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Thursday, July 18, 2019
Friday, July 12, 2019
The big 5-0 on the 7th and explody things on the 4th
On Sunday I quietly celebrated my 50th year on this bit of dirt called the Earth.
Not much in the way of celebrating, as I had to work that night and mostly spent it snoozing. I did my early fun when working on the 4th and the 5th at my secondary job.
Speaking of which, the evening of the 4th of July was spent providing standby ambulance coverage for the big fireworks show at Caesar's Palace. They had their own EMTs on the security team for primary response, me and a paramedic were providing advanced life support (ALS) coverage as a backup. Fortunately, we weren't needed for that.
However, meanwhile up in Moapa (about 45 mins north of Vegas), there were two other crews plus the MCI/first aid trailer working a fireworks show and concert at the Moapa travel plaza, which is located on the Moapa Indian Reservation just off I-15. While I was working the event, I was hearing all the excitement on the 800 radio about an explosion and car fire, with multiple injuries.
As I found out later, some genius had his propane BBQ grill set up right next to his truck, which apparently had a metric shit ton of fireworks in the back. The result? Hearken to the two videos below posted by another concert goer for the details:
Part 2:
Among the equipment we had there was our rescue squad that had a skid unit with a 300 gallon water tank. Our ops chief and couple of others, along with the tribal fire brush truck, were able to eventually get it knocked down, but not after it destroyed the vehicle involved and another vehicle parked next to it. There were some injuries that did require transport to the hospital, but under HIPAA I can't really provide details of course.
I found out about this after me and my partner arrived, for as soon as we cleared from Caesar's, my boss told me to expedite our butts to Moapa to provide backup, so I got to haul ass code-3 all the way out there. By the time we got there, the excitement was mostly over with.
Overall, not a bad weekend. Hopefully there will be more interesting things to come later this month, assuming I can survive the monsoon season, which is beginning with a vengeance.
Stay safe everyone, and catch you all later!
Not much in the way of celebrating, as I had to work that night and mostly spent it snoozing. I did my early fun when working on the 4th and the 5th at my secondary job.
Speaking of which, the evening of the 4th of July was spent providing standby ambulance coverage for the big fireworks show at Caesar's Palace. They had their own EMTs on the security team for primary response, me and a paramedic were providing advanced life support (ALS) coverage as a backup. Fortunately, we weren't needed for that.
However, meanwhile up in Moapa (about 45 mins north of Vegas), there were two other crews plus the MCI/first aid trailer working a fireworks show and concert at the Moapa travel plaza, which is located on the Moapa Indian Reservation just off I-15. While I was working the event, I was hearing all the excitement on the 800 radio about an explosion and car fire, with multiple injuries.
As I found out later, some genius had his propane BBQ grill set up right next to his truck, which apparently had a metric shit ton of fireworks in the back. The result? Hearken to the two videos below posted by another concert goer for the details:
Part 2:
Among the equipment we had there was our rescue squad that had a skid unit with a 300 gallon water tank. Our ops chief and couple of others, along with the tribal fire brush truck, were able to eventually get it knocked down, but not after it destroyed the vehicle involved and another vehicle parked next to it. There were some injuries that did require transport to the hospital, but under HIPAA I can't really provide details of course.
I found out about this after me and my partner arrived, for as soon as we cleared from Caesar's, my boss told me to expedite our butts to Moapa to provide backup, so I got to haul ass code-3 all the way out there. By the time we got there, the excitement was mostly over with.
Overall, not a bad weekend. Hopefully there will be more interesting things to come later this month, assuming I can survive the monsoon season, which is beginning with a vengeance.
Stay safe everyone, and catch you all later!
Friday, July 5, 2019
DBD's 2019 fundraiser
Go here and donate what you can.
Hope everyone had a safe 4th, I was busy as hell...and am not done yet!
More later...
Hope everyone had a safe 4th, I was busy as hell...and am not done yet!
More later...
Saturday, June 22, 2019
Oh boy
Been poking around the web lately, mostly out of a need to unwind myself after a recent flurry of activity in getting my state EMS license renewed (more on that later), and I came across this shrill piece of news describing how Teen Vogue, a publication aimed (as the name implies) at teens, is pushing sex work and the joys of anal sex at children.
After reading through the hype, I then looked at the original article, which is an op-ed piece by a South African physician, that appears to push to the legalization of prostitution in various jurisdictions. The article on anal sex is pretty much a cut-and-dried how-to on performing the act, with some added emphasis on using condoms during the act. Nothing much different than some of the sex-ed stuff I have seen in high school in the late 1980's.
Now before various and sundry individuals and groups proceed to ream me a new sphincter, I want to put out that in my opinion, whatever occurs between two consenting adults is nobody's business, and that the state or other groups should not be legislating that sort of behavior. If one makes sexual acts a business transaction, they are within their rights to do so, as long as such acts do not cause harm to others or those not of legal consent to perform such acts (i.e., children). Matter of fact, making this legal couldn't help but open up a new business opportunity and a way for those working on the fringe a decent way to make a living without being on the outer edges of society.
As with any other activities of such a personal nature, there are those of a different ideological bent that would be morally opposed to such things being legalized. That is fine; having such differing opinions is not an issue with me. The problem I have is when those folks decide to force such views upon others.
Going back to the article, I pretty much find this as another example of how you should always seek out other views of the same story, and not let yourself get suckered in by just one point of view. This is something that both liberals and conservatives have been doing for quite awhile now, and it won't be stopping anytime soon.
And it also reinforces the need for parents to be able to discuss such things with their kids regarding sex at the proper time. Don't let educators be the only ones discussing such things. Take control and be supportive as these young adults sort out how they want to proceed.
After reading through the hype, I then looked at the original article, which is an op-ed piece by a South African physician, that appears to push to the legalization of prostitution in various jurisdictions. The article on anal sex is pretty much a cut-and-dried how-to on performing the act, with some added emphasis on using condoms during the act. Nothing much different than some of the sex-ed stuff I have seen in high school in the late 1980's.
Now before various and sundry individuals and groups proceed to ream me a new sphincter, I want to put out that in my opinion, whatever occurs between two consenting adults is nobody's business, and that the state or other groups should not be legislating that sort of behavior. If one makes sexual acts a business transaction, they are within their rights to do so, as long as such acts do not cause harm to others or those not of legal consent to perform such acts (i.e., children). Matter of fact, making this legal couldn't help but open up a new business opportunity and a way for those working on the fringe a decent way to make a living without being on the outer edges of society.
As with any other activities of such a personal nature, there are those of a different ideological bent that would be morally opposed to such things being legalized. That is fine; having such differing opinions is not an issue with me. The problem I have is when those folks decide to force such views upon others.
Going back to the article, I pretty much find this as another example of how you should always seek out other views of the same story, and not let yourself get suckered in by just one point of view. This is something that both liberals and conservatives have been doing for quite awhile now, and it won't be stopping anytime soon.
And it also reinforces the need for parents to be able to discuss such things with their kids regarding sex at the proper time. Don't let educators be the only ones discussing such things. Take control and be supportive as these young adults sort out how they want to proceed.
Sunday, May 12, 2019
Yes I'm still here, sort of...
Life as usual has its ups and downs, mine has had its fair share of those.
On one hand, I am in good shape, with the various health issues I've had in the past now under control or largely eliminated. I am keeping hellaciously busy, working 2 jobs so that I can keep my head above water and even make progress on paying down some debt and making purchases to help get my vehicle tweaked and fixed up...and brother did it need fixing. If it wasn't for a good honest mechanic and a generous boss that owed me financially, I'd wouldn't have made it.
On the other hand, there are various minor turmoils in my life that I am trying to deal with, both from a relationship side and a family side. I won't delve much more into it than that, but am hopeful that they will come to a conclusion in the next few months or so. Time will definitely tell.
So for those that do follow me occasionally, I am still here and kicking, taking a rare Sunday off to get caught up on various housekeeping and minor landscaping issues around the house. I just now realized how thick bamboo can be, and how it proliferates given enough water, which we had plenty of given the recent storms we had.
The pomegranate tree is once more beginning to show fruit, I just hope I can get more out of it this year than last year.
So don't wander too far, there will be more to come.
On one hand, I am in good shape, with the various health issues I've had in the past now under control or largely eliminated. I am keeping hellaciously busy, working 2 jobs so that I can keep my head above water and even make progress on paying down some debt and making purchases to help get my vehicle tweaked and fixed up...and brother did it need fixing. If it wasn't for a good honest mechanic and a generous boss that owed me financially, I'd wouldn't have made it.
On the other hand, there are various minor turmoils in my life that I am trying to deal with, both from a relationship side and a family side. I won't delve much more into it than that, but am hopeful that they will come to a conclusion in the next few months or so. Time will definitely tell.
So for those that do follow me occasionally, I am still here and kicking, taking a rare Sunday off to get caught up on various housekeeping and minor landscaping issues around the house. I just now realized how thick bamboo can be, and how it proliferates given enough water, which we had plenty of given the recent storms we had.
The pomegranate tree is once more beginning to show fruit, I just hope I can get more out of it this year than last year.
So don't wander too far, there will be more to come.
Sunday, December 30, 2018
A new prelude to war?
I came across this article in the Washington Post about how Russia's GRU, or military intelligence directorate, has stepped up their use of cyber warfare to implement attacks against Ukraine and other targets in the West, including the United States.
The most telling part of the article is this quote:
“Ukraine is to 21st-century hybrid warfare what Spain was in the 1930s for battlefield blitzkrieg techniques — the place where the bad guys try out what they may use against us later on,” said Daniel Fried, a former senior State Department official who helped lead the West’s response to Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine.
I was really struck by this, as from my studies of military history, especially the Spanish Civil War of the 1930's, made me recall how both the German Army (Heer) and Air Force (Luftwaffe) perfected their techniques used later with devastating effect against Poland, Scandinavia, and Western Europe in the first 2 years of World War II. Combined with an apparent renewed nationalism by Russians, it definitely bears watching in the coming months and years.
Should President Trump fail at reelection in 2020, the next incoming Democrat administration may decide to ignore or downplay foreign affairs much as the US did during the late 1930's in regards to Europe, allowing the Nazis to finalize their initial plans for dominating Europe. Only later events caused the US to reverse such isolationism and join with the other Allied powers to defeat Nazi Germany and its allies.
I really hope that a similar scenario does not come to pass, as it wound up costing a lot of lives and the expenditure of countless financial and material resources in the end, not to mention launching the Cold War between the West and the Soviet Union.
The most telling part of the article is this quote:
“Ukraine is to 21st-century hybrid warfare what Spain was in the 1930s for battlefield blitzkrieg techniques — the place where the bad guys try out what they may use against us later on,” said Daniel Fried, a former senior State Department official who helped lead the West’s response to Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine.
I was really struck by this, as from my studies of military history, especially the Spanish Civil War of the 1930's, made me recall how both the German Army (Heer) and Air Force (Luftwaffe) perfected their techniques used later with devastating effect against Poland, Scandinavia, and Western Europe in the first 2 years of World War II. Combined with an apparent renewed nationalism by Russians, it definitely bears watching in the coming months and years.
Should President Trump fail at reelection in 2020, the next incoming Democrat administration may decide to ignore or downplay foreign affairs much as the US did during the late 1930's in regards to Europe, allowing the Nazis to finalize their initial plans for dominating Europe. Only later events caused the US to reverse such isolationism and join with the other Allied powers to defeat Nazi Germany and its allies.
I really hope that a similar scenario does not come to pass, as it wound up costing a lot of lives and the expenditure of countless financial and material resources in the end, not to mention launching the Cold War between the West and the Soviet Union.
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Interesting stuff from the blogosphere
I have just gotten home from work at my primary job, the secondary one I won't have to worry about for a couple of days yet, and so I got inside, locked up, popped on some SiriusXM on the Fire TV, and decided to see what is new and interesting on the various blogs.
This first one from TL Davis via WRSA makes some interesting reading, and offers an tantalizing idea on how to do some creative 'monkey-wrenching'. Equally interesting were the comments on WRSA both praising and condemning the idea. Aesop's own reply runs parallel to this, and just goes to show what may occur when you push people past their limits.
Over at one of my favorite author's blogs, Mad Mike himself does the voice of (correct) reason which would be worth reading to help formulate your own responses to the rabid liberals that seem to just want to be so pedantic and venal to others.
At another favorite author's blog, Peter offers up some of his excellent wisdom and commentary on such things as politics, D&D spells, and the potential dangers of slingshots. Go check it out, and while you're at it, if you haven't already done so, scoot over to Amazon via his page links and check out some of his books...you can thank me later, just make sure to thank him after you finished reading!
On the real conservative side, The Thinking Housewife provides some interesting commentary on current events, with some reminiscing about the good old days (the 1940's through the 1950's), with a very Catholic view. While I do not hold with some of the items on there, it is still worth viewing just to get a wider viewpoint on certain things. I try not to limit myself on finding out information, as getting a variety of opinions does help me understand a specific issue better, and not force myself to only consider 'one' point of view on a subject.
In a similar vein, Ann Barnhardt (the woman who achieved notoriety by literally inviting potential jihidists to come to her residence where she will wait with her pink AR carbine in hand to send them to their reward), has some interesting things to say, especially about Pope Francis, who is seen by some Catholics as an anti-pope. Never a dull moment there!
Finally, for some great laughs, nothing IMHO beats looking at Kenny's blog. Just be aware, a lot of the content may be NSFW, so use caution if you're at work. Just sayin' ;-)
Now it is close to my bedtime, and as soon as the dryer is finished with my laundry I am off to bed.
Stay safe, everyone!
This first one from TL Davis via WRSA makes some interesting reading, and offers an tantalizing idea on how to do some creative 'monkey-wrenching'. Equally interesting were the comments on WRSA both praising and condemning the idea. Aesop's own reply runs parallel to this, and just goes to show what may occur when you push people past their limits.
Over at one of my favorite author's blogs, Mad Mike himself does the voice of (correct) reason which would be worth reading to help formulate your own responses to the rabid liberals that seem to just want to be so pedantic and venal to others.
At another favorite author's blog, Peter offers up some of his excellent wisdom and commentary on such things as politics, D&D spells, and the potential dangers of slingshots. Go check it out, and while you're at it, if you haven't already done so, scoot over to Amazon via his page links and check out some of his books...you can thank me later, just make sure to thank him after you finished reading!
On the real conservative side, The Thinking Housewife provides some interesting commentary on current events, with some reminiscing about the good old days (the 1940's through the 1950's), with a very Catholic view. While I do not hold with some of the items on there, it is still worth viewing just to get a wider viewpoint on certain things. I try not to limit myself on finding out information, as getting a variety of opinions does help me understand a specific issue better, and not force myself to only consider 'one' point of view on a subject.
In a similar vein, Ann Barnhardt (the woman who achieved notoriety by literally inviting potential jihidists to come to her residence where she will wait with her pink AR carbine in hand to send them to their reward), has some interesting things to say, especially about Pope Francis, who is seen by some Catholics as an anti-pope. Never a dull moment there!
Finally, for some great laughs, nothing IMHO beats looking at Kenny's blog. Just be aware, a lot of the content may be NSFW, so use caution if you're at work. Just sayin' ;-)
Now it is close to my bedtime, and as soon as the dryer is finished with my laundry I am off to bed.
Stay safe, everyone!
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