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Hear, hear. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rafah reminds us of the evils of Hamas The anti-Israel set is right about something for once: it is unconscionable that Rafah has been turned into a warzone. It is an affront to humanity itself that a city once teeming with civilians fleeing the ravages of war elsewhere in Gaza should now be reduced to a hellish battleground. But who did this? Who was it that decided to use this former city of civilians as a launchpad for war? Who was it that posted their military commanders there, hid their ammunition there, fired their missiles from there, dragged hostages there? Who was it who hid the machinery of war among the women and children of Rafah, knowing full well bloodshed would ensue? It wasn't Israel. Israel helped to facilitate the evacuation of over 900,000 civilians. No, it was Hamas. To see the evils of Hamas, look at Rafah. [...] https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/05/28/rafah-reminds-us-of-the-evils-of-hamas/

This judge is a disgrace. Jonathan Turley's piece. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Manhattan canned hunt: The Trump jury is out but is the case in the bag? Today the jury began its deliberations in the trial of former president Donald Trump. Before jurors left, however, Judge Juan Merchan framed their deliberations in a way that seemed less like a jury deliberation than a canned hunt. For many of us, the Trump trial has seemed otherworldly, a vaguely familiar proceeding where common elements of a trial seem to have been flipped. [...] https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/4691715-a-manhattan-canned-hunt-the-trump-jury-is-out-but-is-the-case-in-the-bag/

Man, with all this heavy information in recent posts, we're in need of our Semiofficial Semiweekly VAWA-Thread Joke: ============================================== THE BLONDE'S FIRST PARACHUTE JUMP A blonde had always wanted to skydive. She waited for years before she had the nerve. Finally, she enrolled in a skydiving class. The students were taught how to jump and when to pull the cord. The instructor told them, "First, you pull the cord after 10 seconds. If that doesn't work for any reason, pull the second cord for the auxiliary parachute. When you land, there will be a bus waiting to pick you up." The blonde took her parachute and sat nervously with everyone as they prepared to jump. The signal light came on, and they jumped out of the plane, one by one. When it was her turn, the blonde screamed and jumped. For 10 beautiful seconds, she got to fly and hover. Then she remembered to pull the cord. Nothing happened. Panicked, she pulled the other cord. Again, nothing happened. "Oh, boy," said the blonde to herself, "that bus had better be down there or I'm screwed!"

Now that's funny! --- Good comments from all, so far. However, coming to mind is the unpleasant prospect of USCIS visiting one's house before approving AOS.

Thread is moved from Off Topic to General Immigration Discussion.

Judge Instructs Jurors They Need Not Believe Trump Is Guilty To Convict Him [...] The reminder from Judge Juan Merchan was issued to the jury as closing arguments began, with the judge clarifying that Trump doesn't necessarily have to be guilty of a crime in order for the jury to find Trump guilty of a crime. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/judge-instructs-jurors-they-need-not-believe-trump-is-guilty-to-convict-him

Airline Pilot Convicted Of Hate Crime For Leaving Contrail Marks On Rainbow ST. PETERSBURG, FL - In another incident of shocking homophobia leading up to pride month, a hate-filled straight white airline pilot has been convicted of leaving contrails across a rainbow, one of the most sacred symbols of the LGBTJFKLMNOP+/- Movement. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/airline-pilot-convicted-of-hate-crime-for-leaving-contrail-marks-on-rainbow

Denver Offers Insane How-To Guide to Cities on Converting to Taxpayer-Funded Illegal Alien Sanctuaries [...] Democrat-misgoverned Denver, which has welcomed roughly 40,000 illegal aliens — the most of any U.S. city on a per capita basis — is now offering a how-to guide to help other cities convert to illegal immigration sanctuaries at the expense of taxpayers. [...] https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2024/05/28/denver-offers-newcomers-playbook-on-how-to-turn-cities-into-taxpayer-funded-illegal-alien-sanctuaries-n2174743

Top Biden Donor Revealed to Be Pakistani Government Official - What Did He Get in Return? Ever heard of Tahir Javed? Nor had I, but it turns out he was one of President Biden's biggest donors in the 2020 election - and he's also now a Pakistani government official. [...] https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/05/28/top-biden-donor-revealed-to-be-pakistani-government-offical-what-did-he-get-in-return-n2174761

Here's the Latest Laughable Biden Failure As Officials Announce News About Gaza Pier Operations [...] The pier has faced mortar barrage. Three service members involved in operations were injured in a non-combat related accident, one critically injured. Then the Pentagon spokesperson informed us last week that no aid from the pier had actually reached the people it was supposed to in Gaza. Then, on top of all that, the weather was causing trouble, the pier was damaged, and ships were running aground, so they were having to put "boots on the ground" in the most humiliating way possible, as my colleague Streiff explained. Oh, and let's not forget about the aid being swiped by Hamas. [...] https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/05/28/gaza-pier-operations-suspended-n2174766

About 32 years too late. Back then, I think, he was a diversity hire. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There Was MUCH Rejoicing: Controversial MLB Ump Angel Hernandez Retires and NO ONE Will Miss Him Baseball fans across the country are very, very happy today. Angel Hernandez -- the umpire with a reputation for making terrible, terrible calls -- has retired from the MLB, effective immediately. [...] https://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/05/28/angel-hernandez-retires-from-baseball-n2396682

This piece explains how ultra-hosed this prosecution is. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Judgment week: How prosecutors will use the 'other crime' against Trump On Tuesday, a jury in Manhattan will hear closing arguments in the trial of former President Donald Trump. Local prosecutors allege Trump committed bookkeeping offenses as part of a conspiracy to corrupt the 2016 presidential election. The former president’s specific crime, prosecutors say, was labeling a nondisclosure agreement negotiated by his lawyer as a "legal expense" in Trump Organization books. [...] https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/3018294/judgment-week-how-prosecutors-will-use-the-other-crime-against-trump/

Thrilling Tuesday report, see man: Tried to get up earlier, didn't work that well zzz we man. Had to mow front lawn, couldn't wait another day man. Two thick sweatbands used, one job one recovery man. Groceried for Uncle T-B., get half the list at Aldi man. Uncle T-B. desperate for company, casa-bound senior he man. While we were detained, Mini-B. lunched on Many (2+2) Oreos, ingest wee man. When we returned, lunch was onecan of Aldi chili, ingest we man. It is good that we returned when we did, si man. Within the hour, the skies turned as black as night with wind and monsoon, severe stuff man. We siesta'd through it for nearly Many hours, zzz we man. Din-din was air-fried breaded cod* + nuked corn, ingest* Two Guys man. *Mini-B. hates this, necessary dietary variety for wee man man Movie night was The Week Of, Adam Sandler and pretty good man. Many (2+2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This tallies to Many (2x2x2x2 -2) for the week so far, rather impressive man. Party with the rubias after Mini-B. embedded, cavort we man. Finish grocerying for Uncle T-B. on Wednesday, grocery we man for senior he man man.

Libertarian Party Nominates Giant Gay Bong WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Libertarian Party has concluded its convention and nominated its latest presidential candidate: a 20-foot-tall, rainbow-colored, glass bong. The gay, oversized marijuana smoking device edged out candidates RFK Jr., Donald Trump, and Sparklepaws the Transgender Furry to secure the coveted nomination to run for President this November. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/libertarian-party-nominates-giant-gay-bong

In Touching Memorial Day Address, Biden Thanks Fallen American Servicemen For Their Votes [...] "Today, we honor our fallen," said Biden, since that was what the teleprompter had told him to say. "The men and women of the armed forces who made the ultimate sacrifice, giving their lives for our great nation, and who then voted for me in 2020 despite being dead, deserve our humble thanks. Pause for silence but do not read these words as they are not part of the speech. End." Biden then [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/in-touching-memorial-day-address-biden-thanks-fallen-american-servicemen-for-their-votes

Thrilling Monday report, see man: Quietest day ever, holiday man. Mini-B. quietly played his games, occupied wee man. Lunch was PB&J sandwiches, ingest Two Guys man. We siesta'd for nearly Many hours, zzz we man. Din-din for Mini-B. was rice + tuna, ingest wee man. Din-din for us was onecan of Progresso chicken noodle soup, ingest we man. We threw that empty can into the garbage, and it clanked on something, minor noise man. Miu (atop kitchen counter) freaked and knocked several things onto floor, startled miu man. One item was our coffeepot from Saturday's ES, $2 down the tubes man. Mini-B. helped us sweep up the shards, what a waste man. Movie night was Ride Along, excellent man. Many (2+2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. We then got a surprise phone call from someone we'd been waiting to hear from, hourlong man. An unsupervised Mini-B. missed bedtime deadline by nearly an hour, man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man.

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Thread of great comedic and historical value is moved from Off Topic to the US Citizenship Case Progress subforum.

For some comic relief ( ) : http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/382775-mrs-t-b-the-citizenship-test/

A man telephoned a pet shop and said, "I'd like to place an order for 25,000 cockroaches." "What in the world do you want with that many roaches?" asked the clerk. "Well, I'm moving tomorrow," explained the man, "and my lease says that I must leave the premises in exactly the same condition in which I found them."

NEW Info About the Chechen Illegal Who Was Shot While Possibly Surveilling Special Ops Soldier's NC Home Late last week it was reported that a member of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) stationed at Ft. Liberty (Bragg), North Carolina was under investigation after he shot and killed a 35-year-old Chechen man who was trespassing on his property. Since the original reports, some disturbing information about the deceased and the company he was allegedly contracting with has come out - and it's got special forces families nationwide spooked. [...] https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2024/05/27/new-info-related-to-shooting-death-of-chechen-national-who-was-on-army-special-forces-soldiers-property-n2174705

If this is true, then Bidementia and Li'l Crackpipe are even bigger slime. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What Joe and Hunter Biden Did While Attending a Sandy Hook Memorial Raises New Corruption Questions Somehow, the Biden family has managed to lower the bar even further. According to a new report, Joe and Hunter Biden used a memorial at Sandy Hook shooting to set up a secret business deal with the Chinese. The plan? For a CCP-controlled entity to pay the Bidens $10 million a year. You might be asking what the Chinese were getting in return, and the answer appears to be influence in American politics facilitated by the then-former vice president. There's no sign of any legitimate product or service being offered in any of the documents released so far. Remember when the president insisted he had no involvement with his son's business dealings? Yeah, about that. [...] https://redstate.com/bonchie/2024/05/27/what-joe-and-hunter-biden-did-while-attending-a-sandy-hook-memorial-raises-new-corruption-questions-n2174732

Joe Biden Met With a Witness Testifying Against Hunter Biden, Liberals Go Ballistic Over Reporting The appearance of corruption from Joe Biden involving his son's upcoming trial continues apace. On Thursday evening, Hunter Biden just happened to attend a state dinner at the White House. Who else was there? That would be AG Merrick Garland, the head of the DOJ who is prosecuting the younger Biden. Nothing to see there, though. We've all been assured such encounters are fine. What else is fine? The president going and meeting with Hallie Biden, one of the witnesses set to testify against Hunter Biden. An NBC News reporter shared that development on Sunday, and it sent liberals into fits of rage. [...] https://redstate.com/bonchie/2024/05/27/joe-biden-met-with-one-of-the-witnesses-against-hunter-biden-liberals-go-ballistic-over-reporting-n2174712

Unreal: Biden Uses His Memorial Day Remarks at Arlington to Speak About His Son Beau [...] As others were speaking, he appeared completely checked out and distracted. Look at his face here. Um, Joe? You're supposed to at least be pretending to listen, not figuring out all the different ways to fidget. But it's just more evidence that he's fading fast and can't even maintain that much of a proper appearance during the ceremonies. Then of course you know what he would say on Memorial Day, don't you? He went right to talking about his son Beau, about how it was the ninth anniversary of his death (he died May 30, 2015). [...] https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/05/27/biden-memorial-day-remarks-n2174719

This attorney dives deeply into the very real problems in the NYC trial. Follow closely for it to make sense. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What Prof. Turley Shows Us in the Trump Case Calls for Jury Nullification (A Deep Dive) Now, first, before we get this legal deep dive going, let's be clear. We haven't seen Professor Turley call for jury nullification—not even by a proverbial wink. What we are saying is that what he is documenting is enough for us to say if this author was on the jury, we would engage in jury nullification. Why? In order to vindicate Trump's constitutional rights. [...] https://twitchy.com/aaronwalker/2024/05/27/what-prof-turley-documents-in-the-trump-case-calls-for-jury-nullification-a-deep-dive-n2396643