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Published 9:01 pm Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Will Cheney be a customer? A Senate report released Tuesday faults the CIA for inflicting brutal torture on prisoners and lying that the tactics saved American lives.

While defending their actions, CIA officials were said to be exploring new career opportunities — like opening a health sanitorium at which “rectal rehydration” would be rebranded the “CIA Full-Body Cleanse.”

This is Garbo speaking: “Ideal,” a novel about a Garbo-like actress, written by Ayn Rand in the 1930s but never published, will finally be released in July.

Rand, the author of “Atlas Shrugged” and “The Fountainhead,” was said to be dissatisfied with the novel; perhaps it just needed a 70-page speech about the evils of government interference in the affairs of successful businesses.

OK, what’s in the lunch box, Bub: The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that employees who fill orders for Amazon don’t have to be paid for time spent waiting for security checks at the end of their shifts.

Somehow, The Buzz doubts the new Ayn Rand novel will include a 70-page speech about the evils of employer interference in the lives of $13-per-hour warehouse workers.

— Mark Carlson, Herald staff