The Manchester Free Press

Monday • March 30 • 2026

Vol.XVIII • No.XIV

Manchester, N.H.

Could Shareholder “Discomfort” … Be Reason Enough to Ban Men From Women’s Locker Rooms?

Granite Grok - Sun, 2024-03-31 16:00 +0000

Planet Fitness (PF) lets men use the women’s locker room. However you feel sexually at that moment, you go girl, or boy, or whatever. It’s Let’s Make a Deal – pick whatever door you like. Men’s, women’s, pick one or both. PFs got your back, even after last year, when a “woman” exposed himself to a teenage girl taking a shower.

Discomfort is not a reason to change the policy.

That’s their position after a woman snapped a pic of a guy (sorry, a woman who looks like a man) shaving (like a man) in the women’s locker room not far (allegedly) from a young teenage girl.

Planet Fitness, which for years has allowed gender-confused men in women’s locker rooms, came back in the news this month when an Alaskan Planet Fitness member named Patricia Silva shared online a video she took of a man who “identifies” as a woman shaving in a women’s locker room. She said that at the time of the incident, a girl estimated to be 12 years old was sitting in a corner, wrapped in a towel, and “freaked out” by having an adult male in her changing area.

I don’t know what he was shaving, and for some, that might matter, but not to Planet Fitness unless you can prove they are not trans (members claiming trans status may only be asked to leave “if it is confirmed that a member is acting in bad faith” and is not sincerely gender confused.”), and good luck with that and PF knows it.

Libs of TikTok also shared a page from Planet Fitness’s operations manual, which states that “Some members may feel uncomfortable with a transgender member using the same locker room facilities, bathrooms, showers, or other facilities/programs separated by sex,” but “this discomfort is not a reason to deny access to the transgender members.” It calls on staff to resolve such situations by attempting to “foster a climate of understanding,” i.e., transgender accommodation.

And the climate of understanding how uncomfortable women and girls might be sharing safe spaces with men? Suck it up, honey, and to be fair, you don’t have to work out there. If you don’t like the policy, take your business someplace else. And it’s not a secret policy. So, my first question is, who lets their teenage daughter work out there? What woman would work out there if this bothers them, but they do, so it’s on them.

And PF does have a no-pictures policy – you are not to photograph other gym members (with a nod from me to the hopefully unintentional double-entendre). You can show them your member, but pictures are a no-go. If that is going to be awkward or cause discomfort, you can (again) take a walk, which is what some of PFs investors did after that latest story broke. The company lost 400 million, about 6.8% of its over five (now 4.9) billion valuation in a few short days. Folks are alluding to Bud Light-like consequences.

I doubt it.

Men sharing women’s spaces has been their policy for years. If the naked guy showing off his “membership” to a nude 15-year-old in a shower failed to make a dent in market value, this isn’t moving the needle enough to make a difference. But it could. If a minor was raped and that actually got escape velocity into viral internet space, PF might have some ‘splainin’ to do. But until such time, men who want to look at girls and women “cleaning up” after a workout can swing on in as a lady of the moment and get a little something for their pleasure. That is, after all, the problem. It is not legitimately gender-confused folks; it is predators and weirdos who make it their mission to cause misdemeanor discomfort with the risk of felony discomfort, after which it’s too late.

But again, it’s not a secret. If you are up for the risk, go for it. If not, work out somewhere else.

 

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

It’s Not Easter Anymore … It’s Transgender Day Of Visibility

Granite Grok - Sun, 2024-03-31 14:00 +0000

“They’re good people.” “We just disagree on some issues.” “We’re all Americans.” “United, we stand!” Blah, blah, blah. So many in the GOP are just plain STUPID. Do you really believe that it is just happenstance or coincidence that the Biden Regime chose Easter as Transgender Day of Visibility?

They could have chosen any other day of the year. And yet they chose Easter …… because they hate you; they despise you; they find you contemptible.

They … the Woke-Communists … are NOT good people. They do NOT see you as their fellow Americans … they see you as the enemy, as heretics, as threats to the Woke-Communist utopia they believe they are building. They have NO interest in “unity” … they seek power by any means, which they intend to use to make you modern-day serfs. That whole “you will own nothing and be happy” thing.

Welcome to Year Zero … when the Biden Regime decreed that Easter will no longer be a Christian holiday.

I know .. I know … “focus on the fiscal issues,” “New Hampshire Advantage,” legalize it,” “workforce housing,” “Slava Ukraine,” “Slava Ukraine.” Or so the NHGOP “leaders” tell us.

 

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Fasting on Fasting or Something.

Granite Grok - Sun, 2024-03-31 12:00 +0000

The rising interest in modern-day fasting always struck me as a multi-agency international psyop meant to get people used to the idea of there not being enough food to go around—nothing on the store shelves. No worries. Fasting is good for you.

A vestige of the pandemic era, in case the masked and visored Grub Hubber got waylaid by pirates en route to your house with a brown bag of something the government allowed to stay open. Famous people are fasting, so it must be good,

Fasting is good. Fasting is great. That’s why there’s nothing on my plate.

So, what’s with this research suggesting that intermittent fasting could, in fact, be damaging to long-term health? “Those who only eat during eight hours of the day are at almost twice the risk of heart attack and stroke later in life, a study found.”

Do they also happen to be double-jabbed? And how about turbo cancers?

Now early research involved 20,000 adults found those who followed a time-restricted eating plan were 91 per cent more likely to die from cardiovascular disease.

The trendy dieting schedule did not reduce participants chances of death from any cause, according to the findings being presented at the American Heart Association’s Lifestyle Scientific Sessions 2024 conference this week.

Many who follow a time-restricted eating diet follow a 16:8 eating schedule, where they eat all their foods in an 8-hour window and fast for the remaining 16 hours each day.

They found this was associated with a greater risks of dying from cardiovascular disease when compared to people eating during 12- and 16-hour windows.

Those with existing heart disease or cancer were particularly at risk, they noted.

So, millions of jabbed who are at risk of heart disease and cancer because someone told them it would be good for them are being told they are at increased risk if they embrace modern fasting. Skepticism is not unwarranted.

Remember the early days of COVID? It caused everything, and nearly every malady (especially death) ended with a covid diagnosis. That was about pimping more cases and more hysteria for more control while more money got laundered into health clinics and hospitals. Now that it is increasingly common knowledge that the only effect of the covid “vaccines” are its adverse side effects, this appears to be little more than a way for the Jabbernaughts to blame them on everything else.

You didn’t die from vaccine side effects. You died with them, complicated by all that fasting combined with one or more charlatan hedgerow cures involving vitamin D.

And fasting from government narratives.

 

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Biden’s Biggest Accomplishment Is Nothing

Granite Grok - Sun, 2024-03-31 10:00 +0000

In a recent poll, voters were asked to rank the accomplishments of Joe Biden in his first term. The greatest response at 38% was NOTHING. Joe Biden may have summed it all up when he tweeted on Thursday, “I’ll tell you this: There is a difference between the two candidates in this election.” You are damn right. Joe.

Let’s look at how different.

Joe is an octogenarian who is obviously mentally challenged, a corrupt leader of the most prominent crime family in America, a man who has destroyed our sovereignty, does not support law and order, and has destroyed our economy and energy independence.

I will stipulate that Joe Biden is our President. There is not a single Biden or Democrat policy I can support, but he is still my President. What concerns Conservatives is that we see nothing presidential about Joe Biden, and common sense will tell you what kind of mental and physical acuity Joe will have when he is 86 at the end of a second term. Compounding our concern is whether Democrats deny or ignore Biden’s frailty and the limitations that prevent him from being a full-time functioning chief executive.

Biden’s surrogates claim he is energized and easily handles his aggressive schedule crisscrossing the country. These trips and visits are all campaign related and wholly choreographed. All of his comments are read off the teleprompter, and there is little in the way of question-and-answer sessions with the media corps. In contrast, it is challenging to keep up with Trump. Between his court appearances in different parts of the country, rallies, and public appearances, it is easy to see the physical and mental differences between these two men.

Then, there is the content or appearance of the activities that draw comparison. Two examples are the two candidates traveled to Texas to visit the border. Trump went to the hot spot of Eagle Pass, and Biden went to quiet El Paso. This week, Biden and Trump were in New York on the same day. Trump attended the wake of Officer Diller, who had been killed while on duty, as Biden participated in a fundraiser with Obama and Clinton.

Donald Trump is the undisputed leader of the Republican Party. He is setting policy and not bending a knee to any faction of the Party. On the other hand, Biden does not indicate that he is in a leadership role for the Democrat Party or the White House. Biden is the Manchurian President working hard to assuage the Radicals of his Party rather than doing what is suitable for the American people. The pressure from the far Left is why Biden cannot even say Officer Diller’s name or call his widow to offer condolences. To do so would be a show of support for the Police, and he would feel the wrath of the Squad. It is this same pressure that is causing Biden to fracture our relationship with Israel.

Yes, Joe, we have two very different candidates, and if the American people can see the reality of what you are doing to harm our country, Trump will coast to victory in November. Only the gaslighting of the Democrat Party and manipulation of the election will put you back in the White House and the further destruction of this great country.

 

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Night Cap: Two Dangerous Bills Must Be Stopped

Granite Grok - Sun, 2024-03-31 02:00 +0000

California and a few other states have already ended single-family zoning statewide. And that includes neighborhoods that were ALREADY single-family when people bought into them.

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Email immediately and tell ALL Senators to VOTE NO on HB 1291, HB 1399, and your NH Reps to vote NO on SB 538. Email Senators@leg.state.nh.us

These bills attack single-family neighborhoods and promote “new urbanism,” a movement based on the “climate change” agenda.

The HBs were heard before a ’special’ committee stacked with their own sponsors and rubber-stamped instead of being heard by the usual House Committee!

All three bills would be dangerous to single-family neighborhoods. Some Reps want to impose a top-down state-controlled “one-size-fits-all” approach to zoning as opposed to your voice and your vote. And they think this protects our rights! To the contrary, it removes our choices and lowers property values. As any realtor will tell you, the most important factor in the value of property is location, location, and location!

Attacking established neighborhoods is not going to remedy any “housing shortage”, which ultimately is not even the state’s responsibility.

One can only imagine why Republicans Reps Yokela, Osborne, Sweeney, and Alexander have fallen for this socialistic approach, which is similar to what is promoted by any number of left-wing NGOs such as @StrongTowns

Strong Towns stated mission is to “replace the Suburban Experiment.”

InDepthNH.org was right: “It is interesting that those who scream the loudest about individual freedom and personal rights are so quick to take them away from others and do not see that as government overreach.”

Here are the 67 Reps who voted with Democrats to take away your property rights:

Republican Votes (67)

Alexander, Joe(R) Hills. 29
Ankarberg, Aidan(R) Straf. 7
Aures, Cyril(R) Merr. 13
Avellani, Lino(R) Carr. 4
Aylward, Deborah(R) Merr. 5
Bailey, Glenn(R) Straf. 2
Bean, Harry(R) Belk. 6
Berezhny, Lex(R) Graf. 11
Berry, Ross(R) Hills. 39
Burnham, Claudine(R) Straf. 2
Connor, James(R) Straf. 19
Costable, Michael(R) Carr. 8
Cushman, Leah(R) Hills. 28
Donnelly, Tanya(R) Rock. 25
Doucette, Fred(R) Rock. 25
Drago, Mike(R) Rock. 4
Dunn, Ron(R) Rock. 16
Gerhard, Jason(R) Merr. 25
Granger, Michael(R) Straf. 2
Griffin, Gerald(R) Hills. 42
Harb, Robert(R) Rock. 20
Harvey-Bolia, Juliet(R) Belk. 3
Hobson, Deb(R) Rock. 14
Hoell, J.R.(R) Merr. 27
Janigian, John(R) Rock. 25
Janvrin, Jason(R) Rock. 40
King, Bill(R) Hills. 43
Kofalt, Jim(R) Hills. 32
Ladd, Rick(R) Graf. 5
Lascelles, Richard(R) Hills. 14
Layon, Erica(R) Rock. 13
Leavitt, John(R) Merr. 10
Lekas, Alicia(R) Hills. 38
Lekas, Tony(R) Hills. 38
Lynn, Bob(R) Rock. 17
Mannion, Dennis(R) Rock. 25
Mannion, Tom(R) Hills. 1
Mazur, Lisa(R) Hills. 44
McConkey, Mark(R) Carr. 8
McDonnell, Valerie(R) Rock. 25
McGough, Tim(R) Hills. 12
McGuire, Carol(R) Merr. 27
McGuire, Dan(R) Merr. 14
McLean, Mark(R) Hills. 15
McMahon, Charles(R) Rock. 17
Moffett, Michael(R) Merr. 4
Murphy, Michael(R) Coos 6
Newton, Clifford(R) Straf. 6
Notter, Jeanine(R) Hills. 12
Osborne, Jason(R) Rock. 2
Perez, Kristine(R) Rock. 16
Phillips, Emily(R) Rock. 7
Polozov, Yury(R) Merr. 10
Popovici-Muller, Daniel(R) Rock. 17
Potucek, John(R) Rock. 13
Proulx, Mark(R) Hills. 15
Prudhomme-O’Brien, Katherine(R) Rock. 13
Quaratiello, Arlene(R) Rock. 18
Santonastaso, Matthew(R) Ches. 18
Smith, Jonathan(R) Carr. 5
Spillane, James(R) Rock. 2
Stone, Jonathan(R) Sull. 8
Sweeney, Joe(R) Rock. 25
Tenczar, Jeffrey(R) Hills. 1
Vose, Michael(R) Rock. 5
Wallace, Scott(R) Rock. 8
Yokela, Josh(R) Rock.

 

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Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary

Granite Grok - Sun, 2024-03-31 00:00 +0000

This is an attempt to “break out” memes, links, and my commentary about the situation in Israel / the Middle East so as to not overload the standard meme posts that I do.  My last “normal” meme post.  In these Israel-related posts I don’t just have memes such, but lots of informative links as well as hopefully-insightful commentary.

Note that this is not meant to be a day-by-day update about what’s going on.  Rather, to highlight uncomfortable truths about the actual nature of the conflict, deep-history background, and so on, as well as to show the at-present immutable nature of Islamic hatred of Jews and why that matters to today’s events.

Also note that these posts generally do not repeat information (e.g., specific links or memes) – so there is a lot of stuff in prior posts.  Please do check them out too if this is a topic of interest to you.  In reverse chronological order:

Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok

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Israel: Still More Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok

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Israel: Ongoing Memes, Links, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: More Memes, Links, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Even More Memes, Links, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: More Memes, Links, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Memes and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Memes and Commentary – Granite Grok

With some Israel-related materials here:

Meme Overflow – Granite Grok

Don’t forget my special report on the *cough cough* hardships of pre-Oct 7 “Concentration Camp Gaza”:

Pre-War “Concentration Camp” Gaza – Granite Grok

 

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Show the Video, Israel › American Greatness (amgreatness.com)

Force the Squad, the maladjusted kids taking over campuses, and the sympathetic or cowardly administrations of America’s universities to confront it all. Just as Eisenhower marched German civilians through the concentration camps after American forces liberated them to confront the evil done in their name.

It is no longer enough for Israel to show the October 7 video to journalists, governments, and other select audiences. Everyone must see what Hamas and the Gazan civilians who followed Hamas into Israel did on October 7 and the glee and sheer ecstasy they brought to their butchery.

Related:

Gaza: Truths Behind All the Lies › American Greatness (amgreatness.com)

More evidence that Gaza death statistics are not close to accurate ~ Elder Of Ziyon – Israel News

 

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TOP OF THE FOLD

This excellent beat-down of the Boston Globe appears here (links in the original):

Boston Globe Media, I want to bring to your attention the fact that I am offended by, insulted by, and fed up with the Hamas propaganda masquerading as “journalism” that you are publishing on a daily basis.

Take the article below.

Let’s start with the title, “Heavy fighting rages around Gaza’s biggest hospital as Israel raids it again.” Talk about misleading. A more appropriate headline would be “Dozens of Hamas terrorists have, once again embedded themselves among civilians at Shifa Hospital. Multiple terrorists killed by Israeli forces.” I believe that the main point of the article is that the terrorists are again using a hospital (where they previously brought and held Israelis and those working in Israel that they had kidnapped) to launch attacks on Israel and to use innocent civilians as human shields. https://lnkd.in/eT5shpfU

Next, let’s focus on the “journalism.” The authors claim that “The military said it had killed 50 Hamas militants in the hospital, but it could not be independently confirmed that the dead were combatants.” This phrasing suggests that the authors can confirm the deaths but not that the dead are terrorists.

The Globe also reports the Israeli claim that it “raided Shifa . . . because Hamas fighters had grouped in the hospital and were directing attacks from inside,” but states that this “claim could not be confirmed, and the Hamas media office said all those killed in the assault were civilians.” However, the Globe admits, toward the end of the article, that the Gaza Health Ministry (which is Hamas) “doesn’t differentiate between civilians and combatants.” So, the Globe knows that Hamas is not a reliable source on the identity of those killed, right?

In a section under the header “New Shifa siege” the Globe calls into question the veracity of Israeli claims that Hamas “maintained an elaborate command center within and beneath the facility.” While acknowledging that the Israeli military “revealed a tunnel leading to some underground rooms, as well as weapons it said were found inside the hospital,” the Globe goes on to weigh the trustworthiness of this “evidence” and states that evidence of current Hamas use of Shifa hospital “fell short of the earlier claims, and critics accused the army of recklessly endangering the lives of civilians.”

What kind of evidence is the Globe demanding from Hamas before reporting its version of events? Why is evidence (like video evidence) provided by Israel continually characterized as “unable to be verified.” The Globe needs to do a better job of distinguishing facts from fiction and to stop serving as a mouthpiece for terrorists.

https://lnkd.in/eBztWQda

It is my working hypothesis that it’s not merely Jew hatred that fuels this actual twisting / spinning of events, but racism.  These people, these suuuuuupergeniuses, literally cannot fathom that “uneducated brown people” could fool them.

 

Wile E Coyote, Super Genius

 

 

Also:

Journalistic Duty in Israel Palestine News – Tablet Magazine

 

 

Israel Has Created a New Standard for Urban Warfare. Why Will No One Admit It? | Opinion (newsweek.com)

In many ways, Israel has had to abandon this established playbook in order to prevent civilian harm. The IDF has telegraphed almost every move ahead of time so civilians can relocate, nearly always ceding the element of surprise. This has allowed Hamas to reposition its senior leaders (and the Israel hostages) as needed through the dense urban terrain of Gaza and the miles of underground tunnels it’s built.

No nation has ever done what Israel has done trying to avoid civilian casualties.  Period.  Related:

Israeli soldier sentenced to 18 months for killing Palestinian – YouTube

Video.  Flip the situation – can you imagine a Hamas soldier being jailed for killing an Israeli?  More:

Israel Faces Global ‘Triple Standard’ Criticism | United with Israel

Tens of thousands of Gazans begging to go to Egypt. Palestinians outside Gaza, NGOs and national leaders say, sorry, stay put for your own good. ~ Elder Of Ziyon – Israel News

So where is the condemnation of Egypt?

 

WAR & WHEN WILL IT END?

 

 

How Palestine rejected offer to have its own state 5 times in the past – Law and Society Magazine.

Remember 2:191.  Drive them out from where they drove you out.  Reconquering Israel is a Koranic imperative.

Raconteur Report: FAFO

Rather colorful, but on point.

What you’re looking at is not genocide, it’s consequences. Gravity, working.

You’re getting to see what the Third Punic War looked like, and the reason Rome never fought a Fourth Punic War.

 

 

ISLAM: PRACTICES, HISTORY, AND MENTALITY

Terror Attack in Jordan Valley Wounds 3 Israelis, Gunman Fled Scene | United with Israel

A school bus.  Say, isn’t attacking obvious civilians a war crime?  But you must remember… to Islam, if you oppose Islam you are in the “House of War” and therefore are a legitimate target.  Recall Hamas’ leader saying “We don’t target civilians”?  That’s because every Israeli is treading on what they consider their land, and therefore is a soldier against them.

 

 

They’re using our own rules and ethics against us.

 

Gazans celebrating as captives arrive.  There are no innocent Gazans.

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/gazan-crowd-exhults-as-vehicles-come-back-from-israel.mp4

 

Terror tunnel entrance in a mosque.

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/a-mosque-with-a-terror-tunnel-shaft.mp4

 

Hostage describes how Gazan nurses celebrated when captives were brought in.

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/gazan-nurses-cheered-hostage-arrival.mp4

 

 

ATROCITIES

From here:

The Daily Mail reveals:

New DNA evidence shows that Israeli hostage Liri Albag among other captives, were held in this room of a Palestinian family in Gaza.

Yes, “innocent Palestinian civilians” were holding hostages in their houses. #BringThemHome

 

 

Her being kidnapped and held is not the only atrocity; the other atrocity is the apparently-willing complicity of the population to participate in this.  More:

Over 70 Percent of “Palestinians” Support Hamas’s October 7 Terror Attack: Poll – Geller Report

With Palestinians, there is no need to exaggerate: they really support murdering random Jews ~ Elder Of Ziyon – Israel News

By a supermajority, there are no innocent Gazans.  From here:

Al Aqasa tonight – Palestinians chant in favor of Hamas. It has NEVER been a holy place for them! If they tried chanting this in Mecca, the Saudis would throw them in jail!

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/in-praise-of-hamas-in-al-aqsa.mp4

 

What do they think about Oct. 7?

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/what-palis-think-of-oct-7.mp4

 

Do I weep for the children?  Yes.  I’m not heartless.  But given some of the many things I’ve posted about their kindergarten classes, lessons, and graduation plays – what I’ve posted about their school books and maps and kids’ open statements – I’ll quote Solomon Kane (creation of writer Robert E. Howard):

“[W]hen a man sets foot on an adder he asks not its size”.

What venom this young girl has:

WATCH: ‘I want to stab a Jew,’ young girl tells her teacher father | The Times of Israel

Gaza Terrorist Confesses to Raping Israeli Woman on Oct 7, Provides Horrifying Details | United with Israel

Video.  More:

Deafening silence from feminists about Hamas sexual violence | World Israel News

How much evidence do you need of Hamas sexual abuse? – editorial – The Jerusalem Post (jpost.com)

 

 

ON INTERSECTIONALITY / LEFTIST SUPPORT

From here:

Columbia University’s COO and General Counsel stammer when asked whether Hamas is a terror organization.

They also refuse to act against support for terrorism on campus.

It’s a long recording, but trust me, it’s worth it.

 

Columbia’s COO and General Counsel stammer when asked whether Hamas is a terror organization.

 

 

 

In America vs. in Israel – most Americans don’t have a clue

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/in-america-in-israel.mp4

 

Most Americans have stability privilege.  They literally cannot imagine life like this.  Oh that’s just not possible.  They’re TWENTY-NINERS.

No German who died before 1930 would have believed the Holocaust possible.

– Walter E. Williams

Hence, TWENTY-NINERS.

 

 

PALLYWOOD & MEDIA DISTORTIONS/LIES IN GENERAL

Countering ‘Pro-Palestine’ Propaganda Part 5: Gaza is an Open-Air Prison – A.J. Caschetta (jewishworldreview.com)

Good tools.  Also, remember my piece – above – about “Concentration Camp Gaza”.  More – video there too.

The Gaza you don’t see.

On Oct 6, 2023 Gaza was beautiful. It had all the potential to be a tourist heaven.

With billions of aid money for a brighter future, Gaza had the resources to become the next Singapore and we, Israelis, were rooting for them. We even granted permits for Gazans to work in Israel to create better lives for their families.

Instead of moving forward and building a prosperous society, Gaza chose to hate the Jews.

I hate seeing all this beauty disappear. I wish my neighbors would prioritize the safety of their children over killing mine.

I wish Gaza would have chosen a ceasefire on Oct 6, 2023.

From here:

An interesting twist in the Palestinian-Qatari blood plot about the rape of Palestinian women in Shifaa Hospital by Israeli soldiers

After the rumors that Jamila Alhassi published yesterday with the help of the Aljazeera Qatari network spread, in the last few hours Gazan surfers on leading Facebook accounts began to demand on their own initiative verification of the details of the case.

The surprising reason: the rumors about the rape of the women caused many families in the north of the Gaza Strip to move to the south of the Gaza Strip out of fear that their daughters would be raped.

I read several testimonies about many families who moved south from Gaza following Elhasi’s story.

Then I read the following amazing post on the part of Azati who has a Facebook account with about ten thousand followers:

“All the reports about the rape of Palestinian women in the raid on the Shafa’ hospital originate from the information provided by Mrs. Jamila Alhassi in an interview broadcast by the Aljazeera network. Alhassi is an unknown lady. The additions that the rape victim was a pregnant woman came in response to a photo from an anonymous Facebook account. The news It can be true and it can be false… In a way, a significant number of families I met today in Wadi Gaza stated that these reports caused them to be displaced from the north of the Gaza Strip, towards the south. I do not believe that we should contribute to emptying the north of the Gaza Strip of residents in this way that an organization used” The Haganah” who drove away the residents of the Galilee villages by spreading rumors and sowing panic…. and killing and terrorizing and committing sexual crimes….
In view of these reports we need to be more alert, aware and professional… and ask who? and where? and when? and why? and how? Questions that need to be answered. It is not possible that 24 hours have passed and the reports have not been clarified and no verified news has arrived… and perhaps Alhassi’s words were just a wrong spew…”

And on this it will be said: He catches the wise in their own craftiness’.

The Palestinians know their goods very intimately…

(Abu Ali)

From here:

Israeli Arab Muslim prays on Ramadan while serving in the Israel Defense Forces.

 

 

Last time I checked, an actual Apartheid state didn’t have members of the “oppressed” serving in the military.  Reminds me of this video:

 

An Arab Muslim in the Israeli Army

 

 

LinkedIn post about the amount of food getting into Gaza:

Video.  And:

This is double, 2 times, 100% MORE food than it is necessary to feed all of Gaza for the 170 days of this war.

Israel has been flooding Gaza with food and aid coming from many different countries.

(Despite being under no obligation to under international law)

The problem, the bottleneck is that the UN is failing to distribute said aid and the pace that Israel is providing it..

Oh, and Hamas is stealing the aid.

So to sum it up:

– 80% MORE food trucks are entering Gaza compared to before Hamas started the war.
– Double the amount of food needed to feed the population has entered Gaza.
– Even the UN confirmed a “significant scale-up in humanitarian efforts…facilitated by the Israeli authorities”.

Don’t believe me? Check for yourself.

And then tell me, is Israel starving the Gazans?

Hamas, Al Jazeera silently retract claims of IDF soldiers raping Gazans – The Jerusalem Post (jpost.com)

The damage was done.  Now they can retract.

 

 

TERROR COMING HERE?  TO THE WEST?

Vicious Jew Hater Nerdeen Kiswani at “Emergency” Anti-Israel Demo: “It’s Not Enough to Hate Israel In Your Hearts! Our Anger and Rage is Not Enough!” – Geller Report

Definitely here given what’s shown in this link.  More at the same site:

There Are Now Tens of Millions of Muslim Migrants in Europe, and the EU Commissioner Wants More – Geller Report

 

Dennis Prager comments on the ill effects of importing millions of Muslims to western countries.

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/prager.mp4

 

Like I said in a column castigating pro-migration Jews:

An Open Letter to Pro-Migration / SJW Jews – Urban Scoop

I used to be able to find this with a simple search on bing.  Now, no.  Odd, that.  I have to go to Urban Scoop and then look.

 

 

TREADING ON THE POLITICAL

Kamala Harris Threatens Israel With ‘Consequences’ if Rafah Terror Stronghold Stormed (legalinsurrection.com)

Thus highlighting the dangers of Israel – or ANY country  – being dependent on America.  Aid always comes with strings attached.  And more:

Is Biden’s Re-Election Campaign Driving US Foreign Policy? | Power Line (powerlineblog.com)

My Magic Eight-Ball says YES.

David Harsanyi: Yes, Israel Is Now a Partisan Issue | The Patriot Post

Biden The Terrible Pushing for Mass Murdering Jihadis to Rule the Gaza Strip – Geller Report

Biden Regime Considering New Move to Stab Israel in the Back | Frontpage Mag

Meanwhile, you will be absolutely unshocked to learn that Old Joe’s new rule [on arms sales] is being applied selectively. The Sun notes that “In reality, arms are sold to foes and allies alike in all five continents, with little notice of rights violations. Mr. Biden urged Congress last month to approve the sale of F-16s to Turkey, even as it massacres Kurds in Iraq and Syria.” No one asked Jake Sullivan at Monday’s press briefing if arms sales to Turkey would be cut off.

Smartest Thing a Liberal Said Last Week | Power Line (powerlineblog.com)

Fetterman’s starting to warm up.  And while there is ZERO DOUBT he won by fraud, I’m sure a lot of the fraudsters are in anguish about helping him win.  Remember what happened in PA:

 

 

Disgrace at the U.N. – Bill Whittle

Commentary on the UN vote by one of my favorites.  And that’s a convenient excuse to repeat two other videos by him on Israel:

TERRORIST NATION (youtube.com)

Bill Whittle on holy war against Israel ( & liberals’ unwillingness to acknowledge & confront it) (youtube.com)

And narrated by him:

Debunking the Palestine Lie (youtube.com)

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS

Mega Purim Cartoon and Meme Dump (15 of them!) ~ Elder Of Ziyon – Israel News

Memes can get through cognitive barriers in a way that pure facts and logic and evidence cannot.  And another meme on “Apartheid”:

 

 

 

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A CONCLUDING THOUGHT FOR THIS POST

California Synagogue Leases Space to Mosque to ‘Ease Tensions,’ Mosque Then Features Pro-Hamas Speaker – Geller Report

Magical thinking.  Like I keep saying:

Trying to please your enemies does not turn them into friends.

For example, per here (partial quote):

IDF/security “experts”, who should have resigned on Oct. 8th for their absolute failure in protecting Israelis from the very preventable horrific attack/massacre on Oct. 7th, are now recommending to empower local Gazans and give them guns, to protect themselves from Hamas.

Here again we see how blind they are to reality and the tribal culture of the Middle East. Those guns will not be used against Hamas, but against us Jews!

I would not be surprised if some of these IDF/security experts are against the policy to allow more Israeli citizens to own guns.

Or this:

Terrorists who perpetrate attacks are not who ‘experts’ say they are – The Jerusalem Post (jpost.com)

From 1996 to 1999, relief worker Nasra Hassan conducted interviews with some 250 Palestinians who either attempted to carry out suicide bombings, trained others for such attacks, or were related to deceased bombers.

Writing in The New Yorker, she reported that “none of [the bombers] were uneducated, desperately poor, simple-minded, or depressed. Many were middle class and, unless they were fugitives, held paying jobs… Two were the sons of millionaires.”

By the time he was done, he had concluded that there is “no significant relationship” between the economic conditions in a given country and the rise of terrorists there.

Given all of the above, why do so many “experts,” politicians, and pundits still stubbornly cling to the utterly unscientific idea that poverty causes terrorism?

The concluding paragraph is spot-on.  Wishful thinking.  We’re dealing with delusional people.  Like this fool:

“Jewish Voice for Peace” rabbi suggests Haman wouldn’t have hated Jews if he had cultural sensitivity training ~ Elder Of Ziyon – Israel News

As opposed to someone with an understanding of reality:

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/eu-mp-on-two-state-solution.mp4

 

You cannot “coexist” with someone sworn to kill you.

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Stepping Back To Regroup

Granite Grok - Sat, 2024-03-30 22:00 +0000

Dare we turn this recent embarrassment, when our American senses, awareness, and skeptical nature slipped away, into a useful learning exercise? We need to fall back and regroup so as to refresh our thoughts and dormant loyalties. Given today’s circumstances, this may be more of a pressing need than a leisurely pastime.

Roughly four years have passed since those inherent traits were put on hold and when the Chinese virus immobilized our thoughts and actions through ample doses of fearful messaging and warnings. This look back shows how fear must have numbed our senses as obvious contradictions were ignored.

Contradiction one, attention and then vaccines were directed to the least vulnerable, America’s younger school-aged students, and all the while, Americans knew that they were the most immune! Even schools and churches were indefinitely closed, which altered many family routines.

Number two, it was a period when free Americans were semi-ordered to mask up for protections that were improbable with such papered gimmicks. In time, this exercise also developed a political preference since it was assumed that the wearers were more considerate of others than were the non-wearers, who were considered to be of that brutish MAGA crowd! Also, another division of our people was expertly insinuated and achieved.

Number three, few thought to compare the death toll from our annual flu seasons when the absence of mandates versus those imposed by this Chinese “gift” was so glaring. To offset such differences, medical officials began to slap the “covid tag” as a cause of death upon anyone with the slightest exposure, even those from traffic accidents!

From this episode came the knowledge to not let go of a winning formula, so these weasels are busy working and plotting since four years have passed, and another Trump election is an imminent threat! So, is it any wonder that although it’s a different field, the game remains the same?

Not to disappoint, Washington’s current hoax also contains contradictions of the same unbelievable sort. Virus aside, now it’s the environment that needs saving. Such is the arrogance of man! Alas, behold our savior, the electric vehicle! Or simply, the “EV.” Like the last hoax, contradiction number one follows.

This first one is so absurd that one wonders how it was even considered! Let’s bypass the huge hit to our dangerous national debt totals, this one is insanely irresponsible since gas is cheaper and has been proven over time. Aside from the debt, how about the need for an endless stream of charging stations all along the roadways; this in response to the brief running time and short distances between charging. What a deal!

Number two is the time required to recharge batteries versus filling the tank! In this push-button instant gratifying culture, tempers might be slightly on edge since instead of minutes, it’s now hours! Another deal! Brilliant!

Number three is the humdinger of contradictions. How about the energy sources for all these charging locations, which will be fed from oil and coal-burning plants but more numerous than before? An honorable mention goes to the potential for garage fires caused by these Chinese time bombs! It’s funny how China seems to be at the center of these hoaxes.

A view of America’s future landscape is seen with what appears to be miles of wind turbine fields that were formerly farms—again, these are also manufactured in China! Also sprouting up are the concentrations of such wind-generating areas off America’s northeastern coast, all of which have and will continue to reduce wildlife and associated fisheries.

We are being led to the slaughter, and nobody seems to be aware. Slowly, our national options are being reduced, as are our individual ones! At this point, our claim of being an American is only based upon our birth, which is being cheapened from illegals walking onto US soil prior to birthing!

The previous two examples should never have occurred, given the obvious contradictions involved! We have been infiltrated, and the only remaining freedom lies within us. Still, this is what inspired our Founders to greatness and is America’s one remaining fortress: our thoughts and loyalties for a free and independent America! Let’s do it; let’s step back, prioritize and regroup! After all, aren’t we all just a little sick and tired of being played for jerks by those that we elect?

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

White House Bans “Religious-Themed Art” Submissions to Religious Holiday Art Contest

Granite Grok - Sat, 2024-03-30 20:00 +0000

Despite the best efforts of weirdos and neer-do-wells, this year’s White House Easter Egg Roll will use eggs. Trying to get Jill Biden to use potatoes instead of eggs has failed, but the nutjobs did manage a victory nonetheless. “Religious-themed designs banned from White House Easter egg art contest.”

Children of the National Guard are prohibited from submitting religious Easter egg designs for the 2024 “Celebrating National Guard Families” art event at the White House.

The art contest is part of the White House’s Easter traditions, which include the annual Easter Egg Roll. The flyer for the contest states that an Easter egg design submission “must not include any questionable content, religious symbols, overtly religious themes, or partisan political statements.”

Questionable content? What does that mean, and who gets to decide? The potato weirdos?

Can contestants submit eggs with cartoons of kids giving each other a b…j…? That’s not just acceptable in most public schools; it is a crime against humanity to object. Pictures of drag queens? Joe sniffing a kid’s hair? Sex workers?

The secular humanist sky is the limit, but no crucifixes or Jesus on Easter. Easter Sunday.

We can argue about when, why, if, or how the Catholics absconded existing pagan days or rituals, but Easter has been a religious holiday for all of Western civilization.

It can also be argued that the White House might be better off not sponsoring or hosting an event or contest on a religious holiday, but that’s not how you change the collective consciousness from tradition (Easter is a deeply revered religious celebration) to a ham dinner, some colored eggs, and gifts from Santa in a Rabbit Suit.

The issue, however, is that the United States Constitution prevents the government from making laws respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise. The White House isn’t making a law, but is it prohibiting free exercise and expression?

Or is it as simple as this: By refusing art with a religious theme, the White House is discriminating in violation of its own rules?

Children also can’t promote material that promotes “bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age” in their designs.

Do you have time for one more?

The White House on Friday announced “trans day of visibility” for March 31, which this year falls on Easter Sunday.

Happy Easter!

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Bill Hearings for Week of April 01, 2024

N.H. Liberty Alliance - Sat, 2024-03-30 12:00 +0000
  • These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
  • Click on the bill number to read the bill.
  • Click on the committee name to email the committee your thoughts.

Of the 19 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 1 with 2 being of interest.
Of the 42 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 6 and opposition of 2 with 2 being of interest.

Position Bill Title Committee Day Time Room State Analysis
Of Interest SB498 relative to the department of health and human services, division for children, youth and families. Children and Family Law Tue 4/2 1:30 PM LOB Room 206-208 This bill provides that under RSA 169-B, relative to delinquent children, and RSA 169-D, relative to children in need of services, a child may be placed with fictive kin or a child care institution, psychiatric residential treatment program, or other program certified by the department of health and human services.
Support HB173 relative to toilet facilities provided by restaurants. Commerce Tue 4/2 10:00 AM SH Room 100 This bill removes the requirement that restaurants and other businesses that serve food to the public provide toilet facilities for patrons.
Oppose HB82 relative to employment protection for participants in the therapeutic cannabis program. Commerce Tue 4/2 10:20 AM SH Room 100 This bill prohibits an employer from refusing to hire, or terminating the employment of a qualified patient of the New Hampshire therapeutic cannabis program solely on the basis of a positive drug test.
Support HB1469 relative to the retention of individualized education program records. Education Tue 4/2 9:20 AM LOB Room 101 This bill requires the department of education to remove student individualized education plan records from the state special education information system on the same schedule as school districts.
Support HB1695 relative to the release of student personally identifiable information. Education Tue 4/2 9:40 AM LOB Room 101 This bill prohibits the transfer of student’s personally identifiable information to third parties without written consent of the parents and student.
Of Interest HB1659 relative to interference with child custody and shared parenting. Judiciary Tue 4/2 1:00 PM SH Room 100 This bill provides that unless the parenting plan specifically provides otherwise, both parents shall have access to all records and information pertaining to the child. The bill further directs the court to award a parent additional parenting time in response to the other parent’s noncompliance with the parenting schedule. The bill also permits the court to fine the parent for noncompliance with the court-ordered parenting schedule.
Oppose HB1432 (New Title) relative to prohibiting certain uses of deepfakes and creating a private claim of action. Judiciary Tue 4/2 1:15 PM SH Room 100 This bill: 1. Establishes the crime of fraudulent use of deepfakes and sets penalties therefor; 2. Establishes a cause of action for fraudulent use of deepfakes; and 3. Prohibits registration of lobbyists who have been found to have fraudulently used deepfakes in certain cases.
Support HB1276 relative to repealing the prohibition on the possession or sale of blackjacks, slung shots, and metallic knuckles except by or to minors. Judiciary Tue 4/2 1:45 PM SH Room 100 This bill amends the prohibition against carrying or selling a blackjack, slung shot, or metallic knuckles to prohibit sale to or possession of the said items by those under 18 years of age.
Support HB1403 (New Title) relative to temporary waivers for vehicle emission control equipment. Transportation Tue 4/2 1:40 PM LOB Room 101 This bill extends the repair period for vehicles that fail the OBD II test to 120 days.
Of Interest HB1387 relative to revisions to the state building code. Executive Departments and Administration Wed 4/3 9:45 AM SH Room 103 This bill updates the state building code and state building code review board.
Of Interest SB369 directing the office of professional licensure and certification to provide notice of public meetings and an opportunity for comment, creating a new position, and making an appropriation therefor. Executive Departments and Administration Wed 4/3 1:15 PM LOB Room 306-308 This bill directs the office of professional licensure and certification to provide to the public notice of its meetings and an opportunity to comment in such meetings. This bill also establishes an attorney II position for the office of professional licensure and certification.
Support HB1407 relative to child care staffing ratios. Health and Human Services Wed 4/3 10:15 AM LOB Room 101 This bill creates a waiver for larger rations [sic] in licensed child care facilities for infants and toddlers. This bill also prospectively repeals the waiver in 2026.
Oppose SB496 directing the department of health and human services to establish a climate and health protection program. Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Wed 4/3 11:00 AM LOB Room 203 This bill directs the department of health and human services to establish a climate and health protection program in response to health threats associated with a changing environment.

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The Conservatarian Exchange Podcast #197

The Liberty Block - Fri, 2024-03-29 23:15 +0000

George Santos running in the primary for congress. Trump clinching the nomination; SOTU; was it a declaration of war against half the country? why did Katie Britt present the republican response and not Trump or someone else with more gravitas? cryptocurrency; would the dems let Trump win and blame him for an inevitable economic collapse? would congress refuse to certify trump if he wins? Current situation in Haiti; RFK Jr’s campaign vs. the “culturally vulgar” campaigns of Trump and Biden; Lazer joined the show and reported from Ukraine; U.S. building temporary ports to send supplies to Gaza;

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House Passes Bill To Ban School Mask Mandates

The Liberty Block - Fri, 2024-03-29 17:37 +0000

In a contentious and narrow vote, the New Hampshire House passed a ban on school mask mandates Thursday. The 187-184 vote was opposed by Democrats, who warned that the law would prevent local school boards from protecting students and staff from future contagious diseases. Republicans had a few major arguments, which helped them pass House Bill 1093. 

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Video: House Committee Hears Two Secession Bills

NHexit.US - Thu, 2024-02-29 20:47 +0000

In January 2024, there was a meeting of the New Hampshire House State-Federal Relations and Veteran Affairs committee. The committee heard two separate bills on secession.

The first one, CACR 20, would be a constitutional amendment that would see the people of NH vote to amend the constitution to say that if the federal government’s national debt reaches $40 trillion, New Hampshire shall peacefully secede from the union.
The second one, HB1130 would form a commission to study everything we would need to know about secession, such as economic impact.

This is video of the full public hearing for both bills and the people’s testimonies.

Secession Airplane Banner Flying Over Merrimack Valley Saturday

Foundation for N.H. Independence - Thu, 2023-05-25 02:34 +0000

On Wednesday morning, NHexit.US announced that local liberty activists in New Hampshire have hired a chartered airplane pilot to fly a pro-independence banner over the three largest cities in the state. Over the past few years, the calls for serious discussions on peaceful separation of New Hampshire from DC and the union have grown dramatically. New Hampshire is already home to the most influential liberty movement in the world.

Notable events since 2021 include:

  • legislation to place an independence referendum on the ballot which was sponsored by nine lawmakers in the New Hampshire House
  • a poll by SurveyUSA finding that almost 100% of NH residents strongly resent the federal government and 29% are ready to secede immediately
  • increasing demands by lawmakers and the centrist governor telling the DC tyrants to back off 
  • An abundance of pro-independence sentiment, including flags for the Granite Republic, hats, T-shirts, books, articles, and podcasts, and even a national anthem

This Saturday, an airplane banner could be added to that list. The tentative plan is for the banner to fly over Nashua, Manchester, and Concord. If you look up while in one of these cities, you just might be able to snap a photo or record a video of the banner. We encourage our readers to post their photos to social media with the tags #NHexit, #secession, and #NHpolitics. 

Additionally, the question of secession will be asked by another highly reputable pollster. The University of New Hampshire is currently conducting a political survey that includes multiple questions related to New Hampshire independence. The results could be published within days or a few weeks. 

 

 

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New Hampshire Survey Shows Disdain For DC, Support For Independence

Foundation for N.H. Independence - Fri, 2022-07-22 02:33 +0000

A recent poll conducted by SurveyUSA on behalf of the Foundation for New Hampshire Independence (FNHI) shows that while the peaceful separation of New Hampshire from the federal government has low support among politicians, it has significant support among registered voters.

According to an overwhelming number of respondents, the people of the United States are getting more and more divided over important issues like LGBT rights, guns, abortion, election integrity, race relations, involvement in foreign wars, climate change, immigration, and so on (91%).  Nearly as many fear that if this trend continues, it will lead to increases in political violence (89%).

Large majorities of respondents agreed that the federal government doesn’t have their best interests in mind (67%); that it violates their rights more than it protects those rights (65%); that it produces laws, regulations, and court rulings that are incompatible with New Hampshire’s culture of freedom (63%); and that its financial decisions and economic regulations hurt our livelihoods, and could lead to inflation and bankruptcy (77%).

In short, 63% of respondents feel that their state can be trusted more than the federal government.

One possible way forward would be for New Hampshire to begin ignoring federal laws and regulations regarding matters reserved to the States by the 10th Amendment. Fewer than half of respondents believe that the federal government should be able to force New Hampshire to follow federal mandates and laws regarding cannabis (27%), medicine (37%), public health (42%), education (41%), welfare (42%, firearms (42%), businesses (38%), and abortion (33%).

This approach, also referred to as ‘nullification’ is common, currently being utilized by dozens of states, and is consistent with the recent enactment of New Hampshire HB 1178, ‘prohibiting the state from enforcing any federal statute, regulation, or Presidential Executive Order that restricts or regulates the right of the people to keep and bear arms’. 

However, a more comprehensive way forward would be for New Hampshire to reclaim its sovereignty, peacefully separating from the federal government to govern itself as an independent country, an idea that was supported by 29% of respondents and 52% of Republicans. Only 58% of respondents do not support immediate and full secession from the federal government today. More than 2/5 of respondents agreed that the state should be able to do this without securing permission from the federal government (43%). And only 3% of respondents would support the use of military force by the federal government to interfere with such a separation.

Again, while politicians declined to put the question to the people, more than 2/5 of respondents support the idea of placing independence on the ballot (42%) while only 47% currently oppose it.

History is filled with proposals that seemed at first to be politically impossible, but after serious discussion and evolving circumstances, proved to be politically inevitable. To take just one example, shall-issue laws for concealed carry licenses, once viewed as extreme, are now the law in nearly every state. As the results of this poll show, peaceful separation already has more support now than shall-issue laws had in 1990. Today, not only is shall-issue the norm, but 25 states allow their residents to carry concealed guns without even requiring a permit. If New Hampshire independence follows a similar path, it may only be a few short years away from broad adoption. 

The survey also found strong support for independence and extreme discontent with DC politicians among all 8 states polled. In Texas, 90% of Republicans recently endorsed putting secession on the ballot, officially placing the position in their platform. California progressives have a strong independence movement of their own, and surveys show that around half of Californians support or are open to independence from the union. Progressives in Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington also support independence. States like South Carolina, Florida, and many other states have new independence movements that are rapidly growing, as well. 

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Top 100 Reasons New Hampshire Should Be Independent

Foundation for N.H. Independence - Sat, 2021-11-13 01:28 +0000

Over the past few weeks, a group of pro-freedom activists in New Hampshire has been holding informal meetings to brainstorm how to best promote independence in the next legislative session. Predictably, progressive authoritarians have already begun to attack the concepts of independence and liberty. A few conservatives cling to hope that they can fix DC and all 50 states, convince all Democrats to embrace conservative liberty values, and ‘save America’. 

 

I have written dozens of articles, published three books, and produced hundreds of videos making the case for a national divorce from the authoritarians. Here are just 100 reasons why every New Hampshire citizen who supports freedom should support a bill and a ballot referendum on independence from DC. 

 

  1. Without the federal income tax, we’d each save around $25,000/year right off the bat.
  2. The IRS is corrupt, tyrannical, and about to grow by 80,000 employees and billions of dollars. Years ago, they were caught targeting conservatives. Now, they are surely much more polarized and hateful against us. I could live without them.
  3. The ATF is extremely anti-gun. They have been one of the biggest reasons that federal gun control laws have grown increasingly strict. The ATF passes laws and bypasses Congress. Once the murderous criminal, Dave Chipman is confirmed as the new ATF director, things will get much worse. I could live without the ATF. Once we divorce DC by declaring independence from the union, the ATF will no longer have jurisdiction over us. 
  4. The CDC is out of control, and the agency will only ever grow more tyrannical. This was before corona-fascism made the CDC into the most harmful agency to liberty of all 400 illegal executive agencies. By the way, did you know that the CDC took legal ownership over every rental property in the united states?
  5. I don’t trust Joe Biden to run my life or to do anything that could impact me. I have around 28 trillion reasons for distrusting that corrupt, evil, demented sociopath. 
  6. I don’t trust Congress to run my life. They have proven time and again that they support authoritarian socialism. Even with majorities in the House and the Senate and even with Trump in the White House, Congress did nearly nothing to expand liberty. But they did pass many laws that violated my natural rights. 
  7. The federal government benefits from terribly untrustworthy elections, such as the one in 2020. Once HR1 passes into law, all elections in the united states will be required to abide by the same insane rules that caused us all to doubt the legitimacy of the 2020 election.
  8. Once HR51 passes into law, DC will be a state, complete with two more hardcore socialist Senators. The Democrats will control the Senate forever.
  9. If you aren’t a big fan of sobriety checkpoints, you’ll be happy to learn that they are federally funded. Once we divorce the feds, it’s unlikely that any local police dept. will spend the money on the checkpoints. 
  10. If you aren’t a big fan of immigration checkpoints, you’ll be happy to learn that they are federally funded and/or conducted. Once we divorce the feds, it’s unlikely that any local police dept. will spend the money on the checkpoints. 
  11.  Local cops only use tanks, drones, BEARcats, and other aggressive military gear against us because the feds give them those toys. Once we cut ties with DC, our local cops will return to their proper role as peace officers instead of acting as soldiers against us.
  12. One of the reasons that Dictator Sununu locked us down and derailed our economy involved pressure and money from DC encouraging him to do so. 
  13. If you don’t like being forced to pay for the DC politicians to wage futile endless wars in dozens of countries all over the world while veterans, women, and babies in our own communities starve on the streets, it means you want to separate from DC. 
  14. If you are ready to give up on the war on drugs and stop sending cops to homes to punish people for consuming a plant, separating from DC is the first step you must take. DC politicians STILL consider cannabis a schedule one top-tier dangerous substance that is 100% illegal to possess. 
  15. Do you love it when cops steal your property (car, house, money, guns, etc.) without convicting you of a crime? Well, federal law allows law enforcement to seize any property that could be involved in a past, present, or even future crime. And the feds have ‘extended’ that authority to state and local cops. Once we sever ties with DC, cops in NH lose the power of civil asset forfeiture.
  16. If you ever wondered why bad cops almost never receive any punishment, you should know that ‘qualified immunity’ is a federal doctrine. Without DC, local cops become much more accountable to their neighbors.
  17. The millions of federal regulations cost businesses over 2 trillion dollars each year in lost productivity. Once we divorce DC, our businesses will truly be able to unleash their creativity, making New Hampshire more prosperous than we could ever imagine.
  18. Who should decide whether NH accepts illegal aliens or Afghan refugees? Biden and Pelosi or our governor and legislature?
  19. Are you tired of being ruled by nine lawyers in long black robes who live in DC and have the power of Gods? If five out of the nine rule a certain way, that becomes the law for all 330,000,000 people in the united states.  
  20. The federal reserve and DC politicians have overseen a decline in 99% of the US dollar’s purchasing power over the past century.
  21. DC politicians have run up a debt of 28 trillion dollars and counting. And they claim that you and I are responsible for it. 
  22. Nearly every politician has ambitions and eventually wishes to be sent to DC. This affects nearly every decision they make. Once DC is no longer in their minds, they will focus on what is most important: you.
  23. Federal law enforcement (including the FBI) have shown themselves to be thoroughly corrupt. Even conservative commentators like Dan Bongino have called for their abolition. A few months ago, the FBI and other federal cops came to New Hampshire and violently kidnapped six of my friends. They are charging them with crimes that could result in them spending the remainder of their lives in federal prison. Their excuse? That my friends committed some victimless crimes by using and selling cryptocurrency. Once we leave DC, that will never happen again. 
  24. Want a suppressor so that you can save your hearing? They are only illegal because the feds prohibit them. Without the feds, NH would be totally free, and you could put a suppressor on your SBR without any worries. 
  25. Are you worried about increasingly strict EPA restrictions on vehicles, houses, and everything else? Once we divorce DC, they will have no jurisdiction over us.
  26. Are you sick of random federal judges issuing injunctions that overrule actual laws passed by Congress or state legislatures? An independent NH would not have to worry one bit about federal judges.
  27. The DC politicians are destroying the once-mighty American military. Their current secretary of defense and commander-in-chief continually insist that the #1 priority for their military is pleasing LGBT individuals. An independent New Hampshire could have a military with a top priority of defending us against hostile militaries. As it should be.
  28. Have you accumulated a respectable net worth? Soon, the federal government will tax your net worth each year in addition to all of the other taxes. 
  29. The US Congress literally does not represent you or me.
  30. The federal government hates you. Especially if you are white. 
  31. Multiple federal court rulings have declared that the first amendment does not protect any speech that is insulting, especially towards a government agent. 
  32. Right now, even policies that you think are set by state lawmakers are really controlled by the feds via extortion. 
  33. If the thought of Pelosi’s Capitol Police Force growing worries you …. You might support NH independence from DC. 
  34. If you would rather have your highway taxes spent on highways … You might be a NHexiter.
  35. Do you think that Facebook and Twitter are too powerful and too damaging to liberty? Federal law grants them effective immunity from lawsuits while also granting them the power to manipulate content. They get to act as both a publisher and a platform, whichever suits them at the moment. 
  36. If you support sound, free-market money like gold and silver (and crypto) ….You already support NHexit. It’s only a matter of time before the feds ban them.
  37. If you are afraid that Donald Trump might become President again …. You just might be a NHexiter.
  38. If you are afraid that Kamala Harris might become President…. You just might be a NHexiter.
  39. If you think that Title IX is a major reason that free speech and due process in colleges were destroyed, you support NHexit.
  40. If you believe that boys should not have a free pass to the girls’ bathrooms, locker rooms, and showers, you support NH independence. 
  41. If you can’t count the billions of federal laws….you might support independence.
  42. The FDA hurts and kills patients by stifling innovation and preventing people from using medications until the FDA spends decades of time and billions of dollars approving them.
  43. Cutting ties with DC would immediately and drastically cut prices and improve the availability of drugs like epinephrine, insulin, loperamide, and many others. 
  44. DC politicians use the federal department of education to brainwash your children to hate freedom. Once we are independent, that goes away.
  45. The federal government believes that showing online ads to specific cohorts is a crime.
  46. If you are not comfortable with the REAL ID becoming a dystopian federal identification card, you might be an NHexit supporter.  
  47. Support in Congress for a magazine ban is getting very close to a majority. In a few years, your magazines will be federally illegal. 
  48. Once HR127 passes Congress, every firearm will be effectively illegal. Hope you’re ready to turn in your guns to the feds! You are a patriot and not a criminal, so you’d never violate federal law, right? 
  49. It is very likely that Congress (or federal regulators) ban armor plates for all civilians very soon. Hope you’re ready to turn in your plates!
  50. Even the best ‘conservatives’ in DC are working with Bloomberg to take away your guns.
  51. Technically speaking…the federal government should not exist anymore. 
  52. Federal judges have ruled that police have no legal obligation to protect you. 
  53. The federal government thinks it can take your property by force, as long as it plans to use the property for anything that could benefit the government, including giving your property to companies like Pfizer. Without DC, states and localities have no power of eminent domain (AKA theft of property).
  54. Federal politicians from Biden to McConnell and everyone in between consistently sell us out to oligarchs like Putin and Xi to enrich themselves. 
  55. We can’t take power back from Congress, even with a Convention of States.
  56. The DC politicians incentivize single motherhood and discourage employment. 
  57. If you don’t believe that global warming is the biggest threat to our lives, you should not be in the same union as DC, the federal government, and the other states. 
  58. If you don’t appreciate being spied on by the NSA and other creepy DC agents and politicians, you should consider divorcing them. 
  59. If you don’t want to support the Taliban by providing them with money and military weapons and helicopters, you should leave the union and stop paying federal taxes. 
  60. The federal government considers people guilty until proven innocent – the opposite of how it was supposed to be. Peaceful protesters have been receiving punishments in prison for months despite never being convicted. If you support due process, you support NHexit.
  61. The federal TSA regularly violates our natural rights, despite literally missing 95% of actual threats. 
  62. DC politicians maintain a horrifically managed ‘no-fly list’, which mistakenly puts many people (including babies) onto the list, preventing them from flying. It’s also nearly impossible to get off of the list. 
  63. Conservatives from Candace Owens to Matt Walsh have spoken in support of state independence from DC. 
  64. Federal government leaders believe that if you don’t wear all the masks they recommend and if you don’t get all of the vaccines they recommend, you are just like the Taliban suicide bombers. 
  65. DC politicians prohibit beneficial pipelines that would have been amazing for our national security and economy while simultaneously supporting pipelines for nations that are hostile to us. 
  66. Who is arming the violent Mexican drug cartels? Federal agents from DC!
  67. The federal government has kidnapped innocent Japanese people and put them in concentration camps. New Hampshire has never done that. And they couldn’t ever do that. Because we all have lots of guns. 
  68. The US government banned firearms and ammunition from Russia. New Hampshire would never do that.
  69. The US government puts many kids in cages at the border. New Hampshire would handle immigration in a much more sensible and humane way. 
  70. Things will literally never change for the better. Even with Trump in the White House and Republicans controlling Congress and the SCOTUS, freedom only diminished and tyranny continued to grow.
  71. New Hampshire citizens are the hardest workers and earn the most money, which is demonstrated by our continent-leading median household income. We don’t need DC politicians to be wealthy.
  72. New Hampshire is the freest state. Nearly all of our issues are caused by federal laws. Once we are independent, we will be almost 100% free to live as we please!
  73. New Hampshire is the safest state. We don’t need DC or other states bringing violence to our peaceful paradise. 
  74. Half of the people in the united states believe that Biden was legitimately elected and that Republicans are all traitors, while the other half believes that Biden lost the election and progressives are traitors. How could one country be united if its people hate each other so much? 
  75. The DC politicians now feel so entitled to infinite power that they essentially ban medications that could help treat COVID, such as hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin. 
  76. DC politicians are so arrogant that they no longer feel the need to pass legislation in Congress; they now use executive orders to pass new laws, including the most recent one forcing all private companies in the united states with over 100 employees to vaccinate their employees or test them for COVID weekly. This will affect 80 million employees. If you don’t want DC sociopaths coming between you and your employer (or you and your doctor), you support independence. 
  77. When conservative states began having success treating COVID with monoclonal antibodies Biden and DC politicians began to BLOCK the life-saving treatments from getting to pro-freedom anti-Biden states like Alabama and Florida, potentially causing people to die.
  78. DC politicians have made it clear that they will continue to prioritize foreign nationals and illegal immigrants over American citizens like you and me.
  79. On the other hand, DC politicians have made it very clear that Cuban immigrants are not welcome here (because they tend to vote for freedom and against communism). 
  80. The Biden IRS is now going to monitor every bank account with over $600 in it so that they can tax all people who make any money in any way. Those who receive more than $600 in PayPal transactions in a year will also be subject to taxation, according to experts. Peaceful separation solves this IRS issue because the IRS would no longer have any jurisdiction over us. 
  81. When NH adopted federal food laws, it made selling mushrooms illegal, among many other prohibitions. Now, the only way to make it legal for anyone in NH to sell mushrooms is to create more regulation requiring ‘licenses’, which is somewhat counterproductive. The only other way to make mushrooms legal in NH would be to sever ties with DC. 
  82. Dictator Biden nominated an actual Soviet communist to be the comptroller of the currency. If you don’t want your country’s financial system to be run by an avowed communist, you support separation from DC.  
  83. On 10/8/21, the preliminary deal on a GLOBAL tax on businesses was officially agreed to. A total of 136 countries have signed onto the measure, guaranteeing that they will work together to stomp out businesses seeking to evade taxes by implementing at least a 15% tax on them, no matter where they come from. Once New Hampshire becomes a self-governing state, its low (or absent) tax on business could attract so much business to the state that it could cause the biggest economic boom in world history. 
  84. Dictator Biden’s OSHA implemented a vaccine mandate for nearly every worker in the united states. It is extremely unlikely that an individual could beat this in federal courts or via federal legislation. Separating from the union is actually the more practical way to nullify this mandate. 
  85. A federal law to require all new cars to have passive drunk-driving monitoring technology is about to go into effect, making all cars in the united states more expensive and much more intrusive. The law does not specify, but the new technology may be tantamount to perpetual breathalyzers and/or eye monitoring in every car. 
  86. The medical system and all medical institutions in the united states are becoming increasingly racist towards whites, and it all starts with DC politicians. 
  87. The Supreme Court is composed of 9 judges. The SCOTUS is perhaps the most powerful entity in the united states now. These nine judges are either evil or mentally retarded. They certainly do not believe in freedom. Is that who you want to be ruled by?
  88. The US House of Representatives passed legislation that would take over control of elections, taking the power that always resided with the states and granting it to DC politicians. Among the many measures in the legislative package was a law that prohibited any election in the united states from requiring ID in order to vote. New Hampshire citizens who would like to retain their voter ID law must either support secession or give up voter ID forever once this federal law passes. 
  89. DC politicians just passed a law mandating that all vehicles made after 2026 be equipped with perpetual monitoring systems to detect ‘impaired driving’. The vehicles must also have ‘kill switches’ that allow cops to turn them off at any moment. If you don’t like this policy, secession is the only solution. 
  90. In the summer of 2022, federal government will begin to require facial recognition/uploading pictures of your face in order to access tax/ documents on the IRS website.
  91. The President announced that the next US Supreme Court Judge he nominates will be a black woman. Upon joining the court, she will likely hear a massively important case involving ‘affirmative action’.
  92. DC politicians are literally stealing our organs. In 2021, a policy change at UNOS essentially caused nearly all organs from donors in New Hampshire to be sent to NYC, CT, and MA, harming New Hampshire’s patients who desperately need organs to live. DC is viciously fighting NH legislation that would allow Granite Staters to state their preference that their neighbors be granted priority over foreigners if they pass away with viable organs. 
  93. The brilliant experts in DC are using $30,000,000 in taxpayer funds to give out drug paraphernalia, including crack pipes, to drug users. The statement from the DC politicians specifically mentioned that they are being distributed primarily to minorities and that they are to be used for illegal drugs. 
  94. Our Lords in DC believe that they must force New Hampshire to build more housing projects so that our state could look more like the Bronx.  
  95. Our brilliant Lords in DC are destroying our savings and devaluing our salaries by printing so much money that annual inflation is now at a frightening 9.1% annual rate.
  96. DC politicians have been forcing you and me to pay for dangerous bioweapons labs in Ukraine for years. 
  97. Your federal tax dollars are being used to pay Tik Tok influencers to create and promote propaganda approved by Dictator Biden. If you don’t want to be forced to fund such endeavors, you may want to consider secession. 
  98. If you don’t enjoy paying $6 billion for the annual NIAID budget doled out by Anthony Fauci to fund foreign bioweapons labs and development and approval of ludicrously expensive patented pharmaceuticals and suppress use of cheap off-patent drug, you should consider supporting a vote of NH residents to leave the union.
  99. The federal government violates free speech in numerous ways. Leaving their jurisdiction solves these issues and restores freedom of speech, expression, press, association, and worship. 
  100. The federal government is increasingly racist. Most recently, Dictator Biden nominated a black woman to be a judge on the highest court because of her gender and skin color. Ironically, she will likely soon be ruling on an affirmative action case. 

 

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