Divemedic

Medicines to keep on hand

One thing that people who prepare for emergencies frequently overlook is medicine for “routine” medical problems. There are a couple of over the counter medications that I consider to be essential. When you are in a situation where medical care is not readily available, these medications can literally be lifesavers.

Acetaminophen: This one is good for pain and for control of fever.

Benadryl: This drug is good for allergic reactions, and also works well as a sedative and sleeping aid.

Ibuprofen: This is a non steroidal anti inflammatory. Anyone who has ever been in the military will tell you that this drug is used by them for everything from headaches to broken bones.

Immodium: Diarrhea is a killer because losing fluids and electrolytes can be dangerous. In a survival situation, take some as soon as the second incident of liquid bowel movement occurs.

Meclizine: This one is sold under many brand names. It’s good for mild nausea and can prevent vomiting. Like diarrhea, vomiting causes a loss of fluids and electrolytes that can be life threatening. It’s best to take this as soon as you feel queazy. If you wait until you are vomiting, it may be too late. Just remember that it can make you drowsy.

I’m sure that there are others I have forgotten. I am open to suggestions on what you may feel is essential.

By Divemedic, ago

Our friend

So we contacted our friend who is trapped in Kabul. She says that she is “on base,” where she and her coworkers are trying to assist other Americans and Afghanis in evading the Taliban and getting on aircraft. They have apparently established some sort of underground railroad kind of operation.

I don’t know what base she is talking about. If anyone is familiar with Kabul and would like to give your opinion, I would live to hear your thoughts in comments.

I have no idea who she is working for. I am beginning to think that it is a three letter agency.

By Divemedic, ago

Unintended Consequences

Many Americans don’t want to be vaccinated. The President tried offering bribes. Some Americans weren’t buying. So now he wants to order it. Since he is not powerful enough to make such an order stick, he is going to enlist businesses to do it for him.

Joe Biden has required Federal employees to get the vaccine, or face bothersome rules like extra testing, masking, etc. He offered Federal funds to school districts who ignored the executive orders of their governors and required vaccines and masks. (Even though he can’t offer money for anything unless passed by Congress, but does the Constitution really matter to anyone at the DC level at this point?)

Now his latest is denying Medicare and Medicaid funding to healthcare facilities who don’t require employees to be vaccinated. There is a shortage of nurses, along with other healthcare workers, in this country to begin with. States that are requiring vaccination are already reporting that they are losing healthcare workers. Hospitals are so desperate for staff that they are offering sign on bonuses of up to $15,000 for Registered Nurses.

The hospitals are short staffed. The healthcare field is huge, and so Nurses, like most people who work in healthcare, tend to specialize. The nurses and other support people needed for COVID patients aren’t the same types needed for other health problems. So those personnel are in short supply. The hospital where I work has plenty of beds, rooms, and medical equipment. What they don’t have is enough staff. Hospital staff normally work three 12 hour shifts per week. Right now, we are being paid a bonus of $200 to $1,000 a day (depending on your qualifications) for every extra shift you work, on top of your overtime pay. There are ICU nurses that are being paid $2,500 a day to come to work.

I don’t see this playing out like Biden thinks it will. His vaccine mandate will only cause that shortage to become worse.

I got the vaccine because I felt it was the right thing for me to do at the time. Now that people are getting so pushy, I am reconsidering that position. I am not getting a booster. I am going to resist this, and help others do so as well. I just don’t like being told what to do.

By Divemedic, ago

Condescension

I’m sitting in the waiting room at the car wash, waiting for my wife’s car to get waxed, and Fox News has a State Department press conference on. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman was being asked questions after talking more about herself and how hard she was working than about the situation at hand.

One of the reporters, who stated that he had known her professionally for quite some time, remarked that calling her “Madame Deputy Secretary” was quite a mouthful.

This government bureaucrat responded with “You’ll get used to it.”

That struck me as one of the most conceited, condescending remarks I’ve ever heard. The first response I had is probably why I can’t be a politician: “Fuck you, lady. Who the fuck do you think you are? We are sitting here discussing YOUR failures. Why don’t we worry more about that than we do about whatever title you want to be called?”

Edited to add:

Here is the video of the exchange.

By Divemedic, ago

New Manual

I just added a new training manual to the Training Manuals page (link at the top of this blog).

The manual is FM 3-39.40 Internment and Resettlement operations.

Take a look at the training manuals. If they are worth a couple of bucks to you, there is a Patreon link at the bottom of the page. If there are manuals you would like to see, let me know in comments below.

By Divemedic, ago

NFAC has a body count

The terrorist organization called the “Not Fucking Around Coalition” or NFAC, now has a body count. A police officer who was shot by one of its members on June 23 has died of his injuries. The member who did the shooting has a long, violent criminal history. He was fairly well indoctrinated by the black community justice industry.

The criminal charges for this critter have been increased to first degree murder. I’m usually against the death penalty because I don’t believe that we can trust the government to prosecute a case honestly and without shenanigans. In this case, however, it looks pretty cut and dried. Looking at his extensive history, I don’t think he is redeemable. Fry his ass. Better yet, let Biden send his ass to Afghanistan.

By Divemedic, ago

What next?

Biden is catching some pretty serious criticism for the situation in Afghanistan. Even his faithful supporters at CNN ran the headline “Joe Biden is facing a crisis of competence”.

Russia and China, who so far have been the only two counties to officially recognize the Taliban government, are said to be courting the Taliban as Western Powers scramble to flee. This is being played as a victory for America’s enemies and a defeat for Biden.

Biden’s approval ratings are tanking. His numbers are worse than Trump’s were. The economy is going south. Inflation is running rampant.

What else will it take? Is this enough to see Biden be forced out in disgrace? I don’t think it is. I think that there are a few more things that have to play out before there is enough to force Biden out.

Yes, all of this could mean that we are seeing the early stages of preparations for President Super Spreader Harris. As I recently said over at Gunfreezone, whoever had August or September for the Presidential Blog Poll should be double checking the dates that they picked. I just don’t think there is enough there, yet.

Not only will there have to be a loss of confidence in Biden’s leadership, there has to be something that happens with it that will take America’s attention away from everything else, especially away from the economy. It will have to be big, bigger than simply removing Biden from the Oval Office.

Will we see a terrorist attack in the US? What form will it take? Will it be an Afghani? Or will it be a Trump supporter?

I just don’t know, but I think that we are in for a HUGE surprise within the next few weeks.

By Divemedic, ago