TSA Outrage of the Day
The TSA chose Meg McLain for special screening. They wanted her to go through the new porno-scanners. When she opted out, TSA agents raised an enormous ruckus. When she asked some question about what they planned to do to her, they flipped out. TSA agents yelled at her, handcuffed her to a chair, ripped up her ticket, called in 12 local Miami cops and finally escorted her out of the airport.
So their policy is that you can opt out of the porno scanners (perfect name, I say), but if you do, you’ll be detained, physically molested. Most of us have a natural and deep-seated inclination to avoid being treated as a “troublemaker” by law enforcement agents, and they’re taking advantage of this to coerce people into submitting to these scans.
The TSA has posted security camera footage of the incident. It’s hard to see much detail, but at the very least it proves she was detained for about 20 minutes and then led away by five officers.
Meet the Resistance
Let’s find our balls, and then make them touch ’em.
Conan O'Brien Pale Whale by Yiying Lu
In honor of premiere of Conan tonight, “Fail Whale” artist Yiying Lu created a special “Pale Whale” illustration.
The Abandoned Six Flags in New Orleans
Creepy video by Teddy Smith, touring the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans, destroyed by Hurricane Katrina five years ago.
Here is an aerial photo of the theme park taken on 14 September 2005.
