Princess Bride, the

Hazard of Hearts, A (1987) IMDB rating: 6.50 Plot: Compulsive gambler, Sir Giles Staverley is tricked into gambling away his home by his old adversary Lord Harry Wrotham. As Staverley is distraught and desperate, Wrotham gives him one last chance - he will gamble everything Staverley has lost against Staverley’s daughter’s hand in marriage and her trust fund of 80,000 guineas. Staverley agress and loses once again, but unable to face his daughter, Serena, he kills himself. Lord Justin Vulcan, a notoriously cold, clear headed gambler challenges Wrotham for the house and the girl and, much to Wrotham’s disgust, wins. Justin now finds himself in possession of the house and Serena, but has no idea of what to do with them. After meeting Serena and realising that she is much younger and more beautiful than he had imagined, he installs her as a guest at Mandrake, his family home, despite the hatred of Justin’s mother, Lady Harriet Vulcan. As Lady Vulcan attempts to marry Serena off to anyone except her son, Serena and Justin become friends and he teaches her about Mandrake, the home he loves. A crisis forces Serena and Justin to confront their feelings for each other. Can the course of true love run smooth for them?

Actors: Fox Edward,Dickson Neil,Plummer Christopher,Granger Stewart,Hunt Gareth,Gilbert Marcus,Addie Robert,Gaddas James,Villiers Christopher,Aris Ben,Drama,Romance,

Using tobacco in any form is injurious to health,as we all know.Then why not its use should not be prohibited?
Consuming tobacco products is injurious to health.It leads to various health hazards, such as cancer,heart problems etc…Govt also know it.
Instead of fully baning usage of tobacco products,what is the meaning in huge budget allocation for public health? Any logic?
If the govts not ban such things and it is the cnsumers to decide about the consumption of tobacco,then why should there be public funds for treatment of tobacco connected diseases?

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Nicotinamide is used as a pain-reliever

Muthu S | Jul 23, 2009

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The simple answer is money. Everyone except the consumer profits from tobacco. And since the consumer is free to purchase what they want, there is no one to blame but the consumer for tobacco related illnesses. It’s a huge money maker.
CovertPenguin | Jul 20, 2009

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No drugs should be outlawed. Studies have shown, prohibition increases demand and, increases crime since, things are forced underground.

I personally think they should simply tax them so it costs $100 per pack, then those who can afford to buy them can also afford to pay for their own healthcare.
powncincat | Jul 20, 2009

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The best answer is that what you do to your own body is not the government’s business. Drinking alcohol kills people, smoking pot kills people, eating fattening foods kills people. Either regulate it all or kill all the regulations. I personally do not want to live in a nanny state where they can tell me what I can or cannot do with my own body. Why do you want to live that way?

Perhaps there shouldn’t be public funding for those things but on the other hand, we pay taxes for the government to provide services to us. Should we also not provide services when a person drives to fast and crashes their car? Again, you have to think in broad terms, not in narrow minded or biased terms.
Bob G | Jul 20, 2009

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In the US we have a free society and free enterprise . . the tobacco industry has a powerful lobby . . in the past when the government tried to ban alcohol (prohibition) it did not work. People just began making their own . . it would be the same with tobacco. Those who want to smoke would continue smoking despite any attempt to ban or make it illegal . . at least tobacco can be ‘regulated’ and if it is taxed heavily than people will think twice about buying it. Those who continue to smoke will need to use their own free will to make decisions about their own bodies. We do not need the government trying to protect us from ourselves. We can make up our own minds.
Panda | Jul 20, 2009

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It’s simple. The tobacco companies are too large and control a lot of things. Consumer addiction is also growing due to growing stress levels in busy lives.

Do you know how many people are employed in the tobacco industry? Beedis, Cigarettes, Cigars and the list goes on.

There’s no point in banning things. You are the one who chooses in the end. The Govts have done a lot. Banning sale to kids, adverts, onscreen portrayal..
sri010203 | Jul 20, 2009

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Drugs and heroin are prohibited but people are using it.
Anjali | Jul 20, 2009

North to Alaska (1960) IMDB rating: 6.90 Plot: Sam (John Wayne) and George (Stewart Granger) strike gold in Alaska. George sends Sam to Seattle to bring George’s fiance back to Alaska. Sam finds she is already married, and returns instead with Angel (Capucine). Sam, after trying to get George and Angel together, finally romances Angel, who, in the meantime, is busy fighting off the advances of George’s younger brother, Billy (Fabian). Frankie (Ernie Kovacs) is a con man trying to steal the partner’s gold claim.

Actors: Wayne John,Granger Stewart,Kovacs Ernie,Fabian,Shaughnessy Mickey,Swenson Karl,Sawyer Joe,Qualen John,Adams Stanley,Bailey Mark,Barnes Rayford,Beregi Jr. Oscar,Bourne Peter,Carney Alan,Collier Richard,Comedy,Western,

As if Things Weren't Bad Enough, Russian Professor Predicts End of U.S.?
In Moscow, Igor Panarin’s Forecasts Are All the Rage;
America ‘Disintegrates’ in 2010”

A polite and cheerful man with a buzz cut, Mr. Panarin insists he does not dislike Americans. But he warns that the outlook for them is dire.

"There’s a 55-45% chance right now that disintegration will occur," he says. "One could rejoice in that process," he adds, poker-faced. "But if we’re talking reasonably, it’s not the best scenario — for Russia." Though Russia would become more powerful on the global stage, he says, its economy would suffer because it currently depends heavily on the dollar and on trade with the U.S.

Mr. Panarin posits, in brief, that mass immigration, economic decline, and moral degradation will trigger a civil war next fall and the collapse of the dollar. Around the end of June 2010, or early July, he says, the U.S. will break into six pieces — with Alaska reverting to Russian control.

California will form the nucleus of what he calls "The Californian Republic," and will be part of China or under Chinese influence. Texas will be the heart of "The Texas Republic," a cluster of states that will go to Mexico or fall under Mexican influence. Washington, D.C., and New York will be part of an "Atlantic America" that may join the European Union. Canada will grab a group of Northern states Prof. Panarin calls "The Central North American Republic." Hawaii, he suggests, will be a protectorate of Japan or China, and Alaska will be subsumed into Russia.

He based the forecast on classified data supplied to him by FAPSI analysts, he says. He predicts that economic, financial and demographic trends will provoke a political and social crisis in the U.S. When the going gets tough, he says, wealthier states will withhold funds from the federal government and effectively secede from the union. Social unrest up to and including a civil war will follow. The U.S. will then split along ethnic lines, and foreign powers will move in.

Interest in his forecast revived this fall when he published an article in Izvestia, one of Russia’s biggest national dailies. In it, he reiterated his theory, called U.S. foreign debt "a pyramid scheme," and predicted China and Russia would usurp Washington’s role as a global financial regulator.

Americans will hope President Barack Obama "can work miracles," he wrote.
"But when spring comes, it will be clear that there are no miracles."

My question is
Do you think this could happen?
How does this make you feel if this would occur ?

The entire article can be found on the link along with a map of what America will look like in July 2110

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB12305110 0709638419.html

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There are many theories about everything, and when you have a country as large and as powerful as the United States, the theories will be just as large and, sometimes, powerful. There are also varying degrees of prediction. That is, a prediction can be made, but how severe the consequences of a prediction coming true can make a difference.

Greg N | Nov 14, 2009

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Yes it could happen, and yes this is the plan of the bankers and elites who would become feudal lords.
Pork | Nov 14, 2009

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this sound like a conversation between two guys fighting on whose bigger, whip out the ruler.
nobody198283 | Nov 14, 2009

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if the US was going to split it would split this way : http://borealdreams.files.wordpress.com/ 2008/05/map_jesusland_liberty.gif not the way this "professor" predicts .
Game Over03 | Nov 14, 2009