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Cupcake Deemed 'Security Threat,' Confiscated By TSA

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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.

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reply to goalieskates
Jerks were probably hungry..or just plain a$$ holes

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reply to goalieskates

I'm not buying this 'gel-like' explanation. I'd say cake frosting was more like an emulsion than a gel. Or maybe it's a 'sol' (a new word to me).

»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colloid

All the more reason to ensure that appropriate quality controls are in place for the 'test instrument' (whatever it may be). How consistent are its readings? How accurate is it? Can it accurately differentiate between a gel and an emulsion?

So many questions, so little time.

Has it been tested on John Pistole and Janet Napolitano and will they certify under oath that they have approved use of this device?
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reply to dave

Shamelessly promoting Channukah :D
Ah-ha! The real threat in the jar!

It's just a matter of looking deeply enough to find out the nature of the real threat here.

I was about to write a short diatribe about how the mainstream media (that's MSM to you lusers) was once again filtering our news to avoid any mention of the TSA's venture into cupcake screening when I came across an article which explains the whole thing.

See »www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43584213/ns···Lf8b8nLQ if you think I'm kidding!

reply to goalieskates
I went through TSA in Portland a couple days ago. They said that they needed to inspect any chocolate chip cookies or M&M candies. They said not to laugh because it's a serious matter.
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reply to Sparrow
Oh, my God! He's not wearing gloves!!!

This is a serious breach of security. What if he then touches 'other people's stuff' with those same hands? Thousands of people could conceivably have been exposed to anthrax.

I demand an immediate ban on all pastries within the Secure Area at all airports. Can you tell the difference between anthrax powder and confectioners' sugar? (Obviously, they are not doing 'taste testing'.)
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Joseph V. Morris

the OSS was way ahead of everyone on the edible explosives thing which was demonstrated on a science show not too long ago. this is not that show, but it does discuss the "Aunt Jemima":

»gizmodo.com/392406/resistance-is···s-tricks

The screener in question probably watched that show however; explaining the overreaction perhaps?
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reply to goalieskates
Maybe cupcakes should never travel without a paper trail of where it's been, who has had physical control of it etc...
Just like custard, it should always have a chain of custardy to prove it hasn't been tampered with.

lol.....good one

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reply to goalieskates
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) security checkpoint scene. Watch Granny get taken down near the end.

Kind of sad that satire from 30 years ago is today's reality.
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reply to goalieskates
Are they banning foods now as potential explosives? Don't anyone take a candy bar, the nougat might be "explosive-like enough to constitute a security risk."
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Oh look.. Cupcakes! (Google the demotivational poster.. NSFW and I'm pretty sure against forum rules so I won't post any direct links, but it's worth the trouble if you're a heterosexual male or a homosexual female )