
319: Boob Bombs!
The Transportation Security Administration and Associated Press are circulating reports of surgically implanted explosives, a narrative dubbed the boob bomber plot. This intelligence regarding terrorists using surgical enhancements to bypass airport security coincides with European Parliament votes on body scanner health risks. The narrative serves as a potential justification for more invasive pat-downs and increased surveillance infrastructure across global transit hubs. Barack Obama participated in a Twitter Town Hall moderated by Jack Dorsey, where curators from the Truman Project and data from Salesforce Radian6 filtered public inquiries. Meanwhile, reports indicate White House staff bypassed a public pay freeze through job title changes, with employees like Matthew Vogel receiving significant salary increases. In the private sector, Goldman Sachs reportedly lost 98 percent of a 1.3 billion dollar investment from the Libyan Investment Authority, a move characterized as a premeditated heist of sovereign wealth prior to the civil war. Additional scrutiny falls on a new study linking SSRIs like Prozac to autism, which the New York Times is accused of downplaying to protect pharmaceutical interests. Former President Bill Clinton faces criticism for a rambling speech that confused the Declaration of Independence with the Preamble to the Constitution. Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak also memorialize long-time contributor Bubba Martin while deconstructing the robotic talking points of UK politicians Ed Miliband and George Osborne. The episode concludes with a look at NASA launching lithium into the ionosphere and the surveillance implications of H.R. 1981.



















