[FairfieldLife] Re: Sci-fi = theology for moderns

2014-03-15 Thread salyavin808
It's six O'clock in the morning and I'm all bleary eyed but it seems to me that the pseudo gravity is caused by the relationship of the edge of the space station to the centre. As long as the edge stays in a fixed position to the middle you will be pushed away regardless of your position or spee

[FairfieldLife] Who's been this happy ever in any TMO related activity?

2014-03-15 Thread Duveyoung
http://www.petdoof.com/post.php?id=193 http://www.petdoof.com/post.php?id=193

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Pundit Sex Talk

2014-03-15 Thread s3raphita
Re "A wise man views women as corpses, bags of urine and faeces.": These remarks have a long history. See Marcus Aurelius's cynical advice: "Sexual intercourse is the rubbing together of abdomens, accompanied by the spasmodic ejaculation of a sticky liquid". These maxims which try to reduce se

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread emilymaenot
Yes, that was an illogical scenario I put forthsometimes my imagination gets away with me and the idea amused me this morning. A mass exodus would be hard to miss; not so much the 130 individuals that have just slipped away since 2006. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : If

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sci-fi = theology for moderns

2014-03-15 Thread s3raphita
Talking about 2001: a Space Odyssey reminds me of a puzzle I've ruminated over for decades. This query is for physicists on FFL. If you're not a physicist stop reading now - unless maybe you live in Fairfield and are a friend of John Hagelin. In which case can you tap him on the shoulder, ask hi

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Pundit Sex Talk

2014-03-15 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Or maybe everybody thought your "issue" was stupid and offensive, and itself homophobic. Wouldn't be the first time you've shown your true colors. On another point, it's pretty amazing that you've been reading all the posts here and are sti

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread LEnglish5
If they suspected taht this guy was organizing a "mass exodus" of people to slip into society in violation of their visa status, the administrators had two choices: notify emigration officials or just ship the guy back to India. One hopes that his disciplinary action was for something less

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 6:33 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: > Very cogently expressed! > You gotta admit this is funny: TB and MJ - two old coots posting to a chat room on Saturday night about boy pundits in Iowa. It doesn't get much better than this. Send in the clowns. LoL!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Putin v POTUS

2014-03-15 Thread Pundit Sir
"In the latest round of a wave of cyberattacks on Russian targets, the official websites of the Russian Federation's president and central bank were taken offline this morning in what the Kremlin's press office called a "serious DDoS attack." 'Kremlin gets DDoS'd by Anonymous Caucasus' http://arst

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 3:39 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: A transcript is a complete, verbatim written record of everything that was said, without narrative interpolations (except perhaps for "[laughter]" or "[applause]"). You are overruled 2-1: On FFL and most other discussion groups, a transcript mea

[FairfieldLife] Post Count Sun 16-Mar-14 00:15:05 UTC

2014-03-15 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): 03/15/14 00:00:00 End Date (UTC): 03/22/14 00:00:00 132 messages as of (UTC) 03/15/14 23:33:16 41 Richard J. Williams 18 authfriend 15 Share Long 10 Michael Jackson 8 salyavin808 7 emilymaenot 6 doctordumbass

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread Michael Jackson
Very cogently expressed! I'll buy you a pint next time I'm in Merrye Olde Englande, but it won't be Stella Artois cuz I don't want you to glass me. On Sat, 3/15/14, salyavin808 wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits durin

[FairfieldLife] Alternative View of Deepak Chopra

2014-03-15 Thread Michael Jackson
I found this to be a very interesting take on old Deepak http://www.salon.com/1996/03/09/deepak/

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread salyavin808
I don't have confirmation bias about this. I would be more than happy to have seen any results from yagyas. I also know someone who made a miraculous recovery from a head injury without any help from the gods (no one paid for any at least). Some people do spontaneously and unexpectedly recov

[FairfieldLife] Future shock: having time on your hands

2014-03-15 Thread s3raphita
Future biotechnology could be used to trick a prisoner's mind into thinking they have served a 1,000-year sentence, a group of scientists have claimed. Philosopher Rebecca Roache is in charge of a team of scholars focused upon the ways futuristic technologies might transform punishment. Dr Roac

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jet Vanishes

2014-03-15 Thread s3raphita
A few days ago, a caller to a radio talk show mentioned that he was a frequent flyer. And he has two artificial hips. Every airport he'd flown from his hips have set off the alarm on the screening devices - that is every airport he's flown from *except* Kuala Lumpur - which he'd used twice. I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread authfriend
A transcript is a complete, verbatim written record of everything that was said, without narrative interpolations (except perhaps for "[laughter]" or "[applause]"). A transcript is a complete, verbatim written record of everything that was said, without narrative interpolations (except pe

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 3:21 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: A transcript is a complete, verbatim written record of everything that was said, without narrative interpolations (except perhaps for "[laughter]" or "[applause]"). > You are mistaken: On FFL and most other discussion groups, a transcript m

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread anartaxius
The only thing about a transcript that can be suspicious is it can be edited. How many here are old enough to remember the transcriptions of tapes that President Richard Nixon had made during the Watergate affair? Even an audio recording can be edited, I have edited audio removing uhs and ahs, l

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread authfriend
A transcript is a complete, verbatim written record of everything that was said, without narrative interpolations (except perhaps for "[laughter]" or "[applause]"). No, you don't know what a transcript is, sorry. > "A transcript is also any written record of a speech, debate or discussion.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 1:20 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: > that harkens back to the old company store system the coal mines and > textile mills used to help control their workers and keep them poor > and dependent on the company > You would probably be knowing about those kind of conditions more than anyon

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 1:18 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: *No, you don't know what a transcript is, sorry.* *> *"A transcript is also any written record of a speech, debate or discussion." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcript_%28law%29 * *

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 1:03 PM, TurquoiseBee wrote: In the United States of America, that is pretty much *only* the prison system. > Except for individuals owning stock in a company; getting paid in stocks; tenant farmers all over the Southwest; and bankers the world over. Go figure.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 1:00 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: > And the real measure of whether such practices work is to look to > India, land of the Veda. Obviously they don't do shit. If the yagyas > worked like the magic the Movement claims, everyone would be healthy, > happy and wealthy. It is not so. > Ne

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 1:00 PM, Share Long wrote: > hopefully decision makers read FFL. > If they are, I'd like to request a meeting with Tony at his house in Vedic City. I've got a few questions - let me know and I'll drive up. Thanks.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread Michael Jackson
it couldn't have been to private if a reporter from the Fairfield Ledger was there On Sat, 3/15/14, Share Long wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forumFF Ledger 3/14/14 To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com"

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread authfriend
Richard, you don't have any sources the rest of us don't. Might he have an arrangement with friends on the outside who are in a position to find the pundits jobs? > According to my sources, Mishra wanted to stay at the pundit campus and did not want to go back to India. Most likely he was

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread authfriend
Barry is still having these hallucinatory fantasies about my being a TB, despite all the evidence to the contrary. My audience is more limited...in more ways than one. So, it's all about Judy.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread salyavin808
I know someone who had health yagyas for her cat. They didn't work either funnily enough, I mean there isn't even a chance of a placebo type effect for a cat when a prayer is being said in another country for it. Poor little thing, it died not long after, but it was about 20. I'm not m

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 1:00 PM, TurquoiseBee wrote: My audience is more limited...in more ways than one. > So, it's all about Judy.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 12:41 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: *Might he have an arrangement with friends on the outside who are in a position to find the pundits jobs?* > According to my sources, Mishra wanted to stay at the pundit campus and did not want to go back to India. Most likely he was trying to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 12:35 PM, salyavin808 wrote: > Ask them why yagya's don't work. > One guy that I know of wanted to see someone actually levitate, so he paid thousands of dollars to attend seminars in order to learn about human flying. Then one day while his guru was giving a lecture, the guru le

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread Share Long
Then Richard, that has got to be the biggest dang corner an intersection ever created! On Saturday, March 15, 2014 1:05 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote:   On 3/15/2014 12:23 PM, Share Long wrote: Richard, size is not everything! I would need to know way more about the people in each gro

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 12:35 PM, salyavin808 wrote: > You mean you weren't allowed in? > Usually you have to be a student to get into student meetings. Go figure.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread Michael Jackson
the part I loved but was not surprised at was the insinuation by Revolinski that the riot occurred because of the low number of pundits and yogic flyers - the larger the numbers the greater the coherence - in one toss of the dice he was courting the Marshy sez mindset that says all that crap abo

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 12:35 PM, emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote: > Whoops. "It is unlikely we will *ever* know." > Nobody is supposed to have access to student records at a school - that would probably be illegal in the first place. But, according to my sources, Pandit Mishra didn't want to go back to Ind

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 12:27 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Wait. What "next meeting"? > The next meeting in Vedic City, of courset! We want to meet with Tony and ask him what's going on with the pundit program. Is that so difficult to understand? If they need me up there I'll drive up there and find

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread authfriend
What a shame you couldn't get anybody to "act out" despite your own best "acting out" efforts. Your fantasy about all the "new lurkers" and the "world press" is hilarious, though. Thanks, Salyavin, for providing the rational voice as counterpoint to my admitted (and intentional) ove

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 9:53 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: *Are you even aware that I'm not a believer in the efficacy of the pundit program?* > I must have been mistaken - I always thought Judy believed in the efficacy of TM and TMSP, and that was why she was here on FFL. It's starting to look like, I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 11:51 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Poor Barry was /so/ hoping for a bunch of targets. He didn't get any, so he has to pretend that that's some sort of indictment of the host of fanatical TM TBs he fantasizes hang out on FFL. > You are mistaken - I've been giving Barry plenty o

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread authfriend
No, you don't know what a transcript is, sorry. Um, no, it didn't read like a transcript. Not if you know what a transcript is. It read just like a transcript to me and I know what a transcript is: A transcript is any written record of a speech, debate or discussion.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 12:24 PM, emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote: Richard, read this article. It is not a support of your statement. It is a fascinating article though - no one knows or reports anything. The 130 pandits gone "missing" over the years are apparently without passport and AWOL and that numb

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 12:23 PM, Share Long wrote: Richard, size is not everything! I would need to know way more about the people in each group. For example, if both groups were comprised of KKK members or the religious right, then I would believe neither group. OTOH, if both groups were comprised of in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread Michael Jackson
I know a number of people who have paid thousands of dollars for yagyas of every shape and description, especially health yagyas. When asked if the performances were efficacious, the reply, in every instance was "I think it helped." Judging from the really ill individuals I know who had the heal

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread TurquoiseBee
Thanks, Salyavin, for providing the rational voice as counterpoint to my admitted (and intentional) over-the-top-ness. I suspect that a great number of new lurkers may be following these discussions here lately after the news reports, belatedly trying to figure out WTF they've actually been *c

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 11:54 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Um, no, it didn't read like a transcript. Not if you know what a transcript is. > It read just like a transcript to me and I know what a transcript is: A transcript is any written record of a speech, debate or discussion.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 11:51 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: OTOH, maybe nobody who did read it believes the program is of value and should be continued. > You are mistaken - I posted my comment yesterday and I still stand on it: "Any Hindu boy from India should be able to pray in the United States - it

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 10:15 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: NOT A SINGLE PERSON (to my knowledge) HAS EVER PRESENTED A REASON WHY THEY BELIEVE THE PUNDIT PROGRAM IS OF VALUE AND SHOULD BE CONTINUED. You are mistaken: I stated clearly stated why I believe the TM pundit program should be continued - it works to h

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread Share Long
Salyavin, it sounds like the meeting was for students and faculty and I am neither. But on a more practical level, I didn't even know about the meeting until I read Rick's post! As for health yagyas, I personally know of one young man who had a miraculous recovery, doctors' words, from a head i

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 11:05 AM, salyavin808 wrote: > My response to what? I think Yagya's are a load of crap and I really > think everyone involved should take a long hard look at what they are > paying for: > After reading a few of your posts, I'm not convinced you know what you're talking about. The b

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread authfriend
I've been wondering that myself, Emily. Not necessarily with regard to his organizing a "mass exodus"--I think that's pretty unlikely--but whether the guy was involved in helping or even just encouraging pundits to go AWOL. Might he have an arrangement with friends on the outside who are in a po

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 9:44 AM, salyavin808 wrote: Ducking and diving, dodging and weaving. Keep it up, we who have lost our ability to reason are fascinated. You guys need a yagya to calm yourselves down. > There's not much else to say if you don't want to discuss the facts. There is no address for a "

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread salyavin808
You mean you weren't allowed in? Ask them why yagya's don't work. If I was to seriously count all the money I know has gone into the TMO on the basis of Marshy's say-so that that this is the greatest power we know of, I'd be here all day. I'm talking hundreds of thousands of pounds, for noth

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread emilymaenot
Whoops. "It is unlikely we will *ever* know."

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread emilymaenot
Here's a theory. Maybe the "leader" who they were trying to send back to India was in fact organizing a mass exodus; that wouldn't do. Of course, it is unlikely we will never know, despite the "giant step" in transparency Share thinks that meeting was based on the "transcript." Ha ha. Share,

[FairfieldLife] World Association for Vedic Studies annual conference to be held at MUM

2014-03-15 Thread Rick Archer
Dear Colleagues, The upcoming World Association for Vedic Studies (WAVES) conference next summer (July 31 - Aug 3) will be held at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa. There is an announcement for the conference on the WAVES home page http://www.wavesinternational.net/D

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread emilymaenot
Richard, read this article. It is not a support of your statement. It is a fascinating article though - no one knows or reports anything. The 130 pandits gone "missing" over the years are apparently without passport and AWOL and that number and this article confirms the statement of "5%" that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread Share Long
Richard, size is not everything! I would need to know way more about the people in each group. For example, if both groups were comprised of KKK members or the religious right, then I would believe neither group. OTOH, if both groups were comprised of individuals I knew to be reasonable and comp

[FairfieldLife] Karzai: Afghanistan Doesn't Need US Troops

2014-03-15 Thread jr_esq
One could also read in between the lines that he's made a deal with the Taliban to return back to the country. IMO, it's naive and foolish to make such a deal or even to think that he can stay alive after the US leaves.http://news.yahoo.com/karzai-says-afghanistan-doesnt-us-troops-110618616.htm

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 9:33 AM, Michael Jackson wrote: this means that either the Movement is officially vowing they ARE a religious organization which means their assertion that TM and all its adjunct programs are secular is a lie OR it means they are NOT a religious organization and the pundits are her

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jet Vanishes

2014-03-15 Thread authfriend
It appears that you're mistaken, John, at least according to the folks who are in a position to know how much fuel the plane had. Judy, It doesn't appear the plane has enough fuel to reach Kyrgyzstan or Iran for that matter, unless it landed and refueled in India or western China. None

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread authfriend
Um, no, it didn't read like a transcript. Not if you know what a transcript is. Judy, isn't that what Rick posted? It sure read like a transcript to me. Got a URL for the transcript of the meeting? Emily, just the fact that a transcript of this meeting is now published online, that is w

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 11:18 AM, Share Long wrote: > The thing is, Richard, we are all subject to confirmation bias. > Consequently, I prefer to trust more those people who acknowledge it. > Who would you trust? A very small group of people standing on the corner who said "No big blue bus just went by."

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread authfriend
Barry seems to be assuming everyone read his post. Maybe not! OTOH, maybe nobody who did read it believes the program is of value and should be continued. Poor Barry was so hoping for a bunch of targets. He didn't get any, so he has to pretend that that's some sort of indictment of the ho

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jet Vanishes

2014-03-15 Thread jr_esq
Judy, It doesn't appear the plane has enough fuel to reach Kyrgyzstan or Iran for that matter, unless it landed and refueled in India or western China. Nonetheless, it appears likely that the plane was hijacked and diverted into a new destination by people on board, perhaps including a passe

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jet Vanishes

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 9:31 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: > Some retired US general also speculated that there is a remote > possibility that it could be on land in Iran. > Thanks, Mike. There are several other theories about the vanishing jet plane: The passengers could still be alive! Maybe Iranians skyjacked

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread Share Long
Judy, isn't that what Rick posted? It sure read like a transcript to me. On Saturday, March 15, 2014 11:25 AM, "authfri...@yahoo.com" wrote:   Got a URL for the transcript of the meeting? Emily, just the fact that a transcript of this meeting is now published online, that is what I mean

Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14

2014-03-15 Thread authfriend
Got a URL for the transcript of the meeting? Emily, just the fact that a transcript of this meeting is now published online, that is what I mean by a giant step towards more transparency.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 9:16 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: *Unlikely, since I just got done saying very much the same thing to Salyavin.* At the risk of being labeled a troll by Judy, I'd like to point out that none of the pundits at Vedic City are under the age of eighteen and they already graduate

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread Share Long
The thing is, Richard, we are all subject to confirmation bias. Consequently, I prefer to trust more those people who acknowledge it. On Saturday, March 15, 2014 10:59 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote:   On 3/15/2014 7:22 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: it seems like the TM critics get so

Re: [FairfieldLife] Springtime is Wartime for Washington

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 7:28 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: > He won't have any problem converting rubles to yuan and the EU wants > his natural gas so they won't cut him off from the euro. > Or, Putin may bring down the yuan with him - there's no way either will survive economic sanctions, if enforced to the limit

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jet Vanishes

2014-03-15 Thread doctordumbass
Bends spoons, finds riches, I wonder if he could remove a small dent from my car, using a remote mallet? I'll check later - my intent should have reached him by now... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Not too far from the truth. Uri Gellar now makes a living finding oil, gas a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 7:22 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: *it seems like the TM critics get so excited when the TMO appears to have fucked up that they lose the ability to reason.* > "Confirmation bias refers to a type of selective thinking whereby one tends to notice and to look for what confirms one'

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jet Vanishes

2014-03-15 Thread s3raphita
Re this ability to access others' YouTube pages - history/favourites/likes/etc. - is it possible to put a block on one's own YouTube page? It's creepy thinking that anyone anywhere can follow your deviant desires, crackpot theories, political affiliations and vulgar tastes. I'm not asking for pr

[FairfieldLife] Re: Skating on Näsijärvi!

2014-03-15 Thread doctordumbass
Very beautiful, and serene. How do they cover the lake, with that thick plastic? Must take months to move it into place, especially the scaffolding. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : http://www.flickr.com/photos/66867356@N02/13135190715/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/66867356@N0

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jet Vanishes

2014-03-15 Thread s3raphita
The pilot's own YouTube pages has links to his favourites. He's a big fan of Richard Dawkins's The God Delusion and subscribed to Richard Dawkins Foundation for Science and Reason. And he approves of "Atheist Michael Newdow Intellectually Demolishes Arrogant Moron on Fox News". He was tickled

[FairfieldLife] Re: Skating on Näsijärvi!

2014-03-15 Thread emilymaenot
Great scenery. Love the frozen lake. Was feeling a bit dizzy. :) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : http://www.flickr.com/photos/66867356@N02/13135190715/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/66867356@N02/13135190715/ Shot with Nokia N8, skating on Näsijärvi (Nassy-yarvy, Lake Näsi)

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread Share Long
Richard, every now and then I see an ad in the Weekly Reader for yagyas performed at Sri Devi Mandir by someone who I guess is a pundit. But I don't know if that person is permanent or visiting pundit. I haven't paid close enough attention to know more details. On Friday, March 14, 2014 8:2

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 2:09 AM, salyavin808 wrote: > > That's the nub of the matter for me, whether it works. One thing that > stands out from your usual posts is that you don't have a handy link > to some science journal "proving" the efficacy of praying. > There have been numerous scientific studies cit

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread authfriend
If you're including me, could you provide some examples of me "ducking and diving, dodging and weaving"? No, I didn't think so. Are you even aware that I'm not a believer in the efficacy of the pundit program? No, I didn't think so. Ducking and diving, dodging and weaving. Keep

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread salyavin808
Ducking and diving, dodging and weaving. Keep it up, we who have lost our ability to reason are fascinated. You guys need a yagya to calm yourselves down. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : On 3/15/2014 5:54 AM, Michael Jackson wrote: > all statements from the TMO is that the Glob

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 5:54 AM, Michael Jackson wrote: > all statements from the TMO is that the Global Country of World Peace > is the sponsoring entity that brings the pundits over -either way, its > the TMO > Maybe you could direct us to the address of this "TMO" you reference. Is it a legal registere

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread Michael Jackson
you don't know shit - it doesn't matter who they are affiliated with in their home country - what matters is who they are working for here in the US - that is what concerns the US government - Global Country of World Peace brings them here and according to the US rules on R-1 visa the sponsoring

[FairfieldLife] Re: Love All, Serve All - The Story Behind The Hard Rock Cafe

2014-03-15 Thread nablusoss1008
Nice story, thanks for posting ! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : A brilliant retelling of this wonderful story as told by Isaac Tigrett himself ! A sure winner !! Sai Ram !! http://sathyasaimemories.wordpress.com/2014/03/15/the-story-of-love-all-the-serve-all-message-hard-roc

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jet Vanishes

2014-03-15 Thread Mike Dixon
Some retired US general also speculated that there is a remote possibility that it could be on land in Iran. Could be loaded up with explosives or even a nuke and delivered to Israel in the future. Who knows? On Saturday, March 15, 2014 7:10 AM, "authfri...@yahoo.com" wrote:   Latest fr

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jet Vanishes

2014-03-15 Thread salyavin808
Not too far from the truth. Uri Gellar now makes a living finding oil, gas and other minerals for mining companies. He does this by waving a pendulum over a map. We only have his aggrandised version of events to gauge his success - if that's even what he does at all - but I'm guessing 50/50. H

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 5:52 AM, Michael Jackson wrote: > just more deceit on the part of the TMO - the OFFICIAL relationship > the pundits have with the US government is that they are R-1 status, > here on R-1 visas. > You are not making any sense today - there is no "TMO" - that's just a acronym you mad

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 4:22 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: As for Fred Travis and finding "evidence," that is what cult apologist scientists DO, too. It's not about convincing anyone in the general public; it's about "preaching to the already-converted" in an attempt to keep them pacified and sending those dona

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread authfriend
Unlikely, since I just got done saying very much the same thing to Salyavin. At the risk of being labeled a troll by Judy, I'd like to point out that none of the pundits at Vedic City are under the age of eighteen and they already graduated from high school in India before they came to th

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/15/2014 2:09 AM, salyavin808 wrote: > So if these Indians are actually getting an education worth having it > doesn't leave an awful lot of time for saving the world and cleansing > the karma of the wealthy, healthy Americans who are paying for it. > At the risk of being labeled a troll by

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jet Vanishes

2014-03-15 Thread authfriend
Latest from Malaysian officials is the assumption that the plane was deliberately diverted by people on board. And then there's this: "Early this morning BBC reporter Jonah Fisher tweeted, 'Being briefed by Malaysia officials they believe most likely location for MH370 is on land somewher

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/14/2014 10:03 PM, lengli...@cox.net wrote: > Who is paying for them to be here? I suspect that there is a separate > religious school/organization founded specifically for this purpose > that has been kept legally separate from the Maharishi FOundation and > related organizations. It's not

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/14/2014 9:50 PM, lengli...@cox.net wrote: > > they are on a special work-study program. > That's what I'm saying! Why is so difficult to understand this simple fact? The Indian boy pundits at Vedic City are all attending classes up to the 12th level and studying the Vedas on a daily basis.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/14/2014 7:08 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: > you are still an idiot - the pundits are not students and they are > here on R-1 visas > From what I've read, it takes ten - twenty years to become a Hindu Vedic scholar, so I'd say most of the pundits are still taking lessons. So, what exactly is

Re: [FairfieldLife] apropos of nothing in particular...

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/14/2014 3:07 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: > you're correct > You are incorrect: Barry is not fixated on butts, he is fixated on Ms Stein, just like you are obsessed with MMY. Go figure.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/14/2014 3:10 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: > praying to Hindu gods and believing its a secular practice. > You are mistaken: The practice of TM is a secular practice and TM is not praying to Hindu gods, according to Ms Stein. Are you attempting to troll here and start an argument? If so, you

[FairfieldLife] Love All, Serve All - The Story Behind The Hard Rock Cafe

2014-03-15 Thread martin.quickman
A brilliant retelling of this wonderful story as told by Isaac Tigrett himself ! A sure winner !! Sai Ram !! http://sathyasaimemories.wordpress.com/2014/03/15/the-story-of-love-all-the-serve-all-message-hard-rock-cafe/http://sathyasaimemories.wordpress.com/2014/03/15/the-story-of-love-all-the-s

Re: [FairfieldLife] Springtime is Wartime for Washington

2014-03-15 Thread Mike Dixon
He won't have any problem converting rubles to yuan and the EU wants his natural gas so they won't cut him off from the euro. On Friday, March 14, 2014 6:30 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote:   On 3/14/2014 7:57 PM, Mike Dixon wrote: > I doubt Putin takes Kerry or Obama seriously, nobody els

Re: [FairfieldLife] a REALLY important meditator meeting today 1:30pm

2014-03-15 Thread steve.sundur
Yes, Washington University School of Medicine is one of the anchors. I don't know if it is big pharma behind it, as much as bio tech start ups. But there was an article yesterday about how the whole project is gaining momentum. I know many of the old buildings are coming down and new ones c

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Disciplinary action expected after riot Today's FF Ledger

2014-03-15 Thread authfriend
What Lawson is doing is neither "apologizing" nor trying to "convince himself" of anything. What he is doing is--horrors!--trying to fill in some of the facts we're missing. Barry in particular doesn't want to know any facts that might require him to adjust--even a little bit--his negative evalu

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