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The BB has a relevant take on this, and the closing paragraph is priceless: --- South Africa Denounces White Refugees For Leaving Before They Had A Chance To Take All Their Stuff And Kill Them CAPE TOWN — While controversy over displaced farmers swirled in the United States, officials in South Africa denounced white refugees for leaving before they had a chance to take all their stuff and kill them. As white South Africans fled to the United States in search of refuge, leaders in their home country expressed outrage that they just took off rather than stay and be persecuted and killed for being white. "This is unacceptable," said Lungelo Nkosi-Jones, who heads up South Africa's Ministry of White Persecution. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/south-africa-denounces-white-refugees-for-leaving-before-they-had-a-chance-to-take-all-their-stuff-and-kill-them

DNC To Remove David Hogg After Realizing He's David Hogg U.S. — The Democratic National Committee has begun the process to oust David Hogg from its leadership after realizing that he is David Hogg. The DNC announced it will attempt to void Hogg's February election to vice chair on procedural grounds, stating that no one had yet comprehended that this was David Hogg. "Obviously, we have to remove him. He's David Hogg," stated DNC operations manager Chandler Kilgore. "It's unfortunate that it is only now dawning on us who he actually is, but [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/dnc-to-remove-david-hogg-after-realizing-hes-david-hogg

Thrilling Thursday report, see man: Good doc visit, caucus we man with MD man man. Amidst good discussion, got x-rays of knees + hip, results not untoward man. Have plans to work on, work plans we man man. Dropped couple of leftover saxophone items for Mini-B.'s Band teechur, found during casa cleanup man. Took staggering amount of stuff to thrift store, declutter we man: -- the Many coats/jackets of above, q.v. man -- heavy bag of ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s remaining clothes, should be the last of those man -- heavy bin of ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s shoes*, found in Many (2+1) bins in closet man *Many more (2+2+2+1) had no partner, no option but to trash them man Until we go through our own clothes, only misc. stuff left to donate, intuit we man. Lunch was at BK**, ingest we man. **WUOC, financially savvy we man A siesta was taken thereafter, zzz we man. Din-din was onecan of maple sugar/hickory-flavored baked beans, ingest we man. Neighbor's yard dude came and we recruited him for our weed-whacking, supervise we man. Many (2x2x2 -1) ESs and Many (2+2+1) GSs are available this weekend, wow man. However, we must take miu to vet on Friday morn, fizzicle + manicure man. Then, we retrieve Mini-B. from skool, Two Guys din-din and heart-to-heart talk man. In between, we must make progress on casa-cleaning, much small irritating organization left man. We have therefore itineraried just one ES for Friday, itinerary we man. We don't think that we can spend all day Saturday on GSs/ESs, more cleaning + mow-lawning man. On Sunday morn, Ecu handyman returns, more jobs man. We hope to have casa ready to show Mini-B. later Sunday, hope we man. Maybe we can get him to return for Two Guys week, hope we man. Obviously no party with the rubias tonight, no cavort and up till Whenever a.m. cleaning we man. And that was/is our thrilling Thursday, report we man.

This is sad stuff. Years ago, the media tried hard to raise panic about killer bees but somehow failed. At least these aren't murder-hornets.

Si and gracias, si mam ma'am. We need to concentrate less on the upstairs closet-purging and more on a pristine downstairs, conclude we man. However, from 2 closets (up & down), we purged Many (2x2x2 +2+2+1) -- si man, Many (2x2x2 +2+2+1) -- coats & jackets & windbreakers, forgot we had most of those man. However, some didn't fit right, some had minor flaws, and some had balky zippers, bye and bye and bye man. But we live in a kasa and not a kondo, si mam ma'am.

Egregious P-Math errors by both mam ma'am and Ontarklar, see-with-horror man. Bad careless mam ma'am and Ontarklar! Bad, BAD careless CARELESS mam ma'am and Ontarklar! --- Not just skoolboreds, but municipal elections, too, low turnouts man. Got 2 mayoral candidates in a runoff here that might not even draw Many,000 voters, sigh man.

Similar-themed threads have been merged.

Two wonderful threads on the same topic have been merged.

At least one of the Texas-Mexico land ports uses facial scans during reentry on foot.

DOCTOR COMPLEX A long line of souls was waiting to enter the Pearly Gates into Heaven. Suddenly, an old man in a white coat with a stethoscope came pushing his way to the front, exclaiming, "Let me by! Coming through! Move aside! Important business!" As the old man entered Heaven, the first soul in line asked St. Peter, "Who was that?" "Ah, that's God," said St. Peter, rolling his eyes in bored fashion. "He just THINKS he's a doctor."

Along with the above, get copies of every possible official document that might be difficult, impossibe, or expensive to get from overseas -- renewed driver's license, university transcripts/records for yourself, school records for kids, extra birth certificates, divorce certificates if applicable, and more. You're packing to move, but it's possibly a lot easier to get these things now than it may be later. P.S. Can't recall whether I already suggested the above to you.

Anything can be a red flag. Everyone who applies for a tourist visa is presumed to be an intended immigrant. If she has an excellent travel history otherwise (leaving home and returning on time), it might (might) help, but don't get your hopes up. She should apply anyway, and we'll see what answer she gets. Be sure to return to this thread with updates.

Good luck. Just keep fighting it and hope that you break through.

Thrilling Wednesday report, see man: Embedded ourself at Many a.m., cleaning et al. we man. Zzz'd almost until alarm, fairly decent zzz we man. Breakfast/lunch was 2 turkey-&-cheese sandwiches, ingest we man. Dropped gigantic donation at favorite small thrift shop, drop we man. Head donation guy looked slim & trim, notice we man. He had voluntarily lost Many (2x2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2 +2+1) pounds, shadow of his former self man. He did it by avoiding junk food and sugared drinks, good plan man. We complimented and commended him, well-deserving of praise he man. Went into store to drop donation of Many Manyzens of grocery bags, save for this purpose we man man. Store ladies very grateful, needed them man. We promised to bring more on Thursday, already up-bagged man. We bought the following, see man: -- jeans in our new lower waist-size, exultant we man -- 2 shirts for Mini-B., plain black in his size man -- mow-lawning or around-the-casa short pants for us, can never have too many man Total incl. discounts = $Many ($2x2x2 +2+2), very fair man. Ran other errands thereafter, errant we man. A siesta was taken thereafter, zzz we man. Lunch/din-din was onejar of gefilte fish*, ingest we man. *bought earlier on supermarket closeout, financially savvy we man Went to ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s casa to carpool to Mini-B.'s last-ever Band concert, carpool we man. Mini-B. grunted greetings, peeved-at-us wee man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. still drives like a brand-new immigrant**, sigh man. **Funniest bumper-sticker ever, man: "Female Asian driver, si man. Good luck everyone else, si man." Concert was wonderful, si man. Mini-B. was offered ice cream, din-din, or whatever, wee man's choice man. He wanted 'za, chip off old block wee man man. Stopped at 'za place, carryout order of XL 'roni 'za man. Returned to ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s casa, in great disorder note we man man. Mini-B. picked the 2 slices that we could have, fewest 'ronis on them man. Mini-B. actually thanked us for the 'za and hugged us, promising man. After casa return and servicing indignant miu, we consumed our 'za, ingest we man. We have discovered and must donation-bag another large cache of ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s clothes/shoes, wow man. We are going to open a lot of good space in master closet, predict we man. This will help to reduce bedroom clutter, storage space man. We are quite hopeful about the ultimate interior state of this casa, finally man. Caucus with doc Thursday morn, caucus we man with MD man man. Then further decluttering/organizing/donating, intrepid we man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. And that was/is our thrilling Wednesday, report we man.

Time to renew your Golf Cart registration, huh man? https://myslidell.com/news/

It is Wednesday! Time for our Semiofficial Semiweekly VAWA-Thread Joke: =========================================== CUSTOMER SERVICE A store manager overheard a clerk saying to a customer, "No, ma'am; we haven't had any for quite some time now, and it doesn't look as if we'll be getting any more." Angered by what he'd heard, the manager rushed over to the customer who was walking out the door and said, "That isn't true, ma'am. Of course we'll have some soon. In fact, I personally placed an order for them just a couple of days ago." The manager then pulled the clerk aside and growled, "Never, never, NEVER say we don't have something. If we don't have it, say we ordered it and it's on its way. Now, what was the customer asking about?" "Poisonous spiders in the fruit department."

RIAP (rest in alligator peace).

And deservedly so. Pulling for you, Pardner.

Great to hear. You must feel wonderful, and justifiably so.

Phenomenal advice from every participant here. We need more threads like this.

Agreed. The advice that you got is sensible. Commendations also on your organizational capabilities and your concern for your ex-wife.

Exciting! Thanks for the thorough update. Post it under Embassy Reviews or other appropriate location. THE BLONDE AT THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE A blonde woman came in for a routine physical at the doctor’s office. "Here you go," said the nurse, as she handed the blonde a urine cup. "The bathroom is there on your left. The doctor will see you in a few minutes." Soon, the blonde came out of the bathroom. She handed an empty container back to the nurse. With a relieved look on her face, the blonde said, "Thank you! But they had a toilet in there, so I didn't need this after all." EYE CHART A Polish immigrant went to the DMV to apply for a driver's license. First, he had to take an eyesight test. The optician showed him a card with the letters CZWIXNOSTACZYK. "Can you read this?" the optician asked? "Read it?!" said the Polish immigrant. "I KNOW the guy!"

Wow... WOW. Zing! ~~~~~~~~~~~ Top Baby Names In UK Now Muhammad, Mohammed, Mohamad, And Mohamed UNITED KINGDOM — According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the names Muhammad, Mohammed, Mohamad, and Mohamed are now the most popular names in England. 2025's list of popular baby names is strikingly similar to previous years, but what's unique is that traditional English names like James, William, Charles, and Edward are nowhere to be found. The names have reportedly been rendered obsolete by a new generation of little Muhammads, Mohammeds, Mohamads, and Mohameds. "These cute baby names are [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/top-baby-names-in-uk-now-muhammad-mohammed-mohamad-and-mohamed

This one certainly nails the culpability of the lamestream media. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jake Tapper Uncovers Startling Evidence That Biden’s Decline Was Covered Up By Jake Tapper U.S. — In a shocking exposé, CNN anchor Jake Tapper has revealed new evidence that Biden's mental and physical decline was covered up for years by Jake Tapper. "These allegations regarding Jake Tapper are disturbing," said Jake Tapper. "The idea that someone would use their power as a journalist to lie and withhold essential information from the American public is beyond the pale. This Jake Tapper guy, whoever he is, should be ashamed of himself." [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/jake-tapper-uncovers-startling-evidence-that-bidens-decline-was-covered-up-by-jake-tapper