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The New York Times & Log In: Sep 23, 2007 4:29pm 0 review news
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/24/arts/24cnd-marceau.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6988343.stm: Sep 10, 2007 3:49pm 3 reviews news
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6988343.stm; (Sometimes, if you click on this link, you'll get a 404 Error. Just come back to this page and click the link again. Since this is a BBC page, I assume it's just the British way of doing things.)

Obituary of Dame Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop.

I wasn't a customer of The Body Shop, but some of the women I've been involved with over the years were, and they swore by her products. They were high quality and their manufacture and testing were cruelty-free, a first in the cosmetics industry.

I first heard of Roddick while watching a segment about her on "60 Minutes." I was struck not only by her drive and intelligence, but her dedication to her principles and her ingenuity. When she first started The Body Shop and was making her products in her kitchen, she needed inexpensive containers. That quest led her to a medical supply company, and resulted in her first offerings being packaged in bottles intended for collecting urine samples.

It's unfortunate that someone like her is now gone, and equally unfortunate that there are not more like her around -- an entrepreneur with vision and conscience, whose business plan does not consist solely of grasping market share.

Credit-card firms monitor gasoline-pump purchases: Jun 16, 2007 9:52pm 1 review news
http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/0616biz-gascardlimit0616.html; This is really shitty. Not only are gasoline prices in the U.S. getting to be more than many people can afford, now you can't even pay if you've got the money!

World Newspapers and Magazines: Aug 8, 2006 4:39pm 22 reviews news
http://www.world-newspapers.com/

10News.com - Automotive - Womans 10-Year-Old Plate Now Called Obscene: Aug 5, 2006 8:57am 12 reviews news
http://www.10news.com/automotive/9628955/detail.html?rss=sand&psp=irresistible; To: Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles.

Re: Suddenly declaring a ten-year-old personalized license plate obscene.

Dear Sirs:

WTF? OMG! ROTFLMAO! STFU!

Boob jobs get space ban | The Sun |HomePage|News: Mar 30, 2006 2:25pm 0 review news
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006140349,00.html

Pravda.Ru: Russian news and analysis: Mar 21, 2006 3:21pm 27 reviews russia, news
http://english.pravda.ru/; Yes, it was the official rag of those 'merican-hatin' Commies. Now, it's just what it always was -- the original News of the Weird. Take a look, and see what happens when Lenin's Organ of Propoganda gets fondled by the money-grubbing fingers of Capitalism.

mental_floss magazine - Where Knowledge Junkies Get Their Fix: Mar 10, 2006 9:38pm 73 reviews news
http://www.mentalfloss.com/

Minneapolis/St. Paul news, sports, entertainment, jobs and real estate: Mar 10, 2006 8:59pm 2 reviews christianity, real-estate, news
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/news/local/13947821.htm; The pastor of this church, Fred Phelps, has been around for years, harassing funerals of AIDS victims with his anti-gay diatribes. Apparently this wasn't carrying his message to enough people, so he started targeting funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq with claims that the U.S government and military are complicitous in the practice and promotion of homosexuality. Check out the web site of his Westboro Baptist Church for a stellar example of Christian forgiveness.
Kudos to the Patriot Guard for doing their part to shut this asshole and his ilk up.
When someone spews the kind of rabid vitriol that Pastor Fred Phelps has, it makes me wonder about him. I don't know anything more about the man than his name and reputation, but what's his true motivation in all this? Universal salvation? I doubt it. Could there be some dusty skeletons tucked away in the dark recesses of his closet that he'd really like to go away before he faces the Judgement he preaches?
(thanks for the link, tapyourheels)