Rex E. Chapman (credit Maricopa County Sheriff) Scottsdale, AZ—Rex Chapman , 46 had a great 12-year NBA basketball career Playing for the Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat and Denver Nuggets .     In 2006, he served as the vice president of player personnel for the Denver Nuggets.   Today he’s employed TV sports broadcaster for Turner Broadcasting .    I say that he had a great career, because it has suddenly all ended in an epic crash after his September 19 th arrest for stealing some $14,000.00 in merchandise from a local Apple Store .   The foolishness of Chapman’s caper defies logic.   Apple store records show he was present on several occasions and video shows him purloining the property with a knapsack or white Apple bags. In an even more stunning lapse Chapman apparently wasted no time selling the booty to local pawnshops.   They too keep surveillance video recordings and are required to obtain identification of anyone pawning or sel...

Dragonfly Drone  Los Angeles, CA —Let me be the first to say that I find the increasing militarization and spying by police repugnant.  Government at every level is out-of-control. Today there is a demonstration in progress at City Hall protesting the use of two small multi-rotor drones in possession of the LAPD .  This group is uninformed and unfamiliar with the limitations of these devices also called unmanned aerial vehicles.  I suspect these demonstrators are confusing these drones with the much larger, multi-million dollar weaponized drones used by or military in combat zones. However there are substantial benefits of our first responders using multi-rotor drones to deal with instances such as common disasters, searches for lost people and potentially dangerous animals on the loose in neighborhoods.  The diminutive drones can more safely enter tighter spaces than any helicopter. As a camera drone pilot, former cop and licensed private inve...

Chicago, IL —Those fast food workers seeking unionization and a $15.00 per hour minimum wage are incredibly delusional.   Frankly if they were smart enough to figure out the folly of the efforts they’d not be working in fast food!   Fast food appeals to Americans because it’s cheap and fast.   Unionization will kill this necessary industry along with the jobs and some needed training workers are currently enjoying. Flipping burgers was never meant to be a career but a stepping-stone.   Getting a job at one of the many fast food chains is suited for young people just starting out in the workforce.    These jobs may also suitable for some retirees supplementing social security and to stay useful in declining years.   An entry-level job in fast food is anything but a suitable career goal. If burger flippers were paid as skilled workers they would never have incentive to learn and move on to become more valuable to our workforce. Let’s talk ab...

Chase Culpepper  Anderson, SC-- Chase Culpepper is an ordinary 16 year-old and like millions his age it’s time to apply for a driver’s license. Well it  turns out  that Chase is not exactly ordinary but a male that apparently identifies as a female.  That may bring discomfort to a lot of people but not Chase or his mother.  He dresses as a girl and looks the part. The lad completed and submitted the license application and passed both the written and actual driving test.   Now it was time to stand before the camera for that driver’s license photo.   The motor vehicle clerk could not help but notice Culpepper’s face adorned with cosmetics and his application indicates he is male.    There is apparently a departmental directive that prohibits applicants from wearing a disguise.   Ignorance and the clerk's rather nasty attitude took over and the boy was told to wash his makeup off or not get a driver’s license. The...

Los Angeles, CA —Like most of my blog visitors I love music.   I have my favorites from Gershwin to The Doors .   The artists that have entertained me deserve all of the reward for their work.   Every musical recording is a labor involving numerous people that worked so hard to create. The music industry exists because of intellectual property rights.   Without these rights so many of the hits we enjoy everyday may never have pleased our ears. My video host  YouTube has settled most copyright issues with the use of music within the USA.   Advertising and iTunes links have solved many of the problems. There was also a surprising discovery made by the copyright holders in the form of increased sales when a video featuring their products was popular legitimate sales of the music increased too.   Old forgotten hits suddenly were reanimated into moneymaking popularity once again! As many of my visitors know I’m into the camera drone technolog...