TBoneTX

Thread is moved from General Immigration Discussion to the US Citizenship main forum.

It's traditional (if not, it should be) to begin each new VAWA thread with a joke for a good laugh. Fortunately, it's also Sunday, so here is our combination Official VAWA-Thread Joke #2 and New-VAWA-Thread Joke: ============================================= PLAIN ENGLISH A man went to see his family doctor. The man told his doctor that he wasn't able to do all the things around the house that he used to do. When the examination was complete, the man said, "Now, Doc -- I can take it. Tell me in plain English what is wrong with me." "Well, in plain English," the doctor replied, "you're just lazy." "Great to know!" said the man. "Now give me the medical term so I can tell my wife."

This thread has grown very large in size, so it's now closed to further comment. The continuation thread is here: https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/812843-vawa-part-27/ --- Be sure to carry unfinished conversations to the new thread!

This is the continuation thread for https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/789861-vawa-part-26/ which was closed because of its large size. --- Absolutely remember ongoing issues and unfinished conversations from Part 26, and carry on with them here! We had some great approvals within Part 26, and we look forward to celebrating yours here in Part 27.

It is Sunday -- time for our always-hilarious (uh, well...) Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: ====================================================== A BLONDE IN LOUISIANA A young blonde was on vacation deep in Louisiana. She wanted a pair of real alligator shoes in the worst way, but she didn't want to pay the high prices that the local vendors were asking. After becoming frustrated with the "no haggle" attitude of one of the shopkeepers, the blonde shouted, "Maybe I'll just go out and catch my OWN alligator so I can get a pair of shoes at a reasonable price!" The shopkeeper said, "By all means; be my guest. Maybe you'll luck out and catch yourself a big one!" The blonde turned and headed for the swamps, determined to catch an alligator. Later in the day, the shopkeeper was driving home and spotted the young blonde standing waist-deep in the water, shotgun in hand. Just then, he saw a monstrous 9-foot alligator swimming toward her. She took aim, killed the creature, and, with a great deal of effort, hauled it onto the swamp bank. Lying nearby were several more of the dead beasts. The shopkeeper was amazed. Just then, the blonde flipped the alligator on its back, and shouted in frustration, "Darn! This one isn't wearing any shoes, either!"

Not Lovin' It: $16 for McDonald’s Meal Has People MAD [...] The Left's economic policies have consequences. And they always hurt the poor and middle class hardest. [...] https://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2023/11/04/inflation-16-for-mcdonalds-meal-has-people-mad-n2389400

Dominican Republic President Roasts Joe Biden for His Constant Beach Vacations The president of the Dominican Republic trolled President Joe Biden for taking constant beach vacations amid the United States facing a series of destruction. [...] https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/11/03/dominican-republic-president-roasts-joe-biden-for-his-constant-beach-vacations-n2630759

The Semantics of Mass Murder [...] The Hamas spokespeople and "leaders" are trying to get away from the barbaric acts committed by their brethren. They claim that it did not happen or that non-Hamas members did the raping and torturing or that there was some "miscommunication", whatever that means. All of it is obviously nonsense, as the entire attack was carefully planned, and instructions found with a date of October of 2022 stated clearly to kill, rape, and torture. Hamas could have attacked only army bases and killed soldiers and taken some prisoners. The fact that they threw at least two live babies into ovens, cut off other babies' heads, raped women alive and dead, and tortured 80% of the civilians they killed (as determined by pathologists) means that the barbarity was a part of the plan. Because the world was disgusted by what it saw and since their Arab brothers were also embarrassed by the recorded bloodlust, Hamas is trying to say that the tortures and rapes never happened when their terrorists were careful to record them by GoPro and cellphones. They even live streamed murders on victims' Facebook pages. Even now, they call families from the cellphones of those in captivity in Gaza. [...] https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2023/11/05/the-semantics-of-mass-murder-n2630794

I would like to know exactly who these "organizers" are. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GOP Warns Americans to 'Brace for Impact' As Caravan Carrying Thousands of Illegals Heads for the Border [...] According to the Associated Press, at this time, approximately 7,000 illegal aliens are on the caravan— up from 5,000 earlier this week. One of the organizers said the migrants are traveling from Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, and Venezuela. [...] https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/11/04/gop-warns-americans-to-brace-for-impact-as-caravan-carrying-thousands-of-illegals-heads-for-the-border-n2630785

'Don't Look Away': Israel Releases Video of Hamas Atrocities at Music Festival [...] the State of Israel's official Twitter account has released a video of what first responders found in the aftermath, and it’s heartbreaking. At first, you don't see much—a dusty expanse and then what appears to be a trailer or motor home. But the police officer's voice gets increasingly strained as he begins to realize the enormity of what he's witnessing. Then he comes upon body after body, all slaughtered indiscriminately by hate-filled gunmen. [...] https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2023/11/04/dont-look-away-idf-releases-video-of-israeli-music-festival-carnage-by-hamas-n2165902 Barbarians at the Gate: Shocking Video Emerges of Pro-Hamas Protesters Smearing Fake Blood on White House A heaving mass of pro-Hamas protesters made their way to the White House on Saturday evening and smeared the northwest gates of The People's House with fake blood. Chants of "Allahu Akbar!" were heard by observers [...] https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2023/11/04/barbarians-at-the-gate-shocking-video-of-pro-hamas-protesters-smearing-fake-blood-on-white-house-gate-n2165913

Biden asks House to pass Israel aid. House passes Israel aid. Biden rejects it [...] On Thursday, the Republican-controlled House passed Biden's request, giving the president every dollar he sought for Israeli aid. But now, the Democratic-controlled Senate is preparing to kill the aid just passed by the House, with Biden threatening to veto his own request if it somehow got through the Senate. What's going on? [...] https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/biden-rejects-israel-aid

Interesting. Ideas on attacking the problem? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ America's shoplifting problem, explained by retail workers and thieves Jonathan wants me to guess how often retail workers see someone steal. It's a challenge he likes to make to friends, who always underestimate it. "It's multiple times a day, maybe as often as once an hour. And that's the stuff you can see, like the really blatant ones," he says. "A lot of people picture a scared kid with a candy bar under their jacket, and you get that, but the majority of it is seasoned shoplifters going out with carts full of beer and liquor and hygiene products and electronics and laundry detergent, etc." [...] https://www.vox.com/money/23938554/shoplifting-organized-retail-crime-walmart-target-theft-laws

Judges Have No Legal Authority to Bar Trump From 2024 Ballots As state court proceedings get under way in Colorado, Michigan and Minnesota in lawsuits aimed at barring Donald Trump from appearing as a presidential candidate on the ballot in next year's presidential election, the judges in those cases should understand that the text, history, and application of the 14th Amendment make it clear that they have no legal authority to take any such action. [...] https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/11/02/trying-to-bar-trump-from-2024-ballot-is-unconstitutional-and-lawfare-at-its-worst/

Thrilling non-ES Saturday report, see man: Slept poorly and awoke early, anticipating an early call from Mama T-B. about her schedule, si man. We finally called her and learned that she was scheduled for no Fizzicle Therapy today, man. She wanted us to pick up the "####" from her room, take it away we man. We got Mini-B. going around noon, drag-footing wee man. We told Mama T-B. that we were on our way, call senior she man we man. "No, man! I'm lunching, eat we man!" said senior she man to we man. We dropped Mini-B. with ex-Mrs.-T-B. by prior arrangement, si man. We lunched at Wendy's WUOC, ingest financially savvy we man. We determined that one ES was within range, attend we man. We then went to Mama T-B., staggering amount of stuff to return to her place man. Mama T-B. gave us precise instructions on where to place everything, man. "This blouse gets re-hung two from the front of the upper left side of the bedroom closet!" e.g. man. It was after 2 p.m. when we left the hospital, si man. The second ES closed at Many (2+1) p.m., si man. We went there instead of back to Mama T-B.'s crib, opportune we man. We then went to her crib to stow all her stuff, think we remembered instructions OK man. We arranged a Mini-B. return time with ex-Mrs.-T-B., si man. We siesta'd deeply for an hour, zzz we man. Mini-B. returned, Two Guys man. Din-din was air-fried lightly breaded chicken tenders, ingest Two Guys man. Mini-B. had the rest of the bagged salad (a perfect bowlful) with the last of the Ranch dressing (a perfect amount), ingest wee man. Watched a couple of science-type YouTube videos, rather interesting man. Mini-B. then played V.R. on his Oculus, enthusiastic wee man. He insisted on snacking on Oreos, big mistake man. He stayed up till standard-time midnight, over-sugar-buzzed wee man. We got all the clocks turned back, stupid exercise man. While at Mama T-B.'s, we forgot to turn hers back, must return there tomorrow man. Nevertheless, a pretty good day, si man. Extra hour of partying with the rubias, cavort we man.

Reaction to this? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How smartphones are dooming a generation Something strange is happening with teenagers' mental health. In the US, Britain, Australia and beyond, the same trend can be seen: around the middle of the last decade, the number of young people with anxiety, depression and even suicidal tendencies started to rise sharply. Jonathan Haidt, a psychology professor at New York University's Stern School of Business, noticed a change when students who were brought up with smartphones started to arrive on campus. They were angrier. More fragile. More likely to take offense. [...] https://thespectator.com/topic/jonathan-haidt-smartphones-dooming-generation/

Saturday ES report, see man: We attended 2 allopatric* ESs on either side of helping Mama T-B., each yielding the take man: *look it up, research man -- music stand for Mini-B. = $Many ($2x2x2 +2), steal man (half-price because they love us, whee man) -- full box vinyl gloves, half-box Kleenex, Many (2+1) thick warshcloths = $2, steal man Total = $Many ($2x2x2 +2+2)

I'll be sure to jump on this, LL ma'am.

Thread is moved to the "Bringing Family Members of US Citizens" forum.

Religion of Pieces: Hamas Supporters Planning 'Million Man March' on UKs Sacred 'Remembrance Day' [...] On this year's Remembrance Day, pro-Palestinian organizers are calling for a "Million Man March" to protest Israel's incursion into and retaliation against Gaza. In their previous, continuing Saturday marches, pro-Hamas demonstrators haven't exactly proven that they can keep their hands, flags, and spray paint to themselves. [...] https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2023/11/03/religion-of-pieces-hamas-supporters-planning-million-man-march-on-uks-sacred-remembrance-day-n589832

Thrilling Friday report, see man: During ES-ing, got call from Mama T-B.'s case manager, call she man we man. Mama T-B. is to be discharged back to independent living on Monday, end in sight man. Will temporarily need a wheelchair for some things, si man. Qualifies for casa health care, fizzicle therapy man. We emphasized the need to focus on occupational therapy, eat/stand/write man. We think that we made ourself clear, emphatic we man. Also mentioned that not once has Mama T-B. gotten any meal items close to what she ordered from the kitchen, no man. Soon thereafter, we got a call from the Med Equip clerkette, call she man we man. Confirmed toilet apparatus + wheelchair, completely covered by Medicare, whee man. On way back from ES-ing, got call from Mama T-B., nearly aysheep senior she man. "When can we start getting all this ####### out of this room, huh man?" asked senior she man of we man. "I'm going to need to put it all back exactly where it came from, si man," fretted senior she man. "It will take me all day after I get back, si man," fretted senior she man. "Bring Many paper bags with handles, si man -- I must load everything in precise order, si man," fretted senior she man. "Siiiiiiiii, man," responded we man to senior she man. We will have to spend much/most of our Saturday pre-emptying the room, man. Lunch (at 2 p.m. at the casa) was one chicken pot pie bought in the Many-pack at Costco, ingest we man. We got a much-needed siesta thereafter, zzz we man. Retrieved Mini-B. from skool, ready-for-Friday wee man. His phone was on and in use, still supposed to be suspended man. All evening, he never got off of it unless he had to charge it, insistent wee man. He was even on it during movie night, sigh man. Din-din was the traditional Friday-night burgers, ingest Two Guys man. We (and partially Mini-B.) watched Failure To Launch, rather average man. Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. We let Mini-B. do V.R. on his Oculus during the late TV news, sigh man. He then wouldn't surrender his phone, late already for bed man. We took it from him, si man. He pleaded and cajoled and begged to take it to bed, "need it to fall asleep man" man. We stood our ground, si man. He gave us the silent treatment all thereafter, go to bed mad wee man man. Going to itinerary probably one ES for Saturday, just in case man. No party with the rubias tonight, need every atom of energy for Mama T-B. man.

The question arises: would Ukraine have been better off had they not resisted the invasion?

I read the story. I agree 100% with Y ma'am's evaluation and with P's proposed remedy.

Friday GS/ES report, see man: We attended all Many (2x2x2) itineraried GSs/ESs, si man. One of the Many (2x2) GSs was phantom, grrrrRRRRRRR man. Two of the Many (2x2) ESs and one GS yielded the take, see man: -- half-jug "Tide+Downy" laundry soap, ~full box Costco nitrile gloves, 2 mats for hot dishes = $Many ($2+2+1), steal man -- huge stack styrofoam cups, word-search book = $1, steal man -- NIP tube zinc oxide = $1, deal man Total = $Many ($2x2x2 -1)

Current thread locked in favor of existing thread:

A noncontributory post has been removed.