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This brings memories of the chemical solution with the notice, "Completely Denatured Alcohol. "

I, the petitioner, was outraged at how long (back then -- nothing like now) it took USCIS to approve Mrs. T-B.-to-be's I-129F petition. We then got hosed beyond description at the [censored deleted emended] Guayaquil consulate. After Mrs. T-B.-to-be finally got here, the AOS, ROC, and N-400 were straightforward and uneventful. It was a relief to deal with USCIS again! Knowing what I know now (and see on VJ now), I would never go through another foreign relationship unless she were already in the U.S. and needed to adjust status. See for details: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/410945-k-1-journey-completed/

There remains a finite number of consulates with the space, personnel, and Russian-language capabilities to service every Russian who needs service. Such a bummer.

Monthly order from chewy.com came today, just in time man. Those people have customer service and website capabilities down to a science! I chiefly order food, but you can also order litter and not have to lug it home from the store. -- I've also concluded that I should buy only "lightweight" litter. The regular stuff makes the poop-clumps really heavy, and I must refill the box more often.

Thrilling non-GS/ES Friday report, see man: Got going at a reasonable time for us, ingest caffeine pill we man. Long drive to all GSs/ESs, sigh man. Lunch at Arby's WUOC, ingest financially savvy we man. Back near the casa, stopped at Goodwill to find long pants for Mini-B., useless man. Stopped at Ross, got pants/socks for Mini-B. we man. Stopped at Target, got 2 pants at ridiculous price for Mini-B., stoopid to pay full retail man. Arrived exhausted at casa to outraged miu, treat/lunch miu we man. Showered, felt better thereafter we man. Din-din was toucans of chicken noodle soup, ingest we man. Siesta'd for an hour, zzz we man. Yakked with Mama T-B. about Mini-B., consult we man senior she man man. Mama T-B. says to lay down the law, father not friend we man. If Mini-B. is to live here, he will keep a civil tongue in his head, si man. If he has complaints, he is invited to rectify them, si man. If he continues to bomb his skool assignments, phone gets taken away man. He should also probably caucus with the skool counselor, si man. Automated e-mail from skool showed yet another undone skool assignment, 0 score man. Mini-B. lied to ex-Mrs.-T-B. yet again, man. We caucused with ex-Mrs.-T-B., caucus we man with ex-she man man. Ex-she man and we man will caucus with non-P-math teechur on Monday, attend we man and ex-she man. After much angst, we have itineraried only local GSs for Saturday, oh well man. Our expectations are low, but at least this trip won't wear us out, reason we man. However, we shall have to arise before o'dark-Many in order to get going, man. No Many-year-old is going to rule in our casa, no and gracias D ma'am.

Friday GS/ES report, see man: We attended all but a phantom GS (grrrrRRRRR) and one that we ran out of time to get to, si man. Many (2+1) of the ESs yielded the take, see man: -- thick stack Dixie Ultra din-din plates = $1, steal man -- wooden tray, soft bath-towel, rather full bottle mega-guaifenesin = $Many ($2+2), steal man -- 2 T-shirts (1 Eddie Bauer, 1 "Cocoa Beach" NWT) = $Many ($2+2+2), steal man Total = $Many ($2x2x2 +2+2)

One morning, Cat T-B. #1 (r.i.p.) decided that breakfast was late. She jumped into bed and began head-butting me. Then she turned around and farted on me. This last action will awaken one in a hurry.

Powerball Winner Revealed To Be Hispanic California Resident Volodymyro Zelensko SACRAMENTO, CA — California lottery officials have provided details regarding the latest Powerball winner. A Hispanic and long-time California resident named Vladimiro Zelensko is reported to have won the whopping $1.7 billion Powerball lottery. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/powerball-winner-revealed-to-be-hispanic-california-resident-vladimiro-zelensko

Pro-Palestinian Harvard Students' First Lesson in Job Hunting - CEOs Not Interested in Hamas Supporters One thing that is always noticeable about the actions of the left is that they never seem to comprehend the big picture. It's like they are virtually incapable of looking beyond next week at the most. However, if you are a college student, one might think that planning for the future is something that you do regularly, especially at a premier university like Harvard. You attend that school because you are in the academic elite. But apparently, many of the current crop of Harvard students have yet to figure out that the internet is forever, and what you post there follows you. [...] https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2023/10/12/pro-palestinian-harvard-students-first-lesson-in-job-hunting-ceos-not-interested-in-hamas-supporters-n2164979

BREAKING: Israel Bombs Damascus Airport Israeli missiles bombed landing strips at Syria's Damascus Airport and at its second-largest airport in Aleppo. It is likely no coincidence that a Meraj Airlines passenger jet reportedly carrying Iranian foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian was on its way to Damascus at the time of the bombing. [...] https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2023/10/12/breaking-israel-bombs-damascus-airport-reportedly-preventing-iranian-foreign-minister-weapons-from-landing-n1734523

Ron DeSantis Leads, Authorizes Rescue of Floridians Stranded in Israel https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/athena-thorne/2023/10/12/ron-desantis-leads-authorizes-rescue-of-floridians-stranded-in-israel-n1734616

Egypt: No way we let Gazans into our country [...] few bother to acknowledge that Egypt has partnered with Israel on that containment strategy, and for the same reasons. Those reasons are so vital to Cairo that even with an Israeli ground invasion perhaps just hours away, Egypt refuses to open the Rafah gate and let Gazans pass into Egypt, even temporarily, to escape the carnage they started: [...] https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2023/10/12/egypt-no-way-we-let-gazans-into-our-country-n584227

BREAKING: US, Qatar refreeze $6 billion in Iran hostage payment [...] the White House appears to have found enough of a pretext to refreeze access to the funds. The question will be how long that freeze will continue: [...] https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2023/10/12/auto-draft-193-2-n584392

Interesting indeed. Comments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How Israel Got Ambushed https://www.thefp.com/p/how-israel-got-ambushed

I need to learn more about Colorado and its geography...

How convenient for the photographers to make their claim now.

This is our default thread for "trans" posts, it seems. All's well.

Thrilling Thursday report, see man: Because we got to bed at Many a.m. -- si man, Many a.m. -- we didn't get going till noonish, groggy we man. Mama T-B. had a shopping list, si man. As usual, it had 2 or Many everyday items that had to be procured from 2 or Many stores, man. We convinced her not to make us come over to retrieve a Many-cent-off coupon first, man. Fortunately, we had anticipated one request and handled it at Aldi the other day, anticipatory we man. We got the other items as directed, si man. However, the canned tuna was Many cents instead of her expected Many cents, si man. We entered her place with a "Now, don't go aysheep!" greeting, si man. Fortunately, she didn't grouse too much, no man. Her casa was, as usual, Many,000 degrees inside, why must old people fry themselves man. She chose to lecture us about the usual topics, sweat-soaked we man. We finally made our escape, drenched we man. We went from there to the children's resale place, si man. We had Many of Mini-B.'s outgrown items, hope to sell man. They took only Many of them, very picky man. They offered us $Many, anything's better than nothing man. We had found some long pants for sale, pull trigger we man. We netted $2.Many ($2 + [2x2x2x2x2 -1] cents), profit man. We have walked out of there on all of our Many (2x2x2) or Many (2x2x2 +1) visits with a profit, $ucce$$ful Bu$ine$$ Typhoon we man. Returned to casa for a siesta, zzz we man. Couldn't zzz because we'd eaten nothing all day, timing wrong man. At least it helped to close our eyes for a while, oh well man. Retrieved Mini-B. from skool for Two Guys eve, si man. Mini-B. was snarly, surly, profane, insulting, hurtful, and rude, good grief man. We got him back to the casa where he accepted our free box lunch from yesterday, ingest wee man. He was a little less snarly after eating, barely noticeable man. Breakfast/lunch/din-din for us was toucans of chicken noodle soup, ingest we man. We urged him to look at nearly Many (2+2) months of stacked-up Baba-Mails, previously a shared activity man. Mini-B. resisted but finally agreed, si man. His nose was buried in his phone the whole time and he said that everything was "boring," man. Didn't even matter when we said that Mama T-B. had sent some of them specially for him, no man. We gave up after a while, sigh man. Mini-B. went outside to play basketball by himself, OK man. We went out to join him, ignored we man. We offered to play with him, ignore wee man we man. He did say, "Why don't you rebound" his missed shots, rude wee man. It appeared that he was off-blowing steam or anger during this time, surmise we man. He finally agreed to play HORSE, amazing man. We intentionally tanked, let him win we man. He then said that he wanted to take Many (2x2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2x2 +2) shots himself, si man. He took Many (2+2), and we said, "That's 2 out of Many (2+2)," si man. Mini-B. decided to download a shot-counter onto his phone, took Many minutes man. This was apparently easier than using one's mind and memory, presume we man. We left him alone, oh well man. He came in and announced that he'd made Many of the Many shots, well OK man. He was not congenial but was less derisive, no and si man. We took him back to ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s an hour early, oh well man. We suspect that we will lose half-custody of him by his choice sooner or later, sigh man. We do think that all electronics need to be taken from him, long overdue but almost impossible man. And, in past years, an intense session by the woodshed with a belt would have been called for, sigh man. We are out of ideas, please offer man. We have itineraried Many (2+2+1) ESs and Many (2+2) GSs for Friday, itinerary we man. No party with the rubias tonight, out-bummed we man.

"From the creation of this channel to the decoration of the area with toilet seats, the whole thing is technically less than legal. Nonetheless, it’s a Florida Keys mainstay and officials have understood the outrage that would ensue if measures were taken to make this area completely lawful and compliant – and so it remains. People have decorated and added toilet seats to commemorate engagements, anniversaries, birthdays, spring breaks, and just plain old fun. You’ll find seats that are painted and adorned with sunsets, animals, portraits and more elements and special memories from their stays in Islamorada." ==> We laugh at the amateurish efforts of the locals, ha man. We could (for a bargain price -- to wit, a handsome 0.000001% discount off full retail) decorate this place in the manner to which it should be, si man.

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Palestinian Flag Outside Rashida Tlaib's Office Seen Throwing Pride Flag Off The Roof WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a tragic development, the Pride flag displayed outside Representative Tlaib's office in the Capitol was tossed off of a roof by the Palestinian flag she had been keeping adjacent to it. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/palestinian-flag-outside-rashida-tlaibs-office-seen-throwing-pride-flag-off-the-roof

Harvard Student Leaves Lecture On Microaggressions To Attend 'Kill The Jews' Rally CAMBRIDGE, MA — A Harvard University student later identified as Luke Dillon left a lecture on microaggressions a little early so he could make it to the "Kill the Jews" rally on time. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/harvard-student-leaves-lecture-on-microaggressions-to-attend-kill-the-jews-rally

Bigfoot Caught on Video in Colorado Mountains [...] The Parkers were enjoying the stunning view outside the train windows and watching for wildlife, so they were perfectly positioned to spot the Sasquatch as he went about his business. They and a fellow passenger were able to capture video and still images of the elusive creature. [...] https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/athena-thorne/2023/10/11/bigfoot-caught-on-video-in-colorado-mountains-n1734276

Dennis Prager. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ German Nazism's Successor: Islamic Nazism "In every generation they arise to annihilate us." That statement appears in the Haggadah, the book read from at the Passover Seder. The book is about 1,000 years old; the statement is more than 2,000 years old. [...] https://hotair.com/dennis-prager/2023/10/11/german-nazisms-successor-islamic-nazism-n583877