The Manchester Free Press

Monday • November 25 • 2024

Vol.XVI • No.XLVIII

Manchester, N.H.

Quick Thought – So Another Prez Wannabee Throws His Hat Into The Ring

Granite Grok - Fri, 2023-04-28 03:00 +0000

Another prez wannabee throws his hat into the ring and promptly does a one-point nose-dive into the floor.  This is a great line: WHY?

Asa Hutchinson formally announces White House campaign.

  • How many of you even recognize the name?
  • How many of you knew he was a Governor?
  • And further, how many of you know which State he was Governor?

That’s why the “WHY” is the operative word in that line above. He’s got as much chance as Sununu, which isn’t saying much at all.

 

(H/T: Instapundit)

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

The Nashua Court’s Alignment with the City

Granite Grok - Fri, 2023-04-28 01:30 +0000

Last August, my Attorneys filed a federal suit against the City of Nashua, naming eight City leaders, alleging numerous violations of constitutional rights. All this stemmed from trying to access public records in Nashua, which began in 2018.

At the time this began, I had no idea that this would become a decade-long story.

The Court’s inability to apply their own Administrative Orders (2013-08) to Right-to-Know cases has weighed the Scales of Justice in favor of the City and denied citizens the due process for priority hearing entitled under the state statute. In Nashua, there are no checks and balances on the Judicial side of the Court. It appears, there is no oversight. Clear and unambiguous Administrative Orders are interpreted by Judges in a manner to dissuade citizens from accessing the Court. If a citizen believes a Judge has committed a rule violation, the only place to bring the matter is to the Judicial Conduct Committee (JCC). This serves as the end of the line for misconduct complaints. There should be something in between. This creates an inefficiency that, again, weighs to the advantage of the City.

The JCC is an organization wrapped in secrecy that moves along at a snail’s pace providing little feedback on the process. It is a wait and see game that can take years. So, these clear violations of due process in the lower court are not easily fixable. The City wins with delays that the Court is responsible for, running up legal bills and locking down records for years. Is this intentional?

I filed a Professional Conduct Committee (PCC) complaint against an Attorney, Brian Cullen, for what I believed was a targeted action on the part of the City to shut down a reasonably and legally afforded annulment. The Court ruled in my favor on the Annulment. However, the PCC did not act on my complaint against Mr. Cullen. Attorneys protect other attorneys.

Attorney Cullen argued to the PCC and Court that I was trying to gain an advantage in the federal case by requesting the annulment. Of course, the City wants nothing more than to shut down any further Superior Court rulings that would support the constitutional violations alleged in the Federal Case.

It would seem the incorrect argument employed by Attorney Cullen, is now being used by the Court to slow down Right-to-Know cases so rulings and orders will not be issued until after the Spring 2024 Federal trial. The Court’s actions feel I am being forced to settle.

This is not the due process citizens are entitled to. Nashua Citizens ability to seek redress in Court for violations of RSA 91-A is being destroyed. The mess the Court has created has shut down legal representation for citizens. The City can continue to operate outside the law. The Court’s alignment with the City is a victory for the City.

A Lack of Transparency is a Symptom of Dishonesty

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Judge Grants Downward Variance In Crypto6 Case: Aria DiMezzo Sentenced To 18 Months

Free Keene - Fri, 2023-04-28 01:09 +0000

A few dozen of the ~50 supporters who turned out for Aria’s sentencing hearing

A judge in the Crypto6 case has sentenced Free State activist Aria DiMezzo to 18 months in federal prison on Tuesday for operating a cryptocurrency business without a government permission slip.

In September of 2022 Aria was coerced into taking a plea deal over a politically motivated attack on Ian Freeman, the Shire Free Church, and Free Talk live. Fraudulent charges were brought against Aria by the feds claiming that she operated an unlicensed money transmitting business. Ignorance in the courts as to what Bitcoin was unfortunately left Aria in a very difficult situation. Judge Joseph Laplante didn’t understand what Bitcoin was and after some effort to explain it failed he was left believing that the blockchain was a person. It isn’t. The blockchain is more akin to a database or a ledger of records.


https://www.freedomdecrypted.com/public_html/other-content/aria-crypto6-after-sentencing-speech.mp4

Aria Talks To Reporters After Sentencing Decision Is Handed Down Outside Court

 



Under the money transmitter statutes one is a money transmitter and requires a money transmitting license if one acts as an intermediary to move money from one location to another or from one person to another for profit. Examples of this include Western Union, Money Gram, and Walmart’s Walmart2Walmart money transfer service. Bitcoin isn’t money in the sense that the laws define it under the money transmission statutes- particularly those that were at play during the time that sales of Bitcoin by the two churches occurred.

Aria nor the Reformed Satanic Church had any obligation to register with the state or federal government according to the banking bureaucrats and lawyers. As such neither the Shire Free Church nor the Reformed Satanic Church were registered as money transmitting entities. Agents of the state made clear during state hearings that Bitcoin wasn’t regulated under these money transmission statutes saying that moving Bitcoin from ones own wallet to that of another is not regulated. It’s possible that in some states and countries Bitcoin is regulated or it is under other circumstances. However, according to the lawyers that wasn’t the case here as the churches crypto vending machines were not connected to an exchange and did not act as an intermediary. For this and other reasons including the lack of conducting such activities for profit registration at the state and federal levels were not required.

The prosecution has attempted to imply that the churches were fake through use of choice words such as “purported churches” while never providing any evidence (such as during Ian Freeman’s trial) that the churches were in fact fake. Rather what was revealed during Ian Freeman’s trial was that the churches were real. The Shire Free Church is an interfaith church founded in 2013 with the aim of promoting peace, love, and liberty and anyone of any belief with that as its foundation is welcome. It wasn’t until many years later that the Shire Free Church setup a Bitcoin outreach operation to promote and raise funds for charitable causes. To that end the church did setup a DBA called the Crypto Church Of New Hampshire for the those outreach efforts, but this was merely one outreach effort involving crypto, not a church unto itself. Other non-crypto outreach efforts occurred as well such as helping the homeless, orphans in Africa, and locally persecuted religious minority: A minority Muslim community in Keene. The Shire Free Church has for over a decade helped low income families and others with drug addictions. The church has raised funds to build orphanages in Africa and helped minority religious groups in Keene by providing space and covering costs to renovate said space to be a mosque. During the cleaning and renovation period parishioners of the Shire Free Church got together and cleaned the space that would become the mosque. While the Reformed Satanic Church was at the time of the raid a young church the church and its parishioners had participated in fundraising activities to help kids with cancer. DiMezzo’s church sold about ~$3,178,895 of Bitcoin between June of 2020 and January of 2021 with about $30,000 being raised for charity according to prosecutors (though they would not call it charity, but profit despite no evidence to that end).

The prosecution claimed DiMezzo worked closely with Freeman, and discussion during her sentencing hearing hinged largely on this connection. This connection was manipulative in that the Shire Free Church had been around and selling crypto for many years prior to the Reformed Satanic Churches founding. As a result the church had one of the best ratings and demand from those wanting to purchase cryptocurrency. The Shire Free Churches operation couldn’t handle it and as a result Ian started referring people to the Reformed Satanic Church. As both churches were going above and beyond what was required by law each did what is required of money transmitters- that is they did something called “know your customer” even though they didn’t have to. Know your customer is basically a system for deterring criminals from utilizing money transmitting services in their criminal operations by requiring banks and money transmitters to identify customers and ask questions. It’s an imperfect if not entirely broken system- but the idea is that if you identify your customer by requiring ID and ask appropriate questions you can thwart some scammers and criminal activity. In that process the churches would require people to submit paperwork including copies of IDs or passports, pictures of notes stating that they understood what they were buying was Bitcoin, and in many instances calls would be made to those purchasing Bitcoin. Questions would be asked in an attempt to weed out potential victims. In one case Ian was quoted as having asked a women if she had ever met her husband just to make sure that she wasn’t being manipulated. Unfortunately the reality is victims of scams will often say anything that they are told by scammers in order to get around KYC efforts. Of interesting note is that not a single bank even bothered to call any of the 7-8 victims regarding these transactions that the state put up on the stand to testify. A credit union employee who testified for the prosecution and was the credit unions expert on know your customer even testified that financial institutions aren’t required to stop suspicious transactions as this is why the credit union didn’t cut off the Shire Free Church until numerous transactions had occurred. No, the churches went above and beyond what was required and this is why Aria’s phone and Ian’s computer contained photos of which the prosecutor attempted to manipulate into being evidence of a connection. Out of 6,000 transactions a few victims had utilized both the Shire Free Church and the Reformed Satanic Church’s services. Even had such a connection existed there was no evidence of fraud presented during Ian’s trial, just mere implications that Ian should have been suspicious of some transactions because the persons were elderly. As if elderly persons aren’t interested in Bitcoin. Humorously the defense lawyer pointed out most of the victims were younger than he was. The victims even testified that Ian Freeman was not part of the scams so to try and suggest Aria knew of the scam by way of Ian was just propitious given neither knew of the individualized scams at the time Bitcoin transactions were occurring.

In the sentencing memorandum, the defense requested three years of supervised release with one of those years to be home confinement. The prosecutors on the other hand demanded the maximum sentence that the plea agreement would allow for: 37 months in prison.

The defense won their argument that bringing in Ian Freeman’s trial was inappropriate and the judge stated in his decision on the sentence “I’m considering not a shred of evidence from the Freeman trial”. Aria will have to pay a $2,500 fine, $100 special assessment, serve 18 months in a cage, and serve one year of supervised release following her release from prison.

The hearing brought out around ~50 supporters, mostly Free Staters who understood that this was a case of political persecution and attempt to take out Ian Freeman and Free Talk Live. One FBI agent Phil Christiana in particular has been at the core of these attacks. FBI agent Phil Christiana has had his sight on Ian Freeman and other Free Staters for over a decade. The FBI targeted Ian Freeman in at least 2012, 2016, and 2021. The 2012 incident involved an arrest of Rich Paul over small time drug dealing (Mr Nobody of the Crypto6 case) for the purposes of blackmailing him into wearing a wire into the Keene activist center (of which were connected to Ian Freeman). The 2016 case involved a smear campaign and a false affidavit where a warrant was obtained for a search over a despicable crime that hadn’t occurred in an effort to ruin Ian’s reputation and undermine the ability of Free Talk Live to continue. It was also an attempt at dividing the Free Sate Project community in two and undermining its effectiveness at bringing like-minded pro-freedom pro-peace individuals to New Hampshire. The Free State Project can be summarized as a migration effort to build a community of peaceful people in one state that can achieve real freedom somewhere. No evidence was ever found on any of more than two dozen devices seized in 2016 and no charges were ever filed. Then in 2021 the Crypto6 case was brought despite the individuals targeted being excessively compliant with the law.

Aria’s sentence will begin June 27 and give her time to officiate a wedding.

After the sentencing hearing Aria was greeted by about ~50 supporters and when asked about her thoughts on the sentence she said she believed “having a license wouldn’t have achieved anything”. Another cryptocurrency vending machine operator in the audience with over 20 machines agreed with her assessment calling the sentence unfair. Others thought this case to be yet another travesty of the so called justice system and yet another fraud on the public. What happens in court doesn’t matter so long as the prosecution tells a good story and judges and juries continue to be carefully crafted to favor prosecutors. Most prosecutors including judge La Plante in this case are former prosecutors. Out of 36 members (after eliminating others from the pool) the prosecutor removed the only juror who had ever touched Bitcoin.

 

For more detailed updates, video, and more regarding the ongoing Crypto6 case and Ian Freeman’s appeal of his conviction check out TheCrypto6.com

 

A detailed run down of what happened during Aria’s sentencing hearing

Prosecutor

Aframe & Kennedy

Aria elects to continue despite lawyer’s motion to delay as a result of freemans trial

Judge talks about sentencing guidelines and not having to obey them

Defense

Objections to PSR (pre-sentcing report done by the probation department) do not directly involve freeman case and are not connected to Aria

Judge

Offense level is 19

Criminal History Level 1

This is the bottom of the scale

30-37 months is the range according to the sentencing guideline

Fine is $10-100k + $100 special assessment fee

Aria is requesting a downward variance from these guidelines

The prosecutor is not requesting anything different from the guidelines

Justice here requires a more lenient sentence than the guidelines state

Prosecutor

Makes a point of the importance of the offense and argues it’s not just a mere regulatory offense as the defense argues

This is an oversimplification and selling crypto is dangerous if done outside of regulatory controls

DiMezzo operated over several months without controls

[ this is actually false in that both Aria and Ian complied with the regulations, and thus this is only a sentence for not being registered as a money transmitter, Aria did more KYC, or followed the know your customer procedures than did the banks of which were actually involved in transmitting money unlike that of Aria ]

This is more significant just not having a license

[ Aria didn’t please guilty to more than not being registered and the government is trying to bring in things that had nothing to do with Aria’s plea agreement, potentially violating the very agreement which would open the doors to her being able to back out of said plea agreement and take the case to trial ]

She kept photos of victims

[ the humorous part of this is that by following the law and performing KYC you are required to keep copies of the drivers licenses and passports which means the government is claiming that by following the law Aria broke the law as they are trying to twist KYC documents like copies of drivers licenses and signed contracts by the ‘victims’ stating that they understand that they are buying Bitcoin alongside a picture of the document and themselves, thus trying to argue these folks are victims, particularly of Aria is absurd, the victims lied to Aria when questions were asked as part of the KYC process to try and stop third party scammers from taking advantage of vulnerable folks, but when vulnerable folks partake in the scams themselves there is little a seller of crypto or a bank can do to stop it ]

Photos from Ian’s computer and Aria’s phone had some of the same photos

[ this is largely correct because the Shire Free Church had more sales than it could keep up with and thus referred smaller customers over to the Reformed Satanic Temple that Aria was selling crypto on behalf of ]

She was a conduit

[ yea, and on that logic so was the bank, but you aren’t prosecuting the bank, of which none did KYC according to your own witnesses, KYC may not work in all cases, and it did not work in a handful of cases here, but this is also out of 6,000 transactions that the FBI found 7-8 victims between 2 different organizations, that isn’t a bad track record, it’s an unbelievably impressive track record ]

“intentional local blindness”

[ intentional or willful blindness is a concept where you ignore evidence that a crime is being committed by a third party and sell to them anyway- this didn’t happen and the evidence presented during Ian’s trial actually showed that at least Ian refused to sell to an undercover FBI agent pretending to a drug dealer … but actually following the law doesn’t matter.. the scummy eastern european federal agent just got up on the stand and said, something to the effect of he may not have said he would sell to be, but he gave me a wink and a nod, now that was despite when questioned admitting no such wink and a nod occurred, nor was there any evidence of such a wink and nod occuring in a figurative manor as the undercover agent went around Ian to one of the Shire Free Churches vending machines and it wasn’t until the trial that Ian learned that the guy purchased what I believe was about $20,000 of cryptocurrency through the vending machine, this is the undercover agent never told Ian he was going to purchase Bitcoin from the vending machine, and Ian had no means of stopping him even if he had said he was going to do this… the vending machines are not Ians and they are the Shire Free Church.. even had he known what could he have done? Call up the business where the church rented space and ask them to tackle a man who looked like a big eastern european gang member? The jury completely ignored the knowing requirement in the law given Ian didn’t knowingly sell to the man ]

She made prosecutions hard… she would not find out what people were using Bitcoin for

[ this is just false in that questions were asked where red flags existed and every one of the victims at Ian’s trial was called by Ian and the so called victims testified to that… and spoken with to ensure that there were no misunderstanding or risks such as there being coercion by a third party or romance situation where the significant other had never met … and as these KYC procedures were followed the government actually has the photos and IDs of the scammers yet refuses according to the victims to go after the fraudsters despite knowing who they are .. Ian and Aria did not make it difficult for the feds to investigate… they did their job for them… ]

“don’t ever sell to anyone who tells you their business”

[ this is more or less what Aria said in a presentation on selling Bitcoin she gave… it was taken out of context as Aria and Ian did do KYC and were doing more than they were required to under the law … and in context to the presentation it’s simply that if you sell crypto to someone that is committing a crime the government will argue you have broken the law… it’s not that Ian or Aria weren’t doing KYC, but didn’t want to deal with potentially problem customers, not that they didn’t do KYC or ask any questions as would be required had they actually been obligated to do KYC in the first place which they weren’t as the law also says that businesses for profit, not churches or charitable organizations must register and do KYC, but despite that the churches did do KYC even though they did not register, thus regulatory violation is what Aria pleaded guilty to, not anything else, particularly not fraud ]

She continues to not understand the callus way she operated her business

[ we should talk about the callus way in which you are prosecuting an innocent person… but no she was no callus in the way the church raised money for charitable causes by selling crypto and took more steps to ensure people didn’t become victims of scams even though it was NOT her business what anyone did with their crypto … I don’t ask my customers what they do with their computers that are purchased from my company and it’s not that different here .. they might use them in illegal ways but I’d only be obligated to do something if I had reason to believe they were committing a crime .. Bitcoin is not money as it was defined under the law at the time this fundraising was ongoing and it wasn’t until after the FBI raid in 2021 that the federal government changed the law which still probably doesn’t include Bitcoin ]

They play an audio clip of Free Talk Live, a show Aria co-hosts where she criticizes the federal government and the agents: “Moral of story is if you want to make money and not get in trouble you need to scam people. They want the scammers to exist.”

[ they are trying to take this out of context and make it out as if Aria is advocating people scam others rather than sell crypto ? ]

She put head in sand blaming the victim

[ this is an exaggeration, but the so-called victims DID actually participate in scamming others in that at least one person during Ian’s trail testified that he would receive money from others and send it onward to the scammer and another so-called victim stated that he was told he was engaged in money laundering as one bank split up with him.. despite this he continued doing it .. unlike what Aria was doing which was ONLY selling a product and not money transmission .. and despite that doing KYC when it wasn’t required under the law as it was written at the time ]

Her background is neither plus nor minus

[ basically her childhood upbringing wasn’t great and this is what defense lawyers do at sentencing as such things are mitigating factors at sentencing .. but of course the prosecutor wants the judge to ignore it ]

This was a way to make money

It’s a business crime, a financial crime

[ that wasn’t the case and as Ian’s case demonstrated 85% of the dollars that went into church accounts according to the governments own witnesses went back into purchasing bitcoin which makes sense if you are selling bitcoin for charity… and then there was other evidence that demonstrated that the money went to charitable causes like building orphanages in Africa and local causes such as converting a house into a mosque for a minority religious community in Keene .. and at no time did the prosecutor present any evidence as to what the money was used for which is pretty important if you are going to argue that it was a business venture of some kind as that is written in the law … doing it without charging a fee as a hobby is also not within the scope of the law as written just as doing it for charity is not in the scope of the law as written ]

Virtual currencies need to be used appropriately and we need to send that message

[ this is disgusting… the idea that they get to tell you and I what we can and can’t do with our own money… but it’s even more disgusting in that they want to treat bitcoin different than how we treat cash … have you ever been asked by a bank what you are going to do with the cash you withdraw from the ATM machine? Of course not.. yet this is what they’re claiming is required under KYC despite their own witness, a credit union lady, testifying that you DO NOT have to go over every transaction with a fine tooth comb which means the banks were not even failing in their KYC obligations when they allowed victims to be victimized … KYC doesn’t work … even when you go overboard as was the case with the Crypto6 cases ]

Defense

Prosecutor acknowledged acceptance of conviction

– no fraud on aria’s part
– aria didn’t cause any losses
– aria cooperated with government and provided the government access to devices with bitcoin worth $50-60k
– she recognizes that despite lack of knowledge of scams
– she wanted the money to compensate victims
– there was no violence involved here
– there were no drugs involved here

It’s a regulatory offense that involves no fraud

No money laundering charges exist here

It’s also not beyond dispute that it is regulated or not
[ aww yea, each state government and 3 letter agency claims it is something different ]

They try to connect Ian and Aria based on IDs

If you were engaged in fraud you wouldn’t keep this information and she preserved everything

As misguided as she was about licensing she was not out to defraud anyone

The guidelines are misleading because no losses occurred

Normally they are used when someone is unjustly enriched

This is not a case with a loss or restitution

36 transactions with no prior criminal record

She grew up in a very impoverished area and courts recognize experiences in childhood are mitigating circumstances as children do not control their surroundings

She lives in a rental unit, works at dominos, and not someone who stole 3 million dollars

She is no threat to the public

The only reason to incarcerate her is as a deterrence to others

Prosecutor

$30k Aria made from selling crypto

[ no evidence of this actually exists and was pointed out it’s entirely speculative, but not relevant either way ]

Defense

She did no knowingly facilitate scammers

[ keyword in the law here is knowingly, not all laws have a knowingly component, but this one does ]

With a straw purchase (gun sales where someone buys a gun for someone else who is a criminal) the straw purchaser knows they are facilitating gang members.

[ this is is important because the prosecution brought up straw purchases in gun cases to suggest it doesn’t matter if Aria knows or not, but it does actually matter and it’s not a proper analogy as she didn’t know about ANY sale that was going to enable scammers ]

Aria makes a statement:

I did not know or think it was suspicious
It’s not Ian’s fault

In regard to clip I was not trying to help criminals

I wanted to bring down the banking system as privacy is valuable

I don’t ask the person I have cut my grass what they intend to do with payment

[ this is important because it’s dependent on how Bitcoin is defined whether or not you have to comply with money transmission laws and the regulators don’t get to decide this.. the law is unclear… but what everyone agrees on is Bitcoin is not like anything that has come before suggesting it requires legislation if it is to be defined as money… this is almost certainly one of the things that are going to be appealed as this is a matter of law and the judge ruled on it before the trial without understanding what Bitcoin was… calling the blockchain a person… and then instructing the jury it is money when it has not been clearly established under the law as such… there may be other issues here in the the law is overly broad and that might be another issue upon which an appeal can be based ]

Judge

I am going to grant a downward variance, but the sentence will include incarceration.

18 months [cage time]

I will not take into consideration a shred of evidence from the Freeman trial

It was a regulatory crime

This crime is a crime to protect the integrity of the financial system

General deterrence makes sense

[ the judge is saying here that the only reason he is putting her in a cage is to send a message and not because of what she did ]

Judge says she can self report

Defense

Lawyer chimes up and reserves right to appeal

[ Judge is curious on the basis of that appeal ]

The sentence has a procedure and substances defect

It’s out of proportion to the crime committed

The court has been influences by allegations of fraud

Judge

18 months cage time + 1 year supervised release

$100 special assessment fee

$5,000 fine, which is half of the guideline range

[ this is positive as it means she gets a downward variance on the fine and the time served ]

Aria must post $2,500 within 60 days of sentencing

Aria must self report June 17th … something about so that Aria can attend a weeding it sounded like.

Judge will put in a recommendation for a Massachusetts or Connecticut federal prison per request by the defense

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Aria’s Sentencing Hearing

Prosecutor

Aframe & Kennedy

Aria elects to continue despite lawyer’s motion to delay as a result of freemans trial

Judge talks about sentencing guidelines and not having to obey them

Defense

Objections to PSR (pre-sentcing report done by the probation department) do not directly involve freeman case and are not connected to Aria

Judge

Offense level is 19

Criminal History Level 1

This is the bottom of the scale

30-37 months is the range according to the sentencing guideline

Fine is $10-100k + $100 special assessment fee

Aria is requesting a downward variance from these guidelines

The prosecutor is not requesting anything different from the guidelines

Justice here requires a more lenient sentence than the guidelines state

Prosecutor

Makes a point of the importance of the offense and argues it’s not just a mere regulatory offense as the defense argues

This is an oversimplification and selling crypto is dangerous if done outside of regulatory controls

DiMezzo operated over several months without controls

[ this is actually false in that both Aria and Ian complied with the regulations, and thus this is only a sentence for not being registered as a money transmitter, Aria did more KYC, or followed the know your customer procedures than did the banks of which were actually involved in transmitting money unlike that of Aria ]

This is more significant just not having a license

[ Aria didn’t please guilty to more than not being registered and the government is trying to bring in things that had nothing to do with Aria’s plea agreement, potentially violating the very agreement which would open the doors to her being able to back out of said plea agreement and take the case to trial ]

She kept photos of victims

[ the humorous part of this is that by following the law and performing KYC you are required to keep copies of the drivers licenses and passports which means the government is claiming that by following the law Aria broke the law as they are trying to twist KYC documents like copies of drivers licenses and signed contracts by the ‘victims’ stating that they understand that they are buying Bitcoin alongside a picture of the document and themselves, thus trying to argue these folks are victims, particularly of Aria is absurd, the victims lied to Aria when questions were asked as part of the KYC process to try and stop third party scammers from taking advantage of vulnerable folks, but when vulnerable folks partake in the scams themselves there is little a seller of crypto or a bank can do to stop it ]

Photos from Ian’s computer and Aria’s phone had some of the same photos

[ this is largely correct because the Shire Free Church had more sales than it could keep up with and thus referred smaller customers over to the Reformed Satanic Temple that Aria was selling crypto on behalf of ]

She was a conduit

[ yea, and on that logic so was the bank, but you aren’t prosecuting the bank, of which none did KYC according to your own witnesses, KYC may not work in all cases, and it did not work in a handful of cases here, but this is also out of 6,000 transactions that the FBI found 7-8 victims between 2 different organizations, that isn’t a bad track record, it’s an unbelievably impressive track record ]

“intentional local blindness”

[ intentional or willful blindness is a concept where you ignore evidence that a crime is being committed by a third party and sell to them anyway- this didn’t happen and the evidence presented during Ian’s trial actually showed that at least Ian refused to sell to an undercover FBI agent pretending to a drug dealer … but actually following the law doesn’t matter.. the scummy eastern european federal agent just got up on the stand and said, something to the effect of he may not have said he would sell to be, but he gave me a wink and a nod, now that was despite when questioned admitting no such wink and a nod occurred, nor was there any evidence of such a wink and nod occuring in a figurative manor as the undercover agent went around Ian to one of the Shire Free Churches vending machines and it wasn’t until the trial that Ian learned that the guy purchased what I believe was about $20,000 of cryptocurrency through the vending machine, this is the undercover agent never told Ian he was going to purchase Bitcoin from the vending machine, and Ian had no means of stopping him even if he had said he was going to do this… the vending machines are not Ians and they are the Shire Free Church.. even had he known what could he have done? Call up the business where the church rented space and ask them to tackle a man who looked like a big eastern european gang member? The jury completely ignored the knowing requirement in the law given Ian didn’t knowingly sell to the man ]

She made prosecutions hard… she would not find out what people were using Bitcoin for

[ this is just false in that questions were asked where red flags existed and every one of the victims at Ian’s trial was called by Ian and the so called victims testified to that… and spoken with to ensure that there were no misunderstanding or risks such as there being coercion by a third party or romance situation where the significant other had never met … and as these KYC procedures were followed the government actually has the photos and IDs of the scammers yet refuses according to the victims to go after the fraudsters despite knowing who they are .. Ian and Aria did not make it difficult for the feds to investigate… they did their job for them… ]

“don’t ever sell to anyone who tells you their business”

[ this is more or less what Aria said in a presentation on selling Bitcoin she gave… it was taken out of context as Aria and Ian did do KYC and were doing more than they were required to under the law … and in context to the presentation it’s simply that if you sell crypto to someone that is committing a crime the government will argue you have broken the law… it’s not that Ian or Aria weren’t doing KYC, but didn’t want to deal with potentially problem customers, not that they didn’t do KYC or ask any questions as would be required had they actually been obligated to do KYC in the first place which they weren’t as the law also says that businesses for profit, not churches or charitable organizations must register and do KYC, but despite that the churches did do KYC even though they did not register, thus regulatory violation is what Aria pleaded guilty to, not anything else, particularly not fraud ]

She continues to not understand the callus way she operated her business

[ we should talk about the callus way in which you are prosecuting an innocent person… but no she was no callus in the way the church raised money for charitable causes by selling crypto and took more steps to ensure people didn’t become victims of scams even though it was NOT her business what anyone did with their crypto … I don’t ask my customers what they do with their computers that are purchased from my company and it’s not that different here .. they might use them in illegal ways but I’d only be obligated to do something if I had reason to believe they were committing a crime .. Bitcoin is not money as it was defined under the law at the time this fundraising was ongoing and it wasn’t until after the FBI raid in 2021 that the federal government changed the law which still probably doesn’t include Bitcoin ]

They play an audio clip of Free Talk Live, a show Aria co-hosts where she criticizes the federal government and the agents: “Moral of story is if you want to make money and not get in trouble you need to scam people. They want the scammers to exist.”

[ they are trying to take this out of context and make it out as if Aria is advocating people scam others rather than sell crypto ? ]

She put head in sand blaming the victim

[ this is an exaggeration, but the so-called victims DID actually participate in scamming others in that at least one person during Ian’s trail testified that he would receive money from others and send it onward to the scammer and another so-called victim stated that he was told he was engaged in money laundering as one bank split up with him.. despite this he continued doing it .. unlike what Aria was doing which was ONLY selling a product and not money transmission .. and despite that doing KYC when it wasn’t required under the law as it was written at the time ]

Her background is neither plus nor minus

[ basically her childhood upbringing wasn’t great and this is what defense lawyers do at sentencing as such things are mitigating factors at sentencing .. but of course the prosecutor wants the judge to ignore it ]

This was a way to make money

It’s a business crime, a financial crime

[ that wasn’t the case and as Ian’s case demonstrated 85% of the dollars that went into church accounts according to the governments own witnesses went back into purchasing bitcoin which makes sense if you are selling bitcoin for charity… and then there was other evidence that demonstrated that the money went to charitable causes like building orphanages in Africa and local causes such as converting a house into a mosque for a minority religious community in Keene .. and at no time did the prosecutor present any evidence as to what the money was used for which is pretty important if you are going to argue that it was a business venture of some kind as that is written in the law … doing it without charging a fee as a hobby is also not within the scope of the law as written just as doing it for charity is not in the scope of the law as written ]

Virtual currencies need to be used appropriately and we need to send that message

[ this is disgusting… the idea that they get to tell you and I what we can and can’t do with our own money… but it’s even more disgusting in that they want to treat bitcoin different than how we treat cash … have you ever been asked by a bank what you are going to do with the cash you withdraw from the ATM machine? Of course not.. yet this is what they’re claiming is required under KYC despite their own witness, a credit union lady, testifying that you DO NOT have to go over every transaction with a fine tooth comb which means the banks were not even failing in their KYC obligations when they allowed victims to be victimized … KYC doesn’t work … even when you go overboard as was the case with the Crypto6 cases ]

Defense

Prosecutor acknowledged acceptance of conviction

– no fraud on aria’s part
– aria didn’t cause any losses
– aria cooperated with government and provided the government access to devices with bitcoin worth $50-60k
– she recognizes that despite lack of knowledge of scams
– she wanted the money to compensate victims
– there was no violence involved here
– there were no drugs involved here

It’s a regulatory offense that involves no fraud

No money laundering charges exist here

It’s also not beyond dispute that it is regulated or not
[ aww yea, each state government and 3 letter agency claims it is something different ]

They try to connect Ian and Aria based on IDs

If you were engaged in fraud you wouldn’t keep this information and she preserved everything

As misguided as she was about licensing she was not out to defraud anyone

The guidelines are misleading because no losses occurred

Normally they are used when someone is unjustly enriched

This is not a case with a loss or restitution

36 transactions with no prior criminal record

She grew up in a very impoverished area and courts recognize experiences in childhood are mitigating circumstances as children do not control their surroundings

She lives in a rental unit, works at dominos, and not someone who stole 3 million dollars

She is no threat to the public

The only reason to incarcerate her is as a deterrence to others

Prosecutor

$30k Aria made from selling crypto

[ no evidence of this actually exists and was pointed out it’s entirely speculative, but not relevant either way ]

Defense

She did no knowingly facilitate scammers

[ keyword in the law here is knowingly, not all laws have a knowingly component, but this one does ]

With a straw purchase (gun sales where someone buys a gun for someone else who is a criminal) the straw purchaser knows they are facilitating gang members.

[ this is is important because the prosecution brought up straw purchases in gun cases to suggest it doesn’t matter if Aria knows or not, but it does actually matter and it’s not a proper analogy as she didn’t know about ANY sale that was going to enable scammers ]

Aria makes a statement:

I did not know or think it was suspicious
It’s not Ian’s fault

In regard to clip I was not trying to help criminals

I wanted to bring down the banking system as privacy is valuable

I don’t ask the person I have cut my grass what they intend to do with payment

[ this is important because it’s dependent on how Bitcoin is defined whether or not you have to comply with money transmission laws and the regulators don’t get to decide this.. the law is unclear… but what everyone agrees on is Bitcoin is not like anything that has come before suggesting it requires legislation if it is to be defined as money… this is almost certainly one of the things that are going to be appealed as this is a matter of law and the judge ruled on it before the trial without understanding what Bitcoin was… calling the blockchain a person… and then instructing the jury it is money when it has not been clearly established under the law as such… there may be other issues here in the the law is overly broad and that might be another issue upon which an appeal can be based ]

Judge

I am going to grant a downward variance, but the sentence will include incarceration.

18 months [cage time]

I will not take into consideration a shred of evidence from the Freeman trial

It was a regulatory crime

This crime is a crime to protect the integrity of the financial system

General deterrence makes sense

[ the judge is saying here that the only reason he is putting her in a cage is to send a message and not because of what she did ]

Judge says she can self report

Defense

Lawyer chimes up and reserves right to appeal

[ Judge is curious on the basis of that appeal ]

The sentence has a procedure and substances defect

It’s out of proportion to the crime committed

The court has been influences by allegations of fraud

Judge

18 months cage time + 1 year supervised release

$100 special assessment fee

$5,000 fine, which is half of the guideline range

[ this is positive as it means she gets a downward variance on the fine and the time served ]

Aria must post $2,500 within 60 days of sentencing

Aria must self report June 17th … something about so that Aria can attend a weeding it sounded like.

Judge will put in a recommendation for a Massachusetts or Connecticut federal prison per request by the defense

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Skip’s Sauntering Snippets – Blue States: We Own Your Kids! (And Joe Biden Agrees)

Granite Grok - Fri, 2023-04-28 00:00 +0000

If your minor child goes to Washington or California (as other Blue States are looking to follow suit), they will give them puberty blockers, hormone treatments, and sexual organ mutilation surgery to make them “normal.” Short-term exuberance shortly followed by “What have I done??”. And then a realization by many (not all, but more and more) that their real problems were not their physical bodies but what was going on (or not) in their minds.

Once again, I have “stream of consciousness” thoughts.

 



 

 

Note: unlike some podcasters, I don’t plan any of these out ahead of time. I start talking, for good or worse, and what comes out, comes out. And what should be coming out of your mouths is “HELL NO”!

We’ve seen countries that have decided that YOUR children are really Society’s children (and if you were ill-educated in government schools, that would be the Soviet Union, the Eastern bloc vassal nations of theirs, Communist China, et al.). Which, to put it properly in translation, really means that the State owns them. You just give birth to them.

Remember Hillary’s “It Takes a Village”? Yeah, the “Collective” owns them.  The NEA says that “teachers know best.” Yeah, the “Collective” owns them.  Former MSNBC Talking Head Melissa Harris-Perry held this thought (video at the link):

“We have never invested as much in public education as we should have because we’ve always had a private notion of children; your kid is yours and totally your responsibility. We haven’t had a very collective notion of these are our childrenWe Have to Break Through This Idea ‘That Kids Belong to Their Parents‘“

Yeah, the “Collective” owns them. My response was, “If you thought getting my rifle out of my cold, dead hands was hard enough…”.

And now President Asterisk decided to weigh in on the same Communist mantra that WE parents should have no hold on our children:

Speaking during a teachers event in the Rose Garden at the White House Monday afternoon, President Joe Biden claimed America’s children don’t belong to their parents, but instead to society as a whole.

And the Left, especially the Teachers Unions (AFT, NEA) take umbrage with the retort of “The Government does NOT, WILL not, co-parent my child!”???

RedState takes it right to the quick (emphasis mine):

Yeah, that’s a big fat “nope.” My children do not, in fact, belong to Joe Biden or anyone else in the broader community. I’m responsible for them, I support them, and I protect them. I do not need an overbearing government assigning them to nebulous “children of the nation” status while shoving left-wing indoctrination down their throats. And rest assured, that’s what this is about.

Biden is deeply upset that many parents have said enough is enough when it comes to schools exposing their children to sexualized and racialized content. Bills passed in Florida have led in that fight but states all over the union are following suit, restoring parental rights in the face of demented school officials. Biden’s Soviet-esque vision of communal parenting is just an extension of the “it takes a village” tripe that Hillary Clinton promoted, and we aren’t down for it.

Whether Biden likes it or not, the government or any sub-section of it, right down to local school districts, will not decide what values are instilled in my children. That’s a basic freedom they will not infringe on, and if they keep trying, parents will only push back harder. That’s especially true when dealing with issues like sexuality, gender, and religion.

Note: Oh, by the way – at the time I wrote this, I was unaware that the appeal of the Manchester School District case about lying to parents about the transgender status of their child (in this case, hiding the fact that the District was counseling towards as well as aiding and abetting the child to transition to be a sex she can never be) is being heard at the NH Supreme Court today. The original decision by the Maggie Hassan appointed Superior Court judge was, effectively, that a parent had no rights to their child while in a government school.

Let’s see if SCONH believes that children actually do belong to the State.  If it does, we’re all screwed as it will be a fundamental change in our Society that will have huge ramifications going forward – and not good ones.

So that is where I will be when this post goes live.

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React 19 Panel With Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at Dartmouth

Granite Grok - Thu, 2023-04-27 22:30 +0000

On Wednesday, at the Hanover Inn, the React 19 panel spoke at length about the mishandling of the medical and governmental reaction to the SARS-CoV-2 virus that took over the world in 2020-2021.  The primary focus was mandates that continue to hold sway with over 1,000 colleges and universities still enforcing vaccine mandates on students.

Vermont’s Dr. Sandy Reider, a founding member of Physicians for Informed Consent, was among the panel.

Other panelists included Harvard’s Martin Kulldorff, Ph.D. and co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, which called for a moratorium on draconian lockdown and other measures, award-winning cardiologist Dr. Aseem Malhotra, orthopedic surgeon and React 19 co-founder Dr. Joel Wallskog, George Mason law school professor Todd Zywicki, J.D., Pfizer clinical trial whistleblower Brook Jackson.  The panel was moderated by Kim Witczak a global drug safety advocate.

The banquet hall at the Hanover Inn holds some four hundred people and was sold out by the time I tried to get into the $ 300-a-plate fundraiser for React 19.  Those in attendance were unusually demonstrative for a New England crowd, breaking into applause and hollering out at random throughout the gathering.

Witczak prefers a “popcorn” approach to discussions which makes for an interesting range of topics discussed. In all, the panel confessed to being fooled by the global response. Many claimed to be early adopters of the vaccine, several having been vaccinated, while also suffering harassment and censorship for expressing public concerns over poor management and civil rights violations.

From bad medicine to unlawful government overreach, the panel was united in both their deep disapproval and professional disgust for the conduct of pandemic super players like Dr. Anthony Fauci, governors Cuomo and Whitmer, and a media who were obviously complicit in carrying the toxic water that bathed citizens and airwaves, including our vulnerable children.

Democrat candidate hopeful for president and Big Pharma nightmare Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. preceded the evening’s keynote speaker, fellow lawyer Aaron Siri.  His commentary was perhaps the most salient given he now contends with current President Biden as the party nominee.  Even conservatives are eager at the thought of a Kennedy Jr./Gabbard ticket.

Kennedy is a repository of stories and information that elucidates our current predicament regarding vaccines and America’s health crises.  His speech opens with his pleasant surprise to find an Ivy League room familiar with VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System).  He then explains the history of VAERS and how it was considered “wholly inadequate” early on by then Surgeon General Kessler.  VAERS continues to under-deliver proper medical feedback due to its self-reporting requirement, which leaves doctors, many of whom had never heard of it, de-incentivized to assume responsibility out of embarrassment for suggesting bad medicine.

He then cites the Lazarus study, which revealed less than 1% of all adverse events are reported.  So when we hear from Naomi Wolf, that there were 46,000 reported events by Pfizer. The actual number is closer to 4.6 million.

Much of Kennedy’s family shares the legacy of creating the American health regulatory body we have today.  If Democrats and their big government ideals are to be applauded, it’s in this realm, no doubt.  Among them include his joint venture with David Koch of Koch Energy, a company Kennedy has sued over twenty times for environmental reasons, who likewise had a child with crippling food allergies both men believe were caused by vaccination.

Kennedy, who also runs the Children’s Health Defense organization, keeps the focus of his speech on topic.  Namely, how are these vaccines affecting our children, why is it so bad, who is responsible, and what can we do about it?

1989 was the year following Ronald Reagan’s approval of the VICA protections, which made vaccines the “perfect business model,” leading to a veritable “gold rush” for vaccine makers.  The act essentially instituted a risk-free and government-guaranteed $1 billion per year cemented with legal immunity for anyone looking to play the game.

Among the famous players are Bill Gates, who has said vaccines were the best business investment he’s ever made.  Kennedy shares Gate’s ability to use American funds thanks to a specious claim of “saving 30 million lives” in Africa, where he and the World Health Organization (WHO) continue to promote a DPT vaccine to 160,000,000 African children each year.  Challenged by the Danish government and Danish bio-lab company Novo Nordisk (who have a facility in West Lebanon, NH), now with thirty years of research, Gates and the WHO need to explain why they continue to recommend the DPT shot shown to kill African girls at 10x the rate of non-vaccinated African girls.  In fact, the vaccine kills more children than the disease it’s purported to mitigate against.  Experts who expose or bother to ask seem to be looking for work shortly thereafter.

After 1989 the number of neurological disorders went from 1 in 10,000 among Kennedy’s generation to 1 in 34 today.  There are over 100 disorders associated with today’s schedule of 72 vaccines.  The inserts in today’s vaccine list virtually all of them, not as a catch-all as some suggest, but legally due to their proven links.  It’s unlawful to list anything not shown to cause harm.

The most controversial is autism which now occurs in one in every five children.  Kennedy says we know it’s from the vaccines thanks to numerous independent studies.  We also know food allergies are caused by them as well, thanks to empirical evidence using the aluminum adjuvant coupled with the specific protein (dairy, peanuts, latex, etc.) shown in rats.

Speaking of rats Kennedy ties a bow around his expose by mentioning the captured agencies and names of those who knowingly lie about their culpability.  It’s his unwavering crusade to hold these people accountable that has made him a national hero and likely bipartisan favorite to hold the highest office in the land.

He maintains his faith in both science and medicine. However, his lack of faith in the agencies to correct themselves is apparent. Throwing his hat into the ring, given his family history, takes tremendous courage in today’s environment.  In a room full of high IQs, he remains remarkably down to earth, starting his crusade largely over his concern for children losing the right and joy of fishing with their dads and granddads.

We are reminded fighting evil doesn’t take intelligence it takes courage and the willingness to stand up and speak out.  Even with a quivering and injured voice, Mr. Kennedy is putting his time and money where his mouth is, which is about twelve inches above his lion’s heart.

 

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Blue Hampshire … Where The “Conservatives” Sound Just Like The Communists (aka NH-Democrats)

Granite Grok - Thu, 2023-04-27 21:00 +0000

I previously posted about a “conservative” State Rep who believes that the same NH-Democrats who support late-term abortion, grooming, DEI, CRT, oppose parental rights, etc. etc. etc. are “good people”: NO. Communists (aka New Hampshire Democrats) Are Not “Good People.” Well … HE’S BACK … at NH-NeverTump Journal, that is … shilling for Obamacare … more specifically, gaslighting us by claiming that Obamacare Medicaid Expansion is “conservative”:

According to this State Rep, Obamacare has lowered the costs of healthcare:

From a healthcare standpoint, the program’s results speak for themselves: The number of uninsured patients seeking emergency room care reduced by 63 percent; uninsured inpatient admission reduced by 57 percent; and uninsured outpatient admissions reduced by 41 percent. For New Hampshire hospitals, the cost of uncompensated care attributable to the uninsured has dropped dramatically from $173 million in 2014 to $69 million in 2021.

This drop in uncompensated care is important because uncompensated care gets folded into rates paid by insurers for services provided by hospitals, making it a hidden tax on private insurers and a cost for businesses and individuals with private insurance.

Apparently, this State Rep believes, or wants voters to believe, that “the cost of uncompensated care attributable to the uninsured [that] has dropped dramatically” just happened magically; money just fell out of the sky into the coffers of hospitals; it didn’t cost you or me anything. BULLSH*T.

Obamacare Medicaid Expansion simply shifted the cost of providing healthcare to certain uninsured from hospitals to working and middle class people. Somebody has to pay for the providing health insurance to the uninsured … and that someone is the federal government … which means that working and middle class people are primarily footing the bill.

This is how Democrats talk …it’s FREE MONEY; what could go wrong?!?! Maybe runaway inflation and skyrocketing debt.

ADDITIONALLY, paying for the healthcare of able-bodied people who are able to work is now “conservative”? SERIOUSLY? This is corporatism … forcing working and middle class people to pad the bottom-lines of the hospitals … NOT CONSERVATISM.

 

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N.H. General Court Needs to Uphold Its Constitutional Duties to The People

The Liberty Block - Thu, 2023-04-27 20:47 +0000

Government has been turned upside down. It no longer exists for the people, but rather for the government. And I’m not just a part time conspiracy theorist (isn’t everyone nowadays if you don’t buy the mainstream B.S.?). I moonlight as a N.H. State Representative, as well. Figured the extra $100 a year could really pad the retirement account.

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Manchester Proud: Another Disappointment

Granite Grok - Thu, 2023-04-27 19:30 +0000

Manchester Proud has been involved with the Manchester public schools for many years now. Some have even questioned who’s really running the school after they hear how Manchester Proud is involved.

The New Hampshire House Education Committee heard testimony on SB218. SB218 would establish an early educator professional development grant. During testimony, Sue Hannon, who is an educator in the Manchester schools, spoke in favor of SB218. (54:00). She explained how this money could be used to fund mentors for teachers in Manchester. She explained how this would help teachers, which would ultimately help students. She gave a thorough explanation of how this money would be used.

The committee members asked detailed questions, but as I sat there listening, I wondered why Manchester Proud hasn’t funded this important position.

Manchester Proud claims to be an organization focused on improving the schools. So why are employees in the district taking their personal day off of work to ask for additional funding? What has Manchester Proud done for the teachers and students in the public schools?

Here you can read about Manchester Proud wasted $30,000.00 to join the Council of Great City Schools (CGCS). Teachers were pleading for basic necessities in the classroom, but that wasn’t a priority for Manchester Proud. CGCS pushes political objectives.

Here Manchester Proud was noted for teaming up with the radicalized 2Revolutions. Another politicized group that pushes the radical and racist Critical Race Theory agenda in public schools.

And despite Manchester Proud’s claim to not be political, in 2018, their political associations drew negative attention.

What does Manchester Proud focus on now?

Manchester Proud highlighted the school’s Chief Equity Officer here. This is what Tina Philibotte focuses on:

My greatest aspiration is to have culturally sustaining systems, practices, and pathways in place where students feel seen, heard, and valued. Manchester schools will be nurturing spaces where all students and families have agency in matters where they are most directly affected. The voices of the historically marginalized and historically under-resourced community members will be lifted up and prioritized, and all kids will have what they need to contribute positively to their community.

Once again, a lot of FLUFF but no substance. There is nothing about the importance of improving literacy for the underserved students in this district. Nothing about improving academic outcomes or the importance of knowledge. When will someone care about uplifting students in this district so doors will be opened for them?

Compare Manchester Proud’s priorities to Sun Hannon’s priorities. Sue Hannon wants to make sure that the teachers are well prepared to teach in the classroom. She wants to make sure that teachers have mentors, and that the district can retain the teachers they have on staff. There’s no fluff in that, but instead a lot of substance.

Manchester Proud’s blatant disregard for prioritizing the needs in the district, is on display again. When will they bring something of substance to the table?

Real social justice begins with a focus on academic excellence in a safe learning environment. Employees shouldn’t have to take a day off of work to ask for money from the State, when so much is wasted by Manchester Proud!

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Vermont Elementary School Removes Male and Female From Sex Ed Curriculum

Granite Grok - Thu, 2023-04-27 18:00 +0000

Vermont continues to impress upon Americans that it is not the place to move to if you plan to raise a family. Rising taxes, rising crime, and cultural decline. It is spiraling downhill like the average Dem-Run city but with great views.

The latest cultural Marxist domino to fall comes from Founders Memorial Elementary School. As in, the principles behind the Founding are dead. In an effort to be inclusive, the school will exclude the terms male and female from 5th-grade instruction on puberty and reproduction.

 

“In an effort to align our curriculum with our equity policy, teachers will be using gender inclusive language throughout this unit. With any differences, we strive to use ‘person-first’ language as best practice,” Jablonski wrote.

Instead of referring to a person as a “boy” or “male,” teachers will say “person who produces sperm.” Likewise, they will no longer say “girl” or “female” but “person who produces eggs.”

 

A few things to digest. Vermont. Elementary School. Sex Education. Sperm. Eggs. Exclusion is inclusive. And we wouldn’t want sperm producers thinking they can’t participate in egg producer sports. With puberty blossoming, it is an excellent time to ruin a child’s life for life. Maybe give them some dangerous drugs, and mutilate their bodies. Make it so they can’t choose to do a damn thing either way with the sperm or the eggs.

While we’re on the subject.

 

A “healthy” 18-year-old trans-identifying male died after surgeons created a “neo-vagina” for him using his own colon tissue. The procedure resulted in fatal necrotizing fasciitis, according to a 2016 medical article documenting the teen’s death. …

The surgeons used the teen’s colon tissue because there was not enough tissue from his penis for them to use to create the “neo-vagina.” The lack of penile tissue was due to puberty blockers the teen had been put on when he was very young, causing his penis to be underdeveloped.

 

I’m not sure healthy is the word I’d use to describe the individual with an underdeveloped penis electing to have a neo-vagina made from a portion of their large bowel. Note: if exhumed many years from now, the skeletal remains will only be identifiable “as male.” Talk about a sin worse than dead-naming.

And what about the parents of these elementary school kids at Founders Memorial? Are they just mortified to go up against The System, or are they idiots? I’m serious. Because neither of those is acceptable, these are children. Many of them are trapped in an unhealthy environment. It’s progressives, public schools, and pedophiles. They all have one thing in common. They are sexualizing children for their partisan purposes.

It’s disgusting.

 

HT | NYP

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Survival Sunday – Thursday SITREP Edition

Granite Grok - Thu, 2023-04-27 16:30 +0000

Forewarned is forearmed.  Thus, this is intended to be a compilation of articles, with my commentary, to try and get like-minded people to grasp what’s coming.  Even merely being aware of events in the world will make you better prepared than the hordes of sheeple.  Note that these compilations are catch-as-catch can, and presented as is.  I make no guarantee of accuracy or complete coverage of the world.

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.

For prep materials, please see:

Survival Sunday – PREP Edition – Granite Grok

 

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Victor Davis Hanson Diagnoses The Dying Citizen

 

 

I’ve read his book The Savior Generals.  Fascinating.  His entire output is now on my “to be read” list, along with Sowell’s prodigious output.

 

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Top of the fold:

 

https://media.gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/135/866/737/playable/6c56aa20219e11c3.mp4

 

A man threatens people with his killing them… those who would hinder him going into a women’s bathroom.

 

 

Yeonmi Park | In Order to Live (rumble.com)

Video, hour and a half.  Lessons from someone who lived it.  Meanwhile, SJWs don’t want to hear from her.

Syracuse University Students Object to Talk From Woman Who Escaped Communist Nightmare of North Korea, Call Her a Liar | The Gateway Pundit | by Mike LaChance

And Bill Whittle’s video on Socialism:

 

2. SOCIALISM

 

 

Pfizer Quietly Financed Groups Lobbying for COVID Vaccine Mandates (substack.com)

This is not just about pharma.  In general we have the best government money can buy.

Leftist Invaders Are Colonizing Red America At Breakneck Speed (thefederalist.com)

But others move into red places with no such intentions. Some even work actively to colonize and wipe out every vestige of the American spirit and traditional American values. If they keep spreading their dystopias, there will be no place left to breathe freely in America.

They’re MISSIONARIES.  It’s why NH is now blue.

 

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Bill Whittle: My Friend Failure

 

 

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

FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf says “regulation” is needed to target “misinformation” (reclaimthenet.org)

In other words, we don’t like you talking and exchanging information freely.  Related:

UK: Totalitarian Night Descending | Blog Posts | VDARE.com

GUNTER: Canada’s Disturbing Censorship Conversation

This is an international effort.

Frustrated motorists are now STEALING Ulez cameras in protest over Sadiq Khan’s expansion plans | Daily Mail Online

Be a real shame if this caught on globally.

What’s that smell? Big Food corporations are quietly adding crickets and other insects into meal bars, cookies and snacks – NaturalNews.com

Start reading ingredients, people.  If you don’t recognize an ingredient, look it up.  More importantly, let the STORES where these are hear about it, and let the COMPANIES that manufacture them hear about it.  And then, let your friends & family hear about it too.  Related, at least to me:

An Obvious Solution – Vox Popoli (voxday.net)

Sooner or later, the Satanists always resort to starvation. It’s less confrontational, and therefore, less risky than war. This is why it’s important to start taking steps to secure your family’s food supply now.

MEP Exclusive: ‘The EU is Rolling Out a Total Financial Surveillance State’ With Crypto Regulation

And still so many do not think this is something to worry about.  And they won’t, until the gate slams shut.

Nigeria Limits Cash Withdrawals to $44 for Individuals and $11K for Businesses Per Week to Curb Inflation, Drive eNaira Adoption – BitcoinKE

CBDC will be rolled out as a “crime fighting” measure.

I remember reading about one country that did a roll-out of a new currency because the old one had been so hyperinflated it was worthless.  Then the new one became so too – and the people switched back to the old bills they’d kept.  There’s a lesson there.

 

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Protecting Children:

They Really Do Want Your Children …

Tweet.  Reading material for f*cking GRADE ONE.  Related:

LGBTQ Organization Cancels Florida Pride Parade Over Bill Banning Children From Lewd Adult Performances | The Gateway Pundit | by Cassandra MacDonald

Bayou Renaissance Man: The links between “queer theory” and pedophilia

Advocates of the “gay lifestyle” are often infuriated by accusations that the philosophy they espouse (you should pardon the expression) is also strongly supportive of pedophilia.  However, the links are clear and unarguable.  More:

Bayou Renaissance Man: Unmasking the transgender movement and those behind it

Preacher Ordered Not to Post Bible Verses Offending LGBTQ Crowd on Social Media for Five Years – The New American

“Although there was no evidence that Penkoski ever contacted, spoke to, tagged, or met the public figures leading the LGBTQ group, the trial court — based upon claims that the LGBTQ leaders felt terrorized and harassed by Penkoski’s three social media posts on religious and political issues — imposed a five-year protective order against him,” wrote the Rutherford Institute. That order requires Penkoski to refrain from any conduct that might cause the LGBTQ leaders to fear for their safety, which presumably includes citing Bible verses they don’t like. Failure to comply could result in Penkoski’s arrest and jailing for up to one year.

Lawfare.  An Evangelical – at least, that’s what I think he is – friend said that the ultimate goal is a war on religion.  He’s right.

UN Report Says Minors Can Consent to Sex with Adults (thenationalpulse.com)

Years ago I was in the John Birch Society and had their GET US OUT OF THE UN bumper sticker.  I agreed then and still agree.  After seeing their interview of a politically-conservative Rabbi, I may rejoin.

Female Athlete Injured by Fake Female Competitor Calls for an End to the Madness | Frontpage Mag

Payton McNabb said it best: “Allowing biological males to compete against biological females is dangerous. I may be the first to come before you with an injury, but if this doesn’t pass, I won’t be the last.” There is no doubt about that whatsoever. So will transgender advocates, who insist that trans women are women and that all who disagree are evil, pay Payton McNabb’s medical bills? How many women will have to be injured or raped before this society-wide experiment in social contagion and the normalization of insanity is brought to a close?

 

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National Security (specifically):

Labs Experimenting With Deadly Viruses Risk 1.6m Deaths Every Year, Experts Warn

The novel Frankenstein was a warning about scientific hubris.  Related:

EXC: Fauci, DOD, & CDC Funded Deadly Pathogen Research At Sudanese Biolab Seized By Militants. – Stephen K Bannon’s War Room

Space War: Chinese Plan To Disrupt Enemy Satellites’ Comms in the Event of Conflict

The US is very satellite-dependent, as I understand it.  Related to space:

China and Russia Move To Build Lunar Base Before Nasa’s Project Artemis – Chinese Vow To Put a Man on the Moon Before the End of the Decade | The Gateway Pundit | by Paul Serran

Biden Provoking A Nuclear War With China And Russia (allnewspipeline.com)

No regime can be as incompetent as the Biden regime has shown itself to be, which only leaves one option, the destruction of our military, and our depleting of our weapons and munitions in our Ukraine proxy war with Russia, has been deliberate.

I agree.  Even flipping a coin would have gotten more decisions correctly.  Speaking of Russia and China:

The Bear and the Panda Join Forces | Gates of Vienna

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On The Jab (and Covid)

Military lawyer says genetic changes from COVID vaccines are creating a new human ‘species’ under the law (lifesitenews.com)

Video.

90 Miles From Tyranny : Watch: Former Director Of National Intelligence Admits That Fauci Lied About Gain Of Function Research (ninetymilesfromtyranny.blogspot.com)

Is there anyone with three brain cells that talk with each other that still thinks Fausti didn’t lie?

40 Facts You NEED to Know: The REAL Story of “Covid” – OffGuardian (off-guardian.org)

A lot of info, but good background.

WATCH: Pediatric Cardiologist Gives Emotional Testimony on What the COVID Vax Does to Young Hearts (rumble.com)

Trading a risk of a disease that barely affects kids for what looks like a possibility of permanent heart damage.  We need gallows.  Now.

 

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Inflation:

No More Cheap Flights Is the New Reality for Air Travel – Bloomberg

To stop eeeeevil CO2, of course.  More:

The Great Travel Reset: No more cheap flights is new reality for Europeans – Net Zero holidays for the well-off only as ‘climate compliance laws’ get stricter for airlines | Climate Depot

Or buy CO2 offsets indulgences for one’s environmental sins?

 

 

The food items ONS inflation figures show rising in price the most | This is Money

For example, everyday essential items such as cheese and eggs have risen by over 30 per cent in price since last year.

Core Inflation Rises to New High of 12.3% in Poland

International.

No, The Prices Will Not Drop – Ask a Prepper

My electric bill, specifically, has more than doubled.

 

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This Is What Will Happen When The US Dollar Is No Longer The World Reserve Currency!

 

 

And two more videos, links only:

Why America’s Enemies Can’t Dump the Dollar (yet) – YouTube

The Financial System Cannot Go On, We’re At End of the Fiat Experiment Warns David Morgan – YouTube

 

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Enemedia:

Putin just DESTROYED NATO’S top Ukraine leaders with HYPERSONIC MISSILE yet the Snake News is Silent (rumble.com)

Video.

Facebook Censored Robert Kennedy, Jr.’s Presidential Announcement, Cut The Live Feed – Geller Report

Remember, control the information flow and you control the populace.

Seymour Hersh reacts to NYT helping track down Pentagon leaker — RT World News

Wholly owned by TPTB.  Related:

News Blackout in Effect – by Matt Taibbi – Racket News

Control the information flow, control what people believe.  More:

60 Minutes Basically Screams, ‘Leave Ray Epps Alone!’ – RedState

Explosive moment at NY Times Wash Post free press event… – CITIZEN FREE PRESS

Fox Ratings WIPE-OUT! Tucker’s Time Slot Loses Another Million Viewers, While Tucker’s Twitter Video is Viewed 43 MILLION TIMES – Geller Report

HA HA HA HA HA HA!  Related:

Infamous Republican on Fox board suddenly focus of Tucker’s ejection (wnd.com)

 

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Pro-life:

Candace Video: Hospital Claims Pre-Born Babies Know They’re Trans | Frontpage Mag

So now their case for abortion falls apart.  If that child “knows” it’s trans, how can they abort it?

Methodist Pastor Attacks Pro-Life Americans, They’re Really Just “Pro-Birth” – LifeNews.com

What an absolute inversion.

 

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Know your Leftist / Globalist & Islamic enemy:

Without Firing a Shot: How Islam Overcame the West – American Thinker

Hijra – conquest by migration – is a real thing:

You searched for hijra – Political Islam

Too late Sweden, you cannot avoid disintegration | ערוץ 7 (israelnationalnews.com)

Will France become the first victim of ‘The Great Replacement’ in Europe? (barenakedislam.com)

LIBYAN leader, Muammar Gaddafi, predicted in 2006 that Islam would conquer the West without firing a shot (barenakedislam.com)

The Religion of the Left – American Thinker

A very interesting argument.

 

 

AOC, Under Ethics Investigation, Demands Justice Thomas Resign | Frontpage Mag

How Leftists can even discuss ethics and reputation and honor without their tongues bursting into flames is beyond me.

House Democrats Complain of Arrest of Sheikh Who Called for War on America (jihadwatch.org)

Whose side are they on?  A rhetorical question, I know.

 

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Immigration / Migration:

When It Comes to Illegal Migrants, It’s Cheaper to Keep ‘Em (cis.org)

Short term, I can see the bean-counting saying this.  Longer term, it’s political suicide for anyone to the Right of Stalin.

How the Left Wins Elections by Transforming Nations – Daniel Greenfield / Sultan Knish articles

Migrants still flooding over border Despite Biden ban (nypost.com)

Biden Proposes Free Health Care For Illegal Immigrants (thefederalist.com)

When You Correctly Call Out a Lie

Truth, silenced.

 

(Link to AZQUOTES per their policy.)

 

The Invasion and Ethnic Cleansing of a Small Archipelago | Gates of Vienna

The loss of Britain proceeds apace.  Related:

Italian Minister Warns of “Ethnic Replacement” The European Conservative

He argued that the Italian government must “build a welfare system that allows people to work and have families” and “support young couples to find employment”—something that the governments of Hungary and Poland, both of whom have pro-natalist, anti-mass migration policy positions, have already done.

Obama, Bush and Clinton Have Started an NGO to Fly Migrants Into the US

Washington Post: Mayorkas Plans Global Migrant Pipeline

But… but… but the Great Replacement is a myth.  Our intellectual and moral superiors have assured us of this.

 

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Economy at large:

America’s empire is bankrupt – UnHerd

Yes.  But more broadly the whole world is.

 

 

 

Indonesia Leaves the Dollarzone – Vox Popoli (voxday.net)

I always expected de-dollarization to follow both a) an economic crisis and b) a major military defeat, but instead, it appears to have preceded both due to the very rational fears of countries observing how Russia was attacked economically via the global dollar system.

Apparently India and Bangladesh have dropped the dollar for bilateral trade.  More:

What Is Dedollarization & Why Are Countries Dumping The US Dollar?

How quickly will the dollar collapse? – Research – Goldmoney

Jen Says De-Dollarization Is Happening At A “Stunning” Pace | NC Renegades

The USD Could Lose Petrodollar Status: How Do You Prep for It? (theorganicprepper.com)

Breitbart Business Digest: April Cruelly Crushes Recession Expectations

I don’t relish a crash.  But MHO is that the longer TPTB avoid the inevitable, the worse it will be when it arrives.  Related:

Probability of US Recession Remains Elevated

“Magnitude Of Losses And Outflows Is Alarming:” Credit Suisse Hemorrhages $69 Billion In Assets | ZeroHedge

Not sustainable.  Death spiral imminent IMHO.  Unless there’s a depositor “bail in”…

 

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Political War

OUCH! Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene Destroys Eric Swalwell: “That was quite entertaining from someone that had a sexual relationship with a Chinese spy—and everyone knows it” [VIDEO] (100percentfedup.com)

That’ll leave a mark.

Larry Elder announces that he’s running for president – TheBlaze

Good man IMHO.  I remember his utterly relentless deconstruction of black lives matter on the Rubin Report.

The Useful Veneer of the Aging Democrat › American Greatness (amgreatness.com)

Predators always camouflage.

Trump Leads Biden by 4 Points in General Matchup, Poll Shows

Leads by four percent????  After all the damage wrought by The Potato, the margin is four f*cking percent?????  Related:

Poll: Just 41% of Americans Approve of Biden’s Job Performance…

Antifa intimidation in action

Good for the cops.  This time.  In many instances, though, especially in blue hives, they’ve been co-opted for the enemy.  And Peter has, in his write-up, two excellent points – here’s the first one.  Take it to heart:

First, Antifa is clearly a well-organized, well-funded, trained movement.  It’s not a mere grassroots “upswelling” or spontaneous “response” to anything.  It plans ahead, and has members willing to get in the face of anyone and any movement with whose views it disagrees.

More on this incident:

Very educative video. – Gun Free Zone

Similar conclusions, e.g.:

1) They are well funded. They have gear that does not come cheap for people who are probably not holding a high-paying job. If somebody feel like doing the math and add up all the stuff they are carrying, it will be very welcomed.

2) They use misdirection and layering a lot. Two were keeping the protesters distracted while the third sneaked in and sprayed. Right after the attack, two others with long guns step in to block field of view and possibly distract with menacing.

These are not clowns.  They are not goof-offs.  They have funding, they have training, and they have zeal.

 

 

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US Stability (broad catch-all):

BREAKING: Fmr CIA chief Mike Morell testifies under oath that Biden campaign and Tony Blinken asked him to orchestrate letter from 50 intel officials falsely claiming Hunter Biden emails were ‘Russian disinformation’ | The Post Millennial | thepostmillennial.com

House Judiciary Committee Releases Evidence of U.S. Intelligence Community Conducting Domestic Political Disinformation Campaign – The Last Refuge (theconservativetreehouse.com)

Biden Official Threatened IRS Whistleblower in Hunter Tax Case (independentsentinel.com)

We have a criminal enterprise masquerading as an administration & governmental apparatus.

HUGE: Rasmussen Poll Reveals a Majority of Americans (60%) Believe that Recent Elections Were Affected by Cheating | The Gateway Pundit | by Joe Hoft

I Love This Guy: RFK Jr. Slams Dems for Rigging the System – PJ Media

“There’s too many Americans,” Kennedy concluded, “who already think that the whole system is rigged against them. And this is confirmation of that. And I think that’s troubling.” It sure is.

Former Intel Officials Who Signed The Infamous Hunter Biden Laptop Letter Landed Jobs In The Biden Admin | The Daily Caller

Manhattan DA asks judge to restrict Trump’s access to evidence in criminal case | Just The News

We – as a people – are broadly losing faith in the systems that define our nation.  This is how Rome fell (link added):

When the average Roman finally understood how corrupt-to-the-bone the Rome they knew, loved, and would have fought and died to protect had become, they turned inward towards their community and even closer to their families… no longer willing to fight or die for that greater entity now that they understood that greater entity no longer represented them or their values.

Cruz Demands Yellen Release Biden Family’s Suspicious Bank Records to Public (breitbart.com)

Former CIA chief: That letter about Hunter Biden’s laptop? It was Tony Blinken’s idea to help Biden’s campaign – HotAir

After AOC Calls to Ignore Judge’s Abortion Pill Ruling, Top Biden Official Says It is ‘On the Table’ – Becker News

Attorney General Merrick Garland Lied Under Oath – Geller Report

Oversight Committee Has Evidence of Biden Family Connections to Human Trafficking of Prostitutes from US, Russia, Ukraine – Geller Report

Former CIA Director Comes Forward With Information On Hunter Biden Laptop Story (conservativebrief.com)

There’s a ‘Secret Reason’ Bud Light Chose to Partner with Dylan Mulvaney: James Lindsay (thefederalistpapers.org)

As I’ve said, there’s no way this – including graphics paid-for and a special-run can – happened because ONE “woke” person did it.

Biden’s Benghazi: Sudan Embassy Evacuated, One American Dead, Thousands Left Behind – PJ Media

OOH, if you’re in Sudan, you’re an idiot.  OTOH, if you trust the American government under The Potato to help you, you’re an even bigger idiot.

 

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World Stability (broad catch-all):

‘China’s Already at War With Us,’ Peter Schweizer Says (dailysignal.com)

Biden Is Emboldening China to Invade Taiwan :: Gatestone Institute

Wargame reveals key US weakness in potential Taiwan war — RT World News

A Wargame in Washington

China.  Long game.

What the Palestinian Terrorist’s Mother Told Him… :: Gatestone Institute

And that, in a nutshell, is why the possibility of achieving real peace with the Palestinian Arabs is so remote. It has nothing to do with settlements or borders. It has everything to do with the widespread and deeply held attitudes that permeate the Palestinian Arab community.

More broadly, this is the problem with Islamists in general.  First Saturday, then Sunday.

Biden Administration Still Negotiating a Secret ‘Deal’ with Iran: As Many Nuclear Weapons as They Like? :: Gatestone Institute

I’d ask “Whose side are they on”? but that’s pretty clear.  Related:

IDF Prepares For War With Iran, Seeks American Support | Frontpage Mag

Remember what I keep saying: all these potential conflict points around the world are connected.  When one goes – and sooner or later one will go – IMHO they’ll all light up.

Christians Continue to be Purged: Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day :: Gatestone Institute

Alas.

 

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Neil Oliver: ALL manners of freedom are being eroded | Neil Oliver Live

 

 

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Specific to energy:

The Greens are dragging Germany down with their foreign and energy policies — RT World News

They won’t like the world they dream of creating.  Related:

Germany to ban new oil and gas heating systems from 2024 (power-technology.com)

Good News: Biden Regime Plans To Crack Down On U.S. Power Plants – Pirate’s Cove » Pirate’s Cove (thepiratescove.us)

Solar Variability Linked To Climate Change…CO2 Not ‘The Primary Driver For Nearly All Of Earth’s History’ (notrickszone.com)

Well, duh.  Meanwhile we’re messing around with CO2 limits.

Biden to Double Cost of Electricity | Frontpage Mag

Mine’s already doubled.

 

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The Truth about CO2

 

 

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Big Tech in general:

All Your Data Are Belong to Us | Gates of Vienna

Safe assumption to assume everything you do with respect to electronics is monitored.  Certainly, in the (theoretically) private sector, they want your data – and are willing to pay to get it.

Supermarket Loyalty Schemes Are Turning Privacy Into a Luxury | Novara Media

 

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Catch-all miscellaneous:

Deagel Population Forecast Sees Nearly 70 Percent Fewer Americans by 2025 | The Gateway Pundit | by Joe Hoft

Add in the rising potential for another manufactured pandemic, a manufactured global famine under the guise of fighting “climate change,” and the race toward World War III, and suddenly Deagel’s forecast becomes even more plausible.

Related:

Poland’s Population to Shrink 23% by 2100 and Old-Age Dependency Ratio to Double

The War on Humanity | Frontpage Mag

Strange Deaths and Cattle Mutilations | Frontpage Mag (bolding added):

On two of these five cows, however, there was more: “a circular cut was made removing the anus and the external genitalia. This circular cut was made with the same precision as the cuts noted around the jaw lines of each cow. Just like the first, there were no signs of struggle or disturbance in the grass, no blood spill, and no noticeable tracks. No predators or birds would scavenge the remains for several weeks after death.” Even stranger, the Madison County Sheriff’s Office notes that “multiple similar incidents have been reported across the United States and we are actively coordinating with other agencies to find answers.”

That’s… weird.  Especially the no scavengers part.

 

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Concluding thoughts if I’m moved to comment:

No time.

 

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Language alert!

 

The Candace Owens Show: Katie Hopkins

 

 

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Palate cleansers:

 

 

Just interesting!

 

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Please check out my MEME collection.  Here’s the last one.

 

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How a Librarian Fired For Sharing Conservative Political Views … Got Her Job Back!

Granite Grok - Thu, 2023-04-27 15:00 +0000

One person making a difference in NH at the local library. I would like to send an update on the library situation in Raymond, NH. My last article shared the success story of the vote for a conservative trustee in March. We felt victorious as we voted for Virginia Fernold, a vote for traditional values in Raymond.

We want to thank Cindy Bennett for this Op-Ed. Please submit it to Editor@GraniteGrok.com.

We also passed a warrant article that will allow us leverage to rid the children’s section of the library of any adult content and themes.

Warrant Article 43 states:

“The Citizens of Raymond hereby declare, from this point forward, that the downstairs children’s library room in the Dudley Tucker Library will be free of any books with content containing nudity, gender identity, sex or sexual references in writing or illustrations”.

It is becoming evident that passing this article is going to result in lots of discussions as we sift through what this actually means, to me, it’s common sense, but to some librarians taking it to the extreme will make it seem that this was not a well-written warrant article.  We have heard the discussion between trustees on our local cable station RCTV, that this statement means to them that we need to take out references to any gender whatsoever. They have said that it could be interpreted that any book with the word he or she or any gender mentioned needs to be taken from the library. I am pretty sure it is common sense that that is not the case.

All in all, we are very happy that these votes in March reflect the people’s voice in town. Unfortunately, our elected official, Virginia,  had to resign already due to her health issues. Our prayers are with her.

We are still waiting for instructions as to how this position will now be filled.  I, personally, have sent in a letter to volunteer. The original vote consisted of two candidates, a current trustee who was very comfortable with the trends at the library, and Virginia. By choosing Virginia it seems obvious that the citizens voted for change. As we know the library is non-partisan, however, it is also very obvious in our dialogues that conservatism is getting pushed aside for the modern agendas of the American Library Association.

In the midst of all of this,  a new librarian was hired to hold the post at the front desk, Arlene Quaratiello. Arlene also ran for state representative in the town of Atkinson and won her seat in March. It had already been agreed upon when she was hired that the library would honor her state rep position and that they would be flexible as she carried out her duties. I was especially excited to have Arlene at the library. Every time I went in she was talkative, helpful, smiling, ready, and willing to help patrons. She is a former teacher so she was so happy to start crafting some educational classes for adults. She had one class in March that I could not attend but I heard that the chairs were full of eager adults.

Unfortunately, Arlene was unexpectedly fired for sharing her conservative political views and support of a fellow citizen who was running as a trustee in Atkinson. Arlene was shocked at this action and immediately sought the rules and her rights in this situation. It turned out that she was actually fired for exercising her First Amendment rights. She was fired for a letter with conservative political views that she wrote while on her own time, as a citizen.  So, she started taking steps to make this right. She asked for a public hearing which is in the policy for this type of situation. Then, she started legal discussions. A friend started a GiveSendGo account to help to cover the legal fees that she might incur.

You know and I know that this is not just about Arlene. This is about our First Amendment rights. If this can happen to one trustee at a small library in NH, this can happen to any one of us. This is an opportunity to say NO; we stand with Arlene and we want to participate in making sure that this is made right. We will stand for our Constitutional Rights.

Within a day of putting out the GiveSendGo fundraiser, the narrative changed because Arlene was offered her job back. She has accepted the offer and she has been reinstated. Thanks to Arlene for taking the steps that it took to stand for rights in our town.  The fundraiser is still available with updated information.  I am so thankful that I have met Arlene. She has stood with integrity and truth throughout the entire situation. She has made decisions with purpose and she has demonstrated what a difference one person can make for the cause of freedom. If you would like more info from Arlene you can find her during business hours at the Dudley Tucker Library, Raymond, NH, or at the state house as a state representative for Atkinson, NH. And if you want to support her efforts for freedom of speech for librarians, click to go to the GiveSendGo account.

I truly hope that by sharing this story, that this will inspire more patrons of libraries, citizens of NH, all of us, to get involved wherever we can.

Too many people are hiding out at home waiting for things to get better. Or, perhaps, people are just making the best of their lives during a most difficult time in history. While many turn a blind eye to damaging agendas, they are continuing to grow in strength. The agendas that will destroy our heritage are upon us.

Please consider picking up a cause and fighting for it. Knowing our rights is not enough, we need to defend them  and fight to keep them,  and we need to support our neighbors’ freedoms as well. Remember what Edmund Burke famously stated:

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,”

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What is a School Based Health Clinic? It’s Not Good

Granite Grok - Thu, 2023-04-27 13:30 +0000

The CDC has inserted itself into education via the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child WSCC model of Community/Healthy Schools. The model is not transparent. They want children to access psychological, social-emotional, medical, sexual, and dental services at school.

But what many have learned from the school-based mental health clinics is parental rights and informed consent is NOT part of what anyone prioritizes.  (More on that to come soon)

The CDC and the many other coordinated groups investing in Community/Healthy Schools are usurping the role of parents and intruding into the family.

The CDC’s WSCC model of schools plans to make “Every School a Community School,” and they “won’t tell your parents.” Parenthood is being captured by the government. Your rights are eroding. And the goal of Health Equity in this model is hormones and mutilating surgeries.

Denver Health provides these services. Anticipate the WSCC model to add this because the plan intends it. This is why parents and taxpayers need to be informed, and reach out to legislators and the State Board of Ed to start asking questions!

H/T Kelly Ske

 

All of this sex ed and reproductive health in the schools meant 6th graders received gynecological exams without parental notification or consent in Pennsylvania. Community schools further disengage parents and strengthen the hold of the federal government. We are seeing that with the mental health services in New Hampshire Schools. Counselors not educated or trained properly in the field of mental health are now providing these services. They are not following laws, respecting privacy rights, or asking for consent when sharing some of their student’s personal information.

This year two children in New Hampshire schools were vaccinated against their parents’ wishes –one in Rochester and one in Nashua. What kind of mistakes will happen when a parent isn’t present at a visit to the school clinic? What will they hide from their parents? We know Manchester requires their personnel to lie to parents if their child changes their name in school.

Amoskeag Health is already providing medical services in Manchester: Two Masters-level Family Success Coordinators and four bilingual Community Health Workers work with students at Beech Street School, Gossler Park School, Wilson School and Bakersville School. One has to wonder how long it will take before the complaints from parents start.

Now that we know the federal mental health grant money requires sharing personally identifiable information without the knowledge or consent of students or parents, where will this go? Who will have access to all of this medical data?

 

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Biden Executive Order Creates “The Office of Environmental Justice”

Granite Grok - Thu, 2023-04-27 12:00 +0000

The US Justice Department has a new cudgel with which to beat America into submission. The Office of Environmental Justice will “protect overburdened and underserved communities from the harm caused by environmental crimes, pollution and climate change.”

 

  • Serve as the central hub to implement the Department of Justice comprehensive environmental justice enforcement strategy.
  • Build a partnership with community advocates; and
  • Provide fair and equal treatment and involvement of all people in the environmental decision-making process.

 

Green shirts directed by Merrick Garland’s DOJ to advance progressive political priorities under the guise of saving the planet. It also looks like they will be laundering your great-grandchildren’s money into the hands of partisan activists with the full power and faith of the US Department of Justice.

And parents speaking out at school boards thought they had it bad.

 

With this action, the President is working to ensure that all people — regardless of race, background, income, ability, Tribal affiliation, or zip code — can benefit from the vital safeguards enshrined in our nation’s foundational environmental and civil rights laws,” the White House said in a statement.

“That means cleaner air and water, reduced risk for asthma, cancer, and other health burdens, and better access to green space, safe and affordable housing, and clean transportation.” …

The White House also announced that the Office of Management and Budget will begin publishing an Environmental Justice Scorecard, to track federal agency’s efforts on environmental justice initiatives.

 

I wonder if this changes the arrangement. In the “old days,” the Dems would get some Enviro-group to sue the government. The government would refuse to defend, and they would “award” “damages” in the millions of dollars. It was a way for Obama Era Justice to funnel funds to political partisans.

Will the new DEJ be in charge of working with other agencies to maximize this sort of money laundering in the name of Green Justice?

And since it appears to matter, just how big is the Department of Environmental Justice’s carbon footprint, or, put another way, how much ‘carbon’ could we ‘save’ without it, if that was something about which we truly needed to show concern?

 

 

HT | Western Journal

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Government Decisions Have Consequence But It is Never Government People That Pay The Price

Granite Grok - Thu, 2023-04-27 10:30 +0000

Even as they are in an energy pickle of their own making when the sun don’t shine, and the wind don’t blow “and not being able to import enough energy to stay afloat.” Tyranny by Green ideology and a complete buy-in on immiserating their subjects citizens.

GOODER AND HARDER, GERMANY: Germany shut down its last nuclear energy plant on Saturday. On the same day, Germans learned their power bills were about to go up 45%.

Government should be making its people’s lives BETTER, not worse when they decide to meddle in our lives (which they shouldn’t). Too often the “brilliant” minds of Government believe they have answers to problems the rest of us don’t have. Right now, the West’s leaders have been infected by the Watermelon Envirnomentalist virus which means the rest of us will be shoved back into the Stone Age.

You think the Elites will join in solidarity with the policies shoving onto us all (it ain’t just the Germans).

Germans already have the highest electricity costs in Europe, and most realize that the root problem is in their

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We Are Not Big Pharma/Agriculture’s Unwilling Lab Rats

Granite Grok - Thu, 2023-04-27 01:30 +0000

Kevin Killough’s puff piece citing Keven Folta is, IMHO, poorly researched. Dr. Folta claims that mRNA stays where it’s injected. This is false: multiple biodistribution studies, e.g., one from Japan, show it goes through the body. mRNA has been found to be expressed in milk, for example, leading to baby deaths from ingestion of mRNA from their mothers’ breasts. A recent Chinese study confirmed antibody production from mRNA ingestion. I.e., mRNA in your food creates an antibody response by producing spike proteins.

He claims that mRNA neither gets into the nucleus nor is it reverse-transcribed into DNA. Both are false. A study in Sweden showed that it gets reverse-transcribed into DNA within hours. Further, SEC filings by both Pfizer and Moderna have it as a gene therapy, something confirmed by Bayer executive Stefan Oelrich who, in a speech, said that these are gene therapies marketed as vaccines to gain public trust.

Even more, these are not natural, short-lived mRNA strands as found in nature, but one study found that the strands continue driving protein production 60 days after injection; another study found it to be 120 days. This is because the mRNA chemistry has been altered to enhance molecular stability. So enhanced, it is very possible that it could survive cooking. Such longevity means that the dose of spike proteins – itself a potent toxin – is neither controlled nor measured.

If mRNA injected into our food gets into our system, this is exactly the opposite of “informed consent.” The Nuremberg Code forbids non-consensual experimentation on humans; this code arose after the Nazis forced experiments on unwilling prisoners. Or have we forgotten that lesson already?

We, the public, are not Big Pharma’s/Agriculture’s unwilling lab rats. Write your grocery stores and butcher shops. No mRNA in our meat!

 

Originally submitted to Cowboy State Daily (WY)

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Yet Another Bite At the Podcast-Reboot Apple – Skip and Steve Talk Presidential Politics

Granite Grok - Thu, 2023-04-27 00:00 +0000

After multiple failed reboots of something attempting to identify as the podcast formerly known as GrokTALK!, we are at it again. Previous failures to launch were plagued (mostly) by my opinion that the product was crap.

See how I think I look out for you?

The remote thing was not great. If you are a climate stooge, remote feels like it might be great for The Environment (no travel time), but several remote iterations failed, in my opinion, to produce anything even I would sit through, with a few exceptions. I’m a tough room. I like seamless crosstalk, an unmistakable sense of ensemble engagement (good banter), and adequate levels of snark. But if the post-production takes longer than recording the actual podcast, I’m not doing that. I don’t have the time.

And then, I discovered Riverside, which had incredible potential. However, we still had some issues with post-production burdens and the final product, which meant that when life intruded (even just a tiny bit), it was easy to look for something else to do. And Look, I did! But Riverside has made some changes this year, and I liked them so much that here we are.

Topics

Skip, and I talked about how Chris Sununu isn’t running for President yet, but he’s been a bit more open about the circumstances in which he would and when he would announce if he does.

That transitioned to other interested candidates as well as a stop by the Biden Camp, which just announced a re-election run, RFK Jr., Dems rigging primaries, a nod to a post yesterday about F-Bombs in New Boston, after which Skip alludes to something similar coming soon out of Rochester, NH, and the banter in between.

Nothing fancy, no format, just me and Skip chatting about this and that edited down.

 

 

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YOU Are Going To Threaten ME If I “Follow You” Following My Wife Into a Public Bathroom?

Granite Grok - Wed, 2023-04-26 22:30 +0000

To either of these men pretending they are women, all uppity about their “rights.”  Sorry, you have no “trans rights.” NO right, as a male, to go into a women’s bathroom. And I’m not going to take the risk. So … What is it that I know about me that you should – but don’t?

Simple answer – I’m no former MA Gov Michael Dukakis, who lost his Presidential bid against Bush Sr. by stating he would refuse to seek the death penalty for the guy that raped and then murdered his wife.

Before I go much further, scroll down to the Normal guy (Greg Price) near the end of this post, THEN come back and read the rest of it.

So what set off this rant is that other husbands and fathers are now increasingly getting militant, back in the faces, in cold anger, that demand we give into their gender dysphoria illness.  The Blaze has this tidbit from such a person who demands such from me (emphasis mine):

An TikTok LGBT activist recently took to Tiktok to threaten anyone who would bar him or other male transvestites from entering women’s washrooms, daring concerned parents to try to protect their children. Despite these and other threats made both TikTok before and after the Nashville massacre when six Christians were murdered by a transgender extremist, New Thomas Jay White’s account remains active on the platform.

More and more, I am seeing the older term, transvestite, coming back into vogue. Good. I think it is more fitting as it takes away “transgender” as the latter gives off the nuance that anyone can “transcend” their biological sex, on a whim, at any time (or several times). The former is a more apt description – this is no more than guys trying to LARP (Live Action Role Playing) as gals (and yes, I don’t care what you say about my use of your now-declared “sexist” terms as you are the LEAST of my problems nowadays).

I’m supposed to take you seriously when you, Thomas Jay White, announce:

Reduxx reported that White, who calls himself “Tara” and identifies as “Poly Trans Lesbian,” is a “baby fetishist” into “ageplay” and “diapers.” He indicated on his Twitter account that he is into various other deviant behaviors including “bloodletting.”

This is serious deviancy and should be an indication to all of the rest of us that something (or things) are really screwed up with you. So WHY would be so callous towards TMEW and the Grandson to let you follow either into a public bathroom thinking, “Is this the time that another screw goes loose?”. Not on my watch, especially as you have just made it clear that you are not above using physical violence:

If you back a wild animal into a corner, they are going to become a dangerous animal. So if you want to die on that hill of yours — of righteousness and moral majority — then you go right ahead. “I dare you to try and stop me from going into a women’s bathroom. It will be the last mistake you ever make. I dare you to try to stop a transgender woman in my presence from using the bathroom. It will be the last mistake you ever make.

Challenge accepted. And for the record, the translation for a “lesbian transgender woman” is just a guy who wants to act in a heterosexual fashion towards a biological female.  He’s just hiding behind “the Trans Mask” and can’t be honest with anyone, including himself. And this one is just butt ugly, inside and out, to boot.

And guys like me are realizing it and making their stands, too. Here’s another guy who is talking a lot of sense in predicting

“WE ARE DONE WITH THIS GAME!”

So, who would get your money in a bet on the outcome: the above “Sparkle Fart” (GOSH, I love that description) or the good ole’ boy espousing the traditional male role of protector and defender of his wife and kids?

Oh, and another blogger decides to issue a warning to this deranged butterball by the name of Thomas Jay White (reformatted, emphasis mine):

…I’ll address the threat in a moment, but first I want to be very clear here to the man in this video, whom I will now address directly. This is also a message to anyone who thinks like him. I’d rather things not get violent. I’d rather we practice common sense and understand that despite differences in firmly held beliefs, we can at least be understanding about each other’s positions given our circumstances. But I realize we are living in that world increasingly less.

The bottom line is this: In the event that my wife, mother, sister, niece, or any female friend or acquaintance makes her way into the women’s restroom and I see you follow her in after, it’s my duty as a man to either stop you or, if for some reason I end up failing that, I will follow you into that room myself.

You can be incredibly furious about it all you want, and other women in that restroom can get mad. The owners of the establishment can even attempt to force me out. It won’t matter. I won’t budge. Until I can confirm that my charge is safe, you will be under my direct supervision. I will stand in front of your stall and wait for you to flush, tuck it back in, and leave. When you exit the room, I will leave the room. If the woman or girl I’m looking after leaves the room, I will leave the room.

But she will not be in that room alone with you, a male, if you make it in there at all. You can identify as whatever you want; it doesn’t change biology. Neither of us belongs in that room. I’d rather not be in there, but you can’t expect a man to just sit back and let another man follow a woman or child he cares about into a private, vulnerable place where it’s easy to be cornered. You force any man’s hand with that action.

I want to be clear that I’m not doing this out of bigotry. The ridiculous and unrealistic label of “transphobe” isn’t a factor. You might be a decent chap with no intention of harming anyone. You might just be there to mind your own business. I don’t know that. I don’t know you. I don’t know your intentions.

What I do know is that it’s not uncommon for criminals to find ways to get into women’s spaces in order to do them harm or have their way with them. I also know that transgenderism can be used as a tool to accomplish that end. I know that it’s happened before. I know that horrific things have happened to little girls at the hands of transgender people.

This will not happen to the women I care about. I’ll risk my reputation and even my arrest to see it doesn’t. As a man, part of my purpose is the protection of those I care about. I haven’t forgotten that charge even if you have.

Now we come to the meat of the video. The threat of deadly violence.

Again, I don’t want harm to befall anyone, but if your reaction to me doing what I have to in order to protect the people I care about is to resort to spilling blood, then I have no choice but to accept your terms. We will settle this as the men we are; with violence. You can draw your firearm and I’ll draw mine, and we’ll see who’s standing when the smoke clears.

You will be fighting for your right to intrude into an area that you don’t belong in, and I will be fighting for something far greater than that.

…Your claim is that you have the right to be treated as a woman. You don’t have that right. You don’t have a right to their activities, or their respective spaces. You don’t have a claim to their mantle. You were not born a woman and thus never earned being a woman.

You are a man, and you just challenged another man to deadly combat over the safety of the women he cares about. You will be treated like a man when the challenge is answered.

And to a man, every man I know shares this same attitude.  It’s something, because of the Feminist Movement and the sissyfication of males in our Society, that many either no longer know or deny outright, our roles are still to protect and defend those that we love and care for. It’s isn’t that Cultural Marxist phrase “toxic masculinity” of Rambo merged with John Wayne (if the antagonists had just “left me alone, things would have been fine) but a traditional American norm. And no amount of stupidity shoved in our direction can change that.

Do stupid things, get stupid prizes. Remember, “death is not the worst of all evils”. No, I may not win if such a challenge is presented but I will make sure that my loved ones will have the chance to escape his warped and distorted evil.  And that’s the point.

You see, it isn’t toxic masculinity, it is putting others first. It is putting yourself between that threat and your loved ones and those for whom you may be responsible. It’s called self-sacrifice and if it were to come to that, I would – that decision was made decades ago.

Like the gentlemen above, I’m not looking for a fight or even a confrontation. I learned years ago that the best fight to have is the one that never happens. “Walk away” if you can was the message. But in this case, we can’t as being a coward is not being anti-toxic masculinity, it’s just being a coward.

While trying not to be over dramatic here, GraniteGrok got started with me asking a Liberal “well, what are YOU willing to die for?” (Three Questions Asked and Answered).

Never got an answer. I don’t think Fugly above would answer if someone actually took him up on his challenge.

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Local Democrat Loses His Right to Vote for Election Interference

Granite Grok - Wed, 2023-04-26 21:00 +0000

The case of a local Democrat who interfered in a special election back in 2021 has finally concluded. Michael Drouin has pleaded guilty to knowingly blocking campaign communications on the day of that NH House special election in Merrimack.

 

According to a court affidavit, state Rep. Joe Sweeney, R-Salem, who also works for the New Hampshire GOP, filed a complaint with the attorney general’s office election law unit about a false ad on Craigslist which contained the cellphone number of Bill Boyd, then a town councilor and the Republican candidate in the April 2021 special election to replace Hinch, who died in December 2020. The ad promoted a free trailer, and Boyd’s phone was being jammed all morning, the report said. Boyd shut off his cell phone after realizing he was being targeted and receiving dozens of text messages and voicemails during a 45-minute time period.

 

In New Hampshire, election law violations can, at the court’s discretion, result in the loss of your right to vote in the state – forever!

 

Art 11 “…No person shall have the right to vote under the constitution of this state who has been convicted of treason, bribery or any willful violation of the election laws of this state or of the United States; but the supreme court may, on notice to the attorney general, restore the privilege to vote to any person who may have forfeited it by conviction of such offenses.

Drouin, a registered Democrat at the time with connections to the town Democrat party, is prohibited from voting in any New Hampshire election until an AG requests of the State Supreme Court that it be restored – which the court is under no obligation to do.

There is also no obligation to charge anyone with election law violations like for the illegal voting that occurs in every New Hampshire election.

In one rare instance, in 2019, a Massachusetts resident attending the University of New Hampshire lost his “right” to vote in New Hampshire after voting in Durham after submitting an absentee ballot in his hometown across the border in the Bay State. The moral of that election fraud story is that out-of-state students should only cast an illegal vote in NH. By also voting absentee in his home state – proving (once again) that out-of-state students in NH have never had their voting rights violated as claimed by the NH Dems for whom they vote – he could have kept stealing votes for Democrats in the Granite State.

In other election interference news, Carl Robert Gibson, a Democrat activist and campaign operative for her Democrat opponent, sent out an “11th-hour” email pretending to be Republican Candidate Yvonne Dean Bailey, claiming “she” was dropping out of the election. Gibson, who was also joking after a few beers, engaged in identity theft, fraud, and election interference.

Gibson, who “had a car with two-year expired Connecticut plates and a Kentucky driver’s license,” was indicted, arrested, and eventually went to court.

The case got tangled up on whether the state had the right to demand email correspondence from a reporter at the Concord Monitor. I have no clue what happened with Gibson though I suspect he likely walked away with a slap on the wrist if even that.

There are numerous stories like this of double-voting and out-of-state student voting. But when it comes to election interference, it is hard to get justice in the Granite State. When it happens, it’s a big deal. As for Drouin, he initially claimed “it” was a joke but pleaded guilty to the charges against him.

He must pay a fine, perform community service, and he may no longer vote “legally” in the state of New Hampshire as if that has ever stopped a Democrat before today.

 

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Gilford Town Culvert Issue – the Damage to Private Property Can Be Seen Now That The Snow Is Gone

Granite Grok - Wed, 2023-04-26 19:30 +0000

I wrote a while ago about the damage to my neighbor across the street when the culvert at our corner failed during the large rain storm a few months now. Little could be done due to the large snow storms that dumped too much “stuff” to even work on the road damage that so ripped up the street that the underground utilities were exposed.

The snow is now gone but the damage remains.  Yesterday, I decided to “walk the damage” and make a video recording of it and that is below. However, I failed to mention, on the video, the immense amount of dirt and stone from both the road and the scouring of her private property (which is below the level of the town’s road) deposited all over her front yard and driveway by the rushing water.

Sidenote: My wife reminded me that our neighbor had to get a front-end loader to remove the large 2-foot pile of mud that was in front of her garage (the small remnants of which are shown in the video – I ended up “cleaning it up” as I helped out with shoveling and snowblowing her driveway this winter).

This was in addition to the damage done to her backyard including the collapsing of an outbuilding by the “mud push” hammered down the swale.



Selectmen’s meeting on this is tonite. Chan Eddy came out soon after this was brought to their attention. A member of the DPW came out a week or so ago to take and look and Kevin Hayes, Selectboard chair, recently came out to view the end results of the malfunctioning culvert.

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Biden Crime Family Wants Four More Years

Granite Grok - Wed, 2023-04-26 18:00 +0000

Joe Biden is not a patriot and did not announce his re-election campaign out of love for this country. He is defying age and health for the sake of Power, Greed, and Protection. The first two are easy to understand. Biden has been a piece of the D.C. Swamp for over 50 years.

He does not have much to show for his time in important legislation that has benefited the country, and his views on most major issues like abortion and crime have flip-flopped during his career. The Biden Family has benefited tremendously from his time and amassed fortunes far beyond what his income should have provided. Joe Biden will be a shining example of what is wrong with D.C. and what is destroying America from the inside out. That is if anyone were to pen an honest biography.

The last, Protection, is a bit more complex and cloudy. The Bidens feel the pressure mounting from the FBI and Justice Department to get to the bottom of the Biden Family Cabral. States like Arkansas are also seeking them for the indiscretions of the First Son, Hunter Biden. As long as Joe Biden is safely inside the White House or surrounded by the Secret Service, he is wearing Superman’s cape. He knows the first step into private life will probably walk into an indictment. The former President will be the kryptonite title that brings the house of cards down on the Corvette.

Meanwhile, it is reported that Hunter Biden has moved into the White House. Hunter had gone underground until he surfaced, living in one of Biden’s Delaware homes. Hunter had been living there when the classified documents were discovered in the garage leading many to ponder if Hunter and his associates had accessed those documents. He, too, is now safely inside the walls of the White House, enjoying the same comfort and security as his Father. He has been seen at his Father’s side at the White House Easter Egg Roll and played the celebrity son role on the President’s recent trip to Ireland.

Lawyers for former stripper Lunden Roberts asked an Arkansas court Friday to jail the first son for failing to fork over his financial records as required in her lawsuit over support payments for their 4-year-old unacknowledged daughter, Navy. Roberts claims that attempts to serve Hunter with legal papers have failed because of the Protection afforded him by the White House and Secret Service. She also has enlisted Biden nemesis Garrett Ziegler as an expert witness for the trial expected in July.

Zieglar, a former Trump adviser, founded the nonprofit Marco Polo, which published a 644-page analysis of Hunter’s infamous laptop last year, identifying hundreds of alleged crimes. Ironically, the FBI has supposedly been investigating the dealings of Hunter Biden for nearly six years. But, it might be a lawsuit by an ex-stripper over unpaid support for her shared son with Hunter Biden that brings him down and exposes the secrets of the Biden Money Laundering Operation.

 

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