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1) Fire the staffer and move on... but it feels like a set-up. 2) "Leaking" that Trump was going to bomb the Houthis is like "leaking" that he likes Quarter-Pounders with cheese. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Has the Staffer Who Put Jeffrey Goldberg on the Signal Chat Been Exposed? Democrats were in faux outrage mode in the wake of a report by Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic that he was mistakenly included in a chat on Signal with senior Trump administration officials discussing a planned military strike on Houthi rebels in Yemen. Goldberg described the chat as containing "classified" information; however, that is untrue. So, while this wasn't the scandal Democrats hoped it would be, the big question that remains is how Goldberg ended up in the chat on Signal in the first place. According to President Trump, they know that it was a staffer for National Security Advisor Mike Waltz. [...] https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/03/25/has-the-staffer-who-put-jeffrey-goldberg-on-the-signal-chat-been-exposed-n4938269

BREAKING: Bhattacharya Confirmed as NIH Head Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who was personally targeted and censored by the Biden administration (including NIH) and Big Tech, has been confirmed as National Institutes of Health (NIH) director. Bhattacharya, an outspoken critic of the government's disastrous COVID-19 policies, was finally confirmed by the Senate on March 25. Sen. Jim Banks celebrated, "When others were afraid to stand up against group think & COVID hysteria, Dr. Bhattacharya was a common sense leader. His confirmation is a huge win for American health." [...] https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/03/25/breaking-dr-bhattacharya-confirmed-as-nih-head-n4938275

Adjustment of status? Not a consular interview? Please complete your VJ Timeline so we know where things stand in your process. Elaborate here, too.

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Small towns in 5 states have Lowes Market: more than 140 neighborhood stores throughout Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Kansas. https://www.lowesmarket.com Nearest one to me is about 40 minutes away in my favorite small town. When I'm in range, I always stop. Their regular prices are rather high, but their specials can't be beat, and I research those in advance. It's a destination, not an option.

Eclectic here. Tonight's dinner was (half each for Mini-Bone & me): -- 3 slices of Costco luncheon ham, cut into 12 smaller squares -- 10 air-fried Aldi tater tots -- half-can of pork & beans from an estate sale -- half a sugar-free apple pie on expiration-day Walmart markdown -- 1 cup Food Club root beer from Lowes Market (see next post) Goes to show that good stuff can be found anywhere.

They wanted you to knuckle under, N ma'am.

Count your blessings! About 99.44% of everyone here is envious. Which consulate?

From prostrate to prostate to prostrate to prostate, pee man...

Costco just announced (like, yesterday) that they're expanding their gas-station hours. I'll try to find the article on it. Most irritating thing about Costco is that they have something like 12 registers and no more than 3 ever seem to be open even at peak times, with customers backed up halfway into the store with melting/thawing products. Conversely, all the self-checkout stations are always open, mobbed with folks who have few or many items to purchase. There are often staffers helping the self-checkout people scan stuff, and I can't figure out the logic of it. Why not reserve self-checkout for people with (e.g.) 25 items or fewer, and send everyone else into the staffed checkout lanes? Some chaos would be minimized. I invariably leave regular Costco with a headache. Conversely, I can be in and out of the Costco Business Center in 30 minutes. If the latter has what I want (a great many products overlap) and I don't also need gas, I'll go there with pleasure.

And you're also no longer capable of P-Math, no man.

Too bad we got adequate sleep after going to bed at an adult's hour, so there man. And, had we arrived earlier, we might have missed out on the closeout bakery items, so there man. Actually, too bad we were there at all, hate Walmart we man.

Unless it's authentic Dim Sum, this may well be right. Will defer to experts on it.

It's been awhile, but I think that A4 is slightly narrower and longer than U.S. letter-sized. Maybe keep this in mind when you're printing or preparing documents to send in, so that nothing on an extreme edge gets cut off. Send it in on the A4, if that's what you have. It's a pleasure. Remember to upvote helpful posts.

Thanks for the reminder! I'm on my second pack of Subway gift cards -- $100 worth for $79.99. Combining these with Subway coupons from newspaper inserts, and it's almost "cheaper than free."

"A few million here, a few million there, and soon it adds up to real money." -- some former Senator (not verbatim)

It's good that you found somewhere palatable (pun intended). Maybe next time, have Mrs. CC ask how they swing it, and report back here.

Enlist as many as possible. We're rooting for a positive outcome in your cases.

Oh, absolutely. A little from each. Avoid going overboard. Affidavits or letters are considered secondary evidence, and they're typically recommended only when other evidence is thin. For a relationship as lengthy as yours, especially with multiple in-person meetings, I'd say omit these.

Very revealing, with multiple sources of input. This raises the new question of how challenging it would be to obtain "authentic" ingredients at tolerable cost.

And bear in mind that the best evidence of all is "time spent together in person."

Consider what Dashinka says. Also consider whether you would do one or more monster-sized trips to Costco per year. If the latter is envisioned, a standard annual membership could pay for itself.

You'll be just fine. Your English is exquisite, by the way.

Bets that some Federal judge will order these vermin released back into the community?

Thrilling springtime observation, see man: Last year, next-door neighbor cut down irritatingly leaf-dropping oak tree, bye man. Later, across-street neighbor pruned Many (2+1) oak trees of all branches, no longer branching out man. This winter, we don't recall having had to rake leaves at all, dream come true man. This has solved the years-long OPIOID crisis, to wit man: Other People's Infernal Oak leaves Infesting our Driveway, si man.