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Webb telescope reveals surprising details of Pluto's moon Charon WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Observations by the James Webb Space Telescope are giving scientists a fuller understanding about the composition and evolution of Pluto's moon Charon, the largest moon orbiting any of our solar system's dwarf planets. Webb for the first time detected carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide - both frozen as solids - on the surface of Charon, a spherical body about 750 miles (1,200 km) in diameter, researchers said on Tuesday. Those are added to the water ice, ammonia-bearing compounds and organic materials previously documented on Charon's surface. Charon, discovered in 1978, has the distinction of being [...] https://www.yahoo.com/news/webb-telescope-reveals-surprising-details-170757787.html

We very sincerely (and fervently) admire your strength, Y ma'am. Prayers for Papa Y Ma'am, si Y ma'am. Condolences for family friend, si and sigh Y ma'am.

This thread is now closed in favor of the OP's newer thread: An option was to merge the two threads; however, too many members fail to read entire threads before posting and end up muddying the issues.

The above says what I was going to say. You're not in a high-fraud country, and your consulate will be far less concerned about things that other consulates view as important or crucial. Go here and read everything you can, including reviews and feedback: https://www.visajourney.com/consulates/index.php?ctry=Ireland&cty=Dublin

Thread is moved from the K-1 Process forum to the Social Security Numbers subforum.

It's Wednesday -- time for our much-needed Semiofficial Semiweekly VAWA-Thread Joke: ===================================================== WHAT YOU'RE ENTITLED TO Airman Jones was assigned to the induction center where he was to advise new recruits about their government benefits, especially their GI insurance. It wasn't long before Captain Smith noticed that Airman Jones had almost a 100% record for insurance sales, which had never happened before. Rather than ask about this, the Captain stood in the back of the room and listened to Jones' sales pitch. Jones explained the basics of the GI Insurance to the new recruits, and then said, "If you have GI Insurance and go into battle and are killed, the government has to pay $200,000 to your beneficiaries. If you don't have GI insurance, and you go into battle and get killed, the government has to pay only a maximum of $6,000." "Now," he concluded, "Which bunch do you think they are going to send into battle first?"

~~~~~~ Trump Forced To Play Glockenspiel At Rally After Every Artist Bars Use Of Songs WALKER, MI—Plunking out a solo as the performance entered its 45th minute, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was reportedly forced to play the glockenspiel at a rally Friday after every musical artist in the country banned him from using their songs. "He started out with some sheet music, but within minutes he was just hammering away at the same few notes over and over," rally-goer Ray Garza said as Trump regaled the crowd with a medley of public domain material [...] https://theonion.com/trump-forced-to-play-glockenspiel-at-rally-after-every-artist-bars-use-of-songs/

Young Hezbollah Recruit Can't Believe He's Already Made Regional Manager BEIRUT — Young Hezbollah recruit Muhammed Amin was surprised to learn this week that he's already been promoted to the position of Regional Manager. Amin recently joined the ranks of the prestigious terror organization and expected to spend the next several years proving himself before rising through the ranks but was given the unexpected news that he was now in an important leadership role. "I can't believe I'm moving up the ladder so quickly!" Amin said. "I was only recruited last week and all of a sudden they're telling me I am a manager — and not just manager [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/young-hezbollah-recruit-cant-believe-hes-already-made-regional-manager

This is epic! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Speaker of Israel's Knesset Sends Blunt Message to Ayatollah Khamenei About What Is Coming Next [...] Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a message for the Iranian people on Monday: "Israel stands with you." But within that message, if you read between the lines, was a message to the Iranian leadership: Your time is coming; we can "reach anywhere" in the Middle East. "When Iran is finally free, and that moment will come a lot sooner than you think, everything will be different," he said. He seemed to be urging them to stand up to their oppressive leadership and cluing them in that something is coming. If that wasn't clear enough from Netanyahu there was a fascinating interchange between the Iranian leader Ayatollah Khamenei and the Speaker of the Knesset Amir Ohana on X. [...] https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/10/01/message-to-ayatollah-n2180023

He needed to debunk the falsehood that women who have miscarriages won't get medical care under abortion bans. He was perhaps too apologetic on the abortion issue overall.

Here are some of the gut reactions. ~~~~~~~~~~~ HOT TAKES: Democrats, Media Seethe As Republicans Cheer After Vance Dominates Vice Presidential Debate I don't know what the viewership numbers were on the vice presidential debate between Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, but if they're not high they should have been because that was one of the best debates I've ever watched in my time as a political junkie (which goes back a looong time). Vance, as RedState previously reported, wiped the floor not just with Walz but also the CBS News debate moderators, who did what they weren't supposed to do at least twice in "fact-checking" Vance, only to have him refuse to be silenced by fact-checking them right back. There is no question here who won the debate, with pollsters and even some in the media saying in so many words that Vance was the victor: [...] https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2024/10/01/hot-takes-democrats-seethe-republicans-cheer-after-lively-vp-debate-n2180037

Report with several updates. ~~~~~~~~~~ BREAKING: Iran Launches Over 100 Ballistic Missiles At Israel; UPDATE: 500? UPDATE: Over? [...] There is no word yet as to whether this is the first wave or the only wave. Earlier reports suggested that Iran would only launch ballistic missiles, which have a much shorter flight time to targets in Israel than cruise missiles and drones. [...] https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2024/10/01/breaking-iran-launches-over-100-ballistic-missiles-at-israel-n3795250

Scintillating Tuesday repartee, yawn man. ------- Thrilling Tuesday report, see man: Took Uncle T-B. for blood draw, chauffeur we man senior he man man. Retrieved his Rx at pharmacy, retrieve we man. Went to other pharmacy for flu shots, we got ours man. Uncle T-B. claimed weakness and inability to walk, gigantic surprise man. We returned him to his casa, try again later man. Returned to casa to retrieve Mama T-B.'s items, return we man. Delivered items to Mama T-B., deliver we man. Mama T-B. said that Uncle T-B. had run into her and claimed he'd gotten 2 shots, man. Went to Costco to gas the thirsty T-B.-mobile, should've done this on Monday man. Made mistake of going in for lunch, ingest footlong hot dog + (Diet) Pepsi financially savvy we man. We had to wait Many (2x2x2x2) -- si man, Many (2x2x2x2) minutes for our hot dog, no excuse man. There should be more than one person behind the counter during lunchtime, we man. A decent siesta was taken, zzz we man. Mini-B. called for us to write Band teechur to get Mini-B. out of evening gig, gigantic surprise man. We agreed on the condition that he do his late History assignment, delinquent wee man man. Nicaraguan maid agreed to come on Friday and "the price will be a little more," like she's worth it man. If she charges what ex-Mrs.-T-B. pays, it'll be half again as much, man. We will plan to call her every 2 or Many months from now on, two can play this game man. Din-din was Modified Tuna Glop, ingest we man. Watched VP debate, watch we man. Party with the rubias tonight, cavort we man. We must take Mama T-B. to the ophthalmologist on Wednesday, chauffeur we man senior she man man. And that was/is our thrilling Tuesday, report we man.

Comments about the VP debate? I think that Vance was weak on only one issue, and that the biased moderatrices (plural of moderatrix, a female moderator) were even worse than ABC's were.

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Either Israel is on borrowed time, or it's bye-bye Ayatollah.

Thanks for returning with your update.

Sad: Hezbollah's Turnover Rate Officially Surpasses McDonald's SAN BERNARDINO, CA — A McDonald's spokesman has gleefully confirmed that the burger giant's turnover rate is now no longer the highest in the world, as the recent, explosive spike in turnover at Hezbollah has officially put the terrorist organization well past McDonald's notorious 250%. According to Mickey Deese, a McDonald's spokesperson [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/hezbollahs-turnover-rate-officially-surpasses-mcdonalds

Idiot Noah Builds An Ark When He Could Have Just Paid More Taxes To Stop Climate Change MESOPOTAMIA — Onlookers erupted in shouts of ridicule for a prominent local man, as apparent idiot Noah decided to build an ark when he could have just paid more taxes to stop climate change. Despite his fellow villagers suggesting he simply pay his "fair share" in taxes to avert a potential upcoming climate catastrophe, the patriarch chose instead to invest heavily in construction materials he would use to build a gigantic boat. "What a moron," one witness said. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/idiot-noah-builds-an-ark-when-he-could-have-just-paid-more-taxes-to-stop-climate-change

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hezbollah Reaches Out To U.S. For Advice On How To Govern With A Dead Leader BEIRUT — Following the death of their leader Hassan Nasrallah, members of the militant group Hezbollah asked the U.S. for advice on how to govern with a dead leader. "Following the demise of our great ruler Nasrallah at the hands of those Israeli pigs, we here at Hezbollah need to know how to run our organization with a dead leader," Omar Ibadi told the press. "We have reached out to leaders in the United States to ask how they can govern their own people with a dead president still in office." [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/hezbollah-reaches-out-to-us-for-advice-on-how-to-govern-with-a-dead-leader

Brilliant!!!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~ North Carolina Agrees To Purchase Several Hunter Biden Paintings In Return For U.S. Aid RALEIGH, NC — As disaster response efforts ramped up following the devastation of Hurricane Helene, North Carolina announced it had agreed to purchase several Hunter Biden paintings in return for U.S. aid. While President Biden had already approved North Carolina's request to have the crisis declared a "major disaster" and authorized federal assistance, the state's leaders reportedly believed they would receive far more federal funding if they agreed to buy some of Hunter's paintings. "We know how things work with this administration," said North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/north-carolina-agrees-to-purchase-several-hunter-biden-paintings-in-return-for-us-aid

How very presidential. ~~~~~~~~~~~ WATCH: A Disaster of Another Kind Strikes When Biden Is Asked Why He Was at the Beach in Midst of Helene [...] Well, it's Monday now and Biden is back at the White House from his Rehoboth Beach trip. This morning, he gave a speech talking about the devastation from Helene and how the federal government would allegedly be there "as long as it takes to finish this job," which was an interesting statement to make considering it's not clear how much if any federal help has arrived at the impacted areas. After the speech, where he also pledged to visit hard-hit areas when he wouldn't be so "disruptive" to the process, one determined reporter essentially asked Biden as he was walking out the door why he and Vice President Kamala Harris were not around this past weekend in the midst of the disaster. Biden's answer was a disaster of another kind. Here's how the exchange went down: [...] https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2024/09/30/watch-a-disaster-of-another-kind-strikes-when-biden-is-asked-why-he-was-at-the-beach-in-midst-of-helene-n2179960

OUTRAGE: Hamas Leader Killed in Israeli Air Strike Was United Nations Employee Fateh Sherif was, supposedly, an educator — the principal of Deir Yassin Secondary School. He was also an employee of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA). Sherif also moonlighted as a Hamas leader, responsible for coordinating Hamas actions with Hezbollah, including recruiting and logistics operations. Now he's been shuffled off the mortal coil by the Israeli Air Force after an air strike eliminated him, and the UNRWA is finally admitting he was one of theirs. [...] https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/09/30/outrage-hamas-leader-killed-in-israeli-air-strike-was-unrwa-employee-n2179987

Here's a more complete report. ~~~~~~~~~` Pete Rose, 'Hit King' and All-Star Cincinnati Reds Player and Manager, Dead at 83 There are many names Pete Rose has been known by throughout his life and career, among them "Charlie Hustle" and "The Hit King." But, one thing everyone can call him is "legend." TMZ Sports first reported on Monday that Rose, the former member of the Big Red Machine of the 1970s, has died at age 83, according to his agent: [...] https://redstate.com/beccalower/2024/09/30/hit-king-all-star-cincinnati-reds-player-and-manager-pete-rose-dead-at-83-n2179991

Stick a fork in both of them! Can't wait to see what JDV does with this during the VP debate. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ She Was SLEEP DEPRIVED?! Kamala Harris Says Insomnia Drove Her to Pick Tim Walz As Her Running Mate OH. EM. GEE. We don't know what else to say, really. From the moment Kamala Harris announced Tim Walz as her running mate, it's been a non-stop series of unflattering revelations including lies, tactless posts, hypocrisy, and a temper. He's just a weirdo. Some of us even said this -- Kamala's first policy decision -- was a bad one from the start. Well, it seems Kamala is having some buyer's remorse: [...] https://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/09/30/kamala-sleep-deprived-walz-pick-n2401622