News and notes from around the interweb:
- Here’s a TSA screener in Atlanta, abusing passengers under the color of authority, reminding us that we serve the state not the other way around. (HT: Big Kev)
- Well that’s disgusting, reported at the Marriott Fairfield Pigeon Forge. (HT: Tommy L)
I ate some of this cheese yesterday. Today I found out that the hotel just “tops off” the (unrefrigerated) cheese every morning. The bottom INCH was SOLID MOLD.
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- Construction on the W Pompano Beach to begin in 2027.
- Former Brooklyn Nets co-owner sues Citibank over shuttered credit card, 29 million in lost rewards points (HT: Gary C)
- Las Vegas is evil – watching an event from a public vantage point is fine.
You’re not allowed to stop and watch the Las Vegas Formula One Grand Prix without a ticket and stopping in a pedestrian walking zone or on a bridge with a view will get you a ticket, a fine or worse trouble. A few locals and tourists are circumventing this by utilizing the… pic.twitter.com/u8d35JdDkF
— Jen G. (@vegasstarfish) November 24, 2024
Never mind just found it
Can we please stop posting fake videos as news? The guy from “tsa” is a comedian so it’s insult a skit. Hint should’ve been that the comments are disabled for the video.
The Sevier County Health Department regulates environmental health and food safety laws in Pigeon Forge.
https://www.seviercountytn.gov/government/departments/health/index.php
Sevier County Health Department
719 Middle Creek Road
Sevierville, TN 37862
(865) 453-1032
Moldy cheese; the depth of ignorance is exceeded only by the need to draw attention to oneself. Cheese IS mold, that’s what cheese is. Fermented dairy.
Las Vegas is not “evil”. The blocking of viewing access is an F1 standard and done at all their races. As for stopping on over street walkways, that is done to cut down on people selling crap, begging and harassing tourists. BTW they don’t bother tourists stopping to take photos and any more stringent enforcement last week was by F1.
Agreed that the TSA agent was a joke. As for the uncomfortable trip on Frontier…what do you expect on a LCC?
F-1 in Vegas ( or anywhere else for that matter) is a joke. People stupid enough to pay asinine prices to watch prima donna drivers go around in circles on a track for 1 1/2 – 2 hours must be idiots.
First, I actually appreciate a TSA agent yelling at the sheep. I can’t tell you (even in the PreCheck Lane) the number of times someone blocks the belt totally clueless to the process. It’s not that hard to understand.
Now I have no idea why this person would think their $49 ticket on Frontier would get them anything beyond something akin to riding in the back of a chicken hauling truck. The stupidity of the human race knows no bounds.
The loss of points on a credit card account is the reason that I don’t play that game. Give me something that I can exchange for cash and I will do it every so often to keep the owed balance low. Chase shut down my many accounts with them in the spring so I don’t have anything good to say about them. I hope Citibank is found liable for the monetary cost of the points and is forced to pay for them and the lawyers that are involved. Maybe a good outcome will lead to banks and airlines treating customers better in regards to points and miles accounts. As for the underlying cause, it would be interesting if the lawsuit uncovered the reason that unauthorized charges continued to appear. If they are across a number of cards, maybe mail is being intercepted or digital security is compromised. If it is from one bank, maybe insider compromise is happening.