@OctaveDoctor:
Maybe not. I think the intriguing thing about this tradition is the seemingly random nature of which bits of American culture have been imported.
@raincoaster: That's exactly how Hans Gruber and his jolly band of hair gel terrorists got into this country. God Bless John McClane (who hated flying, fyi).
@snugbug: Catholics of his parents' generation are more likely to be Democrats. Only recently have Repubs started pulling RCs, mostly over abortion and class war.
@Lysergic Asset: He used to be anti-choice, then came over to the side of right and good in 2003–2004. He's still not totally strong on the topic but I wouldn't call him wholly anti-choice any more.
"A woman’s right-to-choose must be protected as essential to personal privacy and gender equality. Only those who agree to uphold Roe v. Wade should be nominated for the Supreme Court. I have a plan to reduce abortions by encouraging family planning, including abstinence training, combined with a full economic and health care plan that would clearly alleviate the number of abortions. Voters have a choice for a real plan to reduce the number of abortions with a program of economic justice. "
@quatrevingtquatre: Nicotine patches have a weird, but very strong laxative effect on me plus they make it impossible for me to sleep at all - so I avoid them at all costs.
@MissNormaDesmond: Not sure what a creosote log actually smells like (I'm assuming you mean a creosote cleaning log), but some people actually like the smell of actual wood fires burning. It's a natural thing. As long as it's not a forest fire bearing down on me, then I consider it one small way that man still communicates with nature. And around my neighborhood, you can smell it all winter long.
I'd burn more wood myself if my chimney wasn't 100 years old, unlined and full of holes.
@drunkexpatwriter:
Bartolome is a nice name! Do the nicotine patches not work for you on long haul flights? And I have become something of a pro at hiding my level of non-sobriety before getting on planes. Plus, I don't drink until right before I'm about to board the plane-I need the buzz to last me through take-off.
I used to get secondary searches all the time in college-I travelled alone & was studying national security/international relations and so I frequently carried large books with me. When the TSA agents would investigate the large objects in my bags and see that they were books on nuclear nonproliferation and IR theory, I got to have nice little chats with a gruff lady TSA agent. I started carrying syllabi with me, and then decided to quit doing homework over breaks/vacation.
My confiscated items on international flights bound for the US were due to my own stupidity/forgetting to check my purse for liquid items and two hawk-eyed Euro-TSA contracters who wanted to do an efficient job.
Inevitably, a hero shall rise:
Jasper Schuringa, a video director and producer from Amsterdam,
is being credited with taking the would-be bomber down. [www.google.com]
@miss_msry: per CNN: Dutch airline KLM says the connection in Amsterdam from Lagos, Nigeria, to Detroit involves a change in carrier and a change in aircraft.
But you're right, it's possible he didn't have to be re-screened.
Although, I'm certain in the US, if you are flying from, say, Japan to the Bahamas and you change planes in Miami, it'd seem you'd have to go through customs just to get into the general area of the airport, which would then require re-screening to get back in to continue on to the Bahamas... but that's here :[]
@Unsolicited Advice: Here's some unsolicited advice. Go spend a couple of weeks doing charity work in Gaza, and then come back and level blanketed statements about invading and occupying a nation of innocents to root out the assholes. All hate is a cancer. All hate breeds hate.
@miss_msry: Good theory (the deplaning bit, though the al-Qaida transmissions deserves a second look, too) except:
From latest AP: "Dutch airline KLM says the connection in Amsterdam from Lagos, Nigeria, to Detroit involves a change in carrier and a change in aircraft. "
Now if only the airlines would start providing tin-foil hats to some dodgy-looking passengers. Though these days, they'd want to charge $3 for each.
@#c17871710:I frequently fly to London with only a roll-on suitcase and a backpack. I refuse to check luggage unless I'm going somewhere for more than a week. Never encountered any secondary searches or questioning check-in agents. And I'm pretty sure Al-Qaeda could come up with a work around solution for that. Like, checking a bag of useless clothes to throw off airport security.
The solution is clearly to ACTUALLY to security screenings. I have had mascara, blush and a set of tweezers confiscated from me at de Gaulle & Heathrow, but this jackass managed to get on a plane with an explosive device?
@DevilsAvocadoRedux: You're right. Working with people is always tough no matter what. Whether you're a server, a police officer, a nurse, a teacher or an "account representative" it's a bitch and you run into jerks all of the time. But you have to maintain your dignity and remember if the person is acting like that it's their problem, not yours. Don't make it yours by doing something stupid that could cause you to lose your job. If the obnoxious behavior continues and you are forced to deal with and you no longer think you can - then find another profession. That's why I am neither a server or a teacher anymore. I now have to occasionally deal with jerks, but it's bearable.
The Mr. Creosote-ification of social media company canteens:
Facebook chef d'étage: moules marinieres, pate de foie gras, beluga caviar, eggs Benedictine, tart de poireaux - that's leek tart - frogs' legs amandine or oeufs de caille Richard Shepherd - c'est a dire, little quails' eggs on a bed of pureed mushrooms, it's very delicate, very subtle...
Facebook software architect: I'll have the lot.
Facebook chef d'étage: A wise choice, monsieur! And now, how would you like it served? All mixed up in a bucket?
@raincoaster: Whatever. I work with clients on a daily basis and some of them are jerks. I am not allowed to call them on it - ever. If I did I'd get fired. If one of them were to swear at me or threaten me it would be taken care by my boss. That's how it is in the real world - GROW UP!
Theological Investigations: Why Do The Jews Eat Chinese Food On Christmas?
12:16 PM
After sex or before? I wanted a nice Chinese boy for dinner on Christmas Eve, but he had to work.
If You Lived in Sweden You'd Be Watching Donald Duck Cartoons Right Now
12:09 PM
Maybe not. I think the intriguing thing about this tradition is the seemingly random nature of which bits of American culture have been imported.
If You Lived in Sweden You'd Be Watching Donald Duck Cartoons Right Now
12:01 PM
AP: Possible Al Qaeda Terror Attack on Transatlantic Flight
12:00 PM
If You Lived in Sweden You'd Be Watching Donald Duck Cartoons Right Now
11:59 AM
Tim Robbins Saves Own Stalker's Life
11:56 AM
Tim Robbins Saves Own Stalker's Life
11:52 AM
"A woman’s right-to-choose must be protected as essential to personal privacy and gender equality. Only those who agree to uphold Roe v. Wade should be nominated for the Supreme Court. I have a plan to reduce abortions by encouraging family planning, including abstinence training, combined with a full economic and health care plan that would clearly alleviate the number of abortions. Voters have a choice for a real plan to reduce the number of abortions with a program of economic justice. "
AP: Possible Al Qaeda Terror Attack on Transatlantic Flight
11:50 AM
Tim Robbins Saves Own Stalker's Life
11:46 AM
I won't be conviced TR owns or would wear a real fur coat until I see a photo.
Tim Robbins Saves Own Stalker's Life
11:45 AM
AP: Possible Al Qaeda Terror Attack on Transatlantic Flight
11:44 AM
Chestnuts Roasting On... An Efficient Burner That Meets Emissions Standards
11:44 AM
I'd burn more wood myself if my chimney wasn't 100 years old, unlined and full of holes.
Theological Investigations: Why Do The Jews Eat Chinese Food On Christmas?
11:42 AM
AP: Possible Al Qaeda Terror Attack on Transatlantic Flight
11:37 AM
AP: Possible Al Qaeda Terror Attack on Transatlantic Flight
11:36 AM
Bartolome is a nice name! Do the nicotine patches not work for you on long haul flights? And I have become something of a pro at hiding my level of non-sobriety before getting on planes. Plus, I don't drink until right before I'm about to board the plane-I need the buzz to last me through take-off.
I used to get secondary searches all the time in college-I travelled alone & was studying national security/international relations and so I frequently carried large books with me. When the TSA agents would investigate the large objects in my bags and see that they were books on nuclear nonproliferation and IR theory, I got to have nice little chats with a gruff lady TSA agent. I started carrying syllabi with me, and then decided to quit doing homework over breaks/vacation.
My confiscated items on international flights bound for the US were due to my own stupidity/forgetting to check my purse for liquid items and two hawk-eyed Euro-TSA contracters who wanted to do an efficient job.
AP: Possible Al Qaeda Terror Attack on Transatlantic Flight
11:33 AM
Jasper Schuringa, a video director and producer from Amsterdam,
is being credited with taking the would-be bomber down.
[www.google.com]
Brave, and not bad to look at, either.
#tips
AP: Possible Al Qaeda Terror Attack on Transatlantic Flight
11:31 AM
AP: Possible Al Qaeda Terror Attack on Transatlantic Flight
11:28 AM
Dutch airline KLM says the connection in Amsterdam from Lagos, Nigeria, to Detroit involves a change in carrier and a change in aircraft.
But you're right, it's possible he didn't have to be re-screened.
Although, I'm certain in the US, if you are flying from, say, Japan to the Bahamas and you change planes in Miami, it'd seem you'd have to go through customs just to get into the general area of the airport, which would then require re-screening to get back in to continue on to the Bahamas... but that's here :[]
What Would Tiger Woods Do?
11:27 AM
AP: Possible Al Qaeda Terror Attack on Transatlantic Flight
11:27 AM
AP: Possible Al Qaeda Terror Attack on Transatlantic Flight
11:27 AM
Who would be the doing the surgical procedure to excise militant extremism?
AP: Possible Al Qaeda Terror Attack on Transatlantic Flight
11:26 AM
From latest AP: "Dutch airline KLM says the connection in Amsterdam from Lagos, Nigeria, to Detroit involves a change in carrier and a change in aircraft. "
Now if only the airlines would start providing tin-foil hats to some dodgy-looking passengers. Though these days, they'd want to charge $3 for each.
AP: Possible Al Qaeda Terror Attack on Transatlantic Flight
11:25 AM
1. My dad named me "Bartolome" which hits the "weird meter" for security people.
2. American passport that states I was born outside America.
3. My gf and I don't like to go on vacation together, so I'm a dude without a wedding ring, traveling alone and not on business.
4. My level of sobriety before I get on a plane is not always great.
5. I'm twitchy - because it's usually been about two hours since I've had a cig and that drives my brain insane.
It doesn't really bother me. I figure it might make things somewhat safer. Hell, I'd profile me!
#crosstalk
11:23 AM
#crosstalk
#tips
11:20 AM
#tips
11:19 AM
AP: Possible Al Qaeda Terror Attack on Transatlantic Flight
11:16 AM
The solution is clearly to ACTUALLY to security screenings. I have had mascara, blush and a set of tweezers confiscated from me at de Gaulle & Heathrow, but this jackass managed to get on a plane with an explosive device?
Fashion Intern Lives the Dream With the Ol' Whole-Milk-in-the-Skim-Latte Gambit
11:13 AM
Facebook Basically Rubbing Google's Face In Their Delicious Free Meals
11:09 AM
Facebook chef d'étage: moules marinieres, pate de foie gras, beluga caviar, eggs Benedictine, tart de poireaux - that's leek tart - frogs' legs amandine or oeufs de caille Richard Shepherd - c'est a dire, little quails' eggs on a bed of pureed mushrooms, it's very delicate, very subtle...
Facebook software architect: I'll have the lot.
Facebook chef d'étage: A wise choice, monsieur! And now, how would you like it served? All mixed up in a bucket?
Fashion Intern Lives the Dream With the Ol' Whole-Milk-in-the-Skim-Latte Gambit
11:09 AM