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Sorry, not understanding; please explain. Unsure how one would prove a negative. It seems to me that the elephant always present in the room is the "change of mind at baggage claim" and no way to get around that. Do you have a solution in mind?

Pam Bondi Just Revealed New Information About the Epstein List Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed last week that the Trump administration is moving forward with the release of Jeffrey Epstein's client list, following a directive from President Donald Trump. Speaking at CPAC with conservative commentator Benny Johnson, Bondi stated that she had been briefed on the matter and vowed that Trump's directive would be followed. "I was briefed on that yesterday. I can't talk about that publicly, but President Trump has given a very strong directive, and that's going to be followed," she said, emphasizing the volume of documents involved. When pressed on whether action would be taken, Bondi dismissed any skepticism. "Donald Trump doesn't make empty promises," she stated. [...] https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/02/26/pam-bondi-just-revealed-when-the-epstein-list-will-be-released-get-ready-n4937367

Be happy for your progress! Bring originals & copies of everything possible, answer only the questions asked (volunteer nothing extra), be forthright when answering, and keep the faith.

Nearest regular Costco is 4.5 miles away. Costco Business Center (also source of cool specials) is ~8 miles away.

Thrilling Wednesday report, see man: Bantering with chicas up to time to run Mama T-B.'s errands, big mistake man. "Breakfast" was 2 croissants, ingest we man. Walmarted for Mama T-B., because we HATE that store man. Managed to find almost everything, amazing man. Mama T-B. ordered us to find 2 pairs of shoes, never-ending traumatic saga man. The store had only one of the two desired sizes, we knew this would be trouble man. Managed to warsh the filthy T-B.-mobile, warsh place on way out of Walmart man. As we off-toweled our windows, Mama T-B. called, man. She went aysheep for Many -- si man, Many -- minutes about a $2 discrepancy on her lunch ticket, man. She then closely queried us about the Walmart shoes, trouble man. She went aysheep because we couldn't find BOTH sizes, simply weren't there man. We delivered the stuff, brace ourself for aysheepery we man. Mama T-B. too exhausted to yell at us too much more, little crumb of happiness for we man man. She groused about the Walmart shoes and all the Amazon-purchased shoes, Many (2+2) of those man. One of the ordered pairs was close enough to perhaps fit, finally admit senior she man man. Mama T-B. then lengthily phone-caucused with senior amiga about the $2 lunch-ticket discrepancy, man. We finally got back to the casa at half-past 2 pm, >2 hours there man. We must re-Walmart one pair and re-Amazon Many (2+1) pairs, Thursday man. We hungrily ingested a banana, serviced demanding miu, and siesta'd for an hour, blessed zzz man. Mini-B. agreed to an early din-din, surprising man. Din-din was weenies & beans, ingest Two Guys man. Movie night was What Women Want, quite good and watch Two Guys man. Many (2+2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This makes Many (2x2x2 +1) for the week, one short of acceptable quota man. Thursday plans as stated, q.v. man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. And that was/is our thrilling Wednesday, report we man.

How could anything get better if she wasn't a rubia, huh man?

Trump's Art of the Deal turns around an unwinnable war against Ukraine On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump claimed he could end the Ukraine War in a week, and the pundits howled with laughter. But as Trump said at his press conference with French President Macron, he's a deal guy. In mid-February, Trump floated a plan with President Volodymyr Zelensky to develop Ukraine's rare earth minerals. After some back and forth, Zelensky is coming to Washington now to sign the deal. It is the first step in a larger agreement to end the Ukraine war. Trump has taken an unwinnable war, found a way to end it, and bring peace, prosperity and security to everyone. The deal gives the U.S. access to much-needed rare earth minerals and helps us recoup some of our investment in the Ukraine war. A win for us. [...] https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trumps-art-deal-turns-around-unwinnable-war-against-ukraine

Biden's Lies About The Border Are Now Plain For All To See We know what you're thinking. Why waste any time on Joe Biden? Who cares about him anymore? Well, you should, since the nation will be cleaning up Biden's messes for years to come. And one of the biggest was his campaign to usher as many illegal immigrants as possible into the country while lying to the American people about what was going on. At his first press conference in March 2021 – after claiming that nothing had changed at the border (despite repealing every Trump executive order securing the border on day one) – he said the surge of illegals then underway "happens every single solitary year. There is a significant increase in the number of people coming to the border in the winter months of January, February, March. It happens every year … happens all the time." Well, now we know that was a lie. Look at the chart below, which shows "encounters" by border patrol agents at the southern border in January of each year since 2017. [...] https://issuesinsights.com/2025/02/26/bidens-lies-about-the-border-are-now-plain-for-all-to-see/

And it would be really good if Congress also passed a "no AOS from tourist visas" reform.

Or when you have no body parts left, whichever happens first.

I (a USC) had to wait about 8 months from application to conditional approval. Then, no appointments were available in Houston for at least 4 months (it's tedious to search). I finally scheduled one in Brownsville, TX, to coincide with my trip to the area. I was approved at the interview (very nice CBP agent). It was on a Wednesday in mid-December 2024. My new Global Entry card was in my mailbox at home on the next Monday! Holy mackerel.

Sheesh... you should strive to remain in as few pieces as possible! My philosophy is, "If I'm healthy enough to exercise, I'm healthy enough NOT to." So there.

I sure hope that the rich Middle Eastern moguls who apply will be vetted and re-re-revetted for whether they support Islamic terrorists.

And hopefully this won't immediately clog up USCIS as the DACA program did.

Sam's smacks of Walmart. I like Costco for their monthly specials and high quality. Hard to resist buying more than what I went for. The only Buc-ee's that I ever went into, the bathroom was the worst disaster ever. Turned me off.

They have to play while standing on their heads, because they're in the Southern Hemisphere.

This one is obviously NOT a rubia, see and no and man!

Who said it was decent, huh and visit your optometrist man. Hi -- my name is Foxxie, and I'm a natural rubia, si man. I will love your cat, eat whatever we can get cheapest from anywhere, and eagerly accompany you to every ES and GS (and MS) within a day's drive, si man. I am Many years old (a JC), height-weight-proportionate at Many'Many" and Many lbs., and my measurements are Many-Many-Many, si man. Unlike anyone else with whom you associate, I am proficient in and diligent with P-Math, oj tak. Finally, I recognize that Central Chimpanzees are the consummate primate and that Charles needs poo flung on him, si man.

Country-specific thread is moved from General Immigration Discussion to the Asia: South regional forum.

I would like to know the name of one Rugby player who has his own full set of teeth.

Laid-Off IRS Agents Now Forced To Go Door To Door Robbing People Directly U.S. — The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the most recent government agency affected by the rule of DOGE, with layoff numbers reported in excess of 6,000 persons. Now, bands of former IRS agents are roaming the country, forced to go door to door to rob people directly. "It's just so sad," MSNBC's Rachel Maddow said. "Elon Musk is quashing the dreams of real people who devoted their lives to stealing for the federal government. But [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/laid-off-irs-agents-now-forced-to-go-door-to-door-robbing-people-directly

How many times has THIS happened to all of us? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dumb Dying Guy In Ambulance Makes You Miss Green Light JACKSONVILLE, FL — In a tragic turn of events earlier today, some dumb dying guy in an ambulance made you miss your green light. According to witnesses at the scene, you were completely ready to take a left turn on a sweet, sweet green arrow when this ambulance with some total jerk in the process of giving up the ghost in an ambulance zoomed through the intersection and made you wait until you missed the light. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/dumb-dying-guy-in-ambulance-makes-you-miss-green-light

1. Astros 2. Texans 3. Rockets No one

HEB is good, probably second-cheapest after Aldi and far more stocked. HEB typically has a store-label equivalent for most products, indistinguishable in quality and taste from the name-brand labels. They have a LOT of good coupons hanging off the store shelves: "Buy this & this, get this free," or very good discounts. https://www.heb.com The only thing that I hate about HEB is all the personal shoppers gathering curbside orders. The miserable carts are as tall as the Empire State Building and block the aisles.

Wednesday! Time for our Semiofficial Semiweekly VAWA-Thread Joke: =========================================== IMPORTANT THOUGHTS It says, "Press Any Key to Continue." Where's the "Any" key? I'm still trying to get my head around the fact that "Take Out" can mean food, dating, or murder. Norway is a great place. However, although they have many Fjords, there are far fewer Chjevrolets. I skipped the gym today and put a fitted sheet on my bed instead. I saw this guy today at Starbucks. No iPhone, no tablet, no laptop. He just sat there drinking coffee. Like a psychopath. Life is short. Make sure you spend as much time as possible on the Internet, arguing with strangers about politics. I signed up for an exercise class and was told to wear loose-fitting clothing. If I HAD any loose-fitting clothing, I wouldn't have signed up to begin with.