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Oops: Columbia University President Accidentally Gives Nazi Salute When Being Sworn In For Congressional Testimony WASHINGTON, D.C. — Further controversy erupted on Capitol Hill today at the start of a hearing on antisemitism on college campuses, as Columbia University president Nemat Shafik accidentally gave a Nazi salute when being sworn in before her congressional testimony. The mix-up occurred as Shafik was asked to raise her right hand to testify about her institution's culture in the face of accusations of hate and discrimination [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/oops-columbia-university-president-accidentally-gives-nazi-salute-when-being-sworn-in-for-congressional-testimony

Judge Announces Trump Will Not Be Permitted To Go To Son's Graduation Or To The Bathroom Until Trial Finished NEW YORK, NY — Public sentiment was deeply divided on the subject of former President Donald Trump's criminal trial after the presiding judge announced Trump would not be permitted to go to his son's graduation or to the bathroom until the trial was finished. The unorthodox decree to refuse Trump's right to use the men's room at any point over the next several months was met with both praise and criticism from different corners of the media, with Trump vowing to meet the requirement despite his disagreement with it. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/judge-announces-trump-will-not-be-permitted-to-go-to-sons-graduation-or-to-the-bathroom-until-trial-finished

People Angry About Low WNBA Salaries Prepared To Do Anything Except Watch WNBA U.S. — As the debate over the gender wage gap among professional basketball players raged on, people who were angry about low WNBA salaries proudly declared they were prepared to do anything necessary to bring about change except for watching WNBA games. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/people-angry-about-low-wnba-salaries-prepared-to-do-anything-except-watch-wnba

There's a Serious Problem With Joe Biden's 'Uncle Eaten By Cannibals' Story [...] he repeated two lies during this visit: one involved Trump calling those killed at Normandy "losers" and "suckers," and this weird story about how "Uncle Bosie" was shot down during World War II and eaten by cannibals [...] https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/04/17/biden-repeats-another-lie-about-donald-trump-in-scranton-visit-n2637936

Whistleblower Alleges Biden Is Endangering American Forces in Niger An American serviceman filed a whistleblower report, alleging that Joe Biden is placing American troops in harm's way by refusing to withdraw from the African nation of Niger. Niger has undergone a seismic change in political leadership, as there was a military coup in 2023. [...] https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/04/17/whistleblower-alleges-biden-is-putting-american-forces-in-harms-way-in-niger-n2637950

Boeing Engineer: 'I Was Told, Frankly, to Shut Up.' [...] The testimony offered here is alarming. Mr. Salehpour, who is still employed by Boeing, testified to having seen Boeing employees "jump up and down" on parts of aircraft under production to make the parts fit, instead of the more secure and time-consuming process of "shimming" the parts, which means to insert thin strips of metal to produce the proper fit. Another whistleblower, Ed Pierson, a former Boeing engineer, testified that records do exist of the Boeing worker who installed the door plug that blew off a Boeing 737 MAX airplane over Oregon in January, stating that he had personally turned those records over to the FBI. The FBI has not commented on the matter. [...] https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/04/17/boeing-engineer-i-was-told-frankly-to-shut-up-n2172920

Bonobo a-go-go. Bonobo a-no-no. Central Chimpanzee = the ultimate.

NPR Whistleblower Uri Berliner Resigns From His Job, Blames 'Disparagement by New CEO' Katherine Maher It seems that National Public Radio won't have Uri Berliner to kick around anymore. After having apparently been handed a five day unpaid suspension from his job as editor at the business desk, Berliner issued a statement on Twitter this morning offering his resignation from NPR after 25 years of service. [...] https://twitchy.com/coucy/2024/04/17/uri-berliner-resigns-from-npr-n2395204

Sorry that this happened. Probably better than trying to appeal these results would be to immerse her in English. Do whatever it takes -- recorded learning programs, TV with subtitles, tutoring, absolutely anything. She can do it.

Every country south of the U.S. is, with the possible exception of Chile. Yes -- one big honkin' binder clip is perfect.

Scintillating Wednesday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Wednesday report, see man: Went to Costco for Many (2+1) items, list we man. Returned with Many (2+2+1) items, found one that we didn't spot last time man. This turned out to be din-din, see below man. Lunch was the Costco hot dog + Pepsi, ingest financially savvy we man. A blessedly uninterrupted siesta was then taken, zzz we man. After skool, took Mini-B. to CVS to buy "Native" shampoo & body-warsh, satisfied wee man man. By doing so, we got $Many ($2+2+1) in ExtraBucks, financially savvy we man. Din-din was not on our list, spontaneous we man. The item spotted at Costco was Mediterranean-spiced beef kebabs, on sale man. This + nuked mixed vegetables = din-din, easiest prep ever man. Mini-B. and we were very well pleased, ingest Two Guys man. Threw football with Mini-B. out back for several minutes, fun and Oh Our Body man. Movie night was Happy Gilmore, quite good man. Many (2+2+2) -- si man, Many (2+2+2) -- bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. We are now up to Many (2x2x2) for the week, almost certain to reach double digits man. Party with the rubias after Mini-B. embedded, cavort we man. It was a pretty good day, conclude we man.

Other investigators are pretty good, but Paul Sperry leaves them in the dust.

I loved the last paragraph of the BB piece best of all.

Silence! We need not share our opinions with inferior primates.

Negatory; they'll probably end up getting bonuses for being so Woke.

He and Hillary are two of the most evil people in the world.

Charge and arrest him preemptively!!!!! Mango Mussolini! Fat orange Nixon!!!!!

To relieve some stress, here now is our Semiofficial Semiweekly VAWA-Thread Joke (actually, a collection): ============================================================= DUMB JOKES What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday? "Aye, Matey." A vulture boarded a plane carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess said, "I'm sorry, but we allow each passenger only one carrion." My grandfather had the heart of a lion and a lifetime ban from the New York City zoo. What was a more important invention than the first telephone? The second one. Why can't dinosaurs applaud? Because they're dead. Did you hear about the thief who stole a calendar? He got 12 months. What's orange and sounds like a parrot? A carrot. Have you heard the rumor going around about butter? Never mind... I shouldn't be spreading it. What did the janitor say when he jumped out of the closet? "Supplies!" My friend recently got crushed by a pile of books. He's only got his shelf to blame. What did one plate say to the other? "Dinner's on me!" How does NASA organize a party? They planet. I don't trust atoms. They make up everything. What did one elevator say to the other elevator? "I think I'm coming down with something."

= a wife's job

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Country-specific thread is moved to the UK regional forum.

This thread has grown very large in size, so it's now closed to further comment. The continuation thread is here: Congratulations to NB2, who is again credited with a rollover CEHST thread!

This is the continuation thread for https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/761995-daily-update-on-biden-tanking-america/ which was closed because of its large size. --- Congratulations to NB2, who again has created a rollover CEHST thread!

-- see especially last paragraph of linked piece. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Caitlin Clark Becomes Highest-Paid WNBA Player In History With Lucrative Four-Figure Annual Salary INDIANAPOLIS, IN — The sports world took notice this week as #1 draft pick Caitlin Clark became the highest-paid WNBA player in history, with the Indiana Fever signing her to a contract that will provide her with a lucrative four-figure annual salary. Experts noted that the deal effectively turns the entire WNBA player compensation structure upside down, with the Indiana franchise shelling out an annual salary level previously only enjoyed by society's heavy hitters like car wash employees and part-time babysitters. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/caitlin-clark-becomes-highest-paid-wnba-player-in-history-with-lucrative-four-figure-annual-salary

Judge Warns Trump Criminal Trial May Last Until, Say, November 6 [...] "I'm just picking a date off the top of my head here," Judge Merchan said. "It can be difficult to nail down a possible end date for any case, but if I had to make an educated guess, I'd say that this specific case will probably end on, oh, I don't know, November 6. That's just an arbitrary date that popped into my mind and anything else happening around that time is purely coincidental." [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/judge-warns-trump-criminal-trial-may-last-until-say-november-6