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Waterboarding Used 266 Times on 2 Suspects

Monday, April 20th, 2009

NYTimes.com

C.I.A. interrogators used waterboarding, the near-drowning technique that top Obama administration officials have described as illegal torture, 266 times on two key prisoners from Al Qaeda, far more than had been previously reported.

The C.I.A. officers used waterboarding at least 83 times in August 2002 against Abu Zubaydah, according to

Cotton seed post ginning

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Cotton in the gin

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

Lummus

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

Interrogation Memos Detail Harsh Tactics by the C.I.A.

Friday, April 17th, 2009

NYTimes.com

The Justice Department on Thursday made public detailed memos describing brutal interrogation techniques used by the Central Intelligence Agency, as President Obama sought to reassure the agency that the C.I.A. operatives involved would not be prosecuted.

In dozens of pages of dispassionate legal prose, the methods approved by the Bush

Lumus Cotton Gin Co

Friday, April 17th, 2009

I told you I loved that logo and there’d be more of it to come.

15 Creative Ads in Unusual Places

Friday, April 17th, 2009

Some of these are quite fun – well, except for the Axe one. 15 Creative Ads in Unusual Places via Oddee.com.

Not an exit

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

NASA names treadmill after Colbert

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

news.yahoo.com

One small step for NASA, one giant running leap for Stephen Colbert.

NASA announced Tuesday that it won’t name a room in the international space station after the comedian. Instead, it has named a treadmill after him.

The beast

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

The huge engine that runs the gin