You Can't Silence Us

On Freedom

One of the things that I have always been big about is personal freedom. I may or may not want to go on a cruise, but it is my right to decide. I may or may not want to get a vaccine, but it is my right. As long as my behavior isn’t directly causing harm to someone else, I expect others to mind their own business.

I also expect and respect the same of others. If you want to have a sandwich delivered by Doordash, that’s your business. If you want to take a cruise, or if you want to hide in your house from the black helicopters, again that’s your business. If one man wishes to marry another man, I will argue that the government has no business in stopping them. Likewise, if another man refuses to perform the ceremony or to bake the wedding cake, I believe that is also outside of the government’s legitimate authority to force them to do so.

When I see people on the left AND on the right who say, “I don’t care if the government passed this dictate or that restriction because I don’t want to do that, anyhow,” I believe that it diminishes all of us.

I may not agree with your speech, your religion, or your chosen pursuit of happiness, but I will fight for your right to do so, just as I expect you to do for mine. Either we all hang together, or we will surely all hang separately.

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By Divemedic, ago

Projection

This attorney, former history teacher, former Marine, and current liberal claims that the defeat of last January 6’s “attempted coup” was due to the overwhelming force that the Federal government can bring to bear. He goes on to say that local school boards are at risk because they are “soft targets.”

No, the reason that it failed as a coup is that it WASN’T a coup. No one except the police were armed. There is even video on this very website of the police letting them into the building. Contrast that with the violent riots of the summer of 2020, where dozens were killed, and which party represents the greatest threat?

This guy is an asshole. He doesn’t even realize that the home addresses of every Florida voter are posted online. Florida has a very robust public records law, and we like it that way.

In fact, thanks to that law, we can see that this article and this man are both liars. See, the claim is that Mr. Filipkowski was a Republican until January 7th, when he was so disgusted by the actions in the Capitol the previous day, he went down and changed his party affiliation to Democrat. Well, looking up his voter registration tells a different tale:

  • FILIPKOWSKI, RONALD JOSEPH was born 30 October 1968, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 201 S Palm Ave, #401, Sarasota, Florida 34236. Florida voter ID number 100252455. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2021.
    Previous information:
  • 30 November 2020 voter list: RONALD J. FILIPKOWSKI, 201 S PALM AVE, #401, SARASOTA, 34236 Florida Democratic Party.
  • 31 July 2020 voter list: RONALD J. FILIPKOWSKI, 3782 KINGSTON BLVD, SARASOTA, 34236 Florida Democratic Party.
  • 31 May 2019 voter list: Ronald J. Filipkowski, 8220 Lakewood Ranch BLVD, APT 402, Lakewood Ranch, 34236 Florida Democratic Party.
  • 31 October 2016 voter list: RONALD J. FILIPKOWSKI, 3810 TORREY PINES BLVD, SARASOTA, 34236 Florida Democratic Party.

He has been a Democrat since before the 2016 election, perhaps longer. I am sure that he was once a Republican, because his 28 year old son is named Ronald Reagan Filipkowski, but the switch to the left occurred before the Trump campaign was a thing, and long before last January.

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By Divemedic, ago

Even Hawaii

Even in leftist Hawaii, families are opting out of the public school system in large numbers. The left doesn’t care how many people they piss off.

This reminds me of my confusion from the weeks leading up to the 2020 election. I couldn’t understand why the Biden campaign wasn’t running the race. It never occurred to me that the race was over because they had taken a shortcut.

The left doesn’t care who they piss off, because they know that they have already won.

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By Divemedic, ago

Death of the V8

Dodge is cancelling the Hemi V8, despite the fact that it is an immensely popular engine. Why? Woke bullshit. Bad decisions like this are why the government shouldn’t bail companies out of financial woes.

There are those who can’t stand that you can get into your privately-owned vehicle at any time of the day or night and drive virtually anywhere you please. These budding authoritarians view that and all other forms of personal freedom as threats to their power. 

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By Divemedic, ago

Speaking of Science

Orange County Florida is reporting that COVID is in the sewer. They have been wasting money on analyzing shit for months. I am just wondering what data they are getting that isn’t being obtained by simply looking at the number of positive results from individual testing.

There is a lot of reporting about how the CDC is advising against going on cruises. The reason for this, it is claimed, is putting so many people in such a small area increases the likelihood of infection. I say bullshit. Let the math speak for itself:

Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas has over 3 million square feet of deck space while carrying 8,300 passengers and crew. That works out to 361 square feet per person.

Disney’s Magic Kingdom is 4.7 million square feet in area, and has a capacity of 90,000 guests. This works out to 52 square feet per person. The CDC doesn’t have a problem with theme parks.

What about aircraft? Passengers on commercial aircraft are crammed in with less than 10 square feet per person. The CDC has little problem with flying.

Theme parks are roughly 7 times more crowded than a cruise ship, and no one has to prove vaccine status or have a negative COVID test in order to enter theme parks. Planes are even worse. The CDC is targeting cruise lines, but not airlines or theme parks. Like everything else COVID related, it isn’t about science or facts, it’s about control and political favors.

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By Divemedic, ago

Don’t Deny ‘Science’

Scientists claim that, if cats were human, they would be psychopathic. As evidence, they noted that cats “dominate neighborhood cat(s) (e.g. chases them, picks fights with them),” “is undeterred by punishment i.e. will repeat behaviors he/she is scolded for” and “vocalizes loudly (e.g. meows, yowls) for no apparent reason.”

Of course, cats aren’t human. Cats do what cats do, because those behaviors are what they needed to compete and survive.

We are spending money to pay scientists to tell us that cats are psychopaths, but those same scientists tell us that a man can be a woman by merely declaring himself to be one.

We are truly entering the dark ages.

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By Divemedic, ago

Too Soon?

I have spent the vast majority of my adult life dealing with death. As a result, my sense of humor is darker and more inappropriate than most people’s. If you can’t learn to handle death in an irreverent manner, you won’t last long in emergency medicine. With that being said:

If you are a sports fan, you well know that you never say things like “He only has one batter to strike out to get the no hitter,” or “We are just two minutes from a shutout,” because to challenge the gods is to tempt them. With that being said, here is the cover of People magazine’s next issue:

I found this to be extremely humorous

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By Divemedic, ago