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Greenland: A Voyage
From Sisimiut to Ilulissat Ilulissat was the next stop, where the icebergs are, or at least a lot of them, and we elected to travel by ship, up the Davis Strait on an “overnight” voyage to get there....
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Qaasuitsup Fire and Rescue Department
To the amusement of some, I always visit a fire station, wherever I am, to see how they do what we all do. Those visits have included places as diverse as Kathmandu, Nepal, London, England, Kandy, Sri...
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Shady Schait: Desperate in the 7th
Walsh Comes Within a Whisker of 50% The results of the snap election to fill Kelly Fox’s board seat in the IAFF’s 7th district are in. Ricky Walsh garnered over 5,100, Ryan Mudie around 4,200 and Greg...
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IAFF: Edzo Does His “Charlie McCarthy”
A Fool and His Microphone Ed Bergen and Charlie McCarthy IAFF General Secretary-Treasurer Ed “Edzo” Kelly was in the 7th district this week making a fool of himself while simultaneously embarrassing...
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IAFF: “Edzo”, “The Rat” and DOL
America’s Dumbest Video The “Edzo” Am I the only person who has noticed that “Edzo” is just two short letters from Bozo? Bozo was, until the appearance of “Edzo”, our most famous clown. Bozo, like...
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IAFF: Kelly Fox and Stalog 1750
Escape From IAFF Foiled It’s not that easy, Kelly IAFF Vice-President and soon to be Cal-PERS pension guru Kelly Fox apparently thought escaping 1750 New York Ave. would be as simple as cutting the...
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IAFF Releases “Confidential” Report, Sort Of
Must Come to Headquarters to View It Shady-Schait IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger and GST the “Edzo” Kelly are releasing the hitherto super secret “Final Report to the General President of...
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IAFF: Mr. Joe Blow on the Not-So Secret Report
Mr. Joe Blow, Trump Lover and occasional contributor, gives his view on the Shady-Schait / “Edzo” decision to suddenly open up their “confidential” report for all to see, but no note taking or photos,...
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IAFF: When the Secret Report Fizzles
So Much For That Idea Dick Tracy In a move increasingly seen as bizarre, Shady Schait and EDZO decided to release a heretofore super secret report purportedly showing leaks at the IAFF. The...
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Jerry Lewis, My Brush With Fame
Jerry Lewis When I was still working at the IAFF, and during my last convention, in 2008, my job was to “bird-dog” the schedule and keep things running smoothly. The meeting began at about 9AM and was...
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Leadership: Bullying
Not a Winning Formula While we digest Trump’s recent Phoenix rant where he viciously attacked the First Amendment, we should also keep our eyes on what is happening in the Senate. “In a series of...
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7th Says NO to Shady Schait and EDZO
Walsh Wins by 20 Points Rick Walsh In a closely watched race to replace retiring IAFF vice-president Kelly Fox, Ricky Walsh, former DVP, defeated Ryan Mudie in a run-off election where IAFF principal...
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Our Man, Joe Blow, and the Race in the 7th
Joe Blow writes in so often (we like that even though we have no idea who he really is) that he needs an image so I googled Joe Blow and here is what I got. Joe Blow Joe loves Trump but appears not to...
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Kelly, Trump & Schaitberger
Boss as Bully Narcissist John Kelly The Kelly in the headline is White House chief of staff John Kelly, not the IAFF’s Kelly, a clarification that is essential because the difference could not be...
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Hidden DC: An Aqueduct Bridge
Watering Washington Meigs Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, Quartermaster General of the Union Army during the Civil War, was the brains and driving force behind the creation of the 12-mile long Washington...
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War: Afghanistan/Chicagoland
A Picture Worth a Thousand Words Taliban and Isis in Afghanistan-2017 Those dark splotches on the map, looking a little like coffee stains, outline the areas of Afghanistan under the control of either...
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Ford’s: A Salesman
Of Willy and Bernie Ford’s Thanks to knowing the “right” people, for once in my life, I was able to attend the dress rehearsal for Arthur Miller’s legendary play, Death of a Salesman, at Ford’s theater...
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Vegas: Our American War
Jasper Johns War needs neither cohesion, organization nor centralized purpose to levy a terrible price. Our American war is fought one-sidedly with high-capacity magazine weaponry made possible...
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Stephen Paddock: Why?
“Lone Wolf, Anti-Social, God Complex” Paddock, who killed 58 and wounded nearly 500 in Vegas last weekend, apparently left no clear indication of the reason for his rampage. The FBI and others are...
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Brunacini: Jesus on a Firetruck
He Came From The Desert The man called “Bruno” died Sunday, age 80, apparently with, as they say, “his boots on.” As chief of the Phoenix fire department and afterwards, he was a constant professional...
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