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Sunday! It's time for our Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: =========================================== THE TALKING FROG A young man was crossing a road one day when a frog called out to him and said, "If you kiss me, I'll turn into a beautiful princess." He bent over, picked up the frog, and put it in his pocket. The frog spoke again and said, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess, I'll be your loving companion for an entire week." The man took the frog from his pocket, smiled at it, and replaced it. The frog then cried out, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a princess, I'll stay with you for a year and grant you any wish!" Again the man took the frog out, smiled at it, and put it back in his pocket. Finally, the frog asked, "What's the matter? I've told you that I'm a beautiful princess, that I'll stay with you for a year, and that I'll grant you any wish. Why won't you kiss me?" The man said, "Look, I'm a busy guy right now. I don't have time for a girlfriend, but a talking frog is cool!"

A remarkably objective and detailed piece from the NY Times. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Inside 'Operation Absolute Resolve,' the U.S. Effort to Capture Maduro President Trump said that he and key members of his administration watched in real time from Mar-a-Lago, his Florida club, the Delta Force raid that captured Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan president, on Saturday. In a news conference with key administration officials, and during a lengthy telephone interview Saturday morning on "Fox & Friends," Mr. Trump offered details of the monthslong planning that went into the operation, including the construction of a model of Mr. Maduro's safe house, where special operations forces could practice the raid. [...] https://archive.is/4glSz#selection-829.0-833.339

Video with transcript. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Erik Prince: U.S. Capture Of Maduro Was The Most Refined Operation The World Has Ever Seen Erik Prince, in an interview on Steve Bannon's "War Room," talked about the military operation to strike Venezuela and capture Nicolas Maduro. [...] https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/01/03/erik_prince_us_capture_of_maduro_was_the_most_refined_operation_the_world_has_ever_seen.html

This is stated very well and is accurate. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The keffiyeh crew's curious silence on Iran [...] What is it about revolts in Iran that rankle the activist class? These people love to yap about 'resistance' and 'oppression'. Yet the minute men and women in Iran rise up in resistance against the oppressive theocracy that immiserates and subjugates them, they go coy. Their solidarity evaporates. Their flag-waving ends. They go back to tweeting about TV. It's happening again as the latest Iranian uprising enters its seventh day. [...] https://spectator.com/article/the-lefts-snivelling-silence-on-iran/

In Texas, a 400-Acre Muslim Development Sparks Controversy JOSEPHINE, Texas—This rural town with farmland stretching to the horizon might as well be a million miles away from New York City with its skyscrapers and big-city worries. But the residents of the Big Apple and Josephine have something in common—controversy over the construction of a mosque. Perhaps not since the "Ground Zero Mosque" was proposed two blocks from the World Trade Center site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has a mosque drawn so much attention. The proposed 2009 Manhattan mosque and Islamic cultural center was known as Park 51. It faced sharp public criticism for plans to place a symbol of Islam so close to where thousands died from an attack by radical jihadists. Groups such as Stop Islamization of America led protests against "radical Islam" before the project was eventually abandoned. More than a decade later, as Muslim migration to Texas has increased, a similar uproar has risen over a proposed Muslim-focused neighborhood anchored by a mosque in rural Texas, some 40 miles from Dallas. Promotional materials first described EPIC City, named after the East Plano Islamic Center, as the "epicenter of Islam in America." [...] https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/in-texas-a-400-acre-muslim-development-sparks-controversy-5955266?src_src=epochHG&src_cmp=rcp

Thrilling Saturday non-GS report, see man: We erranded amidst our GS itinerary, efficient we man. Tellerette at bank yakked our ear off, causing Many'th GS to time out, oh well man. We did determine during her yakking that she is married, another one down the tubes man. Lunch was Subway*, ingest Two Guys man. *WUOC + gift card, financially savvy we man With use of this culinary weapon, we got Mini-B. to roust his carcass from bed, genius we man. A much-needed siesta was taken, zzz we man. Mowed front lawn, de-leaf and prepare for siding/windows guys on Monday we man. One sweatband was consumed, entire job man. Mini-B. wanted Dave's Hot Chicken for din-din, outrageously overpriced man. We erranded** before this financial waste, efficient we man. **including use of $Many-off-$Many coupon at Dollar General, F$WM Mini-B. din-dinned on Dave's Hot Chicken, ingest wee man. We din-dinned on onecan of Dinty Moore beef stew, ingest we man. Movie night was Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, watch Two Guys man. Many (2+2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This tallies to Many (2x2x2x2 +2) for the week, quota nicely satisfied and blasted past man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. NFL football at noon Sunday, presumably watch Two Guys man. Many (2+1) LLs to conquer, hopefully triumphant we man man. And that was/is our thrilling Saturday, report we man.

Saturday GS report, see man: We visited Many (2+1), Many'th one timed out man. The first one was a joke, sigh man. The second one was phantom, man. The Many'rd one yielded the take, see man: -- NIP small flashlight with swivel head = $1, deal man Total = $1

You're right. Will NEVER make the mistake again of trying expired products with milk or milk chocolate in them.

Do we even have one any longer?

The same, and Happy "Remember How to Maintain One's Rhododendron Status" Day.

The first report that I saw was from CBS. The anchorette was scowling and discombobulated. The graphics all said Venezuelan "leader." The "chief foreign correspondent" immediately began with objections, soon saying (paraphrase), "The presidents of Cuba and Colombia are leading an international objection to this unprecedented action..." Yeah, like those "presidents" (both Commies) should be listened to by anyone. There was also the "only Congress can approve such actions" poppycock: "Democrats and Republicans are objecting..."

Because OP has no timeline, thread is moved from the Removing Conditions forum to General Immigration Discussion. In general, people have had good success in walking in earlier than their scheduled date, showing the letter to the gatekeepers, and explaining their situation. In fact, I can't recall an instance of someone's being turned away when trying this.

Thread is moved from General Immigration Discussion to the Canada regional forum.

Man Achieves American Dream Of Working Hard And Paying Taxes For 50 Years So He Can Fund Fraudulent Somali Daycares MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Local factory worker Hector Flintstock has been working hard, following the law, saving money, and paying taxes for 50 years, and is finally able to achieve his lifelong retirement dream of funding a fraudulent Somali daycare center. "Yessir, I've been workin' my tail off my whole life. I reckon I've sent about 2 million of my hard-earned dollars to the government," said Flintstock with a satisfied smile. "Today, I just learned that's enough to fund a fake daycare run by Somali scammers for about 10 months. I've been dreaming of this my whole life. I couldn't be prouder." [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/man-achieves-american-dream-of-working-hard-and-paying-taxes-for-50-years-to-fund-fraudulent-somalian-daycares

Walz Announces $8 Billion Grant To Somali Company To Investigate Fraud ST. PAUL, MN — In response to growing allegations of fraud tied to Minnesota's Somali community, Governor Tim Walz announced he had awarded an $8 billion grant to a Somali company to find the perpetrators. "I'm sparing no expense to find those responsible," Governor Walz announced. "That's why I'm consulting with a Somali private detective agency. They know when to run a mean pick-six." "They also run a nifty daycare center," he added. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/walz-announces-8-billion-grant-to-somali-company-to-investigate-fraud