Gov’t outrage: TSA “goons” reach an idiotic new low

From LewRockwell.com:

… A passenger waiting at his gate in the Port Columbus [Ohio] International Airport recently filmed two of the TSA’s minions doing what they do best: harassing innocent, peaceful passengers.

Blue shirts and gloves glowing, the duo ordered victims to present their potables for “testing.” Then they waved a magic strip of paper over the liquid and dripped a potion the TSA won’t identify on the paper. (As Bill Fisher, [...]

BREAKING: Researchers create a new male contraceptive, called Nestorone, that you apply like lotion

Researchers create a new male contraceptive that you apply like lotion

It’s been a half-century since the advent of a reliable birth control option for women, and we’ve developed virtually nothing similar for men. But now, owing to research done at Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, an innovative new treatment holds promise as a reversible birth control option for men -– a combination of gels that get [...]

A real chest freezer! Wacky ice pack bra revealed to keep women cool

 

Ladies looking to keep cool this summer might want to invest in the latest piece of lingerie – an ice pack bra.

Triumph’s new Super Cool Bra, unveiled in Tokyo, comes complete with gel pads which should be placed in the freezer for up to two hours before inserting into the cup area.

The bizarre piece of underwear, which comes in two different colours, is also adorned with a sprig of mint and miniature wind [...]

TSA defends cupcake confiscation

The TSA stands by its suspicion of jarred cupcakes.

(CNN) – A cupcake isn’t always just a cupcake. Sometimes it’s so noteworthy, it creates Cupcakegate. Just ask the nation’s airport security officials.

Travelers carrying a “normal” cupcake will probably clear airport security, although additional screening may be required, according to a Transportation Security Administration blog post defending the agency’s recent confiscation of a cupcake. The post, titled“Cupcakegate” was published Monday and promised to be [...]

TSA Chorus sings holiday songs at LAX… “I try to keep my vocals out of it,” he said with a laugh. “The group practices and performs on its own time, not taxpayers.”

You know them as the folks who make you take off your shoes and bark at you about liquids and gels. But Tuesday, the TSA Chorus made hearts light at Terminal 4′s American Airlines gates as they performed for passengers caught up in the extra madness of holiday travel at Los Angeles International Airport.

The chorus — yes they all work for Transportation Security Administration — was singing a mix of holiday classics, [...]

Airports ‘won’t lift liquid ban’

New airport screening machines are capable of detecting liquid explosives

An MEP has accused British airports of dragging their feet over lifting the ban on liquids on board planes.

Transport committee chairman Brian Simpson said despite new scanners being ready to be rolled out, they would not install them on cost grounds.

He claims UK airports have pressured the European Commission to delay the lifting of restrictions until 2013.

The [...]