Some People At The FBI

…need to be fired for monumental, criminal incompetence. In fact, I’d go further, and say that the entire organization needs to be overhauled from the top down. Same thing for the CIA.

While Samit was spending a solid three weeks trying to get Washington to act on his pre-9/11 terror fears, future 9/11 hijacker Hani Hanjour was raising suspicions with his flight training in Phoenix (suspicions Samit was not told about until after 9/11). Margaret Chevrette of the Pan Am International Flight Academy reported her worries to the FAA and somehow those concerns also made their way to CIA chief Tenet and into CIA memos of August 2001, but the FBI never acted on them. Yet on September 12, FBI agents interviewed Chevrette for more information on Hanjour

Limiting The Market

How can I resist a story that combines b00b jobs and space tourism:

Bosses fear the implants may expand and burst due to cabin pressure, according to The Sun…

…Spokesman Will Whitehorn said: “We’ve discovered there may well be issues with breast augmentation.

“We’re not sure whether they could stand the trip – they could well explode.”

June is busting out all over…!

Captain, I dinna think she can take any more…

Also, the picture accompanying the article reminds me of this optical illusion (caution, not work safe).

What does this mean for Hooters Spacelines?

[Some gags courtesy of this thread, where I found the article]

Seriously, this seems a little overwrought. Unless they have gas in them, there should be no problem if they maintain a decent cabin pressure, and if they don’t, burst mammary enhancers may be the least of the problem (and it would make for more entertainment to have more pendulous objects in weightlessness). And for as much money as these folks are spending, I’m sure they could afford an ultrasound to make sure that they’re all fluid, and remove any bubbles from the bubbies with a needle if necessary, preflight.

I’d be more concerned about gee loads during acceleration and entry. Maybe a new crash program in bra technology is required.

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