Government dealings
TSA released an interesting read September 30:
Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the results of an internal investigation uncovering widespread abuses committed by Biden administration officials, who weaponized the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) against innocent American citizens.
It goes on to say that “under the direction and leadership of former Biden TSA Administrator David Pekoske” TSA targeted people who vocally resisted wearing masks six months AFTER the CDC dropped the indoor mask requirement, as well as many people associated with January 6 despite no evidence or accusation of wrongful behavior.
This targeted campaign of harassment continued through June 2021, six months after the events in question, despite no clear or immediate threat to aviation security. The campaign also coincided with hundreds of January 6th protestors being locked away by the Biden Department of Justice. These Biden-era officials continued to target Americans even after career intelligence officials and even Biden’s TSA Chief Privacy Officer sounded the alarm over these abusive actions.
People clearly associated with George Floyd-related rioting etc. were noted… and allowed to fly at will.
For example, these officials chose NOT to flag individuals who attacked law enforcement, burned down cities, and destroyed property during the widespread and violent George Floyd protests in 2020. During this abuse of power, some TSA officials raised serious concerns about these privacy violations and political targeting. They were ignored. TSA.gov
It does conclude with saying 5 people had lost their jobs over this. Five ain’t enough. Read the release.
H/t to Kirsten again.
Did Allythepiper change weapons?
Yeah, another gun column. First up – in what could be good news for those of you stuck behind enemy lines in the LA area.
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) and Sheriff Robert Luna on Tuesday, accusing it of “systematically” delaying concealed carry permits for law-abiding citizens in violation of the Second Amendment.
There’s two kinds of permits – “shall issue” says that unless they can show why you should not get a permit, you get one. “May issue” issue puts your rights at the whim of whomever is tasked with making a determination for approval, typically a sheriff, police chief, or in big cities, usually a handful of anonymous staffers beholden to the top pol in their department.
The Supreme Court technically made “may issue” obsolete with the Bruen decision, but several states doubled down with new requirements, changes to “sensitive areas” to eliminate public carry, or just slow-rolling applications to make obtaining a permit effectively impossible. Los Angeles falls into that last category.
Now, the Department of Justice is taking the side of the angels in suing LA!
The lawsuit follows an investigation started by the DOJ in March after its civil rights division received numerous complaints about delays it said were “inexplicable,” well beyond California statutory requirements and in violation of the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens.
The department said it reviewed more than 8,000 applications received by the LASD, including renewals, and found delays averaging more than a year. Some applicants had interviews scheduled into late 2026, more than two years after filing.
California law requires authorities to respond to applications within 90 days.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, comes after gun groups brought a separate case led by the California Rifle & Pistol Association (CRPA) along with Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners of California and the Second Amendment Foundation.
That lawsuit accused Luna and the LASD of dragging out concealed carry applications with long delays, added fees and new requirements. A judge has already issued a partial injunction, ordering LASD to shorten wait times and requiring California to open a process for non-residents to apply for permits beginning in April.
All I can say is “about damn time”.
Category: "Your Tax Dollars At Work", Gun Grabbing Fascists, None, TSA sucks
Lars tears.
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Wait! The Biden Admin weaponized governmental agencies and targeted people who didnt agree with them. SHOCKED!
Nice pic of the long tall Girl. Speaking of long tall girls, how about “Long Tall Girl” by the Carnations 1961 on the Lescay label
Being more of a Rock & Roll 60s type, I always like “Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress” (Hollies)
Maybe “Long Tall Sally” (Little Richard)?
Great music we had back then TOX. I used to listen to my local NYC DJ back in the 50’s and later on I became a 50’s record collector and I found out that there were other groups from all over the US. we call these songs obscure because they weren’t played in NYC unless they were on top of the charts and the same would go for those in other cities which they would call NYC group songs obscure. I donated my record collection to Hofstra University when I moved down to Florida. Everything is on CD’s that I own now.
That’s one thing that I enjoyed about the 50’s and 60’s.
Things (language, dialect, accents, what was popular, etc) were more regional, less homologized then we have today.
Made life interesting.
I grew up in Falls Church, (North) Virginia. No real southern accent, but I was comfortable with it.
Then my family moved to Malden MA (just outside of Bawstan). It took me 2-3 years to learn the local accent over the telephone.
I’m sure that too many people thought I was an idiot when I would ask them to repeat what they’d just said 2-3 times.
I hope they get it done ASAP. Those morons in the PDRK (peepuls demokratic repugnant of kaliphornya) need a severe spanking.
The inconsistency of the TSA agents is the one of the few constants in the universe. I forgot my cell phone was in my pocket at the Houston airport; the TSA agent yelled at me about how I disrespected her authority, can’t I see her badge, she’s from the Government, I better do what she says, and how could I be so stupid… She’s probably still yelling, I stopped paying attention. At the Hartford airport, I went through the metal detector when the alarms went off. The TSA agent walked up to me and, laughingly, asked if I forgot my cell phone was in my pocket. Oops. I’ll bet the Hartford TSA hadn’t been trained by Bernath.
The time I flew out of Houston, a TSA agent was pacing the lines yelling at people to keep their eyes off of him. Like a scene out of a fucking prison movie.
Couterpoint – at Houston’s Terminal I saw the smartest TSA reaction to LONG line ever. They ran folks through, and anyone who set off an alarm was waved out of line to a sideline. Moving quick they finished off about 50 yards of the more intelligent travellers in less than 10 minutes. The dummies… well, their line did not move as fast.
I would have been in the dummies’ line. I have gone through so many metal detectors I must have grown numb and dumb to the instructions. I remember one time, when my possessions were being x-rayed, the security guard stopped the machine and demanded to know what was he looking at. A member of the Highway Patrol came running over and demanded to know what was he looking at. I looked at the screen and asked what was I looking at. The Highway Patrol Officer said it was my stuff and I should know what I’m carrying. I said well maybe if they turned the conveyor back on I could look at it and identity it. So they did and I identified my belt buckle. When the Highway Patrol Officer stopped laughing he said, that if I didn’t mind, they would use the tape of this event as a training aid.
So the TSA are not the good guys?? Dang it!! This movie lied to me:
Fictitious AH is being Fictitious.
*Reads blog post around 30 minutes later*
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Facetious AH is being Facetious.
Friggin proofreading skills!
I’ve found most fiction to be very fictional.