At 1-800-FLOWERS.com, shoppers can order patriotic-themed floral arrangements and treats, such as the $49.99 "Tower to Celebrate America," which incorporates jellybeans, brownies and cookies.


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Don't start reading Richard Clarke's Against All Enemies while you're pre-menstrual. Things *will* be broken.

How come I haven't seen this in the North American press?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6430.htm

(still on the "abuse" thing)

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...unless you have a fear of 50-foot babies invading your town...
( Run! Flee! )

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Remember "Stupid White Men" was gonna be pulped by the publisher because it was too controversial after 9/11, and a bunch of librarians made such a huge fuss that they released it?

Well, time to cause a fuss. (it'll take two seconds - see below)

Disney Forbidding Distribution of Film That Criticizes Bush (New York Times)

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And of course, the typical response - it was a few rogue officers.
Never mind the fact that the person who blew the whistle made it absolutely clear that the orders had come down from Military Intelligence to "soften them up" or "give them a real bad night" before they'd interrogate them.
A few bad apples, my ass.

"Breaking chemical lights and pouring the phosphoric liquid on detainees; pouring cold water on naked detainees; beating detainees with a broom handle and a chair; threatening male detainees with rape; allowing a military police guard to stitch the wound of a detainee who was injured after being slammed against the wall in his cell; sodomizing a ( Read more... )