Re: [FairfieldLife] Oh Lord

2015-11-25 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
The 9/11 attackers were here on student, business, or tourist visas. None of the terrorists motivated by extremist Islam since 9/11 committing attacks in the U.S. were refugees. Most were born here or were naturalized citizens. IOW, keeping Muslim refugees out is exremely unlikely to prevent t

[FairfieldLife] Everybody relax

2015-12-03 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Salyavin was wrong about Doug deleting posts. Salyavin has now deleted his own post, but it was up long enough for some folks to see it, and of course it went to everyone who gets the posts by email, so I thought it would be a good idea to point out that it was in error. As you might imagine

[FairfieldLife] Re: Everybody relax

2015-12-05 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I know it was embarrassing for you, Salyavin, but try to calm down. Everyone makes mistakes, and you made the erroneous report in good faith. (Or so I assume.) The good news is that the archive is intact; there haven't been any mass deletes. So let's just be happy about that, eh? ---In Fairf

Re: [FairfieldLife] Trump Wants to Ban Muslims from Entering the US

2015-12-08 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
If you're talking about Donald Trump, no, he hasn't shot himself in the foot, and no, it's not over for him yet. And none of the GOP candidates is a Trump wannabe. The GOP is terrified of Trump and is trying to figure out how to get rid of him. They know that if he wins the nomination, the party

Re: [FairfieldLife] Trump Wants to Ban Muslims from Entering the US

2015-12-08 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
The media and Trump's opponents have been very timid so far in their criticisms. That makes him look strong and brave. If they were to really go after him with no holds barred, he'd crumble, because he's a bully. Joe Scarborough on Fox on Tuesday tried to get him to stop talking so he and Mika

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trump Wants to Ban Muslims from Entering the US

2015-12-08 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
You mean, no answer that you agree with. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Yes Trump is a wild card alright. BBC Radio were today comparing Trump's style to Peter Finch's rant in Network. The problem for those who oppose Trump (most everyone) is that they have no answer t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trump Wants to Ban Muslims from Entering the US

2015-12-08 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : You mean, no answer that you agree with. No answer that I've even heard of! Uh, right. It would be hard to disagree with an answer you hadn't heard of. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trump Wants to Ban Muslims from Entering the US

2015-12-10 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I said "No answer that you agree with" because there are, of course, plenty of answers that have been proposed from all shades of the political spectrum, including liberals. Most are realistic enough to acknowledge that no answer is going to be perfect (except, perhaps, for Ted Cruz, who wants t

[FairfieldLife] ATT: Feste

2015-12-12 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/i-will-never-leave-this-race/2015/12/08/af1b1d46-9ad2-11e5-8917-653b65c809eb_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/i-will-never-leave-this-race/2015/12/08/af1b1d46-9ad2-11e5-8917-653b65c809eb_story.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation, Polyvegal Theory, and Peace, ..the: Scientific Solution to Terrorism and War Deaths: TM found to reduce them by 70%!

2015-12-14 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
It's polyvagal, in case anyone wants to look it up. --In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : It doesn't even mention yogic flying.. and Why? He's a realist too. This move of Hagelin's comes well within an alignment of the latest of scientific and post-modern thinking of the Polyvegal

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hmmm... kauravas vs. paandavas??

2015-12-20 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Both the Fox News atheist and the Salon writer are now on my shit list. The atheist guy is quoted as saying: "Ninety percent of atheists don’t call themselves atheists; the real number [of atheists] isn’t 3 percent but 35 percent." The article writer elaborates: "(The Pew Research

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why the Trumpies hate the Media

2015-12-27 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Citing lack of evidence for something as evidence for it is irrational and paranoid. That most people want tighter gun control is not evidence they want to "confiscate all weapons at a moments notice." There's zero evidence for the latter. And "incrementally over generations" doesn't help. The p

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why the Trumpies hate the Media

2015-12-27 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : *Irrational* means a lack of reason, no explanation, not a lack of evidence. Not what I said; read it again. People seeking power, such as Democrats can't openly say that they want to disarm society. Only their backers and supporters can,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Militia Madness

2016-01-04 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
FWIW, "malheur" is the French word for adversity, misfortune, tragedy. Let's hope the name isn't apt. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : My inner cynic says nothing will happen at all because the offenders aren't black and unarmed. The fact that they took over a Federal facility

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Militia Madness

2016-01-06 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
She's correcting (and blaming) herself, not you, Mike. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : What? They're cause? You wrote that, not me. Should be *their cause* not *they're cause*. *Their* denotes possession, as in the cause belongs to them. They're means *they are *. Shee

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Militia Madness

2016-01-06 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Happens to the best of us. But it probably doesn't tend to change "their" to "they're." Emily's saying that was her mistake, not autocorrect's. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : That's nice because I' mentioned once or twice that Auto- correct changed something for me withou

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Giant Mao Statue Appears and Disappears

2016-01-09 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Good GRIEF. LOL. Very funny, Doug! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Verdi - Aida Marcia Trionfale (Triumphal March) SCALA MILANO - Luciano Pavarotti https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY3YANFxpOM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY3YANFxpOM Verdi - Aida Marcia Trionfale (

[FairfieldLife] Re: A FFL Survey Query, Post Count

2016-01-19 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I did my two-week "flying block" at MIU/MUM in summer 1984 (I think it was). ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Surveying, How many of you reading or writing here at FFL have been to Fairfield, Iowa? As a meditator? Otherwise, I am wanting to survey some policy thi

[FairfieldLife] Re: mdixon.6...@yahoo.com has shared something with you

2016-01-29 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Uh-oh http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/01/29/official-some-clinton-emails-too-damaging-to-release.html#.VqwjkvUhTPc.email http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/01/29/official-some-clinton-emails-too-damaging-to-release.html#.VqwjkvUhTPc.email

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bernie Sanders at MUM > Maharishi Univertsity of Management

2016-01-30 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
You know, I'm actually more disturbed by the egregious typo in the subject heading (are TMers illiterate?) than by its mention of MUM. Obviously, the subject line was written by whoever at the "email4you" outfit gathers the articles it sends FFL a couple times a week. I don't think it's a TMO

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bernie Sanders at MUM > Maharishi Univertsity of Management

2016-01-30 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Doug, I hate the spin and the misleading too. I just don't think this subject heading really falls into that category when you take the article itself into account, which focused so heavily on MUM as the source of the interest in Sanders, as if MUM were the only thing that counted in Fairfield.

[FairfieldLife] Re: IA law gives people time off of work to caucus!

2016-01-31 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : What's the point? I was listening to Yank playwright Bonnie Greer today and she mentioned something that really shook me: Trump has no chance of becoming President (no - that bit didn't shake me!) because even if he wins every caucus/primary he

[FairfieldLife] Re: IA law gives people time off of work to caucus!

2016-02-01 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Re "Did she say how she thought they would do this? . . . Would cause a gigantic ruckus." (snip) I think Bonnie is right about the principle though. (I've heard it mentioned before.) The delegates who eventually choose the one president

[FairfieldLife] Iowa caucus bulletins

2016-02-01 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
As of midnight: AP projects Cruz beats Trump, 27.7% to 24.3%. Rubio is third with 23.1%. Clinton and Sanders are neck-and-neck, with Clinton very slightly ahead. O'Malley and Huckabee have suspended their campaigns.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Iowa caucus bulletins

2016-02-02 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
In Iowa as a whole, Bernie's behind Hillary by only 3/10 of a percentage point (49.6 to 49.9), according to the NYTimes this morning. Given the way delegates are allocated, this likely means the two will end up with the same number of Iowa delegates at the convention. ---In

[FairfieldLife] Re: IA law gives people time off of work to caucus!

2016-02-02 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I know you didn't mean it snarkily! Just figured I'd short-circuit your inadvertently passing it on. As to over-the-top reaction, I've seen it spelled by right-wingers "DemocRAT Party." So it isn't as if Dems are just being too sensitive... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrot

[FairfieldLife] Bye-bye, Carly and Chris

2016-02-10 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Fiorina and Christie are "suspending" (ending) their campaigns.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Okay, So Just To Be Clear

2016-02-12 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I imagine she'd expect you to answer that for yourself (if you even really needed to ask the question): She's not the only one receiving big money. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Hillary says we've got to get the big money out of politics. But then says, the b

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What is Going on Right Now

2016-02-14 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Ollie, I agree that it's a witch hunt, but let's keep the facts straight: What they've found *has* been very much front-page news, many times so far. The media love witch hunts, and they've never been big Hillary fans. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : The emails are

Re: [FairfieldLife] Strange How This Works Sometimes

2016-02-14 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Gee, Ollie, CNN isn't left-wing like MSNBC, but it's not right-wing like Fox either. You'll hear both lefties and righties complaining about its "slant." And it's much more accurate factually than Fox. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : The amount of money poured into each though,

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Originalists v Progressive Practitioners, The TM Movement Community

2016-02-14 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
It's almost prohibitively difficult, actually; it was designed to be. And it can take years. Those who are not originalists (don't know the term for them) don't necessarily interpret the original wording in a way that is "clearly at odds with the obvious reading." It's much more complicated t

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Originalists v Progressive Practitioners, The TM Movement Community

2016-02-14 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
"Shyster lawyers"?? We're talking about the Supreme Court here. Since when do "shyster lawyers" get to rule on interpretation of the Constitution? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Re "Allowing for changing attitudes" : You're making my case for me! If people's at

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Originalists v Progressive Practitioners, The TM Movement Community

2016-02-14 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
No, it was Supreme Court justices who ruled on Roe v. Wade, not "shyster lawyers." Lawyers, shyster or otherwise, don't get to rule on anything. Only judges or justices can do that. And please don't tell me what I can and can't see. You don't have a clue. ---In FairfieldLife

Re: [FairfieldLife] Was Scalia Poisoned?

2016-02-19 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
You know that didn't mean *over his face*, right? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : The moment I read that he was found with a pillow over his head, I thought oh geeez, here we go. From: "jr_esq@... [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bernie arrested

2016-02-20 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Not the point. The point is that some have been saying Sanders has exaggerated his civil rights activism. This photo tends to support his claims. (It's pro-Sanders, IOW, not anti-Sanders.) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : A lot of activists got arrested back in the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM Originalists v Progressive Practitioners, The TM Movement Community

2016-02-21 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : (snip) Also, looking at the early supposed TTC training script (unless it has been doctored to provide a falsehood), I notice that the giving of the mantra should be done in such a way as to make the initiate feel that they are getting a un

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