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Wednesday -- time for our Semiofficial Semiweekly VAWA-Thread Joke: =========================================== IS THAT YOU? Wife and husband are sitting together, sipping wine and watching a movie. The wife suddenly whispers, "I love you." Husband: "Is that you or the wine talking?" Wife: "It's me, talking to the wine."

The Ecus love him! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Daniel Noboa Unleashes the Beast and We're All Better Off For It [...] I mentioned that Ecuador's president, Daniel Noboa, is quickly becoming one of my new favorite world leaders. Even though it's only been a few days since I wrote that, he's grown on me even more. Javier Milei and Nayib Bukele may have some competition soon. Noboa was actually born in the United States in Miami. While he grew up in Ecuador, he was also educated in the U.S. He earned his bachelor's degree in business from New York University, briefly studied at Harvard, and earned two master's degrees from Northwestern and George Washington University. On paper, some of this would normally be a turnoff for me, but the guy obviously learned something while he was there. He has a business background, but he also comes from a wealthy family. His grandfather started a global banana business, and Noboa is the heir. Noboa began his political career in Ecuador's National Assembly in 2021. In the midst of a political crisis in 2023, he ran for president in snap elections and won in a runoff. In 2025, he ran for president again, and he was elected for his first full term. Have I mentioned that he only just turned 39 in November? [...] https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2026/03/17/daniel-noboa-unleashes-the-beast-and-were-all-better-off-for-it-n4950722

An Iraqi-Born Man Walks Into a School with a Gun. Why Isn't He in Jail? [...] there are a few problems here. If a man walks into an elementary school with weapons, acts strangely, and refuses to identify himself, I'd consider him a danger to society. Wouldn't you? Even if there is the slightest chance that he could slip back over to the school and hurt these kids and staff members, there's no reason he should be out on bond. Something else that has left many parents concerned is that they weren't notified about it until the next day. The school sent out a letter stating that "Sending a public notification during that window could have jeopardized those efforts, tipped off the suspect, and delayed the arrest. Law enforcement had the individual under constant surveillance today, and out of an abundance of caution, additional security measures were in place on campus, including increased police presence." [...] https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2026/03/17/an-iraqi-born-man-walks-into-a-school-with-a-gun-why-is-he-back-on-the-streets-n4950766

Interesting and highly readable. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The US-Israeli strategy against Iran is working. Here is why [...] the critics are measuring the wrong things. They are cataloguing the price of the campaign while ignoring the strategic ledger. When you look at what has actually happened to Iran's principal instruments of power – its ballistic missile arsenal, its nuclear infrastructure, its air defences, its navy and its proxy command architecture – the picture is not one of US failure. It is one of systematic, phased degradation of a threat that previous administrations allowed to grow for four decades. [...] https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/3/16/the-us-israeli-strategy-against-iran-is-working-here-is-why

See the ad at bottom of the linked post. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DEEP DIVE: The John Cornyn Failure Spiral It's remarkable how quickly @JohnCornyn is falling apart. The remarkable ad that @kenpaxtontx just dropped on him (below) directly attacked what Cornyn thought was his strength: his alleged support for @realDonaldTrump. But, like Cornyn himself, that claim is brittle and fragile, and it shatters at the slightest contact with anything hard. Cornyn spent tens of millions of dollars on primary ads in Texas – I saw them every night on Fox – bragging how he has had Trump's back. But the Paxton ad shows that when Cornyn had Trump's back in his sights, he stabbed it. What else does he have left to run on? That Paxton is a bad guy? Even if true, Paxton is never going to help the Democrats with gun control and will never support amnesty. Cornyn will. We know that because he has, and because he told us he's going to, respectively. [...] https://x.com/KurtSchlichter/status/2032835991350943806?s=20

Was he an alleged vampire, or was he ultimately OK?

Thanks for this meaningful tip.

Yee-HAAAAA! (That's Texan for "Congratulations!")

Congratulations! This is from the previous version, but it will certainly open your eyes. http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/382775-mrs-t-b-the-citizenship-test/

Congratulations, and thanks for thinking of others via your report!

Waiting sucks, but every step is a gain. Congratulations!

Scintillating Tuesday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Tuesday report, see man: Awoke halfway through night shivering with cold, couldn't understand it man. Up-cranked heating-pad, tropical we man. Doctor caucus accomplished, successful we man. Warshed and gassed the T-B.-mobile, San Antonio trip passé now man. Mini-B. taking morning shower when we re-casa'd at half-past 1 p.m., lazy wee man man. Lunch for Mini-B. was the remaining half of the Brookshire Bros. sub sandwich, ingest wee man. Lunch for us was 2 buttered bagels, ingest we man. A siesta was taken, rejuvenational zzz for we man man. We scoped close to (Many00 x 2) bank websites, find CD for Uncle T-B. we man. We have narrowed it down to Many (2+1), very promi$ing man. Din-din was from BK*, ingest Two Guys man. *bought WUOC, F$WM Brushed demanding miu, brush demanding miu we man. Movie night was The Dictator, watch hilariously Two Guys man. Many (2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This tallies to Many (1 Manyzen + 1) bowls for the week, quota comfortably exceeded man. Half a bag of red seedless grapes was then consumed, ingest Two Guys man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. No firm plans for Wednesday, must get on our taxes sometime soon we man. It will be the end of the bifurcated Two Guys week, man. And that was/is our thrilling Tuesday, report we man.

It is Polish Math, oj tak! Speaking of which, it is after midnight and therefore St. Patrick's Day everywhere but in Poland, si man. In Poland, it is Columbus Day, oj tak. And where is Asia, our Polish commie-babe, huh man? Bad absent Asia! Bad, BAD absent ABSENT Asia!

Thrilling Monday report, see man: Almost zzz'd until alarm, gracias to prohibited and anti-hibited HSM man. Our nasal sinuses were hosed the most, too much outdoor wind man. Breakfast/lunch was 2 buttered bagels, ingest we man. Mini-B. zzz'd until we disembedded his carcass at noon, prep to visit Mama T-B. Two Guys man. Lunch for Mini-B. was half the monster sub sandwich from Brookshire Bros., ingest wee man man. Yard guy showed up right before we left for Mama T-B., detritus blown into garage man. Mama T-B.'s emotional histrionics well-muted by Mini-B.'s presence, delighted senior she man man. Mama T-B. enjoyed seeing fotos/videos of her great-grandcat, cute orange miu man. We gave Mama T-B. her new duster dress from San Antonio, has potential man. We did all assigned duties and no one yelled, again probably consequent to Mini-B.'s presence man. We left after 2 hours when a nooser came in, good timing man. Admired good yardwork, much improved man. Ministered to expectant miu, treats/dry stuff/wet glop man. Took effective hourlong siesta, necessary zzz for we man man. Din-din was air-fried chicken tenders + honey-mustard, canned corn*, the rest of the Costco potato salad, and r'b'r, ingest Two Guys man. *bought at a previous ES, F$WM Movie night was Big Stan, watch Two Guys man. Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This makes Many (2x2x2 +2) for the combined Two Guys half-weeks, quota achieved man. Began researching new CDs for Uncle T-B., still some above Many% man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. We have a doctor caucus on Tuesday, annual specialist stuff man. And that was/is our thrilling Monday, report we man.

We will not badger you about your Many very gross P-math errors, no man.