You Can't Silence Us

Crazy People Do Crazy Things

A therapist in Orlando was stabbed to death by one of her patients. The other therapists in the area are all freaking out.

What ever happened to the whole “police need to deescalate” or the “just give them what they want” theory? Is it possible that some people are so crazy or so evil that the only thing stopping them is the use of force?

One of the therapists talks about putting cameras in her office (at 1:11), but worries that it will breach confidentiality. I have a couple of thoughts on that:

  1. If you are in possession of the camera and the recording, just how does that breach confidentiality?
  2. You are talking about potentially filming someone as they murder you. Is confidentiality really your top concern?
  3. Cameras only work as a deterrent if the person being filmed is concerned with consequences and is mentally stable enough to consider the possibility that they will be caught. How does that deter someone who is mentally unstable?

The same woman goes on to ask if she should have “mace” on her person, which I assume means pepper spray, but whatever. Honey, that woman was STABBED to death. Are you going to trust that a table condiment will stop a person armed with a deadly weapon who is intent on killing you? What if it doesn’t work? What is plan b? You going to talk to him and ‘deescalate’ them?

You would think that a mental health therapist would be smarter than this. If someone is trying to kill me, I would rather put a few freedom seeds into his chest cavity. It’s a lot harder to stab me to death when you are trying to remain conscious after receiving a sucking chest wound and a huge hole in your aorta.

Oh, you don’t think you can kill someone? Then perhaps dealing with homicidal mental patients without either a weapon or a security guard isn’t where you should be working, because they can sure kill you, as evidenced by your deceased colleague.

This is why women don’t deal with violent psychos very well. Their nurturing side and soft approach is seen as weakness by the truly violent.

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By Divemedic, ago

Taxes Done (Mostly)

My taxes are all done, with the exception of my broker’s statement from my stock broker. For the 2025 tax year, I owe more than $3,000 to the IRS in April of this year. In total, I paid more than $47,000 in Federal taxes. On top of that, I paid over $7,000 in property taxes, thousands in sales taxes, and who knows how much in use taxes (like gasoline), tolls, and other miscellaneous fees and taxes. Call it more than $60,000 in total taxes for the year.

Don’t tell me that I don’t pay my fair share.

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By Divemedic, ago

Range Day

Took a couple of guns to the range: a Smith and Wesson 10mm M&P pistol shooting Underwood 180 grain XTP bullets, and the 300 Blackout pistol that I jut built, shooting 200 grain subsonic ammunition through a Dead Air Sandman 2 suppressor.

The 300 Blackout was basically a bolt action rifle. It failed to feed nearly every single round. I am thinking that, since the rounds were subsonic and there was a suppressor involved, I either need a lighter buffer or a gas block with a larger port. I will work on that. The gun was very quiet. Accuracy was great, with every single round punching the bullseye at 50 yards. I put a chronograph on 10 of the rounds in two-five round strings:

String 1: 200 grains, 896 feet per second average speed, with a spread of 40 feet per second and a standard deviation of 14 feet per second. Minimum was 876 fps, maximum 916 fps.

String 2: 200 grains, 904 feet per second average speed, with a spread of 54.6 feet per second and a standard deviation of 20 feet per second. Minimum was 879 fps, maximum 934 fps.

The 10mm did well. Recoil was snappy, as usual. Accuracy was good, with 17 of my 20 rounds impacting within the ‘down zero’ ring at 20 yards. Of the other three shots, 2 were in the ‘down one’ ring, and the last was one I pulled, only striking the bottom of the ‘down two’ zone. I think I anticipated that one a bit. I measured a 5 shot string on the chronograph and got:

180 grain bullets, 1264 feet per second average speed, with a spread of 36 feet per second and a standard deviation of 13 feet per second. Minimum was 1243 fps, maximum 1278 fps. That gives us an average kinetic energy of 638 foot pounds. Underwood lists that load at 1300 fps and 676 ft-lb, so I am right there with expected performance from a 4 inch barrel.

and yes, I was practicing with full power defense loads. I try to shoot a box of full power loads at least once a quarter, even if it is more expensive than the range ammo I usually use.

It was too cold for the outdoor range, so there was no possibility of shooting any gelatin. Still, that load for the 10mm is giving an IPSC power factor of 227.5. There aren’t many autoloaders giving that kind of power. For common defensive pistols, on the .357 and .44 Magnums do better, and they are limited to six rounds with slow reloads. I have a 4 inch .357 Magnum, but I don’t yet have a .44. Maybe one day.

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By Divemedic, ago

Day of Rest

It snowed here last night, and bottomed out at around 21 degF. That’s much colder than we’ve had in years. The snow was just flurries, so it didn’t stick. One of the people on my street left their lawn sprinklers on last night. The street in front of his house and his lawn were icy this morning. We didn’t break above freezing until after noon.

I am taking it easy today and sitting in my warm house playing video games. I’m not even looking at Social Media or the news today.

I bought a pair of Meta Quest 2 VR goggles and used them to fly DCS for the first time today. All I can say is –

BIG DIFFERENCE

It’s like you are really flying a plane. All I did today was start up, taxi, take off, fly about 20 miles out, then go back to base and land. Trying to get used to flying with them on. My landing was much smoother and easier than it has been. It’s a tiny bit disorienting, but I will get used to it.

I recommend VR goggles. It’s only a matter of time before someone invents VR porn, if they haven’t already. This is some real looking video.

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By Divemedic, ago

This Is Bad

Freedom loving Americans are getting their asses kicked by the Communists. I’ve been warning my readers for nearly 6 years of the coordination, the funding, and the training being displayed by the left. Their C3 and intel is equal to a professional army.

What does the right have? A bunch of uncoordinated people with guns. I just dont think that’s enough. The right needs to get all of its shit in one sock, or they are gonna get rolled.

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By Divemedic, ago

Tax Season

Tax season begins today. This is the time of year when I am grumpiest. I would rather set my money on fire than mail it to the IRS, and sitting here with all of these confusing forms and watching my money disappear always makes me cranky.

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By Divemedic, ago

Another One

When someone says you are their enemy and they want you dead, or when they say once they gain power they will torture and kill you, you should believe them.

Keep preparing. I just ordered the parts to build my newest home defense gun. It’s an AR in 300 Blackout with an 8 inch barrel, an EOTech holographic sight, and a Dead Air Sandman suppressor. The parts will get here next week.

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By Divemedic, ago