Assuming the worst:
He calls 9-1-1 to report a vehicle parked in his driveway, with a Hispanic man in the car. Caller tells 9-1-1 “he’s a criminal”. How does he know that? The man told him, in poor English, that he “doesn’t want the police to see him”. He called at shift change, so there’s no deputy available right then. 30 minutes later he’s on 9-1-1 again, mad as hell that there’s not a cop there yet about this ‘criminal’. He’s rude to the operator, (me) and also to Tulare PD dispatchers. Our unit and a Tulare PD Sargent arrive to check it out.
The gentleman was talking on his cellphone, “and didn’t want the police to see him”… on the phone while driving.
Assuming the worst
January 27, 2011
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NASA Day of Remembrance – Apollo 1, Challenger, Columbia
January 27, 2011
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Images from NASA’s Facebook page.
Dispatchers Fueled By Sugar?
January 26, 2011
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The secret to 10 hour shifts.
Gay Porn Star – Straight and Married (via Queer Landia)
January 25, 2011
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via Queer Landia
Being Human – Or Trying
January 25, 2011
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BEING HUMAN -- Season: 1 -- Pictured: (l-r) Sam Huntington as Josh, Meaghan Rath as Sally, Sam Witwer as Aidan -- Photo by: Jill Greenberg/Syfy
So Great Britain sends us another quirky story to make over in our own setting. A ghost, a vampire, and a werewolf set up housekeeping in the former home of the ghost and her husband. The husband is the landlord, the ghost is trying to be seen by him, and the werewolf and the vampire are simply trying to get through each day not killing anyone.
I’ve watched the first two episodes so far, and I’m liking it. It has some dark tones, some light tones, and a good mix of clever humor.
I’ll be watching it more to see where it goes, and if they can keep it interesting. I hope it doesn’t devolve into some kind of Ghost/Vampire/Werewolf 90210 idiocy, but we’ll have to see. Good writing so far, and maybe having it’s roots in British television will help.
God save the Queen. And the hot vampire. The werewolf’s not half bad, either.
Fun Times In The Sauna
January 23, 2011
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Update on Olbermann and MSNBC News
January 22, 2011
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Well, it looks like Olbermann and MSNBC were discussing his leaving for at least a week, and maybe longer, before yesterday’s announcement. The New York Times is reporting that the discussions were ongoing for several weeks, and that Olbermann was the only prime-time host not present at a recent luncheon event held for advertisers.
MSNBC execs may not be the complete asses that initial reporting made them out to be, and that the parting is more mutual. We, of course, still don’t know what was going on behind the scenes, or what effect ComCast’s buyout of NBC really had on Olbermann’s status.
Still, whatever the reasons for Olbermann’s departure, it will leave a big gap in MSNBC’s lineup that no amount of program shuffling will fill.
Maybe I’ll watch more than just Rachel Maddow, after all. We’ll see.
You Are…
January 22, 2011
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…here.
Somewhere.
I know where I am, how did you get lost?
It’s not that big of a planet, you know.
Not compared to Jupiter, anyway.
MSNBC Fires Keith Olbermann
January 21, 2011
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I don’t know why, but today MSNBC told Keith Olbermann that today’s show was his last, as they were ending his contract. Their press release on the matter says they wish him well in the future, but does not explain why the show was simply cut off. No ratings numbers, no “difference of opinion” comments, nothing. It must be difficult to come into work one morning and be told “this is it, after the show clean out your desk”.
MSNBC’s notice included this disclaimer, which immediately makes one think this is exactly what happened:
Msnbc spokesman Jeremy Gaines would say only that the acquisition of NBC Universal by Comcast, which received regulatory approval this week, had nothing to do with the decision.
I do know one thing about the time slot formerly occupied by Countdown… I won’t be watching whatever they put in it’s place. I’ll tune in for Rachel Maddow, but otherwise they’ve lost a viewer.
Hopefully some other network will snap Olbermann up. If one does, I implore them not to put him on at the same time as Maddow. That would just be mean.
JimmieJoe / KC6YRU 
ET Exonerated; Cow Deaths Not Work of UFOs, or Black Helicopters
January 29, 2011
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The Huffington Post Travis Walter Donovan
200 cows that were found dead in Wisconsin on January 14 were not killed by aliens, black helicopters, or a cow-tipping prank gone horribly wrong. After lab analysis of the dead animals and samples of their feed, officials are reporting that moldy sweet potatoes caused the cows to suffer from pneumonia, quickly causing their deaths.
Officials say this is not the first time sweet potato mold has killed farm animals. While rare, it does happen from time to time. Here‘s the Huffington Post article.
… yeah. That’s what they WANT you to believe! The truth after the jump!
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