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more about #secrets more comments → SarahHeartburn: I flew out of JFK to Madrid last September on Delta. When I got on the plane, I discovered that the fold-down table was broken; the small screws (or n... more » BookishLatkeish: Overdress for your flight and you will never get stopped. Glamour is my armor, and you can quote me. more » Sargasm: Speaking from recent experience, #7 is not enforced as stated. You might as well get SSSS tattooed on your forehead. more » Grive: Rule one: Apparently, taking a trip from foreign country A into the US, flying around the US and then leaving on the same day to country B, just to r... more » Ogiri W Surie: I plan to travel with a glitter crafted 'I Heart Osama' piece in my luggage with the intent of getting the attention of plenitude of snarky TSA worker... more » happymisanthrope: The only time I got a secondary screening was when I was running late to a connecting flight (had to grab my luggage and go to another terminal becaus... more » farcedude: re #4 - When I was in the Navy, I definitely got extra screening more when in uniform than not. Never got extra screening in civvies, and got extra sc... more » BxgrlJeri: I watched them do a secondary screening on an elderly woman at JFK last week. It absolutely sickened me. The poor dear looked terrified. Who the F ... more » miss_msry: Become a poors, and the only time you will set foot in an airport is to clean the bathrooms. Problem solved. more » Aatom: Here's a foolproof tip: take the train. more » MrInBetween: I feel much safer knowing the uniformed freedom-defenders in the photo are protecting the homeland from the evil-doers. more » sanyucat: Right after 9/11, when they were "selecting" people for extra screening right there at the boarding gate, I remember being held up by TSA folk nitpick... more » Claire Buoyant: That disabled rule must be new, because I remember seeing a wheelchair-bound Vietnamese grandmother being pulled aside to have her possessions swabbed... more » shag_carpet_bomb: why do they make my 4 yo take off his shoes? He can't tie them himself and it holds up the whole damn line. That's why mommy drinks on the plane. more » Aethyr: #awesome more » -
#secrets
The Gawker Guide to Getting Past Airport Security This Holiday Travel Season
Christmas is coming, so it won't be long before you're walking barefoot through spilled soda and children's vomit at a security checkpoint in some godforsaken airport. Fortunately, the TSA has leaked a sensitive document explaining how to avoid all that.
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#twitter
Twitter Bug Reveals Protected Tweets or Ghost of Fake Twitters Past?
Former President Bill Clinton has a protected twitter account, blocking access unless you're one of the six people he's deemed Bubba worthy. Does a twitter glitch allow anyone to glimpse at what Bill's tweeting? We investigate. More » -
#journalismism
NYT Blog Tries to Unpublish 'One of the Best Kept Secrets in Brooklyn.' Fails.
Yesterday, the New York Times' blog about the Fort Greene neighborhood published a post on a "secret underground climbing gym" in Brooklyn. Today, they took the post down. For a preposterous reason! Now it's getting way more attention. More » -
#allegedscandals
In Which We Ask James Frey About His Secret Oprah Tapes
Fiction author and former Gawker intern James Frey knows a scandalous secret about Oprah, allegedly. It's on tape, allegedly! We journalistically went to Frey's book reading last night to hear him tell the whole story:
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#ivyleague
Monster Rats Pouring Out of Harvard
Are you aware that rats "big enough to put saddles on" are currently streaming out of Harvard University's secret underground science experiment cave, in record numbers? We thought you should know. More » -
#media
Caroline Kennedy and the War for Newspapers' Balls
It's time for another bitter shot fired in the impenetrable politico-media war over Caroline Kennedy's failed Senatorial bid! Today, more on Caroline's "secret reason" for dropping out. To the press, this is manly fun: More » -
#crimepays
Lockheed Martin's $67.5 Million "Electronic Mail" Reading Machine Will Never Ingest Cheney's Secrets
In four weeks, every single email and document the Bush administration created is required by law to be sent to the National Archives. They are scrambling to make sure that doesn't happen, obv. More » -
#secrets
Tina Brown Is Probably 'Secret Shopping' Too
Earlier we discussed Kathy Fuld's shameful habit of secretly buying stuff from Hermès. We noted that the Daily Beast item about the trend didn't have a byline to it. Why would this be? More » -
