U.S. issues shoe-bomb terror alert
Oct 26, 2007, 2:06 pm
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Oct 26, 2007, 2:33 pm
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I can't get the video to play either from the link or MSNBC directly.
The link immediately hops to a video about threats from helicopters at the time of the Republican convention 3 years ago.
Trying to open it on MSNBC.com I get a video about those stupid kevlar backpacks that some fear-mongering company has developed to keep parents and kids scared of the bogey man.
The link immediately hops to a video about threats from helicopters at the time of the Republican convention 3 years ago.
Trying to open it on MSNBC.com I get a video about those stupid kevlar backpacks that some fear-mongering company has developed to keep parents and kids scared of the bogey man.
Oct 26, 2007, 2:44 pm
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Actually not a b_o_m_b; the shoes (in Europe) were being used to conceal blasting caps. And the shoes were not being worn, but were in checked (bus) luggage. This was in September.
The KoolAid is already orange, so whaddyagonnado ? Now back to our regular program...
The KoolAid is already orange, so whaddyagonnado ? Now back to our regular program...
Oct 26, 2007, 4:23 pm
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I can't get the video to play either from the link or MSNBC directly.
The link immediately hops to a video about threats from helicopters at the time of the Republican convention 3 years ago.
Trying to open it on MSNBC.com I get a video about those stupid kevlar backpacks that some fear-mongering company has developed to keep parents and kids scared of the bogey man.
The link immediately hops to a video about threats from helicopters at the time of the Republican convention 3 years ago.
Trying to open it on MSNBC.com I get a video about those stupid kevlar backpacks that some fear-mongering company has developed to keep parents and kids scared of the bogey man.
Oct 26, 2007, 5:14 pm
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ooooh, i totally dare someone to pass these things through the xray, lol!!!!!
Oct 26, 2007, 6:21 pm
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Oct 26, 2007, 7:27 pm
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It would have been nice for the video to say that only passengers on flights into the US are required to remove their shoes thus pointing out that every other country sees it for the stupidity it is.
Oct 26, 2007, 7:36 pm
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You must remove your shoes and send them through X-ray at ICN (Seoul)
Oct 26, 2007, 7:51 pm
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Oct 26, 2007, 7:58 pm
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Oct 27, 2007, 1:40 am
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Even if it were true, the TSA imbeciles still aren't using technology that detects explosives in shoes, or for that matter in undergarments or in body cavities.
"Huh-huh-huh! Heh-heh-heh! Use the x-ray! No! Use the taser! The chokehold! Yeah!!! The x-ray!"
Hey Beavis-Hawley! Use the ETP/ETD and end this Stupid Shoe Carnival, you CLOWN.
"Smithers, fire that man!"
How's that song by Fishbone go? Oh yeah... "You're nothing but a little lying *** b_tch! " (sorry all I could find on YouTube)
"Huh-huh-huh! Heh-heh-heh! Use the x-ray! No! Use the taser! The chokehold! Yeah!!! The x-ray!"
Hey Beavis-Hawley! Use the ETP/ETD and end this Stupid Shoe Carnival, you CLOWN.
"Smithers, fire that man!"
How's that song by Fishbone go? Oh yeah... "You're nothing but a little lying *** b_tch! " (sorry all I could find on YouTube)
Oct 27, 2007, 3:03 am
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If airport security resolves alarms set off by metal detectors these wouldn't pass the security check .... if they were proficient to the extent they ought to be (but apparently are not). They ought to be able to do this without needing a one-off reminder.
