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Joe Broadmeadow retired with the rank of Captain from the East Providence Police Department after serving for 20 years. He is the author of several novels Collision Course, Silenced Justice, Saving the Last Dragon, and A Change of Hate available on Amazon in print and Kindle. Joe is working on the latest in a series of Josh Williams and Harrison "Hawk" Bennett novels and a sequel to Saving the Last Dragon. Joe has also written several best-selling non-fiction works about Organized Crime and other topics all available at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Joe-Broadmeadow/author/B00OWPE9GU In 2014 Joe completed a 2,185 mile thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail
  • October 20, 2025 · Mind Wanderings

    An Unforced Error

    If Mr. Trump has a unique talent as President it is the ability to ruin moments of true statesmanship with pettiness and vindictiveness. Mr. Trump’s bringing the Peace Agreement together in Gaza is a significant accomplishment. I dare say it…

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  • October 19, 2025 · Mind Wanderings

    The Most American Thing

    By most estimates (except, of course, by those who routinely produce attendance numbers of the crowds at MAGA Events that are beyond believable), seven million Americans took to the streets all across the country to protest the abomination that is…

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  • September 27, 2025 · Mind Wanderings

    Understanding the Implications of Political Indictments

    Let Me Get This Straight For the sake of argument, let’s assume the following statements are true and accurate.  Using government resources to target political adversaries is antithetical to the Constitution. The Biden Justice Department was weaponized against its political…

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  • September 24, 2025 · Mind Wanderings

    Clouds Illusions I Recall…

    When I was a young boy, I liked looking for shapes in the clouds. I still do. And sometimes, with the right kind of puffy-white clouds, I could perform an illusion in my own mind. Lying on the warm grass…

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  • September 23, 2025 · Mind Wanderings

    Soup for Breakfast?

    We do quite a bit of travel all over the world, which offers us the opportunity to experience different cultures, varied geography, and, most importantly, food. Now I am game to try anything. I ate fried caterpillars (tasted like bacon) …

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  • September 18, 2025 · Mind Wanderings

    Right Wingnuts or Right Wing Nuts?

    Free Speech in this country is apparently about as solid a concept as an ice cube in the desert. The President of the United States, the Attorney General of the United States, and the Director of the FBI all said…

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  • September 16, 2025 · Mind Wanderings

    A New National Ballad

    There’s a country song I wish to nominate as a second national anthem. Like all country songs, it waxes nostalgic for simpler times, colder beer, faster cars, and summer nights that never end. It spins a tale about one of…

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  • September 14, 2025 · Mind Wanderings

    Dear Mr. President…

    There is no nice way to say this, so I am just going to say it, much as it grieves me to do so. Mr. President, you are an idiot. I do not say this lightly, but I do say…

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  • September 13, 2025 · Mind Wanderings

    Crime Reduction Myths: Politics vs. Reality in America

    Now the President intends to send the National Guard into Memphis so they can “fix it like we did DC.” This wasn’t his original plan; he did a T.A.C.O. in Chicago, no surprise there. Guys with a brain like J.D.…

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  • September 12, 2025 · Mind Wanderings

    The Story Continues!

    Coming this Winter (What an ideal Christmas Gift!) The  highly anticipated sequel to Saving the Last Dragon Duncan Emeris and his friends face a deadly challenge: protect the eggs of the LAST  dragon from those who would destroy them, and restore balance…

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