Tag: TSA

The Idiocy of Rand Paul

Filed in National by on May 4, 2012 8 Comments
The Idiocy of Rand Paul

I’m no fan of the TSA, but Rand Paul’s most recent legislation is beyond stupid.

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Airports Looking at Booting TSA

Filed in National by on January 1, 2011 8 Comments
Airports Looking at Booting TSA

Several major airports already use other companies than the TSA to manage passenger security and some are looking at bringing switching over as well. But any changes that passengers would see would be minimal reports The Washington Post.

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Pre-Chanukah Asshats of the Day

Filed in National by on November 30, 2010 5 Comments

So I’m sitting here chilling to some Celia Cruz (Azucar!) and thought, hey, I haven’t honored anyone lately with an asshat award. And today we have two winners. Our first winner is Eugene Delgaudio, a Republican representing Sterling on the Loudoun County (VA) Board of Supervisors. I think we all read about Pandora’s experience with […]

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My TSA Experience

Filed in Delaware by on November 29, 2010 27 Comments

We left the country over Thanksgiving to spend a week in beautiful Providenciales in Turks and Caicos.  Hmm… an international flight, and given all the attention given to getting through airport security lately, I was a bit nervous.  I read all the guidelines for checked luggage and carry-ons.  I emptied my handbag and started fresh, […]

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So-Called Professionals Joke About Co-Worker’s Penis Size

Filed in National by on May 8, 2010 7 Comments

Do you remember how we were told that we shouldn’t worry about the full-body screening equipment because it didn’t show that much detail? We were also told that the people manning the equipment were professionals and the pictures would be discarded. Perhaps not so much… Rolando Negrin, a TSA employee at Miami International Airport, was […]

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More Security Checks and the Race to Whole Body Screening

Filed in National by on January 4, 2010 12 Comments

New security rules have been implemented for people coming to the US from certain countries:

But American citizens, and most others who are not flying through those 14 nations on their way to the United States, will no longer automatically face the full range of intensified security that was imposed after the attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight, officials said.

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Party Before Country

Filed in National by on December 30, 2009 34 Comments

On Christmas Day, a flaming crotch bomber tried to take down a Northwest Airlines flight over Detroit. Luckily for us, he was as incompetent as shoe bomber Richard Reid and failed thanks to the passengers and crew on the airplane. As I stated yesterday, I think this incident exposed some unclosed loopholes and weaknesses in […]

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