If I were to write a 1500 word article about you, (with or without your permission) What is the word count that would be 'Morally OK' for you to repost on your own site? What if it is an article not about you but about a cause that you strongly support. If a newspaper posted 4 paragraph blurb about an evil dognapper that was busted in your town, would it be morally wrong in your view to post all 4 paragraphs and a link to the newspaper on your favorite dogbreed forum?
Adam Savage (Mythbusters) Describes how he went through the body scanner while his laptop went through the x-ray. His 'tiny junk was offended' by the body scan but the x-ray some how missed the (2) 12" steel razor blades in his laptop case.
Actual number of deaths in either case is irrelevant. One person killed in an explosion in a security line would run the news cycle for a month at this point in the game.
While I agree the health risks MAY be blown out of proportion, the added security provided by the machines has been blown out of proportion so I think it is a wash.
They have more than IP addresses in instances where they have sent "pay up or else" letters. The USPS does not deliver mail to IP addresses.
Which brings me to the conclusion that since the USPS proved Santa is a real person by delivering mail to him. Since they do not deliver to IP addresses that must ipso facto mean that an IP address does NOT identify a real person!! Woot!! Who needs lawyers to fight Hollywood? We will pummel them with their own facts :)
The head of a 2,000-member flight attendant union says she is getting calls daily from members upset about the Transporation Security Agency's new "patdown" security procedures, with most complaining they are far too invasive.
Deborah Volpe, Vice President of the Association of Flight Attendants Local 66, told local ABC News affiliate ABC15 in Phoenix that "our members are concerned" with the procedure, which is conducted when passengers and flight personnel alike decide to opt-out entering secured concourses through backscatter full-body X-ray machines currently being used in more airports.
Volpe said the union was advising members to request the patdown in a private area with a witness present.
"We don't want them in uniform going through this enhanced screening where their private areas are being touched in public," she told the local news station. "They actually make contact with the genital area."
She added that while the union is definitely not against security at airports, there are better ways to clear flight personnel through checkpoints, so as not to delay passengers - some of which complained to ABC15 that crew members who chose to bypass the scanners contributed to flight delays.
Volpe says a better approach would be to issue a "crew pass" to flight personnel so they could essentially bypass security.
"Security is the most important aspect, our offices were used as murder weapons," she told ABC15. But, she added, "Keep in mind we undergo extensive background checks and we fly quite often."
Volpe said some union members were considering lawsuits.
"They've already contacted the ACLU. We don't know if somebody may have had an experience with a sexual assault and its (pat-down) going to drudge up some bad memories," she said.
If I see that the town I am living in is growing and spreading to the south, should it be illegal for me to buy a large piece of farmland and let it sit because I know I can sell it to someone else at a later date for profit?
Current market value of common travel zoo booking stock is 33.6 zoomblats to the plimpet. For redemption instructions please speak to the moose out front.
So because the FTC ended its investigation, and Techdirt posted the news that the FTC appears to believe no further action is necessary... they are in favor of them and the rest of the blog posts on this site are invalid?
Perhaps you have somehow gotten on to the wrong Internet. Please reboot your computer and try again.
I really wish I had the time to code up a forum/blog spam bot that wanders the interwebz posting Las Vegas Review-Journal stories where ever it can. Just to keep Righthaven busy
I was Interested and a little excited when I learned that our local library card granted me access to Over Drive.. tons of down-loadable audiobooks yippie!! Oh wait the selection is limited to a fraction of all titles based on your local Library (ok I can see that) oh wait... All copies of that audio book are currently checked out... would you like to join the waiting list? WTF FARTS indeed!
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Re: Bad example
I do not think morals are the best measure.
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Adam Savage (Mythbusters) Describes how he went through the body scanner while his laptop went through the x-ray. His 'tiny junk was offended' by the body scan but the x-ray some how missed the (2) 12" steel razor blades in his laptop case.
WTF TSA indeed.
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Re: Slam Dunk?
Which brings me to the conclusion that since the USPS proved Santa is a real person by delivering mail to him. Since they do not deliver to IP addresses that must ipso facto mean that an IP address does NOT identify a real person!! Woot!! Who needs lawyers to fight Hollywood? We will pummel them with their own facts :)
On the post: Pilot Group Urges Pilots To Refuse Naked Backscatter Scans, And Avoid Groping Pat Downs
Flight attendants not liking it either
Deborah Volpe, Vice President of the Association of Flight Attendants Local 66, told local ABC News affiliate ABC15 in Phoenix that "our members are concerned" with the procedure, which is conducted when passengers and flight personnel alike decide to opt-out entering secured concourses through backscatter full-body X-ray machines currently being used in more airports.
Volpe said the union was advising members to request the patdown in a private area with a witness present.
"We don't want them in uniform going through this enhanced screening where their private areas are being touched in public," she told the local news station. "They actually make contact with the genital area."
She added that while the union is definitely not against security at airports, there are better ways to clear flight personnel through checkpoints, so as not to delay passengers - some of which complained to ABC15 that crew members who chose to bypass the scanners contributed to flight delays.
Volpe says a better approach would be to issue a "crew pass" to flight personnel so they could essentially bypass security.
"Security is the most important aspect, our offices were used as murder weapons," she told ABC15. But, she added, "Keep in mind we undergo extensive background checks and we fly quite often."
Volpe said some union members were considering lawsuits.
"They've already contacted the ACLU. We don't know if somebody may have had an experience with a sexual assault and its (pat-down) going to drudge up some bad memories," she said.
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If I see that the town I am living in is growing and spreading to the south, should it be illegal for me to buy a large piece of farmland and let it sit because I know I can sell it to someone else at a later date for profit?
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Re: travel zoo stock
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Re: To be expected
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Re: So much in favor of Google
Perhaps you have somehow gotten on to the wrong Internet. Please reboot your computer and try again.
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"Piracy rips off artists"
"Piracy is illegal"
"Congress changes law"
Artists are being ripped off?
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FARTS
On the post: A Publicity Stunt Or Viral Ad -- Or Just A Band Connecting With Fans?
Re: A stunt, but still awesome
Oh and the band saying it was a stunt ;D
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