Agent Blue;(CH3)2AsO.·OH, obtained by the oxidation of cacodyl, and having the properties of an exceedingly stable acid; is one of the "rainbow herbicides" that is known for its use by the United States during the Vietnam War. Killing rice was a military strategy from the very start of the US aggression in Vietnam. At first, US soldiers attempted to blow up rice paddies and rice stocks, using mortars and grenades. But grains of rice were far more durable than they understood, and were not easily destroyed. Every grain that survived was a seed, to be collected and planted again. In a report to the International War Crimes Tribunal (founded by Bertrand Russell) at the end of 1967, it was stated that: "The soldiers discovered that rice is one of the most maddeningly difficult substances to destroy; using thermite metal grenades it is almost impossible to make it burn and, even if one succeeds in scattering the rice, this does not stop it being harvested by patient men. . So they went to a bigger and better option that will actually kill off the paddies. The purpose of Agent Blue was narrow-leaf plants and trees (grass, rice, bamboo, banana, etc.) "Operation Ranch Hand", was military code for spraying of herbicides from U.S. Air Force aircraft in Southeast Asia from 1962 through 1971. The widespread use of herbicides in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War was a very unique military operation in that it was meant to kill the plants that provided cover. The continued use of Agent Blue, one of the “Rainbow Herbicides”, by the United States was primarily meant as an operation to take away the enemy’s advantage on the terrain as well as deprive them of the resources they gained from the plantlife. Between 1962 and 1971, the US used an estimated 20 million gallons of herbicides as chemical weapons for "defoliation and crop destruction" which fell mostly on the forest of South Vietnam, but was eventually used in Laos as well to kill crops in order to deprive the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops of food. It was sprayed on rice paddies and other crops in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of the valuable crops the plants provided. Unable to control the Viet Minh's access to food supplies or their grassroots village support, the US military response was simple: If you can't control it, kill it. By starving the plants of water this would cause the enemies to starve because the plants were not able to obtain water to survive. Agent Blue is a mixture of two arsenic-containing compounds, sodium cacodylate and cacodylic acid. Agent Blue is chemically unrelated to the more infamous Agent Orange and other herbicides used during the war.
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Agent Fleur is scared. Her partner is being chased and hunted by men in black suits. Unable to save him, she watches as he is taken down and they insert a mysterious chip into the back of his skull. Even worse, it appears the entire town is controlled by something, some hive-mind computer, turning all the citizens into soldiers against their will. Not only must she find her missing partner in this small mid-American town, but she must learn to work with a cocky, arrogant Agent Dempster who has been sent in to back her up. Will she find Agent Travis before it's too late? Will she figure out what's happening to the citizens of this perfect town and save them from an uncertain fate?
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Near a backwoods Ontario small town, a young alien, on vacation, crashes in his ship. Disoriented, this confused young extraterrestrial is captured by a young boy who, after naming him Phil, introduces him to the stupor of hard liquor before the boy's hick father throws him out. Roaring drunk and bunking with a friendly talking beaver, Phil eventually wanders into a bar where his new addiction traps him even while he wants to go home. Meanwhile, a secret US black ops organization activates a drunken field agent to find the alien. However, while he searches, Phil's easily manipulated personality leads him down paths that profoundly affect his new native friends.
Keywords: alcoholic, alien, assassin, bar, bar-band, beaver, brothel, canada, character-name-in-title, christian-rock
It is as it was.
Madame Madame: You mean you lied to me?::Sammy the Alien: Many, many times.
Jimmy: Tell them what you told me.::Phil the Alien: I like whiskey.::Jimmy: No, after that.::Phil the Alien: On my planet, there is no violence.::Ginger: That's so inspiring.::Phil the Alien: Except for twice a year when the weather changes, and then there is a brief period of ultra-violence.
Slim: Who doesn't love candy?::Candy: My parents.
[last lines]::Phil the Alien: Dave?::Dave: Yeah Phil?::Phil the Alien: C'mon let's go... you drive...::Dave: Really?::Phil the Alien: [holds up keys] Really...
Madame Madame: There is something about those falls.::Phil the Alien: Yeah. They inspire urination.
Phil the Alien: I must preach the gospel of... We're going to Niagara Falls. Get your shit.
Ginger: Jesus likes prostitutes right Phil?::Phil the Alien: Jesus loves all prostitutes.
Sammy the Alien: I'll have two of them prime ribs and in between them some peanut butter. A leather model of the Taj Mahal filled with some kind of jelly... I don't care, grape, blueberry, it doesn't matter. Some cats, a dwarf riding a pumpkin. Also, could I get a snake in the form of a man's belt with the belt hook right around its head. Spitting poison, constantly spitting poison. If you could poke it with a stick a couple of times before you bring it to the table. Also, could I have a flaming ice cream model of the planet Uranus. It's my favourite planet. I love ice cream and flames are quite exciting. And then id like some uh, could you just cover your fist with grape jelly and then punch me in the throat.
Madame Madame: [Phil is unresponsive to Madame Madame's advances] Does the possibility of sex with me terrify you that much?
Phil the Alien: I'm a magician beaver!
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