Major Terrorist Threat in UK-US discovered

[katiesue]

I looked on TSA but apparently not in the right place. Thanks for the info.

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by katiesue

I looked on TSA but apparently not in the right place. Thanks for the info.

Well it changes every 20 minutes. Latest word is that they WILL be doing double screening starting tomorrow - once at the xray and once at the gate.

I don't know why they're acting like people are such idiots. ZOMG! This woman didn't throw out her lipstick! She's holding up the whole line! I don't think of my lipstick as liquid or gel. Same with toothpaste. Yes, it would be ideal if everyone were on the same page. It would also be helpful if "they" - port authority, TSA, airlines, whomever - made it clear what "they" are considering liquids/gels. Deoderant? Sure. Shampoo? Sure. Sunscreen? Absolutely. Mascara? I'll buy that, even. Powder eye shadow or face powder? How is that a liquid or gel? Why is the local news acting like people are complete morons for not knowing this?

At some point keeping me "safe" will become so inconvenient for me that I'll no longer travel.

[NirvanaMan]

I'm not looking forward to my international flight in two weeks time....

[Gemini Cricket]

Can we actually blame the media for Iraq? I don't think so. They may do crappy things like a death count, but Bush owns how badly Iraq is going. But we're not supposed to be focused on Iraq right now... we're supposed to be distracted by Mel Gibson, Lebannon and this new story today... but that, too, could be the media's fault...

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Can we actually blame the media for Iraq? I don't think so. They may do crappy things like a death count, but Bush owns how badly Iraq is going. But we're not supposed to be focused on Iraq right now... we're supposed to be distracted by Mel Gibson, Lebannon and this new story today... but that, too, could be the media's fault...

It is within the nature of the media to dwell on the negative. There is nothing news worthy about planes that don't crash. There is nothing exciting about our relationship with Japan. Most of the time, what's reported is what is going wrong.

Everything is not going wrong in Iraq. Where the media is focused - there it is not going well at all, to be honest. Baghdad is a mess. But look at the north. 200,000 Kurds were killed by Saddam, and that region is doing so well that they refer to themselves as Kurdistan and are even trying to promote tourism. Of the 14 provinces, 11 are doing quite well. Three are a mess.

The media will focus on what they find to be interesting at the time. They love dirty laundry. Mel Gibson was dirty laundry.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

It is within the nature of the media to dwell on the negative. There is nothing news worthy about planes that don't crash.

Sorry, this is from a much earlier quote but I had to respond to it.

Apparently CNN and every other media outlet has a different take on what is newsworthy because the only story getting attention yesterday was about good news concerning a plot uncovered that prevented planes from being crashed. So it would seem that stories about planes that don't crash is considered newsworthy.

[lashbear]

Lipstick ? Face powder ?

...Next they'll be draining the saline / gel out of breast implants. You can get heaps of liquid on the plane that way......

[tracilicious]

Originally Posted by lashbear

Lipstick ? Face powder ?

...Next they'll be draining the saline / gel out of breast implants. You can get heaps of liquid on the plane that way......

What about breast milk? That would be awkward..."Would you mind drinking that liquid before you cart it onto the plane, ma'am?"

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

What about breast milk? That would be awkward..."Would you mind drinking that liquid before you cart it onto the plane, ma'am?"

People had to do it after 9/11.

[BarTopDancer]

Afghanastan is still a giant clusterfvck. The taliban is still a huge part of that country if you go outside the city. But we don't hear about that anymore.

Why not?