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• The morning coffee and the watery moon

  
  Mr. Topp and the Big Bad Blog — Authority: 129
  In case you missed it, America’s mission to bomb the moon was a success! Proving once again that there are few problems which cannot be solved by a good bombing, October’s moon bombings have yielded moon water. Significant moon water. Though I think any water at all would have been deemed significant, which ...
  4 hours ago

• ShutterBuddy Attacks Baby Photo ADD Issue with Simplicity [Cameras]

  
  F-Default — Authority: 543
    Babies, while cute, can turn ugly at family picture time. Look! A bit of floating dander. More here: ShutterBuddy Attacks Baby Photo ADD Issue with Simplicity [Cameras]
  13 hours ago

• When Traveling, Beware The Snow Globe Terrorist Menace [Air Travel]

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 776
  Beware the snow globe menace! The TSA has decreed that since they cant determine how much liquid is in a snow globe, passengers are not allowed to bring them in their carry-on luggage on planes. They can be purchased at airport gift shops past security checkpoints, or stored in checked baggage, but no snow globes in ...
  13 hours ago

• TSA follies

  
  Lagniappe's Lair — Authority: 124
  Traveling down to New Orleans a few weeks ago allowed me to add yet another story to my growing collection of TSA tales of idiotacracy. This latest encounter with the slackers and fools that the Transportation Security Administration still makes me smile and Nicki fume. Remember that these baggage screeners were once ...
  18 hours ago

• Take Me To Havana, I’ve Got A Snow Globe & I’m Not Afraid To Use It

  
  Stageleft: life on the left side — Authority: 499
    Ive had more than my fair share of run-ins with airport security - it seems that a pair of jeans, some combat boots, an ear ring, long hair, a leather outback hat, and few tattoos, somehow make me a suspicious character.... now it appears that Ill be joined in the " enhanced security check " pat-down line by those ...
  20 hours ago

• Incomprehensible jargon: TSA personnel memo from management.

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 166
  What a testament to the spirit and dedication of our workforce that we were able to reach 100 percent completion of ENGAGE! and COACH! training of nearly 55,000 TSA employees in less than a year – while also carrying out our security mission. This required team spirit, determination and the enthusiastic embrace of ...
  1 day ago

• TSA nominee questioned over FBI censure

  
  Privacy Digest — Authority: 436
  TSA nominee questioned over FBI censure : Via washingtonpost.com . Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) questioned President Obamas nominee to lead the nations airport security agency Tuesday about a censure he received from the FBI in 1988. Erroll Southers, who was serving as an FBI special agent at the time of the ...
  2 days ago

• C4L staffer causes TSA policy change

  
  United Liberty - Free Market - Individual Liberty - Limited Government — Authority: 604
  Remember Steve Bierfeldt ? The Campaign for Liberty employee that was unlawfully detained by TSA in St. Louis because he was carrying a large amount of cash with him. Bierfeldt managed to catch the audio of his experience with TSA with his iPhone. While being sued by the ACLU, TSA took some time to review its ...
  2 days ago

• That’s just cool – airline travel itinerary scanner from TSA reads your mobile phone screen!

  
  SMB Dude — Authority: 128
  It’s Friday after a long and busy week. I was curios about what topic I would write about today. Then the topic jumped out at me. I was clearing TSA security last night at the Las Vegas airport after the Windows Connections conference and heading back to Seattle. At the checkpoint, there was a scanner device and I ...
  2 days ago

• [useful tip] RIM BlackBerry Tour 9630: Web Filter or Internet Content Control

  
  F-Default — Authority: 543
  Im looking for a way to filter web content on a Blackberry, specifically the Tour 9630. Much like the way the iPhone has several web filtering apps (see inetsafetybubble.com), Id like to put a block on all adult content that can be accessed using the Blackberry. Read the original here: [useful tip] RIM BlackBerry ...
  3 days ago

• police state intl: crowd control, drills & behavior detection

  
  media monarchy — Authority: 480
  dont be alarmed by black helicopters over san fernando valley* pneumonic plague drill held in illinois*sound weapons for vancouver police* china conducts nuclear emergency exercise*india holds maritime drill to prevent another 11/26* flashback: coordinated carnage in mumbai; 145 dead*indian mall owners told to beef ...
  3 days ago

• obamessiah updates: bitter dilemmas & corrupt agendas

  
  media monarchy — Authority: 480
  bitterness of war hits home, adds to obamas dilemma* less than half of US say obamas election has improved race relations* dem consultant says white house warned him after his fox news appearance* why arent obamas job-creation efforts more direct?* to obama & all 535 voting members of the legislature: its ...
  3 days ago

• Telling the TSA what to do

  
  Nearly Legal — Authority: 126
  The Government in the form of the DCLG has issued its response to consultation on the directions it is to give the Tenant Services Authority under s.197 Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 and also the directions on regulatory standards themselves. The directions for social housing relate to rent, quality of ...
  3 days ago

• TSA Changes Rules On Airport Searches … Very Quietly

  
  PogoWasRight.org — Authority: 149
  TSA hassled the wrong person. Previous coverage here . TSA has changed two rules about airport searches after an aide to Congressman Ron Paul recorded an incident on his iPhone. The rules changes have prompted the ACLU to drop legal action against TSA on behalf of Steve Bierfeldt. Bierfeldt was detained in March ...
  3 days ago

• Probably Still Not Wise to Get Caught With Pot in Your Carry-on, Though

  
  ricketyclick — Authority: 475
  The Washington Times reports that TSA has issued memos to its security theater actors reminding them that they are not ordinary police officers, and can only search passengers and their luggage for items that might pose an immediate threat. An angry aide to Rep. Ron Paul, an iPhone and $4,700 in cash have forced ...
  3 days ago

• Good News at the TSA

  
  Coyote Blog — Authority: 644
  Via Popehat: The new rules, issued in September and October, tell officers “screening may not be conducted to detect evidence of crimes unrelated to transportation security” and that large amounts of cash don’t qualify as suspicious for purposes of safety. NFL players – its safe now to carry your ...
  3 days ago

• Embarrassing Setback for TSA; Victory For Fourth Amendment, Gold Standard

  
  Popehat — Authority: 610
  Remember Steve Beirfeldt? He’s the Ron Paul campaign staffer who was detained and interrogated by TSA employees in St. Louis for the crimes of carrying a bunch of cash and for, in effect, contempt of cop. TSA cops were outraged that Beirfeldt refused to tell them why he was carrying about $4,700 in cash, and ...
  3 days ago

• TSA faces new limits on screening “unrelated to transportation security”

  
  Consumer Traveler — Authority: 143
  TSA was forced to change their procedures for handling non-terrorist and non-airplane safety issues at their checkpoints. Last March, Steve Bierfeldt, a fundraiser for Rep. Ron Paul, was stopped while carrying $4,500 through airport security in a lock box. He refused to tell TSA why he had the money and where he got ...
  3 days ago

• 10 Steps to a Perfectly Packed Bag – from TravelSmith

  
  PracticalHacks — Authority: 425
  It’s no secret that I’m partial to bundle packing, or if the situation or bag I’m using dictates, using packing cubes.  But as reader Michael W. put it so well in a recent comment, “there are many, many ways to skin the travel bag, and there is probably no perfect solution unless you do business [...]
  4 days ago

• What we’re reading: Lucky Friday the 13th, airport screeners to stick to weapons and explosives, American and Delta vie for JAL partnership

  
  Consumer Traveler — Authority: 143
  If youre looking to book a hotel, wait until Friday, November 13 because hotels.com is discounting a lot of their hotels.
  4 days ago

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