Society for the Protection of Unborn Children

Society for the Protection of Unborn Children

WorldNetDaily: Mike Reagan takes on Ron Reagan

Sons of former president battle over stem-cell research

Games centres used as cheap child care (August 1, 2004)

NEWS.com.au | Games centres used as cheap child care (August 1, 2004): "PARENTS are leaving children overnight at Internet games centres to play violent computer games for up to 24 hours."

singer Brandy, Quentin Richardson engaged

singer Brandy, Quentin Richardson engaged

New Internet Explorer Patches - Updates labeled as critical ..

broadband ? News ? New Internet Explorer Patches - Updates labeled as critical ..

The Cato Institute : Don’t politicize stem cell research

Benton County Daily Record :: Opinion

"The vast majority of medical and scientific breakthroughs in this country’s history have been accomplished by the private sector. There’s no reason for stem cell research to be any different."

Michael Fumento: Stance on stem-cell use a sham | The Arizona Daily Star

Michael Fumento: Stance on stem-cell use a sham | The Arizona Daily Star

"Far from blocking federal cell research funding, Bush specifically authorized it so long as it used existing lines of embryonic cells.

But more remarkably, RR Jr. made absolutely no reference to an alternative to embryonic stem cells that is decades more advanced and carries absolutely no moral baggage.

Adult stem cells can be extracted from various places in the human body as well as blood in umbilical cords and placentas. They were first used to treat human illness in 1957.

By the 1980s, adult cells were literally curing a variety of cancers and other diseases; embryonic cells have never been tested on a human.

Adult stem cells now treat about 80 different diseases; again, embryonic cells have treated no one."

cards & politics

Ever since Tarot emerged, politics has been in the cards, now there's a funny deck called the Bush House Of Cards

The battle for email privacy | The Register

The battle for email privacy | The Register

ID cards: a bad idea, but we'll do it anyway | The Register

ID cards: a bad idea, but we'll do it anyway | The Register: "The key thing to note in all this, is that the debate has moved on: we are no longer talking about if we should have a national identity register and identity card, but how the system can be made to work. "

NYSE to unveil radical trading overhaul - NY Times

Latest News and Financial Information | Reuters.com: "The plan, known as Direct Plus, would represent a stiff challenge to Big Board floor traders who use the 212-year-old open outcry model, in which they use their knowledge and capital to help investors get the best price for stocks, the newspaper said.

The Big Board is fighting off competition from electronic trading exchanges that promise fast trades and anonymity to investors."

NYSE to expand electronic trading

finextra news: NYSE to expand electronic trading: "30 July 2004 - The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is expected to unveil a plan to allow large investors to trade large blocks of shares electronically on the floor of the exchange, according to a report by the New York Times.

The paper says the new plan, which is expected to be announced by NYSE chief executive John Thain on Monday, is an expanded version of a proposal put forward in February and represents the biggest challenge yet to the open outcry model of trading."

Outcry over 'open outcry'

Times Online - Business

"The board of the IPE will today consider a proposal to restrict the practice of “open outcry”, whereby dealers in brightly coloured jackets stand on the floor and carry out highly charged trading, to the afternoon.

The practice, once common on financial markets, survives in London only at the IPE and the London Metal Exchange."

A Vote for Kerry/Edwards is like a Check in the Mail

Gadsden Times: "The Associated Press
A list of promises and pledges in John Kerry's Thursday night speech:

Recruit allies to help rebuild Iraq.

Sure, they'll be eager to send their soldiers to Iraq & Afghanistan

Add 40,000 active duty troops, including a doubling of special forces to fight terrorism.

How will the jump in enlistment come about? Will the Draft be re-instated?

Immediately implement the recommendations of the Sept. 11 commission to improve America's security.

Oh, you mean President Bush would ignore the recommendations?

Will not privatize Social Security or cut benefits.

Great. What about the looming deficit?

Create incentives to revitalize manufacturing and invest in job-creating technology and innovation.

Like tax breaks? Isn't President Bush trying to revitalize manufacturing and the job scene?

Eliminate tax incentives that encourage companies to ship jobs overseas and reward companies that keep and create jobs in the United States.

Excellent! Spot on.

Enforce protections for American workers in trade agreements.

Good

Cut the deficit in half in four years.

Wow, the Kerry/Edwards team will emulate master magician Houdini. They will pull rabbits out of their hats, wave a magic wand, cut middle-class taxes, reduce the tax burden on small businesses,plus give a tax credits for college tuition, while adding 40,000 active duty troops, including a doubling of special forces to fight terrorism [these additional troops will be paid, right?]...but they won't touch Social Security [how will Kerry deal with the Federal Reserve Board and Alan Greenspan?] Didn't Kerry promise a phenomenal health care package similar to the ones that Senators have?
Kerry also reinforced Ron Reagan's visions of Snake Oil Cures which will provide miracles cures to everyone.

Repeal Bush's tax cuts for people making more than $200,000 a year.

Will that finance all of the above without dealing with the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, without touching Social Security?

Save families up to $1,000 on health care premiums by cracking down on waste and abuse in the system; ensure patients can chose their own doctors; allow Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices for seniors; and allow Americans to buy less expensive prescription drugs from other countries.

You want Americans to buy prescription drugs from places like Mexico and Canada? Why not institute a system so that Americans can buy more affordable prescription drugs manufactured within the United States. Let's change the laws on generic regulations to start.
Ooh, Kerry/Edwards' visions of healthcare sound so promising, but the details are still vague. Oh, yes, they could deliver a new healthcare system but remember, the Devil is in the details. What the voters have in mind may or may not materialize.

Invest in vehicles that run on alternative fuels and other energy-saving technology.

Well, you can see from this excerpt from Kerry: 'I can beat George Bush' that Kerry would like to impose environmental restrictions upon everyone else as long as his family gets to drive the SUVs & minivans.
Hey, the only reason why Rhianna lists the SUV issue here, is because previously Kerry denied owning an SUV, made a big deal about his proposed regulations, but then did the flip-flop dance routine later when the question was asked of him again:

"Q: In 2002, you co-sponsored legislation to raise the fuel economy standards for trucks and SUVs to 36 miles per gallon by 2015, up from the current 20.7. How would this help the auto industry increase jobs?

A: Setting mandatory fuel economy standards has been used for the purpose of trying to safeguard our future environment. I support improvements in those standards, but I’m not locked into a particular number of miles per gallon or a particular formula. I’d be crazy if I want to set up a structure that’s going to automatically lose us jobs.

Q: What kind of vehicles does your family drive?

A: We have some SUVs. We have a Jeep. We have a couple of Chrysler minivans. We have a PT Cruiser up in Boston. I have an old Dodge 600 that I keep in the Senate. ... We also have a Chevy, a big Suburban."

"

Key points of Kerry's speech - Jul 29, 2004 Dealing with War

CNN.com - Key points of Kerry's speech - Jul 29, 2004

"BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -- In his acceptance speech Thursday night to the Democratic National Convention, Sen. John Kerry talked about what he would do if elected president. Here are the highlights."

War in Iraq

Bring in more allies to share burden

Does this mean that France will jump right in to help in Iraq now that Kerry would be president?
Will dragging in more allies lighten the burden or will the quagmire deepen? Why doesn't Kerry promise that he'll remove the troops right away to bring them home? Think about this quote of Kerry's:

"Before you go to battle, you have to be able to look a parent in the eye and truthfully say: 'I tried everything possible to avoid sending your son or daughter into harm's way. But we had no choice. We had to protect the American people, fundamental American values from a threat that was real and imminent.'"

Gee, how come Kerry voted for authorization to use force in Iraq on October 11, 2001? If Kerry plans to add 40,000 active duty troops plus double special forces to conduct anti-terrorist operations, from where will these enforcements come? Kerry believes that we should go to war only "because we have to"...if a war has already started, does that mean we still have to go? It is admirable that Kerry wants to end "backdoor draft of National Guard and reservists," yet at the same time, there is a tricky twist. People now think that Kerry is opposed to a universal conscription which is not the case. He could end the backdoor draft, but he could still start a new draft. Young physicians could be impressed into military service under Kerry's regime to finish out their residency in Iraq.

A plea to President Bush and to John Kerry: promise the voters that there will be no military draft in Spring 2005

Kerry believes that we should never fight "a war without a plan to win the peace..." So Kerry, how do you plan to win the war without the draft?

FOXNews.com - Transcript: John Kerry

FOXNews.com - Transcript: John Kerry

Thursday, July 29, 2004

The following is the text of a speech given by presidential candidate John Kerry at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, July 29, 2004

Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry -- Full Report

PCBE: Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry -- Full Report

PCBE: Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness (Better Children)

PCBE: Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness (Better Children)

Snake Oil: Ron Reagan’s dishonest presentation.

Robert P. George on Ron Reagan & Democratic Convention on NRO

" Ron Reagan virtually promised Parkinson's sufferers that embryonic stem cells will provide a cure for them in ten years or so. 'Sound like magic?,' he said.'Welcome to the future of medicine.' But Ron Reagan has no idea — no one does — whether this is the future of medicine. He is engaged in a campaign of outrageous hype to persuade suffering people that a mere change of administrations in Washington will lead to cures for 'a wide range of debilitating illnesses: Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, lymphoma, spinal cord injuries, and much more.' Sound like snake oil? Welcome to the present of politics."

"Ordinary listeners who are unfamiliar with cloning technology — and, by the way, Ron Reagan was careful not to use the word 'cloning,' though that is exactly what he was describing — would be left with the impression that the process generated embryonic stem cells without generating an embryo! Indeed, by ambiguously referring to 'these cells,' in order to avoid revealing the fact that the cloning process generates a living human embryo which is then deliberately killed, Ron Reagan no doubt left some people with the impression that opponents of embryonic-stem-cell research consider embryonic stem cells, rather than the human embryos from which they are harvested, to be human beings. But this is the very reverse of the truth."

Kerry Waffles

The Kerry Spot on National Review Online

How to Tell Republicans From Democrats at the Beach or Not

Magic City Morning Star: How to Tell Republicans From Democrats at the Beach or Not

Re: Make a promise to the American voters: you will not reinstate the Draft - July 7, 2004 -- Letters to George W. Bush & John Kerry

Re: Make a promise to the American voters: you will not reinstate the Draft - July 7, 2004 -- Letters to George W. Bush & John Kerry - Nader for President 2004 - www.votenader.org

Nader wishes for a Kerry speech tonight taking on corporate interests

Nader wishes for a Kerry speech tonight taking on corporate interests

"Nader speaks knowledgeably about Upstate New York. He knows about the companies that fouled lakes and neighborhoods. He knows about the growth of the casino industry, which he sees as evidence of regional despair.

He also knows about the slow decline of bridges, roads and schools in Upstate cities, and he endorses this solution: How about rolling back the Republican tax cuts and using the money for a massive public works program that would provide hundreds of thousands of jobs while rebuilding the cities that crumble at our feet?"

Post Abortion Traumatic Grief

Post Abortion Traumatic Grief

The Politics of Cloning

David Alton

An abridged version of a speech given by Lord Alton of Liverpool at a conference organised by the Centre for Bioethics and Public Policy, November 24th, at the Royal Agricultural Hall Conference Centre, Westminster.

"Looking first of all at the ethics. I maintain that human embryos are nascent human beings and that all destructive research on human embryos, regardless of the potential benefits, is unethical. I remain profoundly concerned about the effect on society of our treating nascent human life as a natural resource to be mined, exploited and commodified and about so-called bioethicists who are happy to bestow their moral blessings on the latest innovation - to be sure, not for love, but for money. Since the passage of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, over 925,000 embryos have been created through in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment. Just 4% of these embryos have ever seen the light of day."

Morning After Pills: How Do They Prevent Pregnancy?

Morning After Pills
Talk given at a conference organised by the Centre for Bioethics and Public Policy at
The Royal Society of Medicine on Wednesday 28th November 2001
with subsequent discussion

Has Molecular Eugenics Arrived?

Molecular Eugenics:

Embryo Stem cell debate

Embryo Stem cell debate

allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Good Health: Unsafe Abortion: the Pain, the Reality

allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Good Health: Unsafe Abortion: the Pain, the Reality

Kerry has turned 180 degrees on abortion issue

Opinion - Palladium-Item - www.pal-item.com

"[Kerry's] first speech in 1985 on the Senate floor was to give his full and unqualified support to Roe vs. Wade. He has opposed all efforts to end the gruesome and horrific process of partial birth abortion (a fully developed, viable baby has it's brains sucked out and skull crushed). He has voted to use federal funds to provide government paid abortions. He has even sworn to appoint only judges who support abortion.

The most frustrating part of the whole deal (as there will always be two-faced politicians) is that there are actually people who call themselves Christians and support this bloody agenda. Those who graze with the sheep and hunt with the wolves."

T-shirt shows poor judgment Planned Parenthood deserves strong criticism for its new T-shirt that states, "I had an abortion.": 7/ 29/ 2004

T-shirt shows poor judgment
Planned Parenthood deserves strong criticism for its new T-shirt that states, "I had an abortion.": 7/ 29/ 2004: "Abortion should remain a choice in our society. But it should not be celebrated on a T-shirt. "

Aborting the Anencephalic Could Lead to Eugenics, Warns Expert

Interview With Humberto Vieira Over Brazilian Court Decision

"Vieira: Eugenic abortion is defended by those who want the improvement of the human race and [who] invest millions of dollars, also in Brazil, to achieve their objectives.

This is a dangerous precedent, because it opens the way to other types of abortion, for example, of the physically or mentally disabled, and even healthy human beings who, however, do not fit the criteria approved by eugenic groups.

The poor, the mutilated, and blacks, according to these groups, are 'sub-races' and must not prosper, for which sterilization and compulsory abortion are instruments to contain these fringes of the population.

'After Hitler, eugenics has not disappeared. It has been renewed,' said Edwin Black in his recently published book 'The War Against the Weak -- Eugenics and the North American Campaign to Create a Superior Race.' "

BBC NEWS | In Depth | Election issues guide

BBC NEWS | In Depth | Election issues guide
Where the main candidates stand on 10 key issues

GEORGE W BUSH
Republican

JOHN KERRY
Democrat

RALPH NADER
Independent

BBC NEWS | Business | Can Kerry beat Bush on the economy?

BBC NEWS | Business | Can Kerry beat Bush on the economy?

"The question marks arise over Mr Kerry's second firm proposal. He says he would cut the public deficit by half over four years. To help do that, he would require any government spending increases to be covered by revenue increases.

Concessions

The difficulty would come if the economy refused to grow. Would President Kerry have the stomach to cut public spending? "

US government to open national bank of "approved" embryonic stem cells

bmj.com Hopkins Tanne 329 (7459): 190: "The issue is heating up. Last week the Wall Street Journal reported some scientists were starting a campaign against President Bush, partly because of his policies on embryonic stem cell research (15 July, p A4), and a widely watched Public Broadcasting System programme, News Hour with Jim Lehrer also covered the debate on stem cell research. The New England Journal of Medicine published three articles discussing the pros and cons of embryonic stem cell research and the role of market forces (NEJM 2004; 351: 207-213). "

Joseph Perkins -- Embryonic stem cell research is wrong

SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Joseph Perkins -- Embryonic stem cell research is wrong

"But President Bush is not stopping Goldstein, or any other scientist, from conducting stem cell research. That is, as long as the research uses adult stem cells or one or more of the 78 existing embryonic stem cell lines the president authorized three years ago.

However, if a scientist wants to conduct medical experiments using embryonic stem cells that are not among the 78 existing lines authorized by Bush, he or she must do so without federal funding."

Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity: Ron Reagan Misguided on Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Cloning

Yahoo! News - Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity: Ron Reagan Misguided on Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Cloning

"President of The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity John Kilner, Ph.D. responded, 'History is littered with misguided attempts to relieve suffering by cutting ethical corners. All that Ron Reagan advocated can be achieved through adult stem cell research. But he amazingly never mentioned adult stem cells. Instead, his misleading language covered up the fact that producing the cells he seeks requires cloning human beings and then destroying them. Cloning and killing are too high an ethical price to pay, particularly when there is another safe way to develop the same cures.'"

Gothamist: For the Pizza Loving Republican - GOPizza

Gothamist: For the Pizza Loving Republican - GOPizza

"With less than a month until the Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden, the editors of Slice (Gothamist's favorite pizza site) have released GOPizza.net for the thousands of people in town for the convention. No news on whether there will be an Counter Convention pizza site from Slice. Now on the site, those hailing from the nether-regions of the country can learn how to order pizza in New York - it's a slice, stupid - and learn how to hold your pizza."

BostonHerald.com - Opinion: Kerry flips on Iraq war . . .

BostonHerald.com - Opinion: Kerry flips on Iraq war . . .

"A nomination acceptance speech is really just one giant sales job. Which John Kerry [related, bio] will the nominee be selling tonight?
Will it be the Kerry who voted to authorize the war in Iraq and once denounced Saddam Hussein as a `terrorist?'
The candidate who asserted there was only an ``outside chance'' to settle the Iraq conflict diplomatically? Who questioned `the backbone' of key allies such as France? Who said in 1998, long before it was on most politicians' radar screens, that the U.S. had to `be prepared to go the distance' on Iraq? "

Heinz kerry's speech seen as reinforcing image

Quad-City Times Newspaper Online - the Quad-Cities Home Page

" 'Stacked up against Laura Bush, she’s going to be a very difficult sell,' said Mort Kondracke.
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The reviews weren’t much better in the rest of the media. While a few pundits defended U.S. Sen. John Kerry’s wife as refreshingly unorthodox, her moment in the FleetCenter spotlight seemed to crystallize the media portrait of her as a bit of an oddball."

2000 Florida recount haunts Democrat convention delegates

Naples Daily News: Florida

"BOSTON — The memories of the dimpled chads in Florida just won't go away."

Welcome to The New-York Historical Society

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IF ELECTED: CAMPAIGNING FOR THE PRESIDENCY

In August and September, 2004, New York City will host the Republican Party's national convention for the first time in its history. The New-York Historical Society will mark that occasion, and this year's presidential election, with an exhibition that examines the history of American presidential elections since the time of George Washington, through the lens of campaign ephemera and other items of material culture. If Elected: Campaigning for the Presidency will be on view from June 29 through November 3, 2004."

Directions
The New-York Historical Society is located at
170 Central Park West
Tel. (212) 873-3400

Subway: B or C to 81st Street
Bus: M10 to 77th Street; M79 to 81st and CPW

Public Parking Garages are located at 203 West 77th Street, 207 76th Street or 201 West 75th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam.

New Exhibit on Old Campaigns Shows Politics As Usual

VOANews.com

"As Democrats and Republicans prepare to formally nominate their presidential candidates for the upcoming 2004 election, a new exhibit traces the colorful history of American political campaigns. As Leah Krakinowski reports from VOA's New York Bureau, the show at New York's Historical Society shows politics have not changed much since George Washington was elected the first president of the United States."

Study: Number of Protestants in US Declines

Arts & Culture: VOANews.com

"The other major shift has been in the category of those who say they are not affiliated with any religion. That group has grown in the last decade from nine percent to close to 14 percent. Survey director Tom Smith says the decline in church membership mirrors a similar decline in membership in clubs and social organizations in recent years. Sociologists have a term for this trend, calling it a reduction in social capital.

Social capital refers to the institutions, relationships and norms that shape the quality of society's interactions. It is sometimes called the glue that holds societies together. That glue, says Mr. Smith, no longer seems as strong as it once was in America."

CNN.com - Kennedy: Kerry a leader worthy of our country - Jul 27, 2004

CNN.com - Kennedy: Kerry a leader worthy of our country - Jul 27, 2004: "BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -- Rousing the Democratic faithful in his home city Tuesday night, Sen. Edward Kennedy said the November election will be the most important of his long political career, exhorting 'patriots of this new century' to prevent 'four more years of dreams denied and promises unfilled and progress rolled back.'"

CNN.com - Key points of Edwards' speech - Jul 28, 2004

CNN.com - Key points of Edwards' speech - Jul 28, 2004: "(CNN) -- In his speech Wednesday night to the Democratic National Convention, Sen. John Edwards offered a number of specifics of what he and Sen. John Kerry would do if elected. Here are the highlights."

Text of John Edwards' Convention Speech

ABCNEWS.com : Text of John Edwards' Convention Speech
Text of a Speech by Sen. John Edwards Wednesday Night at the Democratic National Convention

Ban Human Cloning

NCHLA: "On January 29, 2003, Senators Sam Brownback (R-KS) and Mary Landrieu (D-LA) introduced the Human Cloning Prohibition Act (S. 245). This measure has 27 other cosponsors and was referred to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. S. 245 is a genuine ban on human cloning and is identical to H.R. 534, the measure passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on February 27, 2003. Human cloning may not be used to bring the clones to live birth or to experiment on the young clones to obtain their stem cells, a process that destroys them."

The New Eugenics: Cloning and Beyond

By: Therese M. Lysaught, Ph.D.

"Advocates of ESCR and human cloning are savvy marketers. They have learned from the past fifteen years of developments in biotechnology—especially from the Human Genome Project and the field of gene 'therapy'—that the way to overcome public opposition to a highly controversial new venture is to cast it in the language of therapy. The language of therapy functions rhetorically as an argument in itself; no further argument need be offered."
[but]
we face what one might call the problem of the *therapeutic bait-and-switch.* Once public support has been won and techniques have been developed, new technologies tend to become detached from their therapeutic moorings and be made available for decidedly non-therapeutic purposes. One need only think of the 'Microsort' sperm-sorting technology, originally developed to aid persons bearing X-linked chromosomal disorders but immediately offered to those who wanted to 'balance' the genders of their children. Or the potential to use gene 'therapy' to treat baldness, a possibility that was heralded in 1999 as a fortuitous outcome of research. Or Botox—the botulism toxin that was originally developed to treat spasmodic conditions of the eyes, but off-label has become the treatment of choice among the cosmetic surgery set, comprising twenty percent of all cosmetic surgery interventions done in the U.S. annually.

Should 'therapeutic cloning' move forward, how would we guarantee that embryos were created and destroyed only in service of the great and noble good of therapy? What 'off-label uses' would be developed in the private sector? The history of government regulation hardly instills confidence here..."

Begotten Not Made: A Catholic View of Reproductive Technology

This article offers a perspective about this controversy.

Why IVF is Wrong

"Human beings bear the image and likeness of God. They are to be reverenced as sacred. Never are they to be used as a means to an end, not even to satisfy the deepest wishes of an infertile couple. Husbands and wives 'make love,' they do not 'make babies.' They give expression to their love for one another, and a child may or may not be engendered by that act of love. The marital act is not a manufacturing process, and children are not products. Like the Son of God himself, we are the kind of beings who are 'begotten, not made' and, therefore, of equal status and dignity with our parents.

In IVF, children are engendered through a technical process, subjected to 'quality control,' and eliminated if found 'defective.' In their very coming into being, these children are thoroughly subjected to the arbitrary choices of those bringing them into being. In the words of Donum Vitae: 'The connection between in vitro fertilization and the voluntary destruction of human embryos occurs too often. This is significant: through these procedures, with apparently contrary purposes, life and death are subjected to the decision of man, who thus sets himself up as the giver of life and death by decree.' The document speaks of 'the right of every person to be conceived and to be born within marriage and from marriage.' To be within and from marriage, conception should occur from the marriage act which by its nature is ordered toward loving openness to life, not from the manipulations of technicians."

Is stem-cell research moral?

Is stem-cell research moral?: "In vitro fertilization is not the only way to obtain stem cells. They can be extracted from adults (not as usable for research) or from an umbilical cord after a child is born. The Catholic Church has no objection to research using stem cells in those ways. The use of that research is a separate, but related, moral issue."

Guardian Unlimited | Guardian daily comment | The real reasons Bush went to war

Guardian Unlimited | Guardian daily comment | The real reasons Bush went to war: "WMD was the rationale for invading Iraq. But what was really driving the US were fears over oil and the future of the dollar "

Twelve-Year-Old Wows Convention Delegates

Twelve-Year-Old Wows Convention Delegates: "BOSTON (AP) - Twelve-year-old Ilana Wexler had some advice for Vice President Dick Cheney: You need a timeout. The Democrats loved it. Ilana, who founded a grassroots group called kidsforkerry.org, was rewarded last week with a phone call from Teresa Heinz Kerry inviting her to address the Democratic National Convention."

Condoms Do Not Prevent HPV

Concerned Women for America - CDC Reports: Condoms Do Not Prevent HPV

"In a critically important report to Congress, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Department of Health and Human Services recently released its findings that condoms do not protect against human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that is the primary cause of nearly all cervical cancer."

Shannen W. Coffin on Selective Reduction on National Review Online

Shannen W. Coffin on Selective Reduction on National Review Online

"The evidence relied upon by pro-abortion advocates in the recent trials challenging the constitutionality of the federal partial-birth-abortion ban was designed to show that nearly every abortion in this country happens to save a woman's life and that elective abortions are exceedingly rare. But Miss Richards is unapologetic about her 'selection,' and her account lays bare the cold utilitarianism and disquieting narcissism of the pro-abortion movement today. "

Concerned Women for America - Kerry Owes American Women an Honest Response on Abortion, Says Dr. Janice Crouse

Concerned Women for America - Kerry Owes American Women an Honest Response on Abortion, Says Dr. Janice Crouse

Democrat Platform Reveals Party as Radically Anti-Life/Anti-Family

CONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA

Barbarians at the Gates

by Michael F. Cannon

"If you're not thrilled about watching the Democratic National Convention tonight, I have a video recommendation: The Barbarian Invasions. Set in Canada with French dialogue and English subtitles, it won last year's Academy Award for best foreign film, and -- wait, where are you going?

Americans should give this film a try if only to see how much worse being sick would be if government controlled our health care. The Barbarian Invasions documents the mediocrity, rationing, mindless bureaucracy, corruption, and elitism that inevitably would follow. "

KARL MARX COMES TO BOSTON... RIDING ON A DONKEY

KARL MARX COMES TO BOSTON... RIDING ON A DONKEY

Text of Obama's Address at Convention

News Read - TheDay.com
The text of the keynote address by Barack Obama, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate from Illinois, as prepared for delivery at the Democratic National Convention in Boston

EarthLink Protection Center

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Googlisms for: Kerry, Edwards, Bush, Cheney, & Rhianna

Googlism for: John Kerry

Googlism for: John Edwards

Googlism for: George W. Bush

Googlism for: Dick Cheney

Googlism for: Laura Bush

Googlism for: rhianna

"rhianna is into groovy fortunetelling"--that much is true :-)

BreakingNews.ie: Hillary waiting in Democratic party wings

BreakingNews.ie: Hillary waiting in democratic party wings

"Should Kerry win and be nominated for a second term in 2008, any chance of Clinton making her own run for the White House would be out of the question until at least 2012.

On the other hand, a rousing speech this week could help position her for a presidential run in 2008 – if Kerry fails to knock George Bush from the White House."

Text of Clinton's address

Text of Clinton's address

Kerry's wife calls for civil tone in politics, then tells reporter to 'shove it'

SouthFlorida.com | CELEBRITY NEWS

"Heinz Kerry attended a Massachusetts Statehouse reception Sunday night for fellow Pennsylvanians, telling them, ``We need to turn back some of the creeping, un-Pennsylvanian and sometimes un-American traits that are coming into some of our politics.'' She criticized the tenor of modern political campaigns without being specific.

Minutes later, the Tribune-Review's Colin McNickle questioned Heinz Kerry on what she meant by the term ``un-American,'' according to a tape of the encounter recorded by Pittsburgh television station WTAE.

Heinz Kerry said ``I didn't say that'' several times to McNickle. She then turned to confer with Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and others. When she faced McNickle again a short time later, he continued to question her, and she replied: ``You said something I didn't say. Now shove it.''"

Teresa Heinz Kerry is 2nd decanate Libra, the decanate known as the Venus-Uranus-Saturn decanate. These individuals born under the Libra sign are often admired for their charm, their ability to communicate intellectual ideas, plus such individuals often have the talent to negotiate while maintaining poise.
So what happened with Teresa? Blame it on Uranus. Libra is a positive, masculine Air sign: already there exists an assertive quality; the influence of Uranus with a positive, masculine, astrological sign can strengthen this quality to such a degree that such individuals can possibly be quite hasty. Teresa opened a venue of possible intellectual discussion but (keep in mind there is a split moment of choice involved) instead of staying mired in the details, Uranus gave that push (an urge for her to bolt).
Little wonder she clipped at the reporter, after all, she is caught in the motion of the veering wind of this 2004 campaign.
What about Noblesse oblige? Shouldn't a prospective First Lady exude more grace? After all, she is being compared with a certain 2nd decanate Scorpio

Clinton slams Bush (July 27, 2004)

NEWS.com.au | Clinton slams Bush (July 27, 2004)

"FORMER US president Bill Clinton stirred the opening night of the Democratic National Convention with a summons to send John Kerry to the White House, accusing President George W. Bush of botching both the economy and the war on terror.

'Strength and wisdom are not opposing values,' the former president said sarcastically of the man who followed him into office.

He said Republicans 'need a divided America, but we don't.'

Eager to draw attention to Mr Kerry's record of military service, Mr Clinton said the Yale graduate could easily have stayed out of the Vietnam War three decades ago. The former president said he, Mr Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney all did so, but not Mr Kerry. 'He said, send me.'"

FORMER US President Bill Clinton gave an excellent speech

NEWS.com.au | Send John Kerry, says Clinton (July 27, 2004)

"Mr Clinton responded to Republican advertisements portraying Kerry as weak and irresolute on defence. He described the Massachusetts Senator's war record in Vietnam and said that whenever his government needed men, Senator Kerry had said, 'send me.'

Now, Mr Clinton said, 'we should choose a captain of our ship who is a brave, good man, who knows how to steer a vessel through troubled waters, to the calm seas and the clear sides of our more perfect union. ... Send John Kerry!'"

BW Online | July 27, 2004 | Why History Favors Kerry

BW Online | July 27, 2004 | Why History Favors Kerry

"These are strange times, and history may not repeat itself. For one, this is the most polarized election in modern history. Most people have already made up their minds, and the normal 'bounce' that candidates get from their conventions among independents and fence-sitters may not be there for Kerry. Not many 'undecideds' may be out there.

Then there's September 11 and what effect it will have on voters."

Convention Diary: Pushy reporters, bloggers and spooks

News: "One report says that for every one convention delegate there are three journalists. Several dozen of the 15,000 hacks are 'bloggers', internet-only writers, who for the first time have been accredited for a major convention."

Rhianna is a descriptive writer

You are a descriptive writer. An avid reader of
Robert Frost, perhaps, you LOVE to use flowery
words and use the paper and pen as your canvas
and paintbrush. You prefer to paint a mental
image rather than simply toy around with
people's minds. A very inspired person, you
love to be in nature and usually are a very
outdoorsy type of person. A writer with a
natural green thumb, perhaps?


What's YOUR Writing Style?
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This is true. Rhianna also loves to describe the details in a tarot card spread and how those details apply to the querent.

Women Say Single Life Is Better?

Oddly Enough News Article | Reuters.com: "BERLIN (Reuters) - More than 80 percent of single German women are perfectly happy without a man in tow and say living solo gives them more freedom to do what they want, according to a survey for Stern magazine."

Author Says Pregnancy Won't Delay 6th 'Harry Potter'

Entertainment News Article | Reuters.com: "LONDON (Reuters) - Multi-million-selling author J.K. Rowling said Saturday she was expecting her third child but promised worldwide 'Harry Potter' fans the pregnancy would not delay her writing a sixth book about the boy wizard."

CVMA | Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi

CVMA | Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi
"The Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi is an international survey of stained glass and, in Great Britain, is a British Academy Research Project based at the Courtauld Institute. This site includes free access to a searchable image database (with over 10,000 colour images), funded by the AHRB, and online ordering for related publications."

FDA/CFSAN Cosmetics - Table of Contents

FDA/CFSAN Cosmetics - Table of Contents
"cosmetic safety, cosmetic products, cosmetic ingredients, cosmetic labeling, warnings
and alerts, AHA, alpha hydroxy acids, cosmetic industry, cosmetic guidance, tanning, security"

craigslist - cities

craigslist - cities

Court Limits Privacy Of E-Mail Messages (TechNews.com)

Court Limits Privacy Of E-Mail Messages (TechNews.com): "Law professor Peter B. Swire said the ruling means e-mail service providers can intercept messages"

Read the lengthy article but Swire's statement sums it up in a nutshell.

Manage your favorites and bookmarks online for free.

BookMark Commando Main Menu

BookMark Commando Main Menu

Sign In - Yahoo! Briefcase

Sign In - Yahoo! Briefcase

Xythos-"storage, wfs, webdav, server solution, enterprise, storage management,

Xythos

There are not many places that offer free backup of your files online ... "Evaluation accounts created using Sharemation have a 5M storage quota and a 5M / 3 hours bandwidth quota."

Parody of Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land"

JibJab.com
This is a really funny parody with political cartoon characters.
See the cartoon images of George Bush & John Kerry sing.

Vogue Australia : Home

Vogue Australia : Home

DragonBear: Arts, Crafts, and Literature

DragonBear: Arts, Crafts, and Literature
"Arts, Crafts and Literature: articles on medieval history, needlework and cross-stitch patterns, free web graphics with medieval themes."

Google Press Center: Zeitgeist

Google Press Center: Zeitgeist
June 2004 Zeitgeist

Rhianna is a Fairy of the Evening

You are the night fairie. Shy and silent you love
the dark. The secent in the air of night is
better than anything in the world to you.
Please rate my quiz it would keep you up longer
into the night.


What kind of element fey are you? (PRETTY PICS)
brought to you by Quizilla

You're Normal. What is lacking in popularity you
make up in sweetness. You like school and
sometimes like a sport or two. Your life is
busy, you should be a doctor. Please rate my
quiz you are suppose to it is normal?


The Ultimate Personality Quiz (PRETTY PICS)
brought to you by Quizilla

Rhianna is a Siren who sings to the Moon & the Sea

You are a Siren. More adventurous than all with a
voice like no other you sit on warm rocks and
sing to the moon and sea. Yet sometimes
shipwrecks find you and raving men want you.
You are a bottle of talent and power. What the
unknown is you seek to find, and a lover. You
have the moon and stars as freinds. There are a
very few of you, what a rare find. Will you
rate my quiz, I think your voice in just
beautiful?


What kind of mermaid are you? (Gorgeous Pics)
brought to you by Quizilla

Area festival began with a few tables of beads

Tribnet.com - Entertainment: "Beaders are coming from all over the country to go to the festival's workshops, where they can learn to create their own glass beads, weave tiny beads into curled sculptures, make a folded gold chain, stitch patchwork bead earrings, weave wire, solder, make beaded chain mail and more."

Clients ask Decorative Accents' designer, 'Where do I start?'

Clients ask Decorative Accents' designer, 'Where do I start?'

EContentMag.com Annouces XML Editor Version 4.2

EContentMag.com

"Keep Your Eye on the Ball"

BW Online | July 20, 2004 | "Keep Your Eye on the Ball": "'It's a good time to put some money to work long-term,' says Michael Farr, president of Washington (D.C.) investment firm Farr, Miller & Washington. The stock market is likely to swing sideways, as many investors wait on the results of the election, Iraq, the possibility of terrorism, the economy, and the Federal Reserve. His advice: Avoid the distractions of the market and focus on finding good stocks for the future."

Greek dancers break world record. 18/07/2004. ABC News Online

Greek dancers break world record. 18/07/2004. ABC News Online

Beautiful anime pic & fantasy story from Quizilla

(Here's a pic of yourself, and what you were
wearing when you went to sleep) Inuyasha likes
you a lot, maybe even more, you a huge puzzle
to him, but for some reason he's attracted to
you. Maybe it's because your half dog and half
celestial who knows?


Treasure of The Feudal Era (Part 1)
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I'm a Dolce & Gabanna Girl!

Dolce & Gabanna: Classy with an edge. You take
traditional ideas and give them a kick in the
ass! Always stylish and appropriate for
everywhere!


What fashion designer fits you
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Is Rhianna really too innocent and sweet for her own good?

You are too innocent and sweet for your own good.


Which Ultimate Beautiful Woman are You?
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Glastonbury 2004 in pictures

Guardian Unlimited | Arts galleries | ENO at Glastonbury 2004 index

Damon Gough's weekend experience at Glastonbury

The Observer | OMM | You get the picture

The Observer | International | Benetton in trouble over evicted Patagonian couple

The Observer | International | Benetton in trouble over evicted Patagonian couple: "Italian fashion giant Benetton, a global empire selling conservative fashions with the help of taboo-busting adverts boasting of the peoples of the world united under its brand, has seen its credibility threatened by the ancestral land claims of a family of South American Indians."

Feline groovy

Guardian Unlimited | Arts features | Feline groovy

"The artist formerly known as Cat Stevens has ransacked his tapes for a live DVD that proves why he was such a star in the Seventies. Yusuf Islam tells Molloy Woodcraft about fame, Greece and religious conversion "

THE BLACK VELVET BAND

Lyrics

This is one of Rhianna's favorite folk songs sung by Tommy Makem.
Rhianna also likes THE WHISTLING GYPSY

Rhianna loves Horses and Unicorns

You are a unicorn, you are pure, and think of
nature, You live only with your own kind, you
are very smart, but sometimes you get carried
away. this is great, keep it up!

Please
rate! i luv to know what people think!


The ultimate mystic creature quiz!improved!
brought to you by Quizilla

Is Rhianna a Snow Fairy?

You are the snow fairy, she who is most beautiful,
but Vain, she who doesn't care much for
comfort. all you care about seems to be
yourself, but it's not true, but you do not
know how to express love so you leave it alone.


**The ultimate Fairy quiz**(anime pics!) for girls, but if you are a guy you can take it too! !**being improved more**!
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What a beautiful anime pic!

Thanks to Jason Carr for the spam prevention tips!

Team Mousetrap - RBL-based spam prevention - cgi programming, httpd, apache, Richardson, Texas, DFW

chargertron.com--new Band pic!

chargertron.com
Hey, Chargertron, Rhianna digs your new band pic!
Interested in the new NYC punk scene? Check out Chargertron.

Soldier, soldier, will you marry me now

Lyrics

Soldier, Soldier - Rudyard Kipling

Soldier, Soldier - Rudyard Kipling

Paris Hilton drops sex video lawsuit

Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage: "LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Socialite Paris Hilton has asked a Los Angeles judge to dismiss her invasion of privacy lawsuit against an Internet company that distributed a sex video of her, but she has reserved the right to refile the suit, her lawyer says."

Brazilian singer grabs Latin Grammy spotlight

Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage: "LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Brazilian songbird Maria Rita, the daughter of one of her homeland's greatest singers, has grabbed the spotlight at the fifth annual Latin Grammy nominations with her self-titled debut album and her hit single, 'A Festa.'"

Australian IT - Online nasties haunt managers (Stuart Kennedy, JULY 15, 2004)

Australian IT - Online nasties haunt managers (Stuart Kennedy, JULY 15, 2004): "VIRUSES, worms and other online bogies have infected global management consciousness, with security topping the list of critical issues in a report on computer network strategy."

Protection is Big Business - Vendors branch out services into adware

broadband ? News ? Protection is Big Business - Vendors branch out services into adware

Marine Corps News> Spam: Fighting the electronic battle

Marine Corps News> Spam: Fighting the electronic battle: "Do not reply to, print, or use the preview pane in Microsoft Outlook to view any suspicious e-mail. Opening spam e-mail sends verification to the spammer that he has found a valid e-mail address."

Archives of BUSLIB-L@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU

Archives of BUSLIB-L@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU

A Paper Lantern for Rhianna

Paper Lantern- thats you!
Youre whimsical, romantic, creative and light.
Elegant and happy, you can act young at times,
but people like you none the less.


What Random Object Are You?
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BBC NEWS | Technology | US web campaigning pays off

BBC NEWS | Technology | US web campaigning pays off: "The internet has emerged as a powerful tool to raise funds in the US presidential campaign of 2004."

Mark Fiore's Animated Political Cartoons!

Mark Fiore's Animated Political Cartoons!
Mark Fiore's animated cartoons will make you think while you laugh.
Turn on your speakers to hear the background sounds.

Rumors of change swirl over Bush-Cheney ticket

Scripps Howard News Service

A poll conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press suggests that some people regard Dick Cheney in a negative way. Does Dick Cheney radiate a negative aura? Former New York Sen. Alfonse D'Amato does not detect any negative aura emanating from Cheney. D'Amato praises Cheney's dedication, and President Bush states that the Vice President could be next...so don't count on any ticket dumping in the near future. In the meantime, if you'd like to look at humorous political cartoons about John Edwards and Dick Cheney, check out Mirth, Musings, & More and Mark Fiore's animated politcal cartoons. Electronic Election 2004 is a sure bet for bipartisan laughter.

"Cheney is popular with the GOP's conservative base. But he has served as a lightning rod for Democrats because of his ties to Halliburton, the Texas oil firm that received a no-bid government contract to help rebuild Iraqi oil fields, and his refusal to divulge the names of energy company executives he met with in piecing together the administration's energy policy."

Many see it as a veep debate made in heaven

Scripps Howard News Service

"The senator and vice president couldn't be more different, and that's what will make even a political debate worth watching.

Though months off, the anticipation of the nationally televised debate between Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. John Edwards has political observers buzzing."

Iraq or economy? Answer may sway election outcome

Scripps Howard News Service

"This much is certain: The economy and Iraq are the two overwhelming issues likely to decide whether George W. Bush or John Kerry wins the November election. Nothing else comes close. A Harris poll in June found that when adults nationwide were asked which is the more important election issue _ the economy and jobs, or Iraq and the war on terror _ a 52 to 41 percent majority chose the economy.
The poll found the economy was a more important election issue than Iraq, and by a wider margin to a majority of both Democrats and registered Independents. "

The Renaissance in Print

The Renaissance in Print " Woodcut from the title page of Vernay's Miroir olimpiaque pour l'an mil cinq ce~s xxix (1529)"

Caravaggio: The Cardsharps

Met Special Topics Page | Caravaggio and his Followers

"In early work such as The Cardsharps (ca. 1594; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth), Caravaggio appropriated a scene of street life—a gullible, well-dressed youth being taken in by professional cheats—and, by abstracting it against a plain background and focusing on the expressions and actions of the various figures, gave it an artistic as well as moral interest."

Met Special Topics Page | Caravaggio and his Followers

Met Special Topics Page | Caravaggio and his Followers

The Metropolitan Museum of Art I Timeline of Art History Home Page

The Metropolitan Museum of Art I Timeline of Art History Home Page

With winds of war, don't you feel a draft?: South Florida Sun-Sentinel

U.S. must get out of Iraq or draft will soon follow

Jury still out on future in fortune-telling

Jury still out on future in fortune-telling

TheKansasCityChannel.com - Technology - Seven Easy Ways To Protect Your Computer

TheKansasCityChannel.com - Technology - Seven Easy Ways To Protect Your Computer

Mozilla Update

Mozilla Update

Mozilla Flaw Lets Links Run Arbitrary Programs

Mozilla Flaw Lets Links Run Arbitrary Programs

"Updated: The Mozilla Foundation has confirmed findings that its Mozilla and Firefox browsers are vulnerable to attacks using the 'shell:' scheme, which execute arbitrary code under Windows without the user having to click a link."

ANALYSIS: Edwards brings pluses, some risks

Welcome to the Tucson Citizen

Kerry's choice of Edwards hailed by Democrats, panned by GOP

Quad-City Times Newspaper Online - the Quad-Cities Home Page
When does the GOP applaud a pick by the Democrats?

Blue-blooded Kerry taps Edwards's southern charm

The Globe and Mail

This settles that

Gee, is there a pattern? Wave the jerk good-bye! "I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair..."

He's a Loser!

Why are you putting up with this man's behavior?
Maybe he wooed you at first, but he's turned into a classic jerk
And there's no telling how badly this could end


So get out now, while you're thinking about it
You can't change him, but he could change you for the worse
Find a new guy, and find out what it's like for a man to put you first!

Is He a Keeper? Take This Quiz :-)
Find the Love of Your Life
(and More Love Quizzes) at Your New Romance.

The Observer | UK News | Mummy's mystery unravels in 3D

The Observer | UK News | Mummy's mystery unravels in 3D: "Using scanning technology developed by neurological researchers in a London hospital, the British Museum has recreated the kind of public 'unrolling' of a mummy that used to draw crowds in the 19th century. In those days irreversible damage was often caused to the remains inside and many mummies were discarded and lost forever.

Nes, as curatorial staff refer to the mummy, came to the British Museum around 40 years ago and has remained one of the Egpytology department's mysteries ever since."

Review of An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1914

Review of An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1914: "They show the empire as an important factor in everything from the spice trade in the early modern period and the emergence of Cairo as an international entrep?t to the patterns of landholding in the Middle East today. They also turn up a vast array of fascinating information..."

An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1914
Edited by Halil Inalcik with Donald Quataert

Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 1995. 1,026 pp. $120

Middle East Quarterly
December 1995

Reviewed by Daniel Pipes
Daniel Pipes is a commentator on the Middle East.

ISP-Planet - Equipment - The Best Spyware Prevention Tool

ISP-Planet - Equipment - The Best Spyware Prevention Tool: "ISP gurus share their advice on the best way to keep your PC and your customers' PCs free of spyware... Grisoft's AVG 6.0 Free Edition, works really well for viruses, and is free."

AVG for free
"AVG Free Edition is now available for all single home users worldwide! More detailed information can be found in the AVG Free Edition License Agreement."

Don't despair, spyware can be easily removed

The Reporter - On the 'Net: "Adaware is available from www.lavasoftusa.com and is free for home use. Spybot is available from www.tucows.com or from security.kolla.de. Another excellent one, Pest Patrol, is available from www.pestpatrol.com. "

Amber beads, human bones, iron discovered in Kitora tomb in Nara Pref.

Daily Yomiuri On-Line: "Experts believe amber beads were strung together and used to decorate a crown or worn at the waist."

Topless protesters tackle Pamplona bulls. 06/07/2004. ABC News Online

Topless protesters tackle Pamplona bulls. 06/07/2004. ABC News Online: "Topless women, some wearing just a g-string, and men in their underpants have marched through Pamplona demanding an end to Spain's running of the bulls.

After police stopped animal rights activists from staging a nude protest last year, the 200 demonstrators cut a deal with authorities that they could make their case as long as they did not bare everything."

Rowling reveals new Harry Potter book title. 01/07/2004. ABC News Online

Rowling reveals new Harry Potter book title. 01/07/2004. ABC News Online: "J K Rowling has silenced the rumour-mongers by confirming the new book in her series will be called Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

The author of the multi-million selling books revealed the title behind a magic door on her official website, JKRowling.com but gave no indication of when the book would come out."

What Magic Girl are you?

You are Kinomoto Sakura
You are kind and generous, often underestimating your own abilities. Though you may not often know it, you have a lot of talent. Relying on your friends is both your strong point and your weakness.

Take the "What Magic Girl are you?" Quiz

Always the Bridesmaid not the Bride

As far as she knows, Rhianna is still single, but if Rhianna met the right man,
a simple ceremony would be lovely

Good for you! You are a simple bride!


What Kind of Bride Will You Be?
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Sharapova the supernova

Sweet seventeen as Centre Court salutes dazzling new star

"From Siberian princess to Queen of Wimbledon. Maria Sharapova yesterday ascended to the throne at only 17 years old by striding sure-footed past Serena Williams.
With her 6-1 6-4 victory, Sharapova became the first Russian to win a title on the lawns of the All England club. "

The wild one’s last tango

The Telegraph - Calcutta : At Leisure: "With his broken nose and rebellious nature, Brando established a more naturalistic style of acting and defined American macho for a generation with classic performances in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), The Wild One (1953) and On the Waterfront (1954). "

ABCNEWS.com : 'The Godfather' Actor Brando Dead at 80

ABCNEWS.com : 'The Godfather' Actor Brando Dead at 80

CNN.com - Marlon Brando dies at 80 - Jul 2, 2004

CNN.com - Marlon Brando dies at 80 - Jul 2, 2004: "(CNN) -- Marlon Brando, the stage and screen actor whose performances in 'A Streetcar Named Desire,' 'On the Waterfront' and 'The Godfather' earned him plaudits as one of the greatest actors of all time, has died, his attorney told The Associated Press. He was 80."