So a Friend of mine Got Arrested This Morning...
So a friend of mine, we met over the summer, got arrested this morning in Boston... Yep, she's the one with the crazy hoodie who went to meet someone at Logan Airport, Boston.
https://www.boingboing.net/2007/09/21...-arrested.html For the record, that's not something she cobbled together just to go to the airport (she's had it for awhile and wore it). She said she wanted to stand out on career day... And the police couldn't figure out what that meant... Here's a clue, she's a college student - her university just so happens to be in the middle of their career fair. Can I take the title of detective now? I hope things work out okay... I'm going to try calling her later to see if she's okay and find out if the media is twisting crap.... |
AHHHH! I can't trust the media at all!!!!
They're saying she went to meet her boy friend - left the court with her boy friend.... The man they're calling her boyfriend.... Isn't her boyfriend, I've met her boyfriend before. arg. |
Sucks that happened to her. How stupid is airport security to confuse a little breadboard with some LEDs with a bomb?
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I wouldn't say stupid, just poorly trained. Same goes for quite a few other areas too imo. The terrorists r FTW1 anyway.
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I hope everything works out for her...
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She was very fortunate actually, especially compared to what happened to Jean Charles de Menezes in London a couple of years ago.
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It's more like a Drag Queen saying to their friends "I'm on fire girl!" than someone shouting "Fire." in a theater... LEOs need better training.
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The LED's make a star -- her name just so happens to be: Star :thumbup: |
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Somewhat recently, a man was questioned because of his programmer board - he soldered a 10 ohm resister across to leads so he could measure current easily. But, I'm fairly sure this didn't happen in Boston. Similarly, someone was questioned for his mintyboost (a 5v boost converter for USB electronics - you buy as a kit and assemble yourself in an altoids tin). He was detained and eventually was let through security after missing his plane - but they took the D batteries that went with it. Ya, D batteries apparently are on the "questionable" list, 'remove on slight suspicion.' A few month ago 5 out of 9 tests conducted by the TSA on TSA workers were a fail. The workers were able to remove the Dasani water bottle, but missed the bomb in the same carry on bag. The TSA stated 'The tests were meant to be a fail, so the outcome was expected.' Freaking really, as if someone that was going to cause harm intends on showing the TSA their handiwork. It's corollary to the group of people that said "she deserved it" when that girl/stripper accused the duke lacrosse team of rape. The difference is, one situation strikes a political note, the other a religious/moral one. ------ As I've said from the beginning, before I cam here, when someone decides to strike - it's going to be through legal channels and likely in plain site. Potassium permanganate (disinfectant and water treatment) and Glycerine (for diarrhea) are completely legal on a plane - hell, they give you aluminum (cans) - you're 3/4 away from thermite... |
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Don't fear the LED!!!!!! CarloSW2 |
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What I'm finding freakin great is the media shenanigans. This morning, it was announced she answered all of the police's questions etc. Now, the story has changed that she didn't (despite video of the investigator saying "she answered all of our questions"). Media garbage bothered me before... But this is just closer to home :thumbdown: |
Haha, I find it funny you mentioned no academic scholarships, :p. Like MIT needs to attract anyone...when I was visiting the school someone asked about it and they said "we can't give everyone money for being smart because then we'd just have to charge more for tuition."
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But damn, it's expensive. |
Your friend got on NBC nightly news. "She's luckily to be alive." "If you know anyone affected today, you can blame Star Simpson (big picture of her face)."
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Just outa curiosity, did the NBC nightly news have anything on the Jena Six?
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Not today I don't think. Yesterday, perhaps...
Best to keep people scared, terrorism, gas prices, whine whine. |
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Yea there should not have been anything wrong with wearing that "art" even it was really really sad looking. :)
The problem is it had a battery, wires and looked very improvised. Both plug right into the limited shoot on site training the screeners at airports have. Its like wearing an artful pork chop around your neck and walking into a pen full of hungry pit bulls, duh, not a good idea. Unfortunately, common sense is often lost on youth, even more so on really intelligent youth. Don't get caught up in the wrong or right, just learn to think what might happen well before you do something. Keep you alive it will. |
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Really, we shouldn't get worried about the concept of right and wrong while looking for Osama - I mean really, what could happen if we capture him? Another homeland attack? We can't risk that... ----- So when MIT students were asked about it... A metric ton of them said there's a lot of people that wear things just like that, it was nothing out of the ordinary and not one person has ever been stopped for it... In other news, several organizations are working together now to make "Geek Protection" items...To make our IED's look like they're not. |
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You should be able to walk any street you want any time of day or night. But make poor choices and you will not make it to the next day alive. Taking that high moral standard to the grave makes it much harder to pass it on to the next generation. The problem is there are all sorts of folks making up the population of our little planet, some good, some bad, some ignorant some not. Some are well beyond reason, some are just plain mean. Like I pointed out she should have been able to walk freely with what she was wearing. |
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