Divemedic

Whites Aren’t Buying It

All branches of the US military have been reporting that they are falling short in their recruiting goals, and they have been trying some pretty spectacular stunts to get more recruits. It seems that the Military’s recruiting woes are due to whites not enlisting.

A total of 44,042 new Army recruits were white in 2018, but in 2023 that had fallen to 25,070. That represents a drop of over 19,000 recruits per year. With the Army having a shortfall of more than 10,000 enlistees in its recruiting target, it’s plain to see that it is a lack of white candidates that is the reason.

It seems that whites, and specifically white males, are tired of being told that they are the enemy, that they are racist, and they have decided that they don’t want to sacrifice their lives to defend people and a nation that despises them.

By Divemedic, ago

Spammers

In the past week, I have been receiving 100 spam comments per day, and spammers have been signing up for user accounts at a rate of 60 or 70 per day. Not only that, but I am getting 50 or 60 spam emails per day to my admin address.

So, for starters, I have banned the IP of the most egregious offender. I am also suspending the ability for people to sign up for user accounts. Sigh. I have too much going on right now to deal with this.

By Divemedic, ago

Those Are Rookie Numbers

An Arizona man’s home was raided because he threatened to kill FBI agents. The media is all in an uproar because he had 5,000 rounds of ammo, an AR15, body armor, and six loaded magazines in his house. He also had a loaded handgun in his car.

That’s what I like to refer to as a “starter kit.” I have more than 5,000 rounds of just .22 LR, not to mention 12 gauge, 5.56mm, 7.62mm, .380ACP, .38 Special, .357 Magnum, .357 Sig, 9mm, .45ACP, .32 ACP, or .40S&W. I have a two safe system here. One safe is filled with “cold” firearms. That’s where I store the guns that are unloaded. The other safe is the “hot” safe, and that is where I store my EDC firearms, as well as a loaded 12 gauge, a loaded AR, a set of electronic ears, a few spare, loaded magazines, and a ballistic vest.

I think that most, if not all, of my readers would more than exceed the NBC Pearl Clutching story above. So what was his crime?

in August of last year, Tomasi posted: [to a social media website] “Shoot the FBI first ask questions later. They are terrorists that deserve nothing but to be shot on site.” He also warned that FBI officers who “have a problem with that come to my house and see what happens.”

They also claim that he posted about wanting to torture a former federal official “to death,” subject a U.S. congresswoman to “the horror of a violent rape,” and executing a U.S. congressman. He didn’t name a specific official or lawmaker, according to the story.

I’m hard pressed to see the crime here. He didn’t name a specific lawmaker or official. I don’t see where that is a threat, since he didn’t specifically name someone. There must be more to this that isn’t being reported.

By Divemedic, ago

People Trying to Help

We closed on the house, which wound up taking all day. The reason it took so long was that the woman at the title company took it upon herself to “correct mistakes” that she thought that she had found in the financing paperwork. This caused a cascade of issues that added four hours to the time needed to close, and required a personal visit from the President of the mortgage broker’s company to fix. As a result of her mistake, it added $200 to the closing costs, which I refused to pay, so the finance company was forced to eat it.

My original plan was to spend a couple of weeks getting the place ready to move in, then we would spend another couple of weeks actually moving. There was a lot that needed to happen before we started moving in. I had to:

  • Change the locks. I don’t care if it’s a brand new house, I always change the locks so I can be sure that I know who has keys to my place.
  • I bought commercial concrete paint and sealant. It takes three days to apply and another three days to cure, but gives you a very professional looking, durable, slip resistant floor that won’t absorb things spilled on it, such as motor oil. It wasn’t cheap. Enough to do a three car garage cost about a thousand bucks. The floor looks great, though. I paid it because you only get one chance to seal a new floor.
  • I had to install four televisions on the wall, six ceiling fans, and replace 12 light fixtures. The light fixtures that came with the house were the cheap ones because I didn’t like the choices that they had, so I bought my own. The lighting looks great.
  • I installed a whole home sound system, the home network, added some power receptacles in the garage where my workbench will be, because I wasn’t willing to pay the $140 per extra outlet that the contractor charges to add them. I added 4 outlets for about $100.
  • I paid movers to move the furniture, and a locksmith specializing in safes moved the gun safe. We moved everything else. The movers took care of every single piece of furniture that my wife didn’t place off limits because the pieces were fragile or very valuable. For example, I have an antique AM radio that uses tubes. It used to belong to my grandfather, and my dad listened to the old radio programs on it as a child. I won’t plug it in, but it looks great in the man cave.

So that was the plan. The plan died when my wife’s family came over to help. They decided to do a lot of stuff while I was working, so it put things into overdrive. We wound up moving the entire household in only 8 days. Now I am sitting in my house, surrounded by dozens of boxes, trying to organize and put things away. I still have to get a plumber to come over and install the water softener, and I will need to spend a couple of weeks getting the old house ready to either rent or sell.

Normal blogging to resume today.

On a side note, my shower in this new house is pure indulgence. Three showerheads, it’s like showering in a car wash.

By Divemedic, ago