Divemedic

Am I Crazy?

I’m going to sound crazy here, but follow this line of thought from my comment over at GFZ.

In the years from 2006 to 2011, the ATF deliberately allowed guns to fall into the hands of Mexican drug cartels. Known as Operation “Fast and Furious,” it was an apparent Machiavellian plan by the Obama Administration to make gun violence along the border to bad that the American people would demand more gun control. This single operation proved that the left generally, and the Obamas specifically, were willing to sacrifice US lives to further their goals and objectives.

If you had predicted all of those things back in 2019, I myself would have called you a nutcase.

It certainly looks like the left will kill millions in order to get and retain power. Do I think that all of this was a planned series of events? No. Do I think that they took advantage of the events to their benefit? Yes.

So now we know just how far the left will go to pursue their goals. They will lie, cheat, steal, and kill. With that in mind, lets consider that during his election campaign, Joe Biden made a number of campaign promises. He promised to:

Now take a look at today’s post from GFZ. How many headline grabbing mass shootings have there been in the past 90 days? How many happened in the preceding year?

Am I crazy? Or is this simply a continuation of the crazy that has been happening for the past 3 years? It is enough to make me feel like I have stepped through the looking glass into some alternate reality story written by a schizophrenic writer of bad pulp fiction novels.

Jesus, I am starting to sound like Alex Jones.

By Divemedic, ago

Plot Hole

These two women don’t spend a single word denying that they were attempting to steal an election. Instead they complain about people asking questions and being angry for being called out.

The president of the United States is supposed to represent every American, not to target one.

What about James Crowley?

George Zimmerman?

So how about we stop deflecting and get to the real question- what WERE you doing in that video?

By Divemedic, ago

Boyfriend Loophole

There is a lot of talk nowadays about the so-called “boyfriend loophole” as they relate to red flag orders. I was a victim of a woman who tried to hang me with a domestic violence accusation. This happened back in 2014. In her complaint, she alleged:

  • that we lived together (we did not)
  • that I was stalking her (I was not)
  • I showed up at her workplace (I did, but not while she was there)
  • which led to her getting fired (It did, but not because I had done anything wrong or illegal)

She got my first name and my address correct, but had used the wrong last name*. The court granted her a temporary Domestic Violence Restraining Order.

Her legal complaint never alleged any violent act or even threat on my part. I was going to ignore the whole thing, since it wasn’t my name on the order, but my lawyer advised that we fight it to avoid issues down the road. So it still wound up costing me over $2,000 in legal fees. You can read about the entire story here and the resolution here.

Even though we could prove in court that she lied (I never lived with her, even though she said I did) there were absolutely no ramifications to her lies. Had there been a law allowing her to get a DVRO from a person she was only dating, I am convinced that I would be a prohibited person to this day.

There is no limit to the lengths that a woman who feels slighted will go to in order to get revenge on her ex. If it means lawfare, so be it. They will do it without hesitation.

* The last name thing is pretty funny. When I was on Facebook, I used a false last name, because I didn’t want people from my work to be able to read the politically incorrect things I was saying. She filed for the DVTPO using my fake Facebook name. (Shows how well she really knew me.) Anyway, she got the address and my first name correct, so a Deputy pulls up to my house and says, “Are you Dive Medic?” I reply, “Yes.” He hands me the TRO and tells me that I am under a restraining order and drives away.

By Divemedic, ago

Insurance

I lost the genetic lottery. Let me explain.

  • My father was a type 2 diabetic. He died 18 years ago at 63 years old.
  • My grandmother was a type 2 diabetic. She died 50 years ago at 63 years old.
  • My grandfather died at 56 years old in 1948. It could have been diabetes, but there was no real testing for that back then.
  • You can trace it back. My great-grandfather died at 47 years old, his mother died at 57 years old.
  • My sister has diabetes. My brother does not.

So genetics are working against me here. I was diagnosed with diabetes about 12 years ago, while I was in my mid 40s. I went on a diet and lost 90 pounds. That was good enough to manage my diabetes for the next 6 years.

As you may or may not know, diabetes is a progressive disease. Those with it know that it will progress eventually, and I am medically knowledgeable enough to know that it will likely be what kills me at some point. I am just committed to making that date as far in the future as I can. So I watched what I ate, stayed active, and kept up doctor visits.

At any rate, it was about six years ago that my blood sugar began climbing. My A1C was right around 8. So the doctor put me on Metformin. The doses slowly increased, another drug was added. Still, my A1C stayed pretty good, wavering between 6.5 and 7.5.

My levels slowly have been increasing. Last September, my A1C was up to 7.8. Then in April, my A1C was as high as it ever has been: 10.0. The doctor tested my blood to see if I was still making my own insulin, and I am. So we talked about a few options.

One option is to stay the course. That is the worst of the choices and, considering my family history, will lead to a death within a few years. Not a good choice.

The second option is insulin, meaning that I would have to inject myself at least once per day. There are a lot of drawbacks to that plan, and isn’t much better than option one. I’ve seen for myself that type 2 diabetics don’t do well or last very long once they go on insulin.

The third option was to try one of the new drugs: Trulicity, Ozempic, Rybelsus. The one we decided on is Trulicity. The catch? The drug costs $800 to $1,000 a month. None of the others are any cheaper. My insurance company says that they won’t cover it unless I can prove that I am a diabetic who has tried other, cheaper options, and those options don’t work. The Dr wrote the prescription.

Of course the insurance company kicked it back and demanded more documentation. We provided it. According to their own website, I fit the criteria.

The doctor just called me. The insurance company denied it anyway.

I have some calls to make to try and take care of this. I don’t think that I have any legal recourse, so I have to review my options. It is stuff like this that makes me believe that insurance companies should be liable for malpractice.

By Divemedic, ago

Forever Gone

For those of you who believe that all we have to do is vote, let me point out that the changes being put in place by the Biden administration aren’t anything that can be simply changed. Even if voting works, we are screwed for a generation or more.

Biden isn’t just putting some policies in place that can be changed with an executive order. No, he is dismantling our gasoline producing infrastructure. He is planning on closing the ammunition plant that makes 5.56. He is going to allow the chip manufacturer in Taiwan be overrun by the Chinese.

In the meantime, he stymies investigations into Chinese fair trade violations. In this particular case, it actually makes it less likely that the US will move to green energy because it prevents American solar manufacturers from competing against Chinese products that are being labeled as coming from other countries while at the same time not providing DPA protections to US firms. This is crippling US solar manufacturing.

The damage that he is doing to the west is not easily repaired. It will take years, perhaps a decade or more, to repair the infrastructure that is being destroyed right now. In the meantime, China will become the world’s largest and most powerful nation. The US is about to become a second world nation.

It’s almost like Biden is an employee of the Chinese government.

By Divemedic, ago

Effective Gun Ban

We all know that the Democrats want a 1,000% tax on assault weapons. This law is very broad and will tax most guns out of existence (pdf warning):

semiautomatic rifles that have the capacity to use a magazine that isn’t a fixed magazine, and any one of the following:

  • a pistol grip,
  • a forward grip,
  • folding, telescoping, or detachable stock.
  • a barrel shroud,
  • a threaded barrel,
  • a “functional grenade launcher.”

Or a semiautomatic rifle that has a fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds, except for an attached tubular device designed to accept, and capable of operating only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition.

any semiautomatic pistol that has the capacity to use a magazine that isn’t a fixed magazine, and any one of the following:

  • a threaded barrel
  • a second pistol grip (these are already NFA weapons. I don’t know what effect this law will have)
  • a barrel shroud
  • the capacity for inserting the magazine anywhere outside of the pistol grip (such as the CZ Scorpion and other PDWs)
  • if it looks like a machine gun
  • weighs more than 50 ounces (this is obviously aimed at AR pistols)
  • a Stabilizing brace
  • a buffer tube (again, aimed at AR pistols)

The tax will also apply to any ammunition magazine, belt, drum, etc. that holds more than 10 rounds of ammo, but specifically excludes fixed tubular .22LR magazines.

Plus a bunch of other stuff. Then it goes on to charge the tax on any of the frames, parts of the firearms covered, and parts of magazines. This is, in effect, a ban most firearms and their parts by taxing them into oblivion. Essentially the same thing that happened with the NFA. The only firearms that seem exempt are bolt, lever action, and rimfire.

Imagine a basic AR-15 that costs $11,000 and using $110 magazines.

Since it is a tax, the Senate doesn’t even have to vote on it. It can be passed through budget reconciliation.

By Divemedic, ago

Every Time

Every time there is a sting looking to catch pedophiles and other sexual predators, you can be nearly sure that a Disney employee will be among those who were caught. The sting this week is no exception.

“What would an operation be — either a pornography investigation or predator operation or human trafficking operation — without a Disney employee? We always have a Disney employee,” Judd said.

I have blogged about this for years: Disney hates gun owners, but loves them some sexual predators. The reason is obvious: the great granddaughter of one of the company’s founders is a tranny who claims to be a “he” and is working as a science teacher.

By Divemedic, ago

Cover up

Uvalde is using every legal resource to keep what happened a secret. The people of Uvalde need to push city elected officials to demand answers from the police chief. If he doesn’t supply them, fire him and promote the assistant chief to interim chief. Make the sane demand. Fire him if he won’t cooperate. Sooner or later, someone will provide answers.

If elected officials won’t do the above, vote them out.

If the citizens of Uvalde don’t do this, then I lose sympathy for them. If your dead kids aren’t enough motivation to act, then you get the government you deserve.

By Divemedic, ago