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Good reading. Comments?

Quite interesting about California. Comments?

Scintillating Thursday repartee, yawn man. ------- Thrilling Thursday report, see man: Spent 2 hours helping Uncle T-B. with some banking issues, we help $enior he man. 1. Couldn't do it online, bug in system man. 2. Halfway through with agent when phone call cut out, man. Many. Started all over with other agent when phone began blanking out speech, man. Many. Fortunately, above was after almost all business was finished, minor consolation man. Lunch/din-din was a styrofoam trayful of Japanese beef/fried rice from mall food court, ingest we man. Spent longer than an hour briefing Mama T-B. on every detail of Uncle T-B.'s stuff, grill we man senior she man. For balance of 2-hour call, got lectured about all Life & Financial Matters, lecture we man senior she man. One GS itineraried for Friday, itinerary we man. Might try to help Uncle T-B. with further financial matters, Many left to go man.

Fascinating, and implying some hope. Comments?

Interesting alternate view on the House Speakership brouhaha. Comments?

A CBP agent told me that an expired U.S. passport can be used at land-crossings. Not for air travel. Far, far better to have a U.S. passport. No worries, then.

Latin had (has) masculine, feminine, and neuter. Other languages have only masculine and feminine. Big omission.

Update: The decision was made to merge the ROC-specific thread with the larger thread, because the former thread didn't stay specific to ROC.

Hmm... cutting electricity usage... high ESG score... probably be let out very soon. Got it, first try!

Or, they could be the exceptions and have the metaphorical book thrown at them.

I've mentally thrown up my hands at every instance of rewards for people who have zero ethics or intellectual honesty.

"There are lies, damned lies, and statistics."

Folks, please be aware of another thread about the fee-increases in general: https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/794170-uscis-proposed-price-increase/ We normally prefer just one thread on a topic. However, the current thread chiefly pertains to ROC. If your comments are about ROC specifically, please post them here; if more general, post in the linked thread. Thanks. VJ Moderation

Nation Braces Itself For Return Of Joe Biden WASHINGTON, DC — As the new year began and everyone's focus turned to 2023, fear gripped the country, leaving store shelves stripped bare and families shutting themselves indoors behind boarded windows as the nation braced itself for the return of Joe Biden. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/nation-braces-itself-for-return-of-joe-biden

Local Man Takes 15th Annual 'Before' Photo MEEKER, CO — The new year started off optimistically for local resolution enthusiast, Carson Blenvy, who dove right into his resolve to lose 30 pounds of fat by taking a before photo to help document his future progress toward a sleek, muscular body. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/local-man-takes-15th-annual-before-photo

Republican Approval Rating At Record High After Bringing Congress To Grinding Halt WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an unexpected turn of events, congressional Republicans saw their approval ratings soar to an all-time high after bringing Congress to a grinding halt while the battle to determine the Speaker of the House dragged on. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/republican-approval-ratings-at-record-high-after-bringing-congress-to-grinding-halt

After the Southwest Debacle, Pete Buttigieg Is Under Fire for Flying On Private Military Jet https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/01/04/after-the-southwest-debacle-pete-buttigieg-is-under-fire-for-flying-on-private-military-jet-n2617895

Surpraaaahz, Sarjent Carter!

Avoid getting lumped in with the "escuálidos." No mercy is shown to them.

I'm All-In if Trump Promises a Scorched-Earth Second Term [...] Those of us who voted for Trump in 2020 had certain expectations and dreams about what he might accomplish in a second term. When it came to policy and judges, it was a great presidency. More of that was greatly anticipated. After the nightmare, anomaly-laden pseudo election that the nation suffered through, I have something new on my wish list for Trump's return to the Oval Office: revenge. [...] https://pjmedia.com/columns/stephen-kruiser/2023/01/04/im-all-in-if-trump-promises-a-scorched-earth-second-term-n1658388

Central chimpanzees are, after all, the superior primate, so avoid feeling too bad.

Arrests made in Washington power grid attack [...] Now two men have been arrested and they are being charged with the attacks. But it appears that terrorism and anarchy were not their intent. [...] https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2023/01/04/arrests-made-in-washington-power-grid-attack-n521404

President Biden says he plans to visit the southern border for the first time https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2023/01/04/president-biden-says-he-plans-to-visit-the-southern-border-for-the-first-time-n521634

KJP: The Vatican told Biden not to come to Benedict XVI funeral [...] Jean-Pierre announced that the Vatican had requested that the self-proclaimed "devout Catholic" president not attend. That request apparently came from the late Pope Emeritus … or whatever KJP was trying to call him [...] https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2023/01/04/kjp-the-vatican-told-biden-not-to-come-to-benedict-xvi-funeral-n521491

It's Time to Ask Whether Repeated mRNA Vaccine Shots Weaken the Immune Response to COVID-19 A new study out of Germany, funded by the German government, and published in the medical journal Science Immunology, raises the possibility that the so-called vaccine manufactured by BioNTech/Pfizer to fight the mRNA SARS-CoV-2 virus (and possibly the Moderna product), reduces a person's level of antibodies that fights the virus and increases the level of another kind of antibody that is much less effective at fighting the virus. [...] https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/01/its_time_to_ask_whether_repeated_mrna_vaccine_shots_weaken_the_immune_response_to_covid19.html