Mitt Romney snagged a double-digit victory in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday. The win came only days after his success in Iowa, making him the first non-incumbent Republican presidential candidate to win both states in a row. He grabbed 39% of the vote, 16 points ahead of the closest challenger, Ron Paul. Even though he won, nobody’s surprised. Romney is from Massachusetts, which borders New Hampshire, and many considered him the automatic winner in most New England states.  Now, everyone is talking about what is going to happen in the South Carolina primary coming up this week. People are also talking about Mitt’s hair, which is supposedly perfectly presidential, and just meant to be in the White House. Ok… Read More »

Even Kim Kardashian is subjected to an airport grope sesh.

How many times have you experienced the following? You wait in line, you take your off shoes, coat and jewelry. Prance through the metal detector and then proceed to get a pat down.

If you have to fly to school, then probably dozens.

A combination of pat downs and full body scanners have gotten people in a serious tizzy. It seems everyone from students to celebrities like Khloe Kardashian have complained. The reality star even went as far as describing airport security as “being raped in public.”  I’d personally rather get pat down a bit aggressively than have to worry about non-thorough security, but the jury as a whole is really out on this one.

I thought the fuss had all died down and then I read this. Turns out a woman, unhappy with the security procedures, was hoping to give the TSA attendant a little taste of their own medicine. After grabbing the agent’s breast  she was charged with sexual assault. Yes, she deserved a punishment as grabbing someone’s boobs is totally not cool and pretty offensive, but it got me thinking nonetheless… Read More »

While many of us were opening presents and eating mom’s homemade breakfast in our Christmas pajamas on December 25th, there were some people out there who were just not feelin’ the Christmas spirit.

Like, I don’t know, the man who attempted to blow up a Northwest flight from Amsterdam to Detroit?

That’s right. Nine years after September 11^th we have yet another man somehow successfully sneaking an explosive past airport security.

Apparently, Umar Farouk Abdulmatullab tried to blow up the plane with a chemical compound and a syringe that he had sewn into his underwear. He ignited the explosives, effectively burning his legs and an itchy NWA blanket, and was then subdued by a passenger sitting nearby.

There are so many things wrong with this situation we really don’t know where to start.

First of all, the fact that this incident happened at all is terrible and extremely disappointing. Just when we’re finally feeling safe, some hateful, misinformed extremist goes and ruins it for the rest of us. Do I feel comfortable getting on a plane again? Hell no. Is this one man’s actions fair to the many people of Nigerian descent who will now be profiled in this country? Absolutely not. Read More »

A woman trying to catch her plane home from Los Angeles to Texas was recently forced to remove her nipple rings to board the plane.

There are so many things wrong with this.

First of all, why are nipple rings setting off the alarm? I understand that the TSA has to be thorough (and I’m glad they are, even if they always put my very semitic father in the terrorist box before boarding a plane…but that’s another issue), but my understanding of this is that they are sensitive to people having metal on or in their bodies than cannot be removed. Yes, a nipple ring is a superfluous example, but there are lots of people who had surgeries that caused their cyborgness. And they have to take planes too.

My next issue with this is that they actually made her remove it. In the airport. WITH PLIARS. So completely dangerous to this woman’s health. Removing piercings in an unsanitary place is just asking for trouble, and a nipple piercing where the skin might have grown around the piercing? It makes me squeamish just thinking about it.

And the humilation! Oh my God. Why did they need her to do such a humiliating thing in public? And according to the article, like the jerkoffs that they are, the male agents who made her do this in the first place were laughing at her. These are people who are supposed to be maintaining public safety. It sounds like they’re more interested in being sadistic assholes.

I hope she sues their asses off.

And I hope her new nipple piercings aren’t too painful.