Comments for Michael Straus' Blog http://www.michaelstraus.org Exploring Life's Mysteries Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Seven months in America by Charlie Wallace http://www.michaelstraus.org/2012/02/05/seven-months-in-america/#comment-748 Charlie Wallace Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:03:00 +0000 http://www.michaelstraus.org/?p=904#comment-748 Looking forward to Michael 3.0! And don't worry bro, we've got your back... (as in "laughing like crazy behind it")...  Love ya guy! ~ Merciless Mocker Looking forward to Michael 3.0! And don’t worry bro, we’ve got your back… (as in “laughing like crazy behind it”)…  Love ya guy! ~ Merciless Mocker

]]> Comment on The Chair in the Middle of the Road by Pat Lewis http://www.michaelstraus.org/2012/01/09/the-chair-in-the-middle-of-the-road/#comment-745 Pat Lewis Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:56:00 +0000 http://www.michaelstraus.org/?p=889#comment-745 I hope 2012 is a phenomenal year of recovery for both Nigel and Erin. Thank you for this update, Michael. My thoughts and prayers are with these two wonderful people, w/Lorraine and Jon and their families, and with you as well. I feel blessed and privileged to share our friendship. Peace, Pat I hope 2012 is a phenomenal year of recovery for both Nigel and Erin. Thank you for this update, Michael. My thoughts and prayers are with these two wonderful people, w/Lorraine and Jon and their families, and with you as well. I feel blessed and privileged to share our friendship. Peace,

Pat

]]> Comment on Burma project progress & 3 Cups lessons by Laura Ridenour http://www.michaelstraus.org/2012/01/05/burma-project-progress-and-3-cups/#comment-743 Laura Ridenour Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.michaelstraus.org/?p=884#comment-743 Thank you for continuing to share Ellen's voice with us. Thank you for continuing to share Ellen’s voice with us.

]]> Comment on Building schools with plastic bottles by David Haas http://www.michaelstraus.org/2012/01/01/building-schools-with-plastic-bottles/#comment-742 David Haas Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:21:00 +0000 http://www.michaelstraus.org/?p=872#comment-742 Hello, I have a question about your blog.  Please email me! Thanks, David Hello,

I have a question about your blog.  Please email me!

Thanks,

David

]]> Comment on Building schools with plastic bottles by MichaelStraus http://www.michaelstraus.org/2012/01/01/building-schools-with-plastic-bottles/#comment-741 MichaelStraus Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:53:00 +0000 http://www.michaelstraus.org/?p=872#comment-741 Heenal ... I'll make the intro bet. you and Danielle at PPC. /// Michael Heenal … I’ll make the intro bet. you and Danielle at PPC. /// Michael

]]> Comment on Building schools with plastic bottles by Heenal Rajani http://www.michaelstraus.org/2012/01/01/building-schools-with-plastic-bottles/#comment-740 Heenal Rajani Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:12:00 +0000 http://www.michaelstraus.org/?p=872#comment-740 Thanks Mike! Great article! :) If anyone wants more info about Bottle Schools and how to get involved, feel free to email me heenal AT hugitforward DOT org interesting that you should mention the plastic pollution coalition... i have been trying to get a hold of them - looks like there might be areas of synergy and potential for collaboration! could you connect us? :) thanks and hugs heenal Thanks Mike! Great article! :)

If anyone wants more info about Bottle Schools and how to get involved, feel free to email me heenal AT hugitforward DOT org

interesting that you should mention the plastic pollution coalition… i have been trying to get a hold of them – looks like there might be areas of synergy and potential for collaboration! could you connect us? :)

thanks and hugs

heenal

]]> Comment on Indonesia’s “Dynamo Jack” by Josephrut http://www.michaelstraus.org/2011/10/08/indonesias-dynamo-jack/#comment-739 Josephrut Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:46:00 +0000 http://www.michaelstraus.org/?p=775#comment-739 I'm intrigued by the electric shock/chi thing.  Very curious.  However, some of the other "tricks" performed by DJ are well known scams that have been claimed by others' and have been debunked. (the swiveling dagger, the paper lighting on fire)  There are videos on youtube showing how to do these tricks. If he has real powers, why would he try to bolster his claims with fakery.  I suspect the shock/chi has a rational explanation as well  Interesting how he could not put the chopstick through the top of the table but could through the bottom "at his local" where HE invited the "scientists" to lunch.  By the way the woman who is the CEO of the "Mind and Science" place?  Her degree is in Spanish Language.....not a science the last time I looked.Fantastic claims require fantastic evidence.  The magic act Penn and Teller catch bullets (357 magnum) in their TEETH, much more convincingly than Dynamo guy and tell you that it is a trick.  Can Chi only be controlled with a closed hand?  why not stop the bullet with an open palm where we can see that there is no pellet hidden. a magician would be a much better choice to debunk this guy than the trio of "scientists" chosen for this video. Convenient that he refused further demonstrations. I’m intrigued by the electric shock/chi thing.  Very curious.  However, some of the other “tricks” performed by DJ are well known scams that have been claimed by others’ and have been debunked. (the swiveling dagger, the paper lighting on fire)  There are videos on youtube showing how to do these tricks. If he has real powers, why would he try to bolster his claims with fakery.  I suspect the shock/chi has a rational explanation as well

 Interesting how he could not put the chopstick through the top of the table but could through the bottom “at his local” where HE invited the “scientists” to lunch.  By the way the woman who is the CEO of the “Mind and Science” place?  Her degree is in Spanish Language…..not a science the last time I looked.Fantastic claims require fantastic evidence.  The magic act Penn and Teller catch bullets (357 magnum) in their TEETH, much more convincingly than Dynamo guy and tell you that it is a trick.  Can Chi only be controlled with a closed hand?  why not stop the bullet with an open palm where we can see that there is no pellet hidden.

a magician would be a much better choice to debunk this guy than the trio of “scientists” chosen for this video.

Convenient that he refused further demonstrations.

]]> Comment on Nobody dies in paradise by Elina http://www.michaelstraus.org/2011/12/17/nobody-dies-in-paradise-2/#comment-737 Elina Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:50:00 +0000 http://www.michaelstraus.org/?p=840#comment-737 oh, now I know what I missed! too bad.......when Kirill was performing in East Bay, I was wearing national Russian costume at my friends party.... boo....... oh, now I know what I missed! too bad…….when Kirill was performing in East Bay, I was wearing national Russian costume at my friends party…. boo…….

]]> Comment on Ellen, Oysters and Agriculture by Anonymous http://www.michaelstraus.org/2011/12/06/ellen-oysters-and-agriculture/#comment-736 Anonymous Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:50:00 +0000 http://www.michaelstraus.org/?p=810#comment-736 Perhaps my efforts to channel my mother's perspective is fundamentally inappropriate, as the dead aren't here to argue. Would you have felt differently about my blog if I had not included at the end a specific call to support Lunny?  Perhaps my efforts to channel my mother’s perspective is fundamentally inappropriate, as the dead aren’t here to argue. Would you have felt differently about my blog if I had not included at the end a specific call to support Lunny? 

]]> Comment on Ellen, Oysters and Agriculture by Anonymous http://www.michaelstraus.org/2011/12/06/ellen-oysters-and-agriculture/#comment-735 Anonymous Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:44:00 +0000 http://www.michaelstraus.org/?p=810#comment-735 Tom - I absolutely agree that our we're destroying the environment, that systems are failing and that we, as a species, community and as individuals, are not creating or implementing reforms anywhere remotely adequate to the magnitude of the situation that we're created. Will the quest for wilderness or the battle for sustainable agriculture really matter at this global scale *in time for it to make any significant difference*? Perhaps not, but one of the lessons I take from my mom is that, despite all obstacles, we have to try. // Michael Tom – I absolutely agree that our we’re destroying the environment, that systems are failing and that we, as a species, community and as individuals, are not creating or implementing reforms anywhere remotely adequate to the magnitude of the situation that we’re created. Will the quest for wilderness or the battle for sustainable agriculture really matter at this global scale *in time for it to make any significant difference*? Perhaps not, but one of the lessons I take from my mom is that, despite all obstacles, we have to try. // Michael

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