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Some immigrant groups can do no wrong.

Too bad you couldn't have been there to walk the results over there. ----- Old thread is now closed to further comment.

Well, that's in between tuxedo and yardwork.

Thank you for returning with your happy report! Your experience reinforces the wisdom of carrying everything possible with you, to help CBP determine who you are and what your status is.

Good thinking. Be sure to note the day and time when you cancel, plus as much information about the airline agent as he/she will give you. If you get a printable acknowledgment, print it. File everything with your most important and permanent immigration papers. This way, if you're challenged like Crazy Cat indicates, you have proof.

Word is that Israel struck preemptively just 15 minutes after learning of the planned attacks. Wow. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One hundred Israeli air force jets hit thousands of Hezbollah targets preemptively The IDF and Hezbollah entered a new, much more dangerous phase of the conflict in the North early Sunday morning, with around a hundred air force jets striking thousands of Hezbollah rocket attack platforms. Hezbollah said it launched an attack on Israel in retaliation for the killing of Fuad Shukr in Beirut. With Israeli intelligence observing that Hezbollah was about to launch its largest attack of the current war, including to the Tel Aviv and central Israel areas, the IDF, around 5:00 a.m., preemptively and independently struck targets where Hezbollah was on the verge of launching more deadly attacks on Israel. Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant approved the preventative action against Hezbollah at IDF headquarters Saturday night and were bringing together the security cabinet around 7:00 a.m. [...] https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-816158

Magnificent. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here's the Most Brutally Honest Response to RFK Jr's Siblings After They Betrayed Him for Kamala [...] It's too bad RFK Jr's siblings are so blinded by their own political dogma to have that kind of grace. As Sister Toldjah shared, his sister Kerry shared a statement from a number of the siblings calling his endorsement of Trump a "betrayal of the values" their father held dear, and called this action "a sad ending to a sad story. Conservative commentator and radio host Tammy Bruce penned an open letter to Kerry Kennedy and the rest of the family that's the most brutally honest and comprehensive response I've seen to their betrayal. Bruce posted it on X/Twitter and it's long, so I'll provide the full text below. [...] https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2024/08/24/heres-the-most-brutally-honest-response-to-rfk-jrs-siblings-after-they-betray-him-for-kamala-n2178497

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your Government, Ladies and Gentlemen: TSA Declares Peanut Butter a 'Liquid' The TSA is a pain in the butt. It really is. Taking off your shoes, losing your bottled water and for what? Not much. Forbes reported in 2017 that TSA missed 70% of fake weapons. This writer had a run in with TSA over a bottle of bitters (hope the agent that took it home enjoyed them). So be aware -- the TSA also considers peanut butter a liquid: [...] https://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/08/24/tsa-peanut-butter-is-a-liquid-n2400058

Another misuse of "waive" and "wave" in this (beyond the misuse) disturbing story. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What Is Happening to England? Man Arrested for Waving English Flag [...] Two Years? For waiving your country's flag IN THAT COUNTRY!?!? Good grief, how can England keep getting worse every day? If people want to see where leftist policies and groupthink lead, they should start looking across the pond. It has become a bastion of progressivism and it is a nightmare. There is NO freedom of speech, and when enough citizens decide to rebel, they squash it by arresting them and putting them in jail for months on end for nothing ... does that sound familiar? Think about January 6 people, some who did nothing but walk into a building where police waived them in. [...] https://twitchy.com/artistangie/2024/08/24/england-arrest-for-waiving-english-flag-n2400072

Look what happened to Rashida Taliban (D-Ramallah). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rashida Tlaib Says It Was Racist of the DNC Not to Have a Palestinian Speaker Back during the primaries, Kamala Harris didn't win a single vote, but a lot of people upset with "Genocide Joe Biden" wrote in "Uncommitted," hoping to send a message that he'd better change policy on the war in Gaza or risk voters staying home. There's something called the Uncommitted National Movement, and they held a sit-in outside the Democratic National Convention demanding that they have a Palestinian American speaker. After all, they hosted the parents of a Hamas hostage. It'd be only fair for the hostage-takers to have their say: [...] https://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/08/24/rashida-tlaib-says-it-was-racist-of-the-dnc-not-to-have-a-palestinian-speaker-n2400093

Read the survey results in here. Enraging! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ D.C. Swamp-Dwellers Say It Doesn’t Matter Who Wins the Presidency, They’ll Do What They Want [...] Unlike numerous other presidents who had spoken in the past about taking the government from the oligarchs who controlled it and giving it back to the people, Trump's words didn't herald a push to expand government power under the guise of working for the people. On the contrary, he was determined to expand the freedom Americans enjoyed and roll back government power. The swamp, however, struck back hard, and Trump's promise that power would be transferred back to the people remains unfulfilled. Trump has been criticized for failing to follow through on his promise, but at that time, no one knew just how entrenched and determined the swamp dwellers were. [...] https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2024/08/24/dc-swamp-dwellers-say-it-doesnt-matter-who-wins-the-presidency-theyll-do-what-they-want-n4931956

And here we go again with lockdowns! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New England Lockdowns Rolled Out for an Obscure Virus After a SINGLE Case If you reside in one of four Massachusetts municipalities, the governing authorities are treating you to a fresh set of lockdowns on the flimsiest of pretenses. [...] https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2024/08/24/new-england-lockdowns-rolled-out-for-an-obscure-virus-after-a-single-case-n4931952

We need more approvals! To achieve this (that is, if correlation = causation), here's our Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KNOCK-KNOCK JOKES Knock knock. Who's there? Luke. Luke who? Luke through the keyhole and see! Knock knock. Who's there? Isabelle. Isabelle who? Isabelle working, or should I keep knocking? Knock knock. Who's there? Annie. Annie who? Annie one you like! Knock knock. Who's there? Robin. Robin who? Robin you! Hand over the cash! Knock knock. Who's there? Dewey. Dewey who? Dewey have to go through this every time? Knock knock. Who's there? Will. Will who? Will you let me in? It's freezing out here! Knock knock. Who's there? Abbie. Abbie who? Abbie birthday to you! Knock knock. Who's there? Ken. Ken who? Ken you just open the door?! Knock knock. Who's there? Anita. Anita who? Anita borrow ten dollars! Knock knock. Who's there? Wayne. Wayne who? Wayne drops are falling on my head!

Posted in Kommie's Tanking thread, because she's now the Installed one. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Biden-Harris Have a Sixth Sense the Economy Is in Trouble -- They're Probably Right Democrats and the media are in a quandary to explain why Americans so underappreciate all that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have done for the economy. Or, should I say, TO the economy. They act as if these are the salad days for American families, with inflation falling and jobs aplenty. For now. So why are Americans so dour? A recent Pew poll found that only 22% of Americans believe the country is headed in the right direction. Another poll revealed that more than half of Americans think the U.S. is in recession. [...] https://hotair.com/stephen-moore/2024/08/24/biden-harris-have-a-sixth-sense-the-economy-is-in-trouble-theyre-probably-right-n3793606

I have mixed feelings about aggressive demolition. I favor the removal of unsafe and unattractive structures. I oppose trampling on the rights of property owners. It's unclear what a happy medium might be. Comments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tear down to move on: Pittsburgh needs to demolish more blight [...] Abandoned properties damage the fabric of neighborhoods and communities. According to data from the Tri-COG land bank, which serves several Mon Valley communities, buildings within 150 feet of a vacant structure can lose over 15% of their value — something that is happening to one in every four homes in Allegheny County. This only further undermines property tax revenues, which are already dropping at the municipal, school district and county levels due to the dropping common level ratio. [...] https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2024/08/23/demolition-blight-land-bank-sb149-foreclosure-abandoned-property/stories/202408230044

1. The CR-1 visa is superior to the K-1 visa. 2. File the I-129F to see if it jolts your petition ahead. 3. Even if (2.) doesn't work, stay with what you have to keep your place in line.

This is quite ingenious, actually! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A woman got tired of her mail getting stolen. She sent herself an Apple AirTag to help catch the thieves A California woman whose mail was recently stolen used technology as bait to track down the thieves, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office says. Authorities in Los Alamos arrested two suspects on Monday with the help of an Apple AirTag locator device the woman had mailed to herself, the sheriff's office said in a news release. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/news/woman-got-tired-her-mail-195318928.html

A Jewish guy walked into a bar and sat next to an East Asian. All of a sudden, with no obvious provocation, he hauled off and slugged the Asian guy, knocking him off his bar stool. "What was that for?!" asked the Asian, rubbing his jaw. "That's for Pearl Harbor!" snarled the Jewish guy. "But that was the Japanese, and I'm Korean," said the Asian guy. "Japanese, Chinese, Korean -- it's all the same to me!" said the Jewish guy. They returned to their drinks. All of a sudden, the Korean guy hauled off and slugged the Jewish guy, knocking him off his bar stool. "What was that for?!" asked the Jewish guy, rubbing his jaw. "That's for the Titanic!" said the Korean guy. "But that was an iceberg!" said the Jewish guy. "Iceberg, Greenberg, Goldberg -- it's all the same to me!"

Wonderful people, all...

^^ This. I used merely "To whom it concerns" -- because it concerns somebody.

Thrilling Saturday non-GS/ES/MS report, see man: Breakfast (!!?) was a sliced-turkey sandwich, ingest we man. Spent Many (2+2) hours GS/ES/MS-ing, spend we man. Returned to ultra-demanding miu, demanding miu man. So far, we have had to brush her Many (2+2) -- si man, Many (2+2) -- times, demanding miu man. We have told her over and over that Big Brudduh will come on Sunday, oblivious miu man. Lunch/din-din was Tuna Glop, ingest we man. A siesta was taken, interrupted by phone call that we didn't answer man. Uncle T-B. actually sent his list of desired vittles without our prompting, amazing man. And he waited only a month, not 2 months, far more manageable man. We got half at Dollar General, late trip we man. We will get the cold stuff tomorrow elsewhere, plan we man. Mama T-B. still aysheep about new phone, senior she man. The menu for Two Guys week is planned as follows, see man: -- Monday = Costco beef kabobs + loaded potato skins, planned man -- Tuesday = Aldi burnt pork ends + tater tots, planned man -- Thursday = Costco orange chicken (with different sauce, out of orange sauce man) -- Friday = Costco angusburgers, traditional man -- Saturday = beef pot pies, planned man Order will probably change, and Wednesday will be non-Two Guys eve, si and sigh man. It is supposed to rain every day next week, sigh man. Party with the rubias imminent, cavort we man. And that was/is our thrilling Saturday, report we man.

Saturday GS/ES/MS report, see man: We attended all, reliable we man. One GS was phantom, State Jail Felony man. The first, second, and Many'th (2+2+2th) ES yielded the take, see man: -- NWT Rustler jeans, Many (2+2+1) unopened large bottles rubbing-alcohol, 2 sticky-pads, full bottle Sea Breeze astringent = $Many ($2x2x2), steal man -- shorts for mow-lawning = $2 + half a buck, steal man -- Spartus snooze-alarm clock = $Many - half a buck ($2x2x2 - half a buck), deal man Total = $Many ($2x2x2x2 +2) Of note, we got caught twice by the same long train between the last 2 ESs, we man.

Bring what MalloryCat said, plus a complete copy of the I-129F petition that you'd sent to USCIS.

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Democrats Encourage Supporters To Go To The Polls By Telling Them Beyoncé Will Be There U.S. — To improve Kamala Harris' chances of victory, Democrats are encouraging supporters to go to the polls on election day by promising them that American singer, songwriter, and businesswoman Beyoncé will be there. "Get ready to vote, BeyHive!" Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told would-be voters as he danced along to "All the Single Ladies." "The Queen Bey herself is going to be at the polls in person, so you should be there too!" [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/democrats-encourage-supporters-to-go-to-the-polls-by-telling-them-beyonc-will-be-there