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Liquid Communism posted:I think that's actually the result of real security. It is a lot harder to get ahold of bulk explosive materials now than it was in McVeigh's day precisely because of the regulatory changes made to how they're tracked after OKC. Yep, if you buy even a smidge more fertilizer than would be normal, you get flagged. Permits to buy fertilizer in bulk are tightly controlled and scrutinized as well. Plus, in order to build a bomb that will go off when intended, specialized training and a certain level of intelligence is needed. In leui of training, being very smart can substitute in some cases
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Not having luggage checks is not the same as not having airport security.
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PainterofCrap posted:Those things were always checked. Lol he is melting down over everyone saying pre 9-11 security was fine as if no security was in place before THE EVENT!!!
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So what even triggered this latest "Hurr POCHAHANTUS HURR" rant? Did Fox News talk about her doing a thing in her kitchen, or did the brainworms just decide to let er rip on a real kneeslapper to the mentally impaired racist mind?
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Dapper_Swindler posted:that was a thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_al-Asiri what an rear end
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CelestialScribe took NEVER FORGET a little too far and for everything that happened before the Twin Towers fell.
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CelestialScribe posted:
You quoted the one guy who said something that kind of looks like that after you've taken it out of context. He was talking about what additional functionality needed to be added compared to pre-9/11.
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I often question what is the purpose of airport security. Like, it's not that I don't think we need some, I just want to know what it is so we can actually use it that way. Is it to prevent illicit materials from traveling from place to place? If so, which illicit materials? Is it to prevent someone from shooting up the actual airport, since it's, you know, busy and a target for crazies? Is it to stop people from hijacking the planes? I get the planes attract crazy people because of their visibility, so they demand more security than say, a bus terminal; but I think each of those questions demands a different approach and the current way of handling things accomplishes basically none of them.
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Lightning Knight posted:Not having luggage checks is not the same as not having airport security. It does remove a prime opportunity for robbing people's luggage that is provided by the requirement for TSA openable locks. That's why I'll never fly with anything expensive in checked baggage under the current regs. Too easy to access. X-raying luggage is no big deal.
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Mendrian posted:I often question what is the purpose of airport security. Like, it's not that I don't think we need some, I just want to know what it is so we can actually use it that way. Pfft look at this casual who has never seen Speed. BUSES ARE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION...and sick flips.
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ascii genitals posted:Have you been outside the United States? Other countries do airport security well and have a different model than TSA. He's not American.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:that was a thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_al-Asiri They talked about it on QI. It's really just that the human body is really good at absorbing explosive forces.
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Mendrian posted:I often question what is the purpose of airport security. Like, it's not that I don't think we need some, I just want to know what it is so we can actually use it that way. Most of the security measures in place stem directly from specific incidents of planes blowing up. If you go back to the 1970s and 1980s, it's amazing how many planes got blown up in terrorist attacks. The liquid ban stemmed from some apparent plot to use binary liquid-based explosives coming out of Al-Qaeda, and the laptops being separated out was another linked to a specific bombmaker (which, to bring it back to this topic, was the thing Trump told the Russian ambassador all about in the Oval Office meeting after firing Comey.)
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Trumps boredom at being trapped in the White Hour is getting to him. Imagine the international chaos a bored twitter troll that happens to be the loving President could cause with a simple joke tweet about aliens or some poo poo. Thank god Trump doesn’t have an imagination.
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Mendrian posted:I often question what is the purpose of airport security. Like, it's not that I don't think we need some, I just want to know what it is so we can actually use it that way. Among security professionals, a line of thought some adhere to is that airport screenings are "security theater". That is, they exist to make the passengers feel safer. From that point of view, the actual efficacy of the screenings is actually beside the point so long as they appear efficacious to the passengers. You say "each of those questions demands a different approach and the current way of handling things accomplishes basically none of them" and people who adhere to the above line of thinking would say "yeah -- because actually securing the airport and flight against the threats you outlined isn't the primary goal". My personal view is that airport screenings indeed are often optimized for politics and public relations rather than threat mitigation, but that they're necessary and they do help at least some.
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A GIANT PARSNIP posted:Yeah I'd need one hell of a verification before I believed "smuggle this through security so we can test our process" was real. It's just like being a mystery shopper except you can be accidentally killed.
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Mendrian posted:I often question what is the purpose of airport security. Like, it's not that I don't think we need some, I just want to know what it is so we can actually use it that way. I believe we should have pre 9/11 screening because flying involves being in a closed and stressful environment for multiple hours, and in this country we allow unstable people to own handguns. I'm much more worried about an armed citizen than I am about foreign terrorists.
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1glitch0 posted:It's just like being a mystery shopper except you can be accidentally killed. Good news - with the rise of right wing domestic terrorism and the ensuing police shootouts this statement is no longer true!
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Lord Hydronium posted:At this rate one of his tweets tomorrow is just going to be 280 characters of the N word. Jesus loving Christ. Anyone screencap this one? It's down now.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:that was a thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_al-Asiri I read this as "just kinda pooped" and you have no idea how hard I laughed.
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Chimp_On_Stilts posted:Anyone screencap this one? It's down now. You are making GBS threads me? Lol some staffer ran screaming into executive time yelling at him to stop tweeting racism
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Trumps boredom at being trapped in the White Hour is getting to him. Imagine the international chaos a bored twitter troll that happens to be the loving President could cause with a simple joke tweet about aliens or some poo poo. Thank god Trump doesn’t have an imagination. Yeah even his racist "zingers" are so loving low effort For a dude thats claim to fame with his base is "owning the libs," he's really loving terrible at coming up with good insults. All of his nicknames are gradeschool poo poo.
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Yikes!  https://twitter.com/desicole13/status/1084635064548368389
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Chimp_On_Stilts posted:Anyone screencap this one? It's down now. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1084644517238714369 Someone just deleted and added a comma.
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TulliusCicero posted:All of his nicknames are gradeschool poo poo. Conservativism, and especially fascism, is an extremely childish ideology/worldview for extremely childish people. That Trump operates on the level of a small child is a feature, and not a bug.
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TulliusCicero posted:So what even triggered this latest "Hurr POCHAHANTUS HURR" rant? It's 2020 campaigning, Trump thinks Warren might be his opponent and if she is he is going to be whooping and calling her Pocahontas nonstop - he probably would hold up his hand like a feather and war-dance around on the stage if he ever was in a debate with her.
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Ague Proof posted:https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1084644517238714369 That's almost even weirder
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CelestialScribe posted:This is the problem. You are all saying "no one is actually saying that" when actually yes, there are people saying that, and I've pointed to evidence of that in this thread. Except you were insisting that people were saying that long before anyone actually said anything even remotely close to it. It's okay, you can admit that you were 12 when you registered your account (I'm sure your mom forgives you for using her credit card) and literally don't remember how airports worked before 9/11 and the TSA. SneezeOfTheDecade fucked around with this message at 04:05 on Jan 14, 2019 |
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It’s really amazing how incredibly racist he is.
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Liquid Communism posted:
Which fresh hell they're all pretty bad today?
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friendbot2000 posted:Ban this sick filth It's actually a much more accurate portrayal of him than the mainstream media gives.
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BrandorKP posted:Which fresh hell they're all pretty bad today? The Family Guy tweet. Warren being name called is par for the course.
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1084647050208333825?s=19 This man is very not mad right now
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Liquid Communism posted:The Family Guy tweet. Peter becomes Trump's new press secratary. He walks in on Trump assaulting Meg and they have big fight, ala his previous fights with the giant chicken.
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The Glumslinger posted:https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1084647050208333825?s=19 Lol he literally cannot comprehend couples loving each other and saying sweet things to each other that aren't *BURP* "DIET COKE!"
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TulliusCicero posted:He REALLY loving hates native Americans because they successfully blocked some of his building projects I mean he runs casino's that suck and lose money, native americans run casino's that suck less and make money. He is just loving jealous.
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