Liz—The bounce in financials was mostly short coverings. Wells Fargo and JP Morgan are probably solvent but I wouldn’t give you 2 cents for the other big players. Added to my positions in Fording Canadian Coal Trust (FDG) and Canadian Oil Sands Trust (COSWF). Expecting unusally large dividends from both as they add debt to create tax shelters to stave off the full effects of Canada’s new tax laws affecting them starting in 2011. Both companies believe their dividends are “qualified” under the US tax code.

Elizabeth—I disagree most men wander because the fantasy magic disappears. Men cheat mostly because their wives become shrews, neglect their figures, overspend, aren’t affectionate, or behave selfishly. The fastest way for a guy to stop having sex is to get married.

Cynthia—The major culprit are divorced mothers with custody who destroy girls’ relationships with their fathers to please the new boyfriend(s) or just exploit them for financial gain. Much of sexual exploitation of adolescent girls would vanish with a custody presumption favoring fathers.

Mugsy—As if that was really so horribleI, I didn’t say Obama consorted with prostitutes. He wouldn’t be the first politician to find solace in the arms of a discreet loving mistress.

Phyllis—After reading Obama’s books, strongly suspect he enjoys a loving long term relationship with a very well educated upscale discreet white woman.

Don—Working women not only wrecked the economy but also family stability and the nation’s health. Since the majority of women entered the fulltime wokforce marriage rates collapsed, divorce soared, and almost 75% of adults and children are overweight.

The dollar is headed straight down the toilet. Chevron is the only American stock I own. For a hedge again a falling dollar, real growth and good dividends I hold Fording Canadian Coal Trust (FDG) and Canadian Oil Sands Trust (COSWF).

The vast majority of Hollygolightys end up as they started as girls of slender means.

My policy when I was still interested in marriage was never to choose a divorced woman or someone whose parents were divorced.

Three cheers for older women! Nothing beats a lady who found her place in the sun, is so well seasoned by life she knows what really makes men happy, and appreciates as I do grandparenthood is far better than parenting young children again.

In my parents’ generation marrying outside the Jewish faith could result in the.child being considered dead. Nowadays most parents, Jewish or otherwise, would be tickled pink to have a new in-law of the opposite sex!

Presidential marriages are shams. The best we can hope for is the president doesn’t sleep on the couch too often, or has a generous mistress, so that out of resentment and sexual frustration he doesn’t use warmaking as anger management therapy. Obama’s preface to “The Audacity of Hope” suggests his marriage is sexually and emotionally dead with the couple staying together for the sake of their children and each’s octane high careers. We should be like the French who assume their leaders find ways outside marriage to gratify their sexual, emotional, and companionship needs.

The reason there’s no HIV “vaccine” is a fundamental misunderstanding of basic immunology by health policymakers and scientists. Vaccines are actually booster shots for immune systems genetically capable of naturally fighting off the virus. In contrast to polio, for example, only a very tiny number of humans have natural immunity to HIV. Hence all the vaccines to date failed because the antibodies they create aren’t protective. The way to HIV prevention are transfers of the gene(s) responsible for natural immunity.

kib—Are you one of my exs?

Carol L— My heavens you melted under pretty mild criticism. There’s much for western women to learn from traditional Islamic traditions. For starters wearing head coverings and very modest clothing diminishes the whacko notion consuming our women today that they must be “hot”. Also reduces competition between women as it increases communal cooperation. The Christie Brinkley divorce is a case in point. Christie’s main beef is she’s no longer “hot” enough to satisfy her man. With her life constructed around her appearance and sexual allure I strongly suspect she made her husband’s life such a living hell he needed hours of porn flixs to psych himself up for sex with her. Preoccupied with her sexual allure Christie never matured into a stable middle aged woman whose primary focus is caring for the children and the family. In the Islamic world prosperous women her age often find their husbands young shapely things they can control so he doesn’t wander off.