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Cupcake Deemed 'Security Threat,' Confiscated By TSA
The Boston Channel ^ | December 23, 2011

Posted on 12/23/2011 11:08:10 AM PST by george76

BOSTON -- A Peabody woman says a cupcake she tried to take on a flight with her sparked a potential security threat this week. Rebecca Hains says she was going through security at the airport in Las Vegas when a TSA agent pulled her aside and said the cupcake frosting was “gel-like” enough to constitute a security risk.

She said she was able to pass through Logan International Airport security with two cupcakes, but she was stopped on the way back when she tried to return with one of them.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: bho44; bos; bushlegacy; cmds; dingyharry; donutwatch; jackbootedthugs; jbt; las; lping; napolitano; obama; policestate; tsa; tsapervs
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To: george76

simulated security. make citizens inconvenienced to scare those who are not scared.

An overweight woman with 3 muffintops resembling “pat” is not going to enchance the security.


21 posted on 12/23/2011 11:43:51 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: george76
I almost dread going to visit my daughter who lives near Eugene, OR because I have to depart from the Eugene airport. The TSA contingent there never lets me through without a major hassle.

The worst was when I had a gout attack during a visit and had forgotten my medication. When time came to leave my left big toe was so swollen I couldn't wear a regular shoe. I put on a loose-fitting slipper instead.

While waiting for our flight we were seated opposite the TSA area and I noticed they were very interested in me as I hobbled around. When time came to board I was pulled out of line immediately for a "special inspection." I explained the situation but was ordered to remove both the slipper and my sock. They went over both with minute care, almost determined to find some kind of "slipper explosive." During all that my poor swollen toe was practically glowing red for any fool to see.

TSA is an idiotic bureaucracy and if the Rats get away with unionizing it, it'll be with us in increasingly oppressive form forever.

22 posted on 12/23/2011 11:50:03 AM PST by Bernard Marx
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To: george76
... she was able to pass through Logan International Airport security with two cupcakes, but she was stopped on the way back when she tried to return with one of them ...

By the time this happened, that poor multi-day-old cupcake must have been pretty beat up and the frosting may in fact have looked pretty gummy and gel-like. It is un-American to let a fresh cupcake survive uneaten for more than a couple hours.

23 posted on 12/23/2011 11:59:21 AM PST by SFConservative
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To: Bernard Marx
"TSA is an idiotic bureaucracy and if the Rats get away with unionizing it, it'll be with us in increasingly oppressive form forever."

They have gotten away with it. The American Federation of Government Employees won the election.

24 posted on 12/23/2011 12:03:07 PM PST by Truth29
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To: george76

The TSA thugs should wear KKK hoods because either way they always seem to remain anonymous, story after story.

Always get their names if it’s the last thing you do.


25 posted on 12/23/2011 12:04:06 PM PST by wolficatZ (:"TV is king, you're my everything..")
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To: Clay Moore

Or pointed sticks?


26 posted on 12/23/2011 12:22:40 PM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (There are two kinds of people: those who divide people into two kinds and those who don't.)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

I’m traveling cross country tomorrow. I always opt out of the scan. I can’t wait for the TSA morons to feel me up yet again... I just hope they don’t squeeze my “cupcakes” too hard.


27 posted on 12/23/2011 12:25:50 PM PST by hal ogen (1st Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: george76

Everyone’s so amused. Laughing all the way to the cattle cars.
And some say rebellion is brewing. Hell, there isn’t even a halfassed boycott brewing.


28 posted on 12/23/2011 12:26:17 PM PST by Lady Lucky (Merry Christmas to all!)
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To: george76

If it had been a fruit cake the whole airport would have been shut down.


29 posted on 12/23/2011 12:43:54 PM PST by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: Truth29

That’s really depressing news. I hadn’t heard — thanks for the update.


30 posted on 12/23/2011 12:47:11 PM PST by Bernard Marx
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To: LTC.Ret

They’re obama voters. What did you expect?


31 posted on 12/23/2011 1:06:36 PM PST by Sarajevo
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To: george76

Now, if it had been fruitcake, who could blame the guy?


32 posted on 12/23/2011 1:12:39 PM PST by Hunton Peck (See my FR homepage for a list of businesses that support WI Gov. Scott Walker)
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To: hal ogen

A friend of mine jokes that her favorite part of flying is the pat-down; she says it’s the only action she gets anymore.


33 posted on 12/23/2011 1:20:52 PM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (There are two kinds of people: those who divide people into two kinds and those who don't.)
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To: hal ogen

A friend of mine jokes that her favorite part of flying is the pat-down; she says it’s the only action she gets anymore.


34 posted on 12/23/2011 1:21:06 PM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (There are two kinds of people: those who divide people into two kinds and those who don't.)
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To: george76

I would have just licked off the frosting.


35 posted on 12/23/2011 1:28:28 PM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: nuconvert

“I would have just licked off the frosting.”

A sensible and pragmatic action like that would probably have gotten you pepper sprayed and repeatedly Tasered until you went into cardiac arrest.


36 posted on 12/23/2011 1:52:16 PM PST by MeganC (No way in Hell am I voting for Mitt Romney. Not now, not ever. Deal with it.)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

Is your friend Gloria Allred?


37 posted on 12/23/2011 2:01:10 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: Lady Lucky

You are absolutely correct. Its all fun and games until its too late to do anything about it.

Eyes


38 posted on 12/23/2011 2:12:52 PM PST by AlligatorEyes (Iactura paucourm serva multos)
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To: george76

As soon as some security type learns how to turn on the TV, he’ll see the show about the explosives that were developed during WWII to look like flour. The idea was these explosives would pass most inspections and could be smuggled behind enemy lines. You could actually bake this ‘flour’ or even cook pancakes with it. Wouldn’t explode until the proper detonator was used.

After the security types see this show, no one will be allowed to board a plane with a cupcake, a sandwich, or any baked product.


39 posted on 12/23/2011 2:36:33 PM PST by DugwayDuke
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To: LTC.Ret

I think the first thing that happens after the new TSA agent gets hired is he or she is given a full frontal lobotomy. There is no other logical reason for such idiotic behavior.


40 posted on 12/23/2011 4:15:26 PM PST by MasterGunner01 (11)
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