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Hiawatha
A Christmas Journey Hiawatha (Disney) Last week, on the 22nd, I drove up to Pennsylvania to visit my family, many of whom live south of the Altoona area, the former railroad mecca. As is often the...
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(Not So) Darkest Africa
Ethiopia: The North I arrived back in the states a few days ago after 12 days in Ethiopia and 5 in Germany; that’s pretty much the yin and the yang of it, civilization wise. It was my first trip to...
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Race: Hanging Tight or the Big Squeeze?
The Miami Four Miami Herald According to the Miami Herald, in 2017 “a group of Miami firefighters working at historic Charles Hadley Park Fire Station 12, thought it would be funny to draw penises on...
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Race: Franklin, Earl and Ike
There’s a meme making the rounds this week marking the anniversary of the decision to imprison American-Japanese and others, after the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941. The error and hastiness of the...
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IAFF and Shady Schait: Trump’s Best Friend
Old Dog, New Tricks, Not Schaitberger Anyone who knows Harold Schaitberger at all knows that he is, first and foremost, interested in protecting his own sweet deal. That translates into never taking...
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Fire Fighter Deaths: Don’t Wait for NIOSH
Safety in the Digital Age Heavy Fire Fire/Rescue groups, including the International Association of Fire Fighters, helped to create the investigative arm at the National Institute of Occupational...
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IAFF: The Schaitberger Loyalty Treatment
Bide’n Time International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) president-for-life Harold Schaitberger made a faint ripple of news this week when he urged former Democratic vice-president Joe Biden to run...
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IAFF: Beware the Fallen Hero
What Pat Tillman’s Death Teaches Us Pat Tillman was an NFL player who turned down a 3.6 million dollar contract to join the Army, along with his brother Kevin, after the 9/11 attacks. Their father...
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IAFF and Cancer: The Schaitberger Sellout
Fox Guards Hen House In the current issue of the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) magazine, Fire Fighter, General President Harold Schaitberger remarks, ” I say it a lot — nothing is...
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Leadership: First Responder Suicides, Another Look
What Would We Do to Stop Them? Forbes Magazine recently reported that in 2017 more firefighters committed suicide than were killed in the line of duty, suggesting that the rate is more than ten times...
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Suicide Watch: Fairfax & Nicole Mittendorff, Three Years On
Nicole Mittendorff The “False Narrative” The third anniversary of the 2016 death of Fairfax County, Virginia, firefighter Nicole Mittendorff is just around the corner; it reverberates to this day after...
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Fairfax: Stephanie White’s Reply
Stephanie writes: Serious question Eric, what year did you retire? I’m asking because I think that the men and women have done an amazing- truly amazing job of protecting the memory and reputation of...
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Fairfax: Sally Kraut’s Reply
Sally Kraut: Written by a Female Lieutenant currently working for Fairfax County Fire and Rescue, please read my comment, I’m someone who has worked here for 14 years: I can’t believe I’m commenting...
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Guiding: Ah Choo!
Pretty in Pink We are amidst the bloom here in D.C. and it may be that all the rain has given us an extra dose of pollen; everyone is going about their business with a sneeze on their lips, including...
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Guiding in DC: A Texas Iwo and Capitol Karma
Always Bigger in Texas It’s busy, busy, busy as the guiding season swings into high gear with cherry blossoms and spring break equaling an avalanche of visitors. I recently toured with senior citizens...
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IAFF: Harold, Joe and the Trumpies
So Now They Hate Him Shady Schaitberger Harold Schaitberger, president-for-life of the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), endorsed Democrat septuagenarian Joe Biden the other day for...
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IAFF: The Schaitberger/Biden Memes
Social Media Woodshed Since IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger enthusiastically embraced Joe Biden for the 2020 U.S. presidency, his members have been on the war path. Some are puzzled at the...
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IAFF: Bye, Bye Biden
Schaitberger for Trump? The IAFF’s answer to North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, Our Own Dear Leader, Harold Schaitberger, finds himself in very hot water courtesy of Trump-loving IAFF members who aren’t taking...
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Leadership: D-Day + A Little Luck
Hitler Micromanages Normandy (Wiki) Much is made of D-Day, but the Supremes would never have given it a go without a reasonable expectation that they could at least get ashore. Staying ashore was...
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IAFF: And Just Like That, Tom was Gone
Woodley McGillivary No More Tom Woodley, Missing in Action Tom Woodley, longtime IAFF legal counsel and managing partner at his law firm has (been) disappeared. Woodley worked with and for the IAFF for...
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