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Tag Archives: TSA
Airport Security Revisited
It’s been a while since I posted anything about the absurdities of airport security, but both these recent articles are worth a read: Hand Over the Fork, Sir! (Salon) … where a pilot is denied permission to bring a fork onto … Continue reading
People Who Touch Your Junk Venn – Chart Porn
via chartporn.org If you read the comments you’ll quickly come to the conclusion that some people have way too much thinky time on their hands…
The TSA on bluntcard
via bluntcard.com LOL. Always something funny when you click bluntcard.com random image.
Where I draw the line – Roger Ebert’s Journal
Roger Ebert’s Journal Where I draw the line By Roger Ebert on November 25, 2010 4:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (278) It appears that not a single TSA agent has declined to perform a full-body pat down of airline … Continue reading
The Naked Lobbyist
Timothy P. Carney is a political columnist for the Washington Enquirer. In his recent piece “‘Naked scanners’: Lobbyists join the war on terror”, he writes: Many experts and critics suspect that the full-body “naked scanners” recently deployed at U.S. airports do … Continue reading
TSA’s new book for kids: “My First Cavity Search” – Boing Boing
via boingboing.net Bringing new meaning to the term “kid gloves”… This story about the TSA and their new policy of the porno-scanner or the feel-up is getting bigger all the time.
More on TSA crotchal examinations…
The Boss and I were discussing this story last night following yesterday’s post, and our conversation followed a very similar arc to Paul Kafasis’ piece on the topic: A “crotchal” area feel-up is certainly unappealing, there’s no question about it. However, it … Continue reading
The X-Ray Glasses or the Rubber Glove? What would Sir prefer?
There’s a story in The Atlantic about changes to the procedures used by the TSA (the US Transportation Security Administration) that have just come into effect. Marco Arment sums it up thus: So, to summarize: With no supporting evidence whatsoever that it will make anyone any … Continue reading
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