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Money talks, or the threat of losing it does. Regardless, how many people were sanctioned in total? What was the breakdown of sanction type? How many were expelled out of that total? And what's the point of "temporarily suspending" someone's degree? For how long, and for how many people? The university needs to come clean. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Columbia Finally Announces Disciplinary Action Against Pro-Hamas Agitators Columbia University and its sister school of Barnard College have been in the news quite a bit lately. The Trump administration is looking to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Syrian-born pro-Hamas agitator, who was involved in various activities at Columbia and Barnard. Khalil led encampments at Columbia and participated in takeovers at Barnard, with his involvement at the latter school coming after he had already graduated. The Trump administration also announced last Friday that they were canceling $400 million in grants for Columbia. Now, the university is announcing some pretty strong disciplinarian actions against the agitators. A campus wide alert was sent out on Thursday, according to ABC News, detailing how students could face suspensions, expulsions, and even revoked degrees: [...] https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2025/03/13/columbia-finally-announces-disciplinary-action-n2653800

Got another one. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Homeland Security Arrests Another Pro-Hamas Protester, Who's Next? Federal agents have arrested another immigrant who participated in anti-Israel protests at Columbia University. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday announced that Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian from the West Bank, was arrested for overstaying her F-1 student visa. The student's visa expired on January 26, 2022, "for lack of attendance," according to a DHS press release. DHS also noted that Indian national Ranjani Srinivasan chose to self-deport after being "involved in activities supporting [Hamas], a terrorist organization." The State Department revoked her visa. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem explained: [...] https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/03/14/homeland-security-arrests-another-anti-israel-columbia-university-protester-n2653839

Country-specific thread is moved from General Immigration Discussion to the Philippines regional forum.

A commenter on one of the autopen articles says this: "The design of the autopen is such that there is a counter like a car odometer that counts up each time the autopen is used. It is much more tamper-resistant / evident than a car odometer. Pretty much the same precautions used for Top Secret keymat. There is supposed to be a log kept of each use of the autopen. The log should be compared to the counter to make sure all uses were properly logged. If the audit turns up discrepancies then a manual review of all documents signed by Biden should be initiated. The autopen signatures will all be identical. Ones he actually signed will show differences from signature to signature especially with his advanced age. Definitely a painstaking process but due to the gravity of his signature, all documents he signed should be examined." I agree with the above; you?

This is really, really big, but how to pursue it? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Explosive Update to Biden Autopen Scandal Reveals Unelected Staffer's Role As PJ Media previously reported, a bombshell investigation by the Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project revealed that nearly every document during Biden's presidency was signed by autopen, with only one authentic signature confirmed — his letter announcing withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race. The presidential autopen has been in use since the 1950s, which has sparked ongoing debate over its legality. In 2013, Barack Obama became the first president to use it to sign a bill into law while vacationing in Hawaii. His office justified the move with a 30-page memo from George W. Bush's legal team, which argued that a president's physical presence wasn't necessary as long as the signature was authorized. But Joe Biden's cognitive decline raised legitimate questions as to whether he was aware of official documents being signed on his behalf, or if they were even authorized. Speaker Mike Johnson previously revealed that Biden couldn't even recall signing an LNG exports executive order, raising serious questions about whether someone was signing documents with the autopen without Biden's authorization. According to an explosive report from the New York Post, a senior Biden aide may have been wielding presidential power through liberal use of the autopen and essentially acting as a shadow president. One White House source painted a chilling picture: [...] https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/03/14/explosive-update-to-biden-autopen-scandal-reveals-unelected-staffers-role-n4937922

We re-read our thing and are confused, perplexed we man. See abbreviations on p. 1 of thread, perhaps man?

No caucus Saturday, no Saturday caucus man. PJC just returned from out of town and is working Saturday, understandable man. We will meet on Mon. afternoon in a bookstore's Horror section, hopefully not a premonition man.

Thrilling Friday non-GS/ES report, see man: Ex-Mrs.-T-B. showed up half an hour early to collect Mini-B., nobody ready yet man. Ex-she man read her birthday cards, si man. She liked our inclusion, see man: https://ifunny.co/picture/will-a-latina-be-the-death-of-you-si-yes-GlSeRN628?s=cl She will show it to her amigas this weekend, big hit with ex-she man man. Breakfast for Mini-B. was 2 chicken melts, ingest wee man. Breakfast for us was a banana, ingest superior primate we man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. mooched the last spare chicken melt and rather enjoyed it, feed we man ex-she man man. Mini-B. then left, end of truncated Two Guys week man. We didn't get ES-ing till noon, correspond with chicas we man. Lunch/din-din (at Many p.m.) was at our closest Chinese buffet, ingest we man. We had Many (2+1) plates heaped with beef/chicken, mostly hibachi steak man. At the casa, after miu-service, we siesta'd like an illegitimate male child, zzz we man. More ESs to be itineraried for Saturday, must wait till morn for one address man. One ES should be in FST, haven't been for a long time man. Possible caucus with PJC (Proximal JC) before ES-ing, briefly test the vibe man. If positive, might invite PJC to ES with us, unknown prognosis man. If negative, will ES on our own, nothing lost man. We have been corresponding with this JC for a couple of weeks now, couldn't meet up man. JC lives nearby and has attractive mind but very plain fotos, hope we can overcome this man. Other than this PJC, zero chica prospects man. No other plans for Saturday, no plan man. Party with the rubias tonight, cavort we man. And that was/is our thrilling Friday, report we man.

You understand wrong, inferior primate man. However, we beheld an absolute knockout rubia at the first ES today, oh our heavens man.

Friday GS/ES report, see man: We attended all, honorable we man. The GS, the 2nd ES, and the Many'rd ES yielded the take, see man: -- large metal funnel, NIP large din-din napkins, roll of wide masking-tape, Many-pack ([2+2]-pack) Many00W light bulbs = $Many ($2+2+1), steal man -- Many (2+1) small screwdrivers = $2, deal man -- "how to settle an estate" book, full box Kleenex, NIP bottle anti-itch lotion = $Many ($2+1), steal man Total = $Many ($2x2x2 +2)

Many'rd-World places you live in, si and sigh man.

You should not listen to him at all, then, no D ma'am. "My wife says I never listen to her... or something like that," si man.

Gabriel, congratulations! Let us know about your entry and your acclimation process after you're here.

Brother, knock it off. NO personal contact -- NONE. NO answering calls or texts. ZERO. The very next instance when you fail to follow this advice could prove perilous, as stated by everyone here.

We have itineraried Many (2+1) ESs and a GS but haven't gotten ourself started today, si and no man. Fortunately, the earliest end at Many (2+1) p.m., slight window there man.

There are myriad ways to get out of this, si and Mr. Y ma'am should avail himself, Y ma'am. Si, DA man. Most definitely si, si man.

And this feeling will continue. In addition to sleep, violent physical exercise or immersion in an intense hobby will help.

Excellent discussion!

Cheering for you here. Keep the updates coming.

Thread is moved to the Removing Conditions forum.

This is fascinating (see the linked source article) and valuable. Comments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An Interesting, Fact-Based Perspective on 'Gun Deaths' We Almost Never See The term "gun death" is fairly problematic in a lot of ways. First, guns aren't dying, so there's that. Moreover, it treats all deaths resulting from a gunshot as somehow equal. We don't see numbers for everyone who dies as the result of an edged implement like a knife or razorblade, for example. We don't see "gravity deaths" that include people who jump off of a bridge and those tossed out of a 14th story window. It's just the guns. But, keeping that in mind, there's a lot more about the "gun death" discussion that is pretty problematic, including the way things are typically framed. Mostly, it's a case of trying to lie with statistics. Numbers need context and most stories about these deaths omit a lot of them. So it was nice to see something different, which was not what I was expecting when I clicked on a site called "Lawyer Monthly." Based on how the American Bar Association has been regarding guns of late, I expected the usual nonsense. This was different. [...] https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2025/03/13/an-interesting-fact-based-perspective-on-gun-deaths-we-almost-never-see-n1227965

After reading this article, do you think that the reported finding is a good thing or a bad thing? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Immigration Accounted for All U.S. Population Growth in 2023 for the First Time Since 1850 Immigration accounted for the entirety of the U.S. population growth between 2022 and 2023, according to the Migration Policy Institute (MPI). Birth rates among American citizens dropped 2% from 2022 to 2023, but the number of immigrants climbed by 1.6 million, reaching a record high of 47.8 million. That's a population increase of 3.6%, the most since 2010. "The fertility rate fell to 54.5 births per 1,000 females of ages 15-44 in 2023, down from 56 in 2022," reports NBC News. The percentage of foreign-born Americans stands at 14.3% which is slightly less than the record of 14.8% in 1890. Nearly 75% of U.S. immigrants are here legally, and almost half are naturalized citizens. [...] https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2025/03/13/immigration-accounted-for-all-us-population-growth-in-2023-for-the-first-time-since-1850-n4937870

Good reason not to drink milk. Drink beer only!

Thrilling Thursday report, see man: We zzz'd far better but were awakened by lawn crews, man. Rant, see man: All lawn crews should operate within the same Many-hour window on the same day, si man. Breakfast/lunch for Mini-B. was nuked rice + onecan tuna, one step short of Tuna Glop ingest wee man. Breakfast/lunch for us was 2 turkey-&-cheese sandwiches, ingest we man. Took Mini-B. to the dentist, Many-month checkup with Russian rubia man. He must brush better close to the gumline, evident plaque man. He must floss more consistently, evident plaque man. Hygienist identified 2 molars with deep natural grooves, groovy wee man man. To prevent bacterial decay, dentist put white composite therein, nongroovy wee man man. Whole experience was slick and professional, impressive man. Went to Dollar-plus-Half-of-Half-a-Dollar Tree to buy birthday cards for ex-Mrs.-T-B., big one* Saturday man. *ex-she man will be precisely Many manycades old, milestone man Got one from us, one from Mini-B., and one from miu, entire family man. We taped miu-hair inside miu's card as "a gift for your FUR-niture," hee hee man. Mini-B. wrote quite a sincere message, sweet boy man. We taped the following inside our card, see man: https://ifunny.co/picture/will-a-latina-be-the-death-of-you-si-yes-GlSeRN628?s=cl We then had to beat it to the dermatologist, skin in the game man. All OK, si man. Returned to casa for overdue and successful siesta, zzz we man. Din-din was the other half of the Costco orange mandarin chicken, ingest Two Guys man. Movie night was the Many (2+1) catch-up Georgie/Mandy shows, watch Two Guys man. Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This tallies to Many (one Manyzen) bowls for the week, quota achieved during short week man. Friday morn, ex-Mrs.-T-B. retrieves Mini-B. for her birthday vacation, short Two Guys week man. We must wait till Friday morn to complete our ES itinerary, re delayed addresses man. We anticipate at least Many (2+1), anticipate we man. Party with the rubias tonight, cavort we man. And that was/is our thrilling Thursday, report we man.

There is no stutter here, no man; it's merely P-Math, si man. They grow up so fast, si and sigh DA man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. and we often long for just one retro chance to cuddle Mini-B. as an infant, memories man. Sigh, man. Sigh, man. Someone here can offer any tips necessary, paging Bro G. man. They will happen, si and have faith DA man.