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Newly Elected Hungarian Prime Minister Throwing Some Early Curveballs When I covered the Hungarian elections on Monday, with the dethroning of Viktor Orbán after 16 years in office and the ascendance of Péter Magyar, I had to admit to being disheartened by descriptions of the younger man as wanting closer ties with the European Union. Would that, I wondered, mean a complete renunciation of all the bulwarks against EU encroachment on so many fronts that had kept Hungary recognizably Hungarian? The staunch stand against unfettered immigration was the first and foremost thing that sprang to mind, a stand for which Hungary had paid dearly in withheld EU funding and penalties. The bureaucratic corruption and cozying up to Putin that Magyar swore to root out were long overdue and could only stand to benefit the Hungarian people in the long run. But the economic stagnation they are suffering at the moment is another critical issue that will have to be addressed, and would those withheld EU funds be too much to resist, despite Magyar's conservative promises? The prime minister-elect has begun making the parliamentary rounds required in anticipation of forming his government, and with a healthy majority for his party, it won't be a fight over coalition-building. In what I thought was truly a strange way to start the process off, Magyar made his way to the Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok's office to present himself, ask him to dissolve the old Orbán government, get the requisite picture...and then proceeded to trash the smiling older man standing next to him. I don't think I've ever read anything like this in my life. [...] https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/04/15/newly-elected-hungarian-prime-minister-throwing-some-early-curveballs-n3813939

This is simply too good. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bessent Delivers Another Powerful Blow to Iran - Reveals What May Be Their 'Fatal Mistake' [...] Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had another shoe to drop on them. Bessent announced that, in addition to what they had already done with their "maximum pressure" campaign on Iran since last year, the Trump administration was also launching "Operation Economic Fury," and making use of what might prove to be a "fatal mistake" by the regime to bomb their Gulf neighbors. [...] https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/04/15/bessent-delivers-another-powerful-blow-to-iran-n2201332

We knew that this would be the automatic reaction, reactionarily savvy we man. So Bro G. doesn't like tuna glop or sardines, no and no man. This sounds fishy, si man. Heckuva position for someone who lives on a peninsula with an island residence, conclude we man.

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She'll be assigned wherever is appropriate, regardless. Stop agonizing and file the petition.

This helps to explain how & why readers of the NYT are so infected with TDS. Wow. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Media Coverage of the War Has One Target: Trump [...] Even after the ceasefire and plans to reopen the strait were announced, the [New York] Times could only sum up Trump's power diplomacy as "the mark of an impulsive leader who is used to getting his way through coercion and unpredictability" and that he had "backed off." The Times goes on to review "American war crimes" and claims bombing only strengthened Iranian resolve. It concludes that "all we know is that he [Trump] has managed to give Iran the upper hand in this conflict while tanking the global economy and shredding America's most important alliances." Another headline claims the takeaway from the earlier rescue of the downed American airman was all of "Trump is Emboldened," followed by "Trump Revels in Threats to Commit War Crimes in Iran" now that the missing airman is safe. Another piece claims, "Iran has now demonstrated de facto control over much of the global economy. Its Parliament is considering whether to formalize the charging of fees for passage, and an Iranian official warned earlier on social media that the United States would not regain access to the strait." The article goes on to place suffering on a scale of justice, expressing regret over the civilian deaths in Iran without mentioning those in Israel. It cryptically refers to "displaced millions" across the Gulf without indicating who they might be. t blames all these problems and more on Trump personally. [...] https://www.theamericanconservative.com/media-coverage-of-the-war-has-one-target-trump/

Very thoughtful piece. Comments on it? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wall or Sieve? Attacks Raise Doubts About U.S. Immigration System In the wee hours of Sunday, March 1, a Senegalese immigrant clad in a sweatshirt bearing the words "Property of Allah" opened fire outside an Austin, Texas beer garden, killing three and leaving 14 others wounded. On March 12, at Old Dominion University, a former Virginia National Guard member from Sierra Leone – released early from an 11-year prison sentence for attempting to provide material support to the ISIL – yelled "Allahu Akbar" before shooting and killing a beloved college professor and wounding two other people. That same day, a Lebanese immigrant plowed a pickup truck filled with fireworks and gasoline into a large synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan. After exchanging gunfire with security staff, he killed himself. His brother, it turned out, was a recently eliminated Hezbollah commander in Lebanon. Amidst the emerging threat environment of the Iran war, these and other attacks on U.S. soil have reignited questions about the U.S. immigration system's vetting and screening standards. Republican leaders are increasingly asking how, for example, foreign nationals like the Afghan evacuee who shot two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. – killing one of them – or the Egyptian national overstaying his tourism visa who firebombed pro-Israel demonstrators in Colorado last year were able to come here and commit such acts. They are also asking how close relatives of top Iranian officials, including avowed supporters of that country's regime, have been allowed to live and work in the United States. [...] https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/04/09/wall_or_sieve_attacks_raise_questions_on_immigration_system_1175483.html

Put HCMC. If anything changes after the petition is approved, you'll be notified. Plenty of time till that happens.

People in high-fraud countries have waited many months, even years. In Manila, barring issues, it shouldn't take super-long. Be patient, as recommended. Waiting is hard. Violent physical exercise can help.

Thread is shifted from the K-1 Process forum to the K-1 Case Progress subforum.

Endangered -- he knows what to do.

Gosh, five in a row -- here now is Wednesday's Semiofficial Semiweekly VAWA-Thread Joke: =========================================== THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY It amazes me how much "exercise" and "extra fries" sound alike. I was just prescribed some anti-gloating cream. Can't wait to rub it in. I was just minding my own business, and the next thing I know... I'm the same age as old people. I'm not OCD, but you can count on me to turn your toilet paper in the correct position.

She's right that Pres. Trump out-gangstered Iran. REALLY fun to read. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How Trump Took Iran's Trump Card—the Strait of Hormuz—and Made It His Own [...] what if the Strait of Hormuz wasn't a weapon but instead a vulnerability of Iran's? Could the Strait be weaponized by the United States against Iran? That's the proposition President Trump has decided to test. After peace talks in Islamabad broke down over the weekend, the President announced that he would be closing the Strait of Hormuz with a full U.S. naval blockade, promising that any vessels that Iran allowed through would be "BLOWN TO HELL." It is a totally brilliant move. It deprives Iran of its last remaining source of revenue and the only remaining card it had left to play after the U.S. destroyed its navy and took out much of its ballistic missiles. Moreover, the move reveals that Trump is thinking longer term than just keeping Iran from getting a nuclear weapon for a few more years. The President will stop at nothing short of restoring America as the world's only superpower, thanks to our energy dominance. [...] https://batyaus.substack.com/p/how-trump-took-irans-trump-cardthe

And not just in Hungary.

Fotos or it didn't happen, si and no Bro G man!