Divemedic

Communist agitprop- full steam ahead.

In response to my story about how Sgt Perry shot and killed an Antifa protester who pointed a rifle at him in Austin, reader TCK had this to say:

Sadly, silly things like ‘legally justified’ don’t matter in dem controlled shitholes.

That comment is right on the money. The communist/insurgent propaganda machine is coming at Sgt Perry with everything they have. The “Tribune of the People,” which refers to itself as “A Revolutionary News Service” has researched the Sergeant and is looking for anything that he has ever posted on the Internet, as well as digging into his entire life history.

They found that he had been arrested in 2005 for assault with bodily injury to a family member.

This would mean that the Sergeant would be a prohibited person, if he had been convicted. So I decided to look it up. It wasn’t hard- I just went to the Dallas court records online, entered his information, and it was the ONLY case that came up under his name and DOB. The charges were dismissed. So this charge doesn’t matter and can’t be used against him, presumption of innocence and all of that. The only value it has, is to be used for propaganda purposes to destroy his life and reputation.

They then point to a picture of the car and Garrett Foster that has been published, showing Foster pointing a rifle at Perry’s car:

Note the yellow line. They are claiming that, since the rifle wasn’t pointed directly at Perry, that Perry is not justified in shooting Floyd. Of course, that isn’t what the law says. What the law says is that a person may use force, including deadly force, if they reasonably believe that they are in fear of death or serious bodily harm. Nowhere in the law does it say that the defender must wait until shots or fired, or must wait for the gun to actually be pointed at them.

Second, this is a criminal case. This means that the prosecution must prove that there is no reasonable way that anyone could see Foster’s actions as being a threat. If there is any way that a person could reasonably see Foster as presenting a threat, then it is a good shoot. 

With that in mind, look at the picture. Foster is not just carrying the rifle, which would be completely legal. Instead, Foster has shouldered the stock of that rifle and has placed himself in a shooting position. He has, according to multiple witnesses, told Perry to roll down his window. One witness claims that she saw him:

When the car drove into the crowd, I was standing literally right where it stopped. I watched [the driver] roll down the window and pull out a silver revolver and fire directly at Garrett.

This doesn’t matter. They don’t need witnesses to place Perry at the scene. Perry has already admitted to shooting Foster. I don’t know why the paper mentions this, other than to gin up some communist angst.

They also point to a post where Perry said “Send them to Texas we will show them why we say don’t mess with Texas.” I will tell you that many gun owners have said similar things for years.

Then they go on to dredge up more social media posts, claiming that his social media has pictures of him “in military garb” as if dressing in a military uniform means he was looking for trouble. “Military garb” is his Army uniform.

The entire article is pure insurgent propaganda. However, it is a good insight into the psyops going on and being supported by the communist insurgents that are at war with the USA.

By Divemedic, ago

Gig economy

I retired in 2011. Went to graduate school in 2012 to get a Masters in Health Care, but couldn’t stand the left wing slant of the education. I had a professor in a clinical psychology class spend 2 hours of class time saying that Ronald Reagan deliberately caused the AIDS pandemic to kill minorities. So I left college and entered the gig economy.

I began teaching on my own. I taught CPR, ACLS, bloodborne pathogens, and other classes. I landed a lucrative set of classes teaching the staff of a hospital. I was being paid to come in 2 days a month and train the staff, and was charging them $3,000 a month. In order to be able to give CPR, ACLS, and other certification cards, an instructor needs a school affiliation. The owner of the school affiliate was a guy named Antonio (name changed for various reasons). I paid him $2 for each CPR card, and $25 for each ACLS card. 
Antonio also paid me $20 an hour to teach college courses at his school. I taught phlebotomy, paramedic, EMT, physiology, pathophysiology, and other medical classes. I was only paid for the time I was actually in the classroom teaching. All of my prep time, computer software, and other materials had to be paid for by me, out of pocket. I had to wear a uniform that I paid for (5.11 pants in black or khaki, polo with school logo embroidered on it).

Many employers do that now- they claim that you are a contractor, even though the law plainly says that you are an employee. They do that because, if you are a contractor, they don’t have to pay for insurance, workers’ comp, the matching half to your Social Security, overtime, health insurance, and a host of other expenses and benefits. 
Since I had to buy the certification cards from Antonio, that was how he found out I was teaching at the hospital. He went over there and underbid me. He agreed to do the same classes for half the price. Then called me and demanded that I teach the class for him at $20 an hour. 
My own supplier undercut me. Let’s say that I taught 20 staff members ACLS for that $3,000. The cards cost me $500 which I paid to Antonio, and I would make $2,500 for the two days. Antonio came along and made $1,500 for the same 2 days and then wanted to paid me $240 for teaching it. 
That was one of the reasons why I decided to become a teacher. If I could go back, I would have found a school affiliate who would sign a contract prohibiting him from taking my customers, not that he wouldn’t have slimed his way out of it.
Then the next year, he sent me a 1099, then sent a copy to the IRS with a significantly higher amount on it. I am sure it’s because he was trying to hide income and committing tax fraud. All I know is that it triggered an audit. 
Off topic, but when I was audited, the IRS said that they contacted the college where I was attending graduate school, and the school told them that I was never a student there, so the IRS disallowed my tuition deduction The disallowed deduction, along with the increased 1099 income increased my income taxes by $800. 
I told the auditor that I had no problem paying the taxes and penalties. I just wanted a copy of the letter from the school saying that I was never a student, so I could refuse to pay the $14,000 in outstanding student loans. After all, if I was never a student, this loan is obviously not mine. The auditor said “never mind.”
By Divemedic, ago

Man comes forward in Foster shooting

Garret Foster was a BLM marcher who was shot in Austin while open carrying an AK clone. The man who shot him has come forward and released a statement through his attorney.

The man is Daniel Perry, an active duty US Army sergeant who was driving for Uber on the night of the shooting, when he turned a corner toward a protest he did not know was taking place. At that point, the protesters began beating on Perry’s car. Foster then allegedly approached the car window holding an assault rifle and gestured with the gun for the driver to roll down the window. Perry did so because he believed the person was associated with law enforcement.

Soon after rolling down the window, Perry realized Foster was not an officer when Foster raised his rifle at Perry. The attorney said Perry perceived that as a threat to his life and fired at Foster using a handgun he kept in his car.

By Divemedic, ago

Don’t go without a gun

It’s just a car that is likely insured. There is no need to open your door and allow a criminal access to your house. Call the cops. However, if you DO feel the need to confront someone:

Don’t ever answer the door or confront a trespasser unless you are armed with a quality firearm. This guy didn’t do that, and paid for it with not only his own life, but the life of his son and the health of his wife, while his grandson hid for his life.

A man who had earlier fled from police, who terminated the pursuit due to high speeds, was confronted by the homeowner as he was trying to steal a car in the driveway. The criminal then used a baseball bat to kill the homeowner, his adult son, and seriously injure the homeowner’s wife, all while their 10 year old grandson hid in the closet while calling 911.

Officers from four different law enforcement agencies responded and were eventually able to take the man into custody.

By Divemedic, ago

Security scare

I was sitting at home at 10:30 this morning when the doorbell rang. I was in my underwear and not expecting anyone, so I didn’t answer it. A few minutes later, I see that he is walking around the outside my house.

I threw on some body armor, grabbed a PDW, and watched him as I called the cops. He left before they arrived. I got a picture of him, his car, and the back of his shirt, which had the name of a local business on it.

It turns out that he was a construction worker who had the wrong address. I am on XXX road, and he was looking for the next street over, which is XXX avenue. He was supposed to install rain gutters. The funny thing is that the numerical parts of the address on my road are not the same numerical addresses as the houses on the avenue. 

By Divemedic, ago

Officers

During my six years in the US Navy, I was assigned to an aircraft carrier. During that time, we had 4 different commanding officers. The problem with being on an aircraft carrier is that the CO is a former aviator, and he is so close to making admiral, he can taste it. The officers that make it that far are pure politicians who are looking to trade that eagle on their collar for a star.

The first one didn’t want to be bothered with having to actually DO his job. He would hold NJP on an aircraft carrier as follows:
He would be on the flight deck, standing behind a lectern.
The accused sailors would be lined up in ranks on the aircraft elevator at the hanger deck level.
The elevator would be raised to the flight deck.
The CO would say: “You all must be guilty, or you would not be here. I find you guilty as charged. I sentence you to reduction in rank by one paygrade, you will forfeit a half month’s pay for two months, restriction to the ship for 45 days, with extra duty for 45 days. Dismissed.” and then the elevator with the accused on it would be lowered back down to the hanger. He used to say that if he had one hundred enlisted men with video cameras with one hundred videos showing an event taking place, and one officer who said “That wasn’t how it happened,” then he would take the side of the officer every single time.

Our second CO was a decent guy. His career was destroyed when our ship collided with another, 30 minutes after he had left the bridge with the ship’s Navigator in charge.

The third CO we had was probably the best. We had just received a new radar repeater for the Captain’s chair on the bridge. I installed and tested it. It was cool. It attached to the arm of the chair and allowed the CO to see any radar display that was available to the ship.

It also turns out that the power supply for it was faulty. Not may fault, it came from the factory like that. That power supply caught fire while the CO was sitting in the chair. The power supply was mounted to the chair, just under the CO’s ass. It burned his left cheek and melted a hole in his pants.

A couple of months later, I was standing in formation so the CO could pin my Surface Warfare pin on me. This was back in the day when warfare pins were difficult to get and most people didn’t have them. (Not like today when nearly everyone does) As he was pinning it on me, he said, “Congratulations, Petty Officer Divemedic. You aren’t going to set me on fire in celebration, are you?” We both laughed. As I said, nice guy.

We went to war with that CO. I respected him a lot.

Then we got the fourth one. He took over just after we returned from the war. He was, to put it mildly, a warmonger. We were a nuclear capable command, and it scared all of us that this man was in charge of nuclear weapons. He used to begin every announcement with “When we arrive, there will be blood on the water,” then would talk about how he was eager to go to war. I think that this was because he was the only person in the ship that had not been in the combat zone.

Even the junior officers would complain about him. In front of NCOs. If you have ever been in the military, you know things are bad when the JO’s are complaining about the CO in front of enlisted personnel.

It seems, from talking to people I know, that the officer problem has gotten worse.

By Divemedic, ago

Men are evil, says Federal judge

Long article about how men are evil, hate women, and guns should therefore be outlawed. What the Federal judge has to say is the issue:

“It seems to me it’s almost always men, with these obsessions. They act on on them in violent ways. And it ends up in (these) tragedies,” Lefkow, 76, told The Associated Press.

If I were ever to appear in that judge’s courtroom, I would immediately demand that she be recused in any case involving a male defendant. She has publicly stated that she is prejudicial towards men. How a judge can make a public statement like that is beyond me.

Here is the test: How would people feel about what you say, if it were said about black people (the current popular victim class)?

“It seems to me it’s almost always blacks, with these obsessions. They act on on them in violent ways. And it ends up in (these) tragedies,” Lefkow, 76, told The Associated Press.

See what I mean? It doesn’t matter who the target is, for a judge to make a statement like this should result in every man who has appeared in her courtroom since the 2005 incident should receive a new trial, and the judge herself should be removed from the bench.

By Divemedic, ago