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GI suicides at record high
09/14/2011
KILLING AND BEING IN THE LINE OF FIRE, facing death each day and becoming an efficient murderous machine takes a deadly toll on young people in the military. JULY HAD THE MOST Army suicides in two years with 32, and this year has tallied 163 confirmed suicides. The Air Force had 28, the Marines 21 and the Navy 33 this year to date.
Read more...Take a clinical look at 'the mistress'
09/07/2011
MISTRESSES HAVE BEEN AROUND, pleasing men and making trouble, since biblical days. Wasn’t Hagar, an Egyptian slave who went to bed with married Abraham in the Bible, a role model for many modern sisters?
Read more...Diogenes can stop searching
08/31/2011
THE ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHER DIOGENES can hang up his lamp and end his centuries' old quest - an honest man has been found! ALL HAIL OUTSPOKEN, BRAVE BILLIONAIRE WARREN BUFFETT who stood up, facing anger and hostility from some of his selfish peers, and told it like it is - THE MEGA-RICH SHOULD PAY MORE TAXES!
Read more...Do you think God is doing a good job?
08/24/2011
FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE, EVALUATING THE "JOB" THAT GOD IS DOING is difficult, if not impossible. YET WHEN PUBLIC POLICY POLLING conducted its survey, instead of people refusing to answer such a zany question, 52 percent went on record as approving of God’s job, and only 9 percent disapproving.
Read more...Charlie Sheen 101 gives life lessons
08/17/2011
CHARLIE SHEEN ISN’T JUST A GOOD COMIC ACTOR, he’s a walking, talking, in-the-flesh Lessons in Life for Dummies. WHAT CAN EVERYONE LEARN from foolish Charlie? Let us count the ways he has screwed up, and let all who want to avoid his plight make note.
Read more...Lecherous Lotharios are losers
08/10/2011
CHEATERS ARE GOING OUT OF STYLE because they are all losers - financially, morally and reputation-wise - but no, we don't honestly expect an end to juicy stories about skirt-chasers. WRONGED WIVES ARE THE BRUISED LOSERS - even if they take major hits on his bank accounts. Of course, they are losers in the love department, at least temporarily.
Read more...The girl without the dragon tattoo
08/03/2011
WARMING UP OUR DECEMBER will be the American film version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara, and the millions of fans of the late author Stieg Larsson’s exciting books will gladly pay a few dollars to luxuriate in his world.
Read more...The ugly scenario of the maid and the monster
07/27/2011
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY? IT WAS SUCH AN UGLY SCENARIO that everyone - law enforcement, newspapers and TV - jumped in with both feet to pounce on and batter a wealthy Frenchman accused of raping a chambermaid in a New York Hotel.
Read more...Unprotected sex over 50 spreading AIDS
07/20/2011
WISER? NAW! PEOPLE OVER 50 think they are immune, their partners are not likely to have a disease, and so one in every seven new cases of HIV or AIDS is a naive older person. MOST WOMEN TODAY DON’T FEEL THEY ARE AT RISK, reports an article in AARP.
Read more...Marry for love or money, or revenge?
07/13/2011
NOT SURPRISING, 91 PERCENT OF SINGLE WOMEN SURVEYED by ForbesWoman and YourTango.com said they would marry for love over money. But the guy must have a job, insisted 70 percent.
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