The “Waterboard Thrill Ride,” by Steve Powers, is a stone’s throw from Coney Island’s famed Cyclone roller coaster and Nathan’s hot dog stand. For a dollar, visitors get to look through a barred window on a Guantanamo-like interrogation, enacted by animated robots. The hooded figure leans over a man in an orange jumpsuit, his face covered with a towel and his body tethered to a tilted plane. Lights come on and water pours into the man’s nose and mouth, producing convulsions for 15 seconds.

Dudes! Sorry I’m not there! I would so totally have shown up!
Reuters:
In a video conference, U.S. President George W. Bush heard from U.S. military and civilian personnel about the challenges ranging from fighting local government and police corruption to persuading farmers to abandon a lucrative poppy drug trade for other crops. Bush heard tales of [...]

Inspired by this post at Independent Sources, which depicts some women of the Ukrainian military:

I came across this little gem at YouTube. It’s a recruitment ad for the Ukrainian Military:

Rrough Translation:
girl 1: would u take us for a ride on your BMW?
BMW-driver: even to the end of the world!
soldier: hey, i’d like to drown some [...]

An interesting comment on the NY Times blog regarding the close encounter between US Naval warships and Iranian speed boats:
Folks, I’ve sailed through that area, in my past life as a surface warfare officer aboard a U.S. Navy destroyer (I also stood watch as officer of the deck (OOD), the person responsible for driving [...]

From Gizmodo:

This is the ultra-high resolution multi-projector VR system that will be used for training at the Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. Built by Lockheed Martin, it uses Mersive Sol Server technology to automatically and seamlessly combine multiple projectors in one gigantabolous immersive display, thanks to camera-based fully-automatic calibration, edge blending and color correction. [...]

Robot Cannon Kills 9, Wounds 14
Story found on Gizmodo and Wired:
A robot cannon began wildly and autonomously firing its huge gun in South Africa last Friday, killing 9 soldiers and wounding 14. The Oerlikon GDF-005 antiaircraft gun suddenly began uncontrollably shooting as it swung back and forth, spraying hundreds of high-explosive 35mm cannon shells all [...]

The Vice Guide to Travel
Format: DVD/Book
Release Date: 2006
(out of 4)
Founded in Canada and based in NYC, Vice Magazine has been published in various countries around the world. I took a look at the combination book/DVD entitled “The Vice Guide To Travel”, which covers various trips by the zine’s editors to dangerous places around [...]

A Crater and Questions
On Saturday night, a fiery object fell from the sky in Carangas, located in the Puno province of Peru. Stunned residents said they tracked it to a fresh hole in the earth that was more than 60 feet wide, 15 feet deep, filled with boiling water and steaming with noxious fumes, according [...]

A new hope has arrived for amputees that would make Luke Skywalker feel right at home: a highly advanced bionic hand controlled by a patient’s mind and muscles.