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Probably a lot of nasty stuff (critters and Little Beesties) all around. But, presuming no chlorinated pools, where else would people swim?

She lost, if I recall.

The memorable ones here are "Mango Mussolini" and "Fat Orange Nixon."

Thrilling Sunday report, see man: Miu awoke us by climbing on our stomach, obviously lobbying for miu-breakfast, obvious miu man. After miu consumed breakfast, miu zoomed around like a wildmiu, ingest and zoom miu man. Took Mini-B. for visit to Mama T-B., ecstatic senior she man. Mama T-B. almost ignored Mini-B.* in favor of instructing/lecturing/yelling at us, come on now man. *who was fine playing on his phone, engrossed wee man We were ordered to do several tasks, tasked we man. One of these was to align all rolls of foil/plastic wrap/baggies precisely even with each other in Mama T-B.'s cabinet, man. Not one micron of deviation was allowed, no man. This accounted for 2 yelling-sessions, who's measuring anyway man. Mini-B.'s lunch was the Sunday serving from downstairs, ingest most wee man. Our lunch was those leftovers, ingest we man. At the casa, our continued lunch was Mini-B.'s leftover half-burger from Friday, ingest we man. Watched second half of football game with a partially attentive Mini-B., watch almost Two Guys man. We consumed 2 bowls of Costco popcorn, not counted in record total because Mini-B. had none, ingest we but not wee man. Conquered laundry, make-bedding, et al., domestically industrious we man. Got a brief siesta, Mini-B. happily computer-gaming with an amigo man. Din-din for Mini-B. was microwave rice + onecan tuna, ingest wee man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. then came over, end of Two Guys week man. Ex-she man agreed to try some "seasoned cheese Manyangles" ([2+1)angles) that we had bought some time ago WUOC** but not found occasion to serve, si and no man. **financially savvy we man We air-fried a Manyzen of these, Many (2+2) for ex-she man and Many (2x2x2) for we man man. They were good and somewhat like cheese 'za, ingest ex-she and we man. Mini-B. ignored their presence in favor of playing a computer game with an amigo, engrossed wee man. Mini-B. ultimately left, bye wee man man. It was a good Two Guys week, all-time popcorn record set man. We went to Dollar General for the first Many'rd of Uncle T-B.'s gargantuan grocery list, got that much man. It is nonperishables that can remain in the T-B.-mobile overnight before delivery, reason we man. We wish for more frequent grocery trips for fewer listed items, will never happen man. But we enjoy helping Uncle T-B. nevertheless, casa-bound senior he man. We have dished and must de-dish the warsher, domestically industrious we man. The rubias will party with us imminently, cavort we man.

Sunday means that it's time for our Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: ======================== SEEING ORANGE A man told his psychiatrist, "Doctor, my brother thinks he's an orange." The psychiatrist said, "When can I see him?" The man replied, "Hold on -- just let me pull him out of my pocket."

Jonathan Turley. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hunter Biden's Contempt of Congress Has Wider Consequences [...] Fox News quoted White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre saying that President Biden "was certainly familiar with what his son was going to say," which suggests that the president spoke with his son before his act of contempt and discussed his statement. If that is true, it was a breathtaking mistake. One of the four most obvious potential articles of impeachment that I laid out in my prior testimony was obstruction. [...] https://themessenger.com/opinion/hunter-biden-contempt-of-congress-subpoena-white-house-impeachment-prosecution

Jonathan Turley. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eric Swalwell and the politics of contempt [...] Swalwell was standing in front of the same building aiding and abetting both a potential crime and the obstruction of congressional proceedings. [...] https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/4363154-eric-swalwell-and-the-politics-of-contempt/

Thrilling (and historic) Saturday report, see man: Day started frustratingly, sigh man. Began running errands for Mama T-B., particular senior she man. She gave us a short list of stuff from Dollar Tree, perhaps half a Manyzen man. "And if they don't have it for $1 + half-of-half a buck, don't buy it, no man!" instructed senior she man. Dollar Tree was mobbed and had 2 of her half a Manyzen items, man. Furthermore, neither was a good deal because of "unit price," rip-offs man. When will Mama T-B. recognize that the former dollar stores are no longer bargains, man? Returned with Subway*, ingest Two Guys man. *bought WUOC, financially savvy we man Went to 2 other stores to try to find what she wanted, man. Finally got off-urinated, returned to casa, and ordered from Amazon, found there man. Could have done that in the first place, slightly higher price be damned man. Mini-B. spent time with ex-Mrs.-T-B. today, delayed non-Two-Guys time man. We tried to siesta but got multiple texts from ex-Mrs.-T-B., just hit "send" once for once man. Awoke and went to Many (2+1) of the same store to try to save Mama T-B. $Many ($2+2+1), man. Item not stocked or available, no man. What about the time and gas spent in these pursuits, huh man? The price on the sales receipt is only one part of it, man. No din-din for us, sacrifice time and interest in these wild-goose chases we man. Did xerox Mama T-B.'s new Will, at least accomplished that man. And senior she man will probably scream about the cost of that, man. Mini-B. returned in time for Movie Night, Many'th of this week man. We watched more episodes of Young Sheldon, quite good in Two Guys' view man. And we have momentous, historic news to report, see and drum roll man: The weekly popcorn record of Many was broken, trumpet we man. Not just broken, oj nie; not just smashed, no man; but obliterated, oj tak and si and whee man. The old record was Many (2x2x2x2 +2+2+1), quite respectable man. The new record is Many (2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2 +1), awesome and drop-jawwing man. In other P-Math terms, the new record is Many (2 Manyzen +1), emphasize the point we man. We are proud of ourself, self-back-pat we man. We are proud of Mini-B., congratulate we man wee man several times man. We are proud of Two Guys, congratulate the team we man. "We're Two Guys, si man! We eat what we want when we want, si man!" This popcorn record shall almost certainly never be equaled by any Two Guys anywhere, assuredly not man. It is a dream come true and possibly fit for the Guinness Book, si man. Not much else can be said, no man. Let history show that we are proud, si and whee man. Party with the rubias in full swing, cavort we man.

Be strong. "Keep a positive upper lip and a stiff attitude."

We're all pulling for a speedier process for you. You can spend the time becoming an "A" student of all stages of the immigration process. In addition, you can make plans so that she can hit the ground running upon ultimate arrival. Finally, you can believe everything that jan22 says about anything in these forums.

It might depend on how open-minded the Human Resources people are. Do this, bringing more than one item (such as marriage certificate), and keep asking for higher supervisors until someone shows some common sense.

Thread is moved from the K-1 Process forum to the USCIS Service Centers forum, to be among similar threads.

Avoid sand flies or we'll go through another lockdown. Oh, and global warming is of course to blame... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tropical disease found in mainland U.S., stunning physicians: 'There's no effective vaccine' It's been confirmed that the mainland U.S. is now home to a disease once thought to only exist in tropical climates, as NPR has reported. Leishmaniasis has joined other diseases in spreading to new places [...] https://www.yahoo.com/news/tropical-disease-found-mainland-u-213000508.html

You may get an earlier interview, but possibly not at that walk-in visit. You might have to come back. "Nothing ventured, nothing gained." You can try. If you're successful and pass the interview, delay the oath ceremony as suggested. Prayers for your father.

Genius: Man Eats 17 Tacos Before Flight So Southwest Will Give Him Free Row Of Seats DENVER, CO — Southwest Airlines, known for its humane "person of size" seating policy, was reportedly conned out of an entire row of seats by a Denver man who ate too many tacos. After some quick thinking, airline passenger Adrian Herald ate 17 tacos to score extra seating for free. "I am fat, as you can see," the man said as he scarfed down his seventeenth gordita. "I'm going to need an extra seat. No, make that three!" [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/man-eats-17-tacos-before-flight-so-southwest-will-give-him-free-row-of-seats

(1) What do you think? (2) What do you predict as the outcome of this case? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Court Decision that Could Change How Homelessness is Handled on the West Coast The Boise decision has had a huge impact on the entire west coast of the US. This 2018 ruling from the 9th Circuit said that not only could states not criminalize homelessness, they could not criminalize the results of homelessness. That meant you couldn't arrest someone for sleeping in a tent on the sidewalk or in a public park. Cities impacted by this decision have been trying to overturn it since it was issued but the way this has worked out in practice is that cities cannot remove a homeless person unless they have a shelter bed to offer them. And even that becomes tricky because most cities have more homeless people than beds precisely because many of the homeless routinely refuse offers of shelter. So even when there are many more homeless people than beds, many of the beds are empty on any given night. And this is where a legal question arises. If a homeless person rejects an offer of shelter are they then homeless voluntarily? [...] https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2023/12/15/the-court-decision-that-could-change-how-homelessness-is-handled-on-the-west-coast-n599354

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Colorado Thieves Seek Reduced Charges by Arguing Some Items They Stole Were on Sale [...] Two adult men arrested and charged for stealing from a Kohl's department store in Colorado had their lawyer make the case that the charges against them should reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor because some of the items were on sale. [...] https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2023/12/14/colorado-thieves-seek-reduced-charges-by-arguing-some-items-they-stole-were-on-sale-n599125

Darn European Police Spoil Another Hamas Terror Party [...] Jeez Louise, they've got them all over the place. Sometimes open borders aren't so cool, huh? [...] https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2023/12/14/darn-european-police-spoil-another-hamas-terror-party-n599073

First lady Jill Biden blasted over 'bizarre' White House Christmas video: 'United States of Bananas' First lady Jill Biden was blasted Wednesday night after posting a video to X showing dancers tapping around the holiday-decorated White House, whose theme this year is "Magic, Wonder and Joy." [...] https://www.yahoo.com/news/first-lady-jill-biden-blasted-025314266.html

I'm familiar with the Texas border, its crossings, and the current mood of the CBP agents who staff it. In short, and also for reasons mentioned above, don't even dream of trying it. The frustration that you're feeling is commonplace. When the [censored] Guayaquil consulate was hosing everybody and thoroughly jerking us around, I wryly observed to Mrs. T-B.-to-be, "You know, if you were an illegal Mexican, you'd be here already and be on top of the world." She didn't object to this comment. Of course, we didn't pursue it, and we finally fought our way out of that [censored] mismanaged hellhole infested with the Devil's illegitimate spawn* and returned to the comparative relief (!!?) of dealing with USCIS. *sometime, I'll tell you how I really feel Border/asylum conditions then were far less perilous than those today. Keep her safe, do whatever it takes to minimize your frustration (violent physical exercise helps), and let this infernal process continue.

Thrilling Friday non-ES report, see man: What a day, si man. Skool-dropped unenthusiastic Mini-B., sure to try to leave early wee man. Hastily hit the 2 ESs, q.v. man. Returned to casa for quick lunch, hasten we man. First proofed important document from lawyer for Mama T-B., finally approve we man. Lunch was onecan of Chunky chicken noodle soup*, ingest we man. *bought at today's first ES, financially savvy we man Barely had time for under-an-hour siesta, restorative zzz regardless man. Awoke to retrieve Mini-B. from skool, no plea from him to return early man. Mini-B. was released from in-skool suspension to play basketball in P.E., overjoyed wee man. This improved the expected downer to a positive, relief man. Blew to Walgreens to retrieve Uncle T-B.'s Rx, efficient we man. Went to Mama T-B.'s place to host/caucus with lawyers, important signing man. Mama T-B., although tremorous, initialed all pages of Will and managed to sign, updated man. Mammoth job finally in the bag, whew man. Followed Mama T-B. upstairs, duties man. Got multiple papers/magazines to (1) take home, (2) give to Uncle T-B., & (Many) recycle, man. These were from ALL of this year, man. Had to go start Mama-T-B.-mobile, supreme worrier senior she man. Extricated ourself and visited Uncle T-B., no hearing-aids in man. Managed to shout loudly enough to communicate, frustrating man. Delivered stuff, politely heard complaints**, and managed to extricate ourself man. **one being complete exhaustion of groceries, let us know earlier man Made it back to casa, frazzled we man. Convinced Mini-B. of time for din-din, Friday hamburgers ingest Two Guys man. Mini-B. begged for 2 of his own, always previously 1 + half for each of us man. Mini-B. left half of his second one, we anticipated this man. Explained old saying "eyes bigger than stomach," educate wee man we man. Movie night, more Young Sheldon episodes man. Many (2+2) Costco popcorns consumed, even on full stomachs ingest Two Guys man. Two more bags breaks our all-time weekly record, hope for this on Saturday eve man. Played mini-hoop and other ball variants with Mini-B., competitive wee man. We and Mini-B. agreed that it was a good day and Two Guys day, agree Two Guys man. Sadly, we are too exhausted to party with the rubias, postpone cavorting we man.

It won't be truly full until you get some from Nigerian barristers who are representing deposed princes.

Find some sparkly paper, paste it to cardboard, and cut out a star, LL ma'am. Or, take cardboard cut into star shape, coat with glue, and sprinkle glitter on it, LL ma'am. Cheap, creative, and you can make exactly what you want, LL ma'am.

Friday ES report, see man: We itineraried 2 ESs, that's all within reach man. The second ES was a joke, disorganized MS-type thing man. The first ES yielded the take, see man: -- toucans corn, can chili, can Chunky noodle soup, can compressed air, ~full can Sure pit-spray, full bottle lens-cleaner = $Many ($2+2), steal man Total = $Many ($2+2) Just one GS is proximal on Saturday, and we shall hit it if we have errands nearby man.

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