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Quite true, but the U.S. public won't stand for it. And door-to-door searches for the targets equals dead Americans, which neither the public nor Pres. Trump want.

Thoughts? ~~~~~~~~ The Hilton Breach and the Failure of Paper-Thin Security The attempted assassination at the Washington Hilton was the fifth major attempt on the president's life since 2024. A lone actor raced through a hotel checkpoint and got close enough to matter. This is not a staffing problem or a protocol gap. It is a systemic collapse of imagination -- and it will keep happening until someone is willing to examine it from first principles rather than institutional habit. Quality control is invisible in everyday life precisely because it works. When you buy a car, you expect the brakes to function every single time. Industry achieves this through Six Sigma -- a manufacturing benchmark allowing only 3.4 defects per million opportunities. In a factory, that is world-class performance. Apply that math to protecting the U.S. President -- the pivot point for eight billion people -- and Six Sigma becomes a death sentence. [...] https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/the_hilton_breach_and_the_failure_of_paper_thin_security.html

That's hard, mam ma'am. Not recently, mam ma'am... and probably as expensive (or more so) than the vet. Probably even more expensive, and they focus on dogs. Into a doctor's office burst a panicked man. He had a celery in his left ear, a rhubarb in his right ear, and a carrot up his nose. "What's the matter with me, Doc?" he cried. "You're not eating properly," said the doctor.

No way, sad to say LS ma'am. Luck, LS ma'am. Cat T-B. needs her annual very soon, too; 4-wheel manicure is included in the outrageous price.

Thrilling Thursday report, see man: Absolutely lousy overnight zzz, man. Breakfast was toast, ingest we man. A siesta was attempted, more "close eyes & rest" than any zzz man. Fizzicle therapy finally happened, glorious man. FT lady appalled at how hosed our carcass was, appalled she man. We needed 2 hours of reconstitution, wow man. She mobilized our spine, center of most woes elsewhere man. She dry-needled/e-stimmed our back, hip, hamstrings, & calves, rhythmic we man. (We were warned not to drink beer afterward, spring leak we man man.) She gave us 2 exercises for our shoulder, easy and almost certainly helpful man. She recommended better zzz-ing positions for our hip, certain to be helpful man. We were sore immediately afterward but wonderful thereafter, don't wanna die now we man man. We can now even climb stairs normally, no need to lead with one leg only man. We hope that this lasts beyond today, glorious man. Miu took great interest in FT process and jumped all over FT lady's equipment, little claw damage man. We bided time until Zoom caucus with Mama T-B.'s financial advi$or$, annual portfolio review man. Long-time managerette agreed that Mama T-B. would question every loss of pennies, man. We were satisfied with an overview and with asking basic questions, si man. Portfolio boss will act this week on CPA's long-standing concern, utilize short-term carryover losses man. This in itself will be a major victory, summit of Mount Financial Everest man. We are sorry that Mama T-B. is merely a multiManyaire when we are a $ucce$$ful bu$ine$$ typhoon with $Many,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 in annual POTS* income, sigh man. *buy yours today, si man! We were looking forward to din-din and decompressing, look-forwarding we man. But then Mama T-B. called, demand debriefing senior she man man. We relayed the positive news in succinct-yet-complete fashion, si man. Mama T-B. re-questioned everything, man. We repeated the positive news in even more detail, repeat positively we man. Mama T-B. re-questioned everything, man. During all this, Mini-B. de-skoolbused and was retrieved by ex-Mrs.-T-B., non-Two Guys eve man. Mama T-B. began catastrophizing about chickenpoop expenses, typical and man. We managed to end the call, over half an hour man. Mama T-B. called back, catastrophize and repeat all questions and more man. We managed to end the call, end we man. Mama T-B. called back again, catastrophize and repeat all questions and more man. We managed to end the call, end we man. By now, it was the very thickest of skoolzone time, delay din-din out man. We set forth regardless, intrepid we man. Mama T-B. called twice during short drive, catastrophize and repeat all questions and more man. We ran over a curb during the second call, just about had it distracted we man man. Din-din was at Popeye's**, ingest we man. **WUOC, F$WM From there, we pharmacied for Uncle T-B., all Rx's seemingly filled for Many days again man. Senior he man very grateful, not much delay or distraction man. Returned to casa and nearly zzz'd during TV news, exhausted we man man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. let Mini-B. siesta on her couch, bad idea man***. ***Mini-B. hates siestas and feels lousy afterward, He Will Learn Someday man He barely finished his Inglish assignment, groggy wee man man. He could not finish his other assignments, groggy wee man man. He is voluntarily embedding himself at this writing, mirabile dictu man. We were reading newspaper articles from a South Texas area, read we man. We read about a public official named Frutoso Gomez, weird name man. We asked ex-Mrs.-T-B. if she'd ever heard that name, ask ex-she man we man man. She laughed out loud and said, "No, no man," si and hee hee hee man. Throw it into Google Translate and imagine going through life with it, hilarious man. We also wonder about the girl name Montserrat, si man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. says it's very common in Mexico, si man. But it means "jagged mountain," what's feminine or pretty or elegant about that man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. We have itineraried Many (2+2) highly local ESs for Friday, itinerary we man. Another is in favorite middle-sized town, unsure we want to go there just for one man. We must also visit Mama T-B., aysheep senior she man man. And that was/is our thrilling Thursday, report we man.

Good luck to the descendant of his ancestress, si mam ma'am.

I've thought for some time that nothing substantial will be accomplished unless the IRGC is decimated (leaders & troops) and several dozen Shi'ite mullahs are incinerated in their mosques. I think that the idea of Operation Economic Fury is valid, but it will take too long and won't last after Iran is rebuilt and the original offenders regain their moxie. I wish that the Israelis would send pinpoint missiles where they need to go to hose the IRGC.

This: --- can never be mistaken for a middle initial or a no or N/A response.

Nice job. Pulling for your success.

Great to hear -- congratulations! Yes. It's never too early to think about removing conditions on the green card. Take every piece of evidence physically coming in that indicates your shared life together, and throw it into a box. Do the same thing digitally in a computer folder. By ROC time, you'll have a smorgasbord of evidence to support the filing. In addition (actually, before anything), shop for a lawyer who can draft wills, medical & financial powers of attorney, and similar estate documents. These make superlative evidence for ROC, and they're even more crucial to have in "life." Remember that if you move from one U.S. state to another, your wills may need to be redone. Texas is one state that has reliable, state-valid templates of estate documents on its official website. If your state also does, you're imaginably safe in printing and completing those. From personal observation, I do not recommend any do-it-yourself Internet sites. I personally felt far more comfortable in hiring a lawyer.

From experience, I recommend getting two official (stamped or signed) copies of the vaccination record from his doctor -- one to send in, and one to keep.

Hang in there, folks... good things WILL happen.

Interesting tidbit about the use of AI to track what sounds like highly specific data. Weslaco (where I've been multiple times and NEVER would have suspected a boom) is a city of about 40,000 midway between McAllen & Harlingen in south Texas. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Weslaco sustains $1 billion retail sales streak Weslaco shoppers are cementing the city's position among the Rio Grande Valley's fastest-growing retail hubs. For the second consecutive year, they have pushed the city's taxable sales over $1 billion. Celebrating the win, city leadership attributes Weslaco's second billion-dollar benchmark to its quality of life assets, an influx of chain retailers, and an unprecedented uptick in building permits — marking maturing population growth. According to Texas Comptroller data, Weslaco generated $1.06 billion in taxable sales in 2025 — a feat the city hasn't seen in the last 10 years, says city manager Xavier Salinas. And a huge portion of that figure, at least 20%, is [...] https://myrgv.com/local-news/2026/04/28/weslaco-sustains-1-billion-retail-sales-streak/

What people won't do... at least it's a little more creative than baking a file into a cake. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trio smuggled drugs disguised as legal letters into Cameron County jail The Cameron County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday that two inmates and one of their spouses have been charged with smuggling synthetic cannabinoids disguised as legal correspondence into the Cameron County Detention Center. In a news release, the sheriff's office said inmates Victor Hugo Hernandez Jr. and Michael Molina, along with Hernandez's spouse, Kassandra Michelle Larose, were charged Monday with attempting to introduce a prohibited substance into a correctional facility and engaging in organized criminal activity. Hernandez [...] https://myrgv.com/local-news/2026/05/06/trio-smuggled-drugs-disguised-as-legal-letters-into-cameron-county-jail/

This is one of the very few instances when I agree with civil forfeiture. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Feds seize Brownsville mansion tied to drug trafficking A Brownsville mansion worth $1.7 million bought with drug proceeds has been civilly forfeited to the United States. In a news release, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas said that authorities identified a major cocaine supplier allegedly linked to numerous cartels. "The forfeiture action indicated thousands of kilograms of cocaine had been imported from Mexico into the (U.S.) for distribution in several states, including [...] https://myrgv.com/local-news/2026/05/06/feds-seize-brownsville-mansion-tied-to-drug-trafficking/