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Thrilling Wednesday-on-Thursday report, see belatedly man: This was a rather eventful day, si man. We had to arise at o'dark-Many to get Mini-B. to his Band sectional, man. The Band director sent an early e-mail saying that this was canceled, man. After dragging tail listlessly for the extra time, we got Mini-B. to skool at regular time, groggy we man. We then drove straight to favorite auto shop in hopes of a much-need T-B.-mobile oil change, si man. Fortuitously, they could fit us in right then, change we man. Owner had just returned after vascular surgery, and we pleasantly caught up, schmooz we and he man. We remembered to ask for a battery check while there, just coherent enough we man. Battery was weak, good thing we asked man. New battery was delivered and installed within minutes, pleasant surprise man. The final bill was $Many, slight discount from owner man. The radio settings in the T-B.-mobile held, only clock and day/date reset man. We now need not worry about battery out-conking on a hot day, peace of mind man. It was now just half-of-half past Many (2x2x2 +2) a.m., early man. We were sleepy and hungry, bad combination man. Brunch was at BK*, ingest we man. *bought WUOC, financially savvy we man We then returned to the casa for a siesta at Many (2x2x2 +2+1) a.m., zzz we man. At half-past 1 p.m., we went to Mama T-B.'s, aforementioned trouble with CD application man. Group call with bank yielded same answer as before, to blazes with them man. We helped Mama T-B. sign up for a different CD elsewhere, approval pending man. We got out just in time to hit Mini-B.'s skool traffic, man. Today was ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s non-Two-Guys eve with Mini-B., no rush for us man. Indignant miu demanded treats and lunch, service miu we man. Din-din was onecan of Aldi chili, ingest we man. We then took siesta #2, re-zzz we man. Mini-B. returned at regular time, return ex-she man wee man man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. was starting to get frazzled about Hawaii trip with the Rojo, Friday morning man. Flight to Hawaii is distinctly longer than flight to Ecu, amazing man. We hope that it rains nonstop, it's expen$ive, and they're jet-lagged, man. Mini-B. bombed his History test, man. We wrote the teechur to ask how to remediate it, sigh man. Mini-B. thought that he passed his Non-P-Math test, fingers crossed man. We are nearly out of some of our most crucial VJ-activity junk food, mandatory restock Thursday man. Several local ESs/GSs have already been advertised for the weekend, hopeful we man. No party with the rubias tonight, still groggy we man. We are happy with the accomplishments of today, including the siestas, conclude we man.

There's still just enough time left on this Wednesday to supply our Semiofficial Semiweekly VAWA-Thread Joke: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KNOCK KNOCK! Knock knock! Who's there? Max! Max who? Max no difference who it is -- just open the door! Knock knock! Who's there? Midas! Midas who? Midas well let me in! Knock knock! Who's there? May! May who? Maybe I'll tell you, maybe I won't!

Oh, brother... primaries... 1. "Queen Sheila" (Sheila Jackson Lee) wiped out her very credible opponent in her U.S. House race. 2. The 2- or 3-term District Attorney for the county encompassing Houston, Kim Ogg, who was flawed but not that bad, was massacred by her former employee Sean Teare, who uncannily resembles Gov. Hair Gel of California and plastered the airwaves with ads funded by George Soros. Teare's ads mentioned nothing about faithful adherence to law; rather, the emphasis was on "justice" and discretion/diversion/etc. It's highly likely that he'll be another Soros disaster. The question is whether the public (and Houston's new mayor) will abide it.

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Thrilling Tuesday report, see man: This really was thrilling or something, si man. We resolved to sell the Mama-T-B.-mobile, satisfy senior she man we man man. We parked the T-B.-mobile at Mama T-B.'s, park we man. We got the latest maintenance receipt from Mama T-B., retrieve we man. We drove to CarMax, si man. We turned in the keys, title, and power of attorney, surrender we man. We pointed out that the oil had been changed Many (2x2x2x2x2 -1) miles ago, waste to repeat it man. They promised to point this out to the mechanics, yeah right man. We waited on the paperwork, wait we man. We signed several forms with our name and "by PoA," powerful attorney or something we man. In slightly less than an hour, we were out of there, bye man. The place called Lyft and comped our ride back to Mama T-B.'s, they'd better man. Mama T-B. was at lunch, know we man. We took check to bank, deposit we man. We ran our errand to Walgreens, run we man. We forgot that CarMax hadn't given us back Mama T-B.'s original power of attorney, man. We gassed the T-B.-mobile at Costco, beastly busy at pre-noon on a Wednesday man. We returned to CarMax, PoA right there for us man. We called Mama T-B. and said that we had to lunch before anything else, starving we man. Lunch was the bean/beef burrito plate at Taco Cabana, quick man. We returned with the PoA + all papers to Mama T-B., appreciative senior she man. At the casa was an e-mail from the new bank for Mama T-B.'s latest CD, see we man. It asked us to verify ourself, basic information for joint account man. We typed the first bit of this and hit "continue," next page man. We got a "Whoops, man -- we can't verify who you are, no man. Wait for our e-mail, si man." The e-mail said that Mama T-B. couldn't add us as joint, unverifiable we man. We called the bank, infuriating phone tree man. Customer Disservice chica said, "We can't tell you the security reason why you were declined, no man." We asked, "Then how do we overcome this, huh man?" The chica said, "Either your mother is sole owner or she adds you as beneficiary, too bad man." We reported this to Mama T-B., aysheep senior she man. "I've had so much trouble with these people already, si man!" raged senior she man. We will visit Mama T-B. on Wednesday, gang up on bank we and senior she man man. We will escalate it to supervisors if necessary, man. If this fails, we will buy the bank, Successful Business Typhoon we man. We will then order all the currently employed idiots to buy a POTS at full retail, $i man. After the funds clear, we will then fire them, man. Din-din was salad, hot dogs, and 2 slices each of sliced lemon cake*, ingest Two Guys man. *bought from a reduced bakery display, financially savvy we man Mini-B. got a Many (2x2x2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2) on his Science test, proud we man. Must arise early to get Mini-B. to Band sectional, man. We then plan to get the oil changed in the T-B.-mobile, oil life nearly dead man. Party with the rubias imminent, cavort we man.

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Dems Quietly Ask SCOTUS If They Can Ban Biden From Ballot WASHINGTON, DC — According to unnamed sources, Democrats have discreetly petitioned the Supreme Court to keep current President and presumptive Democratic nominee Joeseph Biden from appearing on the ballot in any state. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/dems-quietly-ask-scotus-if-they-can-ban-biden-from-ballot

Think You're Helping the Environment With Your Electric Car? Guess Again! [...] a recently resurfaced study debunks the theory that electric cars are environmentally friendly. The findings suggest that electric vehicles emit more toxic particles into the atmosphere, making them more harmful to the environment than their gas-powered equivalents. [...] https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/03/05/think-youre-helping-the-environment-with-your-electric-car-guess-again-n4927018

No Labels May Have No Donors As They Get Antsy About the Lack of a Presidential Ticket [...] despite the stated intention of No Labels executives to meet on Friday in order to craft their bipartisan presidential ticket, it is of little comfort to donors who have poured money into this pipe dream. [...] https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2024/03/05/no-labels-may-be-no-more-as-donors-bow-out-n2170972

He ain't gonna make it to November. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Biden Goes Completely Blank With Scary Eyes As He Tries to Sell Us on 'Cookie Monster' Gambit [...] This is where we are now — Biden using muppets to spin at us. [...] https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/03/05/biden-competition-council-n2170974

Right Now Could Be the Safest Time for Sonia Sotomayor to Retire Sonia Sotomayor was confirmed and sworn in as a Supreme Court Justice in August 2009. That means this August will be her 15th year on the court. But there's another landmark coming up before that, one that Josh Barro says ought to make Sotomayor and Democrats think carefully about retirement. In June Sotomayor will turn 70. Why does that matter? As Barro points out, [...] https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2024/03/04/is-it-time-for-sonia-sotomayor-to-retire-n3784092

Not THAT big of a surprise, but still... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sen. Sinema Will Not Run for Reelection Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced today that she will not be running for reelection. In her statement she focused on a kind of moderate politics that she says is just not what voters are interested in right now. Rather than fight the tide, she has decided to bow out. [...] https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2024/03/05/sen-sinema-will-not-run-for-reelection-n3784137

Nicely put by Jonathan Turley. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trump is still on the ballot. Supreme Court ensures American democracy is the winner. The Supreme Court opinion may be one of the most significant in its history, not because of what it did but what it would not allow to be done. [...] https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2024/03/05/supreme-court-trump-ballot-unanimous-ruling-election/72843559007/

These all sound very possible, if not likely. Agree/disagree? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Five Predictions For Biden's State Of The Union With fewer than nine months to go until Election Day and Joe Biden continuing to slide in the polls, Biden's upcoming State of the Union Address on March 7 presents perhaps one of the last major opportunities he will have to reset his flailing re-election campaign. Here are five things to expect when Biden goes before Congress for what could be his final time as president. [...] https://amac.us/newsline/society/five-predictions-for-bidens-state-of-the-union/

Thank heaven. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Michelle Obama's office says the former first lady 'will not be running for president' in 2024 [...] In a statement to NBC News, the former first lady's office tried to rein in imaginations on the right and the left, making it clear her 2024 plans don't include running for office. [...] https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/michelle-obama-former-first-lady-not-running-president-2024-rcna141767

New Filing in Fani Willis Case: Witness Tampering?; UPDATE: Another Witness? Just when we all thought this case couldn't get any nuttier. A late filing yesterday in the disqualification hearing might force Judge Scott McAfee to reopen the evidentiary portion of the hearing. Or it might send him running for the hills, and who would blame him? [...] https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2024/03/05/new-filing-in-fani-willis-case-witness-tampering-n3784097

dang out of chrysanthemums ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Secret Program Exposed: Biden Administration Flew 320,000 Illegal Aliens to 43 Airports [...] While Texas Governor Abbott takes heat for sending buses and planes filled with illegal aliens to sanctuary cities and states, the truth is that the Biden administration has been moving them around all along. DHS has kept its operations quiet. Often the planes land in the dead of night so that there is little attention drawn to what is happening. [...] https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2024/03/05/secret-program-exposed-biden-administration-flew-320000-illegal-aliens-to-43-airports-n3784094

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All their news sites call it a "5 to 4" SCOTUS decision.

A blonde became terribly overweight, so her doctor put her on a diet. "I want you to eat regularly for two days, then skip a day, and repeat this procedure for two weeks. The next time I see you, you'll have lost at least 5 pounds." When the blonde returned, she shocked the doctor by having lost nearly 20 pounds. "Why, that's amazing!" the doctor said. "Did you follow my instructions?" The blonde nodded. "I'll tell you, though -- I thought I was going to drop dead that third day." "From hunger, you mean?" asked the doctor. "No -- from skipping everywhere."

Your map of Poland reminds me that residents of Gdansk are known as North Poles, and residents of Krakow are known as South Poles.

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