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POPSDorfman Pacific Scala Classico Fedora It's tough to beat Dorfman Pacific for quality, and it's certainly hard to find anything cooler than a crushable felt hat! 3 inch brim means it has great coverage to keep the sun-burning to a minimum, and sheds water clear of your collar. It's also crushable! Great style, even though its a kinda funky shade of sage. The material, crushable waterproof wool felt, is beautiful. Totally downpour resistant, except for where they stitched in the cotton lining, but it's not to big of a problem. Best of all, did I mention it's crushable? That means I can stow it in my bag whenever I want, or even stuff it in my pocket. (For instance, at the airport, so that the TSA doesn't search me on account of my "head covering") Probably the best hat I've ever owned.
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POPSHow to Skip the Airport Security Line There's an easy solution to the problem of long security lines: pay to join a shorter queue. I've clipped about this before, but this author raises some interesting points about "registered traveler" programs. For a $100 fee and a $28 TSA background check, these programs give frequent travelers a fingerprint or iris image that allows you to join an expedited security line. The author argues that, "What looks to one person like flexibility looks to another like bribing your way through the system." What do you think?
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POPSP. Aeruginosa ah,... bacteria. This gets in your eye, it'll cause Keratitis which can lead to blindness. Not Cool.
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POPSWe've waited soooo long for this..... .....I just can't wait for my 82 year old mom to get harassed! She'll beat them to death with her Bible! Next up is check points at each states borders, maybe even counties or cities. WTF. Talk about burnin' the constitution!
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POPSNon-REAL ID Citizens to be Treated Like Suspects This "homegrown fascism" begins May 11th at an airport near you. After all, "membership has its privileges" and you must be a federally-approved citizen and accept the Federal "mark" to be treated like you are "free". The new extra-constitutional Dept. of Homeland Tyranny plans to "make an example" of the citizens of Maine and New Hampshire for their states' (absolutely justifiable) rejection of REAL ID. TSA will be their deployed mercenaries to harass law-abiding free citizens for their nullification of this federal legislation. There should be open and public protests and lawsuits filed to stop this second class citizen "handling". Both REAL ID and the Dept of Homeland Security should be rescinded and abolished, being contrary to the Constitution, if Americans expect to be free indeed.
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POPSPassenger At TIA Found With Box Cutter, Cops Say After initially telling airport police that his cousin had made the hidden compartment, Baines later admitted he had made it, according to the report. Baines told police he made the compartment to hide his money and marijuana so that his roommate wouldn't steal it, police say. Baines told airport police he forgot the box cutter was inside the book, according to the report.
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POPSAirport TSA to Introduce Black Lights for ID Checks "Your papers please". Black light will now be used to be sure your are not only not a terrorist, but not a counter-feiter. The requirement of IDs to travel is now becoming common place, and Americans are bowing to easily. The federal Leviathan is increasingly taking over private airline's responsibilities (as this article plainly discloses). When the Feds think they own private enterprise, and your right to transportation, it is a mark of totalitarian government. This is for domestic travel, not for passports mind you.
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POPS TSA Screeners Failure Rate Stunned Experts The failure rates at Los Angeles and Chicago stunned security experts. "That's a huge cause for concern," said Clark Kent Ervin, the Homeland Security Department's former inspector general. Screeners' inability to find bombs could encourage terrorists to try to bring them on airplanes, Ervin said, and points to the need for more screener training and more powerful checkpoint scanning machines. In the past year, the TSA has adopted a more aggressive approach in its attempt to keep screeners attentive — the agency runs covert tests every day at every U.S. airport, TSA spokeswoman Ellen Howe said. Screeners who miss detonators, timers, batteries and blocks that resemble plastic explosives get remedial training.
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POPSCulture of Cowering I sense that more people everyday are realizing the administration's self-serving use of fear to gain more power for the presidency. That's the upside.
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POPSTravel in Summer of 2007 The gist of the article is that traveling this summer hasn't been as bad as everyone thinks it has been. I disagree. Personally, I hope the passengers' bill of rights actually becomes a law. I don't want to end up trapped on a stupid runway a few feet from an airport. Traveling is really becoming a miserable experience.
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