[FairfieldLife] Re: is TM a cult?

2017-10-23 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Correction: The definition David Orme-Johnson has adopted from J. Gordon Melton (his own personal definition). ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : From your link: The word “cult” has many meanings, but in recent decades it has often been used with a negative connotation to po

[FairfieldLife] Re: is TM a cult?

2017-10-23 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
About J. Gordon Melton's work as a cult apologist (according to this article): http://www.apologeticsindex.org/m06.html http://www.apologeticsindex.org/m06.html His views are that organizations such as Scientology, Children of God, Jonestown, etc. are not cults but rather "new religious mo

[FairfieldLife] Re: is TM a cult?

2017-10-23 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
And another correction: In this case, it would seem that the TM org and/or MMY followers would qualify as part of a "religious movement" with Melton. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : About J. Gordon Melton's work as a cult apologist (according to this article): http://www.a

[FairfieldLife] Re: [twitter]TM and smoking!

2017-10-23 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
"FACT: 50% of smokers quit smoking 2 years into #TranscendentalMeditation https://twitter.com/hashtag/TranscendentalMeditation?src=hash. That's 3 x higher quit rate than with therapy." H.from Wikipedia In the U.S., for example, the rate of unassisted quitting fell from 91.8% in 19

[FairfieldLife] Re: the quality of research on TM

2017-10-23 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
It's important to look deeper. Here is the reality of one of the studies. What is claimed as "published" was apparently, from what I could find, a one-page pdf of the study that they hoped to have published and had published online ahead of time. https://www.forbes.com/sites/larryhusten/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Endorsements from Independent Scholars-Maharishi Effect

2017-10-24 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Excellent series of posts! Wouldn't it be amazing to have a conversation with Dr. Pamela Peeke? I see that you have clipped out your accolades below. If you got them from a TM website, than they are not necessarily "independent." If these people are part of the TM organization an

[FairfieldLife] Re: Endorsements from Independent Scholars-Maharishi Effect

2017-10-24 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Correction! ...the evidence is in that meditation assists the mind/body/spirit in *explainable* (and unexplainable) ways. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Excellent series of posts! Wouldn't it be amazing to have a conversation with Dr. Pamela Peeke? I see that you have

[FairfieldLife] Re: Issue: Do all scientists who conduct research on the Transcendental Meditation program practice the technique?

2017-10-25 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Well, nowhere do I see the four Ph.D's that you clipped from TM websites! So, I guess one might say that those statements are not "independent" ones! That's what I supposed. I'm always in favor of digging deeper into a claim, so am happy to see you doing that. Now, why are we having

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dr. Rosenthal, PhD, explains the key difference between Mindfulness and the Transcen dental Meditation® technique.

2017-10-26 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Now, this *is* funny! And, of course the good doctor would say this! Here's what Harvard says: https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/meditation-offers-significant-heart-benefits https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/meditation-offers-significant-heart-benefits ---In Fair

[FairfieldLife] Re: Issue: Do all scientists who conduct research on the Transcendental Meditation program practice the technique?

2017-10-27 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Re: "It would be interesting to get researchers of the different schools of meditation from their varying points of view (bias?) together in the same room talking together in considerate ways." It's hard to believe this hasn't happened! "Interfaith dialogue" is the wave of the future. --

[FairfieldLife] Re: Issue: Do all scientists who conduct research on the Transcendental Meditation program practice the technique?

2017-10-27 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
If you click on "show message history" at the bottom of the message you are replying to, then we can see which person you are replying to. If you are replying to me, I ask you the following question: Why are you meditating? Not, why do you do TM. Rather, what inspires you to meditate?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vatican gets involved in nuclear talks

2017-10-30 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Will Trump and Kim Jong Un listen to good counsel? No. Also, TMers should gather and meditate at the Vatican to increase the ME for the countries involved in this standoff. https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/d98b228d-99ed-39de-b2c6-d02

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why Robots with AI can be dangerous as Elon Musk fears

2017-10-30 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
This seems obvious. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Their thinking process is not based on organic material, such as those based on the five elements, like the brain cells in the human brain. Thus, robots cannot identify with being a mammal or an animal with "feelings". it

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: "Segregation of the individual from the Cosmos is very unnatural,"

2017-10-31 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Lovely statements on the non-dual nature of cosmic intelligence. This is funny though, given the TM org's obsession with marketing and educating on TM's merits as a modern "science-based" technique. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : "If the individual intellect is not live

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hacking Consciousness at Stanford University, Part 1

2017-11-02 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Many of my family members are Stanford grads so I had to do some research into this one. This is not a Stanford course, just fyi. (No credits, no cost.) It was a part of a free series of lectures given in 2013-2014 and billed as a course affiliated with the LifeWorks initiative. The reviews g

[FairfieldLife] Re: To say that adultery is okay under some circumstances is "heretical",

2017-11-06 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
http://www.catholic.org/news/hf/faith/story.php?id=59123 http://www.catholic.org/news/hf/faith/story.php?id=59123 "The Catholic church simply does not accept divorce, and anyone divorced, who then remarries or starts a sexual relationship with a new person, is committing adultery under Catholic

[FairfieldLife] Re: Scientific American: Study on Mindfulness Training for Teens Fails Important Test

2017-11-06 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
"As the parent of any teenager can attest, adolescence can be a bumpy ride. " I don't believe there *is* a solution to adolescence, do you? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : https://goo.gl/QyFuHx https://goo.gl/QyFuHx Scientific American MENTAL HEALTH https://www.scientifi

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Peep Show

2015-06-06 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Re: "The above rant was after my weekly look at a post by one of the non-contributors here." Trying to save face? Feeling emotional still? Every post is a contribution of some sort. Have you not yet figured out that on a public forum structured such as this, one cannot say the words "Go aw

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Reaffirming The Yahoo-Groups Guidelines

2015-06-26 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
The way I look at it, Buck simply had the guts and finally the authority to give Barry what he couldn't give himself—a little self-discipline. It's a breath of fresh air and I am 100% in favor of this change—at least for the present time. Perhaps FFL will flower after the manure has had time to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Reaffirming The Yahoo-Groups Guidelines

2015-06-26 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Barry had a particularly vicious brand of mean and degrading hostility as a central aspect of his character here. The majority here know this; a few are blind. Oh well...there are other virtual worlds that he can enter and spew his brand of vitriol on, should he so desire. The beautiful thing

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reaffirming The Yahoo-Groups Guidelines

2015-06-26 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
What a fuss! I can't ever, in my time here, remember when such a fuss was made about an expulsion. Rather, Rick and Alex had more often to explain why they *weren't* taking such actions. Just consider it part of the larger social experiment of FFL. See where it goes for a year or forever. It'

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reaffirming The Yahoo-Groups Guidelines

2015-06-26 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Oh Shelly, you misunderstood me—I wasn't talking about his *right* to free speech. 75 Classic Cow Names http://tutta.hubpages.com/hub/cow-names http://tutta.hubpages.com/hub/cow-names 75 Classic Cow Names http://tutta.hubpages.com/hub/cow-names Cow names are quite easy to come up wit

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero"

2016-09-12 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
This is very well done. Honest. Authentic. Exceptionally Moving. Intelligent. Thoughtful. Act 4, the Face of Religion" captures the issues at hand so perfectly, so succinctly. It ends on a lovely note. Thank you so much for posting it. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Ev

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hillary's doctor

2016-09-15 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I like to imagine how the election would be going if Clinton was a man. Or, if Trump was a woman. Or, if Trump was a man. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : And meanwhile, we have Trump who son’t release either his tax returns or his health records. It’s gone beyond parody.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hillary's doctor

2016-09-15 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Show a little fairness Mike - post a few words on Trump. Do you consider him an honest candidate? What do you think about the potential conflict of interest between his foreign business ties and the office of the President? (see Newsweek article Ann posted) Are you interested in his tax retur

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Brain Damage!

2016-09-15 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
The National Enquirer endorsed Drumpf - do you get your news from that tabloid also? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : "It is almost as if the nation itself were standing beside the Scooby-Doo van of the history, helpless, waiting to be lifted by events to whatever awaited."

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hillary's doctor

2016-09-15 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
The mechanics of Trump's hair have been dissected in the past, including right here in Rolling Stone, in a 2011 interview with Trump http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/donald-trump-lets-his-hair-down-20110511: "'OK, what I do is, wash it with Head and Shoulders. I don't dry it, though.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hillary's doctor

2016-09-15 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Oops. Forgot the link. Some good shots of a Tangerine Nightmare in this series. Donald Trump's 25 Best Hair Days http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/pictures/donald-trumps-25-best-hair-days-20150910/august-3-1992-20150910 http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/pictures/donald-trumps-25-

Re: [FairfieldLife] It's Looking Good

2016-09-21 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Kessler? Here's a review of this book.All kinds of errors...he sounds like an angry gossip make-up artist to me. Based on your belief on her manners stated below, here is what he wrote on Al Gore in the book. H "About former Vice President Al Gore, he quotes a former agent n

[FairfieldLife] Re: This is Exactly How I'm Feeling Just about Now

2016-09-25 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
AMEN! ABSOLUTELY! WAKE UP, MIKE! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I've had it and so, evidently, has this writer. It is getting down to the wire and I see this kind of thing all over the place all of a sudden. People have simply had enough. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Are You Ready?

2016-09-25 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Re: "I sometimes wonder if she was blackmailed into running." God, that is a ridiculous thing to say and another putdown to boot. Hide message history ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Yup, guilt by association. Plus liberals don't like Walmart yet they are willing to look t

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Are You Ready?

2016-09-25 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
It's a putdown because you seem to give no credit to the fact that, based on everything she's said, what she said when she threw her hat in, what she's campaigned on, her record, based on her history in politics (as Judy mentioned), it is quite obvious that she wasn't and wouldn't be and couldn'

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Are You Ready?

2016-09-25 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Correction: Let us hear it ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : It's a putdown because you seem to give no credit to the fact that, based on everything she's said, what she said when she threw her hat in, what she's campaigned on, her record, based on her history in politics (a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: This is Exactly How I'm Feeling Just about Now

2016-09-26 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Re: "I will never accept the open borders she advocates or the bringing of a half million ,nearly un-vetted, Syrian refugees to resettle here." This is simply a bald-faced like, Mike. Show me direct quotes of hers that are legitimate where she says either of these things. I was just tea

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: This is Exactly How I'm Feeling Just about Now

2016-09-26 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Whose? Yours? Mike's? Not mine; no worries here. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : We are getting a chance to see how supposed "liberals" who should be about personal freedom become rigid rule imposing Stalinists. I was wondering why the French revolutionaries wound up gui

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: This is Exactly How I'm Feeling Just about Now

2016-09-26 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
S/B "a bald-faced lie" but in that you actually believe this, a "bald-faced 'like' " might work also. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Re: "I will never accept the open borders she advocates or the bringing of a half million ,nearly un-vetted, Syrian refugees to resettle here.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: This is Exactly How I'm Feeling Just about Now

2016-09-26 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Mike seems to rely on his "feelings" to give him the "real truth" when faced with fact. LOL. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Please Emily. I'm not voting for Trump. I'm voting against Hillary. She is totally unacceptable, not

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: This is Exactly How I'm Feeling Just about Now

2016-09-26 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
His sentence was so far out there into LALA land, I just figured he experienced some internal "button being pushed," (whatever that means for him), and that it sent him into fantasy again. I have no idea what he is talking about! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---In Fai

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: This is Exactly How I'm Feeling Just about Now

2016-09-26 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Re: "The FBI has said there is no way to thoroughly and adequately vet these people." Prove it. Pay attention to the words you used here and prove it. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : If Hillary is elected and can get an immigration bill through congress, there will be at

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: This is Exactly How I'm Feeling Just about Now

2016-09-26 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Ah ha ha Mikelike one person has the responsibility for all the world's ills. Can you try and be a little more dramatic in your accusations? And your insistence that Trump is a "good businessman" is hilarious. "Secretary of State... well the middle- east and refugee situation and ISIS

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: This is Exactly How I'm Feeling Just about Now

2016-09-26 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I'm missing your point here, I will admit. Are you trying to equate those in the U.S. that consider themselves "liberal" in their political bent as defined by current terms with Stalin and the French and Bolshevik revolutions? You are going to have to discuss more specifically what the heck yo

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: This is Exactly How I'm Feeling Just about Now

2016-09-26 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
You should enjoy this, particularly the section entitled "What Happened to the Word Liberal." (and no, I am not a follower of this site or it's owner). In that the the word "liber" can mean "book" or "free," I do like to read at the library. The True Meaning of Liberal, Leftist and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: This is Exactly How I'm Feeling Just about Now

2016-09-26 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
The measure of a person is not determined by how many billions they made. Is that the criteria you are using to define "success?" How many billions have *you* made? Shallow thinking there, Mike. What does the Sermon on the Mount say again? You seem to think that Obama and Hillary are the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: This is Exactly How I'm Feeling Just about Now

2016-09-26 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
""No system is foolproof," said David Martin, a University of Virginia professor who’s previously held posts at DHS and the State Department. "If we really wanted a foolproof system, we would shut down immigration entirely." (This seems to be what Trump is advocating.) According to the State

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: This is Exactly How I'm Feeling Just about Now

2016-09-26 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
So FUNNY! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : (snip) Actually, I said Trump has created *successful* businesses.Trump has made billions with his businesses. How about you? Tell us about the billions you've made Emily. I won't

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: This is Exactly How I'm Feeling Just about Now

2016-09-27 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Oh Emily, are you saying that Trump is *no* saint but Hillary *is*? Nope. So you don't define a successful business as to how profitable it is but whether it is worthy of the beatitudes? I don't define a "successful" business by its

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: This is Exactly How I'm Feeling Just about Now

2016-09-27 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I don't define a "successful" business by its profit margin, that is true. A business built through exploitation is not my idea of something to point at as a "success." Your harping on the idea that "Trump is a good businessman" because he's m

[FairfieldLife] Re: Another Republican newspaper backs Clinton over Trump

2016-09-28 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Link didn't show up on my computer by clicking. Here it is again. Endorsement: Hillary Clinton is the only choice to move America ahead http://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/editorial/2016/09/27/hillary-clinton-endorsement/91198668/ http://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/editorial/201

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ya know....

2016-09-30 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Are you swallowing what Trump has said without question? Why? Why would you believe a single thing he says about any woman? Seriously? You are quite likely demonstrating a "subconscious" ingrained pattern of sexism - question your assumptions. Take a look at a picture of her physical ap

Re: [FairfieldLife] Ya know....

2016-09-30 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Christ, listen to yourself. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : And of course, a woman is a very reliable source about how much weight she gained. She would not dream of saying a lower figure than what actually occurred. It would not even enter her head to do such a thing. --

Re: [FairfieldLife] Ya know....

2016-09-30 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Please look at this article. It's a quick read. Did Alicia Machado Breach ‘Weight Clause’ as Trump Campaign Claims? https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/did-alicia-machado-breach-weight-clause-as-trump-campaign-claims-190821594.html https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/did-alicia-machado-breach-we

Re: [FairfieldLife] Ya know....

2016-09-30 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Thanks for reading the article, Mike. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Emily, I read the article and don't have her contract to read, nor am I lawyer. However, most jobs involving a certain appearance, such as this, will not tolerate a significant weight gain. Machado doesn'

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trump tweets angrily at 2AM

2016-10-01 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Well, in the realm of gender politics, if one believes that it is time for a woman to be President, than given the current level of sexism and systemic barriers present in our society at large and in so many of its citizens, a candidate such as Drumpf has been a great blessing. In many ways, he

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trump tweets angrily at 2AM

2016-10-01 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Hey, one could replace the name "Hitler" with "Trump" in this review! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Thanks - Here, learn something while you are at it: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/28/books/hitler-ascent-volker-ullrich.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/28/books/hitle

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trump tweets angrily at 2AM

2016-10-01 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Yep, like I just did in my speed read. Ha. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : From a meta point of view, that's such a fascinating book review, because the writer intended the scary parallels, knowing readers would pick up on them without her even having to allude to Trump.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Trump tweets angrily at 2AM

2016-10-01 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
"Delegitimizing Hillary" with Trump has worked in her favor, imho, as it has brought to light the extreme charades that have been created to do so and the relative absurdity in continuing on that path. Drumpf is succeeding in making a mockery of the whole movement to take her down. Hence, howe

Re: [FairfieldLife] Ya know....

2016-10-01 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
3 PM is when the afternoon coffee run is made and the cookies and candy dishes are raided in offices around the world. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : The energy drag around 3 PM is commonly know as when the adrenal glands start to poop out. I've known about this for over 40

[FairfieldLife] Re: Good One

2016-10-01 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
He was a dead ringer from Day 1. Which is why, once one understands the personality type, he is so completely predictable and a main reason he admires Putin and Kim Jong-Un and why they admire him also, although in Putin's case, it is most certainly because he knows he's "smarter." (Drumpf woul

[FairfieldLife] Re: 18 tax-free years for Trump

2016-10-01 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
He certainly wasn't giving much to anyone either..of course, as he would agree I'm sure, creating the illusion that he is a magnanimous guy "makes him smart." Searching for evidence of Trump’s personal giving https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/trump-charity-don

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Book of Mysteries - Cahn

2016-10-01 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
"But if today we deal with the phrase "to believe in God," we are apt to surround it with associations that have nothing to do with the great heritage of Christianity, but are rooted in modern semantic attitudes. These attitudes, in turn, have their origins both in a shift in the ordinary meani

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fodder for the Next Debate

2016-10-01 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Thanks for all the comedic breaks. Geez, you are hilarious. ROTFloor on this one "before they steal our jobs overseas, and take 'em to Mexico..." ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I heard Trump locks himself in his "water closet" now, curls on the floor in the fetal position

[FairfieldLife] Re: So are the Hillary supporters actually liberal?

2016-10-03 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Moderate, leaning left and libertarian. Although, I skipped a few as I didn't like the choices. :) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Take the quiz and find out: https://www.nolanchart.com/survey-php http://www.polquiz.com/

[FairfieldLife] Re: So Bhairitu, what do you think?

2016-10-04 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Yep, it was all about the headline. They got nothin' (substantial). ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Alex Jones is not happy with Julian Assange's failure to destroy Hillary this morning: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/alex-jones-julian-assange-butt-plug http://talk

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Indefensible"

2016-10-05 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Have a look at this overnight Hillary ad based on the debate; it's embedded in this article from Slate.com: How Clinton’s Camp Is Baiting Trump’s Into Losing the Post-Debate Spin Cycle http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/10

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Indefensible"

2016-10-05 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Indefensible! No need to photoshop negative images of him - he's the personification of ugliness unhinged. That was a good ad and does an excellent job of using Kaine's performance positively. In the post-debate discussion I was listening to where they were discussing the V.P. candidates

[FairfieldLife] Re: Commercial Break

2016-10-05 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Very fun. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : A small sojourn from the never-ending election. I stumbled upon this video a few years ago but watched it again just now and found wonderful. The effect of this man's dancing in front of the window in a dark suit creates this slimmin

[FairfieldLife] Re: Kaine vs Pence

2016-10-06 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
You might read the articles you post. For example, the title. Does TIME magazine identify Bill Clinton as the one person to blame? No, TIME doesn't. Secondly, here is the conclusion the article makes on Bill Clinton's culpability: "It is the subject of heated political and scholarly deba

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Trump/Pence and FFL

2016-10-06 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
This is what a "hand and knees" position looks like. Is this one of the positions of the Sun Salutation? Is this what was shown by Sri Sri as the position he gets into to perform the Sun Salutation? Again, get over it. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : You have no grace

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Trump/Pence and FFL

2016-10-06 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
It's so odd that he continues to post the very photos that negate his own statement! I'm out as well. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : As you can see from the instructional photos anon_alias/yogi_dude/etc. just posted, the Sun Salutation does not, in fact, have a hands-and-k

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Trump/Pence and FFL

2016-10-07 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Lol. There are poses that start from a hands and knees position, but that's not one of them! I can visualize it nowthe yoga teacher says..."class, lets get on our hands and knees" and he does that! Very funny. I'm not sure he is a well man. --

[FairfieldLife] Canada just wants to tell us

2016-10-15 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Canada Just Wants To #TellAmericaItsGreat http://www.npr.org/2016/10/14/497986850/canada-just-wants-to-tellamericaitsgreat http://www.npr.org/2016/10/14/497986850/canada-just-wants-to-tellamericaitsgreat Canada Just Wants To #TellAmericaItsGreat http://www.npr.org/2016/10/14/497986850

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is Putin Preparing for World War?

2016-10-15 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Not me, that would be email4you. However, just to weigh in for a minutedid you hear To the Point last night? Excellent. The woman Brittany Pounders had some fabulous things to say. She is a Republican (was, at least), conservative, Christian woman from Texas. She's quick, articulate, an

Re: [FairfieldLife] One Question

2016-10-15 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
The hideous, diabolical truth about Hillary Clinton https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2016/10/14/the-hideous-diabolical-truth-about-hillary-clinton/?utm_term=.db1aac6a1448 https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2016/10/14/the-hideous-diabolical-truth-about-hillary-c

Re: [FairfieldLife] Which is It?

2016-10-16 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
No, Mike, it's not just "sex." It's assault. Yes, Mike, we care. No, Mike, Bill Clinton is *not* who we are electing. Her name is Hillary. No, Mike, Hillary does not wish that someone would grope her. Yes, Mike, it's 2016. Standards are a changin.' Have you ever been groped against

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Which is It?

2016-10-16 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Re: "There will be a resistance to her presidency like has never been seen before. " By the misogynists, sexists and racists (both genders). This country should afford the best in security for her. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Well Feste, it is rigged. When the media op

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Which is It?

2016-10-16 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
What do you think is the root of prejudice? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : By the misogynists, sexists and racists (both genders). This country should afford the best in security for her You left out *homophobes.* From: "emily.mae50@... [FairfieldLife]" To: Fairfiel

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Which is It?

2016-10-16 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
‘SNL’ parodied the second presidential debate and it will briefly make you enjoy this nightmarish election https://www.yahoo.com/news/snl-parodied-second-presidential-debate-193243530.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/snl-parodied-second-presidential-debate-193243530.html ‘SNL’ parodie

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Which is It?

2016-10-16 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
"She'll be the first woman to be president! That must count for something!" Yes, Mike, it does! You're making progress. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : He is simply unqualified for the office, in any area you care to name. And Hillary is? She put state secrets at ri

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Which is It?

2016-10-16 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
To repeat: You're losing touch with reality Mikey. Stock up your bunker, go buy another gun, and get ready for the apocalypse. And, get that manifesto out of your head and on paper. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Saul Alinsky taught that when you're caught doing something

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Which is It?

2016-10-16 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Mikey, stop being such a whiner and support your candidate. Now, what do you think his qualifications are again? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : And who told you that? The media? From: feste37 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2016 12:46 P

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Which is It?

2016-10-16 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Come on, Mikey. Step up to the plate here. I asked you, first. Scared? Why do you think Trump is qualified? Here is commentary from Brittany Pounder— a Republican, evangelical Christian, Conservative, Hillary-hating woman who is fully disgusted watching so many of her spineless counterp

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Which is It?

2016-10-16 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
What does your response have to do with my reply to you? I'll leave you be, Mike. You're off the deep end, more and more. Watch that SNL clip and say goodbye to Trump's nominations for the Supreme Court. "Ms. Rodham endorsed Mr. Alinsky’s central critique of government antipoverty progra

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Which is It?

2016-10-16 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I'd vote for Hillary regardless of her gender. I just see it as a bonus that she's a woman, because there is something very true and real about watching that ceiling break. Sorry dude. Now, why do you think Hillary wants to be groped? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Vo

Re: [FairfieldLife] Post Count Mon 17-Oct-16 00:15:07 UTC

2016-10-17 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
What Doug doesn't seem to understand is that all of life, every moment, is "spiritual" - or "of, relating to, or affecting the human spirit or soul." I, unfortunately, am not optimistic that the Aberration will slink away after the election. Another Monday is here and life off the foru

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: what does " Moved to the Mountain Top Mean?

2014-12-12 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Hi Share. After a review of the posts here and there, you posted the link that Barry provided on "food and porn." That was some beautiful food and those were lovely girls - I enjoyed it. If it means something to you, than it has meaning. Hope your holiday season is going well. We had qu

[FairfieldLife] Re: Richard and Real Names

2014-12-12 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
This post from Rick was from a very long time ago. When someone asks (regardless of what has gone before), whether one likes them or not, to please consider their request not to use or out their real name, this request should be respected. In my case, I had to beg you, literally beg you to sto

Re: [FairfieldLife] Buddhist Logic, was The Hebrew Language is The DNA of Creation

2014-12-12 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
This is fantabulous! Loved it all the way to the end. Perfect for this forum. "It is up to the artist in all of us..., imho." ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Woody Allen - The Atheist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pAObJ_rIU4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6

[FairfieldLife] Re: Richard and Real Names

2014-12-12 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Well, I have demonstrated again that ignorance is not bliss. I actually thought I had deleted everything underneath (I haven't posted for awhile) but I screwed it up. I would of course delete it, but where, pray tell, is the delete button? I can't find an "x" anywhere. You have reposted it.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Richard and Real Names

2014-12-12 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Thank you. I think it's gone. The moderator elf must have taken care of it. Ask nicely and you shall receive. On the "repost", I thought you were asking me to repost my part of the post which is contained in this thread still. The "privacy principle" as being a valid and decent one, as requ

[FairfieldLife] Re: Richard and Real Names

2014-12-12 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Maybe some eggnog? 'Tis the season. Thank you for your assist - it might have taken me another 20 minutes to figure it out. Mental clarity eludes me when it comes to electronics. Speaking of which, I just joined the citizenry owning a smartphone. Yes, an iphone, so my kids can help me use it.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: what does " Moved to the Mountain Top Mean?

2014-12-12 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Well that's good. I wouldn't want to have been one of the unlucky souls living in Camarillo Springs. We got mostly wind, not much rain here in Puget Sound. I have a back yard lined with big trees, but figure they help each other out. Yes, that was a heckuva storm. We got socked with a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Proposition: Awareness Exists (was Buddhist Logic)

2014-12-13 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
OMG! God is real! That, seerdope, read in the stillness of the late morning, is a wondrous and beautiful piece. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Thanks Curtis and to all for your responses to these questions. Curtis: "Great thought exercise, how would you answer them

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: what does " Moved to the Mountain Top Mean?

2014-12-13 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
And to you and yours also Share. May we not forget to dwell in the mystery of life. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Thanks, Emily, wishing you and your family a wonderful holiday season and a happy, healthy 2015! From: "emily.mae50@... [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLif

[FairfieldLife] Humor and Self-Deception

2014-12-14 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I've been thinking about humor - how some things strike some as so funny and others as not at all. I had to be taught by others in early adulthood to appreciate the absurd, for example, as that element of humor was lacking in my upbringing. This article is from 2012 so may have crossed here al

Re: [FairfieldLife] Humor and Self-Deception

2014-12-14 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
The ability to laugh at oneself typically increases with age and experience. I thought you would appreciate this. Absurdity is everywhere in the human condition, but there are those that can't objectify (at least to some degree) or pick up on the often subtle nuances of a situation to see it as

Re: [FairfieldLife] Humor and Self-Deception

2014-12-14 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
O.K. Get ready...do you mean "controlled foolishness?" I've gotta take my dog for a walk. Trying to take my JRT on a walk through a neighborhood replete with squirrels, rabbits, raccoons, and even deer at times is foolishness on my part, so I think we'll head to the lake. She's not much

[FairfieldLife] Re: Marijuana antidote

2014-12-14 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Check out the ingredients! With all those, there must be infinitesimal amounts of each in each pill. According to the site, "many people report that Balance the Herb extends, greatly enhances and improves their cannabis high." Yep, it is all about "balancing the high" as I recall.. ---I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Greeks had a word for it

2014-12-14 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
The Toilet Paper Guy - todays news article. It's all about reclamation and reuse (or complete use). A guy who made city’s unused toilet paper a precious gift http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2025226663_westneat14xml.html http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2025226663_westneat1

Re: [FairfieldLife] Humor and Self-Deception

2014-12-14 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Would it be folly to take a wrecking ball to the Tower of Invincibility? Nice try at making the comparison of your life with Definition #2. :) Wisdom may arise out of folly... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : BTW, compare to definition #2 below. :-) From: "TurquoiseBee

Re: [FairfieldLife] Humor and Self-Deception

2014-12-14 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Comments below. I tried to put reply in different color, but can't get formatting to take so used initials: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : SEER: In my experience (given all possible observations, a rather microscopic slice of life) those that have loosened up or (possibl

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