[ZERO] A Georgia woman is recovering in the hospital after being attacked with an unknown chemical substance (probably acid) that left her with third-degree burns.
Ashley Wasielewski, 46, was walking in Forsyth Park in Savannah after attending a Christmas program at a nearby church when she was approached from behind by a stranger who poured a 'corrosive liquid' over her head, according to friends and family. Wasielewski reportedly let out a 'blood-curdling scream' as the chemical burned her skin, ate through her clothing, and melted her car's key fob that was in her pocket, the NY Post reports.
No arrests have been made in the case, however local police are working with the FBI to locate the individual below, wearing blue jeans and a dark hooded Bugs Bunny hoodie:
#2
How could this happen in a State that has ban many comon weapons, and ranked in the top 10 for gun control?
Or was it authorized, given Brown's clear Firearm Policy Statement?
"The possession, use, or storage of Weapons or Firearms is strictly prohibited on all University Property and at University-sponsored events, except as authorized under this policy.
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/\ Following the capture, Brown University was permitted to end the campus-wide shelter-in-place that it had implemented when two students were killed
This could indicate Law Enforcement is reasonably certain they have found the shooter.
#7
I have taken classes and final exams in that building (it was a while ago.) I expect the killer is a student with a connection with that class, who 'snapped.' Also seems like he was familiar with handguns - even up close like a classroom it wouldn't be trivial to hit 10 people with at least critical wounds - and no 'minor' wounds.
Rachel Friedberg, a Brown University economics professor, said Saturday’s mass shooting at the school happened at a review session for the final exam of her Principles of Economics course.
Friedberg said she was not present during the shooting. The session was led by her teaching assistants, she said, one of whom alerted her.
Friedberg then raced to Rhode Island Hospital, where an Ocean State Media reporter spoke with her. Friedberg said she heard the following account from the teaching assistant, who she said was not shot but visited the hospital to support several of their injured students.
“The room has stadium seating with doors that enter at the top,” Friedberg said. “He said that the shooter came in the doors, yelled something — he couldn’t remember what he yelled — and started shooting.”
“Students started to scramble to try to get away from the shooter, trying to get lower down in the stadium seating, and people got shot,” Friedberg said the teaching assistant told her. “I don’t know if they’re the only ones who got shot or not.”
Brown University President Christina Paxson confirmed at a press briefing later on Saturday night that at least 10 of the 11 people shot were students, though she said she did not know what the students were doing in the building.
Friedberg said she still does not know the names of the two people that university officials say were killed in the shooting.
“I don’t know if they were my students. It’s really surreal to think about,” Friedberg said. “Just horrible.”
Friedberg declined to identify her teaching assistant by name, out of concern for his privacy. He could not be reached immediately for comment.
Friedberg is a teaching professor of economics at Brown and a faculty associate in the program for Judaic Studies. Her Principles of Economics course is the most heavily attended class at Brown, taken by half of all undergraduates, according to her online biographical notes.
No curiosity about the murderer, and only a bare mention that he shouted something. So Antifa, jihadi, or nuts
#15
In the book Marching Orders which dealt with the declassified Japanese diplomatic traffic before and during WW2, the author showed that the consulates on the West Coast had implied 'friends' in the local Japanese communities. With 90% of aircraft production concentrated in LA and Seattle, the FDR administration lacked the ability to separate who may or may not be a threat, so they executed the 'infamous' internment of ethic Japanese.
Given what we are now experiencing, maybe its time to give the government officials at the time a little more understanding of what they were facing in trying to deal with a threat.
[LIZA NEST] Across America, not all suburbs offer the quiet charm or upward mobility often associated with life beyond the city limits. Some communities grapple daily with high crime, economic stagnation, decaying infrastructure, and systemic neglect. Though rich in culture and resilience, these neighborhoods face challenges that often go unseen or unaddressed. This list sheds light on 40 of the country’s least desirable suburbs and neighborhoods—places where hardship is common, but hope, resistance, and community spirit endure in powerful, often overlooked ways.
#40: South Side — Dallas, TX
You’d never guess from the skyline views that Dallas’s South Side holds so much pain. This area, rich in cultural heritage, has long been sidelined in funding and attention. Crime lingers, especially in neglected public housing zones.A Ranking of the Toughest Places to Live in the U.S.
by Regina Clarke
Across America, not all suburbs offer the quiet charm or upward mobility often associated with life beyond the city limits. Some communities grapple daily with high crime, economic stagnation, decaying infrastructure, and systemic neglect. Though rich in culture and resilience, these neighborhoods face challenges that often go unseen or unaddressed. This list sheds light on 40 of the country’s least desirable suburbs and neighborhoods—places where hardship is common, but hope, resistance, and community spirit endure in powerful, often overlooked ways.
#39: South Side — Oklahoma City, OK
There’s a quiet erosion happening on Oklahoma City’s South Side. Infrastructure fades: potholes deepen, streetlights flicker, and sidewalks crumble. While it doesn’t suffer extreme crime levels, the area is plagued by job insecurity, low wages, and a lack of opportunity.
#7
"Vibrant and diverse" but with food deserts, high crime (but nobody knows who's doing it), low-to-no maintenance, cultural "art" spray painted on dilapidated vacant buildings....
yet they vote for the same Dem grifters because of tribes race. It's always the MAN keeping em down
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I expected neighborhoods in Portland, Seattle and San Francisco to be on their somewhere.
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#12: International District – Albuquerque, NM
The city treats the area as a defacto dumping ground for the homeless. It's just east of the UNM campus where the attitude towards following 'the oppressor's' law isn't much better in results. Lot of Asian families in the area who were resettled after the war in SE Asia trying to make it work. City just reelected the Donk mayor for a third term, so don't expect any change in the future.
[IsraelTimes] PM’s economic adviser touts ‘mark of distinction for Israel,’ as US, seven allies launch effort to ‘shape a new, sustainable economic order for the age of artificial intelligence’
Israel on Friday joined the US’s Pax Silica Initiative to cooperate on supply chains for artificial intelligence at an international conference in Washington.
The pact will include Israel alongside the United States, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates and Australia.
The summit is "the beginning of a new golden era of cooperation on AI and supply chain security," said the White House, bringing together the countries with the "most cutting-edge AI supply chain ecosystems."
Israel was represented by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s economic adviser Avi Simhon, Finance Ministry chief economist Shmuel Abramzon and National AI Directorate head Erez Askal, said the Prime Minister’s Office.
"The initiative aims to build a secure, resilient and innovative technological ecosystem across the entire value chain — from the extraction of critical minerals and energy, through advanced manufacturing and semiconductors, to AI infrastructure, data centers and logistics," said the PMO, echoing language from an American press statement.
"Its goal is to shape a new, sustainable economic order for the age of artificial intelligence and to ensure shared prosperity for the participating countries."
"Israel’s accession to the US-led Pax Silica Initiative is a mark of distinction for Israel and for Israel’s high-tech industry," said Simhon in a statement, "which is regarded as a global leader in innovation and artificial intelligence."
The US said other countries would join the pact, adding that countries would work together to ensure a timely supply chain, though it was vague on the practicalities.
"We believe that this gathering and grouping matters because the global system is shifting from ’just in time’ to strategically aligned," said Jacob Helberg, the State Department’s undersecretary for economic affairs.
"Pax Silica ultimately ensures that these countries have reliable access to the inputs and infrastructure that determine AI competitiveness," he told news hounds ahead of the signing.
Other countries participating in the meetings in Washington on supply chains, without formally joining the Pax Silica, were the United Arab Emirates, Canada and the Netherlands, as well as the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... as an institution.
The signing in Washington came despite US President Donald Trump ...The Hero of Butler, Pennsylvania... this week announcing he will allow the export of Nvidia’s advanced artificial intelligence chips to China, reversing a decision by his predecessor Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. We get to suffer the consequences... , who voiced national security concerns in sharing the key technology.
China has quickly taken a dominant position in the race for resources in the fast-growing area of artificial intelligence, mining around 70 percent of key rare earths.
Israel, meanwhile, is home to a thriving high-tech sector, including the R&D for many of Nvidia’s high-end processors and networking chips.
The appetite for Nvidia’s chips has been driving the company’s stock price rapidly since early 2023, turning it into the world’s first $5 trillion company at the end of October.
Netanyahu said earlier this month that technological innovation, including AI, was one of his two main goals for Israel moving forward, saying he believes "there’s another revolution coming."
[ZERO] During an interview with MSNOW Senior Political and National Reporter Jacob Soboroff, New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani faced pointed questions about whether his rhetoric on accountability extends to federal immigration enforcement, and Mamdani suggested his police force might arrest federal officers enforcing federal immigration laws.
Soboroff didn't dance around the issue, asking directly whether there's a scenario where the NYPD under Mamdani's leadership could arrest ICE agents on city streets for their treatment of illegal immigrants.
"I've also heard you say that no one is above the law and anyone can be held accountable, and that goes for the president of the United States, and it also goes for ICE agents," Soboroff began.
"I don't want to put words in your mouth, but is there a scenario in which the NYPD, under you, could arrest ICE agents on the streets of New York for their behavior towards immigrants?"
#4
It is my understanding that the NYPD used to be quite good at anti-terrorism, a useful thing what with New York being the fat, juicy target it is. Given the recent de-emphasis on police stuff, I suspect that is no longer true.
[DM] An engine propelling a United flight lost power after taking off from Dulles International Airport in Washington on Saturday afternoon.
United Airlines Flight 803 was forced to return to Virginia after taking off en route to Tokyo around 12.20pm EST, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Debris fell from the Boeing aircraft after takeoff, sparking a brush fire and prompting emergency authorities to swoop in on the airport.
'We've had a United 777 losing engine on departure runway one center,' an air traffic controller said over the radio system.
The controller added that the plane was about four miles north of the field and would be returning to the runway.
'Roll the trucks and get them ready,' the controller added.
A few minutes later, the air traffic controller repeated: 'This is the tower again... he's lost an engine. He's looping around.'
The Sterling Volunteer Fire Department said it was dispatched along with Fairfax County Professional Firefighters and paramedics.
Authorities confirmed that the plane landed safely. No injuries have been reported. The FAA has launched an investigation into the incident.
There were 275 passengers and 15 crew members on board. United is scheduling a different aircraft to carry out the rest of Saturday's flights.
Public flight data showed that the United flight departed at 12.19pm but then returned at 2.16pm.
#Myanmar (#Burma) 🇲🇲: “People's Defense Forces” (#PDF) raided a Junta Camp and killed several soldiers.
Fighters are armed with MA-1 MK 2 rifles, #China-made 🇨🇳 Type 56-1 rifles, AR-15 rifles and MA-3 MK 2 carbines —some fighters lacking uniforms & clothes can also be noted. pic.twitter.com/VToUULvovt
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.
...46th president of the U.S. We get to suffer the consequences...
