Most parents think their kids are pretty safe at school. They know the teachers, and they know their motives are genuine. But there are a few ways that outside sources can get to your kids at school.  You might be surprised at what is exempted and what information is collected about you and your children.

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

One way they can access your kids is through an online library and another is through surveys you aren’t informed of. Also, if your children join groups, that may create access to additional outside sources. Alt-gender secrecy has been known to give unknown groups access to your children. Know your school’s policy on what is kept secret from parents.

“Curriculum” and “library content” are not the same

What would be illegal as “curriculum” is generally exempted from library rules. Online sources take advantage of that. Sexually explicit materials and critical race theory are illegal to TEACH in New Hampshire, but they can be advertised to your child as award-winning reading through their online reading library. “Sora” is a popular student library that is a perfect example of an online library exploiting kids.

Sora is mostly free content so no one can complain. It makes its money off your children. It hyperlinks them to outside sources like adult dating sites after teaching them how to engage in explicit sex. It hyperlinks them to all sorts of unwanted and unknown sources. It then uses an algorithm to show them more of the same content once they have looked. It’s collecting data the entire time. Eventually, they are advertising specifically to your children to change their attitudes.

In Sora, kids can’t discern what books contain explicit content before they read. The book may have an award on the front yet be grossly explicit beyond a child’s comfort level. Many parents want rating levels for books like the Motion Picture Association of America. Some states (Utah) already have laws using such ratings. Booklooks.org is an excellent resource for book ratings.

In New Hampshire, books are not rated and are exempt from state obscenity laws. Federal laws might be challenged throughout New Hampshire. This analysis of the law is helpful to read.

Recently, parents are seeing inappropriate content and contacting their local representatives, their school boards, and the Board of Education in New Hampshire. Parents want to know their kids aren’t being exploited through their school-sponsored library or through unknown surveys. Surveys that ask things like how often your child is sexually assaulted and about parents’ criminal activities.

The Youth Risk Survey is incredibly intrusive and triggering to anyone who has been victimized and provides no support after doing so. “Exploit and discard” is how it feels to parents. Read the hundred or so questions as they go further and further past parents’ boundaries. It’s NOT OK to ask children these questions without parents permission. Yet this year, they are able to do so. Parents need to opt-out ahead of time. They won’t be asking for permission.

So what can parents do?

Start by looking. Find out if your school uses an online library. Ask if you can challenge existing books you find inappropriate and exploitative. You can opt your child out of all online libraries and non-educational surveys. Stop the exploitation of your kids before it happens. Make sure the school knows where you stand.

For instance, two examples of sex dating sites “instructions”:

And:

And because Sora is online, you may never know what your kids are access all under the rubric that your School District is a “member”.

Betsy Harrington, MSW
mother of 2 at SAU34 (Hillsboro-Deering)

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As you may know, I put in an RSA 91-A demand, ironically enough, about the Office of the Right To Know Ombudsman.

Not only is this story a good bit of “how long does it take to screw in hire a light bulb” (six months after Baby Huey signed HB481 establishing the Office that SHOULD make it easier for citizens to get their Right To Know demands handled faster/easier than having to take their Government to Superior Court) but also a story about Government officials “stringing citizens along” and making them wait longer than necessary.

If you are short of time, just go to the bottom area of this post to see the “short circuit” supplied by an NH House Representative who reads GraniteGrok and found the answer (MANY THANKS!).

To recap once again:

HB481 authorized a new Right To Know Ombudsman Office to be located in the NH Department of State once it has been staffed. As of last week, no such position has been filled. No news items have covered such an appointment or activation of that office. HB481 was enacted into State Statute on June 24, 2022, being duly passed by the General Court, with Governor Sununu’s signature.

This demand is for any and all communications (emails, voice mails) and other documents (e.g., position postings, resumes, evaluation documents, meeting notices, meeting notes, background checks, et al) pertaining to the hiring and appointment process concerning any and all respondents looking to be the first Ombudsman for the Office of the Right To Know.

Legal Counsel to the Office of the Governor, James Scully, had responded that the Governor’s Office didn’t HAVE to honor an RSA 91-A due to Constitutional conflicts…

…please be advised that it is the long-standing position of the New Hampshire Department of Justice that RSA 91-A does not apply to the Governor’s Office.

…but did say that I’d have the Responding Records within 30 days. So I asked WHAT that position was, and he did respond to the question:

From: “Scully, James” <James.F.Scully@nh.gov>
To: “Skip” <Skip@granitegrok.com>
Sent: 12/13/2022 12:58:12 PM
Subject: RE: RSA 91-A Right To Know demand – Status and materials concerning the Office of the Right to Know Ombudsman

Mr. Murphy,

The Governor’s office is subject to the constitutional requirement for public access to government records in Part I, Article 8.

RSA 91-A is adopted by the legislature and governs non-constitutional agencies and how they comply with Part I, Article 8. Because of the constitutional separation of powers, RSA 91-A does not govern how constitutional offices, such as the Governor, Judicial Branch, or Legislative Branch meet the constitutional requirement for open government.

Best,

James

Now, I haven’t seen anything in RSA 91-A:5 that gives an exemption to “Constitutional Offices” and I did remind Counselor Scully that a Governor (in his Constitutional capacity) signed the legislation creating RSA 91-A and all amendments to it and I let Counselor Scully know of that collusion of two of the Constitutional Offices in making this law. I also asked, under Part 1, Article 8, for a contact within the NH DOJ so as to get the supporting documentation from them to support his assertion.  After all, while it may SEEM like a little matter, it actually DOES matter – a lot. So, he quoted his “Rule Book” – I want him to live up to it.

—— Original Message ——
From: “Skip” <Skip@granitegrok.com>
To: “Scully, James” <James.F.Scully@nh.gov>
Sent: 12/15/2022 9:17:04 AM
Subject: Re[2]: RSA 91-A Right To Know demand – Status and materials concerning the Office of the Right to Know Ombudsman

Good morning this day before a winter storm bringing (hopefully) a White Christmas!

I read your explanation and I do understand the separation of Powers.  While the Legislature, a Constitutional body in our bicameral system, drafted and passed all of the legislation that created and amended it, didn’t that OTHER Constitutional body have to join with the Legislature to make it law – the Office of the Governor?

So the two are complicit in this Law, correct? Otherwise, why wouldn’t previous Governors have refused to sign it?  Or, if you are using that line of reasoning, why didn’t the present one, before signing HB481 into Law, demand that such an exemption be codified into the Law instead of being a part of “penumbras formed by emanations” of unstated Powers (as Government has Powers, Individuals have Rights)?

And yes, I have put in RSA 91-A demands against the NH House, for example, and they have been honored. No, they did not complain that even as they are also a “Constitutional body”, they did not exempt themselves therein  So, I ask again – might you have a contact within the Dept of Justice to back up your assertion?  Under Part 1, Article 8, as you assert?

So again, the request of a contact is requested.

Thanks – and be careful of your back tomorrow shoveling snow. The “Weather Guys” are saying it will be a rather heavy type of snow!

-Skip

However – time for the short circuit. Out of the blue, Steve received an email from someone that I don’t believe I’ve ever met before – with the answer for which I am searching (emphasis mine). And she reads GraniteGrok!

——- Forwarded Message ——-
From: DA Elword
Date: On Wednesday, December 14th, 2022 at 8:11 AM
Subject: RTK OMBUDSMAN
To: Steve@granitegrok.com <Steve@granitegrok.com>

Steve, please forward to Skip.

After reading your RTK requests re: RTK Ombudsman, I made an in-person inquiry at Sec. State office yesterday and was informed that the nominee for the position is Attorney Thomas Kehr, and that there will be a meeting of the Exec. Council on Dec. 21st to address the position.

Appears Kehr was the ‘policy and procedures administrator’ for SOS

https://sos.nh.gov/media/woxhklnw/kehr-thomas.pdf

All the best,
Representative Deborah Aylward

And I did respond and thanked her (emphasis mine):

—— Original Message ——
From: “Skip” <Skip@granitegrok.com>
To: “NHSteve” <nh.steve@protonmail.com>
Cc: “DA Elword”
Sent: 12/14/2022 4:07:13 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: RTK OMBUDSMAN

Good news. And thanks Deborah! Very MUCH appreciate your “constituent” service (even if I’m not a direct constituent!).

I do have to wonder why James Scully just didn’t say that in his email? There, partial delivery with the first response!

<reacted>

I already have a bunch of RTKs (dealing with School Districts that won’t honor my card catalog RTKs) to keep him busy!

-Skip

Simple question. Simple answer. One day.  Engaged reader and responsive elected Representative WHO DIDN’T HAVE TO DO A THING as I’m not one of her voters. Much appreciated.

And we are continuing to have a conversation about RSA 91-A…to be continued. But now I know the answer and hopefully, this will turn out to be a GOOD movement going forward.

 

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December 15 marks the 231st anniversary of the ratification of the first 10 Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, known as The Bill of Rights. Sadly, most Americans have little or no knowledge of these amendments, which is the main reason they are “on the ropes.”

In the mid-1980s, a survey discovered that only one in a thousand could name the five rights protected in the 1st Amendment.

However, thanks to some recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions made this year, including “Shurtleff v Boston,” “Kennedy v. Bremerton School District,” “New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, INC., et al. v. Bruen,” and the repeal of “Roe v Wade,” the Bill of Rights has made a comeback.

But we still have at least two years of The Biden Administration which has, with the complicity and support of the corporate media, made violating the Bill of Rights a priority. It has weaponized the Department of Justice and its Federal Bureau of Investigation. Let us cite just a few examples:

Last fall, we learned that parents who dare speak out against the racial hatred and moral depravity being taught to students in government schools are being targeted. The National School Boards Association demanded that the Biden Administration go after parents who speak out at school board meetings, and Attorney General Merrick Garland sent a memo to the FBI warning about violence against school board members.

The Biden Administration created a “Disinformation Agency” to be led by far-leftist Nina Jankowicz. Public outcry from this blatant attempt to form this Orwellian “Ministry of Truth” forced the Biden Admin to put its agency on hold. Ms. Janowitz is now a foreign agent working for England’s Ministry of Truth.

The U.S. Justice Department is still holding some of those arrested in the wake of the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot without charging them with a crime. We are getting reports of ill-treatment of these prisoners, including beatings and denial of medical treatment. So much for speedy trials guaranteed in the Sixth Amendment.

In the early morning hours, the FBI raided the Tennessee home of Paul Vaughn, his wife, and eleven children. His crime? Praying and singing hymns in front of an abortion mill. He had a shoving incident in early 2021 where no changes were filed by local police. He is facing the possibility of eleven years in prison. The FBI arrested many other Pro-lifers, including an 87-year-old woman.

The Biden Administration raided the Mar o Lago home of Donald Trump, and the homes of a number of Trump associates including Rudy Giuliani, Roger Stone, and Peter Navarro. Mr. Navarro, who is 73 years old, was arrested at the airport, and placed in leg irons. He lives across the street from the FBI’s D.C Headquarters. An agent could have simply walked across the street and served a warrant. The FBI raided Stone in the middle of the night with CNN cameras standing by.

And, thanks to Elon Musk, we learned that the FBI worked with social media outlets to suppress information from Hunter Biden’s laptop with information that may have made an impact on the 2020 election.

Background to the Bill of Rights:

On September 25, 1789, Congress sent twelve proposed amendments to the states for ratification. Two of the amendments were rejected. One of them concerning congressional pay raise was ratified in 1992, making it the 27th Amendment. On December 15, 1791, Virginia became the ninth state to ratify, making them part of the U.S. Constitution. The reason for the Bill of Rights are spelled out in the little-known Preamble to the Bill of Rights:

Congress of the United States
begun and held at the City of New York, on Wednesday, March 4, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine.

THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution.

RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all, or any of which Articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution; viz.

ARTICLES in addition to, and Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, proposed by Congress, and ratified by the Legislatures of the several States, pursuant to the fifth Article of the original Constitution.

 

Here are the five rights protected in the 1st Amendment:

1, Free Exercise of Religion

2, Freedom of Speech

3, Freedom of the Press

4, Freedom to Peaceably Assemble

5, Freedom to Petition the Government for a redress of grievances

 

Since Camp Constitution’s inception in 2009, we have distributed over 20,000 pocket copies of the U.S. Constitution, and hosted numerous classes, presentations, and outreach events about the U.S. Constitution. Many of those classes and presentations have been videotaped and made available on our YouTube and Rumble channels. Our instructors include Pastor David Whitney, Mrs. Kris Anne, Hall, Luke Boyce— “Kid Constitution,” Actress Janine Turner of Constituting America, Tom DeWeese of the American Policy Center, Catherine White of the Constitution Decoded, Pastor Garrett Lear, and yours truly.

Since I have been writing this column, I have offered readers free pocket copies of the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence. While the offer still stands, let me offer extra copies to educators and local civic organizations. If interested, e-mail me your mailing address campconstitution1@aol.com. You may also swing by the Gilman Library in Alton to pick up a copy.

The Bill of Rights has survived a civil war, two world wars, and abuses by all three branches of the U.S. government. I believe that it will survive this current administration. Happy Birthday Bill of Rights.

 

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As loyal readers know, I have been sending out Right To Know demands to various School Districts around the State for the card catalog for their Schools’ libraries. I considered this small effort to be a “test case” to see how the targeted districts would respond.

What I found was there are three general categories of responses:

• Those that said, “sure, we’ll get that to you in a day or so.” Translation: reasonable and responsive.
• Those that started to push back but were “persuaded” to fork it over. Translation: see SAU 3, Berlin
• The recalcitrant ones that are pushing shoving back

I had been working “full steam ahead” on this project, but then the elections came up as well as the “Douglas Lambert Incident” that took my eye off the ball. But the elections are over, Lambert seems to be using the court system to keep his victim from getting her Restraining/Stalking Order, and I am slowly starting to catch up.

So I have the card catalogs from the following Districts – in alphabetical order:

• Berlin (SAU 3)
• Gilford (SAU 73)
• Hanover (SAU 70)
• Laconia (SAU 30)
• Oyster River (SAU 5)

And Julie delivered the Dover School District (SAU 141) porno books (in addition to those in the Dover Public Library) aimed at underaged children as well.

Sidenote: I dryly note their home page Mission Statement:  Working collaboratively to empower all learners to become dynamic global citizens.

How about AMERICAN citizens for a change? I remember catching one of the Laconia schools, Woodland Heights, having a poster for exactly that a few years ago. Posted it here. Next time it was gone. But I digress.

So just using a short list of “available porno titles” (will post that up later), here’s my current list of what each District has in its Public School Libraries to excite and titillate our young “learners” (as the educrats now call students):

NH Public School District Library Card Catalog abridged porno books

There will be updates to this list as more RTKs get sent AND honored.  And that will happen as our lawyers are now going to “reach out” to the other Districts that have, to put it nicely,” sitting on their hands trying to wait me out.

Heh!

 

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I’m not proud to say this, but I’ve had a front-row seat to the decline and fall of a once-great state. Vermont, the home of Calvin Coolidge – my favorite president – has fallen on hard times. Rights are no longer natural but given and taken by men with partisan interests.

Related: Democrat Rule Will Do that: Vermont Has Its Highest Homicide Rate in Three Decades

It started in cities like Burlington. A hippie enclave that grew up but kept the sour scent and unwashed politics of the Left. It has embraced most, if not all, of the characteristics that lead to Democrat-run urban decline, but given the sliver of a place that Vermont is, where Burlington goes, the rest will follow.

Crime is up, and policing is down. Non-citizens with little reason to protect American Exceptionalism or Vermont’s roots are allowed to vote in Burlington’s municipal elections. It is illegal to prosecute sex crimes there, so prostitution and human trafficking can’t help but grow out of control. And then there’s the second amendment.

Despite its hippie enclave history, Vermont clung to its embrace of constitutional carry as a right from birth well into the 21st century, but now it is an excuse. Progressive policies that exacerbate criminality are blamed on firearms, and with that comes legislation to restrict your natural rights.

 

• Vermont Legislature Uses Parkland To Go After Guns
• Vermont Goes Left On Guns – Is New Hampshire getting Jealous?
• Vermont Democrats Keep Coming for Your Guns. House Passes 30-Day Waiting Period, and Gun Ban in Hospitals.
• Gun Sense Vermont Doesn’t Waste Time Coming after Your Firearms

 

The latest attack is coming from the new anti-gun Democrat majority legislature.

 

Since 1988 Burlington and Montpelier voters have proposed to create their own gun control ordinances. Because of the Dillon Rule, city charter changes have to be approved by the General Assembly. All attempts to bypass the law proscribing local gun control measures have been pigeonholed.

The renewed interest in enacting local gun control measures has shifted from getting city charter exemptions to town by town action, notably in Woodstock. Michael Bloomberg-funded Gun Sense Vermont is launching a campaign to repeal the Sportsmen’s Bill of Rights in the name of local implementation of “meaningful steps to prevent gun violence.” Perhaps by licensing or prohibiting all guns in the town?

 

A town-by-town patchwork of gun restrictions could have a significant effect on tourism. Anyone who carries, including hunters, might skip Vermont to avoid reckless prosecution in one of the dozens of towns where an otherwise law-abiding citizen might travel. And that’s the point. The goal is a statewide ban, but to get there from here, the Democrats presume a municipal right before a personal one until the ensuing chaos creates a call for broader intervention.

You get the densely populated liberal-controlled cities to embrace their anything but “common sense” gun laws and then, either by referendum or public pressure, expand it statewide a few years later. And at no point will the rising crime in these Liberal Ghettoes be attributed to restricting the right to self-defense.

The poster child for this is Chicago. It has more anti-gun laws and more gun crime. Common Sense Chicago has had over 4700 shootings in 2022, of which 638 ended in death. The Windy City is on pace to hit 725 gun deaths in 2022. Add the property crime, assaults, carjackings, and other criminal acts, and Burlington and the progs running the Vermont General Assembly can see where their gun-grabbing leads.

This decline is echoed in every Democrat-Run Urban area.

While Vermont will never have that level of criminality, neither will it enjoy the peace and security that has dominated its history. And guess what, if we’re not careful, New Hampshire is next.

 

HT | True North Reports

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Joe Biden is trying to make significant changes to the Democrat Primary process in time to be ready for 2024. He is trying to change the sequence of the primaries to insert South Carolina into the number one position bumping the Iowa Caucus and the traditional First in the Nation Primary, New Hampshire. This action is not going to happen, it is a futile effort, and he should no better than to try. Let me tell you why.

 I have lived in the Granite State for nearly as many years as Joe Biden has been in Washington, D.C. We in New Hampshire have been proud of our First in the Nation status for over 100 years. The first time we were number one was in 1916. Some say it is too much status for such a small state, but that may be the best reason to keep it so.

New Hampshire is perfect for old-fashioned shake-your-hand-and-look-in-my-eye politicking, where every candidate gets to hit diners, restaurants, and town halls or just walk the streets to meet and try to make supporters out of New Hampshire’s voters. It is a spectacle every four years, and the media and country look forward to it. This schedule is tradition; more importantly, it serves a purpose and works. It gives candidates more time to present their platforms and people all over the country more time to size them up. Iowa and New Hampshire are at a different pace than the primaries to follow in South Carolina and the other Southeast states.

The motivations are clear as to why Joe Biden wants these changes:

1. Suggesting the plan further proves he intends to run for re-election.
2. Joe does not do well in face-to-face campaigning, which is why he performed so poorly in both states in 2020.
3. He wants to pay back Jim Clyburn and South Carolina for saving his campaign and catapulting him into the White House.

Every action in Washington has to be done to pay back someone, and Joe Biden knows this better than anyone.

Biden’s plan will not happen because New Hampshire signed an insurance policy into law many years ago that protects its number one position. In 1975, the New Hampshire state legislature passed a bill allowing the Granite State secretary of state to set the presidential primary date earlier than any other similar contest by seven days if necessary. The law has permitted the Secretary of State to fight off challenges to New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation status from other states. If Biden were successful in moving the South Carolina primary, New Hampshire and Iowa would move ahead of them on the calendar.

This exercise is an amateur move by Joe Biden, who has enough experience to know it will not happen. Then again, it may all be for show. He is showing South Carolina he is trying to reward them, and sometimes a plan does not have to work to be successful. It just has to be made public. It is tantamount to the Student Loan Forgiveness Act. Joe knew he had no legal right to present that plan, but it worked. The promise helped put him in the White House. And that is how we got to what we have in this country today.

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On December 7, 2022, Fred Teeboom, a former alderman and self-represented, took the City of Nashua to NH Superior Court for violating Nashua’s spending cap. I had the pleasure of attending part of the hearing.

The City brought an entourage from the legal office and finance office. Attorney Bolton presented for the City.

Mr. Teeboom articulately presented Nashua’s spending cap history. Currently, Nashua has not a single alderman who fully comprehends the budget and can respond to citizens’ questions about the spending cap in a clear and precise manner. This failure of our elected officials, coupled with the demise of the local daily newspaper, opened, for Mayor Donchess and CFO Griffin, the opportunity to misrepresent the calculation of the spending cap.

Bringing a pro se case against the city is difficult and stressful. It was apparent Mr. Teeboom put a lot of time and effort, and experience into his presentation and exhibits.

Soon after taking office in 2016, Mayor Donchess attempted to bypass the city’s spending cap by claiming all “mandated” funding was exempt from the cap. In 2017 the city removed wastewater expenditures from the cap, leading to a court challenge by Mr. Teeboom and then-alderman Dan Moriarty. In 2022, under a new financial creation by CFO Griffin titled “gross budgeting,” the city added grant funding and the full value of authorized but unsold bonds to the spending cap calculation.

The mayor presented the 2023 budget, astonishingly, at $113 million dollars under the cap. This financial manipulation was created by allowing the $348 million budget introduced in FY2022 to rise to $506 million by adding a combination of grant funding and unsold bonds to the budget, thereby producing a calculation that presented the FY2023 budget to be $113 million under the cap when in fact it was $8.5 million above the cap.

Incredibly, the aldermen accepted this deception without question, without examining past practice for calculating the cap, and without examining SB52 adopted into state law in 2021, which intended to further regulate and clarify the tax and spending caps that had been adopted in 2011. The budget committee chairman even refused to consider the spending cap, stating this was of no concern to the committee.

Citizens who believe their tax bills are too high should be justifiably concerned. This city has free reign to spend hundreds of millions of dollars without concern for the constraint on spending imposed by the spending cap ordained in the city’s charter…..until Mr. Teeboom filed his lawsuit.

The aldermen frequently state that the government “has needs” without concern for “the needs” of taxpayers who pay the bills. The mayor has promoted a group-think government that ostracizes and attacks individuals expressing viewpoints that differ from the appointed and elected body.

Mr. Teeboom should have a Court order in early March 2023. Thank you, Mr. Teeboom, for your efforts in addressing this important financial issue that affects all taxpayers.

 

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Insurance Companies rely on accurate information about the dead. Their business depends on it. And their reporting is one of the ways we knew young and healthy people were dropping dead following the “safe and effective” intravenous COVID preventative campaigns.

Related: Insurance Company Refuses to Pay Claim, Says Death by Experimental COVID Vaccine is the Same as Suicide

The numbers are off the charts. We saw it coming when athletes started dropping dead. Members of the military began dropping dead. Performers on stage. Airline pilots. People Dropping Dead. As the numbers got out of control, the Medical Industrial Complex, with help from politicians and the media, tried to blame the unvaccinated, but that didn’t work so they concocted Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS). It was a mystery. What could be causing people to shuffle off their mortal coil abruptly?

How about a global mass injection campaign of an emergency use pharmaceutical with known but dismissed or suppressed side effects that could lead to complications, including sudden death?

Ding!

While they are still in denial, the latest bad news, pictured above, comes from Germany and the “National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV), which insures 72 million lives.”

 

Just after the rollout of COVID-19 injections, there was a sharp, unprecedented spike in unexpected deaths, a 1,000% increase. The KBV denies a causal relationship to vaccination. The cause for the deaths is unknown, but it is not COVID-19. Authorities have not yet done appropriate studies to investigate a possible vaccine connection. Mainstream media did not attend a press event where data analyst Tom Lausen presented the figures, which he calls a “risk signal.”

 

Risk signal. Do you think?

 

 

 

And it’s not just Germany. This is evident everywhere mass injection was promoted as safe and effective. Sure, if culling the population is the goal.

 

From CDC data, equity investment advisor Edward Dowd calculates that Millennials, age 25 to 40, experienced an 84% excess mortality in the fall of 2021, coinciding with vaccine mandates and boosters—a Vietnam War-size event.

 

That’s a trend in every country that went all in on the EUA Vaccine* but daring to make the connection is branded as a conspiracy theory … by the murderers pushing the injections.

Nothing to see here. Just move along.

 

 

 

 

 

HT | American Association of Physicians and Surgeons

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Cameron Kegan’s article “Why Any Federal Law Defining Marriage Is Unconstitutional” was published at GraniteGrok.com on December 13, the very day Biden signed the new federal law “Respect for Marriage Act.”

I agree that this RFMA is unconstitutional, although I am four square in favor of the right of gay people to marry. Allow me to sort through some confusing facts. And then to analyze the conservative position on — wait for it — sex.

I’ll start with my sense of the hierarchy of constitutional principles (which federal law must bow to, of course, of course.):

Article I, sec 8 grants power to Congress to legislate in the 18 enumerated areas. For example, Congress can enact a law to establish a Navy, to establish federal courts inferior to the Supreme Court, to coin money, etc. If marriage ain’t on the list, and it ain’t, Congress should not touch it.

(They do, though, every day; they outrageously pass laws ultra vires, they did so with RFMA, which Biden signed today, Dec 13, 2022. And they’ve gotten away with it regarding Education.)

But each state can legislate on topics not given over to Congress in the aforementioned Grants bit. (Art I, sec 8.) NH can pass a health bill such as “Masks, everybody, masks.” Or it can add to the rights in the Bill o’ Rights by saying, for example, “No doctor in this state can abort a 15-week-old fetus, as that baby has a right to live.” Per Amendment 9: “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”

In short, legislatures have particular powers under the US Constitution to pass certain bills and not others. But even where they have a proper power to indulge in a certain area, someone may take the matter to court and say that it offends some other item in the parchment. I myself went to court in 2020 and said, “Excu-use me. You can’t order an injection that deprives me of my Fourth Amendment Rights.”

(The court should have said, “Oh, Mary dear, you are so right. We’ll make sure that the offending EO, or whatever it was, gets deep-sixed.” As usual, tho, they said, “Mary, go home and shut up. You lack standing.”)

Clearly, Congress has no power to enact a law about marriage. But if a state does so (and yes, it can), a person could still take it to court, claiming that the content of the law offends his/her Constitutional rights. If the racial purity laws of TX prohibited Black Susan from marrying White Joseph, Susan may win her right by the US Supreme Court’s opining that the TX law is invalid.

Could the state of Maine pass a law entitled Respect for Marriage, or just Marriage Equality, giving two females the right to marry? Yes. And if the new couple then moved to Nebraska, Nebraska would be forced to accept that the two females are married, thanks to Article IV: “Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts and judicial proceedings of every other state.” Plain as day. Good old Founding Fathers they had a knack.

Sex

Every human is born with a SEX — the person is male, female, or, rather rarely, is a hermaphrodite, having some combination of male and female. Basically, each person is stuck with the genitals and hormones God gave him or her. It’s not a social construct. It is anatomical.

As a separate matter, every person is born — or later acquires — a SEXUAL ORIENTATION, which determines whether they will develop a longing for a male partner or a female partner. You are hetero or homo. If homo, you may be pressured to keep your sexual orientation a secret.

Additionally, and this is something we did not know till recently, each person has a GENDER IDENTITY that is not necessarily identical to that person’s sex. Because of its oddity, this gives rise to jokes. Then the jokes make us believe that the topic is not a serious one. But it is.

By “gender identity” is meant the sense a person has of being in this world as a male or female. Since you know that my name is Mary, you can assume that I experience my role as that of woman. But you could be wrong. I might have a genuine self-identity as a man.

The fact is, I do identify as a woman, but the place in my brain that controls that gender-identity is not the same place that runs the decision as to whether I be hetero or homo. Some doctor specializing in the brain may be able to tweak the situation, and behold, I start to think I am a man.

My family will feel confused and maybe send me to a psychiatrist. I’ll probably experience “gender dysphoria.” My driver’s license reminds me that I’m female, but I now am uncomfortable as a female. I’m dysphoric. It will please me to dress masculine, and I’ll be delighted if someone calls me “Sir.”

I might even inquire about transitioning, e.g., having a sex-change operation. Or I might load up on testosterone which will make me grow a beard, and my voice will get lower. I’ll probably change my name from Mary to, say, Gregory. After a while, I can apply to the passport office to change my sex legally. Still, the whole thing is expensive and laborious and may result in the loss of many friendships. I think no one would choose to do it for kicks.

Note: I personally am vehemently opposed to encouraging transgenderism in children, but we’ll save that discussion for another day.

The Right To Choose One’s Sexual Orientation and One’s Gender Identity

As adumbrated above, folks don’t usually make a choice about their sexual orientation — gay or straight — they discover it, probably in adolescence. Who could thus say that a human being lacks the right to be gay? We don’t claim that anyone lacks a right to end up tall or short, do we? Your height develops outside of your control.

If a person’s gayness is given to them, like their height, it would be wicked to condemn them, or to ostracize them. Granted, there are societies today that do condemn or even kill a man for being homosexual or for “performing homosexual acts.” Lesbians do not get such a strong punishment, but they are often made to feel unwelcome and inferior. “They don’t fit the ideal of femininity.” Gee, is that so bad?

The culture of the United States made a change about 50 years ago whereby gayness became largely OK’d. The LGBT community, so-called, first demanded rights such as the right not to be refused a job or housing. This was easily tied into the civil rights laws of 1964 that protect everyone from discrimination.

Similarly, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 — the ADA — extends equality to any person regardless of blindness, muscle paralysis, mental retardation, or whatever. The disabled are now entitled to “access.” Parking lots have places for the cars of the disabled; hotels have bedrooms and bathrooms that can be navigated by wheelchair-bound persons; schools are required to pay a teacher with sign-language fluency for deaf kids, etc.

Is It Constitutional To Legislate, Federally, for the Disabled?

You could call me a relentless or even an extreme advocate of states’ rights. Sure, I know that people move around a lot and so think of themselves more as a citizen of the nation than of their state. I know that some people want the US government to crack down on a given state for such-and-such naughty behavior. And I know that it’s more convenient for there to be One Law on a particular subject and not 50 separate laws. But there is good reason to maintain the separation of powers. Much depends on a state guarding its prerogatives, its turf, jealousy.

This article started out examining Congress’s new Respect for Marriage Act, which I think is blatantly unconstitutional. However, it may be easier to discuss the Americans with Disabilities Act. Ask: Is it constitutional? The first place to go to answer that is Article I, sec 8. There is nothing there to make us permit any federal legislation on the topic of disability.

Three parts of the ADA that no doubt have raised the dignity of disabled people are Title I’s requirement that any employer with 15 or more employees not discriminate against a disabled person when hiring, Title II’s requirement that all transportation be helpful to persons in wheelchairs (even to the point of offering paratransit, such as vans, where the regular bus is not able to host a wheelchair), and Title IV’s provision for special communications such as sign language translations of TV news.

Have a squiz at Article I, sec 8’s enumerated powers. Clause 3 says, “The Congress shall have Power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States and with the Indian Tribes.” This is known as the Commerce Clause, and federal legislators have used it to their heart’s content to tell states what to do.

Conservatives like myself object to stretching the word “commerce” to mean any aspect of business. The Framers intended it to mean the flow of goods across state borders. They wisely appointed the federal government as referee if one state was harming another in regard to commerce. Otherwise, one state may mistreat another. Fine, but that doesn’t mean Congress can legislate as to how much you should pay for a shirt at Walmart.

I believe Congresspersons have no right to make laws about labor. But they do so all the time. And the US president puts a Secretary of Labor into his Cabinet. Sorry, this is a state power. Each state can make rules for a 40-hour week, a minimum hourly wage of $8, or whatever. If a majority of people in a state want something different (say, a 35-hour week or a $4 minimum hourly wage), they should be able to get their state legislators to cooperate. If not, as a last resort, they can hitch a ride to another state.

Here is a way the feds could be helpful and yet not breach the Constitution’s separation of powers. It could offer model laws. I am used to this in Australia. For example, “Canberra” passed a Commonwealth (i.e., federal) Criminal Code to cover crimes within federal law and made it available to states. Three of Australia’s six states copied it: Tasmania, Western Australia, and Queensland. So the nation has three “Code” states and three “common law” states: New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia.

To summarize thus far, regarding the ADA, I think its Title I requirement about hiring the disabled is not supported by the Commerce Clause because I think labor is not part of the interstate flow of goods. Yet I think the ADA’s Tile II mandate that wheelchairs be accommodated on buses is well within the Commerce Clause, as the transportation industry is largely concerned with the flow of goods across borders. (By the way, do you know that you can’t say “F!!k” on a Greyhound bus from NY to Boston? Or anywhere else. Congress did have the right to legislate that imposition of decency because buses are within its jurisdiction.

As for Title IV of the ADA, which tries to help the blind and the deaf in regard to communication, I recognize that the Founding Fathers did not foresee electronic communication and so did not add a 19th clause to sec 8. I think they would have done so just as they arranged other things that have a naturally national scope, such as the coining of money and the building of post roads. But it’s not there, so the ADA should not pretend it is.

Don’t forget, however, that the Framers gave us the means to update the parchment via Amendment. And don’t forget the Australian technique as a stop-gap. The feds can pass a law that simply offers a model law for any of the 50 states that choose to adopt it. This would respect states’ rights. I claim that we should insist on no overstepping by Congress.

Can the Feds Protect Rights As Such?

To have lived during the 1960s was thrilling. Improper authority got thrown over. It must have been like that in the 1500s when Luther posted his 95 theses on the door of Wittenberg Cathedral, complaining of abuse of power within the Church. Congress helped America (and the world) by cleaning out some of the bad practices of the US Government and turning that government into the backer of human rights. Note: in regard to outlawing the racist Jim Crow laws of the South, Congress was acting against state’s rights.

Congress Defining, or Defending Marriage

Sorry, at this juncture, I can’t hold forth on the constitutionality of Congress’s products, such as the Civil Rights Law of 1964, as I do not know if the feds can legislate to protect rights. Clearly, it’s not one of their specifically enumerated grants of power in Art I, sec 8.

Possibly Clause 18 could do it: “The Congress shall have Power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing [seventeen] Powers and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.” But I don’t know if “all other powers vested by this Constitution” includes the power to protect rights.

And since I’m thus unable to preach on the scope of Clause 18, I do not know if it is in Congress’s bailiwick to protect gay persons by stating their right to marry legally in every state.

I don’t even know if gays need this since the US Supreme Court ruled in the 2015 case of Obergefell v Hodges that all 50 states must refrain from forbidding a same-sex couple permit to obtain a marriage license.

Obergefell was based on the Fourteenth Amendment. That’s the post-Civil War amendment that says: “Nor shall any state… deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” For example, you can’t prevent a slave’s descendant from voting.

As far as defining marriage, I think that job belongs to culture. I take marriage to be a wonderful commitment of two persons to each other and their potential progeny. Homo sapiens is a pair-bonding species, as any zoologist or anthropologist can attest. Some societies approve of polygamy (more than one wife per man). Some approve of the marriage of children (I am referring to an arranged marriage that could begin almost at birth but does not take effect till maturity.) Some approve of same-sex unions. It looks to me that the USA does not approve of polygamy but does approve of gay marriage. “That’s how it is.” The fact then defines marriage.

I realize that some conservatives have a personal distaste for gay people. Lately, they express their objection to gay culture as its being an onslaught on the traditional family. I don’t agree that gay marriage harms the more popular type of marriage between a man and a woman. I think it’s other forces in society, some of which are sinister and well-planned, that aim to cause a breakdown of family life.

If anything, a happy marriage of two men or two women adds to the strength of families. Although I’m as conservative as you can get, I don’t think a conservative argument against same-sex marriage has a leg to stand on. Some conservatives may say, “God does not want this,” but what God wants is not a criterion that the Framers invoked. They created a power structure that would give us maximal protection against tyranny. No comment on sexual mores.

To repeat, I think the RFMA and parts of the ADA are unconstitutional. Sure, I like their results — my wheelchair friends get to travel, and my lesbian friends get to marry — but any unconstitutional law is a threat to our survival. We can do better. Also, we can do better than cultivate divisiveness. Social harmony is at a premium now. Let’s get together and support the USA.

And let’s get sex indoctrination out of the schools immediately. I attribute sinister motives, not rights-based motives, to anyone who is trying to influence a kid’s sexual orientation or gender identity. No doubt it’s a crime to do that. Arrest the criminals!

 

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If you wanted to find a busy-body-positive social justice gender warrior and had no interest in joining Instagram or TikTok, a school board might be the first place to look for her. Moth to a flame that.

And if you’d like to see such an individual discriminate in the name of non-discrimination (oft referred to as Inclusion, Equity, or Diversity), allow them to speak (as if you could stop them).

If you want accountability for those contradictions, instances are rare, but even a blind squirrel, as they say.

To borrow from Skip, here’s the shot:

 

“I believe that Mr. D’Elia would make an excellent president,” [Jennifer Solot] said. “However, I feel that electing the only cis White male on this board, president of this district, sends the wrong message to our community: a message that is contrary to what we as a board have been trying to accomplish.”

 

Mr. Greg D’Elia is white (a race) and heterosexual (a gender choice), but if they picked him, despite his qualifications, that wouldn’t be non-discriminatory even though he serves on a board whose majority appears, to my untrained eye, present as human females (77.77%).

[Note that had he announced he was a woman before vying for the top job on this board, whether he was or not, he would be a shoo-in (this is Pennsylvania)]

Speaking of Diversity, have you seen much of that at the public school? Women predominantly fill the positions. Finding an (identifies as) male school teacher is not as rare as locating a busy-body-positive social justice gender warrior who is held to account for her hypocrisy, but it’s close.

A heterosexual man teaching in a grammar school is almost unheard of; they are so rare. Endangered would be the term if we were talking about wildlife in a habitat. But no one is gluing themselves to the Cafetorium stage in outrage or concern (except perhaps over the food, but let’s not get distracted). Instead, we get “sends the wrong message to our community.” A community that’s mostly white, by the way.

So (chaser), what message did Ms. Solot send?

 

“As a result of this incident, Ms. Solot has decided to resign from the board effective January 2, 2023,” Elliott said. “She wishes to apologize for her poorly chosen words and does not want to be a distraction from the great things happening in our schools on a daily basis. The district thanks Ms. Solot for her five years of service to the Upper Moreland community as a board member.”

 

And how odd is that? If we’re being honest, her remarks – on the spectrum of hypocritical exhortations – were almost polite. He’d make an excellent president who supports diversity (who doesn’t), except he can’t because he has a penis and is unwilling to share it with other men.

By the way, they have a woman of color and a man of color (cis-status unknown) on the board, but no one voted for them. Relax. It’s not racist. They didn’t want the job, which is the exact reason why many occupations lack an abundance of women or people of color.

Like Professional Hockey, to name one. Not to be confused with how school boards with women like Jen Solot treat parents and taxpayers (generalizing), though not Jen so much anymore, seeing as she’s retired herself for conduct unbecoming. But is it, unbecoming, I mean?

The busy-body-positive social justice gender warriors can’t help themselves even if she meant it in the nicest way possible. You are capable and qualified, but I have to vote for someone else because you’re a white man.

That’s racism and sexism in the same breath; pretending it’s not doesn’t change this fact. It is also liberal privilege, and that always jumps the queue.

But this time, it cost someone their ability to use that privilege to influence a school board. Very rare, indeed.

 

 

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The only thing more embarrassing about being American than Joe Biden is Kamala Harris. She’s actually a bigger train wreck than the ‘Big Guy,’ and that’s saying something. Biden is a fool and a joke which, in my opinion, is the only reason they let Kamala out of the box every now and again.

She makes Joe look better and that’s a very low bar. So here we go.

I’d like to tell you that this is time well spent, but I can’t. In fact, it may feel like 40 seconds of your life you wish you had back. But then, perhaps not. This is so absurdly written and badly delivered that it might just make you feel good about not being a Democrat (as if you need help with that).

It’s so bad it’s funny, by which I mean sad. Yes, sad. Maybe tragic. It’s like she dialed it in – her robot double could have done it better.

 

 

 

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There is an update on the Voting Lawsuit I filed back in September. The State’s Motion to Dismiss was granted by the Court in citing a lack of  “standing” and a failure to state a claim by which relief could be granted. The following is my motion to reconsider the Court’s ruling:

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Memorandum of Law
Facts of the Case

1. The Plaintiff’s petition for an emergency hearing was granted, but the Court erred in ignoring the emergency and the Plaintiff’s due-process rights to present his expert witness to validate the emergency, viz: ignoring the state’s violation in both state and federal regulatory laws concerning the safety and efficacy of electronic devices exposed to election workers and the general public at-large, specifically, RSA: 659:42. OSHA regulatory law 29 CFR, section 1910.7, 1910.303(b)(2), and the expert report submitted in this case.

a) The Plaintiff’s expert witness testimony was denied, leaving the Court with no safety expert witness, nor was there any hearing of any experts for this Court to make a fair judgment of the Plaintiff’s claim.
b) Plaintiff’s claim was not permitted to be appropriately examined or validated by any experts for this Court to make a fair judgment regarding the safety and efficacy of the public.

2. The Court order cites in error; that “some of the devices have been altered such that they…

The entire pleading to have the Judge reverse his ruling is here.

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Dan Richard - Motion to Reconsider Revision 2

 

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We have been blessed as a nation with the “gold standard” of government. Unlike other nations that grant rights and take them away, the basic premise of our Constitutional Republic is: “We are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights.”.

It is the function of government “to secure these rights.” Without these truths, our liberty is on the brink.

The “gold standard” of economic systems is a free enterprise based on morality. The system has been lost because the electorate lacks a moral foundation of biblical morality. Our Founders knew the foundation of money for free people must be anchored to “thou shall not steal.” The result therein is private property, an essential foundation of liberty.

In The Economic Consequences of the Peace, John Maynard Keynes states, “the best way to destroy the capitalist system [is] to debauch the currency,” a quote said to be traced back to Vladimir Lenin. Birthed in 1913, the Federal Reserve (FED) has usurped our liberties using Keynesian economics. A mechanism by which the government inflation machine increases the dollars in circulation while citizens are blind to who initiates their dollars being worth less. By a continuing process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens. By this method, they not only confiscate, but they confiscate arbitrarily; and while the process impoverishes many, it actually enriches some.

Americans need accountability from the FED. The national debt was only 1 billion in 1913, jumping to 8 billion by 1918, 1980 achieving a trillion, today 30 plus trillion, and tomorrow? The sky is the limit.

Did you know that the FED became the embodiment of the fifth step that Karl Marx advocated in the Communist Manifesto needed to enslave a nation? Marx said, “centralization of credit in the hands of the State, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly” What it amounts to is pre-meditated well planned generational robbery. Do you appreciate your elected officials ignoring this theft of your hard-earned money?

To combat the theft, we need citizen support for HR 9157: The Gold Standard Restoration Act. The bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Alex Mooney from W. Virginia puts control of the money supply with the free market instead of with the Federal Reserve. He informs us of the reality of how deep the hidden tax of inflation has been. He contends that the U.S. dollar has lost 97% value since 1913. That is a rate of stealing half the value of the American people’s wealth measured in dollars every 35 years. This is nothing more than the “euthanasia of capitalism”.

Congress plays the game of buying party support with your money. They please the bankers while simultaneously hiding big spending. The time is now to take back your wealth. Go to JBS.ORG for consequential legislative action. Demand your legislator support HR 9157. This is the solution to get the worlds greatest pickpockets out of our pockets.

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I LOVE explosions. Especially of Big Things. This clip has 10 of those things – Bridges!

I really like the second one shown (their #9) as you can see the det-cord lighting up as the explosion goes right to left in the frame.

Enjoy!

(H/T: Linkiest)

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Fusion power is a hot idea. Figure out how to do what the Sun does without all the gravity. X amount of energy in and get x+ out. The world has been chasing this for a while, but you may have seen recent headlines suggesting they’ve had a breakthrough.

Did they? Really?

First, several people have seen this link or something similar. “US scientists make major breakthrough in ‘limitless, zero-carbon fusion energy: report.”

These headlines are popping up as if zero-carbon energy is something we must have (not true) and that this breakthrough will get us there (it won’t). And I didn’t know that. I didn’t know much about this pursuit until I went looking. And I’m still looking.

So, here’s the sales pitch.

 

U.S. government scientists at a California laboratory have reportedly made a monumental breakthrough in harnessing the power of fusion energy.

The scientists, working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, recently achieved a net energy gain in a fusion reaction, the Financial Times reported, citing three people with knowledge of the experiment.  …

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and under-secretary for nuclear security Jill Hruby are expected to formally announce “a major scientific breakthrough” at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on Tuesday.

 

It didn’t take me long to debunk the PR, which has a lot in common with the Climate Cult.

Electric vehicles (for example) are not clean, nor is the power they use, nor can we ever create enough energy to make them that way or charge them or replace the batteries without fossil fuels, but they leave all of that out. They offshore emissions or ignore them and pretend we’ve made a breakthrough toward net zero when they’ve done no such thing.

Fusion has a similar problem. When they say they’ve gotten close to the same energy out as energy in (or Q=1), they are not including all the energy used or needed, just some of it.

In the recent case, we have laser energy used to hit a fuel pellet but not the energy that powers the facility, maintains the vacuum, and cools and powers the electromagnets, without which the experiment and fusion were impossible. To quote Ace,

 

This is like claiming your company is running at a “profit” because revenues exceed the costs for materials — without noting that there are some other costs, like labor, rent, insurance, etc., that must be included to determine if you’re really running at a profit or not.

 

But it’s worse than that. Fusion is another way to create heat and steam to move a turbine that generates electricity. Energy is lost in each of those transitions, but none of that loss is calculated in the announced results.

Pointing an x amount of laser at a fuel pellet that releases 0.7 x of the laser energy is an improvement over the same experiment producing 0.67 x, but you’re not 0.3 x away from Q=1. You are 0.3 x away, and all the other stuff they left out of the calculation.

It’s a lot like Climate Cult math.

As you’ll see in the video below, when you roll all of that math in, the actual best guess is closer to Q = 0.1. That’s a far cry from the reporting (surprise!) and no improvement on the previous best, which all tolled resulted in about Q = 0.1. (watch the video, and by all means, send me more info on the topic, please).

Lots of headlines and back-slapping, and the stooge at the head of the Dept of Energy is selling the lie to the people, and she’s one of those people handing out the research grants. She needs to be appeased and appease; after all, it’s not her money, though I suspect she believes it is.

So, what incentive do scientists who want more funding have to be honest? What benefit is there to journalists looking to make a few extra clicks when it only debunks their intended eye-catching headline? None, by the look of it (like the Climate Cult or COVID-19).

The truth is not attractive enough, or the deception advances some other interest.

And I’m not saying fusion is a dead end (I do not know that) or that they didn’t make progress, but we are nowhere near what the rhetorical glossy tri-fold pamphlet they just handed out claims.

If you encounter the approved narrative, send them here or share this with them, and get (or give) some feedback. Maybe someone has more convincing math, and we’d be happy to have a look and share that.

 

Watch this to get a sense of the fusion energy misinformation campaign. There’s a bit of an ad for the video sponsor after her opening remarks, but most of the 12 minutes are devoted to the topic.

 



 

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Yes, it has been a bit amusing to see how banal and dribble-ish the high minded folks have expressed their ire. However, as with all good things, this, too, must come to an end (er, until the next set!). These mailers were meant to be multi-purposeful:

 

• Show how the Sexuality Identity Wokster Educators have taken over your schools
• Show their intent in replacing the morality you are teaching your children with theirs – and you didn’t know it what and how
• That your public servants don’t care about distributing/make available kiddie porn to underaged children
• And let you know that there are NH House Representatives that voted against YOU being in charge of your children (voted against bills dealing with Parental Rights)

Frankly, it was a bonus to show you all that Ray Buckley, Chair of the NH Democrat Party* said that “You’re a parent who will beat [your children] to death” if you done agree with the above. And noting that it was Maggie Hassan (while NH Governor) who installed the judge that ruled in the Manchester legal case that parents had no rights to their kids with respect to knowing their sexual identity while in Government schools.

But I digress. Three last and final returns to show what people thought about the porn in schools – or at least, what they thought of GrokPAC for pointing it out. At least until I write a couple of them back (heh!).

First, the “Republican Something”. What, they ran out of adjectives or couldn’t think of a proper last name for the envelope?

And the message back to GrokPAC was that the person sending it back was ABSOLUTELY thrilled that pornography is being taught to their children:

Who knew?  Will that person propose that the District hire a Pornography Coordinator?  The mind (and heart, sad to say) boggles at this outlook.

There was also a person that returned our envelope with their only message on it. At first, when I read just the first line, I thought it was our FIRST person that actually agreed with us at GrokPAC – that pornography in Public Schools is a PATHETIC idea!

Then I read the second line – oops!

 

So, shoot the messenger type of deal once again.

What’s a bit different on this one is that the Robicheau household is represented by Cassandra Levesque. She was the student (at the time) that led the charge to raise the age limit for marriage from 13 to 18. Her bill, introduced by Jackie Cilley, failed but the latter had other bills that did finally move the age to 16. Levesque is still campaigning on this platform.

Yet, I point out that if part of her “no more minor child marriage” is about sexual objectification of a minor girl, why did she vote against HB1431 (see here) that codified Parental Rights? Or even worse, voted against Parent Rights with respect to empowering Parents to pull their kids from objectional materials (HB1434 – her vote here, bill text here), like Pornography?

This one was short and sweet – and didn’t have the courage to “tell it to our face::

I do have to wonder HOW the word “Ignorant” is defined for them – just SO many questions that leads to! But, indeed, the “lower level vocabulary” march continues from another one:

So much for “involved Parents” and “elevated discourse”, eh? And people keep telling us that GraniteGrok is in the gutter? Pardonez, mois!

However, we did have one person that decided to actually say a few words:

“Invade my privacy…”?  Seriously?  It’s just another piece of campaign mail (even if targeting an issue few know about.  Or, so it seems, cares.  I would like to know what the “half-truths” are in the mailer as you can be sure that we can back up everything that was in the mailer. After all, it is MY name on it and I’m not going to intentionally going to put something out there as it’s my reputation at risk.

And if I didn’t believe in “transparency”, they would have been sent out and never mentioned again. Problem for the writer is that we HAVE made it quite publicly known and posted everything here.  You know, I keep reading “the lie,” “the hate, “…and “violence”?

Sorry, but that bit about “Never have I been so ashamed of the Republican Party”? I’ve never known ANY Republican to talk in terms like that….oh wait, I DO! From the Laconia Daily Sun, it was Cindy Creteau-Miller -> Cindy Creteau-Miller: Don’t believe lies pushed by sore loser extremists:

I guess the far-right extreme Free Staters are still spreading lies about me….over the mess the Free Staters created…sore, losing extremists who don’t care about anything but their own agendas…and won my primary because the people of Meredith who know me and voted for me know I will represent them in the Legislature.

The problem, it seemed that, like during the TEA Party movement a decade ago, EVERYONE that opposed her  RINO verbiage, is a Free Stater (did you know that Jeb Bradley was a TEA Partier back in the day?  No, I didn’t either and GraniteGrok was a co-founding member of the NH TEA Party Coalition). And like the Democrats (e.g. Citizens for Belknap Democrat formed PAC). And like Democrats, she decided to get on the “Scapegoat Express” – well it WAS Kiedaish that recruited her that had his own agenda. And while she won her Primary, it was clear that after the Primary, the Citizens for Belknap and associated Democrats made sure she lost – regardless of the “boosting” she gave them in her Letter to the Editor.

But I digress. The next message was from Hillsborough District 37 (Amherst, Milford) – no words needed:

 

Yeah, I don’t think GrokPAC or I am on their Christmas list. Oh wait – this person did ‘send words’:

 

All of the above aside, I’m glad the mailers were created. If I am going to tell other Conservatives (and other concerned Parents from other parts of the political spectrum) that they NEED to stand up in the fight in the Culture War, well then, by gum, I’d best lead from the front.  And GraniteGrok, I believe (with all of the writers), is in that fight and has been since 2006.

We have a track record and it’s path has been Consistent. And will be going forward.

And we’re not done yet!

* -Who will ever be remembered, at least for a generation, as THE guy that lost NH’s First In The Nation Primary for Democrats. Ancillary damage to follow.

 

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Let’s take a look at the repressive measures the Bidenistas have employed on peaceful American demonstrators:

1.) The Pelosicrats ignored President Trump’s offer of the National Guard to supervise the peaceful demonstration at the Capitol. Remember, these same Americans peacefully populated the National Mall during President Trump’s speech.

2.) The Capitol Police were ordered to allow unsuspecting Trump supporters and American taxpayers to enter the Capitol.

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3.) The FBI (think Ray Epps) provided professional agitators to encourage  American citizens to ” break the law.”

4.) Having seduced ( entrapped) innocent, unsuspecting individuals into the Capitol, the FBI, Pelosicrats, and other denizens of the Deep State sprung the trap by using little-known cellphone technology to locate and arrest mostly innocent Americans in their homes.

5.) The Bidenistas ordered and executed a nationwide round-up of innocent American citizens. In criminal conduct worthy of Josef Stalin and the current Chinese Communist gangsters terrorizing China, the Bidenistas imprisoned these innocent American citizens under conditions unimaginable under the Constitution of the United States.

6.) As recounted in Julie Kelly’s book entitled ” JANUARY 6″, these horrific measures include the detention of non-violent offenders for over a year without bail, physical torture,  demands that their support of Trump be recanted, deprivation of medical care, and near starvation. The detained J6 Americans actually requested a transfer to Guantanamo with international terrorists, who are treated far better.

7.) Despite this monstrous treatment of peaceful American citizens in violation of endless Constitutional rights, nearly all  Republican politicians have distinguished themselves by their cowardly silence.

So, unfortunately,  the 2022 Holiday and Christmas season is besmirched by our failure as a Nation to accept this unprecedented defilement of our national character by the Bidenistas and Pelosicrats, who actually hate your country.

My fervent hope is that 2023 will cure this disease.

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As promised in the last Monday Memes, I have an overflow. My meme cup runneth over.  Maybe a Friday Overflow-Overflow this week but not sure about that.  Hopefully.

Now, let the mayhem, mockery, and ridicule resume:

*** Warning, a few possibly off-color ones, in case tender eyes are about ***

 

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Until I met my wife I hadn’t been to Boston’s Museum of Fine Art since, well, elementary school.  Was not an art fan.  But we’ve gone several times (and IMHO we’re due to go again).  But I’ve never really liked “modern” art.  It uses shock value, not talent or discipline, to grab attention.

Art should inspire and uplift.  IMHO it should be an expression of the part of the soul that is most divine.  Not the most base.

 

 

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Many things in life, in my experience, are a matter of perspective.  I’d always bought the line that non-white was “diverse” until a video discussed the incredible diversity above among white people.  As noted in the image.  That definitely changed my perception.

There is an oikophobia / xenophilia in our society these days… I remember one comedian years ago, don’t recall his name, talking in his routine how “sun people” have exciting, energetic, sensuous & sensual dances.  Meanwhile the Irish, “snow people”, have Riverdance, said with derision.  Yet… and I concede I’m not a dance fan in general… the videos I’ve seen of Riverdance, as well as other European dances, are equally amazing and captivating to my non-aficionado eyes.

 

 

All dance takes talent and incredible amounts of practice.  Is “good dance” hips-swaying pseudosexual?  No, and it doesn’t need to be!  Hopefully I’m around and alive for the next Scottish festival in New Hampshire… hopefully there will be one in the coming year!  Just because it’s not quasi-porn dancing, doesn’t mean it’s not highly worth watching.  And here’s some dancing from my wife’s homeland:

 

 

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The problem is that Ranked Voting – as presented – does sound good.  But a thing must be judged by the results, not by the intent.  And thr results are stark: lots more Dems in office than would otherwise be.  Which, of course, is why they like it.

 

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Quote them, and they call you raaaaacist.  And doubt your citation, even when you’re citing what they actually said.

 

(I have not vetted this quote.)

 

E.g., I’ve often cited – and been white-hot angry at – Barbara Spectre and her stating that Jews need to be leading the demographic changes in Europe.  Certainly, neither she – nor the other Tikkun Olam fetishists – speak for me.

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

 

(I’ve seen the video where she says precisely this.  The quote is accurate.)

 

But more broadly, this woman, and other Jews, openly discuss these things… and then express shock and horror that the native peoples might not be interested in being diluted or outright replaced, and that they might resent those who openly state this is their goal.

No, I don’t like the white nationalist types and their Jew-focus – because it’s much broader than that.  But I understand where they’re coming from.  I can understand a viewpoint without agreeing with it.

 

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Until ships became reliable enough to transport slaves profitably, slavery was purely a local affair.   Here’s Thomas Sowell’s chapter on slavery from his book Black Rednecks and White Liberals, read aloud:

 

 

Slavery existed until WHITE nations, specifically the US and Britain, put their militaries on the line to end it.  Might I speculate that one reason so many countries resent whites is because of this?  And stopping other practices, like sati in India?

“Be it so. This burning of widows is your custom; prepare the funeral pile. But my nation has also a custom. When men burn women alive we hang them, and confiscate all their property. My carpenters shall therefore erect gibbets on which to hang all concerned when the widow is consumed. Let us all act according to national customs. [To Hindu priests complaining to him about the prohibition of Sati religious funeral practice of burning widows alive on her husband’s funeral pyre.]”

― Charles James Napier

 

If this is cultural imperialism, I’m all for it.  Some cultures are better than others.  And Western Civilization is the worst of all… until you consider all the others.

Civilization: The West and the Rest

 

 

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My prediction?  Diddly squat.

 

 

This will, alas, not be fixed by voting.  TINVOWOOT.

 

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Pick of the post:

 

 

Why is the enemedia not asking?  Their masters have told them not to.  Can’t have the people noticing that natural immunity – so roundly derided by the intelligentsia and our *cough* moral, intellectual, and educational superiors, is actually superior to their mRNA BS.  As was known by every Immunology textbook for the last 50 years.  Nor will they mention Sweden’s results.

 

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Palate cleansers:

 

 

In a cold second.  Throw in free farm animals and I’ll make it every sport.

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There are many results when you search for forex broker scams on the internet. Even if the Forex Market is gradually getting more regulated, many unethical brokers still operate in the industry.*[1]

It’s important to recognize trustworthy and viable brokers when searching to trade forex and to stay away from the latter.

TradeEU is here with the goal of making it simple for both novice and experienced FX traders to start trading on its platform. TradeEU offers sophisticated trading tools and a simple dashboard to aid your endeavor. Their motto is to bring knowledge, simplicity, and fair play to trading online.

What Makes TradeEU Special?

To be able to quickly, efficiently, and effectively access marketplaces, TradeEU aims to make trade accessible to everyone and as simple to use as feasible. TradeEU provides trading accounts for all skill levels, first-rate assistance, and a tonne of helpful tools to help with crucial trading decisions.

TradeEU gives you all the tools required to set up your account, begin trading, and conquer the markets. The best part is TradeEU is SSL encrypted and regulated by CySEC.

Beyond A Trading Platform: From information about online trading to building an aim and to start using the platform. You have privy to a cutting-edge range of trading tools when you make choices and assemble a strong portfolio.

You Don’t Have To Trade Alone: TradeEU is aware that occasionally you will require assistance. The guidance of experts is available to support you at any moment, whether you need assistance with account setup or using trading tools.

Practice Trading at Your Own Pace: TradeEU works with you to outline your trading objectives, create an action plan, and keep you updated on the industry trends, news, assets, risks, and trading tactics. You control all the trading decisions; TradeEU is always there to assist you as needed.

Get A Comprehensive Understanding: You can learn something new with TradeEU and can access economic calendars, webinars, asset analyses, asset ratings, and more. It gives you the tools to navigate the markets and get an idea about the present and upcoming trading possibilities.

Licensed Broker, Open Trading, and Safe Payments: TradeEU abides by the rules the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission regulates it. A top-tier platform, TradeEU combines snipping technology with robust security standards.

Why Choose TradeEU?

TradeEU is simple: Since simplicity is the pinnacle of elegance, TradeEU is straightforward. Your time is valuable. Thus the platform was designed to be super simple as possible to get you up and running quickly.

Knowledge: A conviction that knowledge is power. You can trade with confidence and make wise decisions. With the aid of TradeEU‘s cutting-edge technologies, you may design a trading tactic and act swiftly depending on the information, but remember there is always a risk factor involved in the CFD marketplace.

Fair Play: TradeEU aims to eliminate any hurdles off your path to victory in online trading. TradeEU ensures that the platform is fair, transparent, and compliant with regulations.

Is Trade EU Safe?

While TradeEU is a CFD provider, for Forex and CFD traders for countries accepted (Residents of the United States, Canada, Israel, Iran, and Japan are not the intended audience for the content on TradeEU. While Non-Muslim forex traders are not eligible for Islamic forex accounts.), not only this, because now TradeEU is open to trade only in Portugal.

TradeEU is a reputable brand that offers a first-rate trading experience. Along with restricted access to MetaTrader, it delivers a diverse selection of markets and an outstanding array of custom platforms.

The Cypriot investment firm (“CIF”) Titanedge Securities Ltd, generally referred to as “the Company,” owns and runs the trade name and domain “TradeEU.” The Company is incorporated and registered in accordance with Republic of Cyprus legislation; its registration number is HE 411909; it is also approved and subject to regulation by Cyprus Securities & Exchange Commission (CySEC); this is evidenced by the CIF license number 405/21. The Panayides Building, 1st floor, Office No. 11, 1 Chrysanthou Mylona Street, Ayia Zoni, 3030 Limassol, Cyprus, is home to the Company’s registered office.**[2]

Hence, TradeEU is legit.

Services Offered by TradeEU

The following investment and ancillary services are offered by the firm TradeEU under its Cyprus Investment Firm (CIF) license:***[3]

Investment Services:

(i) Receiving and sending customer orders for each financial instrument that the Company offers.

(ii) Execution of Orders in any Financial Instrument issued by the Company on behalf of the customer.

Ancillary Services:

(i) Custodianship and related services, such as cash/collateral management, are provided in connection with the aegis and management of financial instruments held on behalf of customers.

(ii) Giving credits or loans to investors to enable them to trade in one or more financial instruments when the lending company is itself a party to the transaction.

(iii) Foreign exchange services when they are associated with offering investment services.

Segregation of Accounts:

The Company’s primary goal is to safeguard its clients’ funds. Titanedge Securities Ltd, doing business as TradeEU in its registered trade name, constantly makes a tremendous effort to create an open trading environment that will protect its client’s personal information, money, and assets.

Thus, the Company ensures that the money belonging to its clients is held in separate bank accounts and placed in reputable, prestigious, and international financial institutions. The Company protects its clients’ money by never using it for its operations or any other investment.[4]

Cutting-Edge Technology:

With cutting-edge technology and the most recent, up-to-date, and sophisticated physical hardware and software, it protects all data systems by promising the security of all transactions done by its clients. The following are the services provided by TradeEU:

 

• Strict firewalls and software that uses SSL to encrypt all data transmissions.
• Level 1 PCI compliance services are used to moderate transactions.
• Trading servers housed in data centers with SAS 70 certification.
• Data servers for encrypted communications and transactions.

 

TradeEU takes serious precautions to protect the user’s personal data’s security and ensure that no one else has access to it. Employees and approved service providers who require it to do their jobs only have access to Personal Data. The customer is not permitted to divulge or share his or her log-in information with any third party.

The Company takes strong security measures to guard against loss, theft, copying, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction of Customers’ personal data.

Risk Warning: Tradeeu is the trading name of Titanedge Securities Ltd with Registration Number HE411909, regulated and authorized by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission under license number 405/21. CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 74-89% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to risk losing your money.

FAQs How can I signup for a TradeEU account?

To open an account, you need to click on “Open an Account,.” The registration page will be linked to you, where you have to enter your personal information and set up your account.

What documentation is required for KYC at TradeEU?

You must give TradeUE proof of your identity and address in order to validate your account in accordance with the KYC (know your customer) procedure. This is a standard requirement set forth by regulators and by CySEC policy. You will be led through it step-by-step by the support staff.

Why do I have to complete the KYC process?

All regulated financial services providers must carry out this procedure with all account holders. This procedure is in place to make the trading environment as safe as possible.

What should I do if none of my invoices are in my name?

Here are some alternative options:

 

• Ask your local government for a certificate of residence.
• Request a letter of reference from your bank attesting to your residence.
• As an alternative, you could provide an affidavit from a lawyer, the court, or the police to confirm your residential address.

 

Please take note that the aforementioned document must be dated, signed, and have the seal or stamp of the appropriate authority in each of the instances mentioned above.

Can I lose more money than I deposited?

TradeEU’s major priority is risk management, and as part of the CySEC regulation package, they have introduced the “Negative Balance Protection” norm. With this feature’s help, you can ensure that your trading risk will never exceed your invested money.

 

[1] *This financial information is quoted from Investopedia
[2] **This financial information is quoted from Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission
[3] ***This financial information is quoted from TradeEU
[4] ***This financial information is quoted from Hellagood.Marketing

 

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Florida has taken the lead on things that needed doing, from groomers to invaders, and now they’ve elevated their latest target. Back in October, the State’s top Doc, Surgeon General Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo, recommended that males 18-39 NOT get a COVID-19 vaccine or booster.

 

The Florida Department of Health (Department) conducted an analysis through a self-controlled case series, which is a technique originally developed to evaluate vaccine safety.

This analysis found that there is an 84% increase in the relative incidence of cardiac-related death among males 18-39 years old within 28 days following mRNA vaccination. With a high level of global immunity to COVID-19, the benefit of vaccination is likely outweighed by this abnormally high risk of cardiac-related death among men in this age group. Non-mRNA vaccines were not found to have these increased risks.

Boom!

Governor DeSantis has also announced that “Florida is creating a Public Health Integrity Committee, which may operate as a replacement for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).”

I’ve included the Health Integrity Committee Roundtable below if you’d like to wade through that, but the entertaining part is this.

“In Florida, it is against the law to mislead and misrepresent, particularly when you’re talking about the efficacy of a drug,” DeSantis said. “So, today, I’m announcing a petition to the Supreme Court of Florida to impanel a statewide grand jury to investigate any wrongdoing with respect to the COVID-19 vaccines.”

 

New Hampshire might want to get in on this or start an investigation. The Granite State loves jackpot justice. MBTE, Tobacco, and Oxycotin are but a few recent examples. Take something that was either mandated (MBTE) or legally sold or taxed, and later file a lawsuit alleging fraud to get a big payday.

The COVID-19 pandemic “vaccine*” is ripe and ready to be picked.

Big Pharma is fat and happy thanks to the Democrat congress printing presses packing its pockets with the fruits of the labors of those not yet born. But they failed to meet the most fundamental measure of informed consent for an emergency use authorization. Vaccine harms are undercounted but still numerous enough to make it the most dangerous vaccine in modern memory and perhaps medical history.

The discovery process would be a joy, and we’re happy to direct you or loan any links or research from the ‘Grok, given that the establishment media never reported any of it.

You would have to accept that whenever you (Gov. Sununu) or anyone in or connected to the government (like the State Dept. of Health and Inhuman Services) claimed it was safe and effective, they were a useful idiot. Perhaps the AGs office could avail themselves of the opportunity to run a parallel investigation into the CDC or the FDA. Or are we too fat and happy thanks to the Democrat congress printing presses packing New Hampshire “pockets” with the fruits of the labors of those not yet born in the name of COVID-19?

“Leading” is a balancing act, but I hear you have big shoulders, so it’s nothing you can’t manage.

And look on the bright side. Your Political opponents wet themselves with joy promoting this poison, so it would be difficult or impossible for them to make hay if you decided to give it a go. And let’s be honest. They love jackpot justice too.

I suppose you could wait to see what Florida digs up and then sign on to that.

There are so many options, but I don’t expect you to stretch. The real challenge here is whether the Ruling Class would permit you to embarrass them for a bit more coin, and you don’t strike me as the sort to ask.

 

Here’s the DeSantis COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Accountability Roundtable if you’ve got the steam and the bandwidth to wade through it.

 

Governor Ron DeSantis holds an accountability roundtable for mRNA shots. https://t.co/aiHpQWJ2g2

— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) December 13, 2022

 

 

HT | Finish the Race

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