The US is losing

Posted on December 31, 2009 by Tim G.

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Fred says suicide is so sad to watch. Especially to nations.

So little is necessary to terrorize the world’s hyperpower. A free-lance dingaling secretes a bomb of sorts in his shoe, whereupon the US goes into convulsions and long lines of Americans stand comically barefoot in airports. Dingaling Two popularizes liquid explosives, and so Washington frenziedly confiscates toothpaste. Yes, the world’s hyperpower is afraid of Colgate, with fluoride. Dinglaling Three hides the infernal machine in his skivvies, so Obama makes Firm Pronouncements, and we will now have to undergo examination by panty scanners. Always, over and over, the terrorists have the iniative. The country reacts hugely and predictably.

via Fred On Everything.

Suicide Underwear? (powerlineblog.com)
Dutch filmmaker identified as Flight 253 Hero (dvorak.org)

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Posted on December 31, 2009 by Tim G.

http://bit.ly/50WHtp Another government inspection, another EPIC FAIL. Heads should roll.

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Posted on December 30, 2009 by Tim G.

Gas pipeline given thumbs-up – thestar.com
30 years later…. wow some things move slowly. Right decision.

Supermodels: Then and Now | NBC Los Angeles

This is good

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Posted on December 30, 2009 by Tim G.

David Frum: U.S. looks for bombs instead of terrorists

Hitchens on Our Absurd Ideas of ‘Security’

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Posted on December 29, 2009 by Tim G.

British PM ‘appalled’ after smuggler executed in China

Kelly McParland: Thanks mad bomber. Thanks a lot.

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Posted on December 28, 2009 by Tim G., Tim G.

http://bit.ly/8jNETk More proof that the TSA can’t screen a rock out of sand…

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Posted on December 28, 2009 by Tim G.

Conrad Black: What a dismal decade

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Posted on December 27, 2009 by Tim G.

IT’S A WONDER WE FIND THE AIRPORT

Comment of the day

Posted on December 26, 2009 by Tim G.

rar

12/26/2009 4:53 PM

It's so easy to see why this was ignored. A Nigerian banker contacting them on a matter of grave importance?

via Father of terror suspect, prominent Nigerian banker Alhaji Umaru Mutallab, reported Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab to US Embassy 6 months ago – NYPOST.com.

Luckily, I don’t get those emails anymore, thanks to gmail’s great filters.

Let’s Roll 2

Posted on December 26, 2009 by Tim G.

On September 11th 2001, the government’s (1970s) security procedures all failed, and the only good news of the day came from self-reliant citizens (on Flight 93) using their own wits and a willingness to act.

On December 25th 2009, the government’s (post-9/11) security procedures all failed, and the only good news came once again from alert individuals:

Let’s Roll 2 – Mark Steyn – The Corner on National Review Online.

Bomb Attempt Will Intensify Security Checks

Posted on December 26, 2009 by Tim G.

Oh great…more delays at the airport for those who really aren’t any threat at all.

The attempt to detonate an explosive aboard a Delta Air Lines Inc flight from Amsterdam to Detroit will prompt more intrusive security checks at airports for the foreseeable future and spur the development of new technologies that will eventually speed passenger screening, according to aviation security specialists in Europe.

via Bomb Attempt Will Intensify Security Checks – WSJ.com.

Will anyone get fired this time for letting this obvious terrorist through? I doubt it. Keep wanding the 80 year olds, guys.