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Jonathan Turley clarifies what'll happen to these clowns. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sanctuary cities resist Trump's deportation plan. It could cost their residents. Denver Mayor Mike Johnston recently became the latest Democratic leader to engage in a chest-pounding call to arms in resistance to the incoming Trump administration's plan to deport people who entered the United States unlawfully. While a post-election poll by YouGov for CBS News shows that a massive 73% of adults want President-elect Donald Trump to prioritize the repatriation of illegal migrants, the mayor pledged to not only have Denver police "stationed at the county line to keep (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) out" but also that "you would have 50,000 Denverites there." Johnston said it would be like a "Tiananmen Square moment" and answered yes when questioned whether he'd be ready to go to jail. That moment soon passed, however, as lawyers apparently explained to the mayor that armed resistance to the federal government is often called – wait for it – insurrection. [...] https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2024/12/06/trump-immigration-deportation-sanctuary-city-migrants/76764820007/

This article's title doesn't mention the big issue: Bidementia's planned control of AI (!). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why this tech billionaire left a White House meeting last spring and endorsed Trump My ears always perk up when I hear that a lifelong Democrat has thrown his or her support behind President-elect Donald Trump. One of the biggest surprises of the 2024 election cycle was the sheer number of people who did just that. Two key factors drove this shift. First, many working-class voters finally grasped that the Democratic Party, which they had blindly supported for decades, had abandoned them. The second factor concerned Democrats at the opposite end of the economic spectrum — a group that included tech billionaires, hedge fund managers, and the ultrawealthy, many with direct access to the Biden White House. They saw that the line between democracy and authoritarianism had become blurred, or even erased in some instances, as party leaders shifted their focus from governance to the pursuit of power, showing a willingness to do whatever it took to acquire it and maintain it. Marc Andreessen, co-founder of the venture capital firm a16z, was part of this second group. In a Tuesday interview with podcaster Joe Rogan, he exposed the Biden administration's despotic plan to control artificial intelligence in the U.S. This bombshell revelation should have been front-page news last week; instead, it flew largely under the radar. [...] https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3249005/why-this-tech-billionaire-left-a-white-house-meeting-last-spring-and-endorsed-trump/

Scintillating Saturday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Saturday report, see man: Neither Mini-B. nor we left the casa all day, no and no man. We slept in, about time for same man. Day was cloudy, cold, and windy, barely fit for man or beast man. We were at another all-time low body weight, into the next-lowest Manycade of pounds we man. Mini-B.'s lunch (at noon) was waffles with chocolate syrup, ingest wee man. Our lunch (later) was onecan of Progresso "loaded potato & bacon" soup*, ingest we man. *bought at a previous ES, financially savvy we man We & Mini-B. attempted to find a current or decent past basketball game to watch, attempt Two Guys man. We found none, but Many (2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This tallies to Many (2x2x2 +2+2+2) for the week, impressive exceeding of quota man. We took a long siesta while Mini-B. played V.R., zzz we and play wee man. Din-din was burnt pork ends + tater tots, both from Aldi, ingest Two Guys man. After din-din, played Nerf football for an hour while dodging the Roomba, play and dodge Two Guys man. The Roomba did another serviceable job, grade it B or B+ we man. No party with the rubias tonight, blah we man man. Visit to Mama T-B. on Sunday, visit we and we man senior she man man. And that was/is our thrilling Saturday, report we man.

I'm fascinated -- entranced -- with the images of the outer planets.

I had to research your posts to learn which consulate she'd be interviewing at. In short, Manila hands out K-1 visas like candy, so your answer is No. The answer for someone interviewing somewhere else may be a strong Yes.

Supreme Court Rules 8-1 In Favor Of Taking Turns Bonking Justice Sotomayor On The Head With Their Gavels WASHINGTON, D.C. — The government's judicial branch continued to methodically work through remaining cases before the upcoming holiday break, with the United States Supreme Court ruling 8-1 in favor of taking turns bonking Justice Sonia Sotomayor on the head with their gavels. As the court heard arguments on a number of high-profile cases involving gun rights, immigration, and gender surgery for minors, the justices took an impromptu vote to determine if they should line up to take turns whacking Justice Sotomayor over the head. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/supreme-court-rules-8-1-in-favor-of-taking-turns-bonking-justice-sotomayor-on-the-head-with-their-gavels

Suspicious? Biden Pardons Hunter For Anything He Might Do Tonight Between 2:30 and 4:17 AM Outside The Capitol Heights Applebee's WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Biden issued another controversial pardon for his son Hunter this week which exonerates him for "what he may or may not do tonight between 2:30 and 4:17 AM outside the Capitol Heights Applebee's." "I hereby exempt my son from anything that may or may not occur at this very specific time behind the green dumpster outside Applebees," said Biden to a bust of Teddy Roosevelt he mistook for a reporter. "And don't bother checking or having cameras rolling. I'm sure nothing will happen worth getting on tape." [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/biden-suspiciously-pardons-himself-for-what-hes-going-to-do-next-friday-night-from-7-10-pm-or-1030-depending-on-the-traffic

75% Of Elves Laid Off After Elon Musk Visits North Pole NORTH POLE — A somber mood reportedly spread quickly among the workforce at Santa's workshop this week, as 75% of the elves on staff were laid off after Elon Musk visited the North Pole. The SpaceX and Tesla founder had been invited to the workshop by Santa Claus himself as part of an initiative to streamline the toy-making process and make the workshop operation more efficient, which eventually resulted in massive layoffs. "His first suggestion was to just clean house," said Greg, an elf who was laid off after 30 years in the workshop. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/75-of-elves-laid-off-after-elon-musk-visits-north-pole

'Allahu Akbar' Replaces 'Cheerio, Mate!' As Most Popular UK Greeting LONDON — A recent poll conducted by the University of Oxford just revealed that "Allahu Akbar" has officially replaced "Cheerio, mate!" as the most popular greeting in the UK. The results of the survey show "Allahu Akbar" beating out "Cheerio mate" in what experts are calling a "flippin' landslide, old bean." "It's not really that surprising, what what?" said Baxter Edwin Bartleby III, a senior pollster. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/allahu-akbar-replaces-cheerio-mate-as-most-popular-uk-greeting

Biden's Presidential Library Might Be More of a 'Bookmobile' As Democrats Threaten to Withhold Donations Joe Biden's hopes of having a sprawling presidential library have taken a massive hit. Recent reports indicate that Democrat donors are withholding their contributions over anger swirling around his pardon of Hunter Biden. Axios notes that they spoke with "top Democrats" who are so livid over "Biden's abrupt, clumsy pardon of his son" that they are tightening their grip on their wallets. [...] https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2024/12/06/bidens-presidential-library-might-be-more-of-a-bookmobile-as-democrats-threaten-to-withhold-donations-n2182871

Decades and decades overdue. But I predict that his retirement will be short-lived, because everything else he says doesn't come true. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Comedic Deficit: Paul Krugman Retires Leaving Economics 'Bad Takes' Void at The New York Times Economist Paul Krugman is retiring today, saying goodbye to The New York Times where he's filled columns with infuriating, but sometimes hilarious opinions. He will be missed. Krugman was a small man who has brought us many big laughs. Now, attention is being turned to who will fill his boys' department shoes. [...] https://twitchy.com/warren-squire/2024/12/06/economist-paul-krugman-retiring-n2404764

Scientists Will Soon Say Farewell to Voyager 1 and 2, Probes That Altered Our Understanding of the Cosmos Gary Fladro, a Caltech graduate student working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in 1965, conceived the idea for "The Grand Tour" of the solar system's outer planets. The idea was to fly a spacecraft to Jupiter and use the immense gravity of Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus to slingshot the probe all the way to Neptune. It would be far cheaper and take much less time for a "Grand Tour" than launching individual probes to each planet. The biggest problem for NASA was that the proper alignment of the outer planets only happens once every couple of hundred years. The next window required a liftoff in 1977. The space agency tasked JPL with the project, and the brainiacs at the lab got to work. It wasn't going to be cheap. The project cost between $750 and $900 million. Voyager 2 launched first and would visit both Jupiter and Saturn while detouring to make a close fly-by of Saturn's huge moon Titan. Voyager 1 went on from Saturn to Uranus and Neptune. [...] https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/12/06/scientists-will-soon-say-farewell-to-voyager-1-and-2-probes-that-altered-our-understanding-of-the-cosmos-n4934911

How they could deadlock is beyond me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UPDATE: Judge Dismisses Manslaughter Charge in Daniel Penny Case After Jury Deadlocks [UPDATE 4:25 p.m., Friday, Dec. 6] The jury in the New York trial of Daniel Penny deadlocked a second time this afternoon, so around 3:30 p.m., Assistant District Attorney Dafna Yoran requested that the top count, manslaughter in the second degree, be dismissed. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Maxwell Wiley agreed and signed off on the request. The jury is now deliberating over the lesser charge, criminally negligent homicide, which carries no minimum sentence and a maximum of four years in prison. [...] https://pjmedia.com/athena-thorne/2024/12/06/breaking-daniel-penny-jury-deadlocked-n4934803

What a wimpy crybaby. So long, sucker. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why I Just Resigned From The Los Angeles Times I have been a contributor to the Los Angeles Times op-ed page in some fashion for more than 15 years. For the last three years, I have been the Senior Legal Columnist, writing regular weekly columns about Trump's legal troubles, the Supreme Court, and a wide range of other topics. The Times also permitted me to cover Trump's trial in New York and the 2024 Democratic convention. My editors have been skilled, quick, and fair. I have been able to write whatever I like, including blistering criticism of Donald Trump. I've been proud of my work and proud to be part of the Times, the most prominent and storied newspaper west of the Mississippi. It's got gravitas—and [...] https://harrylitman.substack.com/p/why-i-just-resigned-from-the-los

Comments? ~~~~~~~~~ These airlines were the worst in the world in 2024 — and two surprising carriers were the best These airlines aren't taking off with their customers. AirHelp Inc. has released its 2024 AirHelp Score report list of the best and worst-performing airlines. The rankings are made based on customer complaints, on-time arrival and departure data, plus feedback from passengers from over 54 countries on the quality of food, comfort and crew service from January through October. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/airlines-were-worst-world-2024-183123329.html

All these and many more. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Opinion - President Biden is leaving Trump a shocking mess to clean up What an incredible mess Joe Biden will be leaving for Donald Trump on Jan. 20. It isn't just the $36 trillion in federal debt (up $13 trillion since 2020), which has increasingly (and foolishly) been financed by short-term borrowings; it is also inflation that refuses to die despite slumping energy prices, a Strategic Petroleum Reserve that has been drained to perilous levels, a weapons stockpile that is dangerously low, a Department of Justice that has lost the confidence of Americans, billions upon billions of taxpayer dollars that have been invested in losing enterprises (here's looking at you, Intel), an educational curriculum that teaches kids to hate their country but fails to deliver youngsters able to read and write, a housing crisis, a manufacturing slump and so much more. Biden also leaves Trump the nightmarish task of [...] https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-president-biden-leaving-trump-130000664.html

Thrilling Friday non-GS/ES report, see man: We felt better today, relief man. We were at our lowest all-time body weight in Many years, don't know how to stop it man. Breakfast/lunch was a turkey-&-cheese sandwich, ingest we man. We plan to use the Galanz mini-fridge upstairs, assuming someone can carry it up there for us man. We got it at Many% ([2x2x2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2 -1]%) below new retail, financially savvy we man. Returned to casa in time for shorter-than-preferred siesta, zzz we man. We & Mini-B. played backyard football, play Two Guys man. We first equaled our record of Many (2x2x2x2x2 +2+1) successfully caught passes, glee man. We then set our new record of Many (2x2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2x2) completions, glee man. We somehow got eaten by gnats or something, itch we man. No idea how they survived temperatures of only Many F., no clue we man. Din-din was Costco angusburgers, ingest Two Guys man. Mini-B. has been playing on-line V.R. ever since, happy wee man man. No plans for Saturday other than to sleep in, all ESs attended and supposed to rain man. No party with the rubias tonight, bored with current crop we man. And that was/is our thrilling Friday, report we man.

Friday GS/ES report, see man: We attended all but one GS, timed out man. The first 2 ESs and the remaining GS yielded the take, see man: -- seemingly new Troika wall clock = $2, steal man -- pocket sports jersey, knife spatula = $Many ($2x2x2), OK man -- Galanz mini-fridge, t-shirt, NWT Pittsburgh claw hammer, mini-cooler bag, pack plastic forks = $Many ($2x2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2), steal man Total = $Many ($2x2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2x2 +2)

We hereby sentence you to a penile institution, decree we man.

Thrilling Thursday report, see man: Slept poorly again, come on man. Had headache and sinus issues all day, Texas weather certainly not Many man. Took Mama T-B. to doc appointment, chauffeur senior she man we man. Returned to casa and attempted to siesta, no luck man. Lunch was 2 turkey-&-cheese sandwiches, ingest we man. Took medicine and apprised Many-year-old chica of our situation, wait half an hour for verdict man. Medicine didn't help and in fact hosed our stomach, regrettably had to cancel with chica man. Attempted Siesta #2, which wasn't much better than the first, come on man. Finally popped HSM (for daytime) and felt somewhat better, still lousy man. Din-din was Tuna Glop, ingest we man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. returned Mini-B. quite late, OK with us man. This was because Miu T-B. zzz'd on our lap for nearly 1 hour + half an hour, zzz lap-miu man. The entire time, we could stroke her fluffy miu-tummy, softest fur ever man. Ironically, The Miu in the Hat and How the Grinch Stole Christmas were on TV, watch we with zzz-ing miu man. We have itineraried Many (2+2) ESs and 2 GSs for Friday, hope we recover for them man. They are in 2 groups in opposite directions from the casa, not a terribly long route man. Stupid weather isn't supposed to warm up past the Manys, hate winter we man and shaddap mam ma'am man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. HSM contemplated at bedtime, ingest HSM we man. And that was/is our thrilling Thursday, report we man.

Between 0 and 1, who knows man. Actually, 0, because none are rubias and therefore they don't count, si and no man. We chiefly use our patented pick-up line, see man: "Excuse us, Miss -- we haven't met yet, no man, so we still have a chance with you, si man!" Some also seek to improve the human race by agreeing to breed with a Central Chimpanzee, smart chicas man.

LAST CONFESSION Pat was dying. His wife, Kristi, was maintaining a candlelight vigil by his side. She held his fragile hand, tears running down her face. Her praying roused him from his slumber. He looked up, and his pale lips began to move slightly. "My darling Kristi," he whispered. "Hush, my love," she said. "Rest. Shhh -- don't talk." He was insistent. "Kristi," he said in his tired voice. "I... I have something I must confess to you." "There's nothing to confess," replied the weeping Kristi. "Everything's all right -- go to sleep." "No, no. I must die in peace, Kristi. I... I slept with your sister, your best friend, her best friend, and your mother!" "I know," Kristi whispered softly. "That's why I poisoned you."

Even in poorly rated schools, many teachers can be standouts -- smart, motivated, highly thought of. Set a meeting with the school principal to find out if your kids can be assigned to those teachers' classes.

1. Search for professional societies in these fields. Many should have job listings and maybe chat boards. 2. Find a U.S. mentor in these fields and ask for advice. 3. Work hard to improve your English. 4. Maybe your home language will prove to be an asset if bilingual ability is desirable.