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This article is quite good, with facts unavailable elsewhere. No wonder the mainstream culprits reported so lightly on the happenings. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The End of Neoconservatism In what can be called a victory speech over failed neoconservative foreign policy, President Donald Trump proclaimed the end of 30-some years of existing foreign policy in the Mideast. The ideology dragged the U.S. through pointless wars from Libya to Yemen is now dead. At an investment conference in Riyadh, in a speech little-commented on by the mainstream media, Trump said, "In the end, the so-called nation builders wrecked far more nations than they built. And the interventionalists [sic] were intervening in complex societies that they did not even understand." For the first time since the First Gulf War in the 1990s, America is not fighting in the Middle East. Trump arranged a fragile ceasefire with Yemen, where multiple U.S. presidents have waged a proxy war against Iran. Trump is withdrawing American troops from Syria, became the first American president in 25 years to meet with a Syrian leader, and announced alongside his speech the end of sanctions against that country. He is finally negotiating with Iran toward some sort of nuclear deal to replace the one he unilaterally canceled in his first term. Progress has not always been in a straight line, but there has been progress. [...] https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-end-of-neoconservatism/

Thrilling (?) Monday report, see man: Awoke far pre-alarm, sigh man. Tried caffeinating ourself, no effects man. Breakfasted on 2 hard-boiled eggs and went back to bed, man. Got pre-noon call from Uncle T-B., semi-aysheep senior he man. Wanted to know what home-health nooser had told us on Sunday, concerned senior he man. We played nonchalant with it, no chalance by us man. Then, we re-looked at fotos sent by nooser of Uncle T-B.'s legs, raw meat man. We caucused with Mama T-B., caucus we man. We lunched on 2 Costco chicken-salad sandwiches, ingest we man. Mini-B. lunched on nuked rice + onecan tuna, ingest wee man. We called Uncle T-B. and told him that we were going to the hospital, decide we man. Uncle T-B. tried begging off, no way man. Retrieved him at half-past 1 p.m. in raging monsoon, intrepid we man. Hospital E.R. not busy at all, mirabile dictu et visu man. Got him right in with full staff attention, wondrous to say and see man. Outstanding care, si man. Drew Many labs to see if a specific infection, down-narrow the problem man. Nothing specific, so they started him on intravenous vancomycin, broad-spectrum antibiotic man. They have admitted him inpatient for at least overnight, antibiotic infusions and observation man. Took ultrasonographic images of legs, look for clots man. They mentioned possible congestive heart failure, chronic lymphedema man. We should probably be there Many/Many for him, help him hear and we learn from doctors man. We did write whiteboard notes DEAF -- do not wear MASKS when talking!!!, like that'll do anything man. We wrote Consult with NEPHEW about EVERY issue!!!, like that'll do anything man. Uncle T-B. is scared but also grateful, hope he'll be OK man. He's our last surviving uncle, sigh man. Returned to casa just before Many (2+2+2+1) p.m., long marathon man. Mini-B. had supervised himself maturely, bored-but-behaved wee man man. Din-din was air-fried Costco chicken tacos and r'br, ingest Two Guys man. Got Mini-B. embedded almost on time, minor miracle man. Will probably be jolted awake by thunderous monsoons, wee hours man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. And that was/is our thrilling (?) Monday, report we man.

Sounds like we're going through almost the same stuff, see Thrilling (?) Monday report below Y ma'am. And continuing sympathies, si Y ma'am.

That took guts and standards on Mom's part.

"Mucho"? Any particular reason you're asking?

Congratulations, and thanks for the happy update! Yes, we were and are interested.

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However, is following the thread, so...

That's good news -- thanks for the update. Have fun island-hopping!

Thread is moved from the K-1 Case Progress subforum to the Removing Conditions forum -- OP is at the latter stage.

If someone notices it, you might get an RFE. If not, and you get an interview, correct it first thing with the officer.

When Karma Capsizes a Warship: North Korea's Grand Launch Ends in Wet Failure There's a poetic kind of justice when a dictatorship's propaganda parade ends as soggy scrap metal. North Korea, the Hermit Kingdom so fond of choreographed triumphs and goose-stepping grandeur, recently tried launching a 5,000-ton "stealth" destroyer, only to have it tip sideways into the sea like a child's bathtub toy. This wasn't just a mishap. It was a symbolic faceplant: the world's most belligerent pariah state, fresh off a backroom weapons-for-bodies deal with Vladimir Putin, found its supposed symbol of strength literally sideways and broken. Karma, it seems, sometimes comes in the shape of a capsized hull. [...] https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2025/05/24/when-karma-capsizes-a-warship-north-koreas-grand-launch-ends-in-wet-failure-n4940152

If she voted for Kommie Harris, all will be forgiven.

Thrilling Sunday-on-Monday report, see man: Did not leave the casa all day, ensconced we man. Ecu handyman showed up early, better than stupid maid but man. Interfered with our phone caucus with Uncle T-B.'s home-health nooser, man. She's trying to limp him through until his wound-care appointment on June Many'th (2+2th), egad man. Might be reacting to the antibiotic prescribed to ward off further infection, man. He will not do one solitary thing on his own behalf and is constantly aysheep, man. Ecu handyman did Many (2+2) simple things, ought to be all after Many (2+1) weeks in a row man. He charged $Many ($2x2x2x2x2x2 -2-2), steep but an overall bargain for the Many (2+1) weeks man. We and Mini-B. are quite happy with all results, good Ecu man. Breakfast/lunch for us was 2 hard-boiled eggs, ingest we man. Breakfast/lunch for Mini-B. was onecan of non-Chef B. S+Ms, ingest wee man. At noon, we siesta'd, intense day already man. Decided to purge our closet of suits, purge we man. We pulled out all nearly Manyzen ([one Manyzen] - 2) suits, rather dusty man. We spent 2 hours (si, man!) de-dusting and on-trying them, evaluate we man. We have decided to donate Many (2x2x2x2 -2), some easy some borderline man. The criteria were fit, color, brand, and style, rank-order we man. We under-grew most, shrink vertically and horizontally we man. We kept Many (2+1) blue, Many (2+1) gray, 2 black, and 1 brown, still way too many man. These are Bill Blass, Ralph Lauren, Jones New York, Chaps, and Nino Cerruti, all good stuff man. One gray one was hand-made for someone in Thailand, snared from an ES by we man man. Only the brown Ralph Lauren had been store-bought by us, financially savvy at ESs we man. Our favorite small thrift store will be thrilled to see what they're getting, conclude hopeful we man. Next will be to purge our ties and dress-shirts, unbelievable number of each man. Last we estimated, we had approx. (2 x Many00) -- si man, (2 x Many00) -- shirts, wow man. Din-din was sliced Costco luncheon ham + Costco scalloped potatoes, ingest Two Guys man. Movie night was Ted2, equally raunchy and good as the first Ted, watch Two Guys man. Many (2+2+1) Costco popcorns were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This achieves our weekly quota, normalcy has returned to Two Guys land man. Warshered/baked/folded our LL, victorious we man. Warshered/baking our bed blanket, dusty and miu-haired man. Dished the warsher, must de-dish during wee hours man. Will do Mini-B.'s LL probably Wednesday, end of cattywampus Two Guys week man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. No firm plans for Monday, reflect on Memorial Day we man. And that was/is our thrilling Sunday, report we man.

Hugs, Y ma'am. Sounds like Uncle T-B., assisted living looming man. He's just about lost it, sigh man. Shows zero compliance in self-treating the raw-meat open cellulitis on his lower shins, man. Intense sympathies, si and sigh Y ma'am.

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What? No posts between our Semiofficial and Official Weeklly VAWA-Thread Joke? =========================================== TWO MEN AND THEIR CAMERAS Two guys in their semiprivate hospital room were having a little chat. The first guy asked the second, "What are you in for?" "Camera down the throat," the second guy replied. "Oh, endoscopy?" the first guy asked. The second guy said, "Yeah. Checking for stomach cancer. How about you?" "Camera up the butt," the first guy said. "Oh, colonoscopy, checking for bowel cancer?" asked the second guy. "No; my female neighbor was sunbathing and my wife caught me taking a photo."

It is when one wants it to show up past the site's censor, si si si si si man.

Good news in yet another fine article by my favorite political writer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'It's Marco vs. the Deep State': Trump Administration to Overhaul National Security Council The next bastion of the Deep State to get targeted for its bureaucratic bloat is the National Security Council, and this battle is not starting a moment too soon. The NSC is a hornet's nest of appeasers, advocates for endless wars, and far-leftists who despise President Trump and his administration, think they know better how to conduct foreign policy despite their ever-lengthening string of failures, and will do everything they can to undermine what Trump tries to do. But now, enter Marco Rubio. Fox News reported Friday that Trump and Rubio "are continuing to overhaul the National Security Council and shift its main functions to other agencies like the State and Defense departments." Former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz started the ball rolling when “he ordered 160 NSC staffers off the job pending a comprehensive review of the agency's alignment with Trump's agenda." Now, as Waltz moves on to become UN ambassador in the wake of the Signal kerfuffle, the resistance against the Deep State at the NSC will continue. The left will, of course, howl yet again about Trump's fascism, but [...] https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2025/05/24/its-marco-vs-the-deep-state-trump-administration-to-overhaul-national-security-council-n4940114

Joe Biden's $93 Billion Scandal That No One's Talking About Yet During a blistering Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) was visibly floored after Energy Secretary Christopher Wright dropped a bombshell: the Department of Energy handed out a staggering $93 billion in loans and commitments during the final 76 days of the Biden administration, a figure that more than doubled the loan total from the previous 15 years combined. Kennedy, in classic fashion, drilled in with precision. "The 76-day period you're talking about, that's the period between the time that President Trump was elected and President Biden left office. Is that right?" "That is correct," Wright confirmed. Kennedy didn't mince words when he asked how any agency could properly vet such massive spending in such a short window. 'How do you do due diligence on one loan, much less $93 billion?" he asked. Wright's answer was damning. "I think it's probably pretty clear it wasn't done in many cases," he said. "There were commitments made from businesses that provided no business plan, no numbers about their own financial solvency, or how this project actually worked." The senator appeared almost incredulous and asked for clarity: "So, so you're telling me that the Department of Energy in the 76-day period before their boss was gonna leave office, gave or loaned money to, to entities that had no business plan?" "Correct," Wright replied bluntly. [...] https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/05/23/joe-bidens-93-billion-scandal-that-no-ones-talking-about-yet-n4940098

We probably suspected something liks this, but the reality is shocking. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Bidenization of the Dems: The Last EIGHT House Members to Die in Office Were ALL Democrats! In federal politics, seniority is power. The top committees and most coveted positions aren't assigned via merit, but longevity. If you want to be a bigshot in Congress, all you've gotta do is keep on getting reelected and avoid the Grim Reaper. The first hurdle is easy to cross: in 2024, 97% of congressional incumbents who ran for reelection were winners. With all the perks of incumbency, it's practically a slam-dunk. The second hurdle? Not so much. Three days ago, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) died of cancer at age 75. He was the third congressman to die in office since Jan. 2025. All three were Democrats. Since April of 2024, six congressmen have died in office. All six were Democrats. In fact, if you go all the way back to 2022, the last EIGHT congressmen who died in office were all Democrats. [...] https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2025/05/24/the-bidenization-of-the-dems-the-last-eight-house-members-to-die-in-office-were-all-democrats-n4940131

Thrilling Saturday report, see man: No urge to ES today, got the proximal ones on Friday man. Slept in till Uncle T-B. called, aysheep about his blood pressure again senior he man man. Mini-B. didn't arise until after noon, lazy wee man man. Breakfast/lunch was 2 Costco chicken-salad sandwiches each, ingest Two Guys man. Went on minor errands toward dusk, errant we man. Saved Mama T-B. Many% ([2x2x2x2x2x2 - 2-1]%) on one item, sure to beef about it regardless senior she man man. Din-din was nuked penne pasta + meatballs, ingest Two Guys man. Movie night was Ted, pretty good man. Many (2+2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. texts 2 or Many times/day from Cancun to check up on us, aysheep ex-she man man. Mini-B. relaxed and placid all day, hopefully we man/wee man relations full repaired man. In phone call, Mini-B. described casa to amigo as "super-clean," approve wee man man. Ecu handyman comes for Many'rd consecutive Sunday to do a couple or Many minor jobs, available he man. This should be pretty much all to do for a while, forecast we man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. And that was/is our thrilling Saturday, report we man.

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One of the greatest stories ever! Reports from the mainstream media: <crickets> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trump makes deal of a lifetime for US Steel WEST MIFFLIN, Pennsylvania — Local steelworkers, community leaders, and economic experts said President Donald Trump's announcement Friday that a deal was struck between U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel will go down in American history as the most enduring economic "big, beautiful deal" the 47th president has made. It is a deal robustly supported by the rank-and-file steelworkers from the three plants that make up the Mon Valley Works. The deal is believed to reverse the decline of steel that began under President Jimmy Carter in the 1970s. "I am proud to announce that, after much consideration and negotiation, U.S. Steel will REMAIN in America and keep its headquarters in the Great City of Pittsburgh," said Trump, who had been engaged in intense negotiations over a sale between the iconic American company and Nippon Steel. "This will be a planned partnership between United States Steel and Nippon Steel…and the largest investment in the history of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania," he said. [...] https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/3421100/trump-makes-deal-of-a-lifetime-for-us-steel/