Trust your smoke detector? That could be a lethal mistake!

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I saw this segment last night on 60 Minutes, and I was astounded that there hasn’t been a wide spread push to clarify the truth to consumers that a large portion of the smoke detectors sold today are not saving lives—that they are not doing what we are told they will do.  This is an epic failure!! Ninety percent of smoke detectors sold today will not protect you from all fires. 

Did you know that?

I was flabberghasted at the response by the Consumer Protect Safety Commission.

If anyone has some free time, this is a great cause to take up.  Please go to Change.org and start a campaign. We need to institute change. It will save hundreds, if not thousands of lives!!

You want to have a dual fire detector that has both photoelectric and ionization sensors.

We just checked ours tonight and while we had some dual systems, we didn’t have all dual, so I ordered replacements tonight. 

Please share this and pass it on to your family and friends. It will save lives and if anyone takes on this case, let me know and I will help share any petitions created on my blog as I get a lot of readers.

Be safe!!

I lost my childhood home to a fire, and feel extremely blessed that my family and pets all escaped and got out safely.  The fire chief told us had the fire occurred just 5 hours later, it likely would have been a recovery effort.

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Got a tour yesterday…was an amazing building!  Be back soon!

The Real Jodi Arias!

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I had a sense of who Jodi Arias really was, and this video confirms my suspicions.  In this video, we see a very arrogant, self-adoring Jodi chide herself that she should have put on makeup for her soon-to-be mugshot.  Clearly, this is not a woman who has remorse for what she did to Travis.

Furthermore, we hear her singing a tune that she clearly wanted to be heard.  She isn’t singing this for herself, no way.  She is letting the cops know as she knows she is being recorded that I’ll beat you yet!  She says, “It might change my memory…” This is defiant and arrogant and as conniving as you can get!!

It’s an I’ll show you moment who is boss. You won’t push me around type of attitude.

Chilling to the bone. 

Yes, when Jodi Arias is behind closed doors she laughs at her own belief of her brilliance and the fools she took down along her tirades. She sees them as idiots who dare crossed her path.  She loves to manipulate and control and feeds on it as we see in this video. It’s like food to a Jodi Arias — her lifeblood.

Jodi believes she is smart, more beautiful than everyone else–but now, clearly, she is the only one who believes this nonsense.  Let’s hope the jury makes that very clear!

Thanks, Alex K, for the video link!

Twenty Percent of Drownings Could Be Homicides…

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This is an interesting news clip from Chicago that talks about how drownings may actually be homicides and missed by detectives who are not trained in water recovery.  I found this fascinating.

There has been an abnormal number of young men who are in college who have drowned in the Chicago and Milwaukee area that I have noticed in the past 5-8 years and the trend deeply disturbed me. I have been suspicious of it for years and I am glad there are others who are too and are now taking a closer look at these deaths. I do not believe these were all accidental drownings.

Beware of the Booster Bag Scam

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Thanks, SM, for sharing this with me! 

Stay safe!