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The new Iranian navy will have glass-bottomed boats... so they can see their old navy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ U.S. Central Command Sinks 9 Iranian Ships, Releases Footage of Epic Fury [...] U.S. Central Command is extremely proud of its victories in the operation, as more and more news keeps coming in confirming the Iranian leaders and military targets destroyed. CENTCOM even released images and video of parts of the operation so that the whole world can see how effectively, lethally, and efficiently the United States struck. Among the targets that CENTCOM took out were nine Iranian warships. [...] https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/03/01/us-central-command-sinks-iranian-ship-releases-footage-of-epic-fury-n4950112

Impressive analysis by Gen. Michael Flynn. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ End of Euphoria Today was an historic day in the region of the Middle East and around the world. That said, my training and education as well as a life's worth of experience have taught me many things. When the euphoria of successful military operations end, what comes next? Below is an attempt to address this vital question. First, the euphoria from today's strikes such as precision hits on IRGC command nodes, nuclear infrastructure remnants, missile arrays, and top leadership (including the reported death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei) will inevitably give way to harder questions of "what comes next?" Operations Epic Fury (U.S.), and Roaring Lion (Israel), launched February 28, 2026, after the Islamic regime rejected maximalist demands in Geneva talks. It's not a one-off raid like this past June 2025; it's a sustained campaign to degrade existential threats: nuclear breakout, ballistic missiles, Iran's navy, and the regime's ability to project terror via proxies. Initial high-fives in Jerusalem, Washington, and among Iranian diaspora communities (reports of street celebrations waving pre-1979 flags and Reza Pahlavi portraits) stem from real tactical wins: hundreds of targets damaged, air defenses suppressed, and a decapitation strike that severs the theocracy's symbolic head. But euphoria fades fast when the bill arrives; financial, strategic, human, and when the fog of war clears on Iran's response. Short-term realities (days/weeks): Iran has already [...] https://genflynn.substack.com/p/end-of-euphoria?r=cyqk&triedRedirect=true

Welcome to the forum! Here are some ideas (others may offer differing opinions): It's worth even a one-time consultation with an attorney, because the urgent need to file plus possible misrepresentation isn't trivial. If she has no knowledge of filing previously, answer "no" and attach a short explanation: -- she doesn't recall having filed -- she received no receipt or notice, and an FOIA request yielded no records -- your current filing is on the basis of her best knowledge and belief. Intentional misrepresentation is far different from uncertainty disclosed in good faith. Including this explanation neutralizes the risk of answering either "yes" without evidence or "no" without explanation. Just file soon before your OPT expires. Run the above past an attorney to see whether it's reasonable. I think that this should satisfy USCIS and eliminate the risk of misrepresentation.

Great idea if chain of custody can be ensured. Doubtful that regular police could upload prints to the USCIS database.

Scintillating Sunday repartee, yawn man. ------- Thrilling Sunday report, see man: Zzz'd almost to alarm, regular HSM pretty much worked man. Warshered/baked our bed blanket, almost like no job at all while coffeeing/newspapering man. Miu active, restless, and demanding of we never out-figured what, vaguely demanding miu man. Decided to mow front yard, mow-lawn we man. We took 2 regular aspirin plus the usual allergy/breathing stuff, self-medicate we man man. Our hip nearly died before we took 2 mow-lawning steps, ow ow OW OW OW man. We barely made it, wow man. We're glad that we did it, much better-looking lawn man. We're not glad that we did it, because our hip remains hosed these Many hours later, OW man. We had to ask Mini-B.'s help hauling the laundry basket, OW we and fortunately cooperative we man man. Lunch for Mini-B. was PB&J sandwiches, ingest wee man. Breakfast/lunch for us was fantasizing about which ultra-HSM we'll take at bedtime, OW man. Watched most of a basketball game with Mini-B., watch Two Guys man. Attempted siesta a complete waste, hip hosed everything man. Din-din was an XL 'roni 'za, ingest Two Guys man. Conquered Mini-B.'s LL and am about to bake our LL, one remaining after this man. Returned Mini-B. to ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s casa, end of Two Guys week man. Zero work done on Mama T-B.'s taxes, man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. No need to skoolbus Mini-B. on Monday, ex-Mrs.-T-B. can do it man. Maybe can work on Mama T-B.'s taxes in morning, perhaps man. MRIs of hip & shoulder in afternoon, hosed afternoon man. And that was/is our thrilling Sunday, report we man.

Not a day goes by when I don't thank heaven that we were only 7 miles (or was it 6?) from Mrs. T-B.'s biometrics place. Wishing you a speedy and less-stressful process ahead.

I wonder who the "they" is that the superior is kowtowing to. I also wonder whether the reporter will keep his job.

Dearborn or Hamtramck, Michigan?

Omar is being exposed for the hypocrite that she is. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Smackdown: Rep. Ilhan Omar spews tripe and hears from Iran's locals [...] not surprisingly, Iran's allies on the left have jumped right in, attempting to defend Iran with their words to continue Iran's propaganda war. Most are saying pretty stupid things; some are whimpering, some are discombobulated, some say they really want freedom for Iran, but ..., others say it's 'greatly concerning,' or stroke their chins about 'grave consequences'; others spew 'international law' tripe as if terrorist state Iran were an upstanding nation, while still others mouth the olde-tyme leftist claptrap about yanquí imperialismo, and in the case of Rep. Ilhan Omar, Trump violating the sacred Islamic Ramadan fasting period, which didn't seem to bother Afghanistan or Pakistan, both of which lobbed missiles at one other in the last two days. [...] https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/smackdown_rep_ilhan_omar_hears_from_very_pleased_iranians.html

See remarks from the Shah Jr. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pahlavi: Iran is 'not Iraq,' nation will hold free elections, establish ties with Israel Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi published an op-ed in the Washington Post in the early hours of Sunday morning, responding to the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and outlining his plan for a democratic Iran. Pahlavi addressed fears of the US establishing an extended, resource-draining military presence in Iran as it did in Iraq in the early 2000s following the assassination of Saddam Hussein. The crown prince explicitly assured Washington Post readers that "Iran is not Iraq. We will not repeat the mistakes that followed that conflict." [...] https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-888322

Man -- the New York Times is going to have to get a lot of "austere religious scholar" obituaries ready... like, more than 40 of them. Nearly 900 strikes were carried out within 12 hours. Not bad! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Over 40 Senior Iranian Officials Confirmed Dead in Operation Epic Fury Dozens of senior Iranian officials, as well as Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have been killed in operation Epic Fury, as Israeli and American forces have rained hell upon Iran since early Saturday morning. So far, according to Israeli sources, the deaths include Ali Larijani, Khamenei's deputy, and Ali Shamkhani, a top security advisor. Other reported casualties among high-ranking figures include Esmail Qaani, head of the IRGC Quds Force; Mohammad Pakpour, the newly appointed IRGC commander; and Defense Minister Amir Nasirzadeh. However, Iranian officials have denied these reports. [...] https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2026/02/28/dozens-of-senior-iranian-officials-confirmed-dead-n2672074

And look who else got it, too! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Iranian State Media Finally Admits What We've Known for Hours About Ali Khamenei President Trump launched airstrikes against the Iranian regime just over an hour past his deadline, collaborating with Israeli forces to target the government's leadership. The operation was successful, with key Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and most of his family, eliminated in the initial strikes. Iranian state media confirmed these outcomes, even though Israeli and American officials had already made the information public hours earlier. Khamenei's daughter, son-in-law, and grandson were also killed in the airstrikes: [...] https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/02/28/iranian-state-media-finally-admits-what-weve-known-for-hours-n2672090

We neglected to post Wednesday's Semiofficial Semiweekly VAWA-Thread Joke, and no one complained. This certainly means that you're eagerly anticipating our Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: =========================================== WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO SAY "Don't let your mind wander -- it's too small to be let out on its own." "I hear you've finally changed your mind. What did you do with the diaper?" "I'm heading south for the winter... actually, some parts of me are headed there already!" "If a man's home is his castle, he can learn to CLEAN it." "As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in public schools." "Don't believe everything you think." "If there's a tourist season, how come we can't shoot them?" "Everyone seems normal, until you get to know them." "My sex life isn't dead, but the buzzards are circling." "Well, aren't YOU the most adorable Black Hole of Need?" "Shhh! That's the sound of nobody caring what you think." "Did you eat an extra bowl of Stupid this morning?" "I don't know what your problem is, but I bet it's hard to pronounce." "If you have something to say, raise your hand and place it over your mouth." "You're not yourself today -- I noticed the improvement immediately!" "Never go to bed angry -- stay up and plot your revenge."

Oh, Joy.

Thrilling Saturday non-ES report, see man: Breakfast/lunch was 2 turkey-&-cheese sandwiches, ingest we man. Mini-B. still embedded at nearly 1 p.m., zzz wee man man. We left him 2 PB&J sandwiches, lunch wee man man. We awoke him before going to our ES and to Mama T-B., roust youthful carcass we man man. Mama T-B. phoned us Many (2+2+2+1) -- si man, Many (2x2x2 -1) -- times, man. During our visit, we again had to inventory & reorganize all the bed ilnens, man. This is because the idiot helpers "just grab and toss everything around, si man," man. She told us to take one complete dirty-sheet set, 2 towels, & a duster dress home to warsh, man. "You can warsh them together in one load, si man," said senior she man man. "No, we cannot, no man -- the towels will get wadded in the sheets in the dryer, si man," said we man man. "No, they will not, no man, and I need them before Sunday, si man!" said senior she man man. We warshered/baked/folded the 2 LLs, no one tell us how to do LLs man. Mini-B. said that he was going to the nearby skool to basketball with amigos, well OK man. Miu demanded complete brushing, acquiesce to miu we man. We returned the 2 LLs to Mama T-B. after hours, 2 trips in one day man. As we T-B.-mobiled, Mini-B. texted that he + amigos were going to McDonald's, across busy highway man. We told him not to for safety & din-din planning, but he ignored us, no and si man man. This did wonders for our blood pressure, irked-already we man man. The keypad entry code to Mama T-B.'s place didn't work, bang on door for Many minutes till someone noticed we man man. Mama T-B. wanted Many (2+2) -- si man, Many (2+2) -- explanations of what we'd warshed, man. After the Many'th (2+1th) explanation, we began to get peeved, foul mood already we man. We crammed the infernal stuff where it belonged and then left, bye we man man. On way back, we stopped at McDonald's, retrieve wee man + one local amigo man. The T-B.-mobile's back seat hasn't been off-cleaned since Mama T-B. went down, no time man. We could take only one amigo with us, choice man. Local amigo said he could walk home, si man. Other amigo, we learned too late, lived Many (2x2x2x2 +2) -- si man, Many (2x2x2x2 +2) -- minutes away, man. Saturday-night traffic quite heavy, man. Mini-B. unapologetic, rebellious Manyager wee man man. We were rather displeased, putting it lightly man. Return to the casa was after Many (2x2x2) p.m., man. Mini-B. needed a lengthy emergency bathroom seance, dietary indiscretion at McDonald's man. We were about to blow our stack, schedule entirely hosed man. Din-din (finally) was French-style green beans, breaded chicken tenders, and r'b'r, ingest Two Guys man. We had to consume part of Mini-B.'s din-din, appetite ruined by McDonald's man. Movie night was Many (2x2x2x2 + 2+2+2) Jump Street, pretty good and watch Two Guys man. Beyond all hope, 2 bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This tallies to Many (2x2x2x2 -2) for the week, quota padded man. End result of day, see man: Zero progress on Mama T-B.'s taxes, man. Everyone here should have invested in pharma companies that make BP medicine, financially savvy you man man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. No plans for Sunday beyond the Many (2+1) LLs and whatever we do with Mama T-B.'s taxes, yeah right man. And that was/is our thrilling Saturday, report we man.