Dallas, TX — Call me a conspiracy theorist if you will, but I have finally accepted the notion that our own intelligence community killed JFK . The single most important reason I was convinced Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone involved the rifle he allegedly used.  The bolt action, Italian 6.5×52mm Carcano Model 91/38 Rifle was a total piece of crap.  It was clear to me that any reasonably financed group would never rely on that rifle for such an important task.   Oswald was seemingly living in a state of poverty and bought the cheapest rifle he could find in the Klein’s Sporting Goods , mail order advertisement.   Had he the money, Oswald could have spent a little more for a far superior rifle that he was familiar with as a Marine, the venerable M-1 Garand semi-automatic battle rifle.  Oswald seemed to be an easily manipulated fellow who effortlessly traveled to and from the Soviet Union.  Was he really a Castro sympathizer?   This now...

Washington, DC --For the most part our Congress has been ruled by Democrats for the last 100 years.   Our Immigration laws that the executive Branch's elected officials and their appointed bureaucrats are sworn to enforce have not changed. The votes to change our immigration laws are just insufficient even with a Liberal majority. So the open borders loving politicians can't get the law changed so they do the next best thing.   That's to obstruct, de-fund and denounce our border law enforcement efforts and employees.   When the political Left (including Liberals like the father and son Bush team) owns the Whitehouse, educated, self-reliant and law abiding Europeans are turned away in favor of economic refugees that bring, ignorance, poverty, total dependence, crime and drugs from Mexico and regions South.  Trump has merely said he'd enforce existing laws. Keeping his immigration promises has caused Liberal heads to explode.  I'm appalled that ...

Los Angeles, CA— I can never understand how the Liberals always accuse Conservatives of being Fascists.   It’s the liberals that will do anything to force their will on Conservatives.   Liberals demand that Conservatives pay for the illegal aliens, their medical care and anchor babies.   It’s the Liberals that want to force the Conservatives to pay for their abortions. It’s the Liberals that want to curb free speech calling anything they don’t like hate speech.   It’s the Liberals that want to take the Constitutional protected gun rights of Conservatives by force and violence (Yes, arrest and imprisonment is force and violence).   It’s the Liberals that want to force Conservatives to pay special interest extortionists for their Climate Change Theory.   Conservatives simply want Liberals to leave their rights, religion and property alone.   Liberals insist on using the full force of the police powers against Conservatives, never the other way...

Washington, DC- -it's a painfully slow process for politicians and FAA bureaucrats to accept the need, legitimacy and relative safety of those little civilian drones.   There was the initial hysteria of passenger jets crashing, mass privacy invasion because of those little drones.     The panic reaction was bolstered with thousands mistaken or deliberately false reports of sightings claiming drone misbehavior.     Thankfully as the number of drones in civilian hands increased by leaps and bounds, the bogus reports quietly subsided considerably.  Very recently progress has been made in allowing the commercial use of drones under a somewhat loosened set of rules and guidelines.    Along with the more realistic drone rules the FAA created the Part 107 licensing exemption with a written test for commercial drone pilots.   They have allowed for considerable expansion of drone use in urban areas for news gathering, filmmakin...

Hollywood, CA —Tinseltown was once ruled by some over-emotional Conservatives.   There was a group of Communist artists here that included Lucille Ball that were considered by others as both dangerous and un-American.   The result of that misguided political activism was a purge that destroyed promising careers in the form of Blacklisting. Today the shoe is on the other foot and the seeming majority Hollywood’s elite are Socialists. They pour millions into Leftist political campaign coffers.   Today’s Hollywood power structure has little tolerance for Conservative artists.  The industry’s accepted screenwriters bend over backwards making films that display African-American heroism and legitimize the Gay lifestyle. I guess it might be called, Affirmative Action Filmmaking .   I don’t want criticize anyone’s artistic products no matter their message.  Saying that, I’m a solid and unyielding believer in Freedom of Speech and Thought.  ...

Washington, DC —We are a divided nation like never before or at least since the North and South rained carnage on each other not that long ago.  Donald Trump won the election promising an end to importing crime, drugs, poverty and terrorism through a castrated immigration control system.    The Leftists politicians (that includes both Bush Presidents) never had enough votes to repeal immigration laws so they simply obstructed justice and willfully refused to enforce it. From Gun rights, free medical care demands and the Global Warming theory, the Left and Conservatives are at constant odds.     We settled it with an election that Donald Trump won. However the Left can’t emotionally deal with losing and are taking to the streets in some cases like thugs.  It’s laughable as they are all shooting cell phone video of each other’s bad behavior.  The political venom is getting worse everyday.  The Left is well known for usi...

Hollywood, CA —The filmmaking business is getting more democratized every day.   The days of only the most powerful studios and talent agencies   producing films are numbered. Cheaper equipment means   more people than ever can make films.   Alfred Hitchcock was a master of making great films on the cheap.  No special effects, difficult sets or  costumes were used.  Just talented writing and actors made his success. Some filmmakers enjoy the power of mixing art with political propaganda.  They want to influence the masses rather than entertain them.  That’s exactly what was behind the recent financial film disaster of, MISS SLOAN . With an estimated $13 million budget, a terrific leading lady ( Jessica Chastain ) what could possibly go wrong?  The answer is everything! I’m loving the films finally being produced with female protagonists. When I saw the slick previews I thought this would be something I wanted to see....

Chicago, IL- -Chicago cops are represented by the FOP as their collective bargaining agent.  They have lost more ground in recent years for their membership.  The city’s politicians have stolen, squandered and otherwise mismanaged Chicago’s revenue for decades creating a public safety funding nightmare.   Chicago is the current murder capital of the United states and in the last nine months despite gun bans and draconian restrictions over 3,000 people have been shot here. Nearly a decade ago with bloggers popping up Second City Cop was Born.  The site is hosted allegedly by a cop who has since retired. He or she has remained anonymous avoiding the wrath of angry police bosses and politicians.    Second city has done well in calling out misguided management, biased police related media stories and corruption.  In many cases SCC has criticized the FOP for lack of leadership or courage in their representation of cops.  In Short SCC ha...

Los Angeles, CA —While Im here visiting the Left Coast I have to make myself a meal or two.   I like making simple Stir-Frys and this is how I do it.   It’s simple, quick, easy and very tasty!   I thought Id show my visitors just how I do it!  

Los Angeles, CA —I heard the buzz about this German entry in the various film festivals.    It sounded very intriguing and something I should see.   When the Second World War ended Germany went about the business of cleansing the nation of the Nazi stains and war criminals. There were two competing German interests, one was the somewhat closeted but still committed Nazis within the government and the other was the mindset that this ugly chapter of history needed final burial. Exacting justice for war criminals by the new Germany was really a half-hearted effort at best so soon after the war.    It was more about letting other nations do what they must to track and put the old Nazis on trial.   The three most hunted war fugitive Nazi criminals were  Martin Bormann ,  Josef Mengele  and  Adolf Eichmann .  This amazing story about Adolf Eichmann’s capture was hidden by the German government for more that a decade. Th...

Los Angeles, CA —I see a lot of films most of which are really forgettable.   I have a policy of only reviewing films that I totally enjoy.   This one certainly meets my criteria!   It’s called, T his Last Lonely Place staring Rhys Coiro, Xander Berkeley and Carly Pope .   The Humphrey Bogart Estat e through Santana Films,  produced this film, both written and directed by Steve Anderson .   It’s a Noir style film of the kind I always enjoy when the story is terrific as this one. Military veteran Sam Taylor ( Rhys Coiro ) is an L.A. taxi cab driver on his last scheduled shift before leaving for Hawaii to hopefully reunite with his ex and two young daughters. He picks up a fare, Frank Devore ( Xander Berkeley ) and the tale begins.  Devore is a troubled investment banker with a lot of questionable cash.  Soon they are joined by Devore’s hot mistress, Faye Gardner  ( Carly Pope )  and this surprising plot thickens. You wi...

Phoenix, AZ-- A sad story I worked on two decades ago.  My investigation was funded by the Disney owned TV show called,  The Crusaders, Two tender aged twin boys with sadistic monsters for parents were victims of epic abuse and torture. One child vanishes after a severe beating and the other is cruelly beaten until a court takes him away for his own safety in Boise, ID where the parents relocated. The mother was finally arrested and convicted for felony child abuse against the surviving brother of that lad became my client.  The man who prosecuted Charleen showed me the heartbreaking photos of the surviving twins injuries as tears flowed down his cheeks. Today Walter hose is deceased and Charleen Hose is institutionalized for dementia. The boys's remains have never been located. Reporter Donna Rossi from KPHO i n Phoenix revisited this nightmare with Montana private investigator Michael Toth .

N Phoenix, AZ —Most of my blog visitors know I’m a longtime criminal defense investigator and have worked on many high profile cases helping the wrongfully accused.   The defense and prosecution is supposed to have parity and equal treatment in the courts but it’s all just pretend.   There is a huge laundry list of issues that work against the accused before their trial even begins.   One thing that troubles me is seeing the same prosecutors in large jurisdictions working every day before the same judges.   They literally sometimes even sleep together. When a criminal defense attorney comes to their court he or she is an outsider and often treated that way.   The police have enormous powers to gather evidence such as the Grand Jury subpoena.  They can arrest those who obstruct investigations, tamper with witnesses and can most importantly obtain search warrants. Defense investigators should just like cops be able to surreptitiously recor...