Free Talk Live - Transportation

Government Surveillance of Air Travellers

JessieLee — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:48:25 +0000

Panelists talked about their opposition to the TSA. The most interesting is Edward Hasbrouck's extensive description of the various ways they track travelers. The idea of freedom to travel is discussed.

Creator of TechCrunch.com has boat stolen by Homeland Security

PaulOtt — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:35:34 +0000

A person with a gun and a government badge asked me to swear in writing that a lie was true today. And when I didn't do what she wanted she simply took my boat and asked me to leave.

TSA Shenanigans on my way to Liberty Forum

MuslimNonarchist — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 06:45:38 +0000

I approached the security checkpoint at the San Jose airport, sent all my personal property into the black hole of the x-ray conveyor belt and looked around for an opt-out line, but I didn’t see one. I asked a friendly TSA agent (we’ll call him “Tiny”) where the opt-out line was and he said, “You’re in the opt-out line.”

Confused I asked, ”Isn’t this the body scanner line?” and Agent Tiny told me, “Just step through the backscatter machine and they’ll screen you on the other side.”

video: TSA Searches Three-Year-Old In Wheelchair, Going to Disney

earthdome — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 03:16:05 +0000

An Osage Beach, Missouri family says they suffered quite an ordeal at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport earlier this month when Transportation Security Administration officials tried to pat down their three-year-old daughter who is disabled and uses a wheelchair. They filmed part of the confrontation, video on view below, and are now getting national attention for the incident.

Engineer petitions White House to build starship Enterprise

snowdog2012 — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:13:50 +0000

An engineer who created plans of working replica for the starship Enterprise has created a petition for NASA to consider the project.

The engineer suggests that the 3,000 foot-long ship be built in space and not land on the surface of any moon or planet so that it would never need to reach escape velocity. The ship would use on-board nuclear reactors, cutting down cost of fuelling the ship. He estimates his re-design of the Enterprise would be able to travel to the moon in a mere three days, and Mars in three months.

NJ Governor will not sign 'Seatbelts for Dogs Bill' calls it 'stupid'

snowdog2012 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:40:52 +0000

Christie recently said that a bill that would require pet owners to buckle their animals into seat belts while driving is “stupid,” and that he won’t sign it. No argument here. The bill is an egregious example of nanny-state governing, the product of legislators believing that most anything that crosses their mind can and should be turned into law.

TSA hired priest accused of molesting girls to do pat downs

jarvis — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:16:02 +0000

The Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) didn’t bother to do a background check on a priest who had been defrocked for molesting girls before they gave him a job, which included doing pat downs on children at Philadelphia International Airport.

TSA detains woman. "You're not a threat. It's just your attitude."

phonon — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:36:53 +0000

A woman was at the Houston airport in August for a layover. At the gate they were "testing" everyone's liquids. She drank her water instead of letting them test it, and was not allowed to board her flight. TSA tells her that she was kicked off her flight not because she was a threat, but because of her "attitude."