TBoneTX

Lightning has struck and the JC has texted us, see man: "I hope you had a good year, T-B., si man," si man. This came at Many (2+2) p.m., si man. It is now almost Many (2x2x2 +1) p.m., si man. 1. We are wondering how long to let her stew, wonder we man. 2. What we respond is even more crucial than when, si man. Many. What and when should we respond, huh man?

Bad extravagant financially profligate Ontarklar! Bad, BAD extravagant EXTRAVAGANT financially profligate FINANCIALLY PROFLIGATE Ontarklar!

The Babylon Bee Has Obtained The Official White House Schedule For The Final Two Weeks Of Biden's Presidency The day is fast approaching when Joe Biden will depart from the White House. With only two short weeks remaining in his presidency, people may be wondering what he'll do with the time he has left. The Babylon Bee has obtained the following official itinerary to show just what Joe will be up to in his final days as president: [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/the-babylon-bee-has-obtained-the-official-white-house-schedule-for-the-final-two-weeks-of-bidens-presidency

Trudeau To Be Humanely Euthanized OTTAWA — Amid growing public outcry across the country, the Canadian government announced that embattled Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would be humanely euthanized after his resignation. The announcement revealed that, in accordance with what has become a Canadian tradition, the old, unuseful prime minister would be quietly put out of his misery to prevent him from becoming a burden to his fellow citizens. "He has lived a full life but has now exceeded his usefulness," said Benjamin Cloutier, a spokesman for the Canadian government's Department of Euthanasia. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/trudeau-to-be-humanely-euthanized

Mooning us in the forums, reported man! Bad un-family-friendly Ontarklar! Bad, BAD un-family-friendly, UN-FAMILY-FRIENDLY Ontarklar!

Truth. ~~~~~~~~~~~ Muslims Say New Orleans Jihad Massacre 'Has No Place in Islam,' Worry About 'Islamophobia' Here we go yet again: after every jihad massacre comes the reassertion of the standard establishment media narrative. That narrative goes like this: when Muslims murder infidels, Muslims are the victims. The real problem of jihad massacres is that in their aftermath, Muslims must fear being the targets of an "Islamophobic backlash." Although this has rarely, if ever, actually happened, and of course should not happen, we are told this again and again, after every jihad attack. This narrative is now being trotted out again in connection with the New Orleans New Year's Day jihad massacre. The Texas Newsroom reported Saturday that at the first Friday prayers at Houston's Medical Center Islamic Society since the New Orleans attack (the perpetrator of which, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, lived in Houston), the worshippers were shocked, horrified and fearful. The Imam Basem Hamid declared: "As Muslims, we condemn this incident, this horrific act with the most severe and clearest statement. This act has no place in Islam and has no place among Muslims and it's not accepted by any standard. There is no excuse and there is no justification for it." He added: "This is how people get radicalized – by getting exposed to unreliable sources of Islam." It would have been helpful if he had explained exactly what Shamsud-Din Jabbar got wrong about Islam, but he didn't, and wasn't asked to do so. [...] https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2025/01/06/muslims-say-new-orleans-jihad-massacre-has-no-place-in-islam-worry-about-islamophobia-n4935722

Long and highly readable piece about how European leftists, chiefly in Germany, are doing what we overcame here in the U.S. Wow. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What's Behind the AfD Party's Rise in Germany Elon Musk calls it the "last spark of hope" for Germany. European elites call it the heir to National Socialism. The debate over Germany's reviled populist party, the Alternative for Germany (Alternativ für Deutschland, or AfD), is worth paying attention to, since it reveals modern Western society's most fundamental belief structure. That debate is about to heat up further, when Musk holds a live conversation on X with the AfD's leader. The elites, Musk says, "will lose their minds." The Alternative for Germany is a leper in German political life, due to the party's opposition to Germany's lax immigration policies. Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, a domestic intelligence agency, has granted itself authority to surveil the party, which it deems a threat to democracy. Germany's other political parties have pledged not to cooperate with the AfD. The resulting "firewall" shuts the party out of governing coalitions, no matter how much popular support it enjoys. The AfD is denied the committee chairmanships in the national parliament in Berlin that its numbers would otherwise entitle it to. German courts have almost uniformly rejected the party's efforts to remove these legal and extralegal barriers to normal participation in political life. The media keep AfD officials off the airwaves. While other political leaders, including far leftists, are regularly quoted in the press and interviewed, AfD representatives are spectral presences, rarely heard or seen on broadcasts or given space in publications. The problems motivating the AfD's rise are not spectral, however. Immigration into Germany increased significantly in 2015, when then-Chancellor Angela Merkel famously announced [...] https://www.city-journal.org/article/germany-populist-afd-party-immigration?skip=1

His opening message indicates that he was too ill to fly.

The JC just viewed us on the website, maybe second thoughts JC man.

Thrilling Monday report, see man: Awoke well before the alarm, man. Miu was needy and highly active, needy active miu man. Lunch was a turkey-&-cheese sandwich, ingest we man. Went to Walmart for ourself and for Mama T-B., kill two birds we man. Found all of Mama T-B.'s stuff, minor miracle man. Found almost all of our stuff, minor miracle man. No employees were rude to us, major miracle man. Delivered stuff to Mama T-B. and had to abide a multivariant lecture, man. Returned to casa for a siesta, awoke before the alarm man. Din-din was Tuna Glop, ingest we man. Order from Chewy.com arrived, si man. We had ordered miu a new miu-toy*, extra inclusion man. *on deep discount, financially savvy we man This is a feather wand that irregularly rotates back & forth beneath a fabric shield, slowly or fastly man. It occasionally pauses, and lights flash in the center, confuse any miu man. Miu viewed it with suspicion but then approached it, suspicious-then-curious miu man. Miu then began poking at and chasing the wand, huntress miu man. The entertainment and energy levels increased on fast speed, quite comical man. We will start this thing again when miu gets bored, most definitely man. Fizzicle therapist visits Tuesday morn for our back, not a microsecond too soon man. Maid supposed to come at noon, see repartee man: "Hello, good evening, I'm available tomorrow if you need cleaning, si man." "We do, si man. We should be free after noon, si man. What time do you want to come, huh man?" "I can arrive at half-past Many (2x2x2 +2) a.m. so as not to be late, si man." "We are not available from Many (2x2x2 +2) to noon, no man. The rest of the day is free, si man." "Can I go at noon, huh man?" "That should be OK, si man. See you then, si man." We guarantee that she will be over an hour late or won't show at all, si or no man. Party with the rubias tonight, cavort we man. And that was/is our thrilling Monday, report we man.

A mail-order rubia for us, si D ma'am! Good generous Ontarklar! Good, GOOD generous GENEROUS Ontarklar!

This is actually a brilliant idea as a fundraiser. One can buy bananas for one's favorite superior primate. --- A young man phoned a pet shop and said, "I would like to buy 25,000 cockroaches, please." The puzzled clerk asked, "What do you want with so many cockroaches?" "I'm moving tomorrow," said the caller, "and my lease says that I must leave the premises exactly as I found them."

Thread is moved from General Immigration Discussion to the Working & Traveling forum.

Yee-HAAAAA! Jokes worked again... jokes worked again...

Biden Honors Kamala Harris With Presidential Medal Of Participation WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a touching display today, President Biden awarded Vice President Kamala Harris the Presidential Medal of Participation. Despite Harris failing to achieve any measurable success at any task she was given, the award demonstrated the fact that physically, she was often in the area. "Even though she was on the losing team, the team that got curb-stomped by Donald Trump, Vice President Harris did participate, and [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/biden-honors-kamala-harris-with-presidential-medal-of-participation

Oh, lordy, but this is magnificent. The Israelis even got some of their men certified to operate forklifts in order to pull this off. See the cool video! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 120 commandos deep inside Syria: IDF reveals daring raid on Iranian missile factory The Israeli Air Force on Thursday revealed details and footage from one of its most daring and complex commando operations ever, in which 120 members of special forces units raided and destroyed an underground Iranian missile manufacturing plant deep in Syria in September. At the time, the regime of Bashar al-Assad was still in power in Syria, and Israel had not yet launched its devastating campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Some of the details of the September 8 operation previously reported by foreign media outlets — including the name of the raid — are now known to have been wrong, or slightly incorrect. The raid — dubbed internally by the Israel Defense Forces "Operation Many Ways" — was aimed at destroying an underground facility used by Iranian forces to manufacture precision missiles for Hezbollah in Lebanon and for the Assad regime in Syria. The facility, codenamed by the military "Deep Layer," was dug into a mountain at the Scientific Studies and Research Center, known as CERS or SSRC, in the Masyaf area of Syria, west of Hama. The site lies more than 200 kilometers (124 miles) north of the Israeli border, and some 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Syria's western coastline. The IDF said the site was Iran's "flagship project" in its effort to arm Hezbollah. [...] https://www.timesofisrael.com/120-commandos-deep-inside-syria-idf-reveals-daring-raid-on-iranian-missile-factory/

Jonathan Turley's verdict. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Trump sentencing: Curtain to fall on Merchan's Hamlet on the Hudson At 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 10, 2025, the curtain will fall on the longest performance of "Hamlet" in history. Acting Justice Juan Merchan will finally decide whether "to be or not to be" the judge to sentence Trump to jail. (Spoiler alert: He appears set to avoid a jail sentence and likely reversal.) Since Trump's conviction in May 2024, Merchan has contemplated his sentencing options. This was to be the orange-jump-suit moment many longed for over years of unrequited lawfare. They will likely be disappointed. As some of us noted after the verdict, this type of case would often result in an unconditional discharge or a sentence without jail time. That prediction became more likely after Trump was reelected in November. Limits on Trump's freedom or liberty would likely result in a fast reversal, and Merchan knew it. [...] https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5067066-trump-hamlet-merchan-sentencing/

Scintillating Sunday repartee, yawn man. ------- Thrilling Sunday-on-Monday report, see man: We & Mini-B. slept in somewhat, lazy Two Guys man. Miu was highly active, playful miu man. Mini-B.'s breakfast/lunch was a bowl of cereal, ingest wee man. Our lunch was a chicken patty + spaghetti donated by Uncle T-B., hate chicken senior he so ingest we man man. We began laundry rather late but were efficient, all Many (2+1) LLs conquered in timely fashion man. We did not dish the warsher, do it Monday man. Football was watched, watch Two Guys man. One bowl of Costco popcorn was consumed, ingest Two Guys man. Week's tally was Many (2 Manyzen +2) bowls, ties second-highest weekly total man. Mini-B. left at half-past Many, attend basketball game with the Rojo man. Our din-din was toucans of Chef B. Beefaroni, ingest we man. A siesta was then taken, zzz we man. We watched 2 consecutive hours of AFV, watch we man. Miu slept on our office chair all afternoon, then sat in our lap, fluffy drowsy miu man. Miu then requested din-din, then retired to sleep on our bed, ingest and zzz miu man. Party with the rubias tonight, cavort we man. No plans for Monday, temperatures only in the Manys man. And that was/is our thrilling Sunday, report we man.

Another tyrant incipiently bites the dust. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Canada's Justin Trudeau Expected to Resign as Liberal Party Leader This Week: Report Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is preparing to announce his resignation as Liberal Party Leader as soon as Monday, according to a new report in The Globe and Mail. Following a steep downfall in public opinion polls and an unhappy caucus calling on him to quit, three sources told the Canadian newspaper that while they don't know exactly when Trudeau would announce his resignation, it is likely to happen before a key national caucus meeting on Wednesday. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/news/canada-justin-trudeau-expected-resign-022046216.html

It is Sunday -- time for our Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: =========================================== NEW YEAR'S HUMOR Youth is when you're allowed to stay up for New Year's. Middle age is when you're forced to. My New Year's resolution was to read more, so I turned on the subtitles on my TV. New Year's resolutions are just a to-do list for the first week of January. My New Year's resolution was to drop my bad habits, but nobody likes a quitter. Knock knock! Who's there? Abby. Abby who? Abby New Year! Knock knock! Who's there? Razor. Razor who? Razor glass and toast to a Happy New Year! My dad gave up smoking cold turkey for New Year's. He's doing better now, but he's still coughing up feathers. This New Year's, I've resolved to lead a better life. Now, all I have to do is find someone who will trade lives with me. I made a New Year's resolution to drink more water. I've only gotten as far as "drink more."

Trump Names One-Time Liberal Activist Turned MAGA Supporter As State Dept. Spokesperson Tammy Bruce was a liberal activist in the 1990s—until she saw the light and became a powerful (self-described) Independent Conservative voice on FOX News, talk radio, books, and as a columnist at The Washington Times. On Friday night, President-elect Donald Trump named her as spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State in his upcoming administration. The Trump-Vance Transition Team released a statement: [...] https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/01/03/trump-names-one-time-liberal-activist-turned-maga-supporter-as-state-dept-spokesperson-n2183941

Oh, THIS is gonna be priceless! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Honduras Threatens to Shut Down US Military Base Over Deportations Honduras President Xiomara Castro apparently has some problems with her countrymen being repatriated. She's angry over President-elect Donald Trump's promise of mass deportations of Hondurans who are here illegally and must want them to stay in the United States. We guess she's just looking out for fellow Hondurans. In retaliation for deportations that haven't happened yet, she's threatened to expel the U.S. military from Honduras. [...] https://twitchy.com/brettt/2025/01/04/honduras-threatens-to-shut-down-us-military-base-over-deportations-n2406127

Elon Musk Calls for Long-Overdue National Inquiry in UK on Rape Gang Scandal In a series of posts on X, Elon Musk has been calling attention to a years-long scandal in Britain that was hushed up for years and is still receiving insufficient attention from British authorities: the phenomenon of rape gangs. These gangs have victimized tens of thousands of British girls, and quite likely many more than that. Yet for decades, authorities have been slow to altogether inactive in moving against them, and have occasionally even punished their victims and rewarded the perpetrators. The reason for this lies in the perpetrators' identity and motivating ideology, which few dare to face. [...] https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2025/01/04/elon-musk-calls-for-long-overdue-national-inquiry-in-uk-on-rape-gang-scandal-n4935657

Important to read. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Authorities are Looking in All the Wrong Places for the Causes of Jabbar's Radicalization In the wake of the vehicular jihad attack in New Orleans in the early hours of New Year's Day, authorities have been busy trying to figure out what "radicalized" Shamsud-Din Jabbar — that is, what turned him from an Army veteran who was presumably loyal to the United States into a mass murderer. This is a useful line of inquiry in order to try to prevent future attacks of this kind, but as is so often the case, the feds are barking up the wrong tree. [...] https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2025/01/04/authorities-are-looking-in-all-the-wrong-places-for-the-causes-of-jabbars-radicalization-n4935674

In His Latest Presidential Act, Biden Again Attacks Religion If there was ever a question about how much Joe Biden hates God and all religions (with the possible exception of Islam), that question has now been completely answered with his choice of honoring two of the most anti-religion individuals in our nation with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest award for a civilian. A self-proclaimed Catholic, whose actions have always been directly antithetical to Catholic theology, Biden is awarding this honor to Cecile Richards, the President of Planned Parenthood. It is a major tenet of Catholicism that abortion is strictly forbidden, with the possible exception of a taking actions to save the mother's life that are not a direct attack on the child. Catholic teachings include the concept of ensoulment: the understanding that a soul enters the fetus at conception. Since the time of Tertullian in the third century, it has been a core belief of the Church that the soul enters at that moment, and abortion is forbidden. Similarly, the traditional view in Judaism is that abortion is also forbidden unless the fetus is a direct threat to the mother's life. Abortion is only allowed in Jewish law if the fetus is a "rodef," meaning "pursuer." Despite what the many leftist rabbis in this country say (who are more committed to the religion of leftist politics than they are to Jewish theology), for over 2,000 years it has been established Jewish law that abortion is forbidden in any case other than this. It is one thing for Joe Biden to tacitly support the anti-religion practices of Planned Parenthood. But for him to consciously award Richards with this high honor is a direct assault on the theology that he claims to subscribe to. It is an attack on every Catholic, pro-life Christian, and authentic Jew. Bestowing this honor upon the President of Planned Parenthood is yet another example of Joe Biden thumbing his nose at God, religion, and people of faith. But while Sleepy Joe has always been against any religion other than worshiping the Biden family, his honoring of George Soros is the final proof of how much he truly hates Israel, Judaism, and Jews. [...] https://pjmedia.com/rabbi-michael-barclay/2025/01/04/in-his-last-presidential-act-biden-again-attacks-religion-n4935668