The TSA has acknowledged that these patdown grope-fests are supposed to be inconvenient, because they want everyone to go through the scanners, and will never make the patdown faster or easier because they want to incentivize the scanner’s use.

Exactly. I travel for work, and consider all of this pure Security Theater. I don’t think the TSA regards what they are doing as all that secure either. Here is my example: I flew out of DIA on Jan 3. The airport was packed with people leaving Denver. All the security lines were open and it was still a 45 minute…

Said it before, saying it again: Airport security is a complete joke... Airport workers, pilots, anyone involved with airport or aircraft operations have incredible access to bring whatever the hell they please past security.

They changed the “branding” because research revealed that the original term was not the best descriptor. The amazing thing about science is that it is willing/required to change in the face of new information.

Good call. You should vote with your wallet: Get your money back from Jalopnik, sue the bastard who forced you to click on the foxtrotalpha link, and never give them another fucking dime.

Yea, yea, yea—the stuff about the Supreme Court and political corruption is fucked up, but it’s fucked up in a predictable manner. You knew he was gonna say that repugnant shit. Those Star Wars and Star Trek takes are the real story here; those are horrific garbage opinions.

Can’t wait to see the look on everyone’s faces when Trump somehow gets in.

Pro tip: Don’t defend Henry fucking Kissinger.

You are not the first one to come up with this: google “teledildonics”.

Tell that to the 3700+ dead due to the military strike in Chile. We are still sorting things out. So, fuck Kissinger. I wish him a painful death.

Pretty sure they’re not republicans in any sense of the word. You know what the K in KSA stands for, right?

Felix: thank you. This is one of the most thorough summaries of the “unique” nature of the Saudi state and our government knowing all this and turning a blind eye.

This is excellent. My planned snark of “this is the best piece I’ve ever read that contains the question ‘How can you shit one minute and then be praying the next?’” is too low a compliment.

“Pretty amazing that - on this one issue at least - Austin is the reactionary and Saudi Arabia (!) the progressive.”

He’s a lying idiot for starters.

It’s just so funny that any criticism of anything by some men leads to personal attacks based on her oh-so-serious twitter page. Jeez, some people are easily triggered. Back in my day we took gentle prodding with out chins up and a pack of smokes in one hand a a bottle of booze in the other.

Don’t you get it, these are strong, turgid men who for some reason can’t counter someone without going after their looks. You know, manly stuff that totally not insecure guys do.

Doesn’t that qualify HamNo as a market forecaster?

everyone knows there is only one way to influence markets

“Orange Dune”