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...that you stay alive to tell us about his message?" At that point, the log states, al-Qahtani threw his head back and butted the sergeant in the eye. Two MPs wrestled al-Qahtani to the ground. The sergeant crouched down next to the thrashing terrorist, who tried to spit on him. The sergeant's response: "Go ahead and spit on me. It won't change anything. You're still here. I'm still talking to you and you won't leave until you've given God's message...
...bridge between infantile and adult humor. It has references to movies three to five times as old as its kid audience: Born Free, naturally, and Chariots of Fire and Planet of the Apes ("Darn you! Darn you all to heck!"). For the kids there are lots of funny spit takes and an abounding love for all things rectal. (To define the top two CGI studios by their favorite bodily functions, Pixar is farts, and DreamWorks is poop.) Add an outrageously adorable baby lemur and a penguin applying suntan lotion, and you've got savvy family entertainment...
Still, country is a universe in which even the tiniest deviation from tradition is chewed over obsessively and often spit out. Unlike rock fans, most of whom are attracted to the music's fusion of styles, a large number of country fans take it upon themselves to enforce a vague (and deluded) notion of genre purity. Acts that other listeners take for granted as part of the twangy firmament, from Willie Nelson to Shania Twain, are often disparaged for their perceived experimental perversions--not enough fiddle, too much navel--with a prim cruelty that would not be out of place...
...more immediate danger was the threat of secondary infections. The ER was the filthiest I have ever encountered. The floor was littered with medical debris--old bloodstained bandages, syringes, broken vials. The garbage bins had no plastic liners and were spattered with coagulated blood, gobs of spit and other fluids. Sweepers came through every hour with dirty mops and pails of brown disinfectant, but their halfhearted labor was quickly overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of patients and visitors. Nobody paid any attention to the NO SMOKING sign, not even the doctors and nurses. Broken windows allowed dust to enter...
Chambers, who is white, allegedly struck Higins, who is black, in the face. Higins then allegedly spit on Chambers and hit her with a sign, the AP reported...