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Don't big airports usually have a device that pretty much lines the landing up for the pilots? Will be interesting to hear exactly how this happened.

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One of them, I think the one from Maine got a standing ovation at the airport when she got back; she said it was the first time that anything like that has ever happened to her; guess people appreciate not dying

McCains vote looked like a big FU; not sure what got into his bonnet, but I'm glad something did

Keeping a sealed pneumatic tube along the entire track? Sounds like a maintenance nightmare, to be honest. How do you switch rails? How do you get a stranded propulsion module off the track (can't just get a diesel locomotive to drag the thing, can you now)? What are the backup breaking systems for failures on those 10% grades?

I suppose this might at the very best be a niche thing, more so than the current Transrapid/Maglev system. Airport shuttles, maybe.

I've delivered many prepackaged, human remains to airport cargo terminals. Some airlines will ship your remains free if you were employed by the airline. Talk about perks!

Wow, that is crazy. Not trying to say I know what this is like, but the closest I ever came to this, was my son, who has long hair, being mistaken for a girl in an airport washroom. Some guy asked me if "she made a mistake" and I was so confused as to what he was talking about. After a few more words, I finally got it.

"That is my son" finally got the message through to him. I just didn't get why he was so worked up at first.

This is such a good video for clarifying what some people have to go through, for something that I do without thinking, several times a day.

Well, bombing planes is not humanitarian, it's retaliatory. Humanitarian would be offering the citizens medical help, food, and protection, things we aren't doing in Syria. (Before you say this is protection, note the airport was operating the day after the missiles hit them).

It's only tit for tat if Assad actually gassed his people, which is still in question. Remember, there's a propaganda war happening there too, where both sides are liars and the 'truth' is hidden in a field of lies. Initial appearances are more often than not just propaganda.

It does send a message, that Trump is reactionary and inpatient and won't wait around for proof before acting unilaterally....and unconstitutionally. Attacking another sovereign nation clearly, unequivocally REQUIRES congressional approval by law, he didn't even seek it, much less get it. Don't ignore that, address it please.

EDIT: Another good question to ask, did this cost as much or more for us to bomb as it destroyed? Tomahawks are expensive, about $1.4 million each + the cost to deploy them (at least another $100 million +-), and 30 year old planes, a cafeteria, and above ground gas tanks, not so much....the Russians claim only $9 million in damage with fresh video evidence that they probably aren't far off with that estimate. That's a terrible return on investment coming from the deal maker in chief.

Now reported, his laptop set off the explosives sensor. If you don't want people that trip that sensor checked again for <2 minutes, you're naive. (also reported the remaining 43 minutes was spent dealing with the mother, with the two officers coming over and holding them because she was irate and making a scene at the checkpoint, harassing the tsa worker. They also rescanned their bags during the pat down).
All this over a 2 minute patdown after they ignored instructions AND set off alarms. WTF people...please don't support this.

Side note, it's totally inappropriate that he was flying barefoot too, they should have been refused entry to the airport for that alone, it's a liability issue.

Ok, let me start by saying I have a pretty low opinion of the whole "security theatre" at airports, etc.

That said, I've always thought that "pat-downs" are friggin' pointless unless you're going to do the whole body.

I've had the occasional search myself while travelling and it's almost always completely perfunctory. If I was actually carrying a weapon or some mythical "dangerous liquid", I could easily have stashed it in my crotch or my shoes.

Basically, either you actually do a body search (including genital area), or just admit the whole thing is fucking bullshit and let us on our way.

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FAKE!


That's not a real airport.

Interesting video. Reminds me of something I saw when I lived in Nashville in 2014. I left work at 5 and found that my usual route to I-40 was gridlocked. I figured I would flank whatever was causing it by turning around and taking the perimeter road around Nashville airport. A million other people had that same idea so we are inching along that road and then I noticed that Interstate 40 next to me was completely deserted, not a single car in either direction. I'm thinking some chemical or nuclear spill closed the interstate, that's all I could think of.

Then out of nowhere this massive motorcade like you see in the video comes flying down the interstate, sirens and blue lights flashing off of every vehicle. It was so surreal to see that appear on this dark empty interstate. Then the light bulb went off, I had no idea President Obama was in town, much less giving a speech at a high school 3 miles from my office.

So yelling fire in a theatre?
Talking about bombs at an airport?
Threatening the president?

Or to extend "speech" to "expression", you're ok with child porn (not making it, that's clearly illegal, but possessing/screening it)?

@enoch, you seem to be under the impression that you or I or anyone else has some kind of right to say whatever the fuck we feel like saying on the sift.

We don't. This isn't some public forum, it's a privately run website and @dag or @lucky760 have the right to decide if they don't want @gorillaman calling Obama a "nigger prince".

The sad thing is, I mostly agree with his post, but that one stupid epithet undermined his whole point and made him look like an ignorant fool.

And yeah, I'll fucking say it, calling Obama a "nigger" offends me, and not in some sensitive snowflake way. It should fucking offend you too, and frankly, I have no problem whatsoever with either dag (in his Siftler guise) or us as a community deciding that that's not cool and we don't want it here.

Free speech is not absolute, and anyone who thinks it is is deluding themselves. There are well-documented limits to free speech (yelling "fire" in a public theatre, joking about bombs at airports). Once you accept that something is not absolute, you then simply have to argue the degree to which limits apply (same as gun control, if you accept that civilians can't have nukes, then you're already in favour of gun control, you're just arguing over the extent).