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The study itself (link within the below) is rather, uh, longhair, but the numbers are pretty clear. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Study Explains How Long Cat Breeds Are Expected to Live Researchers from the Royal Veterinary College in the United Kingdom and the National Chung Hsing University in Taiwan wrote in a study published Wednesday that different cat breeds have different life expectancies, in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery. [...] Continues: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/study-explains-long-cat-breeds-141500746.html

Why are you interviewing in Paris? Paris is typically not a high-stress consulate for K-1 interviews, but if you're from a third country, there may be a little extra scrutiny. However, from what you say, you have a lot of "face time" with your fiancé, and that's the chief strong point. If your fiancé can't enter the consulate, take his U.S. passport inside with you to show the consul. This can't hurt and may help. Good luck, and be sure to report the outcome and details.

Scintillating Sunday repartee, yawn man -- no reports about Mother's Day, huh man? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thrilling Sunday report, see man: Did not leave the casa, wonderful man. Called Mama T-B., appreciate we man senior she man man. Lunch was Tuna Glop, ingest we man. Can of peas also had sliced 'shrooms & pearl onions in it, variety man. Uninterrupted siesta, zzz we and thank you man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. brought Mini-B. in time for most of AFV, interested ex-she man uninterested we man man. Out-cleaned a bit of garage junk for bulk-trash collection Monday morning, industrious we man. The metal-scavengers might take half of it overnight, fine with us man. Din-din was PB&J sandwiches, 2 for Mini-B. one for we man ingest Two Guys man. Unsuccessfully trying to get Mini-B. embedded, probably typical Manyager wee man man. Excited miu going aysheep, Big Bruddah here again man. Party with the rubias thereafter, cavort we man.

Happy Mother's Day to all here (to whom it applies).

Just in time for Sunday, here's another of our highly effective jokes as our Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: ==================================================== THE POPE'S ADVICE Two beggars were sitting side by side on a street in Rome, Italy. One had a Cross in front of him; the other one was holding the Star of David. Many people went by, looked at both beggars, and put money only into the hat of the beggar who sat behind the Cross. The Pope came by. He stopped to watch the throngs of people giving money to the beggar who held the Cross while none gave to the beggar holding the Star of David. He felt sorry for him. The Pope approached the beggar who had the Star of David and said, "My poor fellow, don't you understand? This is a Catholic country; this city is the seat of Catholicism. People aren't going to give you money if you sit there with a Star of David in front of you, especially when you're sitting beside a beggar who is holding a Cross. In fact, they would probably give more money to him just out of spite!" The beggar with the Star of David listened to the Pope, smiled, turned to the beggar with the Cross, and said: "Moishe, would you look who's trying to teach the Goldstein brothers about marketing?"

And Happy Mother's Day to all here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'Why Would I Get My Wife A Mother's Day Gift, She's Not My Mom,' Says Dead Man BEAUFORT, SC — Local soon-to-be-deceased man Cade Rollins asked a friend today why on earth he should buy his wife a Mother's Day present when she isn't his mom. "Our three children can do something for her. She's their mom, not mine," explained Rollins, who now had 23 hours to live. "It would be totally illogical for me to do something." [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/why-would-i-get-my-wife-a-mothers-day-gift-shes-not-my-mom-says-dead-man

Zing! One of the best ever. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ With Biden Stalling, Israel Announces They Will Just Get American Weapons From Taliban TEL AVIV — With Biden delaying shipments of U.S. weaponry, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced today they will just obtain it from the Taliban instead. "The Taliban has over $80 billion worth, so no big deal," explained Netanyahu at a press conference. "Honestly, the transaction and shipping will be way more efficient than dealing with the American government." [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/with-biden-stalling-israel-announces-they-will-just-get-american-weapons-from-taliban

You make your bed, you lie in it. Or, "out of the bedpan into the..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEW: Biden Officials Want to Make 2024 DNC Semi-Online to Avoid Their Own Crazed Voting Base In a move that could leave Democrats with a lot of explaining to do, Biden officials are pushing to make the 2024 Democrat National Convention semi-online. The reason? They are terrified that their crazed voting base will show up and protest inside the arena, interrupting live speeches for all the world to see. [...] https://redstate.com/bonchie/2024/05/11/new-biden-officials-want-to-make-2024-dnc-semi-online-to-avoid-their-own-voting-base-n2174049

Trump Rally Draws Between 80-100k on the Beach in Wildwood, NJ; May Be 'Largest' in 'State History' I wrote about the run-up to former President Donald Trump's speech in Wildwood, New Jersey, that you had people camping out on the beach since Thursday to make sure they got seats at the rally. [...] https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/05/11/trump-rally-draws-between-80-100k-on-the-beach-in-wildwood-may-be-largest-in-history-n2174079

San Francisco to Hand Out Free Shots of Vodka to Homeless Alcoholics [...] San Francisco is always trying to help, such as through its needle exchange program to provide homeless drug addicts with clean needles. But what about homeless alcoholics? What's the plan to get them off the street? There is no plan. The best plan the city could come up with is to give homeless alcoholics shots of vodka for the health. [...] https://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/05/11/san-francisco-to-hand-out-free-shots-of-vodka-to-homeless-alcoholics-n2396137

Fulton County Missing More Than 380,000 Ballot Images From Election Day [...] There's no questioning the 2020 election. It just isn't done. If you think there were some sketchy situations, you were deemed an "election denier" and banned from Jake Tapper's show (which often features Stacey Abrams as a guest). Fulton County, Georgia — where District Attorney Fani Willis calls home — is still investigating that flawless election, and the Georgia Election Board was just informed that more than 380,000 ballot images from the election are "not available." [...] https://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/05/11/fulton-county-missing-more-than-380000-ballot-images-from-election-day-n2396143

Very clear reasoning how Bidementia's hoodlums hosed their own case. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FBI Bungling May Collapse Mar-a-Lago Case Against Trump [...] Imagine the documents "discovered" by the FBI at Mar-A-Lago as a deck of cards. Smith criminally charged Trump with intentionally possessing a small number of those documents, which we can imagine represented by the ace of spades. Until recently, we assumed the former president took the entire deck of cards with him when he left the White House. It turns out, however, that the deck was cut. He shipped everything above the cut when he was president. We've now learned that the Biden administration's General Services Administration (GSA) sent the bottom of the deck to Mar-A-Lago after Trump left office. [...] https://chroniclesmagazine.org/web/fbi-bungling-may-collapse-mar-a-lago-case-against-trump/

Useful information and food for thought. What do you plan to do, and why? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you have an Android phone or tablet, Google will email you soon - if it hasn't already - to say your device will automatically beam its location anonymously to strangers' compatible gadgets nearby. It's to help find lost devices. Apple has been doing this for several years with iPhones, Macs, the Apple Watch and other devices. That's how its AirTags work - by pinging everyone's nearby Apple devices to triangulate location. Google is letting you opt out of the company's similar "Find My" network. What should you do? [...] https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/google-device-network-useful-stalking-173419317.html

~~~~~~~~~~ Clever: Jews Charging Up Space Laser Tell Everyone Those Are Just The Northern Lights JERUSALEM — A spokesman for the Israeli military confirmed yesterday that the colorful lights seen over most of the northern hemisphere were a completely natural phenomenon and were definitely not caused by the Jews charging up their space laser. "Those eerie lights are no cause for concern," the spokesman told reporters. "That was just the aurora borealis, more commonly known as the northern lights. It was certainly not the background radiation caused by charging up the energy core on the laser cannon on our secret space station. We definitely don't have one of those." [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/clever-jews-charging-up-space-laser-tell-everyone-those-are-just-the-northern-lights

Scintillating Saturday repartee, yawn man. ~~~~~~~ Thrilling non-ES/GS Saturday report, see man: After ES/GS-ing, decided to lunch on Costco's hot dog/Pepsi, ingest financially savvy we man. An almost-uninterrupted siesta followed, zzz we man. Did some important financial work, successful Business Typhoon we man. Din-din was toucans of chicken noodle soup, ingest we man. Shelved all of Mini-B.'s books that were on the floor in his room, no more reading with wee man man. Maid will now be able to vacuum that part of floor, assuming that she shows up man. Brushed needy miu Many (2+1) times so far, brush we man needy miu man. Party with the rubias ongoing, cavort we man.

Saturday ES/GS report, see man: We attended both ESs and probably half-a-Manyzen or 2x2x2 GSs, attend we man. Only the first ES yielded the take, see man: -- Many (2+1) dinner forks, teaspoon = free, heavenly man Total = $0

'I'm Outraged At Accusations I've Taken The Side Of Hamas,' Says Angry Biden Wearing New Keffiyeh WASHINGTON, D.C. — At a press conference held at the White House today, a keffiyeh-wearing President Joe Biden pushed back against accusations that he has sided with Hamas in its ongoing conflict with Israel. The president vehemently argued that his wearing of the traditional headdress of Palestinian nationalism should in no way be misinterpreted by anyone as him showing support for Hamas in the war in Gaza. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/im-outraged-at-accusations-ive-taken-hamass-side-says-angry-biden-wearing-new-keffiyeh

Trump Assures Jury Stormy Daniels Was Way Hotter Back Then NEW YORK CITY, NY — Former President Donald Trump made sure members of the jury in the Stormy Daniels hush money trial knew the adult film actress was much much hotter when he first met her. "She was an eight or a nine back then, let me tell you," Trump explained to members of the jury. "Now she's a bit of a [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-assures-jury-stormy-daniels-was-way-hotter-back-then

Having Solved Climate Change, Greta Thunberg Turns Attention To Middle East Peace MALMO — People around the world sounded a celebratory cry this week, as having completed her quest to solve climate change, Greta Thunberg turned her attention to achieving peace in the Middle East. The renowned climatological expert and professional activist rested from her finished work fixing the earth's climate problems and set her sights on bringing all nations of the Middle East together in lasting peace and harmony. "You thought I could only tackle climate change? How dare you!" Thunberg said [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/having-solved-climate-change-greta-thunberg-turns-attention-to-middle-east-peace

RISD occupation ends after school president threatens expulsion. Here's what happened. PROVIDENCE − Pro-Palestine students who took over a Rhode Island School of Design building ended their four-day occupation Thursday after President Crystal Williams threatened them with expulsion. Their departure came after Williams sent RISD staff members to clear chairs and tables the students used to barricade themselves on the second floor, and then then issued an ultimatum to leave by 2:30 p.m. [...] https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/2024/05/09/pro-palestinian-risd-protest-occupation-ends-peacefully-with-no-arrests/73630981007/

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Massive Solar Storm Will Cause Communications Disruptions and Awesome Displays of Northern Lights The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced Thursday that a "severe" G4 geomagnetic storm would hit the Earth perhaps as early as Friday. The "very rare" warning hasn't been issued in 20 years. The radiation will almost certainly wreak havoc on some communications. "Geomagnetic storms can impact infrastructure in near-Earth orbit and on Earth's surface, potentially disrupting communications, the electric power grid, navigation, radio and satellite operations," the NOAA said. [...] https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/05/10/massive-solar-storm-will-cause-communications-disruptions-and-awesome-displays-of-northern-lights-n4928952

"Throw a Communist out the window and he comes back in through the front door as an environmentalist." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ German Climate Cultists Attacking a Tesla Factory? I Thought EVs Were Copacetic [...] I sure am dying to know WHY IN THE SAM HELL these eco-terrorist Mathusian cult members are now attacking the manufacturer of something they themselves have forced down our throats? [...] https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2024/05/10/german-climate-cultists-attacking-a-tesla-factory-i-thought-evs-were-copasetic-n3788182

Target Takes Pride Merchandise Out of Stores, Moves it Online Retail giant Target is re-thinking how it markets merchandise in support of the LGBTQ community. Target is moving in-your-face products out of most retail stores. It will continue to sell the merchandise online. [...] https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2024/05/10/target-takes-pride-merchandise-out-of-stores-moves-it-online-n3788155