Off Topic Reports

[Bad Bad Boy]

This article appeared in the USA Today newspaper today:

Chlamydia cases reported in the USA have topped a million for the first time, with the highest rates among adolescent girls, federal officials reported Tuesday.

The growing prevalence of chlamydia, which can cause pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility, is mirrored by slight increases in the prevalence of gonorrhea and syphilis after years of declines.

In its latest update on sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) other than AIDS, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about 19 million new infections occur each year, about half of them in young people aged 15 to 24. Medical care for these patients costs nearly $15 billion in the USA last year alone, the report says.

Last year, doctors reported 1,030,911 cases of chlamydia, an increase of nearly 55,000 cases in 2005. Yet, although chlamydia is the most commonly reported infectious disease in the USA, with 348 reported cases for every 100,000 people, the evidence suggests that the true tally is closer to 2.8 million new cases each year, the government reports.

"We have reason to believe that chlamydia is dramatically underreported," says John Douglas, director of STD prevention at the CDC in Atlanta.

Gonorrhea is also on the rise, an increase due partly to growing resistance to antibiotics, the report says. The number of reported cases reached 358,366 cases last year. Cases began to climb in 2005, after a 74% drop between 1975 and 1997 and several years in which reported cases remained stable. Last year, the rate of new cases reached 121 for every 100,000 people, an increase of nearly 6% over 2005.

Syphilis is also on the rise, after an elimination campaign begun in 1999 foundered. Although the number of cases is small, with just 9,756 last year, the rate of new cases has increased by nearly 14%, from 2.9 to 3.3 cases per 100,000.

Evidence that STDs are again on the rise worries infectious disease experts who say efforts to fight them have been curtailed somewhat by the growing pressure to respond to a range of public health problems, from AIDS to emerging infectious diseases to foodborne epidemics.

"The gap between what we were previously able to do and what we need to do is growing larger," Douglas says. The diminishing number of people with health insurance makes matters worse, he says. "If you don't have insurance, you're unlikely to get care," he says, adding that untreated STD patients are more likely to infect others.

The government tracks chlamydia, syphilis and gonorrhea to examine overall trends. Some widespread infections, among them those by the viruses that cause genital warts and genital herpes, aren't reported at all.

BBB

[Member #4105]

GS, you make a good point. Instead of using commerical lighting, maybe very, very low candle light might do the "trick" (pun intended)). We wouldn't want to frighten anyone. lol BBB

I had a similar experience near Montgomery Park today. Saw what looked to be a hottie. Came back for the second pass, slowed down, focused my eyes, then quickly accelerated as the nasty faced ho screamed something incoherent at me.

I really need to get my vision checked.

Saw a 40ish large black woman with her mini hiked up and her chest hanging out on Patapsco in front of the church. She got scooped up quickly.

Shortly after the 1st woman left, she was replaced by a waifish cutie. A green? 4Runner with two passengers was parked on the side street watching her. The cutie did not look like LE. Looked a bit young. The driver in the 4Runner did not look like LE. After 30+ minutes the girl and the 4Runner were. Anyone have info? Seemed like some kind of a set up.

[Bad Bad Boy]

I am sure that if the SW's set up in a commercial environment, with proper lighting, that we all may want to give up mongering after we get a good look!!

GS, you make a good point. Instead of using commerical lighting, maybe very, very low candle light might do the "trick" (pun intended)). We wouldn't want to frighten anyone. lol BBB

[Larry 56]

I am sure that if the SW's set up in a commercial environment, with proper lighting, that we all may want to give up mongering after we good a good look!!

GS

I try not to think about that.


Larry!

[Green Shadow]

The Silverado Gun Show at the Frederick Fairgrounds is today and tomorrow. Cost: $7.

They have 3 buildings crammed with tables selling guns, knives, military surplus, cleaning gear, ammo, books, etc. I did not see any great deals on guns, but you could get good prices on Federal 9 mm ($9/50 round box), .38 caliber ($10/box), and .357/.45 caliber ($12.50/box) ammo. They were also selling new magazines for your model 911 .45 ACP for $5.50.

I ended up buying another book, SHOOTER, by Jack Coughlin and Casey Kuhlman, both USMC snipers. It sold for $24.95 and I bought it new for $8.

The organizers of the event should consider leasing out that 4th building and have our SW's set up their booths. Now that would be a one-stop-shop and a big money-maker! lol

BBB

I am sure that if the SW's set up in a commercial environment, with proper lighting, that we all may want to give up mongering after we good a good look!!

GS

[Bad Bad Boy]

The Silverado Gun Show at the Frederick Fairgrounds is today and tomorrow. Cost: $7.

They have 3 buildings crammed with tables selling guns, knives, military surplus, cleaning gear, ammo, books, etc. I did not see any great deals on guns, but you could get good prices on Federal 9 mm ($9/50 round box), .38 caliber ($10/box), and .357/.45 caliber ($12.50/box) ammo. They were also selling new magazines for your model 911 .45 ACP for $5.50.

I ended up buying another book, SHOOTER, by Jack Coughlin and Casey Kuhlman, both USMC snipers. It sold for $24.95 and I bought it new for $8.

The organizers of the event should consider leasing out that 4th building and have our SW's set up their booths. Now that would be a one-stop-shop and a big money-maker! lol

BBB

[Larry 56]

Abuse, yeah maybe?? They are viewed more sympathethically. Not the real issue, dual diagnosis is, with the city and state not willing to deal with it because of the cost.



Larry!

[Bad Bad Boy]

This article appeared today in the Baltimore Sun newspaper. Politicians are going to try another approach to lessen the AIDS epidemic and prostitution in Baltimore. Those white vans you will soon see on the various loops may not be LE, but Health Department staff trying to reach out to SW's, the "core transmitters" of AIDS.

Here's the article:

Baltimore ranks second - behind Miami - on a list of U.S. cities where AIDS cases are spreading fastest. One cause is the large number of women who live on the margins and trade sex for money and drugs. Their harrowing and compelling stories, as detailed this week by The Sun's Jonathan Bor and Kim Hairston, highlight a shadowy world where many urban ills collide.

What's needed is a comprehensive effort, by public officials and private groups, to secure resources and provide services to these women whose private acts of survival have major public health consequences.

The AIDS epidemic here is intertwined with addiction to crack cocaine and other substances, making women who trade sex for drugs "core transmitters," according to experts. Many of these women were victims of sexual abuse as children, and many have turned to drugs as a form of self-medication to deal with their pain and shame.

They often lack an education, a job, a steady income or a home, and they become trapped by their habit into prostitution. Some women can be helped through the criminal justice system. A prostitute might get initial treatment or care for HIV while in jail. And the nonprofit group You Are Never Alone has organized support groups at the Women's Detention Center for a decade, offering women the opportunity to refocus their lives. A proposed prostitution court that would divert women into counseling and treatment also would have a positive impact.

But for hundreds of these women, sex trading goes on in the darker, hidden corners of the drug culture, and they remain unknown to the courts and others who might help. They must be found, and public officials are belatedly making a push to do so.

In January, Baltimore's Health Department will begin a $70,000 one-year pilot program, sending a van out twice a week to the areas where these women often ply their trade. Staffers will offer clean needles and HIV testing as well as counseling and referrals to medical and housing services. That's a good starting point. But it will take even more public and private efforts - and a focused commitment - to provide greater outreach and to ensure that the women's most acute needs, including housing, drug treatment and health care, are available once they decide to accept a helping hand.

As the progress of AIDS shows, leaving these women in the shadows endangers not only them but also an increasing number of city residents.

BBB

[LoveLOS]

If anyone wants to join me for the second half - meaning you haven't slit your wrists yet..I just cracked opened a nice big bottle of bourbon to make the rest of the game hurt less than the vivisection that it looks like.

PM if you want to come over and get drunk.

Bench

Would love to have joined you to share in the spoils of a fine bottle of liquor and allow you to cry into my yellow towel! I know this report makes my life of little value should I choose to tour the block without a bodyguard, it is the risk I gotta take. Since you showed no compassion when I bemoaned the fourth quarter fate of BB's (Baltimore Benz's) beloved (Baltimore first, then Indy) Colts in their loss to the bullies from Boston, you have earned this report!

Pittsburgh scores the first TD.
8:58pm while talking to Bench on the phone:
BSR: "***** ******, They are handing them their asses!"
LL: "Are you watching the Steelers? What is the score?"
BSR: "7-0"
LL: "Oh that's right, they are playing Baltimore. (Now I know exactly where this is going) Just 7-zip in the first quarter. No biggie, I thought the Colts were gonna win at halftime last night, then we had the fourth quarter from hell..."
BSR: "It was a beautiful thing" (or some such drivel that has the same basic meaning--that you are actually rooting FOR those cheating bastards!!?!!)
LL: "Fuck you too, buddy!"
BSR: "Luv ya man" ....click....
Pittsburgh scores the second TD.
9:18pm Text message from BSR: "14-00 you bastards"
Pittsburgh scores the third TD.
LL arrives at a local sports bar so he can watch the fun.
9:27pm Text message from BSR: "21-00 you bastards"
Pittsburgh scores the fourth TD.
9:46pm Text message from BSR: "booyah!"
9:51pm Text message from LL: "HeHe! And the Pats suk too. Luv ya mon."
Pittsburgh scores the fifth TD.
9:46pm Text message from BSR: "Fuck"
McNair intercepted by Harrison
9:54pm Text message from LL: "OMFG"
Baltimore scores the first TD.
10:07pm Text message from LL: "Hope Pit give the 2nd team some playing time. congrads on the TD."
Halftime
10:16pm Text message from BSR: "I opened the wild turkey"
10:21pm BSR posts number 560, below.
Big Ben is injured when knocked to the ground by Suggs
10:56pm Text message from BSR: "I love suggs right now"
Harrison sacks McNair for the fourth time.
11:09pm Text message from LL: "I love Harrison"
El Jefe has been busy cleaning up a mess on USG boards of Baltimore and DC
11:42pm Text message from BSR: "Cretin is now officially being moderated."
11:43pm Phone call to confirm details that a certain cretin's posts have been edited!!!
Game ends Pit 38 Bal 7
BSR's condition reported as basically unstable, which is normal for him. He is recovering from the shock of the poorest play I have seen this year from the Ravens, and very animated by the spanking of yet another undesirable member of USG.

Ok, OK. I know I have to start writing the report for that fucking excellent trip that BSR and I took a few days back...

LoveLOS

P.S. At least my boys know when to stop running up the score!

P.S.S. We need to get together on Dec 3rd. I'll be cheering for the Ravens like I was a blockette.

[Benchseats Rock]

If anyone wants to join me for the second half - meaning you haven't slit your wrists yet..I just cracked opened a nice big bottle of bourbon to make the rest of the game hurt less than the vivisection that it looks like.

PM if you want to come over and get drunk.


Bench

[Android67]

By some estimates, pornography accounts for 40% of all Internet traffic and pay-TV sales. I know I'm doing my part to to increase it above 40%.

It used to be a much higher percentage of Internet commerce -- the porn industry was really the first industry to make money online. The reason it's down to 40% is that other areas of commerce have caught up...

&67

[Bad Bad Boy]

'By some estimates, pornography accounts for 40% of all Internet traffic and pay-TV sales."

From what I have read Horsetrader, pornography is a $13 billion dollar business. Obviously, a lot of people are partaking in it. It's all about supply and demand. I can see that I have to work harder to do my part in order to raise that 40% number. lol BBB

[Horsetrader]

'By some estimates, pornography accounts for 40% of all Internet traffic and pay-TV sales."

This came from http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com...mentid=5648089

I know I'm doing my part to to increase it above 40%.

[Butt Ugly]

I was going back and looking at some ones posts to see if this poster has a history of trying to stir things up. Anyway I noticed the view counter and the numbers seemed quit high to me. So I went back and checked the views on my posts and the numbers 72, 414, 565, 433 and 672, 563 kept repeating as the number of views. Check your posts and you will probably see the same thing. Anyone have any idea what is going on with this?

[Larry 56]

I won't point to any specific report, but we've all seen them. I read somewhere that if you get the first letter, and the last letter of a word correct, most people will understand the word being spelled. However, some of the grammar being used here hurts to read. Typing the report first with spellcheck, and cut and paste to usasg would make reading easier. I will probably get blasted for this, but f**k it, it needs to be said.
GTR

Some of us have bad typing and bad eyesight. Sorry.

I'll be out at the Clix again next week so more bad spelling is coming.



Larry!