The Pernicious Myth Of "If You Can Speak You Can Breathe", by voracious Charles Barkley is an idiot and Van Jones sets him straight, by JoanMar
Charles Barkley is an idiot and Van Jones sets him straight, by JoanMar
"Citizenfour," a documentary about Edward Snowden, was given an R rating by members of the Motion Picture Association of America. Their rationale for doing so was apparently due to the occasional swearing that takes place in the hotel room where Snowden, director Laura Poitras, and journalists Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill conduct their conversation. For all teenagers who think they can handle a bit of naughty cuss words and are interested in learning more about shocking global surveillance practices carried out by their government, head over to the IFC theater in New York City, where they're overriding the MPAA's suggested rating. Their rationale? "Not only do we feel the film is suitable for teens, we feel it is essential viewing for anyone who may vote in the next election."
For all teenagers who think they can handle a bit of naughty cuss words and are interested in learning more about shocking global surveillance practices carried out by their government, head over to the IFC theater in New York City, where they're overriding the MPAA's suggested rating. Their rationale? "Not only do we feel the film is suitable for teens, we feel it is essential viewing for anyone who may vote in the next election."
Music has been used in American military prisons and on bases to induce sleep deprivation, "prolong capture shock," disorient detainees during interrogations—and also drown out screams. Based on a leaked interrogation log, news reports, and the accounts of soldiers and detainees, here are some of the songs that guards and interrogators chose. Decide: Fuck Your God; Dope: Die MF Die, Take Your Best Shot; Eminem: White America, Kim; Barney & Friends: theme song; Drowning Pool: Bodies; Metallica: Enter Sandman; Meow Mix: commercial jingle; Janeane Garofalo/Ben Stiller: chapter from the Feel This Audiobook; Sesame Street: theme song; David Gray: Babylon; AC/DC: Shoot to Thrill, Hell's Bells; Bee Gees: Stayin' Alive; Tupac: All Eyez On Me; Christina Aguilera: Dirrty; Neil Diamond: America; Rage Against the Machine: unspecified songs; Don McLean: American Pie; Saliva: Click Click Boom; Matchbox Twenty: Cold; (hed)pe: Swan Dive; Prince: Raspberry Beret
Decide: Fuck Your God; Dope: Die MF Die, Take Your Best Shot; Eminem: White America, Kim; Barney & Friends: theme song; Drowning Pool: Bodies; Metallica: Enter Sandman; Meow Mix: commercial jingle; Janeane Garofalo/Ben Stiller: chapter from the Feel This Audiobook; Sesame Street: theme song; David Gray: Babylon; AC/DC: Shoot to Thrill, Hell's Bells; Bee Gees: Stayin' Alive; Tupac: All Eyez On Me; Christina Aguilera: Dirrty; Neil Diamond: America; Rage Against the Machine: unspecified songs; Don McLean: American Pie; Saliva: Click Click Boom; Matchbox Twenty: Cold; (hed)pe: Swan Dive; Prince: Raspberry Beret
The Oklahoma City school board on Monday night heard arguments from Native American students opposed to the name used by a local high school, then unanimously voted to force the school to change the “R*dsk*ns” nickname it has held for 88 years.
"CIA medical officers discussed rectal rehydration as a means of behavior control," the document notes. "As one officer wrote, '[w]hile IV infusion is safe and effective, we were impressed with the ancillary effectiveness of rectal infusion on ending the water refusal in a similar case.'" Translation: Administering water and saline through an IV drip worked perfectly well to keep detainees hydrated and fed, but rectal rehydrations had a penchant for degrading prisoners until they ended their hunger strikes.
Translation: Administering water and saline through an IV drip worked perfectly well to keep detainees hydrated and fed, but rectal rehydrations had a penchant for degrading prisoners until they ended their hunger strikes.