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Patricia Martin, former presiding judge of the juvenile court’s child protection division, bilked a decorated WWII vet out of more than $380,000. She pleaded guilty to theft and also was ordered to pay $122,763.73 in restitution. Former Cook County Judge Patricia Martin was sentenced Friday to four years of probation after pleading guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from World War II veteran Oscar Wilkerson Jr., who was one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen. Martin, who was head of the Cook County juvenile court’s child protection division until her 2020 retirement, appeared before Judge Terry Gallagher and pleaded guilty to one count of theft with a value between $100,000 and $500,000. She was sentenced to four years of probation and ordered to pay $122,763.73 in restitution. Wilkerson, who died in February 2023 at 96, had been the last known surviving member of the Tuskegee Airmen in the Chicago area. In 2007, he was among about 300 surviving members of the trailblazing all-Black aviation unit awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by President George W. Bush. more at https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/12/05/ex-cook-county-judge-sentenced-to-probation-for-stealing-from-tuskegee-airman

i suspect usc's will be able to retire and live in another country and will be able to draw on SS/other retirement benefits - but they will still need to file us income taxes every year.

in arizona they say it's not the heat, it's the humidity in kansas, we say it's not the cold, it's the wind!

so an old monkey can be taught new tricks....

of course he isn't. he hangs out in the treetops.

so then you'll be a kept man...........

too broke?

if you are outraged now, and were not then - then one might be a victim of media manipulation Drones kill rescuers in 'double tap', say activists https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-24557333

but that does not mean they were not working without authorization before the filing or afterward - which would easily explain their situation. i'm a pessimist - i see a lot in the news but certain things are left out - often important details that would reduce the outrage of the readers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Norman_Shay

Charles Shay, a decorated Native American veteran who was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic when he landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day and helped save lives, died on Wednesday. He was 101. Shay died at his home in Bretteville-L'Orgueilleuse in France's Normandy region, his longtime friend and carer Marie-Pascale Legrand said. Shay, of the Penobscot tribe and from Indian Island in the U.S. state of Maine, was awarded the Silver Star for repeatedly plunging into the sea and carrying critically wounded soldiers to relative safety, saving them from drowning. He also received France's highest award, the Legion of Honor, in 2007. Shay had been living in France since 2018, not far from the shores of Normandy where nearly 160,000 troops from Britain, the U.S., Canada and other nations landed on D-Day on June 6, 1944. The Battle of Normandy hastened Germany's defeat, which came less than a year later. "He passed away peacefully surrounded by his loved ones," Legrand told The Associated Press. more at https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charles-shay-dies-d-day-veteran-saved-lives-dead-age-101/ he was the last living medic from Omaha Beach on D-Day.

maybe it's just me being a pessimist, but i'd beware of lawyers on reddit without a physical office address...........

having dug through that reddit thread, this is the part that needs to be posted G. Properly Filed Adjustment Application – INA 245(c)(2) and INA 245(c)(8) For purposes of the bars to adjustment, a nonimmigrant only needs to maintain his or her nonimmigrant status until the time he or she properly files an adjustment application with USCIS so long as the nonimmigrant does not engage in any unauthorized employment after filing the adjustment application.[43] An applicant does not violate the terms of his or her nonimmigrant status merely by filing an application to adjust status as long as the application was properly filed when the applicant was in lawful nonimmigrant status.[44] the above is from: https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-7-part-b-chapter-4 in short, the above has not changed since in the almost 2 decades i've been on this site. file before the 90 days is up, and do not work until one has authorization to do so. i suspect this part is what is causing issues for many in that reddit thread

if you are referring to this post i see nothing in the above that indicates "KFelts910" is a lawyer. where did you get the idea the poster of the above comment is a lawyer? ah i think i found it - she claims to be one on her profile. and if the below is the individual, i suggest giving anything she says be taken with a grain of salt. from github: Immigration Lady Lawyer running a virtual law firm, raising kids, and an aspiring tech entrepreneur. Empowering clients by making legal services more ...

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past experience paints a profile, this one fit it quite well a "go fast" boat - check. visual surveillance confirms a cargo - check. cargo is packed like many other previous boats that were carrying drugs - check. and of course, it moving, acting, and quacking like a duck. i would not be surprised if there is humint reporting boat departures, along with other methods of intel collection. not much happens in the gulf without the us knowing about it if the us having an interest in monitoring things. in short, it's not exactly rocket science to figure out it's a drug boat.

upon review of this thread and the account of the op, this thread is now locked draconian admin action has been taken

it seemed like you were saying they were told to use their own drugs "Drug dealers use now"

uh what?

this thread is now closed for terms of service (tos) violation: as this thread is essentially asking members to violate the above portion of the tos, it is now locked to further reply this thread will not be deleted so don't ask. upon review of this thread and the account of the op, draconian admin action has been taken

that in bold sounds like a win win to me...........

which do you think is more of a danger to national security? - a wedding - a drug boat