[FoxNews] Three NYPD officers heroically rescued a teenage girl from drowning in the freezing waters of the Harlem River Tuesday after hearing her screams for help.
Bodycam video released by the NYPD shows the officers calling out to the girl, asking if she could swim, as she struggled in the frigid water near 142nd Street around 2 p.m. local time.
The dramatic video also captures one officer removing his jacket and leaping into the river to reach the distressed teen, who was about 20 feet from shore.
Another officer is seen carefully making his way along a narrow, concrete ledge ready to help the officer in the water and pull the girl to safety.
At one point, shouts of "Help her up!" could be heard as the rescuers worked together to lift the girl from the water.
According to the New York Post, the officers were identified as Ankit Gupta, Wilmer Guerrero and Shuaibul Amine, and are members of the 32nd Precinct in Uptown Manhattan.
They were praised Thursday for their quick response and teamwork.
In a statement, the NYPD said: "When it came to saving a life, our officers had no hesitation. 32nd Precinct officers saw a woman in the East River and jumped into the frigid water to pull her to safety."
Reflecting on the rescue, Officer Gupta told the Post:
"I’m just glad that we were all there as a group. It was a team effort that gave her a second chance."
"It’s great when you save somebody. That’s what we signed up for in this job, right?" added Officer Amine.
[Breitbart] Italian prosecutors have alleged that wealthy "Sniper Tourists," many from western countries, paid upwards of $90,000 to shoot civilians, including children, during the Bosnian War between 1992 and 1996.
The prosecutors in Milan alleged that these "Sniper Tourists" would pay Bosnian Serb troops to partake in "human safari" trips to Sarajevo during the four-year siege of the city. Per the Guardian:
More than 10,000 people were killed in Sarajevo by constant shelling and sniper fire between 1992 and 1996 in what was the longest siege in modern history, after Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence from Yugoslavia.
The snipers were perhaps the most feared element of life under siege in Sarajevo because they would pick off people on the streets, including children, at random, as if it was a video game or a safari.
Groups of Italians and other nationalities, so-called "sniper tourists", are alleged to have participated in the massacre after paying large sums of money to soldiers belonging to the army of Radovan Karadžić, the former Bosnian Serb leader who in 2016 was found guilty of genocide and other crimes against humanity, to be transported to the hills surrounding Sarajevo so that they could shoot at the population for pleasure.
Sniper attacks in Sarajevo were relatively easy due to the city’s geography in a basin surrounded by hills, mountains, and forests.
The investigation into certain Italian citizens who allegedly participated in this ghastly enterprise began after Ezio Gavazzeni, a Milan-based writer, submitted a legal complaint claiming that he had gathered evidence to support the allegations. The prosecutors were also given a report of the allegations from the former mayor of Sarajevo, Benjamina Karić.
Gavazzeni said he first learned of the alleged "Sniper Tourists" through the Italian press in the 1990s, but later vowed to investigate further upon the release of the 2022 documentary Sarajevo Safari by Slovenian director Miran Zupanič, which claimed that westerners would travel to the city to partake in the killing. Serbian war veterans have vehemently denied the accusations.
"Sarajevo Safari was the starting point," said Gavazzeni. "I began a correspondence with the director and from there expanded my investigation until I collected enough material to present to the Milan prosecutors."
On top of the "many, many, many Italians" that allegedly partook in the atrocity, Gavazzeni also claimed there were "Germans, French, English ... people from all western countries who paid large sums of money to be taken there to shoot civilians."
"There were no political or religious motivations. They were rich people who went there for fun and personal satisfaction. We are talking about people who love guns who perhaps go to shooting ranges or on safari in Africa," he said.
"There was a traffic of war tourists who went to there to shoot people," he added. "I call it an indifference towards evil."
Snipers were a deadly force during the siege of Sarajevo, with civilians being picked off at random in various areas of the city, including buses, bridges, and main streets. Meša Selimović Boulevard, one of the chief routes into the Sarajevo airport, was nicknamed "Sniper Alley" due to the excessive deaths from distant sniper fire.
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Anyone remember the Military Retire Personnel Inc. group, that was used a lot of US former DOD staff in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the mid-later 90's?
[IsraelTimes] Roads flood in north, hail falls in Acre and Beersheba, rare waterspout spotted off Palmachim beach; IMS warns of flooding along coast for Friday, thunderstorms across country
Perhaps Iran will also share God’s bounty… or perhaps not.
#2
at the moment, it looks like the storm that is hitting Israel will continue eastward but will weaken a lot
The various on line forecast sites (e.g., accuweather, wunderground) call for a light rain in Tehran on 16 November (less than 0.1") but otherwise no precip there in the next 10 days
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Allah is making his displeasure — and preference for the Jews! — known.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[Regnum] The magnetic storm on Earth continues after a brief hiatus, and is currently reaching a moderate intensity level of G2. This was reported on Thursday, November 13, by the press service of the Institute of Applied Geophysics (IFG).
"The geomagnetic storm continues. <…> Proton fluxes across a wide energy range continue to infiltrate the near-Earth orbit," the institute's website states.
The Earth's magnetic field disturbance is currently at a G2 level on a five-point scale, with G5 being extremely strong.
Yesterday, a G4.7 magnetic storm began on Earth, triggered by the arrival of the first of three plasma clouds. According to the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, these three plasma clouds were detected following an extreme increase in solar flare activity in recent days.
A day later, the Solar Astronomy Laboratory at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences reported that intense auroras caused by this storm were visible even in mid-latitudes. According to scientists, these atmospheric phenomena were among the most powerful in the past ten years.
The magnetic storm that began on the night of November 12 has been recorded on Earth for approximately 36 hours now. This was reported by Sergei Bogachev, head of the Solar Astronomy Laboratory at the Space Research Institute (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
"The magnetic storm began yesterday at around 3:00 a.m. Moscow time, when it reached a level of G4.7—the largest this year—and has now lasted for about 36 hours," TASS quotes him as saying.
The scientist added that the end of the magnetic storm is expected today, November 13, by the end of the day.
Going after the employers and recruiters.
[Breitbart] President Donald Trump’s appointees in many agencies are trying to apply old laws in new ways to deal with the H-1B problem, says Eric Sell, a lawyer working for Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon.
“There’s a lot of will right now within this administration to address this problem [within the H-1B program], and a lot of it is new ways of enforcing old laws that are on the books,” Sell told a group of U.S. technology professionals on November 10. He added:
Just last week, Assistant Attorney General Dillon and I met with other high level officials within the administration to continue our coordination enforcement across multiple government agencies because it really is important that we build a united front with the Department of Labor, [U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services], Department of Justice, to go after these companies and enforce our respective statutes to ensure that the law breaking ends and that American workers aren’t receiving the short end of the stick.
“We’re still exploring the best, most efficient way to use the tools that are available to us,” he told the group of American professionals who met in Washington to brief legislators and their staffers about the damage caused by the H-1B program. The group was organized by Kevin Lynn’s U.S. Tech Workers advocacy group for white-collar professionals.
The department is “going after the whales,” Sell said, adding:
We are going after the big fish here. They’re the ones who have sophisticated legal counsel and law firms on retainer who know know what the law requires and know what it prohibits, and if they’re flouting the law, then that’s a slap in the face to the Justice Department, to the people of this country and to the American workers who are suffering because of it.
So though our enforcement resources aren’t limitless, we are working aggressively to identify all these potential violations of federal law, [to] open investigations and hold employers accountable through enforcement actions or through resolution agreements that end the wrongdoing.
Officials at USCIS and the Labor Department are drafting regulations to reform the massive H-1B program and to curb the huge Optional Practical Training program. The two programs keep more than one million foreign workers in careers needed by American graduates, and are increasingly unpopular among voters. But both programs are strongly supported by investors who win more than $30 in stock-market gains for every dollar they cut from Americans’ salaries.
President Donald Trump’s Nov. 11 partial and mixed defense of the H-1B program has caused a massive pushback by his voters. It is not clear if the pushback will help or hinder reforms of the visa programs before the 2026 midterm elections.
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Officials at USCIS and the Labor Department are drafting regulations to reform the massive H-1B program and to curb the huge Optional Practical Training program. The two programs keep more than one million foreign workers in careers needed by American graduates, and are increasingly unpopular among voters. But both programs are strongly supported by investors who win more than $30 in stock-market gains for every dollar they cut from Americans’ salaries.
* Emphasis added above.
But, but, but I thought these foreign people CAME here with the requisite skills? A total betrayal of our own people. Yet another "follow the money" moment.
#3
What's next, pro sports? How dare these qualified ferners come and take up part of a baseball team's roster when it could be filled by unqualified Americans?
[MSN] Amazon’s massive layoff wave hit New York City like a shockwave. In a surprising move, 660 corporate employees across nine offices were told to pack up as part of a broader 14,000-job cutback. The layoffs, which took effect shortly after the announcement, are part of Amazon’s push for a leaner workforce. AI & robots
The sudden departure of so many workers—just as the city’s tech sector was poised for expansion—raises questions: What does this mean for Amazon’s future in New York? Is this a sign of the company pulling back from expensive coastal hubs? The full implications are yet to unfold.
#6
The exodus should have begun in earnest years ago with that DiBlasio chump. But if there is a true and relatively sudden exodus, good luck trying to sell your property if there is no bid.
#7
...block busting. Old realtor game in the past to bring in a minority family to a neighborhood and suddenly the market opened up with depressed prices. Noting that the New Mayor is just the strata that would take advantage of the situation, maybe there is a strategy behind the game. As someone said, follow the money.
$0 for schools.
$0 for firefighters.
$0 for infrastructure.
$0 for research and healthcare.
Whether Amazon pays taxes or not, all of those employees contribute to those points. The facilities purchase electric, water, trash. Buying lunch at the restaurant, buying gas or tickets to get to work. Or, did.
All week long I've seen, for lack of a better word, gloating, "Those bigoted paranoid reich wingers are having fever dreams!"
#15
in the time of aipropgand i would question any layoffs, esp tech related, with convenient excuses. they are going to create a huge unemployed swath, with constant programming to less intellectual endevours and they will control the narrative all the way if they can. nothing wrong with the trades, it's just the first-time historically parents won't want/expect/demand a "better" life possibility for their kids. another amercianism. UBI isin't for the current crop, its for the coming situation they are creating.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Verizon is preparing to cut around 15,000 jobs in the biggest round of layoffs in its history.
America's biggest wireless carrier is battling shrinking customer numbers and rising competition across the wireless and home-internet markets.
The cuts are set to roll out within the next week and will come mostly through direct layoffs, according to the Wall Street Journal who first reported the news.
The company — which has about 100,000 employees — also plans to spin roughly 200 of its retail stores into franchises, shifting those workers off Verizon's payroll.
Verizon — the largest US telecom provider by subscribers — has been losing lucrative postpaid phone customers for three straight quarters as rivals T-Mobile and AT&T step up aggressive promotions.
It caps a disastrous stretch for the telecom giant, which has been losing subscribers at an alarming pace.
Verizon admitted in April that it lost 289,000 monthly wireless customers in the first quarter alone — more than double the losses from the same period last year and far worse than Wall Street expected.
The company told investors the exodus 'reflects the impact of recent pricing actions,' after the company raised rates and scaled back discounts.
#2
We have 3 different carriers in my area that offer better rates. Heck, a few are giving a free iPhone with unlimited data to new signers, with 1 year commitment at a lower price.
Trump administration on Thursday published joint statements on agreements on reciprocal trade with Argentina, El Salvador, Ecuador and Guatemala. pic.twitter.com/PVm174tZLy
[Eugyppius - Substack] A new insane German speech crime investigation just dropped.
On 29 September of this year, a German man of libertarian persuasion known only by the pseudonym Damian N. tweeted the following:
No, anyone who is financed by the state pays no net taxes; they live off taxes: Every civil servant, every politician, every employee in a state-owned enterprise, everyone who is subsidized and financed by the state. Not a single parasite pays any net taxes....
No matter: Yesterday morning, police acting on behalf of the Ulm public prosecutor’s office raided Damian’s home. He is suspected of the crime of inciting hatred (in violation of Section 130 of the German Criminal Code) for his rough remark about government "parasites."
Apollo News reports:
"At almost exactly 6 a.m., my doorbell rang. I went to the intercom and heard: ’Police, please open the door, we have a search warrant,’" N. recounts.
"They then gave me a choice: ’Either you unlock your cell phone and give us the PIN, and we’ll take the cell phone with us, or we’ll take everything.
"Under pressure, I naturally cooperated, unlocked my cell phone, and gave them the PIN," he said. The officers then took Damian N. to the police station for identification procedures. "The whole program," said N.: "Weight, height, photos from many angles, and all the biometric data from my hands. I felt like a serious criminal." The police also asked for a blood sample — "for your DNA," as one officer is reported to have said. N. refused. "I thought I hadn’t heard right."
The identification procedures — roughly comparable to a police booking in the United States — were likely illegal in this case. Damian N. further claims that the police produced no search warrant and provided no receipt for his confiscated phone, which would represent a further violation of the law. Before leaving, an officer instructed our suspected speech criminal to "Think carefully about what you post in future," because "You must realise that you are now under observation."
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Orban is pro Russia and pro China. He is a self declared supporter of "Illiberal Democracy." (*)
He wants the transformation of the West into a totalitarian slave empire just as much as the the EU elites.
The main dispute is whether this new anti-Western polity should be ruled be the Moscow/Peking nomenklatura or by the Brussels nomenklatura.
Milei's election is a sign of hope, but Argentina is to peripheral to decisively influence Western civilization's fate.
The danger comes as much from the woke right as from the left, not only in Europe.
Tucker Carlson was a mainstream conservative. Now he advocates in favor of pacifistic submission to tyranny and genocidal oriental despotism with his criticism of Bonhoeffer.
(*) In European political language "liberal" is not a synonym for "leftist." Orban's "illiberal democracy" without liberty is two wolves and a sheep voting on dinner.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Viktor Lavrinenko
[REGNUM] Nature abhors a vacuum: the declining population of the Baltics has resulted in a surge in wild animal populations. Wolves, having wiped out most of the roe deer and wild boar, are now preying on domestic animals, causing significant losses to livestock farmers, while bears are roaming the streets of EU cities, where the population is literally fleeing.
The demographic situation in Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia has been deteriorating for a long time, with cities emptying and streets becoming dead. Therefore, the rampage of dangerous animals occupying new territories is not at all surprising.
Today Japan's NHK_TV had a report about black bears in the rugged north of the main island and also in Hokkaido starting to eat people in the rural areas
WILD GUESTS
Every year, Estonia pays its residents approximately 400,000 euros in compensation for damage caused by predators. For such a small country, this is a significant amount. Local media reports regularly report new wolf attacks.
One of the most recent incidents occurred in the village of Muuksi, where grays raided a farm. Farm owner Marit Mürk keeps thirty horses and several cows. "My horses were racing around the paddock, the cows were mooing, and I heard a distinctive howl," she said.
Remarkably, wolf packs had never been seen in this area before, as the capital city of Tallinn is nearby. But there's a first time for everything.
Residents of southern Estonia, whose farms are located near Soomaa National Park, have recently suffered particularly severely from wolves. Farmer Tiit Soa complains : "Wolves have killed about a hundred calves. The situation is catastrophic—they won't stop."
Cattle breeder Andres Hein reported that his herd has already been virtually destroyed: "About thirty cows have already been eaten, and they will continue to eat more."
Siim Suitsmart, a farmer from Pärnu County, said he sends his cattle to the floodplain meadows of Soomaa every summer. Previously, there had been no wolf attacks there, but everything changed overnight.
"We brought the cows to the floodplain of the Khalliste River at the end of May, and they stayed there for three days. One calf was eaten, and a few days later, there were more attacks," Suitsmart said.
Cattle breeders are expecting decisive measures from the government.
Soa and her fellow sufferers have been writing to various authorities for almost a year now, pointing out that measures to “protect ecosystems” have gone too far: it’s time to shoot predatory animals.
According to the Department of Environment, three wolf packs inhabit the Soomaa area, one of which lives right within the national park. The problem is exacerbated by three factors: the rugged terrain, a hunting ban within the park, and a ban on wolf hunting in adjacent hunting grounds.
And yet, in September, they managed to shoot one wolf with a special permit. Hunter Aymar Arro said he spent nearly twenty hours in ambush to achieve this.
Locals believe that wolf hunting should also be permitted in hunting grounds adjacent to the national park. "Authorities need to decide what's more important now—maintaining meadows or breeding wolves," Suitsmart complains.
According to Saa, the increase in attacks on livestock is due to a shortage of game in the forests, which predators have already largely depleted. Ecologist Tanel Türna from the State Department of Environment notes that the number of roe deer in the forests has sharply declined due to various diseases and an increase in predators. Elk numbers have also declined, leading hungry wolves to seek out more readily available prey on farms.
At the same time, Türna believes that the wolves in Soomaa should be considered part of the national park and therefore they also need to be “protected.”
Bears are a separate issue. In 2020, hunters reported that there were 1,000 bears in Estonia, but now there are 1,400—and that, again, is a huge number for a small republic.
Bears have become overcrowded in forests, and they regularly venture onto city streets. On May 10, a video surfaced of a bear cub running free in the resort town of Narva-Jõesuu. Wildlife sightings are common here and in Narva. Foxes, moose, and roe deer are frequent visitors.
The public is keenly interested in what to do if a bear appears. "I have no practical advice, other than to contact the Department of the Environment for a hunting permit," complains Tõnu Tamm, a board member of the Lääne-Lahemaa County Hunters' Association.
"Before the court suspended the bear hunt, twenty-eight animals were shot. We've currently issued about ten permits for problem animals. The wolf hunt is ongoing, but it's also being contested in court," laments Rainer Vakra, Director General of the Estonian Environment Agency.
VILNIUS VS. THE BEAR
Experts note that bear sightings in Lithuania have become significantly more frequent in 2025. Previously, these animals were thought to have long since disappeared from the republic—the last representative of the local bear population was shot back in 1883.
But the demographic crisis, coupled with depopulation, is taking its toll—the bears have returned to Lithuania and are feeling more and more confident with each passing year.
On June 14, residents of Vilnius suburbs began sharing alarming news of a bear sighting. "My husband and I were driving toward Vilnius and saw a bear crossing the road," Lina, a Lithuanian woman, told the press. Shortly thereafter, the bear was spotted on Žibury Street, right between the houses.
A day later, he was wandering along Ukmerges Street, which is much closer to the city center. Calls for caution began appearing on social media.
The Lithuanian Hunters and Fishermen's Society called on the authorities to immediately remove the animal from the capital's streets. They suggested the animal was experiencing stress from its unfamiliar surroundings, making it doubly dangerous.
Ordinary citizens also demanded that the outrage be stopped quickly—that drones be deployed, the bear found, euthanized, and returned to its natural habitat. But Vilnius Mayor Valdas Benkunskas effectively admitted his impotence and merely ordered an investigation into how many drones the city has.
The Ministry of the Environment demanded that Toptygin be killed, claiming that shooting him would be the easiest option. However, the hunting community decided to show humanity and flatly refused to shoot the animal.
At the same time, it turned out that there was not a single specialist in all of Lithuania who could competently euthanize a bear remotely.
While the discussions were going on, the bear left the city voluntarily.
Lithuanian experts have explained that bears do not come to Lithuania from Belarus, as locals believe. The Lithuanian-Belarusian border is now virtually impossible for animals to cross, as it is surrounded by fences and barbed wire barriers, which periodically kill moose.
No, bears come to Lithuania from the north, from Latvia and Estonia. The depopulation problem there is even more acute than in Lithuania, and the bears have multiplied in numbers.
IF THEY BITE YOU, THEN COME BACK.
In Latvia, residents living outside cities are urged to be vigilant. "The likelihood of encountering a bear today is two to three times higher than it was ten to fifteen years ago," said zoologist Jānis Ozoliņš.
He advises mushroom and berry pickers not to go into the forest alone, not to stay there overnight, and to make as many sounds as possible so that the bear will hear the person in advance and avoid them.
In early November, residents of the Latgale village of Sprindas appealed to authorities to shoot a bear roaming the area.
Earlier, local resident Ivan Gorshanov left his home to walk his second-grade son to the school bus. They had a one-and-a-half-kilometer walk from their home to the bus stop. Spotting a bear halfway along the path, the father and son took refuge in a nearby house.
However, the state Directorate for Nature Protection (DAP) rejected the farmers' collective appeal, finding that "there is currently no threat to human life in Sprindas."
The DAP asserts that “usually bears’ approaches to people are random—most often they are attracted by easy prey: scattered fruits and vegetables, unprotected beehives.”
As a result, people are now afraid to leave their homes, and at night they are forced to guard their yards, light fires, and turn the radio up to maximum volume. They are outraged by the callousness of officials who adhere to the principle: "When they're done, then come back."
However, police quickly arrested a hunter accused of illegally killing a bear in the Ogre region. Hunters note that the bear population in Latvia is increasing: estimates range from 130 to 300 individuals.
In July, Agriculture Minister Armands Krause called for putting people first. He believed that the DAP should be allowed to hunt all wild animals that wander near homes, pets, or bee hives, posing a threat to human life.
“I seriously urge the whole of society not to live under the illusion that a bear is a cute, furry animal,” the minister said emotionally.
But so far, his request has fallen on deaf ears: DAP believes it's premature to discuss introducing bear hunting quotas. Meanwhile, last year, Latvia paid out €8,000 in compensation for damage caused by bears.
However, wolf hunting is permitted in Latvia – this year, 370 individuals can be shot.
Recently, the republic has been plagued by a new scourge: the golden jackal. This invasive species arrived in Latvia relatively recently, presumably from the southeast, via Ukraine and northern Belarus. It was first discovered in December 2013 near Jelgava, and is now being encountered with increasing frequency.
The Baltic jackal population boom, as well as that of wolves and bears, is directly linked to a demographic crisis: the fewer people, the more animals.
[Breitbart] Executives at General Motors (GM) are directing their parts suppliers to get out of China in yet another victory for President Donald Trump’s fierce tariff agenda.
On Wednesday, sources close to GM told Reuters that the automaker is looking to move its auto parts supply chains out of China entirely:
General Motors (GM.N), has directed several thousand of its suppliers to scrub their supply chains of parts from China, four people familiar with the matter said, reflecting automakers’ growing frustration over geopolitical disruptions to their operations. [Emphasis added]
GM executives have been telling suppliers they should find alternatives to China for their raw materials and parts, with the goal of eventually moving their supply chains out of the country entirely, the people said. The automaker has set a 2027 deadline for some suppliers to dissolve their China sourcing ties, some of the sources said.
In October, Trump announced 25 percent tariffs on medium and heavy-duty trucks and truck parts. The tariff on medium and heavy-duty truck parts applies to engines, transmissions, tires, and chassis, among other parts, administration officials said.
Even as Trump has struck a deal with China to open its markets to some U.S. exporters, the administration continues levying tariffs on Chinese-made goods, as well as a 10 percent reciprocal tariff.
More divestment from China, this time courtesy of The Jooos.
[IsraelTimes] Awz Ventures says it will invest $1.6 billion in foundry to produce advanced semiconductors for defense use and civilian companies, though public portion of project cost unclear
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[FoxNews] Three 
A new insane German speech crime investigation just dropped.
[Breitbart] Executives at 
