Actually, to me that is a kind of torture. The guy is totally ripping off Django Reinhardt, right down to his imitation Selmer Maccaferri D guitar. Its so blatantly imitative that I am embarrassed for him. Here's the real thing: <embed src="http://www.gunsofaugust.net/minorswing.mp3" width="300" height="42" autostart="false" ></embed>
Kinda sounds like a greenlight for some broken noses, toes, fingers, jaws, arms, ribs, legs, tailbones, partially severed ears (as long as one can still hear), or a small, treatable gash here and there. Are these intentional (or acceptable) omissions? Or do they just a) demonstrate the difficulty of covering every possible coercive technique or b) highlight the importance of subsequently enforcing the spirit, rather than the letter, of interrogation policies?
Or anytime during high school. There may or may not be an eerily similar clip of me lip-synching to Paula Abdul's "Straight Up," from a 1989 church lock-in. Thank goodness my 6th grade EYC group leader doesn't have a mean streak, or likely know how to convert VHS clips to digital video.
The origin of ‘enhanced interrogation techniques.’ Nazi Germany. Andrew Sullivan adds: UPDATE: A group of experts advising the intelligence agencies on interrogation techniques are arguing that “the harsh techniques used since the 2001 terrorist attacks are outmoded, amateurish and unreliable.” http://thinkprogress.org/ Andrew Sullivan's full post http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/05/verschfte_verne.html
