June 18, 2013

Wounded Marine Forced to Remove Prosthetic Legs at Airport Security Checkpoint (Video)

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*The United States Military puts it all on the line for us every single day. They have made the selfless decision to put themselves in harm’s way for us, yet they return home from war to disrespect? The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) are denying claims that they made a marine remove his prosthetic legs at [...]




Entire Family Injured by Airport Sign, One Child Dies

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*Recently, some of the worst disasters during family vacations have occurred, but none of them were as uncontrollable and bizarre as the latest tragic incident at a local airport. According to the Huffington Post, a 300-pound flight information sign at the newly renovated Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Birmingham, Alabama, fell on Heather Bresette and three [...]




Oregon Man Wins Right to Strip Naked in Protest of TSA

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*The Transportation Security Administration has been under fire for groping and violating folks’ privacy. It’s getting so bad, T&A, oops! I mean TSA will be getting sued as regularly as they’re committing the offenses. But for now, some are taking another route to protest the actions of the TSA. According to Yahoo! News, an Oregon [...]




The Day I Walked Through Airport Security Naked

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*We all heard the story of a woman stripping down to absolutely nothing in a Denver airport, right? Well, if you haven’t you can read it here. Done reading? Can you believe this woman was taken to a hospital and not arrested on sight. EURweb columnist Dr. Boyce Watkins can’t believe it either. And he [...]




Lupe Fiasco Handcuffed at LAX Airport

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*Rapper Lupe Fiasco is calling out authorities at Los Angeles International Airport after he was handcuffed and questioned about his carry-on luggage on Thursday. The artist, real name Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, was preparing to catch a flight to Rhode Island when he was stopped by security guards who sweated him over a piece of technical [...]




US Airways (Racist?) Double Standard: White Man in Women’s Underwear Let on Plane

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*WTFraggle nackle bull crapple is this! This white man in woman’s panties can fly on US Airways and the black college football player with sagging pajama pants couldn’t?! This guy looks like a freak of the week if I ever saw one!  This is absolutely ridiculous! So, class, can anyone tell me why the white [...]




The Game is Stuck in Canada

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*It seems like you only hear about this kind of thing in Disney movies, but West Coast rapper, The Game is stuck in Canada. According to his tweets, he got caught in customs while crossing the border for a show. He claims to have been misled by promoters. Just before being detained, he posted on [...]




Montel Williams’ Pot Pipe Got Him Busted at Airport

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*Even though he’s a former talk show host and overall not exactly what you’d think of as a drugger, per se … but Montel Williams has been busted again. This time Williams, who’s also a marijuana activist, was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee. The Milwaukee County sheriff’s [...]




Video: Woman in Wheelchair Strips for TSA

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*The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has a lot of people leery and up in arms over their procedures, except a handicapped woman who wants as little trouble in airport security as possible. To avoid the drama, she somehow stripped down to her bra and panties in her wheelchair and sat her dog in her lap. Interesting [...]




Rapper Petey Pablo Busted at Raleigh, NC Airport

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*Remember rapper Petey Pablo? While you wrack your brain on that, also keep in mind that today is 9/11 when you read the rest of this story. OK, here we go. Authorities at Raleigh-Durham Int’l Airport say the rapper was arrested on gun charges. Airport spokeswoman Mindy Hamlin says Pablo, 37 – whose real name [...]




Man Found with 18 Monkeys Hidden on Him in Airport

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*Some people will go through hell or high water…or the airport to have an exotic pet.  Roberto Sol Cabrera Zavaleta, 38, was shaking in his boots when he was discovered in a Mexican airport with monkeys under his clothing. He said he paid for the monkeys, but he immediately started sweating the moment authorities asked him, “What are [...]




The Journal of Steffanie Rivers: New Orleans Jazz Festival

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*I’ve never met anyone who attended the New Orleans Jazz Festival and didn’t have great things to say about their experience. On the gulf coast the city is known as the mecca of good music and great food, thus the name the Big Easy. And that’s a combination I rarely pass up. As an airline [...]