On Sunday, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer called for a ‘no-ride list’ for trains. Just what we need! Another version of the secretive list that prompts false positives and doesn’t actually have a proven record of working. Quite the opposite, in fact. It’s a pain in the rear for legitimate flyers who happen to get caught up, and as the two last links prove, doesn’t get updated enough to be useful.

Don’t even get me started with the physical effort boarding an airplane now requires. I’m not one of those fancy frequent flyers, but I have to board at a plane at least twice a year, so I know the game:

• Remove my shoes
• Remove my belt
• Empty everything from my pockets (used to just be metal stuff)
• Carry containers 3oz or less and separate them
• If I have one, separate my laptop into another bin.

Then of course, there’s the junk-grabbing pat-downs and nekkid scanners.| MORE ›

Ed Morrissey at Hot Air brings us this very creepy ad from the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue targeting delinquent taxpayers:| MORE ›