[FairfieldLife] Re: IMDB Top Ranked Films and Eposodic Cable/TV
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For film and eposodic TV buffs, There is a list of top 250 films, with Godfather top ranked at 9.1 / 10. But there is apparently no list top for eposodic TV / cable shows. But Sopranos is the highest ranked that I can find, at 9.5. Deadwood 9.3. Rome and Entourage 9.2 (which is an interesting show). Does anyone know a way to list all top eposodic TV? (there is a tv- mini-series one, but they do not include cable eposodic, like Sopranos). TV.com has user-generated ratings, both overall and for specific genres like SciFi. And should great eposodic be higher rated than great films? Opinions. I'll offer one, as a lifetime film fan with a huge body of films I've seen under my belt, and lately a growing appreciation of good episodic TV, and also as a writer. A film is usually around two hours long. That's the length of time you have to develop characters and plot. A TV series has 12 hours or 24 hours in which to do the same thing. Episodic TV has a more leisurely pace, and can TAKE ITS TIME with such things. In the hands of a hack, you get hack TV. But in the hands of a master, you get mastery. It's the difference between a short story or a novella and a novel. Same thing as above. With a hack writer, any of the three will be terrible. But in the hands of a master, a novel offers more flexibility and creative possibilities than a short story or a novella does. Just my opinion. For eposidic fans, how would you rank the series you have watch / are watching? And why. I would rank a few of them (Firefly, Deadwood, John From Cincinnati, Dexter) very highly indeed. On a lesser level I like House, Battlestar Galactica (the new one, of course), and occasional others. btw, HBO, and some Showtime series, pear season (typically 6-discs) have had 50% price cuts at BestBuy and on Amazon. Rome, Deadwood etc, each year, selling at around $40 down from $85 -- recent regular price at both outlets. Ebay is a good source for these, at greatly reduced prices. People watch them, realize they'll never watch them again, and sell them off cheap.
[FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Samadhi Is Much Closer Than You Think -- Really! -- It's A No-Brainer. Who'd've Thunk It? DharmaMitra1@ wrote: So, what is the redeeming value of this demonstration, this thread - - the flagrantly ruthless wanton and rampant beastiality of moral retards, from whom we must learn to defend ourselves? It's simply a lack of invincibility in daily life. It's simply a lack of cult-indoctrinated catch phrases in daily life. Your choice.
Re: [FairfieldLife] I'm a citizen of the United States of America . . .
do.rflex wrote: ...I'm NOT a citizen of the 'Homeland' The name 'Homeland' is BushCo propaganda bullshit, just like Hitler's 'Fatherland'. I finally got around to watching The Pianist last night which was the award winning film with Adrian Brody about the classical pianist that survived WWII hiding out in Warsaw. I was struck by the comparison of how the Nazi soldiers treated the Jews in Warsaw and the way we've see US soldiers treat Iraqis in Baghdad. How sad and the scary thing is those kids will come home and take jobs as cops.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons
Is that your douche bag imitation or is samadhi just much closer than you think? --- Samadhi Is Much Closer Than You Think -- Really! -- It's A No-Brainer. Who'd've Thunk It? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pay Attention! The question had to do with the videos presented. On 11/29/07, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Samadhi Is Much Closer Than You Think -- Really! -- It's A No-Brainer. Who'd've Thunk It? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, what is the redeeming value of this demonstration, this thread - - the flagrantly ruthless wanton and rampant beastiality of moral retards, from whom we must learn to defend ourselves? Pay attention: True karate is this: that in daily life one's mind and body be trained and developed in a spirit of humility, and that in critical times, one be devoted utterly to the cause of justice. --Gichin Funakoshi OffWorld *Of all that anyone leading or teaching has to convey, the most valuable thing to cultivate and convey to others is a moral conscience. Only such persons deserve to lead others, in any capacity. Anything less is a menace to society. * On 11/29/07, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: UFC 1-6 were the best! What a shock to all the karate/gung-fu one-punch-kills-all dudes. That's why I'm surprised that there are martial arts afficinados out there that still believe in some superduper secret school of one punch destroys all. Really quite silly. So Peter uses reasoning to deduce that if a very hard strike is given to the adam's apple, or the testicles, or the knees, or ankles, stomach, or break the jaw, that it is not dangerous and just carry on as if nothing happened. You and Curtis and the goons on UFC should get on stage with the Republican candidates for president that still believe the Earth was created 6,000 years ago. Get real imagine a hard strike to any number of places and understand --- you could die or be crippled temporarily. One strike is all it takes, and if you have not trained with that in mind...you are not a martial artist. Shotokan style Kmiti style competition is the only way to test a martial art. Other types of competition are mud- wrestling. OffWorld To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links -- Flourishingly, Dharma Mitra Helping you Say It With Panache! Because, how you say it can be, and often is, as important as what you want to convey, and what you have to say is very important to you. http://PROUT-Ananlysis-Synthesis.latest-info.com Copywriting - Editing - Publishing - Publicity I want every person to be complete in themselves. Your himsa has no place in my mission. Of all that anyone leading or teaching has to convey, the most valuable thing to cultivate and convey to others is a moral conscience. Only such persons deserve to lead others, in any capacity. Anything less is a menace to society. Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ
[FairfieldLife] Re: IMDB Top Ranked Films and Episodic Cable/TV
Thanks all for your comments. I recently did 3 seasons of Entourage. Lets hug it out bitch. Some good stuff. Started Rome S1 -- after having caught some here or there on cable. So far so good. Began Big Love. Two episodes. Its interesting. Shemp would like just because Chloe is in it. Like Weeds (liked first season) its a situational piece -- a lot you can do with just the premise. Whether it can sustain multiple seasons depends on the depth of the writers. I think Ru could make a good cable series. Curb your Enthusiasm grows on you. Have but have not yet viewed 6 Feet Under. Any fans? Nip/Tuck? Firefly. Still going through it. Good, but not fantastic, IMO. RE -- top films vs top episodic. More concentrated effort seems to go into top films, more polish, more whole piece development. For example, 2-3 hours of the Godfather is more intense, densely great -- compared with the best episodic. But I agree with Turq -- longer series allows richer characters. Also there is a distinction, IMO, episodic vs series. House vs Sopranos. Series don't lend themselves to as much long term character development. House grows / evolves, deepens each hour, less so over 22 hours -- less distance traveled. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Forgot: The Tudors (HBO) 9 out of 10. The life and wives of King Henry VIII in lurid detail and R - rated, (as it should be). Season 2 starts soon. Fun historical fiction. I don't believe many realize how much we owe the modern era to this king as he broke the stranglehold of the Roman Catholic Church. On Nov 30, 2007, at 8:10 AM, Vaj wrote: On Nov 29, 2007, at 10:43 PM, new.morning wrote: For eposidic fans, how would you rank the series you have watch / are watching? And why. Dexter 9 out of 10 Fascinating psychological thriller; serial killer as superhero. Huff 9 out of 10 The life of a popular psychiatrist. Insightful and fun. Waiting for season 2 Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares (BBC America) 8 out of 10 Hilarious attempts to save floundering restaurants. Startrek Enterprise. 9 out of 10 This new Startrek series is finally on a major network, Sci-fi, and details the time period before the original 1960's Star Trek TV show, from just after the World Wars and first contact (which was the with teh Vulcans). The Vulcans are the moral guardian of human space exploration, guiding our moves. If you don't fall in love with the female Vulcan officer (imagine: drop dead gorgeous and no emotions, extremely logical) there's something wrong with you. Plus they've really imaginatively pulled this one off, with themes relevant for todays world. Lunch with Bokara (Link TV). (varies depending on guest (7-9.5) Aging debutante Bokara invites various spiritual luminaries over to her condo for lunch and they chat on the cosmos and spirituality and whatever. Democracy NOW (Link TV) 10 The REAL news. Sometimes almost too real. Deadwood 9 out of 10. Finally a western that's real and true to those turbulent times: early American lust and greed made for TV. Damn, they stopped this series and now plan to finish the plot with a couple of feature length HBO movies. Can't wait. Napa Style (Fine Living) 8 out of 10 Great cooking series. Good for getting new ideas. Entourage 9 out of 10 Another good production from Marky Mark. Good way to exercise your inner 20-year old. Curb Your Enthusiasm 8 out 10, Hilarious sitcom by and starring one of the writers of Seinfeld. Weeds 8.5 out of 10. Gated California community mom turns pot dealer and grower. The most recent season wasn't as good as the previous season. Friday Night Lights 8.5 out of 10 West Texas football cult. Spinoff of the Billy Bob Thornton movie. 30 Rock 8.5 out of 10. Some people like this and others it just doesn't ring with. I think Alec Baldwin makes the archetypal Catholic-American executive.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: IMDB Top Ranked Films and Eposodic Cable/TV
Vaj wrote: On Nov 30, 2007, at 3:15 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Vaj wrote: On Nov 30, 2007, at 12:55 PM, Bhairitu wrote: BTW, are you waiting for the second season of Huff on DVD? There was a second season. I taped much of it in HD. Loved that series especially the Blythe Danner and Oliver Platt roles. No, I TiVo'd the entire thing. That's right, I forgot we're already on season 3! Long been canceled. It was a great series but didn't get the numbers. Are you saying Huff was cancelled? Numbers? No one cares for art anymore?! http://imdb.com/title/tt0409570/ Speaking of art, have you watched Brotherhood? I also liked Dead Like Me whose producer is now doing Reaper and Jeremiah. Odyssey 5 was good too but got canceled when the shuttle broke up. Showtime seems to be beating out HBO and I am going even check into switch from HBO to Starz as I'll get more OnDemand movies in HD that way and with the strike we won't be seeing anything much new from HBO for a while and they're stingy on movies for HD OnDemand and then zoom in on the 2:35:1 aspect films and I hate that. I can certainly appreciate your insight here as my experience is the same. I was just at my local Hollywood Video looking at the titles they have and realizing most of them both in HD-DVD and Blu-Ray are the freebies you can get when you get a player. IOW, very few new titles and particularly weak in the HD-DVD area. The kids that work there are snowed into the idea that Blu-Ray is better but that is no longer technically correct. Blu-Ray is capable of a slightly higher bit rate and did have more storage capacity until HD-DVD third layer got certified recently. Ya know I kinda operate on the assumption (perhaps false) that unless the guy who lives in a doublewide with a large-screen projection TV (with a dog barking in the yard) can afford to go over to some new format, it's not likely to be something real big. At $200 that guy can afford it (not the mention the price of LCD screens these days). Once his buddy Ernie gets one it's all over. :) But the entertainment business being what it is most disks nowadays are single layer using MPEG-4 AVCHD compression because if they studio is neutral the can use the same assets on both disks just by changing the file wrappers. The reduces the COG (Cost of Goods) which is very important to the bottom line. The original proposal for HD-DVD by Warner was MPEG-4 on red laser disks (just like regular DVDs) but the MPEG-LA (licensing authority) came up with a ridiculous licensing agreement so it was rejected. Funny thing is the disks have wound up being MPEG-4 anyway. Well, either way (Blu-Ray or HD-DVD), both have had their encryption schemes published on the net. As long as I can break that encryption and have the freedom to make backups, or time-shift my shows, I care not. But take that away, and that's another story! I want to be able to stream them, wirelessly from a remote PC, burning is already so passe and so wasteful. I already stream from a remote PC in HD (for the last two years). I thought you were Mr. Apple around here. :) And you don't have Apple TV? And there are of course numerous other systems coming on the market and many work with Windows, Mac and Linux.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: IMDB Top Ranked Films and Episodic Cable/TV
On Nov 30, 2007, at 9:20 PM, new.morning wrote: Began Big Love. Two episodes. Its interesting. Watched it from the beginning. Once you start, you'll want to watch the whole series. Still waiting for the new season. Have but have not yet viewed 6 Feet Under. Since it finished (albeit prematurely IMO) I did not mention it in response. But honestly, it's one of the best TV programs to grace the cathode ray tube and the CRT. Everyone should at least try it. But despite it's truncation, what an ending! Bravo! You will not be disappointed if you watch this to the very end. Any fans? Nip/Tuck? All seasons. We started at the end of season two and liked it so much we caught up with DVD's of the previous season. Watching the new season now (set in LA) and have missed a few. They just seem to get more brutally honest at ripping away the superficiality of our modern collective narcissism. I think it's that rug pulling that makes me want to watch it as a digital voyeur.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: IMDB Top Ranked Films and Eposodic Cable/TV
On Nov 30, 2007, at 3:15 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Vaj wrote: On Nov 30, 2007, at 12:55 PM, Bhairitu wrote: BTW, are you waiting for the second season of Huff on DVD? There was a second season. I taped much of it in HD. Loved that series especially the Blythe Danner and Oliver Platt roles. No, I TiVo'd the entire thing. That's right, I forgot we're already on season 3! Long been canceled. It was a great series but didn't get the numbers. Are you saying Huff was cancelled? Numbers? No one cares for art anymore?! I also liked Dead Like Me whose producer is now doing Reaper and Jeremiah. Odyssey 5 was good too but got canceled when the shuttle broke up. Showtime seems to be beating out HBO and I am going even check into switch from HBO to Starz as I'll get more OnDemand movies in HD that way and with the strike we won't be seeing anything much new from HBO for a while and they're stingy on movies for HD OnDemand and then zoom in on the 2:35:1 aspect films and I hate that. I can certainly appreciate your insight here as my experience is the same. I was just at my local Hollywood Video looking at the titles they have and realizing most of them both in HD-DVD and Blu-Ray are the freebies you can get when you get a player. IOW, very few new titles and particularly weak in the HD-DVD area. The kids that work there are snowed into the idea that Blu-Ray is better but that is no longer technically correct. Blu-Ray is capable of a slightly higher bit rate and did have more storage capacity until HD-DVD third layer got certified recently. Ya know I kinda operate on the assumption (perhaps false) that unless the guy who lives in a doublewide with a large-screen projection TV (with a dog barking in the yard) can afford to go over to some new format, it's not likely to be something real big. But the entertainment business being what it is most disks nowadays are single layer using MPEG-4 AVCHD compression because if they studio is neutral the can use the same assets on both disks just by changing the file wrappers. The reduces the COG (Cost of Goods) which is very important to the bottom line. The original proposal for HD-DVD by Warner was MPEG-4 on red laser disks (just like regular DVDs) but the MPEG-LA (licensing authority) came up with a ridiculous licensing agreement so it was rejected. Funny thing is the disks have wound up being MPEG-4 anyway. Well, either way (Blu-Ray or HD-DVD), both have had their encryption schemes published on the net. As long as I can break that encryption and have the freedom to make backups, or time-shift my shows, I care not. But take that away, and that's another story! I want to be able to stream them, wirelessly from a remote PC, burning is already so passe and so wasteful.
[FairfieldLife] Mulholland Drive
I just spent 2 hours watching David Lynch's Mulholland Drive. I thought, okay, let me see if I can actually enjoy one of his films. What a piece of disturbing crap. Why people think he is some kind of genius is beyond me. Almost all of his work expresses such emotional anguish and such deep confusion and conflict. These are places i usually only visit with my most disturbed clients. Why he glorifies these psychic hells is beyond me. And this is the guy who is the elite spokes person for the TMO. Oy vay! Do the Rajas get special screening of his works? Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
[FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Curtis, your story brought the idea that canine companionship might offer multiple benefits when you're meeting the public - 1 ) security - lots of bad guys won't tangle with a dog. 2.) a cute dog can be a magnet to draw people closer. May you move safely.. Thanks Main! Actually the DC tough guys often have pit bulls or Rottweilers now so I don't know what I could have to keep up. I got chased by one manhy years ago when I was doing some mortgage business in the DC ghetto. The dog was so big it made me wish it was a person chasing me! I think he was very curious to try white meat, I doubt he had ever seen a white person before! Yummm! I've heard the that hardasses in London have taken to walking around with large monkeys! Being more of a cat person (pussy jokes unwelcome) I'm just gunna get me a tiger and own those streets! The homeland security emphasis has taken so many cops off the streets that DC is getting pretty tough again after years of being much lower crime. Since I walk around with a lot of expensive musical gear for shows, I always read the crime reports in the areas where I play. Lately the personal armed robberies are much higher. The combo of me after a gig, late at night, walking to my car with expensive guitars, is a nasty mix. Lately I've been sticking to the suburban clubs till DC can get things back under control. But I still love the city and haven't had much trouble through the years. I'm a big fan of Haul-ass Jiu jitsu when I see any trouble going down! Bethesda Row might be a good gig. It's safe, so you can even leave your tiger at home; the throng gravitates there in search of a good time. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mainstream20016 mainstream20016@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sundur@ wrote: curtisdeltablues@ wrote: I have had a team of street hustlers in DC approach me in a choreographed sequence, contrived spontaneity. It is quite convincing and dangerous. One lady in the group was pushing a baby in a baby carriage, how disarming is that! Lurk: How does that work. I love a good story. Wait, let me pull up a chair. Okay, ready. Black guys approaches me on H street in DC up the street from the old College of Natural Law. He tells me his Navy ship just pulled into Baltimore Harbor that day and he had a 24 hour leave. He reached in his pocket and pulled out a huge wad of bills, bigger than a softball, waves it in front of me and tells me that with only 24 hours he needs a local to help him find a hooker. And he tells me that he is willing to part with a chunk of that big wad to the guy who helps him find a girl, been on the ship for 6 months and all and ready to ship out for another 3 the next day. His eyes are clear and sincere, he holds my gaze without flinching. I like him almost instantly, he is radiating familiarity like I went to school with him or something. He needs my help in the worst way if I would only show a little compassion for a sailor in need, serving his country and in need of a little pussy for one night, hell the drinks are on him, we can all party together he has so much money to burn he doesn't care if he lays a few hundred on me he'll buy me a girl too if I want and where is he going to spend money in the middle of the ocean on a US Navy ship and can't I help a brother in need for God's sake, he only has one night... I start to back off and tell him that he doesn't need my help in the Capital city. He will do fine on his own. Just then a woman rolls up with a baby in a baby carriage, kinda blocks me in with it and joins the conversation. She tells me that we shouldn't miss this chance to work a deal and that she knows some Howard University college girls who turn tricks on the side. She needs my help cuz she has this baby see, and we can both make a bunch of money in such a short time, yessereee we would be fools to pass up a chance to make a few hundred dollars for almost no work at all, if I wont take the free money she certainly will, she is no fool... I realize that my ass is now in a sling with two people who wish me harm and who knows who else in the wings, so I briskly walk away cutting across moving traffic to get the F out of Dodge. It was only later that I contemplated whether I saw a man pull out a huge wad of bills or a man pulling out a few bills on the outside of a partial roll of toilet paper. Greed was the hook, and I didn't take the bait. But I learned a nice little lesson for the street. Now if someone asks me for the time, I step back first and look around me.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Stand up and be counted (George Carlin - Who Really Controls America)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] Will BigBiz arrange for another 9-11... [snip] Duveyoung, go play in traffic on that trikke of your's...
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I'm a citizen of the United States of America . . .
shempmcgurk wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: ...I'm NOT a citizen of the 'Homeland' The name 'Homeland' is BushCo propaganda bullshit, just like Hitler's 'Fatherland'. Just as an interesting 'data point' with regard to this, there was an article in France that pointed out the increase in the number of Americans who had lived in France for a long time *giving up* their American citizenship since the Bush era. This number of people choosing to stop being American and become French instead has gone up 4X since 9/11. ...and in the meantime it is estimated that as many as 25 million illegal aliens live in the United States...people who risked life and limb to come here. And how many Americans would move to Mexico if 1) you could own property there easily especially on the coast and 2) if you got rid of a lot of corruption especially with the police in Mexico? The NeoCons would say well then we've got a plan you'll like: the North American Union so 1 and 2 might become possible. But I would say I don't like the way you are implementing that plan almost completely under the radar of US, Canadian and Mexican citizens (my bet that Mexicans are more aware of it than the average American). Meanwhile in France, the land where Ariel Sharon pleaded with Jews to leave several years ago because the anti-semites there were killing Jews left and right, is almost paralyzed due to strikes... Because the French now have a President who kisses Bush's ass in office.
[FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons
I'm still a believer in siddhis being possible. Go figure. That said, Curtis et al, how'z'bout telling us which of the martial arts really have spiritual programs of merit. Do any or all have their practitioners do daily meditations on martial mantras? I think that only an enlightened person could master a one-blow killing ability. It is very hard to hit a moving target, and I think that that's the key issue here -- having lightning fast reflexes that only a ritam level mind could manifest. As a trikker, I know that controlling the body is a never-ending nuancing, but no way do I feel close to ritam or even approaching ritam significantly while I'm trikking -- and I really have to pay attention to very fine muscle control or I'll be on my butt in a blink, but I feel like it's all staying mostly on the level of perception. If I started feeling very strong emotions while trikking, maybe that would be a sign of me getting subtle. I do think that, give how many bricks we've seen the guys from all the various schools being able to break, that the issue of a one-blow-kill is settled. A skull can be crushed, but most likely only if it just stays still and accepts the blow. Otherwise, the fullest power of a blow will be unused in that a glancing blow is the result in most instances. Question: where are the enlightened martial artist masters we have all loved in movies and tales? All I see are well-practiced sweaty types who could kick my ass but not give me a method to look upon my soul with clearer eyes. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are making a fool of yourself if you think those goons of yours are kneeing someone in the face over and over again with full force. ROTFLMFA ! People would die if what you are watching was real ! It is all a stupid ratings show. Nothing more. Mario Yamasaki, one of the UFC refs was my Jiu Jitsu teacher. I have attended live MMA events in person. I have friends who fight in them. It is real. Your lack of familiarity with Thai technique caused you to miss how Rich was defending himself from the knees. The knees were being partially blocked in Rich Franklin's fight, but it still broke his nose. Did Rich fake that his nose was sideways after the fight? They couldn't allow the fight to continue because these are state commissioned fighting events. This is another reason how you can know they are real. They are legally sanctioned as fights, not as wrestling entertainment shows by state boxing commissions. They had previously banned them because they didn't have enough rules to be sanctioned fights. Worked fights are illegal unless they state that they are entertainment exhibitions upfront. But they have these fights in most states now. You can go to a local show if you have your doubts. Some mixed martial artists also fight in other sports like kickboxing or Muay Thai fights. Not as many compete in the kind of sport fighting like judo, sport jiu-jitsu, tae Kwan do or shotokan matches, but some do. Many of them came from these disciplines and want to test themselves in a different way. No doubt anyone trying to compete in a highly structured sport that they don't train in wouldn't do well. Send a shotokan fighter to a judo match? It doesn't make sense. The original UFCs were a test of pure styles in a very few rules setting. Now it has evolved into a distinctive cross trained sport. Claims of the highest martial art or the highest yogic teaching are not claims that I take seriously. We will have to agree to disagree about both of these subjects. I appreciate lots of different fighting styles and think they all have their place. My favorite is Brazilian style jiu jitsu. But I still enjoy watching people demonstrate other fighting styles, including your beloved Shotokan style. I'm just not a My way is the only or best way kind of guy, Off. De gustibus non est disputandum. Master Google can take it from here. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: You cannot test martial arts without using a Kmiti Shotokan style competition. I am a little unclear on your point. The point cannot be clearer: There are a dozen places such as you adams apple - on the human body where a sharp blow could easily kill you. You cannot easily defend them all at once. You MUST be able to block a strike, and strike one of those points very hard. Anything else is a joke and you would get killed using anything else in a real situation. You cannot test martial arts without using a Kmiti Shotokan style competition. If any of those UFC goons came to a Kmiti fight most of them would be humbled completely (and some bloody noses). The only legitimate test of the efficacy of a martial art is Kmiti,
[FairfieldLife] Re: Levitation or a Magic Trick ?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, aztjbailey aztjbailey@ wrote: He doesn't say much on the video. http://www.nbc4.com/news/14398492/detail.html Wierd. I can't figure it out. And why is he doing it in front of the Whitehouse? The trick is really quite simple. The key is the stick that he is pretending to hold, the robes he has around him, and the mat that he is performing the illusion on. [snip] Idiot. Of COURSE it's magic. Here's a simple rule for you, do.rflex, for dealing in a civil and proper way with people: when you see a magic trick, you're supposed to enjoy the show and NOT reveal to other idiots, like yourself, that it was a trick. You see, people can't actually levitate and defy the laws of nature. When you expose the trick, you ruin the fun for everyone. You really ARE an asshole, Magoo. 'aztjbailey' ASKED. ...and when your child asks you if you've been fucking the family dog, do you answer him...or do you tell the child that the question is inappropriate? You really are an idiot too. That analogy totally doesn't apply.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Levitation or a Magic Trick ?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, aztjbailey aztjbailey@ wrote: He doesn't say much on the video. http://www.nbc4.com/news/14398492/detail.html Wierd. I can't figure it out. And why is he doing it in front of the Whitehouse? The trick is really quite simple. The key is the stick that he is pretending to hold, the robes he has around him, and the mat that he is performing the illusion on. [snip] Idiot. Of COURSE it's magic. Here's a simple rule for you, do.rflex, for dealing in a civil and proper way with people: when you see a magic trick, you're supposed to enjoy the show and NOT reveal to other idiots, like yourself, that it was a trick. You see, people can't actually levitate and defy the laws of nature. When you expose the trick, you ruin the fun for everyone. You really ARE an asshole, Magoo. 'aztjbailey' ASKED. ...and when your child asks you if you've been fucking the family dog, do you answer him...or do you tell the child that the question is inappropriate?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Stand up and be counted (George Carlin - Who Really Controls America)
Watching how the Enron types operated when the S hit the fan is a good example of what I am talking about and that was within one company! I know someone who works on private jets for some of the richest people in the world but I can't claim to rub elbows. They aren't the trusting type was my point. But in DC you can rub elbows with the high profile types if you want to dress for it. Same as other big cities. I've never met a billionaire but know a few millionaires. That isn't saying too much these days is it? My gun question was just a joke. I think you and I have found a comfortable water level to hang out it haven't we? I do own a gun. I bought it when I was married and owned a house. Then I got into shooting as a sport for a while. Very Zen. I haven't shot it in about 15 years so I'm not really into it now. However I do think it is a good idea to have an option if someone invades your home other than how can I help you? I don't believe that personal guns help the Government stay in line. I have seen their guns on TV and they are mighty big! I haven't looked in to the camps thing. With 24 hour news fighting for stories to smoke their competition I find any large scale operation hard to imagine under radar. Even Bush's war buildup came out in extreme detail and that is as high as it goes. My faith is that the balance of antagonism keeps the worst of the worst in check. The system only fails when one side stops fighting like before the Iraq war. That was a dangerous imbalance of this principle IMO. But your general distrust of the money politics enmeshment is something I worry about too. Unless something really good comes on TV! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: curtisdeltablues wrote: Is it really your experience that high powered, egotistical, big business types can work together in complete trust on a project requiring perfect secrecy, that would get them locked up forever if it failed? Edg: No, I haven't. Thanks for that concept. It is calming. On the other hand, I don't think I've ever met a BigBiz mover and shaker, so maybe those who are really up there in the power structures just don't rub elbows with asses from the masses like me. Maybe that good old boys club has some folks who really can be in cahoots and keep it all secret to the max. I have to admit I am terribly limited in my experiencing of such types. curtisdeltablues wrote: Have you ever found top guys in any field to be trusting and chummy to that level, even if they were as diabolical as would be required. The guys at the top of any field I have seen are contentious with each other and would never trust each other to not roll them in front of the bus as soon as they were being investigated. Edg: Have you met any top dogs? I mean like the head of a global corporation? All I've ever met were feral mutts like Beckley, Kaplan, Monty Guild who are outlanders who made it big but never really were BigBiz insiders. I met a rich man 40 years ago that assured me that anyone with more than a million dollars (say, 5 million in today's dollars) cannot escape being impacted by the Mafia who smell blood in the water and come to feed. I wonder if one rises to the ranks of CEO in the global businesses if along the way, they are slowly brought into the fold. Monty Guild told me 30 years ago, I'm just now starting to hobnob with billionaires. And this was when Monty was really rocketing. Don't know what he's done since though. So, it probably takes a ton of bucks to get into the black-tie parties or brunches in the Hamptons often enough to develop the relationships that could eventually lead to breaking through the upper crust enough to see what's really going on in the mindsets there. curtisdeltablues wrote: This scenario requires personality traits that seem completely unrealistic to me. These guys are not mystery men. Come down to DC and we will have lunch at DC's Prime Rib or Morton's Steakhouse and you can sip martinis with these assholes. You will see what I mean about what they are like. Power brokers are never trusting people, that is one of their secrets to how they got where they are. You know what is on their minds? Their kids college bills, their shitty relationships at home and their health, just like lots of ordinary people without power and money. They are not either diabolical enough, trusting enough, or unselfishly interested enough to risk it all for an ideal. Edg: Yeah, but I would not call those folks the real-deals of BigBiz -- more likely than not they're just MBA's who made it big, but not all-the-way, and are still merely domesticated servants. Your point about keeping such bigass scenarios secret, given how many people it would take to pull them off, strikes my paranoia a serious blow, and I have been using that concept to keep myself level. But I just
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Levitation or a Magic Trick ?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, aztjbailey aztjbailey@ wrote: He doesn't say much on the video. http://www.nbc4.com/news/14398492/detail.html Wierd. I can't figure it out. And why is he doing it in front of the Whitehouse? The trick is really quite simple. The key is the stick that he is pretending to hold, the robes he has around him, and the mat that he is performing the illusion on. [snip] Idiot. Of COURSE it's magic. Here's a simple rule for you, do.rflex, for dealing in a civil and proper way with people: when you see a magic trick, you're supposed to enjoy the show and NOT reveal to other idiots, like yourself, that it was a trick. You see, people can't actually levitate and defy the laws of nature. When you expose the trick, you ruin the fun for everyone. You really ARE an asshole, Magoo. 'aztjbailey' ASKED.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: IMDB Top Ranked Films and Eposodic Cable/TV
On Nov 30, 2007, at 12:01 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] Deadwood 9 out of 10. Finally a western that's real and true to those turbulent times: early American lust and greed made for TV. Damn, they stopped this series and now plan to finish the plot with a couple of feature length HBO movies. Can't wait. [snip] Finally a western that's real and true to those turbulent times? Really? In the Old West, every second word said was cocksucker and fuck? Fuck yeah. In Deadwood and other goldrush towns, by people like Swearengen? Sure. I'm wondering if they'll show TR's historic meeting with the real Seth Bullock in the film.
[FairfieldLife] Re: I'm a citizen of the United States of America . . .
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: ...I'm NOT a citizen of the 'Homeland' The name 'Homeland' is BushCo propaganda bullshit, just like Hitler's 'Fatherland'. Just as an interesting 'data point' with regard to this, there was an article in France that pointed out the increase in the number of Americans who had lived in France for a long time *giving up* their American citizenship since the Bush era. This number of people choosing to stop being American and become French instead has gone up 4X since 9/11. ...and in the meantime it is estimated that as many as 25 million illegal aliens live in the United States...people who risked life and limb to come here. Meanwhile in France, the land where Ariel Sharon pleaded with Jews to leave several years ago because the anti-semites there were killing Jews left and right, is almost paralyzed due to strikes...
[FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sundur@ wrote: curtisdeltablues@ wrote: [snip] Black guys approaches me on H street in DC up the street from the old College of Natural Law. He tells me his Navy ship just pulled into Baltimore Harbor that day and he had a 24 hour leave. He reached in his pocket and pulled out a huge wad of bills, bigger than a softball, waves it in front of me and tells me that with only 24 hours he needs a local to help him find a hooker. And he tells me that he is willing to part with a chunk of that big wad to the guy who helps him find a girl, been on the ship for 6 months and all and ready to ship out for another 3 the next day. His eyes are clear and sincere, he holds my gaze without flinching. I like him almost instantly, he is radiating familiarity like I went to school with him or something. He needs my help in the worst way if I would only show a little compassion for a sailor in need, serving his country and in need of a little pussy for one night, hell the drinks are on him, we can all party together he has so much money to burn he doesn't care if he lays a few hundred on me he'll buy me a girl too if I want and where is he going to spend money in the middle of the ocean on a US Navy ship and can't I help a brother in need for God's sake, he only has one night... I start to back off and tell him that he doesn't need my help in the Capital city. He will do fine on his own. Just then a woman rolls up with a baby in a baby carriage, kinda blocks me in with it and joins the conversation. She tells me that we shouldn't miss this chance to work a deal and that she knows some Howard University college girls who turn tricks on the side. She needs my help cuz she has this baby see, and we can both make a bunch of money in such a short time, yessereee we would be fools to pass up a chance to make a few hundred dollars for almost no work at all, if I wont take the free money she certainly will, she is no fool... I realize that my ass is now in a sling with two people who wish me harm and who knows who else in the wings, so I briskly walk away cutting across moving traffic to get the F out of Dodge. It was only later that I contemplated whether I saw a man pull out a huge wad of bills or a man pulling out a few bills on the outside of a partial roll of toilet paper. Greed was the hook, and I didn't take the bait. But I learned a nice little lesson for the street. Now if someone asks me for the time, I step back first and look around me. Then I give them the time. I never take for granted the power of more than one person with me in their sights. Thanks for asking Lurk. I hope it did not disappoint. [snip] Sounds like a different version of the grift at the beginning of The Sting when Robert Redford just happens to be walking by and overhearing someone trying to get someone to carry wads of money for them.
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: IMDB Top Ranked Films and Episodic Cable/TV
new.morning wrote: Thanks all for your comments. I recently did 3 seasons of Entourage. Lets hug it out bitch. Some good stuff. I started watching Entourage after it went HD and got hooked. Started Rome S1 -- after having caught some here or there on cable. So far so good. Began Big Love. Two episodes. Its interesting. Shemp would like just because Chloe is in it. Like Weeds (liked first season) its a situational piece -- a lot you can do with just the premise. Whether it can sustain multiple seasons depends on the depth of the writers. I watched Big Love too. They are having a problem with the strike. Have but have not yet viewed 6 Feet Under. Any fans? Nip/Tuck? I was a big fan of 6 Feet Under. Firefly. Still going through it. Good, but not fantastic, IMO. RE -- top films vs top episodic. More concentrated effort seems to go into top films, more polish, more whole piece development. For example, 2-3 hours of the Godfather is more intense, densely great -- compared with the best episodic. But I agree with Turq -- longer series allows richer characters. They do but I think they've found that audiences burn out after a while. Networks seem to be ordering shorter series. Maybe Stu can provide more insight. Also there is a distinction, IMO, episodic vs series. House vs Sopranos. Series don't lend themselves to as much long term character development. House grows / evolves, deepens each hour, less so over 22 hours -- less distance traveled. I just came back from seeing The Mist which I highly recommend. It started looking like a what was intended to be a premium channel (Showtime, HBO) type movie but got better as it progressed. Good monster flick which I will probably have to add to my collection on HD-DVD when it comes out. They showed back to back trailers of I Am Legend which I will be looking forward to and Cloverfield from J.J. Abrams of Alias and Lost which looks very interesting. http://www.cloverfield-movie.com/blog/?p=1 http://jjabramsprojects.blogspot.com/
[FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Samadhi Is Much Closer Than You Think -- Really! -- It's A No-Brainer. Who'd've Thunk It? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pay Attention! The question had to do with the videos presented. So please define your question again. OffWorld On 11/29/07, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Samadhi Is Much Closer Than You Think -- Really! -- It's A No-Brainer. Who'd've Thunk It? DharmaMitra1@ wrote: So, what is the redeeming value of this demonstration, this thread - - the flagrantly ruthless wanton and rampant beastiality of moral retards, from whom we must learn to defend ourselves? Pay attention: True karate is this: that in daily life one's mind and body be trained and developed in a spirit of humility, and that in critical times, one be devoted utterly to the cause of justice. --Gichin Funakoshi OffWorld *Of all that anyone leading or teaching has to convey, the most valuable thing to cultivate and convey to others is a moral conscience. Only such persons deserve to lead others, in any capacity. Anything less is a menace to society. * On 11/29/07, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: UFC 1-6 were the best! What a shock to all the karate/gung-fu one-punch-kills-all dudes. That's why I'm surprised that there are martial arts afficinados out there that still believe in some superduper secret school of one punch destroys all. Really quite silly. So Peter uses reasoning to deduce that if a very hard strike is given to the adam's apple, or the testicles, or the knees, or ankles, stomach, or break the jaw, that it is not dangerous and just carry on as if nothing happened. You and Curtis and the goons on UFC should get on stage with the Republican candidates for president that still believe the Earth was created 6,000 years ago. Get real imagine a hard strike to any number of places and understand --- you could die or be crippled temporarily. One strike is all it takes, and if you have not trained with that in mind...you are not a martial artist. Shotokan style Kmiti style competition is the only way to test a martial art. Other types of competition are mud- wrestling. OffWorld To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links -- Flourishingly, Dharma Mitra Helping you Say It With Panache! Because, how you say it can be, and often is, as important as what you want to convey, and what you have to say is very important to you. http://PROUT-Ananlysis-Synthesis.latest-info.com Copywriting - Editing - Publishing - Publicity I want every person to be complete in themselves. Your himsa has no place in my mission. Of all that anyone leading or teaching has to convey, the most valuable thing to cultivate and convey to others is a moral conscience. Only such persons deserve to lead others, in any capacity. Anything less is a menace to society.
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[FairfieldLife] Re: What is five-five-one-seven-eight?
Shemp wrote: Hint: key it into your calculator and then turn it upside-down... Alex says Google it.
[FairfieldLife] Re: George Carlin - Who Really Controls America
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mainstream20016 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Video clip: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=vids.individualvideoid=935607276 Great truths not only about the USA !
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons
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Samadhi Is Much Closer Than You Think -- Really! -- It's A No-Brainer. Who'd've Thunk It?
Pay Attention! The question had to do with the videos presented. On 11/29/07, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Samadhi Is Much Closer Than You Think -- Really! -- It's A No-Brainer. Who'd've Thunk It? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, what is the redeeming value of this demonstration, this thread - - the flagrantly ruthless wanton and rampant beastiality of moral retards, from whom we must learn to defend ourselves? Pay attention: True karate is this: that in daily life one's mind and body be trained and developed in a spirit of humility, and that in critical times, one be devoted utterly to the cause of justice. --Gichin Funakoshi OffWorld *Of all that anyone leading or teaching has to convey, the most valuable thing to cultivate and convey to others is a moral conscience. Only such persons deserve to lead others, in any capacity. Anything less is a menace to society. * On 11/29/07, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: UFC 1-6 were the best! What a shock to all the karate/gung-fu one-punch-kills-all dudes. That's why I'm surprised that there are martial arts afficinados out there that still believe in some superduper secret school of one punch destroys all. Really quite silly. So Peter uses reasoning to deduce that if a very hard strike is given to the adam's apple, or the testicles, or the knees, or ankles, stomach, or break the jaw, that it is not dangerous and just carry on as if nothing happened. You and Curtis and the goons on UFC should get on stage with the Republican candidates for president that still believe the Earth was created 6,000 years ago. Get real imagine a hard strike to any number of places and understand --- you could die or be crippled temporarily. One strike is all it takes, and if you have not trained with that in mind...you are not a martial artist. Shotokan style Kmiti style competition is the only way to test a martial art. Other types of competition are mud- wrestling. OffWorld To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links -- Flourishingly, Dharma Mitra Helping you Say It With Panache! Because, how you say it can be, and often is, as important as what you want to convey, and what you have to say is very important to you. http://PROUT-Ananlysis-Synthesis.latest-info.com Copywriting - Editing - Publishing - Publicity I want every person to be complete in themselves. Your himsa has no place in my mission. Of all that anyone leading or teaching has to convey, the most valuable thing to cultivate and convey to others is a moral conscience. Only such persons deserve to lead others, in any capacity. Anything less is a menace to society.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Firefighters asked to report people who express discontent with the governme
do.rflex wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The latest on the War on America Citizens: http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Homeland_Security_turns_firefighters_into_domestic_1129.html Welcome to the gulag, comrade. BushCo's *FATHERLAND* ~~ Report suspicious neighbors and family members ~~ See poster: http://www.oldamericancentury.org/whistle_promo.jpg Here in California I guess many of the firefighters would have to report themselves first. They've clearly come out against the federal and state government over funding. :)
[FairfieldLife] Re:Concentration Camps Already Built in America -- FOR Americans? Video
This is from debka.com a non US media source originating in Israel. They are akways right on with their reporting. Pivotal US-Iraqi Deal Would Leave US Troop Presence in Iraq for Decades DEBKAfile Special Report November 27, 2007, 6:01 PM (GMT+02:00) US President George W. Bush made sure of a wall-to-wall Arab audience in Washington on Monday, Nov. 26, when, over a secure video-link, he signed a deal in principle with Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki for an enduring US military presence in Iraq. Iraqi officials foresaw a long-term presence of 50,000 US troops - down from the current 170,000. Negotiations on the shape and size of the long-term US military presence, including military bases outside the cities, must be wrapped up by July 2008, when Washington intends to finish withdrawing the five combat brigades it added in 2007. The US-Iraqi agreement would replace the UN mandate after its final extension to the end of 2008. Maliki said in a televised address that the agreement provides for the US to support the democratic regime in Iraq against domestic and external dangers, as part of a strategic partnership. The principles provide for US military roles in deterring foreign aggression against Iraq and helping Iraq fight terrorism. Baghdad will encourage foreign capital into Iraq - especially American investments in developing its oil resources. Three key points emerge from this declaration of principles. 1. President Bush needed this document - alongside the Annapolis Israel-Palestinian process - to prevent the policies he set in motion in the Middle East from expiring when his term of office ends. These policies are contingent on a permanent large-scale presence of US military, marine and air forces in the region guaranteed up to app. 2030. 2. DEBKAfiles military sources refer to a master plan disclosed on this site and DEBKA-Net-Weekly in late 2006, whereby more than 100,000 US troops will quit Iraq by the end of 2009, leaving behind 50-70,000 in twenty huge land and air bases. These bases are under construction; they will be secured by broad swathes of space, fortified with weaponry and remote-controlled electronic devices. The American troops will be responsible for protecting Iraqs borders from external threats, such as Iraq or al Qaeda, while Iraqi forces will be take charge of security in the cities. 3. US air strength and special forces in these bases will have rapid deployment capabilities for reaching points outside Iraq at need. 4. While this is not spelled out clearly, the declaration offers to reward the US for these defensive arrangements with preferential treatment for American investors in oil and other projects in Iraq. The United States thus plans to retain control over Iraqs oil resources. Two flies in the ointment in this deal are noted by DEBKAfiles Iraq sources: First, Americans will want explanations for the decision to keep an enduring US military presence in Iraq. Notwithstanding the recent success of US security strategy, the majority would prefer to see every last US soldier out of Iraq as soon as possible. This is especially so when the improvement may be short-lived and the violence recur. Second, the Shiite prime ministers signature on the declaration will not suffice to make it binding on all segments of Iraqi society. It will have to stand up to Kurdish and Sunni Muslim approval in and outside parliament. Third, as matters stand now, the Shiite-led central government in Baghdad does not call the shots in the Sunni regions of central Iraq or the autonomous Kurdish region in the north. Many bumps face the Bush-Maliki deal in the eight-month road up to its finalization. And even then, its practical segments will have to be adjusted to the satisfaction of the Iraqi government and the far-from stable conditions operating on the ground. Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
[FairfieldLife] George Carlin - Who Really Controls America
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: IMDB Top Ranked Films and Eposodic Cable/TV
Vaj wrote: On Nov 30, 2007, at 12:01 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] Deadwood 9 out of 10. Finally a western that's real and true to those turbulent times: early American lust and greed made for TV. Damn, they stopped this series and now plan to finish the plot with a couple of feature length HBO movies. Can't wait. [snip] Finally a western that's real and true to those turbulent times? Really? In the Old West, every second word said was cocksucker and fuck? Fuck yeah. In Deadwood and other goldrush towns, by people like Swearengen? Sure. I'm wondering if they'll show TR's historic meeting with the real Seth Bullock in the film. There was a great website about the show versus the real history of the town which was worth reading. It's probably still around and a search will turn it up. The unhistorical thing about their speech is it would have been peppered with a lot of accents which if they had done on the show would have made it more difficult for some viewers (and they also wouldn't have been speaking in Shakespearean couplets). The movie Ravenous with Guy Pearce is a great example of a director (British) taking the pains to get that part correct. i just watched another great film with Guy Pearce in it called First Snow which is about a salesman that gets hung up on psychic readings. BTW, are you waiting for the second season of Huff on DVD? There was a second season. I taped much of it in HD. Loved that series especially the Blythe Danner and Oliver Platt roles. There are just so many great series in the last few years and we're finally getting a few good ones on network TV just because they were losing viewers to cable series like the Sopranos. I was also a big fan of The Tudors when I was wasn't expecting to be. I also liked Rome season 1 but not 2. Another very tantric series I watch is Supernatural on the CW. My tantra guru is a big fan of that show too.
[FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons
You are making a fool of yourself if you think those goons of yours are kneeing someone in the face over and over again with full force. ROTFLMFA ! People would die if what you are watching was real ! It is all a stupid ratings show. Nothing more. Mario Yamasaki, one of the UFC refs was my Jiu Jitsu teacher. I have attended live MMA events in person. I have friends who fight in them. It is real. Your lack of familiarity with Thai technique caused you to miss how Rich was defending himself from the knees. The knees were being partially blocked in Rich Franklin's fight, but it still broke his nose. Did Rich fake that his nose was sideways after the fight? They couldn't allow the fight to continue because these are state commissioned fighting events. This is another reason how you can know they are real. They are legally sanctioned as fights, not as wrestling entertainment shows by state boxing commissions. They had previously banned them because they didn't have enough rules to be sanctioned fights. Worked fights are illegal unless they state that they are entertainment exhibitions upfront. But they have these fights in most states now. You can go to a local show if you have your doubts. Some mixed martial artists also fight in other sports like kickboxing or Muay Thai fights. Not as many compete in the kind of sport fighting like judo, sport jiu-jitsu, tae Kwan do or shotokan matches, but some do. Many of them came from these disciplines and want to test themselves in a different way. No doubt anyone trying to compete in a highly structured sport that they don't train in wouldn't do well. Send a shotokan fighter to a judo match? It doesn't make sense. The original UFCs were a test of pure styles in a very few rules setting. Now it has evolved into a distinctive cross trained sport. Claims of the highest martial art or the highest yogic teaching are not claims that I take seriously. We will have to agree to disagree about both of these subjects. I appreciate lots of different fighting styles and think they all have their place. My favorite is Brazilian style jiu jitsu. But I still enjoy watching people demonstrate other fighting styles, including your beloved Shotokan style. I'm just not a My way is the only or best way kind of guy, Off. De gustibus non est disputandum. Master Google can take it from here. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: You cannot test martial arts without using a Kmiti Shotokan style competition. I am a little unclear on your point. The point cannot be clearer: There are a dozen places such as you adams apple - on the human body where a sharp blow could easily kill you. You cannot easily defend them all at once. You MUST be able to block a strike, and strike one of those points very hard. Anything else is a joke and you would get killed using anything else in a real situation. You cannot test martial arts without using a Kmiti Shotokan style competition. If any of those UFC goons came to a Kmiti fight most of them would be humbled completely (and some bloody noses). The only legitimate test of the efficacy of a martial art is Kmiti, where the fight is stopped after a strike. Best out of three strikes. Let's see them come to a Kmiti competition? ? ? C'mon, let's see if they are really as good as you say they are. Why won't they come? There are such competitions that are open to others, but your goons won't come because they are not true martial artists who train every muscle and cell... to block...and and then cripple. Shotokan has dominated such competitions in the past when other forms turned up to fight. Kmiti is the ONLY true test of a martial art. The rest is worse than mud- wrestling because it doesn't test anything. You have to stop the fight after one strike for it to be a legitimate test. One strike could easily kill someone, therefore breeching someone's defences makes your point. The fight stops. Best out of three wins. All you are proving is your usual incapacity for rational thinking (as you do when you criticize something proven by scientific research published in peer reviewed journals ). You are making a fool of yourself if you think those goons of yours are kneeing someone in the face over and over again with full force. ROTFLMFA ! People would die if what you are watching was real ! It is all a stupid ratings show. Nothing more. OffWorld --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: You cannot test martial arts without using a Kmiti Shotokan style competition. I am a little unclear on your point. The point cannot be clearer: There are a dozen places such as you adams apple - on the human body
[FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sundur@ wrote: curtisdeltablues@ wrote: I have had a team of street hustlers in DC approach me in a choreographed sequence, contrived spontaneity. It is quite convincing and dangerous. One lady in the group was pushing a baby in a baby carriage, how disarming is that! Lurk: How does that work. I love a good story. Wait, let me pull up a chair. Okay, ready. Black guys approaches me on H street in DC up the street from the old College of Natural Law. He tells me his Navy ship just pulled into Baltimore Harbor that day and he had a 24 hour leave. He reached in his pocket and pulled out a huge wad of bills, bigger than a softball, waves it in front of me and tells me that with only 24 hours he needs a local to help him find a hooker. And he tells me that he is willing to part with a chunk of that big wad to the guy who helps him find a girl, been on the ship for 6 months and all and ready to ship out for another 3 the next day. His eyes are clear and sincere, he holds my gaze without flinching. I like him almost instantly, he is radiating familiarity like I went to school with him or something. He needs my help in the worst way if I would only show a little compassion for a sailor in need, serving his country and in need of a little pussy for one night, hell the drinks are on him, we can all party together he has so much money to burn he doesn't care if he lays a few hundred on me he'll buy me a girl too if I want and where is he going to spend money in the middle of the ocean on a US Navy ship and can't I help a brother in need for God's sake, he only has one night... I start to back off and tell him that he doesn't need my help in the Capital city. He will do fine on his own. Just then a woman rolls up with a baby in a baby carriage, kinda blocks me in with it and joins the conversation. She tells me that we shouldn't miss this chance to work a deal and that she knows some Howard University college girls who turn tricks on the side. She needs my help cuz she has this baby see, and we can both make a bunch of money in such a short time, yessereee we would be fools to pass up a chance to make a few hundred dollars for almost no work at all, if I wont take the free money she certainly will, she is no fool... I realize that my ass is now in a sling with two people who wish me harm and who knows who else in the wings, so I briskly walk away cutting across moving traffic to get the F out of Dodge. It was only later that I contemplated whether I saw a man pull out a huge wad of bills or a man pulling out a few bills on the outside of a partial roll of toilet paper. Greed was the hook, and I didn't take the bait. But I learned a nice little lesson for the street. Now if someone asks me for the time, I step back first and look around me. Then I give them the time. I never take for granted the power of more than one person with me in their sights. Thanks for asking Lurk. I hope it did not disappoint. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com Curtis, your story brought the idea that canine companionship might offer multiple benefits when you're meeting the public - 1 ) security - lots of bad guys won't tangle with a dog. 2.) a cute dog can be a magnet to draw people closer. May you move safely..
[FairfieldLife] Re: Levitation or a Magic Trick ?
Awesome! I suspected the stick had something to do with it. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, aztjbailey aztjbailey@ wrote: He doesn't say much on the video. http://www.nbc4.com/news/14398492/detail.html Wierd. I can't figure it out. And why is he doing it in front of the Whitehouse? The trick is really quite simple. The key is the stick that he is pretending to hold, the robes he has around him, and the mat that he is performing the illusion on. The man is simply sitting on a table. Think about that and watch the video again. The base of the table, under the mat, is a very heavy platform enough to support his weight. The 'cane' is really just a carefully welded leg on the table platform. He is simply sitting on the table and his baggy clothing covers it up; though in the video you can see the outline a little bit. Of course someone can easily make sure there is nothing directly 'underneath' him, but I dare you to try to knock his cane out of his hand. You can't, of course, because it really isn't a cane. It is a solid piece, that is welded from the base to the platform he is sitting on. (Watch the video a second time and realize he is simply sitting on a table... - http://jratcliffscarab.blogspot.com/ HERE'S a VIDEO that exposes the trick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFJm10zt_fA
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons
--- Samadhi Is Much Closer Than You Think -- Really! -- It's A No-Brainer. Who'd've Thunk It? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, what is the redeeming value of this demonstration, this thread -- the flagrantly ruthless wanton and rampant beastiality of moral retards, from whom we must learn to defend ourselves? Beastiality perhaps you have a point there, but moral retards and from whom we have to defend ourselves? WTF are you talking about? I don't think you have any idea what we're talking about. Also, physical competition is something people enjoy or they don't. It's either your dharma or it isn't. Obviously its not your dharma so you don't get it. Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
Re: [FairfieldLife] IMDB Top Ranked Films and Eposodic Cable/TV
On Nov 29, 2007, at 10:43 PM, new.morning wrote: For eposidic fans, how would you rank the series you have watch / are watching? And why. Dexter 9 out of 10 Fascinating psychological thriller; serial killer as superhero. Huff 9 out of 10 The life of a popular psychiatrist. Insightful and fun. Waiting for season 2 Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares (BBC America) 8 out of 10 Hilarious attempts to save floundering restaurants. Startrek Enterprise. 9 out of 10 This new Startrek series is finally on a major network, Sci-fi, and details the time period before the original 1960's Star Trek TV show, from just after the World Wars and first contact (which was the with teh Vulcans). The Vulcans are the moral guardian of human space exploration, guiding our moves. If you don't fall in love with the female Vulcan officer (imagine: drop dead gorgeous and no emotions, extremely logical) there's something wrong with you. Plus they've really imaginatively pulled this one off, with themes relevant for todays world. Lunch with Bokara (Link TV). (varies depending on guest (7-9.5) Aging debutante Bokara invites various spiritual luminaries over to her condo for lunch and they chat on the cosmos and spirituality and whatever. Democracy NOW (Link TV) 10 The REAL news. Sometimes almost too real. Deadwood 9 out of 10. Finally a western that's real and true to those turbulent times: early American lust and greed made for TV. Damn, they stopped this series and now plan to finish the plot with a couple of feature length HBO movies. Can't wait. Napa Style (Fine Living) 8 out of 10 Great cooking series. Good for getting new ideas. Entourage 9 out of 10 Another good production from Marky Mark. Good way to exercise your inner 20-year old. Curb Your Enthusiasm 8 out 10, Hilarious sitcom by and starring one of the writers of Seinfeld. Weeds 8.5 out of 10. Gated California community mom turns pot dealer and grower. The most recent season wasn't as good as the previous season. Friday Night Lights 8.5 out of 10 West Texas football cult. Spinoff of the Billy Bob Thornton movie. 30 Rock 8.5 out of 10. Some people like this and others it just doesn't ring with. I think Alec Baldwin makes the archetypal Catholic- American executive.
[FairfieldLife] Re: I'm a citizen of the United States of America . . .
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...I'm NOT a citizen of the 'Homeland' The name 'Homeland' is BushCo propaganda bullshit, just like Hitler's 'Fatherland'. Just as an interesting 'data point' with regard to this, there was an article in France that pointed out the increase in the number of Americans who had lived in France for a long time *giving up* their American citizenship since the Bush era. This number of people choosing to stop being American and become French instead has gone up 4X since 9/11.
[FairfieldLife] I'm a citizen of the United States of America . . .
...I'm NOT a citizen of the 'Homeland' The name 'Homeland' is BushCo propaganda bullshit, just like Hitler's 'Fatherland'.
[FairfieldLife] Re: IMDB Top Ranked Films and Episodic Cable/TV
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks all for your comments. I recently did 3 seasons of Entourage. Lets hug it out bitch. Some good stuff. Started Rome S1 -- after having caught some here or there on cable. So far so good. Began Big Love. Two episodes. Its interesting. Shemp would like just because Chloe is in it. Like Weeds (liked first season) its a situational piece -- a lot you can do with just the premise. Whether it can sustain multiple seasons depends on the depth of the writers. I've loved Chloe ever since she appeared in Kids and have tried to see everything she's been in. The only thing she did that was horrible was, of course, Brown Bunny, possibly the worst movie ever made. Seeing Chloe fellate Vincent Gallo is not my idea of good cinema. I really do like Big Love. Every character is well developed and it's more than just the novelty of polygamy...I mean if that's all there was to it, it would grow old very fast. I'm just finishing up the first -- and only season -- of My so- called life which was pretty good. Claire Danes at any age is wonderful. Also just finished Not just the best of Larry Sanders, a four-disc set which is great. But my only complaint is that the episodes that did NOT make it into the set should be made available because I remember virtually every single episode that I saw while the series was broadcast was as good as the next. And, of course, I just finished seeing season 4 of The L-Word which is basically soft-core porn superimposed upon a satire of soap operas. I think Ru could make a good cable series. Curb your Enthusiasm grows on you. Have but have not yet viewed 6 Feet Under. Any fans? Nip/Tuck? Firefly. Still going through it. Good, but not fantastic, IMO. RE -- top films vs top episodic. More concentrated effort seems to go into top films, more polish, more whole piece development. For example, 2-3 hours of the Godfather is more intense, densely great - - compared with the best episodic. But I agree with Turq -- longer series allows richer characters. Also there is a distinction, IMO, episodic vs series. House vs Sopranos. Series don't lend themselves to as much long term character development. House grows / evolves, deepens each hour, less so over 22 hours -- less distance traveled. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: Forgot: The Tudors (HBO) 9 out of 10. The life and wives of King Henry VIII in lurid detail and R - rated, (as it should be). Season 2 starts soon. Fun historical fiction. I don't believe many realize how much we owe the modern era to this king as he broke the stranglehold of the Roman Catholic Church. On Nov 30, 2007, at 8:10 AM, Vaj wrote: On Nov 29, 2007, at 10:43 PM, new.morning wrote: For eposidic fans, how would you rank the series you have watch / are watching? And why. Dexter 9 out of 10 Fascinating psychological thriller; serial killer as superhero. Huff 9 out of 10 The life of a popular psychiatrist. Insightful and fun. Waiting for season 2 Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares (BBC America) 8 out of 10 Hilarious attempts to save floundering restaurants. Startrek Enterprise. 9 out of 10 This new Startrek series is finally on a major network, Sci-fi, and details the time period before the original 1960's Star Trek TV show, from just after the World Wars and first contact (which was the with teh Vulcans). The Vulcans are the moral guardian of human space exploration, guiding our moves. If you don't fall in love with the female Vulcan officer (imagine: drop dead gorgeous and no emotions, extremely logical) there's something wrong with you. Plus they've really imaginatively pulled this one off, with themes relevant for todays world. Lunch with Bokara (Link TV). (varies depending on guest (7- 9.5) Aging debutante Bokara invites various spiritual luminaries over to her condo for lunch and they chat on the cosmos and spirituality and whatever. Democracy NOW (Link TV) 10 The REAL news. Sometimes almost too real. Deadwood 9 out of 10. Finally a western that's real and true to those turbulent times: early American lust and greed made for TV. Damn, they stopped this series and now plan to finish the plot with a couple of feature length HBO movies. Can't wait. Napa Style (Fine Living) 8 out of 10 Great cooking series. Good for getting new ideas. Entourage 9 out of 10 Another good production from Marky Mark. Good way to exercise your inner 20-year old. Curb Your Enthusiasm 8 out 10, Hilarious sitcom by and starring one of the writers of Seinfeld. Weeds 8.5 out of 10. Gated California community mom turns pot dealer and grower. The most recent
[FairfieldLife] Re: Firefighters asked to report people who express discontent with the governme
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The latest on the War on America Citizens: http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Homeland_Security_turns_firefighters_into_domestic_1129.html Welcome to the gulag, comrade. BushCo's *FATHERLAND* ~~ Report suspicious neighbors and family members ~~ See poster: http://www.oldamericancentury.org/whistle_promo.jpg
[FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Samadhi Is Much Closer Than You Think -- Really! -- It's A No-Brainer. Who'd've Thunk It? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, what is the redeeming value of this demonstration, this thread - - the flagrantly ruthless wanton and rampant beastiality of moral retards, from whom we must learn to defend ourselves? It's simply a lack of invincibility in daily life. *Of all that anyone leading or teaching has to convey, the most valuable thing to cultivate and convey to others is a moral conscience. Only such persons deserve to lead others, in any capacity. Anything less is a menace to society. * On 11/29/07, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: UFC 1-6 were the best! What a shock to all the karate/gung-fu one-punch-kills-all dudes. That's why I'm surprised that there are martial arts afficinados out there that still believe in some superduper secret school of one punch destroys all. Really quite silly. So Peter uses reasoning to deduce that if a very hard strike is given to the adam's apple, or the testicles, or the knees, or ankles, stomach, or break the jaw, that it is not dangerous and just carry on as if nothing happened. You and Curtis and the goons on UFC should get on stage with the Republican candidates for president that still believe the Earth was created 6,000 years ago. Get real imagine a hard strike to any number of places and understand --- you could die or be crippled temporarily. One strike is all it takes, and if you have not trained with that in mind...you are not a martial artist. Shotokan style Kmiti style competition is the only way to test a martial art. Other types of competition are mud- wrestling. OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Re: Mulholland Drive
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just spent 2 hours watching David Lynch's Mulholland Drive. I thought, okay, let me see if I can actually enjoy one of his films. What a piece of disturbing crap. Why people think he is some kind of genius is beyond me. Almost all of his work expresses such emotional anguish and such deep confusion and conflict. These are places i usually only visit with my most disturbed clients. Why he glorifies these psychic hells is beyond me. And this is the guy who is the elite spokes person for the TMO. Oy vay! Do the Rajas get special screening of his works? You had to have liked the This bed is big enough for the two of us scene, right? I mean what's not to like there... Tell you what you should do: rent the two-disc DVD of Inland Empire and see not only the whole 3 1/2 hour movie but also the 2 hour section of the extras called Other things that happened (or something like that). This will ensure that you will never, ever see a David Lynch movie again. You'll also enjoy David cooking Quinoa with Brocolli in the Extras. __ __ Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
[FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Samadhi Is Much Closer Than You Think -- Really! -- It's A No-Brainer. Who'd've Thunk It? DharmaMitra1@ wrote: So, what is the redeeming value of this demonstration, this thread - - the flagrantly ruthless wanton and rampant beastiality of moral retards, from whom we must learn to defend ourselves? It's simply a lack of invincibility in daily life. It's simply a lack of cult-indoctrinated catch phrases in daily life. Your choice. Well, I've already made my choice. I do the TM Program, something you obviously don't do.
[FairfieldLife] Re: IMDB Top Ranked Films and Eposodic Cable/TV
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 30, 2007, at 12:01 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: [snip] Deadwood 9 out of 10. Finally a western that's real and true to those turbulent times: early American lust and greed made for TV. Damn, they stopped this series and now plan to finish the plot with a couple of feature length HBO movies. Can't wait. [snip] Finally a western that's real and true to those turbulent times? Really? In the Old West, every second word said was cocksucker and fuck? Fuck yeah. In Deadwood and other goldrush towns, by people like Swearengen? Sure. That's the only reason I stopped watching that show. I liked everything about it except the swearing. Just couldn't take it after a while. I'm wondering if they'll show TR's historic meeting with the real Seth Bullock in the film.
[FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are making a fool of yourself if you think those goons of yours are kneeing someone in the face over and over again with full force. ROTFLMFA ! People would die if what you are watching was real ! It is all a stupid ratings show. Nothing more. Mario Yamasaki, one of the UFC refs was my Jiu Jitsu teacher. Jiu Jitsu has seldom won a serious Kmiti competition, and is likely inferior to a system that the only goal of which is to develop a life of respect and humility, then, in times of extreme need.block, and strike you very hard in the adam's apple, or maybe break your ankle instead. I have attended live MMA events in person. I have friends who fight in them. It is real. Your lack of familiarity with Thai technique caused you to miss how Rich was defending himself from the knees. ROTFLMAO ! Ridiculous and childish technique to be kneeing someone in the face. Any Shotokan expert would be out of that hold in an instant (they are heavily trained for such ), and if he was the one in the kicking position, within an instant, that you cannot even comprehend Curtis, he would have changed his stance, swept the guy on the floor and crammed his heel to about 3/16 in and inch precisely into the surface of his jaw. Start thinking Curtis. That, if follwed though, breaks your jaw. from these disciplines and want to test themselves in a different way. No doubt anyone trying to compete in a highly structured sport that they don't train in wouldn't do well. Send a shotokan fighter to a judo match? If the fight is stopped after a serious (pulled back in force though) blow to the stomach, neck, knees,ankled, heart, kidneys, (balls not allowed under any circumstnaces in sparring of course, but in reality, one more place for you to defend) or jawand the fight is stopped, because everyone knows that that could easily break your ankles, knees ,or jawthen yes, there is NO QUESTION Shotakan would win the Kmiti, 99% of the time. It doesn't make sense. The original UFCs were a test of pure styles in a very few rules setting. Now it has evolved into a distinctive cross trained sport. Claims of the highest martial art It is not a claim of the highest martial arts Curtis, you, the TurqTurd, and Peter are distorting that. I never said that. I said that in REALISTIC KMITI style competition Shotokan has dominated other styles. Others are welcome to try the MORE REALISTIC Kmiti competition, and I would love to see a better style than Shotokan emerge. I just have my doubts they would have a chance since they have never been able to do it in the past. or the highest yogic teaching are not claims that I take seriously. We will have to agree to disagree about both of these subjects. I appreciate lots of different fighting styles and think they all have their place. My favorite is Brazilian style jiu jitsu. But I still enjoy watching people demonstrate other fighting styles, including your beloved Shotokan style. I'm just not a My way is the only No, you are not, you are just being totally irrational because you don't want to see what I am saying. What I am saying is obvious, and you know it is true, yet you still continue to deny. Just like denying peer-reviewed research published in hundreds of scientific journals. OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Re: Levitation or a Magic Trick ?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, aztjbailey aztjbailey@ wrote: He doesn't say much on the video. http://www.nbc4.com/news/14398492/detail.html Wierd. I can't figure it out. And why is he doing it in front of the Whitehouse? The trick is really quite simple. The key is the stick that he is pretending to hold, the robes he has around him, and the mat that he is performing the illusion on. The man is simply sitting on a table. That was my very first thought as soon as I first clicked on the video, but then I thought that would take some doing to set that up outside the Whitehouse without people noticing. Anyway, that was first thought so your probably right. OffWorld Think about that and watch the video again. The base of the table, under the mat, is a very heavy platform enough to support his weight. The 'cane' is really just a carefully welded leg on the table platform. He is simply sitting on the table and his baggy clothing covers it up; though in the video you can see the outline a little bit. Of course someone can easily make sure there is nothing directly 'underneath' him, but I dare you to try to knock his cane out of his hand. You can't, of course, because it really isn't a cane. It is a solid piece, that is welded from the base to the platform he is sitting on. (Watch the video a second time and realize he is simply sitting on a table... - http://jratcliffscarab.blogspot.com/ HERE'S a VIDEO that exposes the trick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFJm10zt_fA
[FairfieldLife] Re: Levitation or a Magic Trick ?
Hah! no reason to get too upset. I was obsessed with magicians and magic when I was in grade school. Read all kinds of books. Can't say I was a good magician though. I was more interested in reading about the lives of the great stage magicians like blackstone and especially houdini, who for some reason was kind of like a hero to me. During that time a magic show was being shown on TV was it Mark Williams or Mark Wilson or something like that, in Michigan City, Indiana, where I was born. Always loved it. The article introduces that Dutch guy as a magician, so I figured it was an effect, as the pros say. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, aztjbailey aztjbailey@ wrote: He doesn't say much on the video. http://www.nbc4.com/news/14398492/detail.html Wierd. I can't figure it out. And why is he doing it in front of the Whitehouse? The trick is really quite simple. The key is the stick that he is pretending to hold, the robes he has around him, and the mat that he is performing the illusion on. [snip] Idiot. Of COURSE it's magic. Here's a simple rule for you, do.rflex, for dealing in a civil and proper way with people: when you see a magic trick, you're supposed to enjoy the show and NOT reveal to other idiots, like yourself, that it was a trick. You see, people can't actually levitate and defy the laws of nature. When you expose the trick, you ruin the fun for everyone. You really ARE an asshole, Magoo. 'aztjbailey' ASKED.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Stand up and be counted (George Carlin - Who Really Controls America)
curtisdeltablues wrote: Is it really your experience that high powered, egotistical, big business types can work together in complete trust on a project requiring perfect secrecy, that would get them locked up forever if it failed? Edg: No, I haven't. Thanks for that concept. It is calming. On the other hand, I don't think I've ever met a BigBiz mover and shaker, so maybe those who are really up there in the power structures just don't rub elbows with asses from the masses like me. Maybe that good old boys club has some folks who really can be in cahoots and keep it all secret to the max. I have to admit I am terribly limited in my experiencing of such types. curtisdeltablues wrote: Have you ever found top guys in any field to be trusting and chummy to that level, even if they were as diabolical as would be required. The guys at the top of any field I have seen are contentious with each other and would never trust each other to not roll them in front of the bus as soon as they were being investigated. Edg: Have you met any top dogs? I mean like the head of a global corporation? All I've ever met were feral mutts like Beckley, Kaplan, Monty Guild who are outlanders who made it big but never really were BigBiz insiders. I met a rich man 40 years ago that assured me that anyone with more than a million dollars (say, 5 million in today's dollars) cannot escape being impacted by the Mafia who smell blood in the water and come to feed. I wonder if one rises to the ranks of CEO in the global businesses if along the way, they are slowly brought into the fold. Monty Guild told me 30 years ago, I'm just now starting to hobnob with billionaires. And this was when Monty was really rocketing. Don't know what he's done since though. So, it probably takes a ton of bucks to get into the black-tie parties or brunches in the Hamptons often enough to develop the relationships that could eventually lead to breaking through the upper crust enough to see what's really going on in the mindsets there. curtisdeltablues wrote: This scenario requires personality traits that seem completely unrealistic to me. These guys are not mystery men. Come down to DC and we will have lunch at DC's Prime Rib or Morton's Steakhouse and you can sip martinis with these assholes. You will see what I mean about what they are like. Power brokers are never trusting people, that is one of their secrets to how they got where they are. You know what is on their minds? Their kids college bills, their shitty relationships at home and their health, just like lots of ordinary people without power and money. They are not either diabolical enough, trusting enough, or unselfishly interested enough to risk it all for an ideal. Edg: Yeah, but I would not call those folks the real-deals of BigBiz -- more likely than not they're just MBA's who made it big, but not all-the-way, and are still merely domesticated servants. Your point about keeping such bigass scenarios secret, given how many people it would take to pull them off, strikes my paranoia a serious blow, and I have been using that concept to keep myself level. But I just don't know what to do with the material at prisonplanet.com -- it's very disturbing data that can be googled, ya know? Curtis, do you think they've built the camps? If so, why were they built? If you think the camps were not even built and are merely Web myths perpetrated just like the NASA didn't get men on the moon people keep their conspiracies alive, tell me that. curtisdeltablues wrote: Any chance we can get a little heads up here if you ever do get that gun? Edg: Worried are you? I don't blame you, given my willingness to make ever so large my fears with my poetry. I just lurves being kookoo like that. In today's media-jaded world, it takes a bit of hyperbole to communicate, sez moi. But, tell me, have I really posted such angst that you think I'd be out there with twin bandoleers kapowing at anything that moves? I'm much more your style -- sorry to disappoint you, but I think much more along the lines of get out of Dodge like you're espousing for the general rule of thumb for iffy situations. I have taught inner city schools, and I've twice had knives pulled on me for asking a kid to take a seat -- politely, mind you. I am not an adrenaline junky. I know what fear INSTANTLY arose in me then, and a much more challenging event, like a shootout with the mind police coming to get me, is not a situation I'd get in. I'd rather live on my knees than die on my feet as they say. I'm no Bruce Willis, but who knows what one would do in the kind of dire scenarios that are herein being speculated? Do you own a gun? Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: Everyone here has honed their psychic powers via various methods for decades. Well, let's see if we'z gots the mojo from all the work . . . or not. Here's the question for our intuitions: Will BigBiz
Re: [FairfieldLife] Stand up and be counted (George Carlin - Who Really Controls America)
I hope you're right about the American psyche. My guess is that the Rambo or Die Hard instinct extends to watching such flicks but not to actually getting off the couch. But, who knows? If you're convinced that money runs the show, then don't you think money strategized to get to the position of controlling government and education (which included religion)? One of the biggest steps in the right direction according to them was the creation of the Federal Reserve System which was directly responsible for WW's I and II, and that, by published admission of the principles was a conspiracy, but you can call it a stratefy. A third war was planned all along, according to European historians. Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Everyone here has honed their psychic powers via various methods for decades. Well, let's see if we'z gots the mojo from all the work . . . or not. Here's the question for our intuitions: Will BigBiz arrange for another 9-11 in order to declare martial law, imprison millions in the camps they've built, and call off the election until things calm down? My vote: Yes: if Ron Paul or Dennis Kucinich come up another notch or two in the poles or kick ass in the primaries. No: if any other Republican or Hillary, Barack, or John get the nom. I'm on the verge of my paranoia coming to the foreground bigtime what with the camps and War with Iran talk. I'm not to my Y2K level yet, so I haven't stocked up my pantry, gotten wilderness survival equipment, or bought a gun. Ron and Dennis are candidates that seem to be artifacts that are spiking on the graph of the BigBiz's control system -- that is, they have risen a bit higher into the public's awareness than the system would like, but they are allowed cuz it makes the system seem fair -- so far that is; if they get more popular I would expect some swiftboating of Ron and Dennis for starters. The bad news is this: if the worst is true, then I will probably be rounded up and put into a camp -- just because I've posted online my deep anger towards BigBiz. They're are reading all our emails and listening to all our phone calls, right? They've got computers scanning for key words and making a list and probably not checking it twice, right? All the above said, I think that my read of the American psyche is still very hopeful. Here in Wisconsin, there's millions of deer hunters who would aim those rifles at anyone coming to take their guns or put a loved one in a camp for hating BushCo. That's the Achilles Heel of BigBiz's brainwashing of our culture: they've inculcated a Die Hard heroism worship in us, and that inner Bruce Willis within each of us is waiting for a righteous cause. It won't be easy for BigBiz to sell the camps to anyone unless a 9-11 style disaster is pulled off, and some group can be made into retaliation targetsprobably the Arabs living in America and any mobs that form to protest. The guy at prisonplanet.com is making more and more sense everyday. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mainstream20016 mainstream20016@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Video clip: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=vids.individualvideoid=935607276 Great truths not only about the USA ! Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
[FairfieldLife] Stand up and be counted (George Carlin - Who Really Controls America)
Everyone here has honed their psychic powers via various methods for decades. Well, let's see if we'z gots the mojo from all the work . . . or not. Here's the question for our intuitions: Will BigBiz arrange for another 9-11 in order to declare martial law, imprison millions in the camps they've built, and call off the election until things calm down? My vote: Yes: if Ron Paul or Dennis Kucinich come up another notch or two in the poles or kick ass in the primaries. No: if any other Republican or Hillary, Barack, or John get the nom. I'm on the verge of my paranoia coming to the foreground bigtime what with the camps and War with Iran talk. I'm not to my Y2K level yet, so I haven't stocked up my pantry, gotten wilderness survival equipment, or bought a gun. Ron and Dennis are candidates that seem to be artifacts that are spiking on the graph of the BigBiz's control system -- that is, they have risen a bit higher into the public's awareness than the system would like, but they are allowed cuz it makes the system seem fair -- so far that is; if they get more popular I would expect some swiftboating of Ron and Dennis for starters. The bad news is this: if the worst is true, then I will probably be rounded up and put into a camp -- just because I've posted online my deep anger towards BigBiz. They're are reading all our emails and listening to all our phone calls, right? They've got computers scanning for key words and making a list and probably not checking it twice, right? All the above said, I think that my read of the American psyche is still very hopeful. Here in Wisconsin, there's millions of deer hunters who would aim those rifles at anyone coming to take their guns or put a loved one in a camp for hating BushCo. That's the Achilles Heel of BigBiz's brainwashing of our culture: they've inculcated a Die Hard heroism worship in us, and that inner Bruce Willis within each of us is waiting for a righteous cause. It won't be easy for BigBiz to sell the camps to anyone unless a 9-11 style disaster is pulled off, and some group can be made into retaliation targetsprobably the Arabs living in America and any mobs that form to protest. The guy at prisonplanet.com is making more and more sense everyday. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mainstream20016 mainstream20016@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Video clip: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=vids.individualvideoid=935607276 Great truths not only about the USA !
[FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons
Curtis, your story brought the idea that canine companionship might offer multiple benefits when you're meeting the public - 1 ) security - lots of bad guys won't tangle with a dog. 2.) a cute dog can be a magnet to draw people closer. May you move safely.. Thanks Main! Actually the DC tough guys often have pit bulls or Rottweilers now so I don't know what I could have to keep up. I got chased by one manhy years ago when I was doing some mortgage business in the DC ghetto. The dog was so big it made me wish it was a person chasing me! I think he was very curious to try white meat, I doubt he had ever seen a white person before! Yummm! I've heard the that hardasses in London have taken to walking around with large monkeys! Being more of a cat person (pussy jokes unwelcome) I'm just gunna get me a tiger and own those streets! The homeland security emphasis has taken so many cops off the streets that DC is getting pretty tough again after years of being much lower crime. Since I walk around with a lot of expensive musical gear for shows, I always read the crime reports in the areas where I play. Lately the personal armed robberies are much higher. The combo of me after a gig, late at night, walking to my car with expensive guitars, is a nasty mix. Lately I've been sticking to the suburban clubs till DC can get things back under control. But I still love the city and haven't had much trouble through the years. I'm a big fan of Haul-ass Jiu jitsu when I see any trouble going down! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mainstream20016 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sundur@ wrote: curtisdeltablues@ wrote: I have had a team of street hustlers in DC approach me in a choreographed sequence, contrived spontaneity. It is quite convincing and dangerous. One lady in the group was pushing a baby in a baby carriage, how disarming is that! Lurk: How does that work. I love a good story. Wait, let me pull up a chair. Okay, ready. Black guys approaches me on H street in DC up the street from the old College of Natural Law. He tells me his Navy ship just pulled into Baltimore Harbor that day and he had a 24 hour leave. He reached in his pocket and pulled out a huge wad of bills, bigger than a softball, waves it in front of me and tells me that with only 24 hours he needs a local to help him find a hooker. And he tells me that he is willing to part with a chunk of that big wad to the guy who helps him find a girl, been on the ship for 6 months and all and ready to ship out for another 3 the next day. His eyes are clear and sincere, he holds my gaze without flinching. I like him almost instantly, he is radiating familiarity like I went to school with him or something. He needs my help in the worst way if I would only show a little compassion for a sailor in need, serving his country and in need of a little pussy for one night, hell the drinks are on him, we can all party together he has so much money to burn he doesn't care if he lays a few hundred on me he'll buy me a girl too if I want and where is he going to spend money in the middle of the ocean on a US Navy ship and can't I help a brother in need for God's sake, he only has one night... I start to back off and tell him that he doesn't need my help in the Capital city. He will do fine on his own. Just then a woman rolls up with a baby in a baby carriage, kinda blocks me in with it and joins the conversation. She tells me that we shouldn't miss this chance to work a deal and that she knows some Howard University college girls who turn tricks on the side. She needs my help cuz she has this baby see, and we can both make a bunch of money in such a short time, yessereee we would be fools to pass up a chance to make a few hundred dollars for almost no work at all, if I wont take the free money she certainly will, she is no fool... I realize that my ass is now in a sling with two people who wish me harm and who knows who else in the wings, so I briskly walk away cutting across moving traffic to get the F out of Dodge. It was only later that I contemplated whether I saw a man pull out a huge wad of bills or a man pulling out a few bills on the outside of a partial roll of toilet paper. Greed was the hook, and I didn't take the bait. But I learned a nice little lesson for the street. Now if someone asks me for the time, I step back first and look around me. Then I give them the time. I never take for granted the power of more than one person with me in their sights. Thanks for asking Lurk. I hope it did not disappoint. Send instant messages to your online friends
[FairfieldLife] Re: George Carlin - Who Really Controls America
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Video clip: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individualvideoid=935607276 Tell us more, George !
[FairfieldLife] Re: Levitation or a Magic Trick ?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, aztjbailey aztjbailey@ wrote: He doesn't say much on the video. http://www.nbc4.com/news/14398492/detail.html Wierd. I can't figure it out. And why is he doing it in front of the Whitehouse? The trick is really quite simple. The key is the stick that he is pretending to hold, the robes he has around him, and the mat that he is performing the illusion on. The man is simply sitting on a table. Think about that and watch the video again. The base of the table, under the mat, is a very heavy platform enough to support his weight. The 'cane' is really just a carefully welded leg on the table platform. He is simply sitting on the table and his baggy clothing covers it up; though in the video you can see the outline a little bit. Of course someone can easily make sure there is nothing directly 'underneath' him, but I dare you to try to knock his cane out of his hand. You can't, of course, because it really isn't a cane. It is a solid piece, that is welded from the base to the platform he is sitting on. (Watch the video a second time and realize he is simply sitting on a table... - http://jratcliffscarab.blogspot.com/ HERE'S a VIDEO that exposes the trick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFJm10zt_fA
[FairfieldLife] Re: Levitation or a Magic Trick ?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, aztjbailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He doesn't say much on the video. http://www.nbc4.com/news/14398492/detail.html Wierd. I can't figure it out. And why is he doing it in front of the Whitehouse? OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Re: The reality of 'Aum'
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: Om is not really something you use as a chant or mantra. It comes to the body and mind by itself as a powerful wave that fills and expands all the body with some kind of power. Not sure if it is useful power or not, just know that that is the reality of Om. It comes as a RESULT of practice, spontaneaouly, not by choice, and not so much as a tool to get there, although I don't dismiss its use as a practice for some. OffWorld Thats interesting Off. It happens to you ? A lot. OffWorld
Re: [FairfieldLife] IMDB Top Ranked Films and Eposodic Cable/TV
Forgot: The Tudors (HBO) 9 out of 10. The life and wives of King Henry VIII in lurid detail and R - rated, (as it should be). Season 2 starts soon. Fun historical fiction. I don't believe many realize how much we owe the modern era to this king as he broke the stranglehold of the Roman Catholic Church. On Nov 30, 2007, at 8:10 AM, Vaj wrote: On Nov 29, 2007, at 10:43 PM, new.morning wrote: For eposidic fans, how would you rank the series you have watch / are watching? And why. Dexter 9 out of 10 Fascinating psychological thriller; serial killer as superhero. Huff 9 out of 10 The life of a popular psychiatrist. Insightful and fun. Waiting for season 2 Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares (BBC America) 8 out of 10 Hilarious attempts to save floundering restaurants. Startrek Enterprise. 9 out of 10 This new Startrek series is finally on a major network, Sci-fi, and details the time period before the original 1960's Star Trek TV show, from just after the World Wars and first contact (which was the with teh Vulcans). The Vulcans are the moral guardian of human space exploration, guiding our moves. If you don't fall in love with the female Vulcan officer (imagine: drop dead gorgeous and no emotions, extremely logical) there's something wrong with you. Plus they've really imaginatively pulled this one off, with themes relevant for todays world. Lunch with Bokara (Link TV). (varies depending on guest (7-9.5) Aging debutante Bokara invites various spiritual luminaries over to her condo for lunch and they chat on the cosmos and spirituality and whatever. Democracy NOW (Link TV) 10 The REAL news. Sometimes almost too real. Deadwood 9 out of 10. Finally a western that's real and true to those turbulent times: early American lust and greed made for TV. Damn, they stopped this series and now plan to finish the plot with a couple of feature length HBO movies. Can't wait. Napa Style (Fine Living) 8 out of 10 Great cooking series. Good for getting new ideas. Entourage 9 out of 10 Another good production from Marky Mark. Good way to exercise your inner 20-year old. Curb Your Enthusiasm 8 out 10, Hilarious sitcom by and starring one of the writers of Seinfeld. Weeds 8.5 out of 10. Gated California community mom turns pot dealer and grower. The most recent season wasn't as good as the previous season. Friday Night Lights 8.5 out of 10 West Texas football cult. Spinoff of the Billy Bob Thornton movie. 30 Rock 8.5 out of 10. Some people like this and others it just doesn't ring with. I think Alec Baldwin makes the archetypal Catholic-American executive.
[FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Samadhi Is Much Closer Than You Think -- Really! -- It's A No-Brainer. Who'd've Thunk It? DharmaMitra1@ wrote: So, what is the redeeming value of this demonstration, this thread - - the flagrantly ruthless wanton and rampant beastiality of moral retards, from whom we must learn to defend ourselves? It's simply a lack of invincibility in daily life. It's simply a lack of cult-indoctrinated catch phrases in daily life. *Of all that anyone leading or teaching has to convey, the most valuable thing to cultivate and convey to others is a moral conscience. Only such persons deserve to lead others, in any capacity. Anything less is a menace to society. * On 11/29/07, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: UFC 1-6 were the best! What a shock to all the karate/gung-fu one-punch-kills-all dudes. That's why I'm surprised that there are martial arts afficinados out there that still believe in some superduper secret school of one punch destroys all. Really quite silly. So Peter uses reasoning to deduce that if a very hard strike is given to the adam's apple, or the testicles, or the knees, or ankles, stomach, or break the jaw, that it is not dangerous and just carry on as if nothing happened. You and Curtis and the goons on UFC should get on stage with the Republican candidates for president that still believe the Earth was created 6,000 years ago. Get real imagine a hard strike to any number of places and understand --- you could die or be crippled temporarily. One strike is all it takes, and if you have not trained with that in mind...you are not a martial artist. Shotokan style Kmiti style competition is the only way to test a martial art. Other types of competition are mud- wrestling. OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Re: Levitation or a Magic Trick ?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, aztjbailey aztjbailey@ wrote: He doesn't say much on the video. http://www.nbc4.com/news/14398492/detail.html Wierd. I can't figure it out. And why is he doing it in front of the Whitehouse? The trick is really quite simple. The key is the stick that he is pretending to hold, the robes he has around him, and the mat that he is performing the illusion on. [snip] Idiot. Of COURSE it's magic. Here's a simple rule for you, do.rflex, for dealing in a civil and proper way with people: when you see a magic trick, you're supposed to enjoy the show and NOT reveal to other idiots, like yourself, that it was a trick. You see, people can't actually levitate and defy the laws of nature. When you expose the trick, you ruin the fun for everyone.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Stand up and be counted (George Carlin - Who Really Controls America)
Edg, Is it really your experience that high powered, egotistical, big business types can work together in complete trust on a project requiring perfect secrecy, that would get them locked up forever if it failed? Have you ever found top guys in any field to be trusting and chummy to that level, even if they were as diabolical as would be required. The guys at the top of any field I have seen are contentious with each other and would never trust each other to not roll them in front of the bus as soon as they were being investigated. This scenario requires personality traits that seem completely unrealistic to me. These guys are not mystery men. Come down to DC and we will have lunch at DC's Prime Rib or Morton's Steakhouse and you can sip martinis with these assholes. You will see what I mean about what they are like. Power brokers are never trusting people, that is one of their secrets to how they got where they are. You know what is on their minds? Their kids college bills, their shitty relationships at home and their health, just like lots of ordinary people without power and money. They are not either diabolical enough, trusting enough, or unselfishly interested enough to risk it all for an ideal. Any chance we can get a little heads up here if you ever do get that gun? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Everyone here has honed their psychic powers via various methods for decades. Well, let's see if we'z gots the mojo from all the work . . . or not. Here's the question for our intuitions: Will BigBiz arrange for another 9-11 in order to declare martial law, imprison millions in the camps they've built, and call off the election until things calm down? My vote: Yes: if Ron Paul or Dennis Kucinich come up another notch or two in the poles or kick ass in the primaries. No: if any other Republican or Hillary, Barack, or John get the nom. I'm on the verge of my paranoia coming to the foreground bigtime what with the camps and War with Iran talk. I'm not to my Y2K level yet, so I haven't stocked up my pantry, gotten wilderness survival equipment, or bought a gun. Ron and Dennis are candidates that seem to be artifacts that are spiking on the graph of the BigBiz's control system -- that is, they have risen a bit higher into the public's awareness than the system would like, but they are allowed cuz it makes the system seem fair -- so far that is; if they get more popular I would expect some swiftboating of Ron and Dennis for starters. The bad news is this: if the worst is true, then I will probably be rounded up and put into a camp -- just because I've posted online my deep anger towards BigBiz. They're are reading all our emails and listening to all our phone calls, right? They've got computers scanning for key words and making a list and probably not checking it twice, right? All the above said, I think that my read of the American psyche is still very hopeful. Here in Wisconsin, there's millions of deer hunters who would aim those rifles at anyone coming to take their guns or put a loved one in a camp for hating BushCo. That's the Achilles Heel of BigBiz's brainwashing of our culture: they've inculcated a Die Hard heroism worship in us, and that inner Bruce Willis within each of us is waiting for a righteous cause. It won't be easy for BigBiz to sell the camps to anyone unless a 9-11 style disaster is pulled off, and some group can be made into retaliation targetsprobably the Arabs living in America and any mobs that form to protest. The guy at prisonplanet.com is making more and more sense everyday. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mainstream20016 mainstream20016@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Video clip: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=vids.individualvideoid=935607276 Great truths not only about the USA !
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: IMDB Top Ranked Films and Eposodic Cable/TV
On Nov 30, 2007, at 12:55 PM, Bhairitu wrote: BTW, are you waiting for the second season of Huff on DVD? There was a second season. I taped much of it in HD. Loved that series especially the Blythe Danner and Oliver Platt roles. No, I TiVo'd the entire thing. That's right, I forgot we're already on season 3!
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: IMDB Top Ranked Films and Eposodic Cable/TV
Vaj wrote: On Nov 30, 2007, at 12:55 PM, Bhairitu wrote: BTW, are you waiting for the second season of Huff on DVD? There was a second season. I taped much of it in HD. Loved that series especially the Blythe Danner and Oliver Platt roles. No, I TiVo'd the entire thing. That's right, I forgot we're already on season 3! Long been canceled. It was a great series but didn't get the numbers. I also liked Dead Like Me whose producer is now doing Reaper and Jeremiah. Odyssey 5 was good too but got canceled when the shuttle broke up. Showtime seems to be beating out HBO and I am going even check into switch from HBO to Starz as I'll get more OnDemand movies in HD that way and with the strike we won't be seeing anything much new from HBO for a while and they're stingy on movies for HD OnDemand and then zoom in on the 2:35:1 aspect films and I hate that. I was just at my local Hollywood Video looking at the titles they have and realizing most of them both in HD-DVD and Blu-Ray are the freebies you can get when you get a player. IOW, very few new titles and particularly weak in the HD-DVD area. The kids that work there are snowed into the idea that Blu-Ray is better but that is no longer technically correct. Blu-Ray is capable of a slightly higher bit rate and did have more storage capacity until HD-DVD third layer got certified recently. But the entertainment business being what it is most disks nowadays are single layer using MPEG-4 AVCHD compression because if they studio is neutral the can use the same assets on both disks just by changing the file wrappers. The reduces the COG (Cost of Goods) which is very important to the bottom line. The original proposal for HD-DVD by Warner was MPEG-4 on red laser disks (just like regular DVDs) but the MPEG-LA (licensing authority) came up with a ridiculous licensing agreement so it was rejected. Funny thing is the disks have wound up being MPEG-4 anyway.
[FairfieldLife] Left brain:Parvati; right: Shiva
http://tinyurl.com/2f88os http://www.globalgoodnews.com/cultural-news-a.html? art=11962884095287074 The correlation between sacred sites around the world and the human brain and nervous system: Dr Satish Kumar - Part II Dr Satish continued his talk by saying that we correlate the cosmic bodies with the left cerebral hemisphere, and brain stem nuclei with corresponding deities and temples in the land of Bharat. It's a very clear and open knowledge, that concept of left and right dominance in our human body, which have been allotted to the feminine aspect and the masculine aspect. This concept in Vedic terminology is called Ardhanarishwara. So half we have the male Shiva [the Devata* of infinite silence], and other one is Parvati [the Devata of the dynamic aspect of silence]. Here we see the figurative description, Dr Kumar said. This concept tells us that the left part is always feminine; this is a Vedic Knowledge that is well known. When we are correlating cosmic bodies with planet Earth, then we have to take the left sagittal section; the left brain, the left cerebral hemisphere, and the left brain stem have to be correlated with the cosmos and with the temples. 'The basic thing is that the left cerebral hemisphere and brain stem is correlated with the geography of Bharat,' said Dr Kumar. 'This is because the left half is the feminine aspect of Nature, and thus to correlate temples on Earth which is the feminine aspect of Naturewe know that Earth, Mother Earth, and especially Veda Bhumi Bharat, we call the Mother India, always means the left aspect of the brain.' Also each Vedic Devata in India is traditionally associated with a cosmic body; that is a constellation of stars or a planet, said Dr Kumar. So, it is so easy for us now to go forward and look at the wonderful correlations. 'There is no amount of description that can thank this great work of Maharaja Nader Raam, which has totally shifted our understanding of Vedas.' We see the right brain stem, as Maharaja Nader Raam has correlated all the 27 Nakshatras [constellations] in the right brain stem, so all Dr Kumar had to do was just take this into the other side, the left brain stem . . . , which is nothing but the shape of south India. Dr Kumar said that if everyone takes a glimpse in our own awareness and what we are seeing is just the south part of India, then north India will be represented by the entire cerebral cortex, the upper portion of the brain. Dr Kumar made a very interesting correlation between the different parts of India and the Nakshatras with the different Devatas traditionally associated with that area of India. These have been revealed scientifically through the perspective of physiology as an expression of Veda and Vedic Literature, as discovered by Maharaja Raja Raam, Dr Kumar said. This has been the timeless knowledge that the Indians have been following, said Dr Kumar'especially the traditional people who go there with entire faith, Shraddha. They go to these traditional sacred places and they get exposed to the cosmic radiations that occur during specific festivals. Now we can understand the importance of festival dates, because that is the date when all of the cosmic forces are aligned with particular places and the geography of Earth.' * Administering intelligence of Natural Law
[FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm still a believer in siddhis being possible. Go figure. That said, Curtis et al, how'z'bout telling us which of the martial arts really have spiritual programs of merit. Do any or all have their practitioners do daily meditations on martial mantras? I believe many of them do, but have lost that aspect in the West. I think that only an enlightened person could master a one-blow killing ability. Well, there are plenty of enlightened people that could die if they attacked an unenlightened expert in Shotokan, and there are many experts in Shotokan that could loose an encounter with a completely untrained enlightened person (a person exuding pure consciousness), but the chances of such an event are next to zero, since the Shotokan fighters quickly develop a sense of total humility and respect (even the HARDEST, previous street fighting guys - of which there were several in the club I trained in). And the enlightened have in the vicinity of Yog, negativity is eliminated. Therefore, such an event could not occur. OffWorld
Re: [FairfieldLife] Mulholland Drive
Peter wrote: I just spent 2 hours watching David Lynch's Mulholland Drive. I thought, okay, let me see if I can actually enjoy one of his films. What a piece of disturbing crap. Why people think he is some kind of genius is beyond me. Almost all of his work expresses such emotional anguish and such deep confusion and conflict. These are places i usually only visit with my most disturbed clients. Why he glorifies these psychic hells is beyond me. And this is the guy who is the elite spokes person for the TMO. Oy vay! Do the Rajas get special screening of his works? Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs Unstressing via film maybe? :) It just played tonight on KRON 4 in San Francisco in HD. I recorded it to my hard drive for later. Lynch's films need several viewings. I still want to see Lost Highway again and would love to get it in HD. While the movie was recording I watched Mira Nair's Namesake which is now out on DVD. Well worth a watch! Enough movies for today.
