Divemedic

No Kings

The left is gathering today to say “No Kings!”

Except when the government orders you to remain indoors.

No Kings! We oppose fascism!

Except when your business is ordered closed. Unless your business is a Megacorporation like WalMart, Target, or Starbucks. Then it’s fine, because you can get your PSL.

No Kings!

Except when the government arrests people for going to the beach. Or when the government forces people to wear cloth masks to prevent a viral infection, even while we know that the holes in the fabric are thousands of times larger than the virus.

No Kings!

Oh, but when your side protests, they are exempt from having to stay home OR wear masks, because protest is patriotism.

The governor is exempt from all of this as well, because he must dine with his ass-kissing friends. Because he isn’t a king.

No Kings!

Except when the government orders that you take an experimental drug while exempting the company that makes it from any legal liability in the event the drug turns out not to work and actually is dangerous.

Then people who protest in the same manner as the left are tossed in jail for years over minor criminal charges.

No Kings!

Unless we forcibly take your money under the guise of fair taxation, so we can give it to people we import into the nation so we can pay them slave wages to build our homes, tend our gardens, and do other work that we consider beneath us.

No kings!

It’s a shame that the left lacks a level of basic awareness, so they don’t even realize that they are supporting actual tyranny and despotism. Of course, the ones in charge know, but they also realize that they are in command of an army of drones who will do whatever the media and TikTok tells them to.

We should have realized how much trouble this would cause when so-called challenges on TikTok had teens eating laundry soap. Oh by the way, that trend was in 2018. The teens who were doing that are the same ones out protesting today.

By Divemedic, ago

Rigging the Vote

SCOTUS heard arguments this week in favor of creating Congressional districts that are predisposed to get specified, predetermined results in elections. Those aren’t my words, they are actually the words (paraphrased) of Justice Sotomayor. She pressed the need to districts that are purposely designed to have a majority of black voters, because in her words: “white voters won’t vote for black candidates.”

Nevermind that white voters elected a black President. No, what she is saying is that democratic processes must be rigged so that the results favor one particular political minority (in the democratic, not racial sense). The Democrats are simply illustrating that they are NOT in favor of Democracy. They are in favor of power, and they know blacks overwhelmingly vote for Democrats.

There are 26 congressional districts where blacks are the majority, and a further 14 districts where they are the plurality. That is, they are the largest demographic, even though they are not the majority.

GA-02 — 49.3% Black (Rep. Sanford Bishop).

NY-09 — 48.9% Black (Rep. Yvette Clarke).

AL-02 — 48.7% Black (Rep. Shomari Figures).

IL-02 — 48.4% Black (Rep. Robin Kelly).

NY-08 — 48.2% Black (Rep. Hakeem Jeffries).

NY-05 — 47.2% Black (Rep. Gregory Meeks).

SC-06 — 46.9% Black (Rep. Jim Clyburn).

MI-13 — 46.9% Black (Rep. Shri Thanedar).

MO-01 — 45.4% Black (Rep. Wesley Bell).

VA-03 — 45.4% Black (Rep. Bobby Scott).

IL-07 — 43.0% Black (Rep. Danny Davis).

FL-24 — 42.2% Black (Rep. Frederica Wilson).

TX-30 — 41.9% Black (Rep. Jasmine Crockett).

TX-09 — 38.6% Black (Rep. Al Green).

Assuming that Sotomayor is correct, blacks are guaranteed 40 congressional seats, making skin color the single most important factor in electing representatives.

How many other demographics get that privilege? The fact is that she is admitting blacks only vote on skin color and not for the candidate that best represents their interests. What Sotomayor is saying is elections are only valid if the electorate votes the way that they want you to. How about this- we go back to the original ratios from the nation’s founding? It’s time to get rid of the artificial limit of 435 Representatives that dilutes the power of the people.

Each state gets at least one Representative. No single Representative can represent more than 100,000 people. That would mean 3,380 representatives, give or take. I would even say Washington DC and other territories should have voting representatives under this plan. If it’s done like this, the number of representatives would range from 394 for California. Texas would get 313, Florida 234, Georgia 112, New York 199, and so on.

The lesser populated states would see similar numbers- Hawaii would have 15. Alaska 8, Wyoming 6, Vermont would have 7, Maine would get 14.

We could even allow representation for territories- Puerto Rico would get 32, Guam would get 2, the US Virgin Islands would get 1, Samoa 1, the Mariana Islands 1, Washington, DC gets 8.

It would be much more difficult to arrange factions to game the system, and each representative would be more likely to actually represent the interests of their constituents instead of party leadership. That’s a feature and not a bug. Congress can meet in a domed stadium. We can build them for concerts and sporting events, we can surely do the same for a legislative body.

Of course this creates a large amount of power in the most populous states. That’s why the Senate exists- to represent the states. Each state (not territory or DC) gets 2 Senators, just as they always have.

By Divemedic, ago

Don’t Look Now

Gold is now selling at over $4250. That doesn’t mean that gold is worth more. It means the dollar is worth less. Oh, and silver is now selling at more than $52. The dollar is quickly crashing.

The dollar has lost 3/4 of its value in the past decade, 90% of its value in the last 20 years, and 98.5% of its value since we went away from being a gold based currency in 1973. That isn’t the greed of the banks, that’s the greed of our government.

By Divemedic, ago

Bunny Warriors

Let me start by saying that I don’t hunt. The last time I went hunting, it was for lobster (Florida has a lobster season, but I haven’t been in about 8 years or so). Still, I understand the important role played by hunting in the preservation of animal populations.

Florida, like every other state, has used hunting as a way to control populations of animals. For the first time in a few years, the state announced a lottery where 172 black bear tags would be issued to cull some of the animals, who are becoming overpopulated in the state. The tags would be given out through a random lottery system, with each ticket costing $5. Winners must then buy a $100 hunting license to harvest the bear, with nonresidents having to pay $300.

Animal rights groups bought thousands of tickets, pledging to not use them. The groups managed to win about a quarter of the available tags. They claim this will save the lives of bears.

They are also wrong.

Hunting is a way of controlling populations to sustainable levels, but nature has its own way of doing it. Overpopulated animals starve, die of disease, or are hit by cars. In the meantime, the overpopulated bears ravage other populations like deer, pets, your trashcans, and even people (although rare).

Still, to me there is a way to derail those plans for sabotaging the system: Make a rule saying anyone who wins a bear tag has 14 days to purchase the hunting license. If they fail to do so, the tag goes to someone else. If the cost goes from $5 to $305, you will see people less likely to try and game the system.

By Divemedic, ago

Compromise

The Democrats are upset that Republicans won’t compromise.

I have two points:

1 When Republicans went to Obama and wanted to compromise on Obamacare, it was Obama who famously said, “Elections have consequences, and at the end of the day, I won.” Then refused to compromise and steamrolled the Republicans in passing

2 The left has been saying for years,

  • “Let’s pass gun bans.”
  • The right says no.
  • The left says “Why won’t you compromise? You’re being unreasonable.”
  • The right caves and allows a little gun control.
  • Then the left goes back to wanting another gun ban
  • repeat ad nauseum

We are done with the left’s version of compromising in order to move the Overton window. Any Republican who doesn’t have spine enough to use the power the voters have given them can just get the fuck out of the way.

By Divemedic, ago

Road Blocking

I want to show you this post, then tell you what recently happened to me.

I was driving when a group on bikes did this exact move. They turned in front of me, and one of the bikers decided to try and block traffic. I don’t play that game. I slowed, honked my horn, and kept going. One of them tried chasing me down. I didn’t react like this guy.

The tactic is called “road blocking” and motorcyclists consider this to be a valid way to keep their little circle jerk together without having to be worried about being broken up by pesky things like traffic lights or other drivers. This is a bad idea. It is unlawful to “willfully obstruct the free, convenient, and normal use of any public street, highway, or road”. It can also be considered a “street takeover.”

Let me explain:

If 10 or more vehicles block a road through the use or threat of force, it is a felony- a forcible felony at that. You see where I am going with this? Some idiots trying to keep me from driving through the threat of force have just made a grave error.

Bikes, cars, pedestrians, or motorcycles, I don’t care- don’t block the road. Also, don’t try to come after me like some kind of law enforcement officer and demand anything. As one guy recently discovered, I don’t play your games.

By Divemedic, ago

Insurrection

Los Angeles County has declared a state of emergency over ICE’s immigration raids. The vote allows county supervisors to mobilize resources, request state and federal financial assistance to respond to the impacts of the raids and expedite contracting to address the crisis. So LA can be a so-called “sanctuary city” by claiming to stand athwart Federal law, then expects to receive funds from that same Federal government to help further their lawbreaking?

How about, let’s find a US city that will allow everyone in town to own a machine gun, then apply for Federal disaster aid to buy everyone new dogs after the ATF comes visiting?

Or would it be easier and cheaper for Trump to finally give them the declaration of insurrection and the civil war that they are obviously trying to provoke?

By Divemedic, ago

Neighbor Glows

I was at my rental property, getting some work done, since its vacant. One of the neighbors approached me. I have hardly spoken to the guy. All I know is that he is some kind of golf instructor. He does have Trump stickers all over his pickup truck.

He says to me that he has heard that I do some hobby machine work on guns. Then asks if I am willing to convert his AR or at least teach him how to convert his AR into full auto.

I told him that he was misinformed. I don’t do anything like that and don’t know how.

This is the third time someone has asked me to do something like that.

By Divemedic, ago

It’s Not the Guns

Two kids had a minor altercation at school. They agreed to meet at a nearby park after school to fight it out. However, they were both black, so you know it didn’t end there. One of them shot and killed the other. Here is the picture of 15 year old murderer Jacori Redding.

Sure, he is under 18, but that is a grown man. He knew, or should have known, that killing is wrong. For that reason, he should be tossed in prison for the rest of his life. He was charged with manslaughter, but the sheriff says the kid was found in the school cafeteria shortly after the shooting, with the handgun still in his possession. So may I suggest to the authorities that you actually do your jobs by adding some more charges:

  • Possession of a firearm on school property
  • Possession of a firearm by a minor
  • Activate Florida’s 10-20-life enhancement

Still, we will be told that, since he is a minor, they don’t want to ruin his life because minors don’t understand right from wrong. The murderer was already facing charges of grand theft auto, and had other charges in his past. Letting him go seems to do nothing but encourage more illegal behavior.

They also need to find out where the gun came from, and file more charges for that. Was the gun stolen? Did an adult give it to him? We all know the investigation won’t go there, because it never does.

When I was a kid, I lived less than a mile from that school. It was a nice neighborhood back then, mostly technical workers and engineers working nearby at what was once Martin-Marietta. That changed over the years. The area is a crime ridden shit hole now.

At least no one of any value was killed. It isn’t like either of the kids involved in this were Fulbright scholars.

By Divemedic, ago

I Miss

As I write this, I am enjoying the first really cool day that we have had in Central Florida in quite a few months. The windows are open, there is a nice breeze, and a misty sort of rain is falling from a cloudy sky. The temperature is 69 degrees outside, and it’s official: Florida Fall is here. This is the time of year when I put on Youtube videos like this.

A nice, calming sound to play in the background as I do whatever around the house. My memories drift back to when I was a child, the weather the same as it is today, and I watched my mother hang fall decorations like these.

It makes me a bit nostalgic. Now my mother is gone. My father is gone. My innocence is gone, as is my childhood. So is the country that I grew up in.

I miss all of those things. It seems that all is left is an aging guy who is about to become an old man, and a country that seems to be disintegrating. We aren’t coming back from this, are we?

By Divemedic, ago