Rand Paul Detained by TSA at Nashville Airport (Refused Pat Down)

Rand Paul Detained by TSA in Nashville

Ron Paul is reporting that his son, Rand Paul is being detained by the TSA at the Nashville Airport


#RonPaul -My son Rand is currently being detained by the TSA at the Nashville Airport. I'll share more details as the situation unfolds.

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (R) was detained Monday by the Transportation Security Administration in Nashville, Tenn. after refusing a full body pat-down.  “I spoke with him five minutes ago and he was being detained indefinitely,” Paul spokesperson Moira Bagley said Monday morning. “The image scan went off, he refused patdown.”  Paul’s father, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) tweeted out news of the incident, saying that there had been an “anomaly” with a body scanner.

“My son @SenRandPaul being detained by TSA for refusing full body pat-down after anomaly in body scanner in Nashville. More details coming,” wrote the authenticated Twitter account of presidential candidate Ron Paul.  Paul was travelling when he was detained.

The incident was first reported by Bagley on Twitter.

“Just got a call from @senrandpaul. He’s currently being detained by TSA in Nashville,”

How Long Can Locked-Up a Bike Last in NYC? Time-Lapse Video

Fantastic time-lapse video!

Re-Post from TheBlaze.Com 

Bike locks can only do so much.

A branding firm called Red Peak has released the result of an interesting urban experiment they carried out with Hudson Urban Bicycles:

“Get a bike. Lock it to a post. Take a pic every day for a year.”

The firm chained a fully loaded bike with bells, basket, and lights to a post along a busy Soho street on January 1, 2011. They then took a picture of the bike everyday for 365 days, watching it slowly disappear.

Check out the project they call “LIFECYCLE:: 365 days in the life of a bike in NYC.”

Wonder Hostess Bakery Thrift Shop: Clearwater

After Hostess announced this week that they were seeking bankruptcy protection and attempting another restructuring, the press was overflowing with dire predictions regarding the fate of the beloved (or infamous) Twinkie.  

Hostess Brands represents much more than Twinkies however!

The loss of Hostess would mean the loss of dozens of iconic American brands and products.  Founded in 1930, they are the owner of Hostess, Wonder Bread, Nature's Pride, Dolly Madison, Butternut Breads, and Drake's brands - including of course the famous Ring Dings, Devil Dogs and Seinfeld's favorite, the Drake's Coffee Cake.

We are lucky enough to have a local Wonder / Hostess Bakery Thrift Shop and who doesn't like close-out coffee cakes?  Actually, they offer most of the Hostess and Wonder products at severely discounted prices.  Bread is available in half a dozen varieties for under $1 per loaf.


If you would like to support Hostess and would like to save some money in the process, then stop by the Wonder Hostess Bakery Thrift Shop at:

301 South Belcher Road

Clearwater, FL 33765

727) 799-3416

Sarasota Homeless Man Decapitates Friend over Spilled Food

A homeless man is accused of decapitating a companion in a fit of rage over a knocked-over grill, the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office said.

Ricky L. Leer, 48, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder Tuesday in the death of another homeless man whom authorities have not identified.

Deputies said a 911 call came in at 1:32 a.m. Tuesday from a man who said he saw Leer kill someone by "chopping off his head." Deputies met with the caller, who led them to an area in the woods near the 3100 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Way, where a body was located.

Deputies said they canvassed the area and located Leer near the campsite drinking rum and leaning against a tree. He was taken into custody.

The 911 caller gave a sworn statement saying he and the other two men were cooking steaks and drinking rum when Leer and the victim began arguing and the victim accidentally knocked over a grill, deputies said. The witness said Leer knocked the victim down, grabbed a machete-like knife and began to chop at his head.

The witness identified Leer as the suspect with an accurate description of his clothing and physical attributes, deputies said.

Deputies said Leer exercised his right to have an attorney present for questioning.

Raheem Morris Fired! Tampa Bay Bucs Manager AND Staff Sacked

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers fired coach Raheem Morris on Monday, the team announced.

Dropping their season finale 45-24 to the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, the Bucs closed the year with 10 straight losses -- the franchise's worst in-season stretch since the 1977 team lost its first 12 games."We want to thank Coach Morris for all his hard work and dedication as head coach of the Buccaneers," Buccaneers co-chairman Joel Glazer said in a statement.

As the NFL's second-youngest team, the Bucs (4-12) might have not handled last year's NFL lockout as well as an experienced club, but Tampa Bay still managed a 4-2 start that included an emotional 16-13 win over Atlanta. That Week 3 victory ended a five-game series losing streak that gave quarterback Josh Freeman his first win over the Falcons.

While Freeman completed a career-high 62.8 percent of his passes this year, he threw 22 interceptions just a year after throwing just six.

When Tampa Bay struggled badly in Morris' first season of 2009, the Bucs still had a reputation for playing hard despite their 1-12 start.

But they won 16 of their next 25 and seemed ready to challenge New Orleans and Atlanta for supremacy in the NFC South.

Everything began to unravel, however, after they beat the Saints 26-20 on Oct. 16. They lost their next 10 -- the franchise's worst stretch since the 2008-09 teams combined to drop 11 straight.

Sunday marked the seventh loss this season by 16 or more points.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7413905/tampa-bay-buccaneers-fire-coach-raheem-morris-10-game-losing-skid