Is it racist and a form of segregation to send all the dirty mooslims through their own tunnel?

this would be nice, I wonder if a sida badge gets me through the quickest one.

FTFA: Passengers will be identified by eye scanners, then X-rayed, shoe-scanned and electronically 'sniffed' in the new system's security tunnels.

I am not going to allow the TSA to x-ray me, ever.

Some Random Fat Guy: Is it racist and a form of segregation to send all the dirty mooslims through their own tunnel?

Yes.

Gordon Bennett: Some Random Fat Guy: Is it racist and a form of segregation to send all the dirty mooslims through their own tunnel?

Yes.

Then thee conservatives shalth pounceth on this, indubitably.

But honestly this looks pretty nice. I assume the eye scan will be to see if the citizen is....nervous?

Some Random Fat Guy: I assume the eye scan will be to see if the citizen is....nervous?

It's a form of biometric identification, just like getting your fingerprint.

Looks a bit like something out of Idiocracy to me. Will there be probes involved?

/there is only one correct answer.

looks cool, lots of calming colors.

what will we do with all the tray stackers though?

I shoot a lot and a couple of times I've gone more or less straight from shooting to the airport. I wonder if the sniffers would detect the residue.

Guess I'll find out if it happens, lol

Teophania: Looks a bit like something out of Idiocracy to me. Will there be probes involved?

/there is only one correct answer.

Yeah, but both probes look the same.

Deathfrogg: Teophania: Looks a bit like something out of Idiocracy to me. Will there be probes involved?

/there is only one correct answer.

Yeah, but both probes look the same.

And the one that belongs in your ass is in your mouth.

SuperT: this would be nice, I wonder if a sida badge gets me through the quickest one.

Hell, that'd get you around it entirely.

Just dont get caught doing it.

Oooh! Colored lights! High-tech devices! Probably no more or less effective than the theatrics we have now, but less of a pain in the ass -- and since it looks like it costs untold buttloads of money, Homeland Security will want to deploy them to every airport as fast as possible!

KidneyStone: I shoot a lot and a couple of times I've gone more or less straight from shooting to the airport. I wonder if the sniffers would detect the residue.

Guess I'll find out if it happens, lol

If it's anything like CSI they'll be able to trace the GSR to the exact gun you were using and the range you were shooting at and let you through. But replace the magic and intelligent people from CSI with reality and retards, they'll probably shoot you or something.

AntiNorm: Some Random Fat Guy: I assume the eye scan will be to see if the citizen is....nervous?

It's a form of biometric identification, just like getting your fingerprint.

Wow I'm stupid. My mind gets foggy this late and reasoning is replaced with a poo flinging monkey.

"Not Sure" was the answer I was looking for. "Sure, Not" would have also won the internets.

/Here I thought I was providing the perfect set up..

i would post something that has nothing to do with the story ..

but since i don't fly .. i won't.. practicing the right of free speech and expression
on Fark, is fun. true.

TomD9938: SuperT: this would be nice, I wonder if a sida badge gets me through the quickest one.

Hell, that'd get you around it entirely.

Just dont get caught doing it.

Only at home, I was wonder about when I went other places.

The TSA will never allow this here. It would interfere with the groping of children, little old ladies with walkers, and quadraplegics.

Listen motherfarkers.

I. Don't. Want. To. Be. X-rayed!

Unless you plan on giving everyone dosimeter badges, monitor exposure, providing prophylactic treatment, and ensure customers in case of cancer, I'd rather wait an hour and take off my shoes.

Average international flight to a non-international airport will net you 2 trips through security, and 2 more on the way back. 4 trips through an X-ray machine on one trip is NOT a joke especially with the rent-a-farkups we've got running the show letting machines operate at higher radiation levels. People who spend their entire year flying back and forth are going to be getting serious dosages, probably more than radiologists get in a year.

The concept of trusted travelers is also a stupid one. Any terrorist would aim to get into that category to take advantage of the lower security, and the criteria would probably be something stupid like "frequent flyer".

That thar dignity stuff went out with the commin' of that stinkin' patriotical act.

And chances are, it ain't never comin' back, Clem.


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Barakku: KidneyStone: I shoot a lot and a couple of times I've gone more or less straight from shooting to the airport. I wonder if the sniffers would detect the residue.

Guess I'll find out if it happens, lol

If it's anything like CSI they'll be able to trace the GSR to the exact gun you were using and the range you were shooting at and let you through. But replace the magic and intelligent people from CSI with reality and retards, they'll probably shoot you or something.

Yeah that will be worth some TSA Buttrapey, Er that is TSA enhanced cavity checks. KY costs extra.

Multipass!

dfacto: Listen motherfarkers.

I. Don't. Want. To. Be. X-rayed!

Unless you plan on giving everyone dosimeter badges, monitor exposure, providing prophylactic treatment, and ensure customers in case of cancer, I'd rather wait an hour and take off my shoes.

Average international flight to a non-international airport will net you 2 trips through security, and 2 more on the way back. 4 trips through an X-ray machine on one trip is NOT a joke especially with the rent-a-farkups we've got running the show letting machines operate at higher radiation levels. People who spend their entire year flying back and forth are going to be getting serious dosages, probably more than radiologists get in a year.

The concept of trusted travelers is also a stupid one. Any terrorist would aim to get into that category to take advantage of the lower security, and the criteria would probably be something stupid like "frequent flyer".

None of the above. And it's a bring your own prophylactic inspection.

farkin_Gary: That thar dignity stuff went out with the commin' of that stinkin' patriotical act.

And chances are, it ain't never comin' back, Clem.


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You meac the Citizen Bend Over Act?

Known Traveler = Whites
Normal = Minorities
Enhanced = Durka durkas

dfacto: Listen motherfarkers.

I. Don't. Want. To. Be. X-rayed!

Unless you plan on giving everyone dosimeter badges, monitor exposure, providing prophylactic treatment, and ensure customers in case of cancer, I'd rather wait an hour and take off my shoes.

Average international flight to a non-international airport will net you 2 trips through security, and 2 more on the way back. 4 trips through an X-ray machine on one trip is NOT a joke especially with the rent-a-farkups we've got running the show letting machines operate at higher radiation levels. People who spend their entire year flying back and forth are going to be getting serious dosages, probably more than radiologists get in a year.

The concept of trusted travelers is also a stupid one. Any terrorist would aim to get into that category to take advantage of the lower security, and the criteria would probably be something stupid like "frequent flyer".

You get hundreds of times more radiation on the flights themselves.

I'm not sure a little more is worth shiatting your pants about.

/negative, I am a meat popsicle

How about: fark you. The ship has sailed, so to speak. I'll never travel by air again unless it's completely unavoidable.

dfacto: Listen motherfarkers.

I. Don't. Want. To. Be. X-rayed!

Unless you plan on giving everyone dosimeter badges, monitor exposure, providing prophylactic treatment, and ensure customers in case of cancer, I'd rather wait an hour and take off my shoes.

Average international flight to a non-international airport will net you 2 trips through security, and 2 more on the way back. 4 trips through an X-ray machine on one trip is NOT a joke especially with the rent-a-farkups we've got running the show letting machines operate at higher radiation levels. People who spend their entire year flying back and forth are going to be getting serious dosages, probably more than radiologists get in a year.

The concept of trusted travelers is also a stupid one. Any terrorist would aim to get into that category to take advantage of the lower security, and the criteria would probably be something stupid like "frequent flyer".

Easy enough to fool. You get someone with no Terrie history to travel through your checkpoint enough times to get min. security status. Then follow through with your plan whatever that might be.

RedVentrue: farkin_Gary: That thar dignity stuff went out with the commin' of that stinkin' patriotical act.

And chances are, it ain't never comin' back, Clem.


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You meac the Citizen Bend Over Act?

meac = mean. I = idiot typist.

crab66: You get hundreds of times more radiation on the flights themselves.

I'm not sure a little more is worth shiatting your pants about.

If they're telling the truth about radiation levels, yes. But you know they said cellphones were safe for years, and now the real story is coming out. In 20 years the real story about airports scanners will come out for better or worse.

Pardon me if I don't want to be the guinea pig generation.

crab66: dfacto: Listen motherfarkers.

I. Don't. Want. To. Be. X-rayed!

Unless you plan on giving everyone dosimeter badges, monitor exposure, providing prophylactic treatment, and ensure customers in case of cancer, I'd rather wait an hour and take off my shoes.

Average international flight to a non-international airport will net you 2 trips through security, and 2 more on the way back. 4 trips through an X-ray machine on one trip is NOT a joke especially with the rent-a-farkups we've got running the show letting machines operate at higher radiation levels. People who spend their entire year flying back and forth are going to be getting serious dosages, probably more than radiologists get in a year.

The concept of trusted travelers is also a stupid one. Any terrorist would aim to get into that category to take advantage of the lower security, and the criteria would probably be something stupid like "frequent flyer".

You get hundreds of times more radiation on the flights themselves.

I'm not sure a little more is worth shiatting your pants about.

Working for the TSA = long hours of radiation exposure. Working for TSA = Child fondling bastards. long hours of radiation exposure + Child fondling bastards = WIN!

"Airlines are seeking ways to win back passengers put off by long and irritating airport security measures who have opted to travel instead by train, boat or car. IATA said Monday it expects the industry's profit this year to plummet to $4 billion from $18 billion last year."

Well it took them long enough to figure that out. Apparently the only way we get an alternative to the current TSA mauling is if the airline industry continues to freak out about all that money they're losing.

jadedlee: "Airlines are seeking ways to win back passengers put off by long and irritating airport security measures who have opted to travel instead by train, boat or car. IATA said Monday it expects the industry's profit this year to plummet to $4 billion from $18 billion last year."

Well it took them long enough to figure that out. Apparently the only way we get an alternative to the current TSA mauling is if the airline industry continues to freak out about all that money they're losing.

I dont think they can attribute the profit loss to the security issues. Seems the broader economy is more to blame. I know I personally skipped 2 flights already this year because money is tight. Thats just my anecdote, but I think it's the more plausible reason for the drop.

That being said, if they want to THINK its because of the TSA then yeah Im OK with that. The only way things change is when the people who have a lot of money suddenly have less of it, and are spurred to action.

Prototype... so... they built a hallway???

dfacto: and now the real story is coming out. I

The real story has been out. The frequencies and wattages cell phones operate at are wrong and too week to do anything.

jadedlee: Well it took them long enough to figure that out

If the airlines had any spine they'd tell the TSA to go get permanently bent.

What an advanced scanning/security unit might look like.

FTFA: 'Passengers will be categorized based on pre-flight screening done by the government. The information will then be put into a chip in the passenger's passport.

When passengers arrive at the checkpoint, they will be identified by a "biometric identifier," such as an eye scan. "'

Where's the dignity in that?

But the American sheeple will never rebel, or even vote for a non-approved candidate. That's the real lesson: most people have no need for dignity and freedom, especially not Americans.

The IATA doesn't need to give my dignity back. I never lost it. I chose it over the convenience of air travel. When I can walk freely into the airport, purchase a ticket to any destination I wish and pay with cash, then get on the plane with no ID check, no strip search, and no x-ray, THEN I will travel by air. Until then, I'll just drive. If I need to go across the ocean, I'll take steerage passage on a garbage scow before I'll subject myself to being processed like a concentration camp inmate. If that's your thing, or you don't really care, great! I haven't flown since early 2002 and I don't miss it. I'm not telling anyone else not to fly. Just that I'm perfectly happy NOT flying, and I previously took at least 4 flights per year. I know I'm not unique. That's a lot of cash they've left on the table. Hope it was worth it.

austin_millbarge: I dont think they can attribute the profit loss to the security issues. Seems the broader economy is more to blame. I know I personally skipped 2 flights already this year because money is tight. Thats just my anecdote, but I think it's the more plausible reason for the drop.

Unless I missed something the economy was in the toilet last year and they made $18 billion. I don't think the difference between last year and this year economically explains a $14 billion drop and neither does fuel cost. I do, however, think it's interesting that the new enhanced gropings started around the end of last year.

david1963: But the American sheeple will never [...] vote for a non-approved candidate.

A few people write in candidates every year. Other than the write-in method, which is ludicrous on its face and is guaranteed to do absolutely nothing, it's not even possible to vote for a non-approved candidate. The problem with voting is that they only let you vote for politicians. (Aside from the previously ridiculed "write-in" option.)

WhyteRaven74: If the airlines had any spine they'd tell the TSA to go get permanently bent.

Not sure it's lack of spine alone - at the beginning of the TSA stupidity the airline industry had just gotten a $15 billion bailout, so it would have been hard for them to object. As it got more and more obnoxious to fly and they got farther removed from the bailout they should have stepped up and slapped a few people upside the head with common sense. Part of the problem, of course, is that there is another entire industry that's profiting from all of the stupid new scanners so it's not just airlines vs. TSA. If it really is true that they're going to lose as much money as projected they might finally stand up and do something about it.

Meanwhile, I'm annoyed at how little the public has protested. Sure, there was coverage of the new groping stuff, especially when it involved kids, but I thought there should have been more. It's essentially a punishment for not going through the stupid scanners. I've gotten pulled for those scanners over 80% of the times I've flown now, and I refuse to go through them so I get Gladys the hamfisted TSA groper (I'm trying to be sympathetic to screeners, I really am. Jobs are hard to come by. I also apologize to all people named Gladys.) while that crazy drunk guy with a torch and whatever else gets through just fine. 80%. Wtf, either I look like a terrorist or the system is even worse than before, which is pretty impressive.