

Music by Granddaddy, code by Stewart Smith Damn. http://www.stewdio.org/jed/
1989 Amnesty International television commercial. Initially, CBS and NBC refused to air it -- having decided it too graphic -- but eventually they did run it, as did ABC and the independents. Frames from the commercial were used in a print campaign that ran simultaneously in the New York Times, Washington Post, and other newspapers. In it, a political prisoner undergoes a torture technique called "waterboarding," which involves repeatedly dunking a prisoner's head underwater during interrogation until he believes he is drowning.
Yesterday on FOX & Friends First , when Lauren Green tried to enlighten them about the true nature of waterboarding, her co-hosts disagreed. Brian Kilmeade said that waterboarding only involved putting a washcloth on the prisoner and Steve Doocy said "you don't dunk 'em in the water - you just kind of splash some water on 'em." Ms. Green got the message and, true FOX flunkie that she is, dutifully continued reporting the pile of horse manure that passes for talking points at FOX News these days, namely, that we need to do these things to get information and keep us all safe.
In this episode of weekend projects, I make a spud gun and teach you how to make one too. In the process, I get hit with a potato, shocked by a stun gun, caught by security, and attempt to...
Inventor Jeff Han demonstrates his intuitive "interface-free" touch-driven computer screen.
Gnarls Barkley new video - Featuring Count Dracula.
Free-press champion Sasa Vucinic makes the case for investment in independent media companies struggling against repressive regimes
Hans Rosling invokes the urgency of a sportscaster to debunk a few myths about the "developing" world.
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining case for overhauling our education system.