About a year ago, a plumbing company in Texas made the news for trading in their pickup truck for a new one. The real problem where the truck ultimately ended up: it went from hauling tools and pipes around Texas to hauling an anti-aircraft weapon around Syria for the terrorist group known as ISIS, ISIL, or Daesh. Now the plumbing company is suing the Ford dealership where they traded the truck in over the incident. [More]
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Retailers Realize Osama Bin Laden Costume Might Be Offensive, Stop Selling It
By 10.4.13
We have to wonder whether anyone pays attention at all to the Halloween costumes offered at major retailers. The “naughty leopard” incident was weird, but how is it even remotely okay to sell Osama bin Laden costumes to the public? After the Sikh Coalition pointed this out, so far Walmart, Amazon, Sears, and Rite Aid have pulled the outfit from their shelves. [More]
Sikh Signs For Package, UPS Driver Enters His Name As "TERRORIST"
By 12.27.08
A UPS driver entered a Sikh man’s name as TERRORIST on its online package-tracking database. The man’s family discovered the epithet when they searched for a package UPS failed to deliver.
Pentagon Looking To Invent "Kill Switch" For Airplanes
By 6.13.08
It has been nearly 7 years since 9/11 and the government is still pulling ideas out of its ass to help keep us safe. Wired reports that in a request for proposals issued this week, the Pentagon announced that they are looking for ways to “safely divert an aircraft in the air or stop and/or disable an aircraft on the ground,” i.e., a kill switch. More, inside…
The Software Banks Use To Flag Ordinary Customers As Terrorists
By 4.24.07
The Electronic Payments Network, a private-sector automated clearing house, has an online demo showing how an institution can scan transactions for possible terrorists based on those free, public, and error-ridden text files.
How Banks Flag Ordinary Customers As Terrorists
By 4.10.07
The Washington Post has an article, “Ordinary Customers Flagged as Terrorists,” describing how the Office of Foreign Asset Control maintains a list of potential terrorist suspects, and how everyday citizens can wind up on it.
United Airlines Says Don't Bring Wine On The Plane If Your Name Sounds Terroristy
By 2.15.07
hasan: flight is code-shared with United Airlines, CSR at United Airlines hung up on me
How Banks Freeze Terrorist Founds With A Free, Public, .TXT
By 1.13.07
A text file. That’s what banks use to freeze the assets of terrorists, drug traffickers, and nuclear weapons dealers. A dot txt downloadable from the U.S. Treasury website.
Self-Check Kiosks Pose Airline Safety Threat
By 9.28.06
Having conquered the imminent threat of self-immolating shampoo, airline safety has returned to “iron-clad” status. Yeah right, all the terrorist need is a credit card with the same as someone flying that day. Using such a card, one can print a boarding pass and get on the aircraft. Creating the card would require access to a credit card writer, which hasn’t proved an obstacle for numerous identity thieves and ATM hackers.
Sierra Mist Ad Develops New Meaning Post 8/10
By 8.11.06
Jonathan Cowperthwait points us to a Sierra Mist commercial set in an airport security line. Our wild guesstimate is that it won’t be seen on TV anymore, strange prescience aside.
Silver Lining In JuiceyJuice Patdowns And Airport Delays
By 8.11.06
• But that’s a good thing because with the ban on onboard personal care products and cleansers, “The Great Unwashed” becomes a metaphor made flesh.
Terrorists! Apply Directly to the Forehead!
By 8.11.06
Sometimes an issue is too big for words, so then if a picture is worth a thousand of ’em, this image by reader Matt is worth like a million bucks.
