From: dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 11:13 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: To whom should Rick give FFL?
Yes, I hope to have a proposalto Rick on May 1st about this. -in Fairfield,
Thanks again for posting thought-provoking material, Salyavin. While the
whiners are busy pointing fingers and blaming others for not posting anything
of value, you point out how lame they are by...wait for it...simply posting
something of value.
From: salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
Thanks again for posting thought-provoking material, Salyavin. While the
whiners are busy pointing fingers and blaming others for not posting anything
of value, you point out how lame they are by...wait for it...simply posting
From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
Thanks again for posting thought-provoking material, Salyavin. While the
whiners are busy pointing fingers and blaming others for not posting anything
of value, you point out how lame they
I don’t know whether anyone could fairly and objectively moderate this forum,
including myself. Rules can be conceived and written, but enforcing them would
require constant monitoring and decision-making. The judgments would
necessarily be very subjective. Some offenses would be so egregious
Thanks for weighing in, Rick.
For me, the issue is as simple as this -- to be a completely fair moderator,
one would have to read every post made to Fairfield Life. But he or she would
also have to also be admirable enough that other people -- the moderated --
would trust his/her judgement.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rick@... wrote :
I don’t know whether anyone could fairly and objectively moderate this forum,
including myself. Rules can be conceived and written, but enforcing them would
require constant monitoring and decision-making. The judgments would
Ha! The obligatory positive exit comment.
Ain't gonna happen.
Barry is in charge here.
And his saving grace is Buck and John, and Lawson, giving Barry an opportunity
to burnish his self proclaimed reputation as a cult slayer, often by his gift
of creating straw man arguments.
It
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The most
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote :
I never know if Willy Wonko or Steve the Willy Clone ever post unless someone
mentions them.I route all their posts to the trash automatically - it works
very well,
In that case I'll do you a huge favour and never mention
On 04/30/2015 05:16 AM, salyavin808 wrote:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rick@... wrote :
I don’t know whether anyone could fairly and objectively moderate this
forum, including myself. Rules can be conceived and written, but
enforcing them would require constant monitoring and
Larger context in the neo-yahoo format may not necessarily travel with posts
and is then often difficult to quickly see threads whole to read. Hence
top-post aggregating is a good way to have larger context of thinking travel
nearby considering the untrustworthy way some here selectively nip
More likely the last eclipse a couple weeks back did some shifting of
the tectonic plates in the Himalayas. We see quakes occurring regularly
around eclipses and usually a little afterward as the plates settle
again. Geophysicists are now trying to figure out a way to find which
faults are
There's a danger in thinking that two similarly timed events must be
connected. Especially if you don't understand - and therefore might fear - one
of them.
The trouble here is that if we assume earthquakes are caused by physics
experiments connected with some mystical belief about
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jamesalan735@... wrote :
Tell me: Who are these most other observers and how do you know what they
think?
He means him and his friends who sulked off to start their own site where they
can decide who can post and what they can say.
Why he
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote :
There's a danger in thinking that two similarly timed events must be
connected. Especially if you don't understand - and therefore might fear - one
of them.
The trouble here is that if we assume earthquakes are
You can still break your thoughts into paragraphs even using Neo.
Others do. Otherwise people won't read them.
On 04/30/2015 11:22 AM, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Larger context in the neo-yahoo format may not necessarily travel with
posts and is then often difficult to
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote :
More likely the last eclipse a couple weeks back did some shifting of the
tectonic plates in the Himalayas. We see quakes occurring regularly around
eclipses and usually a little afterward as the plates settle again.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote :
On 04/30/2015 05:16 AM, salyavin808 wrote:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
rick@... mailto:rick@... wrote :
I don’t know whether anyone could fairly and objectively moderate
That's just a load of bull. Try this: Get 10 people around FF to look at your
posts here, and ask them how readable they think they are, whats their first
impressions, how likely they would be to read through your post. Then come back
and post a summary of their reactions here.
---In
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote :
However the theory holds water. Here in earthquake land we like to test
anything that can give us a chance to know when the big one is going to hit.
The Calaveras Fault is just a few miles to the east of me an the Hayward a few
hey, for a guy who seems to like to quantify things, I guess its convenient to
ignore numbers when they go against ya.
Take Richard away, and it's Barry, MJ, you, Buck and Lawson who make up bulk
of posts, with Bharitu coming up the rear.
The monthly posting totals haven't been this low
I found the thing that knocks the most time off your life is eating barbecued
food on a regular basis
You boys over there in Scorpion-Land just don't know how to cook real barbeque.
Come on over the South Carolina and I'll teach you. Real barbeque don't mean
hamburgers and hot dogs, either but
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Interesting that people still blame the Gods but they are as wrong now as they
were then,
You only think that because you are a mystical nega-naut. One or more of the
Gods is watching you right now, just considering what kind of mystical mallet
to whack you with for your blasphemy. I only tell
Former Alameda county geologist Jim Berkland predicted Loma Prieta and
got fired for it. He was basing it on the eclipse and tidal theories.
The earth can bulge as much as 3 feet during eclipses and high tides.
Two decades later Russian researchers concluded the theory was correct
but the
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote :
Or maybe John Hagelin. I'd love to see how he squirms out of it, he's been
linking veda and physics for years, this is his chance to draw line between
himself and the growing insanity of the new age.
Are you kidding? He
numbers dude. they tell the story.
then look at your posting history
it doesn't really show much interest in the place
just sayin' (-:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jamesalan735@... wrote :
Tell me: Who are these most other observers and how do you know what they
think?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote :
I found the thing that knocks the most time off your life is eating barbecued
food on a regular basis
You boys over there in Scorpion-Land just don't know how to cook real
barbeque. Come on over the South Carolina and I'll
All kidding aside, barbeque is real serious stuff around here. Barbeque means
meat, slow cooked over wood coals. All things are argued and debated about.
What are the best woods hickory? Pecan? Mesquite? A bit of apple wood thrown
in?
Rubs and sauces are an endless source of debate. I grew up
Buck is certainly opaque at times. I have no idea why he makes his posts so
unreadable and convoluted. I recall being in the Presidio in San Francisco when
it was still a military base (I had a date there with a civilian office
worker), and I was reading some of the papers posted on the
Or maybe John Hagelin. I'd love to see how he squirms out of it, he's been
linking veda and physics for years, this is his chance to draw line between
himself and the growing insanity of the new age.
Are you kidding? He would be the first to milk the TM True Believers for yagya
money to
Isn't that just like thugs - say something they don't like or don't agree with,
and they get mad, call you a name, throw your stuff in the trash and then
ignore you in an open discussion. Go figure.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote :
I never know if Willy Wonko or
Dear Salyavin, No it is not very likely to happen, unless there is an evident
cultural change on FFL towards something that is kinder towards collaborative
thinking. A problem with what you hope for is that the dominant communal
culture of the FFL list is manifestly not trustworthy nearly
In other words, you don't know who these 'most other observers and you don't
know what they think.
FWIW, observers, by definition, don't have a posting history.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote :
numbers dude. they tell the story.
then look at your posting
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5@... wrote :
Dear Salyavin, No it is not very likely to happen, unless there is an evident
cultural change on FFL towards something that is kinder towards collaborative
thinking.
Collaborative thinking seems like an odd wish for a
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote :
They're learning about earthquake predictions here all the time and it isn't
over at some ashram. Try UC Berkeley or UCSF. They're working on early
warning systems. Your sister probably likes the Sun for a change snark,
snark.
Berkland was suspended for a couple months for shooting his mouth off. His
predictions are not too impressive, given the fact that he often can't say
WHERE the quake is going to be. 2009, he predicted a major earthquake sometime
between January 9-14. And a 5.3 quake did occur - on the island of
However the theory holds water. Here in earthquake land we like to test
anything that can give us a chance to know when the big one is going to
hit. The Calaveras Fault is just a few miles to the east of me an the
Hayward a few to the west. Fun!
On 04/30/2015 12:14 PM, Michael Jackson
They're learning about earthquake predictions here all the time and it
isn't over at some ashram. Try UC Berkeley or UCSF. They're working on
early warning systems. Your sister probably likes the Sun for a change
snark, snark. But the bigger problem here now is the drought. We got
some
Scientists who believe this are wrong. It should be the other way around.
Conscious is the basis of everything in the universe. They should use common
sense and reason to understand the mechanics of Nature.
As a matter of fact, the higher dimensions above space-time can be considered
as
One has to read the Gita and other wisdom books in various levels of
understanding. From a literal sense, the translation of this verse appears
mythical and impractical. But in a figurative sense, the translation reveals
the infinite properties of the multiverse which are represented by the
Even before scientists conceived of the multiverse concept, the Gita had
already discussed it in Chapter 11, as shown below:
Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 11: The Universal Form
http://www.asitis.com/11/index.html
http://www.asitis.com/11/index.html
Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 11: The
Don't you have any better translations of the Bhagavatam to work with than
Bhaktivedanta? You will never view unbiased translations from his works ... or
from any Gaudiya Vaishnava-s for that matter.
There are much more accurate translations available. Why quote contaminated
scriptures full
There is good reason to lack trust in collaboration on FFL at Yahoo-groups by
what has been allowed to become a dominant culture of a few here. Of a fear of
getting needlessly ensnared by any participation of putting ones thoughts and
self forward. Folks generally are denied the opportunity to
Suggest a good 'un for us then!
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Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 11:00 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Multiverse Revealed in Bhagavad Gita
Don't you have any better
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote :
All kidding aside, barbeque is real serious stuff around here. Barbeque means
meat, slow cooked over wood coals. All things are argued and debated about.
What are the best woods hickory? Pecan? Mesquite? A bit of apple wood thrown
Nasa may have successfully tested a form of space flight that could carry
people to the moon in a few short hours — and eventually let us fly at speeds
approaching that of light.
The agency has built an electromagnetic (EM) drive, using technology that
shouldn’t be possible in current
So, can you cite any scientific evidence that climate change is man-made, or
that vaccine cause autism; or that eating GMO foods causes harm to your health?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
Thanks again for posting thought-provoking material, Salyavin. While the
James,
If my analysis doesn't make sense to you, so be it.
If you break it down, Buck makes his predictable posts, which Barry, Xeno,
Salyavin and MJ respond to as it it's the first time they've heard it.
This constitutes about 40% of FFL.
Another 15% is MJ with his tired name
The guv said that the state will be fining water abusers $10K a day. Of
course everyone thought that would be for homes but I think it's for big
users. For homes it's $500 a day. Problem is if people don't have
money to spare (and many don't) then they come and take your stuff or
your house
The California governor can say anything he wants to, but until the CA
legislature passes some laws governing ground water use, nothing is going to be
resolved. Now this is funny: Texas has laws regulating ground water use, but
California does not. California has a ground water *management*
A healthy dose of suspicion is warranted, especially with regard to the
current Administration.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote :
Abbott Orders Texas Guard to 'Monitor' Planned Military Exercises
Apparently not.
That's probably because there is no scientific evidence that climate change is
man-made; that vaccines cause autism; or that eating GMO foods harms health
care. These are all just beliefs, not facts and no scholars support such
beliefs.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
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Salyavin; No, you are presuming things about me. You are postulating this
thread is about 'POV' of what people post and possibly you would like to argue
that point for point for missing the thrust of this thread. I am fine with
diversity of pov and should like to see diversity of pov tolerated
These are issues that have to do with real-world events and facts, but you seem
to have disengaged your brain when you posted your comments. Go figure.
Climate change is man made: B - This is an issue that has to do with faith or
belief.
Vaccines cause autism: B - This is an issue that has to
Re Richard Dawkins [had] just made a spectacularly crass statement about
stupid people praying in the aftermath of the Boxing Day tsunami.:
Today I was ruminating on this current earthquake in Nepal. Back in the
distant past, to find the earth trembling under your feet and creating such
I remember being very angry with Dawkin's comments about the tsunami. I had a
look today at your letter to The Guardian and I though you made your point to
him very well.
I thought it was interesting, especially as real lives depend on a Palestinian
state.
It popped up on Richard Dawkin's
They don't call him a thug for nothing. He acts very thug-like sometimes:
prejudiced and biased. Apparently he bases much of his opinion on where a
person was born and their class and economic status.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote :
Yes, Richard, pretty
Ha ha! Maurice's kids run his operation now that he's dead. His older brother
Melvin has a couple restaurants in Charleston, SC. Melvin's sauce is superior
to Maurice's. There are two other Bessingers operating their outfits in the
lower part of the state, but I have never tried theirs.
What's rather amusing, is that in a matter of ten minutes Edg you could start a
new site, and install yourself as moderator, or recruit someone else.
I think you could pull it off.
Of course you do have the reputation of showing a lot of bluster, without much
follow up.
And of course,
It takes skills and practice to see discussion as thinking but it takes allies
of kindness to think together creatively. For the engagement within a group
[FFL] to be effective there need be folks and a moderation willing and able to
stand up to bullies who would destroy forum, to have a
I never know if Willy Wonko or Steve the Willy Clone ever post unless someone
mentions them.I route all their posts to the trash automatically - it works
very well,
From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 8:16 AM
A functionality, or organ used for one purpose, is diverted
for another purpose is called 'teleological shift'.
For instance, the floating bladder in primitive fish became
lungs in land animals. Evolution is full of teleological
shifts.
Even sex which is basicaly used for procreation in
Muslims are encouraged by their clerics to cheat, lie and
harm, the people of other religions and other communities.
Muslim women encourage their muslim men, to rape the women
of other religions and other communities.
Any form of supremacist ideology, simply does not fit into a
modern
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
Aaand, the good news is that most of us have allowed ourselves the right
to resort to ad hominems, so no need to drag the past posts into this: everyone
gets to start with a clear record.
Let's see who tries to insult
How much of your posts would have disappeared in a heartbeat with that sort of
unbiased scrutiny?
Correction: Ours not yours.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
Aaand, the good news is
Tell me: Who are these most other observers and how do you know what they
think?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote :
---snip---.
To most other observers, it's a boring ass place, made interesting by seeing
Barry's pals suck up to him on daily basis.
CERN Out of Balance in Tempting Nature Causes Nepali quakes..
Below is the video that documents the energy spikes at the time of the
earthquake.
The Nepal Earthquake Caused by Shiva's Trident Out of CERN
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5@... wrote :
Happiness is easy, smell a flower, go for a walk somewhere you've never been,
meditate under a tree and let the birdsong be your mantra. Try a different
restaurant and engage the staff in conversation. Talk to someone on the
What happened to your Enter key, Buck? You look very uneducated writing
walls of text. Show you have brains. Otherwise no one pro or con are
going to read your posts.
On 04/30/2015 08:58 AM, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
It takes skills and practice to see discussion as
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