US Politics January 2019: we are #ready to drop something much, much bigger

the very real possibility of some sort of disruptive labor revolt in the TSA

oh no, not... not the TSA

i do enjoy the thought of mass industrial action by one of the most chud-friendly parts of the us government, tho

TSA is not ICE. Security is often stupid and lame and frustrating, but they're just modestly paid workers doing their thing. However, as currently arranged airports can't operate without them.

the TSA thing pretty significantly contradicts Trump's "national security first" reasons for the shutdown

Pence is constantly thinking of all the amateur gyno exams he could be doing.

New party, who dis? https://t.co/2cznisv8tB

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 11, 2019

Ha.

xpost Well, they haven't stopped working yet! Historically Trump has no problem not paying people.

the TSA thing pretty significantly contradicts Trump's "national security first" reasons for the shutdown

But the only thing preventing govt from reopening is Democrats so clearly it is them who aren't concerned about national security

Pence is constantly thinking of all the amateur gyno exams he could be doing.

― Yerac, Friday, 11 January 2019

Rumour mill says something completely different, LOL

Pence is constantly thinking of all the gyros he could be eating.

He is ultra focused on the female devil's triangle.

(Let's not forget that one of his many terrible acts was signing off on legislation that women must cremate or bury their miscarriage or abortion tissue. And then also throw it a Sweet 16 at the appropriate time).

All in arrier

You're just a

Nother slat in the barrier

the TSA thing pretty significantly contradicts Trump's "national security first" reasons for the shutdown

― zwei dunkel jungen (crüt), Friday, January 11, 2019 8:16 AM (sixteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

He's a downed power line whose snaps and sparks sound like words to those who need to believe that there's some degree of intention driving this thing which otherwise appears to be little more than a spasmodic instrument of grievous harm and destruction.

(love the dn, btw)

To quote Alan Moore: “None of you understand. I'm not locked up in here with YOU. You're locked up in here with ME.” 🤣 https://t.co/8TCmKNJlkD

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 11, 2019

would really appreciate a moritorium on tweets from elected officials in this thread tbh

a moratorium too

As dictator for life your request is denied. Now back to work on my monument.

2-4 inches of snow called for DC tomorrow. Let's see how that goes over with the government shutdown in effect.

2-4 inches of snow in DC is enough to shut down the government on its own

AOC jocularly quoting comic book sociopaths being the high point of my day suggests something, don't know what

The Fake News Media keeps saying we haven’t built any NEW WALL. Below is a section just completed on the Border. Anti-climbing feature included. Very high, strong and beautiful! Also, many miles already renovated and in service! pic.twitter.com/UAAGXl5Byr

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2019

it literally says 10/1/18 on the photo

not to mention it's an old fence that's been on the docket to be replaced since 2009

pic.twitter.com/Mm5Fq6ibBP

— Rob Rousseau (@robrousseau) January 11, 2019

lol

frogbs where is that particular fence (since you seem to know)?

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association has sued the federal government for forcing its members to work without pay during the government shutdown. It’s at least the third lawsuit filed by government workers since the shutdown began 21 days ago.

The air traffic controllers union is seeking a court order compelling the U.S. to account for all the wage and overtime pay to which its members are entitled and pay it. The lawsuit was filed Friday at a federal court in Washington.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-11/air-traffic-controllers-working-unpaid-sue-u-s-over-shutdown

Anti-climbing feature!

when you climb it a recording tells you that climbing is off limits

Security is often stupid and lame and frustrating, but they're just modestly paid workers doing their thing. However, as currently arranged airports can't operate without them.

As currently arranged, they're an empty theatrical performance that achieves nothing but to slow the passage of humans at transit hubs.

Dr. Charles Kupperman, Bolton's new deputy national security advisor, in the fall of 1981 on whether a nuclear war with the Soviet Union could be won. Short answer: "I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed, but.." https://t.co/vpma4x1tcT @Robert_Scheer pic.twitter.com/bbLfusMtpr

— Kingston Reif (@KingstonAReif) January 11, 2019

before I got a job at my current company 14 years ago, I was very close to being a TSA agent and got through to the final interview before I found the other job. the interviews were hard and you had to look at scans of actual bags and determine not only which bags had harmful or banned items I them, but also identify what items were harmful, and this took hours.

eventually I felt the task so impossible that I just said "fuck it" and guessed half the answers and figured "well I done fucked that up, oh well", and a week later they're all like WOW YOU DID REAL WELL ON THE EXAM, COME IN FOR AN INTERVIEW.

frogbs where is that particular fence (since you seem to know)?

Calexico, CA

yeah TSA serves no legitimate purpose other than giving the occasional asshole in cop cosplay the chance to harass a Muslim or a trans person

once I questioned the sign on a fence that said it had been painted with anti-climbing paint, and my walking companion explained that it was some kind of fancy anti-friction thingy. "Hm!" I said, and attempted to climb it to find how that worked.

Turns out it's basically tar, and I spent the first twenty minutes of dinner alternately washing my hands and scrubbing them with paper in the restaurant bathroom.

that'll learn ya

As currently arranged, they're an empty theatrical performance that achieves nothing but to slow the passage of humans at transit hubs.

Sure. But short of ending the TSA, it's an empty theatrical performance that achieves nothing but to slow the passage of humans at transit hubs that you have to live with. And if they stop working then it will just be slower.

DJT Jr accused Acosta of self-owning himself by visiting a portion of the southern border, which has fencing/etc, and noting that he didn't see any evidence of mass crossing of murderous immigrants. DJT's logic was "SEE, walls work", Acosta's retort was "so you're saying the existing security already works? guess you'll have to reopen the government".

I want to punch my laptop

why? is Trump going to mandate that ppl walk instead of flying, if the TSA aren't there?

xpost

anyone who goes to work without getting paid is a chump tbh, they should stay home

totally in favor of the whole TSA workforce coming down with something for the duration of the shutdown

Denis Franz will man the gates

headline on the washington post

"‘Inmates ... know we aren’t getting paid’: Tensions rise in federal prisons"

hahah oh jeez

I appreciated TSA today when I was in security and the guy in front of me tried to get through without a boarding pass by claiming that he worked for Trump

#FunFactFriday - Richard M. Nixon is the only U.S. president to have served in the Navy but not have a ship named in his honor. Does he deserve to have a namesake ship? If so, what type of ship should it be? pic.twitter.com/90DKV3CzQo

— U.S. Naval Institute (@NavalInstitute) January 11, 2019

wasn't Carter in the navy?

That's certainly the funnest fact I've encountered on this Friday.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Jimmy_Carter

If so, what type of ship should it be?

A decommissioned one.

A decommissioned sinking one.