{"id":24731,"date":"2011-12-21T15:10:34","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T22:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/21\/step-away-from-the-jam.html"},"modified":"2011-12-21T17:07:23","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T00:07:23","slug":"step-away-from-the-jam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/21\/step-away-from-the-jam.html","title":{"rendered":"Step &#8230; away &#8230; from the jam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I feel much safer knowing that, instead of being on my plane, that Potentially Explosive Jam is sitting in a trash bin by the security line with all the other Potentially Explosive Items. Merry Christmas, TSA! #ddtb<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fextras.mnginteractive.com%2Flive%2Fmedia%2Fsite36%2F2011%2F1221%2F20111221__DIA_2RJ6686%7Ep1_300.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/breakingnews\/ci_19594323'>Holiday gift jams up TSA at Denver International Airport &#8211; The Denver Post<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIf you\u001bre one of the millions headed to the airport this holiday season take note: homemade jam will jam-up the security line.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I feel much safer knowing that, instead of being on my plane, that Potentially Explosive Jam is sitting in a trash bin by the security line with all the other Potentially Explosive Items. Merry Christmas, TSA! #ddtb Embedded Link Holiday gift jams up TSA at Denver International Airport &#8211; The Denver Post If you\u001bre &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/21\/step-away-from-the-jam.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Step &#8230; away &#8230; from the jam&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,17],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-24731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-homeland-security","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10934,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/05\/14\/good_enough_for_the_homel.html","url_meta":{"origin":24731,"position":0},"title":"Good enough for the homeless &#8212; too dangerous to fly with","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 14-May-07 9:25am","format":false,"excerpt":"All those tubs and bins of Evil and Presumably Dangerous Liquids that get confiscated at the airport security checkpoints? 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