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Military
To Expect Loyalty, Give Loyalty
The US government had a former Marine fighter pilot arrested because he was teaching Chinese pilots how to fly their aircraft. This happened shortly after the US military began firing its servicemembers for refusing the COVID vaccine. What did you expect those now unemployed people to do?
Criminals
Teacher Arrested with Gun in Car
A Levy county teacher was arrested for having a gun in her car on school property. I think that the cops may have screwed up on the charges. She has been charged with a violation of 790.115 2b, possession of a weapon on school property, and two counts of 827.03 2d, willfully or through neglect endangering a child. The first charge might not fly. Granted I am not a lawyer, but the law reads:
A person shall not possess any firearm, electric weapon or device, destructive device, or other weapon as defined in s. 790.001(13), including a razor blade or box cutter, except as authorized in support of school-sanctioned activities, at a school-sponsored event or on the property of any school, school bus, or school bus stop; however, a person may carry a firearm:
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3. In a vehicle pursuant to s. 790.25(5); except that school districts may adopt written and published policies that waive the exception in this subparagraph for purposes of student and campus parking privileges.
The question here is whether or not the school board has published a policy that states that no one may park on campus with a firearm in their vehicles. Most school districts in Florida don’t publish rules like that. A sharp lawyer might be able to beat this.
The child endangerment charges though, those are likely to stick. I mean, she gave two 4th grade children the keys to her car, knowing that there was a loaded handgun in it. She deserves to go down for that.
I would certainly suggest a plea deal.
Me
Acuity
After an evaluation of his lab results, the hospital felt comfortable moving him out of the ICU. He has been moved to a normal pediatric unit. He still cannot speak, eat, swallow, or move his upper extremities. He can only walk with large amounts of assistance. It’s tough to watch. The only way that he can communicate is by looking at something and laughing or crying. Things like “Which movie do you want to watch?” Then holding them up one at a time until he laughs at one.
Still, a week ago he was still unconscious, and ten days ago he was near death. Even if improvement doesn’t come as quickly as we would like, it is still coming. Sometimes it’s difficult to remember that. Still, at this point it is impossible to know what long term deficits he will have, if any. You can tell that being unable to do anything is wearing on him, and he gets visibly frustrated at times.
But progress is slow. I won’t do updates unless and until there is something to report.
On another front, his school contacted my daughter and asked for a doctor’s note for this extended absence. So it was provided to them. The next thing was the school telling her that he would have to disenroll or transfer to Florida virtual school. That is complete and utter horseshit. Federal and Florida law require them to offer him services. The law says that he is entitled to home education visits while in the hospital, and having spent time as a teacher, I know what the law says. We are going to go through the process, and if the services required by law aren’t provided, I will gladly hire an attorney.
Crime
Animals behaving badly
A 17 year old in Putnam county argued with a man before shooting a 5 year old child in retribution. He was arrested on one count of aggravated battery, three counts of aggravated assault and one count of firing a missile into a vehicle — all of which are felony charges.
Silence the opposition
Correction
I want to make a correction to my earlier post about the Rubio staffer who was attacked. It turns out that the attacker was Christopher Monzon. The man who attacked him was Javier Jesus Lopez. I got the names reversed in my original post.
I also want to add that the press, especially the openly communist press in Miami, is running with the “white supremacist” claims. The press is now reporting that Monzon was at the Charlottesville protest. I don’t see what that has to do with anything. Let’s say that every claim is true- he WAS at the Charlottesville protest. How would his attacker have known that? Even if Monzon was there, and even if his attacker knew that, does that mean his attacker gets a free pass?
This is dangerous territory. A continuation of Antifa’s “punch a Nazi” campaign, it’s a call to political violence. They forget that this can work both ways. Did a person say something mean about you? Beat them within an inch of their lives…” I seem to recall a certain asshole calling me deplorable.
Race baiting
Don’t Label Me
A staffer for Marco Rubio was attacked merely for being a Republican. It wasn’t enough that they put him in the hospital. Now the communists and their lackeys in the MSM are adding insult to injury. ABC news in Miami has decided to doxx him. It turns out that his name is Javier Lopez, a 22 year old staffer Christopher Monzon, a canvasser for the Rubio campaign. ABC news takes it one step further and calls him a “white supremacist.”
Sören Kierkegaard wrote, “Once you label me, you negate me.” This is exactly what the left is doing. The label that they have found most effective is “Racist.” There are others. They accuse gun owners of having a small penis. They accuse parents of being terrorists and abusers.
It’s an effective tactic. It not only forces the person labeled to defend themselves from the accusation, but also allows the person and their family to be targeted by the communists’ black bloc enforcers. This young man and his family will be targeted at work, at the store, and at school. Your job, your spouse’s job both forfeit. Your kids will be bullied at school. You may even have physical security threats at home.
Look at what they have done to George Zimmerman, the original white supremacist Hispanic. The lesson there worked as intended, with people afraid to report crimes or confront criminals for fear of being labeled and negated.
I have been hit with that label pretty often. It’s a tool used to silence and negate others. It’s a weak argument.
Uncategorized
Walking Away From Omelas
In a short story written in 1974, Ursula LeGuin wrote about a Utopian society located in a nation called Omelas titled The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas. Everything there is simply perfect. No kings, no poverty, no misery. There being no poverty, there is no need for money, for crime, it is the ideal society. Life there consists of a daily, never ending carnival celebrating the summer solstice.
Life in Omelas is perfect. In fact, there is only one flaw: In order for Omelas to remain in this condition, one child must be kept in darkness, misery, and utter despair. This fact is kept from everyone in Omelas until they reach a certain age of maturity, when they are shown this child and told the secret.
Once they are old enough to know the truth, most are initially shocked and disgusted. The person is then offered a choice:
- they can accept things the way that they are and continue their comfortable life
- they can offer to take the child’s place
- they can rescue the child, thus destroying the perfect society
- or they can leave the society and take their chances elsewhere
Most elect to stay and perpetuate the perfect society. The ones who elect to leave are never seen or heard from again. Of the ones who leave, no one knows what happens to the ones who walk away from Omelas.
This powerful story contains many parallels with today. We are watching our children being groomed for sexual predation. We are watching our wealth being stolen, wars fought with our young people and wealth. All manner of atrocities are being carried out. We are faced with a choice:
- we can allow this to continue to perpetuate our comfortable life
- we can offer to suffer pain and misery ourselves with the hope that we can change things by risking our lives, our fortunes, our sacred honor
- or we can leave, but where will we go?
Indeed, no one knows what will happen if we walk away from Omelas.
Rigging the vote
Setting the Stage
The Democrats are already setting the stage for claiming that the election is illegitimate, as they release ‘facts’ about how voting machines can be hacked. Then they go on to cover their ass about 2020:
While there’ve been no reports of modems being hacked in previous elections, the vulnerabilities are well known, and hackers have the tools to exploit them.
Fuckery in just two weeks.