Divemedic

Life in the future

I recently had this conversation, and it made me realize that I am living in one of the science fiction universes that I read about as a child…

wife: What do you think about travelling to Barbados or Italy? Maybe spring break, or Labor day?
me: that would be nice.
wife: bye (leaves for work)
me: Computer, turn off the bedroom lights
computer: ok (as lights turn off)
me: computer, tell Roomba to clean the house
computer: OK (robot begins cleaning)

me: I rush off to notify the world about living in the future by typing this post…

By Divemedic, ago

Blue Lives matter flag is a White nationalist flag

At least according to the Boston Antifa, a group composed of communist agitators with an expressed goal of overthrowing the government.

If you are displaying a Blue Line sticker or flag, know that Antifa will target you and shut down your free speech, because they are opposed to “fascism” and apparently do not recognize free speech or irony.

I learned of this from the NYT, who did not provide a picture of the flyer, or of any actual racists at the Boston event,

(no Nazis or racists here, just Trump supporters)

but did provide lots of pictures of communists.




Of interest is the NYT claim that all demonstrators were disarmed, and that:

Marchers were banned from bringing weapons, bats, sticks, flagpoles or anything that might be used as a weapon or a projectile, and backpacks were subject to search

I’m guessing they didn’t disarm the communists, who are plainly pictured carrying sticks and clubs, disguised as signs. That’s OK, because the police consulted with the Southern Poverty Law Center on how to “deal with the hate groups” – completely ignoring that the SPLC is a hate group itself.

By Divemedic, ago

My friend has died

Initial reports were that both police officers shot in Kissimmee were dead. In incidents like this, it is common for initial reports to be a bit confused, and this was no exception. One of the two was dead, and the other was hanging on by a thread, thanks only to the efforts of their fellow officers, the personnel of the Kissimmee Fire Department, and of Osceola Regional Hospital’s trauma department.
In the end, the second officer passed away this afternoon. I remember him from training sessions. What really bothers me about this, other than the fact that a friend was murdered in cold blood, is that Black Lives Matter is not only silent about this killing, but members of the BLM are actively condoning it. Why is THIS black man’s life

more important to BLACK lives matter than THIS black man’s

life? For that matter, what about THIS black woman’s life?

Sergeant Deborah Clayton of the Orlando police department was murdered in January, gunned down in broad daylight. Why didn’t HER black life matter? The second officer killed in last night’s shooting was a man I didn’t know:
However, he was known to be an advocate for the crime ridden black neighborhood that was part of his beat, and was often seen buying Slurpees and food for the people who lived in the neighborhood that he died protecting. 
I submit that any of the above officers did more to advocate and improve the lives of the blacks in the neighborhood than the racist, hate-filled man who changed to a Muslim name just a few weeks before he murdered them in cold blood. Here are some of the photos he posted to his Facebook page just before he became a murderer (click them to read his comments):
Quotes like this one

Confederate Nazis…i will hurt you all. You are the enemy. You can run but you cant hide.


If BLM doesn’t protest the dead BLACK police officers, then they should be classed as a hate group, and as a terrorist organization that is sponsoring the killing of police officers. How can the politicians of this country take Trump to task for a killing performed by a neo-Nazi that had no ties to him whatsoever, and not hold BLM to task for what their members are doing to the police of this nation?
Things are about to get REAL sporty in this country. Be ready to stay out of the way of trouble, and if trouble still comes your way be ready to protect and defend you and yours. I believe that the first shots of the second American civil war were fired in Dallas on July 7, 2016. All of the clashes since have been minor skirmishes in a war that is gradually getting hotter. 
By Divemedic, ago

Close to home EDITED

Six police officers and two firefighters were shot in the past 24 hours. Four of the cops were in Florida, two of them are dead. One of the dead cops is a friend of mine. The suspect was known to the cops. According to a reliable source and friend, the two cops were ambushed, with their killer waiting for them to arrive, shooting them before they even knew what was happening, and then shooting them in the back of the head after they were down. Make no mistake, this was an ambush. Neither cop even had time to draw a weapon.

The coup and subsequent revolution that I wrote about recently continues. Things are going to get more and more violent as time goes on.

EDITED: The suspect in the Kissimmee shooting recently began calling himself Malik Mohammad Ali. Here is his Facebook page. It is filled with hate and racial propaganda, but one of the officers he killed was a black man. Go figure.

By Divemedic, ago

The end is near

What we are seeing here is an attempted coup of the legitimately elected president. Whether you like it or not, Trump was legitimately elected to the Presidency, in accordance with the US Constitution. Overthrowing the President for anything less than “high crimes and misdemeanors,” for political reasons, or because you do not like the results of the election, means that you don’t care about this nation, that you and your opinion are more important than the legitimate process that was put in place by the founders.
I fear that should this coup be successful, we are looking at the end of the Republican form of government that was put in place when this nation was founded. What follows will more than likely be some sort of dictatorship, but there will be bloodshed in the interim. The future is not bright.

By Divemedic, ago

Use of force

Last year, I was attacked in my classroom by a student. The student is a star athlete with a record of violence against staff. He will soon be signing with a division 1 college, and going on to a free college education, and perhaps even earning millions as a professional athlete.

I just received a letter from the state, saying that the investigation is complete, and that I committed no wrongdoing. Three lawyers, thousands of dollars, and a year later, I have been cleared. The student admitted that he attacked me first, and I had documentation showing that the reason he attacked me was because I was enforcing a policy of no cell phones in class, just as I had been instructed to do. The same supervisor that instructed me to do so was the one who pushed for my prosecution. She was angry that I “lawyered up” when the student attacked me.

The state immediately began an investigation into the incident, to see if I should be prosecuted for holding the student down to stop the attack. At any rate, the entire episode is over.

By Divemedic, ago

Leg Six: California and Oregon

We left Vegas and headed for San Francisco. We spent the first night of this leg about an hour from San Francisco in Lathrop, California. The next morning, we drove to San Francisco, and spent a few hours at Fisherman’s Warf. We toured the maritime museum, and while there, we saw a dog and a large sea lion get into a bit of a territorial dispute. The dog was definitely on the losing side of that disagreement.

We then drove across the Golden Gate Bridge, and in the process got a few pictures:

We then headed up the coast, and arrived at Eugene, Oregon- where leg Six came to an end. The stop in Eugene also marked the end of our sixteenth day on the road. Sixteen days from Central Florida to Oregon, with a few interesting stops along the way.
By Divemedic, ago