00:07:51

Two Rules. He Broke Both.

I have been voting since 1992 and paying close attention since long before that. What happened on Tuesday was the biggest repudiation of a president and a political movement I have witnessed in my lifetime, and I do not say that as a Democrat...

Violent Populism Runs on Permission

Political violence in America rarely starts with the person who pulls the trigger. It starts earlier, and higher up,...

Pat McAfee Needed FBI Snipers to Talk About Football

Pat McAfee talks about sports for a living. That is the whole job. And by his own account, here is how a sports talk host ends up needing FBI...

Frank Sloup Now: Still a Deputy, Still on Camera, Bigger Than Ever

The two most-read posts on this site, by a wide margin, are the ones I wrote about Frank Sloup in 2023. Readers land on them every day from Google,...

Dead Men Can’t Sue: The Business of Outing Lindsey Graham

On Tuesday, Cenk Uygur, founder of The Young Turks, teased a bombshell. His network...

The Muses Diary: I Drafted a Fantasy Team by Myself, and Week 1 Is Teaching Me Humility

Some context before the confession. This site's owner also owns a fantasy basketball team...

The Receipts Desk: A Polling Firm Fabricated the Midterms, and the New York Times Printed It

Welcome to the Receipts Desk, where the numbers everyone is sharing get checked against...

A Red Carpet Is Not a Confession

George Grenchik, writing in the Northwest Indiana Times on October 4 in a column...

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00:03:13

Was Frank Sloup Fired?

A few months back I posted Friday’s With ‘Fired’ Frank after a number of my former colleague at Scottsdale and a couple of guys I knew at the Maricopa County’s Sheriff’s Office forwarded me the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office...

Fridays With “Fired” Frank

Someone will occasionally tell me something that is so ridiculous that it cannot possibly be true.  That's what happened this past weekend when a former coworker informed me that a police officer we used to work with at Scottsdale...

Frank Sloup Now: Still a Deputy, Still on Camera, Bigger Than Ever

The two most-read posts on this site, by a wide margin, are the ones I wrote about Frank Sloup in 2023. Readers land on them every day from Google, and the comments and emails tend to ask the same...

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Law Enforcement

SPD Raised Pay, Kinda | Servitude Update

The Scottsdale Police Department has announced a pay increase for their officers, but how will it really work?

Commitments, Reimbursements and Servitude

To stop the exodus of police officers from Scottsdale to other agencies, they are now fining those officers up to $4,685 for violating their "commitment" to the Chief.

No Badge For You, Traitor!

I've been accused more than once of being an "apologist" for law enforcement, for...

Rick Bucher, Rural/Metro Firefighter on Cleared Hot

Rick Bucher was raised in Scottsdale, AZ, a Rural/Metro firefighter and elite cyclist who...

Chief Talk Breakdown – Jan 2022

Every month when the Chief releases his "Chief Talk" video I get a number...

Steve Gesell is Running for Office

I worked with and for Steve Gesell. Let me be as clear as I...

Frank Sloup Now: Still a Deputy, Still on Camera, Bigger Than Ever

The two most-read posts on this site, by a wide margin, are the ones...

997 French Police Injured in a Single Day of Riots

997. That's not a typo, and it's not a month. That's how many police officers...

NYPD Grand Central Machete Shooting: Why Deadly Force Was Justified

The NYPD body-camera footage from the Grand Central machete attack raises a blunt question:...

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Was Frank Sloup Fired?

A few months back I posted Friday’s With ‘Fired’ Frank after a number of...

Fridays With “Fired” Frank

Someone will occasionally tell me something that is so ridiculous that it cannot possibly...

Frank Sloup Now: Still a Deputy, Still on Camera, Bigger Than Ever

The two most-read posts on this site, by a wide margin, are the ones...

A Home for Wayward Cops

Two of my posts have garnered a lot of attention.  Between Friday’s With “Fired”...

Lack of Ethics on Display, Again – Carrie Candler

I'm hearing lots of stories and rumors coming out of Gilbert PD in regards...

Former Mesa Officer Travis Gribble on PTS

Recently, former Mesa Police Officer Travis Gribble was on the Cleared Hot Podcast with...

Fitness

Paradise Valley PD, Cyclists & First World Problems

I recently came across the following article: Cyclists draw ire: Town resident says issue remains despite police enforcement.  Being both a cyclist that rides in the group targeted by the Paradise Valley Police Department and a recently retired police officer, having spent just over 20...

Exposing the Red Flags: China’s Swimmers and the Doping Debate

The Olympics and the doping allegations surrounding Chinese swimmers have sparked much debate. Yet,...
00:02:52

Epic or Fraud

The smashing of the Men's 100m Freestyle World Record by Pan Zhanle of almost...

What Researchers Found After Studying 10 Million Marathon Finishers

Source: What Researchers Found After Studying 10 Million Marathon Finishers Really interesting article about the...

The Two Best Ways to Build Endurance as Fast as Possible

Sometime try to count the amount of books, podcasts, blogs and tv shows about...

Gaming

00:04:29

Wardogs Season 2: Faster Progression, Same Wall

Season 2 of Wardogs gave the players exactly what they spent Season 1 asking for. Progression is faster. Levels come quicker, unlocks arrive sooner,...

Arc Raiders – The Chillest Apocalyptic Party on PC

Platform: PC (Reviewed) Developer: Embark Studios Look, I get it. The words "extraction shooter" usually trigger a deep, existential sigh. You think of losing your...

ARC Raiders: Proof That “Working at Launch” Was Always an Option

ARC Raiders is what happens when a studio decides to make a game that actually works. That may sound like a low bar, but...

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