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Nathan, welcome to the forum! See this thread for your possible interest: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/562879-cbp-at-tsa-airport-checkpoints-why-theyre-there-how-best-to-handle/#entry7784682

Thread is moved from the CR-1 Process forum to the Mexico/Latin/South America regional forum, to be among other threads regarding Cd. Juarez.

Thread is moved from the K-3 Process forum to the CR-1 Process forum.

This, by the very best investigative reporter out there, is gripping and revealing reading. Hoo, brother, but is Brennan hosed! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How Obama Admin Turned 'Unverifiable' Report Into Russiagate Dynamite The Obama intelligence community's claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized dirty tricks to try and help Donald Trump win the 2016 election was based on "one scant, unclear and unverifiable fragment of a sentence from one of the substandard [intelligence] reports," according to a just-declassified report that had been locked away in a CIA vault. Nevertheless, former CIA Director John Brennan ordered agency analysts to use the claim in the Intelligence Community Assessment issued during the Obama administration's final days – even though the ICA itself noted that how the information on Putin's plans was obtained was "not explicitly clear." A 46-page report by the House of Representatives released Wednesday found that the source of the claim about Putin – reportedly a Russian defector living in Northern Virginia described as "anti-Trump" – merely speculated to Brennan about something he had been told by somebody else: namely, that Putin was "counting on" Trump winning. [...] https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/07/24/how_obama_admin_turned_unverifiable_report_into_russiagate_dynamite_1124640.html

This transcript does sound smoking, huh? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Matt Taibbi: The Smoking Gun That Indicts Obama Is the December 10, 2016 Story In The NY Times And Washington Post Megyn Kelly and Matt Taibbi look at the documents released by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard that President Trump says implicate President Obama in "treason." [...] https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/07/23/matt_taibbi_the_smoking_guns_that_indict_obama_are_the_december_10_2016_stories_in_the_ny_times_and_washington_post.html

Thrilling Thursday-on-Friday report, see man: We awoke prematurely yet again, man. Miu was normally demanding, yesterday an extreme man. Free lunch was beef taco salad on a shell, salad, and sugar-free vanilla pudding, ingest we man. CBJC (Cute Bistro Junior Chica) served us, really cute JC man. We gave her one of our business cards and briefly explained the POTS* business, interested JC man. *buy yours today, si man! No action or requests for most of the day, weird man. We were slightly worried, uneasy we man. We ran errands, see man: -- deposit $Many into Mama T-B.'s account, get it out of our pocket man -- detour to casa to check NextDoor & Craigslist e-mails, none man -- return Many (2+2) NIP items to supermarket for store credit, regain $Many ($2x2x2x2x2 +2+2+2) man -- drop donation box of odds/ends, drop we man -- collect more big/strong boxes from hardware store, specially saved for us man Got back to Mama T-B.'s old casa and off-cooled, nearly Many00 degrees F. outside man. Started getting sleepy, off-doze we man. Then the texts started coming in, one after the other man. We answered questions about remaining items, si man. Lady across town who wanted the warsher said she could scare up a truck by evening, eager she man. She predicted arrival at half-past Many (2+2+2+1) p.m., long day for us man. Free din-din was carved pork, mashed potatoes, and mac/cheese, ingest we man. Good carver dude gave us a whole extra thick slice of pork, sometimes it's WHO you know man. CBJC served us the glopfuls of the other stuff, capable JC she man. She smiled at us and looked radiant, weak-in-knees we man. We learned that she too does not consume vegetables willingly, another strong point in CBJC's favor man. At Many (2+2+1) p.m., we got a text from a grandmother interested in the warsher/dryer, si man. Granddaughter was getting her first apartment, Many (2x2x2x2 +2) years old she man. We explained the potential sale of the warsher, explain we man. Grandmother was interested only in the pair and wanted to see them, si man. We said that if she got here and paid before Many (2+2+2+1) p.m., they were hers, si man. Grandmother went into adrenaline mode, hyper senior she man. She scared up her son with pickup truck & dolly, scare she man. She, son, & daughter-in-law arrived before Many (2+2+2) p.m., efficient organization man. They took one look at the warsher/dryer and declared them perfect, glee we man. They were surprised and pleased that all hoses were included, well why wouldn't we include them man. Grandmother paid us, $i man. We watched the mom/dad take out the units, watch we man. We had a nice conversation with Grandmother and walked her out, really sweet lady man. We then got a text from lady across town, wondering about status, sigh man. We cooked up a white lie and said that we'd been bullied into the sale, plausible to us at least man. Lady responded with I-saw-through-you displeasure, sigh man. We tried to apologize, sigh man. We are torn between "we broke our promise" and "business is business," feedback solicited man. Answered more texts about more items, nonstop all evening man. Returned to our casa before sunset, exhausted we man. Was called by Mama T-B., update ordered by senior she man of we man man. Mama T-B. was amazed at how much we'd gotten from the above sale, amaze we man senior she man man. "Didn't you tell them about that rust spot, huh man?" grilled senior she man we man man. "What rust spot, huh man?" queried we man of senior she man man. Mama T-B. went into a tirade about Truth In Advertising, man. Mama T-B. then gave us details about the remaining furniture, helpful man. She reminded us exhaustively that we have less than a week to vacate her casa, siiiiiii man. She again refused to give us permission to get rid of her clothes in both closets, man. We are unsure of what action will occur on Friday, sigh man. Worse is that there are precisely zero ESs anywhere convenient to us, sigh man. We have itineraried 2, way out of the way man. There is one semi-nearer MS on Saturday, not sure we want to chance waiting if it's rained out man. This is a quandary, duty over years-long consecutive weekly streak man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. And that was/is our thrilling Thursday, report we man.

We can't trust hyskoolers, not reliable man. We don't know of any, either, no man. We've been inspired to, but it would hurt her fizzicly, sigh mam ma'am. She would also yell at us to not spill her water cups, yelled-at-enough we man. No cavorting with rubias and therefore no hugs, no and no mam ma'am. We should really begin drinking immediately & heavily, conjecture we man. But gracias for your support and good thinking, si mam ma'am.

Thank you for your update, compliments on your persistence, and congratulations on your result.

Following Death Of Ozzy Osbourne, England Overrun With Millions Of Bats LONDON — BBC News confirmed Wednesday that England is currently being overrun with millions of bats following the passing of heavy metal legend John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne. "We are advising everyone to stay indoors until further notice," said a spokesperson for the UK Health Security Agency, who reportedly advised the government to raise the national threat level to severe. "With Ozzy Osbourne gone, bats have no one to bite their heads off." [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/following-death-of-ozzy-osbourne-england-overrun-with-millions-of-bats

Disheveled Colbert Seen Holding Up Cardboard Sign 'Will Yell About Trump For Cash' NEW YORK, NY — Mere days after CBS announced that it would be discontinuing The Late Show, a disheveled Stephen Colbert was seen on a Manhattan street corner holding up a cardboard sign that read "Will yell about Trump for cash." Witnesses reported seeing the soon-to-be-former late-night talk show host sporting a rumpled suit and unkempt hair as he waved his makeshift placard at anyone who passed by and shouted at them that he would be more than happy to go on angry tirades about the president in return for money or food. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/disheveled-colbert-seen-holding-up-cardboard-sign-will-yell-about-trump-for-cash

Ozzy Clarifies To St. Peter He Was Just Joking About The Whole Satanism Thing PEARLY GATES — Rock legend Ozzy Osbourne sought to do away with some of the confusion about his life on Earth when arriving at the entrance to Heaven, clarifying to St. Peter that he was just joking about the whole Satanism thing. After the end of his earthly life, Osbourne was seen by angelic witnesses explaining to St. Peter that his time spent surrounding himself with ghoulish, macabre decor and biting the heads off of bats was just for show. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/ozzy-clarifies-to-st-peter-he-was-just-joking-about-the-whole-satanism-thing

Hunter Biden Warns That Without Illegal Immigrants, The Price Of Prostitutes And Crack Will Skyrocket WILMINGTON, DE — As part of a wide-ranging sit-down interview released on YouTube, Hunter Biden warned Americans that, without illegal immigrants, the price of crack cocaine and prostitutes would skyrocket. In an urgent plea to the American people, Biden told the public that President Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies threatened not only to affect various industries across the country but also drive the cost of hard drugs and sex slaves through the roof. "These essential products will become totally unaffordable to the average American," Biden said. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/hunter-biden-warns-that-without-illegal-immigrants-the-price-of-crack-will-skyrocket

Would we put it past him? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Obama Argues He Can't Be Charged With Treason Since He Wasn't Born In America WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a blow to hopes from conservatives that the former president would face severe consequences for allegedly overseeing an attempt to delegitimize the Trump presidency, Barack Obama argued that he can't be charged with treason since he wasn't born in America and isn't a legitimate American citizen. Republicans acknowledged that they could be left without any legal recourse after President Obama absolved himself of any potential treason charge by reminding everyone that he couldn't face any consequences since he was never a citizen to begin with. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/obama-argues-he-cant-be-charged-with-treason-since-he-wasnt-born-in-america

She's right. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Sultans of Cringe Who Killed Late-Night Last night, the once and former "kings" of late-night "comedy" rallied around Stephen Colbert to show solidarity for what exactly? A fantasy of their own making. In such a dreamscape, the last ten years never happened. They didn't destroy themselves trying to destroy Trump. Jon Stewart is still funny and relevant. Jimmy Kimmel remains a voice for America, and Stephen Colbert is a highly rated late-night comedy host who moves the needle in the discourse. [...] https://sashastone.substack.com/p/the-sultans-of-cringe-who-killed

Not sure that we've all known about this (I didn't), but hoorah! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Rescinds Useless Water Pressure Standards The White House | May 9, 2025 RESCINDING BURDENSOME WATER RULES: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a memorandum to eliminate restrictive water pressure and efficiency rules that make household appliances less effective and more expensive. The memorandum directs the Secretary of Energy to: • Review and rescind—or revert to the minimum standards required by statute—rules that limit water use in showerheads, faucets, dishwashers, toilets, urinals, and washing machines. • Publish in the Federal Register a notice clarifying the scope of federal preemption of state rules for water use in showerheads, faucets, toilets, and urinals. • Pause enforcement any of rules mentioned in the memorandum until they are rescinded or revised. • Work with the Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs to recommend to Congress any water pressure or related energy efficiency laws, including the Energy Policy Act of 1992, that should be repealed or amended. RESTORING CONSUMER CHOICE AND AFFORDABILITY: President Trump believes that the Federal Government should not impose or enforce regulations that make taxpayers' lives worse. • Water conservation requirements for faucets, showers, bathtubs, and toilets make bathroom appliances more expensive and less functional. • Efficiency standards render other American appliances, like clothes washers and dishwashers, less useful, more breakable, and more expensive to repair. • Ultra-efficient washing machines cost at least $100 more according to the Department of Energy. • Updated dishwasher regulations caused those appliances to take two hours or more to complete a normal load of dishes—about twice the time of pre-standards models. FREEING HOUSEHOLDS FROM BAD REGULATIONS: President Trump is fulfilling his promise to free Americans from costly and ineffective appliance rules. • On his first day in office, President Trump signed an Executive Order to "safeguard the American people's freedom to choose from a variety of goods and appliances, including but not limited to lightbulbs, dishwashers, washing machines, gas stoves, water heaters, toilets, and shower heads…" • President Trump also signed a Day One Presidential Memorandum directing agencies to "eliminate counterproductive requirements that raise the costs of home appliances." • Under President Trump's leadership, the Department of Energy has already withdrawn or postponed numerous energy efficiency rules on key home appliances. https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/05/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-rescinds-useless-water-pressure-standards/

A start, but initial and nowhere near what they need to do, and over time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Columbia's finally cracking down on its Jew-hating goons. What took so long? It sure is about time: Columbia University is finally starting to deal with the vile, antisemitic hooligans on its campus. What took so long? The Ivy League school is set to discipline more than 70 pro-Palestinian students for rampaging through Butler Library in May and for their involvement in last year's encampment. Most face suspensions of one to three years, and some will be permanently expelled. [...] https://nypost.com/2025/07/22/opinion/columbias-finally-cracking-down-on-its-jew-hating-goons-what-took-so-long/

Wish I'd known this expansion years ago. Some HR personnel are very good and stand out. Others (meaning most) are indeed the dregs of the organization.

Scintillating Wednesday repartee, yawn man. ------- Thrilling Wednesday report, see man: Rarely have we awakened to such a needy, sociable miu, no man. Miu greeted us at our bedroom door with a feather-roller in her mouth, blatant miu man. We tossed feather-roller down the hall and miu energetically chased it, energetic miu man. We tossed it downstairs to the halfpace, energetically chase miu man. We tossed it all the way downstairs, energetically chase miu man. Miu then lobbied for brushing, flop-on-floor miu man. We had to comply, Service Me Daddy miu man man. Miu remained the same during every interaction, interactive miu man. Miu brought feather-roller, dropped it on bathmat, and crumpled bathmat in attack, we had nowhere to step onto man. Free lunch was liver + onions, beef noodle soup, corn, fried okra, & sugar-free vanilla pudding, ingest we man. We had work to do in emptying one of Mama T-B.'s desks, pending sale man. Rarely have we seen a bigger conglomeration of obsolete records and scratch-paper, no man. We finally gave up and threw it into boxes, Many (2+1) loaded boxes man. Customer (from Craigslist) showed up, si man. He was a semiretired interior remodeler, and he had a good eye, good judge of items man. He bought $Many00 worth of stuff, less than we wanted but we guess fair man. He loaded the stuff onto his trailer himself, amazing for his age (Many years old) man. One item was the table where we & Mini-B. invariably lunched courtesy of Mama T-B., man. We now barely have anywhere to place anything except on the floor, we guess it's the goal man. Had several sales no-shows and Many (2+1) Craigslist scammers using identical verbiage, get a life man. Returned to our casa to retrieve Amazon return, then went to UPS Store with that + shredding*, shred we man. *on AAA discount, financially savvy we man Had thorough, intense interactions with excited miu, see above man. Din-din was at BK**, ingest we man. **WUOC, financially savvy we man. We dearly wanted to zzz, siesta needed man. However, Mama T-B. wanted/needed us, helpless senior she man man. We spent 2 hours with her, poor thing man. There's nothing that we can do to help her, no and sigh man. She wants her old crib vacated by July Many'st, fast approaching man. And she resists allowing us to out-clear her packed clothes-racks, man. Like the tearful President Taft after his Many'rd-place defeat for re-election, "We don't see how we could have done differently than we have done," no man. Returned to casa to shower, much-needed man. Miu brought feather-roller into bathroom but did not crumple bathmat, merely vocal miu man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. We should probably out-clean Mama T-B.'s kitchen on Thursday, dining and under-sink items man. We have arranged with Ecu handyman to help with stuff on Sunday, disassembly and moving stuff man. And that was/is our thrilling Wednesday, report we man.

Wonderful! Keep us apprised.

Very good, and a very good discussion topic. Let's hope that this slowdown is temporary.

Yes -- price out the options, figure in the headaches, be sure you're right, and go ahead. It may well be that you decide to bear a little extra expense in favor of straightforward convenience.

Sir, this post merits enshrinement in the pantheon of All-Time Greatest VJ Posts.

Good thinking; however, with so many courts in the U.S., it's unclear how meaningful such a statement would be. A couple could live in Vermont after having been married in Las Vegas, for example. This sounds good. Maybe add a subheading in boldface like this: MARITAL HISTORY / RECORD *** NO MARRIAGE OCCURRED -- READ BELOW *** And then elaborate concisely.

Or, how to answer a wife's question: Wife: Does this dress make me look fat? You: No, the dress doesn't make you look fat. You ARE fat!

Thread, seemingly pertaining to CR-1 times, is moved from the CR-1 Case Progress subforum to the USCIS Service Centers forum -- topic involves overall rapidity.