At least Al Queda doesn't go to congress and ask for more money so they can make even bigger mistakes in the future.

"Geek Squad technicians"

I lol'ed

Lots of Geek Squad hate at the moment...

You mean they finally stopped trying to buy nukes from the Russian mafia?

/Hopefully not obscure here

"Alright. Pay attention. I'm only going to do this once..."

magic_patch: Lots of Geek Squad hate at the moment...

Just at the moment?

strangely absent: learning from the mistake of blowing themselves and others up in the name of a non-existent sky wizard.

/former Geek Squad supervisor. I lol'ed
+1

Read "Inspire" the Al Qaeda published magazine about the cargo bomb.

It's scary as it forces you to understand how smart and sophisticated these guys are. You went to school with these guys, I guarantee it. They are not some ignorant, uncultured, insert-bigoted-term dumbasses.

http://www.aolnews.com/2010/11/22/terrorist-magazine-promotes-bombs-as-good-bar g ain/

They know what they are doing to use with the TSA, and the civil rights abrogations, and they are laughing about it, and laughing about how much they can do for almost no money to screw our society over.

You know, if they'd spend half the they spend making bombs and plotting to kill infidels simply putting back into their Muslim communities and developing into a happy community, they'd be frickin' Happy Joy-Joy Land by now.

ihatedumbpeople: You know, if they'd spend half the they spend making bombs and plotting to kill infidels simply putting back into their Muslim communities and developing into a happy community, they'd be frickin' Happy Joy-Joy Land by now.

Half the TIME...half the time...

Pair-o-Dice: "Alright. Pay attention. I'm only going to do this once..."

3rd NPR story to go green today...

I thought Fark was starting to swing back in the conservative direction...

Crosshair: At least Al Queda doesn't go to congress and ask for more money so they can make even bigger mistakes in the future.

Nah, they have private benefactors.

oh, the TSA learns from its mistakes. A moron tried a shoe bomb so now we all must take off our shoes. A moron tried an underwear bomb so now we all must line up to be viewed naked (or subjected to "enhanced pat-down's")

they excel in Monday morning quarterbacking. Unfortunately that's not what will prevent an airliner being attacked. With all that money is this really the best the TSA can do? Backscatter scanners are a disgrace, and accomplish nothing.

NAT'L INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR ADMITS HE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT UK TERROR ARRESTS

But Obama's so well-spoken!

ihatedumbpeople: You know, if they'd spend half the they spend making bombs and plotting to kill infidels simply putting back into their Muslim communities and developing into a happy community, they'd be frickin' Happy Joy-Joy Land by now.

If the true point of terrorism was to make their land a better place you wouldn't see the Taliban blowing up their own infrastructure.

The point of many large terrorist organizations, I believe, is about power and control. The Taliban simply wants control of Afghanistan and the wealth that goes along with controlling their population. Giving safe harbor to Al Queda was probably profit motivated. Now it is the tiny insane groups that are dangerous because they truly believe wiping America off the map will make it happy happy joy land. But I'm almost certain those true believers are manipulated for someone else's profit in nearly all cases.

RoyBatty: Read "Inspire" the Al Qaeda published magazine about the cargo bomb.

It's scary as it forces you to understand how smart and sophisticated these guys are. You went to school with these guys, I guarantee it. They are not some ignorant, uncultured, insert-bigoted-term dumbasses.

http://www.aolnews.com/2010/11/22/terrorist-magazine-promotes-bombs-as-good-bar g ain/

They know what they are doing to use with the TSA, and the civil rights abrogations, and they are laughing about it, and laughing about how much they can do for almost no money to screw our society over.

"Inspire" is thought by some to be a hoax/honeypot. First CNN, now NPR what is it? Terrrism Wednesday?

The article basically says that the majority of Al Qaeda recruits are so mind-numbingly inept, they can't even be trusted to handle the most rudimentary tasks. Since the leadership couldn't find someone capable of delivering a bomb, they just put the bomb in a box, slapped some postage on it, and dropped it off in the mail.

Which, of course, still didn't work. The leadership of Al Qaeda -- their best and brightest -- is officially incapable of sending a package through the mail.

At some point, I expect that Al Qaeda will be reduced from "terrorism group" to "nuisance group". Basically, they'll just post stupid comments on YouTube videos, park their 1992 Honda Civic across two parking spots at the local mall, and refuse to tip their server at Starbucks.

// You will still be searched for small quantities of drugs and large sums of cash at the airport.
/// I think they got the idea of putting things in boxes from Justin Timberlake.

RoyBatty: Read "Inspire" the Al Qaeda published magazine about the cargo bomb.

It's scary as it forces you to understand how smart and sophisticated these guys are. You went to school with these guys, I guarantee it. They are not some ignorant, uncultured, insert-bigoted-term dumbasses.

http://www.aolnews.com/2010/11/22/terrorist-magazine-promotes-bombs-as-good-bar g ain/

They know what they are doing to use with the TSA, and the civil rights abrogations, and they are laughing about it, and laughing about how much they can do for almost no money to screw our society over.

Yknow, I'm damn curious about the contents of a terrorist magazine, but i'm also afraid that reading a copy would place me on at least 100 watch lists.

ihatedumbpeople: You know, if they'd spend half the they spend making bombs and plotting to kill infidels simply putting back into their Muslim communities and developing into a happy community, they'd be frickin' Happy Joy-Joy Land by now.

So where are all these terrorists? You'd think we'd see a weekly mall bombing by now.

"... take the human possibility of failure out of that chain," says Rick Nelson,

So they entrusted it to the POST OFFICE?????

Philip Mudd, a former terrorism official with both the CIA and the FBI, says that terrorists are searching for ways to take humans out of the equation.

Well, duh.

Grass Hopper: Philip Mudd, a former terrorism official with both the CIA and the FBI, says that terrorists are searching for ways to take humans out of the equation.

Well, duh.

I, for one, don't welcome our new robotic terrorist overlords.

Al Queda learns from their mistakes

Al Queda begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14am Eastern time, August 29th.

So the terrorist go from the oft-feared "9/11", to just now getting around to cargo bombs? They sound really frightening. We should readjust our entire society to fight them. We should invent new bureaucracies and dump endless amounts of money into fighting these super-villains.

You know who was a real terrorist? Pablo Escobar. He'd blow up a plane the following day if he was pissed off about the weather. I'm starting to think my countrymen have "institutionalized thinking" about terrorism. I'm concerned they obsess about a non-existent threat as though it were a terrorist hiding under their bed.

Oh yes, the government is fast at work keeping you all safe from this huge swarm of locusts. Never-mind the money changing hands - you aren't being duped, we just need to find this paralyzing threat.

Every day I wake up and hear about this enormous threat to society...every f*cking day. And yet, it seems like the work of money and imagination to me.

Al Queda needs to succeed in a series of single events, and if that single event fails, they re-organize and try again. All they need to do is find a single hole.

Security organizations attempting to prevent Al Queda need to prevent all holes all the time, much harder. Although resources are better for them.

The modivation for the 'terrorist' side is easy. He either dies or burns out.

The modivation for the guy working for an organization is not so easy after five years and he can say fark it, it's Friday afternoon.

Back in the 80's and 90's throughout school I wrote a kind of comic book called The Terrorists about my friends and I conquering Planet 69 from the lesbians, fighting 'the Man', returning to Planet 69, etc. Always got good grades on them. Eventually my friends did their own editions as well, prolly had over 100 short versions.

/how times have changed!

dittybopper: They blew their wad on 9/11, and now they won't get a chance at another, especially if they keep concentrating on airplanes and explosives.

Meh, I would argue they've already won.

the_geek: Meh, I would argue they've already won.

Pretty much. We have the "terror threat level" (which I'm pretty sure will never go below orange in my lifetime), we have the TSA, we have our freedoms stripped away day by day..

The terrorists have not only won, they continue to win day by day.

lmao @ Geek Squad

Sales people in G-men suits trying to pretend to be technicians, while searching for naked pictures of customers they think are hot when their computers come in to be serviced. I was really shocked by how stupid the "Agents" were, but they just trained them to run a CD and click next and when it was time to work on them, they hooked them to the network and were fixed remotely by "Agent Johnny Utah".

/So glad to be out of there

the_geek: Meh, I would argue they've already won.

Won what?

Bhopper: With all that money is this really the best the TSA can do? Backscatter scanners are a disgrace, and accomplish nothing.

Just like in the "terrorist" organizations...you just need to see where the money goes to find out what TSA "thinks" might stop this. When you have another former government employee heading the private company who makes these porno machines...you've got more money/time being sucked away...while really doing nothing at all but lining their own pockets at tax payer expense.

The Unabomber got the "A" for bombing an American Airlines flight with a bomb in the cargo hold.

dittybopper: I'm reminded of the message the IRA sent to Margaret Thatcher after an unsuccessful assassination attempt: "We only have to be lucky once. You have to be lucky always".

They keep throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks. Honestly, I think going for the "Big One" hurt them more in the long run. They blew their wad on 9/11, and now they won't get a chance at another, especially if they keep concentrating on airplanes and explosives.

Just have to go to an airport to see they've won. Have millions of people allowing themselves to have their 4th amendment rights to be violated, be radiated and sexually assaulted. Our own government terrorizes us everyday. I'd say that's a rather huge victory.

dittybopper: Their ultimate goal is to spread Islam across the globe.

Really? I could have sworn their ultimate goal was to take down "the great satan" known as the United States.

So far, they're doing a bang-up job.

Of all those groups, I hate the Geek Squad the most.

/just went to pick up a computer that they were fixing.
//they said it wasn't fixed yet, as the hard drive they installed was bad.
///So why the heck did they send an email and phone call saying it was done?

One mistake they won't learn from: driving down a road, four to a Land Cruiser when they're spotted by a Predator.

dittybopper: I'm reminded of the message the IRA sent to Margaret Thatcher after an unsuccessful assassination attempt: "We only have to be lucky once. You have to be lucky always".

They keep throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks. Honestly, I think going for the "Big One" hurt them more in the long run. They blew their wad on 9/11, and now they won't get a chance at another, especially if they keep concentrating on airplanes and explosives.

What I don't get is why they keep concentrating on Airlines? Hypothetically speaking, there are tons of soft targets in the US that would be far more devastating to the US psyche than blowing up an airline or something. What those are, for the sake of not getting arrested for plotting or some weird shiat, I'll leave you to deduce, but they are there.

October Propagandist: RoyBatty: Read "Inspire" the Al Qaeda published magazine about the cargo bomb.

It's scary as it forces you to understand how smart and sophisticated these guys are. You went to school with these guys, I guarantee it. They are not some ignorant, uncultured, insert-bigoted-term dumbasses.

http://www.aolnews.com/2010/11/22/terrorist-magazine-promotes-bombs-as-good-bar g ain/

They know what they are doing to use with the TSA, and the civil rights abrogations, and they are laughing about it, and laughing about how much they can do for almost no money to screw our society over.

"Inspire" is thought by some to be a hoax/honeypot. First CNN, now NPR what is it? Terrrism Wednesday?

That would not surprise me.

TsukasaK: Yknow, I'm damn curious about the contents of a terrorist magazine, but i'm also afraid that reading a copy would place me on at least 100 watch lists.

The worse part is not the watch lists, the worse parts are the ads that ad networks then insist on displaying at all the websites you visit from then on. Vest materials, timers, fertilizer, paris hilton sex tapes, PVC, travelocity.

BeezyBates: /former Geek Squad supervisor. I lol'ed
+1

I have a Geek Squad invoice as a trophy from a Best Buy VICE PRESIDENT who had his PC mangled (idiot "tech" actually broke the on-board VGA connector) by a Geek Squad "tech" and my company had to repair the damage.

Geek Squad guys are farking morons.

dittybopper: This. Their ultimate goal is to spread Islam across the globe. Killing people, or trying to kill people, just makes for really, really bad press.

A 1400 century theocracy FTW!