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  1. chromatography
    a process used for separating mixtures by virtue of differences in absorbency
    They wipe down our laptops and screen them for cocaine and explosives using high-end chromatography machines, and if we even dare mention that we are NOT a terrorist, that gives them the justification to arrest you for simply uttering the word "Terrorist!"
  2. data mining
    data processing using sophisticated data search capabilities and statistical algorithms to discover patterns and correlations in large preexisting databases; a way to discover new meaning in data
    We are presumed to be criminals from the moment we arrive, and only through a series of searches, scans and data mining operations are we even "allowed" to travel in a country that our own government continues to insist is "Free!"
  3. detainment
    a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
    Suppose this woman started screaming after she missed her flight: She gets arrested by airport police, she's screaming and throwing a fit, so they handcuff her and throw her in a detainment cell.
  4. racial profiling
    the practice of targeting people due to their ethnicity
    And that's even with all the tight security you see right now: The confiscation of water bottles, the random (illegal) searches of passengers, the racial profiling, the pat-downs, the B.S. no-fly passenger lists (which include the names of three-year-old infants), and everything else.
  5. mutant
    an animal that has undergone mutation
    Or maybe the woman is a mutant like Magneto from the X-Men, and she was so confused by the situation that she turned on her powerful mutant magnetic attraction ability and the handcuffs magnetically wrapped themselves around her neck, choking her to death.
  6. brutality
    the trait of extreme cruelty
    The motivation is simple: Fear of a lawsuit about police brutality.
  7. goon
    an awkward, foolish person
    Goons, grunts and Nazi wannabees
    If you've ever traveled in the United States, you've probably already noticed that the airport security people hired by the U.S. government are not exactly the cream of the crop in American society.
  8. magnetic attraction
    attraction for iron
    Or maybe the woman is a mutant like Magneto from the X-Men, and she was so confused by the situation that she turned on her powerful mutant magnetic attraction ability and the handcuffs magnetically wrapped themselves around her neck, choking her to death.
  9. mainstream
    the prevailing current of thought
    The official story now appearing in the mainstream media -- for those people gullible enough to believe it -- is that the woman choked herself to death with her own handcuffs even though her hands were cuffed behind her back!
  10. high-voltage
    operating on or powered by a high voltage
    She didn't try to hitch a ride on the landing gear and end up being accidentally electrocuted in the plane's high-voltage wiring.
  11. profiling
    recording a person's behavior and analyzing psychological characteristics in order to predict or assess their ability in a certain sphere or to identify a particular group of people
    And that's even with all the tight security you see right now: The confiscation of water bottles, the random (illegal) searches of passengers, the racial profiling, the pat-downs, the B.S. no-fly passenger lists (which include the names of three-year-old infants), and everything else.
  12. landing gear
    an undercarriage that supports the weight of the plane when it is on the ground
    She didn't try to hitch a ride on the landing gear and end up being accidentally electrocuted in the plane's high-voltage wiring.
  13. terrorist
    a radical who advocates violence against civilians
    Those bottles of water are dangerous, you know -- they're used by terrorists to McGyver weapons used to take over the cockpits of airplanes.
  14. overzealous
    marked by excessive enthusiasm for a cause or idea
    I pray for Carol Anne Gotbaum, her children and her family, and I pray that the people will wake up and find a way to peacefully take back their freedoms and rights in this country before more citizens become victims of overzealous police state security at our nation's airports.
  15. tarmac
    a paved road or surface, especially at an airport
    It's not like she was standing at the edge of the airplane jet way and accidentally fell off and killed herself on the tarmac.
  16. tussle
    disorderly fighting
    Another scenario is that the cop may have tussled with the woman and accidentally strangled her to death during her arrest.
  17. viable
    capable of life or normal growth and development
    Even if any of these ridiculous scenarios are considered viable, the question remains: Why would she want to kill herself anyway?
  18. anatomy
    the study of the structure of animals
    Answers isn't exactly a scientific tome of knowledge on human anatomy, but I'm quite certain that if you asked a thousand coroners if they've ever seen anyone "choke themselves to death," you'd get a thousand No's. At the same time, you'd probably get a few coroners saying, "But I've seen cases where people were choked to death by someone else, and it was made to look like they choked themselves to death..."
  19. monger
    someone who maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
    The fear mongering by the TSA has become so insane that just yesterday, they announced that remote-controlled toys would now earn extra scrutiny at security checkpoints.
  20. plausible
    apparently reasonable, valid, or truthful
    Well, it's a whole lot more plausible that she was strangled by someone else who held their hands around her neck to cut off the blood supply to her brain, then kept them in place until she died (which actually takes several minutes).
  21. lapse
    drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
    Read this report from ABC News, channel 15 in Phoenix, Arizona, which filmed unbelievable lapses in security at the Phoenix Airport just weeks ago, where people with backpacks, crates and even bicycles were able to walk right through security without being checked at all!
  22. skeptical
    marked by or given to doubt
    Skeptical thinkers always look for the story behind the headlines.
  23. scrutiny
    the act of examining something closely, as for mistakes
    The fear mongering by the TSA has become so insane that just yesterday, they announced that remote-controlled toys would now earn extra scrutiny at security checkpoints.
Created on 七月 23, 2010

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