Successful people don’t see failures as setbacks, but as investments in the process of growth.

https://twitter.com/GrantCardone/status/1032363087314268160

The next time Trump posts a mean tweet about the media, maybe it's worth suspending the melodrama and outrage about it, and instead spend a few minutes on why he calculates that turning the media into his prime adversary - running against the media - is an effective strategy?

https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1034572619889209344

Pope Promises More Open, Transparent Molestation In Future

https://www.theonion.com/pope-promises-more-open-transparent-molestation-in-fut-1828663069

If someone told me 10 years ago that

1) The White House would be fighting CENSORSHIP by the media (not the other way around), while

2) The media accuses the White House of fascism, I would have called an ambulance.

https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/1034609856219631616

Bigger agenda? I'll flog you with Luke 17:2

It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.

“The pope knows we have a bigger agenda. We have to speak about the environment, about the poor, we have to reach out to people who are marginalized in society. We cannot be distracted at this moment,” Cupich said.

https://wgntv.com/2018/08/27/cardinal-blase-cupich-responds/

The pope knows we have a bigger agenda. We have to speak about the environment, about the poor, we have to reach out to people who are marginalized in society. We cannot be distracted at this moment,” Cupich said. ~ I R A Darth Aggie at August 29, 2018 6:11 AM

We must sacrifice the individual on the altar of collectivism.

We must sacrifice the individual on the altar of collectivism.

Allow me to paraphrase Paul, we are all sinners and I am the worst of all.

Cupich, Francis: Hold my beer.

This ain't hell. But I can smell the brimstone, baby!

The FBI is disputing a claim that an FBI analyst told Congress that the bureau uses information leaked to the press to obtain surveillance warrants against American citizens.

https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/27/source-fbi-congress-leaked-stories-spy-warrants/

This does not give me a woodie.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/sexual-health/stds-continue-rapid-rise-u-s-setting-new-record-cdc-n904311

"The pope knows we have a bigger agenda. We have to speak about the environment, about the poor, we have to reach out to people who are marginalized in society. We cannot be distracted at this moment".

Isn't that pretty much what Harvey Weinstein said?

Cousin Dave winz the Intertubez.

Meanwhile, in North Carolina, a "heh" indeed.

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/306067/

Wilson’s fifth grade teacher at North East Carolina Preparatory School actually made him write “ma’am” over 100 times spread out over four columns on a piece of notebook paper, after he called her the m-word. Maybe there are some additional piece of news to this story that haven’t come to light, but at least based on initial details, as Rod Dreher writes, “Where on earth was this teacher from? Teaching children to say ‘sir’ and ‘ma’am’ to adults is deeply embedded in Southern culture. It chaps my backside that she humiliated that little boy for being courteous. If she doesn’t want to be called “ma’am,” she should go teach Yankees.”

"If she doesn’t want to be called “ma’am,” she should go teach Yankees.” ~ I R A Darth Aggie at August 29, 2018 8:05 AM

With heavy immigration from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt, she most likely already is.

I moved back East to Charlotte a coupla years ago and Chicago and New York accents abound. The old Piedmont accent of my grandparents is nearly gone here.

But...isn't that racist?? (emphasis mine)

Even though Tiger Woods made the explicit decision not to get political here — arguing the office of the president deserves respect even if you don’t agree with everything the president does is about as nonpartisan as you can get and Tiger has previously played golf with George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Donald Trump — that wasn’t good enough for ESPN’s Max Kellerman and Stephen A. Smith, who lambasted Tiger on their show, questioning his blackness and his intelligence.

https://www.outkickthecoverage.com/espn-questions-tigers-blackness-calls-him-stupid-for-not-ripping-trump/

The contributing factors to the brand’s above-average insurance rate are twofold. For whatever reason, Tesla models are subject to an abnormally high number of incidents that result in insurance claims, but they’re also more expensive to fix. “Teslas get into a lot of crashes and are costly to repair afterward,” explained Russ Rader, spokesman for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, which operates as the HLDI’s parent organization. “Consumers will pay for that when they go to insure one.”

For the Model 3, the result is tragically high premiums. A recent study conducted by Gabi Personal Insurance Agency Inc. and posted by Automotive News shows the EV’s average insurance cost across 150 ZIP codes is $2,814 per year. That’s $35 less than the cost of insuring a Porsche 911, using the same metrics.

https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2018/08/teslas-affordable-model-3-costs-a-bundle-to-insure-study-claims/

Mixing work and pleasure. The power and beauty of AND.

https://nypost.com/2018/08/27/nycha-employees-accused-of-using-projects-for-wild-orgies/

https://twitter.com/Cameron_Gray/status/1034626191347666946

Momma airplane gives birth to tiny water-bound offspring:

https://twitter.com/Pattern/status/1034825686555475968

I'd heard about Anne-Marie Murphy before (the innocent pawn of a terrorist, but somehow, it didn't occur to me that THAT is one reason why the TSA...

https://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/mark-davis/2012/03/30/why-the-tsa-searches-grandmothers-and-toddlers

Got any comments, Amy?

Now THIS the 21st century I was hoping for! Assuming it works, of course.

Starkey's new Livio AI hearing aid translates 27 languages in real-time and also doubles as a hands-free earpiece

https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/devices/starkeys-ai-transforms-hearing-aid-into-smart-wearables

Remind us again how TSA emulates El Al's security apparatus? from the fine article (emphasis mine:):

Playing the role of a solicitous fiancé, Hindawi bought Anne-Marie a new valise. He booked her flight on El Al to meet him in Israel. He asked her to carry a calculator for him. But Hindawi couldn't fly with Anne-Marie. He had to, he explained, take another flight.

So on a busy Passover weekend, Anne-Marie went to Heathrow where her bag cleared the X-ray machine. She was not nervous because she had no idea that she had been set up by Hindawi.

It was only because of El Al's tight procedures and an alert security officer that they dug a little deeper to find the block of Semtex plastic explosives inside the valise and the timer hidden in the calculator planted by Hindawi.

Contrast that with Shoe bomber and Captain Underwear bomber. They didn't find them, and I suspect they would also not find Ms. Murphy.

I'm sure the author of the piece will cheerfully waive his other 4th amendment rights when the constabulary asks to search his home/office/car? I mean, if you don't have anything to hide you have nothing to worry about.

Right?

Judge dismisses all charges against 3 'extremist Muslim' New Mexico compound suspects

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/29/judge-dismisses-all-charges-against-3-extremist-muslim-new-mexico-compound-suspects.html

Consumer Confidence Index, just out, is the HIGHEST IN 18 YEARS! Also, GDP revised upward to 4.2 from 4.1. Our country is doing great!

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1034817106632761344

Trump Has Changed How Teens View the News

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/08/trump-has-changed-how-teens-view-the-news/568783/

Chinese company reportedly hacked Clinton's server, got copy of every email in real-time

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/29/chinese-company-reportedly-hacked-clintons-server-got-copy-every-email-in-real-time.html

“It is harder to be kind than clever.”

https://twitter.com/ErikVoorhees/status/1034843090912079872

Google shadowbands news sites:

https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2018/08/webmasters-beware-google-implements-new-shadowban-filter-for-gnews/67748/

"Got any comments, Amy?" - smarmy comment about the TSA

I got one, name one terrorist or terrorist plot the TSA has caught or foiled

Heres an easier one, post a link to a single report on a TSA test where they found as little as 15% of items sent past them

You forgot to post the link, Luj.

OK, so my question would be, what is the TSA NOT doing that El Al does, and why? Why wasn't the Underwear Bomber caught in advance - and why would El Al necessarily have caught him?

(In the case of Richard Reid, I understand he acted creepy in general, so maybe that should have been enough reason to search him.)

Thats a challenge for you lenona

Oh, and Richard Reid left from a Paris airport, not an American one.

"what is the TSA NOT doing that El Al does"

A lot. Far too much to list here.

"and why?"

The Israelis are actually serious about protecting their borders and have suffered far more terrorist attacks than the US. The TSA is mostly a jobs program. Their own internal reports show they usually only catch 5% or less of contraband items when tested. Lujlp was being generous at 15%.

And no, issues like Anne-Marie is not why the TSA harasses elderly women. That is mostly due to US politics. And incompetence. Never can underestimate bureaucratic incompetence.

Lujlp was being generous at 15%.

No I fucking wasnt

15% is fucking abysmal, should be criminal, and still 300% increase of their current best

It was a sardonic comment inviting lenona to Sisyphean task to get off her own ass and ACTUALLY justify the existence of the TSA as opposed to half assed comments criticizing others for criticizing the TSA

Five fucking percent, where the fuck else can you do less than 1/20th of what you are supposed to do (and commit felonies on top of all that) and keep your god damn job?

As an example of the TSAs commitment to their work let me illustrate the point by repeating 1/20th of this post
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This is what you are defending lenona, how the fuck can you be so gleefully sarcastic about such fucking abysmal work?

The Israelis are actually serious about protecting their borders and have suffered far more terrorist attacks than the US. ~ Ben at August 30, 2018 11:10 AM

While I agree with you about the TSO program in general, trying implement Israeli security measures at US airports would cost trillions and delay the average flyer by days, not hours.

All of Israel's airports in total do not handle the traffic in one year that a single busy US airport does. In fact, Israel's busiest airport, Ben Gurion, with 20.8 million passengers in 2017 does not even make the list of the top 50 busiest airports in the world, while 15 US airports are on that list.

Enjoy traveling through Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson, the world's busiest airport, when each of the 104 million travelers going through it are questioned or searched at least three times by airport security.

If you think the TSO is a jobs program now, just wait until it needs to staff up to question or search 750 million passengers in a single year.

Oh, I agree with you Conan. I also don't see those measures as being necessary for the US. The security situation here and in Israel are vastly different. But the question Lenona asked was why they could catch this guy and we can't.

Personally I think we should just scrap the TSA and let the airports and airlines be responsible. The security needs in tubleweed, OK and New York are vastly different. A one size fits all federal bureaucracy doesn't work. And the TSA works worse than most of those.