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Scintillating Thursday repartee aside from ours, yawn man. ------- Thrilling Thursday report, see man: Did not take prohibited HSM at bedtime, semi-regretful we man man. Should have taken antihistamines, upper-respiratory reaction to maid's raising dust man. Breakfasted/skoolbused Mini-B., groggy Two Guys man. Siesta #1 was initially successful, hip pain man. Attended packed new-management caucus at Uncle T-B.'s facility's dining room, ancient population man. Of course, wireless microphones, talking too fast, and echoes led to zero comprehension, man. We could catch most of it, listen closely we man. The 2 co-presidents of the new outfit spoke and sounded sincere, si man. The current staff will all be retained, that's #1 man. Current rates & discounts will transfer to the new residential contracts, that's #2 man. Individual rent-relief agreements with existing Director will be pursued, that's #Many man. We were satisfied with what we heard, mollified we man. The meeting dragged late, some delay consequent to a Many-1-1 emergency among the group man. Uncle T-B. scootered up for lunch as things were ending, forgot meeting senior he man man. We apprised him of the chief points, apprise we man senior he man man. Uncle T-B. was appreciative, si man. After this, we went straight to Mama T-B.'s place, away-too-long we man man. We arrived just in time for lunch, extra plate procured for us man. We consumed chicken breast, baby potatoes, and apple juice, ingest we man. There were also beets, which we told to beet it, ain't gonna eet you man. We did Mama T-B.'s stuff, yelling only during reorganizing of bed linens man. Just as we finished last chore, favorite previous nooser came in, joyous reunion man. (Nooser has gone "on-call only" consequent to mother's death, sad not to see nooser more man.) She & we hugged each other and we beat a graceful exit, opportune opportunity man. At casa, Siesta #2 semi-successful, phone rang in other room man. It turned out to be Mini-B., "The skoolbus didn't come, no man," no man. (We wryly observe that even the only skoolbus that they allow him to take wasn't takeable, man.) Fortunately, they sent another skoolbus, only half an hour late man. Din-din was orange chicken from Costco, ingest Two Guys man. Afterward, we actually made progress on Mama T-B.'s taxes, progress we man. Movie night was The Naked Gun (Liam Neeson), hilariously watch Two Guys man. Many (2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This tallies to Many (2x2x2 +1), only one short of weekly quota man. Post-popcorn dessert was nearly half the tub of grape tomatoes from Costco, ingest Two Guys man. Post-dessert dessert (for us) was too many tablespoonsful of Costco potato salad, overingest we man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. We have itineraried 2 highly local ESs for Friday, one literally walking distance if we so chose man. No other Friday plans except siestas and more taxes, no plan we man man. And that was/is our thrilling Thursday, report we man.

You're welcome. Let us know who you find and how you did it -- valuable for others. See my "edited to add" above.

Sure. Possibly. You never want to misunderstand or say anything that could be misinterpreted. Google (although I use StartPage.com) is your friend -- search "Arabic interpreters in New York City" or your borough. Might be even faster to utilize ChatGPT, which can do more work for you. Edited to add: Some interpreters will have worked for USCIS, e.g. in asylum interviews, and will be familiar with what's going on in an AOS interview.

He deserves every possible honor.

Yee-HAAAAA! (As we know, that's "Congratulations!" in Texan.)

You might get lucky in this regard. Keep the faith. I always buy travel insurance... you never can tell.

Your patience and stamina are impressive. Keep the faith.

Hire one, in case they separate you or want to hear only from her.

Yeah, just one case.

Country-specific thread is moved from the K-1 Case Progress subforum to the UK regional forum.

Yanqui go home

1. Oak leaves still falling. 2. Tree pollen bursting out and falling. 3. Go figure. 4. Chimpanzees still flinging poo.

Only in Texas in February, see man: 1. Oak leaves still falling, man. 2. Tree pollen bursting and falling, sneeze man.

There's very little in life that large sums of money can't solve.

Can be merged into the SOTU thread, if desired.

Intriguing! Comments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There's One Great Way to Deal with Cartels Once and For All In the early days of the nation, before it was really even a country, much of our nation's naval power was in the form of privateers. These men received letters of marque that authorized them to raid British shipping and to profit from it. In essence, it was piracy with permission, and it's kind of glorious. The Constitution authorized Congress to issue letters of marque and reprisal, though they haven't done it for ages now. While Lincoln was authorized to use them during the Civil War, the last use seems to have been around 1815. Now, more than 200 years later, it's an idea worth remembering as the Mexican cartels seem to think it's a fine time to get rowdy. [...] https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/02/25/theres-one-great-way-to-deal-with-cartels-once-and-for-all-n1231681

Excellent article, with a quoted section that makes great sense. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fetterman: No, Seriously – How Do You Not Stand? [...] Fetterman has matured into a more traditional Pennsylvania statesman, interested in cooperation and respect rather than shutdowns, stunts, and demagoguery. At the State of the Union address last night, Fetterman shook Donald Trump's hand, perhaps the only member of his party to do so, and gave Trump a polite audience for his speech. That alone made Fetterman an anomaly, but he took respect a step further without having to take a step at all. When Trump called for justice for Iryna Zarutska, Fetterman stood. When Trump introduced Erika Kirk as his guest and called for an end to political violence, Fetterman stood. By this morning, Fetterman found himself echoing Trump's own question from the SOTU speech – How do you not stand? Fetterman wondered that this morning in an interview with Fox News: [...] https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/02/25/fetterman-no-seriously-how-do-you-not-stand-n3812270

This is some report. The officers got snow chunks in their face, and Ayatollah Mamdani should have egg on his face. I predict an NYPD revolt. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NYPD Releases Photos of Suspects in Snowball-Pelting Incident As Mamdani's 'Kids' Narrative Implodes [...] Videos clearly showed the officers getting hit by snowballs thrown by adults, not children. Multiple officers had to get treated at a nearby hospital, with at least two sustaining lacerations to the face, according to local reports. The NY Post noted that a law enforcement source told them that "One officer suffered a possible contusion behind his eye, while another had a headache from getting hit in the back of the head." But the officers' injuries didn't stop Mamdani from saying in so many words that it was a harmless "snowball fight" involving just kids being kids, and that he didn't agree that any criminal offenses had been committed. [...] https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/02/24/nypd-photos-of-snowball-throwers-mamdani-n2199542

This is not unusual at all, and in fact it might be more usual than not. You'll have to find a way to convince him or, more likely, pay him off. (This would be a wonderful world if only it weren't for the people in it...)

Thrilling post-windshield Wednesday report, see man: Siesta was wonderful and much-needed, zzz we man. Decluttered further for maid, delayed she man. She has a fizzicle issue and was slowed down, ouch man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. took Mini-B. for non-Two Guys eve, bye wee man man. Din-din was one-Many'th of the tub of Costco potato salad, ingest we man. We got no further responses from maid and got fed up, patient-to-a-point we man man. We went onto Nextdoor and found someone to call, alternate she man man. We asked what her usual rate was, ask we man. We promised to add $Many to it if she could come right over, by now half till Many (2+2+2+1) p.m. man. She agreed, agreeable she man. She appeared and worked nearly Many hours on the casa, industrious she man. We and Mini-B. are amazed, well worth the $Many man. Miu was mutually excited and perturbed by the commotion, interested miu man. And now we can restore the casa to its previous endemic state of disarray, we man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Thursday is GS/ES itinerarying, itinerary we man. We must visit Mama T-B., mandatory man. We should first visit Uncle T-B.'s place for new-ownership orientation, terrified senior they men man. Wednesday was productive and fulfilling, even if not all by plan man. And that was/is our thrilling Wednesday, report we man.

A Masterclass in Giving a Speech Without Giving a Speech [...] Let's set aside "the optics," what the polls mightshow in a few days, who got "destroyed," how many "truth bombs" Trump dropped, the "What it All Means" chin-scratcher pieces — ugh, I give up. I went MEGO again just mentioning those things, so that's the last of them you'll see in this column, and also, you're welcome. But President Donald Trump's whirlwind, time-defying performance left me (and maybe you, too) with a nagging question/realization that I'll try to explain today: How do you give a speech — particularly a speech of two hours — without giving a speech? It was the longest State of the Union in history, but it was no slog. [...] https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/02/25/a-masterclass-in-giving-a-speech-without-giving-a-speech-n4949938

'These people are crazy' is the campaign Democrats should fear "I forgot how fun this was. I could watch it for three more hours." This observation from a young, male conservative encapsulates how middle America viewed President Donald Trump's historic State of the Union speech. Trump delivered what they were looking for, from plans for the economy, celebrations of Olympic wins, spotlights on forgotten Americans, and, not least of all, sharp contrasts between his policies and those of the Democratic Party. Trump did it all in spades, and with a lot of unintentional help from the Democrats, who did everything from heckling him to holding a bizarre resistance event that included furries, to sitting stoically when 80-20 issues were offered for them on a silver platter. [...] https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/4471615/these-people-are-crazy-campaign-democrats-should-fear/

Trump Made the Democrats an Offer They Couldn't Refuse, But They Did By now, the video has gone viral with Trump asking a simple question: "If you agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support. The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal immigrants." With great timing and a gift for performance and storytelling, Trump pauses and lets the applause grow. He luxuriated in the moment as the Democrats sat there, stone-faced, thinking it would play well at MS-Now. It probably will. Trump wanted all of America to see it and remember it. He set a trap. They walked right into it. "You should be ashamed," he said. Probably, he also knew it would agitate the Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, and it did. They screamed back at him, "YOU should be ashamed!" Yet another viral moment for a president who is really good at TV. Trump embarrassed the Democrats again by paying tribute to a mother who rescued her daughter from the gender cult, and when the Democrats didn't stand for that, Trump said, "These people are crazy." Another viral moment that will live in infamy. [...] https://www.sashastone.com/p/trump-made-the-democrats-an-offer

Thread is moved from the "AOS from K Visas" Case Progress subforum to the Removing Conditions forum -- OP is apparently trying for ROC. Typo in thread title corrected.

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