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It feels good to be strong, correct?

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You most certainly are not! Violent physical exercise is remarkably helpful. For some perspective, see my thread on the topic: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/410945-k-1-journey-completed/

Layoffs Delayed As Dept. Of Education Unable To Calculate What Fifty Percent Of Employees Would Be WASHINGTON, DC — Layoffs at the Department of Education were delayed yesterday after administrators could not calculate how many employees fifty percent would be. "We got an order from the President to cut our employment numbers by fifty percent, but how in the world would you calculate that? Do you like, times something?" DOE employee Kaitlyn Miller told the press. "Maybe you divide, or even square root something. We really don't know how to proceed. I wish there were some sort of department of fractions." [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/layoffs-delayed-as-dept-of-education-officials-unable-to-calculate-how-many-employees-fifty-percent-would-be

Trump's VA Secretary Takes a Wrecking Ball to Reporter, Whips Out Her Article and Points to the Fake News Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins delivered a masterclass on how to fight back against biased media, confronting a reporter directly over an article she wrote laced with plenty of rumors and innuendo. Collins, in a conversation with Military.com reporter Patricia Kime on Tuesday, went directly at her over a report she filed regarding Elon Musk's DOGE team's access to the VA's computer systems. The article is supported by terms such as "rumors began circulating" and "she had heard that." The terms are more appropriate for a gossip session at the local barbershop but maybe not for a publication reporting on military and veteran affairs. Collins literally pulled the article out of his pocket and began pointing out several instances in which the reporting aspect of the story had been a bit shoddy. [...] https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2025/03/12/trumps-va-secretary-takes-a-wrecking-ball-to-reporter-whips-out-her-article-and-points-to-the-fake-news-n2186570

Antarctic ice is stable over approximately 90 years! The climate-change crazies are obviously successful, so they can quit promulgating their garbage now. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Early aerial expedition photos reveal 85 years of glacier growth and stability in East Antarctica During the last few decades, several sectors in Antarctica have transitioned from glacial mass balance equilibrium to mass loss. In order to determine if recent trends exceed the scale of natural variability, long-term observations are vital. Here we explore the earliest, large-scale, aerial image archive of Antarctica to provide a unique record of 21 outlet glaciers along the coastline of East Antarctica since the 1930s. In Lützow-Holm Bay, our results reveal constant ice surface elevations since the 1930s, and indications of a weakening of local land-fast sea-ice conditions. Along the coastline of Kemp and Mac Robertson, and Ingrid Christensen Coast, we observe a long-term moderate thickening of the glaciers since 1937 and 1960 with periodic thinning and decadal variability. In all regions, the long-term changes in ice thickness correspond with the trends in snowfall since 1940. Our results demonstrate that the stability and growth in ice elevations observed in terrestrial basins over the past few decades are part of a trend spanning at least a century, and highlight the importance of understanding long-term changes when interpreting current dynamics. [...] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-48886-x

Rubio Destroys Reporter Over Stupid Question About Mahmoud Khalil's Green Card Being Revoked The White House confirmed Tuesday that the Trump administration invoked a little-known provision of federal immigration law to arrest pro-Palestinian protester Mahmoud Khalil. The move grants Secretary of State Marco Rubio broad authority to declare individuals "deportable." And, predictably, the radical left is furious. On Wednesday, a reporter thought he had cornered Rubio with a question, and ended up getting destroyed as a result. [...] https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/03/12/rubio-destroys-reporter-over-stupid-question-about-mahmoud-khalils-green-card-being-revoked-n4937854

Thrilling Wednesday report, see man: We awoke refreshed and ready to go to Walmart exhausted well before sunrise, groggy we man. We read the newspaper and caffeinated ourself, well-read caffeinated we man. The caffeine didn't help, no man. We went back to bed at half-past Many, mid-morning man. The caffeine didn't help, no zzz man. Finally gave up and arose, arise we man. Breakfast/lunch for Mini-B. was Costco chicken melts, ingest wee man man. Breakfast/lunch for us was Egg Bites, ingest we man man. We eventually tried Siesta #2, better than first try man. Din-din was Costco angusburgers, fast* and early in the week** ingest Two Guys man. *because Mama T-B. wanted a quick delivery/visit, si man **because Mini-B. won't be here on Friday, usual Two Guys angusburger day man Visited Mama T-B., deliver milk and let senior she man gush over wee man man. Movie night was Beverly Hills Cop Many (II + I), watch Two Guys man. Many (2+2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This makes Many (2x2x2) for the week, just 2 more needed for weekly quota man. We shall unenthusiastically peruse the website for chicas, yawn we man. Party with the rubias tonight, cavort we man. Dentist caucus for Mini-B. on Thursday, Clean for Gene wee man man. Dermatologist caucus for us on Thursday, skin-in-the-game we man man. And that was/is our thrilling Wednesday, report we man.

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

And isn't it past your bedtime, huh man?

Your confidence inspires us, si man. "We're a dependable person, si man. You can always depend on us to do the wrong thing, si man."

Before we forget two items, see man: 1. Per WCG, si man: Mrs. WCG, who has had the 2 miscarriages, is in Vietnam and paid $Many00 for the first round of investigatory tests, si man. A few days later, they confirmed that her blood is clotting, yuck man. They'll have to give her blood-thinners the next time she gets pregnant, si man. She was extremely relieved to find the answer, si man. 2. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. turns Many years old on Saturday, aging ex-she man man. She and the Rojo and Mini-B. will go up to a lake area to celebrate, si man. We were tempted to get her a present that we know she wants, si man, but if she wants it badly enough, the Rojo may pay for it, permit we man Rojo man man. This is the benefit and the boon of not having a wife, ha ha man. See man, si man: https://ifunny.co/picture/will-a-latina-be-the-death-of-you-si-yes-GlSeRN628?s=cl

The outdoor trees are also shedding, note mam ma'am. So mam ma'am is allergic to mius but owns and brushes mius, huh mam ma'am? Good miu-allergic own-miuing brush-miuing mam ma'am! Good, GOOD miu-allergic MIU-ALLERGIC own-miuing OWN-MIUING brush-miuing BRUSH-MIUING mam ma'am!

If we can sell you a Pre-Owned Toilet Seat*, we can find you a partner, $i and si QA ma'am. *buy yours today, si man! This is certainly too demanding, QA ma'am! Bad overly particular QA ma'am! Bad, BAD overly particular OVERLY PARTICULAR QA ma'am!

Sounds like a winner -- have fun in Ecu!

This -- proactive correction will establish your honesty.

If we can give gripping details, you also can, si QA ma'am. Bad nonrelevatory undetailed love-catting QA ma'am! Bad, BAD nonrelevatory NONRELEVATORY undetailed UNDETAILED love-catting LOVE-CATTING QA ma'am! At least tell us who with what demographics and qualities is being looked for, out-spit it QA ma'am.

As are your egregious P-Math errors, si and mam ma'am. How are you feeling today, huh mam ma'am? We like C eh N eh D eh, too, si man, except for the cold and the Canadians, eh man.

Wednesday means it's time for our Semiofficial Semiweekly VAWA-Thread Joke: =========================================== BUMPER STICKERS I like pig butts, and I cannot lie. I eat sand. Just a little sometimes as a treat. Bigfoot is real, and I helped him commit tax fraud. I'm not like most teens -- I'm 47. In dog years, I'm gay. I brake for suicidal squirrels. Honk if you love Snoopy or are insane. No Baby On Board. Feel free to drive into me. Do NOT honk at me My life is worthless. I will kill us both. I'm 70 -- leave me the hell alone. Sorry for driving the speed limit. SOME of us have warrants! There's no reason to tailgate me when I'm doing 50 in a 35, and those flashing lights on top of your car look ridiculous.

FDA Recommends 6-11 Servings Of Microplastics Every Day For Growing Children SILVER SPRING, MD — In an attempt to comply with new policies being implemented by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration announced today that it was now recommending 6-11 servings of microplastics every day for growing children. With early nutrition playing such a significant role in a child's development, experts at the FDA agreed that an ideal diet should include no less than 6 servings of a mixed variety of microplastics in all food and beverages. "These are the building blocks for the kind of life we want kids to have," said FDA spokesman Hal Borensen. "A diet free of microplastics is a diet that is sorely lacking in substances that can provide the pathway to [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/fda-recommends-6-11-servings-of-microplastics-every-day-for-growing-children

JD Vance-Shaped Cheeto Sells For $1.7 Million U.S. — According to sources, a single Cheeto shaped like Vice President JD Vance officially sold at auction this week for an astounding $1.7 million. The item was sold through eBay to an anonymous bidder. In their review, the buyer wrote, "Looks exactly like JD Vance! BASED! Would buy from again A++++!" The JD Vance-shaped Cheeto joined the ranks of other food items that bore striking resemblances to notable figures. In 2004, a grilled cheese sandwich bearing the image of the Virgin Mary sold for $28,000, and in 2017 a potato chip resembling Harambe the gorilla sold for over $99,000. The Vance Cheeto, however, has surpassed them all with its record-breaking sale price. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/jd-vance-shaped-cheeto-sells-for-17-million

In Paterson, New Jersey, the local Muslims show their hand Most people don't spend much time thinking about Paterson, New Jersey. It's time, though, that they start to do so, because unfolding there is the perfect example of the fact that many Muslims believe the Islamic doctrine that says you don't immigrate to assimilate; you do so to conquer. Paterson is a town with a long history. The Dutch took the region from the Acquackanonk tribe and the British took it from the Dutch. After the Revolution, the town itself was founded, it was one of the first great manufacturing towns, thanks to the energy derived from the Great Falls of the Passaic River. Eventually, Paterson was home to textile mills, firearm manufacturers (Samuel Colt started, but didn't stay, there), and breweries. Industry meant immigrants, but, until recently, these immigrants wanted to assimilate to the American way. But things are changing in Paterson. Of its almost 160,000 people, 25,000 to 30,000 are Muslims, almost all of whom are clustered in Paterson's south side. This means it has the second-largest Muslim population in the U.S. per capita—that is, coming up on 20% of the population—putting it second only to Dearborn, MI, which clocks in at 55% Muslim. [...] https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/03/in_paterson_new_jersey_the_local_muslims_show_their_hand.html

There should be no question. If 18-year-olds in our military have the right, why not everyone that age? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Will SCOTUS Take Up Gun Bans for Young Adults? Fingers crossed, though given the months-long limbo for "assault weapon" and "large capacity" magazine ban cases that the Court has subjected us to, it's very much an open question about what the justices will do with the latest Second Amendment cert petition to land on their doorstep. In a somewhat unusual step, both the plaintiffs and defendants in a 2A case are asking the Court to step in and make a final determination. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison was the first party to ask SCOTUS to grant cert to Worth v. Jacobson after an Eighth Circuit panel unanimously agreed that the state's law prohibiting adults under the age of 21 from lawfully carrying a firearm violated their Second Amendment rights, but now the Firearms Policy Coalition, MN Gun Owners Caucus, and Second Amendment Foundation are also asking SCOTUS to hear the case. In their reply to Ellison's petition, the plaintiffs note that appellate courts across the country are at odds with each other over when, exactly, our right to keep and bear arms kicks in, and only SCOTUS can answer that question with any degree of finality. [...] https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2025/03/11/will-scotus-take-up-gun-bans-for-young-adults-n1227937

We need more good news like this. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Headlines Have Caught Up to Mike Rowe. Now What? JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania -- Alex Bambino, 21, is the son of two educators. He's busy working, welding a piece of material that will be used on a heavily armored military vehicle when finished. Despite two college-educated parents, who teach at the local Cambrian County schools, he wanted nothing to do with college following high school. "I like working with my hands, being part of making something that is important, and I had no interest in starting my adult life in debt," he said. So he went to Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center, and he became so good at what he did that he was recognized at the SkillsUSA championship as a national competitor. He found work in his hometown at JWF Defense Systems, located in the old Bethlehem Steel plant along the Conemaugh River. And he became part of something bigger than himself in the machines he helped make. [...] https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2025/03/11/the-headlines-have-caught-up-to-mike-rowe-now-what-n2653595