Paranoia Strikes Deep

NYPD believes that immigrants assimilating into a new culture is the first sign someone will turn terrorist. Me, I'd follow Moroccan immigrants around, sure, but only to find the best Middle Eastern deli.

No flying the very friendly skies then?

The War on Terror now equals War on Joining the Mile High Club. A pair of fighter jets were dispatched when a couple spent too much time in the restroom inflight.  The terrorists have won.

Oops

BBC journalist killed by NATO troops after they confused him for a suicide bomber.

Perhaps if Warren Ellis were in charge of Homeland Security

Let's end our long national nightmare of puppies. Twice as many Americans died of dog bites in 2010 as died of terrorism.

Nice texture

The military is using MDMA to treat PTSD of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.

They Hate Us for Our Freedom

95 year old woman, in the terminal stages of leukemia and flying to be with her family during her final days, was asked told to get out of her wheelchair and remove her adult diaper for TSA screening.

Yes, bin Laden is dead. He still won.

File Under: Chomsky

Noam Chomsky: My Reaction to Osama bin Laden's Death.

Coming Soon: No-Drive Lists

Senator Schumer proposes a "No-Ride List" for Amtrack.

Even if you ignore the curtailment of liberties, a "No-Ride List" works like a "No-Fly List" in giving terrorists exactly what they want. Modern travel and communications works against any extremist movement to take all of us back a few centuries to more agrarian times.