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Newsom Reinstates Death Penalty For Anyone Caught Investigating Fraud SACRAMENTO, CA — California Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Friday that he would be signing a law reinstating the death penalty for anyone caught investigating fraud in the state. "We cannot let this happen, not here," Newsom told the press. "Investigating fraud is not just immoral, it's evil and steals taxpayer dollars from hardworking fraudsters. Not on my watch, man." The announcement came after investigative journalist Nick Shirley revealed massive amounts of fraud in California, primarily in [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/newsom-reinstates-death-penalty-for-anyone-caught-investigating-fraud

Once Fine Blokes, Now Just Broke: UK Would Be the Poorest State in the Union [...] The UK would be the poorest state if it joined the US. A place that was at one time the center of Western Civilization is lost. [...] https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2026/04/16/uk-is-broke-vip-n2427227

Britain Needs to Be Turned Off and Rebooted I'm not sure what the point of having a government in Britain is anymore. Because it sure isn't there to protect citizens. It seems to exist mainly to redistribute resources from productive people to criminals, illegal aliens, and friends of Labour politicians. [...] https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/17/paedos-get-a-free-ride-in-britain-n3814001

Agreed that two "governments" are fighting for control. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IRGC Closes Strait Again, Calls Iran's Foreign Minister an 'Idiot,' Fires on Oil Tankers The Iranian government is at war with itself as much as it is at war with America, Israel, and the Gulf states. As I have been writing for days now, there is not one Iranian government in charge, but two, battling it out over who controls the entire country. The IRGC appears to be winning at the moment, which is utterly unsurprising. It's pretty clear that the civilian Iranian government was well on its way to a deal with Trump, and even announced that the Strait of Hormuz was open for business again. They had announced it to the world on X, and the Iranians had given ships actual clearance to transit the Strait. Then, all of a sudden, the IRGC didn't just close the Strait, but sent boats out to fire on ships that were in the midst of transiting. [...] https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/18/irgc-closes-strait-again-calls-irans-foreign-minister-an-idiot-n3814049

...who should sue her for defamation regarding his work.

Scintillating Saturday repartee, yawn man. ------- Thrilling Saturday report, see man: Another lousy/truncated night of zzz, getting old man. No energy to attend proximal GSs, sigh man. In fact, did not leave casa by T-B.-mobile all day, ensconced we man. Breakfast was cereal, ingest we man. We then texted Mama T-B. that we would siesta and please don't call, si and zzz and no man. Precisely halfway through theretofore-successful siesta, guess who called, man. Rest of siesta hosed after that, sigh man. Went to neighborhood cookout for din-din, go we man. It was sprinkling rain when we went, si man. It began semi-monsooning shortly after, first time in recorded memory man. Regardless, small crowd with rain gear was convivial, si man. The town's Mayorette was there, distinguished she man. A city councilman made a cameo, cameo he man. A foxy non-rubia candidate for office was there, husband unfortunately too man. A drop-dead-foxy non-rubia was also there, yakking to us about husband/kids/dogs man. We consumed Many (2+2) giant hamburgers + one plate of mac+cheese, ingest we man. We stayed for about an hour, si man. We didn't get entirely monsoon-drenched, mostly savvy partially lucky we man. There were no mosquitoes and it wasn't beastly hot, no and no man. We did shower afterward, barbecue-grill smoke everywhere man. It kept monsooning till long after sundown, oh well man. We had reminded Mini-B. of said cookout, remind we man wee man man. We had reminded ex-Mrs.-T-B. of said cookout twice, re-remind we man ex-she man man. Mini-B. said that ex-Mrs.-T-B. forgot all about it, displeased wee man man. She took Mini-B. to out-clean her business office, displeased wee man man. She kept promising to "leave soon" but Mini-B. knew better, Ecu time vs. gringo time man. He was obviously not happy, unhappy wee man man. We explained that Mom was still an Ecu in many ways and had much on her mind, si man. Mini-B. didn't sound all that mollified, no man. However, he recognized that trying to attend in a monsoon was suboptimal, recognize wee man man. He apparently convinced ex-Mrs.-T-B. to get him Dave's Hot Chicken as recompense, si man. Somehow, with this and the miu issue, we don't think that he had that great a non-Two-Guys week, no man. So, we accomplished near-zero, si and sigh man. Must visit Mama T-B. on Sunday, si man. Must conquer our one LL, domestic we man. And that was/is our thrilling Saturday, report we man.

Ilhan Omar: Hey, Um, As It Turns Out, I'm Not Actually a Multimillionaire After All Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Mogadishu) has for some time now been the poster child not only for the legion of ungrateful, America-hating migrants, but for members of the House of Representatives who have become multimillionaires on a $174,000 annual salary. The latter in particular has brought her unwelcome scrutiny: In February, House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced that he was opening an investigation after two companies Omar's husband owns jumped in value from $51,000 to $30 million in value in a single year. Now, however, Omar is trying to make an end run around the whole investigation, and lessen the suspicion that she is a totally corrupt grifter, by claiming that the whole thing was a mistake. She and her hubby Tim Mynett don't have $30 million after all. It was all just an "accounting error," you see. [...] https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2026/04/18/ilhan-omar-hey-um-as-it-turns-out-im-not-actually-a-multimillionaire-after-all-n4951922

You're welcome. Others should come along with more input.

With all this might we have at our disposal, we can't finish them off. Not a very convincing use of force after the stellar first four weeks of this expedition. The leaders, such as they are, show signs of cooperation, then change their minds. They don't seem to be desperate enough yet. Perhaps we need to: 1. Eliminate every member of the IRGC, wherever they lurk. 2. Destroy all coastline around the Strait to half a mile inland. 3. Blow up all speedboats the instant they're seen. 4. Kill all remaining leaders, whether we're negotiating with them or not. 5. Selectively bomb all Shi'ite mosques with their mullahs in them. 6. Kill everyone who attends pro-regime rallies. Let Allah sort them out. A dead terrorist can rarely cause future problems. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Iran's New Supreme Leader Surfaces (Sort of) With a Chilling Message Mojtaba Khamenei, the new supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, still hasn't been seen in public since he was named to his exalted new position. Reuters reported that "three people close to his inner circle" said that the world's most prominent nepo baby was severely injured in the airstrike that killed his father, suffering disfigurement to his face and reportedly also losing a leg. Nevertheless, in a new message on Telegram Saturday, the younger Khamenei was full of threats and bravado, and ready to give the Great Satan and Little Satan a whipping they won't soon forget. [...] https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2026/04/18/irans-new-supreme-leader-surfaces-sort-of-with-a-chilling-message-for-the-us-and-israel-n4951945

I-129F petitions spend only a brief time at NVC; they're sent right on to the consulates. It's my understanding that the consulate will send the notice. You might e-mail the consulate with the beneficiary's A# in the Subject line, tell them that the petition is at NVC, and offer the beneficiary's e-mail. Others here will elaborate on or correct this, and perhaps offer another method to add the beneficiary's e-mail address.

Yee-HAAAAA! Anathema! Heresy!

Same thought occurred. Why would the kid mess up his Hawaiian vacation like this?

Comments? ~~~~~~~~~ Just Abolish the H-1B Visa [...] these titans of American political history forged some of the most corrosive legislative deals that have led to our current national predicament: an unholy alliance of the nation's worst lobbies. Unsurprisingly, the steak dinners provided by business, immigration, and tech lobbies paid off for their clients when Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1990, the most successful major immigration reform bill of its generation, creating the H-1B visa. This legislation, sponsored by Sen. Ted Kennedy (who famously and wrongly predicted that the Hart-Cellar Act of 1965 would "not flood our cities with immigrants" or "cause American workers to lose their jobs"), fulfilled the wish list of not only the mass immigration lobby but also America's burgeoning tech industry. It codified a rotten tree of corporate-friendly immigration reform that created extremely rotten fruit—the U.S. immigration crisis. Tech corporations began booming in the two decades before the bill's enactment in 1990. Silicon Valley alone experienced roughly 130% growth in high-tech jobs, the IT industry grew dramatically, and fears began to abound that there would soon be a worker shortage in this rapidly growing sector of the American economy. Understandably, by the late 1980s, industry leaders wanted to see continued growth in a way that would keep labor costs low and profits high, leading them to sic an army of lobbyists on Capitol Hill to peddle the narrative that a labor shortage would soon arrive and cripple the industry. Congress fell—and, to this day, continues to fall—for this unproven industry narrative hook, line, and sinker. [...] https://www.commonplace.org/p/just-abolish-the-h-1b-visa

Thrilling Friday non-GS/ES report, see man: Awoke before stinkin' alarm again, we man. Breakfast/lunch was 2 turkey-&-Swiss sandwiches, ingest we man. After ES-ing, found legacy supermarket with Powerade Zero grape on sale, stock up F$WM. We now have more PZg than will fit in the fridge, heavenly situation man. Also bought Many (2+1) 2-liter r'b'r bottles there, good stuff and Major Food Group man. Afterward, we completed Two Guys grocerying at Aldi, grocery we man. Returned to casa and serviced indignant miu, service miu we man. Mini-B. soon de-skoolbused and arrived, Happy Friday'd wee man man. He & ex-Mrs.-T-B. had caucused yestereve about orange miu, calmer-but-still-wary wee man man. He wanted to see miu ASAP, so we T-B.-mobiled him back to ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s casa, compliant we man. As above-stated, din-din was MTG, delectable and take that Bro G man. Massively needed siesta truncated by hip pain, we man. Delinquent medical test results finally posted, no reason for delay man. Miu has awakened from lengthy miu-siesta and is nuzzling our keyboarding hands, affectionate miu man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Might hit one or more GSs on Saturday, neutral we man. Neighborhood cookout late Saturday eve, attend we man. And that was/is our thrilling Friday, report we man.

Super! Every little bit of progress is a gain.