[FairfieldLife] Can Faster than light coomunication be made through QE?

[jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

No.  Because  you can't violate the universal speed limit, which is the speed 
of light.
 

 Ask Ethan: Can We Use Quantum Entanglement To Communicate Faster-Than-Light? - 
Forbes 
http://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2016/04/30/ask-ethan-can-we-use-quantum-entanglement-to-communicate-faster-than-light/#58e605367c5f
 
 
 
http://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2016/04/30/ask-ethan-can-we-use-quantum-entanglement-to-communicate-faster-than-light/#58e605367c5f
 
 
 Ask Ethan: Can We Use Quantum Entanglement To... 
http://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2016/04/30/ask-ethan-can-we-use-quantum-entanglement-to-communicate-faster-than-light/#58e605367c5f
 On one hand, nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. But the 
collapse of a quantum wavefunction happens instantaneously. What can we learn 
fro...
 
 
 
 View on www.forbes.com 
http://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2016/04/30/ask-ethan-can-we-use-quantum-entanglement-to-communicate-faster-than-light/#58e605367c5f
 
 Preview by Yahoo 
 
 

 

 

 

 

[FairfieldLife] Maharishi Thumb Drive

[Sanjay Kapoor krishnaf...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

Hi,

I was wondering if someone could make me a copy of the legendary Maharishi 
thumb drive and send it to me.

Would be much appreciated.


With all love,
Jai Guru Dev,
Sanjay

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bernie ahead of Killary!

[awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 
 What does that even mean?
 I think it means the Republican choices stink this year but if you put a gun 
to my head I could be convinced to vote for Kasich (if both Democrats dropped 
dead). On the other hand, I could definitely live with either Hillary or 
Bernie. Either is fine by me. And I sincerely hope that if the candidate of 
one's choice (if you are a Democrat) doesn't get the nomination that they will 
still vote for the other guy (Democrat). I certainly will.


 From: "authfriend@... [FairfieldLife]" 
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
 Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2016 1:05 PM
 Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bernie ahead of Killary!
 
 
   Bernie sez Hillary would be a better president on her worst day than any of 
the Republicans on their best day.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 
 On 04/30/2016 06:35 AM, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... 
[FairfieldLife] wrote:

   

 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:hepa7@... wrote :
 
 
 
 

 Who do you hope will be America's next president in 2016?
 
 
 
 http://speisa.com/modules/xoopspoll/pollresults.php?poll_id=3
 
 Who do you hope will be America's next president in ... Which canidate will 
make the most positive change for America, which will impact the rest of the 
world?


 
 View on speisa.com 
 Preview by Yahoo 
 

 
 
 Realistically, it will be Hillary and I'm fine with that. Bernie is my first 
pick but it will be Hillary, in the end. 
 



 
 You think of her as a Democrat?  Bill was the best Republican President we 
ever had (according to Thom Hartmann).
 
 I won't vote for her.
 
 


 



 


 

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[FairfieldLife] Re: Free will an illusion?

[jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

Tough question.  It depends on who you ask.
 

 A truly independent to answer this question would be obtained from a person 
who is self-aware and somewhat familiar with the concept of pure consciousness, 
or Samadhi.
 

 It appears to me that most people will answer this question based the belief 
in what is "free will".  IMO, a person who is self-aware should be able to 
answer this question the best.  Otherwise, a person would answer the question 
based on the emotions, belief system and the mood that is pertinent at the time.
 

 IOW, the mantra cuts through the various veils of illusion and leaves the 
person with one's true self in order to understand the nature of the Self or 
the unified field.
 

 This is why a jihadist would be the worst person to answer this question

 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 Free will could all be an illusion, scientists suggest after study that 
 shows choice could just be the brain tricking itself
 
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/free-will-could-all-be-an-illusion-scientists-suggest-after-study-that-shows-choice-could-just-be-a7008181.html
 
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/free-will-could-all-be-an-illusion-scientists-suggest-after-study-that-shows-choice-could-just-be-a7008181.html
 
 Told ya so. Most likely you are following a script written at the 
 inception of the universe. But don't get depressed, just live your live 
 as if you have free will. What difference will it make?

[FairfieldLife] Free will an illusion?

[Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]]

Free will could all be an illusion, scientists suggest after study that 
shows choice could just be the brain tricking itself
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/free-will-could-all-be-an-illusion-scientists-suggest-after-study-that-shows-choice-could-just-be-a7008181.html

Told ya so.  Most likely you are following a script written at the 
inception of the universe.  But don't get depressed, just live your live 
as if you have free will.  What difference will it make?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bernie ahead of Killary!

[authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 That Hillary would be an even better Republican President than Bill? :-D
 

 Funny how, if Bill is a Republican, he didn't campaign for McCain or Romney.
 
 Hillary Clinton now paying trolls to attack people online
 

 No, Hillary isn't. One of her Super PACs is, the one run by David Brock. He 
used to be a right-wing scumbag, then he got religion and became a left-wing 
scumbag.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
http://m.nydailynews.com/news/politics/king-hillary-clinton-paying-trolls-attack-people-online-article-1.2613980http://m.nydailynews.com/news/politics/king-hillary-clinton-paying-trolls-attack-people-online-article-1.2613980
 
http://m.nydailynews.com/news/politics/king-hillary-clinton-paying-trolls-attack-people-online-article-1.2613980
 
 On 04/30/2016 11:19 AM, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@... mailto:mdixon.6569@... 
[FairfieldLife] wrote:

   
 What does that even mean?
 

 From: "authfriend@... [FairfieldLife]" mailto:authfriend@...[FairfieldLife] 
 mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
 Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2016 1:05 PM
 Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bernie ahead of Killary!
 
 
   Bernie sez Hillary would be a better president on her worst day than any of 
the Republicans on their best day.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:noozguru@... wrote :

 
 On 04/30/2016 06:35 AM, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... 
[FairfieldLife] wrote:

   

 
 
 ---In mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.comfairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com 
mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  mailto:hepa7@... wrote :
 
 
 
 

 Who do you hope will be America's next president in 2016?
 
 
 
 http://speisa.com/modules/xoopspoll/pollresults.php?poll_id=3
 
 Who do you hope will be America's next president in ... Which canidate will 
make the most positive change for America, which will impact the rest of the 
world?


 
 View on speisa.com 
 Preview by Yahoo 
 

 
 
 Realistically, it will be Hillary and I'm fine with that. Bernie is my first 
pick but it will be Hillary, in the end. 
 



 
 You think of her as a Democrat?  Bill was the best Republican President we 
ever had (according to Thom Hartmann).
 
 I won't vote for her.
 
 






 
 







 
 

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bernie ahead of Killary!

[authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

 
Duh. It means Bernie wants his supporters to vote for Hillary if he doesn't get 
the nomination.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 
 
 What does that even mean?


 From: "authfriend@... [FairfieldLife]" 
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
 Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2016 1:05 PM
 Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bernie ahead of Killary!
 
 
   Bernie sez Hillary would be a better president on her worst day than any of 
the Republicans on their best day.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 
 On 04/30/2016 06:35 AM, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... 
[FairfieldLife] wrote:

   

 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:hepa7@... wrote :
 
 
 
 

 Who do you hope will be America's next president in 2016?
 
 
 
 http://speisa.com/modules/xoopspoll/pollresults.php?poll_id=3
 
 Who do you hope will be America's next president in ... Which canidate will 
make the most positive change for America, which will impact the rest of the 
world?


 
 View on speisa.com 
 Preview by Yahoo 
 

 
 
 Realistically, it will be Hillary and I'm fine with that. Bernie is my first 
pick but it will be Hillary, in the end. 
 



 
 You think of her as a Democrat?  Bill was the best Republican President we 
ever had (according to Thom Hartmann).
 
 I won't vote for her.
 
 


 



 


 

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bernie ahead of Killary!

[Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]]

That Hillary would be an even better Republican President than Bill? :-D

Hillary Clinton now paying trolls to attack people online
http://m.nydailynews.com/news/politics/king-hillary-clinton-paying-trolls-attack-people-online-article-1.2613980

On 04/30/2016 11:19 AM, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] 
wrote:

What does that even mean?


*From:* "authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" 


*To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
*Sent:* Saturday, April 30, 2016 1:05 PM
*Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bernie ahead of Killary!

Bernie sez Hillary would be a better president on her worst day than 
any of the Republicans on their best day.







---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

On 04/30/2016 06:35 AM, awoelflebater@...  
[FairfieldLife] wrote:






---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
, 
 wrote :



Who do you hope will be America's next president in 2016?




image 


Who do you hope will be America's next president in ...

Which canidate will make the most positive change for America,
which will impact the rest of the world?

View on speisa.com


Preview by Yahoo


Realistically, it will be Hillary and I'm fine with that. Bernie
is my first pick but it will be Hillary, in the end.


You think of her as a Democrat? Bill was the best Republican
President we ever had (according to Thom Hartmann).

I won't vote for her.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bernie ahead of Killary!

[Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

What does that even mean?

  From: "authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" 

 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
 Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2016 1:05 PM
 Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bernie ahead of Killary!
   
    Bernie sez Hillary would be a better president on her worst day than any of 
the Republicans on their best day.





---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

On 04/30/2016 06:35 AM,awoelflebater@... [FairfieldLife] wrote:


  


---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote :



Whodo you hope will be America's next president in2016?

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Realistically, it will beHillary and I'm fine with that. Bernie is my firstpick 
but it will be Hillary, in the end. 


You think of her as a Democrat?  Bill was the best RepublicanPresident we ever 
had (according to Thom Hartmann).

I won't vote for her.





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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bernie ahead of Killary!

[authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

Bernie sez Hillary would be a better president on her worst day than any of the 
Republicans on their best day. 

 

 

 

 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 
 On 04/30/2016 06:35 AM, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... 
[FairfieldLife] wrote:

   

 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:hepa7@... wrote :
 
 
 
 

 Who do you hope will be America's next president in 2016?
 
 
 
 
 
 Who do you hope will be America's next president in ... Which canidate will 
make the most positive change for America, which will impact the rest of the 
world?


 
 View on speisa.com 
 Preview by Yahoo 
 

 
 
 Realistically, it will be Hillary and I'm fine with that. Bernie is my first 
pick but it will be Hillary, in the end. 
 



 
 You think of her as a Democrat?  Bill was the best Republican President we 
ever had (according to Thom Hartmann).
 
 I won't vote for her.
 
 


 
 

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bernie ahead of Killary!

[Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]]

On 04/30/2016 06:35 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:





---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :



Who do you hope will be America's next president in 2016? 






image 


Who do you hope will be America's next president in ... 

Which canidate will make the most positive change for America, which 
will impact the rest of the world?


View on speisa.com 



Preview by Yahoo


Realistically, it will be Hillary and I'm fine with that. Bernie is my 
first pick but it will be Hillary, in the end.




You think of her as a Democrat?  Bill was the best Republican President 
we ever had (according to Thom Hartmann).


I won't vote for her.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bernie ahead of Killary!

[awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 

 

 Who do you hope will be America's next president in 2016? 
http://speisa.com/modules/xoopspoll/pollresults.php?poll_id=3

 
 
 http://speisa.com/modules/xoopspoll/pollresults.php?poll_id=3
 
 Who do you hope will be America's next president in ... 
http://speisa.com/modules/xoopspoll/pollresults.php?poll_id=3 Which canidate 
will make the most positive change for America, which will impact the rest of 
the world?


 
 View on speisa.com 
http://speisa.com/modules/xoopspoll/pollresults.php?poll_id=3
 Preview by Yahoo 
 

 

 Realistically, it will be Hillary and I'm fine with that. Bernie is my first 
pick but it will be Hillary, in the end. 

[FairfieldLife] US Marines brutally ambushed!

[he...@hotmail.com [FairfieldLife]]

 
http://speisa.com/modules/articles/index.php/item.2389/us-marines-brutally-ambushed-and-defeated-by-norwegian-kids.html
 
http://speisa.com/modules/articles/index.php/item.2389/us-marines-brutally-ambushed-and-defeated-by-norwegian-kids.html

 

 Luckily, those weren't Russians with AK-47's...ROFLOL!
 

[FairfieldLife] Bernie ahead of Killary!

[he...@hotmail.com [FairfieldLife]]

 

 Who do you hope will be America's next president in 2016? 
http://speisa.com/modules/xoopspoll/pollresults.php?poll_id=3

 
 
 http://speisa.com/modules/xoopspoll/pollresults.php?poll_id=3 
 
 Who do you hope will be America's next president in ... 
http://speisa.com/modules/xoopspoll/pollresults.php?poll_id=3 Which canidate 
will make the most positive change for America, which will impact the rest of 
the world?
 
 
 
 View on speisa.com 
http://speisa.com/modules/xoopspoll/pollresults.php?poll_id=3 
 Preview by Yahoo 
 
 
 

[FairfieldLife] Paris badly needs loads of Yffers?

[he...@hotmail.com [FairfieldLife]]

 http://videos.leparisien.fr/#xtref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.fi%2F 
http://videos.leparisien.fr/#xtref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.fi%2F

 

 

 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Worth a Read

[emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

Really good.  Well-written.  Thanks for posting.  
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 By George F. Will http://www.washingtonpost.com/people/george-f-will Opinion 
writer April 29 at 7:13 PM  
mailto:georgewill@...?subject=Reader%20feedback%20for%20%27If%20Trump%20is%20nominated,%20the%20GOP%20must%20keep%20him%20out%20of%20the%20White%20House%27

 

 
 Donald Trump’s damage to the Republican Party, although already extensive, has 
barely begun. Republican quislings will multiply, slinking into support of the 
most anti-conservative presidential aspirant in their party’s history. These 
collaborationists will render themselves ineligible to participate in the 
party’s reconstruction.
 Ted Cruz’s announcement 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cruz-says-he-will-make-a-major-announcement-at-afternoon-rally/2016/04/27/397bc1f0-0c18-11e6-8ab8-9ad050f76d7d_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_cruz-1105a:homepage/story=a_inl
 of his preferred running mate has enhanced the nomination process by giving 
voters pertinent information. They already know the only important thing about 
Trump’s choice: His running mate will be unqualified for high office because he 
or she will think Trump is qualified.
 Hillary Clinton’s optimal running mate might be Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/04/26/a-top-clinton-supporter-explains-how-how-hillary-and-bernie-can-make-peace/,
 a pro-labor populist whose selection would be balm for the bruised feelings of 
Bernie Sanders’s legions. Running mates rarely matter as electoral factors: In 
2000, Al Gore got 43.2 percent http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html#map of the 
North Carolina vote. In 2004, John Kerry, trying to improve upon Gore’s total 
there, ran with North Carolina Sen. John Edwards but received 43.6 percent 
http://presidentelect.org/e2004.html#map. If, however, Brown were to help 
deliver Ohio for Clinton, the Republican path to 270 electoral votes would be 
narrower than a needle’s eye.
 Republican voters, particularly in Indiana and California, can, by supporting 
Cruz, make the Republican convention a deliberative body rather than one that 
merely ratifies decisions made elsewhere, some of them six months earlier. A 
convention’s sovereign duty is to choose a plausible nominee who has a 
reasonable chance to win, not to passively affirm the will of a mere plurality 
of voters recorded episodically in a protracted process.
 Trump would be the most unpopular nominee ever, unable to even come close to 
Mitt Romney’s insufficient support among women, minorities and young people. In 
losing disastrously, Trump probably would create down-ballot carnage sufficient 
to end even Republican control of the House. Ticket splitting is becoming rare 
in polarized America: In 2012, only 5.7 percent of voters 
http://www.rollcall.com/news/rothenblog/can-democrats-win-the-house-in-2016 
supported a presidential candidate and a congressional candidate of opposite 
parties.
 
 At least half a dozen Republican senators seeking reelection and Senate 
aspirants can hope to win if the person at the top of the Republican ticket 
loses their state by, say, only four points, but not if he loses by 10. A 
Democratic Senate probably would guarantee a Supreme Court with a liberal cast 
for a generation. If Clinton is inaugurated next Jan. 20, Merrick Garland 
probably will already be on the court — confirmed in a lame-duck Senate session 
— and Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony M. Kennedy and Stephen G. Breyer 
will be 83, 80 and 78, respectively.
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 The minority of people who pay close attention to politics includes those who 
define an ideal political outcome and pursue it, and those who focus on the 
worst possible outcome and strive to avoid it. The former experience the 
excitements of utopianism, the latter settle for prudence’s mild pleasure of 
avoiding disappointed dreams. Both sensibilities have their uses, but this is a 
time for prudence, which demands the prevention of a Trump presidency.
 Were he to be nominated, conservatives would have two tasks. One would be to 
help him lose 50 states — condign punishment for his comprehensive disdain for 
conservative essentials, including the manners and grace that should lubricate 
the nation’s civic life. Second, conservatives can try to save from the 
anti-Trump undertow as many senators, representatives, governors and state 
legislators as possible.
 

 It was 32 years after Jimmy Carter won 50.1 percent 
https://books.google.com/books?id=p6kI44XhF60C=PA139=PA139=Jimmy+Carter+won+50.1+percent+in+1976=bl=cx2WJMAL-o=brukpX9bkupWLCVrMY7kK7iEwRw=en=X=0ahUKEwj3h7aU0bTMAhWMSiYKHd73COgQ6AEITjAI#v=onepage=Jimmy%20Carter%20won%2050.1%20percent%20in%201976=false
 in 1976 that a Democrat won half the popular vote. Barack Obama won only 52.9 
percent and then 51.1