tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post569502127728075544..comments2024-03-19T03:18:54.509-06:00Comments on Hot Chicks Dig Smart Men: BacklashJaniecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06223994862015217811noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-91438857090112175302010-11-18T15:25:04.893-07:002010-11-18T15:25:04.893-07:00Mom, you crack me up!
My girlfriend just flew fr...Mom, you crack me up! <br />My girlfriend just flew from Sacramento airport. She had on a skirt and, you guessed it, they ran their hands up her legs almost to her crotch because she might be 'hiding' something in there...Staceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16984097652321280760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-70920347841764736372010-11-18T09:45:40.212-07:002010-11-18T09:45:40.212-07:00"Attention, wet clean-up in Security line 4,&..."Attention, wet clean-up in Security line 4,"<br /><br />I like it!The Mechanicky Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301818656158916179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-87295911580287369562010-11-17T18:31:48.499-07:002010-11-17T18:31:48.499-07:00This came in from a friend...
Improvements to Air...This came in from a friend...<br /><br />Improvements to Airport Security<br />Here's a simple solution to the controversy over full-body scanners at airports.<br />Develop an enclosed booth that passengers step into but, instead of X-raying them, when the door closes, it will detonate any explosive device they have hidden on or in their body. The explosion will be contained within the sealed booth. This would be a win-win for everyone!<br />Think about it...<br /> <br />There would be no concern about racial profiling. The booth would eliminate long, expensive trials.<br />You're in the airport and you hear a muffled explosion, followed by an announcement over the PA system, "Attention standby passengers, we now have a seat available on flight number..."<br />What's not to like?mom in northernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120181704524007556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-64951079944357127432010-11-17T18:10:49.026-07:002010-11-17T18:10:49.026-07:00We could certainly do worse than becoming more lik...We could certainly do worse than becoming more like Jean Luc.<br /><br />Oh and. For you.<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBL3ux1o0tM&feature=player_embedded<br /><br />Do not watch while drinking any beverage.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09945237846384318979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-63497974624199399902010-11-17T16:17:22.597-07:002010-11-17T16:17:22.597-07:00Being of the lumpy sort myself, I just have this t...Being of the lumpy sort myself, I just have this to say:<br />"If you are the one that is causing a scene when I am trying to get to my gate, then I WILL don my shoe and kick you in "The Junk"."<br />That is all.The Mechanicky Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301818656158916179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-56966264399596527242010-11-17T14:14:09.656-07:002010-11-17T14:14:09.656-07:00if I were the terrorist, I would game the system (...<i>if I were the terrorist, I would game the system (I don’t need to blow up an airplane to gain my goals, because my goals are to make these rules overbearing to you the populace so you hate your own government).</i><br /><br />Plus, as a lot of people have already pointed out, it's only a matter of time before the security lines <i>themselves</i> become targets: disrupt air travel, check; kill lots of people standing around taking off their shoes, check. "Let me show you my bomb, Mr. TSA Man," <i>click, BOOM!</i><br /><br />My suspicion is that we have these stupid backscatter devices because of one of my fellow geeks. Someone remembered that X-ray machine in <i>Total Recall</i> and thought it would be too cool if the thing was real. Two problems being: (1) <i>that</i> machine showed animated skeletons decked-out with guns, not hairless pasty hominids, and (2) Arnold Schwarzenegger.<br /><br />You're wondering what I mean by that second one. Well, here's what I mean: that scene in <i>Total Recall</i> works because the guy being scanned is Arnold Schwarzenegger, who (even in less-than-Mr. Universe trim) is, as the bodybuilders say, sculpted. When a Schwarzenegger skeleton goes berserk, etc., it's pretty impressive. As opposed, let's say, to if the scene had featured singer/actor Meat Loaf Aday, in which case the whole thing would look like the camera was being attacked by a thoroughly armed and violent lava lamp.<br /><br />Most Americans, even the more fit specimens, are closer in physiognomy to Mr. Aday than Mr. Schwarzenegger. If we all looked like Mr. Schwarzenegger (or, let's say, Angelina Jolie), no doubt the popular dress code would consist of thong and sandals and nobody would be the least bit embarrassed to be seen naked. As we all look more like Mr. Loaf, nobody really wants to go through the damn thing and hence much of the popular outcry.<br /><br />The <i>Total Recall</i>-loving geek did not factor this into his "this would be cool" line of thought, or he never would have pushed the idea of the backscatter machines. Of course, it's also likely he forgot how that scene ends--with Schwarzenegger killing everybody--which goes back to the whole idea that the damn security lines are going to be a target sooner or later in and of themselves.<br /><br />This is, of course, all speculation on my part. For what it's worth.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275812152895151542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-14544149102773933222010-11-17T13:25:32.165-07:002010-11-17T13:25:32.165-07:00Anne, I was thinking of "unreasonable search ...Anne, I was thinking of "unreasonable search and seizure" myownself...Janiecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190655869710465713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-82867567282775126742010-11-17T13:11:00.437-07:002010-11-17T13:11:00.437-07:00I think what really put it into perspective for me...I think what really put it into perspective for me was the comment (by who, I do not recall) that these searches are at the level that require probable cause in a law-enforcement setting. As Fenster said, "No PC, no goddamn right."Anne C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09444051201220766948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-18118937357761491012010-11-17T13:01:32.238-07:002010-11-17T13:01:32.238-07:00MG, you have made my week.
I love you so...MG, you have made my week. <br /><br />I love you so...Janiecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190655869710465713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-43767672936736062562010-11-17T11:54:18.740-07:002010-11-17T11:54:18.740-07:00I'm aware that there are people in the world w...<i>I'm aware that there are people in the world who want to do me and mine harm, simply for the sin of not agreeing with them.</i><br />Right-wingers?<br />Oh, Muslims.<br />Oh.The Mechanicky Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301818656158916179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-74568353616064018192010-11-17T11:08:27.985-07:002010-11-17T11:08:27.985-07:00As I commented elsewhere:
If we adjust for every ...As I commented elsewhere:<br /><br />If we adjust for every “possible” threat, 1) it can’t happen (unless we just go the whole 9 yards and just allow body cavity searches right now, because, really, you can hide a bomb in there - you know where-, and these new procedures won’t detect it) and 2) if I were the terrorist, I would game the system (I don’t need to blow up an airplane to gain my goals, because my goals are to make these rules overbearing to you the populace so you hate your own government). So as a terrorist, what I would do is make attacks that really weren’t intended to succeed, but had the possibility to do so, but the main thrust would be to adjust TSAs rules and screening procedures to make traveling a horrendous experience (like having officers “grab your junk”).<br /><br />However, I’m solidly a bastard when it comes to cointel. If it were me, I’d increase “chatter” to phantom agents right before Thanksgiving (like this weekend) and Christmas (the two holidays that have the highest rate of air travel). I’d plant ideas in the heads of those likely to be captured to seed the paranoia of the US. But, like I said, I’m a solidly a bastard. Good thing our opposition doesn’t have those ideas.Steve Buchheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.com