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You could have said "teat for tat" and gotten away with it.

Papa T-B. lectured me very little, but one of his firmly stated phrases was, "Gambling is a fool's game."

Unless ultra-tragic accidents can magically occur, this is really the only way. https://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2011/07/kill-them-all-and-let-god-sort-them-out.html

Gambling wouldn't be such a lucrative business if the house lost anywhere close to half the time.

Cat T-B. is usually served treats at around 3 or 4 p.m. Too much earlier than that and she forgets, consequently insisting on more at the regular time. Today, I made the mistake of serving her treats at 1 p.m. At around 3 p.m., I finished kitchen chores and prepared to go upstairs. Cat T-B. jumped on the counter, mouth-seized the treat bag, and dropped it at my feet. This was a somewhat obvious hint, so she got her second round of treats.

Scintillating Thursday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Thursday report, see man: Foot and cold a little better today, finally man. Left the casa for the supermarket, minor errand man. Saw shelf coupon for "$Many ($2x2x2 +2) off basket total if purchase $Many ($2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2 +1) of Powerade, etc., etc. products," see we man. Calculated how many Powerade Zero grape-flavor were on shelf, Many (2x2x2x2 -1) man. Calculated how many Powerade regular grape-flavor were on shelf, got Many (2+2+1) man. Total Powerade tally = $Many.Many ([$2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2 +1] + Many (2x2x2x2 +2+2) cents man. Register rang up the $Many ($2x2x2 +2) discount, ecstatic and financially savvy we man. Lunch was 2 "Hungry Man boneless-chicken din-dins" bought at same supermarket, ingest Two Guys man. Miu lobbied us for miu-treats when we returned, around 1 p.m. man. We are loath to serve miu any treats that early, here's why man: 1. Miu usually gets treats around Many (2+1 or 2+2) p.m., routine man. 2. If miu gets treats too long before then, miu forgets about earlier treats, short-term miu memory man. Many. Miu then pesters us until second round of treats is served, persistent miu man. We served miu her treats anyway, see below man. At Many p.m., Mini-B. left the casa for non-Two Guys eve with ex-Mrs.-T-B., necessary evil man. We dished the warsher and prepared to go upstairs, best-laid plans awry man. Miu jumped on counter, seized bag of treats, and dropped them at our feet, rather obvious miu man. Miu got second round of miu-treats, permissive Daddy we man. Several important phone calls were made, multiple topics man. A massively restorative siesta was taken, zzz we man. Mini-B. returned smelling like a moose, basketball outside with amigo man. Agreed with mom-of-amigo to host amigo on Friday from 1 to Many p.m., casa will be destroyed man. Movie night was more episodes of Young Sheldon, watch Two Guys man. Many (2+2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. No proximal ESs this weekend, bummer man. No proximal GSs, either, for a while, no man. We rechecked the listings, hope we man. One GS is about Many miles away, accessible man. Attendance will enable continuation of our Many-year-long weekly streak, strive we man.

Comments about this? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ University of Wisconsin-La Crosse chancellor fired for appearing in porn videos The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents unanimously fired UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow during a closed-door meeting Wednesday after discovering videos posted on porn websites featuring him and his wife. [...] https://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/nation/2023/12/27/wisconsin-university-chancellor-joe-gow-fired-appeared-in-porn-videos/72044616007/

British mathematicians say they've figured out how to guarantee a lottery win by buying 27 tickets Mathematicians in the UK have announced that they have figured out exactly how many tickets you would have to buy to guarantee winning in the country's national lottery — 27. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/news/british-mathematicians-theyve-figured-guarantee-135101516.html

Those four, if they had any shame, should resign consequent to it.

Yes, as the article blindsides us with. Topic title leads the casual reader to assume that she's quitting altogether. Great way to rope us in...

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Leprosy, Polio, TB, and Malaria: What Do They Have in Common? Illegal Aliens. What do leprosy, polio, malaria, tuberculosis, and measles all have in common? Two things: They were mostly eradicated in the United States until recently, and they have recently been reintroduced and are flaring up in various locations in the US now -- brought in (at least in part) by unscreened, unvaccinated, unidentified illegal immigrants. [...] https://redstate.com/wardclark/2023/12/27/leprosy-polio-tb-and-malaria-what-do-they-have-in-common-illegal-aliens-n2168012

NEW: Lauren Boebert Calls It Quits in Her Colorado District In a surprise move, Rep. Lauren Boebert announced on Wednesday evening via Facebook that she will not be running for re-election in Colorado's third congressional district. [...] https://redstate.com/bonchie/2023/12/27/new-lauren-boebert-calls-it-quits-in-her-district-n2168021

Additions, comments, subtractions? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2023 Year-End Review, McLaughlin Group Style https://pjmedia.com/jeff-reynolds/2023/12/27/2023-year-end-review-mclaughlin-group-style-n4925042

Muslims beat up Santa in Germany, tell him it is 'their country' German state police are searching for a group of youths who are suspected of committing actual bodily harm against a middle-aged man dressed up as Santa Claus on his way to perform at an event in Hesse. The 54-year-old victim was due to perform at the Königsalm on Königsplatz in the city of Kassel on Dec. 6 when he was approached by a gang of youths who crossed the street and confronted him. According to the victim, Rainer B., the gang comprised several teenagers of a migrant background around 15 years of age. He told police they insulted him, calling him a "son of a " and a "fat man" and ordered him to remove his Santa Claus costume. They said they were Muslim and that Germany was "their country," the victim said, as reported by the Hessische Allgemeine newspaper. When he refused, the gang turned violent [...] https://rmx.news/germany/muslims-beat-up-santa-in-germany-tell-him-it-is-their-country/

From an ultra-liberal Harvard Law professor, published in Slate. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Supreme Court Must Unanimously Strike Down Trump's Ballot Removal [...] the Colorado Supreme Court gave these lawyers new hope by declaring that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment bars Donald Trump from the Colorado ballot. That decision will certainly reach the United States Supreme Court as quickly as any. And if that court is to preserve its integrity, it must, unanimously, reject the Colorado Supreme Court's judgment. Because Section 3 of the 14th Amendment does not apply to Donald Trump. [...] https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/12/supreme-court-trump-ballot-removal-colorado-wrong.html

Thrilling (?) Wednesday report, see man: Went to doc caucus, hopeful we man. Damned idiot gave us an amateur exam, livid we man. No diagnosis, why did we wait 2 weeks for this appointment man?! Punted us to fizzicle therapy, what good would that do man? Damned waste of $Many -- si man, $Many -- livid we man. We barbecued him in the ratings, no excuse man. Lunch was Subway*, ingest we and half-ingest** wee man man. *bought WUOC, financially savvy we man **Mini-B. ate only half, strange for wee man man A roaring siesta was taken, zzz we man. Mama T-B.'s lawyers want to charge us for sending us an invoice for what we'd paid, man. Even sole-proprietor window-repair guys give us a tear-off carbon invoice, come on man. Din-din for Mini-B. was the other half of his Subway*, half-ingest wee man. Din-din for us was Many (2x2x2x2 -1) "Crispy Cheese Manyangles ([2+1]-angles)," ingest we man. Dessert was a split one-Many'th (1/[2+2th]) of cherry pie, ingest Two Guys man. Several more episodes of Young Sheldon were watched, movie night for Two Guys man. Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. We shall try to visit Urgent Care to see if our good doc there can diagnose our foot, desperate we man. We hope that she's on duty, hope we man. Rather sad to have to visit U.C. to get done what a full multi-clinic operation can't, sigh man. Party with the rubias after Mini-B. gets embedded, cavort we man. We kept Mini-B. away from sugar tonight, no repeat of last night's insanity man!

We are desperately searching for jokes that will earn your "like" upvote. It is Wednesday, so here's your Semiofficial Semiweekly VAWA-Thread Joke: ============================================================= THE BLONDE AT THE FOOTBALL GAME A guy took his blonde girlfriend to her first football game. They had great seats right behind their team's bench. After the game, he asked her how she liked the experience. "Oh, I really liked it," she replied, "especially the tight pants and all the big muscles. But I couldn't understand why they were killing each other over a coin." Dumbfounded, her date asked, "What do you mean?" "Well, they flipped a coin, one team got it, and then for the rest of the game, all they kept screaming was, 'Get the quarterback! Get the quarterback!' I'm like, 'Hello? It's only 25 cents!'"

Accountants to search for in the U.S. would be called CPAs, Certified Public Accountants. In addition, some attorneys focus on tax law, so perhaps consult some familiar with international tax law.

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1. Nope. If your parents' address is where you get your mail, that counts. And, as a USC, you're entitled to travel anywhere you please or where your job assigns you. 2. Nope. Use your travel capabilities to spend "face time" with your fiancee, because that goes far in establishing a bona fide relationship in the eyes of the consular officer.

...overwhelmed by Bidenflation.

Refer to Jonathan Turley's analysis, this thread, page 1 near bottom.

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