[FairfieldLife] Distant cousins!
[FairfieldLife] Jesse is n*ts?
[FairfieldLife] pañca-karma recently?
[FairfieldLife] Reincarnation, guaranteed
Come back as a tree... [https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/q71/1378002_3059038762\ 16517_2133395172_n.jpg] https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/q71/1378002_30590387621\ 6517_2133395172_n.jpg https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/q71/1378002_3059038762\ 16517_2133395172_n.jpg This is a Bios Urn, a completely biodegradable urn that contains a single tree seed. When planted, the tree seed is nourished by and absorbs the nutrients from the ashes of your body which are contained inside. The urn itself is made from coconut shell and contains compacted peat and cellulose. The ashes are mixed with this, and the seed placed inside. You can even choose which type of tree you'd like to grow! Once your remains have been placed into the urn, it can be planted and then the seed germinates and begins to grow. You even have the choice to pick the type of plant you would like to become, depending on what kind of planting space you prefer.
[FairfieldLife] chant for Navaratri
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIrJ9-VRv24
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iranitea, thank you and I do consider myself very fortunate. I think becoming totally free of the prison of ignorance can take lifetimes and I'm not yet completely free of that prison. And maybe the most dire prison of all is thinking we are free when we're not. Anyway, happy nine nights of Mother Divine. Blessings of Mother Divine on you always. The next three days, blessings of MahaDurga. Be kind to warrior women! From: iranitea no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 4, 2013 11:48 AM Subject: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Re: FBI arrests Silk Road suspect Oh thanks Share. I like to be corrected, if it's not used as an opportunity for a put down, as it has been happening so often. Share, I really liked your comment about the PR anniversary. I like that you don't give in to all the collective pressure, of some of the group members here, that you are in fact NOT back peddling. I like you to know, that I am completely with you on this issue. PR is a strong word, but I do think that it was needed, and can well be understood. Don't give in to some wrong understood political correctness, which is basically the argument of your opponents. You are the one who clearly felt and perceived the kind of unwanted intrusion, and it is you who have to draw the red line. All the bad mouthing of your character is rubbish, you have not been the intruder in this regard. You had to deal here with a master manipulator - and you were able to see through this, and free yourself from that influence. Sometimes you have to step out of a prison, to realize you have been in a prison. There are prisons of mental concepts and conditionings. To free oneself from these may sometimes take years or decades. It doesn't matter how long you were exposed to these concepts, they may still take roots in you - obviously many have a hard time to get rid of this. Consider yourself lucky! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: iranitea, usually people say back peddling, like on a bicycle. But I like back paddling too. Like in a boat. I also could go for, on a rainy day, back puddling, that is, jumping backwards into a puddle (-: From: iranitea no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 4, 2013 11:14 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Re: FBI arrests Silk Road suspect ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Iranitea, now truly desperate to score a point: But have you ever considered, that you don't know anything about what you are talking about? You mean, as to whether Barry knows about the Dark Web? I'm not certain of that, of course, which is why I said I don't think Barry knows... See his post #359659 to Seraphita and let us know what you think. Oh, oh, back-paddling I mean, you say 'Gracious no' as if it would be illegal or even ethical wrong to use Tor, or pages accessible only through it - or encryption in times of almost total Internet surveillance! Yar. That must be why I posted this to Seraphita (#359600): There are apparently many thousands of similar sites on the Dark Web. Silk Road and Atlantis (which closed down a couple of weeks ago) were only the most prominent. (Disclaimer: I don't use any of 'em, but I've been reading about them; I find the whole Dark Web concept fascinating. It's also used, BTW, by legit activists and journalists who need to keep their communications secret and untraceable. So it isn't inhabited only by Bad Guys selling drugs and guns and child porn.) Opsie... Ooopsie, then why did you say: Gracious No? And, I think, you know as much about 'Spirituality' and 'Sadhana' as you know about Tor and PGP. It's something that you are reading about on the internet and then regurgitate it. Well, I do think you and I have different ideas of what an effective sadhana should result in. Repeatedly shooting yourself in the foot and not having the minimal humility to laugh at yourself for doing so is not on my list of positive outcomes. Neither mine. Oh, did you say this about me? And with regard to you, I do think it's a function of old age. What is a function of old age? Now, please spare me a detailed analysis. But it has been pointed out and explained to you quite recently by a number of people, most recent one was Xeno. You are of course immune to that, which is part of the problem. Now, Judy, I do indeed believe, that you basically believe in what you are saying. That is to say, to your own conscious awareness, you are truthful. The problem is only, that you take your own insights, or opinions for granted, and your 'intuitions' for facts, which they are not. This, together with an increased aggressiveness, and stubbornness, and an
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Bob, maybe what we need is not a group hug, but a group apology ha ha! I also want to acknowledge Richard who DID apologize to MJ. But the flow of Ann's sequence stopped there, so what to do? As for me and The Masked Zebra, we did apologize to each other, at the very beginning. But neither of us liked how the other apologized so that's another knot in the flow. Not sure where that leaves you and me vis a vis apologies especially as I'm still unraveling the logic of your kind offer:if you need me to apologize to you, for you to apologize to The Masked Zebra, then I apologize! From: bobpri...@yahoo.com bobpri...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 4, 2013 1:22 PM Subject: RE: Re: Re: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Re: FBI arrests Silk Road suspect ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com Share wrote: Bob, just like in Vedic cognition, sequence is essential when it comes to FFL apologies per Ann: Dear Richard, if you apologize to MJ then I am sure Judy might consider apologizing to Buck. When Barry apologizes to everybody then Judy might consider apologizing to Share. When Share apologizes to Robin then Judy might consider apologizing to Steve. An apology to Barry, however, might extract a higher price. If Ann said it, I know its true; if you need me to apologize to you, for you to apologize to The Masked Zebra, then I apologize! And whats this stuff about Vegan Ignition (some new type of flatulence Barry discovered)?
[FairfieldLife] Re: FBI arrests Silk Road suspect
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: Bob, maybe what we need is not a group hug, but a group apology ha ha! Is that so? http://users.rider.edu/~suler/zenstory/isthatso.html http://users.rider.edu/~suler/zenstory/isthatso.html
[FairfieldLife] You're not in love...you're just HDAC-inhibited
http://synapticscoop.com/2013/10/02/the-neurobiology-of-cuffing-season-h\ ow-the-brain-influences-monogamy/ http://synapticscoop.com/2013/10/02/the-neurobiology-of-cuffing-season-\ how-the-brain-influences-monogamy/
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[FairfieldLife] RE: Reincarnation, guaranteed
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Doc sez: I mentioned earlier that my premium is more than doubling, to a completely unsustainable $570/mo., and I am in excellent health. I am planning on dropping it, and hoping for the best. I know what you mean about escalating prices. What I pay for my health care tripled when I moved to the Netherlands. Back in France, it cost me 320 Euros... a year. Here, it costs me more like three times that amount...on paper, but then the guvmint refunds me about half that because I'm old. The coverage here is better, though, including dental, eye care, and all alternative therapies. Presented just to point out the difference between America and civilized nations.
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Now this is really funny! So, let me apologize to Robin as well, although I never had a single conversation with him. I apologize to Robin for asking about all those books he wrote extolling the Iranian Muslim cleric. Robin, if you are reading this, I'm sorry about that. But, what is it with you and the Pope? LoL! On 10/5/2013 7:11 AM, Share Long wrote: Bob, maybe what we need is not a group hug, but a group apology ha ha! I also want to acknowledge Richard who DID apologize to MJ. But the flow of Ann's sequence stopped there, so what to do? As for me and The Masked Zebra, we did apologize to each other, at the very beginning. But neither of us liked how the other apologized so that's another knot in the flow. Not sure where that leaves you and me vis a vis apologies especially as I'm still unraveling the logic of your kind offer: if you need me to apologize to you, for you to apologize to The Masked Zebra, then I apologize! *From:* bobpri...@yahoo.com bobpri...@yahoo.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Friday, October 4, 2013 1:22 PM *Subject:* RE: Re: Re: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Re: FBI arrests Silk Road suspect ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com Share wrote: Bob, just like in Vedic cognition, sequence is essential when it comes to FFL apologies per Ann: Dear Richard, if you apologize to MJ then I am sure Judy might consider apologizing to Buck. When Barry apologizes to everybody then Judy might consider apologizing to Share. When Share apologizes to Robin then Judy might consider apologizing to Steve. An apology to Barry, however, might extract a higher price. If Ann said it, I know its true; if you need me to apologize to you, for you to apologize to The Masked Zebra, then I apologize! And whats this stuff about Vegan Ignition (some new type of flatulence Barry discovered)?
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Love this story, thanks, turq. ha ha, is that so? From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 5, 2013 7:34 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: FBI arrests Silk Road suspect --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: Bob, maybe what we need is not a group hug, but a group apology ha ha! Is that so? http://users.rider.edu/~suler/zenstory/isthatso.html
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The term 'Isha' refers to Ishvara, the cosmic person, Paramatman or Brahman. Ishvara is the supreme controller. According to the Isha, those who are engaged in the worship of the demi-Gods enter into the darkest region of ignorance, and still more so do the worshipers of the impersonal Absolute alone. From what I've read, many of the adherents of Vedanta do not espouse the Advaita Vedanta, instead they follow other traditions. According to Sri Aurobindo, this Transcendental Person is not false - He is real, not an illusion. So, where exactly did the non-dual notion enter into Indian polemics? If most of the seers taught dualism or qualified dualism, where did Shankara get the non-dualistic notions? Maybe Shankara got the maya idea from the Buddhists up in Kashmir. Go figure. The term 'Trika' mean three - that comes from the idea that there are three levels of consciousness: waking, dreaming, and sleeping, and a fourth called the Transcendental state. 4. The Self is transcendental, immortal and beyond the mind and the senses. Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isha_Upanishad On 10/4/2013 9:19 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote: I'm not sure what you are claiming by these posting these quotes. I started reading Autobindo's Life Divine and Synthesis of Yoga in the fall of 1966 when I was a freshman in college. After starting TM, we couldn't understand why MMY never referenced him. Now we know why. Aurobindo never understood Shankara’s Advaita but rather interpreted it in terms of 19^th -20^th Century Western Idealist philosophy. By the way, all your quotes from A.C. Bhaktivendanta simply demonstrate how shallow your knowledge of the Gaudiya Vaishnava sampradaya is in the larger constellation of Indian darshanas. One of my friends was an early disciple of Prabhupad (1968). Over a 20 years period he spend 12 years traveling and doing sadhana in India. He also did specialized training in Pancharatra Vidhi in Udipi, South India to become a Western pujari. In fact he installed my own shivalingam with a traditional Pancharatra ceremony, replete with immense devashakti. I have read Rupa Goswami, have you? Wiki Willy may look impressive to people who don’t understand the principles involved but not much for those know even a little sad-dharma. Wake up and smell the Prairie Dog ganja. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete, and because He is completely perfect, all emanations from Him, such as this phenomenal world, are perfectly equipped as complete wholes. Whatever is produced of the Complete Whole is also complete in itself. Because He is the Complete Whole, even though so many complete units emanate from Him, He remains the complete balance. Invocation: http://vedabase.com/en/iso The Ultimate Reality is two fulls - 200% of each. One who knows nescience side-by-side with the transcendent, can pass beyond repeated birth and death, and can enjoy the full blessings of immortality. Work cited: 'Isha Upanishad' Translation by Sri Aurobindo Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust Pondicherry, India 1914 On 10/4/2013 9:03 AM, iranitea wrote: The commentary of the Isha Upanishad, actually a very short Upanishad, was later expanded by Aurobindo and served as the starting point of The Life Divine, which is really his magnum opus. You are right, he didn't subscribe to Shankaras Kevala, but would call his philosophy to be based on Bhedabheda. Could you say, where you actually cite, and where you paraphrase? I didn't find : the Ultimate Reality is two fulls - 200% of each. One who knows nescience side-by-side with the transcendent,in his Isha commentary. Richard wrote: Because many of these good fellows (sadhus) do not ascribe to the illusion theory, 'maya' proposed by the Adi. According to Sri Aurobindo, this Transcendental Person is not false - He is real, not an illusion. Isha Upanishad: The face of Truth is covered with a brilliant golden lid; that do thou remove O'Fosterer, for the law of the Truth, for sight. - Isha v 2 The term 'Isha' refers to Ishvara, the cosmic person, Paramatman or Brahman. Ishvara is the supreme controller. Sri Aurobindo wrote that the Ultimate Reality is two fulls - 200% of each. One who knows nescience side-by-side with the transcendent, can pass beyond repeated birth and death, and can enjoy the full blessings of immortality. Work cited: 'Isha Upanishad' Translation by Sri Aurobindo Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust Pondicherry, India 1914 ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... mailto:punditster@... wrote: So, since Krishna is the Absolute, he is in fact 'indescribably different', (Acyenta Bheda Bheda). At first this seems to be non-sensical, but if you think about it, it makes more sense, and if you remember what MMY said in CBG 1-6. According to MMY, Lord Krishna is the 'Transcendental
[FairfieldLife] BlackBerry?
BlackBerry reportedly in talks with Google, Samsung, and others about potential sale. http://www.theverge.com/blackberry http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/4/4804362/blackberry-reportedly-in-talks-with-google-samsung-and-others-about
[FairfieldLife] iGoogle Will be Shut Down in Less than a Month
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Google has so many projects that I never even heard of iGoogle. :-D The Chrome browser will certainly not effected. It is a popular browser on a number of platforms. Google has gone a little social networking crazy too with things like Google+ which I don't have time for. I guess most people don't work anymore but just do social net working. On 10/05/2013 08:15 AM, jr_...@yahoo.com wrote: But it doesn't appear that the Chrome browser will be affected. I certainly hope so since Chrome is the only way for me to read the messages on any Yahoo groups. http://news.softpedia.com/news/iGoogle-Will-Be-Shut-Down-Time-to-Move-On-279099.shtml
[FairfieldLife] Re: One Outlaw's View Of The Laws Of Nature
s3raphita replies: snippus interruptus Your question also touches on the issue of the fine-tuning of the various constants of physics. It's too improbable that these values were an accident that just happened to benefit the creation of intelligent life (in the long run). Alternatives are: 1) it's a set-up : step forward God; 2) there are an infinite or very large number of universes : where's the evidence?; 3) there's a feedback mechanism at a subtle level we've yet to discover. --- turquoiseb turquoiseb@.. wrote: Interesting speculations, but you'll have to forgive me if I don't pile on. I don't find myself very interested in theoretical discus- sions for which no answer can ever be found. It's probably a Buddhist/Taoist thang -- we don't spend time pondering why the world seems to be the way that it is or coming up with made-up explanations for why it is the way that it is. That is seen as a waste of time and life. The only thing that matters is how to DEAL with the world the way it is. below: Barry, go all intellectual on us: Just to explain a bit further, I see ALL systems proposed to explain the how and why of things as human constructs, driven by humans' seeming need to feel as if they're on top of things and understand them, and to make them feel as if they can to some extent predict and/or control them. In other words, fantasies. In this category of fantasies I class all religious explanations for the world and how/whether/why it was created, all supposed descriptions of karma or the equally-supposed Laws Of Nature, all predictive systems such as astrology or Jyotish, and all prescriptive systems such as Ayurveda, Sthapatya Veda, food trips or fad diets, various healing methods, etc. I have seen ZERO evidence that ANY of these systems -- including science -- can adequately cover all possible events and scenarios, or that they can be relied on to work in all cases or for all people. I see them as best guesses, driven in many cases by the egos of their proponents, and being of (at best) questionable use in the real world. Therefore I can't justify spending any of the remaining time of my life investigating or even discussing any of them, as if they mattered. --- bobpriced bobpriced@.. wrote: Have I got this Wright, according to you, there are no laws of: thermodynamics, cosmic expansion, gravitation, motion, buoyancy, natural selection; and no proof that: fire is hot, water is wet, ice is solid, and, most importantly, that you come across like you're as dumb as a bag of rocks; this could explain how Winthrop and Albert worked on the non weapon part of an exclusively weapon project, when one of them could not get security clearance. I'm beginning to think Jason is on to something that you have no idea how vacuous you sound: have you ever considered the possible link between dementia and excessive television viewing (I'm sure the grainy production values---of your pirated copies, can't be helping)? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOw8aiyMUAU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOw8aiyMUAU The posts of Bob Price have a laser like precision. He also fires those lasers in a wide range of colors, colored beyond the wildest hues of the rainbow. Barry is like a rabbit caught in a headlights of a car. Imagine what happens when the driver is Judy. There are definite laws of nature. The proper methodology of science was developed by Galileo, by conducting the first true experiment. The Scientific methodology is comparatively recent and before that there was no real science at all. As noted above, I tend to have a more pragmatic approach to spirituality. Theory -- whether spouted by scientists or supposed seers -- will always be theory, and nothing more. What's the point of arguing about that which can never be proven one way or another? The world is and will always be a constant field of change. Humans who believe they've got a handle on that change have a really terrible track record of being correct. So why bother with them? Why not focus on ways to become more capable of DEALING WITH constant, unpredictable change, rather than trying (ineffectively) to predict or explain it? Just my opinion...
Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High!
Yeah, like socialism for the rich (government bailouts) and capitalism for the poor (drown in debt). The right wing doesn't want to pay for Obamacare and we progressives don't like it because we want what you have in Canada. I don't know why the latter has to be so difficult to do. I'm on Medicare so I'm actually out of the picture. But for the next few weeks starting just the other day when a hefty booklet arrived from the guvmint apparently designed to confuse seniors and make Medicare more complicated than it needs to be. Then junk mail pouring in from health insurance companies trying to sell me Medicare supplemental policies. I tell you the snake oil salesmen went from selling snake oil to pharmaceuticals and health insurance. On 10/04/2013 07:04 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: I gotta tell you I do not, for the life of me, understand why Americans are belly aching about a new health care set up in the US. Nothing could be any more expensive and out of reach for the average American than it is now. I think if the damn thing ever passes all this fear-mongering and whining will prove unjustified. Christ, I hear some people are even afraid the US will become a (gasp) socialistic society as a result. I've got news for you guys, you already are. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Most people don't know how much the Obamacare health insurance is going to cost them. But, many younger people, who currently have no insurance, are going to find out how much real soon. For a guy who is healthy, never get sick, and who seldom visits a doctor, the amount may come as a shock, even if it's only $150 a month. The rent is too damn high! I'm on medicare and Rita is on my group plan - mine costs about $100 out of my SS check and we send a check for $350 to United Health. The rent is too damn high! If you skip the insurance, you’ll pay a penalty. For 2014 the fine is $95 for an individual or 1 percent of your income, whichever is greater, along with $47.50 per uninsured child, maxing out at $285 for the year. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/not-planning-buy-health-insurance http://finance.yahoo.com/news/not-planning-buy-health-insurance-111054106.html On 10/4/2013 9:47 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: Geez William, give these poor businesses a break. They have to pay for all that Obamacare now. Premiums are going up, up and up. Somebaody's got to pay for all that free healthcare. *From:* Richard J. Williams punditster@... mailto:punditster@... *To:* Richard J. Williams FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Friday, October 4, 2013 7:27 AM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High! So, when I returned the two cable boxes to Time-Warner and to terminate the HD and DVR service, I asked them how much would it cost just to have basic cable. The guy said they would have to send out a technician to put a 'trap' on the line to filter out the other channels, so I told them to close the account. It's Friday and the cable is still active, but I have powered antennas from the Shack anyway. Go figure. The rent is too damn high! This week I took my daughter's PT Cruiser in to the dealership because she said the front was 'wobbling' at 35-40 mph. The service manager called back and said one of the front tires had a 'ball' on it. He recommended getting four new Goodyear Eagles, balanced and a front end alignment - $950. What!? Now, why would anyone want to pay close to $1000 to put Goodyear Eagles back on the same car that already had a Goodyear tire with a ball on it at 30,000 miles? So, I had the tires rotated, front to back, for $15 on the south side, sweet!. Maybe I'll buy two new Falken tires at Discount Tires. Go figure. The rent is too damn high!
[FairfieldLife] RE: Ishvara - The Transcendental Person
Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High!
On 10/05/2013 06:57 AM, turquoiseb wrote: Doc sez: I mentioned earlier that my premium is more than doubling, to a completely unsustainable $570/mo., and I am in excellent health. I am planning on dropping it, and hoping for the best. I know what you mean about escalating prices. What I pay for my health care tripled when I moved to the Netherlands. Back in France, it cost me 320 Euros... a year. Here, it costs me more like three times that amount...on paper, but then the guvmint refunds me about half that because I'm old. The coverage here is better, though, including dental, eye care, and all alternative therapies. Presented just to point out the difference between America and civilized nations. Here's the funny thing. You have dummies who don't like to pay for other people's health care. Or so they claim. But they don't want to pay for Obamacare either. So what happens if they get sick and rack up huge medical bills? We wind up paying for them. In fact I already being gouged by Blue Cross the past decade and them not having to pay out a single claim. Only in 2000 when I had cataract surgery by the best specialist in the Bay Area did they have to pay out and at that the bill equaled what I paid in premiums. Like Willy would say: go figure. I'm on Medicare now and it hasn't needed to pay out any claims either.
[FairfieldLife] Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
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yep, noozguru I received my Medicare *book* too. I wonder how much it cost to print and how many people are actually going to read it. I do feel for the older seniors trying to figure all this out. I haven't gotten any junk mail but yesterday I got a phone call from someone who wanted to explain my Medicare options to me! At first I was taken aback, I didn't understand why he was calling given that I've been on Medicare since June 1! He persisted even when I said I already had my supplemental! Anyway, finally I said thank you, goodbye and quickly hung up. OTOH, tough job, making that kind of call. From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 5, 2013 11:11 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High! Yeah, like socialism for the rich (government bailouts) and capitalism for the poor (drown in debt). The right wing doesn't want to pay for Obamacare and we progressives don't like it because we want what you have in Canada. I don't know why the latter has to be so difficult to do. I'm on Medicare so I'm actually out of the picture. But for the next few weeks starting just the other day when a hefty booklet arrived from the guvmint apparently designed to confuse seniors and make Medicare more complicated than it needs to be. Then junk mail pouring in from health insurance companies trying to sell me Medicare supplemental policies. I tell you the snake oil salesmen went from selling snake oil to pharmaceuticals and health insurance. On 10/04/2013 07:04 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: I gotta tell you I do not, for the life of me, understand why Americans are belly aching about a new health care set up in the US. Nothing could be any more expensive and out of reach for the average American than it is now. I think if the damn thing ever passes all this fear-mongering and whining will prove unjustified. Christ, I hear some people are even afraid the US will become a (gasp) socialistic society as a result. I've got news for you guys, you already are. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Most people don't know how much the Obamacare health insurance is going to cost them. But, many younger people, who currently have no insurance, are going to find out how much real soon. For a guy who is healthy, never get sick, and who seldom visits a doctor, the amount may come as a shock, even if it's only $150 a month. The rent is too damn high! I'm on medicare and Rita is on my group plan - mine costs about $100 out of my SS check and we send a check for $350 to United Health. The rent is too damn high! If you skip the insurance, you’ll pay a penalty. For 2014 the fine is $95 for an individual or 1 percent of your income, whichever is greater, along with $47.50 per uninsured child, maxing out at $285 for the year. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/not-planning-buy-health-insurance On 10/4/2013 9:47 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: Geez William, give these poor businesses a break. They have to pay for all that Obamacare now. Premiums are going up, up and up. Somebaody's got to pay for all that free healthcare. From: Richard J. Williams punditster@... To: Richard J. Williams FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 4, 2013 7:27 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High! So, when I returned the two cable boxes to Time-Warner and to terminate the HD and DVR service, I asked them how much would it cost just to have basic cable. The guy said they would have to send out a technician to put a 'trap' on the line to filter out the other channels, so I told them to close the account. It's Friday and the cable is still active, but I have powered antennas from the Shack anyway. Go figure. The rent is too damn high! This week I took my daughter's PT Cruiser in to the dealership because she said the front was 'wobbling' at 35-40 mph. The service manager called back and said one of the front tires had a 'ball' on it. He recommended getting four new Goodyear Eagles, balanced and a front end alignment - $950. What!?
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It didn't take long for this thread to go down the rabbit hole. Go figure. 'Imam and His Islamic Revolution: A Journey into Heaven and Hell' by Robin Woodsworth Carlsen Snow Man Press, 1982 'Seventeen Days in Tehran: Revolution, Evolution and Ignorance' by Robin Woodsworth Carlsen (Dec 1980) Snow Man Press, 1980 'A Personal Meeting with Ayatollah Khomeini: Islam and the Self' by Robin Woodsworth Carlsen Snow Man Press, 1980 'Crisis in Iran: A microcosm of the cosmic play' by Robin Woodsworth Carlsen Snow Man Press; 2nd edition 1979 On 10/5/2013 9:24 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: *One book, actually (very short, more like a long essay)--30 years ago--which he has explicitly and forcefully repudiated right here on FFL. So you can apologize to him for getting this wrong as well.* * * (The Iranian Muslim cleric whose name Richard can't remember: Ayatollah Khomeini.) * Richard wrote: * Now this is really funny! So, let me apologize to Robin as well, although I never had a single conversation with him. I apologize to Robin for asking about all those books he wrote extolling the Iranian Muslim cleric. Robin, if you are reading this, I'm sorry about that. But, what is it with you and the Pope? LoL! .
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Five outside technology experts interviewed by Reuters, however, say they believe flaws in system architecture, not traffic alone, contributed to the problems. 'Analysis: IT experts question architecture of Obamacare website' Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/healthcare-technology-technology http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/04/us-usa-healthcare-technology-technology-idUSBRE99312620131004 On 10/5/2013 8:57 AM, turquoiseb wrote: Doc sez: I mentioned earlier that my premium is more than doubling, to a completely unsustainable $570/mo., and I am in excellent health. I am planning on dropping it, and hoping for the best. I know what you mean about escalating prices. What I pay for my health care tripled when I moved to the Netherlands. Back in France, it cost me 320 Euros... a year. Here, it costs me more like three times that amount...on paper, but then the guvmint refunds me about half that because I'm old. The coverage here is better, though, including dental, eye care, and all alternative therapies. Presented just to point out the difference between America and civilized nations.
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[FairfieldLife] This is the last message in this thread, was Ishvara - The Transcendental Person
It didn't take very long for this thread to go down a shallow 'Prairie Dog' hole. LoL! On 10/5/2013 11:12 AM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote: You are only able to repeat ad nauseum you shallow assertions. This is more high school report quality. Them other eyes seeming to stare at you are your own. There's a mirror down in the Prairie Dog hole and yer obviously making him nervous. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: The term 'Isha' refers to Ishvara, the cosmic person, Paramatman or Brahman. Ishvara is the supreme controller. According to the Isha, those who are engaged in the worship of the demi-Gods enter into the darkest region of ignorance, and still more so do the worshipers of the impersonal Absolute alone. From what I've read, many of the adherents of Vedanta do not espouse the Advaita Vedanta, instead they follow other traditions. According to Sri Aurobindo, this Transcendental Person is not false - He is real, not an illusion. So, where exactly did the non-dual notion enter into Indian polemics? If most of the seers taught dualism or qualified dualism, where did Shankara get the non-dualistic notions? Maybe Shankara got the maya idea from the Buddhists up in Kashmir. Go figure. The term 'Trika' mean three - that comes from the idea that there are three levels of consciousness: waking, dreaming, and sleeping, and a fourth called the Transcendental state. 4. The Self is transcendental, immortal and beyond the mind and the senses. Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isha_Upanishad On 10/4/2013 9:19 PM, emptybill@... mailto:emptybill@... wrote: I'm not sure what you are claiming by these posting these quotes. I started reading Autobindo's Life Divine and Synthesis of Yoga in the fall of 1966 when I was a freshman in college. After starting TM, we couldn't understand why MMY never referenced him. Now we know why. Aurobindo never understood Shankara’s Advaita but rather interpreted it in terms of 19^th -20^th Century Western Idealist philosophy. By the way, all your quotes from A.C. Bhaktivendanta simply demonstrate how shallow your knowledge of the Gaudiya Vaishnava sampradaya is in the larger constellation of Indian darshanas. One of my friends was an early disciple of Prabhupad (1968). Over a 20 years period he spend 12 years traveling and doing sadhana in India. He also did specialized training in Pancharatra Vidhi in Udipi, South India to become a Western pujari. In fact he installed my own shivalingam with a traditional Pancharatra ceremony, replete with immense devashakti. I have read Rupa Goswami, have you? Wiki Willy may look impressive to people who don’t understand the principles involved but not much for those know even a little sad-dharma. Wake up and smell the Prairie Dog ganja. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... mailto:punditster@... wrote: The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete, and because He is completely perfect, all emanations from Him, such as this phenomenal world, are perfectly equipped as complete wholes. Whatever is produced of the Complete Whole is also complete in itself. Because He is the Complete Whole, even though so many complete units emanate from Him, He remains the complete balance. Invocation: http://vedabase.com/en/iso The Ultimate Reality is two fulls - 200% of each. One who knows nescience side-by-side with the transcendent, can pass beyond repeated birth and death, and can enjoy the full blessings of immortality. Work cited: 'Isha Upanishad' Translation by Sri Aurobindo Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust Pondicherry, India 1914 On 10/4/2013 9:03 AM, iranitea wrote: The commentary of the Isha Upanishad, actually a very short Upanishad, was later expanded by Aurobindo and served as the starting point of The Life Divine, which is really his magnum opus. You are right, he didn't subscribe to Shankaras Kevala, but would call his philosophy to be based on Bhedabheda. Could you say, where you actually cite, and where you paraphrase? I didn't find : the Ultimate Reality is two fulls - 200% of each. One who knows nescience side-by-side with the transcendent,in his Isha commentary. Richard wrote: Because many of these good fellows (sadhus) do not ascribe to the illusion theory, 'maya' proposed by the Adi. According to Sri Aurobindo, this Transcendental Person is not false - He is real, not an illusion. Isha Upanishad: The face of Truth is covered with a brilliant golden lid; that do thou remove O'Fosterer, for the law of the Truth, for sight. - Isha v 2 The term 'Isha' refers to Ishvara, the cosmic person, Paramatman or Brahman. Ishvara is the supreme controller. Sri Aurobindo wrote that the Ultimate Reality is two fulls - 200% of each. One who knows nescience side-by-side with the transcendent, can pass beyond repeated birth and death, and can enjoy the full blessings of
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However, Robin's books are more like pamphlets instead of books. He could probably have written tomes if he wanted to, maybe he still will. But, I am impressed that he self-published his own writings. Others writings of interest: 'From Ignorance to Enlightenment: An Autobiography' by Robin Woodsworth Carlsen Snow Man Press, 1980 'On First Meeting Werner Erhard and Est: A Memoir of Deliberate Affirmation' By Robin Woodsworth Carlsen Snow Man Press, 1980 'An Open Letter to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi' by Robin Woodsworth Carlsen Snow Man Press, 1981) 'Enigma of an Absolute: The Consciousness of Ludwig Wittgenstein' by Robin Woodsworth Carlsen Snow Man Press, 1986 'Journey Into the Personal: Letters of an Enlightened Man' by Robin Woodsworth Carlsen Snow Man Press, 1978 'The Final Heresy' by Robin Woodsworth Carlsen Snow Man Press, 1980 'Intelligence of the Heart: Letters of Robin Woodsworth Carlsen' by Robin Woodsworth Carlsen Snow Man Press, 1986 'What Is Enlightenment: Sutras of the Personal' By Robin Woodsworth Carlsen Snow Man Press, 1979 'Anatomy of a Civilization' by Robin Woodsworth Carlsen Snow Man Press, 1980 'Wings of a Snow Man: Wallace Stevens' Adagia With Commentary by Robin Woodsworth Carlsen Snow Man Press, 1986 On 10/5/2013 12:33 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Ooops, you're right, sorry about that. (Not sure all four books are all about extolling the Iranian Muslim cleric, though.) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: It didn't take long for this thread to go down the rabbit hole. Go figure. 'Imam and His Islamic Revolution: A Journey into Heaven and Hell' by Robin Woodsworth Carlsen Snow Man Press, 1982 'Seventeen Days in Tehran: Revolution, Evolution and Ignorance' by Robin Woodsworth Carlsen (Dec 1980) Snow Man Press, 1980 'A Personal Meeting with Ayatollah Khomeini: Islam and the Self' by Robin Woodsworth Carlsen Snow Man Press, 1980 'Crisis in Iran: A microcosm of the cosmic play' by Robin Woodsworth Carlsen Snow Man Press; 2nd edition 1979 On 10/5/2013 9:24 AM, authfriend@... mailto:authfriend@... wrote: *One book, actually (very short, more like a long essay)--30 years ago--which he has explicitly and forcefully repudiated right here on FFL. So you can apologize to him for getting this wrong as well.* * * (The Iranian Muslim cleric whose name Richard can't remember: Ayatollah Khomeini.) * Richard wrote: * Now this is really funny! So, let me apologize to Robin as well, although I never had a single conversation with him. I apologize to Robin for asking about all those books he wrote extolling the Iranian Muslim cleric. Robin, if you are reading this, I'm sorry about that. But, what is it with you and the Pope? LoL! .
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I think in honor of the cool article turq posted today, we should henceforth speak only of prairie voles' holes (-: http://synapticscoop.com/2013/10/02/the-neurobiology-of-cuffing-season-how-the-brain-influences-monogamy/ From: Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com To: Richard J. Williams FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 5, 2013 12:35 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] This is the last message in this thread, was Ishvara - The Transcendental Person It didn't take very long for this thread to go down a shallow 'Prairie Dog' hole. LoL! On 10/5/2013 11:12 AM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote: You are only able to repeat ad nauseum you shallow assertions. This is more high school report quality. Them other eyes seeming to stare at you are your own. There's a mirror down in the Prairie Dog hole and yer obviously making him nervous. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: The term 'Isha' refers to Ishvara, the cosmic person, Paramatman or Brahman. Ishvara is the supreme controller. According to the Isha, those who are engaged in the worship of the demi-Gods enter into the darkest region of ignorance, and still more so do the worshipers of the impersonal Absolute alone. From what I've read, many of the adherents of Vedanta do not espouse the Advaita Vedanta, instead they follow other traditions. According to Sri Aurobindo, this Transcendental Person is not false - He is real, not an illusion. So, where exactly did the non-dual notion enter into Indian polemics? If most of the seers taught dualism or qualified dualism, where did Shankara get the non-dualistic notions? Maybe Shankara got the maya idea from the Buddhists up in Kashmir. Go figure. The term 'Trika' mean three - that comes from the idea that there are three levels of consciousness: waking, dreaming, and sleeping, and a fourth called the Transcendental state. 4. The Self is transcendental, immortal and beyond the mind and the senses. Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isha_Upanishad On 10/4/2013 9:19 PM, emptybill@... wrote: I'm not sure what you are claiming by these posting these quotes. I started reading Autobindo's Life Divine and Synthesis of Yoga in the fall of 1966 when I was a freshman in college. After starting TM, we couldn't understand why MMY never referenced him. Now we know why. Aurobindo never understood Shankara’s Advaita but rather interpreted it in terms of 19th-20th Century Western Idealist philosophy. By the way, all your quotes from A.C. Bhaktivendanta simply demonstrate how shallow your knowledge of the Gaudiya Vaishnava sampradaya is in the larger constellation of Indian darshanas. One of my friends was an early disciple of Prabhupad (1968). Over a 20 years period he spend 12 years traveling and doing sadhana in India. He also did specialized training in Pancharatra Vidhi in Udipi, South India to become a Western pujari. In fact he installed my own shivalingam with a traditional Pancharatra ceremony, replete with immense devashakti. I have read Rupa Goswami, have you? Wiki Willy may look impressive to people who don’t understand the principles involved but not much for those know even a little sad-dharma. Wake up and smell the Prairie Dog ganja. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete, and because He is completely perfect, all emanations from Him, such as this phenomenal world, are perfectly equipped as complete wholes. Whatever is produced of the Complete Whole is also complete in itself. Because He is the Complete Whole, even though so many complete units emanate from Him, He remains the complete balance. Invocation: http://vedabase.com/en/iso The Ultimate Reality is two fulls - 200% of each. One who knows nescience side-by-side with the transcendent, can pass beyond repeated birth and death, and can enjoy the full blessings of immortality. Work cited: 'Isha Upanishad' Translation by Sri Aurobindo Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust Pondicherry, India 1914 On 10/4/2013 9:03 AM, iranitea wrote: The commentary of the Isha Upanishad, actually a very short Upanishad, was later expanded by Aurobindo and served as the starting point of The Life Divine, which is really his magnum opus. You are right, he didn't subscribe to Shankaras Kevala, but would call his philosophy to be based on Bhedabheda. Could you say, where you actually cite, and where you paraphrase? I didn't find : the Ultimate Reality is two fulls - 200% of each. One who knows nescience side-by-side with the transcendent,in his Isha commentary. Richard wrote: Because many of these
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The government will probably use more personnel and spend more resources to attempt to close the ocean, than it would in its normal course of business. Question for emptybill: what to do as those in charge show more and more evidence of being looney?! From: emptyb...@yahoo.com emptyb...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 5, 2013 12:09 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Barack Hussein Osama has now closed the Ocean Feds Try to Close the OCEAN Because of Shutdown by Mike Flynn 5 Oct 2013, 7:08 AM PDT Just before the weekend, the National Park Service informed charter boat captains in Florida that the Florida Bay was closed due to the shutdown. Until government funding is restored, the fishing boats are prohibited from taking anglers into 1,100 square-miles of open ocean. Fishing is also prohibited at Biscayne National Park during the shutdown. The Park Service will also have rangers on duty to police the ban. Of access to an ocean. The government will probably use more personnel and spend more resources to attempt to close the ocean, than it would in its normal course of business. This is governing by temper-tantrum. It is on par with the government's ham-fisted attempts to close the DC WWII Memorial, an open-air public monument that is normally accessible 24 hours a day. By accessible I mean, you walk up to it. When you have finished reflecting, you then walk away from it. At least that Memorial is an actual structure, with some kind of perimeter that can be fenced off. Florida Bay is the ocean. How, pray tell, do you close 1,100 square miles of ocean? Why would one even need to do so? Apparently, according to an anonymous Park Service ranger, “We’ve been told to make life as difficult for people as we can. It’s disgusting.” Centuries ago, King Canute famously failed to command the ocean tide to stop. His display was actually a means to educate his subjects on the limits of royal power. Today, however, our President actually believes he has the power to control the oceans.
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I can tell it is a Web 2.0 redesign and set up to accommodate mobile devices better which is growing while PC use is diminishing. I can't get Neo when I'm logged in so have no experience of it as a user just a visitor. This design is also used on their other sites like Yahoo News. Neo locks up with the Android version of Chrome but it's okay on Linux. Looking at Neo page source there is a lot of stuff that usually would be hidden by keeping the Javascript and CSS on the server side so it's a beta at the moment. On 10/05/2013 11:18 AM, jr_...@yahoo.com wrote: That's nice to know. But that brings the question of why Yahoo is still playing with this Neo debacle which doesn't work with my Windows 7 version. I have the feeling Yahoo wants us to use the very latest version of Windows, which I have not downloaded so far. In the end, Yahoo has only shown that Chrome is the most effective and advanced browser around IMO. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Google has so many projects that I never even heard of iGoogle. :-D The Chrome browser will certainly not effected. It is a popular browser on a number of platforms. Google has gone a little social networking crazy too with things like Google+ which I don't have time for. I guess most people don't work anymore but just do social net working. On 10/05/2013 08:15 AM, jr_esq@... mailto:jr_esq@... wrote: But it doesn't appear that the Chrome browser will be affected. I certainly hope so since Chrome is the only way for me to read the messages on any Yahoo groups. http://news.softpedia.com/news/iGoogle-Will-Be-Shut-Down-Time-to-Move-On-279099.shtml
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What would you expect from a site probably done by the lowest bidding contractor? Plus early users are really beta testers. On 10/05/2013 10:10 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: Five outside technology experts interviewed by Reuters, however, say they believe flaws in system architecture, not traffic alone, contributed to the problems. 'Analysis: IT experts question architecture of Obamacare website' Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/healthcare-technology-technology http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/04/us-usa-healthcare-technology-technology-idUSBRE99312620131004 On 10/5/2013 8:57 AM, turquoiseb wrote: Doc sez: I mentioned earlier that my premium is more than doubling, to a completely unsustainable $570/mo., and I am in excellent health. I am planning on dropping it, and hoping for the best. I know what you mean about escalating prices. What I pay for my health care tripled when I moved to the Netherlands. Back in France, it cost me 320 Euros... a year. Here, it costs me more like three times that amount...on paper, but then the guvmint refunds me about half that because I'm old. The coverage here is better, though, including dental, eye care, and all alternative therapies. Presented just to point out the difference between America and civilized nations.
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BlackBerry was popular among the business class who are usually pretty tech illiterate. It did go over so well with the consumer class especially millennials who want to replace their PCs and Macs with smart phones. Tips for smart phone purchasers. Get a service that has GSM not CDMA. The latter is hardwired into your phone. This makes it about impossible to sell no contract phones. GSM uses SIM cards. In other countries people might even have prepay plans from two or more services and switch out the SiM cards as needed. In the US ATT and T-Mobile use GSM as well as some other regional and local carriers. Verizon and Sprint use CDMA. The advantage of a GSM phone is you can buy it anywhere. I paid $350 for my Google Nexus phone last year (which BTW the current comparable version is only $200) direct from Google. I signed on for the T-Mobile $30 a month prepay and simply put their SIM card in the phone. Under contract where you might pay $100 for the phone they would list it as a $600 phone which of course is marketing BS. My neighbor just bought a new Android phone from Sprint and was pissed she had to pay the full retail sales tax (another catch 22). With contract phones you more than pay the price if you had bought it off contract. BTW, carriers in most other countries don't do contract phones. On 10/05/2013 07:38 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: BlackBerry reportedly in talks with Google, Samsung, and others about potential sale. http://www.theverge.com/blackberry http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/4/4804362/blackberry-reportedly-in-talks-with-google-samsung-and-others-about
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The Canadian health care bill was only a few pages long and Obamacare over 2000 pages. Obamacare was a plan put together by the Heritage Foundation (yup, a conservative think tank). Americans are being treated like chickens in a hen house. If the dollar collapses which it eventually will, they can blame it on Obamacare rather that the criminal acts of the big banks. On 10/05/2013 09:21 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Yeah, like socialism for the rich (government bailouts) and capitalism for the poor (drown in debt). The right wing doesn't want to pay for Obamacare and we progressives don't like it because we want what you have in Canada. I don't know why the latter has to be so difficult to do. I'm on Medicare so I'm actually out of the picture. But for the next few weeks starting just the other day when a hefty booklet arrived from the guvmint apparently designed to confuse seniors and make Medicare more complicated than it needs to be. Then junk mail pouring in from health insurance companies trying to sell me Medicare supplemental policies. I tell you the snake oil salesmen went from selling snake oil to pharmaceuticals and health insurance. I sincerely believe the medical industry, including all the elements that comprise it - insurance companies, pharmaceutical conglomerates, not to mention doctors themselves, are some of the (if not THE) biggest scammers/thieves around. The true cost to do business when it comes to applying/practicing and developing medicine is nowhere near what we, as consumers, are charged. At the risk of sounding like some proselytizer, it is blasphemous and outrageous. Unfortunately all of us get sick or injured at some point in our lives. On 10/04/2013 07:04 PM, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... wrote: I gotta tell you I do not, for the life of me, understand why Americans are belly aching about a new health care set up in the US. Nothing could be any more expensive and out of reach for the average American than it is now. I think if the damn thing ever passes all this fear-mongering and whining will prove unjustified. Christ, I hear some people are even afraid the US will become a (gasp) socialistic society as a result. I've got news for you guys, you already are. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Most people don't know how much the Obamacare health insurance is going to cost them. But, many younger people, who currently have no insurance, are going to find out how much real soon. For a guy who is healthy, never get sick, and who seldom visits a doctor, the amount may come as a shock, even if it's only $150 a month. The rent is too damn high! I'm on medicare and Rita is on my group plan - mine costs about $100 out of my SS check and we send a check for $350 to United Health. The rent is too damn high! If you skip the insurance, you’ll pay a penalty. For 2014 the fine is $95 for an individual or 1 percent of your income, whichever is greater, along with $47.50 per uninsured child, maxing out at $285 for the year. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/not-planning-buy-health-insurance http://finance.yahoo.com/news/not-planning-buy-health-insurance-111054106.html On 10/4/2013 9:47 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: Geez William, give these poor businesses a break. They have to pay for all that Obamacare now. Premiums are going up, up and up. Somebaody's got to pay for all that free healthcare. *From:* Richard J. Williams punditster@... mailto:punditster@... *To:* Richard J. Williams FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Friday, October 4, 2013 7:27 AM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High! So, when I returned the two cable boxes to Time-Warner and to terminate the HD and DVR service, I asked them how much would it cost just to have basic cable. The guy said they would have to send out a technician to put a 'trap' on the line to filter out the other channels, so I told them to close the account. It's Friday and the cable is still active, but I have powered antennas from the Shack anyway. Go figure. The rent is too damn high! This week I took my daughter's PT Cruiser in to the dealership because she said the front was 'wobbling' at 35-40 mph. The service manager called back and said one of the front tires had a 'ball' on it. He recommended getting four new Goodyear Eagles, balanced and a front end alignment - $950. What!? Now, why would anyone want to pay close to $1000 to put Goodyear Eagles back on the same car that already had a Goodyear tire with a ball on it at 30,000 miles? So, I had the tires rotated, front to back, for $15 on the south side, sweet!. Maybe I'll buy two new Falken tires at Discount Tires. Go figure. The rent is too damn high!
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Question for Rick and anyone else with as much history with the Movement as Rick: Any idea how many former TM Governors went out on their own and set themselves up as gurus - or at least as spiritual teachers promising something special? The ones I am aware of are: Bob Fickes, Robin Carlsen, Andy Rhymer (tho much of his success seemed to stem from M's endorsment of his supposed enlightenment) Sri Ravi Ravi Shankar, Thom Knowles, maybe John Grey might fit in there too - anyone else you can think of? Thanks!
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[FairfieldLife] US Commandos Seize al Shabab Leader
Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High!
I'm aware of this but it might well be a little tap dancing on Heritage's part. And it might as well have come from them anyway. It's nothing a true progressive would want. On 10/05/2013 01:24 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote: Forbes Online addressed claims such as yours: Heritage policy experts never supported an unqualified mandate like that in the PPACA [ObamaCare]. Their prior support for a qualified mandate was limited to catastrophic coverage (true insurance that is precisely what the PPACA forbids), coupled with tax relief for all families and other reforms that are conspicuously absent from the PPACA. Since then, a growing body of research has provided a strong basis to conclude that any government insurance mandate is not only unnecessary, but is a bad policy option. Moreover, Heritage’s legal scholars have been consistent in explaining that the type of mandate in the PPACA is unconstitutional. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: The Canadian health care bill was only a few pages long and Obamacare over 2000 pages. Obamacare was a plan put together by the Heritage Foundation (yup, a conservative think tank). Americans are being treated like chickens in a hen house. If the dollar collapses which it eventually will, they can blame it on Obamacare rather that the criminal acts of the big banks. On 10/05/2013 09:21 AM, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Yeah, like socialism for the rich (government bailouts) and capitalism for the poor (drown in debt). The right wing doesn't want to pay for Obamacare and we progressives don't like it because we want what you have in Canada. I don't know why the latter has to be so difficult to do. I'm on Medicare so I'm actually out of the picture. But for the next few weeks starting just the other day when a hefty booklet arrived from the guvmint apparently designed to confuse seniors and make Medicare more complicated than it needs to be. Then junk mail pouring in from health insurance companies trying to sell me Medicare supplemental policies. I tell you the snake oil salesmen went from selling snake oil to pharmaceuticals and health insurance. I sincerely believe the medical industry, including all the elements that comprise it - insurance companies, pharmaceutical conglomerates, not to mention doctors themselves, are some of the (if not THE) biggest scammers/thieves around. The true cost to do business when it comes to applying/practicing and developing medicine is nowhere near what we, as consumers, are charged. At the risk of sounding like some proselytizer, it is blasphemous and outrageous. Unfortunately all of us get sick or injured at some point in our lives. On 10/04/2013 07:04 PM, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... wrote: I gotta tell you I do not, for the life of me, understand why Americans are belly aching about a new health care set up in the US. Nothing could be any more expensive and out of reach for the average American than it is now. I think if the damn thing ever passes all this fear-mongering and whining will prove unjustified. Christ, I hear some people are even afraid the US will become a (gasp) socialistic society as a result. I've got news for you guys, you already are. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Most people don't know how much the Obamacare health insurance is going to cost them. But, many younger people, who currently have no insurance, are going to find out how much real soon. For a guy who is healthy, never get sick, and who seldom visits a doctor, the amount may come as a shock, even if it's only $150 a month. The rent is too damn high! I'm on medicare and Rita is on my group plan - mine costs about $100 out of my SS check and we send a check for $350 to United Health. The rent is too damn high! If you skip the insurance, you’ll pay a penalty. For 2014 the fine is $95 for an individual or 1 percent of your income, whichever is greater, along with $47.50 per uninsured child, maxing out at $285 for the year. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/not-planning-buy-health-insurance http://finance.yahoo.com/news/not-planning-buy-health-insurance-111054106.html On 10/4/2013 9:47 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: Geez William, give these poor businesses a break. They have to pay for all that Obamacare now. Premiums are going up, up and up. Somebaody's got to pay for all that free healthcare. *From:* Richard J. Williams punditster@... mailto:punditster@... *To:* Richard J. Williams FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Friday, October 4, 2013 7:27 AM *Subject:*
RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] BlackBerry?
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Re: [FairfieldLife] BlackBerry?
But then you are stuck getting phones sfrom US Cellular, correct? Pretty much: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2407896,00.asp 4G has been here for awhile but then I'm in a metropolitan area. I've mentioned before T-Mobile almost put a tower right behind my house. On 10/05/2013 04:10 PM, j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com wrote: One major caveat: before buying a GSM phone, make sure there is good enough service from GSM carriers in the area where the phone will be used. In Fairfield, GSM networks suck, like phones not being able to make or receive calls in certain buildings, dropped calls, and huge swaths of rural Iowa with no coverage at all. I'm with US Cellular, which is CDMA, and they have blanket coverage over the entire region; they've also had 4G out here for about a year already. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: BlackBerry was popular among the business class who are usually pretty tech illiterate. It did go over so well with the consumer class especially millennials who want to replace their PCs and Macs with smart phones. Tips for smart phone purchasers. Get a service that has GSM not CDMA. The latter is hardwired into your phone. This makes it about impossible to sell no contract phones. GSM uses SIM cards. In other countries people might even have prepay plans from two or more services and switch out the SiM cards as needed. In the US ATT and T-Mobile use GSM as well as some other regional and local carriers. Verizon and Sprint use CDMA. The advantage of a GSM phone is you can buy it anywhere. I paid $350 for my Google Nexus phone last year (which BTW the current comparable version is only $200) direct from Google. I signed on for the T-Mobile $30 a month prepay and simply put their SIM card in the phone. Under contract where you might pay $100 for the phone they would list it as a $600 phone which of course is marketing BS. My neighbor just bought a new Android phone from Sprint and was pissed she had to pay the full retail sales tax (another catch 22). With contract phones you more than pay the price if you had bought it off contract. BTW, carriers in most other countries don't do contract phones. On 10/05/2013 07:38 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: BlackBerry reportedly in talks with Google, Samsung, and others about potential sale. http://www.theverge.com/blackberry http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/4/4804362/blackberry-reportedly-in-talks-with-google-samsung-and-others-about
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[FairfieldLife] RE: US Commandos Seize al Shabab Leader
Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] BlackBerry?
Are you sure about that? Maybe the phones drop their calls when they realize the phone's owner is walking around in a building with a south facing entrance. From: j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 5, 2013 7:10 PM Subject: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] BlackBerry? One major caveat: before buying a GSM phone, make sure there is good enough service from GSM carriers in the area where the phone will be used. In Fairfield, GSM networks suck, like phones not being able to make or receive calls in certain buildings, dropped calls, and huge swaths of rural Iowa with no coverage at all. I'm with US Cellular, which is CDMA, and they have blanket coverage over the entire region; they've also had 4G out here for about a year already. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: BlackBerry was popular among the business class who are usually pretty tech illiterate. It did go over so well with the consumer class especially millennials who want to replace their PCs and Macs with smart phones. Tips for smart phone purchasers. Get a service that has GSM not CDMA. The latter is hardwired into your phone. This makes it about impossible to sell no contract phones. GSM uses SIM cards. In other countries people might even have prepay plans from two or more services and switch out the SiM cards as needed. In the US ATT and T-Mobile use GSM as well as some other regional and local carriers. Verizon and Sprint use CDMA. The advantage of a GSM phone is you can buy it anywhere. I paid $350 for my Google Nexus phone last year (which BTW the current comparable version is only $200) direct from Google. I signed on for the T-Mobile $30 a month prepay and simply put their SIM card in the phone. Under contract where you might pay $100 for the phone they would list it as a $600 phone which of course is marketing BS. My neighbor just bought a new Android phone from Sprint and was pissed she had to pay the full retail sales tax (another catch 22). With contract phones you more than pay the price if you had bought it off contract. BTW, carriers in most other countries don't do contract phones. On 10/05/2013 07:38 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: BlackBerry reportedly in talks with Google, Samsung, and others about potential sale. http://www.theverge.com/blackberry
[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: US Commandos Seize al Shabab Leader
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Remember, Benghazi was caused by a demonstration due to an offensive anti-muslim filmsnicker. From: jr_...@yahoo.com jr_...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 5, 2013 6:12 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: US Commandos Seize al Shabab Leader Nabs, There are conflicting reports from other sources also. We should get some clarifications soon from the White House. But no matter what the actual facts are, we'll never really know what actually happened for political and intelligence reasons. What is really missing from the news is the whereabouts of Al Zawahiri, the present chief of Al Qaeda. He is the biggest prize for the US commandos at this time. How come the CIA can't find him? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: The article starts with: A U.S. Navy SEAL team is believed to have killed... The word is believed to. According to reports here that leader was not killed nor seized and the navy seals had to withdraw due to heavy fire. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote: This is a fast and furious followup to the Nairobi attack. Obama is making his reputation known in addition with his fight with the Tea Party in Congress. http://news.yahoo.com/u-commandos-seize-al-shabaab-leader-nairobi-attack-211536128.html
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: US Commandos Seize al Shabab Leader
Notice they always do these things when the administrations approval rating is slipping. On 10/05/2013 05:44 PM, nablusoss1008 wrote: The article starts with: A U.S. Navy SEAL team is believed to have killed... The word is believed to. According to reports here that leader was not killed nor seized and the navy seals had to withdraw due to heavy fire. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote: This is a fast and furious followup to the Nairobi attack. Obama is making his reputation known in addition with his fight with the Tea Party in Congress. http://news.yahoo.com/u-commandos-seize-al-shabaab-leader-nairobi-attack-211536128.html
