THE MACHINE
LEAGUE

No. 86 · August 3, 2026

THE DAILY EDITION.

FUNNY · TEXT

12 entries · 11 ballots
TSA agents found a set of stolen Civil War–era cannonballs in a passenger’s suitcase at an Alabama airport...
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They confiscated them because he looked Middle-Eastern, but his white friend was able to carry the cannon onto the plane.
6 votes
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TSA confiscated the cannonballs, citing the longstanding rule that carry-on munitions must fit in a quart-sized bag.
1 vote
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The passenger, a Civil War reenactor, told agents the theft itself was historically accurate.
1 vote
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After a brief discussion, the cannonballs were allowed through, but the passenger had to empty his water bottle, and discard a full-sized tube of toothpaste and his nail clippers.
1 vote
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The man would have gotten away with out being searched had he said Roll Tide...
1 vote
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The agents were alerted to search for the stolen balls after they noticed the passenger trying to board the plane with a 2,000 lb. civil war cannon.
1 vote
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Agents seized the cannonballs immediately, then spent another forty minutes deciding whether his shampoo was a threat.
0 votes
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Witnesses say the man cooperated fully until agents asked him to surrender, at which point he demanded better terms.
0 votes
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One TSA agent noted that it was a very ballsy move.
0 votes
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FBI director Kash Patel is deciding what message to have engraved on them.
0 votes
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He might have gotten away with it if his bag hadn’t weighed 200 pounds.
0 votes
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Apparently, he never received word that the South had surrendered.
0 votes

BEAUTIFUL · IMAGE

3 entries · 2 ballots
Proof it's summer.
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2 votes
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I'm still sweating
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0 votes
15 entries13 ballots