Category Archives: Air Travel Security

United Airlines — The Not So Friendly Skies

Jessika at Home This story comes to us via The Consumerist (but so far as I’ve been able to ascertain has not been reported in any mainstream media:  “United Says Photographing Staff Could Get You On ‘No Fly’ List, …. … Continue reading

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I ♥ Al Franken

Kat’s Reflections 25 Some days ago I tore into the FAMiLY Leader “Marriage Vow,” including its passage, Recognition of the overwhelming statistical evidence that married people enjoy better health, better sex, longer lives, greater financial stability, and that children raised … Continue reading

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A Large Bottle of Catchup

Andrea I’ve got my wifi back.  Actually, I’m off wifi altogether and instead Ethernet-wired into the Internet.  Very definitely an improvement.  (For two days we were at my 100 year-old mother’s house in northern Michigan, and, needless to say, her … Continue reading

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Erika 18 This Guy Puts It Nicely Department It’s all very sad, the way we have given away our rights, in fact asking, begging officials to strip them away from us for the sake of feeling a little safer. Much … Continue reading

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Catie & the Bed 4 Homeland Security on the Rampage Department Three stories: First, two thousand elderly British cruise ship visitors to America are treated as if they are harboring the successor to bin Laden. TSA has descended on the … Continue reading

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Anonymous There’s a bunch of stuff below.  It’s not a complete gathering of items of interest since I departed for California, but it’s a pretty good start. ————————– War on Photography Department Priest arrested in East Haven, Connecticut, for recording … Continue reading

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Tina-Marie Yesterday drove from Santa Rosa to Oakland, and I’ll be spending today with my daughter Emily there.  Train back tomorrow morning. Nice dinner last night, except you’d think when a restaurant offers a duck breast and leg combination, they’d … Continue reading

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Olivia High Key 11 Women Who Aspire Department My wife first brought the last couple frames of this to my attention, but seeing the whole thing I was struck by the intellectual possibilities:  a Zombie Marie Curie?  Check it out. … Continue reading

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The Unspeakable Fact of Torture

Abigail & the Box 33 One does not expect to turn to The NY Times‘s “Science” section to read something horrific, but that’s what happened yesterday as I encountered the wide-ranging and disturbing article about torture by authorities (and terrorists … Continue reading

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Paige’s Frustration 14 Islam = Misogyny Department Anyone who still doubts that the Koran-following, male-dominated cultures do not cultivate and support rampant, widespread and intrinsic misogyny need only have seen Lara Logan’s emotional and damning account on CBS’s 60 Minutes … Continue reading

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