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Scintillating Thursday repartee, yawn man. ------- Thrilling Thursday report, see man: We did nothing all day, torpid we man. Miu mellow all day, typical of post-manicured miu man. Retrieved Mini-B. from skool, modified Two Guys eve man. Mini-B. groused about not wanting to attend Open House, grumbly wee man man. "I spend Many hours a day at skool, si man; why should I have to go back, huh man?" quoth wee man man. "Plus, everyone will tease me about my old dad, si man," quoth wee man man. It took several rounds by us and ex-Mrs.-T-B. by phone, still unconvinced wee man man. Din-din was drive-through at Popeye's*, ingest Two Guys man. *bought WUOC, financially savvy we man Mini-B. calmer after din-din, typical of wee man man. Still didn't want to go to Open House, no man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. finally had to blackmail him, threaten ex-she man wee man man. Mini-B. recognized the blackmail and groused about that, grumbly wee man. Mini-B. cheered up (but wouldn't admit it) after seeing his amigos at skool, knew it we man. Many (2+1) -- si man, Many (2+1) -- of MIni-B.'s teechurs not there, should be mandatory man. Got crammed into other classrooms instead, oh well man. Mini-B.'s classes upstairs/downstairs/upstairs/downstairs, ouch man. Two idiots yakking on the staircase when we needed the railing, for God's sake move it man. We're surprised that we didn't yell in pain, self-surprised we man. We were quite dazed and dizzy from the pain after first ascent, ouch man. Mini-B. wouldn't show us the elevator, mortified at old dad wee man. Still painfully dazed an hour later, dunno what HSM** we need man. **see handy Abbreviations list in second post of thread, q.v. man. We have itineraried Many (2+2) GSs and Many (2+3) ESs, big route man. Might be academic if we can't move, trust in HSM man. Need to cancel party with the rubias and try to explain to miu that Daddy can't brush anybody tonight, ouch man.

Yee-HAAAAA! [Note to T-B.'s self: Jokes worked again... jokes worked again... ]

Calmly ask them to name even one illegal Uruguayo.

Congratulations! What a relief for you. Glad to hear that you were able to straighten things out. Thanks for returning with your update.

To my knowledge, the appointee must be of the same political party as the vacating member was. This was a rather recent rule-change in Kentucky.

Scintillating Wednesday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Wednesday report, see man: Weekly rainwater newspaper had all the fast-food coupons, update our collection man. Love it when Many neighbors never want their papers, coupon bonanza man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. called to say that Mini-B. wanted to leave skool early, man. He was tearful about difficult teechurs, etc., etc., same old story from wee man man. Ex-she man suspected that he'd been up too late on his phone, knew it we man. Corrective measures in place, automatic shutoff at Many:Many p.m. man. Skipped Two Guys eve in favor of partial one on Thursday, seemed best man. Far too much drama this early in the skool year, sigh man. Need to turn it around in order to reverse initial impressions, must be consistent man. Open House at skool on Thursday eve, we consider our attendance mandatory man. We shall retrieve Mini-B. from skool, procure din-din, and then return to skool, Open House man. Went to Costco for Many (2+2) on-sale items, firm list man. Place was absolutely mobbed, Wednesday at 1 p.m. man! Left with exactly the Many (2+2) items listed, disciplined we man. Lunch was the footlong beef hot dog + Pepsi, ingest we man. Miu overdue for visit to the beauty salon, Many-wheel manicure desperately needed man. Tried to entice miu with treats, unsuccessful we man. Enticed miu with miu-lunch, seize miu and dump into miu-carrier man. Miu screamed at us the entire way to the vet, highly displeased miu man. Miu manicured without incident, well-behaved miu man. Manicure cost = $Many ($2x2x2x2x2 +1) -- si man, $Many ($2x2x2x2x2 +1), outrageous man. Miu screamed at us the entire way to the casa, displeased miu man. Miu eventually readjusted, mollified miu man. Miu much calmer, always has happened with every newly manicured miu man. Took adrenaline-crashed siesta, zzz we man. Din-din was onecan of sliced carrots*, ingest we man. *bought at a previous ES, financially savvy we man Must compile weekend's GS/ES itinerary starting Thursday, delinquent we man. Party with the rubias as usual, cavort we man.

This seems typical.

Including Ecuador?

As ongoing proof of lawful presence, yes. Keep a copy of the NOA1 (I-797) for the AOS package handy. If asked status, the accurate reply is "applicant for adjustment" or "adjustment applicant." I had Mrs. T-B. carry around the most recent documentation for whatever stage she was in. For the 90 days, it was her visa in her Ecu passport. Then, the NOA1 for AOS. Then, the Advance Parole document. Then, the first green card. Then, the NOA1 for ROC. Then, the next green card. She was relieved to get her U.S. passport, after all that.

That poor dude got hosed even worse than the rest of us. He was even hotter about it over the phone... AT&T had to replace all their vulcanized wiring.

Poor man. Needs immediate retirement.

Biden Comforts Hurricane Victims By Talking About Time The Urinal Splashed Back At Him A Little [...] "I've been in the same situation, folks," Biden said as he made remarks to the media regarding ongoing disaster relief efforts in Hawaii and Florida. "These hurricanes and storms flooding everything remind me of my own challenges. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/biden-comforts-hurricane-victims-by-talking-about-time-the-urinal-splashed-back-at-him-a-little

Biden's Deterioration Is Concerning During Photo-Op With Costa Rican Leader [...] It was bad on Tuesday. While he didn't have to do much, just deliver remarks from the White House for one event and meet with Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves, it didn't go well. [...] https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2023/08/30/bidens-deterioration-is-concerning-during-meeting-with-costa-rican-leader-n2163229

Another scary episode happened: Is Mitch McConnell okay? It's happened again in front of reporters. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was taking some questions from reporters and he froze. [...] https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2023/08/30/another-scary-episode-happened-is-mitch-mcconnell-okay-n574802

Comments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why Trump is winning the GOP primary — handily It's the economy, stupid. And open borders. Plus, what seems to be a never-ending war in Ukraine, even as Americans suffer at home. In last week's Republican presidential debate, few of those on stage offered solutions to what poll after poll shows are the primary issues worrying the average voter. What they did prescribe was a repeat of the policies former President Trump enacted during his four years occupying the White House. [...] https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/aug/29/why-trump-winning-gop-primary-handily/

As new BA.2.86 COVID variant emerges, America lifts middle finger to the same old mandates [...] the COVID-19 endemic will be much different than the pandemic. Americans are a lot wiser now about this pathogen and the people who tried to manage it the last time around. [...] https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2023/08/30/covid-variant-us-done-public-health-mask-mandates/70710608007/

This is another excellent analysis, with rationales. Comments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Georgia on Our Mind Georgia's Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis's indictment of Donald Trump and 18 other defendants for knowingly and willfully conspiring to unlawfully change the outcome of the Georgia election, Jack Smith's similar federal indictment of Trump for lobbying Congress and the vice president to delay certification of 2020 election results, the Biden Administration's whole-of-government censorship enterprise (see here and here), the Department of Justice's targeting of pro-life demonstrators, and widespread ostracism and termination of academics, executives, other professionals, parents, and people of faith who refuse to tow [sic] the progressive line are all part of an intensifying effort by progressives to deprive Americans of their bedrock free speech rights. [...] https://americanmind.org/salvo/georgia-on-our-mind/

"Just the facts, ma'am." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hunter Biden investigation: Business boomed after Joe Biden attended two key dinners https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/hunter-biden-investigation-business-boomed-key-dinners

I represent Science!

No kidding, D ma'am!

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will write a really nasty letter!

Actually, the best (and most accurate) "embassy review" of all time is in here: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=46019

Mrs. T-B. found the one box dedicated solely to the [censored] Guayaquil consulate, and said, "I didn't realize that you had to go through all that." The chief of the IV Unit there is now retired from the Foreign Service and is writing anti-immigrant pieces for a think-tank. I have this mind-movie of plastering the contents of that box all over him with use of SuperGlue, then soaking him in honey and staking him in a field full of fire-ants. I would then stand there and mildly observe (aloud), "See what just a taste of what you put us all through is like?" I would surely be joined by at least half a dozen other petitioners of my era. See the first 8 pages or so of: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/110313-us-consulate-in-guayaquil-ecuador/ And then (a must-read): http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/180306-guayaquil-consulate-administrative-process/

Rental rates & hourly charges, please?

You realize that now you're a Deplorable who needs cancellation.