Friday • January 10 • 2025
Vol.XVII • No.II
Manchester, N.H.
The parent company that owns the Oreo empire, Mondelez, is being warned by the National Legal and Policy Center that its involvement with partisan political groups, specifically the LGBTQ pressure group PFLAG, is putting shareholder value at significant risk.
The cookie company’s Chicago-headquartered parent organization, Mondelēz International, will be confronted at its annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday over how its LGBTQ marketing could tank business and irreparably tarnish the brand.
As a shareholder in Mondelēz, formerly Kraft Foods, the National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC), a non-profit corporate watchdog, is warning the owner of Oreo (and other American household favorites): “Don’t make yourself the next Bud Light.”
According to a two-page proposal, which NLPC will present to shareholders this week, Mondelēz “irresponsibly” involves itself in politically divisive issues and is deeply embroiled in left-wing activism, consequently creating “reputational and financial risk.”
In the proposal they note that, “Potentially controversial relationships, especially tethered to social and cultural issues, can damage brands with customers, employees, suppliers, and investors, and present material risks to companies’ reputation and sustainability.” It includes a handful of examples, including Bud Light, Target, and Walt Disney. The proposal goes on to point out that,
Boycotts, silent or boisterous, can arise without warning. Once they gain momentum, the damage can be difficult to contain. InBev, Target and Disney are learning the hard way. Thus, it is critical the Board of Mondelez International (“Company”) focus on its own vulnerabilities before they become a liability.
The proposal suggests “Shareholders request the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors create a study subcommittee to examine the risks and consequences of the Company’s associations with external organizations.” It is a fair and equitable resolution. Conservatives are not the most proficient of boycotters, but the Bud Light thing created a new baseline for their ability to punish a brand.
Neutrality, it seems, is what these shareholders are after. Stay out of politics, make a decent cookie, and we’ll all share in the ongoing success of a well-established brand.
I don’t think the people running Oreo are going to listen, so feel free to start your boycott now. Or don’t.
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Readers should already be familiar with Paula Johnson, who has worn many hats in Nashua over the years, including alderman, state rep, school board, plaintiff, and ardent critic of the mayor and Jeb. She sent me this 7-minute video about RTK warfare happening in NJ, and I decided to share it with the Senate Republicans, who have been an abject disappointment in this matter.
Senators:
I want you to take 7 minutes to watch this video and know what’s happening in the state that HB 1002’s cosponsor, Tim Lang, hails from. I’m guessing that most of you won’t, but let it be known that NH does not have a monopoly on RTK warfare and what a disappointing bunch you are.
With any luck, the Damn Emperor will veto HB 1002, and all of you will be primaried. Enjoy your holiday weekend.
Julie Smith
Nashua
(the RTK hellhole)
I should point out that most people already know that Jeb is retiring and, therefore, doesn’t need to be primaried, but there is definitely some talk about the suitability of his aspiring replacement, Rep McConkey.
And I will add that Rep Tim McGough is definitely not suitable to occupy the seat once belonging to Gary Daniels, who declines coming out of retirement. Talk to Melissa Blasek and Ginger if you want to learn more about Tim or have a recruiting prospect to suggest.
Many people are angry at the Senate because it has lived up to Mr Sylvia’s comment that “it’s a place where good House bills go to die.” My personal anger is that they’ve become “the body that rubber stamps bad House bills” instead of being a firewall against them.
Efforts are underway to recruit candidates for primaries. I am thrilled to share the good news in District 23 because freshman Rep Emily Phillips is stepping up to primary legal lad and Judiciary Sheeple of Sharon, Senator Gannon.
Please show Emily some love. And back to Paula Johnson, she’s not only no ordinary Nashua resident, but she lives in District 12. (hint, hint)
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From the Democrats Actually Hate Women Files, Donovan Brown (dba: Veronica Garcia) won the Washington state championship in the girl’s 400m dash. He beat his second-place competitor by 3.25 Seconds.
It might not sound like much, but it’s huge and embarrassing. Watch.
Would you look at that…the thing that never happens happened again.
Veronica Garcia (Donovan Brown) just won the Washington State Championship in the girls’ 400m in total domination.
In Washington & Oregon this past week, the fastest “girl” in the each state has been a boy. pic.twitter.com/jbAEhdyTDl
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) May 25, 2024
Another victory for Demcorats hating women.
Donovan/Victoria’s time was 55.59. How does that compare with the “boys”? I couldn’t get them all, but Eddie Bruner Jr. won the 400m for the guys with a time of 48.39 seconds (7.2 seconds faster than Donovan Brown).
The 25th fastest time was 49.73 (5.86 seconds faster than Brown). If I had to guess, Donovan would have never even gone to the state championships, but look, #woke, fools; the C-Team track “star” denied some hardworking young lady her chance at a state championship. And the best part for Democrats is she has to accept second place to a man with a smile and no complaints. Equality!
Here are the Boy’s results
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Memorial Day is a federal holiday, but unlike all of the others that are celebrations of an event, this day is a somber day to remember the brave men and women who left the safety of their homes, often just as kids, and went off to some foreign land to battle for the freedoms we enjoy, and did not return. It is a day to pause and thank the more than one million who made the ultimate sacrifice for us.
On this day, many of us will also remember our ancestors and family who have passed, but we should do that every day. Today, the last Monday in May, Memorial Day, is a special day for those who died while wearing the uniform. What they unselfishly did for us deserves their own day of remembrance.
While researching the holiday’s origin, I came across an interesting list of things you should not do on Memorial Day.
The article explained why these five were taboo, but the gist is not to allow the day to be cheapened or lose its significance. The last item on the list got me thinking. These folks we remember today may not have understood the purpose of the war they would be a part of, and we should not judge the battles either. On this day, we remember the lost souls. There are plenty of other days to debate the whys and how these conflicts existed and why we entered the fray. Today is for the dead.
I am going to get political for a moment because that is what I do. I think that this holiday should be apolitical, but I have a problem with Liberals celebrating this day. I find it incredibly hypocritical to take the time to remember the fallen on this day and thank them for what they have preserved for us while, at the same time, doing whatever they can to bring down and destroy this great country.
These bravest died for the Red, White, and Blue, which many came back home covered with. That flag represents the vision our forefathers had for America. To degrade America or continue to push to transform Her into a Socialist country is to concede these souls died in vain. To destroy our sovereignty and allow millions of unvetted individuals from around the world to cross our border, many from countries that hate our nation, is to strip the very thing these fallen fought and died for. You cannot have it both ways. You cannot salute the fallen and say you support the living troops while aligning yourself with these people who want to end the American experiment and replace it with a system that has failed every place it has been tried.
Let’s mark this Memorial Day and truly honor those for whom we pause by pledging from this day onward that we will do everything in our power to assure that anyone elected to serve us is as American as the ones whose grave is marked by the American Flag.
God Bless you, and may He keep you in his arms, our fallen brothers and sisters.
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Recently, the New Hampshire Senate voted to pass HB619 to ban genital gender reassignment surgeries for kids. The bill will soon be on Gov. Chris Sununu’s desk. This is a common-sense bill that was supported by virtually all Republicans in the NH House, two independents, and 11 Democrat state representatives including progressive Democrat Jonah Wheeler of Keene.
Rep. Wheeler spoke passionately on the House floor for the bill:
The question before us is whether or not children under the age of 18 should be able to get these surgeries. And despite being a liberal who believes in [trans] rights, I don’t think that is the case. These are irreversible surgeries. This is not a question of whether you’re with the trans community. It’s a question of whether or not you believe children should be able to get these irreversible surgeries.
Related: Take Action to Ban Barbaric Genital Sex Reassignment Surgery for Kids in New Hampshire
HB619 also bans referrals for genital gender reassignment surgeries for kids and we know that such referrals are happening in New Hampshire. I documented the case of New Hampshire resident Emily Tressa who was castrated and had a vaginoplasty at 17.
Trans-identifying children are promised a lovely future but detransitioners tell us that they are left with pain and disability and they become the object of sexual fetishism. Emily, who tried and failed to launch careers in modeling and singing, has fallen back on performing on OnlyFans.
Here is the tragic story of Sam, a detransitioner in Massachusetts:
I started identifying as transgender as a teenager, which would eventually lead me down the path of cross-sex hormones and irreversible surgeries. By the time I was 21 years old, I had completed my medical transition which included having my penis and testicles amputated, a decision that I now deeply regret.
Getting a neovagina removed is proving to be a difficult task. Most surgeons do not want to do it and it’s unclear if it would even be covered by insurance. Doing it out of pocket is an incredibly expensive endeavor ranging from $50,000 to $100,000.
It has been almost half a decade since my surgery, and I have still not recovered. The toll that the surgery took on my health was immense despite only being 21 years old at the time. Complications, maintenance, and risk of sepsis make removal necessary. How is this healthcare?
This is coming from someone with minimal complications during and following surgery. Imagine the people that had big complications. No wonder why the suicide rate among post-operative trans-identified males is higher than before surgery.
Contact Gov. Sununu and ask him to sign HB619 into law. Sununu’s number is (603) 271-2121.
Talking points for your call to Sununu:
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(Cue the music)
The grind restarts…well, on Tuesday.
But before I begin, a deep-felt THANK YOU to soldiers. On this Memorial Day, I give thanks to each and every one who gave that last full measure of devotion for America.
I include in this my own ancestors – two documented Revolutionary War ancestors, one of whom crossed the Delaware with General Washington. There are two ways, IMHO, we can honor them.
First, never forget them.
Second, and this is harder, pledge our own lives and sacred honor to protect this Great Experiment. And then act on that.
EBL: Ronald Reagan Memorial Day Speeches (evilbloggerlady.blogspot.com)
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Last week’s Friday Edition.
Remember, ridicule and mockery are effective weapons:
Now, let the mockery and mayhem begin.
*** Warning, a few possibly off-color ones, in case tender eyes are about ***
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I’ve seen videos where Trump’s total goes DOWN by X, and The Potato’s goes up by – precisely – X. “Glitches” I am told. OK, so were these switches un-glitched? No answer of course.
Remember what Frontpage Magazine‘s founder, David Horowitz, says:
“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out”
I think this is one reason that – despite all the evidence – the Pfizer and Moderna Jabs are still on the market and being pushed. If they were pulled, a metric f*ckton of people would be exactly like the above. And would start to ask very uncomfortable-for-TPTB questions.
Moderna Murdered my Daughter – The FormerFedsGroup Freedom Foundation
A couple of years ago I had to visit the ER; on the TV, every few minutes, were PSA announcements with doctor after doctor pushing the shots. The last time I was at the ER, no such PSAs. The contrast was eerie. Also, early on, the pressure every time I went to the doctor to get The Jab was relentless. Now, not a word. And not just from my PCP who knows my opposition – every medical visit even to the walk-in clinics.
I question the timing… especially in light of things like this:
WW3 WATCH: NATO Chief Says U.S. Must Allow Ukraine to Fire Missiles Against Russian Mainland | The Gateway Pundit | by Ben Kew
I’ll repeat something from prior posts. I’m not a historian, but I’ve read a fair amount. One of the reasons, in my studies, that WWI broke out was that so many countries made open promises and commitments and DON’T DO THIS OR ELSE… statements. We’re seeing this exact pattern again. E.g., Russia has issued quite a few DON’T DO THIS OR ELSE… commitments. Well, one can only blow past so many of those before – like the boy who cried wolf – nobody takes you seriously. And the Russians understand this.
Meanwhile, TPTB poke poke poke at Russia. They WANT WWIII.
I’ve shown people this chart and had them say “But that could just be a coincidence”.
Almost as though they could order a mass shooting on cue.
“Almost”.
However much you hate the enemedia, it isn’t enough.
Media Held Alito Story for 3 Years as Part of Timed Attack | Frontpage Mag
Related:
1/3 of Journalists Killed in Gaza Worked For. . . | Frontpage Mag
Imagine WW2 with 1/3 of OUR journalists working for the Nazis.
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PSA – PSA – PSA – PSA – PSA
HERE WE GO: Navy Commander Confirms DOZENS of Penetration Operations by Foreign Nationals Reported at US Bases Over Last Few Weeks (Video) | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft
Why, it’s almost as though they’re an actual invading army attempting to size up weaknesses.
“Almost”.
Just wait until the grid gets shut down (working on a piece about that). Then the attacks on the military and police will escalate, in a bid to get weapons and such.
Biden Border Crisis: National Security Threats Abound, Even Turkish Illegals Issue Warning (legalinsurrection.com)
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Just. Wow.
I can think of some that are legal – *cough cough Ilhan Omar* – that need to go too.
I assume The Big Guy got his 10%.
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PSA – PSA – PSA – PSA – PSA
The slow squeeze. From here:
Real Bidenomics: American Truckers Say They’re “Strictly in survival mode”
– “A year and a half ago, we could pay our monthly bills, not counting fuel and those variables, but we could pay our monthly bills in about 14-15 days.
– By Christmas (2022), it was taken right at 30-32 days to pay our monthly bills. So you gotta work 2 extra days.Because it’s 32 days now, and they’re not 30 days a month.
– Well, as of this past month, it took 37 days to pay 1 month’s bills
It’s just a constant decline. And The survival mode is what I’m hearing. That’s that’s what we are. We’re strictly in survival mode.”
Just imagine how much worse it’s got by now in 2024…. America is holding on by a thread.
WallStreetApes (https://x.com/wallstreetapes/status/1794115018939940903?s=46)
@CherokeeOwl
https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/truckers-dying.mp4
I was talking with a Telegram contact overseas and mentioned my thought that one of the reasons so much of what’s going on seems so overwhelming is that the true powers-that-be have been planning this for untold decades, if not a couple of centuries (or maybe even longer). But we’re only seeing it now; their decades of planning but seen by us in days or weeks. No wonder it’s overwhelming.
This will very soon be felt in the grocery stores, the gas stations, and everywhere. Without truckers, America dies. Which is the plan.
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Divide and conquer. Oldest trick in the book.
Putting the US in danger to gain votes.
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Link section (some mine, some from my Jarhead friend):
Another County in Oregon Has Just Approved the Measure to Secede From the State and Join ‘Greater Idaho’ | The Gateway Pundit | by Mike LaChance
The late Walter E. Williams wrote this:
Parting Company – Walter E. Williams (walterewilliams.com)
Which I mentioned in my essay:
E The Blue Virus
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Paris Will Be Off-Limits Without QR Code This Summer – GreatGameIndia
Dry run? MHO, it will work to vastly reduce crime. So, naturally, they’ll not just make it permanent but the example will be used by other governments to do this too.
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How Much Money Do Pediatricians Really Make From Vaccines? – WELLNESS AND EQUALITY
A lot. Covid-related:
The Government Cartel paid billions to Walgreens and CVS not to fill Ivermectin – the question is why – America Out Loud News
Because Ivermectin and HCQ would have saved lives and ended the pandemic, and the Left needed a massive death toll to unseat Trump.
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Joe Biden Announces Tariffs on Non-Existent Products from Non-Existent Origination Country – Here’s Why – The Last Refuge (theconservativetreehouse.com)
A tangled web of deceit.
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US lawmakers seek to clean up crypto regulation ‘food fight’ – Insider Paper
Oh, yeah, get government involved. What was it that Friedman said? Get government involved in the Sahara and with a few years there’ll be a shortage of sand?
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Construction crew in National Park ordered to stop displaying American flags on equipment | The Post Millennial | thepostmillennial.com
My take? F you.
Senator Demands Answers After Superintendent of Denali National Park Brooke Merrell Tells Construction Workers to Remove US Flag from Equipment – It “Detracts” from Park Experience | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft
Speaking of flags:
The Top 11 Flags You Should Fly To Trigger American Communists (thefederalist.com)
I once saw a meme with the Confederate battle flag – to the effect that “I fly it because it pisses you off”. If I can ever afford a real flagpole, the only flag – aside from Old Glory – that might go there is a Gadsden flag. Though on “Juneteenth” I’d be tempted to fly the Stars & Bars.
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American ICJ judge who voted against Israel was nominated by Biden for top State Department role | World Israel News
Again, any Jew who votes “D” is a Jewicidal Yidiot. Related:
Angry Muslims Step Up ‘Abandon Biden’ Campaign Across Nine Swing States, Seek to Make Democrats ‘Pro-Palestinian Party’ | The Gateway Pundit | by Ben Kew
Losing Jews, losing Muslims, losing blacks and Hispanics and more. Doubtless to win with 85 million this time. TINVOWOOT.
Democrats Panic Over Jewish Voters | Frontpage Mag
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Staying Vigilant: Is The WHO Pandemic Treaty Really “Failing”? (substack.com)
Remember, any backing-down on the WHO treaty, vaccine passports, digital ID, etc., is tactical. They’ll be back.
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Report: Scientists Find Earth-Sized Planet That Could Hold Life | The Gateway Pundit | by Richard Moorhead, The Western Journal
OOH, neat. OTOH, I have to wonder… is this timed to give cover to something they don’t want us to look at? So, question: just before they provoke an active WWIII shooting war, will we be distracted by “proof” they’ve found extra-solar life?
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Massachusetts Trans “Woman” Goes on Stabbing Rampage at Massachusetts Movie Theater – Stabs 4 Girls Ages 9 to 17 without Warning | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft
Yikes!
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This is why Republicans always lose – Liberty’s Torch (libertystorch.info)
Stopping saving the Dems from their own mistakes would be a good start. I remember De-Whine when I lived in Ohio. A squish even then.
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Being followed by criminals – Gun Free Zone
Situational awareness. And being proactive.
One the reasons – to my kids’ bafflement – that I’ve learned a lot of the “miscellaneous” side streets is that if I feel I’m being followed, I can take a detour to see if the car behind me really is following me or, just coincidentally, going in the same direction.
I also strongly recommend the book TO THE LEFT OF BANG.
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As Promised, The Debt Problem in [Market-Ticker]
Death spiral coming, and soon. Related:
Related:
Nine hard but necessary steps to fix our broken Social Security system. – American Thinker
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The Rutherford Institute :: SCOTUS Fails to Protect Citizens From Asset Forfeiture Delay Tactics That Let Police Keep Seized Cars & Cash |
Asset forfeiture was something that, even back at college, I railed against.
Now, a person CONVICTED of, say, drug dealing – then yes, I can see that as part of the punishment. But not just seeing a guy with a wad of cash and lifting it by declaring it “drug money”…
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Closing with this one:
Screaming into the void – Liberty’s Torch (libertystorch.info)
Back to my socialist family members. When I see that Biden still somehow has a 41% approval rating (or whatever it is) my first thought is “How in the hell can 41% of people be so fucking blind?” And then I remember my socialist family members, to whom the truth is but an inconvenience to their beliefs. From economics to the Kung Flu to World Affairs, these people literally don’t know anything. If it wasn’t said to them on their liberal news channel, they don’t have it. And since the media is nothing but a hive of progressive group-think and DNC propaganda, that’s what my family members consume and that’s what they “know”.
I have actually had people say to me, deadly serious, that “That can’t be true or it would be on CNN / NPR”.
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Pick of the post:
IngSoc of Orwell’s prophetic dystopia 1984 could not even have dreamed of this. Every once in a while my computer prompts me to upgrade to W11. I decline each time, having to hit REFUSE multiple times. Sooner or later I expect they’ll just do it over my objection.
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You see, after years of “benign neglect,” one of the items for me, “semi-retirement,” was to focus on family and home. To the latter, a number of issues have arisen over the almost two decades, and now they have to be addressed.
Rehabbing the house has started (with a lot more to go). At least one thing has been completed, which is a “repaint” of the downstairs bathroom, the living room, and the dining room. Next are the stairs leading upstairs and the hallway. Appliances are being replaced (e.g., dishwasher, fridge, and a new “stacked” clothes washer/dryer) – and the features of a new gas stove (in your EYE, Joe Dementia!) are under discussion with TMEW (I want a large “wok burner” and built-in griddle; TMEW has other ideas).
So, with all that said, what does all that have to do with Memorial Day?
Memories – and the codification of them. The Youngest came over in the middle of that painting for a visit with the Grandson and was looking around. There’s a wall facing the doorway that goes into the downstairs bathroom. I painted it a nice blue color as I have a specific idea of what is going to be mounted on it. That idea is what brought the Youngest to tears. He thought he had lost something that was very valuable to him that could not be replaced.
What he didn’t remember was that he had given it to me when he first returned from his year-long deployment with the 101st Airborne (part of his severe PTSD and TBI came with severe memory loss). The item was a remembrance of that time of adventure, pain, and sorrow. He pined for that item for a long time. Even as he was again explaining to me what that meant, I could see the emotions welling up in him (almost to the point of activating yet another panic attack – gratis due to the PTSD).
He mentioned that he really missed it, as it reminded him of his combat friends who returned—but more so those who did not.
At that point, I gently reminded him that his special American Flag that had flown over Kabul (the capital of Afghanistan) had been upstairs in a safe place all this time. That we had known its significance to him and made sure that it had been well protected. That’s when the tears started to flow and continued as I explained that both his flag and the Eldest’s (gifted to us as it had flown over Baghdad – the capital of Iraq – were to be individually mounted within two thick plates of polycarbonate with standoff studs from the walls. For each flag, a summary of their units, time in theatre, and other info would be mounted above them.
He was floored – and memories of his hitch came flooding back. And then he made an offer that I did not expect – the beret shown at the top.
When he came home and was mustered out, he hadn’t kept much of his kit, but that was the singular piece that, with all the problems he was facing (and they were severe in intensity and length of time), he ensured was never lost or damaged. Above his wife’s protestations, he gifted it to TMEW and me to be encased in that flag mounting. I could tell that it was the most difficult decision to make.
There’s a local frame shop that we have utilized for several special items. They will be commissioned to make this project happen sometime this summer, and then it will be hung shortly after that. There, they will stay until we have passed on, and then they are to be repatriated back to those who earned them.
Memories – of those still living and those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Not just for “our values” and our country, but those those standing to the left of them and to the right of them – the Brotherhood, that Band of Brothers. No, I never served and have kept few memories of friends and co-workers over the decades. It always amazes me how vivid the memories are of those that did of those they served with. They own stories that the rest of us, who never served, will never have, nor will we ever completely understand.
All we can do is share with others the experiences of those who kept the home hearths burning until their return (“…For now I, along with millions of others like me, stand with his Dad at the end of his driveway.”) never wanting to hear the noise of an unknown car pulling into our driveway with uniformed men slowing walking up to our door.
We ALL, however, remember all those who ran towards the noise of gunfire.
As Memorial Day approaches on Monday, we at FS take time to reflect on the sacrifice’s on behalf of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. The price of freedom isn’t free.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
And as we see the current antics of those who would NEVER put themselves in danger for their country because they HATE this country and its founding values, I remind the rest of us of one very important fact that some wish for us to forget and let our spines turn to Jello concerning Life’s real reality:
H/T: Soldier Systems)
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If you wanted to try and encourage people to get more comfortable with the idea of digital-only currency, it might make sense to seed the landscape with stories about how dangerous it is to carry cash. Perhaps even water that landscape with a growing sense of desperation that leads to more crime.
Crappy economy. Letting criminals walk the streets. Refuse to prosecute a growing list of “petty” crimes. It could all be a coincidence, and those things have other “benefits.” It is necessary, after all, to push the middle class out of its comfort zone so it demands more government to fix what the government broke.
Instead of worrying about how the government can use CBDC to steal your life and your privacy, monitor all your purchases, and lock your accounts if you misbehave, you’ll worry about being mugged. Would a rise in stories about street crime plant the seeds for pad the argument in favor of a national digital currency? That was my second thought after seeing this article from truthfully.com (a site as likely to lie as any other). “Police Warn Public of Surge in ‘Jugging.”
My first thought was, “What the hell is Jugging?”
1. Present participle of jug.
2. Jugging is the process of stewing whole animals, mainly game or fish, for an extended period in a tightly covered container such as a casserole or an earthenware jug. In France, a similar stew of a game animal is known as a civet.
3. A theft committed by a perpetrator who waits at a bank, near an ATM, or outside an expensive store, watches for customers who might be carrying a large amount of cash or goods, and then follows them to steal the money or goods from the customer or their car.
We used to call this mugging or robbery, and I have yet to figure out why it’s called jugging, but it is “on the rise!”
One harrowing story involves a University of Texas housing resident who, after a bank visit, noticed she was being followed. Her observance led to a terrifying encounter where her purse was stolen from her vehicle. This incident underscores the brazen nature of juggers and the lengths they will go to secure their loot.
As jugging threatens cash carriers, staying informed and vigilant is paramount. By adopting safety precautions and being aware of potential followers, individuals can significantly reduce their risk of becoming targets.
There is a tidal wave of media reports and lots of advice, none of which includes ideas like pepper spray, tasers, or firearms. Is it at all possible that if the act of “Jugging” came with the risk of severe injury or death, it might not be so popular?
You’d think, but jugging is more common in Liberal cities where petty crime is not only encouraged but not discouraged. Places where pepper spray, tasers, and firearms are highly regulated and less accessible to the sorts of people likely to use ATMs and more likely to fall prey to jugging. A problem you could easily resolve by switching to all digital currency (or by carrying a collapsible tactical baton).
It might be a stretch. I could be overthinking it. And now that I’ve read one story my feeds will fill up with them making me think I’m right.
But given how much they pine for a CBDC future, what are the odds that this is not part of their strategy?
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Another seven calendar days have passed us by for good or ill. The world turns, the sun rises and sets, commenters comment, and I send you seven comments from which to choose this week’s winner.
The poll runs from now until 8 pm Tuesday night.
Here are this week’s contestants (the poll is at the end).
Pot, RTK and Our Feckless Senate Houmid The problem with pot, and any other drug legalization effort, is that it can not work in a publicly subsidized healthcare environment. If you remove the financial and medical consequences of their self-destructive behavior, they will merely increase that behavior. And those of us who know better end up having our finances destroyed, and often our own lives destroyed by their bad choices. A Truckload of Manure Tombstone Gabby “…green energy is not capable of providing the power required for NH…” I’ve heard it said that a solar panel, or a windmill, over it’s expected lifetime, will not provide enough power to reproduce itself. One step forward, a step and a half back. Red Flag Camel’s Nose Fails To Get Under New Hampshire’s Tent Mike Mags I like GOA’s slogan “ We are NO compromise”. Common sense or some other nifty term is just a small way to crack open the door like Steve said. Dems never compromise, ever. RINO’s play “ I hope they like me and re-elect me” game. Republicans finally stood firm on something, and they will surely get terrible press for it, but this what is needed and expected from their constituents. Community Schools Offering Cross-Sex Hormone Therapy to Children Gracie Parents don’t go to school board meetings, do not challenge children’s teachers nor administrators and are largely intimidated K-8. And they elect school board candidates that will not supervise and limit the District admin. And NO ONE votes down the school budget – which goes increasingly to so-called “special ed” but now includes this mental health catch all for rogue actions as described. And no one asks where their school taxes go and who is paid for what. Except Annemarie. Another US State Has Banned Lab Grown ‘Meat’ James Through human history we have been eating things that were not a part of our diet, I actually think what pushed humans well past apes was our ability to eat such a variety of things and tap into caloric sources that were left untouched by our competition. So what does this have to do with lab grown meat? Well honestly food is food, its a sum of its parts, your body is going to break it down upon ingestion. I actually think Lab grown meat could be healthier if done correctly, you could literally modify it to have the exact content you desired for health or taste purposes, I just don’t get the stigma with it, most foods are processed to produce this effect, we are just doing what I am going to call downstream processing, it is something we are already doing with animals, we feed them specific things to produce the desired outcome. Maybe Lab grown meat is corrupted because the current process and management, but if done correctly I don’t see what the issue is at all. Damn Right Trump Will Be Coming For The Justice Department anon I hope he cleans out the BATF while he’s at it. Biden’s wildly unconstitutional gun grabbing Nazis have been threatening to jail millions of average people for simple possession of items that they have allowed for many years. Bump stocks, pistol braces, even a simple picture of a AR-15 auto sear, all of which are common with literally millions of them out there. Now they want to make it a felony if you sell a firearm without a ‘dealers’ license. They are trying to criminalize making your own gun parts with no serial numbers they call ‘ghost guns’. All of this and much more, they have just dreamed up and made into law without any input from congress whatsoever. Sure it started under Trump with the bump stock ban he got roped into but that question is about to be decided by the SCOTUS in a few weeks. Trump has apologized for that mistake and is ready to correct it. New Hampshire’s “Red Flag” Camels Nose is Back! Ian Underwood First, note how concerned youare about ‘infringing on the rights of innocent, law-abiding citizens’. Second, go back and check Part 1, Article 2-a of the state constitution. It protects the right to keep and bear arms… for what group of people? Innocent, law-abiding citizens? Or all persons? The other day, I saw someone who should know better make the blanket statement that ‘criminals forfeit their constitutionally protected rights after they have committed a crime and been convicted by a jury’. Really? Do they forfeit the right to freedom of speech? Freedom of religion? Freedom from warrantless searches? Freedom to enter into contracts, or have children? Freedom to travel? No, they don’t. Why not? Why do they lose somerights, but not others? Because we just let judges make things up on the fly, and call whatever they say ‘the Constitution’. Conservatives who have spent decades beggingfor things like HB1711 are now acting surprised and outraged because they’re getting what they asked for: https://granitegrok.com/blo… https://granitegrok.com/blo… All of this comes back to what I said the first time I testified at a bill hearing: If the legislature is going to just ignore the state constitution, why shouldn’t the people just ignore the legislature? https://granitegrok.com/blo..The Poll.
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The Left views EVERYTHING in terms of race and whatever other identity factors are the flavor-of-the-moment. And weak, phony “Republicans” … like Chris SUN-KING Sununu … do as well. I don’t know if faux-Republicans like Sununu really believe the “diversity-is-our-strength” bullish*t or if they see themselves as “coopting” the issue. But it does not matter. This politics of divvying America up by race, sexual preference, gender identification, blah, blah, blah is completely un-American and indeed anti-human. We are INDIVIDUALS, not mere factors of whatever identity-factors the Left champions.
Yet here is Sununu in 2020, creating a “COVID EQUITY RESPONSE TEAM” because, as noted above, EVERYTHING has to be about race:
And the “Chair” (a term which used to describe a piece of furniture) is now a Democrat State Rep, as well as an incorrigible Woke-Communist:
Great job Sun-King Sununu! GREAT JOB!!!
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A lot goes on behind the scenes before you can build a wall to separate your property or do building works near your property’s boundaries. But let’s address the elephant in the room before going any further. The 1996 Party Wall Act regulates excavations and construction works near neighbouring properties.
This Act’s primary purpose is to set guidelines and prevent future misunderstandings between you and your neighbour. Now, if you are in Essex and plan to build a wall or do some repair work near your property’s boundary, hiring a party wall surveyor must be at the top of your list.
In this guide are top tips on what to consider when looking for party wall surveyors in Essex.
Qualifications and Experience
Qualifications and experience will play a massive role when hiring a party wall surveyor in Essex. Experienced surveyors will bring more value to the table, which is crucial when handling complex projects. Their knowledge of the law and dispute resolution skills will ensure that you and your neighbour are satisfied with the party wall award.
Look for top experts registered with professional bodies like the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. This is a sign that the expert is committed to maintaining their professional standing. We also recommend hiring a surveyor who is conversant with Essex’s local building regulations.
Communication Skills
Clear communication will help you and your neighbour come to an understanding quicker. You want to hire a party wall surveyor from Essex who is an excellent communicator and can get matters across in an easy-to-understand way.
You can learn about the surveyor’s professionalism and work ethic by reading reviews and testimonials from previous clients. Look for someone who is patient, approachable, and fosters a collaborative environment. This will make the discussions about your project with your neighbours fast and efficient.
Fees vs. Your Budget
Party wall surveyor’s fees will vary depending on various factors. The best approach is to always get quotes from various experts. Take time and analyse each quote against the value offered before deciding which surveyor to pick.
Some surveyors offer fixed-fee packages for standard projects, while others charge hourly rates. During the first consultation meeting, be upfront with your budget. Also, ask for a contract detailing all of the fees, payment plans, and miscellaneous charges that may pop up during the project.
This will help you avoid misunderstandings with the party wall surveyor during the project.
Where Can You Find Party Wall Surveyors in Essex?
Recommendations from friends are excellent if you know anyone who has used a party wall surveyor for their project. However, you can also get quality leads from the internet. For instance, if you search ‘party wall surveyors in Essex,’ you will find links to websites and online profiles of leading party wall experts from Essex and nearby cities.
As mentioned before, read the reviews from other customers before making up your mind. Also, don’t forget to schedule a meeting with potential picks before hiring them. This meeting will help you judge the professionals and see if they are the perfect fit.
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Politics are heating up, so it’s time to get serious, folks. Five months, so all those never-Trumpers need to rethink things. Your choice is Trump and saving our Republic or the sour grapes, I didn’t get what I wanted for Christmas, tantrums. That latter we can blame you for if Democrats steal another election, and I will.
Speaking of Trump, it is strongly looking like all those kangaroo Democratic courts are falling apart. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s some judges and prosecutors not only end up with egg on their faces but get charged with election interference. Nothing would make me happier.
I’m starting my push to the finish line efforts, as you might have suspected, and donations to both Trump and Lily Tang Williams’s campaigns here in NH. I know everyone on the planet knows Donald Trump, so I don’t have to tell you anything there, but so many do not know about Lily Tang Williams.
Lily was born in China and lived through the totalitarian communist horror of the Cultural Revolution. She survived and, by some miracle, was able to immigrate legally to America. Lily became an American citizen, married, and raised a family. What her driving force is is that America does not become like China, she escaped from that so if anyone on this planet can be trusted to fight against the leftist democratic marxist socialist agenda it is she. I’ve met her and talked with her on three different occasions, and I tell you all this about her because I believe with all my heart she is the best candidate I have ever met, known about, or trusted more to keep her promises than she.
I can’t vote for her; I’m in the wrong district, but if you can, please do. You will not only replace the dead weight of “rubber stamp” Anne Kuster but also have a dynamic, no-nonsense, true Constitutional Conservative you can trust with your lives and futures.
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The current president of Londonderry Fish and Game, Richard H. Olson Jr., attended the Town Council meeting on Monday, May 20, and raised a number of concerns regarding a new clubhouse the group had approval to build on their property.
Olson explained, during public comment, that his club came to the town a while back to request building a clubhouse. At the time, the club hired a number of reputable professionals to design the site plan for the building and got all the necessary permits to move forward with the project.
Olson also added that through the process of getting their plans approved by the town, they did everything that was asked of them including meeting the conditions that were given to them when the site plan was approved by the town.
Olson went on to say that after they began site work recently, his general contractor was denied a building permit because a couple of variances would need to be obtained.
He said he hadn’t even gotten any official notice of the town’s request until he was handed a letter as he walked into the Town Hall that evening.
“We’re now $170,000 into this project. We’ve got materials ordered, and we’re stalled.”
Olson added, “I’ve read this letter [he was given] thoroughly, and to be honest, I don’t have any problem with anything here, but we should have had this done during planning, not after everything has been said and done.”
The letter stated that 150 feet of frontage is needed for a Class V or better road and a variance is required.
The other varience was in regard to the size of the building, The 40×76-sq. foot building is much larger than what was granted for the existing clubhouse and is not allowed in an AR1 zone.
Variences from LZO 4.2.1.3.B.1 and LZO 8.2.A.3 are needed.
He finished by saying how ticked off he is at the way the project was handled by the town adding, “This is just buffoonery.”
Olson explained that the plan was to have the shell of the clubhouse closed up by September/October, but that’s not going to happen now.
“I’m ticked off. I think the process is broken when you have the unmitigated gall to tell us that we need variances after the planning board approved it.”
Councilor John Farrell responded to the issue by saying he was made aware of the issue at 5 p.m. that evening and would be discussing the problem with the town’s attorney at 8 a.m. the following morning.
In a letter sent to current club members before attending the Town Council, Olson stated, “In most other towns, the issues of variances and non-conforming uses arise BEFORE the project is approved by the Planning Board. Once a planning Board puts its signature on the project IT IS A DONE DEAL. That is the normal course of action. But, obviously, NOT in Londonderry.”
Olson ended the letter by saying, “For those of you who are Londonderry residents, perhaps the time is now to take a good long hard look at the Council and think about replacing anybody who does nothing, defends this incompetence, and generally tolerates this rank intolerance.”
When reached the following day, Olson said he was told the town’s attorney and the club’s attorney would be meeting to discuss a quick resolution to the problem.
| Londonderry Times
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More Border Secuirty (lack of it) chaos!
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The Federal Government is going through UNH to distribute money for Community Schools in New Hampshire. That money has been distributed to Manchester, Seabrook, Ringe, and Concord. Parents and taxpayers in those communities better pay close attention to what is happening in your school district.
Dear Superintendent Nadeau,
After scanning through the documentation you provided regarding the Community Schools Grant for Seabrook, I wanted to follow up with you on some concerns and questions.
I have lost confidence in any mental health services being provided in our public schools. There have been too many serious privacy violations and other problems that have come to light. The Community Schools Grant will only exacerbate these problems down the road. I’ll begin by explaining some of the problems that have occurred in New Hampshire that deserve your attention and the attention of the school board members.
To fulfill the requirements to receive Project Aware grant money for the MTSS-B program, Keene State BHII must develop a report and return that information to the federal government. The report looks more like a marketing brochure for MTSS-B than any in-depth independent or peer-reviewed study.
The biggest problem that has arisen out of this grant process is the personal mental health data that has been collected on students and shared with Keene State BHII. This was done without the students’ or parents’ knowledge or consent. This is a gross violation of the students’ privacy rights and violates the School Counselors’ Code of Ethics. (See attached File under Confidentiality.) I wonder if this will eventually lead to a lawsuit.
Due to regulatory changes to FERPA, there are now “exceptions” that allow for data sharing. However, I’m not sure how all of this does not violate a student’s privacy rights under 2-b of the New Hampshire Constitution: [Right of Privacy.] An individual’s right to live free from governmental intrusion in private or personal information is natural, essential, and inherent. This might have to be litigated, but I think it’s important for you and the board to analyze the legality of all of this and how this is unethical.
The documentation you provided to me includes a link to the U.S. Department of Education’s video titled “Full Service Community School Technical Assistance: Logic Models Video Guide.” The short video describes what schools must do to fulfill the requirements of the federal government when implementing the Community School model.
If you go to the 12:00 minute mark, you will hear them describe how The U.S. Department of Education will be collecting data and tracking students throughout their lives. This appears to be something that will be done for every child in a Community School without any way to opt out or refuse.
You can also watch this video from an attorney, and colleague of mine, who described to the U.S. Commission on Evidence Based Policymaking in Washington D.C. that this kind of data mining by the federal government can have an intimidating effect on the individual, even if that data is never used. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbM-09PAAzo
This Wall Street Journal Article, written by a Physician in New Hampshire, “Have You Seen Junior’s Psych Profile,” describes the importance of protecting sensitive mental health information on students. I will paste the entire article below in case you do not have a subscription to the WSJ. Parents need to know if you are committed to protecting their child’s personal data, and how that can be accomplished, given the terms of these agreements.
Parents in Hopkinton are now questioning how Portrait of a Learner will be used to collect and track information on their children. At their last school board meeting, the Vice Chair talked about how Portrait of a Learner will track the characteristics of students from preschool to 12 grade. At 45:00 https://www.youtube.com/live/9cVjHatufm0.
Many parents are now questioning, and pushing back on collecting and tracking their child’s characteristics:
How have you described the data-mining, and sharing that is now taking place in the district? Both through Portrait of a Learner, and as required by the US Dept of Education’s Community School Grant? Where is the data stored, and who has access to this sensitive personal information? How does a parent opt out of all of this?
Families deserve to know all of the details on their child’s personal data, and who will be accessing all of it. In the last board meeting, Mr. Hobbs talked about Portrait of a Learner, but didn’t mention anything about data that would be collected or shared.
PRESCHOOL
The Community School Grant included a plan to expand preschool access. It appears as if this was done to improve academic outcomes. How will expanding preschools accomplish that goal? Are there preschool standards that are part of the preschool program?
You may not be aware of the government study that was conducted during the Obama administration on Head Start. Head Start is a comprehensive preschool program for 3- and 4-year-olds to narrow the education gap between low‐income students and their middle‐ and upper‐income peers. In that study, it found that, by the end of the first grade, children who attended Head Start were essentially indistinguishable from a control group of students who didn’t. Head Start showed no lasting value to children. Education researchers pointed to the need to focus on elementary and secondary schools.
What was going to happen once the Community School Grant money ran out? That’s one of the biggest problems with grant money; eventually, it stops, and those expenses are added to the school budget. Would SAU21 be using tax dollars on preschool without any evidence it would improve academic outcomes? And then, eventually, would local taxpayers have to shoulder that tax burden? “Free” money from the Feds should be scrutinized just the same as if it was money coming from SAU21 taxpayers.
If you provided details about the data-mining and sharing, along with evidence on long-term academic outcomes by expanding preschool to the SAU21 school board, would you please share that information with me.
New Hampshire legislators passed a law requiring play-based kindergarten a few years ago to ensure students were receiving an education that was also age appropriate for young children. There have been concerns raised about how the New Preschool Is Crushing Kids. And a study out of Stanford University that showed Danish kids, who postponed kindergarten for up to one year, showed dramatically higher levels of self-control.
“We found that delaying kindergarten for one year reduced inattention and hyperactivity by 73% for an average child at age 11.” Professor Thomas Dee, one of the co-authors and a Stanford Graduate School of Education.
While I support efforts to improve academic outcomes for the students in SAU21, that should not be at the expense of their emotional well being.
What exactly is the goal from this push for preschool–especially in light of the fact that the push for academics in young children has shown to negatively impact their behavior, and had no real long-term impact on academic outcomes?
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Ann Marie Banfield
TRUST REQUIRES TRANSPARENCY
https://www.wsj.com/articles/have-you-seen-juniors-psych-profile-1494286467
Have You Seen Junior’s Psych Profile?
By Dr. Aida Cerundolo
Imagine bringing your child in for a sore throat and having the doctor administer a psychological screening test—without your knowledge—while you are out of the room. I believe most parents would be uncomfortable with this scenario. Something similar is happening in schools around the country, with many parents unaware it’s happening, let alone consenting to it.
Educators and administrators increasingly are using psychological screening tools to identify children who are at risk for social and emotional issues, and to assess programs geared toward improving social and emotional skills. One such tool, the Devereux Student Strengths Assessment, covers eight domains: self-awareness, social awareness, self-management, goal-directed behavior, relationship skills, personal responsibility, decision making, and optimistic thinking. The Kaplan Early Learning Company distributes the test and
boasts that it was co-authored by two psychologists and a social worker in an effort to “have a scientifically sound and user-friendly means of assessing each student’s social-emotional competencies.”
Rooted in what’s called “resilience theory,” the test comprises 72 questions that teachers answer about each student every month. They range from “How often did the child carry himself with confidence?” to “Does he cope well with insults and mean comments?” Answers are rated on a five-point scale from “never” to “very frequently.” A student’s composite score “provides an overall indication of the strength of the child’s social-emotional competence.” This information is tracked over time.
The justification for blanket screening of all students is noble—to identify those who may benefit from intervention before their social and emotional issues become a problem that impedes success in school and life. But aren’t we really creating psychological profilesthat in other settings would be deemed confidential? If so, what is the privacy cost to students who are not at risk for a psychological imbalance yet whose mental health information is being documented by teachers and tracked over time?
In the medical field, patients and legal guardians of minors must give consent for treatment, and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act regulations protect any information that is collected. HIPAA prohibits doctors like me from sharing medical and mental health information with unauthorized sources. In fact, even for critically ill patients, a medical release signed by the patient or a representative is required before an outside healthcare facility can transmit potentially lifesaving medical information.
Health information collected by schools receiving federal money that do not offer healthcare services is protected under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. FERPA can be more lenient than HIPAA, with allowances made for schools to disclose records without consent for such vague reasons as “legitimate educational interest” or “for audit or evaluation purposes.” HIPAA is more stringent and applies to “covered entities,” such as hospitals and insurance companies, which are involved in the delivery and billing of healthcare services.
Schools have an obligation to students and their families to protect the privacy of the information collected in the educational setting. The mental-health information teachers are now obtaining, storing and tracking with tools like the Devereux test is equally as sensitive as that which is collected in a pediatrician’s office. It deserves the same protections.
Dr. Cerundolo is an emergency physician and mother in Greenland, N.H.
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Congresswoman Cortez claimed that Trump wears a virtual ankle bracelet. Cortez claimed the Bronx was too wise to fall for Donald Trump’s antics and would not turn out for a Trump Rally. As with everything, Cortez was wrong.
Donald Trump is the first Republican Presidential candidate to visit the Bronx since Ronald Reagan fifty years ago. The Trump speech was planned to last sixty minutes, yet Trump was still going strong at the two-hour mark. The crowd was enthusiastic and was probably the most diverse of any Trump rally. There was a genuine connection between the former President and the crowd of Bronx Democrats. They may have come as Democrats, but chances are good they left as Trump voters.
Trump may not win New York, as he is predicting, but he must be scaring the hell out of Joe Biden and his team. Biden took New York by over 20% in 2020 but only leads by single digits as we head into the summer. Put this rally and the one in New Jersey in context, and this is a Republican going where few have ever gone. Trump has put every state in play and vows to turn some Blue states Red.
The former President was not in Jersey or the Bronx to hand out checks and empty promises, as Joe Biden does. He was there to proclaim the Republican Party as the Common Sense Party and would not turn its back on any group of citizens. His promises include closing the border, mass deportation of illegals, making America energy independent again, making cities safe again, and making sure every American has the opportunity for success. He also promised to end this foolish plan of forcing every American into an electronic vehicle and that he would make New York affordable again.
There is a stark difference between a Biden campaign event and a Trump rally. Biden’s are small in numbers and content as the President struggles to get through a scripted speech on the teleprompter. In his recent speech to the NAACP, Biden’s staff had to issue 9 corrections, and his speech at Morehouse College, an all-male Black school in Atlanta, was as dark as his famous Red Speech. His message to the graduates was bleak as he explained his perception of the country being stacked against Black men and they have to be ten times better than white men to get ahead. Trump’s rallies are events where Trump speaks directly to the wants and needs of the people.
As a side note, New York Governor Hochul had her deplorable moment, taking a page out of Hillary Clinton’s playbook yesterday when she referred to Trump’s rally as Trump and his clowns. These “clowns” were her New York constituents, and she insults them. That is how Democrats respect Americans with whom they disagree.
These Trump Rallies will continue in Blue states. Trump is the man who will not talk about uniting America. He will do it with his actions and policies. The Left will never embrace Trump, but they will undoubtedly enjoy embracing a better, stronger, and safer America under Trump.
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George Soros, a personification of Ian Fleming’s evil mastermind, Goldfinger. He planned to heist all the gold in Fort Knox. George Soros conspires to destroy the USA and Western Civilization. A major tenet of the Soros campaign: “ Destroy The Rule Of Law”!
The Rule of Law is the fundamental foundational tenet of Western Civilization. The protectors of “ The Rule Of Law” in the USA are our county attorneys. There are 2,300 elected county attorneys spread across 3,143 counties. Since 2015 “ Goldfinger’ Soros has funded the “ progressive prosecutor movement”( aka regressive persecutor rampage) with one billion dollars. Other Bond villains , Mark “Oddjob” Zuckerberg and Dustin “Jaws” Moskovitz have donated billions to the regressive persecutor rampage.
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Today, there are more than 70 rogue county attorneys ( persecutors). Their legal chaotic persecution presides over 72 million people in Boston, Los Angeles County, Chicago, Philadelphia, and others. Upon swearing an oath to enforce the law, these prevaricating rogues fire all experienced criminal prosecutors and replace them with leftist lawyers. Their policies include refusing to prosecute shoplifting, criminal trespass (renamed squatting), receiving stolen property, illegal drug dealing, and refusing to demand cash bail for violent repeat offenders.
As Common Sense predicts, crimes skyrocketed. In Philadelphia, aggravated assaults armed with a handgun escalated to 3,116 per year from 2,209; retail theft to 9084 annually from 7,412; auto thefts to 8,665 from 5,691 annually. Murders in Chicago annually exceed total American combat deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan combined. See the Epoch Times, May 8-14, 2024, pp. 14.
New Hampshire has escaped the scourge of these demonic persecutors. Know your county attorney and keep an eye on them.
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Woke-Communism is a religion. Woke-Communists are religious zealot. Hamas’ man in the NH-House … Rep DT Ford … is one of those religious zealots. But DT is no ordinary Woke-Communist, religious zealot. No, Rep Hamas … sorry, I meant Rep Ford … claims the power to see into mens’ souls:
Asking DT Ford, or any Woke-Communist, to back up their claims that children in families earning 350 percent of the federal poverty level are going hungry … and that proves you are diabolical.
Stated slightly differently … don’t ask for facts and data from people who believe they can turn men into women and vice versa; who believe that they can control the weather; etc., etc., etc.. When their leaders tell them to intone that children are going hungry in New Hampshire, they take it as an article of faith. And you should too. Because if you don’t it is because your soul is lost to the devil.
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A recent resurgence in womyn getting back to nature has become the hot topics on social media. Social experiments revolving around bears versus men, primal screaming and cattiness calling out in congress and commencement speeches have seen the fairer sex exposing their claws and flaws for all to see.
The age-old question of “Which would you rather run into in the woods: a random man or a random bear?” exposed us all to the death-reifying logic that is feminism. Epitomizing the term “no-brainer,” these randy tarts who claim both equality and superiority over men had an about-face when faced with being confronted by either man or beast in the forest.
Suddenly, when the option is nature’s mate or a savage animal that will rip you limb from limb, the ladies prefer the latter. One Tiktoker with the handle @Thottimami69420 explained “you can reason with a bear”. Sure you can, honey. Still others rationalized, “A bear will just kill you, not keep you in the basement for 20 years”. Which begs the question, who is saving these downstairs damsels in distress? Oh yeah, bears are when they’re not ingesting kilos of cocaine, that is.
Clearly, men have become utterly useless bags of carbon roving the wilderness, lusting after their next victim to falsely imprison. I would say these ladies need to get out more, but how can they when the outside is an open-air prison? They’re better off staying inside reading Stephen King novels or watching true crime television. As the Scouts say, be prepared.
Similarly, when asked how they felt about the options, bear spokesman Fang Paw agreed with his therapist to publicly comment. It turns out bears prefer running into men over women because “men will just kill you and use you for a rug, whereas women will rape you psychologically for years crushing your soul with their passive-aggressive and needy jaws of death.” Ok, so maybe bears can reason.
All of this role playing extreme tragedies has led still other ladies throwing caution to the wind and racing into the outdoors for some rage therapy, which unfortunately has not been very popular with local bear communities. Formerly known as primal screaming, these sessions valued at $4,000 prove women continue to overpay for things men acquire much cheaper, giving them yet another reason to scream like banshees. In fact, if there are any ladies out there looking to save a buck Banana’s Intensive Therapy & Camping Hideaway (BITCH) sessions can be had for the low-low cost of $2,000 AND we provide snacks.
Speaking of hollerin’ harpies the top Tammies in congress got into a shouting match while mired in the middle of mostly meaningful work. Congressional trouble-maker Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA) thought it her place to ask an ethics question regarding serial legislation rapist Dan Goldman (D-NY) when her political opponent Miss Thang (D-TX) used the ole “are you that dumb?” baiting tactic that has worked for centuries on man and beast alike. Representative Greene did her constituents proud by immediately shining light on Miss Thang’s fake eye lashes and the hallowed hall of congress was just one baby-daddy away from prime time television. Where is Rikki Lake when you need her? After a brief shouting match in a room full of men who forgot how to control angry women the matter resolved itself with some online merchandising and some Crossfit. ‘Merica!
Lastly Kansas City Chiefs three-time Super Bowl winning kicker, Harrison Butker, kicked himself in the footballs as he went on a misogynistic ramble posing as a commencement speech. Though kickers don’t often suffer from TBI due to the league’s protective bubble rules regarding offensive players that didn’t stop this brainiac from traumatizing feminists everywhere with his offensive ideas. Apparently Mr. Butker believes in the fallacy known as “trad-wives” and proceeded to laud them for their fidelity to both husband and home. As if! This type of aggression toward career focused females and Only Fans entrepreneurs created a social media storm that has yet to die down thanks to the sudden jump in empowered women skipping the $4,000 scream-session sign-ups and exercising their first amendment right to rage into a machine. Thank god for the THOT Police.
As a result the Chiefs players rallied around their vanquished kicker who had come face to face with being cancelled by the elite army of estrogenazis. Armed with politically correct platitudes the gigantic men were ever so careful not to poke the mama bears of third wave-feminism by respecting his right to say the stupid things he said though not agreeing with him at all.
Luckily no bears were harmed as a result of all this insanity, which will likely change come August 22nd.
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A majority of the New Hampshire legislature thought it would be a good idea to allow local towns and cities to charge citizens for public documents. The (incorrect) presumption is that citizens are more likely to abuse RTK laws for Evil than local government.
My opposition to HB1002 is well documented, but I also offered suggestions as to why it is a bad idea, that this fine or tax will be abused, and that it undermines transparency; I even suggested solutions to address costs associated with local government meeting the requirements of the Right to Know law 91a. The legislature thought it better to let local governments punish citizens and make Freedom of Information Act requests increasingly unaffordable to all but only to a select few.
If you are a legislator and you don’t think that is what will happen, you are not just an idiot; you are a dangerous one.
The Governor has not signed it yet, so there is time to stop it. They do not have a veto-proof majority of support for this backward-pointing thing. But if you’d like another example of what will happen, CBS 13 News in Maine asked for the Governor’s travel records. Janet Mills’ office said that comes to $1400.00 dollars, please.
The Office of Maine Governor Janet Mills is seeking more than $1,400 in fees from the CBS13 I-Team after we requested public documents related to her out-of-state travel over the past year. https://t.co/nuwPe2xRf8
— CBS 13 News (@WGME) May 24, 2024
Some might say the News outlet can afford it, but why is that even in the calculus? The correct question is, why are we making it unaffordable for almost everyone else? What right does a government that uses the word equity have to undermine it when it suits them by creating a two-tiered or two-class system of government accountability?
NGOs, lobbyists, Lawyers, Large corporations, and the very well-off have access to records searches that the rest of us cannot begin to consider. We Should rename HB1002, The Transparency Privilege Act.
Contact Governor Sununu. Politely ask that he please veto HB1002, and let’s find a different way to address this issue without compromising transparency and accountability.
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