Kenny

Menudo: a spicy soup made from tripe.

Menudo: a spicy soup made from tripe.

#20 has my idea of a perfect snack...slurp.

Menudo: a spicy soup made from tripe.

Only in the deep end...

I look at his profile link above
 
I see he offers swimming coaching
 
I wonder if he can help me on my stroke?

That is wildly inappropriate. Proving an accusation is false is almost impossible and if the evidence doesn't stack up it's easy enough for the police or the [crown/state/district] prosecutor to say so and not proceed. If the police don't believe a claim they have no right to insist that the complainant recant their complaint. As in this case, the prosecutors should keep the details on file in case better evidence comes up.

A thoughtful article about 'rape culture' from the victim of an assault.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/12/i-didnt-understand-culture-until-i-was-attacked?CMP=share_btn_tw

Gman

'Irony day' sounds like 'a rainy day'.

The novel's title was after Wallace Stevens's poem "The Man with the Blue Guitar" which in turn Stevens titled after the painting.
 
Partial text: http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88v/blueguitar.html

TruHart1

definitely does not look like a woman at all, of course....but that butt thing is somewhat unusual and must be the reason you wonder.....he obviously works out and I think we can just chalk up his beefy body and the shape of his butt to genetics and the working out....strange that he wears three different numbers for what appears to be the Oakland As....great butt as #65!!

THIS...One more time

 
NOW THIS...One more time
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9uj9oTOMw1qjp4z6o1_500.gif
 
Nighty night all....

A-men. Well said.

You have no idea what racism is, do you. None. Zero. Zip. The elephant in your room is just an illusion, only seen by you.

You have no idea what racism is, do you. None. Zero. Zip. The elephant in your room is just an illusion, only seen by you.

Gman

A-men. Well said.

You have no idea what racism is, do you. None. Zero. Zip. The elephant in your room is just an illusion, only seen by you.

Does any one think he is putting himself in danger by posting this kind of ad?

Now this is venturing into the realm of absurdity. I find it difficult to believe that most of the people on this thread "yapping about racism here" (and I interpret that as your characterization of those who think excluding entire racial groups is abhorrent) would be supporting the most blatantly racist political campaign we've seen in decades. I get that you're invested in articulating the contrarian/non-PC position, but resorting to such hyperbole only does you a disservice.
 
And with all due respect, when it comes to the portion of my post that you quoted in red font, I don't think you know what you're talking about. I recall from our past disagreement on this topic that you don't identify as a person of color, so I suspect that you have no personal experience as a victim of racism, although I think you previously analogized it to anti-semitism (but my memory could be off on that last part). I'm both a person of color and have been overweight my whole life. I've experienced all manner of discrimination on both of those grounds, and the impact is much deeper when I'm mistreated because of my race, due to the immense historical and cultural baggage attached to that subject. In our society, race means something with respect to identity (at least to those for whom race has historically been a marker of inferiority, and the means through which individual and institutional/structural mistreatment has been applied) that is entirely different from other characteristics. I never said that being mistreated for other reasons does not hurt. But it is markedly different. If you disagree, then that's your prerogative, but on certain subjects, where personal experience and wisdom really matters, not all opinions are equal.
 
Respectfully,

I understand your point when it comes to prejudices we have when it comes to hiring, no doubt. Some folks on here complaint about the browning of the escort business, maybe they need to hire guys from Minnesota, ND, SD, WI and other 90% white areas of the country.
 

 
No fags allowed?
 

 
An escort is not attracted to 95% of the guys who hired him because they're old (like me) or overweight (like many of yinz). The main part of the business is having the stomach of having sex with guys who are not appealing.
 
I understand and escort saying: "Please no obese people", it's a specific group he just can't imagine himself getting a hard on and having sex with them. A local escort once told me a 300 pounder once broke his bed, another one try to fuck him but even if the escort was lifting the giant belly the cock of the client just couldn't reach him because there was no angle. He would screen the clients asking them height and weight and excuse himself after.
 
Calling someone who's a business man and a service provider who openly advertises in this ad "no blacks" a racist is a long shot? C'mon!
 
What do black guys have in common but their skin color?
 
They come in all ages, sizes, uncut/cut, income, countries of origin, social class, physical type, educational level, profession, top/bottom/versatile, etc. Such a generalization of not being willing to accept their money of such a diverse group because their skin color, that btw could vary a lot even in the same family, simply sounds racist to many of us here except you and others.
 

A-men. Well said.

You have no idea what racism is, do you. None. Zero. Zip. The elephant in your room is just an illusion, only seen by you.