What the gubmint's been up to

[skreidle]

On the one hand: Pittsburgh International could become the nation's first major airport to get the OK to abandon the post-September 11 rule that says only ticketed passengers are allowed past security checkpoints. (via deusinnomen)

On the other hand: Legality of government protecting "state secrets" based on government lies 50 years ago. (Long article/story, but worth the read.) (via learath)

And how about this? Via djkangal, US Preparing for Military Draft in Spring 2005. (Actually, that's not new news, it's just a variation on the "required military service" link I posted a little while ago. It does, however, add that higher education is no longer a shelter, and that college students could only delay service by a semester or two.)

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On a lighter note: An ironic Google search. (via vinz_klortho)

Egad! From a Conversatron thread: When a low-margin winery loves a target demographic very very much...

Comments

Pittsburgh Airport...

[my2perfectday.livejournal.com]

I'm from Pittsburgh and my parents still live there... and when I went to visit them recently, they asked my mom if she wanted to come with me to the gate, for no real reason. It's the third time that they've given the person I'm with a gate pass for no reason (the other two times it was my husband.) All 3 times I was flying USAirways, too. I wonder if that's their way of testing it now?

Re: Pittsburgh Airport...

[skreidle.livejournal.com]

Testing the waters of terror at the gate! *nod nod*