Is a bad job worse than no job?

For mental health, bad job worse than no job - CNN.com:
"By Matt McMillen, Health.com  -- With unemployment still high, job seekers who have been discouraged by a lack of work might be inclined to take the first opportunity they're offered. That will help pay the bills, but it could cause other problems: A new study suggests that some jobs are so demoralizing they're actually worse for mental health than not working at all."

What utter nonsense. Are they seriously advocating that people stay home and go on welfare? This has to be the stupidest medical study since leeches.

If you can find a job, take it. Then look for a better job - don't just flop around on the sofa sucking down beers and drawing public assistance.

And forget about "mental health", get a job so you can get insurance for your MEDICAL health. The only ones who have to worry about mental health issues are those lounging around soaking up tax dollars, too lazy to do anything but stay on the dole.

Get real. Get a job.

Enhanced airport security and pat downs

TSA officer pleads guilty to stealing from passengers
"(CNN) -- A New Jersey Transportation Security Administration officer on Thursday pleaded guilty to federal charges that he and his supervisor regularly stole from passengers during screenings at Newark Liberty International Airport, according to federal prosecutors.
Officer Al Raimi, 29, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Newark. He admitted that for nearly a year, he stole between $10,000 and $30,000 in cash from travelers as they passed through a security checkpoint at the airport.
Raimi admitted that he would "kick up" some of that money to a supervisor, who in turn allowed him to keep stealing. The supervisor, Michael Arato, pleaded guilty earlier this month to accepting kickbacks and bribes.
The TSA and the Port Authority Police Department of New York and New Jersey opened an investigation after receiving numerous complaints from passengers who claimed valuables were missing from their carry-on luggage after they passed through the airport security screening devices."

Ever wonder why the TSA introduced their "pat down" searches? Apparently so they could lift your wallet.
And rummage through your carry-ons to steal stuff.

Its bad enough that air travellers get gouged on taxes. Yes, more than half your air ticket cost is TAX. Check the receipt next time you fly. Then the inhumanity of the TSA grope, or the alternate deadly dosage of backscatter X-rays. And to get robbed amidst all that, adding injury to insult.

Next time, take the train.

Suspected smuggler stuffed squirrels, tortoises into suitcases - CNN.com

Suspected smuggler stuffed squirrels, tortoises into suitcases - CNN.com:
"(CNN) -- An alleged would-be smuggler was caught at a Thailand airport with dozens of rare wildlife [...]stuffed into three suitcases, a wildlife monitoring organization says.
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The man had purchased the wildlife at Bangkok's Chatuchak Market and was attempting to smuggle them out of the country, the organization said. He was stopped after a regular luggage scan revealed the animals.


According to the organization, the man carried 88 Indian star tortoises, 33 elongated tortoises, seven radiated tortoises, six mata mata turtles and four Southeast Asian narrow-headed softshell turtles. He also had three Aldabra tortoises, one pig-nosed turtle, and one ploughshare tortoise ...


But that wasn't all that the man stuffed into his luggage. Authorities also found 34 ball pythons, two boa constrictors, several milk snakes, corn snakes and king snakes and one hog-nosed snake ...



According to the organization, there also were 19 bearded dragon lizards, four spiny-tailed lizards, two Sudan plated lizards and six Argentine horned frogs.

And, to top it off, there were 18 baboon spiders, 22 common squirrels and one African grey parrot inside the suitcases ..."

What, no partridges in pear trees?

First off, the guy flew in. He must have noticed the big machine that his suitcases passed through. With big burly men in uniforms glaring at screens. That showed the contents of his suitcases. We call it the X-Ray Machine, Mr. frequent flier!

And really, to be able to pack more animals than most zoos possess into a mere three suitcases, that is Nobel Prize-worthy. The man is in reality, a packing genius. A moron otherwise, yes, but a packing and stacking genius. He should be making YouTube videos about "How To Pack A Suitcase". Imagine being able to fit the entire contents of a walk-in closet into one single carry-on bag for your flight, now that kind of skill would have earned him more money than a few hundred animals. And smelled a lot better too, no doubt.