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Trump picks Christopher Wray for FBI director

| June 7, 2017 | 10 Comments
Trump picks Christopher Wray for FBI director

The New York Times reports that the President has finally made a choice to FBI director job – Christopher Wray, a former federal prosecutor; Mr. Wray is a safe, mainstream pick from a president who at one point was considering politicians for a job that has historically been kept outside of politics. Mr. Wray, a […]

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For Our “Railhead” Readers

| June 4, 2017 | 54 Comments
For Our “Railhead” Readers

. . . especially Ex-PH2 and API. The tune is self-explanatory – once you know a bit of baclground. The bit of background: like the US, Canada also made major efforts to build a transcontinental railroad. (The term “navvy” is British slang – adopted in Canadian English – for a railway laborer.) Their projects began […]

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Just Seems Apropos

| May 29, 2017 | 15 Comments
Just Seems Apropos

. . . for today. If you’re having a rough day because of the holiday, maybe you’ll want to skip viewing this. Leave it to a Canadian national treasure to “get it right”. IMO, anyway.

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Sponsors and Police groups boycott Puerto Rican Day Parade

| May 28, 2017 | 40 Comments
Sponsors and Police groups boycott Puerto Rican Day Parade

Mick sends us a link from Fox News which reports that some police groups and parade sponsors are flocking away from the Puerto Rico Day parade because of the plan to honor terrorist Oscar Lopez Rivera; Defenders of Lopez Rivera argue he was never directly implicated in any attack. Mayor Bill de Blasio is scheduled […]

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SEAL defends “Go to Hell, Katy Perry” comment

| May 26, 2017 | 38 Comments
SEAL defends “Go to Hell, Katy Perry” comment

I guess singer Katy Perry pissed a lot of people off the other day when she Tweeted this message to her fans in the wake of the Manchester terrorist attack; “No barriers, no borders, we all just need to coexist.” Former Navy Seal Carl Higbie caught some flack for his response to Ms. Perry; “Go […]

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Joshua Jamesray Gueary

| May 26, 2017 | 36 Comments
Joshua Jamesray Gueary

Earlier this month, someone sent us the tragic story of Josh Gueary published in the Topeka Capitol-Journal. Josh, here, shot his brother and two laborers before turning the gun on himself – and of course, his military service was to blame; On that day, Fletcher said, Josh Gueary displayed the paranoia and edginess that friends […]

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Snopes asks TAH about Sheriff Clarke’s Stolen Valor

| May 24, 2017 | 82 Comments
Snopes asks TAH about Sheriff Clarke’s Stolen Valor

Snopes reached out to us on the question of Sheriff David Clarke’s Stolen Valor; But criticism of Clarke’s uniform is purely subjective. John Lilyea, a retired Army sergeant who runs the blog “This Ain’t Hell” which often deals with stolen valor cases, said he saw nothing wrong with Clarke’s pins, and thought the kerfuffle was […]

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Newspeak in Washington State law enforcement

| May 22, 2017 | 85 Comments
Newspeak in Washington State law enforcement

Chris sends us a link to KIRO7 which reports that the police in Seattle’s Department now refer to “suspects” in their reports as “community members” because “labeling someone a suspect can sometimes be misleading if they are not suspected of anything.” In the incident specifically that triggered this report, there’s little doubt that the suspect […]

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