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From a reader: "What is something that nobody outside your job would know is part of your job?" This is such a good question, that it will have a 5-part answer - one for each day this week.  First Part - From the perspective of Church Safety / Security: Many people - particularly on social media - speak of being "sheepdogs" or the "baddest man in the room." They generally have no clue. As the best-trained man in the room, here is a snippet of how it works: Everyone can be beaten.  - Most just straight out - even if they were to pick the type of combat and rule set (if any). This includes 99.9% of the folks who have a carry permit and think their gun is a magic talisman.  - A very few (1 in 100,000 or fewer) will require that I have the odds in my favor. This mean my type of fight instead of your type. Being well-trained means I train in what you do to the extent that I can survive long enough to figure out if I'm in over my head and to be able to disen...

  Do speed cameras  make us safer? This author has worked in auto insurance since 2006, a total of 3 companies. Each of them has a surcharge for ZIP codes where traffic cameras exist. Usually a 25% - 35% surcharge.  Why the increased premiums? Simple - the companies KNOW that the cameras actually cause more accidents than they prevent.  People seeing a yellow light in a place that they know has a camera will instinctually slam on the brakes. To prevent getting the ticket.  Well, that may not have been the safest course of action.  Person behinds them collides and damage is done.  Insurance companies know that there are more collisions in places with cameras.  The severity of the crashes is usually low. "Fender benders." Also, in the linked video, Steve Lehto asks why the camera companies are overseas and not US companies.  This author would suggest that the companies know they would bear liability for the greater chance of fender bende...

This past weekend was a big football game. There are a number of folks who point out it is a time of human trafficking. For years, this author has also pointed out that it is the most rigged sporting event to watch. For those that confuse the two terms, fixing and rigging are similar, but are not the same. Fixing means making certain of a certain outcome. Pro Wrestling is fixed as the winners of the matches are pre-determined. Major sports championships are rigged, which means efforts are made to favor one over the other.  Make no mistake, all major sporting championships are affected by rigging. In the Atlanta Braves recent World Series win, independent Umpire Auditors showed that of the Braves 16 postseason games, 13 were called in favor of Braves opponents, one was called fair, and two were in favor of the Braves. Also, over 70% of missed calls went in favor of the Braves' opponents. If this doesn't spell rigging to you, then the following phrase applies: "I can only...

As Canada moves into martial law via their "Emergencies Act," this post was found on social media.  There are a few takeaways here: 1. It is surprising that a conservative actually has the gumption to point this out.  Most are mindlessly bootlicking.  2. Most police have already made up their mind.  They will follow orders.  They are specifically selected for their tendencies to do so regardless of what is right.  At least, this is how US Police are.  The presumption this author makes is that Canadian Police are selected in a substantially similar way.  Thoughts?

This gem on social media. Clearly, there are still people out there that believe most divorces are because men cheat.  It has been said before, and it is worth saying again: 80% of divorces  are initiated by the woman. Of the remaining 20%, 80% of those are initiated by a man who was cheated on. That's 96% of the time, the divorce is either instigated by, or the fault of, the wife. Of the top 9 reasons  women list for filing for divorce, a cheating husband is one of the reasons listed. Most sources put cheating husband at less than 10% of divorces.  Add in abuse, and the total that are the man's fault are about 12% - 15% of all divorces . To correct the meme above, one might correctly say that a farm wife just doesn't have the time to imagine a reason to go to an attorney and get a divorce. 

Being a clinician is NOT the same as being a scientist.  Or even scientifically sound, for that matter. A reader of this blog directed me to a post online.  The post was made by a person who is an RN in a major metropolitan area.  Other posts by this person show she is definitely a left leaning individual.  The OP detailed her sorrow at the admission of a COVID patient to the part of the hospital she worked in.  The patient was described as being 30, "in great shape," and a father and husband.  The accompanying picture was of a man in his early 30's and weighing an estimated 400+ pounds.  The OP detailed that the patient's condition worsened rapidly. They put him on a ventilator and administered Remdesivir. She detailed that he had a problem with a blood clot in his heart that kept forming and re-forming. Eventually, the decision was made to mov him to another hospital. In the process of removing his one ventilator and putting him on a mobile venti...

From a reader: "Did you see Mas Ayoob's recent video about a 5 point checklist when speaking with the police after a self defense shooting? What do you think about that?" Given the fact that I am answering on this blog, and have linked the video to the question above, the answer to the first questions is "yes, I saw it." The answer to the second question is more in-depth.  Caveat Mas Ayoob is one of the great expert witnesses of our time when it comes to use of force. His credentials when it comes to that are unparalleled. With all due respect, Mas giving legal advice for what to say to police would be akin to a self-defense firearms instructor teaching someone how to throw a punch for self defense, presuming said firearms instructor is not an instructor of unarmed self defense. While it is close, it is not his area of expertise.  I will listen to what a criminal defense attorney says about the topic.  For the record, Reid Henrichs of Valor Ridge taught a finge...