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Very readable article about Disney hosing itself. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Rot at Disney Goes Deep Toward the end of the Great Depression, many Americans looked to Hollywood with a keen sense of anticipation. Walt Disney, who had exploded onto the movie scene a few years earlier with his delightful Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphony animated shorts, had launched a new project, something never attempted that many industry veterans deemed foolhardy: a feature-length animated film. Convinced that animation was suited only to brief bursts of comedy and could never hold an audience for 90 minutes, they deemed it "Disney's Folly." But when Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiered on Dec. 21, 1937, it proved the naysayers wrong. The movie was an enormous success as audiences cheered and the critics swooned. It went on to become one of the most popular and profitable films in movie history, as well as the Disney Studio's most cherished creative artifact for many decades. Fast forward 90 years. [...] https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-rot-at-disney-goes-deep/

Computers are a boon to mankind! --- This can be our "master" AI thread -- we've needed one.

You don't brush her daily, huh man? Miu T-B. (shorthair) demands it at least once daily, soft & fluffy miu man.

Country-specific thread is moved from the K-1 Case Progress subforum to the Africa: Sub-Saharan regional subforum.

Country-specific thread is moved from the CR-1 Case Progress subforum to the Europe & Eurasia regional subforum.

Welcome to the forum, and thanks for your intelligent questions. The CR-1 visa is superior to the K-1. See the comparison, as compiled by our fine member Crazy Cat: K-1 More expensive than CR-1 Requires Adjustment of Status after marriage (expensive and requires a lot of paperwork) Spouse can not leave the US until she/he receives approved Advance Parole (approx 6-8 months) Spouse can not work until she/he receives EAD (approx 6-8 months) Some people have had problems with driver licenses, Social Security cards, leases, bank account during this period Spouse will not receive Green Card for many months after Adjustment of Status is filed. A K-1 might be a better choice when 18-21 year old children are immigrating also In some situations, marriage can affect certain Home country benefits, making a K-1 a better choice A denied K-1 is sent back to USCIS to expire CR-1 Less expensive than K-1. No Adjustment of Status (I-485, I-131, I-765) required. Spouse can immediately travel outside the US. Spouse is authorized to work immediately upon arrival. Spouse receives Social Security Card and Green Card within 2 or 3 weeks after entering the US. Opening a bank account, getting a driver's license, etc. are very easily accomplished with GC, SS card, and passport. Spouse has legal Permanent Resident status IMMEDIATELY upon entry to US. --- The challenge would be subsequent time spent outside the U.S. in terms of maintaining her resident status. The above visas are for immigrating, not essentially visiting for short periods during the year. Others here will be along to discuss this and other issues in depth.

Thrilling non-ES Friday report, see man: Breakfast was 2 hard-boiled eggs, ingest we man. Went ES-ing and then to Dollar-plus-half-of-half-a-dollar Tree and to Aldi, shop we for ourself and Mama T-B. man. Returned to casa and tried to siesta, hosed by texts/phone calls man. After de-skooling Mini-B., called Mama T-B. to arrange delivery, deliver we man. Mama T-B. more frazzled than we'd almost ever heard, frazzled senior she man. Cousinette T-B. had phoned her for 2 hours, yak yak YAK YAK YAK she man. (Cousinette T-B. is an ultra-extrovert who never shuts up, si and no and man.) Delivered stuff to Mama T-B., deliver we man. Mama T-B. objected to purchase of one Aldi item, prefers from another store man. Mama T-B. went Many00% aysheep reacting to one Dollar-plus-half-of-half-a-dollar Tree item, aysheep man. "Get this out of my LIFE, aiyeeeee man!" shouted senior she man man. We wanted to strangle Cousinette T-B. for frazzling Mama T-B. like this, man. As luck had it, we had to deliver something to Cousinette T-B. right afterward, lucky we man. We emphasized to Cousinette T-B. by phone and in person that we were in a terrible hurry, emphasize we man. Cousinette T-B. tried to yak our head off, yak yak YAK YAK YAK she man. We managed to escape, frazzled we man man. Returned to casa frazzled and had to service demanding miu, All Females On Our Case today man. Fortunately, Mini-B. not starving yet, decompress we man. Din-din was Costco angusburgers, return to Two Guys protocol Two Guys man. We cut our thumb while slicing the tomato, first time ever and we man. The r'br tasted disgusting, mention Mini-B. and agree we man with wee man man. By mistake, we had served zero-sugar r'br, we man. We apologized to Mini-B., gracious wee man man. We will serve real r'br henceforth, we man. Mini-B. gamed with an amigo while we researched CD rates for Uncle T-B., yet another one maturing man. Later, Mini-B. offered to introduce us to Minecraft, computer game man. We fumbled our way through it, man. Mini-B. was actually not displeased with our first effort, rather patient wee man. We now have a bigger headache than before, need HSM tonight we man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. is in Cancun with the Rojo, too much fun reportedly man. We aren't inspired to GS/ES on Saturday, no man. Maybe we will sleep in, zzz we man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. And that was/is our thrilling Friday, report we man.

Is she officially a mediumhair or a shorthair, huh man? How often do you have to brush her, huh man? More pertinent is how often she wants YOU to brush her, almost like having a needy wife in feline form man.

Even worse, the nickel costs 14 cents to mint.

You might want to telephone (or personally visit) a CBP office and ask how this process works. You'd have the chance to speak with a shift supervisor, if you so requested. Tell them what your questions are and the reason you're asking.

That sounds fairly positive, if they were satisfied with her answers. Fingers crossed. Keep us informed.

Friday ES report, see man: We attended all Many (2+1) ESs, dependable truthful reliable we man. A Many'th (2+2th) ES appeared, but we didn't attend, out of our way man. The first and Many'rd ESs yielded the take, see man: -- 2-pc. queen sheets = $Many-&-a-half ($[2+2+2] + half a buck), deal man -- ~full roll uHaul box-tape, ~full can Foamy shaving-cream = $2, steal man Total = $Many-&-a-half ($[2x2x2] + half a buck)

But have you purchased your Pre-Owned Toilet Seats yet, huh mam ma'am? On Memorial Day sale at a handsome 0.0000001% off full retail, $$$$$i man. Buy your POTSs today, si mam ma'am!

Loser needs to rot in jail.

Thread is shifted from the main K-1 Process forum to the K-1 Case Progress subforum, to be among related threads.

That's the spirit! Keep us updated regardless. Good luck.

Sarcasm unnoticed...

Scintillating Thursday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Thursday report, see man: We awoke Mini-B. from a dead sleep, zzz wee man. He's thrilled with his new bedroom/bathroom digs, happy to satisfy wee man we man man. Took Uncle T-B. to eye doc, all good enough for half-year hiatus till next caucus man. Went to Costco, 2 items man. Place was utterly out-of-control mobbed at noon on a Thursday, man. Lunch was the Costco hot dog + (diet) Pepsi, ingest we man. Siesta'd at casa, zzz we man. Texted FAJC complimentarily but cited imposing distance, cannot sustain same we man. FAJC responded graciously and wants to re-caucus if/when things change, nice FAJC man. Mama T-B. wanted to see Mini-B. after skool, insistent senior she man. "It will be for a very short visit, si man," quoth senior she man man. We were there for 1 hour + half an hour, ravenous Two Guys man. Din-din was emergency sustenance from BK*, ingest Two Guys man. *WUOC, financially savvy we man Mini-B. gamed with amigos for much of evening, game wee man man. He seems quite happy, glee wee man man. We have itineraried an anemic Many (2+1) ESs for Friday, itinerary we man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. And that was/is our thrilling Thursday, report we man.

Never heard of it, so I searched it: https://iowa80truckstop.com Sounds intriguing. Good planning -- sounds like you have things down to a comfortable science.

No matter what's going on, this sort of stuff is crucial beyond description.

At least there's some accountability.

Powers of Attorney are good, too.

It's still Wednesday somewhere, so here is our Semiofficial Semiweekly VAWA-Thread Joke: =========================================== SEEN ON T-SHIRTS You are not immune to demonic influence. If I died and went straight to Hell, it would take me a week to realize I wasn't at work anymore. It's too people-y outside.. I can't walk on water, but I can stagger on beer. I'm so poor, I can't even pay attention. I don't need Google -- my wife knows everything. No one is ugly at 2:00 AM.

Jill Biden's role propping up Joe throughout his presidency can't be ignored as questions over his cancer diagnosis swirl As the anatomy of the great Joe Biden cover-up emerges, one dark figure stands menacingly taller than the rest. That would be Vogue cover girl Dr. Jill Biden, who is starting to look more like Dr. Evil — a cartoonishly terrible, power-hungry and reckless movie villain — every day. This week, as Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's devastating book "Original Sin" detailing the Dems' elaborate cover-up of the 46th president's infirmity as he ran — or, ahem, as he was run — for a second shot at the White House, Biden dropped a bombshell prostate cancer diagnosis. The timing was undoubtedly meant to shift sympathy to the family and soften the atomic boom of the scandal. [...] https://nypost.com/2025/05/20/opinion/jill-bidens-role-propping-up-joe-through-his-presidency-cant-be-ignored/

Thrilling Wednesday report, see man: Got up early enough to prep for rendezvous with the FAJC, arise-and-prep we man. Texted her twice with our timing and "Please confirm, si man," si man. No response, no man. We headed out regardless, one hour and Many (2x2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2 +1) miles man. Arrived on time, timely we man. Couldn't find her exact casa, one of 2 or Many possibles man. Texted and called, no response man. Finally texted that we were hurt and had had our time wasted, up-stood we man. We drove to a Mexican restaurant about 2 miles away and began lunching, ingest we man. We then got a lengthy, apologetic text from the FAJC, apologetic FAJC man. She said that a job interview had come up and she'd forgotten all about us, true story man. She asked where we were, she'd be home soon, and could we still meet, ask FAJC of we man man. We indicated our receptivity, receptive we man. So, 1 hour + half an hour after originally scheduled time, we met the FAJC, finally caucus we man. We took her to lunch at Popeye's*, highly acceptable choice to FAJC and to we man man. *WUOC, financially savvy and approved-of-by-FAJC we man Had nice chat for an hour until we had to leave, nice FAJC man. The FAJC is a noosering student, 2nd year of Noosering Skool man. We knew this and had brought along medical books that we'd planned to donate, prepared we man. As we returned the FAJC to her casa, we gave her choice of one, Many, or all, offer we to FACJ man. The FAJC very gratefully took all but one, older edition of another man. She said to text her when we returned to our casa, text we man to FAJC man man. We left at half-past 2 p.m. and went to nearby donation place, donate we man. We donated Many (2+1) bags of stuff in the T-B.-mobile trunk, donate we man. We briefly went into the resale store but were off-turned by its random nature, too much work man. Trip back to casa was substantially delayed, absolutely awful traffic at Many p.m. man. We were exhausted by the stress and the traffic and were sleepy from lunch, out-wiped we man. We made it to the casa about half-of-half an hour late, totally hosed we man man. We lunched demanding miu and went straight to siesta, desperate-for-zzz we man. Of course, siesta was interrupted by a call from Uncle T-B. and a blow-leafer outside, man. We conclude that the FAJC is perfectly nice, conclude we man. However, the distance is not sustainable, no man. The FAJC has no car, previously totaled man. Her schedule is challenging to navigate, Noosering Skool man. We therefore will probably not pursue anything further, oh well man. Unless the EJC renews interest, this will be our last interaction from the website, gone dark on it now man. It was a highly interesting (!!?) Many (2+2+2) months, conclude we and agree all of you man man. We will begin applying to monasteries shortly, only remaining option man. After siesta, felt like dog-poop, borderline-ill we man. Felt slightly less hosed after shower and a mega-Tylenol, somewhat man. Up-picked Mini-B. in eve, Two Guys week man. Mini-B. quite helpful in arranging his new room, motivated wee man man. This was good because we were at about 2% personal battery life, exhausted we man. Mini-B. showed us his newest computer game, watch in bewilderment we man man. Din-din for us was onecan of sliced carrots, ingest we man. Mini-B. had din-din with ex-Mrs.-T-B., pre-ingest wee man man. Mini-B. is enjoying his new bathroom, bath towel**, and bedroom digs, enjoy wee man man. **bought at a recent ES, financially savvy we man It was past time to give him this kind of independence, recognize acutely we man re wee man man. We think that this will rebuild father-son relations, don't blow it we man please man man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Must take Mini-B. to skool and Uncle T-B. to doctor, chauffeur wee and senior he man man. And that was/is our thrilling Wednesday, report we man.