Don't worry, the plans are to extend these scanners well beyond airports. The scared, braying fools who like the idea of these scanners yet have never encountered them will, soon enough.
Obama is wrong about "everything"? I think a better example would be George W. Bush... a graduate from both Yale and Harvard Business School yet still not the brightest tool in the shed.
Just wondering... when was the last piece of legislation passed which increased civil liberties and freedoms?
Now, it could just be that all the coverage goes to rights restrictions (especially in my particular blend of information sources), and there's a heap of good legislation being passed in the background, but I don't think that's the case.
"People forget the terrorist idea is to make us feel unsafe and destabilize society to make way for their revolution. Unless you understand the objective of their tactics, you'll never understand their tactics at all."
That statement seems more applicable to the government at the moment.
It's difficult to understand why the US government -- and Homeland Security specifically -- is helping protect a single industry's obsolete business model
Control of the media is vital in a police state. This is why some of the more oppressive three letter agencies are interested in protecting it.
Physical muscle is vital to enforce unfair laws. This is why the industry is so keen to involve the state law enforcement apparatus.
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The plane in question is a DC-10. Reference photos [1][2] clearly show what the video describes as "nozzles" are actually flap track fairings.
Here is some information on the design and purpose of flap track fairings.
Here's a video of a perfectly innocuous Airbus A380 contrail, also shot from the cockpit of another plane. Note the similarities.
On the post: Obama Comes Out Against Censoring The Internet; Will He Veto Leahy/Hatch Censorship Bill?
Re: Context much?
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Re: TSA Crap
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Actual facts.
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Re: I wonder...
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Re: Well-educated
But you're spot on about the Ivy League attitude.
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That name keeps popping up...
This guy has his greasy fingerprints all over government programs.
On the post: TSA Agents Absolutely Hate New Pat Downs, Find Them Disgusting And Morale Breaking
Re: 9/11
On the post: Guy Sues Wikipedia & Craigslist For $1 Billion Because (He Claims) He Found Nudity On Both
Hell, why not just sue "the internet"?
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ...and I want Bacon Cheeseburgers without the fat.
On the post: Transportation Secretary Expects To Use Technology To Block All Mobile Phone Usage In Cars [Updated]
Now, it could just be that all the coverage goes to rights restrictions (especially in my particular blend of information sources), and there's a heap of good legislation being passed in the background, but I don't think that's the case.
On the post: TSA Defending Its Groin Grabbing Or Naked Image Security Techniques
Re: Tactical blind spot...
The biggest problem is that the government is using terrorism as a means to their own ends. As has already been mentioned, the 'underwear bomber' seems to have been set up in order to push through these invasive new 'security' measures.
"People forget the terrorist idea is to make us feel unsafe and destabilize society to make way for their revolution. Unless you understand the objective of their tactics, you'll never understand their tactics at all."
That statement seems more applicable to the government at the moment.
On the post: Hollywood's Strategy For The Future: Pretending The Government Can Save Them
Re: Re: COICA
On the post: Remix Artist Pogo Expecting To Be Sued By Disney For Releasing Latest Remix (Created For Disney)
Re: Really?!?
As much as Pogo may be proud of their work, it's not their call.
At least they're expecting the law suit.
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It's difficult to understand why the US government -- and Homeland Security specifically -- is helping protect a single industry's obsolete business model
Control of the media is vital in a police state. This is why some of the more oppressive three letter agencies are interested in protecting it.
Physical muscle is vital to enforce unfair laws. This is why the industry is so keen to involve the state law enforcement apparatus.
As an illustration of the cozy arrangement the media and the government have in the "land of the free", compare the difference in coverage of the Wikileaks Iraq war docs leak between the New York Times and the rest of the world.
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Re: Criminal Act - - And Dumb Act -
Your lack of hyperbole is a credit to your credibility, good sir.
On the post: Once Again, Security Company Suggests Microsoft Making Its Own Software Secure Is An Antitrust Violation
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On the post: If Only Newspapers Put As Much Effort Into Correcting Errors That Didn't Involve Captain Kirk & Captain Picard
Formal recognition of (and a substantive apology for) the hatchet job they did (and continue to do) to objective journalism?
If it comes from that network and it's not partisan, it's fluff.
On the post: Oh Look, More Cord Cutters: Time Warner Cable Loses 155,000 TV Subscribers
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On the post: Belgian Court Rules That Violating Creative Commons License Subjects You To Copyright Infringement Charge
I was always under the opinion that if those are the terms a content creator wanted to license their content under, then fair enough. End of story.
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