[FairfieldLife] The Getting Shafted thread -- the old whines are the best

2009-12-13 Thread TurquoiseB
Has anyone ever noticed that the pseudofems who say things like I would criticize Sarah Palin's beliefs or policies but will defend her when some- one attacks her 'as a woman' never ever seem to actually *do* the first part of what they claim? I'd like to see a *demonstration* of them criticizing

[FairfieldLife] Survivor Micronesia

2009-12-13 Thread cardemaister
Just saw the season finale of Survivor Micronesia. Was there an Ashkenazi Jew (Amanda Kimmel) against a Hindu (Parvati Shallow)? It seems to me rather unlikely someone gives their child a name like that unless they are interested in Hinduism... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Micronesia

[FairfieldLife] Dollhouse -- Is Echo the most feminist character ever on TV or in movies?

2009-12-13 Thread TurquoiseB
For some time now I have been watching Joss Whedon's Dollhouse from the point of view of feminism. Based on his previous work, in which he created Buffy the ampire Slayer (one of the best feminist heroines ever) and in Firefly Zoe, Kaylee and above all Inara, I would suggest that Joss Whedon

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMO pulling out of FF?

2009-12-13 Thread dhamiltony2k5
A Courts-Martial 1) Sale of 600 prime acres of failed farming. 2)Sale of Folded school building. The stain of a high-water mark. It'll be slow death by a thousand cuts. Most people saw it coming decades ago but the plane was kept in the air by credulous wealthy

[FairfieldLife] 1957

2009-12-13 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Maharishi's Year of Transcendental Meditation Maharishi evolves a simple, natural practice for the mind to come to a balanced state, and thereby gain the ability to spontaneously function in accord with all the laws of nature. This was the year of revival of Yog, philosophy and practice; this

[FairfieldLife] Re: How much did this romance cost America?

2009-12-13 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: On Dec 12, 2009, at 1:18 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: Two tall buildings, its image, and its future. Not to menton 3000 people. Pretty creepy

[FairfieldLife] Obama's Big Sellout

2009-12-13 Thread Vaj
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/31234647/obamas_big_sellout/print Obama's Big Sellout The president has packed his economic team with Wall Street insiders intent on turning the bailout into an all-out giveaway MATT TAIBBI Posted Dec 09, 2009 2:35 PM Watch Matt Taibbi discuss The Big

[FairfieldLife] Re: How much did this romance cost America?

2009-12-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: On Dec 12, 2009, at 1:18 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: Two tall buildings,

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Getting Shafted thread -- the old whines are the best

2009-12-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Has anyone ever noticed that the pseudofems who say things like I would criticize Sarah Palin's beliefs or policies but will defend her when some- one attacks her 'as a woman' never ever seem to actually *do* the first part

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dollhouse -- Is Echo the most feminist character ever on TV or in movies?

2009-12-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: snip And most important, *none* of what has been done to her has made her angry and bitter and afraid to love. She still loves deeply, more deeply in fact than any other character in the series. If that ain't feminist,

[FairfieldLife] Indulgence (was Re: Getting shafted-not w this recipie)

2009-12-13 Thread PaliGap
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, m 13 meowthirt...@... wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMHN4_iAUfI   food is love everybody unite for love to all even animals ...I can't eat mushrooms, so i just make the huumus and fry it.It makes a patty. You can make little pee wee patties

[FairfieldLife] Re: How much did this romance cost America?

2009-12-13 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: Not sure if this is the right name for it, but I've always assumed that there is a protocol office at the White House that explains to the president and anyone else to whom it applies what the proper etiquette is for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dollhouse -- Is Echo the most feminist character ever on TV or in movies?

2009-12-13 Thread TurquoiseB
So, as a followup, I've named in this post a few of my favorite feminist characters in film and television. What are yours? Anyone out there got a favorite character from film or TV or literature whom they think tops Ripley from Aliens or Echo from Dollhouse? Or who you just like more, as an

[FairfieldLife] Re: How much did this romance cost America?

2009-12-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: snip Have other presidents bowed to the Saudi King and Japanese Emperor? Richard Nixon actually BOWED TO THE DUDE WHO ORDERED THE ATTACK ON PEARL

[FairfieldLife] Bush Sr bows deeply to Hirohito's casket

2009-12-13 Thread do.rflex
Then came the moment: When Mr. Bush [Sr.] approached the emperor's casket, he bowed deeply. The ongoing cable-and-blog dust-up over whether President Obama somehow dishonored America's image by bowing to Emperor Akihito of Japan the other day was reminiscent of another argument over the

[FairfieldLife] Indulgence (was Re: Getting shafted-not w this recipie)

2009-12-13 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, m 13 meowthirteen@ wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMHN4_iAUfI   food is love everybody unite for love to all even animals ...I can't eat mushrooms, so i just make

[FairfieldLife] Indulgence (was Re: Getting shafted-not w this recipie)

2009-12-13 Thread m 13
that sherry sounds good i can just see the sun putting its energy in those little guys   Throw some rosemary in that olive oil warmed up m   thanks for the vision i like to live vicariously thru other people s food adventures     -M

[FairfieldLife] Tricky Dick Nixon bows to Mao Tse Tung - Video

2009-12-13 Thread do.rflex
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP_oOJiuvW4

[FairfieldLife] Indulgence (was Re: Getting shafted-not w this recipie)

2009-12-13 Thread m 13
O I make those every year! I put a cherry in the middle of each inside(surprise!) 2 dips in the sugar.   My step mom used to make these every year and put them in the freezer till all the baking was done. We had a big chest freezer where she would put the rum balls,etc... I would go in there and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dollhouse -- Is Echo the most feminist character ever on TV or in movies?

2009-12-13 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: So, as a followup, I've named in this post a few of my favorite feminist characters in film and television. What are yours? Anyone out there got a favorite character from film or TV or literature whom they think tops

Re: [FairfieldLife] Who says we can't pull out now?

2009-12-13 Thread Mike Dixon
So, does that make Barack Hussein Obama an Illinois miscreant? From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sat, December 12, 2009 9:55:37 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Who says we can't pull out now?   Well Mike if you love

[FairfieldLife] Indulgence (was Re: Getting shafted-not w this recipie)

2009-12-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: snip The one confection that always reminds me of Christmas is Russian Tea Cookies. I just have to be careful about accidentally inhaling particles of powdered sugar. It can really set off some vigorous coughing.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dollhouse -- Is Echo the most feminist character ever on TV or in movies?

2009-12-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: So, as a followup, I've named in this post a few of my favorite feminist characters in film and television. What are yours? Anyone out there got a favorite character from film or TV or literature whom they think tops

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shemp and Willy on Taxes.

2009-12-13 Thread Mike Dixon
Not my hegemony, Obama's hegemony. I don't run the war, he does. From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sat, December 12, 2009 1:08:08 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shemp and Willy on Taxes.   WillyTex wrote: What

[FairfieldLife] Leonard Cohen - The Future

2009-12-13 Thread do.rflex
From his 1992 album of the same name, The Future An interesting and perhaps accurately prophetic vision of today... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D97OxHZzBeQ

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama's Big Sellout

2009-12-13 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/31234647/obamas_big_sellout/print Obama's Big Sellout The president has packed his economic team with Wall Street insiders intent on turning the bailout into an all-out giveaway

[FairfieldLife] Friendship - from the Rig Veda

2009-12-13 Thread do.rflex
Friendship He who abandons a friend who knows his duty of friendship, has no worth in what he speaks. What he hears is also false and he does not know the path of righteous action. ~ Rig Veda X.71.6

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tricky Dick Nixon bows to Mao Tse Tung - Video

2009-12-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP_oOJiuvW4 horselaugh

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shemp and Willy on Taxes.

2009-12-13 Thread WillyTex
So, if I had to pay a federal income tax, I'd prefer to pay a flat tax, but it should be very low, because the federal government should be very small... Bhairitu wrote: And of course not be running wars in the Middle East or anywhere else... It's in the interest of the U.S, to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dollhouse -- Is Echo the most feminist character ever on TV or in movies?

2009-12-13 Thread PaliGap
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: So, as a followup, I've named in this post a few of my favorite feminist characters in film and television. What are yours? Too many to enumerate here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teIIa3wDeoU

[FairfieldLife] Re: More extreme emotionally charged venom

2009-12-13 Thread WillyTex
...this time from authors.nag, FFL's self-appointed nightmare mother-in-law, operator of the -Nitpicker Zone- death trap. Message # 236474 Judy wrote: Translation: The do.rkflex got nailed, and he has no comeback but feeble ad hominem. You waxed him real good, Judy. You can always

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dollhouse -- Is Echo the most feminist character ever on TV or in movies?

2009-12-13 Thread ShempMcGurk
My three favourite strong women characters in movies aren't shoot-em-up types like Ripley (who I really love but just isn't in my fav's list): The mother in Fanny and Alexandre, whose strength and unconditional love for her children is reflected in her SPOILER ALERT murder of her husband and

[FairfieldLife] Re: How much did this romance cost America?

2009-12-13 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: snip Have other presidents bowed to the Saudi King and Japanese Emperor?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dollhouse -- Is Echo the most feminist character ever on TV or in movies?

2009-12-13 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: [snip] A League of Their Own Geena Davis, Rosie O'Donnell and Madonna Geena Davis I can see. I can also see the actress who played her sister. And, in particular, the girl from the rural area, the really plain

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dollhouse -- Is Echo the most feminist character ever on TV or in movies?

2009-12-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: So, as a followup, I've named in this post a few of my favorite feminist characters in film and television. What are yours? Too many to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Karen Kelly Yantra website is finished!

2009-12-13 Thread WillyTex
Rick Archer wrote: My dear friend Karen Kelly is a master creator of very authentic Yantras... Yantras are derived from the Buddhist stupa, the earliest form of edifice architecture in India. The Patanjali Dome at Fairfield is a three-dimensional yantra based on the principles of Vastu -

[FairfieldLife] The strongest feminist of them all

2009-12-13 Thread ShempMcGurk
Flo, the Progressive Insurance cashier, played by Stephanie Courtney. I just saw her in a small independent film from 2003 called Melvin goes to dinner which I gave 5 stars to on Netflix. Courtney was the best thing in an equally excellent movie.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shemp and Willy on Taxes.

2009-12-13 Thread Bhairitu
WillyTex wrote: So, if I had to pay a federal income tax, I'd prefer to pay a flat tax, but it should be very low, because the federal government should be very small... Bhairitu wrote: And of course not be running wars in the Middle East or anywhere else... It's

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More extreme emotionally charged venom

2009-12-13 Thread Vaj
On Dec 12, 2009, at 1:41 PM, azgrey wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfiend jst...@... wrote: Nope. It's that Judy demonstrates her ability to enjoy life and have fun in ways that make Barry deeply uncomfortable. He doesn't like being exposed as shallow, dishonest,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Who says we can't pull out now?

2009-12-13 Thread Bhairitu
Certainly if keeps keeps up the Bush doctrine. Mike Dixon wrote: So, does that make Barack Hussein Obama an Illinois miscreant? From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sat, December 12, 2009 9:55:37 AM Subject: Re:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Obama's Big Sellout

2009-12-13 Thread Bhairitu
ShempMcGurk wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/31234647/obamas_big_sellout/print Obama's Big Sellout The president has packed his economic team with Wall Street insiders intent on turning the bailout into an

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dollhouse -- Is Echo the most feminist character ever on TV or in movies?

2009-12-13 Thread PaliGap
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: So, as a followup, I've named in this post a few of my favorite feminist

[FairfieldLife] This stuff is really getting rediculous! It's a joke!

2009-12-13 Thread BillyG
Climate Change Issues [Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams preaches during an ecumenical ...] [AP] http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ap/brand/photos//SIG=10qgqrhua/*http:/\ /www.apimages.com/

Re: [FairfieldLife] Dollhouse -- A Love Supreme

2009-12-13 Thread Bhairitu
After mentioning A Love Supreme there was another song reference too but I can't remember what it was . It was as if they were going go on a riff of song titles. Then there was the line saying I feel like an old person at Blockbuster which was subtle and funny. I actually backed up to see

[FairfieldLife] Re: More extreme emotionally charged venom

2009-12-13 Thread BillyG
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Dec 12, 2009, at 1:41 PM, azgrey wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfiend jstein@ wrote: Nope. It's that Judy demonstrates her ability to enjoy life and have fun in ways that make Barry

[FairfieldLife] The cry of Mother Nature, MMY.

2009-12-13 Thread BillyG
MMY used this term in the '60's to describe the hippies, today I suspect he would use it to describe the Episcopalian Church: Episcopal Church Elects Second Gay Bishop Los Angeles Diocese Chooses Lesbian Day After Selecting Area's First Female Bishop; Vote can be Vetoed * [244] * L.A.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Obama's Big Sellout

2009-12-13 Thread Bhairitu
Vaj wrote: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/31234647/obamas_big_sellout/print Obama's Big Sellout The president has packed his economic team with Wall Street insiders intent on turning the bailout into an all-out giveaway MATT TAIBBI Posted Dec 09, 2009 2:35 PM Watch Matt

[FairfieldLife] Buddha Boy

2009-12-13 Thread Rick Archer
Rare clear view of Nepal Buddha Boy with interviews http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQoxWQLSnCg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQoxWQLSnCgfeature=related feature=related BUDDHA BOY 1 - Nepal 2008 - Guruji Tapaswi Palden Dorje with really nice chant

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dollhouse -- A Love Supreme

2009-12-13 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: BTW, I think the writers would have quite a laugh at your characterizing Dollhouse as novel when they think of it as a task to earn a paycheck. You've obviously never read -- or never under- stood -- the interviews that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dollhouse -- A Love Supreme

2009-12-13 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: BTW, I think the writers would have quite a laugh at your characterizing Dollhouse as novel when they think of it as a task to earn a paycheck. You've obviously never read -- or never under-

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dollhouse -- Is Echo the most feminist character ever on TV or in movies?

2009-12-13 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, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: snip my

[FairfieldLife] Berlusconi gets his due

2009-12-13 Thread Bhairitu
I'm surprised that Italians haven't done to this fascist what they did to Mussolini. Or maybe they still will http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8410946.stm

[FairfieldLife] Taibbi vs. Obama — By Kevin Drum

2009-12-13 Thread do.rflex
Generally speaking, Taibbi gets his facts right and he gets the big picture right: Obama's team is nearly as dedicated to the economic status quo as Republicans are. Ditto for many — though not all — Democrats in Congress. Matt Taibbi's long polemic about Barack Obama's economic team

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dollhouse -- Is Echo the most feminist character ever on TV or in movies?

2009-12-13 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] Re: Dollhouse -- Is Echo the most feminist character ever on TV or in movies?

2009-12-13 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- 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: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Buddha boy spoke out against recent animal sacrifice at Gadhi Mai

2009-12-13 Thread do.rflex
Palden Dorje planned to give blessings on 18–23 November 2009 at the site of the Gadhi Mai Mela, a Nepalese religious festival where hundreds of thousands of animals are sacrificed, something he has strongly condemned. However, for security reasons priests were unwilling to alot a space for

[FairfieldLife] Re: 1957

2009-12-13 Thread dhamiltony2k5
1958 Maharishi's Year of Spiritual Regeneration Movement. Inspired to raise the quality of life in the world through the practice of Transcendental Meditation, Maharishi inaugurates the Spiritual Regeneration Movement to spiritually regenerate mankind. 1957 Maharishi's Year of Transcendental

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMO pulling out of FF?

2009-12-13 Thread dhamiltony2k5
The Guyfawkes' Critique: the plane was kept in the air by credulous wealthy donors. Now the machinery meets the geology and we have what's known as Controlled Flight into Terrain. That's aviation terminology for flying a perfectly serviceable aircraft into the side of a mountain due

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2009-12-13 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Dec 12 00:00:00 2009 End Date (UTC): Sat Dec 19 00:00:00 2009 160 messages as of (UTC) Sun Dec 13 23:52:54 2009 31 authfriend jst...@panix.com 21 ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@netscape.net 15 do.rflex do.rf...@yahoo.com 12

[FairfieldLife] Are you easily disgusted?

2009-12-13 Thread Rick Archer
Are you easily disgusted? A surprising look at how your political views might be affected BY VI-AN NGUYEN IMAGINE TAKING A SIP from your drink, only to realize that it belongs to a stranger. Grossed out? If so, then you may be a con-servative thinker. High disgust sensitivity, or a tendency to

[FairfieldLife] WARNING - TM mantra information!

2009-12-13 Thread yifuxero
I feel that at this time, some important information on the TM mantras should be revealed online; subject to the required WARNING sign recommended by that anonymous TMO a-hole. However, the mantra information will be released at a later date. ... In lieu of such information, I will present

[FairfieldLife] physicist John Stuart Bell visits The Maharishi

2009-12-13 Thread yifuxero
From Wiki on Bell: Bell died unexpectedly of a cerebral hemorrhage in Belfast in 1990. His contribution to the issues raised by EPR was significant. Some regard him as having demonstrated the failure of local realism (local hidden variabl es). Bell's own interpretation is that locality itself

[FairfieldLife] Re: Are you easily disgusted?

2009-12-13 Thread TurquoiseB
This is an interesting study, and one I've been waiting for. For some time I have noticed the tendency in several groups to pitch their political and moralistic screeds *TO* the potential disgust factor in their perceived audience. It is, after all, the whole basis for the language used by