Lucky

I am truly surprised that this thread did not get more traction. It's some pretty surprising stuff...

"And that's why people like you are always in the cross-hairs of others. Yet, when you are there, by your very actions, you cry for the help of others to come to your whinning aid to then defend you. Good luck to you." My "whinning" ways endear me to many. I cannot help that you don't get a boner from them. But I -and people "like me"-appreciate the good wishes.

Maybe Louise wasn't getting any! Gawker discusses the gay rumors: http://gawker.com/5929102/gay-or-not-gay-sherman-hemsley

“I had no idea that the U.S. government had been captured by the banks,” So says the man appointed to watch over the US bailout- the Special Inspector general for TARP, Neil Barofsky. Barofsky has written a book about his experience, and he is not kind to Treasurer Timothy Geithner. (NYTimes) Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said he is "deeply offended" by an assertion in a new book that he is too cozy with some of the country's biggest financial institutions and mishandled the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program bailout fund. Barofsky argues in his book that TARP was supposed to be a program that was to help Main Street and bolster the economy but was ultimately hijacked by the interests of Wall Street. As President Obama aides designed the financial rescue plan early in the administration, Geithner opposed imposing tough conditions on financial institutions that received bailout funds. Barofsky charges that Geithner oversaw and shaped a policy that saw the nation's largest banks get bigger and even more powerful. (USA Today) “Helping banks, not home owners, did in fact seem to be Treasury’s biggest concern,” Barofsky writes in “Bailout: An Inside Account of How Washington Abandoned Main Street While Rescuing Wall Street.” (Politico) "Prior to coming to Washington to head SIGTARP, Barofsky was a highly regarded prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, where he built big cases against FARC drug traffickers in Colombia and mortgage fraudsters at home. His diligence in pursuing the latter scofflaws put him on the radar of the Bush administration when it came time to establish SIGTARP, an appointment that came despite the fact that Barofsky was a lifelong Democrat and an Obama supporter." (Huffington Post) Huffington Post's Jason Linkins summarizes the highlights of the book: IN WASHINGTON, IT IS JUST ASSUMED THAT YOU ASPIRE TO BE A SELL-OUT IN WASHINGTON, EVERYONE IS OBSESSED WITH THEIR PERKS WHEN WASHINGTON BUREAUCRATS LEARN OF A WELL-FUNDED OFFICE, THEY START ANGLING FOR THAT CASH MOST REGULATORS VIEW SUCCESS AS "GETTING ALONG TO GO ALONG" ON THE OTHER HAND, REGULATORS WHO PURSUE OVERSIGHT WITH DOGGED DETERMINATION ARE DISDAINED WASHINGTON'S MAIN PASTIME IS USING THE MEDIA TO 'RUIN PEOPLE FOR SPORT' IN WASHINGTON, THE BIGGEST COCK-UPS NATURALLY BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE QUALIFIED TO FIX THE MESSES THEY CREATED IN WASHINGTON, REGULATORY CAPTURE IS SEEN AS A CARDINAL VIRTUE IN WASHINGTON, HIGH-RANKING OFFICIALS ARE TREATED AS DEMIGODS IN WASHINGTON, THE FIRST RESPONSE TO UNPOPULAR INITIATIVES IS TO 'REBRAND' THEM IN WASHINGTON, THE SORT OF GOSSIPY BULLSHIT YOU THOUGHT YOU LEFT BEHIND WHEN YOU GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IS COMMONPLACE ... AND ON A LONG ENOUGH TIMELINE, EVERYONE IN WASHINGTON EVENTUALLY BECOMES A LITTLE BIT DESPICABLE Linkins elaborates on these points: http://www.huffingto..._n_1702751.html

The Judds give me a boner!

That's true. So the editorial side must be aghast today. Good!

Some may have come here to talk about the other site. I wonder what else they have in mind if we exclude that. So I am not asking them to talk about that site, I am asking them to say what they want from this site. So, I don't agree with you!

We know that threads about the Daddy's Reviews website get much participation. As Totally Oz encourages us to focus elsewhere, and rightly so, I think, it leads to the question of why you post here if it is not to speak about another website. For me, the reason is that I like the interaction, I like the things I learn, I like to provoke and be provoked, and I like the eroticism of the pictures and the stories about time spent with escorts. Fights are not of particular interest to me, although I don't shy from one if needed. It seems that most boards end up with some negative interaction. And the fact is that the more participants, the more fun I get out of it. So, it is in my interest to encourage others to post here. I am happy to see the new posters here this week. I ask of them, if you can not post about Daddy's, then what would you like to talk about? (Granted, we are not banned from talking about Daddy's. But a website has to be more than that.) And for those who post here without regard to the other site, what brings you here and what keeps you here? And finally, since a picture dresses (and maybe even sums up) up a post so nicely:

Reading on, I found an article above the fold on the front page of the Marketplace section about gay CEOs; http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443295404577547043705374610.html?mod=WSJ_hp_EditorsPicks (I didn't know the former CEO of BP was gay!) (So I think the Journal is on board with gay rights to some rather prominent extent, if not all the way. This means Romney can't go too far in support of the anti-gay bigots, doesn't it?)

The Wall Street Journal, the Rupert Murdoch-owned financial newspaper, is generally considered quite conservative, which means that its readers might be among the legions of folks who oppose gay marriage. So, it was a surprise when I saw a picture in an article about cell phones. Two men looked pretty cozy. Closer inspection revealed that they were married- to each other- and slept together! This, in the Wall Street Journal? Times are indeed changing! From the online Journal: (I couldn't get rid of the white space.) For the fashion-conscious, sleek iPhone and Samsung phones are unlikely to raise eyebrows the way the often-bulky BlackBerry does. Stephen Matyasfalvi Business consultant Stephen Matyasfalvi and husband Matti Gidilevich have four phones between them. "I hide my BlackBerry unless I actually need to use it," says Stephen Matyasfalvi, 38, a Toronto business consultant. "If I am choosing what device to have out for browsing, calling, etc., it's the iPhone and not the BlackBerry. It's not even about being cooler with the iPhone, they just look so much better!" The same goes for Mr. Matyasfalvi's husband, Matti Gidilevich, who also uses both an iPhone and a BlackBerry, after switching back and forth between the two for several years. Mr. Gidilevich, 35, a director at the Toronto office of Elite Model Management, splits his time between Toronto and New York, and splits his tasks between the two phones. He uses his BlackBerry for email, and takes pictures and checks out social media sites with the iPhone. For a couple with four phones, there are multiple annoyances. When a phone rings they have to check all four. Their bedside table is piled high with devices and chargers.

Secret surveillance orders from federal magistrates are on the rise: http://www.sfgate.co...ise-3731617.php

I am perfectly happy to let the matter drop. It has been said that some things are so, but when I asked for facts, they said they couldn't give them since the site was down. I would think that they had the facts before they made the allegations, but no. If the management is sincere in wanting the subject to be closed, then it has to be closed for everyone. We have 66 replies and some 1000 views, so the horses have left the barn, but we can still close the door.

Well, it's your money, and your body, so spend it as you will. I like the 80% agreement and am happy to leave it at that.

You give the moderators credit for having more power than they do. How about citing some real instances of this happening? You seem to have a lot of time on your hands...

Okay, I read the article. It is really scary but I know it is just some kind of a joke because our country would never tolerate such a thing. But, just in the case it is for real, I am going to encrypt my opinion of it so that they won't figure out what I think...at least right away! Lucky's opinion: tiusksc! (I see that the NY Times covered this in much less detail last month. Hopefully they are researching ti further and not just relying on one man to tell the whole story.) http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/06/13/did-any-good-come-of-watergate/since-watergate-government-surveillance-is-more-sophisticated

Damn. These newer posters sure are succinct.

Wow! We have common knowledge that escorts write the reviews and now it is no secret that moderators protect their favorites! Nothing like backing stuff up with facts!

Wow, that's a long article about some stuff I don't like to know about. I want my privacy, or at least that's what I tell my friends at Facebook when I share stories about my sexual escapades and let strangers read them. I had to Google some terms to explain what I like and Google kept a record of what I searched for, plus they read all of my email, but that's nothing like NSA wants to do, is it? I mean, it's not like NSA has cookies on our computer! It's not, isn't it? Hmm, maybe I will read that long article. First I have to go shopping, where I save all kinds of money by using my card that lets the stores know everything I buy.

I have no problem with you expressing a different opinion, but I think you did not read the article I linked. You state that one can use "quality" supplements, what ever that is, "but you have to do your home work." The difficulty in "doing your homework" is cited in the article. Of the hundreds of supplements cited, only about ten percent cited any studies to back up their claims. And, if one does his homework, he finds that these studies are often worthless. Finally, protein is protein and is an established supplement. There are differences on the value of whey over other kinds, but one can take protein and see a benefit. The article linked refers to the multitude of other supplements offered to body builders. Read the article. Here's how it begins: In a recent survey of the performance-enhancing claims made for dozens of fitness products, researchers found not a single one that could be supported by rigorous scientific research. Moreover, the few fitness products that have been thoroughly evaluated appear to have no effect on strength, endurance, speed or reduced muscle fatigue. “All the companies say they’ve got a scientific basis for these products,” said the senior author, Dr. Matthew Thompson, a senior clinical scientist at the University of Oxford. “That sounds good until you look at it with an objective scientific point of view.” Dr. Thompson and his colleagues examined advertising for sports drinks, oral supplements, footwear, clothing and devices like wrist bands and compression stockings in 100 general-interest magazines and the top 10 sports and fitness magazines in Britain and the United States.

Sherman Hemsley, the actor who played George Jefferson on the popular TV series The Jeffersons, died in El Paso, Texas, today. Hemsley originated the character of George on the Archie Bunker show, All in The Family in 1973. His wife, Luoise, and son, Lionel, were so popular with audiences that they were given their own spinoff, The Jeffersons, and an address, 185 East 85th Street, in Manhattan's Upper East Side. The show's theme song, Moving On Up, reflected their rise in status from a home in Queens to the elegant East Side. Other popular characters on the show were neighbor Tom Willis, and maid Florence. Hemsley was 74.

There was a time, which now seems quite long ago, when I had bulges where my biceps are. Now the only bulge is in my belly. My fitness days are long over, so now scientists reveal the truth about all of those body building supplements They are junk! The NY Times reports in its Science section today that a recent survey of performance-enhancing claims for dozens of fitness products show that the claims these products make have not been thoroughly evaluated, and the few that have "appear to have no effect on strength, endurance, speed or reduced muscle fatigue." I remember that the gyms I went to would sell drinks to help you recover from the workout. Other "sports drinks" were said to have various benefits that are known not to be true. So, much money has been wasted by bodybuilders who only ended up with expensive poop. They peed away their dollars, and, no doubt, still do. So how do so many guys seem to have that muscular look? Hard work! And, probably, for some, testosterone shots- the one supplement that I think does help build strong bodies! Read the article: http://well.blogs.ny...cts/?ref=health

Here is a happy Japanese medley team:

China will not reveal the name of its flag bearer for the Opening games in London, but one official says he will be "tall, handsome, and influential." Speculation has thus centered on Liu Xiang, a gold medal winner in hurdles. Another possible name is swimmer Sun Yang

She was with her partner for 27 years according to towleroad.com.