Tag: thanksgiving
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commercial aircraft to fly in military airspace for holiday travel
norad will conduct simultaneous exercise flights to test response capability; faa works to ease delays for thanksgiving from norad: The Federal Aviation Administration is preparing for a busy Thanksgiving holiday travel week by working with the Department of Defense to clear the way for commercial aircraft to fly in airspace normally reserved for the military.…
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outrage at tsa grows as ‘opt-out day’ planned for nov24
cnn reports growing outrage against porno scanners from threat level: Air travelers, mark your calendar. An activist opposed to the new invasive body scanners in use at airports around the country just designated Wednesday, Nov. 24 as a National Opt-Out Day. He’s encouraging airline passengers to decline the TSA’s technological strip searches en masse on…
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12/12 binge & purge: bayer, kroger, peet’s & vick’s
bayer admits gmo contamination is out of control* bayer gmo contamination bites back* the troubles at kroger: frugal consumers* peet’s coffee & tea bows out of bidding for diedrich coffee* coffee may fight prostate cancer* recalls: vick’s sinex nasal spray recalled due to bacterial contamination* give thanks, but not for toxic sewage sludge*
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turmoil at usda: vilsack, obamonsanto & you
from allgov: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has a lot of angry employees on his hands. The head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture began reorganizing staff in October, which included downgrading the positions of chief information officer and chief financial officer, along with other changes affecting the jobs of nearly 3,000 workers. USDA’s CFO, Evan…
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1000s of behavior detection officers watching you at airports
from alternet: Here’s a question to ponder the next time you’re taking off your shoes at airport security: Can you spot terrorists by the look on their faces? For the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the answer is yes. For the past few years, airports across the country have been using what many call “behavioral surveillance”…