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Apr 29
Earlier this week, 2003 Miss USA winner Susie Castillo reported an incident involving TSA agents at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. She was “randomly” selected by screeners to go through one of the new body scanners, to which she promptly declined for alternate screening methods. Anyway, after “opting out,” I proceeded to follow a very nice older …
Permanent link to this article: https://onthespotblog.com/texas-to-reign-in-the-tsa/
Apr 24
This song is, to me, the best contemporary song of Easter: John 11:25-26 Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die.’ Happy Easter everyone.
Permanent link to this article: https://onthespotblog.com/happy-easter/
Apr 16
The Texas Legislature passed two bills over to the State Senate this week, relating to speed limits in the state. While I haven’t been closely watching the legislative session this year, its interesting to see what they’re working on. The first of these bills got national attention, and is somewhat misunderstood is actually part of …
Permanent link to this article: https://onthespotblog.com/do-you-want-to-go-faster-legislature-says-yes/
Apr 14
Less than a week after I first opined (and the TSA and family weighed in) on the TSA’s use of enhanced pat-down on a 6-year-old girl, new video has surfaced from Portland, Oregon, showing a similar incident with an 8-year-old boy. Seattle’s KING-5 has the story (from YouTube, story not on KING-5 Website):
Permanent link to this article: https://onthespotblog.com/tsa-does-it-again/
Apr 13
A few days ago I posted a video showing a six-year-old being patted down by a TSA screener in New Orleans. Now, like clockwork the TSA has responded (from the TSA Blog): Some folks are asking if the proper procedures were followed. Yes. TSA has reviewed the incident and the security officer in the video …
Permanent link to this article: https://onthespotblog.com/tsa-and-family-respond-to-incident/
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Apr 09
I have been a longtime user of Copernic’s Agent Professional – So long, that I found a receipt for it from 1999. Agent Professional is described as a Meta-Search tool, sending a search query to multiple search engines, parsing the results, and presenting a filtered list back to the user. The product has worked reliably for years, …
Permanent link to this article: https://onthespotblog.com/what-happens-when-a-vendor-sells-an-outdated-product/
Apr 08
From Fox News: Internet service in all of Armenia was cut off for several hours when a 75-year old Georgian woman inadvertently cut the main service line between the two countries. The woman was scavenging for scrap metal when she discovered the primary fiber-optic cable which runs through the two countries. Service went down when …
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Mar 22
Happy 40th Birthday to… Me. Oh, and Happy 80th Birthday to William Shatner, Star Trek’s original James T. Kirk. Now I’m feeling old.
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Feb 06
Ronald Reagan was born 100 years ago today. Most of my school years was with him as President, with George H. W. Bush elected during my Senior year. In studying the Presidents of the United States, Reagan was likely the most influential of the 20th Century. The four Presidents that have followed have not been able to …
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