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Jan 20, 2010, 10:07 pm
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Yeah, that made me mad. 
So with 10 being the speed at which the released 8 camera angles of the videotape of the woman who (inaccurately) claimed that TSA had taken her toddler out of her sight, and 0 being the speed at which they provided the complete all-angles video of the Britney Spears ice incident (ie, never), how fast is the video of this incident going to be released?
So with 10 being the speed at which the released 8 camera angles of the videotape of the woman who (inaccurately) claimed that TSA had taken her toddler out of her sight, and 0 being the speed at which they provided the complete all-angles video of the Britney Spears ice incident (ie, never), how fast is the video of this incident going to be released?
Jan 20, 2010, 10:10 pm
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Jan 20, 2010, 10:19 pm
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Was helping teach oldest son temperature scales today, figured it would make an interesting reference:
- TSA video reply to any issue where TSA thinks it can destroy the complainant (mom & sippy cup): 212°F
- TSA video reply to any procedural special benefit issue where TSA needs to save face (Brit & ice): 0°F
- TSA video reply to insensitive, inappropriate actions with no viable defense (Hicks): 0K
Jan 20, 2010, 10:26 pm
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Was helping teach oldest son temperature scales today, figured it would make an interesting reference:
- TSA video reply to any issue where TSA thinks it can destroy the complainant (mom & sippy cup): 212°F
- TSA video reply to any procedural special benefit issue where TSA needs to save face (Brit & ice): 0°F
- TSA video reply to insensitive, inappropriate actions with no viable defense (Hicks): 0K
Love this one over at PV; Tom, if you're one of us, take a bow!
Originally Posted by Blogdad Bob at PV
Tom - I wanted to let you know that I couldn't approve your comment, and that I wouldn't do that to myself even if I could.
Thanks for the warm and fuzzies.
Thanks for the warm and fuzzies.
Jan 21, 2010, 5:31 am
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Another FTer and I know several families who have stopped flying or significantly curtailed their flying because TSA doesn't have any idea at all how to handle children/adults with DDs.
Jan 21, 2010, 6:42 am
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Bob is working hard to avoid answering the question:
If there are no children on the list, why are TSO's putting children through the extra screening?
It has been asked repeatedly, by multiple posters and Bob is simply ignoring that 800 lb gorilla.
If there are no children on the list, why are TSO's putting children through the extra screening?
It has been asked repeatedly, by multiple posters and Bob is simply ignoring that 800 lb gorilla.
Jan 21, 2010, 9:09 am
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No kidding. So much for a dialogue.
Jan 21, 2010, 11:26 am
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The author of the original story has published an update.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...oure-not-alone
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...oure-not-alone
Jan 21, 2010, 3:03 pm
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This would be the perfect candidate for Keith Olberman's "Worst Person in the World" 
Jan 21, 2010, 3:22 pm
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Jan 21, 2010, 3:58 pm
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That would be this one at LAX???
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2173150.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2173150.stm
Soldier toy disarmed at airport
GI Joe's gun "had to be taken from him"
A doll caused a security alert at an American airport because its two-inch plastic gun was considered a dangerous weapon.
Judy Powell, 55, from Walton on the Hill, Surrey, bought the GI Joe toy in Las Vegas and packed it in her hand luggage.
But security staff at Los Angeles International Airport refused to let Mrs Powell on board the plane with the replica rifle.
Mrs Powell had to put the gift - minus the rifle - in her suitcase so it could go in the aircraft's hold.
...
A spokesman for Los Angeles International Airport said: "We have instructions to confiscate anything that looks like a weapon or a replica.
"If GI Joe was carrying a replica then it had to be taken from him."
GI Joe's gun "had to be taken from him"
A doll caused a security alert at an American airport because its two-inch plastic gun was considered a dangerous weapon.
Judy Powell, 55, from Walton on the Hill, Surrey, bought the GI Joe toy in Las Vegas and packed it in her hand luggage.
But security staff at Los Angeles International Airport refused to let Mrs Powell on board the plane with the replica rifle.
Mrs Powell had to put the gift - minus the rifle - in her suitcase so it could go in the aircraft's hold.
...
A spokesman for Los Angeles International Airport said: "We have instructions to confiscate anything that looks like a weapon or a replica.
"If GI Joe was carrying a replica then it had to be taken from him."
Jan 21, 2010, 4:03 pm
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plastic toy. TSA, get a clue when hiring- you get what you pay for, or even less...
Jan 21, 2010, 4:54 pm
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Yeah, that made me mad.
So with 10 being the speed at which the released 8 camera angles of the videotape of the woman who (inaccurately) claimed that TSA had taken her toddler out of her sight, and 0 being the speed at which they provided the complete all-angles video of the Britney Spears ice incident (ie, never), how fast is the video of this incident going to be released?
So with 10 being the speed at which the released 8 camera angles of the videotape of the woman who (inaccurately) claimed that TSA had taken her toddler out of her sight, and 0 being the speed at which they provided the complete all-angles video of the Britney Spears ice incident (ie, never), how fast is the video of this incident going to be released?
(For those of you who didn't do so well in high school math, that's the square root of minus one.)
Jan 21, 2010, 9:40 pm
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What about picture of a gun? I guess the USA Today would be contraband if there is a picture of a soldier on page 1.