A Cleveland airport considers pie filling a dangerous liquid, while at JFK the pie loses its incendiary properties. TSA employees seized at least a dozen of the baked goods from travelers.
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Newark Airport Screeners Fail To Find Hidden Weapons In Federal Test
By 10.30.06
Screeners at Newark fail to find ‘weapons’ [The Star Ledger via Mere Rhetoric]
Boarding Pass Dude’s Computers Seized, Public Service Praised
By 10.30.06
BoingBoing is really your one-stop shop but:
Fake NWA Boarding Pass Site Removed, Creator Visited By FBI
By 10.28.06
The creator of the NWA Boarding Pass Generator has taken down his site after coming under heavy national scrutiny.
NWA Boarding Pass Generator
By 10.27.06
UPDATE: Actually using this at an airport could get you arrested, so don’t.
Delay Your Flight With Gun Embroidered Case
By 9.19.06
Thanks to curiously spelt reader Grahm for pointing out a travel accessory even more ill-advised than a Guns ‘N’ Roses t-shirt or one printed with Islamic script: the Urban Outfitters Gun-Wheel Case.
How To Join The Mile High Without K-Y?
By 9.12.06
Everyone with any sense knows that flying is dehydrating. Oh, sure, airlines and the TSA disagree, but a parched throat and dry, crackling skin is par for the course of most of our catapultings across the stratosphere.
Arabic “I am Not a Terrorist” Tshirt
By 8.28.06
Now you too can bother Midwesterners and airport security, just like Raed Jaer, with your very own “I am not a terrorist” tshirt.
Gel Bras OK’d For Takeoff
By 8.23.06
Flat chested travelers, rejoice! Gel bras are now allowed on flights! Squish, squish, hooray! Keep those tips up, etc!
HOWTO: Blow Up Airplanes With Liquids
By 8.18.06
How feasible was it for terrorists to mix together a few common chemicals into a big sky kablooie? People far smarter than us investigate. (Thanks to Caitlin!)
The Ubiquity of Broken Electronics Pilfering by the TSA
By 8.15.06
An anonymous reader sent us a curious little email yesterday evening. She claims that she has found an easy and environmentally safe way to discard of broken electronics, doo-dads and gizmos: pack them in her check-in luggage and wait for TSA monkeys to steal them.
