[FairfieldLife] Re: another question for MZ, and maybe William of Occam

2011-07-03 Thread maskedzebra
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, maskedzebra no_reply@ wrote: Dear Feste36, I didn't miss seeing this, and as you will understand, it (and because of where it seemed to come from) was consoling to me. Indeed

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ayahuasca Toxicology

2011-07-03 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Yes, in contrast to dropping hallucinogens hoping for a bio-chemical opening, 'Being' forced through an immature energy system ( a system not ready or properly prepared, even of long term TM'ers) can cause its own

[FairfieldLife] Re: What kind of meditation did the Buddha teach?

2011-07-03 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: Scholarly article on Buddhist meditation, contemporary mindfulness practices, and the Transcendental Meditation technique by Dr. Evan Finkelstein.

[FairfieldLife] Re: What kind of meditation did the Buddha teach?

2011-07-03 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: Scholarly article on Buddhist meditation, contemporary mindfulness practices, and the Transcendental Meditation technique by Dr. Evan Finkelstein.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brain, Spirituality, Science, Metaphysics, Enlightenment, Aquinas, MZ

2011-07-03 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@... wrote: Barry is intelligent too, but he does not seem conversational as in interaction with others. His writing style is conversational, but does not seem to extend beyond that. Beyond that to WHAT? :-) I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ayahuasca Toxicology

2011-07-03 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Yes, in contrast to dropping hallucinogens hoping for a bio-chemical opening, 'Being' forced through an immature energy system ( a system not

[FairfieldLife] 'Laughing Girl Enlightenment'..

2011-07-03 Thread Robert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4PZL7wg_g4

[FairfieldLife] Re: What kind of meditation did the Buddha teach?

2011-07-03 Thread Buck
Here is the large TM assertion recycled, that buddhistic practices necesarily require 'strenuous practice' and therefore are no good. While they may in fact require no more strenuous practice than TM'ers re-introducing their mantra to their mind. This TM paper has a large assumption that is

[FairfieldLife] 'Gangaji's Enlightened Moment'...

2011-07-03 Thread Robert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cjX7RDgqmQ

[FairfieldLife] 'Gulf of Mexico continues to Heat Up...'

2011-07-03 Thread Robert
Hurricaine season is underway, as the gulf heats up with heat waves across Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Southern California... Fires in Arizona and Texas this season, have been historical... Stay tuned.   Agni and Indra

[FairfieldLife] Re: another question for MZ, and maybe William of Occam

2011-07-03 Thread Buck
Feste, nice writing. Who were the spiritual teachers that you allude to who helped you come to this? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@... wrote: , but I have all my adult life (I started TM when I was 17) imbibed the Indian philosophy of unity is all there is.

[FairfieldLife] Re: What kind of meditation did the Buddha teach?

2011-07-03 Thread Robert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: Scholarly article on Buddhist meditation, contemporary mindfulness practices, and the Transcendental Meditation technique by Dr. Evan Finkelstein.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Check out Activist Post: The Perfect (Radiation) Storm is Brewing

2011-07-03 Thread Buck
Yep, and its too bad that we don't have an Iowa Governor who would defend our interests against those god-damned Nebraskans. Those fucking spent-fuel rods should be removed from our borders. Pronto. -Buck in FF --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@... wrote: The

[FairfieldLife] Re: Archetypes, Music and Magritte (was: A question for MZ...)

2011-07-03 Thread Robert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, RoryGoff rorygoff@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, RoryGoff rorygoff@ wrote: Rather hot and humid here in Fairfield today, with a sweet, faint, musky

[FairfieldLife] Re: Check out Activist Post: The Perfect (Radiation) Storm is Brewing

2011-07-03 Thread Buck
In Nebraska: The facility is a storage site for 20 years worth of nuclear waste material; specifically, spent fuel rods from different plants in the state as well as its own.   Then there is the disturbing news that the spent fuel rod pool was so full that they store the surplus fuel rods in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brain, Spirituality, Science, Metaphysics, Enlightenment, Aquinas, MZ

2011-07-03 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@ wrote: Barry is intelligent too, but he does not seem conversational as in interaction with others. His writing style is conversational, but

[FairfieldLife] Re: another question for MZ, and maybe William of Occam

2011-07-03 Thread feste37
As far as experiencing oneself as the Great Vast Nothing: Gangaji first, in about 1996-98, and then Arjuna, who taught a workshop here in 1999. They showed me what I had overlooked all those years, and I just laughed the first time I got it. How could I have missed it? And yet in TM we were

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brain, Spirituality, Science, Metaphysics, Enlightenment, Aquinas, MZ

2011-07-03 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@ wrote: Barry is intelligent too, but he does not seem conversational as in interaction with others. His writing style is conversational, but

[FairfieldLife] A Good Conversation

2011-07-03 Thread turquoiseb
Since the subject has come up, I got to thinking about what I consider a good conversation. The one that follows was the first one that came to mind. It's fiction, written by the brilliant Joss Whedon, but I think it captures the essence of a truly good conversation. It's from the first episode

[FairfieldLife] Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-03 Thread turquoiseb
As I've mentioned a couple of times, I've recently gotten to share cyberconversations with a group of former Rama students. It's interesting for many reasons, but one of them is that we all studied with a guy who was a former English professor. One of his one-liners was that Writers write to

[FairfieldLife] Calvinball

2011-07-03 Thread turquoiseb
One of the reasons I like Internet chat forums is that they're like playing Calvinball. If you aren't a Calvin and Hobbes fan, this reference may be lost on you. Every so often the kid (Calvin) and his talking tiger doll buddy (Hobbes) would play a game of Calvinball. What made it such a fun game

[FairfieldLife] Re: How Greed Destroys America

2011-07-03 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 07/02/2011 06:39 PM, wgm4u wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@ wrote: For our FFL billionaires who have worked so hard by the sweat of their brow (apparently at near light speed) to earn

[FairfieldLife] Neat fund-raising idea

2011-07-03 Thread turquoiseb
Party down for charity. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/constantin-bjerke/the-global-party_b_885953.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: How Greed Destroys America

2011-07-03 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: For our FFL billionaires who have worked so hard by the sweat of their brow (apparently at near light speed) to earn their huge fortune here is a great article:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Tom, MZ and The I Ching

2011-07-03 Thread Tom Pall
On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Bob Price bobpri...@yahoo.com wrote: Tom, I don't think you know me and I hope I don't upset you, heaven forbid. But I've been pondering most of the night about how I could do something positive to help Tom and MZ's relationship. More specifically, how I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brain, Spirituality, Science, Metaphysics, Enlightenment, Aquinas, MZ

2011-07-03 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jul 2, 2011, at 10:30 PM, sparaig wrote: My son is a pretty good writer BTW: http://www.gaiaonline.com/arena/event/holiday-poem-contest/vote/?entry_id=100769115#title Wow~~that was great. One of my kids loves that website, now I can see why. Sal

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Republicans protect Millionaires - Minnesota government shuts down

2011-07-03 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jul 2, 2011, at 11:35 AM, Denise Evans wrote: The link below has some interesting info on the influence of the Koch brothers in taking down the government, etc. We don't need no stinkin' government... What I don't understand is...what is the end game of the Republican philosophy...if

[FairfieldLife] Re: How Greed Destroys America

2011-07-03 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: On 07/02/2011 06:39 PM, wgm4u wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@ wrote: For our FFL billionaires who have worked so hard by

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: another question for MZ, and maybe William of Occam

2011-07-03 Thread Bob Price
Finally, a Socratic dialogue! I now may be able to make some posters happy and go away. I want to thank both feste37 and MZ. for teaching me something. Comment below. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@... wrote: This struck a

[FairfieldLife] Re: How Greed Destroys America

2011-07-03 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: On 07/02/2011 06:39 PM, wgm4u wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: How Greed Destroys America

2011-07-03 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip So let's get this straight, a business owner risks his time and capital and now that he's Rich you want to go in there, take his money, and tell him where he

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How Greed Destroys America

2011-07-03 Thread Bhairitu
On 07/03/2011 06:59 AM, wgm4u wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote: On 07/02/2011 06:39 PM, wgm4u wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@ wrote: For our FFL billionaires who have worked so hard by the sweat of their brow

[FairfieldLife] Re: How Greed Destroys America

2011-07-03 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 07/03/2011 06:59 AM, wgm4u wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@ wrote: On 07/02/2011 06:39 PM, wgm4u wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@ wrote: For our FFL

[FairfieldLife] Summa Wrestling

2011-07-03 Thread curtisdeltablues
My grandfather was a fascinating guy, started as a professional violinist, became a scientist and help develop the gasses that killed the Germans in the trenches in WWI,(cough, cough, ouch) became a successful enough businessman to have a wing of the Albany NY hospital named for him for his

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How Greed Destroys America

2011-07-03 Thread Bhairitu
On 07/03/2011 09:13 AM, wgm4u wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote: On 07/03/2011 06:59 AM, wgm4u wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@ wrote: On 07/02/2011 06:39 PM, wgm4u wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: How Greed Destroys America

2011-07-03 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Oh so you are not going answer my question? You're going to deflect instead and paint me as something I'm not. Then we can assume you're only an armchair businessman? And I bet you've never even seen anything above a

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Laughing Girl Enlightenment'..

2011-07-03 Thread seventhray1
Nice post Bob. I think we all could use a break from another Imagine --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@... wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4PZL7wg_g4

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-03 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Anyway, that's why I'm enjoying this other forum. Everybody knows this, and puts some impeccability into what they write. Not because they're trying to impress anyone, or gain strokes from anyone, but because it's writing,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-03 Thread seventhray1
Honeymoons are great aren't they? Those first few days of bliss. Have to see how things look in about a month. How those folks you are so pleased with now, look after a month, and you to them. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Summa Wrestling

2011-07-03 Thread whynotnow7
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... wrote: My grandfather was a fascinating guy, started as a professional violinist, became a scientist and help develop the gasses that killed the Germans in the trenches in WWI,(cough, cough, ouch) became a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-03 Thread whynotnow7
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: Anyway, that's why I'm enjoying this other forum. Everybody knows this, and puts some impeccability into what they write. Not because they're

[FairfieldLife] Record Corporate Profits and the Rich -vs- Everybody Else

2011-07-03 Thread do.rflex
Record Corporate Profits, the GOP's Wet Dream - But where's the ' Trickle-Down ' ? CARTOON: http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/sites/default/files/images/stei101130_cmyk-1.jpg Two-thirds of the nation's total income gains from 2002 to 2007 flowed to the top 1 percent of U.S. households, and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Summa Wrestling

2011-07-03 Thread RoryGoff
A good, thoughtful post, Curtis. In general I find myself at a loss for words -- and patience, unfortunately -- when I encounter what appear to me to be densely-packed strata of beliefs and assumptions (by which I suppose I mean, beliefs and assumptions I do not personally ascribe to), and I

[FairfieldLife] Re: another question for MZ, and maybe William of Occam

2011-07-03 Thread seventhray1
Bob, thanks for a peek behind the curtain. Short comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price bobpriced@... wrote: . One of the reasons I left the movement was that I just couldn't keep mustering the cognitive dissonance required to give the improved social behaviour part

[FairfieldLife] Re: Summa Wrestling

2011-07-03 Thread turquoiseb
Excellent rap, Curtis. Earlier I tried to shorten MZ's post in which he laid out the steps that led him to his current path, and got it (I thought) down to a few short sentences. In retrospect, and having read your insightful rap, I now think I can do it in one sentence. So you're saying that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-03 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: Anyway, that's why I'm enjoying this other forum. Everybody knows this, and puts some impeccability into what they write. Not because they're trying

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-03 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: That's not exactly true. I have decided that many posters on this forum are not *worth* reading. I may check them out occasionally just as a kind of guilty pleasure, in the same way that people who like to present themselves

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How Greed Destroys America

2011-07-03 Thread Mike Dixon
Why would he bother when all  he has to do is act dumb and pathetic and find someone else to organize  the social  welfare program smorgasbord for him to feed off of. Why use you own talents (might be a strain) when you can use somebody else's? This is the real greed that destroys America, not

Re: [FairfieldLife] 'Gulf of Mexico continues to Heat Up...'

2011-07-03 Thread Mike Dixon
Texas could use a couple or three direct hits from hurricanes or tropical storms over the next few months. Even the pine trees are starting to turn brown and we've already lost the Capitol of the Age of Enlightenment in Navasota Tx due to wildfires. The rice fields will be bone dry, no ducks!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Summa Wrestling

2011-07-03 Thread John
Aquinas was an intellectual guy. His method and approach to faith and religion do not necessarily appeal to all people. When he himself experienced divine rapture, or samadhi, he realized that his previous works were worthless compared to the revelations that he received. In other words, we

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How Greed Destroys America

2011-07-03 Thread Bhairitu
On 07/03/2011 10:31 AM, wgm4u wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote: Oh so you are not going answer my question? You're going to deflect instead and paint me as something I'm not. Then we can assume you're only an armchair businessman? And I bet you've

[FairfieldLife] Re: Republicans protect Millionaires - Minnesota government shuts down

2011-07-03 Thread richardjwilliamstexas
Activism is the answer - I see civil war in this country in the future, if the Republican's get their way. Sal: We keep hearing that, but so far I haven't seen any evidence that we are anywhere near. We never are, it's always, Next time we'll do something. But then next time

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How Greed Destroys America

2011-07-03 Thread Bhairitu
Did you lose your reading specs, Mike? I already wrote that I run a business. I just don't want others fall through the cracks nor to be unfairly challenged by companies that have pulled the ladder up and actually gamed the government you hate so much to block any competition. But I'm sure

[FairfieldLife] Re: How Greed Destroys America

2011-07-03 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip So let's get this straight, a business owner risks his time and capital and now that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How Greed Destroys America

2011-07-03 Thread Bhairitu
On 07/03/2011 01:07 PM, raunchydog wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriendjstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4uwgm4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriendjstein@ wrote: snip So let's get this straight, a business owner risks his

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Gulf of Mexico continues to Heat Up...'

2011-07-03 Thread mainstream20016
If all tropical storms and hurricanes would be guaranteed to refrain from hitting neighboring states, and only hit Texas instead, then I'd support your wish. However, the risk of devastation to neighboring states is too great to wish for tropical storms and hurricanes. That is not

[FairfieldLife] Re: How Greed Destroys America

2011-07-03 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip So let's

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Gulf of Mexico continues to Heat Up...'

2011-07-03 Thread Mike Dixon
Oh my, the *hate*! Mainline, a little skullcap tea, daily, might cool that raging pitta. BTW, is wishing death on someone *life supporting* thought? From: mainstream20016 mainstream20...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, July 3, 2011 1:51:53

[FairfieldLife] Monk Levitates Discovery Channel, The Supernaturalist

2011-07-03 Thread Dick Mays
My brother told me about the below three-minute excerpt from the July 1st episode of The Discovery Channel's The Supernaturalist. Enjoy. http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/the-supernaturalist-levitation.html

Re: [FairfieldLife] Monk Levitates Discovery Channel, The Supernaturalist

2011-07-03 Thread Vaj
On Jul 3, 2011, at 5:53 PM, Dick Mays wrote: My brother told me about the below three-minute excerpt from the July 1st episode of The Discovery Channel's The Supernaturalist. Enjoy. http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/the-supernaturalist-levitation.html There have been legitimate flying

[FairfieldLife] Re: What kind of meditation did the Buddha teach?

2011-07-03 Thread emptybill
While they may in fact require no more strenuous practice than TM'ers re-introducing their mantra to their mind. Yep, we're getting so old that it's no longer good enough that we were introduced to our meditation mantra way back when. Yep, we can't be practicing correctly if we simply remember

[FairfieldLife] Re: Summa Wrestling

2011-07-03 Thread emptybill
Yep, nice set of questions and assertions. However, it is even more convoluted than that because Aquinas was an Aristotelian. He depended upon that particular type of externalized thinking and could therefore declare everything else to be a matter of subjective experiences of a natural order.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Monk Levitates Discovery Channel, The Supernaturalist

2011-07-03 Thread Vaj
But this guy looks like many of the charlatans... On Jul 3, 2011, at 6:18 PM, Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net wrote: On Jul 3, 2011, at 5:53 PM, Dick Mays wrote: My brother told me about the below three-minute excerpt from the July 1st episode of The Discovery Channel's The Supernaturalist.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Monk Levitates Discovery Channel, The Supernaturalist

2011-07-03 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Jul 3, 2011, at 5:53 PM, Dick Mays wrote: My brother told me about the below three-minute excerpt from the July 1st episode of The Discovery Channel's The Supernaturalist. Enjoy.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Record Corporate Profits and the Rich -vs- Everybody Else

2011-07-03 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@... wrote: Record Corporate Profits, the GOP's Wet Dream - But where's the ' Trickle-Down ' ? Hey, if taxes had been higher, the deficit would have been *worse*!!! Isn't that self-evident? L.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Monk Levitates Discovery Channel, The Supernaturalist

2011-07-03 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Jul 3, 2011, at 5:53 PM, Dick Mays wrote: My brother told me about the below three-minute excerpt from the July 1st episode of The Discovery Channel's The Supernaturalist. Enjoy.

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2011-07-03 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Jul 02 00:00:00 2011 End Date (UTC): Sat Jul 09 00:00:00 2011 192 messages as of (UTC) Mon Jul 04 00:05:28 2011 18 whynotnow7 whynotn...@yahoo.com 15 Yifu yifux...@yahoo.com 13 authfriend jst...@panix.com 12 seventhray1

[FairfieldLife] Re: How Greed Destroys America

2011-07-03 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@ wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Monk Levitates Discovery Channel, The Supernaturalist

2011-07-03 Thread curtisdeltablues
Excuse me, but if I don't move near the fabric screen that hides the lift device, my magic doesn't work. Ah good, the lift can now engage like every levitation done in vaudeville routines in front of a curtain. Please shoot from the front to maintain the magic vibe. This magician host blurs

[FairfieldLife] Re: Monk Levitates Discovery Channel, The Supernaturalist

2011-07-03 Thread whynotnow7
I was curious too when the floater wanted to get closer to the curtains, and aside from one quick side shot of the space between the monk's back and curtains, that was it, everything else shot from the front. The film also stops before he settles back to earth. --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Monk Levitates Discovery Channel, The Supernaturalist

2011-07-03 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Dick Mays dickmays@... wrote: My brother told me about the below three-minute excerpt from the July 1st episode of The Discovery Channel's The Supernaturalist. Enjoy. http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/the-supernaturalist-levitation.html This is pure

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Gulf of Mexico continues to Heat Up...'

2011-07-03 Thread mainstream20016
Excuse me. Aren't you the one who's surrounded by flames? Perhaps you might suck your own concoction. Of course wishing death on someone is not life supporting, and neither is the prospect of another right-wing Texas governor as President. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] The Big Nothing

2011-07-03 Thread authfriend
Quote from a book review in Boston.com: Since time immemorial, curious people have asked where the universe came from. Nowadays we have a secular answer: the Big Bang. And yet that answer, incredible as it may be, is only partially satisfying. After all, we can still ask where the Big Bang

[FairfieldLife] Re: Record Corporate Profits and the Rich -vs- Everybody Else

2011-07-03 Thread mainstream20016
No. Perhaps you were thinking, if Corporate Profits were LOWER, the deficit would have been 'worse'. -Mainstream --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Record Corporate Profits, the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Record Corporate Profits and the Rich -vs- Everybody Else

2011-07-03 Thread whynotnow7
In the Bay Area we are used to boom and bust cycles. When it is booming, work for corporate. When it slows down, pull a contract. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mainstream20016 mainstream20016@... wrote: No. Perhaps you were thinking, if Corporate Profits were LOWER, the deficit

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Big Nothing

2011-07-03 Thread RoryGoff
HA! Busted. Loved this; thank you, Judy! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: Quote from a book review in Boston.com: Since time immemorial, curious people have asked where the universe came from. Nowadays we have a secular answer: the Big Bang. And yet that

[FairfieldLife] What's happening down stream?

2011-07-03 Thread raunchydog
Explosives blew apart a levee in Pottawattamie County, Iowa July 1, Friday morning. According to a news release, a group of private citizens representing the Vanman #30 levee intentionally breached a half-mile stretch of levee from river mile marker 637 to 637.5 around 10 a.mso that