why can’t you read, dunce

Ahem: “Is it car-related? Not at all. It is, however, plane-related, or at the very least plane-adjacent, and we write about plane stuff all the time. So why should this be any different?”

The Repub Party...formerly all gung-ho for the military (not anymore), completely anti-Commie (not these Putin ass-kissers), and for less government on people’s backs (not these big gov anti-women’s-free-choice Donald-nazis) and now they’re the exact opposite.

I’m sorry for your loss.

These programs are time restricted to off-peak periods.

The reason why large-scale attacks worked on 9/11 was because of the element of surprise. Most hijackings before then resulted in a free trip to Cuba. Now, no passenger is going to let another passenger breach the cockpit door.

Just put an area with panoramic views on top of the terminal with access before reaching security and fill it with comfy seats and some places to eat and I’d be glad to spend a day there. Growing up we‘d go to MSP and go grab some food and sit in an empty gate area and just watch the planes come and go, I remember…

A plane flew into a building while I was working inside it. It killed my friends and the parents of another friend. So.

Bingo! I always went to the gate with my family to see relatives off, spend some extra time talking, etc. before they left. This was normal before all of that 9-11 “security theater” started. Of course the security wasn’t anywhere as intrusive as now. I used to bring while 2-liter bottles of vodka on board.

Others are pointing out that this is the way it used to be. That’s true, but there weren’t massive security lines back then complete with X-ray voyeurism and strip searches. Now, this is just going to make the lines longer. What’s next, people are going to sign up for TSA Pre-Check just to go shopping at the airport…

We went to war for 20 years the last time planes flew into buildings. We would have gone to war, somewhere, no matter who had been president, and will the next time. We’re not going to war because of automobile accidents, relatively few of which kill three thousand people and destroy skyscrapers. Risk calculations…

Sorry for your loss.

A plane flew into a building while I was working inside it. It killed my friends and the parents of another friend. So.

“if you simply have to get those cartons of duty-free cigarettes then, I guess, go off queen”

This. The security theatre is just that theatre. Run checked bags through the bomb sniffer. Carry-on luggage the same.

It was better. People weren’t afraid of the boogeyman.

Am I just getting old that this seems shocking to someone?

I remember when your family could basically walk you to the gate. I’m not sure if that was a better time or just a naive time.

And when things do improve over 4 years under a Democratic president, they attribute it all to the new Republican President that just took office yesterday.

The reason for the popularity of Trump’s MAGA Cult is that he has embolden White Nationalism because he is a White Nationalist with Fascist tendencies. I’ve had enough altercations with MAGA Hatters to know they will tell a Halfbreed like me to “deport yourself“, yell horrible things like “The Only Good Indian is a…