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Investment Analysis Clubs Macro Economic Trends and Risks
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Mary Robinette Kowal is a US author who is on a book tour. She has done this many times before but experienced a new /sarcasm joy of traveling. in the Atlanta airport. Here’s an edited version of her post at BlueSky from 5:02 am this morning.

I just checked in at the Atlanta airport and the kiosk wanted me to show a “passport or permanent residence card.” The airline rep who was helping me said “I don’t know why it’s doing this it’s been doing it all morning.”

She was moving people from kiosk to kiosk to see if she could get one that wouldn’t trigger that message. Fortunately, I had my passport with me. Also, I’m a 56 year old white cis-woman. The rest of this book tour is going to be fun. Whee!

In answer to a question people keep asking. “Could this be related to the new Real ID requirements?” I have a Real ID. This happened when I tapped my boarding pass to check my bags.

Further clarification: This was a domestic flight from Atlanta to Houston. Needing to show my passport for international travel would not have been surprising.

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Kowal is a Polish name. Maybe not “white enough”? The 1920s US immigration law was designed to keep Eastern Europeans, as well as several other groups, out of Shiny-land.

Fortunately, I don’t need to deal with the Gestapo, when I drive across the state in my private car…yet

Steve

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Open borders made the nation International.

The Captain

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Some people do need to worry -

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Democratic Norther Virginia Representative Don Beyer, on X: "ICE detained a U.S. citizen in Northern Virginia with guns drawn. He offered to show ID and told the officers he was an American citizen, but they handcuffed him anyway.

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Germany is getting a lot of unwanted publicity.

The Captain

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With the current administration endorsing the AfD, the publicity seems appropriate.

Steve

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There are selected people who get empathy though:

Trump says Prince Harry can stay in US because he suffers from ‘terrible’ Meghan Markle. President says would not deport British royal despite allegations of lying on immigration papers

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Just like those poor, “victim”, white people in South Africa, who are invited in.

Meanwhile, another half million immigrants, who do have temporary papers, will now be added to the roundup.

Steve

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