Not crazy, imagine your stuck in a not high end job and constantly see expensive wares pass through your eyes.
Not that much to get tempted and swipe them.
TSA officers accused of stealing from passengers
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Re: TSA officers accused of stealing from passengers
#42TSA has caught 0 terrorists, meanwhile hundreds of TSA agents have been arrested. The entire thing is a complete disaster and failure.
> TSA has caught 0 terrorists Where do you get these statistics? Is it a fact or a personal opinion?
The TSA has been in existence for more than 20 years now. Can you find a single case where a terrorist has been convicted as a result of the actions of the TSA?
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#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
At the time the TSA was hired the majority of workers had previously been airport security which is was low-skill/low-pay job. When Bush Jr established the TSA, those same people were federalized. Meaning Federal pay, benefits, retirement, etc for the same low skill level. They haven't improved much since then. The organization has essentially made Security Theater an event with audience participation. Yet they routi…
What’s their failure rate for detecting liquids over 3 oz?
50:50 maybe. I made it through with a 10oz can of Zippo lighter fluid once. Didn’t realize it till I got home from the airport.
Re: TSA officers accused of stealing from passengers
#44TSA has caught 0 terrorists, meanwhile hundreds of TSA agents have been arrested. The entire thing is a complete disaster and failure.
The TSA is a welfare program for veterans. However, this is America, so we can't just give people money because something something socialism, so we have to give them pretend make-work.
The military is a welfare program for rural America - both via employing/housing/feeding hordes of poorly educated young white men as rank and file, but also employing all the people in the civilian sector who work for companies feeding the military's massive supply chain.
We don't have a draft because we don't quite need one; we just force people into poverty and leave the military as the only escape route.
If we had functioning social service programs, young men and women wouldn't enlist, and we wouldn't have enough "volunteers."
Actual social services are buried in endless red tape, regulations, restrictions, and endless challenges and demands to justify their existence....while the Pentagon will probably never pass an audit and is essentially an open fire hose where one can just say "JERBS!" and everyone is happy.
The farm bill is nearly as bad.
And guess who screams the loudest when coastal states want money for help with public transit, housing, etc? Rural America, which sucks from the teat the hardest.
And guess who the biggest single polluter / largest carbon generator in the world is?
The US military.
Re: TSA officers accused of stealing from passengers
#45TSA has caught 0 terrorists, meanwhile hundreds of TSA agents have been arrested. The entire thing is a complete disaster and failure.
Dont you think that means its actually working?
Re: TSA officers accused of stealing from passengers
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sure, but that's not a "water is wet" thing. It's not like only 1 in 1000 water molecules are wet.
Due to the way surface tension works, many fewer than 1 in 1000 water molecules are wet. There’s a kids science experiment where you coat your hand in the right powder, dip it in water, and it comes out dry. I can’t find a link to it though.
Errr, what's the definition of "wet" that you are using?
Isn't the common definition of "wet" that it has water on it?
So, by that definition... 100% of water molecules would be "wet".
Re: TSA officers accused of stealing from passengers
#47TSA has caught 0 terrorists, meanwhile hundreds of TSA agents have been arrested. The entire thing is a complete disaster and failure.
Or is it proof of how well the TSA works in scaring off terrorists? On a completely different note, I have tiger repellent for sale. I can prove it works extremely well in that I have not once seen a tiger loose anywhere around me.
Re: TSA officers accused of stealing from passengers
#48TSA has caught 0 terrorists, meanwhile hundreds of TSA agents have been arrested. The entire thing is a complete disaster and failure.
Dont you think that means its actually working?
The TSA is 95% ineffective when they are tested with simulations of real threats. They are not doing anything.
Re: TSA officers accused of stealing from passengers
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
The TSA is a welfare program for veterans. However, this is America, so we can't just give people money because something something socialism, so we have to give them pretend make-work.
The military is a welfare program for rural America - both via employing/housing/feeding hordes of poorly educated young white men as rank and file, but also employing all the people in the civilian sector who work for companies feeding the military's massive supply chain. We don't have a draft because we don't quite need one; we just force people into poverty and leave the military as the only escape route. If we ha…
We don’t have a draft because we’re not in a major conflict, no?
Re: TSA officers accused of stealing from passengers
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
Dont you think that means its actually working?
The TSA is 95% ineffective when they are tested with simulations of real threats. They are not doing anything.
How is that possible?
The metal detectors and millimeter scanners are real at the very least, so I’d expect most weapons to be caught.