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This sums it up very well "Such imbeciles do not want ideas—that is, new ideas, ideas that are unfamiliar, ideas that challenge their attention. What they want is simply a gaudy series of platitudes, of sonorous nonsense driven home with gestures. As I say, they can’t understand many words of more than two syllables, but that is not saying that they do not esteem such words. On the contrary, they like them and demand them. The roll of incomprehensible polysyllables enchants them. They like phrases which thunder like salvos of artillery. Let that thunder sound, and they take all the rest on trust. If a sentence begins furiously and then peters out into fatuity, they are still satisfied. If a phrase has a punch in it, they do not ask that it also have a meaning. If a word slips off the tongue like a ship going down the ways, they are content and applaud it and wait for the next" The thing is-it was written by H.L Menken in March of 1921 upon the inauguration of Warren Harding I am re-reading Gore Vidal's Hollywood. Which is about this period of time in the US and it is pretty amazing how history is repeating itself. The repub's foist off a candidate that no one seriously considered-with the full intent by party bosses that he will simply be a front-man while they control things in the back ground. Harding obliges them in a way which Modern day bosses only dream of-he dies! Calvin Coolidge is then ushered in (VP assumes duties) and then Herbert Hoover. And in August 1929,eight months after Hoover takes office, after nearly a decade of Republican shenanigans (lots of free market BS etc) The Markets crashed and the world was plunged into The Great Depression. I sincerely hope that Orange and his cronies fuck it up so badly in the first few years that we do not have to stretch this out for 9 years and 8 months only to be faced with another global Depression. And then Mencken wrote "“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed, and hence clamorous to be led to safety, by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary…As democracy is perfected, the office of President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”

I considered this potential response when I posted this thread. Lucky's original post didn't bother me in the slightest and I agree with his last post. Someone can be cute and 17 and I can acknowledge that and not be a pedophile. The main thing were his actions which I was thrilled to be able to share. What a guy!

Over the past 8 months I have had 3 Colonoscopies. The first came back with "suspicious but inconclusive" results. The second found suspected cancerous polyps. The third one had many delays but I finally went in for a much more intrusive procedure today. They did a couple of instant biopsies and the second culture came back all clear. If it had not I would have had to undergone major treatment/ surgery so I have that to be thankful for.There are some other issues but those can be resolved with diet and/or minor surgery Different doctor today-much better IMO in explaining what exactly what was going on. He also found things which the previous doctor had not.And no- no watches , rings or small rodents were found. And Jimmy Hoffa's body is still missing The third colonoscopy I had to fight for or I would have been charged for it. I just did not like the first doctors attitude and I did not trust him. It is MY BODY that you are talking about! Why do so many doctors have a problem with that? I am 100% certain that if they got a "suspicious" prognosis (one that was not 100%) of cancer in their own body or those of family members they would ask for further tests. I basically had to blackmail the hospital into doing the third procedure and coding the procedure as new work rather than follow up. The Doctor doing the third procedure was much more sympathetic and inspiring. Unfortunately all too many patients would have just bent over (so to speak) and started on the long, painful treatment for colon cancer. This is the most action my ass has seen in a lonnnnnng time! I just wish it was the fun kind I use to enjoy!

And a very impressive young man. Tried to aid a battered women (who ultimately died) and shot twice and run over by the battering boyfriend. https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/d4407bef-79c4-30bd-8057-8685e1e1857b/ss_‘you%26%2339%3Bre-helping-her%3F.html

This visa still has the 90 day check in. If they offer 10 years why can't check in be yearly or more.?

Trzinko, here you go!

Oh please.

Those sound like very positive and constructive actions. If each of us doesn't protect ourself and stand up for our own interests, the world is certainly full of enough pointlessly destructive people who want to take down everybody they come in contact with (you and me) while they take themselves down in flames. Those are the people we have to detect at the earliest possible instant, then cut off contact with. Exactly as you describe here. None of us has enough time or energy or saintliness to deal with those people, much less try to fix them.

Doesnt concern me i am not planning on getting anyone pregnant! Seriously you can always find something to worry about anywhere! Zika affecting gay males is near the bottom of my list of diseases to worry about at the present time.

There are a lot of things I would choose to "regrow or start over with" before my long gone foreskin. Liver, heart, lungs, etc. etc. are among them. Even my "regular" skin would come before my foreskin. Best regards, RA1