MsGuy

Somewhere buried in the archives of a certain First Presbyterian Church is proof that as a child I attended church and Sunday school 336 consecutive weeks.

Damn it, Lucky, if I can't have sock-puppets to boost my post totals, you sould at least refrain from mining old threads. Shameless post ho!

I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all. Ecclesiastes 9:11

I loved the George Smiley novels, the later books, not so much. Please review Tinker Tailor here, if you have the time. A non-professional opinion is always of value in deciding what I want to go see.

Say EZ Finance falls afoul of some niggling regulation about foisting negatively amortized 2nd mortages with a balloon payment on unsophisticated borrowers: would you expect a challenge in the Federal Courts to said regulation avering the agency did not have the authority to issue the regulation because it's head was acting unlawfully to be finally adjudicated in less than two years? (Hell of a sentence, eh? ) ---- And, technically, the appointment is good (or in the case sub judice, maybe not so good) until the adjournment of the following session of Congress.

ha ha ha ha ha ha...

LOL, I looked last night, EXPAT. I suspect Mr. Irvin's vault from extra to star was just too sudden to allow the usual backtracking of his personal history. Patience, my dear EXPAT, patience.

And we will find out whether POTUS was successful after some regulated finantial institution ( ) challenges one of the guy's actions in Federal Court. Say two, maybe three, years?

Maybe, maybe not. This is a recess appointment of murky constitutionality. The President is attempting to evade the constitutional requirement that the principal officers of US agencies serve with the 'advice and consent' of the Senate. The Senate is attempting to block his power to make recess appointments by means of sham sessions that are themselves of doubtful constitutional efficacy. It's just one more example of the day to day mechanisms of our government seizing up under the pressure of excessive partisanship.

But the always reliable Chinese authorities have assured us it was a flu variant not transmissible from human to human. Just don't go touring any duck farms, I guess.

And EXPAT ain't making up that quote. Who knew the Prez was so fast on his feet. ---- Sorry for doubting you, EXPAT.

Substitute "Does" for "Could" above and the answer is "Yep."

Not participating in the contest? You mean I wasted all that time scheming how to out-manuever you?

My strategy is already working. Lucky has been lulled into a foolish complacency. Fair warning, TY, you're next on my list.

I'm touched by your generosity, hito. I wish I could reciprocate but my winnings are already earmarked for certain SPB college lads needing help with their tuition.

On his new twitter account, Rupert Murdock allows as how Santorum is just the thing, Expat. Proves your point, I guess. "In another tweet, Murdoch said, 'Good to see santorum surging in Iowa. Regardless of policies, all debates showed principles, consistency and humility like no other other.'"

I resolve to take $500 bucks off OZ! ---- Point of clarification for the posting competition: OZ, if I create several sock puppets to run up my post numbers, do I aggregate the posts into one total or does each sock puppet count as a separate entry? Can it be at my option or is there a fixed rule? Do I have to declare now or can I wait until May and see how the numbers play out? Or is sock puppetry considered cheating? Since I fessed up and gave an honest post count for my start point, does that earn me any slack on this issue?

Sad? Depends on how many of those you viewed from the famed back row seats of Bangkok theaters... And with whom, OZ, and with whom.

OK, OK, it's 1475. An innocent mistake.

Me too! My current post count is 143.

"Your search - smalldickeddwarfvomit.com - did not match any documents." Did you give us the correct address, BBB? I am almost certain that is one of the site names OZ has on reserve.

Butt now Paul Angelo, MHA, MBA, Gay Matchmaker Extraordinaire, thrusts his theory straight up our collective discourse. "Clench those buttocks tight," says he, "and experience a surge of masculinity such as you've never imagined." No, really, it all obvious once you grasp the fundamentals of Neuro-linguistic programming. Essential Details Here How could we have missed this all these years? It's not entirely clear to me exactly how we manage things if we all convert to dominant tops, but I'm sure Mr. Angelo has thought of something.

MEOW!

Is that for Robbie Williams or for TY?

I have a couple of shoe boxes full of family photos I inherited from my mother. Is there a website or something where I can sign up for this? Or is this just another one of those "work at home, earn millions" scams? I'm still waiting on my check for all those envelopes I stuffed.