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Morning Cup of Links: Logorama
by Miss Cellania - March 10, 2010 - 4:03 AM
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CIA waterboarding protocols. The instructions from internal documents are disturbing, so read at your own risk.
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7 (Thankfully) Extinct Giant Versions of Modern Animals. When it was kill or be killed, puny animals ran, hid, and survived! (via Gorilla Mask)
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Take a look at what TV companies charge cable companies per customer to run their channels. Customers pay those fees (and a markup) for every channel in your plan, so you’re paying for sports coverage even if you never watch sports. (via Consumerist)
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Logorama won an Oscar last weekend for Best Animated Short Film. This story of a world made of corporate logos is available to watch in its entirety online (language NSFW).
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Here’s the trailer for Avatar, or Pocahontas, or is it both? I hear you can tell the difference by the characters’ skin colors.
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Parkinson’s Law states that “Work Expands to the Time Allowed”. I can vouch for the truth of it, but you’ll still want to check out the particulars. (via Lifehacker)
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Crazy Garfield Variants. Everyone thinks they can improve on the comic strip, and for the most part, they have.

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Comments (12)

  1. Here are some links to ACTUAL atrocities.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uday_Hussein#Allegations_of_crimes_or_misconduct

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Falling_Man

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_of_nanking

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataan_death_march

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halabja_poison_gas_attack

    posted by ElZarcho on 3-10-2010 at 9:03 am

  2. I’m with El on this one.

    Far more disturbing than waterboarding is the video of (innocent) people falling and jumping out of the twin towers and bouncing off the building a few times before hitting the ground.

    If a little dunking is what it takes to help prevent a repeat of that episode, then I’ll be the first person to call the Sparklets guy for a delivery.

    reCAPTCHA: Calmness effort – which was a true test for me in writing this comment/response.

    posted by TXCherokee on 3-10-2010 at 9:54 am

  3. I didnt see the Walmart Logo in Logorama! Just pointing that out.

    posted by Jennifer on 3-10-2010 at 10:16 am

  4. The only disturbing thing about waterboarding is that we only used it on three people.

    posted by Jeff on 3-10-2010 at 10:22 am

  5. I whole heartedly agree with the previous posts on waterboarding!

    Let’s not forget why they are in our custody, and why they are being waterboarded.

    “Red is positive, Black is negative, and Make sure his nuts are wet”.

    posted by graham on 3-10-2010 at 11:32 am

  6. Generally, I don’t comment on these, but I have to say something in response to the comments above. It’s absolutely horrifying that we’ve used waterboarding on anyone. Torturing people is completely against the beliefs and values we stand for as a country, not to mention the Geneva Convention. AND torture has been shown to be an ineffective interrogation method, generally producing false information.

    posted by Denay on 3-10-2010 at 11:57 am

  7. I think the end justifies the means. Waterboarding is *supposed* to be horrifying. Hello?

    And hey – if you’re associated in ANY WAY with a religion-based terrorist organization with a track record similiar to Al Queda’s, your rights as a human are pretty much out the window anyway. Just my opinion.

    posted by Steve C. on 3-10-2010 at 12:21 pm

  8. It seems to me that when ideals and rights are only applied when convenient, then they are not truly ideals or rights.

    posted by amaneaux on 3-10-2010 at 12:34 pm

  9. In response to those who think that it is ok to inform our enemies on our interrogation tactics and encourage them to use our system against us, I would like to remind that water-boarding is not torture and it is a perfectly reasonable way to stimulate ruthful responses. Remember, we actually stopped the attack on Los Angeles because of the information gained through water-boarding.

    The Geneva Convention does not protect those cowards who fight against civilian populations. More specifically it only applies to the treatment of uniformed officers. Water-boarding is completely inline with the beliefs and values that we stand for as a country. True torture is what our enemies do to us (sometimes to their own population).

    The problem is that we have become so use to luxury that when some discomfort arises we call it torture – just like a movie star complaining about having to ride in a vehicle with no A/C. Let me remind you that when our enemies torture people – the person on the receiving end is permanently disfigured i.e. missing limbs, finger nails, ect.

    There are only two reasons that an enemy would tell us the truth, respect and fear. We have been fighting scum that would attack civilians. They have no respect for us or life. So they have left us with no other option. So I ask you what is better, having 3 living prisoners who thought that they were going to die during questioning or countless dead innocent civilians?

    posted by Isaiah on 3-10-2010 at 1:10 pm

  10. However bad waterboarding might be one would not get a very accurate picture from that article. That was truly one of the most biased pieces of writing with the most obvious agenda that I have ever read. Not a worthy link on MF.

    posted by TimCthefilmguy on 3-10-2010 at 7:10 pm

  11. Never have figured out why people think civilized peoples can fight the uncivilized using only civilized methods.

    reCaptcha: of eggheads

    posted by Tom in GA on 3-10-2010 at 9:23 pm

  12. @ Jennifer: look at the gearshift about 4:24 into the film.

    posted by mjm on 3-11-2010 at 7:22 pm

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