January 25, 2011
— Open Blogger Jesse Ventura -- Navy UDT vet, pro wrestler, X-Files guest star, one-time governor, 9/11 truther, and reality show host -- is using his visibility and wackiness for good:
Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura sued the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration on Monday, alleging full-body scans and pat-downs at airport checkpoints violate his right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. . . .According to the lawsuit, Ventura received a hip replacement in 2008, and since then, his titanium implant has set off metal detectors at airport security checkpoints. The lawsuit said that prior to last November officials had used a non-invasive hand-held wand to scan his body as a secondary security measure.
But when Ventura set off the metal detector in November, he was instead subjected to a body pat-down and was not given the option of a scan with a hand-held wand or an exemption for being a frequent traveler, the lawsuit said.
The lawsuit said the pat-down "exposed him to humiliation and degradation through unwanted touching, gripping and rubbing of the intimate areas of his body."
It claims that under TSA's policy, Ventura will be required to either go through a full-body scanner or submit to a pat-down every time he travels because he will always set off the metal detector.
Great photo of the one-time Man In Black at the link. Hat tip to the Daily Caller morning e-mail. ..fritz..
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Posted by: Pecos Bill at January 25, 2011 06:21 AM (j84s0)
He's a troofer, you know.
That's an essential qualification to host a show called Conspiracy Theories.
Posted by: FireHorse at January 25, 2011 06:21 AM (sWynj)
Posted by: Ben at January 25, 2011 06:24 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: joncelli at January 25, 2011 06:24 AM (RD7QR)
Building Seven.
Building Seven was taken down by controlled demolition.
By space aliens.
Who were Masons.
Working for Halliburton.
Posted by: FireHorse at January 25, 2011 06:26 AM (sWynj)
Good morning, M&M's! It took me almost two hours to complete my normally 30min commute this morning. I don't know when NH drivers stopped understanding how to drive in deceptively light snow conditions, but it has to have been in the last ten years or so. In a less than mile long stretch I saw three vehicles off the road and in the snowbank in the median that divides I93. And that's after the two accidents I passed just a couple miles further up the road.
It's really very simple. When the snow is light, that means the roads are SLIPPERY. Four wheel drive does not make you indestructible. Why don't people seem to remember that?
Anyway, back on topic. GO JESSE! Jesse Ventura normally pisses me off, as Truthers are wont to do, but in this he and I agree. Have at 'em, Jesse!
Posted by: MWR at January 25, 2011 06:30 AM (4df7R)
I spent 5 minutes with google and found lots of photos of identifiable aircraft debris. It was his turn to be gobsmacked.
Posted by: toby928™ at January 25, 2011 06:30 AM (S5YRY)
maybe he should change his moniker to Jesse "the Junk". I'm suprised he didn't just use his size and loud voice to intimidate the gate agents. that seems to be his fall back in any argument when he is losing.
Posted by: mark c at January 25, 2011 06:31 AM (SBIko)
Posted by: harrison at January 25, 2011 06:31 AM (LnEx0)
He's a HUGE fan of Barry's, and hates Boosh with the heat of a thousand suns. He was stunned to learn all of the above from D'oh this weekend.
My comment was, where the hell has he been all this time, under a rock? Jeebus.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 25, 2011 06:35 AM (UOM48)
You forgot Sonny Landham, who got killed by a predator and had unsuccessful runs for governor and senator in Kentucky.
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at January 25, 2011 06:38 AM (iBaup)
Hmm, Arnold: blows up the predator, gets elected governor of California. Jesse: gets blowed up by the predator, gets elected governor of Minnesota. Carl Weathers: beats up Stallone, gets killed by a predator.
Also: Predator kills Carl Weathers; Adam Sandler kills Carl Weathers; Adam Sandler = Predator.
Arnold blows up Adam Sandler; Bob Barker beats down Adam Sandler; Arnold = Bob Barker.
Bob Barker blew up the Predator, so he knows about explosives. Bob Barker's catch phrase was come on down! so whatever was brought down was taken down, quite deliberately, on his command.
Posted by: FireHorse at January 25, 2011 06:38 AM (sWynj)
I should add that Jesse Ventura did have one good idea in his life.
He suggested politicians wear uniforms like NASCAR racers do. Obviously it would be covered with patches of companies and unions which "sponsor" the politician.
Posted by: Ben at January 25, 2011 06:38 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at January 25, 2011 06:39 AM (VmAoa)
15 My windows rattled when the fuselage blew up. You could smell the burnt fuel for a full week. My neighbor saw the plane flying low over 395 and so did many others.; I could have too except I was looking at the tv and not out the window. And they compare this idiocy to the birth certificate? One you see, one you don't.
BTW, hundreds of thousands on the mall for life yesterday. Did you see the coverage?
Posted by: dagny at January 25, 2011 06:39 AM (UwFY0)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 25, 2011 06:42 AM (A/oSU)
Posted by: dagny at January 25, 2011 06:42 AM (UwFY0)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 25, 2011 06:43 AM (UOM48)
Regardless of that, he's right. I'm supposed to be secure in my person and affects (yep, that means baggage scans, too, are violations of the 4th amendment) from unreasonable search and seizure and no writ should issue except on probable cause.
What part of "I'm flying from DFW to Grand Rapids" is probable cause?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at January 25, 2011 06:46 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 25, 2011 10:35 AM (UOM4
I tell you what, we shouldn't be afraid of recycling old stuff from the 2008 campaign because either people didn't hear it or they had their fingers in their ears.
Posted by: AmishDude at January 25, 2011 06:48 AM (T0NGe)
Wait, I thought reality shows were bad.
Posted by: Trish at work at January 25, 2011 06:48 AM (58QmI)
Posted by: TSA Groper at January 25, 2011 06:48 AM (GwPRU)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at January 25, 2011 10:46 AM (8y9MW)
Grand Rapids? Michigan?
Come with me, sir.
Posted by: TSA officer who finds anyone going TO Michigan mighty suspicious at January 25, 2011 06:49 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: mark c at January 25, 2011 06:50 AM (SBIko)
Man... aren't I glad I didn't say Detroit...
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at January 25, 2011 06:50 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 25, 2011 06:51 AM (f9c2L)
Man... aren't I glad I didn't say Detroit...
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at January 25, 2011 10:50 AM (8y9MW)
Come on Girls... nothing to see here...
Posted by: Dr. Detroit at January 25, 2011 06:52 AM (AdK6a)
Posted by: mark c at January 25, 2011 10:50 AM (SBIko)
...
I was going to try to come up with a witty rejoinder, but I've got nothin'. That comment says it all, really.
Posted by: MWR at January 25, 2011 06:52 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at January 25, 2011 10:50 AM (8y9MW)
As long as it's a layover, sir. As long as it's a layover.Posted by: TSA officer who finds anyone going TO Michigan mighty suspicious at January 25, 2011 06:52 AM (T0NGe)
That Jesse "The Body" Ventura has a bigger megaphone than a normal schlub from Des Moines?
He's not exactly "the voice" of reason. He's more like a part of the chorus of reason.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at January 25, 2011 06:52 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at January 25, 2011 10:50 AM (8y9MW)
Or *shudder* FLINT.
Posted by: MWR at January 25, 2011 06:52 AM (4df7R)
It's easy to forget when you have the HQ on speed-dial that people who actually rely on the MFM (or worse, Jon Stewart) for news don't know all this dirt about Barry. That's part of why he's above 50% approval again.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2011 06:53 AM (p05LM)
Boehner's sotu guests? Students, parents & teachers in D.C. school choice program opposed by Dems.
DIVISIVIST!!!
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 25, 2011 06:53 AM (B+qrE)
After Obamacare, all Doctors will be "Dr. Detroit" if you know what I mean.
Posted by: AmishDude at January 25, 2011 06:53 AM (T0NGe)
It's nice to know that the first thing you do upon arrival 2 hours late to work is log into AoSHQ!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 25, 2011 06:53 AM (f9c2L)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 25, 2011 06:53 AM (UOM48)
Speaking of... Why does Flint even have a national airport? Aren't they basically a suburb of Detroit? I know they're really close together (of course, I live in Texas, so anything less than an hour apart is "really close together").
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at January 25, 2011 06:54 AM (8y9MW)
I'm sure you're a bit confused, but I'm a normal schlub from Ames, I just fly out of Des Moines.
Posted by: AmishDude at January 25, 2011 06:54 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: Minnie Rodent at January 25, 2011 06:55 AM (PZLW0)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 25, 2011 10:53 AM (f9c2L)
LOL! true! Though to be fair, it's not the first thing. I had emails to respond to, webpages to update and double-check, and phone calls to return. Then I thought I'd hop on and vent here at the HQ while I'm between tasks. *looks mournfully at stack of To Dos* Which I'd better be getting back to. *sigh*
Posted by: MWR at January 25, 2011 06:56 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: dagny at January 25, 2011 10:42 AM (UwFY0)
SchadenBoehner
Posted by: AmishDude at January 25, 2011 06:56 AM (T0NGe)
Wonder if the Panthers get special treatment from the TSA?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 25, 2011 06:56 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: joncelli at January 25, 2011 06:56 AM (RD7QR)
From what I heard on the news this morning, they don't know for sure, but they do suspect "Islamic Terrorist Separatists" from... Chechnya? Something like that.
That's another aside: Why is it that the news media is willing to say "Islamic Terror" when it happens in Europe or Asia, but the moment it happens in America they suddenly are completely stuck for an explanation?
I mean, I'd get it if they never admitted it existed at all, but it's like they're trying to pretend that Islamic Terrorism is something that only happens "over there" and that the borders of the US are some kind of magical defense against terrorists.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at January 25, 2011 06:57 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: dagny at January 25, 2011 06:57 AM (UwFY0)
Posted by: curious at January 25, 2011 06:57 AM (p302b)
Sounds like my day! Someone's actually been testing my software and I got a list of bugs!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 25, 2011 06:58 AM (f9c2L)
Actually, I just like saying "Des Moines," so I tend to use it as my more-or-less "random flyover country" location.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at January 25, 2011 06:59 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: andycanuck at January 25, 2011 06:59 AM (2rOwc)
Posted by: joncelli at January 25, 2011 10:56 AM (RD7QR)
Yeah, Pooty's been playing a dangerous game of Chess in the mid East... He has not really supported us against the Islamists, using them to keep us distracted and waste a lot of our wealth and power Combating long term insurgencies (somthing he knows about from the Sovs in Afgan)...
It will be interesting to see if his long term strategy changes after this LATEST Terrorist attack on Russia (there have been a lot of others remember).
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 25, 2011 06:59 AM (AdK6a)
What, Detroit decided that visitors were being too inconvenienced actually to drive into Flint to get mugged, so they're just diverting traffic there to be more efficient?
Actually, I guess your explanation makes sense, but I just can't imagine both of those airports actually turning a profit.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at January 25, 2011 07:01 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at January 25, 2011 07:01 AM (L5eTO)
Speaking of... Why does Flint even have a national airport? Aren't they basically a suburb of Detroit? I know they're really close together (of course, I live in Texas, so anything less than an hour apart is "really close together").
The same reason Johnstown PA, John Murtha's old stomping grounds, has an airport?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at January 25, 2011 07:01 AM (9hSKh)
It will be interesting to see if his long term strategy changes after this LATEST Terrorist attack on Russia (there have been a lot of others remember).
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 25, 2011 10:59 AM (AdK6a)
Probably not very much at all. The Russians don't have much of a problem with summary executions, so they can afford to "swat at flies" (as W is reported to have said) more than we can.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at January 25, 2011 07:02 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: some dope at January 25, 2011 07:03 AM (BZEkR)
Okay all, back to work for me. May I make a request? Can we create a "Top Ten Things To Do Instead of Watching Barry's SOTU Show?" Because I need ideas. Badly.
Also, Allen:
but I just can't imagine both of those airports actually turning a profit.
To which Michigan responds, "What the hell is a PROFIT? Sounds Islamophobic."
Posted by: MWR at January 25, 2011 07:03 AM (4df7R)
Some Pol was so desperate for votes they had to bribe Flint, MI? Okay, that's sad.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at January 25, 2011 07:03 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: curious at January 25, 2011 07:05 AM (p302b)
You mean "Brian" trolling?
Can't figure him out. I guess he's just a cantankerous, lonely loser.
Posted by: Y-not at January 25, 2011 07:06 AM (pW2o8)
Can we create a "Top Ten Things To Do Instead of Watching Barry's SOTU Show?" Because I need ideas.
Off the top of my head -- read, sleep, play Tetris on the computer, use your cable company's on-demand feature to watch (or re-watch) last night's episode of Pretty Little Liars, spend some quality time with your pets, pay bills, do laundry, ...
Posted by: FireHorse at January 25, 2011 07:09 AM (sWynj)
Posted by: SnowSoul at January 25, 2011 07:11 AM (7kgOh)
Posted by: curious at January 25, 2011 10:57 AM (p302b)
I do not understand how these parents can do this. They're being used as political props because of the death of their child. Maybe it's just me, but I could not do that.
Posted by: Tami at January 25, 2011 07:11 AM (VuLos)
I speak from experience. Long before the scanners came on the scene, I was asked - three separate occasions, and counting - to accompany two TSA men into a nearby room and to lower my pants, to show them the scar from the surgery.
Good times . . .
Posted by: Everyman at January 25, 2011 07:12 AM (UlO1I)
snore .
Posted by: toby928™ at January 25, 2011 11:10 AM (S5YRY)
Stand up and yell, "Abe Vigoda is still alive." Then sit down.
Posted by: Tami at January 25, 2011 07:12 AM (VuLos)
It's not you, it's being discussed by NYC libs in elevators and around the coffee machine and in employee lounges. Even they are horrified so that should tell you a lot.
Posted by: curious at January 25, 2011 07:13 AM (p302b)
Checking on Google Maps, Flint is actually decently outside of the Detroit metro area - it looks like more distance than there is between the Orlando and Sanford international airports here in FL, for instance. And back in the 50s and 60s when GM was going full tilt in Flint they probably could justify the capacity, although I really doubt that's been true for a while.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2011 07:15 AM (p05LM)
Nice. I had to fake a coughing episode to stifle.
The really bad thing is that the meeting is taking place in the room where we used to sleep through mandatory safety films.
The room now has Pavlovian narcoleptic properties to9 me.
Posted by: toby928™ at January 25, 2011 07:18 AM (S5YRY)
my wife has class tonight, so I for one, am planning to spend quality time with out son (read as play Halo Reach on the 360 with him )
Posted by: mrfixit at January 25, 2011 07:19 AM (X6YMj)
>> I do not understand how these parents can do this.
People can do a lot worse (cf. new thread).
>> They're being used as political props because of the death of their child.
Yes and no; my take is more on the no side. As head of government, the president will be a political creature for much of tonight -- but as head of state, he can show the parents that the nation shares their ordeal and grief. It's a gesture, and I'd like to think it's comforting for them.
(But modertaion is the key with something like this. Recognition during the SOTU is one thing. Making them celebrities is another.)
Posted by: FireHorse at January 25, 2011 07:20 AM (sWynj)
Ted Williams -- the homeless man with the "Golden Voice" -- has left rehab against medical advice, less than two weeks after checking in for drug and alcohol dependency ... TMZ has learned.
Our sources say Ted -- who decided to go to rehab earlier this month after a taping of the Dr. Phil show -- left the Origins Recovery Center in South Texas moments ago and is on his way to the airport.
Ted's girlfriend is currently in rehab at the Safe Harbor facility in Costa Mesa, California.
Posted by: Tami at January 25, 2011 07:21 AM (VuLos)
I dunno, how about this:
A Catholic Priest, a Rabbi, and a Mullah walk into a bar. You really would have thought the Rabbi or at least the Mullah would have ducked.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at January 25, 2011 07:22 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: joncelli at January 25, 2011 07:23 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Abdominal Snowman at January 25, 2011 07:24 AM (2CcxA)
Ted Williams -- the homeless man with the "Golden Voice" -- has left rehab against medical advice, less than two weeks after checking in for drug and alcohol dependency ... TMZ has learned.
Our sources say Ted -- who decided to go to rehab earlier this month after a taping of the Dr. Phil show -- left the Origins Recovery Center in South Texas moments ago and is on his way to the airport.
Ted's girlfriend is currently in rehab at the Safe Harbor facility in Costa Mesa, California.
Posted by: Tami at January 25, 2011 11:21 AM (VuLos)
Will anybody, other than the dimwits in the salad tossing media be surprised when this fuckhead goes completely down the toilet again?
Posted by: Captain Hate at January 25, 2011 07:24 AM (olKiY)
Yes and no; my take is more on the no side. As head of government, the president will be a political creature for much of tonight -- but as head of state, he can show the parents that the nation shares their ordeal and grief. It's a gesture, and I'd like to think it's comforting for them.
(But modertaion is the key with something like this. Recognition during the SOTU is one thing. Making them celebrities is another.)
Posted by: FireHorse at January 25, 2011 11:20 AM (sWynj)
Sorry....I disagree. Children are killed by crazies all year long. This child happened to be killed while a crazy was trying to kill a sitting D congresswoman. I would assume that the parents know the nation shares their grief without parading them around at the SOTU. Will the family of the murdered judge be there too?
I may be alone in this but I find it tacky on everyone's part.
Posted by: Tami at January 25, 2011 07:28 AM (VuLos)
Man, I'm sitting in the most boring weekly status meeting possible.
Take out your flask (I assume you bring a flask to these meetings) and interrupt the person who's speaking right now. Go up to him and say "Get in the flask!"
Posted by: FireHorse at January 25, 2011 07:30 AM (sWynj)
I may be alone in this but I find it tacky on everyone's part.
Posted by: Tami at January 25, 2011 11:28 AM (VuLos)
You're not; this is ghoulish and the parents are being witless simpletons
Posted by: Captain Hate at January 25, 2011 07:31 AM (olKiY)
I may be alone in this but I find it tacky on everyone's part.
I may end up agreeing with you after tonight. We'll see what Obama has to say on the matter.
Posted by: FireHorse at January 25, 2011 07:32 AM (sWynj)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 25, 2011 07:34 AM (UOM48)
Generations of filthy Scandi inbreeding.
Posted by: Barbarian at January 25, 2011 07:48 AM (EL+OC)
blah blah physician input blah blah
Pay attention, Toby! Physician input can be lethal.
(Well, for certain types of actresses in Germany, it can be.)
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You left out "football color commentator" from you bio.
Posted by: He Hate Me at January 25, 2011 06:20 AM (sWynj)