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Posted: 1/16/2021 9:04:57 AM EDT
Sitting in Pittsburgh airport. All passengers going to DC have to run a six TSA agent secondary screening at the gate just before going down the jetway. They are hand searching every bag. Land of the free you know.
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 9:07:18 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 1/16/2021 9:12:23 AM EDT
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welcome to the new banana republic

the united socialist states of amerika

i, for one, welcome our new overlords...
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 9:13:09 AM EDT
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So, cavity searches too?
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 9:15:03 AM EDT
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The DC mayor said this is the "new normal" for DC.  Apparently the tyrants mean business.
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 9:18:26 AM EDT
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Ya there should be be NO security so you can carry anything on airplanes! You should protest by driving... FIGHT THE MAN!!!
DEFUND NOW!
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 9:21:09 AM EDT
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mmyeah...we were talking about 25,000 armed troops occupying the capitol

not exactly purse slinging

really glad my father isn't alive to see this happening...not sure how the old vet would take it
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 9:32:44 AM EDT
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As usual this is stupid. With Richmond and Baltimore a few hours away.
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 9:37:21 AM EDT
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Security theatre version 2.0
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 9:39:59 AM EDT
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Put it in your mouth, they won't let you take off the mask you might kill someone with covid
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 9:50:09 AM EDT
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Pittsburgh to DC isn't all that far.  I'd just drive it even before the BS started due to TSA normal ops.
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 9:52:12 AM EDT
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Waiting for check points at state lines
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 9:56:33 AM EDT
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They’re planning on closing the bridges into DC.
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 10:01:57 AM EDT
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They’re planning on closing the bridges into DC.
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Maybe they will blow their bridges, Fulda Gap style?
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 10:52:07 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 1/16/2021 11:00:40 AM EDT
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So, cavity searches too?
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So, cavity searches too?


Just walk up with your pants around your ankles and tell them you're ready for the cavity search. Also, tell them you did a pre-lube before leaving the house so you're good to go.





This thread made me instantly think of that scene.
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 11:02:57 AM EDT
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Hope they can find my will to live in there...

Trust me, I've been looking for it, too, Mr. Agent.
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 11:05:02 AM EDT
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Just walk up with your pants around your ankles and tell them you're ready for the cavity search. Also, tell them you did a pre-lube before leaving the house so you're good to go.





This thread made me instantly think of that scene.
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Don’t tease me, Bro.Attachment Attached File
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 11:11:01 AM EDT
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So basically TSA is saying their initial  screening is so bad that they need a secondary screening?


Sounds about right.
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 12:27:52 PM EDT
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The TSA and the airlines are the two reasons why I never want to set foot on a commercial airplane again in my life.
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 2:10:54 PM EDT
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Now in Denver. They have a dog sniffing the people going to Dulles.
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 2:33:04 PM EDT
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I thought the same thing. You could bring more toys.
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 2:41:13 PM EDT
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I really have a hard time freaking out about air travel security. Do I think it's overboard and doesn't make much sense? Absolutely, but at the end of the day, it's my choice to fly or not. I can drive to just about anywhere I might need to go, save international or Hawaii. I guarantee if you read the fine print when buying tickets, you agree to screening prior to boarding the plane. You can always opt out of any and all airline screening and not get on the plane. Again, the current screening is redundant and overboard, but we willingly subject ourselves to it out of convenience
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 2:44:14 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 1/16/2021 2:45:12 PM EDT
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I bet tsa will be expanded and will start being used in places other than airports, watch for a new patriot act
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 2:50:39 PM EDT
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So basically TSA is saying their initial  screening is so bad that they need a secondary screening?


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That’s a good point.
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 2:51:46 PM EDT
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most popular president of all time!
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 2:52:52 PM EDT
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Nothing patriotic about it.  Disband the TouchSomeArse.
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 2:58:46 PM EDT
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Just think, op.

There was a day when standard procedure today seemed as excessive to the average traveler as what you posted.

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I flew quite a bit with a Buck folding hunter, way back when. They said it was ok if I had a ticket.
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 3:00:01 PM EDT
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If you wear a Che, Lenin or Mao tee-shirt they whisk you right thru with just a wink and a welcome.
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 4:21:41 PM EDT
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You got to be short bus mentality if your boog plan includes going through a TSA screening.
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 10:52:19 PM EDT
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Yep,no doubt in my mind either.
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 10:53:22 PM EDT
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Nothing patriotic about it.  Disband the TouchSomeArse.
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Probably happen after the atf and irs are disbanded...

Link Posted: 1/16/2021 10:55:31 PM EDT
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A dozen Krispe Kremes can grease a lot of TSA palms.

Link Posted: 1/16/2021 11:01:10 PM EDT
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drivers license
boarding pass
voter registration


Link Posted: 1/16/2021 11:05:04 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 1/16/2021 11:20:25 PM EDT
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You wear a mask when you're alone in your car, don't you?
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 11:27:44 PM EDT
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Security theatre version 2.0
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Exactly this. It's all such a joke.
Link Posted: 1/17/2021 12:40:31 AM EDT
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Yep,no doubt in my mind either.
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Yep,no doubt in my mind either.

IIRC already being done for some Amtrak trains.
Link Posted: 1/17/2021 9:45:13 AM EDT
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The head of Amtrak has said as much.
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The head of Amtrak has said as much.


I'm using logic again, but I don't think it would work too well.

Unlike airports, trains make stops in between big stations.  They would have to rebuild all the stations, including Amshacks at Podunk, North Dakota, to be secure.  Then, they would have to hire tens of thousands or more TSA agents to man every station.

And, this would pretty much eliminate Amtrak and all train travel in this country.
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