Starting May 7, 2025, you will not be able to get on a commercial plane without a Real ID, which is essentially a biometric national identity card. From Eric Peters at ericpetersautos.com:
In just a few months from now, everyone who has not gotten what is styled a “REAL ID” at the DMV (revelatory, isn’t that?) will no longer be allowed to fly. Everyone must have one of these REAL IDs by next May the 7th in order to be permitted to board a commercial flight.
The net cinches just a little tighter.
A REAL ID is a biometric-encoded national ID card issued by the DMV – which stopped issuing driver’s licenses years ago when the latter transitioned into the state-level ID cards one must have in order to be allowed to do essentially anything, such as cash a check or buy a bottle of non-prescription cough syrup. Things that have nothing at all to do with driving.
This tells us that a “driver’s license” has to do with driving only in a vestigial sense. One must possess the thing in order to have it when ordered to present the thing to an armed government worker as evidence that you have obtained the state’s permission to drive a vehicle on its roads. It is not a certificate of competence to drive.
This distinction is important because it indicates what the “license” actually is.
The REAL ID is something more. The next step.
You used to have to obtain the (cough) driver’s license in order to be allowed to drive; now you must have the REAL ID in order to be allowed to fly, even though you aren’t flying the airplane.
This distinction is also important.
But, but, but, what about the replacements?
Burrito goblins uber alles?
What a steaming fourth world turd.
Good thing that Magic Soil will help us conquer the world for the rainbow faculty lounge.
You won’t even be able to fly a paper airplane in the 15 minute concentration camps.
But the hive had to have peace and safety by any means necessary.
Pwease to kweep me swafe mwommygov. (sniffle)
Like desktop general Deutschland hater Ike Eisenhower said… then go to prison for complete safety.
Watch out for that sharp tooth brush shank by the gruel and beet soup line.
Wear comfortable shoes in the work fields because there is no dope and video games in the hammer and sickle.
Breaking from Uncle Bob:
Uncle Bob’s Burly House