Any single, un-attached guy in Kiev May 27-30?

[Maxx2]

lol not testy Maxx..
 
Just a topic that hits close to home, and obviously and admittedly jades my view.
My experiences, or S/O's experiences ,could be completely random and not indicative.
I do acknowledge that.
 
Yet living in Czech rep. and other *macho* cultures like greece and brazil as well,
(which also are more comparable to the west some decades ago) i've just never seen anything to make me think that kind of thing happens far less in any of those countries, or the FSU , than in the west in general. 
 
I could be completely wrong, wouldn't be the first time, and surely wouldn't be the last..

Who knows that is for sure. I do think American men are pretty pent up from all this feminism and its effect of everyone needing to be politically correct in speech and actions. And I mean this not in its extreme ways which traditionally has been considered both boorish and ungentlemanly. There really is a undercurrent of societal expectations for men to not be too male. So AJ you need to cultivate a coiffed hairdo, become a metrosexual, get a bunch platonic girlfriends and stop riding your high powered motorcycles.   

[Rubicon]

That is the case with Government jobs as well. SOC of this board has told me that women and minorities are the only ones given advancements in his department of the Federal government.

When I applied to the LAPD women and minorities were given a 10 point advantage over white males.  Thank God I did not get hired because all of that mess with cops planting evidence etc went on shortly after that.  Now that white men are a minority in LA county they are not getting a 10 point advantage.  Oh well, it's never going to happen.

[Rubicon]

Who knows that is for sure. I do think American men are pretty pent up from all this feminism and its effect of everyone needing to be politically correct in speech and actions. And I mean this not in its extreme ways which traditionally has been considered both boorish and ungentlemanly. There really is a undercurrent of societal expectations for men to not be too male. So AJ you need to cultivate a coiffed hairdo, become a metrosexual, get a bunch platonic girlfriends and stop riding your high powered motorcycles.

 

Amen Brother!!

[GQBlues]

Exactly correct.  While I do have a college degree, it was simply not required because the phones were ringing off the hook.  Remember the refi frenzy that went on when the Mortgage business was booming, and I mean really booming!!

The top processors were making 50K a month!!

  Yup. I remember those times very well. The whole check system was largely N/A, LOL. Why hire diligent processors to make sure these home buyers are financially sound, let alone 'legal residents', no?
 
Do you see the connectve dots here at all?
 
Anyway, bottom line Rubicon, is, if academic accredidation is not a 'significant' qualifier for 'skilled' positions, one is left to wonder why many of our recently arriving SOs need to even bother themselves with transcript translations and evaluations? They would be the best lot who can really chime in on this simple reality, no?
 
btw - 50K in (So.) California is hardly an amount to hang your hat on too much.
 
http://usgovinfo.about.com/cs/consumer/a/aausrents.htm
 
Sure, you can likely rent a 1-BR apartment for $600 bucks, but that would have to be in a few choice spots. Ocean views will be the least of your concern 

[Rubicon]

Who knows that is for sure. I do think American men are pretty pent up from all this feminism and its effect of everyone needing to be politically correct in speech and actions. And I mean this not in its extreme ways which traditionally has been considered both boorish and ungentlemanly. There really is a undercurrent of societal expectations for men to not be too male. So AJ you need to cultivate a coiffed hairdo, become a metrosexual, get a bunch platonic girlfriends and stop riding your high powered motorcycles.

I think that secretly and deep down American women long for the good ole days when men were Men and women were dominated (not in a bad way, but in a "Gentlemanly" way).  They are just too proud and brainwashed to admit it.  But it's a coming!!  The pendulum always swings from one end to the other.  Do not be surprised when a younger generation of women rejects the feminist propaganda and hatred from the 60's and 70's and goes back to loving men in a much more traditional way.

[Rubicon]

  Yup. I remember those times very well. The whole check system was largely N/A, LOL. Why hire diligent processors to make sure these home buyers are financially sound, let alone 'legal residents', no?
 
Do you see the connectve dots here at all?
 
Anyway, bottom line Rubicon, is, if academic accredidation is not a 'significant' qualifier for 'skilled' positions, one is left to wonder why many of our recently arriving SOs need to even bother themselves with transcript translations and evaluations? They would be the best lot who can really chime in on this simple reality, no?
 
btw - 50K in (So.) California is hardly an amount to hang your hat on too much.
 
http://usgovinfo.about.com/cs/consumer/a/aausrents.htm
 
Sure, you can likely rent a 1-BR apartment for $600 bucks, but that would have to be in a few choice spots. Ocean views will be the least of your concern 

50K a MONTH, my friend.  That's a lot of bank, even for So Cal.  I never made that.  I was a lowly loan agent.  the processors got fed loans from 4 to 6 of us and funded them.

[Rubicon]

Remember this GQ??

Jay David Marx | Ditech.com Parent Sending Executive ...May 3, 2000 ... A day after federal agents arrested three of Ditech.com's top ... in some senior-level and middle-level people to assist Ditech on an ...
articles.latimes.com/2000/may/03/business/fi-26007 - Cached - Similar►

[BC]

Rubicon,

Don't forget that you are not the only one around here that can google...   a link to the original would have been quite enough, even better.

[GQBlues]

50K a MONTH, my friend.  That's a lot of bank, even for So Cal....

Oh, a month! My bad...Yeppers, that ought to put you (or anyone) a couple of notches up on the cool-life scale. Partial ocean view from your kitchen window..though I forewarn you, relativity is a good equalizer.
 
If you're not a careless bloke, that income is good for anyone who aspire to go to maybe like the FSU and git-im-som-wimmen' 

[Faux Pas]

If you're not a careless bloke, that income is good for anyone who aspire to go to maybe like the FSU and git-im-som-wimmen' 

 

[Rubicon]

Oh, a month! My bad...Yeppers, that ought to put you (or anyone) a couple of notches up on the cool-life scale. Partial ocean view from your kitchen window..though I forewarn you, relativity is a good equalizer.
 
If you're not a careless bloke, that income is good for anyone who aspire to go to maybe like the FSU and git-im-som-wimmen' 

Yeah at the time the former owner of the company Paul Reddam paid cash for the most expensive oceanfront property in Orange County.

[Muzh]

Later on the guy who hired me was taken out of the building in handcuffs by the FBI.  He tried to extort some various companies doing business with ours.  The owner and founder of the company was forced out by a major Corp which bought him out.  Apparently he and some other senior execs had a lot of cocaine fueled parties with any and all willing female processors.  Later on after he left the female processors who were on meth or other drugs to work 18 out of 24 hours to fund as many loans as possible were also forced out.

And you didn't report these wenches to the police so they could get their just rewards? I mean, with all the evidence that you have it should be a cinch to have these dirty rags in jail.

[Rubicon]

And you didn't report these wenches to the police so they could get their just rewards? I mean, with all the evidence that you have it should be a cinch to have these dirty rags in jail.

Absolutely not.  Drug addiction is a disease and a company cannot fire a person who is willing to go to rehab.  They had to find some other excuses to get rid of those who they wanted to get rid of.  The worst processor on my team, who I had a crush on, was romantically involved with two senior male execs.  She was protected, at least until they left the company.  To say anything bad whatsoever about her would have been career suicide.

[Muzh]

Absolutely not.  Drug addiction is a disease and a company cannot fire a person who is willing to go to rehab.  They had to find some other excuses to get rid of those who they wanted to get rid of.  The worst processor on my team, who I had a crush on, was romantically involved with two senior male execs.  She was protected, at least until they left the company.  To say anything bad whatsoever about her would have been career suicide.

Well excuse me. You telling me that if I have a kilo of cocaine sitting at a table while having an orgy and the police comes in, all I have to do is claim that I'm trying to go to rehab to get out of the jam?

[Rubicon]

Well excuse me. You telling me that if I have a kilo of cocaine sitting at a table while having an orgy and the police comes in, all I have to do is claim that I'm trying to go to rehab to get out of the jam?

I was not personally at these parties, but the rumors were rampant.  Where there's smoke there's fire.  These parties were at private estates with armed security.  The woman who I liked very much--I saw in her a good woman who fell in with the wrong crowd.  They invited her to one of these parties and than enticed her with drugs to get into her panties.  She became addicted to Meth, went to rehab twice, and was eventually fired by the new corporation that took over.  Who knows what became of her.  She was very sweet and attractive when I knew her.  She could just be a skeleton of her former self, or dead.

[Muzh]

I was not personally at these parties, but the rumors were rampant.  Where there's smoke there's fire.  These parties were at private estates with armed security.  The woman who I liked very much--I saw in her a good woman who fell in with the wrong crowd.  They invited her to one of these parties and than enticed her with drugs to get into her panties.  She became addicted to Meth, went to rehab twice, and was eventually fired by the new corporation that took over.  Who knows what became of her.  She was very sweet and attractive when I knew her.  She could just be a skeleton of her former self, or dead.

I hate to say this but I'm not buying it. Rumors are just that. I'll just leave it at that.

[Rubicon]

I hate to say this but I'm not buying it. Rumors are just that. I'll just leave it at that.

Okay, than do some research.  look at the link I posted above.  3 guys were not arrested by the FBI by accident.  Drugs are very common amongst well to do people in Orange County and Hollywood.  They have been for decades.  Charlie Sheen is obviously a crack addict, and yet he has never been arrested for crack cocaine possession.  go figure.  do you think that maybe, maybe he is protected by pitbull lawyers like Marty Singer and a DA who does not want to attempt to prosecute stars and other wealthy people??  It's a complete waste of a DA's time.  They are not going to get an easy cheap conviction.   They are going to spend millions and get nothing.  Do some research about Paul Reddam.  He was a former professor of philosophy at USC.  He is a multi millionaire.  Do you really think that if he and some friends have a drug fueled party that they do not have some sort of police protection and/or high powered friends bought and paid for??

This link is for you, Muzh:

Cash Call | Rip-off Report: 327209Apr 19, 2008 ... Cash Call, Paul Reddam And His Croanies Scandalas and hostile work environment Anaheim California.
www.ripoffreport.com/.../cash-call-paul-reddam-and-his-a5ean.htm - Cached - Similar

[Rubicon]

Okay, I have a birthday party to go to.  Best Regards...and Good Bye!

[tim 360]

After reading your comments and the newpaper article, I still don't understand why it is called 'lap dancing.'

It seems that even 'pole dancing' is generically referred to as 'lap dancing.'
Is the term just a catch all for any form of erotic dancing?

Uuuummmm because, because.  She sits on your lap.  That's why it's called "lapdancing".  Poledancing is with a pole.  There are many varied internet photos out there which I decided to NOT post.  You'll find them if you search.

[ML]

Uuuummmm because, because.  She sits on your lap.  That's why it's called "lapdancing".  Poledancing is with a pole.  There are many varied internet photos out there which I decided to NOT post.  You'll find them if you search.

As I noted before, my confusion was related to idea that I had heard there could be no actual touching such as would occur if she actually was in your  lap.  And I was under impression that there had to be some actual distance between the dancers and the observers.

Yes, of course I can envision a woman sitting on my lap and doing some dance moves.  But I thought those direct contact acts were not allowed; hence, I didn't know why what they did at nightclubs was called lapdancing.

And incidentally, using a sturdy, narrow chair to sit on with the woman in my lap is one of my (and the women's) favorites.

[Muzh]

Okay, than do some research.  look at the link I posted above.  3 guys were not arrested by the FBI by accident.  Drugs are very common amongst well to do people in Orange County and Hollywood.  They have been for decades.  Charlie Sheen is obviously a crack addict, and yet he has never been arrested for crack cocaine possession.  go figure.  do you think that maybe, maybe he is protected by pitbull lawyers like Marty Singer and a DA who does not want to attempt to prosecute stars and other wealthy people??  It's a complete waste of a DA's time.  They are not going to get an easy cheap conviction.   They are going to spend millions and get nothing.  Do some research about Paul Reddam.  He was a former professor of philosophy at USC.  He is a multi millionaire.  Do you really think that if he and some friends have a drug fueled party that they do not have some sort of police protection and/or high powered friends bought and paid for??

This link is for you, Muzh:

Cash Call | Rip-off Report: 327209Apr 19, 2008 ... Cash Call, Paul Reddam And His Croanies Scandalas and hostile work environment Anaheim California.
www.ripoffreport.com/.../cash-call-paul-reddam-and-his-a5ean.htm - Cached - Similar

I'm sorry Joe, but this still reads like conspiracy theories. Here is this "whistleblower" posting a lot of hearsay. Didn't read one single fact to the fraud.  I'm pretty sure that the appropriate authorities cruise these websites for leads. If there is any fraud where the US gov is not being paid its taxes, you can bet your beepie they will go after them.


Maybe they are guilty of what you claim they are doing. However, you don't put people in jail for hearsay. You need evidence.

[Rubicon]

Anyone?  Anyone?  Bueller?

Sorry, I thought we were talking about whether or not this guy was getting away with having drug fueled parties and corrupting gullible young women.

Yes there seems to be a mountain of evidence that Wall Street and others were doing wrong yet you do not expect any of them to get arrested or investigated when there is good ole Hank Paulson representing them to the president do you??