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Posted by trailing wife 2007-07-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11143 views ] Top
File under: Global Jihad

#1 Airports Warned About Terror Dry Runs

jeeze TW, great timing we can't "alert" the airport/airline authorities thanks to demoC*rap legislation.

Posted by RD">RD 2007-07-25 00:12|| 2007-07-25 00:12|| Front Page Top

#2 I hope that each person in the above examplesplus their known acquaintances, relatives, mail, email and telecom trafficis now living under a 24/7/365+¼ government issue scanning electron microscope with EDAX (Energy Dispersive X-ray Analysis). These are flat-out blatant attempts at testing for preflight detection of plastic explosives.

While we simply cannot pass laws about "flying while in the possession of cheese or clay", there needs to be some determination made about inordinately suspicious materials being introduced into a passenger flight's luggage stream. Refrigerant gel packs with their contents replaced by clay simply scream "terrorist dry run!"

Plainly putin these mattersstatistics just are not on our side. They're not supposed to be. Lobbing lightweight airframes loaded with hundreds of people and tons of jet fuel several miles up into the sky on transcontinental trajectories defies the odds in more ways than can be counted.

Civilized society depends upon coherent adoption of the social contract. This is something that Islamquite obviouslyabsolutely refuses to do. Unless we are prepared to see a certain percentage of fully booked passenger flights disintegrate in mid-air, slam into occupied buildings or plunge to zero altitudeall of which already have happened at Muslim terrorist handswe'd damn well better come up with a Plan B because Plan A sure as shit ain't working.

Islam must be read the riot act. In no uncertain terms it must be spelled out that the continuing existence of this world's Muslim population entirely depends upon a complete and total cessation of this crapulence. Clear penalties must be delineated, prepared for and implemented at the slightest indication that Muslims do not take these ~~threats~~ promises seriously.

I no longer give a damn if this involves shooting fully loaded MME (Muslim Middle East) passenger jet airliners out of the sky each time some Islamic bastard even tries to bring down one of our planes. We need to make Muslims so terrified of the West's unannounced, swift and irreversible retaliations arising from radical Islamist violence that they begin to stack up their oh-so beloved jihadis like just that much cordwood behind every damned effing mosque on this entire planet.

I REFUSE to see the Western world's hard-won and extremely high quality of life deteriorate at the hands of some feckless Islamic bastards. They have no effing right to do so and we must make it quite clear to this world's entire Muslim population that they'd damn well better begin doing something about it or start to suffer some very serious and exceptionally unpleasant consequences.

All fellow contributors, would you please, please post your own ideas about how to abate this monstrous and crippling threat to our world's air transport and tourism industry. The unwarranted and deleterious constraints placed upon global air travel by this handful of Islamic psychotics cannot be tolerated.

Better that all Islam pay the price for such crapulence than endure another millisecond of this horseshit.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-25 00:52|| 2007-07-25 00:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Zenster. Dial down the rhetoric.

Starting now.

For the record, the editorial policy of Rantburg is strictly opposed to the shooting of passenger planes from the sky.

Any further speculation along these lines will be deleted.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-07-25 01:15|| 2007-07-25 01:15|| Front Page Top

#4 For the record, the editorial policy of Rantburg is strictly opposed to the shooting of passenger planes from the sky.

Thank you. I do not expect my advocacy of such reprisals to receive the most receptive of audiences.

I would hope that it is understood how I am trying to arrive at definite alternatives to such drastic measures. That is the gist and explicit purpose of me inviting others to "please, please post your own ideas about how to abate this monstrous and crippling threat to our world's air transport and tourism industry."

I seek some sort of useful resolution regarding how to counter Islam's constant threat and not just employing the savagery utilized by so many of our Muslim enemies. Calculated retaliations are not "mindless". I would hope that such a point remains clear in the midst of discussing this admittedly nettlesome issue.

That doesn't cut it. Stop waving your hands and talking about 'definitive alternatives', that just makes you sound like a liberal who's been caught. You've been warned not to do it, so don't do it. AoS.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-25 01:42|| 2007-07-25 01:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Personally, I like to wring my hands rather than doing anything effective about it. /sarc

Perhaps we need a law that goes something like "Only normal stuff and normal packing arrangements when it comes to public transportation. No weird bomb/weapon-like devices. If you get caught with one, you rot in jail until (A) you satisfactorily explain your 'dry run' behavior or bomb/weapon-like item's existance; or (B) you agree that you and your family and after investigation maybe the entire string of pearls brought into this country by them get permanently booted and put on a no-fly list".

If that makes too much sense, perhaps flying rules can be changed to allow only medicines/etc. in carry-on, and baby stuff can be bought pre-packaged on the airplane. Of course, that would necessitate more trustworthy stewardship of the usually valuable carry-on luggage. Perhaps carry-on luggage could be brought to the airport a day or two before and processed more thoroughly before it is allowed on the plane instead of in a long line of anxious fliers. Again, there would have to be some serious procedures in place to safeguard the more valuable stuff in this pre-checked carry-on luggage. That would allow a more serious check of any carry-on luggage that shows up with other passengers at flight time, with a possible penalty being "if we can't get to yours in time, it goes in checked baggage, minus any medications, and you can buy baby stuff on the airplane."

And if you act weird in-flight, your fellow passengers get to vote on whether or not you get cuffed to your seat or separated and stuck between the two biggest passengers on the flight until they land and can decide what to do with the guy then.

And they don't have to worry about lawsuits for reporting odd behavior.

Posted by gorb 2007-07-25 03:33|| 2007-07-25 03:33|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm sure flying naked and drugged has been suggested already.

Posted by Howard UK 2007-07-25 03:40|| 2007-07-25 03:40|| Front Page Top

#7 I know it's a bit "out of the box" and would do little to ease the current pilot shortage, but has anyone give consideration to passengers boarding in disposable hospital gowns provided by the carrier, with baggage and normal carry ons placed in a towed glider that could be cut-away? Provided ladders were available, and with proper weight limits, the overheads could be used as sleeping birth upgrades for some.

Posted by Besoeker 2007-07-25 04:46|| 2007-07-25 04:46|| Front Page Top

#8 The airlines would probably like that, Besoeker -- they could crowd more seating in what formerly was the luggage hold. Of course, bringing that towed glider back to zero altitude would be a bit interesting, so perhaps they could staff it with a junior grade pilot tasked just for landings; or it could be a bit of extra money for a regular pilot who needed extra sleep between flights. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2007-07-25 06:27|| 2007-07-25 06:27|| Front Page Top

#9 I was watching the news yesterday when they mentioned this. I noted they said nothing of the individuals. No race, no religion. Wanna bet they weren't Mormon grandmothers?

Posted by BrerRabbit 2007-07-25 06:41|| 2007-07-25 06:41|| Front Page Top

#10 They confiscated my peanut butter Monday (wife has digestive problems that ban pretty much all airline and airport 'food' so we carry emergency rations.) I was actually surprised they didn't take it away the preceding Tuesday flight. Then swabbed and tested everything for explosives. They were apologetic (but kept the peanut butter), and it was 2/3 gone already, so no real problem. Glad they didn't take me to jail though (would have if I had used that pack as a range bag at some point!)

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-07-25 07:43|| 2007-07-25 07:43|| Front Page Top

#11 8 days ago I was sitting behind a middle east passenger who from the get asked for a blanket saying he was cold. The plane wasn't. Turns out he was an OK guy but make no mistake about it, I did take the time to figure out which side of his head was best suited to use in case of emergency.

Zen is absolutely right to a fashion. The Muslims are going to hit us again that is a certainty. Islam demands our deaths and the Dhimmicrats will blame Bush and Americans will be in shock, again.

The only way this is going to be resolved is if with every smaller attack inside our borders, we inform the public as to what really is the evil nature of Islam. That intent being in preparation for the final nuke attack. Which is coming. Upon said Muslim terrorist attack, we Americans will have to rise up in a Jeffersonian fashion and take back our country, our world. By whatever means necessary.

Destroying Mecca, outlawing the Koran, closing down every single mosque, deporting anyone Muslim that was not born here. Sending with them, every single "liberal" Democrat that has made Islam, CAIR's vision of America a reality.

A global Crusade will have to happen.

One thing that has made Islam's invasion possible is modern communication. Using whatever means necessary our military should shut down all internet and phone going to and from all Muslim nations.

Gentlemen I give you the "Jihad Certainty Principle".

In the mean time be sure to check out the aviation nation's dry run news site. There is an interview with TSA spokeswoman Ellen Howe. She is the best friend Muslim terrorist could have. I feel comfortable using the term traitor for that POS.

Posted by Icerigger">Icerigger 2007-07-25 07:47|| 2007-07-25 07:47|| Front Page Top

#12 Travel Report Card:
USAir: Good job. Polite personnel. On-time flights. Bags made it undamaged etc.
One passenger out of Reagan had an 'unusual' carry-on (probably some kind of technical instrument case, past or present) and 'looked' Arab (sounded like a Portuguese accent to me, so likely Brazilian); stewardess spoke with him about the case in a 'curious' not 'suspicious' manner, which was (I think) a very appropriate thing to do. I suspect (and hope) she was evaluating his mannerisms in his response (I was, and they seemed ok to my untrained senses.)
(Hertz check-in woman was a b*tch.)

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-07-25 07:50|| 2007-07-25 07:50|| Front Page Top

#13 Glen the next time someone pulls that crap in the airport I'm going to look the TSA folks in the face and say, "I'm not a Muslim".

Shit.

Posted by Icerigger">Icerigger 2007-07-25 07:51|| 2007-07-25 07:51|| Front Page Top

#14 IMHO, a cold pack filled with anything but the original material supplied by the manufacturer is an attempt to induce panic and should be prosecutable.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2007-07-25 08:17|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-07-25 08:17|| Front Page Top

#15 What astonishes me about this entire subject of conversation is that we take it for granted an airline should be able to carry the jihadis to their destination in safety. Provided they pay their fare and do not successfully commandeer the plane and murder its passengers and crew then no harm no foul.

Why should we give up any liberty whatsoever? Why should I be refused the right to carry water onto the plane so that muslims should continue to fly? Better to deport all of them - born here or not - and bar any from entering the country for travel, business or study.

I understand this is an unrealistic proposal. For now. If we carry on our present course it will be the only option left to us bar surrender and assimilation into a new world of the 7th century. But by then art, democracy, history itself will be dead and nothing left but to mutter Orc chants until the end of days.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-07-25 09:24|| 2007-07-25 09:24|| Front Page Top

#16 What if this is a diversion? What if they want us to think - aviation? I came back to Florida via the Auto-train. I could have taken whatever I wanted on the train plus what was in my car. Okay, not a big hit - only about 250 passengers but add up all the Amtrak services for a single day and what do you get? What do you get when they sit in Penn Station or Grand Central? Add up the numbers. Sometimes we have to look at the obvious and think like the terrorist - what is his motivation and how can he accomplish this in plain sight? I think aviation is difficult at this time because that is what we are expecting. But there are other big targets out there in multiples if not individually.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-07-25 09:54|| 2007-07-25 09:54|| Front Page Top

#17 It's possible that the "dry runs" are dither put into the system to impact our economy. The muzzies know we have to take each threat seriously.

I wonder who owns the luggage? Can it be tracked to an owner?

I also worry about baggage handlers putting stuff in luggage after passengers check it through. Who checks out the airport workers?

I'd be for execution (immediate) of anyone pulling any such $hit as trying to blow up an airliner. Richard Reid should have been executed immediately (No relative of Harry Reid except maybe ideologically). During WWII, we had Nazi terrorists come to our shores via sub. Their mission was to create havoc in our country during the war. These people were shot.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-07-25 11:09|| 2007-07-25 11:09|| Front Page Top

#18 I no longer give a damn if this involves shooting fully loaded MME (Muslim Middle East) passenger jet airliners out of the sky each time some Islamic bastard even tries to bring down one of our planes. We need to make Muslims so terrified of the West's unannounced, swift and irreversible retaliations arising from radical Islamist violence that they begin to stack up their oh-so beloved jihadis like just that much cordwood behind every damned effing mosque on this entire planet.

I'll ask it be noted that my statement is suppositional and not unconditional. I'll also note that others here suggest far worse horrorswhich I have rather consistently objected towithout garnering moderator objections. While selective moderation is certainly your privilege, it conspicuously erodes any moral authority involved.

Zen is absolutely right to a fashion. The Muslims are going to hit us again that is a certainty ...

The only way this is going to be resolved is if with every smaller attack inside our borders, we inform the public as to what really is the evil nature of Islam ...

Destroying Mecca, outlawing the Koran, closing down every single mosque, deporting anyone Muslim that was not born here ...

A global Crusade will have to happen.
EMPHASIS ADDED

Believe it or not, this is what I'm trying to avoid. While I do advocate mass deportation of America's Muslim population, I still hold out hope that if the West finally begins to react with sufficient harshness and vigor we might be able to avoid nuclear incineration of the MME (Muslim Middle East). To date there is no such indication, which is why I continue to predict this atomic holocaust.

As noted by Icerigger, America's politicians simply refuse to name our enemy. They insist upon engaging in egocentric relativism and thereby sidestep the otherwise inescapable conclusion that Muslims simply DO NOT think like we do. This moral relativism is going to get a huge number of us killed. That is a prospect I find totally unacceptable.

By now, it is pretty clear that we are in another World War. During WWII it proved both necessary and effective to destroy civilian targets solely as psychological blows to our enemies. Whether those targets are cities on the ground or planes in the air really makes no difference. If our civilian aviation is subjected to attacks it only makes sense to counterattack at the same level. It would certainly make clear to our Muslim foes their extreme vulnerability while in the air and perhaps that might goad them to act against their radicals.

Above all, it has been my constant goal to devise some way of inspiring this globe's Muslim population that time is swiftly running out for any movement against their jihadist co-religionists. I do not maintain that my positions are the only ones that will work and routinely solicitexactly as I have done heresuggestions from other participants as to how this can be achieved.

Confronted by an enemy that simply has no respect for human life, the West will be required to rethink its own strategies in how to combat this foe. It seems almost unavoidable that we will eventually have to adopt measures equally if not even more harsh than those directed against us. This was my central point and I stand by it. Only when Islam experiences the exact same predations upon it that we are subjected to by them will they finally begin to appreciate the consequences of their acts.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-25 11:11|| 2007-07-25 11:11|| Front Page Top

#19 Remember Mr. Chertoff saying he had a gut feel and asking us all to pay attention? And the Israeli author Mr. Aviv who claims it'll be malls or amusement parks this time? Let's just all be aware and willing to do something should it become necessary -- and those of you licenced for concealed carry, please do. The rest of us will throw whatever is at hand at the miscreants, as a first step.

See something, say something, do something. Let's worry about CAIR suits afterward, when I'm sure those Rantburgers who are lawyers will have some interesting thoughts. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2007-07-25 11:14|| 2007-07-25 11:14|| Front Page Top

#20 It seems all the passengers were legal US residents, although better monitoring of those with expired visas and lying about requirements to leave and return, etc. could be better done with biometric national ID cards. The UNHCR is responsible for sending many of our immigrants here and the federal subsidies they get are a further indignity to American citizens. The Somalis who contacted CAIR & sued Swift in Nebraska were replacing illegal Hispanics rounded up by ICE; Swift is Brazilian owned. Knowing who is here and where they are, especially if they are taking taxpayer dollars, seems like a good start.

Posted by Danielle 2007-07-25 11:40|| 2007-07-25 11:40|| Front Page Top

#21 Zenster relax---the tragicomedy must be played out. Judging by the Israeli experience, no way will US public get off their holier-than-thou high horse until thousands are dead and millions are afraid to go out. Nothing you can do about it, so learn to relax---I did during Intifada-II.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-07-25 11:48|| 2007-07-25 11:48|| Front Page Top

#22 Thank you, gg. How sad to think that a preventable tragedy simply cannot be avoided.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-25 11:59|| 2007-07-25 11:59|| Front Page Top

#23 I retired a couple of years ago. Before that I was flying a lot in a consulting business. I seldom fly anymore. It's not that I am afraid to fly. It's just that the pi$$ off factor is too great. I don't like being herded around in a ovine like manner. I realize that most people don't have this luxury of not flying. I can remember a time when passengers carried a "piece" in their briefcase if they so chose.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-07-25 12:37|| 2007-07-25 12:37|| Front Page Top

#24 Zenster. Frustrated and angry, like you, but, um, 'crapulance' means 'the ill effects of excessive drinking', not a fancy variation on 'crap'.

Posted by Peter Carroll 2007-07-25 13:21|| 2007-07-25 13:21|| Front Page Top

#25 I am personally that the dry runs were even caught. i have found close to half a dozen blatant security holes that would allow someone of that mindset to bring down a plane... i have also worked out at least a dozen easier and more effective terror strikes that fortunately the terrorists seem to be to stupid to consider on thier own.

every day i thank God our enemy is inept.

Posted by Abu do you love 2007-07-25 13:25|| 2007-07-25 13:25|| Front Page Top

#26 should have read I am personally suprised that the dry runs were even caught.

Posted by Abu do you love 2007-07-25 13:26|| 2007-07-25 13:26|| Front Page Top

#27 'crapulance' means 'the ill effects of excessive drinking', not a fancy variation on 'crap'.

Well, well, I've only seen it used in the latter form of expression. We learn something every day. I wasn't aware it was even a real word. Now I know how Mark Twain felt when he found out that gotterdammerung only meant "twilight of the gods." Thank you, Peter Carroll.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-25 13:43|| 2007-07-25 13:43|| Front Page Top

#28 It would be interesting to be able to travel back in time and re-examine all the various bags presented for security screening throughout the entire US on the days those 4 were detected; i am willing to bet that there were not just 4 attempts and that there were several successful; those success stories are even now being analyzed by the bad guys to refine their tactics. The recent revelation of the laxness at Sky Harbor only emphasizes the fact that we will see a repeat of an aviation terror hit.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-07-25 14:19|| 2007-07-25 14:19|| Front Page Top

#29 I understand and appreciate Zen's angst.

A big tragedy is coming for the US. It is inevitable. It will be islamic and almost certainly Middle Eastern in origin. My real fear, as the UK events have shown, is that the purps will be aided and abetted by muslims in the US.

What happens after that is anyone's guess.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2007-07-25 14:44|| 2007-07-25 14:44|| Front Page Top

#30 A U.S. person??? Riiiiight. Can we please do some profiling now?

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-07-25 14:44|| 2007-07-25 14:44|| Front Page Top

#31 Zenster relax---the tragicomedy must be played out. Judging by the Israeli experience, no way will US public get off their holier-than-thou high horse until thousands are dead and millions are afraid to go out. Nothing you can do about it, so learn to relax---I did during Intifada-II.

This is a very important point. The U.S. public won't support anything other than political blather. The challenge here is to educate the public.

Personally, I would like to see churches taking a position on this that is a little more critical of Islam than it currently is.

The press is shit, everybody knows that. A more aggressive domestic stance toward Muslims is going to have to come from the people. Our leaders have long ago stopped doing what is right. Shades of Common Sense are what is now needed.

Posted by Mike N. 2007-07-25 15:11|| 2007-07-25 15:11|| Front Page Top

#32 What if this is a diversion? What if they want us to think - aviation?

I also personally think these may be little diversions to target our economy while a MAJOR simultaneous attack is in the works. Think water-borne this time. The talking heads always say they tend to use what has worked in the past and focus too much on commercial airlines with legit passengers. What about the night hours when TSA are gone and the keystone cops patrol the airports. There is zippo security on the tarmacs, baggage, and cargo areas. Focusing all the attention on segments of the Mexican border totally ignores the bigger Canadian problem but exhausts our Border Patrol agents. I fear the suitcase nukes and large chemical bombs in our ports or coming in on containers, especially those that may already be here sitting in a warehouse or on a RR sidetrack. Profiling at the very least should be implemented NOW and an immediate halt to all immigration, legal and illegal, as contrary to what the President has been told, we are not fighting the terrorists in Iraq to keep us safe here; they are not contained by mere borders and AQ has long forewarned us they were coming here. They know too well that it will be the last terrorist act they pull off, as a single catastrophe will bring the full ire of Zenster and other like-minded Americans on them wherever they may be found. Catering to European opinion and legal hamstringing from Dhimmicrats is going to be the death of America. Whatever happened to upholding the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic?

Posted by Danielle 2007-07-25 15:39|| 2007-07-25 15:39|| Front Page Top

#33 Whatever happened to upholding the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic?

Nobody has the stones to confront the "domestic" component of our enemy contingent--namely the far left and the media that support it.

Posted by Crusader 2007-07-25 16:06|| 2007-07-25 16:06|| Front Page Top

#34 Personally, I would like to see churches taking a position on this that is a little more critical of Islam than it currently is.

I cannot possibly agree with you more, Mike N. Every other major religion is under physical and violent assault at the hands of Islam. As a matter of sheer survival one would think that a confab of world religious leaders could convene and demand a cease to both terrorist predation and the complete lack of religious freedom throughout the MME (Muslim Middle East).

Just as importantly, such a group could also take the lead in condemning Islam's institutionalized gender apartheid as a massive violation of human rights. Of equal importance would be a similar excoriation of taqiyya in Koranic doctrine. All of these issues pose a direct threat to the legitimate faiths of this world. Islam must be exposed and labeled as a cult until Muslims abandon the moral tresspass whereby they absolve themselves of offenses that they would punish others for.

On a personal note, I would also like to express deep appreciation for those of you here who have demonstrated an understanding of why I am so outraged at Islam's intolerable aggression upon the West. While its vileness is compounded by the traitor elite who pass for political leadership these days, all blame must be laid at Islam's door. They are the sole author of these horrors and must be made to pay the piper.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-25 16:35|| 2007-07-25 16:35|| Front Page Top

#35 PS: I concur with gorb, Rob and others about how bringing items made to resemble bomb components should result in prolonged detainment plus the immediate expulsion of non-citizens and all their relatives.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-25 16:38|| 2007-07-25 16:38|| Front Page Top

#36 There's a report out of San Diego that says the
TSA report overstates the facts of the case.
It's a false alarm.

The San Diego director of the Transportation Security Administration said Wednesday that a recent report of a possible terrorist dry run at Lindbergh Field stemmed from what turned out to be a false alarm.
But local TSA Security Director Michael J. Aguilar and the chief of the police agency that patrols the airport said Wednesday that while screeners initially thought the packs held a clay-like substance, it was quickly determined they contained the usual blue gel. Aguilar said he didn't know why the TSA memo, issued in Washington, reported the substance as clay.
...the incident involved a bag checked by a woman in her 60s flying out of Lindbergh Field.
Sanfilippo said a routine swab test of the bag indicated the presence of a chemical that is sometimes used in explosives or medications. Inside the luggage, inspectors found cold packs, wrapped in clear packing tape, that were old and leaking. The TSA bulletin said the ice packs were covered in duct tape and had clay inside of them. Sanfilippo said they weren't covered in duct tape and didn't have clay inside of them. It is a little bit off, he said of the bulletin.

Np mention of "wires, switches, pipes or tubes, cell phone components..." being found in her luggage as the TSA bulletin reported. seems some of us got a little worked up over some bureaucrat's dramatization of events.

Posted by GK 2007-07-25 17:47|| 2007-07-25 17:47|| Front Page Top

#37 GK, did you actually read the article?

- Milwaukee, June 4. A U.S. person's carryon baggage contained wire coil wrapped around a possible initiator, an electrical switch, batteries, three tubes and two blocks of cheese. The bulletin said block cheese has a consistency similar to some explosives.

- Houston, Nov. 8, 2006. A U.S. person's checked baggage contained a plastic bag with a 9-volt battery, wires, a block of brown clay-like minerals and pipes.

- Baltimore, Sept. 16, 2006. A couple's checked baggage contained a plastic bag with a block of processed cheese taped to another plastic bag holding a cellular phone charger.

Dismissing the San Diego incident, there remain another three widely distributed and separate events that still bear all the hallmarks of a serious test for our airport security checks.

Who the hell carries a brick of cheese bound up with a cell phone charger? Why would someone congregate "a 9-volt battery, wires, a block of brown clay-like minerals and pipes"? What possible use is a "wire coil wrapped around a possible initiator, an electrical switch, batteries, three tubes and two blocks of cheese"?

These are bomb mockups and nothing else. Unless a traveler is able to provide one helluva convincing explanation for such anomalous assemblies of nominal IED components, they'd better be prepared to undergo thoroughly proctological levels of interrogation.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-25 18:00|| 2007-07-25 18:00|| Front Page Top

#38 I checked at Dictionary.com, and it's crapulence that means getting sick from overindulgence. Crapulance doesn't have a meaning yet, so Zenster is free to claim coinage should he like.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-07-25 18:15|| 2007-07-25 18:15|| Front Page Top

#39 What about "craptastic"? ;)

Posted by Swamp Blondie 2007-07-25 19:17|| 2007-07-25 19:17|| Front Page Top

#40 I have to support zenster's right to rant.

Unless this is a mirror site for www.compromiseburg.com

Posted by flash91 2007-07-25 19:18|| 2007-07-25 19:18|| Front Page Top

#41

Rants are fine.

Calls for genocide, downing of civilian aircraft on general principles and other such actions are not. They are against the rules which Fred has asked us mods to help monitor while he is busy maintaining the site and defending it against cyberJihadis, scriptKiddies, hax0rs and purveyors of purience who haven't the decency to offer him royalties on the click throughs.

Zen hasn't exactly had his bandwidth usage restricted here at the Burg. We need his -- and your -- help in staying within the guidelines Fred has established here. They are not onerous.

And, most importantly, they make the site work.

Posted by lotp 2007-07-25 19:34|| 2007-07-25 19:34|| Front Page Top

#42 Fred sets the rules, flash91. This site is private property -- we're here as his guests. Dear Zenster has often stated his appreciation of that fact, and clearly works to bring his best to the table.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-07-25 19:39|| 2007-07-25 19:39|| Front Page Top

#43 The enemy needs periodic reminders that forcing America's hand could result in an extreme devaluation of enemy life. There is nation building and nation destruction. Both can happen.

Posted by McZoid 2007-07-25 19:39|| 2007-07-25 19:39|| Front Page Top

#44 What about "craptastic"?

Thank you for the thoughtful suggestions, ladies. There is also a modification of the above adjective, i.e., "craptacular".

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-25 19:55|| 2007-07-25 19:55|| Front Page Top

#45 Zen hasn't exactly had his bandwidth usage restricted here at the Burg. We need his -- and your -- help in staying within the guidelines Fred has established here. They are not onerous.

Agreed on all points and without any dispute. With ZERO irony I would like to take another opportunity to thank Fred and all of the moderators here for their efforts. Mebbe I need to change my nick over to something more appropriate like Anti-Islamic Rage Boy.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-25 19:59|| 2007-07-25 19:59|| Front Page Top

#46 How about Anti-Islamic Rage Boy with his own blog?

Posted by Pappy 2007-07-25 21:05|| 2007-07-25 21:05|| Front Page Top

#47 How about Anti-Islamic Rage Boy with his own blog?

Garsh, Pappy, didn't you mean "How about Anti-Islamic Rage Boy with his own blog?", at 23:59:59?

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-25 22:34|| 2007-07-25 22:34|| Front Page Top

#48 Dial down the rhetoric. It's not hard, and it's not too much to ask.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-07-25 23:17|| 2007-07-25 23:17|| Front Page Top

23:56 Super Hose
23:48 JustAboutEnough
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23:44 Eric Jablow
23:28 Super Hose
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