This salon.com article talks about the abuse that prisoners are suffering in Brooklyn. It’s frighteningly similar in style, if not degree, to Abu Ghuraib.
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Say it ain’t so
Brigitte Bardot believes in racial purity. [Thanks to Miamvi for the link.]