Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Fireplace Delusion by Sam Harris

2012-02-05 Thread Emily Reyn
Judy, the second link is a repeat.  Can you repost it? From: authfriend To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 5, 2012 5:54 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Fireplace Delusion by Sam Harris   Via Andrew Sullivan's Dish blog on Daily Bea

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread awoelflebater
Barry, thank you for that, I learned a lot. Just a few quick thoughts: I don't think because things crashed in the end for both Robin and Rama that we can justifiably call them charlatans. The end doesn't, for me, invalidate the earlier experiences. It seems that for us, at the time, we milked

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread Susan
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > > wrote: snips > > I am not entirely consistent either. Non hostile disagreement is OK, but > hostile disagreement might mean one is taking a wrong approach with someone, > that is, you bring hostility down on you, but yo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > I would say that both of them were charlatans, but that > at times Rama was far less of one than Robin. He, for > example, really *could* sit in a room and have hundreds > of people witness him perform the siddhis. In retrospect, > being

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > > wrote: > > > I used the term 'antics' as a catch-all summation of various > > > post

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > Oh, this could explain a lot and certainly is a little bit > interesting. Not being much of a multiple guru groupie/slut > my experience with all the different flavours out there is > limited. I practiced TM and later listened to wh

[FairfieldLife] Re: Super Bowl commercials

2012-02-05 Thread raunchydog
Giants won 21-17 http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/giants-win-the-super-bowl-1328498124-slideshow/ --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > They leaked the Super Bowl commercials, so why bother watching the game? > Watch the game, it will be more interesting than the commercia

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > What do you mean by "low rent" in this open letter context? > Sounds like a typical pejorative kind of term you are very > comfortable throwing at lots of things in this world, from > lousy movies to dim-witted gurus. Low-rent. Not

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > wrote: > > > > This seems to be the current anti-Robin party line. It's so > > > different from my observation of his behavior here as to be > > > mind-boggling to me.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Review (of sorts): "The Grey"

2012-02-05 Thread curtisdeltablues
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > I still contend that the planet does not belong exclusively to human beings > and that we all need to share. I don't feel sorry for small or big livestock > producers. As far as I am concerned they make money off of raising (sometimes

[FairfieldLife] Re: Review (of sorts): "The Grey"

2012-02-05 Thread raunchydog
Good rant, Ann. When we get overrun by deer in Iowa, we run over them with cars. I ran over a dead deer a few years ago, $500 damage to my car. Thank goodness the DNR controls deer populations by issuing more hunting tags or I'd see a lot more road kill than I do. Our planet can only sustain s

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Fireplace Delusion by Sam Harris

2012-02-05 Thread authfriend
Via Andrew Sullivan's Dish blog on Daily Beast, two pieces that discuss points raised in Curtis's recent post on the protected status of religion. The first, a longish blog post, details the history of anti-blasphemy laws in Great Britain--not quite the same as Curtis's framing in terms of factual

[FairfieldLife] Re: Review (of sorts): "The Grey"

2012-02-05 Thread awoelflebater
I still contend that the planet does not belong exclusively to human beings and that we all need to share. I don't feel sorry for small or big livestock producers. As far as I am concerned they make money off of raising (sometimes in the most brutal of conditions) and slaughter of feeling, think

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > Oh, this could explain a lot and certainly is a little bit interesting. Not > being much of a multiple guru groupie/slut my experience with all the > different flavours out there is limited. I practiced TM and later listened to >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread awoelflebater
Oh, this could explain a lot and certainly is a little bit interesting. Not being much of a multiple guru groupie/slut my experience with all the different flavours out there is limited. I practiced TM and later listened to what Robin Carlsen had to say. This Rama guy sounds pretty entertaining.

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2012-02-05 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Feb 04 00:00:00 2012 End Date (UTC): Sat Feb 11 00:00:00 2012 158 messages as of (UTC) Mon Feb 06 00:07:09 2012 31 authfriend 17 nablusoss1008 15 curtisdeltablues 13 turquoiseb 13 raunchydog 10 awoelflebater 10 Bha

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread authfriend
Returning to one point... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" wrote: > > Thank you for responding to this. Some comments below in your reply. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > There is a lot of independence of thought here. Judy, C

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > > > Hey Barry, > > I liked that you tried to go back and read the open letter > > again. It says something about you that I appreciate. > > You say: > > I'll bet that if I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > What do you mean by "low rent" in this open letter context? > Sounds like a typical pejorative kind of term you are very > comfortable throwing at lots of things in this world, from > lousy movies to dim-witted gurus. 1.of, for, or li

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" wrote: > > This seems to be the current anti-Robin party line. It's so > > different from my observation of his behavior here as to be > > mind-boggling to me. I'd guess, in fact, that he left > > because he had found himself, in th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Super Bowl commercials

2012-02-05 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > > Thanks for that, and in addition there are videos showing how they train > these horses to do the things they do in the commercials. This is not > computer enhanced effects like I thought. Just google something like " the > mak

Re: [FairfieldLife] Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > On Feb 5, 2012, at 1:05 PM, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > And I tried. I really tried. But what I found myself doing -- > > at first subconsciously but as I became aware of it more > > consciously -- is getting to the end of a sentence and going,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
Thank you for responding to this. Some comments below in your reply. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > wrote: > > > I have known a few people who have had unity experiences, > > and none of them descr

Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread Vaj
On Feb 5, 2012, at 1:05 PM, turquoiseb wrote: > And I tried. I really tried. But what I found myself doing -- at first > subconsciously but as I became aware of it more consciously -- is > getting to the end of a sentence and going, "Huh? WTF? I'll bet that if > I went back and read that sentence

[FairfieldLife] Re: Review (of sorts): "The Grey"

2012-02-05 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > Ah, but how exactly do you mean pay? I guess the livestock farms would prefer cash. < I think I would put large amounts of money out there to preserve wolves/subsidize livestock farmers.> My nephew's point (nice to be schooled by a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Feb 5, 2012, at 12:26 PM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote: > > > For example, I had an argument with Judy once, that continued offline. It > > did not resolve. But I did realise that I was mis-interpreting some things > > she said to me.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > My "takeaway" from this experience is that Robin might have > had -- and for all I know might still be having -- Not according to him. > some whiz-bang spiritual experiences. But neither his > interpretation of them nor his description

[FairfieldLife] Re: Super Bowl commercials

2012-02-05 Thread awoelflebater
Thanks for that, and in addition there are videos showing how they train these horses to do the things they do in the commercials. This is not computer enhanced effects like I thought. Just google something like " the making of Budweiser Clydesdale commercials" and there are mini documentaries

[FairfieldLife] Re: Review (of sorts): "The Grey"

2012-02-05 Thread awoelflebater
Ah, but how exactly do you mean pay? I think I would put large amounts of money out there to preserve wolves/subsidize livestock farmers. Because in the end we pay a lot more once we lose access to the wild in our lives. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > In F

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread Vaj
On Feb 5, 2012, at 12:26 PM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote: > For example, I had an argument with Judy once, that continued offline. It did > not resolve. But I did realise that I was mis-interpreting some things she > said to me. I had overlooked some things and was making part of my argument

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread Vaj
On Feb 5, 2012, at 2:12 PM, cardemaister wrote: > > How about the Yiddish shpil (a play or a game) might be better since our > > dear Robin always liked to be on his own stage, whether as guru or > > schoolteacher, and he was (and still is) the consummate game player. In > > America we often c

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > Here is a gem: > > could not exert the kind of control over people's ideas here > in the way that would satisfy his desire to be liked. > > > This may be the best insight on Robin yet. As I told Xeno, and explained at some len

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Feb 5, 2012, at 11:41 AM, awoelflebater wrote: > > > "His whole schtick relied heavily on the naivete of MIU students, sidhas > > and meditators." > > > > Can we all possibly come up with another word for "shtick'? It makes Robin > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" wrote: > I have known a few people who have had unity experiences, > and none of them describe anything of the complexity of > what Robin said. One person at the end of a trip on river > rapids lost his footing and got swept into th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread curtisdeltablues
Xeno: You delivered wy more than two cents brother! That line could be the group's header as far as I am concerned. It sums up why as a non spiritual person, I spend time on a spiritually oriented forum. Here is a gem: This may be the best insight on Robin yet. Many interesting poin

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread turquoiseb
Excellent rap. I won't comment on any of the particulars, except to say that today, for some reason, I decided to go back and try to read that last "Open Letter" that Robin addressed to me, knowing in advance that I wouldn't read it. I didn't. But today I figured, "What the heck?" And I tried. I r

[FairfieldLife] Iran threatens to Attack

2012-02-05 Thread John
This is more bravado to prevent sanctions by other nations. It appears that the Iranian leadership is being cornered. An internal revolution could happen soon just like in Libya and other Arab Spring participants. http://news.yahoo.com/iran-says-attack-country-used-strike-soil-124225174.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread curtisdeltablues
Xeno: You delivered wy more than two cents brother! That line could be the group's header as far as I am concerned. It sums up why as a non spiritual person, I spend time on a spiritually oriented forum. Here is a gem: This may be the best insight on Robin yet. Many interesting p

[FairfieldLife] Re: Super Bowl commercials

2012-02-05 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > I love the Budweiser commercials. Check it out: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veQ AJ4qlltU > Magnificent animals. Beautiful commercial. No longer pulling the plow, the Clydesdale established its niche in the market place as a

[FairfieldLife] Hillary Clinton Wants Friends of Syria to Unite

2012-02-05 Thread John
This is an uphill battle for this effort. The UN has already shut down any help for Syria. http://news.yahoo.com/clinton-calls-friends-syria-unite-132749258.html

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What is ACTA?

2012-02-05 Thread Bhairitu
On 02/05/2012 08:12 AM, raunchydog wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: >>> Under the provisions of ACTA, copyright holders will be granted sweeping >>> direct powers to demand ISPs remove material from th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
My 2 cents here. I think this discussion is taking place on two different levels. Judy seems focused on some very precise details. Curtis, I think, is discussing a very general issue, which is 'how does one interpret one's experience in the most fruitful way'. In my experience people do not ty

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: When did America become East Germany?

2012-02-05 Thread Bhairitu
In case you didn't notice that commercial disappeared about the same time as the financial crisis hit. And now you're out of style unless you use your smartphone to purchase things. Gotta keep the sheeple in step. ;-) On 02/05/2012 03:41 AM, merudanda wrote: > Remember that Visa check card comme

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Super Bowl commercials

2012-02-05 Thread Bhairitu
Sorry, my response since I'm a DVR guy should have been "what are commercials?" :-D Oh and I've got to leave for my daily walk shortly. On 02/05/2012 07:33 AM, Duveyoung wrote: > Bhairitu, How can you not enjoy the creativity of the Super Bowl ads? Sure > it's for poisons and trivialities, bu

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Israel Could Strike Iran in Spring

2012-02-05 Thread Bhairitu
On 02/05/2012 08:55 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: > >>> The vast majority of Americans support Israel's right >>> to exist - Israel is one of the most popular issues in >>> the U.S. You just don't seem to get it - you're on the >>> radical side of most politics. >>> > Bhairitu: >> You mean the rad

[FairfieldLife] Re: Review (of sorts): "The Grey"

2012-02-05 Thread curtisdeltablues
In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > > Well, luckily my portion of all the cows, pigs and sheep I haven't eaten for > 35 years I can chalk up as having donated to the wolves. They are welcome to > my portion. Interesting concept if vegitarians would be willing to actuall

[FairfieldLife] Re: Super Bowl commercials

2012-02-05 Thread awoelflebater
More sappy, wonderful Bud Clydesdale commercials: http://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?p=budweiser+commercials&tnr=21 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > I love the Budweiser commercials. Check it out: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veQAJ4qlltU > > --- In Fai

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > On Feb 5, 2012, at 11:41 AM, awoelflebater wrote: > > > "His whole schtick relied heavily on the naivete of MIU students, sidhas > > and meditators." > > > > Can we all possibly come up with another word for "shtick'? > > It makes Robin soun

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread Vaj
On Feb 5, 2012, at 11:41 AM, awoelflebater wrote: > "His whole schtick relied heavily on the naivete of MIU students, sidhas and > meditators." > > Can we all possibly come up with another word for "shtick'? It makes Robin > sound like some sort of Jewish stand up comedian. (I can already envi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Israel Could Strike Iran in Spring

2012-02-05 Thread Richard J. Williams
> > The vast majority of Americans support Israel's right > > to exist - Israel is one of the most popular issues in > > the U.S. You just don't seem to get it - you're on the > > radical side of most politics. > > Bhairitu: > You mean the radical side that actually thinks and > studies issues >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > "His whole schtick relied heavily on the naivete of MIU students, sidhas and > meditators." > > Can we all possibly come up with another word for "shtick'? > It makes Robin sound like some sort of Jewish stand up > comedian. (I can a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Review (of sorts): "The Grey"

2012-02-05 Thread marekreavis
Here is a study ( http://www.thewildlifenews.com/2012/01/22/trends-in-per-capita-wolf-depredations-and-control-in-the-northern-rocky-mountains/ ) that indicates that wolf depredation of livestock in the western states hasn't changed much over the last 16 years. Similarly, the increase of wolf-k

[FairfieldLife] Re: Super Bowl commercials

2012-02-05 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > I love the Budweiser commercials. Check it out: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veQAJ4qlltU Oh, gee, I never saw that one. How fabulous.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Super Bowl commercials

2012-02-05 Thread awoelflebater
I love the Budweiser commercials. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veQAJ4qlltU --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > Bhairitu, How can you not enjoy the creativity of the Super Bowl ads? Sure > it's for poisons and trivialities, but there's so much entertainme

[FairfieldLife] Re: Throw the Jew Down the Well

2012-02-05 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb3IMTJjzfo > > > > That'd been rather nasty without Mr. Cohen

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread awoelflebater
"His whole schtick relied heavily on the naivete of MIU students, sidhas and meditators." Can we all possibly come up with another word for "shtick'? It makes Robin sound like some sort of Jewish stand up comedian. (I can already envision the comeback on this one.) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogr

[FairfieldLife] Re: Review (of sorts): "The Grey"

2012-02-05 Thread awoelflebater
Well, luckily my portion of all the cows, pigs and sheep I haven't eaten for 35 years I can chalk up as having donated to the wolves. They are welcome to my portion. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Review (of sorts): "The Grey"

2012-02-05 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > They definitely should have chosen dragons. That's all we need, more people > on the fear bandwagon against wolves who are some of the most persecuted > animals in history. And persecution is usually the result of legend, rumour > a

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is ACTA?

2012-02-05 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > > > Under the provisions of ACTA, copyright holders will be granted sweeping > > direct powers to demand ISPs remove material from the Internet on a whim. > > Whereas ISPs

[FairfieldLife] Mariana Caplan: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 02/05/2012

2012-02-05 Thread Rick Archer
blog updates from Buddha at the Gas Pump published 02/05/2012 108. Mariana Caplan Feb 04, 2012 10:53 pm

[FairfieldLife] Re: When did America become East Germany?

2012-02-05 Thread obbajeeba
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > Bhairitu: > > I'm proud to be "suspicious" to the paranoid > > schizophrenics running our snoop bureaus. > > > You sound really scared. > LOL! There is no sound on typed forum thread lymrics. Hahaha

[FairfieldLife] Re: Super Bowl commercials

2012-02-05 Thread Duveyoung
Bhairitu, How can you not enjoy the creativity of the Super Bowl ads? Sure it's for poisons and trivialities, but there's so much entertainment value. It's not like you're being asked to enjoy the creative products of Nazis using human skin to make lamp shades even though it can be framed suc

[FairfieldLife] Re: Review (of sorts): "The Grey"

2012-02-05 Thread merudanda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OiOlnoyljk --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > They definitely should have chosen dragons. That's all we need, more people on the fear bandwagon against wolves who are some of the most perse

Re: [FairfieldLife] Trend Analysis For Dummies

2012-02-05 Thread Vaj
On Feb 4, 2012, at 1:29 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > conducting all activity in the universe> > > > > > > > > > > Yeah,

[FairfieldLife] Re: When did America become East Germany?

2012-02-05 Thread Richard J. Williams
Bhairitu: > I'm proud to be "suspicious" to the paranoid > schizophrenics running our snoop bureaus. > You sound really scared.

[FairfieldLife] Re: When did America become East Germany?

2012-02-05 Thread obbajeeba
Nice stuff. I still get a chuckle when standing in line waiting and waiting for authorization and the swiping of multiple cards and waiting for the signature or the PIN number to be administered as the card(s) may or may not go through in the grocery line of people in front of me. -Goose Step

[FairfieldLife] Re: Review (of sorts): "The Grey"

2012-02-05 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > They definitely should have chosen dragons. That's all we > need, more people on the fear bandwagon against wolves who > are some of the most persecuted animals in history. And > persecution is usually the result of legend, rumour a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Review (of sorts): "The Grey"

2012-02-05 Thread awoelflebater
They definitely should have chosen dragons. That's all we need, more people on the fear bandwagon against wolves who are some of the most persecuted animals in history. And persecution is usually the result of legend, rumour and ignorance. In Canada we still have wolf kills up north. Add that to

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is ACTA?

2012-02-05 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > Under the provisions of ACTA, copyright holders will be granted sweeping > direct powers to demand ISPs remove material from the Internet on a whim. > Whereas ISPs normally are only forced to remove content after a court order, > all

[FairfieldLife] What is ACTA?

2012-02-05 Thread raunchydog
Under the provisions of ACTA, copyright holders will be granted sweeping direct powers to demand ISPs remove material from the Internet on a whim. Whereas ISPs normally are only forced to remove content after a court order, all legal oversight will be abolished, a precedent that will apply globa

[FairfieldLife] Re: #5# Think About It... From Where Are You Coming? Where Are YouGoing?

2012-02-05 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paulo Barbosa" wrote: > > Think About It... From Where Are You Coming? Where Are You > Going? > > "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the > sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and > whither it goeth: so is every one that is

[FairfieldLife] #5# Think About It... From Where Are You Coming? Where Are YouGoing?

2012-02-05 Thread Paulo Barbosa
Think About It... From Where Are You Coming? Where Are You Going? "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit" (John 3:8). When God is our Guide, all

[FairfieldLife] Re: Throw the Jew Down the Well

2012-02-05 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb3IMTJjzfo > > > > That'd been rather nasty without Mr. Cohen himself > being a Jew? Agreed :-) > > Seems to show how easy

[FairfieldLife] Re: Throw the Jew Down the Well

2012-02-05 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb3IMTJjzfo > That'd been rather nasty without Mr. Cohen himself being a Jew? Seems to show how easy it is for some people to "turn" antisemitic??

[FairfieldLife] Review (of sorts): "The Grey"

2012-02-05 Thread turquoiseb
I was drawn to this movie by Liam Neeson, who is often a commanding presence in movies. And, as survival/adventure tales go, it's pretty standard. An ordinary guy, whose Day Job it is to shoot dragons to keep them from wreaking havoc among the tasty human workers in Alaska's oil fields, is depress

[FairfieldLife] Re: Borat tries to buy a slave

2012-02-05 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdp21zzu41Y&feature=related > "Borat" might be the only movie watching which I've laughed tears in my eyes. Prolly because the reactions of most of the "actors" are real and genuine...

[FairfieldLife] Flashmob for Pekka

2012-02-05 Thread cardemaister
Flashmob(?) supporting the homosexual presidential candidate, Mr. Pekka Haavisto (~ Peter Lots-of-Aspens): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaKko3VGAnY