Why palms up??
Jan 17, 2018 | 8:27 pm
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Why palms up??
TSA instructs you to have your palms up when they frisk you but when I tell that I can't rotate my right wrist in that position (well, I can it just hurts like F) they have no problem. So strange. Why the instruction then?
Jan 18, 2018 | 5:28 am
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Jan 18, 2018 | 6:06 am
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Yes, even as it makes if easier to play whack-a-mole on their heads. But those arent the reasons why. Its to make examination and groping easier for the TSA while trying to make the targets feel disempowered by those making such demands in the name of security.
Some are surprised the TSA hasnt gone even more like prisoner admission facilities and demanded that screening subjects spread their private parts, bend over and cough, or things like that. Body cavity searches have not skipped the mind of DHS/TSA management.
Some are surprised the TSA hasnt gone even more like prisoner admission facilities and demanded that screening subjects spread their private parts, bend over and cough, or things like that. Body cavity searches have not skipped the mind of DHS/TSA management.
Jan 18, 2018 | 6:28 am
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Yes, even as it makes if easier to play whack-a-mole on their heads. But those arent the reasons why. Its to make examination and groping easier for the TSA while trying to make the targets feel disempowered by those making such demands in the name of security.
Some are surprised the TSA hasnt gone even more like prisoner admission facilities and demanded that screening subjects spread their private parts, bend over and cough, or things like that. Body cavity searches have not skipped the mind of DHS/TSA management.
I've been saying this for years, but passengers need to learn to refuse, even if it means lying. "I can't physically do that" when told to assume the position, get out of your wheelchair and stand, remove your orthopedic boot. I can dream, can't I.
Jan 18, 2018 | 7:33 am
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But the mastery of concealment would be in dual-use components and hidden components, but not in or on the hand.
Jan 18, 2018 | 7:52 am
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Funny, but when commanded to do this, I have trouble extending the palm of my hands. All of my fingers except for the middle finger curl up. The same thing happens in the Pornoscope machine. 
Jan 18, 2018 | 8:06 am
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Being disempowered is the same thing as being put into a position where it is hard to strike back.
I've been saying this for years, but passengers need to learn to refuse, even if it means lying. "I can't physically do that" when told to assume the position, get out of your wheelchair and stand, remove your orthopedic boot. I can dream, can't I.
I've been saying this for years, but passengers need to learn to refuse, even if it means lying. "I can't physically do that" when told to assume the position, get out of your wheelchair and stand, remove your orthopedic boot. I can dream, can't I.
Jan 25, 2018 | 5:25 am
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Jan 25, 2018 | 9:45 am
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Yes, but why keep people standing in that position after they have seen the palms when it's simple to just let them turn their hands so palms are facing down and the stance is comfortable?