Here is an example of why it’s not a good idea to keep telling people, “look out for anything suspicious while you are flying.”: A Frontier Airlines passenger on a flight from Denver who had a notebook that contained the words “suicide bomber” was taken into custody Wednesday and questioned for several hours before being… Read More »
Last week, we found out that the NSA was illegally spying on phonecalls from American citizens. This week, we find out that the NSA has been using illegal tracking cookies on their website! The National Security Agency’s Internet site has been placing files on visitors’ computers that can track their Web surfing activity despite strict… Read More »
Now that a couple of days have passed, a lot of people are wondering wither the air marshalls were justified in shooting Rigoberto Alpizar. Eyewitess accounts seem to directly contradict the official reasons given for the shooting: One passenger said he “absolutely never heard the word ‘bomb’ at all” during the uproar as the Orlando-bound… Read More »
Another Kansas loonie doing loonie things
There’s another story about school newspaper censorship, this time regarding high schools in Pennsylvania. The student newspaper at Lampeter Strasburg High School ran the ad for Common Roads in its November issue — only to have it pulled. The ad invited gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth to check out the group. “It’s just saying… Read More »
Wow… it is scary that this type of thing is happening in Colorado in the year 2005: Deborah Davis, 50, of Arvada, Colo., told the Rocky Mountain News that the bus she took to work passed through the Federal Center, and that federal officers would routinely board it asking for identification. She said the officers… Read More »