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9700+ Arrests for Online Posts in UK Last Year Newly revealed data shows that nearly 10,000 British citizens were arrested last year for social media posts. And since multiple police jurisdictions did not share data, the number is actually probably much higher. The UK Daily Mail reported "shocking numbers" last week after obtaining data from 39 out of 45 police jurisdictions in the United Kingdom. This shows 9,700 arrests last year for social media posts, and 13,800 arrests the previous year. While the number of arrests last year went down, they were still higher than before the COVID pandemic. And it is unclear whether arrests will not have increased this year, as reportedly up to 30 people were being arrested a day in the UK amidst harsh free-speech crackdowns. [...] https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/11/22/9700-arrests-for-online-posts-in-uk-last-year-n4946299

That Was Quick: Hamas Tells Witkoff the Ceasefire Is Over and It's Ready to Fight To the surprise of no sentient being on planet Earth, Hamas has declared that it is about to end the ceasefire in Gaza and go back to trying to murder Israeli civilians and destroy the Jewish state. The Jerusalem Post reported Saturday that "amid Hamas attempts to breach Gaza's Yellow Line and subsequent IDF activities to thwart the terrorists, Hamas warned US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff that it could end the ceasefire in Gaza." Actually, there doesn't seem to be any genuine uncertainty about Hamas' plans. The Saudi publication Al Arabiya reported that "the agreement is over and [Hamas] is ready to fight," which is not surprising to anyone who is familiar with what the group's real goals are, and how it viewed the ceasefire from the beginning. Hamas is, first and foremost, an Islamic group. Its founding 1988 charter bears this epigraph from Hasan al-Banna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood: "Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it." Nothing there about coexisting side-by-side in peace with the Jewish state. Nor does it say anything about social justice warriors obliterating Israel, or forcing it to make peace. Instead, it says Islam will ultimately obliterate Israel. [...] https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2025/11/22/that-was-quick-hamas-tells-witkoff-the-ceasefire-is-over-and-its-ready-to-fight-n4946295

Sunday! Time for our Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: =========================================== SEEN AHD HEARD You have to love the change back to Standard time. There's nothing quite like watching the sunset while you're eating lunch. My brother took going to jail really badly. He refused food and drinks, swore at everyone, and even started throwing things. After that, we decided never to play Monopoly with him again. I'm not saying that my wife orders from Amazon a lot, but we just got a wedding invitation from one of their drivers. I'm taking my box of wine back and filing a complaint. It said, once opened, that the wine would last 6 weeks -- but it was gone in 3 hours.

Ideas: -- Carry a printout of information from a government website saying that it's OK to file AOS with expired I-94. -- Carry a copy of your cover-letter to USCIS from when you filed for AOS. -- When you get the NOA1, carry a copy of it. The above are adapted from a pinned thread in another forum; take a look. http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/562879-cbp-at-tsa-airport-checkpoints-why-theyre-there-how-best-to-handle/#entry7784682

Thrilling Saturday non-ES report, see man: Awakened early by rain, man. Lazed until startled by text from a customer for one of Mama T-B.'s items, $ man. Customer could meet at 2 p.m., latest possible man. We hastily prepped ourself for ES-ing, adrenalinized we man. Breakfast was a hastily gulped PB&J sandwich, gulp we man. Lunch for Mini-B. was 2 pre-prepped PB&J sandwiches, eventually ingest wee man. We headed casa-ward after the Many'th (2+2+1th) ES, timing man. Arrived just as customer pulled up, propitious timing man. Hastily prepped & dolly-carted item outside, adrenalinized we man. Bade satisfied customer ciao, $ucce$$ful we man. Went back out to attend Many'th (2+2+2th) ES, diligent we man. During commute, Mama T-B. called to request brief visit, agree for later we man. Visited, gave love to, fed, and played with mini-miu, appreciative mini-miu man. Returned to casa to collect Mini-B., reluctant gaming-with-amigos wee man man. Visited Mama T-B., "brief" visit of an hour man. Mini-B. quietly aysheep to return to gaming, focused wee man man. Shut him up by agreeing to 'za for din-din, mollify wee man we man man. Phone-ordered and retrieved 'za, hungry Two Guys man. Din-din was the above-referenced large, thin-crust, double-sliced 'roni 'za, ingest Two Guys man. After dark, finally took siesta, zzz we man. Despite nightmares, over-zzz'd alarm clock by an hour, exhausted we man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Sunday is the 2-Manycade anniversary of losing Papa T-B., never any easier over the years man. Will visit cemetery, and Mini-B. will damned well come too, si man. No other plans other than the usual Many (2+1) laundry loads, no plan we man man. And that was/is our thrilling Saturday, report we man.

That sucks. Maybe the computer setting the appointment wasn't considering (1) some officer's vacation schedule, (2) the prospect of 16,935 inches of snow, or similar. You can take your mind off things by reviewing the definitive study guide for the civics test: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/382775-mrs-t-b-the-citizenship-test/

Saturday ES report, see man: We attended all Many (2+2+2) ESs, reliable we man. The first and the Many'th (2+2th) ES yielded the take, see man: -- duster dress for Mama T-B. = $2, steal man -- duster dress for Mama T-B., partial jug Tide, pack plastic forks, NIP Many-pack ([2+1]-pack) disposable razors = $Many-&-a-half ($[2+1] + half a buck), steal man Total = $Many-&-a-half ($[2+2+1} + half a buck) This was a very satisfying ES weekend, conclude we man.

Beautiful reports -- helpful, and your rightful happiness shines through. Sure hope that you'll hang around VJ to help others! If not, all of us here wish you the complete best.

Wonderful! Thanks for your detailed report. It will be valuable and reassuring to others. --- Sure hope that you'll hang around VJ to offer advice to others! If not, everyone here wishes you the complete best.

If asked, point it out to the CBP agent. In the unlikely event of further trouble, politely ask for the shift supervisor to join you.

Good thing? Bad thing? Yawn? Other? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Quits Congress America won't have Marjorie Taylor Greene to kick around anymore. The woman whom Donald Trump renamed "Marjorie Traitor Greene" on a variety of issues, the latest of which was the release of the Jeffrey Epstein documents — documents which ultimately condemned Democrats. In a video statement she released Friday night, Greene bitterly reflected that, "Standing up for American women who were raped at 14, trafficked and used by rich powerful men, should not result in me being called a traitor and threatened by the President of the United States," which, of course, was not the point of the president's push back on the Epstein files, but... here we are. Indeed, after her appearance on The View, the Democrats figured that the Epstein Files would torpedo Trump. The left gave the Georgia bodybuilding blonde a hearing, as long as she agreed with them, but in the end, like in the old movie [...] https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2025/11/21/breaking-georgia-rep-and-battered-wife-marjorie-taylor-greene-quits-congress-n4946280

Not just the FBI! ~~~~~~~~~~~~ EXCLUSIVE: How Trump's Own Appointees Aided Russiagate Plot Against Him When Obama administration officials manufactured U.S. intelligence tying Donald Trump to Moscow following his stunning 2016 victory, they had no idea Trump's own political appointees would help them undermine Trump's presidency – and his chances of reelection in 2020. RCI's review of recently declassified documents and exclusive interviews with former Trump officials reveals for the first time how key members of Trump's cabinet and other appointees during his first term shrouded the previous administration's machinations and either deliberately or inadvertently misled the public into thinking the fake Russiagate intelligence was real. Former Special Counsel John Durham, former National Security Adviser John Bolton, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and former CIA Director Gina Haspel dismissed or buried evidence that cast doubt on a foundational document of the Russigate hoax – the Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) prepared in the waning days of the Obama administration. Durham, who was appointed by Attorney General William Barr, stopped the declassification and release of key exculpatory evidence debunking the ICA on the eve of the 2020 election, which has not been reported previously. [...] https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/11/20/exclusive_how_trumps_own_appointees_aided_russiagate_plot_against_him_1148719.html

Thrilling Friday non-ES report, see man: Got very little but decent zzz, mini-zzz we man. Breakfasted/skoolbused Mini-B., groggy Two Guys man. Siesta #1 was more rest than zzz, drat it man. Except per below, miu was as mellow as she'd been energetic on Thursday, schizoid miu man. Before ES-ing, we went to PetSmart for the little fluffy balls that mini-miu likes, finally man. A tube of Many (2+2) costs $Many ($2+2+1) -- si man, $Many ($2+2+1) -- man. We got them regardless and watched mini-miu energetically enjoy them, cute little orange boy man. ES itinerary was one local, one in favorite medium-sized town, and one in a secondary FST, trip-roading we man. We'd forgotten that the secondary FST has the same supermarket as does our regular FST, in fact bigger store man. We found several products not stocked in smaller store and availed ourself of specials, F$WM. Lunch was at FM-ST Chinese buffet, ingest we man. We consumed Many (2+1) plates heaped with beef & chicken, carnivorous we man. The pepper steak had just been set out, much beef to siphon from vegetables* man. *vegetables are what food eats, so there man After our first 2 plates, the pepper steak was replenished, smorgasbord for Many'rd plate man. Rarely have we been so pleased at a Chinese buffet, pleased we man. We were unloading the T-B.-mobile when Mini-B. de-skoolbused, good timing man. Miu was just inside the casa, miuing loudly for miu-lunch, miu-loudlying miu man. Somehow, miu did not escape as Mini-B. and then we entered, boon man. We dropped our purchases and immediately serviced demanding miu, service miu we man. Attempted siesta #2 failed after about Many (2x2x2) minutes, pain and man. Din-din was Costco angusburgers + r'br, ingest traditional Friday Two Guys fare Two Guys man. Mini-B. has been gaming with his amigos all eve/night, still at it at this writing man. Mama T-B. phoned but with no immediate crises, call senior she man we man man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. phoned from Ecu, phone ex-she man we man man. She was out in downtown Cuenca with Sister #2 and parents, socialize they man. She said that her entire family misses us, calm down Bro G man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. We have itineraried Many (2+2+2) ESs for Saturday, all local man. And that was/is our thrilling Friday, report we man.

You did do it! And, as the metaphorical icing on the cake, one of the most pleasurable parts of all this is to fill in the last box of your VJ timeline.

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