Those of us of a certain age may have resigned ourselves to the idea that Nixon’s stupid, racist, Prison Industrial Complex-funded War on Drugs would be a permanent fixture in our lives — the wall of opposition too dense, the logic too absent.

If (like me) you had given up followin… Read full post »

What a perfect reflection of the bigger picture.  Find a way to exploit the poor without ever having to make eye contact with them or give them a single damned thing.

I saw this post from Soup Kitchen Sam on the FB page of (the excellent) Lee Camp:

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VIVA ESPANA!

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Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his heart, and that depends upon how much he has polished it.  Whoever has polished it more sees more — more unseen forms become manifest to him

–Jalal-Uddin Rumi

Saw this today on Medic Madness:

If Mitt Romney Was A Paramedic

With election season around the corner, 2 people are going to be faced with some major career changes. One of them is going to lead this country, and the other is… Read full post »

I try not to write too much about the sorry state of affairs that is public safety in the country, because it’s a drag.  It just hurts my soul, and I’m tired of barking in the dark.
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United as 1, divided by zero.

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I normally have a disclaimer here, because these posts are usually taken from anonymous posters on the police message boards.  But today is a special treat, a message from that gentleman scholar, Todd Frazier.  Yes, THE Todd Frazier.  Calm down ladies, he’s married.

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This is why we should shut down all the fire stations.  Let’s cut the Seabees, too.  They’re obviously not worth having around, are they?  Screw it, we have lots more women and children in cars to replace these ones.

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I had the good fortune of finding the film Time For Change on Hulu.

This is a must-see documentary for anyone who wants to see the system of our society change for the better.  The trailer is a bit deceptive; it’s put out as a sort of examination of the Mayan… Read full post »

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The rights of police officers to exercise their free speech is not only a civil right afforded to all citizens of America (at least in theory), it is crucial to the public interest.  Understand this:  those who seek to silence police officers do so at your expense.

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Friends, you know I almost never use the word hero.  But really, how else can you describe a police officer like (soon to be former) Sergeant Todd Frazier?  Here’s a picture of (soon to be) Officer Frazier being awarded a Meritorious Service Medal by Renton’s own Commissioner Gordon, Ch… Read full post »

Interesting photo series of Dutch Marines in Afghanistan by Claire Felicie.  I particularly liked this series, Armoured.  Here are two sets.

DISCLAIMER:   All of Xave’s Faves contain re-posts and/or excerpts from anonymous police message boards.  The quoted authors are unknown unless specifically credited, and no statement is made as to their truthfulness or accuracy.  In other words, this section may contain gossip, nonsense, BS, u… Read full post »

I used to partner with a guy, let’s call him Jonesy.  He was quite the storyteller.

He once told me a story while we were staged at the county line, meaning sitting in our parked ambulance at the border of our service area.  The neighboring county had several large incidents at… Read full post »

So many great things about this video:

• Opens with a “that’s what she said” joke – realistic portrayal of EMS.
• 0:18 “Woo hoo!  Guess who?”
• The head smack we’ve all fantasized about — “That’s entirely wrong!”
• 0:53 Yosemite Sam
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Guest blog today courtesy of Molly Hoolahan

In a speech to dozens of acclaimed physicists, Brian Cox explains the exclusion principal, noting that every atom in the entire universe must sit in a precisely different energy level. When you heat a simple diamond (for example) some of the electro… Read full post »