Neither are there many studies to say that guzzling water will prevent headaches or flush toxins from your body.

  • A newspaper in Tampa reports that workers for Continental Airlines are stealing electronics easily, since our wonderful TSA requires baggage to be unlocked. Joel Johnson of Boing Boing has this to say (I guess our personal dignity is no longer considered valuable):

Always carry on electronics. In fact, always take anything valuable on as carry-on.

  • Foxbat sends this Associated Press story detailing the trial of four Islamic terrorists in Britain. They were apparently going to use soda bottles containing hydrogen peroxide with a hollowed out camera battery for a detonator. The problem with this is that we’re not getting the full truth–hydrogen peroxide and a detonator don’t make a big boom. Peroxide and something to oxidize (a nice, low molecular weight organic compound would work nicely) would make a nice concussive explosion if it was held under pressure, but this certainly wouldn’t require a detonator in the traditional sense.  Would a soda bottle sized explosion from such a reaction harm a plane? Color me doubtful. Would six soda bottle explosions harm a plane? Maybe. Besides, the current limits on gels/liquids only mean that our “friends” with towels on their heads need to break their payloads into smaller packages to get through security. If our benevolent government was truly serious, they would allow zero food, liquid, toiletries, medicines, etc. on the planes. This includes stuff served by the stewardesses. (Why? Maybe a stewardess has a penchant for submission and she’s hooked up with Mohammad at the University down the street.)  On top of this, the TSA should allow zero technology (no cell phones, blackberries, cameras, laptops, game boys, etc.), and they would physically inspect every bag. That way, nothing could be on board that could be a detonator. Anything else gives us the illusion of security without the reality. The American people won’t stand for that, so they give us arbitrary rules that annoy those of us who haven’t sunk into apathy and that please the pudding headed liberals by pretending to do something.
  • We were taught lies in our History classes. At least, that’s what Cracked.com reports.