Divemedic

Unscrewed

Earlier this month, my employer royally screwed me when they told me that I could no longer see my doctor and instead had to see a company doctor. This was a bid to force me on to a cheaper medication regimen.

So I grabbed a large tube of KY and unscrewed myself. The first thing that I did was contact my wife’s employer and asked how we could add me to her insurance even though we were outside of the annual open enrollment period. The answer was we needed to show that I had lost my current coverage through no fault of my own, so I got a letter from my doctor’s office that said “Due to changes in my insurance plan, my doctor was no longer covered by that plan.”

Once I was added to the wife’s plan, I waited for the new insurance card to come in the mail, took it to the doctor’s office, got added back to the practice, and made an appointment. He wrote me a new prescription, and now we are waiting for the medications to be approved by the new insurance company.

I am also looking for a new job. I interviewed for one yesterday and they were excited to see me. It looked like a good place to work. However, the job offer was not at a good pay scale. I was willing to take a cut in pay, but the offer they made was a full 25% less than I make now. That was just too low, and was an even lower offer than one I turned down last month.

The search continues.

By Divemedic, ago

Four Boxes

People who live in Maine are seeing one of their boxes of liberty being used as leverage to eliminate a second. The legislature in Maine, which is split 75 Democrat, 73 Republican, 3 other, voted last night to censure and remove the voting rights of a Republican legislator for daring to complain on social media about a male high school athlete who competed this year as a female, taking first place.

The Democrats said that they thought it was a violation of their ethical standards to publish a picture of a minor on social media. The vote was split along party lines. As a result, the people who are represented by Rep. Laurel Libby have had their electoral voices taken from them.

Now that people in Maine have seen the ballot box and the soap box taken from them, their only recourse is to resort to the other two boxes. Libby plans on filing a lawsuit to defend her rights. If the courts permit this to stand, there is only one box remaining.

By Divemedic, ago

Mostly Peaceful Trespassing

The Kootenai County Republican Central Committee in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho was having a town hall meeting, and that meeting was being interrupted and interfered with by Democrat protesters. Security for the even asked those who were being disruptive to leave, and they refused. Security attempted to walk them out, and the protesters became violent. At least two of those protesters were arrested. In particular, one woman had already interrupted the meeting at least seven times, had been warned three times, then refused to leave when asked to do so. When security tried to forcibly remove her, she bit one of the officers. She was then arrested for battery.

The town dropped all charges and then suspended the business licenses of the security company. The license wasn’t suspended because the guards had used inappropriate force. No, they were suspended because their uniforms hadn’t been inspected and approved by the police chief within the past three years. No surprise there, as the current Mayor is a fruitcake Democrat from Southern California.

The protesters and their supporters are claiming that they have a constitutional right to speech and to redress their elected representatives for their grievances. The howls from the lefty press are becoming louder:

In the past week, with Congress in recess, Republican lawmakers across the country have faced hostile town halls, where constituents dissatisfied with the Trump/Musk chaos in the federal government boo, chant, and interrupt. Some Democrats have been facing pressure from their own. “Tyranny is rising in the White House, and a man has declared himself our king,” one audience voter challenged his representative at a town hall in Georgia days before. “So, I would like to know rather, the people would like to know, what you, congressman, and your fellow congressmen are going to do to rein in the megalomaniac in the White House?” Like the rolling pickets outside Tesla showrooms in recent weeks, these actions have at times been intentionally disruptive, meant not merely as protest but to interrupt business as usual. What was done to Borrenpohl in Coeur d’Alene for speaking out at a town hall is a terrifying escalation. In Idaho, the lines between Republican politics and political violence are thinner than they are in some places, but there’s no reason to believe this escalation won’t be repeated.

Let’s start by pointing out that a meeting of the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee is not a government function. That committee is a private club and can set whatever rules that it wants for its meetings. So this is not a “redress of grievances,” but is instead an attempt to disrupt the lives of those with whom the left disagrees. Just like the picketing of a business in which Musk has an interest (Tesla dealerships), the left is attempting to annoy and disrupt people’s lives.

This isn’t an escalation, it’s a response to the weaponization of the FBI investigating and intimidating parents who dared show up at school board meetings to speak against trannies having access to their children.

The left hasn’t stopped their endless attack on our nation. This is just another battle. They are still coming for you. There is so much news coming out of this area of Idaho over the past three years, it is obvious that this is where the main battles between the communists and the rest of America are happening. There are stories of the FBI front group “Patriot Front,” as well as Proud Boys, Ammon Bundy, and plenty of arrests and violence.

By Divemedic, ago

Sue Them All

Stanley Zhong is a recent high school graduate who was hired by Google as a PhD level software engineer. He is suing the University of California and the US Department of Education. Why?

Because Stanley has a 4.4 GPA on a 4 point scale, and scored a 1590 out of 1600 on his SATs, yet was not accepted into any state school. He is suing because other students, not as well qualified as he, were accepted. He says that it is discrimination against Asians.

I agree.

Cal Poly, one of the schools who rejected him, has this to say about their “diversity” admissions:

The freshman class at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) is diverse, with a high percentage of women, students from underrepresented communities, and first-generation college students.

Cal Poly defines an underrepresented minority student as someone who is Hispanic, African American, Native American, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, or multi-racial with at least one of those four ethnicities. Note that Asians and whites don’t count.

Take them to the cleaners, Stanley.

By Divemedic, ago

Article 94

Donald Trump just fired a significant portion of the senior military leadership, and I don’t think that the bloodletting is finished yet. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the Chief of Naval Operations, the Air Force Vice Chief of Staff, as well as the JAG officers for all three branches. The reason? The press would have you believe that it’s simply politics as usual. However, there are media outlets reporting that it was much more serious than that. The story goes that they, along with portions of the FBI, were engaged in a mutiny against the President of the United States, which means that we were on the verge of an actual military coup. This is HUGE.

The implications here are downright grave- we were on the cusp of having a nuclear armed military engaged in overthrowing civil authority. I can’t understate how serious this was and is. How did it come about?

James O’Keefe released a report just before the inauguration, where a former FBI agent was bragging to an undercover reporter about how he had been in the Tank (that is the Pentagon underground command post) meeting with a number of senior military Generals, and they were planning to resist the legitimate orders of the President upon his inauguration. This wasn’t a one time conversation- this FBI agent was a senior advisor to the Pentagon, and also a key player in the efforts to torpedo Trump’s 2016 campaign for the Clinton campaign.

During these meetings, according to the interview, high-level Pentagon officials were discussing in secret meetings defying and potentially overthrowing Trump if he issued orders deemed controversial by military leadership. If that sentence doesn’t send a shiver down your spine, you don’t understand the US military.

I believe that Biden knew about all of this, which is why Milley got a Presidential pardon. After all, we already knew that Milley had staged a coup back in 2021.

What’s important here going forward is in the title of this post: Article 94. Being that most of these players are in the military, they are subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice: the UCMJ. It’s the law for all members of the US military that are in Federal Service that is second only to the Constitution. Article 94 of the UCMJ deals with mutiny and sedition. Read what it has to say:

Article 94:

(a)Any person subject to this chapter who—
(1)with intent to usurp or override lawful military authority, refuses, in concert with any other person, to obey orders or otherwise do his duty or creates any violence or disturbance is guilty of mutiny;
(2) with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of lawful civil authority, creates, in concert with any other person, revolt, violence, or other disturbance against that authority is guilty of sedition;
(3) fails to do his utmost to prevent and suppress a mutiny or sedition being committed in his presence, or fails to take all reasonable means to inform his superior commissioned officer or commanding officer of a mutiny or sedition which he knows or has reason to believe is taking place, is guilty of a failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition.
(b) A person who is found guilty of attempted mutiny, mutiny, sedition, or failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition shall be punished by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.

You read that right- anyone who was involved, assisted, or who knew and didn’t report it can be given any penalty that a court martial directs, up to and including the death penalty.

What’s even more important here is the timing. Mark Milley was given an full and unconditional Presidential pardon on January 19, 2025 (pdf warning). If it can be proven that this mutiny was still being discussed on or after January 20, and especially if Milley was still discussing this with the plotters, his pardon means jack shit. He, along with the other plotters can (and in my opinion should) be lined up against the wall and shot. There is no other penalty that will suffice for playing with military officers overthrowing the legitimate civilian authority of the Presidency.

This is also why the three service’s JAG officers needed to be relieved. They cannot be impartial in investigating and prosecuting their bosses. Mutinies are a HUGE deal. Here are a few examples of US mutinies:

  • The Houston Riot of 1917 was an example of 156 Black troops disobeyed orders from their superiors, seized weapons and attempted to march on the City of Houston. Nineteen of them were executed, and 41 of them received life sentences.
  • In the wake of a magazine explosion in Port Chicago in 1944, black sailors (258 of them) refused to return to work, saying that it was unsafe. Fifty of them were charged with mutiny, and received 8 to 15 years of hard labor and dishonorable discharges.
  • Up to this point, nearly every mutiny involved black troops violently refusing to obey orders of white officers. To my knowledge, there has never been a case of an officer refusing to obey orders, and certainly never a case of a group of officers discussing overthrowing the President.

To be fair, the left is claiming that the FBI agent’s statements, while provocative, lack specific details about actionable plans, and some argue they reflect personal frustrations rather than an organized conspiracy. People who claim this don’t understand the military. Even rolling your eyes when given an order is sufficient to see a military member tossed in prison. There is no such thing as free speech in the US military. Want an example of just how harsh the military treats minor infractions? Read this story about how trials are done, than read this about a person making a small joke.

At the VERY least, the officers involved are guilty of Article 134, making disloyal statements. A conviction under Article 134 for Disloyal Statements can mean a maximum possible punishment of a dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances (meaning pension, as well), reduction in rank to E1, and confinement for three years. Upon release, the person would be a convicted felon. That would be the minimum if those excusing the meetings were taken in the light most favorable to them. Personally, I think that this goes far beyond that.

Now I don’t think that any full action should be taken until a complete investigation is carried out. This needs to be fully investigated and brought to a courts martial of all individuals with any involvement or knowledge. Perhaps a deal can be cut with one or more of them to testify against the others. Say, an offer of “plead guilty to Article 92, dereliction of duty, we will give you a BCD, 12 month’s confinement, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, but you testify against the others who were involved.” I promise that one or more staff officers who were in the room will sing like a bird.

It’s important that the entire government sees what happens when you engage in a mutiny. If this is investigated, who can be trusted to do the investigating? The steps that must be taken are immediate: Everyone who was even loosely involved needs to be relieved for loss of the trust of the chain of command. Then the President needs to request a special investigation team. That team should then begin an investigation, the results of which will be submitted to an Article 32 investigation. Those officers who are charged with offenses under the UCMJ should be held in military confinement until the conclusion of their courts martials.

There is no other way, unless you would like to see some general on TV with a shit load of ribbons on his chest, proclaiming himself to be the interim Supreme Commander, just until he can reestablish the government, of course.

By Divemedic, ago

Bayside Shooting

A pair of cops in Virginia Beach were shot and killed this weekend. The area of town in which they were killed is just a couple of miles where I was involved in an incident between myself, a couple of military guys, and a local street gang. The area where these cops were killed is lousy with gangs.

You can read about my own incident here in part one, then you can find the rest of the story in part two and in part three. It’s a good story that tells how I was once arrested for aggravated battery and discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle.

At any rate, it’s a bad neighborhood, and the VA Beach police are pretty ineffective, or at least they were 30 years ago when I lived there.

I used to express condolences to police when they were killed in the line of duty. I don’t any longer.

By Divemedic, ago

Hey guys

They want to play. The side that has a bunch of pink-haired sissies who don’t even know what bathroom they want to use, “men” who think they’re stunning and brave because they went to Starbucks without their emotional support animal, the side that has Harry Sisson and David Hogg as its leaders wants to take on the ones who have 600 million guns and several billion rounds of ammunition.

By Divemedic, ago

Civilized

Imagine living in a city where a person can’t wear nice clothes out of the fear of being killed for them by rampaging packs of criminal youths. Now imagine that defending yourself from those criminals is seen as not civilized. See this post

Read the thread. Any society where a person is murdered for their possessions and the best advice is “don’t be seen in possession of anything they want, and if attacked, give it to them and hope they spare your life” is a failed one.

By Divemedic, ago