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Can you tell me what I need to solder sterling silver jump rings on a charm bracelet? A have a small soldering iron that I've never used. I don't know what else to get in terms of the kind of solder and/or what is needed.

I have a Weller 25 watt soldering iron that I was told is for craft/jewelry projects.

Any suggestions or advice would be much appreciated. Thank you!

I was surprised to learn that a friend claims her 22-year-old daughter as a dependent. The daughter works, pays her own way (car payment, auto and health insurance) but lives at home. The friend is upset that, as a result of claiming the daughter as a dependent, the daughter is not eligible for financial aid based on her mother's income.

I was under the impression that you can only claim kids over the age of 18 if they are in school. Obviously, this is not correct.

So what are the rules?

My daughter will soon turn 18 and come into her trust, which is substantial. As executor of these funds, I would like to buy her a Nobel Peace Prize. Obviously, the awards are being handed out to anyone who can afford one.

An institution that would award a "peace" prize to the likes of Jimmy Carter, Yassir Arafat, Al Gore and now, President Blowhard can obviously be brought, if the price is right.

So does anybody have contact info?

Thanks so much!

On the Yahoo! main page there is often an advertisement for a site where you can go and take an IQ test. This ad features a celebrity (Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, Robert Pattinson, Barack Obama) and gives that individual's IQ along with an invitation for you to take the test.

During the primaries, Obama was featured in these ads, which proclaimed his IQ to be 112. When he won the primary, his IQ reported in the ad was 117. A few weeks later as the campaigning escalated, Obama's IQ went up to 122 and then to 125. When he won the election, his IQ increased further to 130.

I see today that it's up to 132! He's been president for less than two months and he's practically become a genius in that short time!

This is amazing. How is Obama getting so smart? Smart pills? More Omega-3 fatty acids in his diet? Cutting back on the weed? Should he not share the secrets of his increased brain power?

Is no one watching what Obama is doing?

Giving the term judicial activism new meaning, President Obama has nominated an ACORN loyalist to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the Chicago Tribune reports.

David F. Hamilton “has a long and impressive record of service and a history of handing down fair and judicious decisions. He will be a thoughtful and distinguished addition to the 7th circuit and I am extremely pleased to put him forward to serve the people of Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin,” the president said in a press release that conspicuously ignores the judicial nominee’s actual history.

The Judicial Confirmation Network notes that Hamilton previously worked as a fundraiser for ACORN, the radical direct-action group that not only resurrects the dead and gets them to the polls every election but also shakes down banks and pressures them to make home loans to people who can’t afford to pay them back.

http://www.capitalresearch.org/blog/2009/03/17/aco...

Chris Dodd is the Senator from Connecticut where AIG is headquartered.

Chris Dodd and Barack Obama (as a senator) were the two top beneficiaries of political donations from AIG.

Chris Dodd personally wrote and inserted a specifically worded amendment into the stimulus bill that provides AIG an "'exception for contractually obligated bonuses agreed on before Feb. 11, 2009."

This exempts the very AIG bonuses Dodd and others are seeking to tax! Are we to believe that this was an arbitrary date he chose by throwing darts at a calendar? Or is it more likely that AIG instructed him accordingly?

Obama signed the bill into law.

Are we to believe that he signed this bill without reading it or without being aware of its contents? One would think that very specific language regarding AIG's use of the funds would have been included and that Obama would have reviewed this language. But rather, he would have us believe that he was kept in the dark.

NOW Obama is shocked, horrified and outraged that AIG intends to use government money to pay out bonuses. Obama is going to get to the bottom of this! He won't stand for it! He's going to put his foot down on this one, oh yes he is!

So, is Obama a liar, a cheat or just plain stupid? All three? Or does he think the American people are that stupid? Which is it?

MSNBC is running a promo about the upcoming inauguration of BO. The overly dramatic t.v. spot claims, "Years from now, Americans will ask, 'Where were you when Barack Obama was inaugurated?'"

I find this fascinating, to compare the inauguration of this con man to a world-shattering event that will go down in infamy.

People remember where they were when Pearl Harbor was bombed or when Roosevelt died or when Kennedy was killed or when the Challenger exploded or when Princess Diana died and or when the Twin Towers came down.

But no one remembers, save for the immediate family of the president himself, where they were during any one inauguration, unless of course they were actually at the inauguration.

While I find the notion that the details of BO's inauguration are something that the world will sear into its collective brain, I do love the fact that it is being credited with the potential to have the same impact as an enormous world tragedy, which of course it is.

In ten or twenty years, do you think you will remember where you were and what you were doing on the day BO is crowned?

MSNBC is running a promo about the upcoming inauguration of BO. The t.v. spot claims, "Years from now, Americans will ask, 'Where were you when Barack Obama was inaugurated?'"

I find this fascinating, to compare the inauguration of this con man to a world-shattering event that will go down in infamy.

People remember where they were when Pearl Harbor was bombed or when Roosevelt died or when Kennedy was killed or when the Challenger exploded or when Princess Diana died and or when the Twin Towers came down.

But no one remembers, save for the immediate family of the president himself, where they were during any one inauguration, unless of course they were actually at the inauguration.

While I find the notion that the details of BO's inauguration are something that the world will sear into its collective brain, I do love the fact that it is being credited with the potential to have the same impact as an enormous world tragedy, which of course it is.

In ten or twenty years, do you think you will remember where you were and what you were doing on the day BO is crowned?

A couple is renting a house where they have lived for 10 years. The rent is deposited monthly in a local bank account set up by the absentee landlady. The couple tries to communicate with the landlady by email whenver possible because they find it difficult to get off the phone because the landlady insists on sharing details of her many illness, the travails of her many adult children, gossiping about the neighbors, etc. She consistently offers too much information and is often inappropriate.

At one point, the rent was to have been deposited on a Friday but was not. The couple notified the landlady that the deposit would be made on Monday. The deposit was made on Monday, but after close of business, so it did not show up on the account balance until Tuesday. Monday night, the landlady called the in-laws of the newly married daughter of the couple. She told the in-laws, who she had never met or spoken to previously, of her concern about the late rent and said that if she did not hear from the couple immediately, she planned to evict them. The in-laws called their son, who told his new wife, who contacted her parents (the tenant couple), who were not aware of any attempts (by phone or email) to contact them at any point in this mess.

The couple phoned the landlady and expressed their displeasure at what had happened and insisted that the landlady phone the inlaws and apologize. The landlady phoned the couple's daughter instead and again went on and on about how the couple is behind in the rent. At no time did she apologize.

The couple made it clear that they were humiliated and embarrassed by this behavior. They made sure the landlady had both their email addresses and home phone (which is listed) in order to communicate with them. They told the landlady that she "had no business" sharing information of this sort with anybody.

A year passed. The rent was deposited one week past the due date. The landlady was notified by email that this was going to happen. The landlady called the elderly parents (who live 600 miles away) of the male tenant. She told the parents that their son was in arrears and was about to be evicted.

Has the landlady violated privacy laws by contacting parties with whom she has had no previous contact and has no authorization to contact? In neither case was the landlady given the information to contact the in-laws or the parents of the tenant. She gleaned the information from previous conversations with the couple.

Should the couple pursue a legal action and if so, to what end? They have given notice and plan to move in the near future.

A couple is renting a house where they have lived for 10 years. The rent is deposited monthly in a local bank account set up by the absentee landlady. The couple tries to communicate with the landlady by email whenver possible because they find it difficult to get off the phone because the landlady insists on sharing details of her many illness, the travails of her many adult children, gossiping about the neighbors, etc. She consistently offers too much information and is often inappropriate.

At one point, the rent was to have been deposited on a Friday but was not. The couple notified the landlady that the deposit would be made on Monday. The deposit was made on Monday, but after close of business, so it did not show up on the account balance until Tuesday. Monday night, the landlady called the in-laws of the newly married daughter of the couple. She told the in-laws, who she had never met or spoken to previously, of her concern about the late rent and said that if she did not hear from the couple immediately, she planned to evict them. The in-laws called their son, who told his new wife, who contacted her parents (the tenant couple), who were not aware of any attempts (by phone or email) to contact them at any point in this mess.

The couple phoned the landlady and expressed their displeasure at what had happened and insisted that the landlady phone the inlaws and apologize. The landlady phoned the couple's daughter instead and again went on and on about how the couple is behind in the rent. At no time did she apologize.

The couple made it clear that they were humiliated and embarrassed by this behavior. They made sure the landlady had both their email addresses and home phone (which is listed) in order to communicate with them. They told the landlady that she "had no business" sharing information of this sort with anybody.

A year passed. The rent was deposited one week past the due date. The landlady was notified by email that this was going to happen. The landlady called the elderly parents (who live 600 miles away) of the male tenant. She told the parents that their son was in arrears and was about to be evicted.

Has the landlady violated privacy laws by contacting parties with whom she has had no previous contact and has no authorization to contact? In neither case was the landlady given the information to contact the in-laws or the parents of the tenant. She gleaned the information from previous conversations with the couple.

Should the couple pursue a legal action and if so, to what end? They have given notice and plan to move in the near future.