I know, I know. The "terrorists" can dress up as nuns. Or children. Or seniors.

But pictures like the one below just make me sad (even if it is a few years old).

^{photo courtesy: Flicker user Morning in America}

Sadly, a new CBS poll out today suggests that 81% of Americans approve the use of full body scanners. We've got a lot of work to do.

I stopped doing the Picture of the Week feature a few months ago, but I'm bringing it back, at least for today, to showcase this piece of airport artwork:

photo courtesy: telegraph.co.uk

Looks like some sort of Chavez propoganda to me, but it's actually a mural at Denver International Airport. I stumbled upon the picture while reading a UK Telegraph story entitled, "The world's strangest, weirdest and ...

I have not blogged too much about the trip I recently returned from, but I was fortunate enough to spend some time exploring Vancouver, Lisbon, Marrakech, Madrid, and Copenhagen. A full trip report (nine flights) is coming--and I brought my good camera on this trip. Here's a teaser picture from Morocco:

 

 Note the original $1243 a/i price for this fare, which booked tickets into First Class on Qantas codeshares. I am usually really good at monitoring the Mileage Run Deals forum on flyertalk and have taken advantage of quite a few "sale" fares the last three years. I missed this one, unfortunately. While United honored a "full-fare" Business Class ticket from LAX-AKL via SYD a couple years ago for $1800 r/t (normal price ~8-10X that) AA quickly announced ...

Three pictures today, actually. After seeing them, isn't it hard to believe to that no one was seriously injured in the accident?

I sat next to a UPS pilot on a PHL-IAD flight on Christmas Eve who occasionally flies to Kingston and he complained that the runway in Kingston does not have grooves on it, so when it rains the water begins to accumulate immediately.

While the TSA runs around in circles utterly failing to make air travel safer, fixing up the runway in Kingston seems like a great way to legitimately address passenger safety concerns.

^{All photos courtesy of Associated Press}

 

Can you identify the location this picture was taken at? Hint: It is within walking distance of a border.