Re: Mind's Eye Re: Peer Networking

Cloves might help with an ache but not with an extraction- it could
cause infection. Best bet is a rinse of warm salt water to spur
healing and keep food med. soft for a couple of weeks. Already moved
up to ravioli! :-)

On Sep 28, 4:20 am, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Cloves make a great against pain Rigsy. and as your years have taught you
> ..  this to will pass
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> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 4:14 AM, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > The basic motive is competition and profit so corners are cut or
> > falsified sometimes. Also, it is a game to sharp traders. And I think
> > it goes further back than the Middle Ages- how about ancient
> > mythologies? The trickster deities were warnings- "buyer beware".
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> > Somewhat related; "Money & Medicine"
> >http://video.pbs.org/video/2280765671
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> > Had a back molar pulled yesterday. My neighbor took me over, waited
> > and drove me home- he is a dear. Advice: if one MUST smoke, use a
> > cigarette holder away from the socket; follow advice about cold packs
> > and pain meds; keep foods interesting like polenta with butter and
> > parmesan, carrot-ginger soup, scrambled eggs, etc., avoiding
> > extraction site and keep to a sane diet till healing is complete.
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> > On Sep 27, 6:10 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > The 'official speak' of my postmodernism is 'Lakatosian paradigm in
> > > decadence' - regulations are cheated.  It's getting more difficult to
> > > cheat in sport these days because of drug-testing, referees and the
> > > video replay.  Just as his was happening in sport, 'someone' decided
> > > to let all the rules go to pot in finance.  I had a very lovely friend
> > > who cheated at Monopoly - the cheating being part of the fun of the
> > > game with no damage done.  My feelings are much like rigsy's - I just
> > > think ethics require public scrutiny, ideology prevents this and we
> > > could do the refereeing better. My guess is the problem is essentially
> > > economics and business practices that are medieval and trapped in
> > > animal genetics.  Simples!
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> > > On 26 Sep, 07:44, gabbydott <gabbyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > Where do you feel Rigsy's stick of despair? She sounds very up to date
> > > > to my ears, criticizing our fast unculture (modern positive keyword:
> > > > sustainability).
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> > > > And Neil posted numbered to do lists in order save the world at least
> > > > twice, as far as I remember. You would have liked them if they had
> > > > sprung off your mind. ;)
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> > > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 2:21 AM, Vam <atewari2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > Rigs, you seem to be beating here, there and everywhere with your
> > stick of
> > > > > despair ! Modernism has only changed the form of effects of our
> > failures.
> > > > > Even Neil's post-modern theory of ethics seems needlessly complex.
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> > > > > It's us. Period. Ethics requires people who are moral. Which, in my
> > > > > perspective, translates as men who are evolved ... spiritually
> > evolved ...
> > > > > with whom, conscientiousness is supreme virtue.
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> > > > > Contemplation will take us back to that Truth, of which I tried to
> > share not
> > > > > so long ago.
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> > > > > Honesty is a corollary of truth. It's us. The society you are
> > beating is us.
> > > > > Technology and wealth are neutral and inert. If inebriation was in
> > alcohol,
> > > > > the bottles should dance !
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> > > > > On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 6:21:10 PM UTC+5:30, rigsy03 wrote:
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> > > > >> The ethics are already in place, Allan- they are just not practised.
> > > > >> You could include "greedy" imperialistic nations, berserk cultures,
> > > > >> grasping political parties. More's "Utopia" stressed humanism which
> > is
> > > > >> under stress due to science and technology today- the new darling.
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> > > > >> On Sep 24, 10:00 am, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >> > Ethics are going to be definitely reinvented getting greeedy
> > individuals
> > > > >> > and corporations under control.
> > > > >> > Allan
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> > > > >> > On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 2:59 PM, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > >> > > A recent example: "Reinventing Ethics" by Howard Gardner
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> >http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/reinventing-ethics/?s...
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> > > > >> > > On Sep 24, 7:50 am, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > >> > > > The government decides how to spend/mis-spend the taxes and
> > fees
> > > > >> > > > they
> > > > >> > > > raise because we thought it wise at one time to give them that
> > > > >> > > > power.
> > > > >> > > > Banks have altered their function and don't forget credit
> > cards as
> > > > >> > > > unsecured loans. Somehow, my mind drifted to Plato's
> > "Republic"- but
> > > > >> > > > there are many examples of attempts to organize society- none
> > of
> > > > >> > > > which, imho, has done a very good job. There is an impossible
> > lack
> > > > >> > > > of
> > > > >> > > > control particularly since the advent of Liberalism.
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> > > > >> > > > On Sep 22, 6:29 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > >> > > > > I think the germ of the idea is in this Don.  All money
> > > > >> > > > > essentially
> > > > >> > > > > comes from government - what we get from banks is debt.
> >  Street-up
> > > > >> > > > > decision-making isn't all of it as rigsy points out.
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> > > > >> > > > > On 22 Sep, 12:26, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > > >> > > > > > You still have to deal with priorities on that list,
> > however.
> > > > >> > > Stadiums
> > > > >> > > > > > might trump infrastructure.
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> > > > >> > > > > > On Sep 22, 5:22 am, Don Johnson <daj...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >http://professional.wsj.com/article/SB1000087239639044416580457800851...
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> > > > >> > > > > > > This is what I'm talking about! Decentralization is
> > key. I
> > > > >> > > > > > > believe
> > > > >> > > this is
> > > > >> > > > > > > your busy bees at work Neil.
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> > > > >> > > > > > > "Peer networks don't have to involve digital technology.
> > > > >> > > > > > > Twenty
> > > > >> > > years ago,
> > > > >> > > > > > > the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre pioneered a radical
> > new
> > > > >> > > technique called
> > > > >> > > > > > > "participatory budgeting." Each year, the city's 16
> > regions
> > > > >> > > conduct general
> > > > >> > > > > > > assemblies in which neighbors debate priorities for the
> > > > >> > > > > > > budget:
> > > > >> > > school
> > > > >> > > > > > > construction, sewer repair, bridge building. The
> > assemblies
> > > > >> > > > > > > create
> > > > >> > > a ranked
> > > > >> > > > > > > list of projects, and the government disperses funds
> > > > >> > > > > > > accordingly.
> > > > >> > > The money
> > > > >> > > > > > > comes from the state, but the decision of what to fund
> > comes
> > > > >> > > > > > > from
> > > > >> > > the
> > > > >> > > > > > > street."
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> > > > >> > |_D Allan
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> > > > >> > Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.
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