by hcooperblog | Jul 27, 2019 | America, Crime, Current Events, First Responders, Gun Violence, LAPD, Los Angeles Police Department, Police Officer Death, Quality of Life, Uncategorized
Today, Saturday morning we learn that yet another death has fallen upon America’s law enforcement community. This time it hits close to home, my home. The Los Angeles Police Department reported that an officer, while off duty, was killed. This death is currently being...
by hcooperblog | Jul 21, 2019 | 60 Minutes, A.I., Amazon, Amazon Echo, Apple, Artificial Intelligence, Cell Phones, China, Connectivity, Crime, Domestic Terrorism, End Times, Endtimes, FaceApp, Facebook, Google, Huawei, International Terrorism, International Travel, Kai Fu-Lee, Military, Peter Thiel, Phone Spying, Politics, Privacy, Privacy, Quality of Life, RoboCalls, Safety.com, Schools, Situational Awareness, Social Media, Spying, Technology, Terrorism, Travel, Travel Risks, Travel Safety, Uncategorized, Wikileaks, Wikipedia
A.I., Artificial Intelligence is coming and has been talked about since entertaining movies introduced us to things like the Terminator, Hall from 2001 A Space Odessey. A portrait of a humanoid robot That was a long time ago. Those were movies, not real life, there is...
by hcooperblog | Jul 1, 2019 | 9/11, America, Crime, Current Events, Domestic Terrorism, First Responders, International Terrorism, International Travel, Joint Special Operations Command, Lou Alvarez, Military, NYFD, NYPD, Politics, Preparedness, President, Quality of Life, September 11, 2001, Situational Awareness, Social Media, Terrorism, Travel, Travel Risks, Travel Safety, Twin Towers, War on Terrorism
Lou Alvarez…back in the day! Oh, you don’t know who Lou is! Well, let’s review. You see, once upon a time there was this place called the Twin Towers, New York City. The towers stood tall and proud. Thousands of people worked in the towers and many...
by hcooperblog | Jun 30, 2019 | Exercise, Gratitude, Health, Health and Fitness, Make Your Bed, Nothing Is Promised, Preparedness, Quality of Life, Situational Awareness, Travel Risks, Travel Safety
What improves the quality of life for you? Could it be healthy eating? Is it exercise? Is it a spiritual or religious practice? Or, is it living on some tropical island far from civilization and absent other humans? Or perhaps it is a bizarre cocktail of all of these,...
by hcooperblog | Jun 27, 2019 | Crime, Preparedness, Schools, Uncategorized
Looks Hard…Is Hard…But there is another way!_________________________________________________________________________________________________ What is Hard? What is Smart! I have, in my own life experience, struggled with some of the challenges of life. As...
by hcooperblog | Jun 26, 2019 | America, Assaults, Burglary, Crime, Current Events, Gun Violence, Health, Homelessness, Politics, Rape, Robbery, Schools, Sexual Assault, Social Media, Uncategorized
The below story snip and image are from a “U.S.A. Today” post. It presents a story about the current ongoing homeless and health crisis situation in Los Angeles, California. That situation is dirty, diseased, rodent infested, crowded and crime-ridden...
by hcooperblog | Jun 16, 2019 | A.I., Amazon, Amazon Echo, Artificial Intelligence, Cell Phones, Connectivity, Current Events, International Terrorism, International Travel, Phone Spying, Situational Awareness, Social Media, Spying, Technology, Travel, Travel Risks, Travel Safety, Uncategorized
This week there was a publication by Mashable on the subject of “phone spying” that was, to say the least, disturbing. And apparently, it does not matter whether it is an iOS or Android, or any particular maker. Further, when you must have an add-on of...
by hcooperblog | Jun 3, 2019 | Active Shooter, America, Assault Weapons, Assaults, Bombs, Burglary, Crime, Current Events, Domestic Terrorism, Gun Violence, Health, Homelessness, Human Trafficking, Illegal Immigration, International Terrorism, International Travel, Politics, Preparedness, President, Rape, Robbery, Schools, Second Amendment, Sex Trafficking, Sexual Assault, Situational Awareness, Terrorism, Travel, Travel Risks, Travel Safety, Uncategorized
These are the headlines of the day, an Active Shooter in California, an Active Shooter in Virginia. Worried that your community, your office, your mall, your entertainment venue is missing out on all the excitement? Never fear, there are more knuckleheads out there...
by hcooperblog | May 29, 2019 | A.I., Amazon, Amazon Echo, Artificial Intelligence, International Travel, Politics, Preparedness, Schools, Situational Awareness, Technology, Travel, Travel Risks, Travel Safety
I came across an interesting article today that talks about your cell phone privacy, or lack there-of. It seems that while you and I sleep, our phones, iPhones, Androids, whatever, are busy with apps sending data to…who knows where? A bit of a dramatic...
by hcooperblog | May 28, 2019 | A.I., Active Shooter, Amazon, Amazon Echo, America, Artificial Intelligence, Assault Weapons, Assaults, Bombs, Burglary, Crime, Current Events, Domestic Terrorism, Gun Violence, Health, Homelessness, Human Trafficking, Illegal Immigration, International Terrorism, International Travel, Joint Special Operations Command, Military, Politics, Preparedness, President, Rape, Robbery, Schools, Second Amendment, Sex Trafficking, Sexual Assault, Situational Awareness, Technology, Terrorism, Travel, Travel Risks, Travel Safety, Uncategorized, War on Terrorism
Back in the day, in the rear belly of a Russian Hind Helicopter, on the tarmac of an airbase in Afghanistan, alternately smiling and choking on the toxic air (believe me, you don’t want to know the details on the air situation) during a calm in what was sometimes a...
