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Bikecopblog: Lucille
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Friday, May 15, 2015. Noting the passing of BB King at age 89. Most of the guitarists I've listened to over the years, and certainly all of the blues guitarists, mention BB King as a major influence. There are lists of awards the man won, and honors he'd been given elsewhere. All I know is that the blues, the guitar and playing for people so consumed him, the love of music so animated his life, that he was still performing at age 89. We should all be so lucky. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Magpul&#...
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Bikecopblog: April 2015
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015. You Want a What? Flying home last night on a gorgeous, apparently brand new Airbus A321, I was reading a book by former Major League umpire Ken Kaiser. He grew up in Rochester, NY, the city I had left that morning. The city where my mom had lived most of her life, and where she had passed. The clerk brought her a mop. Rochester's accent is much more like Chicago's than NYC's. The Great Lakes accent, it is called. Some translation was necessary. And the editor hadn't caught it.
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Bikecopblog: And, His Head Explodes
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Monday, May 18, 2015. And, His Head Explodes. In a 5-4 ruling, the justices agreed with a lower court that the tax is unconstitutional because it discourages Maryland residents from earning money outside the state." Supreme Court Strikes Down Double Tax Law,. Fox News, May 18, 2015. Law Porn Aler t. Comptroller of the State of Maryland v. Wynne, Et Ux. The dormant part of the clause (now you've read the whole thing - does it look like something is sleeping in there? Scalia's opinion is worth reading, but...
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Bikecopblog: 1033, Baby
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Monday, May 18, 2015. According to philosophy professor Harry Frankfurt, however, the 'essence of bullshit is not that it is false but that it is phony.'" William Voegeli, National Review. November 13, 2013. Breaking News: The White House announced that it will no longer allow federal programs to supply local police forces with some military-style equipment amid an outcry over police treatment of minority communities and protesters." Fox News, May 18, 2015. As for the other stuff. Puh-leeeze. Individuals...
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Bikecopblog: May 2015
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Sunday, May 31, 2015. Worthy of the Jersey. Caution is the key to safe cycling. I'm aware that cars are bigger than me, but I feel quite safe. I'm in control, liberated and free, when I'm on my bike. Hey, can I get one of those jerseys? Of course," was my answer. It was true enough. Fortunately, that's where I stopped talking. I was stationed at the back, a sort of overwatch position that also put the "POLICE" letters on the back of my jersey at what was really the head of the line. That would be the...
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Bikecopblog: What People Really Think
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Monday, May 11, 2015. What People Really Think. Please welcome my friend AJ Zayatz to Bikecopblog. This is Law Enforcement Week, and his words explain better what we experience than any I could conjure. People believe in us. So hopefully at some point we can get the masses to speak up and show that having a job never knowing if it's your last shift and your family will never see you again overcomes this mayhem that is going on. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Justice for a Little Girl - UPDATED.
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Bikecopblog: Window Well and Cozumel
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Friday, May 8, 2015. Window Well and Cozumel. Mourning the loss of last feline triplet Rowena. There was no real reason to check our email. We were (as this is written are. In Cozumel, on the vacation from adulthood. You know, the time in life when problems are challenges to be overcome, faced head on. Accepted as part of being a grown up. Her appetite fell off a cliff. With the three refugees from our Northglenn window well that always said the end was painfully close. We say farewell to a tiny cat with...
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Bikecopblog: Duty
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Monday, November 12, 2012. It's from Penzance, or Iolanthe. One of the ones about duty". They're all about duty."*. An old friend wore his police uniform - he does not work a uniformed assignment - as he climbed into a car in the lot. A Denver Police vehicle sat in front of our station. Unusual. I got to my desk shortly before six in the morning and called Dispatch. There'd been a call - a prowler, maybe a burglary. Random shots, then purposeful ones. Someone had been hit. Eight of us showed up. Guns...
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Bikecopblog: Deferring to My Father
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Saturday, May 16, 2015. Deferring to My Father. The shirt, labeled on Under Armour's website as "Band of Ballers," bears a strong similarity to the U.S. Marine Corp War Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. The statue, also known as the Iwo Jima Memorial, features a group of soldiers planting a flag during the Battle of Iwo Jima (1945), which resulted in 26,000 American casualties." Underarmour Stops Selling Shirt Bearing Similarity to Statue,. Darren Rovell, ESPN Business reporter, May 16, 2015.
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Bikecopblog: A Cold Day in Hell
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Wednesday, February 5, 2014. A Cold Day in Hell. No stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission. Desperate and armed, a parolee on the run forced his way into an Arvada home and took a thirteen year old boy hostage. Initial efforts aimed at persuading him to surrender failed. SWAT was called. Did I mention it was snowing, the temperature near zero? For the tactical operators. It's dangerously cold, it's snowing and an...
