I was not surprised by this bad news.  As NHPR reported:

“Test scores released this week by the U.S. Department of Education show New Hampshire students’ reading and math test scores on the decline, continuing a trend seen over the last nine years.”

According to 2022 assessments taken by a sample of students, 30% of the state’s eighth graders and 40% of fourth graders are proficient or above in math. The same assessments showed 33% of eighth graders and 37% of fourth graders are proficient or above in reading. In both subjects, scores were lower than prior to the pandemic.

One can certainly blame the pandemic for some of this. Many school administrators and unions ignored parents who were pleading with them to reopen schools. Some schools opened before others. Parents could see their children were failing to receive a proper education while school board members rubber-stamped these foolish decisions. Well, reckoning day is here, and you can see the school shutdowns contributed to the decline in literacy in New Hampshire.
But there is more to this story.

This problem has been going on pre-pandemic. The paradigm shift to dumbed-down workforce training began with the dumbing down in our public schools when the New Hampshire State Board of Education adopted Common Core Math and Next Generation Science Standards. We cannot ignore this enormous problem. Until that is remedied in this state, our kids will continue to suffer.

Now that children are back in school, what do parents see? A new focus on Critical Race Theory, SEL/Social and Emotional Learning, and Gender Ideology. Way to go, administrators!!  You failed by locking kids out of schools then you invite in social engineering, which contributes to this illiteracy problem.

To the school board members who allow this injustice, shame on you too. These are YOUR kids who are suffering. Anyone who has watched this self destruction pulled their kids out a while ago. Some private schools were having too close due to low enrollment numbers, now they have waiting lists.

Not only are the proficiency scores declining, so are the enrollment numbers.

I get it that the feds are pushing this garbage on our schools, but there are ways to minimize the damage. You don’t embrace it, you do as minimal damage as possible. You’d be amazed at how parents will unify and rally behind you and your teachers when academic excellence becomes a priority again.

Stop going along with this nonsense, and start defying this purposeful attempt to destroy our public schools. Parents will fight for their children and their public schools. However, they will only fight for so long. Eventually, they will remove their kids and become school choice supporters. You will cry and whine that money shouldn’t be removed from the public schools, but YOU are the ones responsible for their actions. You drove them out. They had no choice because you refused to listen to them. They were the ones fighting FOR public education, but they weren’t going to stand by and watch their children suffer.   If you don’t want more school choice programs, then do something.

Provide quality curriculum in your schools. Stop the social engineering, dividing our children by race, pushing radical gender ideology on kids, acting as if schools are good at psychology in the classroom, and do what you are supposed to do–educate children with quality academics.  It’s not that hard, ask a home-school mom how to do it.

Parents are not fighting to push their political agenda in the schools, they just want a neutral atmosphere where their kids are learning the best academic content in the core subjects. That’s not too much to ask for.

 

 

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Where were you on Friday morning, October 28th, 2022? That’s the day Twitter is delisted from the New York Stock Exchange. It’s a private company owned by a guy named Elon Musk. The word is he’s already fired Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and CFO Ned Segal (among other execs. The head of that serpent, if you like.

Related: Free Speech, Climate, and Twitter’s Climate

Not to worry, they will all find jobs elsewhere in the liberal internet world of big tech. Who knows, maybe they’ll start their own “Twitter” because there’s no way they can tolerate the one Musk plans to run.

 

“My strong intuitive sense is that having a public platform that is maximally trusted and broadly inclusive is extremely important to the future of civilization,” Musk said at the TED2022 Conference in Vancouver in April. “I don’t care about the economics at all.” …

“The reason I acquired Twitter is because it is important to the future of civilization to have a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner, without resorting to violence,” he wrote. “There is currently great danger that social media will splinter into far right wing and far left wing echo chambers that generate more hate and divide our society.”

He added that he didn’t buy Twitter “to make more money. I did it to try to help humanity, whom I love.”

 

How he plans to make that happen remains unclear. Getting rid of the speech police is a good start,  and the community standards wing needs a good scrubbing. Twitter also has a plethora of intolerant liberal watchdog panels who guide the standards-Stasi, so expect changes there.Please!

There is no Choice

Libs outside Twitter are already lining up to sue, smear, and harass the man. Sort of an, If I can’t have you, no one can.” The Dems would burn it down rather than let it exist in a manner that might permit any of that free speech mumbo jumbo.

Related: Elon Musk Exposes Democrat’s Other “Other” Left-Flank

Not to worry. While Musk is no conservative or even a libertarian, he’s no wallflower. And he seems genuine about the effort to secure a space where free speech is honored no matter whose. It’s the sort of thing Big Tech bragged about in the early days before they were lured to the power of the dark side.

Nowadays, anything with which the Left disagrees is hate speech, and they hate that Musk controls Twitter.

October 28th, 2022 – Democrats completely lose their sh!t. A great day indeed.

So, when does Elon start buying up shares of Facebook?

 

 

HT | Epoch Times

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Mr. President, I invite you to New Hampshire this weekend to visit a couple of grocery stores. I want you to see firsthand what Americans are experiencing with runaway, historic inflation. The inflation rate is still at a forty-year high of 8.3%, but food prices are much higher.

I was hoping you could talk to young mothers and fathers with carts full to feed their families for a week and spend three to four hundred dollars. I would like you to talk to some senior citizens with hand-held baskets instead of a cart. These folks are in the difficult place of balancing the cost of groceries, home heating fuel, and putting gas in their tank.

You probably have plans to go to Delaware for a long weekend. You are setting records with the amount of time you have taken off. Most Americans cannot afford to go to the beach for a weekend. They are living check to check and are concerned about things getting worse as the recession takes hold. Living on a fixed income has not been this problematic in many decades. So how about you give up a weekend and talk to some people?

These people do not want to hear you tell them how great the economy is because of your policies. They do not want to hear that we are doing better than other countries. That does nothing to make the situation better for these people uncertain of their economic future.

Let’s stop by a diner for lunch and chat with people about their 401k accounts and retirement plans. Let them tell you how comforting it was to see these funds grow in the four years before you took the oath. Listen to the stories about these funds dropping 25% in value and how these people will need to postpone their planned retirements. In less than two years, Joe, you have changed these people’s lives and disrupted their futures. These are not things that words alone will remedy. These folks want to see positive action.

We cannot figure you out, Joe. We are not sure if you are ignorant of the plight of middle-income Americans or if you are gaslighting Americans. We watched you brag about gas prices continuing to fall this week, but they were high because of you. Don’t take credit for the drop until you are ready to accept the blame for the meteoric rise. You blame Trump for leaving you an unstable economy, but Americans know better. Inflation was under 2%, there was steady growth coming out of the Pandemic, and the job growth you take credit for is the ten million returning to work after COVID. No, Joe, we are not buying your tales. We know the truth. And you have harmed our lives, and it will take years to recover.

Step up, Joe. It is time to admit you were not ready for the task. The people you staffed your administration with are ineffective and over their heads. You need help, but most of all, you need to reverse course. You arbitrarily killed Trump policies on day one, and you need to bring some back. You will be a one-term President. You have time to repair your legacy, but not if you hold on to your failing policies. It is up to you, and I hope the good people of New Hampshire can get your attention. These are real people who are hurting, and only Joe Biden changing course can help them.

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And so it has. Yesterday was the last hurrah for Live With Liz. Steve and I have been fortunate to be regular guests on her show with a once-a-month in-studio gig and a number of phone-in’s.

To be honest, we were a bit mischievous as we just loved to get her laughing and the show went just a bit out of control.  However, we also had our serious moments as well.

 

While I won’t miss the 4 hour round trip, I will very much miss the banter during the show quite a LOT.

We wish Liz well in her next set of ventures!

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PLAINTIFFS OBJECTION AND NON-ASSENT TO DEFENDANTS NOTICE OF INTENT TO REPLY TO PLAINTIFF’S FILINGS

Now comes the Plaintiff objecting to the Defendants notice of intent to reply to the Plaintiff’s filings. Said notice is the continued obstruction by the Defendants to attempt to circumvent and delay the Plaintiff’s motion for expedited hearing of relevant testimony.

We want to thank Dan Richard for this Op-Ed. Please submit yours to Editor@GraniteGrok.com.

The Defendants notice of intent is erroneous, as the Court has accepted the Plaintiff’s Motions and Evidence as of October 19, 2022 and no more time is needed to file that which the Court has accepted and docketed into the Court record.

The Plaintiff’s motion for expedited hearing was filed on the 12th of October, and Plaintiff’s objection to the Defendants Motion to Dismiss was filed on the 14th of October, both were rejected by the Court in error, claiming that Plaintiff failed to notify the Defendants of such filing, which is imposable as the web portal will not allow the Plaintiff to complete a filing unless the Plaintiff selects method of service (U.S. mail or by hand) in order to complete said filing. The Court web site either by unintended mistake or by design, is obstructing the presentment of the Plaintiff’s pleadings and evidence.

Therefore, the Plaintiff respectfully moves the court for a hearing forthwith in order to provide sufficient time for the Secretary of State to notify the cities and towns of New Hampshire to provide and accommodate for hand counting.

Secondly, that court order the town of Auburn to disqualify any and all votes that don’t meet the N.H. Bill of Rights requirements, that they by qualified (registered) voters in Auburn, who will be absent from the town of Auburn on the day of the election, or registered voters who are unable to attend in person because of a physically disability, as required by the absentee voting provisions of the N.H. Bill of Rights, Part, 1 art. 11. The Plaintiff respectfully asserts that no additional provision for a mail ballot be counted, nor any additional provisions be allowed outside of that which the N.H. Bill of Right provides for.

I, Daniel Richard, swear under pains and penalties that foregoing is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Daniel Richard

Date: October 26, 2022             /s/ Daniel Richard

 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hear by certify that a copy of the foregoing was served upon the Defendants Attorneys of record in this matter via the Court’s electronic filing system.

Daniel Richard
Date: October 26, 2022             /s/ Daniel Richard

 

 

 

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Tuesday night was the equivalent of the MLB playoffs and just as one-sided. The Democrats lost ground and made it clear why they have been avoiding the debate stage in every critical race across the country. Republicans pushed for more than one debate in every race earlier in the process but met incredible resistance.

The Democrats yielded to one and well after early voting began.

Let’s see how that worked out in Pennsylvania. After Fetterman’s double-digit lead ultimately erodes, the two candidates are in a virtual tie in the polls. The campaign’s focus is on Fetterman’s health rather than his policies…or lack thereof. This situation is a national embarrassment. We can have empathy towards Fetterman, but this is beyond feelings. This election is to choose one of the one hundred most powerful people in the world. Fetterman is not in that group. He is recovering from a stroke, and his primary concern should be to get healthy. He cannot string a sentence together and is obviously mentally impaired. Yet, people in his corner are pushing him to D.C. I guess the only question is, what is their motive should they get him there? Dr.Oz did well on Tuesday and should win this election on a ten count.

New York gave us a remarkable contrast. The well-spoken and deep-thinking Lee Zeldin schooled the current Governor, Kathy Hochul. It was an hour of substance against a forced smile. Hochul moved into the Governor’s mansion fourteen months ago when Andrew Cuomo resigned in disgrace. She is ill-prepared to be Governor, for that was never the plan. She was the female on the ticket to get the women’s vote. As chief executive, she has no clue what to do, but as a Democrat, performance is not a consideration. Zeldin could be Ron DeSantis, and it would still be an uphill battle for the Republicans in New York.

To wrap up this three-ring circus, we have Michigan. Gretchen Whitmer should not have survived the recall effort for what she did to this great state during the Pandemic. Her forte is control and not the betterment of the people of Michigan. The damage she did to the children of the state may never be understood. Tudor Dixon is new to politics but is polished and clearly won this debate. She understands the plight of the people and took the incumbent Governor to school. If the voters of Michigan were watching the debate, Tudor Dixon would be sworn in next January.

The polls are swinging Right, and it is difficult for the mainstream media to report. Americans are not ready for a change but for sanity and patriotism. The people want our country back, and November 8th will be as devastating for Democrats as they want to make January 6th.

I am looking forward to Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi stepping down. I hope they bow out gracefully. They have brought incredible power to the Democrat party but at the expense of the people and the country. The pendulum is swinging and just in time to save this great country.

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OPINION: At the Dartmouth College event, Democrat Rep. Ann Kuster evaded questions as Dartmouth College Democrats accused me of harassing her.

We want to thank Chloe Ezzo for this Op-Ed and permission to cross-post it from The College Fix. If you have an Op-Ed or LTE
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HANOVER, N.H. — At a College Democrats-sponsored event at Dartmouth College on Thursday, I demanded some answers from guest Rep. Ann Kuster, who is seeking reelection, about her stance on pornographic material in local K-12 school libraries.

I also wanted to ask her about some outlandish comments made on Twitter by Ray Buckley, chairman of the New Hampshire Democratic Party, who dismissed parental rights.

I attended the event with Dartmouth alumnus Griffin Mackey, who is working to get Kuster to state on the record what her stance is on inappropriate material in school libraries.

She evaded our question of whether they belong on shelves in elementary schools. She said “books don’t make you gay” and stated the topic is not pertinent to her role in Congress.

Shortly after, she left the auditorium. Mackey and I followed her to her car to get answers but to no avail.

Now, some of my left-leaning peers have accused me and Mackey in online chats of disrupting the event. That’s false, but what’s more, there’s irony in this accusation.

Last fall, left-leaning students worked to shut down a Dartmouth Republicans panel with then-Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn, Republican Congressional candidate Karoline Leavitt, and GOP strategist Alex Bruesewitz.

The Dartmouth Democrats denounced our event on social media and shouted outside the event in protest. After it was over, some students effectively prevented Rep. Cawthorn from leaving the venue despite the fact that he is in a wheelchair. They stood in front of him and hammered him with questions. They also crowded around our other speakers, doing the same thing.

Last winter, the Antifa-inspired Darmouth Anarchists created an Instagram page and coordinated with comrades in the region to make threats to shut down an event with independent journalist Andy Ngo. Sadly, the Dartmouth administration forced our event online at the last minute, capitulating to left-wing extremism on campus.

Free discourse is especially critical in Kuster’s race since as of now, she has refused to schedule debates with her Republican opponent, Bob Burns, despite the fact that the election is weeks away.

Just days earlier, Burns attended a mid-October townhall at Dartmouth hosted by the nonpartisan Dartmouth Political Union, which Kuster refused to attend. Burns had no problem answering a variety of tough questions from a challenging crowd.

Kuster would only agree to show up for the Dartmouth Democrats. With this as the backdrop, enter Thursday evening, when it was finally time for Republican students to ask some tough questions during the “Conversation with Congresswoman Annie Kuster ‘78” event. Kuster represents Hanover and she is my congresswoman.

Mackey and I sat through her short five-minute speech, during which she talked about climate change, some trauma she experienced on Jan. 6, and conflated late-term abortion with miscarriage, in addition to making other leftist talking points.

When the Q&A began, the Dartmouth Democrats only called on their friends. Mackey and I raised our hands and were ignored, despite the relatively small size of the audience of about 25 students.

At the end of the event, I stood up to ask Rep. Kuster about some recent comments made by Buckley, the New Hampshire Democratic Party chair. Buckley had made outlandish comments in response to a recent press conference that Karoline Leavitt, a Republican running for Congress in another district in New Hampshire, held on Parental Rights in education.

“You’re purposely going after children, endangering their lives, mental health & safety, and its disgusting,” Buckey tweeted Sept. 30 in response to Leavitt’s press conference that criticized pro-transgender ideologies in schools as well as pornographic books young children have access to in the public school system.

Buckley continued:

“Not all families are the same, some kids will be kicked out or beaten (to death), or commit suicide. All to try to get votes for Karoline?”

I asked Kuster about Buckley’s tweet:

“He speaks for the New Hampshire Democratic Party of which you are a part – does he speak for you? Do you agree with that?”

As I asked the question, a Dartmouth Democrats leader told Kuster “you don’t have to answer that.” Kuster cut me off anyway, saying it’s not in her purview, student organizers began shouting, her aides started talking, and the room sort of erupted in a cacophony of confusion.

Kuster sarcastically remarked that she didn’t care about banning books in school libraries. Mackey then told Rep. Kuster he helped file a right-to-know request in the Hanover public school system over some books in K-12 libraries that contain shocking pornographic content.

Audio (parts hard to understand): Listen for “Books don’t make you gay”.

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The books have sparked controversy and outrage from parents in school districts across the nation, such as “This Book is Gay” by Juno Dawson, “Flamer” by Mike Curato, “Sex: An Uncensored Introduction” by Nikol Hasler, and “Genderqueer” by Maia Kobabe.

As Mackey continued, aides moved toward him to tell him he had to leave, and shouts and name-calling ensued. Kuster left the room after that. Now some leftist students have accused Mackey and I of chasing Kuster out of the event in online chatter.

False — we politely and quietly sat through her entire speech and most of the Q&A before we finally tried to get our questions answered.

We followed Kuster out to her car and demanded answers. Buckley is the leader of the Democratic Party of New Hampshire. Asking Rep. Kuster her thoughts on Buckley’s recent statement over parental rights is not unreasonable, nor is asking her about the books in the Hanover public school system. After all, she frequently comments on state politics.

I have no regrets. Rep. Kuster is a public servant, and she implored all of us to vote for her at the end of her speech.

As for Buckley’s ridiculous tweet, to this day, there has been no record of any New Hampshire parent beating or murdering their child due to their sexuality.

Chloe Ezzo is a senior at Dartmouth College, president of its Network of Enlightened Women chapter, president of its Turning Point USA chapter, and president of the Dartmouth Republicans.

MORE: Dartmouth shut down my campus event featuring Andy Ngo — then blamed me for it

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BUMPED from 9/30/2012: MaggieCare. Having just put up a video, HARD WORK, for Don Bolduc (for US Senate), I remember this about Maggie Hassan’s attempt to “nationalizing” NH’s hospitals and putting with a “Commission” that would have been beyond the reach of voters (sorta like what Democrat US Senator Elizabeth Warren did with the Consumer Protection Bureau – which just got shot down as unconstitutional in its structure and operation).

Just another data point of how she’s such a lover of the Deep State / Socialism in believing Government has subjects instead of We the People happen to have a Government. This is just as true now as it was over 10 years ago.

Is rule by an unelected, unaccountable, and unassailable Administrative State elite an NH Value, or a Democrat one?  The history of NH is one of local control by locally elected officials, one shared by TEA Party folks.  They WANT to elected their officials that would then govern – and via their votes, the electorate would be able to drop-kick them if they fail in their duty to carry out what they were elected to do.  Democrats kicked out Republicans in NH in 2006 / 2008 as Republicans had shown they had lost their philosophical way and focus.  And then the Democrats were kicked out with as much (if not more) vigor by voters after they saw the true colors of what a Progressive Democrat governance had wrought and were much afeared what a continuence would have meant.

Grokster Steve:

The Tea Party supports lower taxes, fewer meddling government bureaucrats, more local control, and free markets that allow for more choices and more personal responsibility.

Mike at Concord Patch who thinks the idea that Progressives wish us all to be governed by other than elected officials is pure bunkum:

“Are we ruled by unaccountable bureacrats?” (the end game of Progressives – The Administrative State)”,  Another Granite Grok Consperacy Theory.

Mike, this post’s for you, as you may have willfully “force forgot” what Maggie “The Red” Hassan, former NH State Senator and now Democrat nominee for NH Governor actually tried to do exactly what you made sport of.  MaggieCare that would do EXACTLY just that – just like Obamacare’s IPAB (e.g., “death panel”), sorta sideways. From a post at the time when this ill-conceived plan was rolling out (reformated slightly here):

She just wants to do it to hospitals instead of insurance companies (Jeanne Shaheen took care of the latter). Or shall we take Hassan as President Nixon (see below)???   NH State Senator Maggie Hassan wants to do with Senate Bill 505 what Obama wants to do nationally – regulate healthcare here in NH even MORE, and turn it, well, her own words:

Senate Bill 505 would set up an independent three-member commission and give it the power to look at rates the same way we do with the Public Utility Commission.

Which is exactly what Progressives want to do as the intermediate step before a complete takeover – a public utility by which their every move will be second guessed by politicians and bureaucrats that never had to meet a payroll themselves (just tax it more and more).  Just like what the Democrats are trying to do so small businesses (more govt control by taking more income from them and deciding how much “reasonable” compensation is), they are now going to decide what are reasonable prices for all hospitals will charge patients for care.  In addition, it will “take” money from some hospitals and give it to others that need it (can you hear Marx smiling?).

And, oh by the way, charge the hospitals a fee for telling them what they can charge to boot!  The “soothing words” is that they are going to prevent overcharging to the uninsured – so they will now get both ends of the line with the uninsured and the Medicaid patients.  Who gets the shaft?  Yeah, those of us who are covered – driving up costs to insurance carriers.  So adding insult to injury to what our former Gov. (and now US Senator) Jeanne Shaheen did to the insurance market place, this will add to the pressure to get them out of the state.  Shaheen started the crisis by rigging the rules so as to force out the small carriers (and now the Dems cry that there isn’t competition) and MaggieCarr is going to put the screws to them again AND the hospitals.

…Charlie Arlinghaus over at NH Watchdog has a great summary piece up (details are still sketchy) and he has a good insight:

The commission itself will have the ability to determine how large it becomes. It is given its own authority to assess and collect a tax on hospital income – an “administrative assessment” on “net operating revenues.”

Commissions that control their own budgets and raise their own taxes don’t have a tendency to be small ones. The commission will have broad authority to require hospitals to unveil virtually any information about rates, payments, costs, and the way they do business.

More than just setting rates, the new bureaucracy will be required by law to “promote” new systems of payments and structures of care like medical homes or accountable care organizations.

Economics Professor Walter Williams has more to say on this mentality:

While American politicians and intellectuals have not reached the depths of tyrants such as Lenin, Stalin, Mao and Hitler, they share a common vision. Tyrants denounce free markets and voluntary exchange. They are the chief supporters of reduced private property rights, reduced rights to profits, and they are anti-competition and pro-monopoly. They are pro-control and coercion, by the state. These Americans who run Washington, and their intellectual supporters, believe they have superior wisdom and greater intelligence than the masses. They believe they have been ordained to forcibly impose that wisdom on the rest of us. Like any other tyrant, they have what they consider good reasons for restricting the freedom of others. A tyrant’s primary agenda calls for the elimination or attenuation of the market. Why? Markets imply voluntary exchange and tyrants do not trust that people behaving voluntarily will do what the tyrant thinks they should do. Therefore, they seek to replace the market with economic planning and regulation, which is little more than the forcible superseding of other people’s plans by the powerful elite.

So Mike, this is a perfect example of the Progressive Administrative State (albeit, writ small):

• Appointed, not elected
• It’s own taxing authority instead of the regular statutory budget process while taxing those over those it is supposed to regulate
• Make its own rules without oversight as to cost or regard to the Private Property of those private concerns (i.e., hospitals and in the future, other medical providers)

And remember, Hassan said on WMUR’s Closeup that she wants revisit this if elected: spin up a new board and just let it go without any of the normal oversight mechanisms.  This is a NH Value, Mike?  Isn’t this EXACTLY what the Progressive Administrative State would look like?  Or do you not know the foundations of the political philosophy that you support?

Is this a NH Democrat value or a traditional NH / TEA Party value?  Again, the TEA Party wants a constitutional based system by which the elected are accountable to the electors – MaggieCare is not that, eh Mike?

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The first part of the documentary introduces us to the players involved at the level of corruption not seen in American history, with Anthony Fauci at the center for pandemic control. Bill Gates, the Rockefeller Foundation, EVENT 201, Deborah Birx, the WHO and Tedros Adhanom, The World Economic Forum and Klaus Schwab, Johns Hopkins; all played their well-crafted and predetermined roles having practiced for this global exercise for years.

Part Two of the documentary shows the history of practice extends beyond the current actors with a history that runs through the presidency of John Kennedy, who is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s uncle. JFK was approached by his military leaders to enact conspiratorial war games scenarios, similar to 9/11 (see Operation Northwoods), and others involving releasing diseases on unwitting Americans. President Kennedy, unlike his advisors, had enough of a conscience to leave the meetings shaking his head at the callous and psychopathic suggestions. His resistance to their plans may have cost him his life.

Robert Kennedy Jr. reminisces his uncle and father having to consider who they were up against. Both were assassinated in questionable at best scenarios of lone gunmen. Kennedy Jr. is the author of the book The Real Anthony Fauci and one person uniquely situation to give us the modern story as well as its history. His book, like SARS-COV2, was difficult to pick up without becoming violently ill. I made it through a third of the book and couldn’t pick it back up for lack of wanting to find these super-predators and take them down violently. Please – send some agents to interview me so we can watch this film together and they’ll know why.

If you haven’t already watched the first it’s imperative that you not only watch both but share them as far and as wide as you can. No person is too left-leaning to be exposed to this film that shines a light on the horrific truth of the sociopath class that has taken over much of the world’s Big Pharma, Big Government, Big Tech, Big Medicine, Big Education….Big Evil conglomerate. Their plans are of the most devious nature – a war on humanity pretending to be its saviors.

If the love of money is at the root of all kinds of evil you will find it at the root of this plot to “fundamentally transform” America and bring us to the Great Reset. There is no greater battle to fight than this one Vermont.

Watch The Real Anthony Fauci Part 2 here.

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Driven, yes he IS!

Note: GraniteGrok endorsed The General in the Primary in his bid to replace Maggie Hassan as the US Senator from New Hampshire and we continue to support him now!

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Although it might be useful to think of Mike Bordes merely as a “useful idiot,” i.e. generally understood to be a person propagandizing for a cause without fully comprehending the cause’s goals, in reality, he is a malicious individual masquerading as a Republican but viciously attacking real Republicans, one after the other in an apparent sequence.

He has even had the gall to openly attack Rep Paul Terry, a retired minister, for Terry’s use of historical biblical precedents in a speech to a private group that was recorded without his consent.

Keep in mind that Bordes was one of the RINOs who voted down the Parental Bill of Rights in the NH House this year, and last year he walked out of the House and refused to vote on the Right To Work bill, which then died.  His major legislative “accomplishment” has been the introduction of a bill to eliminate the speed limit on Lake Winnipesaukee, which never passed.

He has complained about the Belknap County Republican Committee but has failed to attend any of its meetings after he failed to attain a leadership position in the group in the election for those leaders held in 2021.

The bottom line as to Bordes is that he is a very angry person who likes to strike out against anyone with whom he disagrees.  But smart politicians know that reasonable people can disagree on important issues without being disagreeable and without stooping to personal attacks.

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“Who’s trippin’ down the streets of the city, Smilin’ at everybody she sees? Who’s reachin’ out to capture a moment? Everyone knows it’s Windy.” Except when it’s not. Europe went all-in on wind machines to power the future, and now they may not have one.

It’s the alleged wind drought. A thing that sailors were well aware of for centuries before someone found a way to burn fossil fuels to save them from the whimsy of weather. Ships reliant on the wind could be trapped for days or weeks in open water until steam engines, coal, oil, gas (and even nuclear power). But these energy-dense materials were either too inexpensive or reliable, so the progressives dumped them for intermittent solar and wind power, and now they are paying the price.

 

In its latest report, the IPCC predicts a drop of 6% to 8% in average wind speeds across Europe by 2050. As wind speeds become increasingly inconstant, the cost of wind energy will become more unpredictable and its provision more unreliable — that is, unless the energy industry invests in massive storage systems that can capture the excess energy produced on windier days and release it when the wind turbines stand idle.

 

But there is no strategist sun or wind reserve, none on the horizon (or perhaps ever), and according to this report, the wind drought has people worried.

 

Last year, the load factor — that is, the ratio of actual output to the theoretical maximum — dropped by 13% in Germany and the UK and by 15% to 16% in Ireland and the Czech Republic, Les Echos reports.

The 2021 “wind drought” hit Northern Europe particularly hard, especially those countries relying most on wind energy — notably Denmark, which gets 44% of its energy from wind, and Ireland, where the share of wind in total energy production is 31%. Other European countries relying heavily on wind include Portugal (26%), Spain (24%), Germany (23%), the UK (22%), and Sweden (19%). In France, which gets most of its power from nuclear, it’s just 8%.

 

But should it have them worried? The sun heating the earth creates wind.

 

The sun creates wind by heating the ground which heats the air above it which then causes the heated air to rise. The rising heated air creates a vacuum underneath it as it rises so that air from the surrounding side rushes in to fill the hole – this is wind

 

Mission Accomplished?

You were after a cooler planet. Wasn’t that the goal? A wind drought suggests less warming. But here you are, filling your strategic oil and gas reserves with evil fossil fuels to keep homes and businesses lit and heated. It is a problem you would always have because neither wind nor solar has delivered to projected capacity even when the sun shines and the wind blows.

And Putin did not do that; Europe did it.

The EU can’t say, on the one hand, that they embraced alternative energy to escape Putin’s yoke, then blame him for the problems resulting from too much reliance on “alternative” energy. Putin didn’t tell you to build wind farms instead of Nuclear energy facilities; Europe (and America)  did that (with France being the lone exception and on the cusp of decommissioning themselves into the same stranded boat with the rest of the idiots).

A total commitment to wind and solar makes about as much sense as loaning more money to the unreliable uncle who never paid anyone back. He’s unreliable. It’s a given that you are throwing cash down a hole. It’s an investment in loss and planned failure.

And that’s wind and solar but for this critical point. It’s not just about other people’s money. You’ve also thrown millions of families down that hole with it, and they let you do it.

When winter comes, they will burn things to keep warm, and hopefully, the experts whose drought of common sense pushed them headlong into this mess are not among them.

 

 

Note: “Windy” was a 1967 Number One hit by The Association.

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A spokesman for the Underworld Safety Council took the podium in Hades earlier this week to explain to an eager press corps why they have begun construction on a new border wall.

“We like to keep it a reasonable 7,000,000 degrees down here however, with the sudden influx of people we anticipate over the next fifty or so years, we anticipate they no doubt will bring some form of climate change with them,” offered Center for Climate Control Director Beezlebob.

When asked how this would stop climate change, the answer was simple “We’re not letting anyone in for a while. It’s about the safety of our current residents, really,” he said over the gnashing and wailing of area residents who seemed to be writhing in approval.

A new green initiative is underway however it has run into some snags. Local boss, Satan, decreed each resident must plant a tree to stabilize the rise in CO2. However, the saplings lasted mere seconds before bursting into flames. A local who wondered aloud if they couldn’t do something about the miasmatic Sulphur smell has since been relocated to the Nether Region for a “summer vacation,” where he will learn the value of keeping his mouth shut.

Building of the wall is underway; however, a deadline is uncertain as the contractors hired to do the work are all from Vermont.

 

 

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Nicole Wallace of MSNBC thinks we are a burgeoning and threatened democracy, and as such, we should ask our foreign allies to come and monitor our elections. Let me be blunt. Nicole Wallace is a buffoon and is either ignorant or says bizarre things to get clicks and attention.

Nobody would pay attention to Wallace if she played it straight, so she resorts to outlandish statements. She gets more coverage when featured on FOX News than her show garners nightly.

In 2020, any person on the Right who questioned the integrity of the election was anti-American and a conspiracy theorist. Anyone who did not believe that Joe Biden could receive eighty million votes to beat Donald Trump was treasonous. Even though election irregularities were proven in the key states of Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Arizona, Democrats stand by their claim the election was fair and accurate. The projection is palpable.

Fast forward two years, and we have talking heads like Nicole Wallace planting the seed that the Republicans will steal the midterm and 2024 elections. Even Hillary Clinton and Stacey Abrams, who still deny they lost their last elections, are sounding the bell to anyone who will listen that if a Republican wins, they stole the election. Everything they criticized the Right for saying is now the Democrat talking points. Can they be any more hypocritical?

The most ironic claim is from Hillary, who wants to see the end of the Electoral College is talking about the radical right-wing extremists who are already planning to overthrow the 2024 elections. She says they will do this by using the Conservative Supreme Court to overturn any winning state by the Democrat candidate. She is a bitter loser and is now reduced to a fear-monger.

The Constitution provides the states to control their elections. I do not want to see a federal take-over of the process because I do not trust the feds to give us a more secure system. I would like to see the states come together to develop the most efficient, secure, and inclusive election system that will return credibility and eliminate doubt. We need our elected officials to spend their time and energy tackling the country’s problems and not defending the election system.

Any time spent discussing the system during an election takes attention away from the issues and confuses the electorate. Combining election credibility with the onslaught of negative messages, you turn people away from the elections when we need involvement.

The messaging from the Left in this election cycle shows how much trouble the Democrat party has. The latest numbers show that over 80% of campaign money is spent on negative media ads. The majority of the remaining funds are being used on misinformation about abortion and “reproductive rights.’ These facts show the Democrats have no interest in running on their record of how they handled the Pandemic, the economy, the Border, education, and public safety. This party self-destructed under the pressure of the Radical Left and the failed policies of Joe Biden. Election day may be a better day for Republicans than we could have hoped for. No time to let up. Hit the gas, and let’s take this win home.

 

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Japan, the Land of the Rising Sun, has one of the most uniquely preserved cultures on the entire planet. For fans of modern life, it has new progressive technologies not found anywhere else, the bustling nightlife of Tokyo, and so much more. For those who like a slower pace, vast forests and mountains offer scenic hikes, traditional hot springs and bath houses allow for world-class relaxation, and you can even still have tea served to you by a traditional geisha.

No matter what you look for in a vacation, Japan is the perfect destination to move to the top of your bucket list.

What’s All Included?

A trip booked through TravelVerse will mean you won’t have to worry about where to go or whether you will get to see all the best attractions. TravelVerse works with local travel agencies to find the best accommodations, the most authentic tours, and access to public and private transportation.

With TravelVerse, a nine-day trip around Japan will include visits to the sprawling modern cities of Tokyo and Osaka, as well as smaller cities such as Takayama and Kyoto.

Why You Should Book Through TravelVerse

There are many benefits to booking your trip through a travel agency vs planning the whole thing yourself. If you are traveling to a place you’ve never been before, it can be difficult to know which places are ideal to visit or where the best hotels are.

Even if you can do enough research to learn where all the best spots are, you aren’t guaranteed to know what normal prices are like, and whether or not certain businesses gauge their prices for tourists.

A local travel agency will have all of this information on-hand and will able to save you both time and money during your travels.

Tokyo

As Tokyo is known as one of the fashion capitals of the world, as well as one of the most technologically advanced, you no doubt have already heard of it. Most international flights land in Tokyo, and this is where you would begin your nine-day tour with TravelVerse.

Tokyo is not only known as one of the busiest cities in the world, but it is also one of the cleanest. Since it is considered incredibly rude in Japan to walk and eat at the same time, you won’t find food wrappers and other litter on the streets like you will in other countries. Visitors are often astounded by how clean the city is despite being so densely populated.

You will certainly have plenty to do, but don’t beat yourself up for not being able to see the whole city in one day. Popular sites to visit include the Metropolitan government of Tokyo Shinjuku, the Meiji Jingu, and the Harajuku and Omotesando districts.

Mount Fuji

Mount Fuji is the tallest mountain in Japan (3,776.24, or 12,389 ft) and is located on the island of Honshu. It is technically an active volcano, but don’t worry. It hasn’t erupted since the early 1700’s. It’s the seventh-tallest mountain on the planet, and people come from all over to take in its beauty and attempt to climb the peak.

A great spot where you can stop and take photos is Lake Kawaguchi. Here, you can take a break, have a picnic, and bask in the amazing view of the Mount Fuji as it stands alone on the horizon.

Takayama

The small city of Takayama is ideal for those who want to add a rural, rustic stop to their trip. This town has worked very hard to maintain the old, wooden architecture that makes up the picturesque atmosphere of what every traveler imagined a feudal Japanese town would look like.

Although Takayama is somewhat far out in the country, it rose to popularity due to the abundance of lumber and skilled carpenters. The shogun took control of the city and allowed it to rise to local fame by regulating commerce and defending it from invaders.

Matsumoto Castle

Matsumoto Castle is an experience unlike any other in Japan. The country has many castles, but most of them were build in hills or on the side of mountains. Matsumoto Castle is one of the few castles that was built on a plain and therefore was more vulnerable to invaders.

Another feature that sets this castle apart from others is the unique interior. Most castle interiors were built with ferro-concrete. However, the inside of this castle is made entirely of dark wood, making it a luxurious and immersive experience for all who step inside.

To this day, it is a major destination during cherry blossom season, and travelers come from all across the country to take pictures and spend time with loved ones underneath the delicate branches of the cherry blossom trees.

Kyoto

Kyoto is another smaller and somewhat rural town that is best known for its samurai and geisha. The Fushimi-inari gates are bright countless bright orange archest that shelter a path that leads up to the Kinkakuji Temple, or the “temple of the Golden Pavilion.”

You can also visit Nijo Castle, home of the Tokugawa Shogun. The shogun weren’t monarchs, but rather local warlords. Their castles were built for optimal defense, but also for convenience and luxury. You can see where the Shogun lived and conducted their business, as well as all the other members of the communities lived out their daily lives.

The Gion district in Kyoto used to be a humble rest stop that people passed by on their way to Gion Shrine. Today, it is a quaint area with original architecture, countless small shops and restaurants, and teahouses where you can spend time with a real geisha.

Ise City

This small town is a step into the past, as it primarily comprised of shrines and recreated feudal townscapes. It is located on the Shima Peninsula and is home to the most sacred Shinto shrines in the entire country. There are two main shrines, the Geku (Outer) Shrine and the Naiku (Inner) Shrine.

These two shrines are multiple kilometers apart from each other, and more than one hundred smaller shrines are spread out between them.

 

 

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Apparently, my earlier post on Tom McGough was enough of a push for him to start filing financial reports that should have been done a while ago.  Now, its “better” in that more reports are there (guess that word got out we were looking). But like the last time, there are issues.  Lots of i$$ues that raise even more questions. So, for the reports:

(click to embiggen)

But look at the aggregate summary revenues and expenditures: has he really found what many of us have looked for years to find?  A Money Tree? And a lot of those “leaves” (given it’s now Fall) have left that tree:

Campaign to Date:

• Total Revenues:            $5,750.00
• Total Expenditures:   $20,903.67

So, just like last time – where’s the money coming from?

Here’s the entire report:

Tim McGough 2022-10-19 File Disclosure Report

And yes, there’s more….

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Name:  Sue Homola
Town: Hollis
Current Occupation: Hazard Mitigation Plan Writer/Editor
Education: Bachelor of Science/Arizona State University, Master’s Degree/University of Oklahoma
Background: 7-year Air Force Meteorologist, 24-year military spouse, mother of four, freelance writer (magazine/speechwriting), and Red Cross Military Caseworker

Why I am running for State Representative:

My family and I moved here after serving 24 years in the military. I decided to run for office in 2020 because I was concerned about the direction the 2019-2020 legislature was steering New Hampshire. During that legislative session, I was surprised by the attempts to levy an income tax, increase business taxes, and to reduce local control. It is clear from the November 2020 state-level election results that increased taxation was not something New Hampshire voters wanted either. Although I had not considered running for an elected position before, I recognized that our system of government is built upon citizen participation. If I wanted change, I knew I had to participate. Since being elected, it has been my honor to represent Hollis and serve our citizens. Although we have accomplished a lot legislatively over these past two years, there is more work to be done. That is why I am running for another term.

As a State Representative, I have worked hard to tackle our state’s obstacles with the same tenacity I applied to every challenge I faced in the military, and I always strive to represent Hollis with integrity. I’ve spent my adult life serving my nation, my family, and each military and my local community I have been a part of during our time in the Air Force, and I am truly humbled to have the opportunity to give back to Hollis.

Issues to Watch

In addition to the rising cost of energy and skyrocketing inflation that is affecting every state across our nation, there are three issues that deserve our time, oversight, and attention:

1. Keeping NH Income/Sales tax-free and ensuring our NH Advantage remains strong.

As many families in New Hampshire, and many others across the country, are trying to adapt to the runaway consumer costs of the past year, keeping our state income/sales tax-free and business-friendly is one of the biggest priorities I hear from constituents.  They understand that a functioning state economy translates into a functioning economy for their families. Equally important is the voter’s desire to keep the NH Advantage strong. New Hampshire stands alone in the northeast for having one of the most robust business environments. During the 2019-2020 legislative session, there was an effort made to increase a broad range of taxes and increase business taxes at a time when businesses were struggling with lockdowns. This was a source of contention between Governor Sununu and the NH House during that time, which is reflected in the links below:

https://www.governor.nh.gov/news-and-media/house-finance-committee-budget-raises-taxes-new-hampshire-families

https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2020-04-24/sununus-pitch-on-business-tax-rates-gets-cool-reception-from-top-senate-democrat

The NH State House has come a long way in just a short two years. We’ve reduced the Business Enterprise tax rate to 0.55% and increased the filing threshold. This helps both large and small businesses pay less in taxes, and invest more in their businesses and their employees. Adjusting the business tax threshold has resulted in over 30,000 small businesses being exempted from tax filings. This is something businesses needed as they came out of COVID. In addition, over the past two years,reading new, we’ve reduced the Business Profits Tax rate from 7.7% to 7.5%. While this is not a large reduction, it is a step in the right direction. We need to continue to move towards further reducing this percentage so businesses can view New Hampshire as a place they can thrive.

Another way the 2021-2022 legislature has aimed to lower taxes is by voting to phase out the Interest and Dividends tax. This is something that impacts many seniors who rely on their investments for income. The link below explains the tax reductions that have occurred recently. These positive steps we have taken over the 2021-2022 legislative session are something voters have been asking for, and we should continue to explore ways to help New Hampshire’s residents, and our economy, flourish.

New Hampshire Legislation Reduces Corporate Taxes & Eliminates Personal Income Tax

2.  The crisis at the Southern Border.

Although we are many miles away from the humanitarian and security crisis that has been happening on our U.S. Southern border for well over a year, its impact can be felt in some of our most vulnerable communities. This is an important issue because our nation has seen an explosion of drug trafficking, including a well-developed network of illegal drug distribution that has made its way into the northeast U.S and into our state. This increase in distribution means that more drugs are making their way onto our streets, our neighborhoods, and into the hands of our much-loved family members, some of whom may already be struggling with addiction. It is important to note that in New Hampshire we continue to struggle with a drug epidemic. Drug overdoses in Nashua and Manchester alone increased by 110% in 2021, when compared to overdose rates in 2020. In addition to increased fentanyl in our communities, methamphetamine has been pouring into our state since 2021 and it is overwhelming our emergency personnel. This past summer I detailed this information in a Union Leader Op-Ed titled, Why the Southern Border Matters to New Hampshire. The situation at the Southern border has been out of control for well over a year, and we need our federal delegation to advocate for a solution to this crisis.

https://www.unionleader.com/opinion/op-eds/rep-sue-homola-why-the-southern-border-matters-to-new-hampshire/article_4b0b345a-1426-5ed8-a146-807e37a07410.html

3. The Electoral College and First in the Nation Primary.

These two topics have garnered a sizeable amount of discussion in the press over these past two years, although it has also been dwarfed by so many other issues going on. Here is why this is something to keep an eye on The Electoral College is what guarantees smaller states like New Hampshire have a say in presidential elections, and it guarantees that our voices are not muted by large population centers like those in California or New York. Over the past two years, some elected federal and state New Hampshire representatives have stated the Electoral College System is outdated and should be replaced. This is very concerning given the importance of the Electoral College, as it ensures our citizens have a critical voice in national elections.

In recent years, another effort to undercut the Electoral College has been proposed with the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.  This is a compact that states can adopt to ensure that whichever presidential candidate is determined to have won the popular vote is elected president. In 2020, a bill to adopt this compact was introduced into the NH State House (HB541), but it was rejected.  Adopting this compact would force New Hampshire to ignore its own voters, (no matter how they voted), and force us to give away our Electoral College votes to the candidate that was deemed to have won the most popular votes.  Compact states must also accept vote totals from other states even if they are known to be incomplete or inaccurate. Any discussion about adopting the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact here in New Hampshire should be viewed with caution.

Another looming decision to watch is whether or not The Democratic National Committee will choose to support New Hampshire as the First in the Nation primary state. This was debated this past year, but a final decision was delayed, in part, to its potential for political fallout in the upcoming midterm elections. The First in the Nation Primary is historically and economically relevant to our state, and this issue should be watched closely after the November election.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/30/dnc-primary-states/

Contact: Susan.Homola@leg.state.nh.us

Website: SueforHollis.com

Facebook: @SueforHollis

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And she certainly is!  I started off here (“So Cindy Creteau-Miller gets blindsided, Survivor style, by Citizens for Belknap; WHAT did she expect from a Democrat PAC???”). The problem that many have is her use of the word “saving” (from a political “put up” that was manufactured from the start:

..As a matter of fact, I don’t agree with Citizens for Belknap County for November election. They succeeded in Saving Gunstock during the Primary by eliminating 10 delegates there were against the GAC, they now need to move and stay out if [sic] the general election.

And that was the intent in “saving” – for those that hated the idea that new Commissioners were being appointed that were actually doing their JOBS in asking uncomfortable and penetrating questions as to what was going on with Gunstock Area Resort AND the Commissioners at that time. The latter were “saved” by not having indelicate answer having to be found. Silly lady, though, thinking that was their only purpose. I dryly note that Gary-Kiedaisch-squired Creteau-Miller STILL didn’t understand that wasn’t the only “object of desire” that was point of all this but her Democrat opposition in Meredith come November 8th basically told her off.

However, as hackneyed infomercials are wont to say “Wait!  There’s MORE!”.

So, she’s calling fellow Republicans by the same epithet that Democrats call almost EVERY solid Republican: Free Stater?  Heck, I’VE been called that (thanks, Rusty McLear) and I’ve lived here in NH for almost 40 years – decades before Jason Sorens had his Free State Project idea. You really don’t endear yourself to those on the Right that can be of help when you are seen as being on “the other side” with the name calling (and, to repeat myself, being former GAC Commissioner “squired” to the “party” called the “GAC put up”). It’s clear that you didn’t read the room as well as you could read snow conditions as a skier.  Heck, even NH State Rep John Mackie called you out…

The vast majority of Republicans serving in the House are A-rated. There are no D-rated Republicans and she is the only “Republican” candidate this year with a D rating. The majority of Republicans in the House are also pro-life. So why did Meredith Republicans make her the top vote-getter by 31 votes in the primary, 555 to 531 to 524?

They did not. Over 400 independents picked up Republican ballots for this primary. Not all of these were Republican-leaning independents. The Democrat-led Citizens for Belknap PAC spent about $5,000 on ads in The Laconia Daily Sun with their voter guide and other advertising and urged independents to pick up Republican primary ballots to defeat the “extremists” who were under-funding county services and destroying Gunstock.

Since neither Jeanne Tofts nor Lisa Smart were incumbents, they certainly weren’t part of that “extremist” group. Then what was their plan? In Meredith, they supported the one Republican whose views on abortion and gun control are the same as the Democrats. It was a clever strategy. Knowing that Democrats are unlikely to win a House seat in Meredith, why not urge left-leaning independents to pick up a Republican ballot and vote for a Republican who will vote like a Democrat? What can Republicans in Meredith do now? Definitely plan to vote for Lisa Smart in November and hope there is a conservative Republican willing to mount an aggressive write-in campaign to defeat the Democrats and Cindy Creteau-Miller.

and then you lost control online:

 

Oh, and let me throw this in here, too.  Ms. Creteau-Miller, one doesn’t have to be a member of the NRA to get a candidate rating. They email you with a link (is my understanding having never done it myself), you click on the link, you fill out their survey, and the NRA-IL computes your score. Hardly ANY Republican gets such a low score as you received:

And your stance on abortion by your own words (“…the Government has no business telling a woman or anyone what to do with their bodies and personal healthcare…”).  Hmm, I hear that mostly from Democrats – prove me wrong.

And as far as being called “Extremists”, go ahead, write an Op-Ed defining what an Extremist is from the Democrat point of view since you have sided with that Democrat founded, funded, and stratigized Citizens for Belknap PAC. Just don’t cheat – this is not an open book test and you can’t call a friend.  I’ll put it up “as is”.  I agree with Mandy Patinkin once said: “You Keep Using That Word, I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means”

Like this?

I’ve got more examples of what Democrats say is “Extremism”.  Shall I introduce you to those concepts as well? HAPPY to do so, Cindy Creteau-Miller!

I’ll add this – do you even know what the Free State Project really is?  No, not the pablum you’ve been fed thus far from the Democrat CfB and its aligned Republicans. BOTH groups see them as existential threats politically – but do you even have a clue as to WHY?  Have you actually done your research, your homework? Or just swallowed whole the superficial talking points to be hurled like spears in order to “Otherize” them?

Also, add “non-partisan” to the list of “You Keep Using That Word, I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means” – does this hold true for your definition?

 

Used, not stirred. Perhaps needs a political shaking (plaigerized, paraphrased from James Bond).

 

 

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Congressional representatives should represent the state they are from, not swear allegiance to political leaders, but that is exactly what Chris Pappas has done, voting with Nancy Pelosi 100% of the time, and supporting her extreme policies that are harming New Hampshire.

We want to thank Arlene Quaratiello for this Op-Ed. Submit it to Editor@GraniteGrok.com.

Pappas is being portrayed by the Democratic party as a moderate who wants to “cross the aisle,” but he is anything but that as proven by a voting record that shows complete adherence to the radical Pelosi agenda.

He supported HR1, a bill that would have federalized elections and unconstitutionally taken away our state’s right to conduct its own free and fair elections.

He has voted in favor of bills such as the misnamed Build Back Better and Inflation Reduction Acts that have resulted in runaway inflation and out-of-control energy prices.

He has supported a controversial war in Ukraine to defend a faraway foreign border while ignoring our own virtually non-existent southern border. Chris Pappas does not represent New Hampshire or America; he represents Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi, functioning as a rubber stamp for their extremist policies.

From what I have heard, Pappas was very effective at running his family’s Manchester restaurant.  Clearly, these skills did not transfer well to his current employment because he has contributed to the complete mismanagement of our country.  If you want a voice in Congress, who will stand up for New Hampshire and help reverse the toxic policies that are destroying our country, vote for Karoline Leavitt on November 8th.

 

 

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Just two years ago, at the end of the Trump Administration, we were not only totally energy sufficient, but the US was an energy exporter. While campaigning, Biden promised to slowly phase out our use of fossil fuels.

We want to thank David Strang for this Op-Ed. Submit yours to Editor@GraniteGrok.com.

Once elected, he then immediately canceled the Keystone pipeline, fracking was cut back, and new leases for oil drilling on Federal land virtually disappeared. The result was that gas prices doubled, NH electric rates (heavily dependent on natural gas) doubled, and costs for home heating oil skyrocketed. Because most of our food is trucked in on diesel trucks, food costs have exploded too.

Biden’s response has been to release the emergency oil stores to keep gas prices down. This is the country’s reserve and should only be used in an emergency such as war. What’s the emergency? The Dems are about to get creamed in the election!

So Biden puts politics over national security. Now the Saudis have disclosed that Biden pressured them not to cut oil production until after the November election. So eager to get us all on electricity (which we don’t have the grid to support), the Dems are responsible for the greatest inflation rate in over 40 years.

Rush Limbaugh was right. The Dems have to lie in order to get elected. If they told you what they really wanted to do, no one would vote for them.

Save America November 8th. Vote Republican!

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