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The definition of chutzpah is a boy who murders his parents and then demands alms because he's an orphan. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Democrats seek to punish voters fleeing their failed policies New York Gov. Kathy Hochul — a Democrat who's up for reelection this fall — has a message for people who've left her state and decamped to more successful, affordable, and functional places, like Florida: Come back, or at least cut us a check, so we can keep implementing "progress." "The fact is that I need people who are high net worth to support the generous social programs that we want to have in our state," Hochul said in an interview last month. She applauded "some patriotic millionaires" who "stepped up," adding that more of them ought to "cut me checks," and that for others, "maybe the first step should be to go down to Palm Beach and see who you can bring back home, because our tax base has been eroded." [...] https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4522357/democrats-seek-punish-voters-fleeing-failed-policies/

Not good, but he did himself in. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hungary's Victor Orban, ally of Trump and Putin, concedes election defeat https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/hungary-s-viktor-orban-ally-of-trump-and-putin-concedes-election-defeat/ar-AA20HicL

Scintillating Sunday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Sunday repartee, see (and yawn Bro G) man: Lousy zzz but no fever, si and no man. Mama T-B. phoned us Many (2+2) -- si man, Many (2+2) -- times before noon, man. Rousted Mini-B.'s carcass, zzz wee man man. Prepped to visit Mama T-B., visit senior she man we and wee man man. Had to grocery and ran into ex-Mrs.-T-B., timing man. "Brief" visit lasted one hour, guess that qualifies as brief man. At half-past 2 p.m., took Mini-B. from Mama T-B.'s to Arby's*, ingest breakfast/lunch Two Guys man. *WUOC, F$WM Two Guys in far better mood afterward, conclude Two Guys man. Siesta'd for an hour, surprisingly restorative zzz man. Conquered Many (2+2) -- si man, Many (2+2) -- LLs, Mini-B. wanted bedspread warshed man. Dished/de-dished the warsher, domestic we man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. collected Mini-B., end of Two Guys week man. Din-din for us was onecan of Aldi chili, ingest we man. No party with the rubias, no cavort we man. No fixed plans for Monday, no plan we man man. And that was/is our genuinely, indubitably, undeniably thrilling Sunday, report we man.

We reserve unthrilling for truly unthrilling, see and si man.

1. Better be sure they're truthful. 2. Oh, no... Boiler himself has been infected with NB Disease!

If the beneficiary hasn't entered, the petitioner might be able to withdraw support and have CBP deny entry. This is a last gasp and shouldn't be counted on, however.

Four in a row! Here's our Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke on this Sunday: =========================================== AN EXCELLENT NEW SOLDIER An Israeli soldier who just enlisted asked his Commanding Officer for a 3-day pass. The CO said, "Are you crazy? You just joined the Israeli Army, and you already want a 3-day pass? You must do something spectacular for that recognition!" The soldier came back a day later in an Arab tank. The CO was impressed, and asked, "How did you do it?" "Well, sir, I jumped in a tank and went toward the border with the Arabs. I approached the border, and I saw an Arab tank. I put my white flag up, and the Arab in the tank put his white flag up. I said to the Arab soldier, 'Do you want to get a 3-day pass?' So we exchanged tanks!"

Swalwell implosion smells like material for an internal Democrat civil war Taking a page from their very successful Cesar Chavez playbook, Democrats have effectively taken Eric Swalwell out of the race for California governor based on a cavalcade of sudden sexual harassment and predation allegations, everything from his sending pictures of his privates to unwilling interns, to rape allegations by female staffers who were intoxicated and incapable of giving consent, along with video of the married Swalwell being 'serviced' by hookers in his home. Swalwell also reportedly retaliated against those who complained, threatening and firing them from their jobs and up until now getting away with it. Democrats knew about this for years, but only now has the Cesar Chavez hammer come out of the woodwork to dislodge him the race. Oh, sure, Swalwell says the charges are false and he's not dropping out of the race, but just look at him: [...] https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/04/swalwell_implosion_looks_like_material_to_reveal_an_internal_civil_war.html

The Kristi Noem story just got so much worse Kristi Noem started out her political career looking like a normal woman. When she was young, she had normal lips and, given that her brunette coloring didn't require much makeup, used discreet amounts of eye makeup. By the time she left Homeland Security, Noem had weird, puffy lips and was often seen wearing makeup that rivaled Tammy Faye Bakker's. In addition, she was widely rumored to be having an affair with her aide, Corey Lewandowski, and the two of them used lots of taxpayer money to buff her political credentials, allegedly with an eye to her running for president. The whole thing was unseemly and smelled of a deeply insecure woman trying to make herself feel good. With the latest revelations about her husband, Bryon's relationship with a fetish dominatrix, maybe there was a good reason for her manifest low self-esteem. [...] https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/04/the_kristi_noem_story_just_got_so_much_worse.html

Scintillating Saturday repartee, yawn man. ------- Thrilling Saturday report, see man: Fever broke overnight and stayed gone, afebrile we man. We arose for good at Many a.m., hour before noon man. Breakfast/lunch was cereal, ingest we man. Mini-B. awoke at half-past 2 p.m., no misprint here man. Our only out-of-casa experience was retrieving an Rx, retrieve we man. Because it was so close to din-din time, we decided on one big lunch/din-din, decide Two Guys man. Lunch/din-din was canned corn, air-fried chicken chunks in honey-mustard, & r'b'r, ingest Two Guys man. We siesta'd thereafter for 2 hours, zzz we man. Movie night was Spenser Confidential, watch Two Guys man. Many (2+2+2) -- si man, Many (2+2+2) -- bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Must see Mama T-B. at least briefly on Sunday, see we man senior she man man. Unsure of any proximal ESs, maybe will research we man man. And that was/is our thrilling Saturday, report we man.

Nope. Only if you have them accessible, then they're nice to bring. Bring these, and explain to the officer the rest of what you've told us.

Awful. ~~~~~ Former Sen. Ben Sasse, Bleeding from His Face, Shares Brutal Reality of Terminal Cancer at Age 54 [...] The former Republican senator and brief University of Florida president, 54, appeared on The New York Times' podcast with significant amounts of blood on his face, less than four months after revealing he had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. At the time, Sasse described the diagnosis as a "death sentence." Speaking with podcast host and columnist Ross Douthat, Sasse got candid about his own mortality, and why he's chosen to speak out publicly in his remaining time. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/former-sen-ben-sasse-bleeding-195629667.html

Kentucky woman was picked up by a garbage truck’s grappler claw and crushed, her family's lawyer says The family of a Kentucky woman, who was killed after a garbage truck accidentally picked her up, plans to pursue legal action against the city after the county coroner confirmed the woman's cause of death was blunt force and compressional trauma. For weeks, Louisville police asserted that 35-year-old Tyrah Adams died after having "come into contact" with a garbage truck during a "routine" cleanup in an alley. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/kentucky-woman-picked-garbage-truck-153143014.html

Never good, and probably a guaranteed loss in almost every instance.

Wonderful news. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Israel Eliminated 180 Hezbollah Jihadis in One Minute Israel Defense Forces (IDF) coordinated its Friday round of strikes on Hezbollah terrorists so precisely that they took out nearly 200 terrorists within a minute's time. After Iranian terror proxy Hezbollah marked the ceasefire by immediately bombarding Israeli civilians, the IDF, of course, struck back. And completely contrary to all the propaganda that has been circulating nonstop from Jew-haters and Islamic terrorists online, Israel is not targeting Lebanese civilians; it is targeting Hezbollah operatives. The only reason Israel has to conduct some operations in "civilian" areas is that Hezbollah, like Hamas, uses civilians and their infrastructure as human shields. In the post below, the IDF noted its efforts to avoid civilian casualties. [...] https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/04/10/israel-eliminated-180-hezbollah-jihadis-in-one-minute-n4951669

A Cease-fire that Changes Nothing—and Risks Everything On Tuesday evening, President Trump announced a two-week cease-fire with Iran, pulling back from strikes he had threatened would kill "a whole civilization." The deal asked one thing of Tehran: reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran appeared to agree. By Wednesday morning, the strait was closed again. Anyone acquainted with this regime's forty-seven-year record of treating agreements as tactical instruments rather than binding commitments should have seen this coming. [...] https://www.thefreedomfrequency.org/p/4288d441-634b-41c7-bfdc-f32a5b099ae1

Clever wording that I'll have to remember!

Thrilling (?) Friday non-ES report, see man: Breakfasted/skoolbused Mini-B., groggy Two Guys man. Mini-B. seems to have an outright cold, runny nose wee man man. Instead of seeking an immediate siesta, we dallied on Internet, dally we man. We failed to drink or ingest anything, bad move man. When finally set out on ES trail, felt lousy, but had to go man. It soon began to monsoon in large segments, add to wonderful ambience man. We skipped an intermediate errand, good move man. By end of Mama T-B.'s call outside Many'rd ES, we were shivering/chattering, rigorous we man. Fever at casa was exactly Many00 F., felt worse than that man. Ingested nothing but HSM Tylenol & embedded ourself on heating pad, very uncomfortable we man. Two-hour "siesta" rather restless & quite sweaty, every pore opened man. But after all that, fever still precisely Many00 F., man. Breakfast/lunch/din-din was Costco angusburgers, ingest traditional Friday fare Two Guys man. Mini-B. gaming with amigo, no movie night man. We still felt terrible, no movie night man. Took Heap Strong antibiotic, presciently Rx'd by doc one week ago man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Must skip GS-ing/ES-ing Saturday, we man. This includes one mass GS that we never miss, man. And that was/is our thrilling Friday, report we man.

Friday ES report, see man: We T-B.-mobiled by all Many, si man. The first ES yielded nothing, skunked man. The 2nd ES could not really be found in office park amidst the monsoon upon arrival, no man. We stopped in front of the Many'rd ES & Mama T-B. called, disconsolate aysheep senior she man man. At end of half-hour call, was monsooning so badly that we simply returned to the casa, oh well man. Total = $0

Gracias, si mam ma'am. We guess so, although we have last Friday's fever again, one stinkin' week between 'em and 2 lost weekends man. No one is worse, sorry man. Niece age precised, see and si and mam ma'am!

This is truly insightful -- I was spellbound through the whole thing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It May Not Be a Ceasefire. It Might Be a Strategic Pause. I could spend a lot of this column musing about the absolute whiplash gripping the American and global commentariat surrounding the announcement of a ceasefire in the Iran War Tuesday evening. Instead, I'm going to let Ace of Spades knock that out for us, because his treatment of the instant pivot from Trump The Barbarian Civilization Killer to Trump The Cowardly P____ Who Caved To Iran was as good as I've seen: Remember, the "smart people" are also the "thoughtful" and "responsible" people. They have all the answers, they'll tell you. They definitely do not simply spam out random disingenuous claims completely incompatible with each other as the day's news cycle might require. David Strom wrote about this. I've seen it all over myself. The "nuke" thing was absurd. Trump threatened to use a top-secret conventional weapon the world had never seen before. What was it? I dunno. Maybe some kind of non-nuclear EMP to take out the power plants without harming the child human shields Iran stuffed them with? At no point did he threaten or imply a threat to use a nuke. Now I might think "Trump is making up some secret uber-weapon," but then again, Delta Force does seem to have unleashed absolute top-secret Sci-Fi weaponry in the Venezuela Snatch-and-Stash operation. But he never hinted at a nuke. But the "reasonable," "responsible," "thoughtful" people — you know, the really "smart" people you can rely upon for their intelligence and probity and smooth emotional restraint — all just went on twitter and did what they usually do, shriek lies that no one including themselves believes. [...] https://spectator.org/it-may-not-be-a-ceasefire-it-might-be-a-strategic-pause/

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!"

Sounds like it's beyond too far gone. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Islamification of Britain In Britain, March meant Ramadan. My local supermarket advised me to "Make this holy month meaningful" and offered "everything you need for Iftar, Suhoor, and beyond," including a range of halal foods. At televised Premiership football matches, play stopped to allow Muslim players to break their fast. Days before Eid, Muslims gathered in London's Trafalgar Square to pray in public. The Mayor of London, Sir Sadiq Khan, hailed the "power of being Muslim" as he addressed thousands at the "biggest Iftar in the Western world." It's not that Britons have undergone mass conversion to Islam or, for the most part, have a deep interest in religious practices. Indeed, a leading politician sparked debate by condemning London's mass public prayer gathering, and boos rang out around the stadium when a big screen announced that the match between Leeds and Manchester City would pause at sunset to allow Muslim players to break their fasts. Rather, a growing Muslim population has become more confident in asserting its identity, while Britain's political and cultural elite increasingly insists upon respect for Islam as a show of support for the supposedly progressive values of diversity, multiculturalism, and anti-racism. The result is not just tolerance of Muslims but an extending Islamification of all aspects of British society. [...] https://www.city-journal.org/article/uk-britain-islam-muslims-free-speech?skip=1

Leftists never consider that Actions Have Consequences.

Scintillating Thursday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Thursday report, see man: Breakfasted/skoolbused Mini-B., groggy-yet-more-timely wee man man. Breakfast for us was 2 orphan hotdog buns, ingest we man. Fought fatigue to get ready for doc caucus, groggy we man man. Got there Many (2x2x2 +1) minutes before caucus time, timely we man. Many (2x2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2x2 +2) -- si man, Many (2x2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2x2 +2) -- minutes after caucus time, we were called into the exam room, how can any schedule already be that hosed that early man. Doc came in, without apology, Many (2x2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2) minutes after that, we man. Doc mumbled something about "mmmmph rmph rmmph mmpfph," tests healthy man. He brushed away our specific questions, saying "See online, posted there mmmphf frmph man," man. He barely gave us Many (2+2+1) minutes, howya like them apples boy man. Nor did he give us any quantitative metrics, clear targets, or med-escalation plan, no and no and no man. His plan was "come back in Many (2+2+2) months, bye man," man. We wasted all morning on a low-value visit with operationally poor communication, man. We absolutely barbecued the rat-illegitimate male child in the survey sent out on him, some solace man. And to this minute at this writing, nearly 1 Manyzen hours later, no report is posted online, man. We were steamed, man. The checkout chica asked when we were to return, ask she man we man man. We said, "Many (2+2+2) months, but we'll be damned if we see that rear-end aperture for intestinal effluvium again, si and no man!", si man. Now our uncontrollably switch-medding GP is in charge, man. He has already called in an Rx that would conflict with our current iteration of it, man. The pharmacy, in fact, messaged us to question it, correct they man. Can these docs find either butt-cheek with both hands plus outside help, huh man? The short answer is that we probably won't die imminently of the CT finding, knock on wood man. Saw Uncle T-B. after this, nearly out-of-it senior he man man. We delivered his stuff, appreciative senior he man man. As usual, he'd managed to hose his computer again, really weird stuff man. With difficulty, we managed to get it to restart, up-clear problem man. Saw Mama T-B. after this, aysheep senior she man man. She demanded to know why test results weren't posted, don't ask us man. Caucus took over an hour, accomplish tasks we man. Finally siesta'd, zzz we man. Mini-B. zzz'd lengthwise on his bed again, zzz wee man. Din-din was something new, concoct we man. We nuked/up-sliced the remaining Many (2+2) hot dogs, slice we man. We up-warmed onecan of Great Northern beans*, up-warm we man. *bought at a previous ES, F$WM We nuked tubags of microwave rice, nuke we man. We combined all together, ingest ingenious casserole Two Guys man. Mini-B. liked this better than the usual weenies-&-beans, and something new man. We are pleased with our culinary prowess, modestly report we man man. Mini-B. didn't want a movie night, man. He has just reported a 2-day sore throat to us, man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. We have itineraried Many (2+1) rather local ESs for Friday, itinerary we man. We could have itineraried Many (2+2) remote ones but didn't, too far away man. And that was/is our thrilling Thursday, report we man.