Brooke went to a real live airport this morning and witnessed the shampoo and Dasani blockade first-hand.

“Shampoos and other gels/liquids must be checked. Beverages cannot be brought on the plane. They are allowing baby formula and medicine onboard but those things could be subjected to inspection. From what I understood at the airport, these are temporary restrictions that will probably be re-evaluated when the initial threat and chaos settles down. “

Hmm, temporary restrictions. Let’s see, how long did it take them to remove that useless lighter ban? Oh, they enacted it in late April ’05 and it’s still in place, despite the urging of the TSA to Congress? Gotcha.

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