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Except...that's exactly what happened. As shown, most of the CIA's "breakthroughs" were bullshit, either lies from the detainee to make it stop or lies from the CIA to cover their ass. The FBI got good intel and didn't lie about shit. You think a guy who knows if he admits to his child porn collection he's spending the next few decades in a solitary cell to save his literal butt doesn't have huge incentives to not confess? The guy who's facing the death penalty? Dude, I put people away for DECADES and they confess. You know why attorneys say don't talk to the police? It's because we are trained to get the truth by convincing you it makes sense to tell it. Torture is training to get someone to talk. Terrorists are not super humans or sub-humans. They are not immune to psychological techniques. They are, for the most part, extremely sheltered people unfamiliar with life outside of the one thing they have been taught. Once captured, they are nothing but ignorant men who are WAY out of their comfort zone, in a completely alien environment, often poorly educated, disoriented, alone and vulnerable. Interview rooms are bare because you have nothing to think about while you wait for your interviewer except your own actions that led you to be there. It's a RELIEF when another human enters the room, even if he should be your enemy. You want to be his friend. Treating them like a monster reinforces your alienness, it gives them something to hate you for, it confirms their prejudices. No one gets confessions that way, that's TV bullshit. You get confessions from empathy (usually feigned), from offering socially acceptable ways to confess, from painting silence or denial as worse than admitting the truth, etc. Detectives know this, or at least the good ones do. POWs will attest to it as well. Its way harder to lie to a 'friend' than it is a guy who's an asshole. Its even harder if you can find a common enemy. I've had people say "I know you're doing good cop/bad cop"....and it still works. It's not because people are stupid, its because humans are wired a certain way, and you can take advantage of that if you know how.

2 things: 1) This has been general knowledge for anyone who cared to learn about it for years, although the particular details of who got what enema are new. Interestingly enough, the FBI used regular ol' criminal interrogation techniques just like they do with domestic criminals...and got more accurate and more actionable intelligence faster. The funny thing about torture is people hit their limit and say whatever they think you want to hear. A good interrogation isn't about getting someone to talk, its about getting someone to WANT to talk and to give you good intel. Ah, hardened terrorists won't confess or rat out their buddies, though, right? Odd that people will confess and implicate their buddies in things they know are sending them to prison, and why defense attorneys always tell you to not talk to the police. Because good interrogators get the truth, and get it without slamming people against walls and shoving things up their exits. 2) Remember when Allen West was forced into retirement and almost tried as a war criminal for discharging a pistol near a detainee's head? I do. I sent a check to his defense fund. So, if Col. West's "enhanced interrogation" was a war crime, what are these? In case you forgot: CNN.com - U.S. officer fined for harsh interrogation tactics - Dec. 13, 2003 "But while West's supporters call him a hero, military prosecutors said his actions amounted to torture and violated articles 128 and 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice."

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I bought the Populous set of 3. I think its the first "god game" that gives you control over the environment but very limited control of the people in the world.

Flattering, but not a good sign IMO. Can you think of ANYTHING you'd take that hard 20 years later if your in a healthy mental state? Best case she's building you up in her mind to some ideal version of you that real you can never live up to, resulting in resentment but at least sincere in her mind. Worst case, intentionally manipulative.

This. It's easy to be "indepth" when you can make up facts and have no accountability. If you miss that sort of thing, head over to infowars or a "prepper" blog, read the stuff he would chew and regurgitate here, and have your fill. I'm quite satisfied to not have someone who sides with the idea we live in some vast dictatorship conspiracy, the idealogy that lead some folks to assassinate police officers. We have the power of the ballot, the power of the bullet's day is over in this country.

No, it was Consumer Reports comparisons, cnet reviews, etc http://www.cnet.com/news/720p-vs-1080p-hdtvs-2009-update/

When I first started looking to buy a flat screen, the general consensus was the human eye can't tell the difference between 720 and 1080 until screen size is at least 50" or 55", depending on the person. The only reason to go 1080 on a smaller set was that's native resolution if you're going to use it as a monitor. The money was better spent for better contrast and higher refresh rates, as those were more visible to the viewer.

http://www.polaroid.com/products/category/tvs

I worked part time for a Wal-mart one Black Friday. It's $45/hr for a cop to work there that day. I've never done it again, although frankly it wasn't that bad for the cash. I told them I was working the parking lot, though, I'd want $60/hr to work inside.

Buy once, cry once. It's well worth it, and a cheap light isn't going to hold up to the recoil of a shotgun. Having the mounted light is sooo superior to trying to juggle a light with a long gun, and the Surefire is the cleanest and best way to integrate one that I'm aware of. I've dry fired one at the insistence of a gun store clerk. Its a nice trigger. Almost as good as the Walther PPQ. However, I never consider H&K for my own purposes. One, the magazine release on the trigger guard is so foreign to me. If its the only handgun you're going to train hard with, no big deal. Since I have to maintain proficiency with the Glock, I'm not switching back and forth. Two, no factory night sights. Three, expensive for what you get. In the same price range, I vastly prefer Sig as a better bargain. Look at the Sig P320 if you're looking at an upper end polymer striker fired, and also a Walther PPQ. The Sig will have factory night sights at a lower price point than the H&K without and the trigger is very similar. The PPQ is the best striker fired pistol trigger I've ever felt. The M&P is a fine pistol as well, it'll probably do everything you want it to do, and with an Apex trigger kit is a pretty nice trigger.

My wife cooked a fantastic meal. She always brines the turkey, which keeps it from being dry, but this year she out did herself. It was perfect, crispy skin, just a hint of salt throughout the meat, and perfectly moist. I was technically at work, but I only had to leave the house once briefly. That's a nice change from patrol, being able to (and being expected to, if possible) work from home on a major holiday.

I took a photo, but for some reason my phone isn't uploading it to my photobucket account. Anyway, its a 18.5" barrel fixed choke Remington 870. Some people really prefer Remington over Mossberg, but the only reason I went Remington is because I originally bought it for patrol and my dept only authorizes Remingtons. The stock is a Butler Creek folding stock with a pistol grip. I wouldn't say this is mandatory on a dedicated home defense gun, and I wouldn't put it on a Mossberg (safety location, as mentioned above). The folding stock is more for clearing houses with tight stairwells and the like. However it also allows it to fit in my in-wall safe, so that's a bonus. It does hold 3 extra shells, but they are slow to get to and not as good as a dedicated speed feed stock or side saddle. The fore end is the surefire one with the light built in. Then a three point sling. I like the 3 point because you can let it hang if you have to do something with both hands, but its immediately back in the fight if you need it. That's it. Nothing fancy.

I like Mossberg, but the downside for making a "tactical" shotgun is the safety location. WIth a standard stock, its perfect and can be easily accessed with either hand. Once you put a pistol grip stock on it, though, you have to move your hand from the firing position to activate or deactivate the safety. That sucks. Barrels are cheap, especially used. I wouldn't shorten the factory barrel. By the time you have it cut, refinished, and the sight remounted you're got more money and aggravation in it than its worth. Plus if you have a field barrel with the screw in chokes, you'll be giving that up. What choke will it be once its cut down? Probably more than "open" and that's not good. A used 18.5" barrel should be around $65 or less. http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=454790961 There you go. About $90 shipped to your door. Its a factory barrel with a cylinder bore (medium choke, as you probably know), bead sight, and it's brand new. Shell holders are ok. Honestly if you don't get it done with 4+1 you probably aren't going to, but there's nothing wrong with having it. I don't use them, so I don't have any recommendations. Here's where you spend the money: http://www.surefire.com/illumination/weaponlights/shotgun-forend.html Handling a long gun and a flashlight sucks, especially for a pump. A built in light that can be activated and deactivated without moving your firing grip is the most important upgrade you'll make. I'd do that before anything else. I can put up a picture of my home defense shotgun when I get home, but its pretty simple. A basic Remington 870, the surefire foregrip, a sling, and a butler creek folding stock that came with it from the factory. It was my patrol shotgun while I was in uniform.

Yeah, haven't messed with them yet though. A couple of Ultima games and I'm not sure what else.

30 day money back guarantee should let you sort out the bad ones, I guess. I'm playing the poo out of Sacrifice!

http://www.gog.com/ Ha! I found this when I was trying to find a version of Sacrifice that I could play on new versions of Windows. This site is fantastic for older PC games. No DRM, the prices are right, and they are already set up to play on Vista, XP, etc. It's Suh-weet if you like older games.

Trucks today have a much more sophisticated suspension than the solid axle leaf spring '84 GMC. My last Super Duty rode pretty smooth empty or loaded, and my new Ram rides like a Lincoln. The weight in the bed for snow traction isn't really about overall weight. It's about weight distribution. Empty pickups are nose heavy, balancing that out helps with traction to get moving. The interior of the bed is still steel. If you're beating up your quarter panels on a job site, they're going to look like cottage cheese ass no matter what they are made of. Most dually fenders are plastic or fiberglass. That part of the bed isn't made to take licks like the interior is.

Want a Scorpion EVO? http://cz-usa.com/product/cz-scorpion-evo-3-s1-pistol/ That'd be pretty cool to put a stock on if you were willing to do the paperwork and the $200 tax stamp for a short barreled rifle.