Thursday • December 12 • 2024
Vol.XVI • No.L
Manchester, N.H.
I had to check three times, as I didn’t believe the scores could go any lower. Drumroll, please. I guess a new 9 million dollar school and 7 or 8 (lost count) tax cap overrides in ten years for the school budget does not improve education.
In 2010 Dover schools tested 78% in math, starting to freefall to 38% in 2019. It hit an all-time low of 35% in 2022 (per the NHDOE numbers for Dover).
The parameters are scoring 50% and higher! Therefore, you are graduating 65% who failed math! Reading and science are not much better. Rather than address this tragedy, you, who were elected to this city, continue to do nothing about this free fall.
You pander to the union and do not demand results. Porn in school libraries is protected. Anyone can use any bathroom. You obviously don’t care about educating children in math, reading, and science. Pronouns are not a word that can function by themselves as a noun but something entirely different.
Most Dover school children can’t do simple math, know US geography, how to read a ruler, units of measure, read an analog clock, read and write cursive or other skills and knowledge that will help them be productive adults. The bar is set so low, and after 12 years of complacency, it’s your norm… But you got your override and gave the union what they wanted without any accountability whatsoever, again. School children are again SOL.
Nothing like more than half my taxes going toward a failing education system, and all you do is cry for more. If you were actually producing results, you know, children who are learning the three Rs and scoring decent, among other useful life skills, it would be an excellent bar to stand on when bleeding us for more taxes. The bar is underwater, and parents that can, are pulling their children from public school faster than a locomotive.
You are a busy bunch getting teacher union members and your squad friends yelling at the rest of us that we hate teachers. Teachers hate taxpayers, and those who question why, are called bigots and racists while laughing at citizens. Apparently, to you, it is easier than working to produce ACTUAL positive results. It could be you don’t know how to improve the situation!?
This is really bad, and the longer you all sit on your hands, the more village idiots you’ll produce.
Can’t wait for the excuses on this one. Much to your chagrin, I won’t hold my breath for any.
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They’re flying so thick and fast it is amazing. Take heart – there will be a Meme Overflow and almost certainly a Friday Meme Overflow-Overflow. Last week’s Overflow-Overflow.
Remember, ridicule and mockery are effective weapons:
Now, let the mockery and mayhem begin.
*** Warning, a few possibly off-color ones, in case tender eyes are about ***
My last two Survival Sunday posts:
Survival Sunday – Sunday PREP Edition – Granite Grok
Survival Sunday – Thursday SITREP Edition – Granite Grok
Bad times are coming. Get informed, get prepared.
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But first, a random sampling of three of my cartoons. Please note these are my concepts but I pay a professional to do them.
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Start looking at ingredients. And if you see insect meal, etc., raise holy hell! Tell your friends, post it, and write to the store you bought it from. And I mean physically write. Email filters can be set up to disappear your comments; it’s a lot harder to make actual, physical letters vanish. Even if your letter never makes it anywhere, it’s still seen. On insects as food:
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Just like “voluntary” taxes that you get sent to jail over if you don’t pay them.
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Who remembers Her Heinous the Crone of Chappaqua donating her charitable monies to the Clinton Foundation?
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https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/karen-is-the-perfect-person.mp4
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Help a guy out – buy a bumper sticker or ten!
Build Back Better – the hidden message Bumper Sticker | Zazzle
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Pick of the post:
People on the Right keep tearing their hair out over 2020 and why judges don’t raise doubts about the elections. In parallel with that is the gloating by the Left that judges have not done so. Let me put forth two reasons why I think the 2020, and 2022, elections have not been overturned.
First, once the first domino falls in publicly ruling that an election might be corrupted enough to flip the result, every election – whether federal, state, or local – that has seen a flip will get re-examined. Doubtless some, likely many, will get found out as being fraudulent – and not just recently, but well into the past. And then the proverbial Faith in the System will get destroyed (like it’s not already to anyone with three brain cells that talk with each other). Thus any indication of fraud that is not immediately dismissed, let alone moves forward in court, is a crack in the dam that will result in a crack-spiderweb that grows until the dam fails. And when people understand that the corruption of elections is so widespread, they will question everything – and not just elections.
Second, no judge wants their name to be on the document that does this. Among other things they saw what happened to SCOTUS Justices after the 2000 election ruling. They, too, like their invites to the “beautiful people” cocktail parties and look forward to the enemedia puff pieces lauding their careers. They don’t want those pieces to be scathing reviews of their decisions littered with words like “controversial” and so on.
It’s similar to the pharma situation. I will, and have, argued that there is more than enough evidence to not just suggest but PROVE that Pfizer, and others, have committed fraud with respect to The Jab. And again, no judge will so rule because once it’s ruled, all liability protections are gone. And then the avalanche of lawsuits begins.
https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ct-teen.mp4
Pharma gets bankrupted, and the kickbacks royalties and campaign contributions dry up as pharma fights for its life.
https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/yeadon-on-fraud.mp4
Not to mention the politicians who will be called to account for their participation in this… and, if that doesn’t happen, the spate of 3 AM social calls begins… and the list is long.
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Palate Cleansers:
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It was a stark image that the mainstream media would work feverishly to keep off the airwaves. Joe Biden exited Air Force 1 and was met by Governor Greg Abbott waiting for him in his wheelchair with a letter in his hand.
This meeting was not a warm reception for the President, who was making his first-ever trip to the Border in his flirty year career in Washington. Abbott was not officially invited to meet with the President. One of Abbott’s aids received an email last night asking if the Governor would be at the airport to meet Biden. This social faux pax is a horrific slight of protocol for a President not to coordinate a state visit with the sitting Governor. Just another example of incompetence in the Biden White House.
Abbott used the opportunity to chastise the President for ignoring the Border Crisis and told the President he was “Two years late and $20 Billion too short.” In answer to the President’s claim that the Republicans do not have any solutions to the crisis and that they are to blame, Abbott handed a one-page letter to Biden. This letter highlights five steps that we should take to curb the flow. Abbott’s appearance and this scathing letter are a one-two punch Biden would have liked to avoid.
These are the points detailed by Abbott:
None of these are new ideas. Actually, these were all policies under Trump, and Biden negated them all by executive order on Day 1 two years ago. Abbott is telling Biden the system was working under Trump, and reinstating them would go a long way to recovering our Southern Border.
Biden was also heard commenting to Border Patrol officers that more resources are needed to bolster the Border, and he will deliver those funds. The problem here is an interpretation of the crisis. Border Patrol and the government of Texas want funds to prevent illegals from entering Texas. Biden wants to provide more resources for processing the illegals once they are in the country. That contrast is how out of touch with the Border Crisis the President is.
Two other members of the Biden Team also made fools of themselves today. On the flight from Washington to El Paso, Karine Jeanne-Pierre claimed that under the Biden policies, people crossing our Border was down over 25% in the first few months of FY 2023. This claim is an outright lie and a deception to the American people. She spoke to those who only get their information from the msm and are unaware of the facts. The crossings into El Paso alone have gone up over 200%. A far cry from her claim. The other was Mayorkas, who is useless but had to accompany the President. The only question posed to him was will he resign. He says emphatically that he will not. In that case, we will have to impeach him.
Regardless of the Outcome of the President’s visit, democrats will use the Biden visit to bolster their claim that the Border is the fault of Republicans. They started on the Sunday morning talk shows. We must keep working on getting the truth out to those with their heads in the sand.
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NH Dem Chair Ray Buckley has all but admitted defeat as regards the DNC kicking NH a few rungs down its primary calendar. Michael Graham explores it in a piece at NHJournal, and the observations are good overall, but I think he left something out.
Related: Presidential Primary Politics – If NH Is Too White to be “First” Then We “Identify” as Black
For years, Buckley, Shaheen, and company have insisted their party’s FITN was secure. Nothing to see here, move along.
Meanwhile, their fellow Democrats were unleashing a political assault on the primary on racial grounds. Some of the biggest names in their party said explicitly that New Hampshire voters weren’t to be trusted when it came to candidates of color. Granite State Democratic primary voters are simply “too White” to be allowed to go first.
We’ve covered the NH is too-white narrative for a while on these pages. An example.
New Hampshire is the hot blonde at the primary party, and the other girls (and boys) are pissed that no one pays attention to them until she’s about to leave the room.
So, the bigger problem, at least for New Hampshire Democrats, is this. They lean heavily on the very narrative being used to undermine the state’s primary status. Sorry, lean is too polite. They lean their body into the left hook (pivot those hips) they deliver at any opportunity.
Racism rants are their moldy bread and butter—the rotten apple of their culture-war eye. The spoiled cream in their supposedly fair-trade, responsibly soured, low-carbon-footprint latte.
Their hate and systemic racism narrative monster have risen to attack one of its creators (the Dems pale-white party chair has also been a DNC vice-chair for years).
They crapped in their backyard, pissed in their chardonnay, whining about white-this or white while nominating and electing or re-electing pasty white northeastern liberals.
New Hampshire Republicans? They were nominating great candidates for congress in CD2 who, if they were Democrats, would be people of color.
2014 – Marilinda Garcia. (Hispanic)
2016 – Jim Lawrence (Black)
2018 – Steve Negron (Hispanic)
2020 – Steve Negron (Hispanic)
2022 – Bob Burns scruffy but pasty white guy.
Not once did Democrats in that district pick a person of color over the pasty white incumbent. And at no point in any congressional race in NH history have NH Democrats nominated a person of color in a primary or elected one to higher office. White women, check. Gay white guy, check. People of color?
Related: If NH is Too White, Why Did Dems Reject Money for a Program That Attracts Minorities?
When super-white Carol Shea-Porter retired and left the NH CD-1 seat open in 2018, ten Democrats stepped up in that primary, all white.
In the 2012 contest, when Carol vied to get the seat back from Republican Frank Guinta, Caroll Dowdell announced she wanted a shot at the seat, but the state party convinced her to drop out to clear the way for pasty white Carol Shae-Porter. Carol won, but at what price?
The white price. Instead of building an inclusive and diverse bench to elevate candidates of color, they went all white all day and night. At the same time, those “racist” Republicans were nominating people of color almost every cycle, while Democrats were defending pasty white incumbents even when polling suggested it was time for a change on the Democrat side.
Dems accused Republicans of white guilt when they nominated not-so-white candidates, but we don’t have that. They do, and they still couldn’t bring themselves to walk the talk. They chose power and politics over rhetoric which, ironically, has been our position with regard to their white guilt narrative all along.
And it cost them their first in the Nation primary, which will still happen on the GOP side. And we are not doing two, so Dems will have to tag along, take their punishment from the party, with a significant loss of attention, money, and influence, and they have no one to blame but themselves.
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Far be it for me to speak in defense of Senator Cruz. He does quite well on his own in this case:
Masterfully done – and skewers her a bit by skewering those that are the real racists (Democrats).
Well worthy your 9 minutes in listening to why does the Left demonize those that stand against them?
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Small businesses are the blood of the New Hampshire economy. Nearly all of the state’s enterprises are businesses with fewer than 20 employees. Further, just under half of all workers are employed in small businesses.
Despite the sizable impact of small businesses on our state’s economic well-being, these companies remain vulnerable.
A recession is looming on the horizon, which could force hundreds of businesses to close their doors. New Hampshire’s small business owners can prepare themselves for the lean times ahead by following tried-and-true advice.
Double down on what worksDuring a recession, every dollar counts. As a small business owner, you will need to ensure that every expense brings you the maximum rate of return. There are many ways you can streamline your processes and get the most value.
The Pareto principle is a common business concept that suggests that 80% of sales are made by 20% of customers. If you’re not sure who your best customers are, start by reviewing your sales data. Take note of customers who meet the following criteria:
Look for any demographic pattern in this customer segment. You may find that your most profitable customers are in the same age range, or have a similar level of household income.
Once you’ve identified your 20%, double down on the offers and services that attract them. You can create a targeted after-sales campaign to learn more about your most profitable customers.
Email or text-messaging-based campaigns are cost-effective methods of sending out special deals or requests for feedback. This can help you better understand and meet their needs. Then, you can create marketing and advertising plans that will attract even more of these types of customers.
On the other side of the coin, look into your least profitable customers. These are the ones that require significant discounts to purchase your products or buy small volumes of low-margin items.
The least profitable customers are also those whose needs eat into your bottom line. This includes customers who routinely require excessive customer support or request refunds.
Shifting your focus to your most profitable customers will often create disincentives for your least profitable customers. This is because the two groups tend to have different priorities when it comes to price sensitivity versus quality.
Shore up cash reservesCash is always king, but this especially holds true during a recession. Many small businesses flounder during economic downturns due to poor cash flow. Fewer sales often mean less cash on hand to cover overhead expenses.
Some businesses may choose to fill the gap with a low-interest business loan, but this solution isn’t ideal for every situation. If the margins get too thin, you may risk having to close your doors.
You can buffer your business from the effects of a recession by building a liquid emergency fund for your business. While the rule of thumb is to save the equivalent of at least 3 months of expenses, the actual number will depend on your business.
Building a cash reserve will require you to reduce some of your expenses. Take a close look at your unnecessary expenses from the past 6 months and see if you can make any cuts without compromising quality.
For example, you can reduce some of the inventory of your least-selling or lowest-margin products. You can also shop around for new vendors or services to find a better offer.
Tracking your cash is key to managing your reserves. Contracting with a provider of cash flow forecasting services can save you more money in the long run.
Invest in your businessWhen cash is tight, investing may seem like a bad decision. However, recessions are the ideal time for spending money in ways that will grow your business or improve your bottom line. For example, many businesses use downtime to make important repairs that would otherwise drive away lucrative foot traffic.
You can also take advantage of this slow period by investing in professional development. Consider enrolling yourself or your staff in a training course that would raise your business profile. Slowdowns are also an ideal time to implement disruptive changes, such as upgrading IT infrastructure or installing a new point-of-sales system.
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Lauren Boebert issued a statement on what she called ‘Historic Victories House Conservatives secured‘ by holding out support for Kevin McCarthy as Speaker.
You can read it all below, but this is my favorite part.
“I want to close by responding to one criticism that has been cast on what took place this week. Joe Biden said this has been embarrassing for Republicans. How sad is it that us governing as the founders intended looks embarrassing to Democrats? It should look like the norm. I’ll tell you what’s embarrassing. 40-year high inflation is embarrassing. 5 million illegals crossing our southern border is embarrassing. Surrendering to ISIS and fleeing Afghanistan is embarrassing. Having a president that can’t finish his sentences is embarrassing.”
Boom!
HT | Citizen Free Press
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With six New England states full of picturesque scenery, winding roads, and summer vacation spots, it’s no wonder traffic can get a bit hectic. Unfortunately, the increase in cars on the road has led to increased traffic accidents.
Today, dangerous driving habits, like distracted driving and speeding, are causing higher rates of accidents and fatalities.
If you’re planning on taking a trip through the New England states or are just navigating your daily commute, it’s important to understand how to protect yourself while on the roads. This article looks into the realities of traffic in the six New England states – from top dangers and trends to tips for staying safe – so you know what to expect when hitting the roads.
Unique Traffic Conditions in New HampshireAs we all know, New Hampshire is notorious for its winter weather, and as a result, traffic can be a nightmare. Icy roads and snowstorms can lead to accidents, delays, and even road closures. That’s why it’s important to know what to expect and make preparations for winter driving.
Here are some tips for dealing with traffic right here in New Hampshire:
What to Know About Traffic in Connecticut
In Connecticut, as with the rest of the New England states, traffic can be a real challenge. The roads are often crowded, and the weather can be unpredictable. This can make it difficult to get around and even more difficult to stay safe.
Considering Connecticut highways are some of the most congested and busiest in the nation, you might want to have a car accident attorney in Connecticut on your side when the road takes a wrong turn. For instance, when you’re driving that hair-raising stretch on Interstate 95 between exits 44 and 46, you’ll be glad you have the protection of an attorney because this and other roads in Connecticut are rife with potential hazards.
Traffic in MaineIn Maine, traffic can be a major problem during winter months. Icy roads and heavy snowfall can make driving conditions very dangerous. If you must travel during these months, be sure to take extra precautions and allow yourself plenty of time to reach your destination safely.
Winter weather isn’t the only time when traffic can be an issue in Maine. Construction season is also a busy time on the roads. Be sure to plan your travels accordingly and check for any construction or road closures before you head out.
Car Traffic in VermontVermont is one of the most rural states in the country, and as such, car traffic is generally light. However, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t any hazards on the road. In fact, because Vermont is so rural, it can be easy to become complacent behind the wheel and not pay attention to your surroundings.
Here are a few things to keep in mind when driving in Vermont:
Driving Conditions and Traffic in Rhode Island
Whether you’re a local or just visiting, you should be aware of the traffic conditions and driving laws in Rhode Island. With its dense population and limited highway space, Rhode Island has some of the worst traffic congestion in the country. The average commute time is over half an hour, and it’s not uncommon for drivers to spend an hour or more stuck in traffic.
There are a few things you can do to make your commute easier and safer. First, familiarize yourself with the state’s traffic laws. Rhode Island has strict enforcement of speed limits and seatbelt laws. If you’re caught speeding or driving without a seatbelt, you’ll be facing hefty fines. Second, plan your route ahead of time to avoid any construction or accidents that might cause delays. And finally, give yourself plenty of time to get where you’re going – there’s no need to rush and risk getting into an accident.
What is Traffic Like in Massachusetts?When it comes to traffic, Massachusetts is no different than any other state in the New England region. There are a few things that drivers should be aware of, though, before getting behind the wheel.
For starters, MassDOT (the state’s transportation agency) reports that there are an average of 439,000 vehicles on the road each day. That number swells to about 500,000+ during the peak summer travel months.
With all those cars on the road, it’s no surprise that traffic can be a bit congested at times. The good news is that there are a number of ways to avoid or minimize gridlock.
One is to use the state’s 511 Traveler Information System, which provides real-time updates on traffic conditions and incidents. The system also offers alternate route suggestions to help drivers avoid delays. Another option is to take advantage of the state’s many public transportation options.
ConclusionWhile there are a lot of different factors that come into play when it comes to traffic in the six New England states, we hope this article has given you a better understanding of what you should expect. If you plan on taking a trip through any one or multiple of these six states, make sure to take extra precautions and be aware of your surroundings at all times!
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First, I am merely an “enlightened amateur”. Please vet & check on your own. Caveat emptor. Consider these to be priming the pump for your own investigations. I know this is a long post; I am attempting to put out a lot of information as a resource. Read or skip sections depending on your interests.
Second, I fear spicy time is very close, but even a month of food, water, etc., puts you well ahead of most of the sheeple. IMHO, set your minimum sights on a three-month period.
Third, two things will be critical for having the best chance of making it through:
And please follow both me, Nitzakhon, on Gab… as well as my blog host Granite Grok and also on Telegram Tommy Robinson Official plus his Urban Scoop site. And don’t forget posts sometimes get cloned on American Reveille as well, which is a good site to check out in general.
FYI, here’s a link to the last Survival Sunday – Thursday SITREP Edition.
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Whip knot:
https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/whip-knot.mp4
I’ve bought a length of rope and am starting to practice these. And teach them to the kids. This is definitely a hands-on thing where practice-practice-practice is essential.
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Top of the fold:
Environmentalists Are Killing People | Power Line (powerlineblog.com)
The Roman era was warmer than today by something like two-odd C. The Minoan period even warmer than that.
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Anyone think this will really work? What about the welding wire? But interesting nonetheless.
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Prepper Site URLS:
Most have daily articles; revisit daily. Please recommend others in the comments.
Ask a Prepper, how to prepare, survive and thrive, latest news
Mother Earth News
The Organic Prepper Home – The Organic Prepper
SurvivalBlog.com – The Daily Web Log for Prepared Individuals Living in Uncertain Times.
SHTF Blog – Modern Survival
Survival World – Everything You Need To Know to Survive
Homestead Survival Site – How to Live Off The Grid in Comfort and Style
Urban Survival Site | How to Survive a Disaster in the City
Mind4Survival – Survival and Preparedness
Gray Wolf survival
Sustainable Living (sustainablelivingideas.com)
The Classic Survivalist – Surviving in a Modern World
Primal Survivor – Practical and sensible prepping advice
Em Off-grid – We & Our Off The Grid Life – Em OffGrid
Resource for Practical, Daily Prepping Skills for SHTF & Survival (geekprepper.com)
Purpose Driven Homestead – Our family is on a journey to rediscover the ways that we can be more self-sufficient in our own backyards. (new)
And three aggregate sites listing their top favorite sites & links too:
TOP 50 SURVIVAL & PREPPER BLOGS
The 50 Best Survival Blogs
Prepper Website – Preparedness • Survival • Alternative News
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Specific, one-up articles:
9 Things To Do Before The 2023 Economic Collapse (askaprepper.com)
Broad, but thought-provoking.
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Top 10 Survival Scout Articles of 2022 – My Patriot Supply
Lots of good info.
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The Most Realistic Prepper TV Series You Need To Watch (askaprepper.com)
I’ve heard of most, and used to watch Survivorman specifically.
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DIY Solar Water Heaters To Cut Down On Energy Bills (askaprepper.com)
IMHO the biggest two drawbacks are:
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Related to Spicy Time:
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Greed, Power and the Tantalizing Acceptance of Wokeism (substack.com)
If not that, and I agree that statistically it’s an impossibility, there’s a real bloodbath coming. The United States has remained afloat on the sea of deception for a long time. Part of that is self-deception that continues today in the “that’ll never happen here, not in America” belief. It already has happened here, in case one is unable to align the images to match that of America under the pandemic and the Soviet Union of the 20th Century.
RTWT.
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What Was the Most Insane Piece of Vaccine Propaganda You’ve Seen? (substack.com)
I’m including this here because if / when the FedGov decides we’re all to be officially named enemies of The State, what kind of absolute tsunami of agitprop will be deployed against us.
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(Link to AZQUOTES per their policy.)
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What Level of Tyranny Will You Accept? – The Burning Platform
How bad does it have to get?
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Wouldn’t air holes at the bottom help? But then it wouldn’t be sealable.
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Short of years and untold wealth, you cannot possibly be fully prepared for everything (I have to keep reminding myself of that). But even some preparations, ideally at least 90 days of food, water / water purification, etc., puts you head and shoulders in front of the vast majority of the sheeple who will be in jaw-gaping astonishment when the SHTF. The only relevant questions are:
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I just started a FORAGING group on Gab. I’ll check a couple of times a week for people who have asked to join.
Foraging: One-up articles
Whatever You Do, Don’t Chop Down This Backyard Tree – Ask a Prepper
Slippery elm.
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Aztec broccoli?
Huauzontles Information, Recipes and Facts (specialtyproduce.com)
Wonder if this will grow near me. OTOH, is it invasive and aggressive?
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Foraging (permanent feature):
Foraging (practicalselfreliance.com)
Wild Harvests (arcadianabe.blogspot.com)
Southern Appalachian Herbs
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Books (permanent feature):
Feasting Free on Wild Edibles (old but good)
The Lost Ways (much more than just foraging)
The Forager’s Guide to Wild Foods
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO EDIBLE WILD PLANTS FOR BEGINNERS
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Shortages (broadly):
Dangerous Shortage of Ordinary Medicines – www.independentsentinel.com
Generally, the shortages are mostly an outcome of the U.S. outsourcing drug ingredient procurement and manufacture to China and India. Many companies in both of those countries have been struggling with operational interruptions as a result of COVID-19.
To call this outsourcing of critical chemical production a crime is understating it. More:
The Explanation for the Current Drug Shortage in America Is Far More Nefarious Than You May Think – POLITICAL MOONSHINE
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Remember the food crisis warnings?
My single biggest issue in prepping is my wife, who – despite growing up in the USSR and living through the shortages that resulted in its breakup – does not see anything on the horizon here and thinks I’m an idiot. My prediction is that she’ll be more angry at me for having a “secret prep stash” and having our kids fed than at the coming situation where everyone is hungry.
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Food processing plants are under attack.
EcoHealth Alliance Whistleblower Dr. Andrew Huff (@AGHuff) explains what's actually going on here.
WATCH: pic.twitter.com/r4a1qaz65s
— The Absolute Truth with Emerald Robinson (@AbsoluteWithE) January 5, 2023
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Deep Stater Arrested for Sabotaging Nation’s Food Supply | Adina Kutnicki
It cannot be coincidence.
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The Disturbing Details Behind the Bird Flu and Egg Prices – American Thinker
Many factors.
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Gardening, Food Storage, and Related:
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How to process BACKYARD chickens – STEP-BY-STEP (rumble.com)
Please be advised that this is an educational video about how to process chickens [GRAPHIC at times]. While we do not show the dispatch of the chickens, we do show step-by-step on how to process and clean your birds.
And I’m adding them to the PREP site list above.
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Honey: its medicinal property and antibacterial activity – PMC (nih.gov)
The only food that won’t spoil.
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How Long Does Vacuum Sealed Food Last? – Ask a Prepper
Plus water and O2 absorbers!
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Planting cucumbers early can help farmers avoid downy mildew, reveals study – NaturalNews.com
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Links on old-time food storage (permanent feature):
Thanks to the Canning and Preserving group on Gab, I now have these links:
Preserving foods by drying | How to dry foods safely (uada.edu)
USDA-Complete-Guide-to-Home-Canning-2015-revision.pdf (healthycanning.com)
Canning | SDSU Extension (sdstate.edu)
Food Preservation– Canning | Consumer Food Safety | Washington State University (wsu.edu)
Canning Timer & Checklist App | OSU Extension Catalog | Oregon State University
National Center for Home Food Preservation (uga.edu)
Canning Recipes | Ball® Mason Jars (ballmasonjars.com)
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Topical Books (also permanent):
Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking & Curing
Salumi: The Craft of Italian Dry Curing
A Guide to Canning, Freezing, Curing & Smoking Meat, Fish & Game
The Prepper’s Canning Guide
Pickled Pantry
Fermented Vegetables
Hydroponics and Greenhouse Gardening: 3-in-1 Gardening Book to Grow Vegetables, Herbs, and Fruit All-Year-Round
Hydroponics for Beginners: The Complete Guide to Hydroponic Gardening, Designing and Building Inexpensive DIY Hydroponic Systems…
The Aquaponics Guidebook: Combining Aquaculture and Hydroponics Combining Aquaculture and Hydroponics
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Self-defense (broad) & Hunting:
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Muslims and Black Commit 81% of the Attacks on Jews in NYC – Geller Report
And yet we obsess over the Nazis in today’s world. In general, and especially if you are a “person of pallor” – diversity is generally not a strength in your community.
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90 Miles From Tyranny : Boom: 5M new gun owners, with 58% black and 40% women (ninetymilesfromtyranny.blogspot.com)
GREAT image at the link. And just like that, freedom takes a step forward:
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The Atlantic on the Mysterious Meaning of the 2nd Amendment (independentsentinel.com)
These people sure don’t give up. As Democrats and RINOs make the country far more dangerous and inhospitable, they want us unarmed; now, why is that?
What do you think?
Related:
“The Grotesque Lies That Keep America’s Phony “Gun Debate” Going” – GAT Daily (Guns Ammo Tactical)
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In NH it’s my understanding that you must inform the police if you are carrying. Ayoob recommends always notifying under the “no surprises” principle. A lot of good info on state laws here:
Handgunlaw.us
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5 Best Guns to Have Against Looting Rioters – Ask a Prepper
I will disagree on one thing. If you’re at the point where you have to shoot, MHO is that you want the person not getting up again. Because in a SHTF situation the person who gets up and gets away… almost certainly will be back. With friends. Again just MHO.
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Concluding thoughts if I’m moved to comment:
Violators will be turned in enthusiastically. Remember this bit of wisdom from Huxley:
These people TRULY BELIEVE that if we don’t deconstruct, depopulate, and then completely remake society all life on earth is doomed. Let me repeat: this is a matter of absolute faith for them. Compared to life on earth, in their view, what is life, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness?
Column: ’60 Minutes’ Makes Fake News About Humans Ruining Earth | Newsbusters
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Palate cleansers:
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Please check out my MEMES collections; last one here. Mockery, ridicule, and the wrapping of uncomfortable truths inside humor can penetrate the cognitive shields of normies far more effectively – IMHO – than dry facts and figures.
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Unless we are willing to restrict the powers of government even in respects where it might be used for good purposes, we shall not succeed in preventing an indefinite growth of government powers. To allow everything which seems expedient for the achievement of a desirable end is to dispense with all moral principles. The submission to rules which must be observed irrespective of whether in the particular instance their infringement is harmful or not, is the main condition for the possibility of order in a free society. And to these rules the state should be no less subject than the individual.
-F.A. Hayek
To a fault, we have been conditioned to believe that Government is Good. Sure – but only to a point and I believe that point has been passed. Every time we run up to the national debt ceiling, I hear cries that we are about to descend into a living hell, that the credit and faith in the Federal Government is at risk, and that we must honor the debts that politicians and bureaucrats have run up…
…or all is lost.
What we hear is that we MUST pour burning financial coals upon our young ones (and those not yet born) is to again satisfy the demands of the past and present spending. Little is ever heard of the alternative:
How about CUTTING spending so as to not reach this point again?
Instead, those of us calling for fiscal sanity are the equivalent of terrorists as they mash their feet to go even faster in whipping money out of the Treasury. And a little while later, the cycle repeats itself.
We saw this writ small this past week when we saw how the sausage-making, in the form of deciding on a Speaker of the House, showed the LARGE flaws in having such a large government whose just 1/3 of our Constitutional Republic being inoperative. Not able to vote in the Speaker meant that the new Representatives weren’t legal and unable to do anything with ripple effects flowing downstream.
And EVERY point of “failure” was declared a disaster.
Never, however, is anyone in Power willing to push the idea that it IS that way because Government has taken on Powers at the Federal level to which they are not entitled. Instead of being small, distinct, and apart from Society, it has entangled itself far too deeply in making Society dependent on it.
This is the result of Progressive thinking that ALWAYS lifts Powers from the People and centralizes it. There is NEVER the thought of devolving that Power back down the chain.
Even as it is now needed and necessary. The People should NEVER be held hostage because of a dysfunctional Government.
(H/T Cafe Hayek)
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Have you noticed how Sun-King Sununu … consistent with the Democrat that he actually is … ALWAYS resorts to calling people who disagree with him names? According to His Wokeness, if you disagree with him, that makes you an “extremist” or a “secessionist” or a “conspiracy theorist,” blah, blah, blah. In the case of the twenty House Republicans who initially opposed Kevin McCarthy’s bid to be Speaker it was “morons”:
Well here is a list of the REFORMS that Speaker McCarthy agreed to … which apparently His Wokeness would consider moronic:
These are the concessions Kevin McCarthy made to get the votes. Do keep in mind that 90% of the GOP pundit-class fought against these things for the last few days. You would have had none of this if they got their way.
Same people who supported “15 days to slow the spread”. pic.twitter.com/MsujoTLief
— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) January 7, 2023
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At one o’clock today, I hit the pause button. I stood and watched the TV. I turned up the volume so I could feel the emotions. And I cried. The Buffalo Bills were running onto their field of play carrying banners with the number 3 displayed proudly. Cannons exploded, smoke rose, the crowd went crazy, and the near tragedy of last Monday night turned into a celebration. Buffalo, New England, the NFL family, and the country are united in the celebration of the life of Damar Hamlin.
Six days ago, Damar Hamlin got up from a seemingly ordinary tackle, collapsed to the turf, and died. We later found that Damar’s heart had stopped twice. It was only because of the incredibly talented trainers and EMTs that they were able to get his heart beating, put him on oxygen, and quickly get him to a nearby hospital that Damar had a chance to survive. The country held its collective breath, waiting each day for some positive news from Cincinnati. Remarkably, the word got better every day as Hamlin fought to regain his life and health. Damar’s conditioning and the prayers of millions willed him back from death.
The collapse of Number 3 brought out the best in the fans of the NFL, sports, and those who cannot tell a football from a basketball. Tweets, Facebook posts, and scoreboards in NFL stadiums all called for prayers for a young man who nearly lost his life playing a game he loves. The GoFundMe page that Damar set up to buy toys for needy children in Buffalo swelled to over $8 Million. The goal for the site was a paltry $125,000. Thanks to the outpouring of love for Damar Hamlin, there will be some happy children in Buffalo.
My Patriots are playing the Bills this week in Buffalo. It is tough to root against the Bills as many thought it impossible they could pull themselves together to play. The fact that the Bills ran back the opening kickoff for a touchdown was a fairy-tale opening to the game. It will be an uphill battle if the Pats are to pull off the upset. But does it really matter? Damar Hamlin was sitting up in his hospital bed, alive, well, and rooting for his brothers in Buffalo Blue. I almost found myself pulling for the Bills. I am not sure they need my support. But a young man recovering in Cincinnati still needs all of our prayers.
An irony of this week is that kneeling and praying are not under fire. When darkness came, and a young man was clinging to life, grown men cried, hugged, kneeled, and prayed. Even though many of these people turned their backs on him lately, God was there to answer the call. How else do you explain that Damar died twice last Monday night, and today we celebrate his recovery?
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“A plain reading of the statutory language, paired with close consideration of the mechanics of a semi-automatic firearm, reveals that a bump stock is excluded from the technical definition of ‘machinegun’ set forth in the Gun Control Act and National Firearms Act.”
Related: 97.8% of Mass Shootings Occur in Gun-Free Zones
Also, from Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod’s 13-3 majority opinion.
A rich legal tradition supports the “well known rule” that “penal laws are to be construed strictly”…(United States v. Wiltberger). As Chief Justice Marshall explained long ago, the rule “is founded on the tenderness of the law for the rights of individuals; and on the plain principle that the power of punishment is vested in the legislative, not in the judicial department. It is the legislature, not the Court, which is to define a crime, and ordain its punishment.”
The current Congress will not likely propose, act on, or pass any bump stock bans, and there’s no indication that ATF intends to appeal to the US Supreme Court, but I feel confident they want that.
I’ll take the win! And maybe we should figure out a better way to make emotional pleas in favor of good guys with guns who stop shooters.
The Las Vegas Mass shooter event, much like any similar incident, catalyzes gun grabbers to punish the law-abiding who, if present, armed and able, would attempt to save lives by returning fire. The Vegas shooter was elevated in a nearby building so shooting back was never an option, not that anyone targeted was armed. But that event continues to swirl with conspiracy and plenty of legitimate questions.
Most mass shootings happen at ground level in places where shooters believe they have a force advantage. But not one so-called common-sense gun law addresses these facts. The gun-grabbers remedy is to create more gun-free zones instead of fewer, with Chicago being the poster child for why this tack is an act of planned failure.
Cargill vs Garland (Bump stock ban)
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Happy New Year! I’ve been appointed chair of the Executive Departments and Administration (ED&A) committee. We deal with the state pension system, professional licensing, administrative rules, the state building code, and the organization of the state government – so it’s a busy committee. Almost none of our bills make headlines, though!
Since the House is so closely divided between parties, my committee (and most others) is evenly split. I’m planning to have two of the subcommittees (those on government organization and rulemaking) with Democrat chairs and majorities; the Republican majority subcommittees are the ones on licensing and pensions.
I was also elected chair of JLCAR, the joint legislative committee on administrative rules. This committee confirms that agency rules (which have the force of law) comply with the actual laws and are in the public interest. Fortunately, there’s a staff of attorneys who do most of the detail work.
On January 4, the House met, as constitutionally required, to confirm the elections of the Governor and Council (spoiler alert, Chris Sununu was elected!) We also introduced the first batch of new bills. ED&A has 21 so far; I scheduled nine easy ones for next week and asked to have two redirected to more appropriate committees.
More importantly, we adopted revisions to House Rules. New deadlines, supermajority requirements to special order a bill to a different time, and language cleanup all passed without comment. Then came some changes not already approved by the Rules committee: allowing proxy voting was debated and failed, 171-204. Allowing remote or hybrid committee meetings was also debated and failed, 180-195; I was strongly opposed to both because of the possibility of abuse and because my experience with hybrid meetings in 2021 was so horrible.
Another rule change, changing the procedure for bills that tied in committee from an automatic “ought to pass” motion to the recommendation of the committee chair, had a tabling motion brought out immediately. This failed on a 188-188 tie, so we debated the original rule. I supported it since, as a committee chair, I usually have a good idea of how a bill will fare in the House, even if the committee is divided.
The opposition was based on the idea that the chair would automatically move the Republican position; I don’t believe that because first, not all tie votes are purely partisan, and secondly, taking up and debating a failing position before going to the likely motion wastes time and energy. Also, more bills are killed than passed, so “inexpedient to legislate” (kill) would make more sense as the default motion. Nonetheless, the rule change died, 184-191.
Adding a ban on deadly weapons in the chamber was debated and failed, 177-197. The news media made a big deal about this, but in fact concealed weapons have been allowed for years, only being banned when there is a Democrat majority (after the elections of 06, 08, 12, and 18.) A change to requiring 10 members, rather than one, to remove a bill from the consent calendar was debated and passed, 206-167. This was a non-partisan debate for a change! A motion to replace “prayer” with “invocation” failed 183-190 after a short, dull debate.
Then we debated changes to unanimous consent. This is a period at the end of the session where any member can sign up to speak on any topic. Memorials to deceased members used to be included, but last term, we moved them up to the beginning of the day. History lessons are popular topics. The basic idea is that if someone does not consent to the speech, he can object and a vote of the House determines if the speaker can continue. Majority vote approves continuance. So, first, we had a change to a 60% vote to continue, which passed on a voice vote; another change to allow a second objection to be raised was explained and passed, 200-173.
Committee procedure was the topic of the next two rule changes proposed. First, a requirement for alternating pro and con speakers in testimony was debated and failed 114-256. This is usually the case, but the actual order of testimony is up to the chair’s discretion. (for example, if there are a lot more “pro” speakers than “con,” alternating should be 2 or 3 pros, then a con.) The other change was to codify good practice, which is that a committee member who testifies for or against a bill cannot go back behind the table and ask questions during the hearing. After a brief explanation, this passed 200-169.
At the end of the session, a member got up for unanimous consent to speak about the events of January 6 in Washington. I know this person, so I quietly went out to the anteroom, withdrawing my consent, when someone objected, and they called for a vote. I returned and started to vote to let him continue (I believe in free speech, even if I don’t want to listen to it) until Matt Santonastaso pointed out that he believed in free speech, too, but on the speaker’s own time… The vote to stop the speech was decisive.
Representative Carol McGuire
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The most famous fake Indian, Senator Lizard Warren, continues to lead “her people” onto the progressive reservation by making the whole nation her plantation. Less famous Susan Taffe Reed, a Pretendian at Dartmouth, was the director of the Native American Program when busted but got a full-time side hustle in administration.
Related: There Can Be No Indigenous People’s Day – The North American Continent Doesn’t Have Any
The newst Alumnus of Pretendian U was working at the University of Wisconsin.
“Two-spirit” Kay LeClaire (pictured), who called herself “nibiiwakamigkwe” and founded the “queer Indigenous artists’ collective” known as giige, was outed on a message board called New Age Fraud Forum, according to a January 3 article in Madison 365.
LeClaire was a “community-leader-in-residence” for the public university who focused on “Indigenous craftwork” and tattooing.
Kay was big on tanning (most French and American “Indians” are), and it looks like she probably colored her hair a few shades darker than natural. Neither is a sin, but the report says she was sensitive when folks brought up how much she tanned, and then there’s that bit about lying.
Lying and being (most likely) an intolerable Social Justice harpy who did the so-called indigenous folks wrong by stealing their heritage for personal and professional advantage. Just like Liz Warren and Susan Taffe Reed.
And after reading her non-apology apology, she should run for the US Senate.
I am sorry […] A lot of information has come to my attention since late December. I am still processing it all and do not yet know how to respond adequately. What I can do now is offer change. Moving forward, my efforts will be towards reducing harm by following the directions provided by Native community members and community-specified proxies.
It’s Wisconsin. They’ll probably elect her in a landslide.
HT | Legal Insurrection
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On January 3rd, the progressive advocacy website called New Hampshire Bulletin posted, Housing, child care to get special attention this session. It could alternatively be titled, The NHGOP Is NOT Representing GOP Voters.
The gist of it is that Speaker has named two “special committees” because:
New Hampshire residents and businesses have struggled with shortages of both housing and child care in recent years. The state’s low housing stock helped drive home prices up during the pandemic, pricing out many first-time homebuyers and dissuading some new employees from moving into the state. And the scarcity of affordable child care has forced some parents to give up job opportunities in order to take care of their families, another barrier to hiring efforts.
In plain English, the New Hampshire UniParty wants more “workforce housing.” The NHGOP wants it because they want cheap labor for their corporate masters. The NH-Dems want it because it attracts more Tik Tok voters to the State … voters who tend to vote Democrat by a three-to-one margin.
I only have anecdotal evidence to go on, but I don’t know any GOP-voters who think New Hampshire needs more Tik Tok voters. More importantly, NHGOP State Reps and Senators who support “workforce … i.e. Tik Tok voter … housing” are negating the votes of GOP voters. It is fair to say, therefore, that these NHGOP Reps and Senators are NOT representing GOP voters.
And, by the way, isn’t the free market solution to a deficiency of workers businesses RAISING wages in order to attract the needed workers? Apparently the free market works differently in New Hampshire … rather than raising wages to address an alleged worker shortage, businesses instead receive subsidized housing from state government.
Note also the arrogance of New Hampshire Bulletin … which reflects the arrogance of the New Hampshire UniParty … staying home to care for one’s family is seen as ignoble and demeaning: Good grief woman! Bad enough that you are not getting an abortion, but you plan to stay home and raise your children yourself! What is wrong with you!
How does importing a bunch of Tik Tok voters and encouraging parents NOT to stay home to raise their children make New Hampshire a better State?
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We spent a good bit of energy focusing on the 2022 hurricane season in part becasue the experts said it would be above average. Regular readers will know they were wrong. It was below average. But now we know how far below.
Related: It’s Not Getting Warmer …
2022 had the lowest cumulative global cyclone energy in 42 years. Global, as in the whole planet. Forty-two years go so far back that it predates the political mythology of global warming itself and one of its many bold lies. That more CO2 in the atmosphere means more storms and more severe storms. But the pattern is cyclic and trending downward.
Now, if we were like the New York Times, we’d be obligated to present the facts like this.
Global Cyclone Energy Continues 7-year Collapse to Record Low!
It is accurate, but we’re not blaming rising CO2 for the trend, short as it is. The odds are excellent, given the history, that 2023 or 2024 will bounce back, giving the climate Karens something to write about. And while we’d be good with the audience of a New York Times, on our pages, most of the climate reporting is to make sport of how bad they are at predicting or reporting what the consensus insists, despite it never happening.
This circumstance is not wasted by a faction that yells louder and demands more of what won’t do what they claim to fix what’s not broken because the true goal is money and power – controlling the energy markets to control the population.
Somewhere up the fraud ladder, they know what their agenda will bring. It will require them to have that control. And keeping it means the truth must be hidden, warped to fit the narrative. And sure, everyone does that, I suppose. No one wants to admit they were that wrong about everything. Picking cherries might be the only true “pandemic” in the internet age, but the climate cult has put itself in a unique position.
It has to prove its predictions are still valid despite never getting one right and that its prescriptions even address the problem were it real.
Neither is true, but they control the message we refuse to repeat, so they label us deniers which is correct in one respect. We deny that there’s a problem or that your solutions could solve it if there were one.
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J6 has come and gone, but not without President* Lying Joe Biden and Vice President* Kamala “what border” Harris opening their crooked little mouths and lying so blatantly that even Democrats should be embarrassed by it. They won’t, but they should.
Robert Spencer, writing about the fraud of J6 at PJ Media, notes that,
On Friday, Biden even canonized saints for this new religion, awarding the Presidential Citizens Medal to twelve (twelve, just like the apostles!) people who supposedly held the line against the vicious “insurrectionists.” These twelve, he declared, “embody the best before, during and after January the 6, 2021.” He claimed that “history will remember your names. They’ll remember your courage. They’ll remember your bravery. They’ll remember your extraordinary commitment to your fellow Americans.” Old Joe didn’t say anything, of course, about Ashli Babbitt or Rosanne Boyland, Trump supporters who were actually killed that day. He did mention Capitol Police Officer William Evans, whom he claimed died due to “threats by these sick insurrectionists.” Wow, those must have been some strongly worded threats indeed. But the New York Times, in a Thursday recap of those who died “in connection with the Capitol riot,” doesn’t even mention Evans.
Evans, as Spencer notes, dies three months later “when a Nation of Islam supporter named Noah Green rammed him with his car.”
The driver, Noah Green, 25, came out of the car with a knife and was shot to death by a third police officer after he lunged at him.
Investigators believe Green had been delusional and increasingly having suicidal thoughts.
But not an insurrection? There’s no April 13 committee? Nope, just lying, Joe, aped by his media homunculus (or is that homonculi?).
Not to be outdone, the ‘vice’ president said this, again, care of PJ Media.
“On January 6th, 2021, American democracy endured a violent assault. Armed with deadly weapons and animated by lies and hate, insurrectionists invaded the United States Capitol in an attempt to overturn a lawful election and silence the voice of the people.”
Armed with deadly weapons? What, mean tweets? Did they sue cross-language? Armed only with words, the protesters who passed theory the Capitol doors opened for them by the Capitol police hurling scathing epithets like deadly weapons murdering the officer’s confidence such that all they could do is give directions to the invaders.
The only armed individuals were the government agents, like the one who got off Scot-free (I’m Scottish, I can say that) after murdering Ashli Babbitt, who has been denigrated for standing there long enough to get herself killed.
It’s absurd.
If you’d like to talk about extremism, how about extreme falsehood peddled into the history books as truth? Not a new practice by any means, but has it always been this bad? I suppose it has, but for the American Constitution’s Free speech protections. They protect the right (theoretically) of other voices or observers present to offer alternative views.
The Dems hate free speech so much that they’ve labeled everything with which they disagree hate speech.
a : intense hostility and aversion usually deriving from fear, anger, or sense of injury
b : extreme dislike or disgust : ANTIPATHY, LOATHING
“Had a great hate for free speech.”
While they can say whatever they like and if you call them out on their lies… it’s hate speech.
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I am grateful to hear that you still refer to the January 6 protests of two years ago as “riots.” Grateful? Yes, because it serves as a reminder of the propaganda you spew.
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You called the events in Minneapolis, Seattle, Portland, and Wisconsin “mostly peaceful protests,” even though there were murders, arson, looting, and wholesale destruction of private property.
What makes the events of January 6 qualify as a “riot?” The only person killed was an unarmed female shot by a government agent.
Your bias is far too obvious to be accidental. It’s no wonder you are now referred to as the “Lamestream Media.”
Now, go back to broadcasting government talking points and pretending it is news.
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An act of congress is responsible for some good news that’s bad news. The Biden administration is required to file a report through the Department of Energy, whose result verifies an opposing narrative. They couldn’t have liked it that much.
The report, mandated by Congress and finalized by the Department of Energy (DOE) in December 2022, estimated that the Keystone XL project would have created between 16,149 and 59,000 jobs during its construction and had a positive economic impact of between $3.4 billion and $9.6 billion.
This contradicts the original position of the Biden administration when Sleepy Joe whacked it on day one. “It concluded there were limited job impacts, with approximately 50 permanent jobs estimated to have been created were the pipeline operational.” They counted jobs to maintain it, not build it. They left out the economic benefits of construction. That is what the new report reveals. These are some big numbers, but small, in my opinion, compared to the larger picture.
Biden didn’t just put a stake in the heart of Keystone XL. He ran roughshod over fracking, new oil leases, and all fossil fuels. Something he promised to do during his campaign. End them in those words. They account for hundreds of thousands of jobs whose wages end up everywhere in the economy. The one the Bidenistas inherited was swarming with energy jobs. Oil, gas, natural gas, and propane were all more affordable and abundant. We were leading the world in exports and reduced costs domestically. The extra pocket change found its way into the economy, boosting wages for teenagers, people of color, women, and everyone.
Don’t get me wrong. Biden’s green economy delivers lots of economic prosperity … to China.
And it makes us increasingly dependent on our enemies for fossil fuels when the green dream becomes a nightmare.
And it will.
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