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Meet the Pakistani man who helped save a homeless woman found frozen outside

A homeless woman named Bobbi was found frozen outside a South Fort Worth, Texas Food Mart during a winter storm. Store manager Farris Hussain intervened by lifting her from the ground and carrying her inside to warm up until help arrived. This quick action likely prevented a life-threatening situation. Hussain jumped into action after a customer walked into the store and yelled that Bobbi is outside frozen. The Fort Worth Fire Department confirmed that emergency crews responded to the scene and paramedics took Bobbi to a hospital for further care. The incident highlights the importance of community support and the role of frontline workers in ensuring the safety and well-being of vulnerable individuals during extreme weather conditions. Hussain told CBS News affiliate in Fort Worth, Texas, "She felt as stiff as a rock," he said, "I mean it was. When I picked her up, her entire body was just no matter was going to stay the same form." After she wormed up, she opened her eyes and thanked everyone in the store for their kind gestures. The Fort Worth Fire Department responded to Even Food Mart between 9:00 and 10:00 and paramedics took her to a hospital.

Some Tales from the Darkside

The recent demonstrations in Iran that may have killed more than 5,000 civilians and security officers changed from largely peaceful to violent when a number of “agitators” got involved and sought to turn the gatherings focused on the poor economy into a drive to bring about regime change. It has been suggested that the sometimes-armed outsiders who stirred the pot were organized and trained by foreign intelligence services, most specifically the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Israeli Mossad. In the event, the apparent plan to bring down the Iranian government failed when Tehran’s own intelligence and security services were able to intercept and decode the Starlink communications that the plotters were using after the phones and internet were turned off. Armed with information on who, what when and where the authorities were able to make mass arrests and shut down the planned insurgency.

The Intertwining of Earth and Humans

Let’s put ICE and, indeed, war itself –the smugly violent certainty of militarism – into the largest perspective possible. I suggest this as the only way to maintain my sanity: to believe that we, that our children, actually have a future.

This is one planet. Every living being, every pulse of life, every molecule of existence, is intertwined. I’m not in any way suggesting I understand what this means. I simply see it as our starting point, as we acknowledge and embrace the Anthropocene: the current global era, basically as old as I am, in which natural and human forces are intertwined. The fate of one determines the fate of the other.

After the Headlines Fade: Gaza, Abandoned While the Genocide Persists

A colleague, an editor at a widely read outlet that centered Gaza throughout the two-year genocide, recently voiced his frustration that Gaza is no longer a main focus in the news.

He hardly needed to say it. It is evident that Gaza has already been pushed to the margins of coverage — not only by mainstream Western media, long known for its structural bias in Israel’s favor, but also by outlets often described, accurately or not, as ‘pro-Palestine.’

At first glance, this retreat may appear routine. Gaza during the height of the genocide demanded constant attention; Gaza after the genocide, less so.

But this assumption collapses under scrutiny, because the genocide in Gaza has not ended.

Arctic Madness

What happened to the Epstein scandal? You are gone. Wipe you out of my eyes. Hocuspocus, evaporated with a magic wand move. It seems that the master of illusions, Donald Trump, managed to escape this deadly blow, at least for the moment.

Trump's attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of its president, Maduro, a former bus driver, got Epstein out of the headlines. Now Trump and his cronies are beating the drums for his aims of world greatness, announced in Davos, Switzerland. This alpine resort, ugly enough — and not strong enough for skiing — was the perfect scene for Trump's show. Davos' annual carnival is the world stage of big egos, swindlers and braggers.

Leading among them was former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, a politician with unparalleled bendability and ability to sugarcoat lies and half-truths. Blair has just agreed to join Trump's so-called Peace Board, a bunch of shady politicians. The participation fee is $1 billion, a typical Trump fundraiser.

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