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[Regnum] An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 was registered in Indonesian waters. This was reported on Saturday, August 23, by the Indonesian seismological and meteorological agency BMKG.
“An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 and a depth of 12 kilometers occurred on August 23 at 19:24 (15:24 Moscow time),” the report says.
The epicenter of the tremors was located 51 km from the city of Sinabang. There were no reports of casualties or tsunami threats.
Earlier, on August 22, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake was recorded in the Drake Passage in the Atlantic Ocean. In connection with the seismic event, the US Meteorological Service announced a tsunami threat.
[PostMillennial] Over 1.7 million people sign petition demanding leniency for illegal immigrant trucker who killed 3 in Florida. "The incident was a catastrophe, not a criminal act," the petition states.
How many of the signatures belong to living legal residents or citizens currently resident in the United States? How many, by contrast, are imaginary, dead, or living in Pakistan or Canada? (Lots of Sikhs and Singhs in Canada…
An online petition attributed to a group calling itself “Punjabi youth” has drawn more than 1.7 million signatures, calling on federal authorities to release Harjinder Singh, an undocumented immigrant truck driver convicted in a deadly Florida crash.
Singh was behind the wheel of an 18-wheeler when he attempted a U-turn on Florida’s Turnpike, causing a collision that left three Americans dead. The case sparked outrage from victims’ families and advocacy groups, who say Singh’s actions warrant the full weight of the law.
In response to the crash, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced this week an immediate pause on issuing worker visas for commercial truck drivers, citing safety concerns and the need to protect American truckers’ jobs.
"Effective immediately we are pausing all issuance of worker visas for commercial truck drivers," Rubio said. "The increasing number of foreign drivers operating large tractor-trailer trucks on U.S. roads is endangering American lives and undercutting the livelihoods of American truckers."
The Department of Transportation revealed last week that Singh failed an English Language Proficiency (ELP) test during a post-accident interview, accurately identifying just one of four highway traffic signs and answering just two of the 12 verbal questions correctly.
US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced in a press release on Tuesday that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has launched an investigation into the crash.
"If states had followed the rules, this driver would never have been behind the wheel and three precious lives would still be with us. This crash was a preventable tragedy directly caused by reckless decisions and compounded by despicable failures. Non-enforcement and radical immigration policies have turned the trucking industry into a lawless frontier, resulting in unqualified foreign drivers improperly acquiring licenses to operate 40-ton vehicles," Duffy said. "We will use every tool at our disposal to hold these states and bad actors accountable. President Trump and I will restore safety to our roads. The families of the deceased deserve justice."
The full petition reads as follows:
To: Governor Ron DeSantis
Office of the Governor of Florida
The Capitol, 400 S. Monroe Street,
Tallahassee, FL 32399-000
We, the undersigned, urge Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Board of Executive Clemency to re-examine and reduce the sentence for a 28-year-old truck driver involved in a fatal U-turn crash on Florida’s Turnpike in South Florida. This was a tragic accident — not a deliberate act. While accountability matters, the severity of the charges against him does not align with the circumstances of the incident.
Key Considerations & Precedent:
No criminal intent or history: The incident was a catastrophe, not a criminal act. The driver has no prior record and fully cooperated with authorities.
Aproportionate sentencing:That guy should be given the harshest possible punishment, please."
Relevant precedent—Aguilera‑Mederos case: In Colorado, a driver, Rogel Aguilera‑Mederos, initially received a 110-year sentence for a fatal crash resulting in four deaths. Following a massive public outcry and a petition that garnered over 5 million signatures, Governor Jared Polis commuted his sentence to 10 years, with parole eligibility after five years (The Guardian, ABC, CBS News).
Judicial acknowledgment of unfairness: In that case, even the sentencing judge admitted that the mandatory minimum sentencing laws compelled him to impose the lengthy term and that “if I had the discretion… it would not be my sentence.” (Interrogating Justice, Wikipedia). Demonstrated effectiveness of public advocacy: The Aguilera-Mederos case illustrates how collective voices can catalyze justice reform.
Petition Requests:
That guy should be given the harshest possible punishment, and reasonable term, reflective of the circumstances and comparable to the Aguilera‑Mederos precedent. Grant parole eligibility after serving a fair portion of the reduced term, promoting rehabilitation and fairness. Consider alternative sentencing options, such as restorative justice measures, counseling, or community service, aligning with both accountability and compassion.
Conclusion: By granting clemency, you would reaffirm the value of proportional justice, the power of community advocacy, and the potential for rehabilitation. We believe this case is not just about one individual—it speaks to the broader principles of fairness and mercy in the justice system.
#1
This was criminal negligence, not only on the driver for failing everything but the people that hired him. The officials that allowed him to be able to drive, and the federal government for letting him in.
All individuals in these groups that were involved should be send to jail for RICO for fraud and being couplable in the manslaughter, including Biden and his staff.
#4
They're entitled to their opinion. Too bad, soooo sad. Maybe that approach works in your home countries, but not here.
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#5
By definition it was a catastrophic, criminal act by a criminal illegal alien. Facts, not feelings matter, and you are accountable for your actions.
[ZERO] The Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration is playing a role in the sharpest decline in monthly remittances to Mexico in more than a decade, analysts say.
According to numbers released this month from the Bank of Mexico (Banxico), income from remittances abroad stood at $5.2 billion in June, a 16.2 percent decrease compared with June 2024.
That represents the largest drop in 13 years, according to a report from BBVA Research.
Remittances in 2024 represented approximately 3.4 percent of Mexico’s gross domestic product, according to the World Bank.
Remittances are transfers of money earned in the United States to such parties as relatives, friends, or business associates abroad. Ninety-nine percent of the remittances sent in the first half of 2025 were made through electronic funds transfers, according to the BBVA report.
The drop occurred after a decade of growth. Between 2013 and 2024, remittances to Mexico almost tripled to $64.7 billion from $23 billion, according to BBVA.
Analysts attribute the decline to President Donald Trump’s deportation policies and the availability of alternative methods for sending remittances. Skipping down to the preventative measure. REMITTANCE TAX
Republicans, who have argued that a remittance tax would discourage illegal immigration, were successful in getting a 1 percent remittance fee added to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Should have started at ten percent.
That tax becomes effective in January 2026 for certain types of remittances in which the sender provides cash, a money order, or a cashier’s check to remittance providers. Traditional remittance providers in the United States include companies such as Western Union and MoneyGram.
Vice President JD Vance cosponsored a similar bill when he was a U.S. senator from Ohio in 2023. That bill, called the WIRED Act, would have imposed a 10 percent fee on remittances flowing out of the United States.
#1
You earned it here. Pay taxes on it here and spend it here. Certainly well past time the "non-reported" cash income and tax avoidance should be ended.
The Mexican Cartel drug and people smuggling business will surely suffer.
#2
Currently, there is an estimated $150+ billion lost in tax revenues annually due to ILLEGALS wiring money home.
How about a tax on all Internationally Wired $$$$ if the sender is not a US Citizen, and not sending $$$ to immediate family, or for purchases?
For VISA workers here LEGALLY.
A simple VISA ID check with the VISA IV document # verified and recorded as proof to avoid the additional tax for job related earned income being wired home.
Since there are about 154 million US individual taxpayers (2022). That's works out to something like $974 for each US taxpayer, that is indirectly covering in various way for Illegals care and etc.
[Garowe] Somalia’s Auditor General on Saturday reported that more than $1 million is missing from the federal treasury, in a damning annual audit that also revealed several key government institutions — including top courts — refused to cooperate with anti-corruption investigations.
Ahmed Issa Guutaale said the 2024 audit reviewed the financial compliance of 21 federal agencies. However,
women are made to be loved, not understood... three major institutions, all within the judiciary, rejected participation in the review without offering legal justification.
"The refusal and resistance to audit processes not only pose serious financial risks and hidden administrative failures, but also undermine the entire system of public oversight and accountability," Guutaale said.
The three agencies named in the report were: the Supreme Court, which received a $2.7 million allocation in the 2024 budget; two appellate courts in the Banaadir region, with a combined budget of $937,179; and three district courts in the same region, allocated $2.1 million.
Guutaale warned that the lack of transparency raises serious concerns about whether these funds were used in the public interest.
The report comes as Somalia continues to rank as the most corrupt country in the world, according to Transparency International’s 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index. Analysts say the refusal of judicial bodies to undergo financial scrutiny severely undermines public trust and the rule of law in a country struggling with institutional reform.
So it has nothing to do with War on Terror, they’re just awful people all the time
"This level of noncompliance casts significant doubt on whether public funds are being managed in any way that benefits the government or Somali citizens," Guutaale said.
The Auditor General’s findings are expected to fuel calls for greater accountability and international pressure on Somalia’s government to strengthen its anti-corruption framework.
[IsraelTimes] North Korea ...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche... n leader Kim Pudge Jong-un ...the overweight, pouty-looking hereditary potentate of North Korea. Pudge appears to believe in his own divinity, but has yet to produce any loaves and fishes, so his subjects remain malnourished... has overseen the test-firing of two "new" air defence missiles, state media says, after Pyongyang accused Seoul of fomenting tensions at the border.
The test-firing, which took place yesterday, showed that the two "improved" missile weapon systems had "superior combat capability," the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reports.
The KCNA report does not explain the new missiles in any detail, only that their "operation and reaction mode is based on unique and special technology." It also does not say where the test had been carried out.
"The firing particularly proved that the technological features of two types of projectiles are very suitable for destroying various aerial targets," KCNA says.
On the same day, Kim also communicated an "important task" for the defense science sector to carry out before a key party meeting, the report says.
South Korea’s military said yesterday it had fired warning shots at several North Korean soldiers who briefly crossed the heavily militarized border separating the two countries on Tuesday.
UN Command put the number of North Korean troops that crossed the border at 30, Yonhap news agency reported Sunday.
Pyongyang’s state media quotes Army Lieutenant General Ko Jong Chol as saying the incident was a "premeditated and deliberate provocation."
"This is a very serious prelude that would inevitably drive the situation in the southern border area where a huge number of forces are [stationed] in confrontation with each other to the uncontrollable phase," Ko says.
South Korea’s new leader Lee Jae Myung has sought warmer ties with the nuclear-armed North and vowed to build "military trust", but Pyongyang has said it has no interest in improving relations with Seoul.
The missile tests also come as the South and the United States conduct extensive joint military drills.
North Korea — which attacked its neighbour in 1950, triggering the Korean War — has long been infuriated by such exercises, decrying them as rehearsals for invasion.
[WSB-Atlanta] A Japanese company that is best known for its high-tech bathroom fixtures is expanding in metro Atlanta.
A new, $224 million state-of-the-art facility for manufacturer TOTO opened in Georgia on Friday.
Construction crews broke ground on the original Morrow plant in 2023. According to TOTO officials, the new facility is three floors, and it is on a more than 363,000 sq. ft. plant.
"This is more than a factory opening—it’s the next chapter in our U.S. manufacturing story," said Taro Muroi, the CEO of TOTO USA. "This expansion cements our leadership in luxury bathroom innovation while creating a more agile, resilient manufacturing network."
The facility is expected to generate an estimated $43 million to Clayton County’s economy, according to Clayton County Development Authority. It will also boost domestic production by nearly 50%.
Officials call it the most advanced U.S. factory to date.
[IsraelTimes] Nation’s currency to be revalued after 99% collapse since 2011; plan aims to restore confidence after years of hyperinflation and war, remove Assad family from notes.
Will they turn to France to print their new currency, too?
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.
...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche...
