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I know. I am just saying that reforms in politics directly affect economy.

Thank you . /* Hurries off to the Blockbuster in town.

No teasing, please, Steve. I am contemplating seeing it again or not. :D

I've been a fan of Kate Beckinesale since I saw her in Uncovered when I was in Spain. I loved that movie, and thought she was great in it, but apparently it wasn't much of a hit. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Wasn't she nude in that film or has my memory failed me yet again?

I'm guessing China isn't completely stupid and understands how a good chunk of its recent development came to be. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Freedom in economy doesn't equal to democracy. And I agree with kumquatq3 that political instability will hurt the economy badly, and that's why the Chinese government is reluctant to take radical measures in reforming. That and the fear of losing power of course.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4088702.stm <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks, Steve! That's certainly a big step backwards for the Chinese government who vows to reform.

Is that an urban myth or based on evidence?

Not France at least.

I still don't recognize him, but if an obsessed fangirl says so, then it must be true .

That's Tony Leung? Are you sure?

There aren't wannabe black rappers in Soviet, are there? Seriously, China is trying to copy the West so much, they are losing their own identity. The democratic ideas will eventually get there in this age of Internet, so be patient. China is not going to be a carbon copy of the USSR.

China has a long way to go in order to surpass US. They must first get rid of those damn Chinese rappers.

I think he's talking about the Republic High preview that's in Aimo's sig. BTW, he found it already . Your Bas is very cool :cool: , too. Good work !

Since we moved onto fictional characters: If you've never seen Family Guy, don't panic, it's not a Michael Jackson sort of admiratoin. Last time I checked: But Authority could have moved onto bigger guns.

Keira Knightley was in Episode I!? EnderWiggin - Those babes are HOT! Even though I don't know half of them.

It's always quite easy for me to see them, since I have a book full of those. After a while, I can even see 3D features in tablecloth, bathroom floor tiles or anything else with repetitive patterns . If you read those patterns following the same way you read those 3D-pictures, you can see the patterns get much larger and two layers of them appear . (No, I was not smoking anything when I did it.) Give it a try when nobody else is around.

''Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood'' By Santa Esmeralda

Maybe that liquid terminator from T2.

There is a trick you can use. Draw two dots on top of the pictures. Staring at those dots until there are exactly three of them. Then move you eyes towards the picture, and you should have it. Try it next time , it might work.

Kreia might be old, but she could still be hot. You never get to see her without those robes... Not that I ever wanted to... :ph34r:

I am a terminator (w00t) :

Darkside - Maybe try and study some reference pictures. They help a lot.

The ever so popular Bastila wins with no contest yet again. I vote for Mira. You crave most for what you don't get.

Darn it! I missed pixie's Jolee pic! Mothman - Admit it, you know Revan is a guy. Don't give in to the fangirls, EVER!!! Nitro - Nice sketch!

Spanish and Portuguese colonizers were much more ruthless towards Native Americans during the Age of Imperialism, so maybe we should be glad that UK eventually dominated during those years. And in US history books, they teach you about slavery, the injustice towards Native Americans, and their fatal mistakes in Vietname War over and over again from middle school all the way till college. US even pays compensation money to those people who were oppressed by its past government. There really aren't many governments that can measure up to what the US has. The founding fathers of America were really onto something when they wrote the Constitution and set up all those checks and balances.