-polytechnic-comes-to-uc-davis/ http://tinyurl.com/8yqa34c The interesting thing about this post is the comments, several from Greek students or former Greek students, which provide alternate points of view about the amnesty situation at the universities and the panel Katehi was on that made the decision to eliminate it. Apparently under the amnesty all was not sweetness and light and peace and free speech. The lack of police presence on campuses was taken advantage of by various factions of political thugs, who made life very unpleasant and even dangerous for the student body. The political situation in Greece has always been insanely complicated, and it's particularly fraught these days because of the country's desperate economic plight. It's not clear to me from what I've read that the panel Katehi was on was willingly doing the bidding of evil corporate and banking interests in lifting the amnesty, although furthering those interests may well have been the effect of the panel's decisions (of which lifting the amnesty was only one). Naked Capitalism is one of the top financial blogs, but I'm not entirely sure its expertise extends to the university situation in Greece and its relationship to the Occupy Davis police action. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@ wrote: On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 8:03 PM, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: Thanks to the EU, bankers, and UC Davis chancellor Linda Katehi, university freedom for Greece's students has taken a huge, dark step backwards. UC Davis' Affirmative Action Chancellor. There was a time in a universe far away where people had to be qualified to hold a position other than by quota. So it's all about a bug about blacks and women, again. Sounds familiar, Tom. Moaning about the excesses of affirmative action is such an old saw. What's up with that? Are you concerned that some poor pissed upon white guy who usually gets a leg up from *his* good old boy affirmative action network might not be able to compete on a level playing field with a person with equal qualifications from an underrepresented group? Do you think there are so many job openings for chancellor of a university that Katehi's appointment simply fulfilled a quota? Katehi isn't a lightweight who didn't earn or deserve her position as chancellor of UC Davis. Her curriculum vitae could compete with any man for the job she holds. http://chancellor.ucdavis.edu/about/index.html But that's not the point of the article, is it?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Rammstein - Requiem for a Dream
My fourteen year daughter nailed the first and third one immediately. Got the second one after a moment. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: IDK, LY, TTYL.  (My daughter intuitively sensing my language barrier just sent me thatso I'm paying it forward to you, Ravi) From: Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 8:00 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rammstein - Requiem for a Dream  OMG !! My heart started racing when I saw the I'm German part, anything more than 25 you will end up being that intellectual pervert - Angela M, unless of course your first name is either Judy or Denise :-) On Nov 23, 2011, at 3:40 PM, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote:  I am genetically 25% German, so I enjoy the culture. I liked that Rammstein video. The rest of me is 25% Norwegian, 25% Irish and 25% Welsh. Precision and art. Restraint and humor. No fame or fortune. :-0 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@ wrote: Excellent! Thanks, and Happy Thanksgiving! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote: Now this is the way to appreciate Rammstein.  Tee Hee.  Time to prepare for battle - I mean Thanksgiving.  Aaaau. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wat8pEW2B4feature=related I like to drum along with Ich will: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4K6ZxDwi34feature=related The drum part is way simple, but has IMHO a fairly good drive and even groove for a metal band, or stuff. Also, the Sanskrit-like power of the German language is rather obvious...
[FairfieldLife] Re: Blog about Maharishi
When I man has given himself to God's service, when he has denied himself and followed Christ, he has fitted himself to receive and does receive from God a special guidance, a more particular providence. This guidance is conveyed partly by the action of other men, as his appointed superiors, and partly by direct lights and inspirations. If I wait for such guidance, through whatever channel conveyed, about anything, about my poetry for instance, I do more wisely in every way than if I try to serve my own seeming interests in the matter. Now if you value what I write, if I do myself, much more does our Lord. And if he chooses to avail himself of what I leave at his disposal he can do so with a felicity and with a success which I could never command. And if he does not, then two things follow; one that the reward I shall nevertheless receive from him will be all the greater; the other that then I shall know how much a thing contrary to his will and even to my own best interests I should have done if I had taken things into my own hands and forced on publication. This is my principle and this in the main has been my practice: leading the sort of life I do here it seems easy, but when one mixes with the world and meets on every side its secret solicitations, to live by faith is harder, is very hard; nevertheless of God's help I shall always do so. Our Society [Jesuit] values, as you say, and has contributed to literature, to culture; but only as a means to an end. Its history and its experience show that literature proper, as poetry, has seldom been found to be to that end a very serviceable means. We have had for three centuries often the flower of the youth of a country in numbers enter our body: among these how many poets, how many artists of all sorts, there must have been! But there have been very few Jesuit poets and, where they have been, I believe it would be found on examination that there was something exceptional in their circumstances or, so to say, counterbalancing in their career. For genius attracts fame and individual fame St. Ignatius looked on as the most dangerous and dazzling of all attractions . . . You see then what is against me, but since, as Solomon says, there is a time for everything, there is nothing that does not some day come to be, it may be that the time will come for my verses. I remember, by the by, once taking up a little book of the life of St. Stanislaus told or commented on under emblems; it was much in the style of Herbert and his school and about that date; it was by some Polish Jesuit. I was astonished at their beauty and brilliancy, but the author is quite obscure. Brilliancy does not suit us. Bourdaloue is reckoned our greatest orator: he is severe in style. Suarez is our most famous theologian: he is a man of vast volume of mind, but without originality or brilliancy; he treats everything satisfactorily, but you never remember a phrase of his, the manner is nothing. Molina is the man who *made* our theology: he was a genius and even in his driest dialectic I have remarked a certain fervour like a poet's. But in the great controversy on the Aids of Grace, the most dangerous crisis, as I suppose, which our Society ever went through till its suppression, though it was from his book that it had arisen, he took, I think, little part. The same sort of thing may be noticed in our saints. St Ignatius himself was certainly, every one who reads his life will allow, one of the most extraordinary men that ever lived; but after the establishment of the Order he lived in Rome so ordinary, so hidden a life, that when after his death they began to move in the process of his canonisation one of the Cardinals, who had known him in his later life and in that way only, said that he had never remarked anything in him more than in any edifying priest . . . I quote these cases to prove that show and brilliancy do not suit us, that we cultivate the commonplace outwardly and wish the beauty of the king's daughter the soul to be from within. GMH --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TimA alejandro_ferrera44@... wrote: Happy Thanksgiving to group members. You might enjoy reading a blog that contains beuatiful quotes by Maharishi on love and compassion, a poem about him, and an informative essay about the current quality of collective consciousness. It is at http://peoplesguidetotheendoftheworld.blogspot.com/. Hope you enjoy.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Music Video: Occupy the Future
On 11/23/2011 10:28 PM, raunchydog wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote: This is my latest Captain Bebops video Occupy the Future: http://youtu.be/EuVxn0RdLNc Enjoy! Thanks for posting. I like that your characters are from all walks of life. My favorite video on your channel is Night of the Dreadful Republicans Very funny. What program did you use to make that? Thanks. For Night I used iClone 4 for 3D scenes and Crazy Talk Animator for the 2D. They're from Reallusion.com. I use Magix Movie Edit Pro 17 to assemble those files. With this video I did one thing a little different and that was to upload a super high quality HD version of it that was almost 300 MB. Seemed to make a real difference especially with the low resolution versions. YouTube re-encodes the file for all resolutions.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Music Video: Occupy the Future
Thanks. The blinking can be turned off and on and adjusted. It is on by default in the program. On 11/24/2011 03:34 AM, whynotnow7 wrote: Well done, enjoyed the song - I'm curious about the granularity of the modeling interface - is the blinking by the characters built in? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote: This is my latest Captain Bebops video Occupy the Future: http://youtu.be/EuVxn0RdLNc Enjoy!
Re: [FairfieldLife] Windows Phone outselling Android??
On 11/23/2011 11:19 PM, cardemaister wrote: Nokia Lumia 800 outselling all Android phones on Vodafone UK, KPN Netherlands online stores They wish. Android is getting over 500K activations world wide a day. Bravo for Open Source!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Music Video: Occupy the Future
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 11/23/2011 10:28 PM, raunchydog wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@ wrote: This is my latest Captain Bebops video Occupy the Future: http://youtu.be/EuVxn0RdLNc Enjoy! Thanks for posting. I like that your characters are from all walks of life. My favorite video on your channel is Night of the Dreadful Republicans Very funny. What program did you use to make that? Thanks. For Night I used iClone 4 for 3D scenes and Crazy Talk Animator for the 2D. They're from Reallusion.com. I use Magix Movie Edit Pro 17 to assemble those files. With this video I did one thing a little different and that was to upload a super high quality HD version of it that was almost 300 MB. Seemed to make a real difference especially with the low resolution versions. YouTube re-encodes the file for all resolutions. Neat. Good work. For those of us who have never gotten into computer animation and music creation, how long do you reckon such a project took you? I can only imagine that it was considerable, and I for one appreciate your efforts. I've forwarded many of your Captain Bebop episodes to friends, and had them say that they did the same thing. Don't know if that contributed to your hit count or not, but I hope so. Like Raunchy, I'm a big fan of the Repub Zombies as well. It just seems the proper metaphor. I mean, looking at the whole scene from afar, from over here in Pussiesland, it seems that the Repubs are beyond embarrassment. I had a chat over dinner the other night in which we all (3 Americans, 1 Brit) agreed that the current crop of Repub Presidential hopefuls make Dubya look like a member of Mensa. One can only imagine who they'll be promoting in the next election. There is a point at which bottom of the barrel becomes so obvious that people stop dipping into it. The American Republican Party, in its ardor to supplicate the 1% who keep them in fancy cars and fancy houses and fancy titles, seems to have dipped below that point. They seem to really not *know* how appalling these people are.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Testing clickable link
TH? Who owns these questionable brains? Death No.Ted Hughes Isn't Ted Hughes poems so disturbing and real at times? A perfect example of his skill is this poem He could start a poem making you love a innocent character then swiftly show the reader how vile and evil this character is making the reader feel guilty that they could ever love that character in the first place. Ted Hughes vision of a chaotic and godless world of random luck and death is tempered not by Wallace Steven's vision of man -as poet bringing order to the cosmos -but of Crow in his trickster guise wreaking unintentional havoc which is something humans are quite good at. And in that role the tricksters is, in the end, innocent. He is only acting on his nature. Enough of your tricks, Brother Crow.. and do not eat Lady Gaga-- Gaga's Turkey Research more than 20 years ago indicates that crows are among the brightest animals in the world. A Murder of Crows brings you these so-called feathered apes, as you have seldom seen them before. If you haven't watched PBS Nature's A Murder of Crows, you should. http://video.pbs.org/video/1621910826/# http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfI5-RWC-QQ The way a crow shook down on me A dust of snow from a hemlock tree Has given my heart a change of mood And saved some part of a day I had rued. Robert Frost --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, maskedzebra no_reply@... wrote: Crow's First Lesson God tried to teach Crow how to talk. Love, said God. Say, Love. Crow gaped, and the white shark crashed into the sea And went rolling downwards, discovering its own depth. No, no said God, Say Love. Now try it. LOVE. Crow gaped, and a bluefly, a tsetse, a mosquito Zoomed out and down To their sundry flesh-pots. A final try, said God. Now, LOVE. Crow convulsed, gaped, retched and Man's bodiless prodigious head Bulbed out onto the earth, with swivelling eyes, Jabbering protest And Crow retched again, before God could stop him. And woman's vulva dropped over man's neck and tightened. The two struggled together on the grass. God struggled to part them cursed, wept Crow flew guiltily off. TH --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@ wrote: Frankly I don't want to be bored to death by some British poet reading one of his works in a monotone. I did just fine in 4th grade, thank you, and didn't need to repeat it. Or stay developmentally arrested there. Ha! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXYMNDu-qxo ...a shadow man. He's a man to correct Man. But of course he's not a man - he's a crow, and he never does quite become a man... ...The crow is the indestructible...bird, who suffering everything, suffers nothing
Re: [FairfieldLife] Obama Pardons Two Turkeys
On 11/23/2011 01:05 PM, John wrote: The turkeys were trained to gobble without really saying anything. The training apparently helped. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! http://news.yahoo.com/obama-pardons-pair-gobblers-thanksgiving-155518644.html Good. I was afraid he was pardoning Bush and Cheney.
[FairfieldLife] Re: UC Davis chancellor Chemical Linda Katehi
Nazis? wtf?? Sorry, not buying it. I have heard and seen her interviewed 4 or 5 times and it just doesn't come across as a snow job. Which Nazis by the way did you find particularly endearing, making me possibly susceptible to their charms? And when is stuffing millions of people into ovens the same as one dumbass cop pepper spraying students? You sound pretty touchy Sal - perhaps even *out* of touch with reality. Please enjoy your Thanksgiving anyway! :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@... wrote: On Nov 24, 2011, at 5:42 AM, whynotnow7 wrote: It was an interesting article. I've heard the Chancellor interviewed here on TV and radio a fair amount following the UC Davis debacle, and she comes across to me anyway as genuinely concerned about this, beyond just saying the right things. Seems like a decent enough soul in the middle of a very ugly situation. Then you would have been perfect bait for the Nazis, Jim. A lot of them came across as decent souls, too. Wake up. Anyone can put on a pious act for the cameras. It's what they do that counts, and her actions were reprehensible. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@ wrote: On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 8:03 PM, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: Thanks to the EU, bankers, and UC Davis chancellor Linda Katehi, university freedom for Greece's students has taken a huge, dark step backwards.
[FairfieldLife] MOVIE REVIEW: TAKE SHELTER - A Subtle End-of-the-World Film
Listen up. There is a storm coming like nothing you have ever seen and none of you are prepared for it! - Curtis (Michael Shannon), TAKE SHELTER. Take Shelter in one way is the simple story of a working class husband and father who has visceral dreams of a strange powerful storm coming and reacts by expanding his storm shelter. And in another way, Take Shelter is an emotionally complex story which questions a man's sanity. It is also a story filled with loosely connected metaphors and symbolism along side the issues of our current lifestyle in the U.S. which gives the film an apocalyptic feel to those viewers that make that connection. Read the rest of the review here: http://www.moviereviewsfromaspiritualperspective.com/mainstream-movie-reviews/take-shelter
Re: [FairfieldLife] UC Davis chancellor Chemical Linda Katehi
Jim, I can't remember at this point which article claimed she was responsible for giving the cops permission to use the spray. But I do clearly remember the articles pointing out that she was trying to make it seem as though the students were holding her hostage right before she made her famous perp walk. Anyone in that frame of mind should not have responsibility for the well-being of thousands of students. Happy Thanksgiving also to you and yours. On Nov 24, 2011, at 1:00 PM, whynotnow7 wrote: Nazis? wtf?? Sorry, not buying it. I have heard and seen her interviewed 4 or 5 times and it just doesn't come across as a snow job. Which Nazis by the way did you find particularly endearing, making me possibly susceptible to their charms? And when is stuffing millions of people into ovens the same as one dumbass cop pepper spraying students? You sound pretty touchy Sal - perhaps even *out* of touch with reality. Please enjoy your Thanksgiving anyway! :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@... wrote: On Nov 24, 2011, at 5:42 AM, whynotnow7 wrote: It was an interesting article. I've heard the Chancellor interviewed here on TV and radio a fair amount following the UC Davis debacle, and she comes across to me anyway as genuinely concerned about this, beyond just saying the right things. Seems like a decent enough soul in the middle of a very ugly situation. Then you would have been perfect bait for the Nazis, Jim. A lot of them came across as decent souls, too. Wake up. Anyone can put on a pious act for the cameras. It's what they do that counts, and her actions were reprehensible.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Music Video: Occupy the Future
On 11/24/2011 10:01 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote: On 11/23/2011 10:28 PM, raunchydog wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@ wrote: This is my latest Captain Bebops video Occupy the Future: http://youtu.be/EuVxn0RdLNc Enjoy! Thanks for posting. I like that your characters are from all walks of life. My favorite video on your channel is Night of the Dreadful Republicans Very funny. What program did you use to make that? Thanks. For Night I used iClone 4 for 3D scenes and Crazy Talk Animator for the 2D. They're from Reallusion.com. I use Magix Movie Edit Pro 17 to assemble those files. With this video I did one thing a little different and that was to upload a super high quality HD version of it that was almost 300 MB. Seemed to make a real difference especially with the low resolution versions. YouTube re-encodes the file for all resolutions. Neat. Good work. For those of us who have never gotten into computer animation and music creation, how long do you reckon such a project took you? I can only imagine that it was considerable, and I for one appreciate your efforts. I've forwarded many of your Captain Bebop episodes to friends, and had them say that they did the same thing. Don't know if that contributed to your hit count or not, but I hope so. Like Raunchy, I'm a big fan of the Repub Zombies as well. It just seems the proper metaphor. I mean, looking at the whole scene from afar, from over here in Pussiesland, it seems that the Repubs are beyond embarrassment. I had a chat over dinner the other night in which we all (3 Americans, 1 Brit) agreed that the current crop of Repub Presidential hopefuls make Dubya look like a member of Mensa. One can only imagine who they'll be promoting in the next election. There is a point at which bottom of the barrel becomes so obvious that people stop dipping into it. The American Republican Party, in its ardor to supplicate the 1% who keep them in fancy cars and fancy houses and fancy titles, seems to have dipped below that point. They seem to really not *know* how appalling these people are. Thanks. That video probably with music about 12 hours of work over 3 days. Sometimes it's deciding that I don't like a music track and re-recording that track. I made one motion file for the chorus to rock back and forth in time to the music so it was merely loading in those characters, applying the motion, in some cases changing the faces and adding a prop. I'm always open to figuring out ways to do these in less time. Being in the software industry I've always felt that iClone in fact most of the Reallusion products were a bit imbalanced. I think iClone is a hack built over a hack. There appears to be some design flaws that probably require a complete rewrite. Those flaws also make the product less friendly for casual users. One thing they did is instead of creating additional content themselves they opened it to customers to create content and sell it on their site. Neat idea but some of those artists overvalue to their work and probably don't sell much. The orange hooded sweatshirt was purchased but the person had the good sense to price it right. One of the hard things to do in iClone is the motion animation and now they sell a plugin that works with the Xbox Kinect which allows users to do their own motion capture. I haven't upgraded to that yet but it should make the animation easier. I still go with my theory that the Republicans don't want the White House in 2012 because the economy will be further in the dump by then and not salvageable by anyone. They don't want that on their watch so they're running these freak shows (debates) every week. I know I sound doom and gloom but anyone who has learned something about economics will see the mess. I can just imagine a scifi short story opening with aliens talking about what went wrong with the civilization on earth. And I think you have to think about it from that perspective to get a handle on it. Thanks for forwarding the episodes. Funny thing is that YouTube has a monetize icon next to Republican Cry Babies which means that I can put paid ads over the video. I thought that was a weird selection other than maybe the GOP wants to buy ads to put over it. ;-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: UC Davis chancellor Chemical Linda Katehi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote: Nazis? wtf?? Sorry, not buying it. I have heard and seen her interviewed 4 or 5 times and it just doesn't come across as a snow job. Katehi hasn't done anything reprehensible, either. Which Nazis by the way did you find particularly endearing, making me possibly susceptible to their charms? And when is stuffing millions of people into ovens the same as one dumbass cop pepper spraying students? And Sal's not even talking about the cop, she's talking about Katehi, who explicitly told the cops to avoid violence at all costs when they were taking down the tents. You sound pretty touchy Sal - perhaps even *out* of touch with reality. Please enjoy your Thanksgiving anyway! :-) Sal doesn't have a whole lot of credibility here in her judgments of people--witness her most recent debacles, claiming that Mark Landau never had any intention of selling MMY's sandals, and that Bob Price faked his wife's post to Denise. And many more before that. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: On Nov 24, 2011, at 5:42 AM, whynotnow7 wrote: It was an interesting article. I've heard the Chancellor interviewed here on TV and radio a fair amount following the UC Davis debacle, and she comes across to me anyway as genuinely concerned about this, beyond just saying the right things. Seems like a decent enough soul in the middle of a very ugly situation. Then you would have been perfect bait for the Nazis, Jim. A lot of them came across as decent souls, too. Wake up. Anyone can put on a pious act for the cameras. It's what they do that counts, and her actions were reprehensible.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Testing clickable link
THE BLUE FLANNEL SUIT I had let it all grow. I had supposed It was all OK. Your life Was a liner I voyaged in. Costly education had fitted you out. Financiers and committees and consultants Effaced themselves in the gleam of your finish. You trembled with the new life of those engines. That first morning, Before your first class at College, you sat there Sipping coffee. Now I know, as I did not, What eyes waited at the back of the class To check your first professional performance Against their expectations. What assessors Waited to see you justify the cost And redeem their gamble. What a furnace Of eyes waited to prove your metal. I watched The strange dummy stiffness, the misery, Of your blue flannel suit, its straitjacket, ugly Half-approximation to your idea Of the properties you hoped to ease into, And your horror in it. And the tanned Almost green undertinge of your face Shrunk to its wick, your scar lumpish, your plaited Head pathetically tiny. You waited, Knowing yourself helpless in the tweezers Of the life that judges you, and I saw The flayed nerve, the unhealable face-wound Which was all you had for courage. I saw that what you gripped, as you sipped, Were terrors that killed you once already. Now I see, I saw, sitting, the lonely Girl who was going to die. That blue suit, A mad, execution uniform, Survived your sentence. But then I sat, stilled, Unable to fathom what stilled you As I looked at you, as I am stilled Permanently now, permanently Bending so briefly at your open coffin. TH --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda no_reply@... wrote: TH? Who owns these questionable brains? Death No.Ted Hughes Isn't Ted Hughes poems so disturbing and real at times? A perfect example of his skill is this poem He could start a poem making you love a innocent character then swiftly show the reader how vile and evil this character is making the reader feel guilty that they could ever love that character in the first place. Ted Hughes vision of a chaotic and godless world of random luck and death is tempered not by Wallace Steven's vision of man -as poet bringing order to the cosmos -but of Crow in his trickster guise wreaking unintentional havoc which is something humans are quite good at. And in that role the tricksters is, in the end, innocent. He is only acting on his nature. Enough of your tricks, Brother Crow.. and do not eat Lady Gaga-- Gaga's Turkey Research more than 20 years ago indicates that crows are among the brightest animals in the world. A Murder of Crows brings you these so-called feathered apes, as you have seldom seen them before. If you haven't watched PBS Nature's A Murder of Crows, you should. http://video.pbs.org/video/1621910826/# http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfI5-RWC-QQ The way a crow shook down on me A dust of snow from a hemlock tree Has given my heart a change of mood And saved some part of a day I had rued. Robert Frost --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, maskedzebra no_reply@ wrote: Crow's First Lesson God tried to teach Crow how to talk. Love, said God. Say, Love. Crow gaped, and the white shark crashed into the sea And went rolling downwards, discovering its own depth. No, no said God, Say Love. Now try it. LOVE. Crow gaped, and a bluefly, a tsetse, a mosquito Zoomed out and down To their sundry flesh-pots. A final try, said God. Now, LOVE. Crow convulsed, gaped, retched and Man's bodiless prodigious head Bulbed out onto the earth, with swivelling eyes, Jabbering protest And Crow retched again, before God could stop him. And woman's vulva dropped over man's neck and tightened. The two struggled together on the grass. God struggled to part them cursed, wept Crow flew guiltily off. TH --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@ wrote: Frankly I don't want to be bored to death by some British poet reading one of his works in a monotone. I did just fine in 4th grade, thank you, and didn't need to repeat it. Or stay developmentally arrested there. Ha! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXYMNDu-qxo ...a shadow man. He's a man to correct Man. But of course he's not a man - he's a crow, and he never does quite become a man... ...The crow is the indestructible...bird, who suffering everything, suffers nothing
[FairfieldLife] Re: UC Davis chancellor Chemical Linda Katehi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@... wrote: Jim, I can't remember at this point which article claimed she was responsible for giving the cops permission to use the spray. Which you believed, in the absence of any evidence. In fact, she told the cops not to use force in taking down the tents, and to avoid violence at all costs. The cops apparently took that as permission to use pepper spray as long as they didn't actually beat anybody up. But I do clearly remember the articles pointing out that she was trying to make it seem as though the students were holding her hostage right before she made her famous perp walk. Nobody pointed that out, Sal. It had to have been a fact before it could be pointed out, and it wasn't a fact, it was their speculation (and these were blog posts, not articles, just for the record). The media are perfectly capable of having decided that she was being held hostage all on their own, regardless of the reality. The bloggers figured that if this is what the media were reporting, it must be because Katehi had made it seem as if it were the case, which is, frankly, just stupid on the part of the bloggers. For a different perspective (which Sal, of course, won't look at), here are two posts by the campus UCC minister, Kristin Stoneking, the woman who walked with Katehi to her car on Saturday night through the crowd of seated, silent protesters. She was involved in setting that up and describes how it went down: http://cahouse.org/Weblog/?p=160 http://cahouse.org/Weblog/?p=154 Stoneking is clearly on the side of the protesters and is critical of how the administration has been handling the protests, both at UC-Davis and UC-Berkeley (the first part of the second post above discusses the situation at Berkeley, not Davis). But she isn't into blind, thoughtless condemnation. She explains, among other things, that Katehi had insisted that the police *not* be called to disperse the protesters who had gathered at the building while she was inside, even though she and others in the building genuinely feared for her safety if she went outside. Obviously the behavior of the protesters during what Sal idiotically refers to as the perp walk made a big impression on Katehi. She's now a lot more sympathetic to the students and is clearly committed to finding out what went wrong and ensuring that it never happens again. She's put the two cops who used the spray on leave, as well as the scumbag police chief who lied about the cops using the spray because they were surrounded by protesters with no escape route, which obviously was not the case. Now, *that's* reprehensible. She's also asked the local DA to investigate, in addition to the internal investigation she's ordered. Some Nazi, eh? Anyone in that frame of mind should not have responsibility for the well-being of thousands of students. Happy Thanksgiving also to you and yours. On Nov 24, 2011, at 1:00 PM, whynotnow7 wrote: Nazis? wtf?? Sorry, not buying it. I have heard and seen her interviewed 4 or 5 times and it just doesn't come across as a snow job. Which Nazis by the way did you find particularly endearing, making me possibly susceptible to their charms? And when is stuffing millions of people into ovens the same as one dumbass cop pepper spraying students? You sound pretty touchy Sal - perhaps even *out* of touch with reality. Please enjoy your Thanksgiving anyway! :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: On Nov 24, 2011, at 5:42 AM, whynotnow7 wrote: It was an interesting article. I've heard the Chancellor interviewed here on TV and radio a fair amount following the UC Davis debacle, and she comes across to me anyway as genuinely concerned about this, beyond just saying the right things. Seems like a decent enough soul in the middle of a very ugly situation. Then you would have been perfect bait for the Nazis, Jim. A lot of them came across as decent souls, too. Wake up. Anyone can put on a pious act for the cameras. It's what they do that counts, and her actions were reprehensible.
[FairfieldLife] Re: UC Davis chancellor Chemical Linda Katehi
Hi, there is a lot of misinformation out there. She said that, 1) she gave the order to evict the students in tents, and 2), very clearly she said that even if the pepper spraying was considered to be appropriate behavior, it was wrong and never sanctioned by her. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@... wrote: Jim, I can't remember at this point which article claimed she was responsible for giving the cops permission to use the spray. But I do clearly remember the articles pointing out that she was trying to make it seem as though the students were holding her hostage right before she made her famous perp walk. Anyone in that frame of mind should not have responsibility for the well-being of thousands of students. Happy Thanksgiving also to you and yours. On Nov 24, 2011, at 1:00 PM, whynotnow7 wrote: Nazis? wtf?? Sorry, not buying it. I have heard and seen her interviewed 4 or 5 times and it just doesn't come across as a snow job. Which Nazis by the way did you find particularly endearing, making me possibly susceptible to their charms? And when is stuffing millions of people into ovens the same as one dumbass cop pepper spraying students? You sound pretty touchy Sal - perhaps even *out* of touch with reality. Please enjoy your Thanksgiving anyway! :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: On Nov 24, 2011, at 5:42 AM, whynotnow7 wrote: It was an interesting article. I've heard the Chancellor interviewed here on TV and radio a fair amount following the UC Davis debacle, and she comes across to me anyway as genuinely concerned about this, beyond just saying the right things. Seems like a decent enough soul in the middle of a very ugly situation. Then you would have been perfect bait for the Nazis, Jim. A lot of them came across as decent souls, too. Wake up. Anyone can put on a pious act for the cameras. It's what they do that counts, and her actions were reprehensible.
[FairfieldLife] Stairway to Heaven - String Quartet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qetvsoh0Dv4
[FairfieldLife] Bad Romance - Vitamin String Quartet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyy1JNB7ejAfeature=related
[FairfieldLife] Re: UC Davis chancellor Chemical Linda Katehi
Just to embarrass Sal a little further, from a story in today's Sacramento Bee: Katehi: Campus police were told not to use force against students By Sam Stanton sstan...@sacbee.com Last Modified: Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011 - 3:48 am As the tent city on the University of California, Davis, tripled in size, Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi insisted Tuesday that the school's police department defied her orders when it used force against students in last week's pepper-spray fiasco. We told the police to remove the tents or the equipment, Katehi said in an interview with The Bee in her office inside the administration building, which remains locked down to the public. We told them very specifically to do it peacefully, and if there were too many of them, not to do it, if the students were aggressive, not to do it. And then we told them we also do not want to have another Berkeley. In her most expansive comments since Friday's attempt to remove the tents spiraled into the pepper-spraying of students, Katehi said she still does not know who decided to use pepper spray and was stunned when she first saw video clips of it Friday night. It looked horrible, horrific, I would say , Katehi said. I can tell you that I woke up Saturday really early in the morning, like 3 a.m., and I felt like it was a disaster on our hands. She also said she never would have approved the use of full-scale riot gear by officers sent in to remove the students and that Police Chief Annette Spicuzza was part of an emergency conference call before the incident. We told her that it has to be peaceful, that anything else would not be acceptable, Katehi said one day after Spicuzza was placed on administrative leave along with two officers who used the pepper spray Katehi said Spicuzza indicated Saturday that it was Lt. John Pike who decided to use the pepper spray. I believe on Saturday when I spoke with her I said, 'What happened?' Katehi said. She tried to explain that it was the decision of Lt. Pike She has resisted [calls to resign] and met with student groups several times Tuesday, including an afternoon session at which she called for all charges against 10 individuals in Friday's incident nine of them students to be dropped. She also said UC Davis and the UC system would cover all medical expenses incurred by students who were pepper-sprayed After a Monday rally attended by thousands of students, faculty and others at which Katehi apologized, groups once again began to erect tents on the quad. By Tuesday, there were more than 75 tents, and Katehi said she would seek negotiations to coax them into leaving rather than take renewed police action. Meanwhile, she has ordered police to remain ready to help campers if some sort of emergency arises, but to stay out of sight. They are on call, but they are not visible, she said, adding that the school has brought in portable restrooms and is looking into providing facilities for food and drink to maintain a healthy environment Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/11/23/4074993/katehi-campus-police-were-told.html#ixzz1eXUInSfb http://tinyurl.com/cyr65xd --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@... wrote: Jim, I can't remember at this point which article claimed she was responsible for giving the cops permission to use the spray. But I do clearly remember the articles pointing out that she was trying to make it seem as though the students were holding her hostage right before she made her famous perp walk. Anyone in that frame of mind should not have responsibility for the well-being of thousands of students. Happy Thanksgiving also to you and yours.
[FairfieldLife] Re: UC Davis chancellor Chemical Linda Katehi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@... wrote: On Nov 24, 2011, at 5:42 AM, whynotnow7 wrote: It was an interesting article. I've heard the Chancellor interviewed here on TV and radio a fair amount following the UC Davis debacle, and she comes across to me anyway as genuinely concerned about this, beyond just saying the right things. Seems like a decent enough soul in the middle of a very ugly situation. Then you would have been perfect bait for the Nazis, Jim. A lot of them came across as decent souls, too. Wake up. Anyone can put on a pious act for the cameras. It's what they do that counts, and her actions were reprehensible. Jim is awake, Sal. You're the one asleep, and too lazy as usual to actually exert a little brain power to find out that Katehi says she didn't order campus police to use pepper spray. It must really suck to wake up on the wrong side of the bed everyday feeling crabby and pissed off at the world, which by the way, is a tiresome, reprehensible characteristic of your personality. Katehi says she directed the police to remove tents but not make any arrests or use force. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2011/1123/Pepper-spray-explanation-doesn-t-wash-with-UC-Davis-students At Katehi's request, the University of California is launching an independent investigation of the pepper spraying incident. An advisory panel of students, faculty, staff and other members of the UC community will review the report and make recommendations to preserve the safety of peaceful protesters. http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2011/11/23/uc-davis-investigation-pepper-spray.html I won't make a judgement on Katehi's actions until after the investigation. Given the recent use of pepper spray on protesters in other cities, maybe she should have specifically told campus police not to use pepper spray. Maybe she did and they ignored her orders. We won't know who said what until there's an investigation showing evidence of written memos or emails. I can only imagine how difficult it is for police to physically remove protesters who refuse to obey a order to disburse, but it's their job. They're trained to cuff-em and take them away without injuring them. Unfortunately, pepper spray seems to make police lazy about dealing with civil disobedience. It should never be used as long as protesters remain non-violent and pose no threat to the safety of the police. I hope this investigation puts a light on the apparent increase of unwarranted use of pepper spray on occupiers in many cities around the county. It's an an ugly police state tactic and must stop. It's ironic that Katehi was a student at Athens Polytechnic in 1973 and there's a plaque on UC Davis campus in memory of the students killed at Athens Polytechnic November 17, 1973 by the military junta ruling Greece. She said she was there and will never forget it. Raw Story had a link to youtube of Katehi's heartfelt apology to the students. She choked-up with emotion when she referenced the plaque on campus. Youtube has since banned the video and Raw Story no longer links to it. I don't know why. http://bannedfromyoutube.com/watch_video.php?v=1HBWHXDD93RU
[FairfieldLife] Re: UC Davis chancellor Chemical Linda Katehi
Poor old Sal must feel she's just been pepper-sprayed after all these posts pointing out her deficiencies as a poster on this forum. Sal has an interesting relationship with any reading matter that is set before her. She is quite capable of reading what is not there and not reading what is there. This results in some perverse judgements and posts that are close to absurd, not being related to anything that has actually been said. There is a glitch in the brain somewhere, it would seem. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: On Nov 24, 2011, at 5:42 AM, whynotnow7 wrote: It was an interesting article. I've heard the Chancellor interviewed here on TV and radio a fair amount following the UC Davis debacle, and she comes across to me anyway as genuinely concerned about this, beyond just saying the right things. Seems like a decent enough soul in the middle of a very ugly situation. Then you would have been perfect bait for the Nazis, Jim. A lot of them came across as decent souls, too. Wake up. Anyone can put on a pious act for the cameras. It's what they do that counts, and her actions were reprehensible. Jim is awake, Sal. You're the one asleep, and too lazy as usual to actually exert a little brain power to find out that Katehi says she didn't order campus police to use pepper spray. It must really suck to wake up on the wrong side of the bed everyday feeling crabby and pissed off at the world, which by the way, is a tiresome, reprehensible characteristic of your personality. Katehi says she directed the police to remove tents but not make any arrests or use force. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2011/1123/Pepper-spray-explanation-doesn-t-wash-with-UC-Davis-students At Katehi's request, the University of California is launching an independent investigation of the pepper spraying incident. An advisory panel of students, faculty, staff and other members of the UC community will review the report and make recommendations to preserve the safety of peaceful protesters. http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2011/11/23/uc-davis-investigation-pepper-spray.html I won't make a judgement on Katehi's actions until after the investigation. Given the recent use of pepper spray on protesters in other cities, maybe she should have specifically told campus police not to use pepper spray. Maybe she did and they ignored her orders. We won't know who said what until there's an investigation showing evidence of written memos or emails. I can only imagine how difficult it is for police to physically remove protesters who refuse to obey a order to disburse, but it's their job. They're trained to cuff-em and take them away without injuring them. Unfortunately, pepper spray seems to make police lazy about dealing with civil disobedience. It should never be used as long as protesters remain non-violent and pose no threat to the safety of the police. I hope this investigation puts a light on the apparent increase of unwarranted use of pepper spray on occupiers in many cities around the county. It's an an ugly police state tactic and must stop. It's ironic that Katehi was a student at Athens Polytechnic in 1973 and there's a plaque on UC Davis campus in memory of the students killed at Athens Polytechnic November 17, 1973 by the military junta ruling Greece. She said she was there and will never forget it. Raw Story had a link to youtube of Katehi's heartfelt apology to the students. She choked-up with emotion when she referenced the plaque on campus. Youtube has since banned the video and Raw Story no longer links to it. I don't know why. http://bannedfromyoutube.com/watch_video.php?v=1HBWHXDD93RU
[FairfieldLife] The Reconnection - Injuries and disabilities healed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfszQgl9tBYfeature=youtu.be It's a neat book I read about a year ago. It talks about this guys story; it's pretty neat. It also reconstructs people's DNA back to what it what it was a long time ago.
[FairfieldLife] Re: UC Davis chancellor Chemical Linda Katehi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: snip I don't think she had any idea that the police were going to use excessive force on the protesters when she told them to remove the tents. I guess Judy thought each one should have been wrestled up individually by the police officers in spite of their own safety, after all it's not her well being that is at risk, (this is the way *ivory tower* intellectuals think). BTW, Ms Police, use of force, expert, what should have the police done? Just curious Sarg.
[FairfieldLife] Re: UC Davis chancellor Chemical Linda Katehi
Although this is not addressed to me, I am going to respond. Peaceful protesters have been sitting down and linking arms time out of mind. If the police choose to arrest them, they usually just find a way of dragging them off, sometimes roughly, but without the kind of sickening violence displayed in the pepper-spraying incident. I found that video chilling and very disturbing to watch. That cop in riot gear, or whatever it was, sprayed those young people like they were insects or vermin. I think it was disgraceful, horrifying, utterly wrong. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u anitaoaks4u@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip I don't think she had any idea that the police were going to use excessive force on the protesters when she told them to remove the tents. I guess Judy thought each one should have been wrestled up individually by the police officers in spite of their own safety, after all it's not her well being that is at risk, (this is the way *ivory tower* intellectuals think). BTW, Ms Police, use of force, expert, what should have the police done? Just curious Sarg.
[FairfieldLife] Re: UC Davis chancellor Chemical Linda Katehi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@... wrote: Although this is not addressed to me, I am going to respond. Peaceful protesters have been sitting down and linking arms time out of mind. If the police choose to arrest them, they usually just find a way of dragging them off, sometimes roughly, but without the kind of sickening violence displayed in the pepper-spraying incident. That's easy for you to say!! Hey Copper, go out there and risk your life, ah, don't worry about it, they look friendly! What a joke! Or, Be nice! You guys are too much!, can't stop laughing, (or crying). Ohh, in case you didn't know, the Police have families too, who love them dearly. Please don't cavalierly suggest they do YOUR dirty work, while you watch and take pot shots! How Disgusting! I found that video chilling and very disturbing to watch. That cop in riot gear, or whatever it was, sprayed those young people like they were insects or vermin. I think it was disgraceful, horrifying, utterly wrong. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u anitaoaks4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip I don't think she had any idea that the police were going to use excessive force on the protesters when she told them to remove the tents. I guess Judy thought each one should have been wrestled up individually by the police officers in spite of their own safety, after all it's not her well being that is at risk, (this is the way *ivory tower* intellectuals think). BTW, Ms Police, use of force, expert, what should have the police done? Just curious Sarg.
[FairfieldLife] Re: UC Davis chancellor Chemical Linda Katehi
I might have more sympathy with your argument if the police in this situation had been in any danger at all. I don't think they were risking their lives, as you put it, or anything close to it. I think it was the students who were putting themselves in a potentially dangerous situation, given the propensity of the police for excessive violence. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u anitaoaks4u@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote: Although this is not addressed to me, I am going to respond. Peaceful protesters have been sitting down and linking arms time out of mind. If the police choose to arrest them, they usually just find a way of dragging them off, sometimes roughly, but without the kind of sickening violence displayed in the pepper-spraying incident. That's easy for you to say!! Hey Copper, go out there and risk your life, ah, don't worry about it, they look friendly! What a joke! Or, Be nice! You guys are too much!, can't stop laughing, (or crying). Ohh, in case you didn't know, the Police have families too, who love them dearly. Please don't cavalierly suggest they do YOUR dirty work, while you watch and take pot shots! How Disgusting! I found that video chilling and very disturbing to watch. That cop in riot gear, or whatever it was, sprayed those young people like they were insects or vermin. I think it was disgraceful, horrifying, utterly wrong. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u anitaoaks4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip I don't think she had any idea that the police were going to use excessive force on the protesters when she told them to remove the tents. I guess Judy thought each one should have been wrestled up individually by the police officers in spite of their own safety, after all it's not her well being that is at risk, (this is the way *ivory tower* intellectuals think). BTW, Ms Police, use of force, expert, what should have the police done? Just curious Sarg.
[FairfieldLife] Re: UC Davis chancellor Chemical Linda Katehi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@... wrote: I might have more sympathy with your argument if the police in this situation had been in any danger at all. I don't think they were risking their lives, as you put it, or anything close to it. I think it was the students who were putting themselves in a potentially dangerous situation, given the propensity of the police for excessive violence. I think you said it yourself you don't think they were risking their lives but you didn't KNOW did YOU?? You can't run a police force under those conditions! Even if ONE of the dozen or so had a knife a police officer could have been killed! I think YOU should have broken up that demonstration, what do you think about that? You ought to be kissing your lucky ass we have police that are willing to risk their lives every day for us. PS It isn't a given that the police have a propensity for excessive violence, don't know where you got that given all the arrests that take place every day without incident. (another subject though)
[FairfieldLife] Post Count
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Nov 19 00:00:00 2011 End Date (UTC): Sat Nov 26 00:00:00 2011 524 messages as of (UTC) Fri Nov 25 00:14:41 2011 47 authfriend jst...@panix.com 44 Bob Price bobpri...@yahoo.com 39 Yifu yifux...@yahoo.com 39 Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com 37 obbajeeba no_re...@yahoogroups.com 25 turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com 24 whynotnow7 whynotn...@yahoo.com 24 Ravi Yogi raviy...@att.net 23 Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net 22 Buck dhamiltony...@yahoo.com 20 Tom Pall thomas.p...@gmail.com 15 richardatrwilliamsdotus willy...@yahoo.com 14 nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com 14 merudanda no_re...@yahoogroups.com 13 wgm4u anitaoak...@att.net 12 seventhray1 steve.sun...@sbcglobal.net 12 Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com 11 raunchydog raunchy...@yahoo.com 9 maskedzebra no_re...@yahoogroups.com 9 cardemaister no_re...@yahoogroups.com 9 Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@lisco.com 9 John jr_...@yahoo.com 7 seekliberation seekliberat...@yahoo.com 6 Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com 5 feste37 fest...@yahoo.com 5 Susan waybac...@yahoo.com 4 emptybill emptyb...@yahoo.com 4 Robert babajii...@yahoo.com 3 marekreavis reavisma...@sbcglobal.net 3 TimA taustin52...@yahoo.com 2 shukra69 shukr...@yahoo.ca 2 richardatrwilliamsdotus rich...@rwilliams.us 2 merlin vedamer...@yahoo.de 1 shainm307 shainm...@yahoo.com 1 jpgillam jpgil...@yahoo.com 1 curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com 1 azgrey no_re...@yahoogroups.com 1 wle...@aol.com 1 TimA alejandro_ferrer...@yahoo.com 1 Paulo Barbosa tprob...@terra.com.br 1 PaliGap compost...@yahoo.co.uk 1 Jean jeanjes...@q.com 1 Dick Mays dickm...@lisco.com Posters: 43 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
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: UC Davis chancellor “Chemical” Linda Katehi
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 7:14 PM, wgm4u anitaoak...@att.net wrote: I might have more sympathy with your argument if the police in this situation had been in any danger at all. I don't think they were risking their lives, as you put it, or anything close to it. I think it was the students who were putting themselves in a potentially dangerous situation, given the propensity of the police for excessive violence. I think you said it yourself you don't think they were risking their lives but you didn't KNOW did YOU?? You can't run a police force under those conditions! Even if ONE of the dozen or so had a knife a police officer could have been killed! I think YOU should have broken up that demonstration, what do you think about that? You ought to be kissing your lucky ass we have police that are willing to risk their lives every day for us. PS It isn't a given that the police have a propensity for excessive violence, don't know where you got that given all the arrests that take place every day without incident. (another subject though) And we don't know about the sadistic, top dog attitude many men take into the force, do we? Ever talk to one of these beasts? The women police were very, very effective in the City of Austin as believe it or not, a woman cop was able to cool down a situation before it became heated. They, however, were driven off the force by their hang 'em high, Taser and Mace 'em male counterparts. I know of only two people who actually should be law enforcement. One is a retired sheriff for whatever country Albuquerque is in and the other is current sheriff for Lampasas County, Texas. I fondly remember what happened to the very large carpet which covered the lobby area of 700 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA. These guys came in and said they were there for the carpet. The receptionist called Campus Police, who provided enough manpower to get the carpet into the van. End of carpet.
[FairfieldLife] Re: UC Davis chancellor Chemical Linda Katehi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u anitaoaks4u@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote: I might have more sympathy with your argument if the police in this situation had been in any danger at all. I don't think they were risking their lives, as you put it, or anything close to it. I think it was the students who were putting themselves in a potentially dangerous situation, given the propensity of the police for excessive violence. I think you said it yourself you don't think they were risking their lives but you didn't KNOW did YOU?? You can't run a police force under those conditions! This is really just too hilarious. Can you *imagine* what it would be like if the police didn't dare approach a bunch of people without pepper-spraying them first, just in case one of them was deranged and had a lethal weapon? That's what BillyG is prescribing. As my mother would say, he doesn't have any more sense than a bunny rabbit. Even if ONE of the dozen or so had a knife a police officer could have been killed! I think YOU should have broken up that demonstration, what do you think about that? You ought to be kissing your lucky ass we have police that are willing to risk their lives every day for us. PS It isn't a given that the police have a propensity for excessive violence, don't know where you got that given all the arrests that take place every day without incident. (another subject though)
[FairfieldLife] Re: UC Davis chancellor Chemical Linda Katehi
This is another bit of misinformation that has leaked into this story, that the police were in danger because they were encircled by the protesters. What this tidbit leaves out is that the protesters encircling the police were sitting down, and the pepper spraying moron actually stepped over the protesters, to be outside the circle before he began spraying them. The police were never in any danger. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u anitaoaks4u@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip I don't think she had any idea that the police were going to use excessive force on the protesters when she told them to remove the tents. I guess Judy thought each one should have been wrestled up individually by the police officers in spite of their own safety, after all it's not her well being that is at risk, (this is the way *ivory tower* intellectuals think). BTW, Ms Police, use of force, expert, what should have the police done? Just curious Sarg.
[FairfieldLife] Re: UC Davis chancellor Chemical Linda Katehi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u anitaoaks4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote: I might have more sympathy with your argument if the police in this situation had been in any danger at all. I don't think they were risking their lives, as you put it, or anything close to it. I think it was the students who were putting themselves in a potentially dangerous situation, given the propensity of the police for excessive violence. I think you said it yourself you don't think they were risking their lives but you didn't KNOW did YOU?? You can't run a police force under those conditions! This is really just too hilarious. Can you *imagine* what it would be like if the police didn't dare approach a bunch of people without pepper-spraying them first, just in case one of them was deranged and had a lethal weapon? That's what BillyG is prescribing. As my mother would say, he doesn't have any more sense than a bunny rabbit. That's right Judy, that's what I am prescribing, every Police Officer should pepper spray any suspect before approaching them, regardless! (GMAB, I never suggested any such thing).
[FairfieldLife] Re: UC Davis chancellor Chemical Linda Katehi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u anitaoaks4u@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip I don't think she had any idea that the police were going to use excessive force on the protesters when she told them to remove the tents. I guess Judy thought each one should have been wrestled up individually by the police officers in spite of their own safety, That's how they're supposed to do it, yes. after all it's not her well being that is at risk, (this is the way *ivory tower* intellectuals think). Um, this is the way authorities on policing think, actually. And BTW, I'm not paid to deal with protesters; the police are. It's their job. It's not just bad policing, it's against federal law to use pepper spray against nonviolent protesters. See here: http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2011/11/16/211132/23 BTW, Ms Police, use of force, expert, what should have the police done? Just curious Sarg.
[FairfieldLife] Re: UC Davis chancellor Chemical Linda Katehi
Ya gotta love this Monday morning quarterbacking, Man, he should have thrown it there, he was wide open, what a dopeI'm going to bed, later!!! BTW, that cop was decorated in the past for his heroic actions, hardly a maniac. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote: This is another bit of misinformation that has leaked into this story, that the police were in danger because they were encircled by the protesters. What this tidbit leaves out is that the protesters encircling the police were sitting down, and the pepper spraying moron actually stepped over the protesters, to be outside the circle before he began spraying them. The police were never in any danger. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u anitaoaks4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip I don't think she had any idea that the police were going to use excessive force on the protesters when she told them to remove the tents. I guess Judy thought each one should have been wrestled up individually by the police officers in spite of their own safety, after all it's not her well being that is at risk, (this is the way *ivory tower* intellectuals think). BTW, Ms Police, use of force, expert, what should have the police done? Just curious Sarg.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Blog about Maharishi
You're welcome. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TimA alejandro_ferrera44@ wrote: Happy Thanksgiving to group members. You might enjoy reading a blog that contains beuatiful quotes by Maharishi on love and compassion, a poem about him, and an informative essay about the current quality of collective consciousness. It is at http://peoplesguidetotheendoftheworld.blogspot.com/. Hope you enjoy. Let us be in love with all around us. Let us in love resolve to be in love, for love is life, and certainly we do not want to step out of life. So let us in love resolve to remain in love and let us never step out of the boundaries of lovingness. For in love dwells the power of God, the power of creation, wisdom of life and the strength of all good. Certainly our life has to be all in love. Beautiful, thanks for posting this !
[FairfieldLife] Re: UC Davis chancellor Chemical Linda Katehi
I didn't refer to him as a maniac, only as a moron, which seems like a good fit. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u anitaoaks4u@... wrote: Ya gotta love this Monday morning quarterbacking, Man, he should have thrown it there, he was wide open, what a dopeI'm going to bed, later!!! BTW, that cop was decorated in the past for his heroic actions, hardly a maniac. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@ wrote: This is another bit of misinformation that has leaked into this story, that the police were in danger because they were encircled by the protesters. What this tidbit leaves out is that the protesters encircling the police were sitting down, and the pepper spraying moron actually stepped over the protesters, to be outside the circle before he began spraying them. The police were never in any danger. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u anitaoaks4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip I don't think she had any idea that the police were going to use excessive force on the protesters when she told them to remove the tents. I guess Judy thought each one should have been wrestled up individually by the police officers in spite of their own safety, after all it's not her well being that is at risk, (this is the way *ivory tower* intellectuals think). BTW, Ms Police, use of force, expert, what should have the police done? Just curious Sarg.
[FairfieldLife] The Smartest Turkey in the Room (was Music Video: Occupy the Future)
From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com snip from over here in Pussiesland, it seems that the Repubs are beyond embarrassment. I had a chat over dinner the other night in which we all (3 Americans, 1 Brit) agreed that the current crop of Repub Presidential hopefuls make Dubya look like a member of Mensa. One can only imagine who they'll be promoting in the next election. Recently, a number of my fan club; a.k.a. the circular firing squad, have pleaded with me to revert to writing, and slow down on the pictures---some of which, they've been finding more than a tad challenging. Though it's a surprising request, since looking at a picture---to decide if you will ignore it or not---would appear to be so much faster, then reading an exceptionally pithy piece of content---to decide if you will ignore it or not---but then, there's no accounting for how challenging some pictures can be, I have decided to acquiesce, since it's Thanksgiving, and give the fans what they want, and since tomorrow is *Black Friday* (my favorite day of the year), I decided the following story might be a good place to start. Unfortunately, I'll have to keep it to less than 1500 words; I have a few of my own turkeys to finish seasoning. My Working title is: The Smartest Turkey in the Room; Alternatively, I'm considering: Stranger Than Fiction or: How I Stopped Pepper Spraying Children and Learned to Love Seasoning Turkeys. - Daddy, why is that turkey so big. OPPS; I'm getting a little a head of myself: Once upon a time, there was a middle class family that lived in a middle class town, in the middle of a country, called Fair to Middling (just kidding, it was actually called Fairfield---just wanted to make sure I had your attention). The middle class family had just sat down to Thanksgiving dinner when the little girl, staring at the 120 lb turkey, sitting in the middle of the dining room table, asked: Daddy, why is that turkey so big. 'That's an excellent question'. The Daddy answered. Just then, the wife---who had just put the turkey on the table, rolled her eyes, and looked at her watch; and then the Daddy began: At a farm---in the middle of nowhere, there lived an extended family of turkeys; it was an organic farm, and the turkeys were allowed to roam the barnyard freely. There was one turkey; his name was King Turkey, who loved to share his vast knowledge, and insights (as well as stories about the famous and almost famous, he had met over the years) with the other turkeys that were not nearly so fortunate in the area of firing synapses. The King gave lectures everyday, to which the much less fortunate turkeys were invited, but were told to keep quiet, particularly if they were women, or intellectuals; there were a number of the less fortunate that never missed one of King's talks; these regulars included a turkey named Sue as well one named Kirkland, and another named Thelma P (no one ever figured out where the P came from). King was very proud of his talks, many were about his insights on television programs and movies he pirated off the Internet; the fact many of them looked like home movies taken in China, during the cultural revolution, didn't seem to be a problem for King, or his regulars; who liked to be called The King's Regulars by the even less fortunate turkeys who rarely showed up for the talks; that is except for a turkey named Bobsled (it was assumed Bobsled was an Aquarius). For some odd reason, Bobsled, who was more than a bit of a rabble-rouser, loved to make fun of King and his Regulars, and, no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't get Bobsled to stay away from the talks. As much as Bobsled's teasing bothered King, he knew he was on firm ground because the farmers always gave him more feed than the Regulars or the other less fortunate, and certainly a lot more than they gave the Bobsled; who on a good day, was positively anorexic; so the King knew, eventually, the Bobsled would fade to oblivion. One particularly painful incident happened when King brought a map to one of his talks and explained to the enthralled Regulars that this was a map of the universe and it showed that the barnyard was at its center, which meant King was the center, of the center, of the universe. Bobsled interrupted, and explained he had seen a map just like Kings a few decades before about a tribe called Sloane Rangers, and it showed Sloane Square, in Chelsea, London, as the center, and since Bobsled had lived near Sloane Square, that made him the center, of the center, of the universe. At this point Sue jumped in and quoted something she read that supported King's position (in the universe), but when the Regulars asked Sue where they could find the article, she couldn't remember; at this point Bobsled started laughing so hard he fell into the pig pen and when he got out he smelled so bad the rest of the turkeys liked to keep him
Re: [FairfieldLife] The Smartest Turkey in the Room (was Music Video: Occupy the Future)
Awesome !!! Happy thanksgiving to all. On Nov 24, 2011, at 6:20 PM, Bob Price bobpri...@yahoo.com wrote: From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com snip from over here in Pussiesland, it seems that the Repubs are beyond embarrassment. I had a chat over dinner the other night in which we all (3 Americans, 1 Brit) agreed that the current crop of Repub Presidential hopefuls make Dubya look like a member of Mensa. One can only imagine who they'll be promoting in the next election. Recently, a number of my fan club; a.k.a. the circular firing squad, have pleaded with me to revert to writing, and slow down on the pictures---some of which, they've been finding more than a tad challenging. Though it's a surprising request, since looking at a picture---to decide if you will ignore it or not---would appear to be so much faster, then reading an exceptionally pithy piece of content---to decide if you will ignore it or not---but then, there's no accounting for how challenging some pictures can be, I have decided to acquiesce, since it's Thanksgiving, and give the fans what they want, and since tomorrow is *Black Friday* (my favorite day of the year), I decided the following story might be a good place to start. Unfortunately, I'll have to keep it to less than 1500 words; I have a few of my own turkeys to finish seasoning. My Working title is: The Smartest Turkey in the Room; Alternatively, I'm considering: Stranger Than Fiction or: How I Stopped Pepper Spraying Children and Learned to Love Seasoning Turkeys. - Daddy, why is that turkey so big. OPPS; I'm getting a little a head of myself: Once upon a time, there was a middle class family that lived in a middle class town, in the middle of a country, called Fair to Middling (just kidding, it was actually called Fairfield---just wanted to make sure I had your attention). The middle class family had just sat down to Thanksgiving dinner when the little girl, staring at the 120 lb turkey, sitting in the middle of the dining room table, asked: Daddy, why is that turkey so big. 'That's an excellent question'. The Daddy answered. Just then, the wife---who had just put the turkey on the table, rolled her eyes, and looked at her watch; and then the Daddy began: At a farm---in the middle of nowhere, there lived an extended family of turkeys; it was an organic farm, and the turkeys were allowed to roam the barnyard freely. There was one turkey; his name was King Turkey, who loved to share his vast knowledge, and insights (as well as stories about the famous and almost famous, he had met over the years) with the other turkeys that were not nearly so fortunate in the area of firing synapses. The King gave lectures everyday, to which the much less fortunate turkeys were invited, but were told to keep quiet, particularly if they were women, or intellectuals; there were a number of the less fortunate that never missed one of King's talks; these regulars included a turkey named Sue as well one named Kirkland, and another named Thelma P (no one ever figured out where the P came from). King was very proud of his talks, many were about his insights on television programs and movies he pirated off the Internet; the fact many of them looked like home movies taken in China, during the cultural revolution, didn't seem to be a problem for King, or his regulars; who liked to be called The King's Regulars by the even less fortunate turkeys who rarely showed up for the talks; that is except for a turkey named Bobsled (it was assumed Bobsled was an Aquarius). For some odd reason, Bobsled, who was more than a bit of a rabble-rouser, loved to make fun of King and his Regulars, and, no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't get Bobsled to stay away from the talks. As much as Bobsled's teasing bothered King, he knew he was on firm ground because the farmers always gave him more feed than the Regulars or the other less fortunate, and certainly a lot more than they gave the Bobsled; who on a good day, was positively anorexic; so the King knew, eventually, the Bobsled would fade to oblivion. One particularly painful incident happened when King brought a map to one of his talks and explained to the enthralled Regulars that this was a map of the universe and it showed that the barnyard was at its center, which meant King was the center, of the center, of the universe. Bobsled interrupted, and explained he had seen a map just like Kings a few decades before about a tribe called Sloane Rangers, and it showed Sloane Square, in Chelsea, London, as the center, and since Bobsled had lived near Sloane Square, that made him the center, of the center, of the universe. At this point Sue jumped in and quoted something she read that supported King's position (in the universe), but when the Regulars asked Sue
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Music Video: Occupy the Future
On 11/23/2011 10:28 PM, raunchydog wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote: This is my latest Captain Bebops video Occupy the Future: http://youtu.be/EuVxn0RdLNc Enjoy! Thanks for posting. I like that your characters are from all walks of life. My favorite video on your channel is Night of the Dreadful Republicans Very funny. What program did you use to make that? This is another take off on Night of the Living Dead by JibJab who are pros at doing this (I'm just a hobbyist). Quite funny. Night of the Living Republicans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX8izgW4gi
[FairfieldLife] Re: Music Video: Occupy the Future
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 11/23/2011 10:28 PM, raunchydog wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@ wrote: This is my latest Captain Bebops video Occupy the Future: http://youtu.be/EuVxn0RdLNc Enjoy! Thanks for posting. I like that your characters are from all walks of life. My favorite video on your channel is Night of the Dreadful Republicans Very funny. What program did you use to make that? This is another take off on Night of the Living Dead by JibJab who are pros at doing this (I'm just a hobbyist). Quite funny. Night of the Living Republicans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX8izgW4gi Your link doesn't work.
[FairfieldLife] Flex your rights
Billy G, just in case you decide it would be fun to do some hippie punching at a peaceful occupy protest coming to your hometown soon and in the melee of mass arrests the police pepper spray you, here's what you should do: 1. Remain calm even if your eyeballs feel on fire. 2. Don't scream. Politely say you wish to remain silent because the police can legally lie to use words and pleas for mercy against you. 3. You should also politely ask, Am I being detained, or am I free to go? If the officer says you are being detained, rather than WTF? say, What is the reasonable suspicion that you have to detain me? 4. Never consent to searches. Simply say, I don't consent to a search. That won't stop police from finding the dogeared copy of Mein Kampf in your underwear, but asserting your 4th Amendment rights means that even if they find some pot, your lawyer has a better chance of getting charges against you dropped. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/11/05/flex-your-rights-the-top-3-things-to-do-in-every-police-encounter/
[FairfieldLife] Flex your rights
Billy G, just in case you decide it would be fun to do some hippie punching at a peaceful occupy protest coming to your hometown soon and in the melee of mass arrests the police pepper spray you, here's what you should do: 1. Remain calm even if your eyeballs feel on fire. 2. Don't scream. Politely say you wish to remain silent because the police can legally lie to use your words and pleas for mercy against you. 3. You should also politely ask, Am I being detained, or am I free to go? If the officer says you are being detained, rather than WTF? say, What is the reasonable suspicion that you have to detain me? 4. Never consent to searches. Simply say, I don't consent to a search. That won't stop police from finding the dog-eared copy of Mein Kampf in your underwear, but asserting your 4th Amendment rights means that even if they find some pot, your lawyer has a better chance of getting charges against you dropped. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/11/05/flex-your-rights-the-top-3-things-to-do-in-every-police-encounter/
[FairfieldLife] Flex your rights
Billy G, just in case you decide it would be fun to do some hippie punching at a peaceful occupy protest coming to your hometown soon and in the melee of mass arrests the police pepper spray you, here's what you should do: 1. Remain calm even if your eyeballs feel on fire. 2. Don't scream. Politely say you wish to remain silent. FYI the police can legally lie to use your words and pleas for mercy against you. 3. You should also politely ask, Am I being detained, or am I free to go? If the officer says you are being detained, rather than WTF? say, What is the reasonable suspicion that you have to detain me? 4. Never consent to searches. Simply say, I don't consent to a search. That won't stop police from finding the dog-eared copy of Mein Kampf in your underwear, but asserting your 4th Amendment rights means that even if they find some pot, your lawyer has a better chance of getting charges against you dropped. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/11/05/flex-your-rights-the-top-3-things-to-do-in\-every-police encounter/
