This is good to know because i will have a folder in my hand luggage with some personal documents. So i can refuse to let them read them, cool !

Can someone look up in the constitution how we can go about getting supreme court justices fired? Maybe we should bribe the clerks to sleep with them (just the clerks that work for the extreme right wing ones)....kidding.

Why they get lifetime appointments is beyond me.

The idea of lifetime appointments was to put the justices beyond the reach of politics. For the most part, this had worked pretty well -- the justices would grow into their jobs and usually transcended politics; some of the most liberal justices were nominated by conservative Republican presidents. Unfortunately, this is not true of the recent Republican appointments, and the court is controlled by political idealogues.

Supreme Court justices can, as I recall, be impeached but only for cause (and, "we don't like the way they are ruling" isn't cause).

I wouldn't put my business card on property like that. Wouldn't want a potential thief to have my email address and phone number, much less know where I work.

But I would, and do, use StuffBak for my laptop, passport, wallet, digital camera, and lots of other things.

http://www.stuffbak.com

StuffBak is a company that sells labels to put on your valuable stuff. They have an extraordinary selection of label types, from metal or nylon stickers of every imaginable shape and size, to keychains. The labels/tags are printed with a unique number and the website and 800 number of StuffBak. They also say, in big letters, "REWARD FOR RETURN."

The hope is that the person who finds the item will call the number and report that he or she found the item. StuffBak then notifies the owner separately and helps the loser and finder negotiate to get the item returned. It is a completely anonymous service because the owner's name and contact info are never revealed, and all contact goes through StuffBak. The finder gets a cash reward from the owner and $20 in free labels from StuffBak. The company claims a 75% recovery rate! I've never lost something but have put the labels (which are very cheap--$5 or less) on lots of my stuff. The service coverage lasts as long as you own the device/passport/keys/item/etc.

I highly recommend!


(I do not work for StuffBak and have no affiliation other than being a satisfied customer.)

Unless they think that a piece of paper might be a prohibited item, they need to move along. Sorry, you start pawing through my stuff like that, and I will become a lot less tolerant.

Maybe not, but "they slept with their clerk" is.

Wait 40 years, when generation of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton comes of age. That might no longer be a matter of issue in this country.

It has been done. They even wanted to see what kind of programmes, data files and the pictures I had on the laptop. This was in dePortland.

And if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear, good citizen.

IAD, 2002. Fired up the laptop at the request of TSA.
Didn't press 2 for a WIN load, let it load direct to Linux.

TSA *very* unhappy with me. "What's that?"
Me: "Linux"
TSA "What's Linux?"
Me: "Operating system"
TSA: "What's an operating system?"
Me: "Windows is an operating system. So is Linux, it's just different from windows"
TSA: "Why isn't this coming up?"
Me: "It's up. It's command-line. The machine is valid for use."
TSA: "What use? You'll have to show me what's on here!" (And now getting a bit annoyed with me.)
TSA Boss: "Drop it - she's obviously a techie. The computer came on, that's all you need to know."

Well, I've been called worse.
Shut down my machine and walked away.

Brilliant! :)

Excellent ! ^:D

Oh no she didn't! At least the boss had enough sense to tell her to back off your stuff. If I were required for me to start up my laptop they'd be there for a good 5 minutes. What sweet torturous justice that would be. :p Yeah I have a very slow starting laptop :( I'm just too cheap to buy a fast starting one.

I agree. I put some stickers of cat's pawprints (Yes -- I have two Tabbies) on the outside of my laptop to help it stand out from the crowd. I have a business card, but it's inside the battery compartment, so you have to know where to look.

Right. And if you are an idiot, you have everything to fear-- in the name of terrorism. :D