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This might be VDH's finest column ever. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From One Fake Left-wing Hysteria to the Next From Russiagate to Harvard scandals, the left's decade-long hysteria machine spins on—loud, fact-light, and void of any serious plan for America's future. [...] https://amgreatness.com/2025/05/05/from-one-fake-left-wing-hysteria-to-the-next/

A very wise realization! Count on nothing until the visa is in your hands. Q: Why doesn't Iowa* slide into Missouri? A: Because Minnesota sucks. *grew up there

Thrilling Monday report, see man: Awoke only 2 minutes before alarm went off, no time for Walmart and shaddap Bro G man. Dawdled in regard to clean-officing, intimidated we man. Breakfast/lunch was 2 ham-&-cheese sandwiches, ingest we man. Decided to zzz, almost always good idea to zzz man. Decided to visit local Urgent Care to caucus with favorite doc, long time no see we man she man man. Clinic nearly empty, rare sight man. However, intermittent computer/Internet/printer problems, staff slowed down man. Took nearly 2 hours to see doc, nearly go-to-zzz we man in exam room man. Great caucus with doc, fabulous she man man. Got out just in time for peak afternoon traffic, man. Called Mama T-B. to arrange retrieval of Aunt T-B.'s birthday card, Many'th birthday man. Stopped at supermarket to buy Powerade Zero grape, one Manyzen bottles man. Then it began to rain, dampened we man man. Got to Mama T-B.'s and got yelled at for presumed speeding, man. Got yelled at further about Many -- si man, Many -- other topics, can't we just get out of here man. Finally returned to casa and serviced outraged miu, Where's My Lunch/Treats/Love Daddy man. Din-din was onejar of gefilte fish*, ingest we man. *bought on supermarket closeout, financially savvy we man After evening TV news, determined to tackle clean-officing, determined we man. In just Many-plus hours, we conquered left side of office, we man. It is vacuumed and with space for mini-fridge** to soon be put, amazingly spacious now man. **bought at an earlier ES for only $Many ($2x2x2x2x2 -2), financially savvy we man During the decluttering, we found the following, see man: -- a great Many packs of file-folder and address labels, never need to buy any again we man -- voluminous numbers of file folders and flat envelopes and #Many envelopes, holy mackerel man -- another Swingline stapler, that makes Many (2+1) found here man -- several bank-deposit cash bags, used in POTS*** business man ***buy yours today, si man! -- then-Mrs.-T-B.'s business textbooks in Spanish, si hombre -- old telephone books, one of them a Manycade + half-a-Manycade old man -- Mini-B.'s book of fotos from his preskool, cute wee man man -- full box of disposable gloves, some immediately put to use man A staggering amount of recycling was taken downstairs, stagger we man. A highly respectable amount of trash was taken downstairs, highly respectable we man. A heavy bag of expensive office supplies was taken downstairs for ex-Mrs.-T-B., better be grateful man. A box of a few heavy books remains to be taken to Half-Price Books, potential $ale man. During this entire process, miu was greatly interested and involved, participatory miu man. In pouring rain, we curbsided the tonnage in the recycle bin, dang but that's heavy man. In pouring rain, we curbsided garbage, office kitchen miu-box shredder man. After all this, we rewarded our perspirational self with a shower, very good move man. Our left knee is swollen like an illegitimate male child, take HSM at bedtime for that we man. On Tuesday, we anticipate up-cleaning right side of office, chiefly out-of-place stuff man. Tuesday afternoon is Aunt T-B.'s Many'th birthday lunch, looking forward to that man. No party with the rubias tonight, left knee and back hosed we man. And that was/is our thrilling Monday, report we man.

This! ^^ You often must. Read the portion about my [censored] consular experience here: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/410945-k-1-journey-completed/ Aw, heck -- read the whole thing.

He will get a visa in his passport, typically stamped. General advice: If he has ample time before the interview, it's good to renew his passport for the longest period possible, if it's within shouting distance of expiration.

Maybe this. Harry is certainly a beta male... or thoroughly whipped... or both.

Man -- what effect will widespread adoption of this have on the trucking industry? Will it help with the shortage of human drivers, or cause the latter to be "obsoleted"? Wonder if any labor unions are involved? Too bad this didn't come about in time to possibly save Yellow Freight.

Thread is moved from the K-1 Case Progress subforum to the "AOS from K Visas" main forum -- OP is at the latter phase.

Welcome to the forum! Your unanswered duplicate thread has been removed; we post just once on a single topic, and this existing thread is the best to get good answers intact in one place. You can try the same process as recommended above. You and favobee can post your respective experiences here for the benefit of others.

We would've had several accidents on the drive there, groggy we man. She went Looking for Mr. Goodbar, see man.

Interesting... ~~~~~~~~~ Azerbaijan, the Next Stop of the Abraham Accords? Facing complex negotiations on Ukraine, Gaza, and Iran, the Trump Administration would love to claim a diplomatic victory. What about looking to add another signatory to the already successful Abraham Accords? An ideal candidate would be Azerbaijan, where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was supposed to arrive on May 7, but has postponed his visit. He delayed the trip due to the escalations in the war against Hamas in Gaza, the Islamist regime attacks against the Druze minority in Syria, and planned retaliation for Houthi ballistic missile attack against the main Israeli airport. Turkey and Iran also courted Azerbaijan to derail the rapprochement between Jerusalem and Baku. Ankara and Tehran would like nothing more than to kill any possibility of Baku joining the Abraham Accords. [...] https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelflanagan/2025/05/05/azerbaijan-the-next-stop-of-the-abraham-accords-n2656535

This, from Jonathan Turley, is excellent. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Cost of Arrogance: NPR's undoing is a cautionary tale for the media This week, President Trump signed an executive order that seeks to restrict public funds to NPR and PBS. Since appropriations are made two years in advance, the immediate impact of the order is debatable. However, it is a moment the media should use for long-overdue self-reflection. I have been critical of some of the administration's attacks on the media, from barring the Associated Press from some White House events to lifting protections of the media from subpoenas regarding their sources. However, if these objections are going to have any legitimacy, the media must take a serious look at what it has become. [...] https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5280252-nprs-own-arrogance-did-it-in/

How do you get fired from the Trump administration? Lateral moves instead of scalps in Trump 2.0 "You're fired" is the phrase that catapulted Donald Trump into the public imagination two decades ago – but it's something that he seems reticent to tell the people who work in his administration. [...] https://thespectator.com/newsletter/get-fired-trump-administration-cockburn-diary-05-02-2025/

*** Unanswered duplicate thread in another forum has been removed. *** --- You ask a good question. Nobody involved in the application can serve as interpreter -- so not you, and not the attorney if one is involved. The good news is that your cousin can serve, if she's at least 21 years of age and a U.S. citizen. If your cousin doesn't meet both criteria, go to https://www.startpage.com and search for "Chinese interpreters in Houston" to find many potential sources for help. (Edited to add: I presume that the language is Chinese; if not, substitute the correct one.) Let us know how you ultimately proceed, and definitely let us know the outcome of the interview.

Thrilling Sunday report, see man: Another spectacular day that we missed inside, Texas weather Many00 man. Unwillingly awoke Many (2+1) -- si man, Many (2+1) -- hours before the alarm, man. Tried to re-zzz and awoke 1 hour before the alarm, man. And no, we did not go to Walmart, no and shaddap Bro G man. Drank 2 coffees that did nothing, no and no man. Read Sunday newspaper, as though we comprehended any of it man. Went for siesta before noon, zzz we man. Awoke a bit better, finally man. Breakfast/lunch was 2 Costco hard-boiled eggs, ingest we man. Began up-cleaning left side of office floor, horrible man. Upon partial effort, we found the following, see man: -- another Manyzen plastic bags, man -- Many,000,000 scratchpads, legal pads, envelopes, labels, manila folders, and similar, man -- 2 mousepads, so that's where those things were man -- Many (2+1) wall electrical outlets, still usable man -- onebag of NIP rubber bands completely stuck together, man -- Many (2+2+1) NIP boxes* of Mexican candy that we cannot now ingest, hose A1c man *just Many (2+2+2) years old, too, man -- Many (2+2) NIP gently expired medicines, finally we man -- a NIP mattress-cover for full bed, already have one man -- an estimable amount of Many-year-old financial documents for shredding, duly shred we man -- our Rolodex, so that's where that thing was man -- 2 city telephone books from Many (2x2x2) years ago, recycle we man And we haven't even gotten to the cartons of Kleenex boxes, office supplies stacked all over them man. Miu has excitedly taken part in all the above proceedings, engaged interactive miu man. Din-din was onecan of beef stew, ingest we man. We left the casa for the first/only time, at sundown man. We took 2 tubs of office supplies, a bag thereof, and loose pieces thereof to ex-Mrs.-T-B., donate we man. We had Many (2+2) small items for Mini-B., give we to wee man man. Mini-B. still upset with us, painful for we man man. We will still let ex-Mrs.-T-B. keep him for "our" week and for her regular week, 2 more weeks man. We intend to have the casa in shape by that time, concerted exertion by we man man. Currently about to bake our one LL, late start we man. Must then dish the warsher, de-dish thereafter man. No plans for Monday beyond up-cleaning, no plan we man man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. And that was/is our thrilling Sunday, report we man.

We said that we were ruthless, man! --- A man showed up at a talent agency with a dog that he claimed could talk, si man. "OK; let's hear what the dog can do, si man," said the dubious agent, si man. "What's the texture of sandpaper, huh man?" the man asked the dog, si man. "Ruff!" said the dog, si man. "What's on top of a house, huh man?" the man asked, si man. "Roof!" said the dog, si man. "And who's the greatest baseball player of all time, huh man?" the man asked, si man. "Ruth!" said the dog, si man. "GET OUT OF HERE!" said the agent, throwing them both out the door, bye man. The dog and the man looked at each other, see man. "Do you think I should've said 'DiMaggio,' huh man?" asked the dog, si man.

Impersonating NB! Reported!!!

"El Rwanda"? Actually, feminine ending would make it "La Rwanda."

To add to CC's excellent advice: Get multiple copies of your marriage certificate. You'll need them at some point.

Go back, re-read, and upvote all that you failed to upvote previously, Deee ma'am! Even the Blonde jokes.

Not necessarily a hoarder, no man. (The exception is office supplies, lifelong issue man.) More "buy stuff and never put it where it should go," si and no man. The very real risk is ending up with duplicates of stuff, giving the hoarding impression man. When we tackle the master-bath closet, we intend to be ruthless* in what we toss, si man. *as opposed to being ruthful, whatever that is man

Yeah, that photo was from several days ago, and it's been ripped to shreds by the observant.

This sounds great, at first blush -- far away, no garden spot (thus encouraging self-deportation), and probably very cheap for us and lucrative for Rwanda. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trump Making Deal With Rwanda to Accept Deportees Evidently, we need more places to stash illegal alien criminals whose own countries won't take them back. In a somewhat unexpected development, the Trump administration is now in talks with the African nation of Rwanda to take some of these deportees. [...] Rwanda, we feel sure, would be an unpleasant destination for any such deportees; it's a fair bet that Rwandan prisons lack most of the, shall we say, amenities of American prisons. No libraries, no gyms, and no basketball courts - for starters. The administration has apparently approached several nations to discuss warehousing these bad actors. [...] https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/05/03/trump-making-deal-with-rwanda-to-accept-deportees-n2188650

Sunday means it's time for our Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: =========================================== FUNNY (?) ONES My neighbor gave me a new roof for free. Said it was on the house. I was kidnapped by mimes. They did unspeakable things to me. "Look -- a flock of cows!" "HERD of cows, Dad." "Of course I've heard of them -- there's a flock of them over there!" I used to work at a bank. A lady said, "Can you check my balance?" I pushed her and said, "Not good." Knock knock. Who's there? Car go. Car go who? No -- owl go who. Car go vroooom. Why do seagulls fly over the sea? If they flew over the bay, they'd be bagels. Where do you find a tortoise with no legs? Where you left it. "I've booked an appointment to see a doctor." "Which doctor?" "No, just a regular one." A man knocked on my door today, asking for donations for the local swimming pool. I gave him a glass of water. I renamed my toilet Jim instead of John. People will be impressed when I tell them I go to the Jim every morning. My kid is blaming me for ruining his birthday. That's ridiculous -- I didn't even know that it was today!

That sounds good. USCIS employees can be overly literal and send something back for one missing line-item that they could figure out themselves with a little effort, or whoever dealt with your file was really tired, or whatever. The delay is irritating, but you'll overcome this.