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I have mixed feelings about aggressive demolition. I favor the removal of unsafe and unattractive structures. I oppose trampling on the rights of property owners. It's unclear what a happy medium might be. Comments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tear down to move on: Pittsburgh needs to demolish more blight [...] Abandoned properties damage the fabric of neighborhoods and communities. According to data from the Tri-COG land bank, which serves several Mon Valley communities, buildings within 150 feet of a vacant structure can lose over 15% of their value — something that is happening to one in every four homes in Allegheny County. This only further undermines property tax revenues, which are already dropping at the municipal, school district and county levels due to the dropping common level ratio. [...] https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2024/08/23/demolition-blight-land-bank-sb149-foreclosure-abandoned-property/stories/202408230044

1. The CR-1 visa is superior to the K-1 visa. 2. File the I-129F to see if it jolts your petition ahead. 3. Even if (2.) doesn't work, stay with what you have to keep your place in line.

This is quite ingenious, actually! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A woman got tired of her mail getting stolen. She sent herself an Apple AirTag to help catch the thieves A California woman whose mail was recently stolen used technology as bait to track down the thieves, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office says. Authorities in Los Alamos arrested two suspects on Monday with the help of an Apple AirTag locator device the woman had mailed to herself, the sheriff's office said in a news release. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/news/woman-got-tired-her-mail-195318928.html

A Jewish guy walked into a bar and sat next to an East Asian. All of a sudden, with no obvious provocation, he hauled off and slugged the Asian guy, knocking him off his bar stool. "What was that for?!" asked the Asian, rubbing his jaw. "That's for Pearl Harbor!" snarled the Jewish guy. "But that was the Japanese, and I'm Korean," said the Asian guy. "Japanese, Chinese, Korean -- it's all the same to me!" said the Jewish guy. They returned to their drinks. All of a sudden, the Korean guy hauled off and slugged the Jewish guy, knocking him off his bar stool. "What was that for?!" asked the Jewish guy, rubbing his jaw. "That's for the Titanic!" said the Korean guy. "But that was an iceberg!" said the Jewish guy. "Iceberg, Greenberg, Goldberg -- it's all the same to me!"

Wonderful people, all...

^^ This. I used merely "To whom it concerns" -- because it concerns somebody.

Thrilling Saturday non-GS/ES/MS report, see man: Breakfast (!!?) was a sliced-turkey sandwich, ingest we man. Spent Many (2+2) hours GS/ES/MS-ing, spend we man. Returned to ultra-demanding miu, demanding miu man. So far, we have had to brush her Many (2+2) -- si man, Many (2+2) -- times, demanding miu man. We have told her over and over that Big Brudduh will come on Sunday, oblivious miu man. Lunch/din-din was Tuna Glop, ingest we man. A siesta was taken, interrupted by phone call that we didn't answer man. Uncle T-B. actually sent his list of desired vittles without our prompting, amazing man. And he waited only a month, not 2 months, far more manageable man. We got half at Dollar General, late trip we man. We will get the cold stuff tomorrow elsewhere, plan we man. Mama T-B. still aysheep about new phone, senior she man. The menu for Two Guys week is planned as follows, see man: -- Monday = Costco beef kabobs + loaded potato skins, planned man -- Tuesday = Aldi burnt pork ends + tater tots, planned man -- Thursday = Costco orange chicken (with different sauce, out of orange sauce man) -- Friday = Costco angusburgers, traditional man -- Saturday = beef pot pies, planned man Order will probably change, and Wednesday will be non-Two Guys eve, si and sigh man. It is supposed to rain every day next week, sigh man. Party with the rubias imminent, cavort we man. And that was/is our thrilling Saturday, report we man.

Saturday GS/ES/MS report, see man: We attended all, reliable we man. One GS was phantom, State Jail Felony man. The first, second, and Many'th (2+2+2th) ES yielded the take, see man: -- NWT Rustler jeans, Many (2+2+1) unopened large bottles rubbing-alcohol, 2 sticky-pads, full bottle Sea Breeze astringent = $Many ($2x2x2), steal man -- shorts for mow-lawning = $2 + half a buck, steal man -- Spartus snooze-alarm clock = $Many - half a buck ($2x2x2 - half a buck), deal man Total = $Many ($2x2x2x2 +2) Of note, we got caught twice by the same long train between the last 2 ESs, we man.

Bring what MalloryCat said, plus a complete copy of the I-129F petition that you'd sent to USCIS.

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Democrats Encourage Supporters To Go To The Polls By Telling Them Beyoncé Will Be There U.S. — To improve Kamala Harris' chances of victory, Democrats are encouraging supporters to go to the polls on election day by promising them that American singer, songwriter, and businesswoman Beyoncé will be there. "Get ready to vote, BeyHive!" Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told would-be voters as he danced along to "All the Single Ladies." "The Queen Bey herself is going to be at the polls in person, so you should be there too!" [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/democrats-encourage-supporters-to-go-to-the-polls-by-telling-them-beyonc-will-be-there

Wow. ~~~~ Trump Adds A Kennedy In Hopes He Will Draw All The Sniper Fire [...] "A brilliant move by the Trump campaign," said one political strategist. "With lingering questions about the competence of the Secret Service, Trump has decided to take matters into his own hands. Nothing will draw gunfire away from him more effectively than having a Kennedy standing next to you." [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-adds-a-kennedy-in-hopes-he-will-draw-all-the-sniper-fire

Good news herein. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Israel Defense Forces, Making Bad Terrorists Into Good Terrorists While cease-fire negotiations go around and around and the endless whining from the pro-Hamas brigades continues, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) are just going on about their business of making bad terrorists into good terrorists. Three reports of such events have been documented Friday morning on the IDF's official X account. First, a Hezbollah cell in Lebanon was identified and deleted by an Israel Air Force airstrike, which showed off the IAF's penchant for precision hits. [...] https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/08/23/israel-defense-forces-making-bad-terrorists-into-good-terrorists-n2178456

Ranked-choice voting indeed throws out the votes of many who vote. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ranked-Choice Repeal Upheld: Alaska Supreme Court Rules, Issue to Be on November Ballot Despite a bitter contest waged by the left and funded with a lot of money from outside the Great Land, the Alaska Supreme Court has ruled in favor of sanity. The initiative to repeal the ranked-choice voting (RCV) scheme, as well as the jungle primary, will be on the Alaska ballot in November. Now, if we can just get Alaskans to turn out to vote this stupidity out. [...] https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/08/23/ranked-choice-repeal-upheld-alaska-supreme-court-rules-issue-to-be-on-november-ballot-n2178454

BREAKING: 16 Republican AGs Sue the Biden Administration Over Amnesty Plan Sixteen Republican state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration in district court Friday, seeking to halt the implementation of a policy that expands amnesty for illegal aliens residing in the United States. The motion states that the Democrats "[have] yet again attempted to create [their] own immigration system," instead of following the Constitution. The policy, which in part grants citizenship to spouses of Americans, started rolling out this week. [...] https://redstate.com/beccalower/2024/08/23/breaking-16-republican-ags-sue-the-biden-administration-over-amnesty-plan-n2178472

Alaska is stuck with ranked-choice voting through the November election, so the described move is indeed substantial. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Game-Changer: Alaska Republican Dahlstrom Withdraws From House Race, Tipping Election to GOP Only days after the results of the Alaska primary became apparent, and only hours after the Alaska Supreme Court upheld the repeal of ranked-choice voting (RCV), with Democrat Rep. Mary Peltola holding the lead ahead of Republicans Nick Begich III and Lieutenant Governor Nancy Dahlstrom, now Dahlstrom has withdrawn from the race. This leaves Nick Begich III to face incumbent Mary Peltola. It's a whole different game now. [...] https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/08/23/game-changer-alaskas-nancy-dahlstrom-withdraws-from-house-race-n2178470

Lies, Damned Lies, and Kamala's Propaganda About Gaza and Israel Take note, Israel — Kamala Harris's policy for Israel and Gaza, if elected, will just be a continuance of Joe Biden and Harris's utterly disastrous and treacherous policy now. Harris's speech at the Democratic National Convention was of course riddled with untruths — a vice president with such a wretched record of failures as hers could not do otherwise — but her brief comments about Israel and its war with Hamas were particularly disgusting for two reasons. Firstly, because [...] https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/08/23/lies-damned-lies-and-kamalas-propaganda-about-gaza-and-israel-n4931905

I heard the beginning of this, and it's really good. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TRANSCRIPT: Every Word of RFK Jr's Epic Anti-Establishment Speech On Friday afternoon, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced that he is suspending his campaign and endorsing Donald Trump. In a speech that lasted over 45 minutes, he explained his rationale for dropping out, how he wants to help Trump, and what he hopes his legacy will be. It was a powerful, epic speech, and even though conservatives have plenty to disagree with RFK over, his idea of a unity campaign with Trump, combined with his desire to make America healthy again, is admirable. Here's the speech in its entirety. [...] https://pjmedia.com/chris-queen/2024/08/23/transcript-rfk-jrs-epic-speech-n4931936

What Does It Take to Get a Deranged, Threatening Person Off the Street in San Francisco? San Francisco is a famously tolerant place but tolerance for anti-social behavior ought to have some limits. If you want to live on the street, do drugs, steal to feed your habit and generally throw away your own life, that's tragic. But if, in the midst of all that, you present a danger to other people around you, especially to children, shouldn't the city step in? Put another way, how many times can a deranged woman harass and threaten mothers and their young children before that person gets taken off the street? The answer in San Francisco appears to be that there are no limits. [...] https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2024/08/23/what-does-it-take-to-get-a-deranged-threatening-person-off-the-street-in-san-francisco-n3793550

Secret Service Agents Placed on Leave Over Trump Assassination Attempt There has been an ongoing investigation into the security failures that happened in connection with the Trump assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania. We still don't know the results of that investigation but apparently they don't look good for some members of the Secret Service. At least five agents connected to the failure have been suspended. CBS News says this is basically the lowest level of discipline that could be used here. All of these agents are still being paid. [...] https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2024/08/23/secret-service-agents-placed-on-leave-over-trump-assassination-attempt-n3793560

I'm surprised that no one posted this earlier. Comments on the potential impact? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RFK Jr. endorses Trump and suspends presidential campaign Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his independent presidential campaign and threw his support behind GOP nominee Donald Trump on Friday, saying in remarks in Phoenix that he was endorsing the former president because he saw no viable path to the White House. "In my heart, I no longer believe that I have a realistic path to electoral victory," Kennedy said. "I cannot in good conscience ask my staff and volunteers to keep working their long hours or ask my donors to keep giving when I cannot honestly tell them that I have a real path to the White House." Kennedy said three issues convinced him to leave the Democratic Party and "to throw my support to President Trump": free speech, the war in Ukraine and what he called the "war on our children." [...] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-ends-presidential-bid/

These are the Dems who deserve an Oscar for the fake, all-an-act convention The Democratic National Convention in Chicago this week was one heck of a production. Less like a normal political convention and more like a glitzy Hollywood one. With a host of A-list celebrities and B-list politicians, it felt most like the Oscars. So in honor of this, the Academy would like to hand out a set of awards for the best performances in Chicago this week: [...] https://nypost.com/2024/08/22/opinion/these-are-the-dems-who-deserve-an-oscar-for-the-fake-all-an-act-convention/

Who is running the country right now? We have no idea, but it's certainly not Joe Biden or Kamala Harris. [...] https://www.dossier.today/p/who-is-running-the-country-right

We can nod in satisfaction with this article. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Crying Game convention: Childless Cat Lady vibes vs. A Man's Man's World CHICAGO — Welcome to the matriarchy. In the epic battle between Mars and Venus, insanity has won. And the Cat Ladies have taken over the Democrat Party. The free vasectomy campaign here at the Democrat convention is bad enough. But then again, if a "man" climbs into the back of a taco truck to be sterilized for life, it is probably a win-win situation for America and humanity. Beyond humiliating for the male species, however, is all the forced crying at this convention. Only by men, of course. [...] https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/22/the-crying-game-convention-childless-cat-lady-vibe/

It's the How DEHHHH You pox. That's my simian explanation and I'm stickin' to it.