The Manchester Free Press

Tuesday • April 22 • 2025

Vol.XVII • No.XVII

Manchester, N.H.

New Hampshire Leads Nation In … Beer Consumption

Granite Grok - Wed, 2024-10-30 00:00 +0000
This is not a first-time nod but a repeat (if memory serves). New Hampshire has ranked number one in the United States for beer consumption (woo-hoo!). Northeastern states, particularly New Hampshire (1.66 gallons) and Vermont (1.58 gallons) have some of the highest beer consumption rates in the country. New Hampshire doesn’t have state sales tax, ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Right Side Up – Election Integrity?

Granite Grok - Tue, 2024-10-29 23:00 +0000
Is there more to election integrity than secured votes and ballots?
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Retiring Judges at Age 70 (The Conversation Continues)

Granite Grok - Tue, 2024-10-29 22:00 +0000
New Hampshire has an amendment on the November Ballot that would allow judges to serve until age 75. We currently retire them at 70. I confess that, until the past week, I paid no attention to this whatsoever, but others have. ‘Grok author Laurie Ortolano dropped a piece on the amendment (opposed), to which occasional ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

These Are The Early Results That Will Tell Us The Winner On Election Night

Granite Grok - Tue, 2024-10-29 20:00 +0000
Former President Donald Trump is making a play for a state President Joe Biden won by ten points in 2024. All eyes should be on Virginia on Nov. 5. In 2023, political pundits told voters to look to Virginia as a bellwether for what would come in the 2024 election. One year after Biden won the state, ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Joyce Craig’s Tax Chaos!

Granite Grok - Tue, 2024-10-29 18:00 +0000
New Hampshire has been doing something crazy. Lowering taxes. Business taxes have systematically been reduced for years. Small. Incremental. Persistent. Drew Cline wrote a piece debunking the lies that this harmed New Hampshire somehow. The Republican Legislature also repealed the state’s only tax on income (we don’t have a traditional income tax on individual wages) ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Kamala Believes Her Followers Are As Oblivious As She Is

Granite Grok - Tue, 2024-10-29 16:00 +0000
On Monday morning, Kamala Harris took a few minutes to address the Trump Rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night. Harris told reporters that the event proved what she had been preaching for three months. She saw the gathering of supporters as Trump’s fixation on grievances and himself and on dividing the country. This ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Serena Butler was right about AI

Granite Grok - Tue, 2024-10-29 14:00 +0000
AI and robotics are growing by leaps and bounds.  We’re certainly seeing it permeate marketplaces, take jobs, and become ever-more dominant in today’s thinking.  For example, even before Bill Bates-of-Hell and his statements about using AI to combat “misinformation”… – we see this in information curation and presentation: Report: Google’s AI Programed to be Anti-American ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Not So Safe State

Granite Grok - Tue, 2024-10-29 12:00 +0000
The day after the Burlington Free Press published its Safest State story about Vermont, the UK Daily Mail dropped a bomb on Burlington: “The idyllic northeastern state being ravaged by drugs, crime, and homelessness: ‘People don’t feel safe.‘“  I missed it when writing about the former, though I did point out the latter. We’ve been observing the ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Kamala’s Inane Talking Points

Granite Grok - Tue, 2024-10-29 10:00 +0000
As Vice President Kamala Harris slips in the polls, the Democratic National Committee/Harris campaign/mainstream media fusion talking points become even more absurd. Claiming that J.D. Vance and Donald Trump were “weird” did not work — especially given the genuinely odd behavior of vice presidential candidate Tim Walz and would-be First Gentleman Doug Emhoff. Nor was ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Coos County “Common Sense”?

Granite Grok - Tue, 2024-10-29 02:00 +0000
There’s a PAC running ads in New Hampshire to keep those dangerous MAGA Republicans out of the New Hampshire House. It’s the dumbest bit of tripe I’ve ever seen. It mentions guns and gun laws twice (if I recall), one in general and one related to schools. There is no context, including the absence of ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Big VTGOP Pickups in the House?

Granite Grok - Tue, 2024-10-29 00:00 +0000
It was a surprise this week when Independent Representative Laura Sibilia (I-Dover) announced with two weeks left to go before the November 5th election that she is challenging the incumbent Speaker of the House, Jill Krowinski (D-Burlington), for the gavel. So many questions! Why now? And why would Sibilia think for even a nanosecond that ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Manch Talk – Censorship

Granite Grok - Mon, 2024-10-28 23:00 +0000
This week, we get a tad philosophical when discussing censorship, Democrats’ nonstop fundraising on nonstop abortion talk, and more.
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

The Job Description of the President  and Vice President of the United States

Granite Grok - Mon, 2024-10-28 22:00 +0000
H. L. Menchen said, “Elections are nothing more than auctions for future stolen goods.”  That maxim rings true when one looks at the promises that a particular candidate running for president of the United States has made.   The candidate promises first-time homeowners a cool $25 grand.  When this candidate wasn’t polling too high among Black ... Read more
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Knucklehead Labels* Half of America Nazis

Granite Grok - Mon, 2024-10-28 20:00 +0000
Tampon Tim is an admitted knucklehead, not adept with firearms, and struggling to achieve escape velocity as something more than the dopey-Marxist Muppet he plays on the campaign trail. I’m sure this will help. Tim’s ideological ancestors inspired Hitler, which is something he keeps forgetting to add in his notes. They were also huge fans ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

The Kims Are Coming!

Granite Grok - Mon, 2024-10-28 19:00 +0000
After a few cat-and-mouse days of Defense Secretary Lloyd “Raytheon” Austin’s denials, the Pentagon finally yesterday affirmed that there was evidence of a North Korean military presence in Russia. Asked what they were doing in Russia, Austin replied, “What exactly they are doing? Left to be seen. These are things that we need to sort out.” For days, ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Kamala Does Not Understand A Wall Or Security

Granite Grok - Mon, 2024-10-28 18:00 +0000
It is embarrassing that a Vice President who was the Border Czar does not understand the value of a wall in protecting our sovereignty or the difference between illegal border crossings and legal immigration. But then again, Vice President Kamala Harris has shown little understanding of people’s concerns as they decide who they will vote ... Read more
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MONDAY MEMES

Granite Grok - Mon, 2024-10-28 16:00 +0000
Monday Monday, can’t trust that day! Last week was a very difficult week at the Nitzakhon home; things seem to be better for now. If I vanish again you’ll know they’ve gotten worse. Remember, ridicule and mockery are effective weapons: 1. Ridicule cannot easily be fought 2. Ridicule makes the enemy angry, and angry people ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Debunking Five Myths about NH’s Business Tax Cuts

Granite Grok - Mon, 2024-10-28 14:00 +0000
Nine years after the state began reducing business tax rates, five narratives are driving the policy discussion of those cuts. All five are false.   In a new briefing paper, we debunk the five most common myths about the business tax cuts that ran from 2015-2022. Background: From 2015-2022, legislators cut the Business Profits Tax from 8.5% ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

2024’s Best Eco-Friendly Cloud Mining: Top Free Bitcoin Platforms

Granite Grok - Mon, 2024-10-28 12:31 +0000
The environmental impact of cryptocurrency mining, particularly Bitcoin, has long been a concern due to its high energy consumption. However, the cloud mining industry is evolving, with several platforms now focusing on sustainability by utilizing renewable energy sources and energy-efficient technologies. These advancements offer a greener alternative for those looking to participate in Bitcoin mining ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Kamala’s Got Problems in Michigan

Granite Grok - Mon, 2024-10-28 12:00 +0000
Harris has growingconcerns in states she didn’t want to have to worry about. Virginia has become a problem child for her campaign, to which we can add Michigan. There are so many states to steal from already and so little time. The Arab and Muslim Communities of Michigan has endorsed Donald Trump for President. There ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

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