Observations and inanities by a second-shift assistant supervisor in the Puppy-Grinding division of the Evil Atheist Conspiracy® (our motto: "Sure it's cruel, but think of the jobs!"), your host, Brent Rasmussen.
Please, someone tell me this is a joke.
Seriously - this is like something out of a comedy sketch:
FBI Hoped to Follow Falafel Trail to Iranian Terrorists Here
Like Hansel and Gretel hoping to follow their bread crumbs out of the forest, the FBI sifted through customer data collected by San Francisco-area grocery stores in 2005 and 2006, hoping that sales records of Middle Eastern food would lead to Iranian terrorists.
The idea was that a spike in, say, falafel sales, combined with other data, would lead to Iranian secret agents in the south San Francisco-San Jose area.
Here's an even better idea for the FBI/NSA/Omega Sector: just plant RFID tags in the falafel mix. Then they can trace exactly who buys it, follow them around after they've consumed it, and even know what bathroom facilities they like to use. Man, you could set up monitoring equipment to record their bowel movements!
Genius!
Jim Downey
(Via MeFi.)
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It's been done.
Didn't a poo tracer figure into the plotline of the second Austin Powers movie.
Maybe they'll start tracking
Maybe they'll start tracking burrito sales looking for those 12 million illegal immigrants. Wait - why is that guy knocking on my door asking for a green card?
DAMN YOU Taco Bell!
secret
No damn wonder they want to keep their operations secret. That's embarrassing.
I guess they were following
I guess they were following the logical counterpoint to the Pentagon/Pizza effect. When there was a crisis at the Pentagon and everyone had to work late, the local pizzerias were deluged with takeout orders, so news crews monitered how many pies went to the Pentagon in order to get a scoop. I assume this practice of calling out for pizza has stopped since Al Qaeda could have a Papa John's sleeper cell unit...
That's now on my "No Buy List"
All I can think of is that somewhere in the FBI there exists a Counter-Hummus Unit.
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"Ponies are atheists, you know, technically."
- Me
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