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Snobblevitch

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15. Six months after my mother died

Reply to Nye Bevan (Reply #11)

Mon Jun 1, 2015, 12:59 PM

Jun 2015

my dad was at our house on a Sunday evening. He shouted for me to come watch 60 Minutes because "I saw your mother on TV". He saw her on the promo and sure enough, when they aired the piece on the TSA, there was my mother in her wheel chair as she was being searched.

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That first photo, OMG. Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #11

Six months after my mother died Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #15

Last time I got searched by the TSA was because I packed a deck of playing cards GummyBearz Jun 2015 #12

That second picture is what America has become . olddots Jun 2015 #14