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After Food Dye Ban, Fruity Pebbles To Be Changed To Whitey Pebbles U.S. — Following news that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had officially banned artificial food dyes, Post Consumer Brands announced that it would be changing its "Fruity Pebbles" cereal to the more compliant "Whitey Pebbles." The food giant said the cereal would feature all the same great ambiguously fruity flavors in similar packaging to the original, but now with 100% fewer carcinogenic food colors to avoid facing severe reprimands from Kennedy's Health Department. "All the deliciousness, none of the poison!" Post marketing representative Shelly Banks said. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/fruity-pebbles-to-be-changed-to-whitey-pebbles

False Alarm: Smoke Coming From Vatican Just Cardinal Steve Accidentally Burning Toast Again VATICAN CITY — Millions excitedly awaited the imminent announcement of the new Pope after smoke poured out of the Vatican this morning, only to learn it was just Cardinal Steve burning the toast again. Shouts of excitement filled the city as camera crews raced to cover the news, but the smell of burnt bread soon gave way to disappointment. "Dang it, Steve," said Cardinal Erdo, coughing through the smoke. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/false-alarm-smoke-coming-from-vatican-just-cardinal-steve-accidentally-burning-toast-again

This enterprising thinking is along the lines of Texas wooing New England businesses, Florida wooing New York City cops, and the Wyoming state police wooing Colorado cops. Also, "wooing" is a cool word. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Montana Governor Wooing Colorado Gun Makers Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has a message for the beleaguered firearms industry in the blue state of Colorado: since you're clearly not welcome there, why not move to a place that will treat you right? In a new video, Gianforte calls out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis for signing a sweeping bill that bans the purchase of most semi-automatic long guns unless the buyer first obtains a permission slip from their local sheriff; contrasting that authoritarian move with the freedom-loving and 2A-accepting culture in Big Sky Country. [...] Gianforte goes on to extol the virtues of Montana, noting that the state is already home to more than 150 gun and ammo makers, which he says makes the state the home to more firearm industry members per capita than any other state in the country. [...] https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2025/04/23/montana-governor-wooing-colorado-gun-makers-n1228406

Scintillating Wednesday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Wednesday report, see man: Got Mini-B. to skool with one minute to spare, tension man. His skool computer decided to update firmware right as he prepared to pack it, man. It was also raining, take faster detour to cut into line sooner we man. A lot of kids were late, convinced of that we man. Lunch was onejar of Passover gefilte fish*, ingest we man. *bought half-price closeout at supermarket, financially savvy we man This stuff is quite tasty**, conclude we man. **especially at half-price, si man Major siesta taken, zzz we man. Major monsoon during the first Many minutes of skool release, lot of soaked kids man. Mini-B. avoided most of it, How Dry Wee Are man. Din-din was onebag of nuked mixed vegetables from Aldi and the remaining half-bag of breaded chicken tenders from Costco, ingest Two Guys man. Siesta #2 taken thereafter, zzz we man. Mini-B. didn't want a movie night, oh well man. No formal plans for Thursday, no plan we man man. Party with the rubias tonight, cavort we man. And that was/is our thrilling Wednesday, report we man.

And thank you for having updated your timeline so promptly and completely. That too is a nice feeling, when it's all done.

Thread is moved from the K-1 Case Progress subforum to the US Citizenship Case Progress subforum. Congratulations! What a great feeling.

Trump Calls Kashmir Terror Attack 'Deeply Disturbing' as Sickening Details Emerge Early on Tuesday afternoon, Donald Trump wrote on TruthSocial: "Deeply disturbing news out of Kashmir. The United States stands strong with India against Terrorism. We pray for the souls of those lost, and for the recovery of the injured. Prime Minister Modi, and the incredible people of India, have our full support and deepest sympathies. Our hearts are with you all!" Trump was referring to a jihad attack in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, which has been a hotbed of jihad activity for decades. The Associated Press reported that "assailants indiscriminately fired at tourists visiting a beauty spot in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said. Police said it was a 'terror attack' carried out by militants fighting against Indian rule near the disputed region's resort town of Pahalgam." This report, like virtually all establishment media reports about jihad activity, was reticent to the point of being actively misleading about who the attackers really were. A Wednesday Times of India report offered more clarity. It stated that "the three terrorists suspected to have carried out the deadly Pahalgam attack used specific code names, Moosa, Yunus, and Asif, to mask their identities during the operation that killed 28 people, mostly tourists." Moosa, Yunus and Asif were "identified as Asif Shaikh, Suleman Shah, and Abu Talha, all of whom are believed to be operatives of The Resistance Front (TRF), a Lashkar-e-Taiba proxy." Lashkar-e-Taiba ("Army of the Righteous") is a jihad group operating out of Pakistan. The Times of India added a telling detail: [...] https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2025/04/23/trump-calls-kashmir-terror-attack-deeply-disturbing-as-sickening-details-emerge-n4939150

Do you think that the Pakistani crazies will go nuclear against India? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ India and Pakistan Are THIS Close to War... Again There are certainties life: death, taxes, and the ever-present risk of India and Pakistan going to war — and the latest spark could prove to be Tuesday's jihadi Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist attack that left at least 26 non-Muslims dead on the Indian side of the long-disputed Kashmir region. Visegrád 24 reported today that New Delhi announced "strong measures against Pakistan," including cancelling South Asia-regional SAARC visas for Pakistani visitors, closing the Wagah border crossing, and suspending the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) governing the allocation of water from the region's major rivers. SAARC visa-holders will have to leave within 48 hours, but according to Visegrád 24, closing Wagah is more serious. "Pakistan will instead have to rely on costlier routes via third countries or ports, increasing import costs and inflation," the outlet reported. "The Lahore region will face immediate economic hardship, unemployment, and potential social unrest." The first is an inconvenience, the kind of diplomatic #######-for-tat you'd expect after an attack like Tuesday's. The Wagah closure is a more serious measure, but won't bring immediate hardship, and it's easy enough to reopen as a de-escalation measure. But suspending the IWT, Islamabad has previously stated, "could amount to an act of war." [...] https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2025/04/23/india-and-pakistan-are-this-close-to-war-again-n4939163

The obvious, codified. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THEY KNEW: 30 Times Democrats Worried (Privately) About Biden's Decline Before the Debate Fiasco [...] From the moment Biden shuffled on stage at the CNN debate and bragged about beating Medicare in June 2024, there has been a steady stream of revelations about all the Democrats who were (privately) concerned or even shocked by the extent of Biden's cognitive decline since taking office in 2021. They didn't say anything at the time, obviously, because they didn't want to anger the president—a notoriously vindictive narcissist—and they didn't want to help Donald Trump by validating his attacks on Biden's fitness for office. [...] Now it can all be told. Here are 30 examples, based on reporting that emerged suddenly (and conveniently) after the disastrous debate had removed all doubt regarding Biden's decline, of powerful Democrats expressing their (private) concern about the president's age and health. [...] https://freebeacon.com/democrats/they-knew-30-times-democrats-worried-privately-about-bidens-decline-before-the-debate-fiasco/

And you lose your Pope hat to St. Peter, per the BB article.

Lucky you. Fortunately, we have a good one, too (Troy Nehls). Saw that. Hope he can beat Mrs. DeSantis.

Check the official USCIS website to learn whether this is true, and, if so, what the forms now look like.

Use your doorbell camera or peephole to screen who's there. If necessary, talk to her only through the closed door -- do NOT open it even a crack. Inform your lawyer and follow the consequent advice. A restraining order may be prudent. Wonderful -- congratulations! The weight of the world is lifting off your shoulders. Handle the residual part above and there'll be no stopping you during your better life ahead.

Next Pope To Be Chosen Via Ninja Warrior Obstacle Course ROME — Following the death of Pope Francis this week, official sources at the Vatican have confirmed that the next pope will be chosen by ninja warrior obstacle course. According to Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the camerlengo of the Roman Church, Pope Francis' successor will be elected by the College of Cardinals based on the orthodoxy of his doctrine, his commitment to Catholic tradition, and also his ability to complete a ninja warrior obstacle course faster than the competition. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/next-pope-to-be-chosen-via-ninja-warrior-obstacle-course

It is Wednesday and time for our Semiofficial Semiweekly VAWA-Thread Joke: =========================================== THE BLONDE ON THE TRAIN The blonde wife came home from her first day commuting into the city. Her husband noticed that she was looking a little peaked. He asked, "Honey, are you feeling all right?" "Not really," she replied. "I'm nauseated from sitting backward on the train." "Poor dear," he said. "Why didn't you ask the person sitting across from you to switch seats for a while?" "I couldn't," she replied. "There was no one there."

Such a pro. I'd be pleased to see him as VP or President someday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Watch: Byron Donalds Delivers a Masterclass on How to Deal With a Screaming Protester I'm not sure it's a productive thing for Republicans to hold town halls now when the left has made it a policy to crash them to post pictures of screaming people. The whole point is to make it look like Americans are upset with President Donald Trump and the Republicans when, indeed, it's a small contingent of folks on the left trying to affect the optics. But you should be able to meet with constituents and answer their questions. I give Republicans like Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) props if they do it, even knowing that. He did one at Estero High School on Monday night. A woman in the audience started screaming at him about Gaza [...] https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2025/04/22/byron-donalds-at-town-hall-n2188182

She's retired, I think the OP said. Rich, if she's admitted for the 6-month visit, make sure that her return flight isn't on the very last day* of the 6 months! Weather, mechanical issues, and political circumstances can delay flights. An overstay would be a disaster. Enjoy your time together, but also plan sensibly. *this goes for any visit

No sooner had we typed this than the EJC and PJC began texting us, answer simultaneously we man. The EJC has a thing for us, we intuit man. But she is going away for a week-plus, Caribbean birthday cruise man. The PJC wants advice on student-loan-debt relief, limited input from we man man. Maybe we can up-fix her with a professional financial advisor, unsure what that would yield man. We're tempted to blow off the TMJC permanently, more than enough chances man.

Thrilling Tuesday report, see man: Local cop handing out tickets like K-1s from Manila in the skool zone today, ouch man. We did not get one, no man. We pulled into the voting center for the municipal elections, avoidant we man. We voted the scalawags out and the rapscallions in, or the converse, civic we man. We waited until the cop was otherwise engaged and then returned to the casa, prudent we man. Lunch was the end of the tub of Costco chicken salad, ingest we man. A nice siesta was then taken, zzz we man. Erranded for Mini-B. and Mama T-B., errand we man. Quite consume-timing and frustrating, man. Bought new inspection-sticker for the T-B.-mobile, outrageou$ co$t man. Din-din was air-fried chicken tacos from Costco + onecan corn, ingest Two Guys man. Mini-B. didn't want a movie night, man. The EJC just texted us because we "crossed her mind," intelligent EJC man. The TMJC (q.v. far above) allegedly wants to meet us, gave her Many (2+1) previous blown chances we man. We are still trying to arrange a repeat caucus with the PJC, si man. No major plans for Wednesday other than a Mama T-B. project, hopefully successful man. Party with the rubias tonight, cavort we man. And that was/is our thrilling Tuesday, report we man.

Country-specific thread is moved from the K-1 Process forum to the Philippines regional forum.

Seems to make sense. Comments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An Interesting Approach to Reducing Violent Crime [...] Far too often, people immediately jump to gun control as the solution to violent crime. It's not, and we can prove it, but they don't want to see the evidence. They're often just trying to leverage crime to do what they wanted to do anyway, but almost everyone can agree that reducing it is a good thing. I'd just rather reduce it without reducing my ability to defend myself from whatever violent crime remains. Yet earlier today, I came across an interesting solution being proposed, and it's one that sounds like a good idea even if it doesn't address violence. [...] https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2025/04/21/an-interesting-approach-to-reducing-violent-crime-n1228374

THIS is ominous. Is it child abuse? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Let's Talk About the Insidious Failures of Red Flag Laws We've spilled a lot of digital ink discussing red flag laws over the years. For about five minutes, I was open to the idea of addressing dangerous people, but then I smacked myself in the face to put some sense back into my head, because nothing about these things is anything but nuts. And we've continued to fight against them ever since. We're not alone in that, either. Over at America's 1st Freedom, NRA-ILA executive director John Commerford took issue with how Michigan's red flag law is being used, and folks, it's worse than pretty much anywhere else. [...] https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2025/04/22/lets-talk-about-the-insidious-failures-of-red-flag-laws-n1228387

This might be the silver bullet. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trump Admin Should Unleash The False Claims Act To End Discrimination In Higher Education The Trump administration has yet to use one of the most potent weapons in its arsenal – one that, if deployed, could represent an existential economic threat to all but the wealthiest universities that insist on continuing their discriminatory practices. [...] https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/04/trump-admin-should-unleash-the-false-claims-act-to-end-discrimination-in-higher-education/

Decisively indecisive QA ma'am! Decisively indecisive, DECISIVELY INDECISIVE QA ma'am!

Thrilling Monday-on-Tuesday report, see man: Awakened far too early by major monsoon, truncated zzz we man. Breakfast/lunch was 2 hard-boiled eggs, ingest we man. Ran frustrating errand to government office, man. Mini-B. finally arrived for Two Guys week, Two Guys man. Din-din was Many (2x2x2) Costco beef taquitos apiece, ingest Two Guys man. Movie night was Friday, excellent and watch Two Guys man. Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This tallies to Many (2x2x2) already for the week, way ahead of usual schedule man. No chica news, apologies to peanut gallery man. Major/minor erranding planned for Tuesday, plan we man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. And that was/is our thrilling Monday, report we man.