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Can you believe this? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Actual Minimum Wage is $0 The good people of Seattle, or at least their representatives, professed great concern for the well-being of gig workers in the delivery market. They wanted to do them a solid by ensuring fair compensation for their efforts, so they came up with a wildly complicated system to ensure what amounted to a minimum wage. It didn't work out as planned. [...] https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/03/18/the-actual-minimum-wage-is-0-n3784922

For a liberal, Larry Summers is someone to respect in many regards. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Larry Summers: Inflation Much Worse Than Government Says Lawrence Summers, Treasury Secretary under Clinton and economic advisor to Obama, is likely getting himself into trouble once again with the Left. While president of Harvard, he blurted out the obvious fact that men and women may be different, leading to a vote of no confidence by the faculty of Harvard, and since Biden's election he has been critical of the president's economic policies, warning that they were harming the economy. Well, he's done it again, this time in an economic paper that provides the explanation for what the Left calls the "vibesession"--the persistent belief by Americans that the economy is much worse than the official statistics indicate. [...] https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/03/18/larry-summers-inflation-much-worse-than-government-says-n3784904

Thread is moved from Off Topic to the Working & Traveling forum. Do this, and you should be fine. The same thing happens when newly married women have mismatched travel documents -- they bring a copy of their marriage certificate.

Brilliant idea that might also include tax credits!

This one hits 2 or 3 topics all at once. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Illegal Immigrants Politely Decline Free Flight On A Boeing [...] After illegally crossing the southern border, the Guatemalan migrants were kindly welcomed by government agents and offered a plane ticket free of charge, which they were glad to accept until they discovered the plane was a Boeing 737. "No thank you, I think I'll just walk instead," one migrant said through an interpreter as he walked out onto the tarmac at the airport and saw the plane. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/illegal-immigrant-politely-declines-free-flight-on-a-boeing

Chosen by him and/or the other Elite, obviously.

Time for Debtor's Prison!

Agreed -- and, arguably, this is what those selectively edited stories (without or with incomplete context) are.

They get only partial or selectively edited stories.

An Open Letter to Lawfare-Loving Democrats Speaking as a friend: Democrats, it is time to face reality. Your candidate is going to have to beat Donald Trump at the polls in November fair and square. You impeached our guy twice without lasting effect. None of the banana republic tricks and lawfare have worked. [...] https://www.theamericanconservative.com/an-open-letter-to-lawfare-loving-democrats/

Sunday was St. Patrick's Day*, si man. *it was Columbus Day in Poland, oj tak Had the possum been seen on Sunday, it would have been an O'Possum, begorra man. Today is St. Patrick's Day and Columbus Day in Poland, oj tak.

Situation no longer applies, so thread is now locked.

What colors can cats see? A vet reveals the answer (and it may just surprise you!) [...] A cat's eyesight is something that has long baffled pet parents and scientists alike, with many of us curious about how our cats see the world. When you look at a beautiful sunrise or sunset, for example, you see a range of different colors, but you may wonder what your cat sees when taking in the same view. [...] Continues: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/colors-cats-see-vet-reveals-100052733.html

Media Reports Trump Threatened Nuclear War After He Says, 'This Guacamole Is The Bomb!' U.S. — After former President Trump declared his freshly-made guacamole "the bomb", media outlets across the nation announced that Trump had threatened to drop a nuclear bomb if he were to lose the election. "This is a clear call to civil war," cried MSNBC anchor Joe Scarborough as video played of Trump eating chips. "You heard the words 'the bomb' from his very own lips. Is there nothing this madman won't do?" [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/media-reports-trump-threatened-nuclear-war-after-he-says-this-guacamole-is-the-bomb

Yikes! Zerohedge Reports That Current F-35 Combat Capability is FAR Worse Than We Even Knew Last September, the General Accounting Office (GAO) issued a damning report on the current capabilities of the F-35 aircraft in the U.S. Armed Forces. In the report, the GAO concluded that only 55 percent of the more than 600 aircraft in use by the military were 'mission capable.' The media had a field day with those numbers, but it turns out, it may be FAR worse than we even already knew. This morning, the anonymous news site Zerohedge released an analysis of the GAO report and found that only 15-30 percent of the aircraft may be fully combat-capable. [...] https://twitchy.com/grateful-calvin/2024/03/17/zerohedge-seventy-percent-of-f-35s-may-not-be-combat-capable-n2394077

Interesting historical details in this article. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's not too late for Joe Biden or Donald Trump to drop out. But it's nearly impossible thanks to LBJ. WASHINGTON — Some voters probably still hope Joe Biden or Donald Trump - or both - will do what Lyndon Baines Johnson did nearly 56 years ago: Pull out of the presidential race under public pressure. After all, Biden has heard widespread concerns about his age, and Trump faces four separate criminal trials. The dynamics have led political observers on both sides of the aisle to ask: Should Trump and Biden step aside, or be pushed away? It almost surely won't happen, barring death or a medical emergency. And it was never going to happen, thanks in large part to political changes that followed Johnson's surprise decision to retire. [...] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/03/16/biden-trump-2024-nominations-lbj/72975982007/

Cat's Pure Anger Over Her Own Tail Has Feline Lovers Concerned [...] there may be more to a 'funny' behavior than meets the eye. One cat owner is sparking conversation on TikTok after posting a seemingly innocent video of their finicky feline on March 6, and now viewers everywhere are scratching their heads. [...] Story here: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/cats-pure-anger-over-her-150000817.html

Jonathan Turley makes sense. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From Georgia to New York, 2024 could turn on the odor of selective prosecution [...] Judge Scott McAfee wrote that, after their testimony, there remained "an odor of mendacity." That odor was particularly strong after the hearings indicated that Wade may have committed perjury in his earlier divorce case, and that both Willis and Wade were credibly accused of lying on the stand about when their relationship began. They are prosecuting defendants in the Trump case accused of the same underlying conduct, including 19 individual counts of false statements, false filings or perjury. Yet, that distinct odor noted by Judge McAfee goes beyond the sorted affairs of Willis and Wade. [...] https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/4535603-from-georgia-to-new-york-2024-could-turn-on-the-odor-of-selective-prosecution/

Scintillating Sunday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Sunday report, see man: Did not leave the casa, optimal Sunday man. Miu absolutely hog-wild aysheep all day, what's up with miu man. Lunch was toucans of Chef B. Beefaroni, ingest we man. A siesta was taken, zzz we man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. brought Mini-B., start of Two Guys week man. Heard Hawaii stories during AFV commercials, expostulate ex-she man to we man man. Mini-B. tired, went to trampoline park today man. Din-din was 2 cotto salami sandwiches, ingest we man. Must dish the warsher, domestic we man. Party with the rubias after Mini-B. embedded, cavort we man. A thrilling day around the casa, man!

Thread is moved to the US Citizenship main forum.

Old thread is closed; the OP hasn't logged on to VJ since April 2022. If you have a question, feel free to start a new thread.

It's Sunday -- time for our highly effective* Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: *at prying loose approvals and good news, if correlation = causation ============================= LETTER FROM AMERICAN TOURIST TO QUEBEC TOURIST BUREAU "I enjoyed attending my recent convention in Montreal. However, I don't understand Canada. Half of you speak French, and the other half let them."

An excellent post for this thread has been moved from the K-1 forum and merged here. This is precisely the kind of information that applicants for Adjustment need and appreciate. The best way to use this thread is to start from the last page and work backward. Note that the purpose of this thread is to provide information, not ask for it.

Very interesting legitimate issue in regard to armed schoolteachers. Comments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Opinion: Iowans resigned to more firepower to defend against gun madness [...] Following the Spirit Lake School Board, Cherokee figured that school staff are the last line of defense in the face of an onslaught of shootings in rural and urban schools across the country. Some 45 Cherokee school staff members expressed interest in training and carrying a weapon. The training was conducted by a private consultant. Despite controversy, the district committed to the plan until its insurance company, EMC, denied coverage based on guns in school. It did the same with Spirit Lake. [...] https://www.chronicletimes.com/articles/opinion/opinion-iowans-resigned-to-more-firepower-to-defend-against-gun-madness/

What Was the CIA Doing at the January 6 Riot? [...] Judicial Watch received ATF documents showing that the CIA had multiple operators there that day. [...] https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2024/03/16/what-was-the-cia-doing-at-the-january-6-riot-n4927374