Divemedic

Wait for the appeal

The courts have finally put a stop to the government forcing landlords to absorb the cost of their unconstitutional lockdowns.

That is good, because the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was also getting involved, claiming that collecting the debt from tenants who shafted their landlord was also illegal.

According to the CFPB’s analysis and other data:

Millions of families are at risk of being evicted: In December 2020 about 18 percent of renter households were behind on their rent, which means nearly 9 million households at risk of eviction. In a typical year, there are about 900,000 evictions nationwide. Over 27 percent of households with annual income under $25,000 were behind on their rent.
Stopping evictions saves lives: Research shows that COVID-19 infection rates and mortality rates were higher when eviction moratoria were removed. The CFPB’s rule will help ensure that more renters are able to take advantage of their protections and avoid eviction.
Evictions increase racial inequality: Black and Hispanic households are more than twice as likely to be tenants than white households, and they are also twice as likely to be behind on rental payments as of December 2020, according to a March CFPB report . Evictions impose substantial costs on individuals, families, and children, and having an eviction on your record can make it much harder to find a new rental property. Even an eviction filing can make it impossible for a family to locate new housing.

You see what the real reason is? Blacks are refusing to pay rent at a higher rate than whites, so evictions are racist.

The appeal will come in 3…2…1…

By Divemedic, ago

Shield Plus

Walked into the local gun store today, and look what followed me home.

Yes, a Performance Center Shield Plus, complete with Crimson Trace microdot sight. I bought it because this gun is VERY difficult to find. So, I get to type a new gun review.

If you don’t want to read this entire post, just know this: Smith and Wesson hit a home run with this handgun. It may very well be the ultimate concealed carry handgun.

A size comparison between the Shield (bottom), the Shield Plus (middle), and the M&P9c (top) shows you that the Plus is the same length as the 9c, and the same height as the Shield. They are all roughly the same thickness. (picture edited to cover serial numbers. Also note that the cover is on the microdot in this picture)

The Shield plus comes with 2 magazines: A 13 round extended one, and a flush fitting 10 round magazine. Note that the Plus also has the flat face trigger, which is smooth and has a nice, crisp break. It is comparable to the Apex trigger that I installed on the 9c.

This particular model came with a ported barrel and slide:

The slide is also cut for the microdot sight (which the gunsmith at the LGS installed for me before I left the store) and comes with dual color fiber optic sights. (sorry camera on phone won’t focus on front, rear, and red dot at the same time.)

I took it to the range in the store, and got the red dot dialed in. Then I put a mag through the ten ring as quick as I could line up the red dot on the target. The fact that this small handgun is ported seemed to make the muzzle flip easier to control and get the sights back on target.

The standard Shield Plus was in the store for $550. They had another Performance Center Shield Plus in the store for $845, but that one didn’t have the ported slide, and this one was $925. That $925 included the handgun, 2 magazines, a cleaning kit, and all of the other little fiddly bits like Allen wrenches for adjusting the sight, mounting screws, the gun lock, etc.

The only negative thing that I have to say about this handgun is that the magazines are not compatible with any other M&P magazines, and extra magazines are impossible to find anywhere. The LGS didn’t have any, Gunmagwarehouse doesn’t have any, nor does Brownell’s. Even Smith and Wesson’s website doesn’t list any magazines for this handgun.

In fact, the list of places that DON’T have the magazines for this pistol is extensive. The two that come with the pistol are all you will have for the foreseeable future. I would advise against buying one of these until magazine availability improves, because with a possible standard capacity magazine ban on the horizon, you may be stuck with an expensive paperweight in the near future. Buying one at this time represents a risk.

By Divemedic, ago

Silence opposing opinions

Last week, I posted that a local TV station was censoring my comments. Here are some more of my comments that were censored in the past few days, with the station claiming that my comments violated community standards:

On people being required to wear masks, even after being vaccinated:

If you still need to wear a mask after being vaccinated, the vaccine is useless.

On businesses who can’t get employees because people would rather collect unemployment:

1 Call people who are on unemployment
2 Offer them a job
3 If they refuse, they are no longer eligible for unemployment. Report them.
4 Repeat as necessary

Community standards seem to include any opinion that doesn’t conform to the Democrat party line.

By Divemedic, ago

Some of you can’t take a hint

I tried to send a hint to my readers yesterday, but some of you apparently can’t take a hint. At least one person who has been commenting on this blog has an IP address that comes back to a law enforcement agency. Another comes back to a prosecutor’s office. At least one of them has been attempting to incite others into saying something stupid.

Don’t get yourself into trouble. Remember that there are plenty of agents out there who would love to make a name for themselves. Watch what you say.

By Divemedic, ago

Not at all suspicious

The Swiss have been the go between for US/Iran talks for decades. A senior staffer for the Swiss embassy is found dead of cement poisoning after falling from her high rise apartment.

I wonder if she was the Chief of Station for the Swiss version of the CIA. The shit show that has been taking place since 2019 sounds like someone trying to write Tom Clancy novel fanfic with a shitty, unbelievable plot.

Seriously- Chinese bio weapons, Communists demanding that the police be eliminated, a rigged election, rockets crashing out of space, and now “diplomats” being killed in the midst of intrigue involving Iran getting nuclear weapons. What next?

By Divemedic, ago