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In our continuing red-vs.-blue-state thread: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ U-Haul Migration Trends: Texas, Florida Top Growth States Again in 2023 PHOENIX, Jan. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas netted the largest number of movers in one-way U-Haul® equipment in 2023, marking the third consecutive year it has finished atop the U-Haul Growth Index. Florida ranks right behind Texas among growth states for the third year in a row, followed by [...] https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/u-haul-migration-trends-texas-florida-top-growth-states-again-in-2023-302024334.html

Confirmed: al-Shifa Hospital Was a Hamas HQ [...] America's intelligence agencies have completed an investigation and released an intelligence assessment of the situation. [...] https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2024/01/03/confirmed-al-shifa-hosptial-was-a-hamas-hq-n602558

Thrilling Wednesday report, see man: Took Mini-B. back to dentist's office for clean-teething, return we man with wee man man. Hygienist intelligent and capable, understood and appreciated all of our jokes she man. Mini-B. cleaned, sealed, and fluorided, very compliant wee man man. Very pleased with entire experience, si man. Returned Mini-B. to ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s casa, return we man wee man man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. has not asked us one thing about the dental visits, incurious ex-she man. Lunch was 2 PB&J sandwiches, ingest we man. A restorative siesta was then taken, zzz we man. We remembered and opened a little-used bathroom drawer, open we man. It was crammed with then-Mrs.-T-B.'s cosmetic items, eye-popping collection man. The jumble included stuff called "pancake," "foundation," "blush," and "eye-liner," plus nail colors, lipstick, brushes, sponges, and Many other items and implements that we could not identify, si and no man. We out-cleaned this drawer, very heavy contents in weight man. We saved some manicure scissors and some kind of hair-comb, interesting man. The rest went in the curbsided garbage, collection day man. We felt no overt emotion one way or the other, perhaps chalk it up to new-year cleaning we man. Yet one more step of progress toward Whatever, who knows man. Rant, see and man: For second week in a row, no fast-food coupons* in weekly rainwater newspaper, we man. *except for Jack In The Box, worthless man Our only active coupons are for Popeye's, not enough variety and we shall starve to death if this continues man. We did, however, find 2 BK gift cards totaling $Many ($2x2x2x2 +2+2) in the casa, some solace man. Today was Two Guys eve, Two Guys man. Retrieved Mini-B. again, Many'rd time in 2 days man. Din-din was from Popeye's**, ingest Two Guys man. **WUOC, financially savvy we man Watched some basketball things on YouTube during din-din, watch Two Guys man. Played basketball on back patio for a while, play Two Guys man. Watched Many (2+1) Young Sheldon episodes***, watch Two Guys man. ***without popcorn, stuffed from din-din wee man man Returned Mini-B. after a good Two Guys eve, Two Guys man. We have not yet begun compiling ESs/GSs yet, no man. Party with the rubias begins after late TV news, cavort we man. All allocatable VJ upvotes may be allocated to this post, hint hint man. Happy Columbus Day in Poland, oj tak.

Gracias, si D ma'am. Still there, different every day man. Good endorsement, gracias D ma'am. We would consider this except that ex-Mrs.-T-B. refuses to even think about Mini-B.'s visiting Mexico, si and sigh man.

Sometimes, lightning strikes in positive fashion.

*** Thread is moved from the K-3 Process forum to the CR-1 Process forum. *** Welcome to the forum! If you're marrying her soon, it would be an I-130 petition for the CR-1 visa. Wait until you become a U.S. Citizen.

Joe Biden Apparently Helped Hunter Defy A Subpoena, So Why Is Trump The One Charged With Obstructing Justice? Did Joe Biden counsel his son to defy a congressional subpoena? The House Oversight and Judiciary Committee chairs want to know as part of their impeachment inquiry because if the president colluded with Hunter Biden over the latter's refusal to appear for questioning, Joe Biden committed the crime of obstruction of justice. Yet, ironically, it is Donald Trump charged with criminal obstruction of justice even though the former president did nothing to keep evidence or witnesses from Congress. [...] https://thefederalist.com/2024/01/03/joe-biden-apparently-helped-hunter-defy-a-subpoena-so-why-is-trump-the-one-charged-with-obstructing-justice/

This plan does sound feasible. Do you agree? Do you agree as well that the Republicans would find a way to hose themselves? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Coming Joe Biden coup and the Michelle Obama-Gavin Newsom election gambit [...] Democratic strategists now plotting the Biden coup see this uncontested primary season as an essential element of a winning November strategy. [...] https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/2/coming-joe-biden-coup-and-michelle-obama-gavin-new/

Mortified, too. Her body of publications wouldn't be sufficient for tenure, let alone hiring, as faculty at almost any university.

Oh, it's an absolute tragedy!

Maybe a reptile will end up as the (D) nominee...

It sounds like we need some approvals, so here is our guaranteed almost-guaranteed Semiofficial Semiweekly VAWA-Thread Joke: ====================================== A FINAL WORD OF ADVICE The wise old Mother Superior from County Tipperary was dying. The nuns gathered around her bed trying to make her comfortable. They gave her some warm milk to drink, but she refused it. One of the nuns took the glass back to the kitchen. Remembering a bottle of Irish whiskey received as a gift the previous Christmas, she opened it and poured a generous amount into the warm milk. Back at Mother Superior's bed, the nun held the glass to her lips. Mother Superior drank a little, then a little more. Before they knew it, she had drunk the whole glass, down to the last drop. "Mother," the nuns pleaded, "please give us some wisdom before you die." She raised herself up in bed with a pious look on her face and said, "Don't sell that cow!"

San Francisco in particular is not desirable from the standpoints of expense and crime, and one could make that case for some or all of California.

Tragic: Hamas Loses Two Leaders In One Day WORLD — Hamas is reeling after losing two of their most cherished leaders on the same day: military commander Saleh al-Arouri, and Harvard President Claudine Gay. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/tragic-hamas-loses-two-leaders-in-one-day

Claudine Gay Gives Tearful Resignation Speech Entitled 'Gettysburg Address' CAMBRIDGE, MA — After facing weeks of pressure to resign following scandals involving campus antisemitism and plagiarism, Claudine Gay has announced she will step down as Harvard's President. She delivered her remarks this morning in a tearful speech entitled "Gettysburg Address." [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/claudine-gay-gives-tearful-resignation-speech-entitled-gettysburg-address

Epstein List Hangs Itself Moments Before Release U.S. — In a shocking turn of events, the Epstein List was found hanging in a secure document storage facility this morning, according to local authorities. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/epstein-list-hangs-itself-moments-before-release

This smells. Comments, especially from business-owners here? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting rule and the surveillance state The 2021 National Defense Authorization Act created the Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting rule to ostensibly target money laundering. Beginning January 1, 2024, the Act mandates U.S. companies, regardless of size, to register their beneficial and controlling owners with the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). [...] https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/the_beneficial_ownership_information_reporting_rule_and_the_surveillance_state.html

Small utility company hit by pro-Hamas cyberattack, and guerrilla forces shut down operations at JFK These news stories, one from a small town in Pennsylvania and the other from the Big Apple, are just more evidence that the "liberation" efforts of "Palestine" and their "freedom fighters" come specifically through terrorism and pandemonium. First, [...] https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/small_utility_company_hit_by_prohamas_cyberattack_and_guerrilla_forces_shut_down_operations_at_jfk.html

Thrilling Tuesday report, see man: Breakfast (!!?) was a twinpack of Costco "Egg Bites," ingest we man. Took Mama T-B. to bloodwork lab, chauffeur senior she man we man. Mama T-B. actually able to walk with use of Rollator, nice to see man. Lab not as overwhelmed with patients as we'd feared, no man. Took Mama T-B. from there to CVS, transfer prescriptions and get RSV shot senior she man. Mama T-B. made it back to her casa on her own, nice to see man. Went back to CVS ourself with a Many%-off ([2x2x2x2x2 -2]%) coupon, financially savvy we man. Took Mini-B. to dental appointment, examine and evaluate wee man man. Mini-B.'s imaging included bite-wings, PA, pano, Many-D ([2+1]-D), and intraoral, imaged wee man. (We told Mini-B., "They know more about you than you know about yourself, si man!") Dentist (a Russian rubia) relayed the good news, see man: 1. No cavities, no House of Pain man. 2. Wisdom teeth are coming in with room for same, relief man. Many. All other incipient teeth are poised to erupt, timely for age man. Dentist relayed the bad news, see man: 1. Lower canine will come in crowded, braces needed man. 2. Upper canine will come in twisted, braces needed man. Many. Bite = too much upper/need to see more lower, braces needed man. Got a referral to an orthodonti$t, man. Dentist said to $tart brace$ $ooner rather than later, man. Dentist envisioned about a year of brace$, man. After she left, Mini-B. quietly observed, "I hope that they're InvisAlign or something removable, si man." In other bad news, office couldn't do the cleaning then, no man. We shall return on Wednesday for that, oh well man. We offered lunch at Olive Garden to Mini-B., literally right across the street man. Mini-B. declined, go back to play computer games man. We returned Mini-B. to ex-Mrs.-T-B., bye wee man man. We inventoried our fast-food coupons, only Popeye's still in date* man. *thanks to year-end negligence of local newspapers, no coupon inserts man We considered that Mini-B. might want Popeye's for Two Guys eve tomorrow, consider we man. We therefore went all the way back to Olive Garden, decide we man. Lunch/din-din was the usual salad + breadsticks** + chicken parmigiana, ingest*** we man. **2 of Many (2+1) were consumed, ingest we man ***lunch special, financially savvy we man After mollifying treat- and lunch-demanding miu, siesta'd for over an hour, well-deserved zzz we man. Just Many minutes from alarm, Mama T-B. phoned with list of future obligations, man. The rest of the evening was quiet, finally man. Mini-B. and as few of Mama T-B.'s obligations as possible on Wednesday, servile we man.

"You're illegal, you get in!"

Fascinating, and in this era of wokeness, we need to read about military heroes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ January 2, 1777. The Second Battle of Trenton and George Washington at the Top of His Game Most everyone, other than the liberal arts faculty in most major universities and a disturbing number of high school history teachers, is familiar with Washington's crossing of the Delaware on the night of December 25-26, 1776, and the stunning surprise victory that ensued in the streets of Trenton, New Jersey. What is often lost in the telling of the narrative is the tactical sophistication that George Washington was developing by the winter of 1776-77 and a little-known battle, one which I think shows Washington at his finest, that took place on January 2, 1777. This battle, Second Trenton or the Battle of Assunpink Creek, preserved the initiative gained at First Trenton and set up the victory at the Battle of Princeton (January 3, 1777), which resulted in the Forage War and the forced evacuation of New Jersey by British forces during the winter of 1777. [...] https://redstate.com/streiff/2024/01/02/january-2-1777-the-second-battle-of-trenton-and-george-washington-at-the-top-of-his-game-n2168196

SHOCKER: Biden Administration Fast-Tracking Chinese Illegal Immigrants [...] the Biden Administration, in its usual display of fecklessness, has greatly watered down the vetting process for Chinese nationals entering the United States - illegally - across that southern border. [...] https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/01/02/shocker-biden-administration-fast-tracking-illegal-immigrants-from-china-n2168206

This is magnificent, especially the penultimate line, which in a few words encapsulates the difference between civilized morality and barbarism. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Hamas Leader Is Killed, but Should We Celebrate? https://pjmedia.com/rabbi-michael-barclay/2024/01/02/a-hamas-leader-is-killed-but-should-we-celebrate-n4925158

Significant in itself. If the parallel situation in Chicago is any guide, probably not until the voters speak in the next municipal election... and perhaps not even then.

Maybe a well-considered strategic delay.