[FairfieldLife] OK, the self-obsession obsession has officially gone too far

2009-11-11 Thread TurquoiseB
Twitter-equipped bathroom scale tells the world how much you weigh http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/11/twitterequipped-bath\ room-scale-tells-the-world-how-much-you-weigh.html November 10, 2009 | 4:12 pm [1-Connected-Bodyscale-Front] This bathroom scale

[FairfieldLife] Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-11 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@... wrote: ... Thank God Almighty we have brave men who offer their lives and over come great fear in service to their country. We owe them every thing. Just not health care. God Almighty is supposed to provide that: 2,266 Veterans

[FairfieldLife] Episcopal Bishop Spong writes off the time-wasters

2009-11-11 Thread TurquoiseB
Great rant/manifesto by John Shelby Spong. A little wordy, but he captures my thoughts exactly. Not only about gays and gay rights, but about wasting one's time debating with idiots about them. A Manifesto! The Time Has Come! 15 October, 2009 I have made a decision. I will no longer

[FairfieldLife] A reminder for those complaining about Apple's operating systems

2009-11-11 Thread TurquoiseB
Just click your heels three times and repeat to yourself, At least it's not Windows...at least it's not Windows. Now Windows wants you to have sex with it: [http://i.imgur.com/d9tgg.png] http://i.imgur.com/d9tgg.png http://i.imgur.com/d9tgg.png But at least their new startup screen is honest:

[FairfieldLife] Re: 373 audio recordings of Maharishi.

2009-11-11 Thread Premanand
For those who took heed of Rick's instructions, you are now the custodians of these recordings as things have moved on and the website has been shut down, is now GONE. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: This web page

[FairfieldLife] Re: 373 audio recordings of Maharishi.

2009-11-11 Thread BillyG
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Premanand premanandp...@... wrote: For those who took heed of Rick's instructions, you are now the custodians of these recordings as things have moved on and the website has been shut down, is now GONE. Did the TMorg muscle them to shut it down? Too

[FairfieldLife] Re: A reminder for those complaining about Apple's operating systems

2009-11-11 Thread BillyG
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Just click your heels three times and repeat to yourself, At least it's not Windows...at least it's not Windows. Now Windows wants you to have sex with it: [http://i.imgur.com/d9tgg.png] http://i.imgur.com/d9tgg.png

[FairfieldLife] Re: A reminder for those complaining about Apple's operating systems

2009-11-11 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG wg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Just click your heels three times and repeat to yourself, At least it's not Windows...at least it's not Windows. Now Windows wants you to have sex with it:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-11 Thread Mike Dixon
I beleive veterans have the VA. A friend of mine that served during Vietnam goes to the VA whenever he needs to see as doctor. Doesn't cost him a penny. From: TurquoiseB no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed, November 11, 2009

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A reminder for those complaining about Apple's operating systems

2009-11-11 Thread Vaj
On Nov 11, 2009, at 6:38 AM, BillyG wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Just click your heels three times and repeat to yourself, At least it's not Windows...at least it's not Windows. Now Windows wants you to have sex with it:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-11 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Nov 11, 2009, at 7:42 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: I beleive veterans have the VA. A friend of mine that served during Vietnam goes to the VA whenever he needs to see as doctor. Doesn't cost him a penny. That's correct.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-11 Thread Vaj
On Nov 11, 2009, at 7:42 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: I beleive veterans have the VA. A friend of mine that served during Vietnam goes to the VA whenever he needs to see as doctor. Doesn't cost him a penny. That's correct. Vets have to deal with Socialized Medicine. They provide the services;

[FairfieldLife] Re: Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-11 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Nov 11, 2009, at 7:42 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: I beleive veterans have the VA. A friend of mine that served during Vietnam goes to the VA whenever he

[FairfieldLife] Re: Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-11 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Hospitals so degrading and poorly run that the definition of the group researched in this study was Veterans between the ages of 18 and 64 who were uninsured in 2008. Veterans were only classified as uninsured if they

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-11 Thread Vaj
On Nov 11, 2009, at 8:40 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: I think that pretty much says it all about the quality of VA care. 1,461,615 people went with- out health care rather than take advantage of the free health care at the VA. It's interesting how we can use Militarism to rake in $billions$ for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-11 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@... wrote: I beleive veterans have the VA. A friend of mine that served during Vietnam goes to the VA whenever he needs to see as doctor. Doesn't cost him a penny. Like other uninsured Americans, most uninsured vets are working

[FairfieldLife] Re: Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-11 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Hospitals so degrading and poorly run that the definition of the group researched in this study was Veterans between the ages of 18 and 64 who

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-11 Thread Vaj
On Nov 11, 2009, at 9:15 AM, ruthsimplicity wrote: NO, no, and no. The VA is now a model of fine care and excellent outcomes. It was totally restructured some years ago. Yes, the old guys had bad experience at the VA but no longer. We now point to the VA model for a number of things that

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Siddha sings

2009-11-11 Thread dhamiltony2k5
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_re...@... wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHRbaNXF00Yfeature=related Jai Adi Shankara, That is nice. Here is a group of conservative meditators and sidhas singing from Fairfield. Take a listen:

[FairfieldLife] Addicted to War

2009-11-11 Thread Vaj
A Zen Master and war activist friend turned me on to a copy of the graphic novel Addicted to War several years ago. The book is now available for free viewing online. Not to be missed: http://www.addictedtowar.com/atw1a.html http://www.addictedtowar.com/bookpreview.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM and Blood Pressure

2009-11-11 Thread WillyTex
There has been no scientific evidence, so far, that any mental technique can alter a person's physiology. If you could cause physical change with a thought, you would be famous by now, for creating a Copernican revolution in physics! Bhairitu wrote: So you're

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rachel Maddow: Bart Stupak's C-Street Gang

2009-11-11 Thread WillyTex
John wrote: Rachel runs down the list for us of C-Street family members who also voted for Bart Stupak's anti-abortion amendment yesterday... Did Rachel mention that 64 Democrats voted in favor of the amendment? I wonder why not - maybe it's because those Democrats don't live on

[FairfieldLife] Re: Addicted to War

2009-11-11 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: A Zen Master and war activist friend turned me on to a copy of the graphic novel Addicted to War several years ago. The book is now available for free viewing online. Not to be missed:

[FairfieldLife] Re: A reminder for those complaining about Apple's operating systems

2009-11-11 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: snip The software I work on never has to worry about ever getting certified to run on Vista or Win7 because it's corporate software and no sane corporation has ever moved away from XP. The only reason I'll have to deal with

[FairfieldLife] Re: A reminder for those complaining about Apple's operating systems

2009-11-11 Thread BillyG
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Nov 11, 2009, at 6:38 AM, BillyG wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Just click your heels three times and repeat to yourself, At least it's not Windows...at least it's not

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM and Blood Pressure

2009-11-11 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Just as a question, how exactly *does* one control for

[FairfieldLife] Re: A reminder for those complaining about Apple's operating systems

2009-11-11 Thread WillyTex
BillyG wrote: Only get the full version, which is what EVERYBODY SHOULD GET for the $119.00... Yeah, Billy, the Apple software costs only $119.00. So, you've got to wonder why Apple charges double or more for the common Intel CPUs and other off the shelf parts. If the Apple OS is so

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM and Blood Pressure

2009-11-11 Thread WillyTex
Ruth wrote: The expectations created by the lectures, the puja, and the giving of the mantra are not easy to address in a control group... Apparently, in a controlled study, the lectures and the puja and the mantras are not even considered - they don't have anything to do with a scientific

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM and Blood Pressure

2009-11-11 Thread Vaj
On Nov 11, 2009, at 11:44 AM, WillyTex wrote: Robert Keith Wallace's study, using the TM bija mantras, was published in JAMA in 1972. Unfortunately most of the claims of these early Wallace studies were later admitted to be fallacious by Wallace. The one that was not was later overturned

[FairfieldLife] Vatican Scientists Seek Evidence Of Alien Life

2009-11-11 Thread do.rflex
Vatican Scientists Seek Evidence Of Alien Life November 10, 2009 - by The Associated Press [Pope Benedict XVI admires the sky above Sydney, Australia.] Pope Benedict XVI admires the sky above Sydney, Australia, in a photo taken in July 2008. Gregorio Borgia/AP Four hundred years

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A reminder for those complaining about Apple's operating systems

2009-11-11 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: If Linux could ever get its head out of its ass and stop all the infighting it could own the business market in a heartbeat. There's infighting? I'm running Ubuntu on this machine and have LinuxMint KDE with a persistent install on a 4 GB USB stick. Both run sweet.

[FairfieldLife] amazing trip to india coming up in January

2009-11-11 Thread jessie
Hello everyone. I'd like to introduce you all to an amazing trip that is comeing up in January. It is a 15 day tour/pilgrimage focusing on traditional Indian art and architecture. The perspective being offered is unique in that it will focus on the Sthapatya Veda, Vaastu Shastras and Shilpi

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM and Blood Pressure

2009-11-11 Thread WillyTex
Robert Keith Wallace's study, using the TM bija mantras, was published in JAMA in 1972. Vaj wrote: Unfortunately most of the claims of these early Wallace studies were later admitted to be fallacious by Wallace. You're the one presenting a falacious argument... Robert Keith Wallace

Re: [FairfieldLife] Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-11 Thread Mike Dixon
Um Vaj, they don't have to go to the VA. But it's there if they don't have any other insurance. What did they do to deserve being taken care of the rest of their lives? They risked theirs so we could live ours, but you want any schlepp to have the same benefit without any sacrifice. Offering

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-11 Thread Mike Dixon
If the VA needs to be better then fix IT but don't *F* it up for the rest of the Nation. From: TurquoiseB no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed, November 11, 2009 5:40:30 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soldiers are supposed to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-11 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@... wrote: Um Vaj, they don't have to go to the VA. But it's there if they don't have any other insurance. What did they do to deserve being taken care of the rest of their lives? They risked theirs so we could live ours, but you

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM and Blood Pressure

2009-11-11 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Nov 11, 2009, at 11:44 AM, WillyTex wrote: Robert Keith Wallace's study, using the TM bija mantras, was published in JAMA in 1972. Unfortunately most of the claims of these early Wallace studies were later admitted

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM and Blood Pressure

2009-11-11 Thread WillyTex
Unfortunately most of the claims of these early Wallace studies were later admitted to be fallacious by Wallace. Judy wrote: Note Vaj's casual use of the highly misleading term fallacious, suggesting that Wallace admitted that he had made intentionally false claims. As Vaj knows,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Finally saw V

2009-11-11 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: It took until today to download it; ABC is actively blocking the torrents and has removed it from any watch-online sites such as SurfTheChannel.com. Color me disappointed. The oldest SciFi plot in the world, redone with mediocrity at all levels. The most amusing thing

[FairfieldLife] Final draft of my article on MSV

2009-11-11 Thread Rick Archer
-Original Message- From: Michael Jansen Jr. [mailto:jansenmc1...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 1:39 PM To: Michael Jansen Jr. Subject: Final draft of my article on MSV Happy Veterans Day! After many changes, I have finally finished the long version of my article on

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM and Blood Pressure

2009-11-11 Thread Vaj
On Nov 11, 2009, at 12:22 PM, WillyTex wrote: Robert Keith Wallace's study, using the TM bija mantras, was published in JAMA in 1972. Vaj wrote: Unfortunately most of the claims of these early Wallace studies were later admitted to be fallacious by Wallace. You're the one

Re: [FairfieldLife] Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-11 Thread Vaj
On Nov 11, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Mike Dixon wrote: Um Vaj, they don't have to go to the VA. But it's there if they don't have any other insurance. What did they do to deserve being taken care of the rest of their lives? They risked theirs so we could live ours, but you want any schlepp to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-11 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Nov 11, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Mike Dixon wrote: Um Vaj, they don't have to go to the VA. But it's there if they don't have any other insurance. What did they do to deserve being taken care of the rest of their lives?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Finally saw V

2009-11-11 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: It took until today to download it; ABC is actively blocking the torrents and has removed it from any watch-online sites such as SurfTheChannel.com. Color me disappointed. The oldest SciFi plot

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-11 Thread Vaj
On Nov 11, 2009, at 4:28 PM, raunchydog wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Nov 11, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Mike Dixon wrote: Um Vaj, they don't have to go to the VA. But it's there if they don't have any other insurance. What did they do to

[FairfieldLife] Thom Hartmann: Reviving the Commons

2009-11-11 Thread raunchydog
http://www.bigpicture.tv/videos/watch/06138bc5a --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Nov 11, 2009, at 4:28 PM, raunchydog wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Nov 11, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Mike Dixon wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Star Wrech on DVD!

2009-11-11 Thread cardemaister
Star Wreck on DVD: http://tinyurl.com/ya3jk6p

[FairfieldLife] Martha Coakley for President

2009-11-11 Thread raunchydog
The conventional wisdom about the Stupak bill among the male-dominated media: Why won't these women just sit down, shut up and let the men folk do their political bidness? What is all this talk about rights? Instead, ask yourself these questions: Why is it that the conservatives always get

[FairfieldLife] Re: 373 audio recordings of Maharishi.

2009-11-11 Thread Premanand
See statement on the website: http://spiritualregeneration.org/Statement.html I think there is currently a gap in the clouds, as links are presently working to http://spiritualregeneration.org/ but I would not take this to mean that the situation is sorted out. --- In

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2009-11-11 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 2009 End Date (UTC): Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 2009 330 messages as of (UTC) Wed Nov 11 23:36:52 2009 41 authfriend jst...@panix.com 35 raunchydog raunchy...@yahoo.com 31 nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Finally saw V

2009-11-11 Thread Bhairitu
authfriend wrote: I watched the first episode on Hulu last night, and I agree totally with Barry--it's really quite awful (although I wasn't disappointed, because I didn't expect it to be very good). Second episode didn't do too well in the ratings:

[FairfieldLife] Re: 373 audio recordings of Maharishi.

2009-11-11 Thread BillyG
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Premanand premanandp...@... wrote: See statement on the website: http://spiritualregeneration.org/Statement.html I think there is currently a gap in the clouds, as links are presently working to http://spiritualregeneration.org/ but I would not take

[FairfieldLife] US Veterans worst in world for HealthCare coverage

2009-11-11 Thread off_world_beings
US Veterans worst in world for HealthCare coverage Lack of health care killed 2,266 US veterans last year: study http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/healthusinsurancemilitary OffWorld

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM and Blood Pressure

2009-11-11 Thread Robert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: ruthsimplicity wrote: ...different TM mantras have different effects on BP... Bhairitu wrote: I do know that with my advanced technique which wound up confused over two versions one a syllable shorter than the

[FairfieldLife] 'Fired Up and Ready to Go!'

2009-11-11 Thread Robert
Wed Nov 11, 6:37 AM ET A sculpture by Chinese artist Liu Bolin titled Burning Man Obama is tested at a workshop in Beijing November 11, 2009. The sculpture represents U.S. President Barack Obama's impact on the world.REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA POLITICS SOCIETY)

[FairfieldLife] 'The Practice of Loving Kindness'

2009-11-11 Thread Robert
The practice of Loving Kindness was first taught by Buddha as an antidote to fear. He sent a group of monks to meditate in a forest that was inhabited by tree spirits. The spirits resented the presence of the monks and tried to drive them away by appearing as horrible visions. The monks were

[FairfieldLife] On the road to Chinafication

2009-11-11 Thread Bhairitu
*(breakingviews.com) -- U.S. workers are overpaid, relative to equally productive foreigners doing the same work. If the global economy is ever to get back into balance, that gap needs to be closed. Story here: http://tinyurl.com/yda6fqd So HOW are those Mandarin classes coming? After all

[FairfieldLife] Violet Socks Comments on Martha Coakley for President

2009-11-11 Thread raunchydog
Do I actually think Coakley could be a presidential candidate in 2012? Doesn't matter. This is about capturing the mood of resistance to the Democratic anti-woman donkey-shit deal. Coakley is publicly denouncing the Stupak amendment. Send the message that she's right.

[FairfieldLife] Martha Coakley to Replace Ted Kennedy

2009-11-11 Thread raunchydog
The AC elves have been behind the scenes supporting the Coakley campaign, and are just getting around to a public endorsement. Why Martha? She's a tough, loyal, quality Democrat in the Hillary mold. She's one of generation of solid women who take inspiration from Hillary, as will follow in her

Re: [FairfieldLife] Martha Coakley to Replace Ted Kennedy

2009-11-11 Thread It's just a ride
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 11:58 PM, raunchydog raunchy...@yahoo.com wrote: Why Martha? She's a tough, loyal, quality Democrat in the Hillary mold. So she's got flabby thighs too? -- Add one drop of wine to sewerage and you get sewerage. Add one drop of sewerage to wine and you get swwerage.