UPDATE: Donald Trump Takes Office as the 47th US President
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Seriously consider storing currencies other than the U.S. dollar as well.
Recall what happened in Germany.
This is Stupid!!!!!
Yes, the TSA quietly updated its guidance to explicitly list medical marijuana as permitted in both carry-on and checked bags, but this comes with major federal caveats. [1, 2]
While patient advocates are celebrating the change, there is still massive confusion regarding exactly how it will be enforced. Keep the following key realities in mind before you pack: [1, 2]
Yes, the TSA quietly updated its guidance to explicitly list medical marijuana as permitted in both carry-on and checked bags, but this comes with major federal caveats. [1, 2]
While patient advocates are celebrating the change, there is still massive confusion regarding exactly how it will be enforced. Keep the following key realities in mind before you pack: [1, 2]
- Official Policy: The official TSA Medical Marijuana guidelines state that medical cannabis is allowed, subject to "special instructions".
- Focus on Security: The TSA's stated mission is to find weapons, explosives, and threats to aviation, not to search for illegal drugs.
- The "Catch": Marijuana remains federally illegal. If a TSA agent discovers marijuana during routine screening, they are still mandated to refer the matter to local law enforcement.
- Local Discretion: What happens next depends entirely on the police and laws where you are. In states where cannabis is legal, officers may let you keep it or just ask you to throw it out. In states where it is illegal, or on federal airport property, you risk fines or arrest.
- No International Travel: Flying internationally with cannabis is still highly illegal and can result in severe federal or foreign criminal charges, regardless of medical status.
- Hemp-Derived CBD: Hemp-derived products containing \(0.3\%\) THC or less are entirely legal under federal law and are permitted through security. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
WASHINGTON -- The NAACP is calling on Black athletes and fans to boycott the athletic programs of public universities in states that are taking steps that the nation's oldest civil rights group says are restricting Black voting rights.
Launched Tuesday, the "Out of Bounds" campaign urges prospective Black athletes, their families, alumni and fans to "withhold athletic and financial support" from major public universities in states that "have moved to limit, weaken or erase Black voting representation."
If Black athletes participate in the boycott, it could deplete rosters for powerhouse football and basketball programs across the Southeastern Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference.
The NAACP is among groups responding to a wave of gerrymandering in the aftermath of a Supreme Court ruling that winnowed a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Civil rights activists have mobilized across the South to protest redistricting plans by Republican state legislatures that eliminate majority-Black congressional districts after the high court's ruling. Activists have looked for pressure points to dissuade GOP-led states from redistricting maps, including calls for mass protests and economic boycotts.
"Across the South, Black athletes have helped build some of the most profitable college athletic programs in America," said NAACP president Derrick Johnson. Johnson noted that the programs "generate hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue, national television value, alumni donations, merchandising sales, ticket sales and brand equity -- much of it powered by Black football and basketball talent."
The NAACP's campaign calls out Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and South Carolina as states to boycott, arguing that the athletic programs of those states' flagship universities are especially reliant on Black athletic talent and should protect Black political interests.
"Black athletes should not be asked to generate wealth, prestige, and power for state institutions while those same states strip political power from Black communities," Johnson said.
Black lawmakers themselves are also pressuring athletic leagues to take action against Republican-led states that might redistrict longtime Black members of Congress.
The Congressional Black Caucus on Monday sent a letter to the commissioners of the SEC and ACC athletic conferences, as well as NCAA president Charlie Baker, stating that its members will oppose the SCORE Act, a bill to standardize athletes' contracting rights across the country, unless conference leaders oppose GOP-led redistricting efforts in states that include major conference members.
"The Congressional Black Caucus believes institutions that profit from Black talent and Black communities have a responsibility to stand with those communities when their fundamental rights are under attack," the CBC said. "Silence in the face of injustice is not neutrality -- it is complicity."
Not good
I slapped the article in Claude:
What the article actually is: International Man is Doug Casey's publication — a libertarian/hard-money outlet that has consistently predicted dollar collapse, hyperinflation, and sovereign debt crises for decades. The framing is real-concerns-through-a-maximalist-lens. Casey's predictions tend toward the dramatic end of the spectrum.
What's genuinely happening (from mainstream sources):
In the eight weeks since the Iran war started, the conflict has driven gas prices above $4 a gallon and pushed inflation to its highest level in nearly two years. The 2026 Iran war, including the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, has led to what the International Energy Agency characterized as the "largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market," echoing the 1970s energy crisis through acute supply shortages, currency volatility, and heightened risks of stagflation. CBS NewsWikipedia
That's real and significant — not just fringe doom-saying.
On inflation specifically: Even under a cautiously optimistic scenario in which the closure of the Strait of Hormuz lasts one quarter and oil exports resume gradually, the surge in oil prices is expected to raise US headline inflation by 0.6 percentage points and core inflation by 0.2 percentage points in 2026. The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index could hit 4% by end of year — double the Fed's target — according to the Cato Institute. CEPRCBS News
On debt: The US has to roll over about $10 trillion in old debt coming due this year, on top of financing new war spending, and the Fed may become the buyer of last resort — printing money to finance it — which historically results in higher prices and higher interest rates. This is a genuine structural concern that economists across the political spectrum acknowledge, not just hard-money advocates. International Man
Where to be skeptical of the article:
The "imminent dollar collapse / endgame" framing has been Casey's consistent message for 30+ years through multiple cycles. The underlying concerns about debt monetization and inflation are legitimate — but the catastrophist conclusions (buy gold, get offshore accounts, the system is ending) are the publication's commercial and ideological product. They profit from fear.
Bottom line: The article is pointing at real problems with a megaphone. The energy shock, inflation pressure, and debt dynamics are worth taking seriously for personal financial planning (energy costs, rate sensitivity on mortgages, etc.). The "imminent civilizational collapse" framing is not a reliable guide to action. Think of it as a useful signal amplifier, not a literal forecast.
This is just another formula for disaster!!!
BLACK PEOPLE ARE GONNA SAVE US!!!!
Yeah, you keep thinking that! End up with your feelings hurt!!!!
He is not hiding it
Nope. I say he can't die soon enough.
I did all I can do. I voted the right way. But you got dumbasses who are defending him even though he is pilfering the coffers of the United States, so fuck him and fuck them. I'm playing Madden.
I probably should buy some more ammunition for what might be coming though.
Anyone who lives in the DC area knew about this for decades.
Anyone who has friends, families or worked in the DC area knew for decades.
It’s just one of the things in this society nobody wants to talk about or point out.
And the main blame is the Democratic/GOP electorate that continually allows themselves to be distracted and bamboozled by the ‘Boogeyman’ of the week with issues that doesn’t affect them directly.
When John Coryn loses the primary, I hope he starts switching his votes too.
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