Divemedic

It appears that the BLM/Antifa brigades are almost exactly following Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals,” which in itself followed Lenin’s “Stages of a Revolution,” which was also a modification of Mao’s own theories on Communist revolutions. It’s all just a matter of conjuring up illusions and mass delusions, no matter the brand of totalitarianism. Lenin was a fiery orator of propaganda, as was Adolph Hitler.

Lenin created a class war, Hitler a race war. Either way, the divide-and-conquer of wannabe dictators is pretty much the same, no matter what differences each might claim about the other. The propaganda content varies, but not their divide-and-conquer methods. Attitudes of supremacy come in different flavors and colors, but all rest on the basic premise of “othering.” human naturally are tribal, so using this basic feature of human psychology means that playing the “we” versus “they” plan is quite effective at setting oneself up to be the new leader.

As Saul Alinsky taught, the goal of all such radicals is to seize power by fueling resentment and hatred among people through various forms of “consciousness”—particularly class and race consciousness. That’s what identity politics is all about. Once their organizations breed enough ill will, the “masses”—made up of mostly individuals who feel slighted in some way—can be baited and mobilized to do the bidding of power elites, all while claiming to want justice and equality.

A communist insurgency requires a certain amount of groundwork before it can begin. Once the groundwork has been laid and propaganda absorbed by enough people, agitation can proliferate. As Lenin made clear, agitation and propaganda go together and are absolutely essential to communist revolutions. The laying of this groundwork of propaganda can take decades.

Agitation can involve protests, parades, marches, and demonstrations. It also involves organized shout-downs of legislators and a hundred other means of trying to affect public policy by influencing public opinion.

About 100 years ago, the Italian communist Antonio Gramsci introduced his theory of “cultural hegemony,” which cast cultural institutions as the enemy, claiming they were used to maintain power: Some people aren’t more successful because they work harder. No, they are more successful because the game is rigged against them. This was the basis behind Hitler’s scapegoating of the Jews, the Communist blaming of the Bourgeois.

Radicals of the 1960s, such as Saul Alinsky, picked up on this theme, noting that “the system” (i.e., American freedom) could only be destroyed from within once radical operatives had control over society’s institutions. The deep state is one example that’s been building through decades of bureaucratic bloat, with operatives embedded throughout the government, including in the military and intelligence agencies.

The mediating institutions have been relentlessly attacked. Those are the institutions that protect the individual from encroachment by the state, particularly the family, the church, and all voluntary and civic associations. We can see and feel especially how the family has been eroded today. All of these institutions have been deeply affected by statist forces, rendering them more vulnerable than ever to total absorption by the mass state, a prerequisite for communism. Once everything is provided by the state, there is little opposition once the state is subverted. People would rather maintain their standard of living than oppose the state and risk losing that standard. This is one reason why police “follow” orders that are antithetical to freedom- they don’t want to risk losing their pension.

Once the stage is set, the communists enforce conformity. This is the stage in which you are told to conform and convert—or else. We see small shop owners threatened with financial ruin if they don’t come out and support the communists. We see Maoist-style “struggle sessions”—otherwise known as sessions of criticism and self-criticism—as college students are forced to admit to white privilege simply because they had happy childhoods. Businesses must swear allegiance to BLM or be destroyed. Anyone who engages in even a hint of counter-revolutionary thought is destroyed.

Once this has all been accomplished, the stage has been set for the beginnings of armed revolution. The Insurgency begins.

One of the things that is overlooked by people who have begun buying into the AR-15 is buying the proper ammo for the twist rate of your barrel. Ar-15 barrels that are chambered for 5.56mm come in various lengths and twist rates, with the most common being 1:6, 1:7, 1:8, and 1:9.

Like throwing a football, the rifling of a barrel causes the bullet to spin around its long axis in order to stabilize it in flight. This rate is called “twist rate.” Twist rate is the number of inches the bullet travels in order to complete a full rotation and is expressed as a ratio.  In other words, a 1:8 twist rate will cause the bullet to spin once every 8 inches of travel. A 55 grain bullet leaving the barrel at 3,240 feet per second will be spinning at nearly 300,000 rpm.

Since muzzle velocity is a function of pressure, which in itself is related to bullet weight, the weight of the bullet dictates which twist rate is appropriate for each bullet. The twist rates on all but one of my AR-15s is 1:7, even though 1:9 is the more popular barrel. The fast twist rate favors slower (in other words, heavier) bullets. The ideal twist rates for bullets is:

Weight: 40-Grain               Twist Rate: 1:12 to 1:9
Weight: 55-Grain               Twist Rate: 1:9 or 1:8
Weight: 62-Grain               Twist Rate: 1:8 or 1:7
Weight: 77-Grain               Twist Rate: 1:7 or 1:8
Weight: 80-Grain               Twist Rate: 1:7

Note that the 1:7 twist is best for 62 grains and higher. This is the reason why I favor the Lake City Green Tip, which is a 62 grain bullet.

If I had a barrel with a 1:9 twist rate, then a better choice would be the 55 grain bullet. This bullet is faster and works better with a longer twist rate.

Why did I pick that particular twist rate? Lighter bullets do better at ranges under 100 yards. The heavier bullet is better for accuracy at ranges over 100 yards. Honestly, I would have chosen a 1:8 twist, but I couldn’t find one at the time.

At ranges under 100 yards, the lighter and faster 55 grain bullet is better at defeating body armor.
At ranges over 100 yards, the heavier 62 grain bullet is now travelling at the same velocity as the lighter one, meaning that it has more energy at longer range, and being steel, more penetrating ability.

Hope this helps.

I just got off the phone with my son, who is still in Harlem. He has not seen any COVID patients in weeks. Last night he had 16 shooting and one stabbing victim as patients. One of them died. That was his last night working in New York. He flies home on Tuesday morning. He would come home earlier, but he has nowhere to go. He cannot go home to his house because his fiance has to self isolate for two weeks because she is COVID positive.

He doesn’t want to come here because he is afraid he might be positive and has to isolate. He is still laid off from his normal job, so is trying to secure another emergency staffing job. Right now, many of his travelling friends are in the latest COVID hotspot, Houston. He says he will likely end up either there or in Miami. He is trying to negotiate a contract.

In my post of yesterday, the company that I inquired with about purchasing flash bangs told me that their products were only for those licensed for pyrotechnics. It turns out that Florida does not have, nor does it require such a license. 

The search continues.

Watch this video in its entirety. Then ask yourself what the people in it are planning to do.

The Insurgency continues to advance. This is an under strength company. Discipline and weapons familiarity are weak, but they are getting better organized and are obviously no longer afraid of the government or police.

Now we are seeing areas that are now “no go” zones for government forces and police.

I tested the EG18 grenade today under nearly identical conditions: Wind was 3 mph from the WNW, temp was 86, humidity 93 percent. The cloud produced was nowhere near as dense or large as the EG18X. On a side note, there was a family walking by that were quite impressed by the smoke cloud.

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In other news, I inquired about flash bangs, and the first place I asked provided this response:

Thank you for your interest in our product.  Unfortunately, it is only available for professional use due to its restrictive nature and cannot be sold to the general consumer.  This product is classified as a true pyrotechnic.  As your reason for use mentioned airsoft, you may have seen and/or used our device at national airsoft events, however, those facilities and personnel were authorized and licensed for the use of pyrotechnics.

Since they class it as a “pyrotechnic” and not a destructive device, I am thinking there is a way to procure something. More research coming.

This  video is making the rounds of Social Media.

This video is pretty accurate. Let me explain why:

All 11th grade students in the state of Florida MUST take US History. At the end of this class there is a test called the EOC. That exam is used not only to rate the student, but the results of that test are used to rate the teacher AND the school. Whether or not teachers keep their jobs, and the amount of school funding, it determined by the scores on this exam. It is very difficult to cover everything that

With that being said, here are the standards (called benchmarks) that detail what a student must learn for US History. They are set by the Florida Department of Education. Read them carefully. There is not one benchmark that covers anything that happens before the Civil War. However, 20 of the 121 benchmarks concerned some form of identity politics. US history, and not one word about the American Revolution, the Constitution, the Louisiana Purchase, or anything else before 1860, but a fifth of the class concerns identity politics.

When we learned about the American Revolution, it was easy to see it all as a single time period. Please keep in mind that the events that led to the Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776 had begun nearly 12 years before.

As a result of the French and Indian war (1756-1763), the British were taxing the colonies(notably the Stamp Act of 1765, the Townshend Acts of 1767 and the Tea Act of 1773).

In early 1770, more than 2,000 British soldiers occupied the city of Boston with its 16,000 colonists and tried to enforce Britain’s tax laws. This led to skirmishes between colonists and soldiers—and between separatist colonists and colonists loyal to Britain (loyalists)—were increasingly common. To protest taxes, separatists often vandalized stores selling British goods and intimidated store merchants and their customers.

On February 22, a mob of separatists attacked a known loyalist’s store. Customs officer Ebenezer Richardson lived near the store and tried to break up the rock-pelting crowd by firing a warning shot through the window of his home. His gunfire struck and killed an 11-year-old boy named Christopher Seider and further enraged the separatists.

Several days later, a fight broke out between local workers and British soldiers. It ended without serious bloodshed but helped set the stage for the bloody incident yet to come.

The Boston Massacre took place on March 5, 1770. Months of unrest followed.

The Boston Tea party was in December of 1773.

The British responded with the Intolerable Acts.

The First Continental Congress met in September of 1774 and presented a list of grievances to the Crown.

The Second Continental Congress was supposed to have met in May of 1775, but the events of  April 19, 1776 interrupted that. The Battle of Lexington and Concord began the Revolutionary war- more than 10 years of escalating tensions and violence led to open warfare.

There was a self defense situation in the Detroit metro area. The incident went like this:
A white, pregnant woman allegedly bumped into a black teenager. The teenager went and got her mother, who approached the white woman and demanded that she apologize. Things escalated into a verbal argument, and that is where the video, being recorded by the black teen, begin:

Note that the couple attempted to pull away and the black mother stepped behind the car to block their egress. After being unable to leave, the white couple drew a firearm.

The white couple has been arrested and charged with felonious assault and, if convicted, face up to 4 years in prison.

This again reinforces my opinion that you need to have a dash cam AND if anyone attempts to stop you from leaving by throwing themselves in front of your vehicle, do not get out. Just floor it and leave.