Purge opposition

Purging the military

This Marine corporal refused both the vaccine and wearing a mask, citing religious grounds, and got kicked out of the Corps. Now I know the article appears to be an attack on anti jab and anti mask people, but read between the lines.

They claim that she disobeyed two different orders, so kicking her out wouldn’t be an issue. Nonjuducial punishment for violations of Article 92 of the UCMJ and give her a General discharge under other than honorable conditions. The military does it all of the time for drug use and used to do it for homosexuals. The whole process takes about 6 weeks.

But that isn’t what happened here. Instead, she was given a nonpunitive general discharge under honorable conditions. The entire episode took a week. For those of you unfamiliar with the military, this is blindingly fast. Discharging means a complete physical, including ear, eye, and dental exams. Returning all issued gear and signing out of a command typically takes at least three days.

It is my belief that this happened so quickly because the powers that be are trying to empty the military of anyone to the right of Joseph Stalin. The COVID issue is a great litmus test for getting rid of those pesky rednecks who cling to quaint, outdated things like the Constitution.

They are prepping a military that will obey ANY order given. I wonder why?

By Divemedic, ago

Disturbing escalation

From Miguel, I learned today that the US military is threatening to expand the application of the UCMJ with regards to retired military saying disparaging things about the President. The Article to be used is Article 88. One thing that strikes me as odd is that Article 88 only applies to commissioned officers. I am sure that they will find another article to go after enlisted retirees.

Most obviously, the UCMJ applies to those who are currently serving on active duty in the armed forces, students enrolled in a federal service academy, and prisoners of war. After an amendment in the 2010s, the UCMJ also applies with equal force to contractors or other individuals “serving with or accompanying an armed force in the field.”

Now it is not unheard of for the UCMJ to be applied to those who are no longer in the military, but the use has been very narrow and specific before now.

The UCMJ does not apply to veterans who were discharged before reaching 20 years of service. The UCMJ also does not apply to retired reservists. However, it does apply to service members who retired from active-duty service, especially the Navy or Marines. This is because marines and sailors who leave active duty after more than 20 years in uniform but less than 30 and who want to collect retiree pay move into the Fleet Reserve, or Fleet Marine Corps Reserve. That’s right- retirees from the military are actually reservists.

Before 2021, I could not find any case of a retiree being prosecuted for a minor offence. Each incident I found involved serious offenses like kidnapping, sexual assault, or murder.

The problem here is that using the UCMJ changes everything. The application of UCMJ jurisdiction to retirees is significant because courts-martial are not Article III courts and are therefore not subject to some of the basic protections contained within the Bill of Rights. For instance, court-martialed defendants do not have the right to a jury trial; instead, an eight-person “member panel” selected by a high-ranking officer serves as the trier of fact.

That all changed after January 6. That was when the US military began using the UCMJ to go after military retirees for participating in the protest. This is a major expansion of military authority. This administration truly HAS declared war on the right. In unequivocal terms, they have said that no one can criticize this President without risking jail time.

By Divemedic, ago

Ministry of Truth

This article from the Free Beacon engenders a certain amount of concern from me. There are some scary statements in there. Let me point out a few of them:

the Biden administration endorses the “Christchurch Call,” a series of sweeping regulations to “eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online.” Governments that endorse the Christchurch Call support media “industry standards … to ensure that reporting on terrorist attacks does not amplify terrorist and violent extremist content.”

Can anyone think of how the press would have reacted to this statement if it had been made by the Trump administration?

According to DHS, warning signs that internet content may be the product of a disinformation campaign include a lack of “contradicting information” and articles that do not include the names of authors, a standard practice by news outlets such as the Associated Press and the Economist.

So first you claim to be targeting “online extremists” and then say that any article that doesn’t include the author’s name is a sign that the article is disinformation. Perhaps that author doesn’t want to be vzyali.

This is why I set up the server that is hosting this blog and others. It is only a matter of time before many voices are silenced.

By Divemedic, ago

Terminator

Donald Trump has been marked for termination. The Communist Democrat party has decided that he must be destroyed, and they have sent their Terminator, the New York State Attorney General, to get rid of him. In addition to the Manhattan DA, the New York AG is now investigating the Trump Organization ‘in a criminal capacity.’

They will not stop until they have killed his chances of influencing the national stage.

Listen. And understand. That terminator is out there. It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.

By Divemedic, ago

Police Purge Progressing

Alliteration aside, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department is reviewing (I read that as destroying) a female deputy’s career because her husband chose to exercise his First Amendment rights to assemble, to petition his government for redress of grievances, and his right to free speech.

Why? They are alleging that her husband was a member of the “Proud Boys” and he was charged with “obstruction of an official proceeding, knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, and engaging in disruptive and disorderly conduct.” All misdemeanors, and the charges may even be unconstitutional, unless the government wishes to try and make it a crime to interrupt a government official. This would mean that a person yelling at President Trump from the gallery would also be committing a crime. Ridiculous.

At any rate, now they are talking about using cancel culture to create a “blood crime” whereby people will not only be punished for their own behavior, but for the behavior of their relatives. This smells of the sort of thing that was common under the Bolsheviks.

By Divemedic, ago

Reshaping the military

I want you to understand how dangerous the current administration’s purge of the military is. They are training military personnel using power point slides like the one below:

Speech that undermines the government is not protected by the First Amendment? This is being used to eliminate anyone who would oppose orders to round up dissidents:

They are kicking anyone who supports free speech out of the military. We are one short step away from a military crackdown on formerly free speech. Anyone who would refuse or resist such orders is being systematically removed from military service.

Dangerous times, indeed.

When I was in basic training, our drill instructors played motivational songs like “Proud to be an American,” or “Bad to the Bone.” We were toughened up and turned into warriors. Now, it seems as though our military is being turned into some pussified Republican Guard whose job it is to squash any dissent from the citizens they claim to be defending.

EDITED TO ADD A QUOTE FROM THE COMMENTS:

Eata_BigBaguv • an hour ago
My own Marine Corps brothers are flying this meme now:

“I was one willing to give my life for what I believed this country stood for. Today, I’d give my life to protect my family from what this country has become.”

By Divemedic, ago