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People generally don't understand that the First Amendment isn't as broad as they may think. The First Amendment only protects speech from state action - attempts by the government to curtail speech. There is little to no First Amendment protection from actions by private employers.

Th First Amendment applies differently to members of the military. Speech that is protected in the civilian community may not be protected in the military setting.

True enough - but the scope of a person's need to know could vary depending on his/her duties - very narrow to very broad.

I haven’t done it since before the pandemic, but a mani/pedi is one of my favorite indulgences. I really the way my feet look after.

As a matter of fact, I think they do do that.

Rank or age doesn't have anything to do with it - it's the clearance. When I was in the military, there were plenty of young enlisted men of low rank in intelligence-related jobs who had top secret clearances. Of course, we always tried to get them to talk about what they did that was so secret and they would not say a word. Once, when we were both shit-faced drunk, I got one guy to admit that the information he dealt with was usually stuff that was in the news, but hadn't been sanitized. Once, I was investigated for divulging DOD secrets. I was overheard discussing something that was common knowledge even though it was classified top secret. I sweated bullets for a few days. I had an interview with the base adjutant so that he could find out how I knew what I knew. I told him that everbody knew it, it was common knowledge. He said he knew that there had been a leak and that I hadn't done anything wrong because they only other way I could know what I knew was if I had had access to documents in his safe and he knew that was impossible. Later that day, the officer in charge of security for the entire command was relieved of his duties and reassigned.

I grew up in the northeast, but I have lived just about my entire adult life in the western US. I lived in the northeast again for a couple years and was ever so glad when I was able to move back to the west. Life isn't any easier in the west - life sucks as much as it does in the east, but it is just a more comfortable way of life.

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We follow each other on IG. Had no idea he was a provider. He's very generous with bodybuilding advice.

I like hairy muscle bears.

Interesting exercise - I wouldn't change much about my facial appearance -just a little more muscle and about as hairy as Elliot Gould; Pre-aids San Francisco or Mykonos in the 70s; I would fuck all the swarthy musclemen with hairy asses I could meet. Actually come to think of it, I would roll back my facial appearance to the way I looked at 28. I had a driver's license photo taken when I was 28. When I looked at it, I was stunned - I had turned out to be just about what I had hoped for.

Several years ago, I went to the Steamworks in Berkeley. This was on a weekday during the day. The place was jammed and everybody seemed very forward, not to the extent of pushing their way into a room where they weren't wanted, but these were all men who were definitely there to get laid. I loved it, one of the best times I've ever had at a bathhouse.

I don't think it's stupid- they just haven't given it much thought.

I don't list preferences - I say "no preference." I try to keep my system of classification as primitive as possible - a guy is either white or black or brown.

I have never made a formal study, but if you look at ethnic preferences in profiles on hookup sites, it seems fairly common for guys to list just about every ethnicity EXCEPT Asian.

No, I don't claim to have solved the problem of race in the US. I think, as long as we have the notion of "race," there will be a race problem.

Somehow, I escaped it. I'm a white boy who loves men of color.

Every time I'm in Canada, I'm struck by the diversity. In the US, even in regions that are ethnically diverse, people tend to cluster into communities of people like themselves. In Canada, it's much more of a mix.

I'm not into boys - 40 - 50 are a man's prime years.

No he's not stage-ready, but I would give him a go.

My intensive German class at the Goethe Institut was 9 hours every day - very tiring. One company I worked at we had lots of European management and engineers, who divided their time between Europe and the US. They were all fluent in English, but even fluent speakers said it was tiring to speak English for an entire workday.

Ive noticed the same thing. If they had translated the German more literally, instead of taking such liberties, it would have captured the spirit of the German dialog better.

I notice the same thing. All the time, I'm telling my husband - "They didn't get that right at all."

I did a 3-week immersion course in German a few years ago. It is stunning how fast you improve. I had already had a lot of exposure to German and I was hoping the immersion course would get me closer to being fluent. I didnt't acccomplish that, but I watch movies, TV series and news in German all the time and understand most of it.

Maybe he's straight. How were his manners? Arab men usually have flawless manners - which is extremely sexy in and of itself.