America’s four most popular sports are all in season right now, and the sports betting industry is loving it. Last year, the industry generated $4.29 billion in revenue from the $57.22 billion wagered.

Through June 30 this year, $3.04 billion in sports betting revenue have been collected – a rate that will surpass last year’s record. By 2025, revenue is estimated to exceed $7 billion, according to Morgan Stanley.

The US sports betting industry is growing at a rapid pace as more states join the legalization of the industry. Legal domestic sports betting is available in 31 US states, plus D.C. New Jersey was the first state to legalize online casinos in the country, and now there are around 30 legal online casinos in NJ with great popularity and a variety of games and exclusive features for its players. In this blog post, we will take a look at the US sports betting industry in 2022.

The current state of the US sports betting industry

In the past, betting on sports was a taboo activity that was largely limited to underground bookies. However, the landscape has changed dramatically in recent years, and sports betting is now a multi-billion dollar industry. In 2018, the US Supreme Court struck down a federal law that had effectively banned sports betting, clearing the way for states to legalize and regulate the activity. Since then, more than a dozen states have passed laws legalizing sports betting, and many more are considering doing so. The result is an industry that is growing rapidly and attracting a lot of attention from investors. With more states expected to join the fray in the coming years, The future of sports betting in the US looks very optimistic.

How online sportsbooks are impacting the industry

The online sports betting industry is booming and shows no signs of slowing down. With the click of a button, bettors can now place wagers on their favorite sports teams from the comfort of their own homes. This convenience has made online sportsbooks incredibly popular, and they are now starting to have a major impact on the industry as a whole.

While traditional brick-and-mortar sportsbooks are still the dominant force in the industry, online sportsbooks are quickly gaining ground. In fact, some analysts believe that online sportsbooks will eventually overtake their offline counterparts in terms of market share. This trend is happening for several reasons. First and foremost, online sportsbooks offer a level of convenience that offline sportsbooks cannot match. Bettors can log into their accounts and place wagers at any time of day or night without having to travel to a casino or racetrack. Second, online sportsbooks often offer better odds and more generous bonuses than offline sportsbooks. This makes them much more attractive to savvy bettors who are looking to maximize their winnings. Finally, online sportsbooks are generally much more user-friendly than offline sportsbooks, making them easier for new bettors to use.

The rise of online sportsbooks is having a major impact on the industry as a whole. Traditional offline sportsbooks are being forced to adapt in order to compete with their online rivals. The result is a more competitive and dynamic industry that can better meet today’s bettors’ needs.

The future of sports betting in the US

The future of sports betting in the United States looks promising. bookmakers are already legally operating in several states, and more states are expected to pass legislation in the coming years. The popularity of online betting sites has also grown in recent years, making it easier than ever for American consumers to place bets on their favorite sports teams. As the industry continues to grow, it is likely that bookmakers will increasingly look to the US market for growth opportunities. This could lead to more innovation in the products and services offered to American bettors and greater competition among bookmakers. In short, the future of sports betting in the US looks bright. There are many reasons to believe that the industry will continue to grow in both size and popularity in the years to come.

States where sports betting is legal in 2022

Which states allow gambling on sports? More than 20 US states have legalized state-regulated sports betting, though New Mexico does not qualify because of the tribal loophole.

Many states have authorized sports gambling but have yet to launch any sportsbooks, while others are still in the process of legislation.

Below is a list of states that have passed legislation approving domestic sports betting, as well as those with active legislation pending:

 

Arizona	Arkansas	Colorado	Connecticut	Delaware	Florida	Illinois
Indiana	Iowa	Kansas	Louisiana	Maine	Maryland	Massachusetts
Michigan	Mississippi	Montana	Nebraska	Nevada	New Hampshire	New Jersey
New Mexico	New York	North Carolina	North Dakota	Ohio	Oregon	Pennsylvania
Rhode Island	South Dakota	Tennessee	Virginia	West Virginia	Washington	Washington D.C
Wisconsin	Wyoming

 

The Significance of States’ Rights in Regards to Domestic Sports Betting

In 2011, the United States Department of Justice altered the opinion that The Wire Act only affected US-based online sports gambling businesses. After this change, states were then able to pass legislature legalizing online casinos and poker games.

The application of this law changed in 2018 with the repeal of PASPA, and it was clarified again in 2019. Now the Act only bans interstate gambling transmissions for state-regulated gambling. This means that businesses cannot accept wagers across different state lines. The courts are currently on political battlegrounds over the interpretation of the Wire Act, so its applications could change soon.

PASPA was a federal ban prohibiting states from legalizing and conducting sports betting enterprises. Some people argued that this ban was unconstitutional because it went against states’ rights. After being sued by the major sports leagues in the US, New Jersey decided to do something about PASPA.

In a Supreme Court case that would have nationwide implications, New Jersey argued that PASPA violated their rights when they tried to authorize sports betting in 2014. Fortunately, the state came out on top, with many now looking to them as an example for future cases. The United States Supreme Court ruled that PASPA was unconstitutional and has now given individual states the authority to regulate sports wagering.

In the aftermath of PASPA’s repeal, an unprecedented number of states have legalize sports betting. Today, over half of the US states offer legalized sports betting. Sports betting has been authorised even in Puerto Rico, which is not technically a state.

Conclusion

In the United States, the sports betting industry is currently in a state of flux. Online sportsbooks are having a major impact on the industry, and it is unclear what the future will hold. However, in 2022, sports betting are legal in many states across the country. The Significance of States’ Rights in Regard to Domestic Sports Betting could have a major impact on how this industry develops in the coming years.

 

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One of the fun things about the Political left is that sometimes they get so invested in a narrative that they forget about blowback. Calling anyone who dares to challenge election results they don’t like an election denier is a great example. And these Democrats not only denied this election they were taking it to court.

Related: Priceless: Kari Lake Has 150 Examples of Election Denial by Democrats and the Media

A narrow victory by an incumbent Republican resulted in a request for a recount, which is sensible given the margin was only 23 votes. After the recount, the Democrat challenger had a one-vote margin of victory but there was a new problem. The number of ballots recounted did not match the original number of ballots cast. Republicans challenged the result and the Secretary of State called for a recount of the recount.

Democrats sued to block it and here’s where the narrative blowback happens.

 

Democrats responded by asking a judge to issue an order permanently banning the secretary of state from reopening the recount. They also accused Scanlan and the GOP of wanting “to conduct recount after recount until they achieve their desired result.”

 

I can’t count the number of races in the last few years where Democrats kept counting until their guy or gal or guygalgalguy won. It’s how they run elections, and any objection is labeled election denial. The judge agreed with the Secretary of state, and the result was a Republican victory, this time by 26 votes.

New Hampshire’s Election-denying Democrats were preparing to bring the matter before the Ballot Law Commission but then changed their minds.

 

Democratic attorney Bill Christie informed his Republican counterparts Sunday night that his clients, Ward 6 candidate Maxine Mosley and Senate Minority Leader Donna Soucy (D-Manchester) would not be going forward with their appeal to the Ballot Law Commission as planned.

“It appears that the Manchester Ward 6 race is over,” GOP attorney Richard J. Lehmann told NHJournal. But not before putting Granite State Democrats in the politically problematic position of trying to prevent lawfully-cast votes from being counted and echoing the “election denial” arguments of Donald Trump.

 

I get that they wanted the seat. NH Dems made some significant gains in the NH House but not enough to claim the majority. The Republican majority is razor-thin. One seat can change a lot from who gets elected speaker to committee chairmanships to legislative priorities. But maybe it wasn’t worth the continued degradation of a well-worn narrative.

 

 

 

HT | NH Insider

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The economy is a numbers game. Do I feel the numbers are manipulated? Absolutely. An example is the unemployment numbers falsely reported for September and October and then corrected after the midterm elections.

You cannot go into an election with bad economic indicators, which is usually terminal for the Party in power. Though I am not sure, it would have mattered this year as the electorate is either okay with a lousy economy or simply ignorant of the facts. I am going with the latter.

A case in point of the level of awareness of government activity would be a couple of weeks ago on the game show Jeopardy. All three contestants failed to answer a clue that read, “She’s the first Black woman on the Supreme Court and the first justice to have been a federal public defender.” Nobody on this panel of geniuses knew who Ketanji Brown Jackson was, and this sent CNN host Don Lemon over the edge. It shouldn’t because he and his network are partly to blame for the lack of public knowledge of current events. If they had reported all the news accurately, one of these three might have picked up some cash.

But, back to the economy. We just came off a week where most Americans experienced the highest food costs in history due to Joe Biden’s inflation and/or recession. Airline rates are still so high that many college students stayed at school for the break, unable to pay for a round-trip flight. The traffic on the highways was lighter than usual because gas and diesel prices were still too high for leisure travel. People in cold climate regions are starting to see home heating bills, which will further pinch the budget. Things are not getting better, and for most folks, the economy is still on the slide. But not according to our President Joe Biden. He addressed the nation last week, looked us right in the eye, and told us how strong his economy is. How does he afford the gas for that light he is shining in America’s eye? I guess when you are staying for free in a $20 Million beachfront home on Nantucket for Thanksgiving week, everything looks great, even his horrendous economy.

Biden has been lying to America about the economy since he and Jen Psaki were trying to convince everyone that the economic downturn and rising gas prices were all the fault of Vladimir Putin. It didn’t work then and will not now. Or will it? It worked for the Democrats in the Midterms. One thing looming is the possibility of a rail strike next week. This work stoppage was not supposed to happen as Joe Biden took a victory lap in September. The “Union” President bragged that he could get everyone on board to new contracts and avoid a crippling strike. Like the economy numbers, this false info worked for the Midterms, and now we can deal with the reality.

The economy, gas prices, inflation, recession, rail strike, and student loan forgiveness were all misrepresented by Biden and the Republicans. Biden promised the most transparent administration in history, and he is correct. We can see every lie this President is feeding us. The only thing we can count on is two more years of Biden and mistruths ahead of us.

 

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It looks like you are not the only carbon they want to reduce. The Climate Cult is building a narrative around pet ownership and how it is a threat to the planet.

Related: The Elites’ Want You to Eat Bugs – But They are Toxic to Humans

“According to a 2017 study, feeding dogs and cats creates the equivalent of around 64 million tons of carbon dioxide in the US each year. That’s roughly the same impact as 13.6 million cars on the road. And, if our furry friends formed a separate country, it would rank 5th in global meat consumption behind China, the US, Brazil and Russia, according to UCLA professor and author of that study Gregory Okin,” CNN stated.

 

I think the crazy liberal cat ladies need to riot. Sorry, I meant protest. You already have the pussyhat (or know someone who does). Just repurpose it for this. Stand up for a woman’s right to own cats. Or, you could consider the alternative. Take them off a diet with foods they need (meat) and put them on something the Left is trying to convince us has a smaller carbon footprint. Plants.

 

The news outlet added that most of the carbon pawprint comes from their diet, which is extremely high in meat and so requires a lot of resources (including energy, land, and water) to create.

 

Impossible dog and cat chow. They could make it with impossible beef and the potentially (or is it Impossibly) filthy processing plant in Pennsylvania. And that’s the impossible solution to the impossible dream of the people who would end the moment world based on decades of predictions that failed to come true.

But this time, they are right. And if that means declining your quality of life or that of the company you keep (people or pets), it’s a price they are willing to make you pay.

I also think the CNN pet food piece was a trial balloon, so keep your eyes open for more like it.

 

 

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The Nashua City Charter serves as our local constitution for city government, and the ordinances serve as the laws. It works best when we follow the rules. But in the last four years, the rules no longer matter.

Under the Nashua Revised Ordinance [NRO], the city must have a five-member Ethics Committee, with appointments nominated by the Mayor.

The Mayor has not appointed anyone to the Ethics Committee since 2017. The committee ceased to function in 2019. The last members were Dearborn Wingate (term expired in 2015), Tim Bush, Sindiso Mnisi-weeks, and Mike Tabascko.

In the last four years of Mayor Donchess’ reign, the city has faced several ethics allegations, none forwarded to the Ethics Committee.

When a single political party runs a City, it is unlikely they will investigate their own, and the Mayor’s neglect in appointing members to the Ethics Committee without any Board objection amplifies his unchecked powers. Board members need his money to back their campaigns.

To compound this, there is an old guard of city leaders that have long-standing personal friendships among themselves and leadership, that prevent the critical and objective review necessary to call out misconduct. When leaders sit in the chamber together to do business and regularly sit in the bar together chumming it up, they develop blind spots for seeing and correcting abuse.

Based on the NRO Ethics Committee complaint section, “Any individual having information that a municipal employee.., is engaged in improper activities or has a conflict of interest .., may file his or her complaint with the City Solicitor/Corporation Counsel, who shall forthwith submit said complaint to the Ethics Review Committee.”

In 2019, I hired, at my own expense, a private investigator to observe an assessor who I believed was not doing his job; My attempts to convey my concerns with the City leadership were disregarded. The Standard of Conduct that would trigger a committee review would be if an employee “Pursues a course of conduct which will raise suspicion among the public that he is likely to be engaged in acts that are in violation of his trust.”

After a month-long investigation, it was discovered the assessor was sleeping in his car in city parking lots and/or using a personal computer while signing out on an office white board that he was visiting properties. Additionally, in a conflict of interest, he came to my home to review the assessment his brother has done on the property. Unsurprisingly, he agreed with his brother’s work.

The private investigator’s report was presented to Attorney Bolton and Mayor Donchess. In violation of the City law to report this alleged misconduct to the Ethics Committee, Attorney Bolton dismissed the report, within 24 hours, finding the report had no merit. The Department of Revenue investigated and produced a report that did find misconduct and sanctioned the assessor for violating public trust. Why were Concord leaders willing to conduct an ethics investigation, but Nashua leaders were not?

A single party system can easily lead to unchecked unethical conduct. What the Republicans did in Washington to defend Trump’s action on January 6, 2021 and not impeach, is no different than what Nashua leadership does to defend Mayor Donchess and promulgate unethical behavior in City Government.

The Ethics Committee should be convened to:

[1] investigate Mayor Donchess’ use of the public access TV station to run a personal public relations ad last year to campaign in support the charter change that would permit the Mayor to appoint the Police Commissioners. The Board of Alderman did not vote to approve this. Using his Mayor power, he ordered TV time to pitch his personal agenda. The Democratic Board of Alderman looked the other way, just like the D.C. Republicans did with Trump.

[2] investigate the handling of information requests by the City and Legal office. There have been too many costly lawsuits with no substantive changes to correct these problems. The State Attorney General’s office does not have a municipal division and will not accept municipal complaints, so local power to enforce is critical.

[3] Investigate the conduct of Attorney Bolton in his ability to follow his professional conduct codes with regard to his duty to provide administrative oversight to the Attorneys and staff of the Nashua’s legal office and investigate the misuse of taxpayer money.

[4] to investigate the destruction of public documents by Board of Alderman members who believe when they read a letter into the public record during a public meeting, they can tear it up, on camera, and announce their willful act to deny the public the information.

[5] investigate the Board of Alderman and their inability to conduct themselves per their professional code of conduct. The Mayor is leading the effort to gaslight citizens who speak contrary to his viewpoints, violating their constitutional rights and creating costly federal lawsuits and personal lawsuits against individual members of the Board. The Board of Aldermen are modelling the Mayor’s tactics and amplifying the gaslighting.

Mayor Donchess had created a viscously partisan city with the Board of Alderman happy to execute his divisive plans rather than represent their constituents. The Mayor’s neglect in appointing an Ethics Committee has allowed the City to lose its moral compass. Sadly, under Mayor Donchess’ leadership, Nashua has become a lot like Washington, DC.

 

Youtube video of Timmons tearing up letter read into the record:

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Falls are one of the most common types of accidents on construction sites all over the country, and the HSE estimates that almost half of construction-related injuries result from falls from height.

If you’re a project manager or developer, this is something that should always be at the back of your mind. You want your employees to be as safe as possible for their well-being and to prevent disruption on job sites. Having too many accidents could also get the attention of inspectors and leave you open to legal action. Let’s take a look at a few ways that you can prevent falls at a construction site.

Provide Employees with the Proper Protective Equipment

Protective equipment can be used to reduce the damage caused by falls and to prevent them from happening. All your employees should be provided harnesses and lanyards. Also make sure they wear hi-vis jackets, non-slip shoes and hard hats. If you want to source these items cheaply, look for PPE Suppliers that sell a wide variety of PPE for construction as they will usually have better prices. Also, check if you can bundle your purchases for a discount.

Clean Up as Often as Possible

You also have to make sure that everyone cleans up their station when they’re finished and that spills are cleaned up immediately. Have signs ready in case a spill happens so it can be identified and easily visible. Make sure that you always have spill-control supplies on hand. And, if there is a specific procedure for dealing with spills, make sure that everyone is well aware of it and that there is documentation available for people to consult.

Make Risk Assessment a Priority

Daily walkthroughs should be performed to make sure that any hazard is identified. This is something that should be conducted by a safety officer or a qualified employee. They should check the state of fall arrest systems, and the integrity and stability of the scaffolding, guardrails, and ladders, among other things.

You should also teach your employees to perform inspections. While they shouldn’t be put in charge of inspection for all employees, this will help them identify issues themselves and correct them before they get to work.

Continuously Work on Training and Recruit Properly

One of the biggest reasons for falls is the workers themselves and having a good workforce that is properly trained will make a big difference. So, make sure that your employees are properly vetted and look beyond their qualifications.

Test their safety knowledge and quiz them on specific situations where they have seen safety issues. Ask them what they did to deal with those situations too. And have a strict continuous training programme that will ensure that your employees are always up to date on the latest safety measures.

These are all things that will allow you to significantly reduce the risk of falls on any construction site. Have all the tools and documentation necessary for employees to work safely, make sure to double-check everyone before your days, and always stay on top of the latest rules if you want to have all of your bases covered.

 

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NH Resolution 2023-0275, sponsored by JD Bernardy (Rockingham District 16), brings the resolution to adopt New Hampshire as the 20th state to move toward a Convention of States (COS).

Bernardy, husband, and father of three, is a veteran of the United States Navy and a graduate of Franklin Pierce Law Center. The resolution has been bandied about and considered for several years. However, the recent increase in bipartisan agreement among Americans whose common concern for the issue COS intends to address, namely term limits, fiscal accountability, and regulatory controls is gaining serious momentum.

What is a Convention of States exactly? Essentially it is a political safety clause enshrined by the founders in Article V of the Constitution that protects the people in the event of a non-responsive federal government. You may be thinking the US government, which is the largest body in the world, is doing all kinds of things in response to the people’s wishes, however, that isn’t the case. The three issues COS wishes to address have long been wanted by the vast majority of Americans, however, it takes the very people in government to act against their own interests.

Leaders with integrity and accountability to their bosses (i.e. we the people) would have acted by now, but they haven’t. Rather than adopt the highly popular term limit request of Americans they instead vote themselves raises. Instead of balancing the budget, they’ve spent it nearly to collapse, and it appears to have been done on purpose. Taxes and inflation are crippling Americans, and billions are being given to one of the most corrupt nations in Ukraine while Americans struggle to pay for food, gas, and even shelter. And federal regulations for carbon use, ESG scores, and a rumored climate lockdown are stacking up like cars in rush hour traffic.

There has never been a better moment to call for a Convention of States, but it’s a race against time. Playing by the rules the states need 34 to adopt the resolution (we’re currently at 19) at which point the states will select delegates to attend the convention. The issues will be brought forth, debated, and hopefully the big three adopted if the convention is able to keep the will of the people as the top priority.

Other states with resolutions on the floor this year include South Dakota, Iowa, New Mexico, Virginia, and North Carolina. If all pass we would have twenty-five needing only nine more to call the convention.

This sounds like such a no-brainer it’s a wonder there are any critics, yet there are. Mostly they are motivated by maintaining the status quo, which means feeding at the federal trough at the expense of we the taxpayers. To keep this merry-go-round of largesse they use the typical fear tactics, among legislators, in the media, and among “experts” who pump worry into a largely under-informed population who might buy what they’re selling. Remember, they’re the ones who got us into this mess, and it was our ignorance and lack of participation that allowed it.

How can you take action to help? For starters get educated on the basics of the resolution and consider taking a Constitution Alive course (great to do with family too). For maximum momentum these courses can also be held at your school, church, work or library where you can see first-hand the desire of your neighbors to make this happen.

Contact your representative by phone or email and tell them your concerns and desires. If by mail most reps, even those opposed to the bill, are more likely to listen if you personalize rather than send a pre-scripted version.

New Hampshire has some 12,000 signers and supporters moving the state in this direction. New Hampshire also has the third largest legislative body in the world, which means it understands the need for representation of, rather than recalcitrance toward, its citizens. To add your name to the petition click this link.

NH Assistant State Director for Convention of States is Al Brandano who you can find out more about and connect with here.

If you’d like to join a weekly conference call and ask questions of either Al Brandano or Regional Director Susan Peters:

• NH call is the last Wednesday of the month (link here)
• VT call is 605-472-5530 Mondays at 6:30pm -7:15pm (access code 712320)
• To speak with JD Bernardy call 603-969-5796.

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There are a couple of lawsuits in New Hampshire challenging the New Hampshire School Boards Association (NHSBA) transgender JBAB policy. This time, Ohio parents filed a lawsuit based on what you would find in the JBAB policy that has been adopted in several schools throughout New Hampshire.

For many years, the NHSBA pushed this harmful policy on New Hampshire schools. They finally retracted their support for JBAB after a few parents in New Hampshire filed lawsuits against their local. Unfortunately, JBAB remains as a policy in many schools in New Hampshire. Parents should know that their tax dollars are used to financially support the NHSBA when the district pays dues out of your school budget.

JBAB not only says that biological males and females can use the restroom of their opposite sex, it also includes a provision that forces school personnel to lie to parents if a student requests a name change at school.

I have been told that girls in the Manchester School District have been refraining from using the restroom based on the JBAB policy. Some of them do not want to share the restroom with biological males. Parents and students in other NH districts have also reported to their school boards that some girls are uncomfortable using the restroom under these conditions.

From the article: Ohio school district sued for transgender bathroom policy that caused students to ‘hold their urine’ (emphasis mine)

An Ohio school district is facing a lawsuit from a group of Muslim and Christian parents after allowing students to use bathrooms corresponding to their stated gender identity rather than their biological sex.

America First Legal filed the federal lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of the parents against Bethel Local School District, located north of Dayton, accusing the district of violating the Title IX protections of students and infringing on parental rights.

According to the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, the Bethel school board adopted a new policy in January 2022 that allowed students to use bathroom facilities based on their gender identity. Previously, transgender students predominantly used a gender-neutral bathroom, according to the lawsuit.

The interfaith group of parents who sued Tuesday say the district is infringing on their ability to exercise their religious beliefs and to direct the upbringing of their children by forcing them to conform to the district’s policy favoring transgender students. The lawsuit also says the district has violated Title IX and Ohio law by implementing the policy.

AND

Since the policy has been in place, the lawsuit claims that the children of the plaintiffs have felt uncomfortable using the bathroom at school and have resorted to “hold[ing] their urine and avoid[ed] using the restroom at school if at all possible.”

“If the students have to use the restroom, it causes them anxiety and emotional distress because of Bethel’s policies,” the lawsuit says. “It also assaults their modesty as they fear that they will be exposed to the opposite sex.”

The changes were met with concern from community members who “tried to find solutions that would value and respect all members of the community” but were ignored by the board.

In one instance, the lawsuit says a group of local Muslims donated money to the school district to build a gender-neutral bathroom adjacent to existing bathrooms so that transgender students could use that facility. The district built the bathroom but failed to inform the donors it would not require transgender students to use it, the lawsuit claims.

If any New Hampshire students are in the same predicament, feel free to reach out to me at banfieldannmarie@gmail.com. I will check to see if any legal actions against local schools are underway in New Hampshire too.

 

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Morrill was a 12 year old paper boy for the Bangor Daily News when he won a trip to Washington, D.C. It was a trip he would never forget, and his stop at Arlington National Cemetery made an indelible impression on the young lad from Maine.

The experience followed him throughout his life. As he became a successful businessman, he remembered that his good fortune was due, in large part, to the veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice and were resting for eternity in Arlington. Merrill would find a way to honor them. That is why Merrill Worcester is this week’s Sunday Spotlight.

Morrill Worcester is the owner of Worcester Wreath Company of Harrington, Maine. In 1992, Morrill found himself with a surplus of wreaths near the end of the holiday season. He remembered that trip to D.C., and with the help of his state senator, arrangements were made to transport those wreaths to Arlington. The wreaths were placed on the stones in one of the older sections that saw fewer visitors each year.
That act of respect and love for those who had given their all began Wreaths Across America.

The annual tribute went on quietly until 2005 when the now famous picture I have used as the feature image of this article appeared on the internet. Instantly, thousands of requests poured in from across the country from people who wanted to emulate the wreath-laying in their local veteran’s cemeteries. In 2006, wreaths were placed in 150 locations; today, that number has grown to over 1,000 cemeteries nationwide. Each year, a wreath from upstate Maine is also laid on every stone in Arlington. In 2014, Morrill’s goal of adorning the over 225,000 stones in Arlington National Cemetery was met.

What started as a small gesture has become a nationwide effort by thousands of volunteers, along with the generous help of dozens of organizations, including the trucking industry, that help to transport these wreaths from Maine to their various destinations. Each year, on the second or third Saturday in December, these trucks depart Harrington and form the largest Veteran’s Parade in the country, as these trucks branch out across this land.

Morrill Worcester is a true Patriot with immense love for this country that has afforded so much for him and his family. He shares that love and patriotism with the many programs he has started to teach the younger generation about the history of the men and women who have died for us. WAA works to create opportunities to connect “the Greatest Generation” with the “Generation of Hope,” passing on inspirational stories from World War II veterans to the young leaders of the future.

Morrill Worcester teaches us a great lesson with Wreaths across America. He has shown that one man with a vision and drive can impact a country and its people. A man with a dream has grown into a volunteer army of thousands who share his love, patriotism, and desire to honor every man and woman who has given their life to preserve the freedom we enjoy.

You can help by going to wreathsacrossAmerica.org and donating or volunteering to help. Hopefully, Morrill’s dream will live on for years to come as an annual act of patriotism to honor our fallen brothers and sisters.

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If you’ve not seen the ads, the movie is called Strange World, which is ironic. The film includes a gay teen, accepting biracial parents, and a disabled dog. In other words, it is the template for every commercial you see on television (minus the disabled part for the dog).

Not strange at all, unless you’re talking about another Disney opening weekend box office flop! Their biggest opening flop ever?

 

The new Disney animated movie, “Strange World,” opened to a disappointing $4.2 million on Wednesday and is expected to make less than $24 million in its first five days in theaters. For a movie with an estimated $180 million in production costs, those are worryingly low returns.

 

Based on the ads, I don’t think the #woke bits are the problem. I’ve seen their commercials more times than I can count, and it was unclear to me that it was anything but an animated feature. I’ll confess to liking Disney movies, though I’ve not watched them in recent years, and I know enough about stories to understand when there isn’t one. Not a good one. I could not determine what these individuals were doing from the ads and why anyone should care.

Disney may have been more interested in how to portray a gay teen romance, biracial parents, (and climate change themes) and forgot that none of that matters if it doesn’t somehow drive the story. Making people gay or trans or using people of color for straight or white roles or whatever else the entertainment establishment feels guilty about is irrelevant if it’s posturing.

People complained about dark-skinned Valyrians in HBO’s House of the Dragon, but if you ignore the superficial insecurity of the Hollywood casting directors and producers, the actors were outstanding, and that’s what matters.

Strange World might be strange because it wanted so badly to normalize a biracial family with a gay teen romance it forgot to make the story about that, which – still isn’t for everyone – but at least it would have been honest. Instead, we get a “kids” movie peddling lifestyle choices that are not all that strange unless they are unnecessary affectations to push an agenda.

I’ve not seen the film and doubt I will, but that’s my sense, given the noise following a disappointing opening weekend.

And I’m not offended by animated biracial parents accepting their animated gay teen or his romance. Being a constitutional conservative means protecting the idea that limited government maximizes individual liberty and personal choice. If parents want to take their kids to that, it’s not porn, grooming, abuse, or even strange. And neither are Liberals getting mad at me for protecting the right to have different choices and calling me a bigot if I don’t immediately give up mine and embrace theirs.

It is strange that Disney is clinging to a cultural obsession that its core audience continues to reject.

I suppose that might be why they just jettisoned their CEO and asked Bob Iger to fill in and stop the bleeding. But is that something Bob Iger can do? The brand is damaged, and park attendance is down. Has Disney’s # woke momentum dragged the franchise off more than just a box office cliff?

 

 

The post Disney’s Latest #Woke Leap Crashed And Burned at the Box Office appeared first on Granite Grok.

The devastating rise in the national suicide level has caught the attention of the Clinton Foundation. One look at the numbers and it’s obvious – it is an epidemic. Last year suicide was the number two cause of death amongst Americans aged 25-34.

“This is unacceptable,” says Clinton Foundation spokesperson Graham Reaper. “The only reason this isn’t number one is laziness, am I right?” he asks looking around the front office. The rapidly nodding heads of his underlings offer confirmation.

Suicide is no laughing matter. This tragic end-of-life option is and should be unspeakable to any sane person, but sanity is not what’s needed when your goal is to champion the cause. And the champions of suicide solutions have close ties to Bill and Hillary Clinton.

With each passing year the hashtag “#ClintonBodyCount” has been trending upward. On the day of Jeffery Epstein’s suicide, where internet experts say Epstein didn’t kill himself, the Twitterverse was overrun with suggestions that maybe the former first family could offer some help.

“The Clinton family has the distinct honor of over one hundred of their closest allies, boy guards, business partners, and court subpoenaed colleagues all deciding to take one for the team. Team Clinton that is” says Reaper.

Authorities and experts long have wondered how so many people could manage to squeeze out a second shot from a rifle to the chest or a handgun to the back of the head, or a second shot to the chest from a shotgun while hanging from a rope, or handgun to the back of the head while hanging long enough to pilot an exploding plane.

We reached out to several former Clinton bodyguards, twelve to be exact, but none of them would return our calls. Turns out they’re all no longer living.

“It’s a little thing we like to call dead-ication. Get it?” asks a chuckling Reaper.

Harry Kiri gets it. The author of Arkancide: The Art of Exiting Gracefully says “It truly boggles the mind the lengths some people will go to say goodbye to this cruel family…err…world”.

Though competition for the top spot will be highly contested this year with over 12.5 billion doses of vaccines soon to shake things up, the Clinton Foundation is doing what it can to help. Later this year their Plumbers Unit will be offering a Master Class for those interested in the various techniques they use to ensure the final departure. All proceeds will be divided between the Vince Foster Youth Scholarship, the Seth Rich for the Poor Food Shelter, and Laura Silsby Children’s Hospital.

When it’s time to say goodbye, some people just need a little help getting it right the first time.

– Graham Reaper, head of Clinton Foundation Suicide Task Force

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The clear aim of our political movement is to keep and return as much political and economic power to the people and their families so they can make the best decisions for themselves.

We want to thank Tejasinha Sivalingam for this Op-Ed – Please direct yours to Editor@GraniteGrok.com.
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I have summarized this as the founding ideology of our great State and country, as Individual Rights, State Sovereignty, and continued United States unity and independence.

We must stop focusing on the particular leaders of the opposition because our movement will maintain the initiative and momentum when we focus on defeating the alien ideologies rather than just those who espouse them. When we focus on disproving their underlying ideologies, we undermine the support and power of the opposition leadership who stand for those ideologies.

To insure the survival of our founding ideology, we must speak to the people and remind them of the importance and reasons for Individual Rights, State Sovereignty, and continued United States unity and independence. This will secure the legitimate authority we seek, i.e. authority from the people.

Obviously, it goes without saying that we must use the proper channels for resolving issues. However, what appears less obvious is that we must hold to our ideology as our “red line”; i.e., the point beyond which there is no compromise, only peaceful kind and firm resolve.

Notice the strength of the opposition ideologies; they don’t compromise their core tenets; rather, they expect us to compromise ours. Yes, ultimately, this has to be hashed out through spirited civil deliberation and debate among the people. I am certain of the innate goodness of our founding principles, certain of victory. However, we must risk appearing peacefully unreasonable for freedom.

Our ideology is one of love, which requires listening. The best action plan is to encourage one another to listen to the opposition and explain how our founding ideology addresses their hopes and fears.

 

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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:

1. Mentality: first and foremost in survival is having a flexible mentality and cultivating the ability to adapt. Vanity has no place in survival.
2. Develop a meatspace network of people that are likeminded: cultivate your community ties and build alliances with neighbors (note: don’t babble about the Jab or globalists or depopulation, or start pointing political fingers when doing this)… and remember, the first rule of PREP CLUB is that there is no prep club.

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, links to my last two Survival Sundays:

Survival Sunday – November 20, 2022

Sunday Survival – November 13, 2022

 

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Top of the fold:

BRAZIL: Lula Minister Signs Order Allowing Child Services to Take Children Away from Free Election Protesters (thegatewaypundit.com)

Obey, or The State takes your kids.  Or…

Brazilians protesting election results have their bank accounts frozen (reclaimthenet.org)

And yet… nobody I mention this (or Canada) to thinks that can happen here.

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Hofling’s Hospital Experiment of Obedience – Simply Psychology

Reminiscent of the Milgram Experiment.

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Russian lawmakers ban ‘LGBT propaganda’ among adults – DW – 11/24/2022

No wonder GloboHomo is so against Putin.

 

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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)

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:

How to Grow Your Own Mushrooms With Sawdust Blocks (theorganicprepper.com)

Mushrooms can be a good trade item.

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Cheap Eats: Stretch Your Budget with Thrifty $1 Meals – The Frugalite

My father used to call such foods “body & soul” foods.  I.e., keeping body and soul together.  Related, at least to me:

Money Saving Tips From Real Survivors Of The Great Depression (askaprepper.com)

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Survival Skills vs. Subsistence Skills (theorganicprepper.com)

An important distinction.  Related, at least in my mind:

The Best Places For Scavenging After SHTF – Ask a Prepper

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M4S 073: The History of Disaster Prepping (mind4survival.com)

Perspective.

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Lessons From An Underground Economy – The Organic Prepper

Learn to use the black market – because as the economy gets squeezed, it will become more and more important.

Prepper must-haves: 9 Items to stock up on as you prepare for hyperinflation – Dr. Eddy Bettermann MD (dreddymd.com)

Seen similar lists.  A fair number of links here too.  Like:

50 Emergency Items To Always Have In The House – Ask a Prepper

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18 Survival Tools You Should Practice Using | Urban Survival Site

It’s not enough to just have them.

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How to Store Your Drugs for an Extended Shelf Life – Ask a Prepper

Any drugs I have that I store for any period, e.g., the Ivermectin or HCQ I get, is wrapped in foil (light) and stored in nested Ziploc bags (oxygen reduction).  I suppose I could also get water and O2 absorbers but…

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Related to Spicy Time:

I wonder if he’ll regret this when sh*t goes to hell

Political violence is held at bay by a properly functioning, fair and transparent political system.

Take that away and the losing side has every motivation to circumvent the system with force.

RTWT.  And when the cheating is open, in-your-face, and the “winning side” says nanny-nanny-boo-boo?

“Hey, remember when I said I was concerned about the process that caused my candidate to lose and you said I was a sore loser and my concerns were stupid? Good, now get on your knees and face the ditch.”

I’d rather avoid the political violence, but I guess he doesn’t.

Related:

WATCH: VOTER SUPPRESSION AGAINST REPUBLICANS IN ARIZONA IS EVEN WORSE THAT WE THOUGHT

Uncounted Votes Discoverd On Memory Card Flips Election Race In Georgia – Geller Report

When you take away VOTE as an option, what remains?

 

 

Alas.

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Millions Of Euros Of Celtic Gold Stolen From Bavarian Museum In 9 Minute Heist

First, what a loss.  Doubtless melted down and sold.

Second, herein lies a thought-experiment lesson (bolding in original):

Investigators are also looking into whether the burglary was related to sabotage at a local phone distribution branch in Manching located around 1km from the museum, which paralyzed the telephone network and the internet, thus preventing the alarm system from notifying authorities.

 

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The capitol police were stood down.

 

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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:

1. When does it start?
2. How bad will it get?
3. How long will it last?
4. What will the aftermath look like?

 

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I just started a FORAGING group on Gab.  Anyone know how to open it up for people to join?  I’m stumped.

 

Foraging: One-up articles

How to Make Elderberry Syrup with Fresh or Dried Berries (commonsensehome.com)

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8 Plants You Can Extract Water From (In The Wilderness) (askaprepper.com)

Did not realize trees could transpire so much water.  I know dew off wild grass, etc., is a good source of water too.

 

Foraging: Permanent sites:

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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Deep State / Coming Tyranny / WEF / Globalists (broad):

White House To Expand Already Massive Spy Operations On U.S. Citizens (technocracy.news)

They want to know everything about you.  Every purchase, every second of your existence.

 

https://media.gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/120/981/545/playable/c212689b2ae9ddec.mp4

 

Related:

‘Weak Link’ Canada Urgently Needs New Law To Face Modern Security Threats: Spy Agency

Police in Spain to deploy automated facial recognition (reclaimthenet.org)

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Mayor Of London Calls For “New Regulation Of Online Speech” After Trump Twitter Reinstatement – Summit News

They fear free speech.

Idiots React to Trump’s Twitter Return – Summit News

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CONCEPTUAL ZERO DRAFT – James Roguski (substack.com)

Draft for medical one-world tyranny.

Global News: A Global Passport for Vaccines and Carbon Tracking (substack.com)

Related:

From Covid to CBDC: The Path to Full Control ⋆ Brownstone Institute

World Leaders Pushing For Chinese Coronavirus Passports

And on digital money:

Brazil Freezes Bank Accounts of Citizens Protesting Election Results – Slay News

We don’t like your opinion, so starve for a month.

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Colby Cosh: Are 16-Year-Old Voters In Canada’s Future?

The Dems in America would salivate over this.

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BREAKING: Justin Trudeau Lies Under Oath: “I Did Not Call People Who Were Unvaccinated Names” – Bright Light News

Of course he did.  And he will face no consequences.

 

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Protecting Children:

School Board Follies

A book in a school library is read aloud but is considered not appropriate for the board meeting where there’s a child.

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https://media.gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/107/873/654/playable/73afd6ca6997b406.mp4

 

Wait, I agree with the Nation of Islam on something?

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Normalizing kids’ pornography in broad daylight . This time by Balenciaga. @TuckerCarlson – thank you.
pic.twitter.com/nCRgTYlfy9

— Efrat Fenigson (@efenigson) November 22, 2022

 

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‘Groomed And Preyed Upon’: Young Woman Was Pressured Into Mastectomy, Testosterone As A Child — Now She Regrets It – Flopping Aces

I suddenly had this image of children being farm animals, raised and slaughtered for profit for the medical / psychological industrial complex… with the “added bonus” for the Globalists being their sterilization.  Related:

Dr. Gallagher: Using TikTok to Advertise Double Mastectomies to Minors (substack.com)

Wood chipper therapy.  Stat.

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These are the people teaching your kids pic.twitter.com/MabBxn1Hhi

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 24, 2022

 

Ditto on the therapy recommendation.  Note the rationalization of this.  As I get older I am coming to realize that people can rationalize anything if they think they’re doing good.

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British Court OKs Killing Babies in Abortions Up to Birth Just Because They Have Down Syndrome – LifeNews.com

What was that Nazi saying?  Life unworthy of life?

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Important message from Tulsi Gabbardpic.twitter.com/AtPNk9n7aK

— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) November 25, 2022

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Scotland is to let pupils aged FOUR change gender without their parents’ consent | Daily Mail Online

From 2021, so dated.  Still, that they’d even think of doing this…

 

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National Security (specifically):

Report on What Democrats Are Doing to US Military

Liberals can’t push their agenda much farther without disarming us. Who is going kick down your door and snatch away your AR-15? Beto O’Rourke? Chris Hayes?

Local police can’t be trusted, especially after Democrats have spent the past several years demonizing and hamstringing them. The military will be required. But it will have to be staffed with people willing to follow orders a patriot would refuse to obey. The purges and the social engineering are intended to drive such people out.

Related:

US Republicans slam ‘woke’ military leadership — RT World News

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Chamber of Commerce Lobbying to Keep U.S. Entangled with Chinese Chipmakers (breitbart.com)

They’d do business with Satan himself if they could make a buck off it.

 

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Shortages (broadly):

British Supermarkets Start to Ration Eggs

Some are, some aren’t.  I need to buy more powdered eggs and milk.  Related:

US Bird Flu Outbreak Officially Becomes Worst On Record | ZeroHedge

 

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Freedom is founded on ownership of property…. It cannot exist where the rulers own everything, nor even when they concede some limited right of tenure. But the modern belief is that spendable income is a concession of the State. The taxation which is intended to promote equality, the taxation which exceeds the real public need, and above all the tax which is so graduated as to prevent the accumulation of capital, is inconsistent with freedom. Against a State which owns everything, the individual has neither the means of defence nor anything to defend.

     [From The Law, Complete.]

 

HT Francis

 

I’ve told my kids about our property taxes, and how – if I don’t pay them – the state can seize our property.  They were outraged, of course… but then I asked “If the state can take my property, do I really own it”?

NO they both answered.

 

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On The Jab

Outrageous! FDA Backtracks During Trial and Now Claims ‘Not Taking Ivermectin for COVID-19’ was Merely a Recommendation

Funny.  I had two separate prescriptions that pharmacists would not fill because of this “mere recommendation”.

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Quote from a telegram channel:

Australia – Vaccine verification certificates linked to digital id and government apps.

If anyone suggested such a thing back in 2020, they were dismissed as a conspiracy theorist.

It’s not a conspiracy theory. It’s now a tech totalitarian reality.

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/jab-certificate-in-oz.mp4

 

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Increasing Access to Vaccination Opportunities (cdc.gov)

PDF.  Determined to push this into every arm.  Note how they discuss opening a new vial even if there aren’t enough people wanting this to fully use the vial.  In other words, better to waste some of the opened vial than miss an opportunity to get it into someone.

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Canada to expand assisted dying laws to include mental health disorders | Daily Mail Online

This is related.  One way or another, they want you dead.  Dead at the end of life:

COVID 2022: Here Comes “The Big Kill” (substack.com)

World Premiere: Died Suddenly (rumble.com)

Video, about 70 minutes.  Or not born at all (also see Monday Memes where I discuss this with a number of links):

Why did birth rates suddenly drop? – The Counter Signal

Been reading that OZ has a 70-something percent drop in fertility.  Can that be real???  Even the 20% value in Taiwan, specifically, that I’ve seen is terrifying.

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Vaccine Horror: Myopericarditis Rates off the Charts –Cardiovascular Manifestations Found in 29.24% of Patients – Geller Report

This is PERMANENT damage to heart tissue.  That damage increases the strain on the remaining beating tissue.

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COVID-19: “The Big Kill” and “Died Suddenly”

2023 is going to be, even absent WWIII or spicy time, very bad.  I’m afraid for my triple-Jabbed (did she get the fourth one?) wife.  And friends and relatives too.

 

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Inflation:

We Are Being Warned That Meat Prices Could Go Up Another 40 Or 50 Percent (themostimportantnews.com)

All for your own good, of course.

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Czechia’s Frightening Increase In Food Prices | ZeroHedge

And this is a country that produces much of its own food.

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Personal observation: I like seltzer.  The two liter bottle at the local Market Baskets have gone from 99 cents to 1.19.  Interestingly, the orange soda that my older kid bought (with their own money) is still 99 cents.  Lower price than pure water, but with added sugar, flavor, and colorant.  Something doesn’t add up.

 

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Enemedia:

Reminder: The Club Q Shooting May Not Be What the Left Wants You to Believe It Is – PJ Media

So, let’s not forget that even The Huffington Post admitted “everyone got the Pulse massacre story completely wrong.” Maybe before people jump to conclusions about the shooter’s motives, we should wait for the details to be confirmed. Anything else is irresponsible.

It’s all about The Narrative.  Related:

Communist News Network in full-throated propaganda mode

They hate you.  They really hate you.

Note the venom, aimed at, America, American traditions, and values, gun owners, Conservatives, parents who want to be involved in their child’s education.

And yet more:

The Misuses Of A Colorado Atrocity Redefining Decency

Colorado mass shooting suspect is ‘non-binary,’ uses ‘they/them’ pronouns, attorneys say (wnd.com)

The shooter who is suspected of gunning down five people at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub Saturday identifies as “non-binary” and uses “they/them” pronouns, attorneys said Tuesday according to a court filing obtained by the New York Times.

And his attorneys refer to him as “Mx”.

Related to The Narrative:

Liberals blame homophobia for man on video tossing brick at gay club in NYC. Police arrested a gay man for the crime. – TheBlaze

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Western media endangers all of humanity – Afshin Rattansi | RT (gab.com)

Video, less than two minutes.

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WATCH: Tucker Blasts Fauci for ‘Lying About Covid’: ‘This is Insane!’ – Geller Report

As the embedded Tucker Carlson video states, the enemedia lies supine and submissive.

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How the Liberal Disinformation Game Works | Newsbusters

Control The Narrative, control the information flow, and you can control what people believe.

 

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Mass Migration:

After pushing covid depopulation jabs, Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer demands AMNESTY for millions of illegals as REPLACEMENTS for Americans that are dying off – Dr. Eddy Bettermann MD (dreddymd.com)

Electing a new population.

 

 

(Link to AZQUOTES per their policy)

 

Related:

Arizona Sheriff Mark Dannels on border crisis: ‘We’re in serious trouble’ | Fox News Video

Biden Administration Expanding Illegal Immigration at Southern Border (thegatewaypundit.com)

Outrageous! NYC Housing Authority to Spend $596 Million on Illegals While New York’s Citizens Suffer (thegatewaypundit.com)

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Germany: Afghan Muslim migrant pulls out knife in pub, says he already killed many in Afghanistan (jihadwatch.org)

Can’t you just feel the wonderful benefits of “diversity”?

 

 

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Know your Leftist / Globalist & Islamic enemy:

This is what many Muslim clerics think of ‘unbelievers’ (barenakedislam.com)

And yet so many White Nationalists will ally with the Islamists because both hate Jews.  Once the Jews are gone, the Muslims will turn on Christians.

“First Saturday, then Sunday”.

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Journalist Who Is Also An Antifa Militant Calling For Lethal Violence Against Republicans (redvoicemedia.com)

They hate you.  They want you dead.  Understand this.  Again and again I quote Elie Wiesel:

When someone says they want to kill you, believe them.

More:

Twitter account suspended after menacing tweet – TheBlaze (bolding added):

A Twitter account has been suspended after suggesting that Libs of TikTok creator Chaya Raichik, conservative commentator Matt Walsh, Gays Against Groomers founder Jaimee Michell, and YouTuber Tim Pool should have to be afraid for their lives.

“Chaya Raichik, Tim Pool, Matt Walsh, Jaimee Michell, et al have been way too comfortable lately. I personally think they should have to fear for their lives more,” an account with the handle @hoot_little tweeted, according to a screenshot.

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Former AG Bill Barr: Battered Conservative Voters Must Return to The Era of Compliant Victim Status and Dump President Trump – The Last Refuge (theconservativetreehouse.com)

Looking to divide conservatives.

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Now That the Election Is Over, Democrat Finally Admits Biden Isn’t ‘Doing Enough’ to Tackle Border Crisis ⋆ Flag And Cross

Not believable.  Nothing will happen to stop the flow of new Democrat voters.

 

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Economy at large:

Goldman Sachs Warns Of Hard Times For Stock Market | The Daily Caller

If I had a 401k anymore – and I don’t – it’d be no more than a 201K at this point.

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The economic screw tightens

The highlighted paragraph in the article:

Something like 70% of US GDP is driven by consumer spending.  Consumer goods are largely imported from the Far East.  The companies that, until recently, were importing those goods at such a rate that freight charges were well into five figures per container, have stopped ordering them.  That doesn’t sound to me like they’re confident that the US consumer has lots of spending money available, whether savings or credit.  It sounds rather as if they’re seeing the crash coming, and making sure they don’t have warehouses full of goods they can’t sell when it arrives.

Related:

Steve Cortes on the War Room – Biden’s Economy Is “Teetering on the Edge of a Depression” (thegatewaypundit.com)

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Rail strike effects.  Including fuel oil, produce, gasoline, and coal – almost everything – being transported by rail.

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Germany Braces for Deflation

Another illustration of how digital currency is a complete non-starter in any scenario that involves interrupted electricity flows. Which also goes for electric cars and the digital economy in general. If the power goes out anywhere along the way, you’re not going to be watching YouTube videos or streaming Netflix.

 

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US Stability (broad catch-all):

Study: Far From a Democracy, the U.S. Is a Functional Oligarchy – PJ Media

Truth.  And they will not let themselves be held accountable:

Fauci Deposition report: “he can’t recall practically anything dealing with his Covid response!” (legalinsurrection.com)

The Same Old, Same Old Deja Vu

Attorney General Merrick Garland has just announced the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith.

But Smith’s team will not look into the Biden family quid pro quo syndicate nor its incriminating confessionals on Hunter Biden’s laptop.

Instead, it will further investigate Donald Trump’s possession of presidential records that were hauled off from Mar-a-Lago…

And, as I repeatedly state, this is one reason Rome fell.  When the “average Roman” finally grasped how corrupt the Imperial City had become, they ceased being willing to fight for it.

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CROUERE: The Never-Ending Trump Witch Hunt (thehayride.com)

The level of hate for Trump, across the spectrum, still astounds.

 

Related, Trump ads for 2024:

Trump Shares New Ads For 2024 Campaign And They Are Fantastic – Geller Report

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‘We’re not going to move on’: Hakeem Jeffries cosponsors slavery reparations bill | Just The News

Trillions in welfare, let alone the Union dead, are not enough.  And what’s the key difference between America and South Africa?  Time.  There is not one black person who was a slave alive in America; South Africa has millions still alive who lived under Apartheid.

 

 

Reparations… on one condition.  We TRULY right this wrong and ship each recipient and their family back.

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Midterms Made Clear There is No Return to Pre-2020 › American Greatness (amgreatness.com)

Exactly.  After watching the theft in 2020 and now 2022, 2024 is a bust already.

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How Scared Black Criminals Are of Police

The campfires are going out, and the wolves are closing in.

 

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World Stability (broad catch-all):

WTF did Joe just say?

 

https://media.gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/118/781/306/playable/92db2cb474cf0526.mp4

 

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China’s gold stockpiling is dollar warning sign – Asia Times

I truly wish I had more liquid cash to buy gold & silver.  Here’s the problem.  If you buy using a credit card or online, there’s a history.  Remember Roosevelt’s gold grab.

 

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Specific to energy:

Pain at the Pump is Back — Again! Americans Are Warned to Brace for Highest Thanksgiving Gas Prices Ever, As Millions Take to the Roads to Visit Loved Ones While Inflation Remains Stubbornly-High

Pushing $4 a gallon local to me.  Related:

The Biden Administration Is about to Add a $6/Gallon Tax When You Fill Up Your Car – Granite Grok

Report: Thanksgiving Gas Prices Set to Break Record (breitbart.com)

 

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Gardening, animals, food preservation, overall health, etc.:

44 Sustainable Gardening Tips – The Plant Guide

Common Plants You Can Use For Wound Healing – Ask a Prepper

200 Pounds of Food With this Plant You Can Harvest in Winter – Ask a Prepper

10 Bugs You Should Never Kill In Your Garden – Ask a Prepper

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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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Big Tech in general:

Sunak tells NHS to embrace robot workers as it prepares to sack staff (telegraph.co.uk)

Paging Dr. Robot… and related to robots:

San Francisco police consider letting robots use ‘deadly force’ – The Verge

Paging ED 209:

 

 

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The resources to create this new world of green energy utopia do not exist.

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Deepfake Detector Proves Highly Effective in First Studies ⋆ The success rate of the software is rather impressive. ⋆ Flag And Cross

OOH, good news.  OTOH, doubtless, deep fake software people are working to reverse engineer how fakes are detected… to better make deep fakes that past muster.

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Elon Musk plans to make public all internal Twitter discussions censoring Hunter Biden laptop story (pacificpundit.com)

If this ACTUALLY happens… WE will be rightfully outraged.  The great squishy middle will mostly yawn.

 

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Self-defense (broad) & Hunting:

The Lost Art of Paying Close Attention to Your Situation – Mind4Survival

Be situationally aware!  Related:

Front door security

And this is why you always answer the door with a gun pic.twitter.com/KSyofekf1c

— TXDeplorable (@Texas_Made956) November 19, 2022

Security is not just about technology but the mindset employed.

I agree.  While, obviously, I was aware something was awry from the text & context of the post… but still, I read massive red flags even so.  It reminds me of a video I saw, perhaps a year ago, from a street camera.  Two guys came around the corner and I just KNEW, even without any prompting, that they were trouble… and I was right.  Fortunately a guy at the table had a CCW pistol.  “Reading people” was my mother’s strength, and I’m just starting to be able to do that too.

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Once again, be prepared to shoot a guy in the crotch

You need to be ready to start the fight between the top of his dick and bottom of his belly button.

Shatter the pelvis, destroy the lumbar spine, sever the sciatic nerve cluster, and lacerate the iliac arteries.  That is your goal.

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https://media.gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/118/678/556/original/3d007e1055fb744d.mp4

 

What’s that expression?  Brings a knife to a gun fight?

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At Least Seven Dead After ‘Manager’ Opens Fire In Virginia Walmart

And here the wave of shootings comes.  Related to mass shootings:

Four Mass Shooting Truths to Shut Down Your Liberal Family – PJ Media

I’m calling BS On This Claim | The Zelman Partisans

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5 Places To Hide During Martial Law – Ask a Prepper

None are perfect.  Short of – somehow – having a property deep in the woods, a log cabin or some such not built or permitted, and not in your name, I don’t know what would be perfect.

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https://media.gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/121/135/698/playable/63bdafba5ddaf12e.mp4

 

Seems to rely overly on non-reaction from the assailant.  Interesting though.  Better to rely on checking the back seat first.

Now, I remember reading this years ago: if you’re parked in a parking lot and someone’s opened your car door just after you got in and put the keys in – and WHY didn’t you immediately lock your door??? – start the car, turn the wheel to the RIGHT, and drive backwards.  He’ll either be pulled under the car, or smushed into the car next to you.

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Second Amendment Happy Ending of the Day – Don’t Stop Shooting Until the Threat Is Neutralized – Granite Grok

And if asked – per my recollection of Massad Ayoob – never say you shot to kill.  You shot to STOP.  (And if you delivered the “taxpayer relief shot” so much the better… but keep that in the quiet part.)

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Four Mass Shooting Truths to Shut Down Your Liberal Family – PJ Media

Good info.  More good info, specifically about red flag laws:

No, “red flag” laws aren’t about addressing mental health – Bearing Arms

 

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Catch-all miscellaneous:

FDA Declares Lab-Grown Chicken ‘Safe to Eat’ — But Scientists, Food Safety Advocates Have Questions • Children’s Health Defense (childrenshealthdefense.org)

I will poach deer and turkeys before I eat lab-grown anything.

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Rule Five New Amendment Friday | Animal Magnetism (frombearcreek.com)

Some interesting proposals for new amendments.  Note: some cheesecake pics (PG13 IMHO).

 

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Concluding thoughts if I’m moved to comment:

To warm up:

6G, Internet Of Bodies: Globalists Won’t Stop Hacking Humans (technocracy.news)

Now, take a deep breath before you read this (paywall, quoting from lead in):

Compulsory moral bioenhancement should be covert – Crutchfield – 2019 – Bioethics – Wiley Online Library

Some theorists argue that moral bioenhancement ought to be compulsory. I take this argument one step further, arguing that if moral bioenhancement ought to be compulsory, then its administration ought to be covert rather than overt. This is to say that it is morally preferable for compulsory moral bioenhancement to be administered without the recipients knowing that they are receiving the enhancement. My argument for this is that if moral bioenhancement ought to be compulsory, then its administration is a matter of public health, and for this reason should be governed by public health ethics. I argue that the covert administration of a compulsory moral bioenhancement program better conforms to public health ethics than does an overt compulsory program. In particular, a covert compulsory program promotes values such as liberty, utility, equality, and autonomy better than an overt program does. Thus, a covert compulsory moral bioenhancement program is morally preferable to an overt moral bioenhancement program.

Read that.  Read that again.  They are working to rationalize your bioenhancement without even telling you they’re doing it.

Slip-Sliding Towards Hell with a Good Conscience – Granite Grok

 

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I spent yesterday morning through mid-afternoon at the NH Division of Archives and Records Management for the recount for Gargiulo and Altschiller. She’s one of the “Assault Twins” who [allegedly, cough, cough] hip-checked Second Amendment supporter Susan Olsen hard into a table after a gun control hearing in the NH House.

GraniteGrok was (once again) asked to come to record at least some of the activity, and with ten recount stations rolling and activists from the Democrat, Republican, and Conservative NH groups, a LOT was going on.  And no, not everyone was happy about it, with four cameras and a lot of moving around. (reformatted, emphasis mine):

State Senate recount not popular

After performing recounts of 28 races for seats in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, the one-state Senate recount was less popular. Republican Lou Gargiulo of Hampton Falls lost by more than 3,600 votes to state Rep. Debra Altschiller of Stratham for the District 24 Senate seat that Democrat Dr. Tom Sherman of Rye left to run for governor. Since it’s not close enough, Gargiulo will pay for the cost of the recount.

The unpopular part came Wednesday when Gargiulo’s team challenged every single absentee ballot cast, whether it be a vote for Gargiulo, Altschiller, or nobody at all in that race. Dan Richard, a conservative activist, said Gargiulo authorized him to challenge the ballots on the grounds that none of them have the attending affidavit someone must fill out to cast an absentee ballot.

“None of these are valid,” said Richard, who has filed a constitutional lawsuit against the state’s use of electronic ballot counting machines and other ballot practices.
State election officials point out the absentee affidavits are routinely separated once the absentee ballots are taken out of their envelopes.

Secretary of State David Scanlan had to bring state staff and volunteers back Saturday after the Thanksgiving holiday in hopes of completing this recount.

In the first 10 House recounts, three changed, two flipping from a GOP winner to a Democrat and a third going from a one-vote Republican win to a tie. Those three races and others go before the Ballot Law Commission Monday. The last 18 House recounts all confirmed the original winner.

No, not everyone was happy – as I was setting up my Mevo camera at a “table end” station, one of the ladies, after I had gracefully said good morning as I was setting up my small Mevo camera to overlook her and her work partner’s goings on for the day, snapped at me “What is that thing – a microphone?” (many people think it is just that).

I replied, “No, it’s a camera.” She glared at me and responded to my earlier “How are you” with:

“I was a lot better before this thing arrived!”.

Heh!

So, I have 24 odd hours of video to process (4 cameras X 6 hours) – most of it is quite boring.  But there will be more “blog fodder” arriving on this in the next few weeks. Having never been at an official recount before, I learned a lot, at least at the superficial level.  I will tell you that I will be asking to learn quite a bit more.

It’s clear, however, I’m going to need a bigger pool of cameras if GraniteGrok is asked to do something like this again and do a better planning job.  But hey, it’s part of our citizen journalism mission, right?

I will dryly note that at no time did I see Kevin Landrigan on-site. Not that it matters, and I may have missed him if he slipped in and out, but my eyes never fell upon his visage.

 

(H/T:UL)

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I want to return to a post that was very “Hot on the Grok” after the midterms … Postmortem Analysis of the Red Puddle. The author believes that the Red Wave failed to materialize in New Hampshire, in large part, because NH-Democrats had a technological edge over NH-Republicans that allowed them to find new voters, specifically “Gen Z,” (which apparently comprises persons born between the mid-1990s and 2010):

Somehow the Democrats found an entirely new set of voters and their singular message was: Republicans want to ban abortion. They want to take away your freedom and control you. And they heard that message relentlessly without any counter narrative. Gen Z showed up to vote and Republicans didn’t even know where to find them. This is a generation who 1. Don’t have bills to pay yet 2. Were raised to believe that abortion is equal to contraception and 3. Who only care about social issues. Democrats found them through sophisticated algorithms, social media influencers, and other technological means I don’t understand. Considering the Democrats essentially control Big Tech, it is no wonder we lost a game we didn’t know existed.

Actually, this “game” is not new. Micro-targeting has been around for some time now. For example, the Trump campaign, in 2016, micro-targeted voters successfully:

Parscale said the Trump campaign used Facebook to reach clusters of rural voters, such as “15 people in the Florida Panhandle that I would never buy a TV commercial for”.

“I started making ads that showed the bridge crumbling,” he said. “I can find the 1,500 people in one town that care about infrastructure. Now, that might be a voter that normally votes Democrat.”

Parscale said the campaign constantly tested minute variations in the design, color, background and phrasing of Facebook ads, in order to maximize their impact. Typically 50,000 to 60,000 variations were tested each day, he said, and sometimes as many as 100,000.

In other words, the problem is NOT that the NH-Democrats have some super-secret software that allows them to find Gen Z voters. The problem is either that the Republican State Party is NOT utilizing the technology because they are either unaware it exists or are too cheap to pay a competent consultant OR there are simply not enough potential Red-voters left in New Hampshire after the COVID migrations to offset the abortion-obsessed Gen Z.

The author of Postmortem Analysis of the Red Puddle also points to pro-life Republicans as the reason why there was no Red Wave in New Hampshire:

Politics is downstream of culture, and culture is decidedly pro-choice. Until the hearts and minds are changed, abortion as a political policy is a liability. We were winning on the bodily autonomy issue with vaccine mandates until Dobbs, and then we ran scared from the entire issue instead of going hard in, branding ourselves as truly being the party of “my body my choice”.

This is an extremely myopic analysis. Both Florida and Ohio passed abortion restrictions that were more restrictive than New Hampshire’s. And yet both Florida and Ohio saw a Red Wave. And while I don’t have any data to back this up, I am sure that both States have as high a percentage of abortion-obsessed Gen Z voters as New Hampshire. Yet these States were able to turn out more than enough Red-voters to offset them.

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Catastrophic Climate Change is happening all around the world and the executives at Pfizer believe they have the cure. A new Climate Change Vaccine (CCV) has been developed and is currently being tested on unsuspecting people throughout the continents of Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, West America, and some islands.

“It’s getting really bad out there” warns Arnie Pricks, Pfizer’s Director of Clandestine Experiments. “Arizona had record high temperatures in July and Vermont had record lows in February. The climate just keeps changing!” Pricks exclaimed while entering a company jet to discuss climate change in China.

Executives from around the world flew to Egypt then to China then to Switzerland in a series of meetings to discuss what could be done about the catastrophic heating, cooling and changing of the climate that, until now has had them stumped. Predictions of a flooded New York City by 2012 have not emerged, and the Polar Bear population, that was predicted by self-appointed Climate Tsar Al Gore to be extinct by now, has nearly doubled. Scientists in Australia have been anticipating the collapse of the Great Coral reef only to find it is healthier now than ever.

“The climate is a big fat liar. It’s just that simple” said Gore spokeswoman and Yale professor of Women’s Climate Studies Fassy Norrus.

Speaking at a rally in Tacoma, Washington Perry Two-Moons, a professor of Native American Climate Psychology concluded “The climate has to want to change in order for it to keep from changing” which received a mostly standing ovation from the largely large crowd.

“With the unpredictability of climate change constantly fooling the scientists one thing is certain – people are to blame,” said climate vaccine entrepreneur and former computer magnet (sic) William Gates. “We believe we can lower the global temperature at least one to two degrees by lowering the global population ten to fifteen percent” Gates offers rather nonchalantly to a stupefied crowd at a Ted Talk in Albuquerque, NM. Many of whom enthusiastically lined up to be case studies afterward.

In an effort to signal to the crowd how dedicated they are to protecting the earth from people Pfizer, working with Weyerhauser, has developed bio-degradable paper syringes that can be discarded next to your masks in any public space including the ocean.

MTV will be hosting a We Are the Climate concert in San Diego in the summer of 2023. Cost of Admission is $450, and tickets have already sold out, however, attendees who agree to get vaccinated and provide proof upon entry will get in for free.

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Abe Lincoln’s insightful observation, “Without the Bible, Americans would not know the difference between right and wrong,” again hits a target, 62 Senators all at once who voted for the deceptively named Disrespect For Marriage Act, HR 8404 and S 4556 that passed the Senate with a vote that denies filibuster.

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How have we arrived at this place of tolerance that rules superior against righteous living in 2022 that 50 years ago, our society drew a “line in the dust” between a culture known for “moral purity” as opposed to today’s shamed sexual deviance? First, the moral force for righteousness has gradually back peddled from this line of moral safety. Steps of moral decline were advanced by our society that licensed promiscuous sex, no-fault divorce, and “same-sex marriage.”

Yesterday’s line in the dust now shows signs of being totally surrendered to the sexual revolution. A driving force that even now has captured the minds of those we have elected to office.

Moreover. traditional morality backed down, intimidated by the marketing experts for homosexuality who changed their public image. We now have moral outrage painted with words as long-suffering and victimized. Powerful words cover LBGQT+ anything-goes lifestyle. Such behavior should not be licensed to become a law to redefine marriage. It also forces “same-sex laws” from one state onto other states. If these blatant violations of the 10th Amendment are not stopped, this law can potentially destroy God-ordained marriage. And it is a major step toward tyranny with power, wealth, and willing politicians behind it.

But the question is, will this usurpation of law by unlawful servants wake up citizens enough to motivate them to take action to stop it? Constitutional law will only limit government when enough people have a sufficient understanding to hold their leaders accountable. We cannot continue to take comfort in the fact that such legal authority that threatens marriage between “one man and one woman” does not exist. American God-ordained families must get involved and educate these Senators and Representatives why their votes are unconstitutional. Freedom is not free! Be prepared. Ask at jbs.org about their seminar called “The Constitution Is The Solution.”

Inform your legislators that obeying the Constitution will keep them from mischief. And point out the lies within HR 8404/S4556 by studying this link.

It is tragic that during this week of celebration of Thanksgiving, our elected officials cannot be trusted.

While our people are giving thanks to almighty God for the abundance of freedoms we are blessed with, the “enemies of God” within Congress are pushing this dastardly act of betrayal to destroy our liberties. American voters, your leaders require constant watching.

Look at them as employees that you hire when you elect them to office. We fire people who fail to do their job. But most citizens don’t know the job write-up of their elected officials. Ignorance of our Constitution allows enemies of liberty to pass laws such as The Disrespect For Marriage Act. And if we continue to be a nation ignorant of the biblical foundation of morality, the bible the source of our law, our public servants will continue to become “fearful masters.”

 

 

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If you’ve got 11 minutes and want to hear something you think everyone ought to hear then this might be it. Neil Oliver delivers a clear message to the people, not just of Great Britain, but the world. “Many of the people who contact me ask: What should we do? How can we fight back?“

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I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: the social contract – that notion by which we surrender power to the state in return for services and safety – is broken beyond repair. They broke it, not us. Successive governments – not just the present bunch of cardboard cut-outs … have, over decades, knowingly and deliberately betrayed every aspect of that contract. It is null and void and we, the blameless party, are no longer bound by its conditions.

We the people – the sovereign people of this country – don’t just hold the power: we ARE the power. We loan some of it – a short-term loan – to governments. And those governments are supposed to serve us, do our bidding. NEVER the other way round. We tell them what to do.

 

Take a few minutes to listen to what he has to say (link to the transcript available below the video).

 

 

 

 

Transcript | The Last Refuge

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Stanford University has been sued for the wrongful death of a student: that of Soccer star Katie Meyer. Shortly after the suit was filed, Stanford Law Professor Michele Dauber who has prided herself on “ranting” on social media, deleted her Twitter handle.

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Screenshots of Dauber’s vile tweets over the years demonstrate the abhorrent standards of Stanford’s when it comes to Michele Dauber’s tweets that could easily lead any student to commit suicide.

“The actions that led to the death of Katie Meyer began and ended with Stanford University,” the lawsuit alleges, and makes public for the first time details of the allegations that sparked the potential disciplinary action.

 

Family of soccer star Katie Meyer files wrongful death lawsuit against Stanford University after she died by suicide.

 

Stanford, other universities, colleges and schools in the US have been using disciplinary procedures provided directly or indirectly from the US Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights under Catherine Lhamon or Russlynn Ali who signed the 2011 unregulated “Dear Colleague” Title IX directive. That letter was drafted by Michele Dauber who has regularly used social media to bully, smear students, professors and others including Johnny Depp and his attorney Camille Vasquez.

Michele Dauber was chair of Stanford’s judicial affairs from 2011 (the year the unregulated Title IX “Dear Colleague Letter” was introduced) -2013. She stated in 2017 or 2018 that the issue of sexual assault brought women out to vote in droves. In other words, instead of setting out to help tackle campus sexual assault, she was using it as a political tool and the students on campus became her weapons. Dauber’s friend, Catherine Lhamon, running US Ed OCR from 2013–2017 and 2021 to present, stated that the department’s focus on star athletes brought attention to campus sexual assault. She threatened to withhold federal funds from any campus that didn’t follow the Looking-Glass-esq procedures for discipline using a single investigator model to be jury, judge, executioner.

The “Dear Colleague” Title IX letter (“DCL”) spawned a profitable business for several, including Brett Sokolow, who built an empire on the back of the 2011 federal directive. He was recently sued by a whistleblower for financial misconduct while raking in millions for advising universities, colleges and schools on how to conduct investigations and manage risk.

 

The Corruption at the Heart of Title IX and the #MeToo Movement

 

Stanford has stood by and said nothing about the effects of an ideology that has wreaked havoc on students and their welfare. Students across the country have paid thousands for bloated and biased Title IX administrators while having their own rights severely restricted — rights they would enjoy anywhere other than on a campus subject to the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights’ doctrines: the right to due process.

Stanford didn’t even say anything when Michele Dauber used social media to call for extreme violence against Brock Turner, the Stanford Freshman Olympic Swim Team hopeful who was framed as a “rapist” by Dauber. Turner’s chances at due process were denied from the start. Even his defense attorney, Mike Armstrong, had taught in Dauber’s class and given counsel to her family. Armstrong never told his own client of this conflict of interests.

The writing was on the wall for Katie Meyer — no way out. A disciplinary process that assumes guilt from the start and Michele Dauber, Catherine Lhamon, Russlynn Ali and White House “Not Alone” task force affiliates are to blame. Whatever the truth might be, it hasn’t mattered because Stanford, like other campuses, simply followed the rules put in place by a cruel and activist driven Department of Education’s Office of (un) Civil Rights.

Stanford knew the details on Brock Turner promulgated to the media by its own tenured professor didn’t match the actual records. But they yielded to Dauber’s propaganda, silent as she worked behind the scenes, colluding with the DA of Santa Clara County, to turn a 19 year old new student into the face of a rapist — for politics. Dauber is lauded on the Silicon Valley Democratic Committee site. It has been suggested that she should head the California Democratic Party. Student welfare at Stanford and at other campuses has become tertiary to institutional risk management, politics and fundraising for politics under fake social justice causes.

Anyone who stands up to support another student in the US is bullied, ostracized, mocked, smeared, denied education. Students have been hospitalized after being bullied for speaking up in support of other students (accusers or accused). The risk of speaking up is not worth it.

Alongside Katie Meyer, the likelihood is that there are two other students whose rights have also been violated: that of the football player upon whom she allegedly spilt coffee for an alleged sexual assault and that of the minor — the alleged victim of sexual assault. Preponderance of evidence will of course find Stanford guilt free. An “independent” investigation by a law firm specializing in risk management will likely be brought in and help minimize any fallout. Reputations will be protected. Students will be disposable. Stanford denies all responsibility even though Stanford created and endorsed the campus environment in which these events took place: the suicide, the coffee spill incident, the alleged rape.

There have been other suicides at Stanford. There have been calls for administrators to step down, for Michele Dauber to be fired. All stonewalled.

The rising number of student suicides across the nation is alarming, but the Department of Education, administrators, ATIXIA, and others fail to admit to their own central role in it all. “Do unto others as you would have done unto you” is absent in the doctrine coming from the Department of Education, White House “Not Alone” task force, or their associates.

Katie Meyer is not the first, and she will not be the last unless the Department of Education’s Office of Civil rights, the White House 2014 “Not Alone” task force, and the creators of the 2011 unregulated directive are held accountable for hostile environments on campus and the denial of civil rights.

Senators Lamar Alexander and James Lankford warned us about the Department of Education’s overreach in 2016. Katie Meyer is a consequence of the department’s failure to listen and act. Catherine Lhamon has been nothing but arrogant and condescending to anyone who questions her.

Katie Meyer’s death was entirely preventable. Common sense would have dictated a different approach — a conversation instead of a heartless email. But common sense is missing because common sense doesn’t need provide for-profit contracts for Title IX. In 2–4 days training a Title IX co-ordinator can get certified by Brett Sokolow’s organization and earn over $100,000 to single-handedly determine the fate of a student. Katie Meyer’s school fees would have included several thousand dollars to cover such administrators. But what was their goal other than to traumatize students and conduct bias investigations? Should anyone pay thousands for these administrators to ruin their lives?

Stanford and other universities, colleges, and schools administrations have been utterly cowardly in protecting student interests against an invasive and dangerous group of activists tied to Michele Dauber, Catherine Lhamon, US Ed, and the White House “Not Alone” task force. These have been fast to back propaganda such as Rolling Stone’s “A Rape on Campus” fake story or “The Hunting Ground” documentary, and silent regarding the very real and tragic consequences of the one-sided ideology put forward in these tales. It’s not just one life that is harmed in Title IX investigations. It’s multiple lives — all the people directly involved and the bystanders — the ones who live with the guilt of having seen wrongdoing by administrators, the ones who are not allowed to reach out to their friends who have been accused because of the disciplinary process.

No life should be lost on an accusation. No life should be threatened for standing up to be counted. These are students, not adults. They don’t have decades of life experience. Why should they be social experiments or labor trafficked for political activists wanting to get ahead in Washington DC?

The Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights and “Not Alone” task force gave specific instructions to administrators, police departments and investigators NOT to alert students they were being investigated but to blindside them for effect.

We saw it in New Hampshire, where the “Dear Colleague” letter was introduced: Concord Police, according to trial records, instructed St Paul’s School not to alert its student, Owen Labrie, that he was being investigated and told the school not to contact him. He was framed for the purposes of the White House “Not Alone” task force’s mission to tackle “Rape Culture” and Laura L Dunn who worked with Michele Dauber on the “Dear Colleague” Letter instructed New Hampshire’s police on how to lead the investigations.

Labrie, a scholarship student, was not warned that he would be charged with anything let alone an assortment of 10 felonies and misdemeanors for a he said/she said encounter with no witnesses which, per the trial records, only involved romantic exchanges and giggling. The police asked the school to contact his mother only after they got wind of his suicidal thoughts following their tainted investigation. They took no responsibility for what they’d done either to him or to the other students they’d lied to, stalked, bullied or force-fed tales. Who to thank for their methods? Laura L Dunn — a “Title IX expert” & advisor to the White House “Not Alone” Task Force — an “expert” who’d worked with Stanford’s Law Professor, Michele Dauber.

Money, contracts, politics and cover ups have been the name of the game for the White House “Not Alone” task force and its affiliates including Michele Dauber and Laura Dunn. Their viewpoints are supported by the ACLU, Know Your IX, SurvJustice, NSVRC, NCVLI, PAVE, Its On Us, NWLC and others.

Katie Meyer’s untimely death is the consequence of harmful and soulless directives from US Ed OCR and Stanford’s own law professor, Michele Dauber.

More from Claire Best

 

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Fox News … surprisingly because it has gone so woke … recently reported that a majority of COVID deaths are among “vaccinated”Americans:

“We can no longer say this is a pandemic of the unvaccinated,” said Kaiser Family Foundation vice president Cynthia Cox, who conducted the analysis on behalf of the Post.

Vaccinated is in quotes because it is Orwellian to call something that does not prevent you from getting COVID a vaccine. But I digress. This tweet hasn’t aged very well:

Yet this grifter probably would still get high marks from most people on his “handling” of COVID. Despite everything he said and did being, at best, useless … recall the “surge” facilities that were never used … to harmful.

It is such a myth that New Hampshire voters are the most “politically savvy,” blah, blah, blah … add whatever euphemisms used to justify FITN, which in reality is just a giant grift for WMUR and the NHGOP-grifter class. In the aggregate they’re not.

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