TSA Saves Public From Air Pirates!
Not the terrorist kind. The 17th-century kind.
Bureaucracy
Siberian Tax Collectors Reportedly Holding Cats Hostage
Well, this may be a new low, even for Siberian tax collectors. The Itar-TASS news agency (via the BBC) reported in August that cотрудники Томского управления Федеральной службы судебных приставов, не найдя у должницы другого имущества, наложили арест на четырех…
TSA Confiscates Ray-Gun-Shaped Belt Buckle
As I've said before, we can't just assume everyone at the TSA is an idiot and/or a petty bureaucrat drunk on his or her semi-power. This story confirms that. It suggests that only 40 to 80 percent of them are….
You’re Paying for a Nazi’s Retirement [or Are You?]
Well, that headline isn't entirely accurate. You paid dozens of Nazis and you're still paying at least four of them. According to the Associated Press, "[d]ozens of suspected Nazi war criminals and SS guards collected millions of dollars in U.S. Social Security…
Okay, Somebody Did Survive Being Sucked Into a Jet Engine
Folks, I am sticking by my conclusion that the medical profession really does not need a billing code to indicate a second office visit by a patient whose complaint is that he was sucked into a jet engine. See “Injury Code V97.33XD:…
Injury Code V97.33XD: Sucked Into Jet Engine (Subsequent Encounter)
Yep, there’s a code for that.
TSA Finds It Correctly Punished Naked Protester
An expected development.
Drunk Successfully Gropes Two While Posing as TSA Agent
Clown Week continues.
Sign Installer Cited for Violating Rule on the Sign He Was Installing
“I didn’t know what to say,” said Dan Greding about his reaction to getting a ticket for being parked longer than 75 minutes, which according to the signs he was installing at the time was the maximum time limit for…
TSA Turns Away Mute Stroke Victim
KABC in Los Angeles reported on April 5 that our heroes in the TSA had successfully prevented another innocent disabled person from flying. This time it was a stroke victim in a wheelchair who couldn’t answer questions about her expired…