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Leadership: Gold Star Madness
Trump, Right and Wrong Sgt. La David Johnson U.S. Army Sergeant La David Johnson was killed in action in Niger, one of four soldiers who died in an apparent ambush. The exact circumstances of his death...
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Guiding: “No Comment”
And the Laugh’s on Zuckerberg Well, the Fall guiding season is in full swing in our Nation’s Capitol with adults here to see the sights and visiting eighth-grade students here to prevent them from...
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JFK Files: October Surprise?
Kennedy Dies President John Kennedy was riding in an open limousine through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963, when he suffered a fatal gunshot wound. Kennedy was shot twice, the...
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John Kelly and Honor
When a Fifth-Grader Gets It The Civil War’s Bloody Lane Retired Marine General and Trump chief-of-staff John Kelly said recently that, Confederate General Robert E. Lee was “an honorable man who gave...
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Leadership: Miami Vice
Symbolism 101 Miami Herald Six Miami firefighters, including two officers, have been fired and more may follow after they were charged with participating in, or consenting to acts, described as racist...
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Miami: Where’s the IAFF?
Harold and Edzo, Missing in Action Miami Herald The disaster in Miami has become a worldwide news story; google “firefighter/noose” and see what you get. Or just go to CNN, AP or any other news outlet...
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Spies: Of Harvey and Harold
Birds of a Feather Harvey Weinstein Disgraced entertainment guru and alleged serial sexual assaulter Harvey Weinstein is being outed again, this time over the revelation that he hired spies/private...
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The Yakkers
Blah, Blah, Blah Everybody knows one. That guy or gal itching to bend your ear. So eager to talk they would chat with a corpse if no one else was around. I once worked with someone who was so verbose...
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IAFF: Bobby Shelton Weighs In
He is an IAFF Instructor “Many years ago the GP got up in front of a number of instructors and stated plainly that the diversity of the IAFF instructor pool lacked diversity and did not reflect our...
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Franken-Photo
As Bad As Trump The Franken-Photo should be the iconic image used to explain how men in power think and feel about women. And, it’s much worse than it seems. Franken felt so empowered that he wanted a...
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McConnell Madness
Politico had this to say over the weekend about how Trump’s GOP is treating US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell: “Corey Stewart, the Trump-aligned local elected official in Virginia who … is...
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Survive: Older Apartment Fire Safety
Charming But Potentially Deadly, Too “A woman and her two daughters and a niece on the fifth floor were killed when flames from the first floor rushed up the stairwell, filling the passageway with...
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The IAFF Lawsuit: Schaitberger Settles
In Like a Lion But Out Like a Lamb Over a year ago, in the Fall of 2016, former New York Local 854 president and IAFF chief of staff Pete Gorman filed a lawsuit in DC court alleging that he had been...
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Thank Dr. Melius
Brunacini in a Lab Coat The diesel extraction systems protecting you from particulates? Thank Dr. Melius for that. Better and more targeted medical exams for firefighters? Thank him for that, too....
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Where’s My Roy Cohn, Trump Asks
Cohn with McCarthy Cohn was a lawyer and friend of Trump’s when he was younger. Cohn was a pure maggot, serving as Joe McCarthy’s chief counsel during the infamous Army-McCarthy hearings. He was also a...
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Leadership: Shitheads
Cotton, Perdue, etc. Trump Let’s start by recalling that Donald Trump has made a career out of saying outrageous things from “grab’em by the pussy” to saying he would date his own daughter because...
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IAFF @ 100: How Schaitberger Sold Us Out
Death of a Union The chief and crucial reason for labor unions is to fight or advocate on behalf of their members. It’s very simple, really. To employ collective strength to ensure that we have...
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Safety Technology: Smile, You’re on Camera!
It Was Only a Matter of Time Cameras in vehicles are now so prevalent they shouldn’t attract notice much less interest. The combination of digital technology and portability now means that any activity...
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Leadership: Friendly Fire
White House Skewers Republican Graham Graham There is a lot not to like about Republican senator Lindsay Graham but he has sometimes emerged as a voice of reason and this is one of those times....
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Pensions: Cranston Loses, Here’s Why
US Court of Appeals Bats’em Down Pay attention to the history because getting there is half the fun. Cranston, Rhode Island (RI), firefighters have been covered by some type of municipal pension system...
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