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Saddam has tried it before. During the Gulf War, Iraqi soldiers set fire to 700 of Kuwait's wells using plastic explosives. Dense smoke caused health and environmental problems, as crude gushing from damaged facilities contaminated underground drinking water. Damage amounted to at least $20 billion, and more than a decade later, some of it still isn't repaired...
Store Manager Ned P. VerPlanck said that although duct tape and plastic sheeting inventories have been depleted because of the heightened alert, more supplies will be in stock tomorrow afternoon...
...It’s because of the newspaper articles and the news on TV,” VerPlanck said. “[The rush] started on Tuesday, with plastic here and a roll of tape there, we sold...
...addition buying duct tape and plastic sheeting, the Department of Homeland Security recommends assembling a disaster kit that contains a battery-powered radio, a first-aid kit, batteries, nonperishable food and water...
...fighting over (such as avoiding war with Iraq), and other things not worth the energy. Valentine’s Day is one of the latter. On the 14th, realizing the sugar-coated materialism that drives the holiday is more important than destroying it. It is the holiday of cheap plastic figurines filled with low-quality candy, on which I will spend a romantic evening with my sweetie at a homemade meal, followed by a Valentine’s party. More importantly, it is the holiday that provides us with Feb. 15th, the day that my favorite food, candy hearts...