JKane

I've dabbled in that side myself and found it a *lot* harder to have a non-hustle experience with a woman than your average "working guy". Their are massive sites much like this one (The Erotic Review, Redbook or something) to help guys find non-ripoffs, but they seemed fairly rampant. Either way the key seems to be to walk the fuck away if money is requested up front!

And they get a fair amount of taxpayer support for their unenlightened BS. Special/free access to parks/public lands, gov't support...

Sounds like a great idea!

Actually there are a LOT more laws concerning HIV in regards to privacy and insurance coverage than any other disease except probably breast cancer. I've noticed them when applying for crappy individual healthcare--HIV is NOT something you can be denied for (in CA at least). Everything else, on the other hand... list every doctor you've seen in the last 5 years, every condition you've been seen for, whether it's resolved or not. You listed stuff? Declined!

I don't think most guys need to be shaved/waxed to be smooth as a baby's bottom all over... but many need at least some clippering and there are parts that just don't need any hair at all!

and their Republican Outrage Machine. Like Lawrence O'Donnell does here quite well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA4X2Ir2lXU

Because they are the exact opposite of the asshats of Boy Scouts of America. Boy Scouts Dismiss Ohio 'Den Mother' Because She's Gay Jennifer Tyrrelll, a Cub Scout den mother in Ohio, was dismissed from her position last week after local Boy Scout officials learned she is a lesbian. WTRF reports: Tyrrell served as a den mother for a year, but when the local district council learned of her homosexuality, they told Tyrrell she had to leave her den leader position. "I feel like I've had a great year, I've bonded with my parents, my children, we've done a lot of really good things. And in light of other circumstances, it was brought to the council's attention at a higher-up level that I was gay and I was forced to resign," added Tyrrell. The Boy Scouts of America say it's within their first amendment rights to exclude openly homosexual persons from membership. Watch an interview with Tyrrell HERE. Read more: http://www.towleroad...l#ixzz1sPeB6nmv

Ok, if BP doesn't qualify how about: Deepwater Horizon Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) And the companies who made the disperssants which kept the oil suspended in the water column--where it couldn't be used for damning photos but may well have done more damage...

I still can not believe that worthless article left out BP, though maybe it's not one of *America's* damaged brands... Eyeless Shrimp, Fish with Lesions Seen as Result of BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: VIDEO The April 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig is suspect in a mass decline of marine life in the Gulf of Mexico and a wide variety of species which are turning up with sores and deformities, Al Jazeera reports: Gulf of Mexico fishermen, scientists and seafood processors have told Al Jazeera they are finding disturbing numbers of mutated shrimp, crab and fish that they believe are deformed by chemicals released during BP's 2010 oil disaster. Along with collapsing fisheries, signs of malignant impact on the regional ecosystem are ominous: horribly mutated shrimp, fish with oozing sores, underdeveloped blue crabs lacking claws, eyeless crabs and shrimp - and interviewees' fingers point towards BP's oil pollution disaster as being the cause. Read more: http://www.towleroad...l#ixzz1sPbXibbJ

Gen Silent Some article or study on this subject seems to come up in here every month or so, it seems to be something many of us worry about.

At least the pap boybands have a little vocal training and ability. Better than the endless waves of autotuned stupid spoiled whores, latest being Nicki Minaj!

Did anybody turn around?

Sometimes. There was a time when the worrying and anxiety got to be a bit much, discovered the magic of Ativan/lorazepam. It's kind of a magic drug--resets the give-a-shit o-meter to zero. But I haven't needed it in years. Not at all surprised on the story, there seems to be a general negative link between happiness and intelligence. Though that makes one start to wonder how Fox"THE LIBERALS WILL MURDER EVERYONE YOU LOVE"News works to panic its brilliant viewers...

Here's a story with details about the rape case, for a while there Halliburton was managing to keep it out of court entirely using some very dodgy provisions on immunity the Bush administration put in.

The federal government pays at least tens of thousands of people as or through contractors. But they don't want the lowest bidder winning by doing unethical things, so they set standards for citizenship, working conditions, etc. They've also had anti-discrimination stuff in there forever, same as any other public-sector worker, and this would've added sexual preference to that policy. It's not quotas or mandatory hiring, it's fairness in hiring and recourse for any firing that can shown to be related. Thing is, far worse has happened with some federal government contractors, including brutal employee rapes and civilian deaths. So while this would be nice (or better yet, maybe don't contract out every damn thing!) there are bigger problems at the moment...

Damn it, well, two steps forward, one step back is better than standing still or backpedling, but the article makes it sound like a win-win no-brainer. I could see maybe some troubles with security contractors and the like, especially in foreign lands, but otherwise it seems pretty innocuous.

That they disclosed who they worked for and/or tried to get freebies because of it is inexcusable. Very unprofessional and even if they aren't fired I bet there's some anti-counterfeiting postings in the ass-end of nowhere with their names on them! SS agents should be all about discretion. Scoring on the downlow is actually a pretty good test for that!

The damaged brands list didn't seem that damaged. Where the FUCK is BP? Walmart? HP is far more deserving than many of the companies on there too, when they wavered on being in the PC business it shook confidence in them to the core and that's after all the money they through out failing in the cell phone market! To this day finding what you to buy, configuring it how you want and actually completing the purchase is a near-impossibility on their fucking website. Carly was a fucking joke for Senate, obviously Caeron has more personal knowledge but I always got the impression a lot of problems at HP happened under "her watch" even if they weren't her. Like the spying business!

The thing that kills me is the average Fox "News" viewer fully in support of cuts that will directly affect them negatively, because they've been sold a bill of goods about how "one day" it could affect them too! Meanwhile middle class and lower benefits are routinely slashed. Because THE DEFICIT, BOOGA BOOGA! But tax cuts for the "job creators" will pay for themselves--even though they never have before!

I fully admit I had (and still have) a visceral HATRED of Bush II--but believe it is justified. The similar hatred of Obama from so many on the right and in the Tea Party fringe when he's not actually done anything is what's mystifying!

Yeah, I know the resources are out there, I even have a acquaintance who's tutored LSAT. I just haven't started to look into it at all... yet. It's kind of daunting since for the reasons I'd pursue it a Masters is mostly worthless. Not ready to start on a PHD quite yet!

I drove past a Dale Evans BLVD today and it kinda pissed me off, in light of this. I've seen them in other cities as well!

I'm just worried that the audience will be a cross between the Twilight audience and the usual male strip club audience (drunk entitled obnoxious bitches wall to wall). If that doesn't qualify as a circle of hell I don't know what does! But on the other hand, Matt Bomer nude or semi-nude. Yeah, I'll see it. Just not opening week!

Especially Great Brittan which generally seems much more tolerant, in the impression I get from watching most of their TV anyway... London Mayoral Candidates Out-Gay Each Other; Brian Paddick Talks Bullying Brian Paddick used to be London's top gay cop. Then he was a mayoral candidate. Then he was a contestant on I'm a Celebrity: Get Me Out Of Here. Then he was an author. Now he's a mayoral candidate again -- as ever, with the Liberal Democrat party -- and at a forum on LGBT issues with his fellow major party candidates, he opened up about having been bullied for his sexual orientation when he was a student, and decried homophobia in the police force. From the BBC: Mr Paddick said: "When I was in school I remember being manhandled, about to be thrown into a freezing pool of water fully clothed because I was gay, until a teacher intervened. "I also remember boys trying to strip me naked and luckily my brother found out and came to rescue me." Mr Paddick, a former Metropolitan Police officer, said: "There needs to be an absolute culture change in the police. I will put that pressure on to deal with racism and homophobia within the police." The other candidates on-hand -- including incumbent Boris Johnson of the Conservative Party and ex-mayor Ken Livingstone of the Labour Party -- spent their time on the dais trying to out-gay-friendly each other. Livingstone said that London is "gay-friendly" already, but not nearly gay-friendly enough; Johnson boasted of walking "every mile" of the city's annual pride parade, and promised to put out an honest-go-goodness "gay manifesto" before election day. Read more: http://www.towleroad.../#ixzz1s7etpfMg Although a Mayoral gay-off does show it's pretty different, I suppose!

I fully agree but believe it goes back far further that you're recalling. I don't consider their opposition to Clinton to have been minor at all and it preceded Lewinski. The Republican establishment was extremely obstructionist and downright disrespectful from the very start. And the things many right wingnuts have implied or openly said aren't far off from the rabid froth the Republican Establishment has worked up in their drones over Obama. Stuff like claiming the Clintons murdered Vince Foster. And let's never forget them standing on the floor of the House of Representatives yelling "wag the dog" every time Clinton fired a fucking Tomahawk into Afghanistan! An atmosphere that actively prevented his administration from doing more against OBL. Yes Clinton had personal failings, but he also lived in an atmosphere of a witch hunt from day one. A sitting president should never have been called under oath for such petty bullshit (and one with balls would've refused or refused the questions instead of lying under oath, I concede). Bush I is widely known to have had a mistress (how he fucked Barbara even the 6 documented times is beyond me...) but while that was politely ignored, the Republicans then changed the culture 180 degrees when they didn't get their way. This massive anti-Clinton attitude was the major reason I didn't support Hillary for President. I incorrectly figured it was just for the Clintons and didn't see the point in taking on the baggage of all that hatred and obstructionism from day one for a candidate (/person) who'd never (yet) inspired me. I was very surprised when President Obama experienced exactly the same thing (if not worse with the Tea Party racist bullshit) FROM DAY ONE. I also disagree with TY that there wasn't hatred for Bush II from the left. I've never hated a politician/public figure more in my life, though I feel this was well deserved. It's like this is the new normal, and has been for 20 years now, and I think we all agree it fucking sucks.