Divemedic

Leaving the party

Hundreds of voters who were registered to vote as Republicans are changing their party affiliation. The press is claiming that Republicans are leaving the party because they disagree with the riots in the Capitol.

I think that they are getting it wrong. There is a good number of voters who are sickened by how tone deaf the Republican leadership is towards its members. Perhaps many of them are leaving the party because they have come to realize, as I did more than a decade ago, that just because the Democrats are your enemy doesn’t mean that the Republicans are your friend, and the Democrats telling lies does not mean that Republicans are speaking the truth.

Too many of us are tired of being ignored by the political class in this country- a political class that intends to be our master, rather than our servant.

By Divemedic, ago

Spying on America

One of the first orders that Biden gave to his new director of intelligence (DNI) was an order to spy on American citizens. Sure, he couched it as if he is going after “domestic terrorism,” but that is merely a fig leaf. They have been spying on Parler and its users with the intent of making sure that they STAY shut down.

It is illegal for intelligence agencies to spy on American citizens within the United States, but the CIA and their assistants at the NSA and other US intelligence agencies don’t let little things like the law, the Constitution, or civil rights get in the way.

For at least the past twelve years, the government has claimed that you have no rights against searches and spying. I warned the right that the Patriot act would one day be used against them. They didn’t listen.

By Divemedic, ago

How much did that cost?

Wharton did a study that found people are happier when they make more money. No shit. They needed a STUDY to know that people making enough money so that they can pay bills, live in a nice house, and buy nice things makes them happy?

I am betting that this study was done at taxpayer expense. I wonder how much it cost, and how happy that made the people that had to pay the taxes to fund it.

Up next: The government lowering taxes and leaving people the fuck alone makes them happier, too. Right after that, they can study the last election to figure out how Biden got votes in the middle of the night while no one was looking.

By Divemedic, ago

1A: a threat to Democracy

The New York Times says that the First Amendment is a threat to Democracy. Oddly, it was published on January 6, which is a convenient coincidence. How fortuitous. Almost like the events of that very evening were planned.

Five days later, the Financial Times takes it a step further and demands that the media censor companies like Fox News:

the president’s supporters were using both mainstream and more niche platforms to plot further violence. That justifies moves by Apple, Google and Amazon to restrict access to Parler, the “alt-tech” Twitter alternative beloved of the radical right.

There is definitely a movement underway to squash free speech.

By Divemedic, ago