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Ann Summers’ lingerie line ISIS draws fire for name linked to terror
New York Daily News ^
| August 23, 2014
| BY DAVID HARDING
Posted on 08/23/2014 5:26:50 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A lingerie company is under fire for launching a new underwear line that shares its name with a terrorist group.
Ann Summers' ISIS products include suspenders and bras, but company officials insisted the name is inspired by the Egyptian goddess Isis and had nothing to do with the extremist group, now controlling swathes of Iraq and Syria.
According to ancient Egyptian beliefs, Isis the goddess was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: isis
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
08/23/2014 5:27:45 PM PDT
by
x1stcav
(Leftism is like rust. It corrodes twenty-four hous a day.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
08/23/2014 5:27:59 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Oldeconomybuyer
There goes a big chunk of ancient Egyptian history.
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posted on
08/23/2014 5:30:26 PM PDT
by
moovova
To: dfwgator
OMGG I remember ISIS the series
I put request on METV Facebook page score the right to that
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posted on
08/23/2014 5:31:14 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
To: dfwgator
I think ISIS should change its name and leave this woman alone.
They could become ‘International Goat ..... (IGF).
Or something.
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posted on
08/23/2014 5:31:18 PM PDT
by
x1stcav
(Leftism is like rust. It corrodes twenty-four hous a day.)
To: x1stcav
I think an ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GODDESS might have prior claim on the name.
Sheesh what idiots...
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posted on
08/23/2014 5:35:28 PM PDT
by
Argus
To: x1stcav
I think ISIS should change its name and leave this woman alone. If they would make a simple press release endorsing her line, it would be a nice gesture.
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posted on
08/23/2014 5:37:51 PM PDT
by
ansel12
(LEGAL immigrants, 30 million 1980-2012, continues to remake the nation's electorate for democrats)
To: SevenofNine
She was definitely not guilty.
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posted on
08/23/2014 5:38:07 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
08/23/2014 5:39:25 PM PDT
by
TBP
(Obama lies, Granny dies.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
08/23/2014 5:40:56 PM PDT
by
ansel12
(LEGAL immigrants, 30 million 1980-2012, continues to remake the nation's electorate for democrats)
To: x1stcav
I think ISIS should change its nameWith sufficient military intervention, it could become WASWAS.
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posted on
08/23/2014 5:41:09 PM PDT
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
08/23/2014 5:41:34 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("Kerry, as Obama's plenipotentiary, is a paradox - the physical presence of a geopolitical absence")
To: x1stcav
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posted on
08/23/2014 5:42:05 PM PDT
by
GregoTX
(Remember the Alamo)
To: chajin
"It depends on what the meaning of Isis."
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posted on
08/23/2014 5:44:55 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: SevenofNine
ME-TV is the best channel. It got me to liking Mod Squad and Ironside.
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posted on
08/23/2014 5:45:56 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.q)
To: dfwgator
Great! Perfect! You may win poster-of-the-night award.
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posted on
08/23/2014 5:48:28 PM PDT
by
x1stcav
(Leftism is like rust. It corrodes twenty-four hous a day.)
To: chajin
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posted on
08/23/2014 5:53:14 PM PDT
by
null and void
(If Bill Clinton was the first black president, why isn't Barack Obama the first woman president?)
To: dfwgator
They are now simply “Islamic State”. So the use of “is” is now banned. Oops, I mean it be now banned.
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posted on
08/23/2014 5:53:21 PM PDT
by
Rainier1789
(My Constitution has a 2nd and 10th Amendment)
To: dfwgator
... “It depends on what the meaning of Isis.” ...
Well played!
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posted on
08/23/2014 5:58:35 PM PDT
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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