There are significant questions about the usefulness and functionality of the wands being used at airport security by the Transportation Security Administration. TSA official John Rooney said the wands were giving airport screeners “a false sense of security.”
The right is calling
The right is calling for Trent Lott’s ouster as Senate Majority leader over comments at Strom Thurmond’s 100th birthday party that if the country had elected Thurmond President in 1948, “we wouldn’t have had all these problems over all these years(.)” First, many conservatives find Lott’s endorsement of Strom Thurmond’s 1948 segregationist views repugnant. Second, they also see Lott’s words coming back over and over in ad campaigns for years. As long as Lott is Senate Majority Leader, this quote means that the Republicans are at their root racists. And no matter what minorities think of Republican policies, as long as they think Republicans want to lynch them they’ll never vote for the GOP. Third, conservatives don’t like Lott much anyway, so they may see this as an opportunity to dump a wishy-washy leader and…
Eugene Volokh offers
Eugene Volokh offers his thoughts on the What Would Jesus Drive? ad campaign: Carpenters, I imagine, find larger cars — whether pickups or SUVs — pretty useful.
It looks like big changes
It looks like big changes are in store for Delta’s frequent flyer elite qualification scheme. Details will be forthcoming tomorrow. There will be an increased emphasis on revenue to the airline over just number of miles flown. Two things to note — First, at this point it isn’t clear whether there will be a separate, new track based on revenue or a replacement for mileage-based elite status. Second, this apparently applies only to earning elite status and has nothing to do with earning frequent flyer miles that can be redeemed for awards.
Trapped man survives
Trapped man survives for six days on Taco Bell sauce.
Dan Pink repeats
Dan Pink repeats an important factoid from The Economist: In Europe, more people now send and receive short-text messages on their phones than use the Internet. . . . This year, users of mobile phones around the world passed the 1 billion mark. The number of mobile phones is now greater than the number of fixed-line ones.
Aargh. You know, I spend
Aargh. You know, I spend a few days out of town.. and a couple days out of the country (admittedly on a $150 first class round trip ticket to Puerto Vallarta).. and I miss out on a British Airways fare glitch ($20 round trip). Sorry for letting my dear readers down by not making it available to y’all in time.
50,000 tickets on sale for
50,000 tickets on sale for 1 Euro between 11 European cities.
Need to top off that
Need to top off that mileage account? Try falling asleep. A woman who fell asleep on a flight from Newfoundland fell asleep .. and didn’t wake up during landing or during boarding of the planes next flight … and wound up in London. Air Canada flew her home and credited her with the extra miles she flew.
ValuMags is offering a
ValuMags is offering a free subscription to the Sporting News.
