Frankly, I have always been treated by them with an unbelievable measure of courtesy and even pleasant engagement, when contrasted with their American equivalents.
Many staff are of South-Asian extraction, and I surmise this is a contributing factor to their sensitivity to the indignity of these measures. But the Anglo-Saxon agency representatives are still, head-and-shoulders above the TSA drones, in their general level of courtesy, tolerance and basic humanity.
I will not relate the depth and detail of my personal anecdotes in this regard. Let it be said, that an awareness and concern for the comfort of my wife and children was expressly made by UKBA supervisors in Heathrow - on more than one occasion.
Amsterdam Schipol has good folk, too. After the Christmas "Underwear Scare", I was subjected to a less than casual pat-down, by a tall, young blonde gentleman. "There's no additional charge for this treatment?" I asked him, in mock incredulity. The agent smiled and said, "No, we give these free."
I know not to make a quip like this in the US - where the TSA might actually detain me, and possibly go so far as to prevent my boarding. In Holland, my joke was treated as a natural relief of tension - to be shared in an otherwise awkward, social interaction.
Tune your equipment to "Satire" and "Hyperbole", not "Formality" and "Proof".
He makes a damn well-written rant. Entertaining and enlightening, too. The spotlight he casts is on greed, ignorance and the human tendency to defeat their long-term interest for the sake of an immediate perceived desire or convenience.
And? He does so in the context of real circumstances, experienced by millions, just as they are described. The switching of the lights had a noticeable environmental impact, which displaced wildlife and led to pest infestation with a noticeable reduction in the quality of life - and potential chemical poisoning.
I preface my statement "In Soviet America..." The reality is that the Republican Party is the de facto Government annex of Fox News!
I am not engaging in Hyperbole. Corporations in cartel - such as Murdoch's - OWN both parties, and their candidates. Fox hires R's, outright. When it comes to agendas Mudoch calls the tune - not craven politicos.
The link is from FAIR. If you want a real and CUTTING critique of media failure in bias, method and funding? Go to FAIR. They slice through the NPR corporate/military stooge agenda, just as surely as they do Fox's.
#1 More than 42 million Americans were on food stamps during the month of August. That is a new all-time record, and that number is 17 percent higher than it was one year earlier. In fact, the number of Americans on food stamps is up more than 58 percent since August 2007.
#2 The number of "persons not in the labor force" in the United States has set another new all-time record. The United States has not had such an extended bout of mass unemployment since the Great Depression. The "official" unemployment rate in the United States has been at nine and a half percent or above for 14 consecutive months.
#3 More than 1000 people now live in the 200 miles of flood tunnels that exist under the city of Las Vegas. Once one of the most prosperous cities in the United States, Las Vegas is now little more than a shiny, glittering corpse that it rapidly decaying.
#4 Poverty is absolutely exploding and it is hitting those who are the most vulnerable the hardest. According to one recent study, approximately 21 percent of all children in the United States are living below the poverty line in 2010.
#5 In the past 60 days alone, the price of cotton is up 54%, the price of corn is up 29%, the price of soybeans is up 22%, the price of orange juice is up 17%, and the price of sugar is up 51%.
#6 One out of every six Americans is now enrolled in at least one anti-poverty program run by the federal government.
#7 The American Bankruptcy Institute says that there will be about 1.6 million consumer bankruptcies in 2010. That would represent a huge increase over 2009.
#8 According to one recent survey, 28% of all U.S. households have at least one member that is looking for a full-time job.
#9 The individual U.S. states are mostly flat broke. For example, it is being reported that the 15 largest U.S. states spent on average over 220% of their tax receipts over the past decade. Clearly this is not even close to sustainable.
#10 The U.S. government is completely and totally broke. After analyzing Congressional Budget Office data, Boston University economics professor Laurence J. Kotlikoff concluded that the U.S. government is facing a "fiscal gap" of $202 trillion dollars.
#11 In an attempt to keep our financial system solvent, the U.S. Federal Reserve has announced plans to create $600 billion out of thin air and pump it into the U.S. economy. The Fed is calling this "quantitative easing", but what they should really be calling it is "cheating, debasing and inflating".
#12 Many of the major trading partners of the United States are expressing deep resentment regarding the new quantitative easing policy announced by the Fed. Ambrose Evans-Pritchard recently described the growing animosity this way....
Li Deshui from Beijing's Economic Commission said a string of Asian states share China's "deep bitterness" over dollar debasement, and are examining ways of teaming up to insulate themselves from the tsunami of US liquidity.
#13 For many analysts, the economic collapse of the United States comes down to cold, hard math. For example, the former CEO of the tenth largest bank in the United States says that it is a "mathematical certainty" that the U.S. government will eventually go bankrupt.
#14 According to a recent article on CNBC, the financial world is already buzzing about QE3....
Slashdot Mirror
It's actually the PILOTS.
Why scan 'em for bombs and weapons?
If they want to destroy the aircraft - they can do it with their BARE HANDS.
It's NOT the TSA. They are US-ian.
This is UKBA.
Frankly, I have always been treated by them with an unbelievable measure of courtesy and even pleasant engagement, when contrasted with their American equivalents.
Many staff are of South-Asian extraction, and I surmise this is a contributing factor to their sensitivity to the indignity of these measures. But the Anglo-Saxon agency representatives are still, head-and-shoulders above the TSA drones, in their general level of courtesy, tolerance and basic humanity.
I will not relate the depth and detail of my personal anecdotes in this regard. Let it be said, that an awareness and concern for the comfort of my wife and children was expressly made by UKBA supervisors in Heathrow - on more than one occasion.
Amsterdam Schipol has good folk, too. After the Christmas "Underwear Scare", I was subjected to a less than casual pat-down, by a tall, young blonde gentleman. "There's no additional charge for this treatment?" I asked him, in mock incredulity. The agent smiled and said, "No, we give these free."
I know not to make a quip like this in the US - where the TSA might actually detain me, and possibly go so far as to prevent my boarding. In Holland, my joke was treated as a natural relief of tension - to be shared in an otherwise awkward, social interaction.
DON'T CLICK!!!
It's a picture of Peter Cushing...
Tune your equipment to "Satire" and "Hyperbole", not "Formality" and "Proof".
He makes a damn well-written rant. Entertaining and enlightening, too. The spotlight he casts is on greed, ignorance and the human tendency to defeat their long-term interest for the sake of an immediate perceived desire or convenience.
And? He does so in the context of real circumstances, experienced by millions, just as they are described. The switching of the lights had a noticeable environmental impact, which displaced wildlife and led to pest infestation with a noticeable reduction in the quality of life - and potential chemical poisoning.
Gulp!
"Don't be a flake!"
You try out black-lung disease first, OK?
Thank you.
Someone who has written software outside of class.
Theory and Practice.
Different.
Yes! And the additional health-benefit of inhaling loose, blowing nano-particles - and the subsequent introduction to the pulmonary systems of city-dwellers - is surely the cincher on this!
"Trust us. Honesty is our business."
-- Sincerely, the 'Spooks'.
How about frikkin' laserbeams!
I want to shoot an intruder, not highlight their PowerPoint presentation...
WRONG!
I preface my statement "In Soviet America..." The reality is that the Republican Party is the de facto Government annex of Fox News!
I am not engaging in Hyperbole. Corporations in cartel - such as Murdoch's - OWN both parties, and their candidates. Fox hires R's, outright. When it comes to agendas Mudoch calls the tune - not craven politicos.
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=19&media_outlet_id=2
The link is from FAIR. If you want a real and CUTTING critique of media failure in bias, method and funding? Go to FAIR. They slice through the NPR corporate/military stooge agenda, just as surely as they do Fox's.
Why doesn't one of these Super Heroes use their REAL power, and trap their opponent under the "Cone of Dorkdom"?
Captain Sticky! To the StickyMobile!
Off to the Super Hero Retirement Home in the sky...
http://jamesewelch.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/san-diego-super-heroes/
I'm putting a GUN on mine!
I hope the kids don't come home early, oe wake up to pee.
This has to be one of the topics that Ballmer privately tweets.
Look, when he's sending updates to buddies about his adventures in Phucket and Pattapong, he really doesn't want YOUR attention, does he?
Glasgow? Yeah, and Newcastle. You're right about tipping the scales. Hell. I've seen 'em tip down a few extra in Swansea.
Now that's Celtic United!
What we need are alcohol consumption heat maps of various countries. You could break this down to county/district level.
What a point of pride it could be!
Heh.
This proposal is like relegating the whole stack to a newsgroup-level of relevance.
Farewell, United Snakes of America...
#1 More than 42 million Americans were on food stamps during the month of August. That is a new all-time record, and that number is 17 percent higher than it was one year earlier. In fact, the number of Americans on food stamps is up more than 58 percent since August 2007.
#2 The number of "persons not in the labor force" in the United States has set another new all-time record. The United States has not had such an extended bout of mass unemployment since the Great Depression. The "official" unemployment rate in the United States has been at nine and a half percent or above for 14 consecutive months.
#3 More than 1000 people now live in the 200 miles of flood tunnels that exist under the city of Las Vegas. Once one of the most prosperous cities in the United States, Las Vegas is now little more than a shiny, glittering corpse that it rapidly decaying.
#4 Poverty is absolutely exploding and it is hitting those who are the most vulnerable the hardest. According to one recent study, approximately 21 percent of all children in the United States are living below the poverty line in 2010.
#5 In the past 60 days alone, the price of cotton is up 54%, the price of corn is up 29%, the price of soybeans is up 22%, the price of orange juice is up 17%, and the price of sugar is up 51%.
#6 One out of every six Americans is now enrolled in at least one anti-poverty program run by the federal government.
#7 The American Bankruptcy Institute says that there will be about 1.6 million consumer bankruptcies in 2010. That would represent a huge increase over 2009.
#8 According to one recent survey, 28% of all U.S. households have at least one member that is looking for a full-time job.
#9 The individual U.S. states are mostly flat broke. For example, it is being reported that the 15 largest U.S. states spent on average over 220% of their tax receipts over the past decade. Clearly this is not even close to sustainable.
#10 The U.S. government is completely and totally broke. After analyzing Congressional Budget Office data, Boston University economics professor Laurence J. Kotlikoff concluded that the U.S. government is facing a "fiscal gap" of $202 trillion dollars.
#11 In an attempt to keep our financial system solvent, the U.S. Federal Reserve has announced plans to create $600 billion out of thin air and pump it into the U.S. economy. The Fed is calling this "quantitative easing", but what they should really be calling it is "cheating, debasing and inflating".
#12 Many of the major trading partners of the United States are expressing deep resentment regarding the new quantitative easing policy announced by the Fed. Ambrose Evans-Pritchard recently described the growing animosity this way....
Li Deshui from Beijing's Economic Commission said a string of Asian states share China's "deep bitterness" over dollar debasement, and are examining ways of teaming up to insulate themselves from the tsunami of US liquidity.
#13 For many analysts, the economic collapse of the United States comes down to cold, hard math. For example, the former CEO of the tenth largest bank in the United States says that it is a "mathematical certainty" that the U.S. government will eventually go bankrupt.
#14 According to a recent article on CNBC, the financial world is already buzzing about QE3....
Your brainwashing is now complete, Unit 23665.
"The experiment created temperatures a million times hotter than the centre of the Sun."
They cloned JLo's arse?
"If I had a hammer..."
How can this fail, when it is the equivalent of nailing a "Nielsen Box" to the user's forehead?
Hey! Why browse spy sites? You can deeply integrate surveillance and intrusive tracking experiences in your browser itself!
Never have that "I'm all alone" feeling, ever again.