[FairfieldLife] Removal of Many Many Squatters from Temple Land in Tiruvannamalai

2012-05-26 Thread Richard
Last week, the Tiruvannamalai government told people living in 22,000 houses that they will have to vacate their homes and move away. This involves more than 80,000, about 40% of the total population in Tiruvannamalai. See this post for more:

[FairfieldLife] Re: How Obama spends your money without you knowing it!

2012-05-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: snip Of course Judy will usually make an argument personal as she did with this thread. She flung the insults first so gave her a dose of her own

[FairfieldLife] Re: New gymnastics video on bar

2012-05-26 Thread sparaig
I was thinking maybe cheeto as opposed to pretzel? L. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: Neat!! Man, she is really coming along. (Why Cheeto?) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: New gymnastics video on bar

2012-05-26 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: I was thinking maybe cheeto as opposed to pretzel? L. Cheeto is a pretty cool name. She likes it. Pretzel lacks a certain zing. Other names on her team are Chicken, Giggles, and Pancake, an unfortunate moniker for a

[FairfieldLife] Re: my generic TM response to http://www.reddit.com/r/meditation questions

2012-05-26 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: the moderators of the meditation forum on reddit don't like me (snif). So I've been responding to questions about TM privately. Any comments/criticisms? Hi, I'm banned from /r/meditation for mentioning

[FairfieldLife] Re: New gymnastics video on bar

2012-05-26 Thread Jason
--- sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: I was thinking maybe cheeto as opposed to pretzel? L. --- raunchydog raunchydog@... wrote: Cheeto is a pretty cool name. She likes it. Pretzel lacks a certain zing. Other names on her team are Chicken, Giggles, and Pancake, an unfortunate

[FairfieldLife] More guNa-vRtti-virodha's! ;D

2012-05-26 Thread cardemaister
The two things I seem to love most in this life are a. beating drums b. trying desperately to learn the basics of Sanskrit. In the case of (a) the biggest guNa-vRtti-virodha_s seem to be: 1. I get tinnitus very easily, perhaps mostly because my blood pressure, inherited from my mother, seems

[FairfieldLife] Best for the sun?

2012-05-26 Thread cardemaister
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/45801/which-smartphone-best-screen-in-sun

[FairfieldLife] Re: my generic TM response to http://www.reddit.com/r/meditation questions

2012-05-26 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote: NBD, but that seems to be 'vipassana', pAli(?) from Sanskrit vipashyana (vi-pashyana; H-K: vipazyana): vipazyana n. (or %{A} f.) right knowledge Buddh. Sorry, can't help feeling the need to remind us, that 'z'

[FairfieldLife] Re: Transcend or Transform?

2012-05-26 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Hmmm...vasanas...looked it up.  Certainly as good an explanation as any :) From: Buck To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 7:07 PM Subject:

[FairfieldLife] 100 percent certain prediction?

2012-05-26 Thread cardemaister
Loreen, of Moroccan ancestry, representing Sweden, shall win this year's (2012) Eurovision song contest with one of the biggest percentages of all the votes, of all time? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsTcfVBwXco

[FairfieldLife] Job opportunity: David Lynch Foundation

2012-05-26 Thread sparaig
http://www.idealist.org/view/job/4BZJBJnKDXjd/ One interesting thing: no TM-ing requirement. L

[FairfieldLife] Re: Job opportunity: David Lynch Foundation

2012-05-26 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: http://www.idealist.org/view/job/4BZJBJnKDXjd/ One interesting thing: no TM-ing requirement. L What? No more busy businessman analogy? Well, there goes the neighborhood.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Job opportunity: David Lynch Foundation

2012-05-26 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: http://www.idealist.org/view/job/4BZJBJnKDXjd/ One interesting thing: no TM-ing requirement. L Yeah, but 'youthful energy'. Seems that would rule out a lot of people here on FFL and in the old TM meditating

[FairfieldLife] Re: Job opportunity: Transitioning a Movement

2012-05-26 Thread Buck
That is a particularly interesting advert that shows something going on inside. I interview folks all the time around the movement. An alarming thing I find in young meditators (our kids in their late 20 and now 30's) raised up here is that they want little to do with the old movement and the

Re: [FairfieldLife] my generic TM response to http://www.reddit.com/r/meditation questions

2012-05-26 Thread Vaj
On May 25, 2012, at 9:45 PM, sparaig wrote: the moderators of the meditation forum on reddit don't like me (snif). So I've been responding to questions about TM privately. Any comments/criticisms? Like most TM zealots your response seems conditioned by uncritically acquired TM Org

[FairfieldLife] Re: How Obama spends your money without you knowing it!

2012-05-26 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: ROTFL! Anyone reading your posts know you're an asshole and a fool and have been for years. We

[FairfieldLife] Re: Job opportunity: David Lynch Foundation

2012-05-26 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: http://www.idealist.org/view/job/4BZJBJnKDXjd/ One interesting thing: no TM-ing requirement. What? No more busy businessman analogy? Well, there goes

[FairfieldLife] Re: How Obama spends your money without you knowing it!

2012-05-26 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@... wrote: In the event Barry needs a supply, they can be found at the Habanos shop in: Conservatorium Hotel Amsterdam Van Baerlestraat 27 Amsterdam 1071 AN The Turq needs AA more than cigars: AMSTERDAM MONDAY

[FairfieldLife] Re: my generic TM response to http://www.reddit.com/r/meditation questions

2012-05-26 Thread Jason
What really happened Lawson.? Did they ban you? On May 25, 2012, at 9:45 PM, sparaig wrote: the moderators of the meditation forum on reddit don't like me (snif). So I've been responding to questions about TM privately. Any comments/criticisms? --- Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: Like most

[FairfieldLife] Re: 100 percent certain prediction?

2012-05-26 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote: Loreen, of Moroccan ancestry, representing Sweden, shall win this year's (2012) Eurovision song contest with one of the biggest percentages of all the votes, of all time? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsTcfVBwXco

[FairfieldLife] Re: 100 percent certain prediction?

2012-05-26 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: Loreen, of Moroccan ancestry, representing Sweden, shall win this year's (2012) Eurovision song contest with one of the biggest percentages

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Job opportunity: Transitioning a Movement

2012-05-26 Thread Share Long
Youth has to rebel.  I was lucky that I had the Catholic Church to rebel against (-: From: Buck dhamiltony...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012 9:05 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Job opportunity: Transitioning a

[FairfieldLife] Re: 100 percent certain prediction?

2012-05-26 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: Loreen, of Moroccan ancestry, representing Sweden, shall win this year's (2012) Eurovision song contest with one of the biggest percentages of all

[FairfieldLife] Re: 100 percent certain prediction?

2012-05-26 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: Loreen, of Moroccan ancestry, representing Sweden, shall

[FairfieldLife] Re: Job opportunity: Transitioning a Movement

2012-05-26 Thread Buck
Transitioning an old spiritual movement. This year's MUM graduation ceremony is today. Probably be the best show in town today. It will be real interesting to see how this is played. 1:00pm in the Dome. Old movement preservationists vs. progressives. --- In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How Obama spends your money without you knowing it!

2012-05-26 Thread Emily Reyn
Yes, actually, I've noticed the friend method and also the tendency to toss around the word mentally ill at those he doesn't like.  I was simply responding on the face value of what he was writing because again, it was simply ridiculous.  While the story was quite likely directed at you, it is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Job opportunity: Transitioning a Movement

2012-05-26 Thread feste37
The university is actually giving serious thought to problems of succession. The difficulty is in recruiting younger faculty. It's not that the university doesn't want to do it. There have been some younger recruits, although not that many. Most of the faculty are in their 60s, so this is a

[FairfieldLife] Der DHS ist vlooking vor deez vords here

2012-05-26 Thread Bhairitu
UK Daily Mail article on the words that will trigger interest by the DHS if you use them online. :-D http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150281/REVEALED-Hundreds-words-avoid-using-online-dont-want-government-spying-you.html We should all spice up our posts with a few of them though it

[FairfieldLife] Re: How Obama spends your money without you knowing it!

2012-05-26 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Yes, actually, I've noticed the friend method and also the tendency to toss around the word mentally ill at those he doesn't like.  I was simply responding on the face value of what he was writing because again,

[FairfieldLife] Re: 100 percent certain prediction?

2012-05-26 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: All I can say is that it's one of the weirdest spec- tacles I've ever seen. In the two years I've seen any of the finalists, I have yet to see even

[FairfieldLife] Re: Der DHS ist vlooking vor deez vords here

2012-05-26 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: UK Daily Mail article on the words that will trigger interest by the DHS if you use them online. :-D

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Der DHS ist vlooking vor deez vords here

2012-05-26 Thread Bhairitu
On 05/26/2012 11:09 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote: UK Daily Mail article on the words that will trigger interest by the DHS if you use them online. :-D

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How Obama spends your money without you knowing it!

2012-05-26 Thread Bhairitu
On 05/25/2012 09:03 AM, Emily Reyn wrote: Geeezzz. What a funny exchange this has been. Bhairitu, I disagree, just for the record. Disagree with what? My characterization of Judy or my position on inflation? Judy is taking a neoliberal position not liberal BTW. Many progressives and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How Obama spends your money without you knowing it!

2012-05-26 Thread Bhairitu
On 05/26/2012 07:21 AM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriendjstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoisebno_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@ wrote: ROTFL! Anyone reading your posts know

[FairfieldLife] Re: How Obama spends your money without you knowing it!

2012-05-26 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: snip Discussing this thread on a progressive chat room yesterday folks said the Krugman position is neoliberal which I had an intuitive sense it was and indeed given that Judy and Raunchy support Hillary they're probably

[FairfieldLife] Re: 100 percent certain prediction?

2012-05-26 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: All I can say is that it's one of the weirdest spec- tacles I've ever seen.

[FairfieldLife] #5# Think about It... Have we been practicing Love?

2012-05-26 Thread Paulo Barbosa
Think about It... Have we been practicing Love? Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints (Colossians 1:4). When our faith is based in the Lord, we do His will. And the Lord's will is that we love one another. Think about it... Paulo Barbosa

[FairfieldLife] Alternate methods of measuring inflation

2012-05-26 Thread Bhairitu
I was arguing here the other day that 2.3% inflation seems a little off to me. I do step out of the house daily and see prices in stores rather than living in a meditation cave. I also argued that the government cooks the numbers to 1) either avoid a panic or 2) to look good. Because I got

[FairfieldLife] Re: How Obama spends your money without you knowing it!

2012-05-26 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 05/25/2012 09:03 AM, Emily Reyn wrote: Geeezzz. What a funny exchange this has been. Bhairitu, I disagree, just for the record. Disagree with what? My characterization of Judy or my position on inflation? Judy is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Job opportunity: David Lynch Foundation

2012-05-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: [...] Those who might know, exactly which scientifically- proven stress-reducing modalities OTHER THAN TM has it ever raised funds for or provided grants to? TM-Sidhis, I believe. L.

[FairfieldLife] Re: my generic TM response to http://www.reddit.com/r/meditation questions

2012-05-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason jedi_spock@... wrote: What really happened Lawson.? Did they ban you? YIep. Ironically, one of the http://www.reddit.com/r/meditation moderators, sfacets, has himself been banned from wikipedia for apparently using 70 *different identities* to

[FairfieldLife] Re: my generic TM response to http://www.reddit.com/r/meditation questions

2012-05-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On May 25, 2012, at 9:45 PM, sparaig wrote: the moderators of the meditation forum on reddit don't like me (snif). So I've been responding to questions about TM privately. Any comments/criticisms? Like most TM

[FairfieldLife] Re: Alternate methods of measuring inflation

2012-05-26 Thread sparaig
Attempting to pour oil on troubled waters, I'd like to point out that while Judy is correct that core inflation has been rather low lately, the essential cost of living has risen drastically due, at least partly, to the price of oil. About 30% of the cost of food is tied directly to oil

[FairfieldLife] Re: Alternate methods of measuring inflation

2012-05-26 Thread sparaig
BTW, the cost of gasoline in the USA is heavily subsidized. The cost of gas in Europe is 2-3x what it is in the USA. OTOH, the cost of gasoline in Venezuela is about 1/10-1/20 what it is in the USA. Just a factoid that may or may not have anything to do with anything. L

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Alternate methods of measuring inflation

2012-05-26 Thread wleed3
higher taxes in europe, however the enjoy the same depleation allowances as do we here in canada but taxed nore in canada indian res here sells cdn gas 3 3.55 off res its 3.89 ont 4;54 usd In a message dated 05/26/12 19:27:06 Eastern Daylight Time, lengli...@cox.net writes: BTW, the cost

[FairfieldLife] Re: Alternate methods of measuring inflation

2012-05-26 Thread sparaig
In most of Europe, the cost of gas is above US$9 per gallon. And remember, we have subsidies for oil pricing that partially/fully offset the taxes levied at the pump. Without oil subsidies, many alternate forms of power would be much closer to the point of economic break-even, or might already

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2012-05-26 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat May 26 00:00:00 2012 End Date (UTC): Sat Jun 02 00:00:00 2012 54 messages as of (UTC) Sat May 26 23:40:06 2012 11 sparaig lengli...@cox.net 7 cardemaister no_re...@yahoogroups.com 5 Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net 4

[FairfieldLife] Re: How Obama spends your money without you knowing it!

2012-05-26 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 05/25/2012 09:03 AM, Emily Reyn wrote: Geeezzz. What a funny exchange this has been. Bhairitu, I disagree, just for the record. Disagree with what? My characterization of Judy or my position on inflation? Judy

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How Obama spends your money without you knowing it!

2012-05-26 Thread Emily Reyn
I was disagreeing with your characterization of Judy as a fool and an idiot.  I don't consider her either of these things.  Asshole...well, aren't we all?   Ha ha. I'm not qualified to talk economics.  I don't get real cable, but last night in the hotel watched the Bill Maher show, who had

[FairfieldLife] Re: How Obama spends your money without you knowing it!

2012-05-26 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: I was disagreeing with your characterization of Judy as a fool and an idiot.  I don't consider her either of these things.  Asshole...well, aren't we all?  Ha ha. I agree. Judy is nobody's fool. She's one smart

[FairfieldLife] Amongst the baddest Englishes I've ever incountered?

2012-05-26 Thread cardemaister
Yogasuutras of Patañjali, by Ballantyne and Shastri, a translation of the Bhoja-vRtti, might be a text amongst the baddest English texts I've ever incountered, on this level: http://www.flickr.com/photos/66867356@N02/7277477670/in/photostream/lightbox/

[FairfieldLife] Re: my generic TM response to http://www.reddit.com/r/meditation questions

2012-05-26 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On May 25, 2012, at 9:45 PM, sparaig wrote: the moderators of the meditation forum on reddit don't like me (snif). So I've been responding to questions about TM privately. Any comments/criticisms? Like most TM