During his first two weeks in office, New York City’s mayor has prioritized the needs of its citizens: Portable public toilets.
Not crime, not taxes, not housing, and not public safety. Portable public toilets.
Zoran Mamdani announced a new public restroom pilot program that will cost millions of dollars but, I’m sure, will solve the high-ranking problem of where to do your business in the city. Watch him announce his new pilot program here.
It’s not like a large city has tried to install public modular toilets and had great success with them.
This Thursday, July 17, 2008 photo shows a man as he waits for his turn to use an automated public toilet, near Seattle’s famous Pike Place Market. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, file)
In 2004 the city of Seattle spent $5 million dollars on FIVE self-cleaning toilet units. These facilities became notorious for attracting the homeless, illegal activities, drug use and prostitution. As a result, the city sold them in 2008 for $12,549, a loss of 4,987,451 taxpayer dollars.
Public toilets in Berlin.
The city of Berlin tried something similar but with “eco-friendly” toilets. Many of those have been destroyed in the same way Seattle’s were (see above photo).
But hey, at least Mamdani is promising more free stuff! It’s just probably not the free stuff that everyone desires. And don’t count on this effort being anymore successful than it was in Seattle and Berlin.
Posted onNovember 14, 2025byDCG|Comments Off on Good Samaritans pull driver from burning Porsche
So many people today record incidents on their phones instead of stepping into action to assist, especially in dangerous situations. This is a case where brave men stepped up to rescue an elderly driver from a burning vehicle. Take a look:
“Dramatic video shows heroic bystanders rescuing an elderly Florida driver from his Porsche when it burst into flames.
The black sports car was engulfed in the middle of a road in Clearwater last week when motorcyclist David Calderon raced over to open a door and drag the 74-year-old driver to safety. “I didn’t really think about it. I just reacted,” Calderon told WFLA.
“I was really scared. The flames were really hot. The flames [were] coming out from under the car and inside the car, you know.”
Video shows Calderon, still with his helmet on, pulling the driver from the Porsche as flames and black smoke billow from it. The man appeared to have a prosthetic leg, his rescuer said, making the escape even trickier.
Another good Samaritan ran over and doused the flaming car with a fire extinguisher.
Others wanted to help but were scared off because the flames were “too hot,” Calderon said.
The rescued driver, who was not otherwise identified, was taken to a local hospital for evaluation but appeared to have escaped largely unscathed, officials said.”
Perp James Bowman freed on his own recognizance in a blue state after assaulting woman
For years democrats have been implementing their desired goal of “criminal justice reform” with the goal being a more “equitable” system. This was amplified after the George Floyd incident and started the Defund The Police movement and many states to implement “no cash bail” policies.
Activist judges have fully participated in this experiment resulting in endangerment to the public and victims. Here’s a recent example from Maryland via a press release from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office:
“On November 8 at 12:52 a.m., officers responded to the 4200 block of Drake Court in Waldorf for the report of an assault involving a man and a woman. Upon arrival, officers found a woman inside the residence holding a toddler. She had visible injuries and was covered in blood. Officers de-escalated the situation and learned the suspect had returned to the residence after being arrested and charged with assaulting the same woman less than six hours earlier.
An investigation revealed the suspect, James Bowman, III, age 40, of Waldorf, had been arrested the previous night, November 7, for a domestic-related assault. In that case, it was reported Bowman punched the victim in the face and bit her hand. After his arrest, a district court commissioner released Bowman from the Charles County Detention Center on personal recognizance under the condition he does not abuse the woman.
Bowman returned to the residence within one hour of being released and assaulted the woman again; this time, she was holding a toddler. She was able to call 9-1-1 and retreat to a bedroom and lock the door; however, Bowman forced the door open and continued assaulting her as she attempted to place the child on the bed. While striking the woman, Bowman also struck the child in the forehead, causing an injury.
The victim and child were treated by EMS. Bowman was arrested at the scene and charged with assault and child abuse. A district court commissioner held him without bond and on November 10, a judge ordered Bowman to continue to be held without bond.“
These days with democrats fighting so hard to protect criminal illegal aliens, it should come as no surprise that a judge would release a domestic abuser and biter. He or she should be held responsible for releasing this animal so quickly.
The criminal justice reform experiement in blue states has not been a success. Especially for this woman and child. But that doesn’t mean that democrats won’t continue in their quest for “equity.”
This week Oklahoma Gov. Stitt announced that Oklahoma Highway Patrol and ICE worked together to remove 130 illegal aliens from our major highways. These drivers were issued commercial drivers licenses in sanctuary states and some had even “No Name Given” on their licenses. From KFOR:
“On Monday, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt announced authorities apprehended 130 alleged “illegal” immigrants from multiple countries under “Operation Guardian” sweep along Interstate 40.
According to the Governor Stitt’s announcement, the operation handled by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) targeted enforcement along I-40 in western Oklahoma with numerous commercial truck drivers utilizing licensures issued by sanctuary states from multiple countries, including India, Uzbekistan, China, Russia, Georgia, Turkey, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Mauritania.
“If New York wants to hand out CDLs to illegal immigrants with ‘No Name Given,’ that’s on them. The moment they cross into Oklahoma, they answer to our laws,” said Governor Stitt. “I want to thank our troopers and ICE officials for their hard work. This is about keeping Oklahomans safe.”
The USA had no border control under Biden and “Border Czar” Harris. Their disastrous reign allowed untold number of illegal aliens to flood our country.
Their purposeful disregard for our border was a driving factor in millions of Americans voting for a new sheriff last November. And boy, is he taking action!
The Center for Immigration Studies released a report today that show border enforcement actually works when one gets serious. They analyzed raw data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) household survey, officially called the Current Population Survey (CPS), and found a 2.2 million decline in the total foreign-born or immigrant population (legal and illegal) between January and July of this year. Take a look at their numbers:
The total foreign-born or immigrant population declined an unprecedented 2.2 million from January to July – the largest six-month decline ever within the same year.
Non-citizens accounted for all of the falloff in the total foreign-born; the naturalized U.S. citizen population has actually increased some since January.
The preliminarily estimate is that the illegal immigrant population declined an astonishing 1.6 million (10 percent) to 14.2 million from January to July of this year.
The CPS shows significant job growth among the U.S.-born. Further, to the extent employment growth may have slowed overall, it is likely due to illegal immigrants leaving the country.
The University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) has agreed to comply with President Trump and the Department of Education’s ban on biological men competing in women’s sports. William “Lia” Thomas hardest hit.
“The University of Pennsylvania has entered into a formal resolution agreement with the Trump administration’s Department of Education to ban transgender women from competing in women’s sports. The agreement comes as part of a federal civil rights investigation that found UPenn violated Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in educational programs, by allowing Lia Thomas, a transgender woman, to compete on the women’s swim team.
The Department of Education launched its investigation on February 6 and concluded in April that the university’s decision to allow Thomas to compete in women’s events constituted a Title IX violation. In response, the university has now agreed to a comprehensive set of changes outlined in the resolution.”
As part of the agreement, UPenn will reinstate Division I swimming records, titles, and recognitions to female athletes who were displaced by William’s participation and send letters appologizing the the affected swimmers. Men will also be banned from the women’s locker rooms and women-only facilities.
Kudos to President Trump, Linda McMahon and Riley Gaines for their hard efforts to protect girls and women and their sports and safe spaces!
Yesterday, an Air India airplane (Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner) crashed shortly after take off, killing all aboard (over 200 souls), except for one British man who miraculously survived. Here’s video of the airplane take off and crash:
As you can see, there was obviously an issue with the lift and thrust of this Dreamliner. The website, Aviation Safety Network, has all the details of the crash as well as additional videos. You can more about the crash at ABC News, here.
Here’s the sole survivor’s story:
The survivor lost his brother who was sitting close to him in the airplane.
What a miracle for this man to be able to walk away from this wreckage! Hopefully he can fully recover and deal with any “Survivor’s Guilt” he may feel in the future.
Politico is nothing more than an arm of the DNC, just like most lamestream media outlets.
For some reason, they chose to invite Sebastian G0rka to their Security Summit. Journalist Dasha Burns thought she (like most journalists today) would get the best of Gorka but he ain’t playing around. Burns tried to defend a narrative for the “Maryland Man” who was deported due to his affiliation with the notorious MS-13 gang.
Watch the beatdown (scroll ahead to the 15:45 mark, watch through at least the 20:52 mark for the verbal assault by Gorka!):
If you have time, watch the whole 29 minutes. Gorka does a good job defending the truth and President Trump’s policies while simultaneously putting this hack journalist in her place.
Democrats have proven they care more about criminals than law-abiding citizens. Whether it’s through their “Defund the Police” movement, harboring illegal aliens, or soft-on-crime policies and eliminating cash bail, criminals are prioritized in their cities and states.
Imagine a criminal breaking into your residence three times in under ten days and the courts allowing him to roam free after each occurence. That’s what a woman is having to deal with the Bronx. From NY Post:
“A terrorized Bronx woman has armed herself with a pair of pit bulls in a desperate effort to defend herself from an unhinged career criminal who keeps breaking into her home — but remains on the streets.
Beauty salon owner Itesha Hairston said she’s petrified that 33-year-old Jarrell Coburn is stalking her after the vagrant broke into her home three times in under 10 days last month, but keeps getting a slap on the wrist due to a soft-on-crime court system that won’t lock him up.
In fact, Coburn, who has at least nine unsealed busts on his rap sheet, tried to bust in again on April 9 — just nine days after he was last nabbed inside her Longwood ground-floor apartment.
“He really think this is his apartment,” Hairston, 47, told The Post. “He really thinks he lives here. This guy is very, very dangerous. He just won’t stop. The guy won’t stop. I don’t know this guy from anywhere. Something’s really wrong with this dude,” she added. “That’s why I got my sister’s dogs. The law won’t do anything to protect me. I’ve got to be protected somehow.”
Coburn, whose past arrests include charges that he assaulted and spat on NYPD cops, has five open cases in the Bronx, including three for allegedly breaking into Hairston’s apartment.”
Each time the perp was arrested for breaking into Itesha’s apartment, a judge released him without bail. The reason for no bail: Criminal trespassing charges are not eligible for bail under the state’s lenient 2019 criminal justice reforms.
New Yorkers are going to have to learn the hard way:
You have to wonder how long California and the Los Angeles area will put up with the most feckless and incompetent leadership that they have ever elected.
After the California wildfires that devastated so many people, Gov. Newsom signed an executive order enacting new wildfire prevention rules. Homeowners are now required to clear flammable materials (including mulch, bushes and plants) except for mature trees within five feet of their homes.
According to Newsweek, state officials and researchers claim that embers are responsible for 90 percent of structures destroyed by wildfire.
Clearing plants five feet around houses will stop this ferocious fire?
Given that the Santa Ana winds can blow up to 100 miles per hour, you have to wonder how not planting bushes within five feet from one’s house will actually save a structure.
I mean, I don’t believe that lawns and flower beds are what fueled the catastrophic fires to begin with. You know what did? A combination of ineptitude among many, many leaders.
First, there’s the Los Angeles Mayor, Karen Bass. Despite the National Weather Service warning of the potential for extreme fire conditions, the good mayor decided to take a taxpayer-funded trip to Ghana to attend the inauguration of their president. Once she learned of the disaster unfolding in her city, she headed back to the USA. Stone-cold silent she was as areas of Los Angeles went up in flames.
Another thing that fueled the fires? Not. Having. Water.
Santa Ynez reservoir: EMPTY at the time of fires.
Instead of being full of water, as a reservoir should be in a fire-prone area, the reservoir sat empty, leaving water supplies and hydrants dry after hours of intense firefighting. The reservoir sat empty for a year after a tear was discovered in its rubber-like protective cover. But no worries, leaders at the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power are now hiring an independent engineer to assess whether the empty reservoir contributed to the failure of its water system during the Palisades fire.
Mayor Bass nominated LADWP CEO Janisse Quiñones with an annual salary of $750,000. Janisse knew about the empty reservoir and broken hydrants months before the fires. Quiñones past employer is also linked to fire scandals. She was previously a top executive at electricity company PG&E, which went bankrupt over liability for several massive wildfires in California.
Another failure of leadership at LADWP to provide water to known fire zone areas during a wildfire event.
Failure at so many levels and to date, no accountability for any of their actions. But you, homeowner, better not plant a rosebush for grandma by her front door! No pretty flowerbeds along your front window sills!
No doubt Newsom’s executive order will ensure that the wind can only blow burning embers four and a half feet or less. You democrats never learn…
