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Airport Security

Airport security

 

The best idea that I've heard so far. Go for it!

An engineer (ex-NASA project director) has what I think is the near perfect
solution for airport security!

Here's a solution to all the controversy over full-body scanners at the airports:

Have a booth that you can step into that will not X-ray you, but will detonate

any explosive device you may have on you.

It would be a win-win for everyone, and there would be none of this crap about

racial profiling and this method would eliminate a long and expensive trial.

Justice would be quick and swift. Case Closed!

Stolen Valor Act

Hi Sgt. Grit,

 

I just read on the Internet that the 9th District Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling that the Stolen Valor Act is unconstitutional. Apparently it is OK to lie about military service, but a crime to make heated, loose-liped remarks against an elected official. The Courts would have us believe that Freedom of Speech is absolute, but we know differently. read more

Good stuff: B-17 and B-25

B17 and B25 WWII Bombers over and around Arizona's Superstition Mountains and Saguaro Lake.  The photography is HD, the planes are gorgeous, and, most notably, it is shot as the B17 takes off from Falcon Field in Mesa, AZ and then flies over the Superstition Mountains.  to the east of Apache Junction and then on to Roosevelt & Canyon lakes on the east edge of the Phoenix valley.  The backdrops are stunning.  Music is from the mini series John Adams.  Great combo. read more

3/5 Afghanistan

 

Bing West files a report from his time embedded with Third Platoon of Kilo Company, Fifth Marine Regiment, in Sangin. His March dispatch adds another anecdote about the issue I raised in January: that the US Marines seem more aggressive than their predecessors in the volatile district, and Helmand province as a whole, and the Taliban react to this difference accordingly [emphasis mine]: read more