Contrarian reader Andrew Bourke is reconsidering a trip to Disney World after seeing this video of Transportation Safety Agency screeners in Chattanooga Tennessee manhandling an upset three-year-old. (If you can't see the video, try this link.) The San Francisco Chronicle explains: A TSA employee gave Mandy the pat down and she started screaming and kicking her legs...

17 November, 2010

Get ready for Opt Out Day: For those using Flash-impaired Apple products, try here. From the clever Taiwanese animators, Next Media. Hat tip: This week in Google....

17 November, 2010

A few weeks ago, a swab test of Contrarian's laptop at Stanfield International Airport registered traces of nitroglycerin, leading to an additional interview and a 95% thorough physical pat-down. Details here. The Canadian Air Traffic Safety Agency (CATSA) has apologized in writing to a Winnipeg-based human-rights activist for a similar incident. A swab test of Ali Saeed's hands - not his laptop - turned up traces of trinitrotoluene, or TNT. After questioning, Saeed was permitted to board his flight for Denver. His return flight was uneventful. Regular readers will know that Contrarian detests many aspects of airport security. Recent air travel through...

18 February, 2010