[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread PaliGap
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: [snip] Stupid Sal, perhaps to refresh your memory you could at least take a look at Wikipedia. Here's a start (unless, of course, you prefer to retain your bigoted view of India, in which case DO NOT read the following):

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread PaliGap
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [snip] Stupid Sal, perhaps to refresh your memory you could at least take a look at Wikipedia. Here's a start (unless, of course, you prefer to retain

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [snip] Stupid Sal, perhaps to refresh your memory you could at least take a look at Wikipedia. Here's a start (unless, of course, you prefer to retain your

[FairfieldLife] Re: Your heart is the abode of God [Rig Veda]

2009-12-07 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Oh, well, niivaara, no wonder. That changes everything! ;-) It actually *does*: 4 ***nivAra m. keeping off*** , hindering , impediment (cf. %{dur-niv-}) ; (%{A}) f. N. of a river MBh. VP. (v.l.

[FairfieldLife] Mr. Kneevahrer's favourite jeans??

2009-12-07 Thread cardemaister
I've heard rumours that Mr. Kneevahrer [phonetic: niivaara] is interested in Noko Jeans!? http://www.nokojeans.se/

[FairfieldLife] Shankara, MMY and TMers - compulsive debators. Coincidence?

2009-12-07 Thread TurquoiseB
This weekend I stumbled across an interesting article on a Buddhist forum about Arguing Bestness. It was approp- riate for the audience because -- sadly -- Buddhsm is far from free of people arguing compulsively that their sect/ tradition/lineage is the best. Reading it reminded me of FFL, and

[FairfieldLife] Brahma-sthaana of the largest inland town in Scandinavia!

2009-12-07 Thread cardemaister
http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiedosto:Tamperechristmas.jpg

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pray, stop the pundits?

2009-12-07 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Stop the pundits? This extreme abnormal wet weather around here in Iowa the last two years. Since the pundits have arrived in force. Is it the chanting? Or evidence of Global climate change a-coming? If we would believe Shemp then it be the pundits evidently. Is simply extraordinary

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread Vaj
On Dec 7, 2009, at 4:13 AM, PaliGap wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: [snip] Stupid Sal, perhaps to refresh your memory you could at least take a look at Wikipedia. Here's a start (unless, of course, you prefer to retain your bigoted view of India,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Your heart is the abode of God [Rig Veda]

2009-12-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ The

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tiger!

2009-12-07 Thread WillyTex
Did I mention that Tiger had no shoes on, and was lying unconscious in the middle of the street at 2:30 AM, snoring, stoned out of his gourd on pain pills, with his mother and mother-in-law sitting in his golf cart, and with his wife Elin holding his nine iron? So, I wonder what would

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shankara, MMY and TMers - compulsive debators. Coincidence?

2009-12-07 Thread WillyTex
First, and obviously, it came from Maharishi... Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. -- Eleanor Roosevelt TurquoiseB wrote: This weekend I stumbled across an interesting article on a Buddhist forum about Arguing Bestness. It was approp- riate

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread WillyTex
There is no historical evidence that Indians came to or traded with the inhabitants of the New World before Christopher Columbus and there is no grade school course that teaches otherwise, or no college course that I know of. Bhairitu wrote: Did I not say it was a theory? I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread WillyTex
Vaj wrote: Even early evidence of pre-Vedic tantrism in India, There is no historical evidence that the native inhabitants of South Asia practiced 'tantrism'. Tantric practices came much later than the Vedas, during the 'Golden Age', after King Asoka. The 'tantrics' belong to the age of

[FairfieldLife] The Trick (was Deniers etc and etc)

2009-12-07 Thread PaliGap
re: Climategate jst...@... wrote: What do you have to say about the famous trick/hidden email? That's a good test of integrity. And then jst...@... wrote: I notice you chose not to respond to my question about your take on the famous trick/hidden email. That speaks louder than any of

[FairfieldLife] Poll: 'Teabaggers' beat the GOP in popularity

2009-12-07 Thread do.rflex
Poll: 'Tea Party' Beats Republican Party In Popularity ContestPoll results - 'Party' Preference: Democratic 36%, Tea Party 23%, Republican 18%. Eric Kleefeld http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/eric_kleefeld_2/2009/12/06-week/ | December 7, 2009, 9:11AM Protesters at the 9/12 Tea Party March

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread Vaj
On Dec 7, 2009, at 9:50 AM, WillyTex wrote: Vaj wrote: Even early evidence of pre-Vedic tantrism in India, There is no historical evidence that the native inhabitants of South Asia practiced 'tantrism'. Tantric practices came much later than the Vedas, during the 'Golden Age', after King

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [snip] Stupid Sal, perhaps to refresh your memory you could at least take a look at Wikipedia. Here's a start (unless, of course, you prefer to retain

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread Vaj
On Dec 7, 2009, at 9:41 AM, WillyTex wrote: There is no historical evidence that Indians came to or traded with the inhabitants of the New World before Christopher Columbus and there is no grade school course that teaches otherwise, or no college course that I know of. Bhairitu

[FairfieldLife] Meditate, shine and Shine! So science even says.

2009-12-07 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Poll: 'Teabaggers' beat the GOP in popularity

2009-12-07 Thread raunchydog
Fronts for the corportists, Freedom Works and American Liberty Alliance, the fake astroturffing moneybags behind grassy roots teabagger rallies, have tapped into a deep vein of American populism, whose disgust with the two party system opens the way for a lot of people either not voting or

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Socialist Plots to end the American Way of Life

2009-12-07 Thread Mike Dixon
Ah yes, an act of charity. Completely voluntary and of goodwill, not an act of government seizing and redistributing wealth. Didn't M say something about poor people's needs help the wealthy evolve through giving to charities? From: authfriend

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Pray, stop the pundits?

2009-12-07 Thread Mike Dixon
And lots more intense hurricanes like the years since Katrina! From: dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, December 7, 2009 4:15:37 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Pray, stop the pundits?   Stop the pundits?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [snip] Stupid Sal, perhaps to refresh your memory you could at least take a look at

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Tiger!

2009-12-07 Thread Mike Dixon
I've said for many years now, the media loves to build people up to tear them down later. Great stories going up and more sensational ones going down. From: WillyTex willy...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, December 7, 2009 6:30:38 AM

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Dec 7, 2009, at 4:13 AM, PaliGap wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [snip] Stupid Sal, perhaps to refresh your memory you could at least take a look at Wikipedia. Here's a start

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tiger!

2009-12-07 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@... wrote: I've said for many years now, the media loves to build people up to tear them down later. Great stories going up and more sensational ones going down. As a former spiritual teacher of mine once said: Pedestals were

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [snip] Stupid Sal, perhaps to refresh your memory you could at least take a look at

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread PaliGap
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [snip] Stupid Sal, perhaps to refresh your memory you could at least take a look at

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread PaliGap
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Dec 7, 2009, at 4:13 AM, PaliGap wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [snip] Stupid Sal, perhaps to refresh

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote: Well, well, well. The history of India can be traced as far back as 500,000 years ago. Not my idea of history or trace or India. I heard recently that some bones had been discovered beneath the cricket pavilion at

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread PaliGap
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote: Well, well, well. The history of India can be traced as far back as 500,000 years ago. Not my idea of history or trace or India. I heard

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Peace in the Middle East: Scientific solution

2009-12-07 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , seekliberation seekliberat...@... wrote: Obama just sent in the Marines. 3 years after Bush was asked for 22,000 more troops by generals in Afghanistan, Obama is the one to fulfil that request, while the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread Bhairitu
WillyTex wrote: There is no historical evidence that Indians came to or traded with the inhabitants of the New World before Christopher Columbus and there is no grade school course that teaches otherwise, or no college course that I know of. Bhairitu wrote: Did I

[FairfieldLife] Video: Snow in the Bay Area

2009-12-07 Thread Bhairitu
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=7157010 BTW, I used to work on that second floor above Starbucks in the building shown.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread WillyTex
Everyone knows that the native inhabitants of the New World came to America by land routes and when they arrived they found wild corn growing. Your theory is not a sound one - it's very far-fetched. Actually the descendants of the ship builders of India can still be found, making

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread WillyTex
Apparently there's no mention of an 'ocean' in the Rig Veda. Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: This is on the order of the nonsense you post over on a.m.t and then whine when I kick your ass for it. But here we know trolls have no smarts. If you have any evidence of corn in Asia before

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [snip]

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread WillyTex
I heard recently that some bones had been discovered beneath the cricket pavilion at Lord's cricket ground. I suppose we can over-sell that as The history of cricket goes back 500,000 years then? It'll be good for tourism. TurquoiseB wrote: I think we can spice it up a bit

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: snip P.S.: I left a post on the Talk page for this article pointing out that some, er, casual readers might be confused by that first sentence and suggesting that it be revised to something like, Archeological evidence of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Video: Snow in the Bay Area

2009-12-07 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=7157010 BTW, I used to work on that second floor above Starbucks in the building shown. That must be fun for you. It's always a trip living in an area that rarely sees snow when you get

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread WillyTex
Tantric practices came much later than the Vedas, during the 'Golden Age', after King Asoka. The 'tantrics' belong to the age of the Indian alchemists, the Nath Siddhas. There is no historical evidence to indicate otherwise. Vaj wrote: The Naths date back to the primordial naked

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Dec 7, 2009, at 4:13 AM, PaliGap wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: snip Also, the reason that no one noticed the spaceship hovering over the cricket pitch is that it was surrounded by the Someone Else's Problem field. The way that works is that whenever anyone looks at something sur-

[FairfieldLife] The world's highest cabinet meeting and A starry night

2009-12-07 Thread TurquoiseB
How would America's cabinet meetings turn out if they could be held in such surroundings? [Nepal cabinet meeting on Mount Everest] The 21 ministers travelled by helicopter to close to Everest base camp http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8394452.stm

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip I have faith enough in PaliGap's integrity to anticipate that he'll be a bit embarrassed when he reads my response, and will say so. The other

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread PaliGap
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Joint Climate Change Editorial in 56 Papers In 45 Countries

2009-12-07 Thread do.rflex
Copenhagen climate change conference: 'Fourteen days to seal history's judgment on this generation' This editorial calling for action from world leaders on climate change is published today by 56 newspapers around the world in 20 languages

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote: Just to nitpick: I do not think Wikipedians are scientifically illiterate. But I do think THIS article started with a howler. Just to nitpick further :-), since I brought up the subject in another thread, what do you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Video: Snow in the Bay Area

2009-12-07 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=7157010 BTW, I used to work on that second floor above Starbucks in the building shown. That must be fun for you. It's always a trip living in an area that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread Bhairitu
WillyTex wrote: Tantric practices came much later than the Vedas, during the 'Golden Age', after King Asoka. The 'tantrics' belong to the age of the Indian alchemists, the Nath Siddhas. There is no historical evidence to indicate otherwise. Vaj wrote: The Naths date back to the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Heads up: Alice on Syfy tonight

2009-12-07 Thread Bhairitu
Bhairitu wrote: Syfy mini-series based on Alice in Wonderland. Should be a hoot. At least we have more than saccharin holiday specials this December. Check local listings for time and temperature: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1461312/ Kind of a disappointment so far (part 2 tonight). I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread authfriend
Let's see if PaliGap has the integrity and the cojones to set Barry straight. I'm betting he doesn't. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote: Just to nitpick: I do not think Wikipedians are

[FairfieldLife] Re: Joint Climate Change Editorial in 56 Papers In 45 Countries

2009-12-07 Thread WillyTex
John Manning wrote: Joint Climate Change Editorial in 56 Papers In 45 Countries You forgot to mention 1,200 limos, 140 private planes and 5,000 caviar wedges at the Copenhagen Summit! That's a bigger carbon footprint than some countries generate in a year.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: And while you didn't make *quite* as a big a fool of yourself on this score as Barry and Vaj--they set quite a high standard in that regard--you've

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Poll: 'Teabaggers' beat the GOP in popularity

2009-12-07 Thread Bhairitu
Thom Hartmann mentioned the study and suggests that the left ought to link up with the teabaggers because there is some common ground there. raunchydog wrote: Fronts for the corportists, Freedom Works and American Liberty Alliance, the fake astroturffing moneybags behind grassy roots

[FairfieldLife] Re: Video: Snow in the Bay Area

2009-12-07 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: Take advantage of the snow, dude. Go out and walk in it. I moved to California to get away from snow. I grew up where 2 foot drifts in the winter were not uncommon. The year before I moved here

[FairfieldLife] 96 Year Old Blogger Charlotte Lucas at Daily Kos

2009-12-07 Thread do.rflex
Cheers and Jeers: Monday by Bill in Portland Maine http://bill-in-portland-maine.dailykos.com/ I Hear 96 Is the New 40 Next time someone suggests to you that bloggers are just teenage loners in their pajamas posting from their parent's basement, send 'em a link to this post. It'll shut 'em up

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Video: Snow in the Bay Area

2009-12-07 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: Take advantage of the snow, dude. Go out and walk in it. I moved to California to get away from snow. I grew up where 2 foot drifts in the winter were not uncommon.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread PaliGap
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: And while you didn't make *quite* as a big a fool of yourself on this score as Barry

[FairfieldLife] Re: Poll: 'Teabaggers' beat the GOP in popularity

2009-12-07 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: Thom Hartmann mentioned the study and suggests that the left ought to link up with the teabaggers because there is some common ground there. I heard Thom's broadcast on the topic as well. He seems to think that the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shankara, MMY and TMers - compulsive debators. Coincidence?

2009-12-07 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: This weekend I stumbled across an interesting article on a Buddhist forum about Arguing Bestness. It was approp- riate for the audience because -- sadly -- Buddhsm is far from free of people arguing compulsively that their

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: And while you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: Let's see if PaliGap has the integrity and the cojones to set Barry straight. I'm betting he doesn't. And I was right. Too bad I didn't lay some money on it. Why most people on this forum are so frightened of standing up to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Video: Snow in the Bay Area

2009-12-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: Take advantage of the snow, dude. Go out and walk in it. I moved to California to get away from snow. I grew up where 2 foot

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread Vaj
On Dec 7, 2009, at 4:22 PM, PaliGap wrote: If you're referring to Barry's comment about the howler - well as it happens his thought had crossed my mind too. When push comes to shove, I think I'd prefer the cock up theory though. So you see I'm hardly motivated to explain to Barry where

[FairfieldLife] Long time TM'r unveils his Spaceship in California:

2009-12-07 Thread off_world_beings
Long time TM'r -- the UK's Sir Richard Branson -- unveils his Spaceship in California: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_space_tourism http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_space_tourism OffWorld

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maize (corn) In Ancient India

2009-12-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Dec 7, 2009, at 4:22 PM, PaliGap wrote: If you're referring to Barry's comment about the howler - well as it happens his thought had crossed my mind too. When push comes to shove, I think I'd prefer the cock up theory

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pray, stop the pundits?

2009-12-07 Thread dhamiltony2k5
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@... wrote: And lots more intense hurricanes like the years since Katrina! Yeah like out along the west coast of central up N. America through '08 '09. Really wierd extreme weather.

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2009-12-07 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Dec 05 00:00:00 2009 End Date (UTC): Sat Dec 12 00:00:00 2009 224 messages as of (UTC) Mon Dec 07 23:26:15 2009 44 authfriend jst...@panix.com 24 TurquoiseB no_re...@yahoogroups.com 22 ShempMcGurk

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shankara, MMY and TMers - compulsive debators. Coincidence?

2009-12-07 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: First, and obviously, it came from Maharishi, who proclaimed TM' 35 years after this Barry the Turqey was kicked out of the TM, apparently for security reasons, and ages after he became a Buddhist he s t i l l

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shankara, MMY and TMers - compulsive debators. Coincidence?

2009-12-07 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: This weekend I stumbled across an interesting article on a Buddhist forum about Arguing Bestness. It was approp- riate for the audience

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shankara, MMY and TMers - compulsive debators. Coincidence?

2009-12-07 Thread fflmod
What about on leap years? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: First, and obviously, it came from Maharishi, who proclaimed TM' 35 years after this Barry the Turqey was

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shankara, MMY and TMers - compulsive debators. Coincidence?

2009-12-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: snip In a tradition that *could* produce enlightenment consist- ently, prospective students could just look around the room during the intro lecture and check out the supposedly enlightened. They could go up to them after

[FairfieldLife] Phonebook siddhi?

2009-12-07 Thread cardemaister
Mythbusters phonebook stunt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpXljC9-W4Q