tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post436063452205663817..comments2024-03-28T14:32:19.334+00:00Comments on Who Would Have Believed The Singularity Would Be So Stupid?: The LatestPastoriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169561459129778670noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-29315471777329689962010-10-30T05:34:31.785+01:002010-10-30T05:34:31.785+01:00Delta pressed to investigate Muslim profiling comp...Delta pressed to investigate Muslim profiling complaints<br /> <br />by Martin Moylan, Minnesota Public Radio<br /><br /><br />St. Paul, Minn. — The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations wants Delta Air Lines to investigate complaints that some Muslim passengers were subject to religious profiling.<br /><br /><br />The group says last month, four Muslim men were escorted off a Delta flight when it landed at the Twin Cities airport. The council says a flight attendant had reported one of the men behaved suspiciously after dropping a pen.<br /><br /><br />In another incident, the group said a Delta commuter plane flying to Grand Forks made an emergency landing in Fargo after a flight attendant feared a Muslim student had tampered with a lavatory smoke alarm. No foul play was found.<br /><br /><br />Zahra Aljabri, the organization's assistant civil rights director, said the issue is the training flight attendants are receiving regarding what constitutes suspicious behavior.<br /><br /><br />"We're just asking for that training to be examined, so that incidents don't continue to occur," Aljabri said.<br /><br /><br />Delta said it takes the accusations seriously and will "take any and all actions necessary" to ensure all passengers are treated equally.<br /><br /><br />Sources: <br />http://www.thekathrynreport.com/2010/10/delta-pressed-to-investigate-muslim.html<br />http://minnesota.publicradio.orgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-35391531754964588062010-10-30T01:59:11.395+01:002010-10-30T01:59:11.395+01:00Another interesting detail: news reports said the ...Another interesting detail: news reports said the packages heading for Chicago contained "bomb materials", not "bombs". So, if a synagogue gets a package from Yemen and for some reason opens it and finds, say, a toner cartridge with a couple wires and powder or other material that could be used to cause an explosion, first thing they do is call the cops/FBI, right? They are not likely to open another package from Yemen, and assuming the story gets out, neither is any other temple in the area. And now that THIS story today is out, there's not a synagogue in America that's going to open anything from a suspect part of the ME.<br /><br />The Unibomber successfully delivered deadly bombs to several victims over a period of years from a back woods shack using bicycles and buses to travel; meanwhile the FIBBIEs were trying to figure out what high-tech methods they assumed he must have been using.<br /><br />So, what did they expect to learn from this dry run, assuming that's what it was? Is there stuff that got through to where it was going -- which was NOT synagogues -- despite all the searches? Did it tell al Qaida what we are looking for -- and what we aren't looking for?<br /><br />BNI is reporting that there were more than a dozen "potential bombs" shipped, and they haven't found them all. (And while checking that out, take a gander at the post above it, about the ongoing plot to stage a Mumbai-type attack with hostages to get KSM released.)<br /><br />Remember the old story about the guy who used to get stopped at the Mexican border every week and his expensive car -- a different one each time -- searched for drugs? Turned out he was smuggling cars?<br /><br />Never a dull moment.revereridesagainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-87463119926650392412010-10-29T23:27:38.808+01:002010-10-29T23:27:38.808+01:00if any one of these pkgs managed to reach it's...if any one of these pkgs managed to reach it's destination it would likely have been considered a bonus<br /><br />this was more a test of the system <br /><br />peak travel season is about to begin . . .wanna bet this is going to be a very disrupted holiday season?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-20183160915535757082010-10-29T22:50:21.259+01:002010-10-29T22:50:21.259+01:00Revere -- the packages checked here today were che...Revere -- the packages checked here today were checked because they came from Yemen, not because they knew they contained anything.<br /><br />I wonder whether there's some that got through as well.<br /><br />Pasto just asked me the same question: why would ANYONE at a synagogue open an unkown package from YEMEN.midnight riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18438029111428393889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-40251855174266046392010-10-29T22:44:32.873+01:002010-10-29T22:44:32.873+01:00Probably a dumb question, but how were they postma...Probably a dumb question, but how were they postmarked? Why would anyone at a synagogue with any common sense just open a package postmarked "Yemen"? Why would anyone order printer cartridges from Yemen? <br /><br />Has al Qaida Yemen decided that, since their gonzo shahids get caught by fellow airline passengers and t-shirt vendors, they'll have better luck shipping bombs in suspicious packages 12,000 miles by air and no one will be the wiser?<br /><br />If there were two packages with bomb materials, what were the rest? Duds? Decoys? Imaginary? Did they actually expect all these packages to get where they were going or were they just testing to see which got found?<br /><br />And are there others that didn't?<br /><br />Did Ozero make another of his inane "we will be protected by our hopes and our dreams" remarks? I can't stand to actually watch him anymore.revereridesagainnoreply@blogger.com