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The Regal Entertainment Group – the nation’s largest movie theater chain just added a bag and purse check policy as a so-called security measure in some of its theaters, which undoubtedly will include every theater soon!
Regal Entertainment’s website uses public safety as a reason to ILLEGALLY search everyone’s handbag, backpacks etc.
“Security issues have become a daily part of our lives in America. Regal Entertainment Group wants our customers and staff to feel comfortable and safe when visiting or working in our theatres. To ensure the safety of our guests and employees, backpacks and bags of any kind are subject to inspection prior to admission. We acknowledge that this procedure can cause some inconvenience and that it is not without flaws, but hope these are minor in comparison to increased safety.”
On July 29th., I reported how AMC and SMG movie theaters are working with DHS to establish TSA checkpoint searches at movie theaters across the country!
Don’t think TSA security searches are coming to a theater near you? Senator Tony Avella is working on legislation to introduce metal detectors at theaters, malls and sports stadiums.
AMC Theaters have been running a “safety” message which says: “If you happen to see any suspiciously strange characters or bad agendas, report them to our crew.”
Click here to see the AMC “safety” message.
SMG has what the company calls “highly trained officers” at each theater! SMG also makes it a point to hire military vets and ex- cops.
In what’s become ‘standard operating procedure’ for the mass-media they found TWO movie-goers who applaud being searched at movie theaters:
“I’m all for checking bags if it makes it safe for everybody else in the cinema, and with all the previous incidents we’ve had with the cinema, it would make it a much safer place for everybody,” said movie-goer Barry Cathcart
“I think for the safety, I don’t think it’s a big deal. Shouldn’t be bringing in anything that they don’t want people to bring anyway, so, I think as long as it keeps us safe, it’s a great thing,” movie-goer Rob Tuma said.
What you’re not being told is American movie producers have CLOSE ties to DHS:
“It is Department of Homeland Security policy to use the broad authority granted in the Homeland Security Act of 2002, to further the Department’s missions, particularly with respect to disseminating the Department’s homeland security message. This directive sets Departmental policy for interaction between the Department and non-government, entertainment-oriented motion picture, television, advertising, video and multimedia productions/enterprises.”
DHS Multimedia Agreement: “The memorandum of agreement setting forth the specific terms and conditions of the relationship between the producer, studio, network or production company and DHS.”
Click here, here & here to read more.
As if on cue a company with close ties to DHS claims American moviegoers want to be searched before entering a movie! According to the C4 consumer research firm:
“Moviegoers are telling us that they’re starting to see the value of security,” said Ben Spergel, executive vice president of consumer insights at C4. “Hopefully they’re beginning to value it the same amount that they value Imax or 3D, where they recognize that you have to pay more for a better experience. You may also have to pay more for a safer experience.”
C4’s Board of Directors has close ties to DHS:
C4’s Reed Hunt is a former chairman of the FCC which works for DHS.
C4’s Steve Wozniak co founder of Apple gave the NSA, DHS etc., full access to every iPhone users account and fingerprints! Click here, here & here to read more.
C4’s Vice Chairman Gerry Byrne has been seen at the “Federal Enforcement Homeland Security Foundation 2012 Tom Ridge Homeland Security Awards“.
C4’s Paul Hazen is chairman & CEO of Wells Fargo which has close ties to DHS. Click here, here &here to read more.
Wells Fargo until 2012 was making money on America’s private prison system and immigrant detentions!
After initially selling off around 33% of its holdings in GEO Group stock in 2012, Wells Fargo continued to divest from GEO in the mutual funds it controlled. As of June 30, 2014, the bank owned 7,425 shares of GEO valued at over $272,000; previously, it had owned 4 million shares. However, Wells Fargo has steadily increased its stake in CCA and owned 1.08 million shares in the company valued at $36.6 million as of June 30, 2014.
Peter Cervantes-Gautschi, executive director of Enlace, a non-profit organization that has convened a National Private Prison Divestment Campaign, congratulated the bank on “its well-advised decision to dump the private prison stock” in GEO Group. He called on the financial industry giant to “rid itself of the rest of its private prison holdings and to cease financing private prison companies.”
If we don’t stand up and stop this blatant abuse of our civil rights soon EVERYONE will be searched at supermarkets, departments stores, restaurants and movie theaters.
http://massprivatei.blogspot.com/2015/08/dhs-works-with-movie-theaters-to-search.html
fine, I’ll just crotch my bag of jelly fishes
and I dont keep my gun in a bag , so if they start doing body scans and searches ,, than you know it has nothing to do with taking in snacks
DHS isnt there for F-ing snacks
screw what i just said, I aint stepping foot in any movie theater ,,not funding the Holly weird fools anymore
There ya go EotS… 😉
Movies and T.V. shows have U.S. Army ratings:
The U.S. Army and Air Force public relations offices have responded to a Freedom of Information Act request by releasing huge lists of movies and television shows that they have assessed and, at least in many cases, sought to influence.
Here’s the Army’s PDF:
http://www.spyculture.com/docs/US/USArmy-EntertainmentLiaisonOffice-2010to2015reports.pdf
Here’s the Air Force’s PDF:
http://www.spyculture.com/docs/US/USAirForce-EntertainmentLiaisonOffice-2013reports.pdf
The shows and films, foreign and U.S. made, aimed at foreign and U.S. audiences, including documentaries and dramas and talk shows and “reality” TV, cross every genre from those obviously related to war to those with little discernable connection to it.
Films show up in theaters without any notice that they have been influenced by the Army or Air Force or other branch of the military. And they carry ratings like G, PG, PG-13, or R. But the Army’s until-now-secret assessments of films also give them ratings. Every rating is positive and cryptic. They include:
•Supports Building Resiliency,
•Supports Restoring Balance,
•Supports Maintaining our Combat Edge,
•Supports Adapting Our Institutions,
•Supports Modernizing Our Force.
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/08/u-s-movies-and-t-v-shows-have-u-s-army-ratings.html
You’re watching Pentagon propaganda: “American Idol,” “Ice Road Truckers” and the truth about your favorite shows:
“The sheer scale of the Army and the Air Force’s involvement in TV shows, particularly reality TV shows, is the most remarkable thing about these files. ‘American Idol,’ ‘The X-Factor,’ ‘Masterchef,’ ‘Cupcake Wars,’ numerous Oprah Winfrey shows, ‘Ice Road Truckers,’ ‘Battlefield Priests,’ ‘America’s Got Talent,’ ‘Hawaii Five-O,’ lots of BBC, History Channel and National Geographic documentaries, ‘War Dogs,’ ‘Big Kitchens’ — the list is almost endless. Alongside these shows are blockbuster movies like Godzilla, Transformers, Aloha and Superman: Man of Steel.”
http://www.salon.com/2015/07/31/youre_watching_pentagon_propaganda_american_idol_ice_road_truckers_and_the_truth_about_your_favorite_shows/
I’ve been to the theater only once in at least 2 decades and that one time was a matinee for the Buck Branaman documentary movie. I couldn’t believe how theaters had changed since I last attended a movie. The prices were out of control. That was about two years or so ago. Have no need or intention of going to any movie again. What a waste of time, energy and money.
“…..a so-called security measure in some of its theaters, which undoubtedly will include every theater soon!”
Not undoubtedly. They’ll try it out in a few theaters, and if it hurts ticket sales, the plan will be scrapped. If people willingly allow themselves to be searched upon entering the theater, the program will expand to all theaters, and it will exist as proof that we’re living in a nation of spineless, passive, and completely gullible idiots.
from what I’ve read Movie attendance is way down,, so way to go theaters ,, just stick a fork in yourself because i wont be there to do it for ya
Too true! I haven’t gone to a theater since I took some kids to see Avatar YEARS ago.
The only reason i stopped going to movies is the price of the snacks. It can cost more than the movie.
LOL… I always figured if I couldn’t sit through a 2 hr. movie without stuffing my face, the movie must not be worth watching. 😉
“Don’t think TSA security searches are coming to a theater near you?”
I know for a fact they won’t.
Not this one horse town. 🙂
Are there any movies out even worth watching?
It’s all garbage not that I can say from first hand experience Meg. The cinema today is “The weekly disappointment.”
I can hear it now, when Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens,
“Please arrive 2 hours before your movie starts, so you will have time to go through security checkpoints”.
I REFUSE to enforce that policy. I’ll quit! I will not give up other people’s freedoms for petty corporate security.