A recent hearing to consider whether dangerous killer David Peterson should be released from Whiting Forensic Division of Connecticut Valley Hospital (CVH) exposes a serious flaw in a recent change of Connecticut law.

As a former Connecticut criminal defense attorney, I support legal protections for those institutionally committed for mental illness (as here). However, new rules granting unilateral rights to violent offenders to apply for release needlessly perpetuate victim trauma. This imbalance can and must be remedied promptly.

David Peterson was found not guilty by reason of insanity in 1971 and 1988 stabbing attacks. Ordered to CVH for a 15-year sentence in May 1988, Peterson left the facility on a day pass in 1989, and viciously stabbed 9-year-old Jessica Short more than 34 times in the head, neck, and face in front of her mother and young sister. His subsequent commitment to 70 years in CVH expires in 2060, but that timespan is a fiction: under a new law, CVH residents like Peterson can apply for release every six months. This puts Jessica Short’s family, and the entire community, on edge repeatedly.

The new law (Public Act 22-45) provides:
At any time after the confinement of an acquittee in a hospital for psychiatric disabilities, … the acquittee … may apply to the board for an order of temporary leave. ….An application for temporary leave under this subsection shall not be filed more frequently than once every six months from the date of the initial hearing held by the board pursuant to section 17a-583. …. If the board grants an application made under this subsection, (1) the acquittee may be permitted to leave such hospital or the custody of said commissioner temporarily, under the charge of his guardian, relatives or friends….

As an attorney who has attended countless periodic release hearings with family members of killers at CVH found “not guilty by reason of mental illness,” I can personally attest to the profound trauma and reliving of these horrible crimes that impact these victim families, including deep anxiety that these very dangerous offenders may be released into society after supposedly being committed for decades. Presumably, this statutory change (unanimously supported in the General Assembly) was prompted by recent revelations of abuse at Whiting Forensic. But throwing crime victims under the bureaucratic bus is the result.

Too many current laws disproportionately protect dangerous felons at the expense of creating more victims. A balanced solution here would be to implement a two-stage process whereby CVH would hold these hearings without notice (and stress) to the victims’ families. If it was determined that the dangerous, insane “acquittee” was to be considered for temporary release to stroll at the local parade (as Peterson did before publicly mutilating and killing young Jessica), a second hearing could be scheduled, allowing for victim and public comment. Instead, victims’ families must go through a torturous ordeal every time a patient or their representative tries to get back on the streets.

This is no light matter. Victims may travel great distances at their own expense, and feel a profound duty to others to protect them from what happened to their loved ones. Not all victims have the monetary resources to take time from work or pay for airfare and hotel, let alone hire legal counsel to speak on their behalf. Malicious offenders can simply file frivolous applications for release, deliberately tormenting their victims’ families for decades from within their confinement, with the rigid, callous assistance of the State of Connecticut.

This sentiment was expressed concisely by Jessica Short’s uncle, Andrew Reynolds, at Peterson’s recent release application hearing. Since 1989, Reynolds has been showing up to hearings like these to advocate for his family, reminding psychiatrists, judges and members of the public of the lifelong trauma they continue to endure. “I deeply did not want to come here,” he said after the recent hearing, noting that he felt angry and anxious on his drive to Middletown that morning. “Nobody wants to come to these hearings.”

But he does, he said, because he feels a responsibility to advocate for Jessica, for her mother, and for every other family who has had a loved one murdered in Connecticut. ….“It’s not just about our family, it’s about every family that has to go through this. ….People don’t understand what those families have to go through,” he added.

Just receiving a letter that Peterson is due for a hearing, Reynolds said, “creates havoc” in their family. They never know what will happen at a hearing, whether his restrictions will be lowered, or if he may even be granted access to day passes.

While paying lip service to homicide victims’ families, the Connecticut legislature has implemented laws that torment them and inflict recurring harm. This is obvious to anyone who has had any involvement with these sorts of horrible traumas. It should be more obvious to the legislature: the cure is simple enough, and would protect hundreds of innocent family members from this state-sponsored psychological duress while fully protecting the rights of the mentally unwell.

 

John Klar is an Attorney, farmer, and author. Mostly farmer… And Regular Contributor to GraniteGrok and VermontGrok.

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The reputation of hosts’ property listings is greatly influenced by Expedia’s review system, which also has a significant impact on guests’ decisions to make or not make reservations. Accordingly, it is smart for hosts using this platform to fully understand Expedia’s review system and know how to use it.

By applying certain tactics that improve your vacation rental ratings, you can maximize performance on the platform. We will discuss advice on how to raise your vacation rental ratings in this article.

Tips for Raising the Ratings of Your Vacation Rental

These are tried-and-true methods that improve Expedia vacation rental ratings.

Avoid platform violations 

A useful strategy to improve your vacation rental ratings on the platform is to steer clear of any kind of infringement. Infractions have a detrimental effect on several indicators that impact the grading of your property. These measures include, among other things, guest ratings, visitor satisfaction, trust and reputation, and guest trustworthiness. Every one of these helps optimize your property and increase the number of reviews it receives on the platform. Violations result in several unpleasant events, such as the suspension or termination of the account, financial penalties, legal ramifications, and unfavorable evaluations from guests, among other issues. Consequently, make sure you are conversant with all of the platform’s dos and don’ts and that you understand its policies, such as the Expedia cancellation policy.

Understand the Expedia review system

Understanding the Expedia review system is the first step in developing a plan that will help you increase the ratings for your vacation rentals. Reviews on Expedia are usually divided into distinct categories, each of which visitors are asked to score on a scale. The total average rating of the property is then computed by averaging each rating. The areas that make up the Expedia review categories are value for the money, cleanliness, amenities, location, service and communication, accuracy of description, and overall visitor experience. A host can more effectively devise strategies to encourage guests to leave higher ratings on these characteristics by having a thorough understanding of each facet of these review categories.

Work on important aspects of the Expedia review system

It is wise for you as a host to put these parts of the Expedia review system into practice now that you are aware of all of their features. Focusing on the aspects as a whole helps to keep them at the maximum level. By doing this, you will attract visitors who will enjoy your property and make their stay unforgettable. Furthermore, it encourages them to assign better ratings to each category in the Expedia review system. This improves your property rating score and increases the exposure of your property listing on the site in addition to encouraging repeat bookings.

Conclusion

We examined three effective strategies for increasing vacation rental ratings on Expedia. You will receive consistent positive reviews from guests if you follow this guide, which will raise your ratings on the platform.

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A Harvard-Harris poll should be a wake-up call about the so-called “youth vote.” In a nutshell, they are a far, far greater threat to Americans who still hold traditional American values than Putin, Xi or whatever other foreign leader the grifter GOP “leadership” makes the enemy of the month. From the New York Post:

… 51% of Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 said they believed the long-term answer to the Israel-Palestinian conflict was for “Israel to be ended and given to Hamas and the Palestinians. …

A full 60% of the same demographic said Hamas’ Oct 7 terrorist attack could be “justified by the grievance of Palestinians” — a position held by just 27% of Americans overall. …

A full 67% of 18-24 year olds said they believed Jews “should be treated as oppressors” — a position which 73% of Americans disagreed with and called a “false ideology.” ….

It’s a very short walk from dehumanizing and exterminating Israelis to dehumanizing and exterminating elderly Americans and all manner of other atrocities.

Combine the “youth voters” with the millions of illegal aliens … oh! I’m sorry; I, of course, meant “migrants” … who also do not believe in traditional American values, and you have a country splitting apart at the seams. Coexistence with these people is NOT possible. It is not a case of agreeing about the ends, but disagreeing about the means to get there. These people reject the American system. And the irony, needles to say, is that they will emphatically tell you that Trump is the dictator.

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In Hamas’ position of releasing some hostages but refusing to release others, one might reasonably ask why it is that many of the hostages remaining in the hands of Hamas are young women.

There have been numerous confirmed reports that Hamas terrorists raped many Jewish women as part of their campaign of terror on October 7, and there are now reports from released hostages that the hostages were, during their captivity, subject to “sexual abuse,” which is obviously a code phrase for something much more sinister: rape, repeated rapes, and gang rapes.

And you can be sure that none of the women hostages are being given access to medications, including, if they so desired, birth control medications.

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So, now with many young Jewish women held captive by Hamas for over two months, and many, if not most, of them being raped by Hamas terrorists, could it be that the strategy of Hamas is to try to impregnate as many of the women as possible before they are released, knowing that observant Jews do not condone abortions, and, in any event, why would any of those women ever want to bear a child produced by a Hamas rape.

Hamas is essentially trying to produce a generation of Hamas-fathered bastards to pollute Israeli society if their captives are ever actually released.

This is part and parcel of the Islamist blueprint for infiltration into and degradation of Western society values, including attempts at the creeping introduction of sharia law.

How would any of us feel if this was being done to our daughters, sisters, or wives?

We and the Israelis are being forced to deal with evil animals, completely lacking in civilized behavior and seeking only to destroy the West.  And the only reasonable response is to destroy them before they can destroy us.

 

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Mr. Trump was very clear on January 6th about proceeding to the Capitol to engage in a peaceful and patriotic protest. Whether you believe what followed resulted from planted federal agents inciting the crowd or just the crowd, it hardly matters. Nothing about it was an Insurrection, but since Democrats insist, let’s play along.

For a moment.

Colorado’s highest court has declared that it can prohibit Mr. Trump’s appearance on the primary ballot for encouraging (or not preventing) the so-called Insurrection. The perception, real or imagined, of support was enough for them. No conviction, no indictment, just their feelings. Fine. I have feelings, and it felt to me like the coordinated BLM-Antifa-George Floyd “protests” were an insurrection. We had arson, assault, rape, murder – billions in property damage and some of the mostly- peaceful protesters most definitely attacked government buildings and even seized them. Took control. Set up autonomous collectives run by warlords in the surrounding neighborhoods separate from US law or political influence.

That was a lot more Insurrection than J6, and there’s no mystery about how Democrat politicians felt. Black businesses were looted and destroyed, as were more than a few black lives, but few, if any, Democrats failed to encourage and endorse protest openly. They even marched in copycat parades with shirts and signs, some with similar violence, many with less. But a solidarity of purpose led to or comforted violence everywhere it occurred.

Calls to stop the violence, what of it there was, were hardly more robust than Mr. Trump’s call to protest peacefully in advance. And if that’s a dog whistle to justify violence, then yours was a lot louder and more frequent, spanning months instead of just a few hours in the US Capitol, where Capitol police escorted the “protesters” and even offered directions to various parts of the building.

In New Hampshire, I don’t think we can find a Democrat in or out of elected office – at any level – who refused to pantomime the Black Lives Matter chants or its activities. They tolerated the silence is violence crowd, advocating compelled speech and mob justice, and many shared those videos on Twitter and Facebook. There was implicit and explicit support… in the name of extraconstitutional justice.

If a state can excise candidates for Federal office from ballots for even a fleeting association with some less than (though mostly) peaceful event, New Hampshire should remove all the Democrats for Congress from its Nov. 2024 Ballot. Nothing was fleeting about their support for Black Lives Matter or the chaos and carnage that followed its supporters. They set the country on fire.

So, get on with it then. Off the ballot! It shouldn’t even be a bother. Look at how excited those same Democrats are about write-in campaigns for that Biden fellow who should be off the ballot as well – in November, which has a nice symmetry with his absence from the New Hampshire Primary Ballot.

 

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The Epoch Times recently published an article that normally would be a human interest piece but now touches upon America’s ongoing tragedy. Jeff Minick’s ‘Boomers, Uncle Sam Wants You,’ detailed the value of what the grandparents of today can pass down to America’s youngest generation.

This is nothing new since this has been the norm throughout history.

Mr. Minick refers to the ritual of hand-me-down knowledge that every healthy nation benefits as each generation fills nature’s generational void with a sense of assured knowing, respect, appreciation, and a proud determination to continue on the same pro-American path. Not so today. While his words detailed the usual from past times, what is being passed down today is currently unraveling on our city streets.

A more innocent and beneficial useful for this generational sharing was when mom would open up her sacred and personalized cookbook to her daughter(s). By the way, that’s where that yummy stuffing came from on Thanksgiving Day! This helpful learning was long ago when home cooking was an acquired and proud skill. Today’s landscape usually lacks such abilities since mom is now career minded with her children eating much of their food “on the run” or at school. Talk about a dysfunctional family!

Also, the family unit of today’s progressive environment has become fragmented from this “no-fault” divorce ease. That old-time family unity, having a sense of closeness and togetherness, has disappeared, even within today’s more stable two-parent families. This is evident when a family enters and is seated in a public eatery and then commences to do their cell phone texting while ignoring the service or the menu.

The previous mention of school food eliminated mom from packing the proverbial ‘brown bag” lunch of a peanut butter/jelly sandwich and an apple. Also, “driving ed” classes have long ago removed dad from teaching junior how to drive.

In a previous writing, I mentioned that a family stashed a new two-wheeler at my house in preparation for Christmas morn. Later that day, I asked how their son liked his new bike and was told he never rode it since they also gave him a “Wii” as a gift, and he hasn’t put it down.

Clearly, not only times but also interests and enjoyments have changed during adolescence. This last example is detrimental in that it detracts from the normal energies being released by the physical energy of riding a bike, not to mention being outdoors, enjoying friends, and building friendships.

Along with these changing times of attitudes and family splintering is our fading religious devotion. This is noticeable on Sunday mornings when eateries are full, and yard work or car washing has become so every day. Needless to say, the odds for a family dinner at the dining room table, without cell phones or TV noise, is as unbelievable as even those dining room tables! Naturally, the dinner-time prayer is no longer.

All these instances point to what is so desperately needed: a return to God and a wholesome and loving family, which is the basis for rebuilding a harmonious and respectful society. And this is partially aided by the guidance a family receives from their grandparent’s wisdom, of which a central element of their words is their devotion to what made America great.

Likely, the transformation to this current state of anarchy began when the rudiments of learning were passed from family teachings onto those little one-room schoolhouses, which were then of beneficial value since they remained rooted within the local community. However, as “progress” stole into the classrooms, a gradual shift began to what it is today, which is to say, “What isn’t it today?”

Finally and most ironically, Minick’s reference to what is missing and desperately in need of returning serves us well by offering a comparative or wake-up view of what we have so cavalierly discarded throughout the years of this progressive degradation. We truly have become our own worst enemies, of which this could be our final wake-up call if it’s not too late!

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Ian Vandaelle, a reporter and vaccine extremist, was not shy about the embrace of tyrannical mandates and passports. He had a net-zero tolerance for anyone in any occupation who did not line up for the emergency use pharmaceutical. Vandaelle has died at the age of 33, fully vaccinated, we can assume.

 

“I, for one, advocate we bring the carrot and the stick,” Mr. Vandaelle stated in a social media post in July 2021. “Incentivize getting the vaccine however we like – ice cream, lotteries, literally whatever, I don’t care – and require vaccination to do non-essential things. Wanna go to a bar to watch the game? Passport.”

 

Vandaelle is the latest in a rising curve that the experts and media can’t seem to flatten. Loudmouth public health fascists dropping dead. Narrow-minded fear-mongers with no room for bodily choice (though, I bet he supported abortion), or truly informed consent. Details that might have resulted in Mr. Vanadelle being with us today instead of deceased.

In Plain Sight

I was in CVS the other day to pick something up. As a beneficiary of the fiat money funneled to anyone who would promote the mRNA thing, CVS has – since the alleged pandemic – had a flu shot spot. There’s a chair and a screen. You get your injection, and you wait fifteen minutes. Something that was never a requirement prior to the introduction of mRNA to the mass public. (Related: 48 yo Pro-Vaxx Soccer Journalist Dies Suddenly During World Cup)

I’ve had this thought before, but as I walked back past the spot where an older man was waiting, many months after the pause in the hysteria, I was reminded of why. They made him wait because he could drop dead. That wasn’t anything they told him. The approved narrative was to ensure he didn’t have any immediate complications or side effects. There’s a long list of these, several of them unpleasant, requiring swift medical attention, one of which is death.

We received numerous accounts, reporting on at least a few, of elderly patients in care homes who died shortly after receiving their COVID shots. They were some of the first to receive them. Their death certificate probably says they died from covid when it should have read COVID ‘vaccine.’ But if you tell people the fast-tracked “cure” that turned out to make you more susceptible to infection and transmission might kill you in the next few minutes, what happens to the uptake? Who volunteers to get The Jab and sit in the chair behind the blond waiting to see if they did.

And on the odd chance the thing actually does anything they say, by which I mean, the things they said out loud, not the long list of things it might do (like kill you) that they kept quiet? Things to which the Ian Vandaelle’s of the world objected when reported. You were an anti-vaxxer peddling misinformation or disinformation. I’m sure Ian was quick to regurgitate FDA claims that ivermectin was horse dewormer while ignoring how children were at little or no risk of infection or spread. He likely advocated for them getting Jabbed as well. (Related: Vaccinated” Pro-Vax Mandate Washington Post Editor Dies Suddenly…from a Heart Attack.)

I’m not happy he’s dead. I value all life, even that of medical fascists, because – and we’ve seen it – they can be convinced they were wrong, and these often become the best advocates for needed change in how such things are handled in the future. There’s nothing quite as powerful as pro-liberty health freedom boosters who got the boosters and have since seen the light.

Ian won’t be one of those, not that he would ever have been. And that’s the problem with death. To paraphrase William Munny in the movie Unforgiven, it takes away everything a man ever was or will ever be. Ian Vandaelle may not have died as he lived, but given how many souls that Reaper vaccine has claimed, it seems likely his decision to embrace the so-called cure for COVID is what killed him.

 

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I can’t stand Donald Trump. But keeping him off the ballot in Colorado is outrageous. It is so un-American. Four months ago, I wrote to our dear NH Sec’y of State to make sure NH was not going to deballotize Trump. Here is that letter, dated August 28, 2023 (it has a bearing on the foolishness in Colorado and elswhere).

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Dear Secretary of State Scanlan,

Best greetings!

It’s not true, is it, that you are going to deprive Trump of access to the ballot in the NH primary? I heard of it only today at GraniteGrok.com, but I may have misheard. It would be so totally NOT NEW HAMPSHIRE to play such a game. The rest of the country respects us. Is someone trying to demolish even that small national joy?

The US Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment, sec 3, holds that no person can be elected who had taken an oath of office to support the Constitution and subsequently “engaged in insurrection or rebellion.” No one has proven anything about Trump engaging in insurrection or rebellion.

This month, on August 1, 2023, Trump was charged with four crimes in the US District Court of the District of Columbia, Case 1:23-cr-00257-TSC:

1. Conspiracy to defraud the US (by spreading false stories about the election).
2. Conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding (by planning to obstruct Congress on Jan 6).
3. Obstruction of and attempt to instruct an official proceeding.
4. Conspiracy against people’s right to vote (by intimidating them).

I think you’d agree that none of those charges could win a conviction. Most likely, the January 6 “riot” was a psy-op to lower the image of our nation and also to pave Tyranny’s way.

Two official means of helping us find the facts were squelched.

First was the Select Committee of the House to investigate Jan 6, with Adam Schiff and others telling such embarrassing lies. Second was the Republican-led Senate’s declining to try Trump’s second impeachment. Even Rand Paul insisted on voting to “acquit summarily,” yet Trump himself should have wanted to have the insurrection story put on the table!

A third way that Americans were deprived of learning the facts was the wrongful imprisonment of many of the protestors. They were kept in jail in solitary, in conditions that would conduce to their opting to plead guilty in exchange for release. This is an obstruction of justice for which the FBI and DoJ attorneys should be arrested.

Come to think of it, a fourth way that we all got screwed, pardon my French, was by Trump’s declining to tell us what he intended his supporters to do to make the Certification process get derailed on January 6, 2021. He did say that Pence should help, but there was no way for that to happen. Per 3 USC 15.2: “The President of the Senate [Vice President Pence] shall have no power to solely determine, accept, reject, or otherwise adjudicate or resolve disputes over the proper certificate of ascertainment of appointment of electors, the validity of electors, or the votes of electors.”

Many Americans knew before Jan 6 that finagling had occurred in the 2020 election, possibly in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia, and Arizona. (Actually, everywhere, if we can believe Jim Collier’s 1992 fabulous book Votescam — and I do.) Citizens could have fought it out with their state government. But as January 6 drew nigh, it was too late for people to act at the state level. Rather, the citizens’ target had to be Congress.

The method for Congress to intervene is cut and dried. Any House of Reps member can stand up and complain when dodgy ballots are being opened. Then, if at least one senator is willing to co-sign that complaint, it must go to each chamber for a vote, preceded by a maximum 2-hour debate. A majority of both chambers will result in a given state’s ballots being set aside.

Just as Arizona was being counted, a Rep complained. Bang! In came the “rioters.” We all recall the disruption, the breaking of glass, the guy wearing the horn hat, etc. The members escaped to their office rooms, and after 8 pm, they reassembled and continued the counting job till around 2 am. Debates actually did ensue for three states; I have read them at Congress.gov. None got a majority vote to de-certify. Conceivably, without the ‘riot,’ Trump’s desire for decertification may have prevailed. So Trump acted self-destructively if he encouraged a riot!

Mr. Scanlan, if you are indeed thinking of leaving Trump’s name off the 2024 primary ballot, maybe it is because Trump is also accused in Georgia of having pressured your counterpart, Sec’y of State Brad Raffensperger, to “find” 11,000 votes. I say that this was not a crime. If a president OR ANYONE has seen fraud in an election, they surely can ask the proper officials to dig out the correct voting numbers. When I heard that Fulton County, GA, was preparing a case, I swiftly wrote to the foreman of that Grand Jury to point out the facts as above.

I am no Trump supporter. I think he did a tragic job as president. I sued him twice for vaccinations and for threatening to nuke North Korea. It’s a pity that folks will feel loyal to Trump because he is victimized. It would be better for citizens to be loyal to the parchment.

Please do the right thing, Mr. Secretary, I’m sure you will. Excuse me for even worrying about the rumor of “no access.”

Thank you very much for listening!

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As promised in Monday Memes, here is the overflow.  And the overflow-overflow expected on Friday should happen too!

Let the mayhem, mockery, and ridicule resume:

 

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

 

 

And if Israel is an interest, please do check out my Israel-focused post from yesterday.

 

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Very true, sadly.  Remember this video:

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Muslim-Demographics_360p.mp4

 

 

 

 

How can this be exploited, whether on Israel specifically, or more generally in fighting the ideology of jihad in general?

 

 

 

 

It’s the ones that DO think that “white supremacy” and so on are the problem that concern me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poland was a barrier to globalism.  How could this POS win???  (At least, win legitimately?)

 

 

Awwwww, world’s smallest violin.

 

 

 

They say what they plan, and are protected from the public by mass disbelief that people could actually mean what they’re plainly saying.

 

 

 

 

 

 

NATO and the Globalists… willing to fight to the last Ukrainian.  More:

 

 

DO NOT DOUBT that as Ukraine runs out of, well, any warm body to put on the front line, that NATO – and specifically US – troops will be put in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Many years ago I was vastly disappointed in Star Trek: Voyager when their head of security, Tuvok, was a black guy.  Now – the actor was great and portrayed the character very well; no complaints about him specifically.  No, I was annoyed that this alien race, Vulcans, had to have a black subcomponent to it.  Wokeness, insinuating its way in even then IMHO.

 

 

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PSA – PSA – PSA – PSA – PSA

 

 

They made sure – by changing / broadening the definition of the word “vaccine” to include these gene therapies – to take advantage of the trust that word has for the general public.

Now, this change.

“Prevention injection”.  Call me cynical but I think the rhyme is intentional, to be mentally catchy.

 

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Go get ’em Alex!

 

 

More psyop push polling / studies.

 

 

 

 

 

This could be over with two words: WE SURRENDER.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some years ago, and this is going from memory, a shopkeeper was lamenting the fact that he had to have bars on his windows at all times, and a steel door that came down over his entire shop front at night.  Why?  All the crime that had just about driven him out of business.  It was heart-rending – “My shop, my beautiful shop…”

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Pick of the Post:

 

In Monday Memes I discussed controlling the information flow.  Here’s a perfect example:

 

 

Control the information flow, control what people believe.

 

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Palate cleansers:

 

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Come back on Friday for more memes.  Same meme time.  Same meme channel.

 

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The US Supreme Court has been asked to weigh in on a Colorado State Supreme Court ruling. The Colorado Court’s 4-3 decision prevents Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s upcoming primary ballot based on a very unjudicial assumption.

Despite having never been convicted in any court in any state across the increasingly fruitless Plain, Colorado’s highest court finds him guilty of insurrection. At least, it seems like they must have without there ever having been a trial verdict. How else do you punish him on these grounds unless he has been found guilty? That suggests to me that someone must impeach or otherwise remove the four state supreme court judges who ruled based on the absence of crime or conviction.

You can hate Donald Trump and still agree with me.

There’s just no room for that thinking in any court, let alone a State Supreme one, to which we add, as Hans von Spakofky notes at The Daily Signal, election interference. It’s another unforgivable crime (unless it’s done to Republicans). He also reminds us that no other court confronted with ideological lawsuits to stop Trump, citing Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, has passed judicial muster, nor should it.

 

First, Section 3 of the 14 Amendment applies only to individuals who were previously a ‘member of Congress,’ an ‘officer of the United States,’ or a state official. Individuals who are elected—such as the president and vice president—are not officers within the meaning of Section 3.

Second, no federal court has convicted Trump of engaging in ‘insurrection or rebellion.’ In fact, the Senate acquitted Trump of that charge in his second impeachment.

Third, some scholars assert Section 3 doesn’t even exist anymore as a constitutional matter after the Amnesty Acts of 1872 and 1898—a matter completely ignored by the court today.

Fourth, prior court rulings have held that Section 3 is not self-executing and Congress has never passed any federal law providing for enforcement, meaning that courts such as the Colorado Supreme Court have no legal authority to enforce Section 3.

 

That’s all well and good and fine and dandy, but the second point is the only one that matters. Whether it is actionable or not, relevant or not, the defendant has not been convicted. The Colorado State Supreme Court – all Democrat appointees, as if that should matter – has overstepped and may have derailed every other effort to keep the Trump Train from steamrolling itself into a Republican nomination.

 

“We conclude that because President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President under Section Three, it would be a wrongful act under the Election Code for the Secretary to list President Trump as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot,” reads the majority opinion.

“Therefore, the Secretary may not list President Trump’s name on the 2024 presidential primary ballot, nor may she count any write-in votes cast for him,” the order added, as Colorado state law does not permit write-in votes to be counted for ineligible candidates.

The ruling reverses a lower court ruling that President Trump was eligible to appear on the ballot because while he did “engage” in an “insurrection” on Jan. 6, 2021, Section 3 of the 14th Amendment does not apply to presidents. The Colorado Supreme Court was unpersuaded by both the lower court and President Trump’s arguments that Section 3 did not apply to presidents.

“Section Three encompasses the office of the Presidency and someone who has taken an oath as President. On this point, the district court committed reversible error,” the order reads.

 

Hans von Spakovsky insists Sec. 3 doesn’t apply to presidents. The Lower Colorado court agreed. The Colorado Supremes barely disagreed but put it in writing, so now the US Supreme Court may need to answer the question. I don’t see how it wouldn’t apply, and they may decide that it does, but it hardly matters. The Colorado State Supreme Court has denied Mr. Trump ballot access to which he qualifies under state law (this is election interference) absent his Fith Amendment right to due process and Seventh Amendment right to trial by jury (at least I think that may apply), acting with conviction in the absence of a conviction.

They have assigned guilt to justify a decision where none yet exists. This means that plaintiffs have no standing. There is no crime to measure against A14-3; the state, therefore, cannot disqualify the candidate. And these four judges who voted to punish him for that should be removed from office.

 

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Christians find liberation in Christ’s teachings, emancipating them from the stringent, legalistic dietary codes of Judaism. Jesus implored followers not to fret over food and drink (Matthew 6:25; Luke 12:22), emphasizing that true defilement does not stem from what enters the body (Mark 7:15). However, contemporary Christians navigate a distinct era, one marked by a cautionary awareness of a new age of potentially harmful food that challenges the sufficiency of God’s provision.

In the Genesis narrative, God explicitly outlines the toil required for earning sustenance, reprimanding Adam for partaking in forbidden fruit:

“Cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground,” Genesis 3:17-19, ESV.

Isaiah warns against the worship of idols crafted by human hands (Isaiah 2:8), while Revelation foretells the Black Horse of Famine (Revelation 6:5-6). Modern industrial agriculture presents a perilous pact of dependency and concealed toxins, prompting more Christians to recognize the spiritual dimensions of this nutritional challenge.

Unlike the pastoral world of Christ, deeply tied to farming and the soil, contemporary Americans often distance themselves from this connection. The result is a potentially perilous dependency, contrary to godly principles.

Instead of tilling the soil through thorns and sweat, modern society often opts for drive-through food services or fills grocery carts in national chain stores. Cultivating food awareness becomes a means of breaking free from dependency and promoting overall health. God’s provision of wholesome food serves as an antidote to the various health challenges afflicting this generation, including obesity, cancer, sterility, mental health issues, and the broader impacts of a food system gone astray.

“Forever chemicals” such as PFAS, which do not break down and accumulate in the human body, contaminate food and drinking water. Packaging introduces additional chemicals like BPA, phthalates, and endocrine disruptors that mimic estrogen, posing reproductive and gender function risks. Vulnerability to these health hazards is heightened in children and pregnant women.

Research indicates that “fast” food often ranks as the most toxic and least healthy option. While not everyone can afford organic alternatives, adhering to general guidelines becomes crucial. The Environmental Working Group’s annual “Dirty Dozen” lists produce most likely to be tainted with pesticides, recommending organic choices when possible. Conversely, the “Clean Fifteen” comprises fruits and vegetables with natural peels or shells, offering relatively safer options.

Navigating the confusing landscape of healthy choices requires discernment, especially given the deceptive practices of the food industry. Basic guidelines provide a starting point for informed Christian food choices, including avoiding high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated fats, and other obviously unhealthy pseudo-food products. Achieving complete purity in dietary habits may be challenging in today’s world, much like the pursuit of absolute sinlessness, but minimizing exposure to toxins aligns with a healthier lifestyle. God desires healthy temples for His followers; therefore, moderation in all things remains a biblical principle (1 Corinthians 6:12; 9:25).

 

John Klar is an Attorney, farmer, and author. Mostly farmer… And Regular Contributor to GraniteGrok and VermontGrok.

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From the World Enslavement Forum, it’s Klaus ‘The Situation’ Scwab and Vaxxmas Hits! Listen to all your favorite Globalist Seasonal Classics while you enjoy a holiday feast of mealworms and crunchy crickets!

Or sumsing…

 

Klaus “the Situation” Schwab presents:
VaxxMas Hits ’23 pic.twitter.com/LxOzTlRURo

— Snicklink (@snicklink) December 15, 2023

 

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There is a stark difference between the way the Left and Right talk about love, marriage, and children. While neither side is going to agree the other is correct, progressives are so blinded by their hatred for the right they seem incapable of understanding who we are talking to when we preach about reclaiming femininity and motherly virtues.

This was the issue with the guest essay published in The New York Times’ opinion section in November, “Why Aren’t More People Getting Married? Ask Women What Dating Is Like.” It was a predictable read. The author, Anna Louie Sussman, gave the typical progressive argument that male behavior is responsible for the rise in singleness while targeting the Right’s messaging to young women about marriage as joyless.

 

Harping on people to get married fails to engage with reality, writes @annalouiesuss. “A more granular look at what the reality of dating looks and feels like for straight women can go a long way toward explaining why marriage rates” are so low.

Read: https://t.co/jR6RBacRMp

— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) November 26, 2023

 

The essay focused on single mother Sarah Camino, claiming she “checks all the boxes of the demographic that has been targeted for advice in recent months by an array of columnists and authors who have argued for the promotion and prioritizing of marriage.”

But what Sussman fails miserably to understand is although Camino’s story deserves sympathy, she is not the demographic the Right is trying to reach with their argument. A 37-year-old beautician without a college degree is not the target audience conservatives are focused on when debating against the Girlboss lifestyle. Conservatives want to stop the next generation of women from becoming corporate robots devoid of fulfillment — this means young women looking at college or just embarking on their working careers. (ROOKE: ‘Conservative Woman’s Guide To College’ Offers Up The Right’s Answer To Destructive Feminism)

While Camino is a tragic reminder of what happens when you live life as if there aren’t consequences for your actions, Conservatives are hoping to reach women trading motherhood for a self-absorbed existence.

 

PREACH @annalouiesuss. “Harping on people to marry from high up in the ivory tower fails to engage with the reality on the ground that heterosexual women from many walks of life confront: the state of men today.” https://t.co/K7ih58DudJ

— Cathy Reisenwitz (@CathyReisenwitz) November 26, 2023

Sussman claimed Conservatives will push marriage on women “sometimes for the sake of overall happiness but more often for the sake of children’s well-being.” This is another example of how the Left can’t fathom why people would view protecting vulnerable children as an admirable endeavor, especially in the event it causes the parents personal suffering. Progressives find it shocking the Right would push for marriages to stay together because our modern world enables selfish behavior that hurts children for the sake of saving the adults’ pain.

She sees this as the Right “harping on people to marry from high up in the ivory tower,” claiming the Conservative argument for marriage “fails to engage with the reality on the ground that heterosexual women from many walks of life confront: the state of men today.” (ROOKE: There’s A Good Reason Trad Wives Can’t Stop Telling You About Their Sex Lives)

Camino had apparently been dating a man for over two years before he cut and ran. During that time, are we to believe there were no signs he lacked integrity? The entire time she was consensually engaging in sexual activities with her boyfriend, she never thought to herself: “What happens if I get pregnant? How will he respond? Would he be a good father?”

The Right sees just as clearly as the Left that Camino’s child deserves to have both parents in the home, providing love and protection. Her deadbeat boyfriend is a loser for leaving her and their child. He’s the worst kind of man. The problem begins when Sussman makes the gigantic leap that Camino’s experience is indicative of the behavior of all men.

Her evidence came from a study done by Daniel Cox, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, that “found that nearly half of college-educated women said they were single because they had trouble finding someone who meets their expectations, versus one-third of men.” She adds, “It seems that by the time men begin dating, they are relatively ‘limited in their ability and willingness to be fully emotionally present and available,’” as the pinnacle of proof that men are to blame for why women aren’t married.

 

This essay by @annalouiesuss speaks to issues I hear frequently from single women who are dating & want to get married. While it’s always been hard to find a person who shares values/chemistry/compatibility, changes in society have allowed men to treat women worse while dating. https://t.co/tPDjuXZVc6

— Aisha Sultan (@AishaS) November 21, 2023

The conclusion ignores important findings in the same study: “Thirty-six percent of single adults say that having more important priorities is a major reason they are not currently dating. Single women are much more likely than single men to say this is a major reason they are not dating (45 percent vs. 29 percent, respectively).”

The reality is there are more men than women looking for relationships, and Sussman inadvertently showcases why Progressive women stay single. Conservatives are asked to take the experiences of single women seriously. Still, when Sussman’s example, Camino, is asked what kind of man she is looking for, she timidly proclaims her dream is to find a “feminist.”

Good men and Feminism are not compatible.

The Left will scoff at the idea men hate Feminism, but they do. The emasculation that comes with denying their inherent goodness all the time in order to uphold the female empowerment storyline is making them recoil away from society. They want to protect and lead but are taught from childhood their instincts are toxic.

Men don’t want to marry a single mother who doesn’t view masculinity with respect. He is expected to love and care for her and her child with his life for the rest of his days. What does he get in return? When Camino claims to want a male feminist, good men will understand that as a signal to stay away from her.

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I want to write an article about the Chinese Cartel Pot Farm situation in Maine and report the steps taken to rectify the matter. I want to say the State and Federal Governments were working in unison to get these 200 illegal operations that have popped up in Central Maine shut down.

I cannot write the story I want because the Maine State Government is taking steps to make matters worse for the good people of Maine and better for the illegal Chinese operators. It is very difficult to ascertain the logic of the state legislature as you would think they should have the best interest of Mainers in mind. They do not. Let’s look at two bills working their way through the system.

The first is extremely puzzling. As I wrote about last week, Senator Collins and Representative Golden have been working to get the assistance of the Department of Homeland Security to work with local and State Police to shut these pot farms down. At the same time, the Maine House defeated a bill that would have given law enforcement more power to combat illegal growers and distributors. Those who voted against this bill do not have the welfare of Mainers in mind. Who are they working for?

The second bill to be considered shortly would delete the term Marijuana from Maine’s Criminal Code. This means that Marijuana will have the same status as a cucumber. It is a simplistic analogy for a confusing situation. This bill will make any situation involving Marijuana legal and expunge any Marijuana related conviction in Maine’s history. Would this make these illegal Chinese Pot Farms legal? I cannot fathom that scenario. Are these State Reps choosing the Chinese over the residents? What a mess. I am having a difficult time with this topic as it defies logic. It is tantamount to opening the Border and letting an unlimited number of unvetted aliens in without vetting but telling the American people the Border is secure.

Two weeks ago, the former Bass Shoe factory in Wilton, Maine, was raided, and over $1 Million worth of pot plants were confiscated and destroyed. Ownership of the building is being investigated, but the Asian Transnational Criminal Organizations (ATCOs) that operated the Bass Shoe site are also suspected of running several more illicit drug houses in Wilton and surrounding towns. The authorities have already seen people, presumably workers of Asian descent, returning to the building. Police estimate the yearly income from this operation to be between $12-$15 million. Pot from these illegal shops does not stay in Maine but is transported to every state on the Eastern Seaboard.

We were in the acknowledgment phase when I have written in the past. In a few short weeks, we have entered the enabling phase. We have a terrible situation in Central Maine that is creating a safety and health issue for the residents, and the politicians are making it much worse. The elected officials in Maine are not serving Maine and are acting against the will of the people, as they recently did passing an abortion bill against the desires of 80% of voters. In that case, Planned Parenthood owned these politicians. In the Marijuana case, it is the Chinese. What will be the next case and special interest group? Stay tuned.

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When scientism coughs up “research” suggesting that your exhaled breath is not a negligible contribution to man-caused climate change, your first thought should be, where can I buy a firearm?

After the rise in government-encouraged assisted suicide, public policy that drove people to actual suicide, an engineered virus spread across the globe, followed by a “cure” that was more dangerous than the virus (and the orchestrated fear campaign that got it into billions or arms) – firearms is what you need.

Especially if you were not, until now, certain that they were coming for you.

 

The new study was led by Dr Nicholas Cowan, an atmospheric physicist at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in Edinburgh.

‘Exhaled human breath can contain small, elevated concentrations of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), both of which contribute to global warming,’ Dr Cowan and colleagues say.

‘We would urge caution in the assumption that emissions from humans are negligible.’

 

I’d expect this new narrative to have legs as other “scientism” experts ape it, duplicate it, and then form a confirmation bias circle-jerk to justify the validity of their findings. It fits too nicely into the ongoing overpopulation narrative echoed across the party of death depopulation agenda.

Yes, you are the carbon they want to reduce. And it’s not just CO2!

 

Plants essentially soak up all the CO2 that’s emitted in human breath, so ‘CO2 contribution in human breath to climate change is essentially zero,’ Dr Cowan told MailOnline.

The same cannot be said for methane and nitrous oxide, as plants don’t use these gases in photosynthesis.

 

METHANE!

We shared numerous links and things about CO2 being an insignificant bit of the Earth’s atmosphere, which it is. But what about methane, fart breath? It’s new boogeyman of the Climate Cult.

Some thoughts from WUWT.

 

The role of anthropogenic methane (CH4) in global warming is exaggerated.  The atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2), as measured at Mauna Loa Observatory (MLO), is above 420 ±0.7 ppmv (parts per million-volume) and is increasing about 2.8 ppmv annually.  CH4 has a concentration of about 1.9 ppmv and is increasing about 0.014 ppmv annually.  The anthropogenic contribution to the annual CH4 increase is a fraction of the total, probably about one-third, albeit the official estimate was increased in recent years.  CH4 has more potential for warming than CO2, but it is effectively gone in about a decade, having a commonly cited long-term impact that is only about 32X that of an equal weight of CO2.  Accounting for the CO2 warming equivalence on a mole-fraction basis reduces the equivalence factor to less than 12X.  It is the long-term impact we need to be concerned about because of an arbitrary temperature threshold claimed to be threatening our survival after 2050.  With CO2 being more than 200X as abundant, even with the greater potential impact of CH4, the Global Methane Pledge will, at most, achieve a 0.58% annual decrease in CO2-equivalent CH4.

 

A lot of nothing, which is what we’ve found from the climate cult time and again.

You can read more on the methane research here.

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Hampton, NH – New Hampshire’s oldest Republican women’s club and largest NHFRW club chapter, Seacoast Federation of Republican Women, expressed call for the resignation of former NHFRW President Elizabeth Girard as a Director of the state board following hypercritical and self-serving behavior:

“Seacoast Republican Women reiterate their commitment to a non-endorsement policy in Republican primaries. We express deep disappointment in the actions of Elizabeth Girard, our NHFRW President and a member of our club, for abandoning the policies she has strictly upheld until they conflicted with her own personal agenda,” stated Seacoast Republican Women President Sayra DeVito.

“Our organization aims to empower conservative women in the Granite State. Regrettably, Elizabeth’s pursuit of power and relevance has led to the exclusion of prominent women for purportedly violating the same policies she chose to disregard. While we appreciate her resignation as NHFRW President, her behavior warrants further action.

“We hereby request Elizabeth’s immediate resignation from her future role as NHFRW Director. While we appreciate her volunteerism, her long-term ambitions have compromised her ability to impartially lead our organization in any capacity.

Former NHFRW First Vice President Kim Rice echoed these concerns:

“I find it disheartening that a sitting state president of the NHFRW would blatantly disregard National policy on endorsements,” added Hon. Kim Rice. “As a former NHFRW First Vice President, I knew to resign my position before endorsing so as not to violate policy, as it was made very clear to us.”

—

In Liberty,

Sayra DeVito
President
Seacoast Republican Women
https://www.nhsrw.org/

Media Contact:
NHSRWinfo@gmail.com

 

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The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly known as COP28, was the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, held from November 30 to December 12 at Expo City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

COP28 has a name as long as the climate change movement itself and is the perfect example of its true purpose. Like everything the Progressive Movement does, COP28 is not about the climate but control. The Progressives are a misnamed group, as there is nothing about progress in their thoughts or deeds. The Progressives are about power and control. They need power to stay in charge; control is the tool they use to ensure power. By repressing minorities to ensure their dependence on the ruling class and limiting the options of the middle class to enjoy their freedoms and opportunities, a more appropriate name might be the Repressives. They are a dangerous group that has mastered the delivery of their message, distorted as it may be, by controlling the media, education, and entertainment so that they can manipulate the masses through methodical indoctrination. It is a slow and steady process that has been successful.

COP28 was a meeting of the elites and enabled who have risen to their respective levels of self-importance. John Kerry was our primary envoy to the conference, and his story is a prime example of my assessment. John Kerry returned from Vietnam as an activist against the government and war machine. He built his reputation through public speaking to the impressionable youth of America and built a coalition that got him elected to the Senate from Massachusetts. Kerry had a mediocre stint in the upper chamber and failed at his attempt to become Commander in Chief. He was named Secretary of State and appears to have parlayed that job into a lifelong appointment as America’s energy and climate czar. It is an unofficial position that wields tremendous power with no accountability.

Kerry and the rest of the COP28 delegates gathered in Dubai for two weeks to develop their strategy to strip the world of fossil fuels as quickly as possible. This process is disingenuous at its root. First, we know our climate is changing. It has been for all time, but there is little data on what these rash decisions and actions have to reduce the change rate. These elites also think they can control a select group of countries and allow others to go unchecked and affect results. For example, India and China are the biggest abusers of the environment. Both took part in COP28, but it was a token gesture as neither will take the steps to control carbon emissions. China is putting a new coal-burning energy plant online every two weeks. There is no stoppage of fossil fuels in China’s future.

At home, Kerry and Biden have been on a mission for three years to restrict or phase out our cars and every appliance of convenience we use daily. Their plans have no option, and it is a gross overreach of power that is probably unconstitutional when challenged. But their plan only works if we allow it to. The EV policy is already backfiring. Thousands of dealerships have said they will no longer be ordering EVs. Their lots are full of electric cars that have not sold in months. That is dead inventory tying up capital. Manufacturers are starting to lay off workers in their EV plants. Americans are not buying into the Green New Deal. The people still have power, and we can beat back bad policies if we unite and don’t bend.

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Laconia Republican* Mike Bordes is not the best Republican. You could do better. His NH House Republican Alliance Score is 78%. His NH Liberty rating is a more disappointing 66%. In other words, he’s not the best Republican, but that’s not what concerns him.

He’s worried that you might find out and, come the next election, choose someone a bit more Republican than Mike Bordes. That would not be difficult to do, so to push back, he has taken out a full-page ad in the Laconia Daily Sun to tell you how some shady third-party activism has misrepresented him.

 

 

It almost seems like he’s trying to overcompensate for something. I wonder what that might be. Perhaps a proposed amendment to the parental rights bill attributed to Bordes and the anti-parent ilk in the NH House, which denied parents specific rights as regards their children. Skip wrote about it when it surfaced. The amendment would have stripped a few things from the bill they didn’t want parents doing.

• If parents dared ask if the school is using some other name for their child than the one they gave them (like Danielle instead of Dan), teachers and staff could lie to parents.
• If parents dared ask teachers and staff if they referred to their child by a gender other than the one at birth, the amendment would have allowed them to lie to parents.
• If parents dared ask if teachers or staff were engaged in any intervention to affirm that different gender, they could lie to parents.

I’m not saying that teachers never lie to parents about their children or that they do lie, but they could. And have: “School District Lied* to a Mom About Turning Her Daughter Transgender So She’s Suing Them.” Or, “Florida father sues school after daughter’s suicide attempts, says gender counseling hidden from parents.”

And every public school pedophile ever arrested for grooming or abusing students lied quite a bit, I bet. Given the rise in grooming literature (at almost every grade level) and the shift in focus from badly run academic establishments to poorly managed gender/mental health facilities –  “schools” working to deny parents this information if they asked seems like something other than common sense.

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It is certainly not pro-parental rights—quite the opposite.

Absent an amendment that removes these rights, the other way to ensure teachers and staff can lie to parents is to vote against the unamended Parental Bill of Rights, which Mike Bordes did. He helped kill it.

Feel free to dance around that issue, but Bordes is covering for in-school activism that deliberately directs children to question their sex and then, under the cover of a safe space, hide that subterfuge from parents and taxpayers despite the real risks to the child’s mental and physical health, not to mention government employees teaching children to lie to their parents.

Mike Bordes isn’t just anti-parental rights; he’s anti-public health, anti-mental health, anti-child, and anti-family, and he’s going to need a bigger newspaper to try and whine-wash all that away.

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Nikki Haley is “acceptable.” What does that mean? It means that she gives the illusion of being a Republican, the illusion of being something different from Biden … when, actually, she is no different.

Here she is on ABC News parroting the Democrat/NeverTrump talking points on J6. Not a mention of the horrific, inhumane conditions in the DC-jail, or the police firing rubber bullets and tear gas into a peaceful crowd, or the police thereafter opening the doors, or that the vast majority of the tapes of J6 still have not been released, or that the FBI, etc., still refuse to say how many government assets were in the crowd, or that the DC “judges” overseeing the trials of J6 protesters have/are conducted/ing kangaroo-courts, or that Trump called for a peaceful protest, or that the protesters were let into the building before Trump’s speech ended, etc., etc. etc.. Nope … Nikki says only and exactly what the UniParty wants said.

 

“When Pres. Trump had the opportunity to stop it…He didn’t.”

GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley describes Jan. 6. as a "terrible day" and tells @JonKarl that the "tone at the top matters." https://t.co/aVerSVDq55 pic.twitter.com/Dsk2Ar13MD

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) December 17, 2023

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

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

 

Brigitte Gabriel on polls of Palestinians

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/brigitte-gabriele-on-pal-polls.mp4

 

And a graphic:

 

 

When a supermajority of people living near you support murder and terror of your people, just what are you going to negotiate?

 

 

Note that these posts do not repeat information – so there is a lot of stuff in prior posts.  Please do check them out too if this is a topic of interest to you.  In reverse chronological order:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Israel: Memes and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Memes and Commentary – Granite Grok

With some Israel-related materials here:

Meme Overflow – Granite Grok

 

 

True.  But IMHO also true for any legitimate government / leadership.  If your people and national territory are threatened, it is your right and your duty to respond and defend the people and the land.

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The IDF located in the home of a senior member of the terrorist organization Hamas in the Jabaliya area, suitcases of terrorist funds worth approximately NIS 5,000,000.

 

 

Note:  5,000,000 NIS is almost $1.4 million dollars.  Cold, hard cash.  Who would have thought being in an “open air concentration camp” paid so well.  More on this:

Suitcases with Millions in Cash Found in Home of Senior Hamas Member – Geller Report

Related IMHO:

Gaza Woman Denounces Hamas for Stealing All the Aid | Frontpage Mag

Caught on video:

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/hamas-steals-aid.mp4

 

>>>>>=====<<<<<

 

Two videos you need to watch – first one is short, a little over 10 minutes, the second pushes the limits at an hour and a half.

 

Three Quran Verses Every Jew Needs to Know

 

 

 

The History of Jihad: From Muhammad to ISIS | Robert Spencer | #SangamTalks

 

 

>>>>>=====<<<<<

 

 

TOP OF THE FOLD

Lies about civilian casualties – JNS.org

Stop Lecturing Us on Palestinian Civilians | Frontpage Mag

A day does not go by without some politician or talking head demanding that Israel worry about killing fewer Palestinian civilians. Sorry, while we do not wish for human suffering, the Palestinians have brought upon themselves everything they are currently suffering.

Related:

No, There Has Been No Sixteen-Year Israeli Siege of Gaza | Frontpage Mag

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Hamas Top Dog Yahya Sinwar: If Not for Iran’s Support, We Would Not Have Our Missile Capabilities – Geller Report

As if this is a surprise.

Speaking of, here he is in 2008 being treated for cancer that saved his life.  And terror is how he repaid Israel:

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/sinwar-treated-in-israeli-hospital.mp4

 

An Israeli hostage is not so lucky… and related (from Telegram):

An interview with the family of a Palestinian terrorist who killed a Jewish woman and her two young daughters.

This is before October 7.

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/pal-family-years-for-martyrs.mp4

 

Also, I put it up on Rumble.

Interview with Palestinian family – BEFORE Oct. 7, 2023 (rumble.com)

And:

Is Hamas Really Islamic? Is It ‘Extreme’ by Muslim Standards? :: Middle East Forum (meforum.org)

Note the Hamas leader quote from 2015:

“The so-called peace process is futile. There is no peace. Only the path of jihad, sacrifice and blood.” – Hamas leader Khaled Mashal, 2015

Once more, from Elie Wiesel:

When someone says they want to kill you, believe them!

 

 

WAR & WHEN WILL IT END?

 

 

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Palestinian poll: Support for Hamas has tripled in Judea and Samaria – Geller Report

Latest Survey Reveals Arabs in the Territories Live on a Different Planet | The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com | David Israel | 3 Tevet 5784 – Thursday, December 14, 2023 | JewishPress.com

This does not bode well.

I had a conversation with a good friend of mine over there recently.  He said that it’s looking like they need to drive the Arabs out entirely, which will ignite things everywhere.  But there’s some Biblical wisdom here:

But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.

This is Nablus.  Nablus is in the “West Bank”.  Notice what they’re saying?  Allahu ackbar.

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/pro-hamas-rally-in-nablus.mp4

 

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Enjoy: IDF Soldier Says Shema Israel over Jenin Mosque PA System | The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com | David Israel | 2 Tevet 5784 – Thursday, December 14, 2023 | JewishPress.com

Before you have the vapors over this, remember how many churches and synagogues and temples Islam has converted to become mosques over the centuries.  Turnabout is not just fair play.  To win a war you need to prove to the enemy they’ve been defeated.

IMHO the court martial of the soldier that did this was utterly wrong.

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Excessive Force and the Israel-Hamas War | CAMERA

Important perspective on Israel’s actions related to others in similar situations.  More:

Biden regime National Security spokesperson: Israel taking steps to protect civilians that US might not have taken (jihadwatch.org)

There is no such thing as a war without collateral damage.  It. Cannot. Be. Done.

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Gallant to Sullivan: Israel needs many months to destroy Hamas – JNS.org

Gallant told Sullivan that Hamas “is a terrorist organization that built itself over a decade to fight Israel and built infrastructure under the ground and above the ground, and it is not easy to destroy them. It will require a long period of time; it will last more than several months, but we will win, and we will destroy them [Hamas]. So thank you once again for coming to Israel, for helping us and for supporting us.”

Wars are not fought on a schedule. — This war could be over now.  Two words.  “We surrender”.

 

ISLAM: PRACTICES, HISTORY, AND MENTALITY

 

 

Entirely consistent with the Treaty of Hudaibiya and the principles of Sacred Deception.  That, plus 2:191 – “Drive them out from where they drove you out”.

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Hamas Fired 116 Rockets from Humanitarian Zone Since Oct. 7 | The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com | Hana Levi Julian | 2 Tevet 5784 – Thursday, December 14, 2023 | JewishPress.com

In Islam there is only Jihad.

 

 

 

 

 

ATROCITIES

Rape, Torture, Mutilation and Murder by Hamas Nazis – of Both Men and Women | Frontpage Mag

Horror upon horror.

Hamas’ Lust for Mutilation, Murder & Sexual Atrocity | Frontpage Mag

The propaganda strategy portraying Palestinians as helpless victims against Israeli aggression is calculated to evoke deep-seated feelings of humiliation and shame that prompts violence. The Palestinians, similar to many other Muslim Arab males, belong to what is referred to as an ‘Honor – Shame’ culture, in which men are in a constant struggle with fear of dishonor and maintaining “reputation.” Emotions of weakness, helplessness and shame are always just below the surface, triggered by a hypersensitivity to any real or perceived act of humiliation. Honor and reputation are everything and can only be restored through violent bloodshed which washes away the insult.

Revisiting this excellent essay about the shame culture:

Dr. Sanity: SHAME, THE ARAB PSYCHE, AND ISLAM (drsanity.blogspot.com)

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These next images are of victims – never forget, Hamas and the Gazan civilians killed people hiding in their homes.  Links only; be warned – gruesome.

Atrocity 1

Atrocity 2

Atrocity 3

Atrocity 4

Abusing the dead

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Eyewitness testimony: Rapes and executions on 7 Oct. (rumble.com)

Video.  About one minute on my Rumble channel.  Related:

When is Israel finally going to show the world the thousands of photos of Israeli women who were sexually violated, brutally gang-raped, and genitally mutilated by Hamas? (barenakedislam.com)

Video.

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More Hamas child abuse (barenakedislam.com)

Short video with this text:

It was 2 am and IDF soldiers noticed some suspicious movements in the horizon. In a time of war, that would generally mean to open fire. But the IDF, being the IDF, waited and then noticed it was a kid, a 4 year old girl.

She was walking around aimlessly without shoes and with multiple wounds.

The IDF soldiers took her to the field doctor, they treated her wounds and helped her in every way they could.

After they treated her, they brought her to the humanitarian corridor so they can try to locate her family and care for her.

Turns out, the child was sent by Hamas into the heart of a war zone to see if the Israeli soldiers were up and alert.

Their cruelty knows no bounds.

(Hillel Fuld)
t.me/beholdisraelchannel/24471

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From a Telegram group I’m in:

New documentation of the abduction of Joshua Mollel , a 21-year-old student from Tanzania, from East Africa.  Joshua was an agronomy student who came to study in Israel.

This week it was confirmed that he was murdered by Hamas, and that his body is still being held in Gaza by the terrorists.

Joshua abduction

Joshua executed

 

 

ON INTERSECTIONALITY / LEFTIST SUPPORT

OK, so look what this Imam says about exception to having sex with married women – normally forbidden.  But if a married kaffir woman is captured in jihad, it automatically annuls her marriage to her infidel husband, therefore she’s fair game for sex slavery!  What a “convenient” revelation from Allah…

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/imam-on-concubines.mp4

 

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Jewish student says this elite college is looking the other way on hate crimes

 

 

Any other group – racial, sexual, etc., the whole student body and school administration would be up in arms about it.

Incidentally, I’ve seen multiple op-ed pieces and letters in the newspapers of the various colleges I’d attended – all screaming for a CEASEFIRE and castigating Israel and/or those pesky Jews, etc.  I comment.  And I’ve noticed that my comments are now not just not approved, but comments I’d made in the past that had been approved and visible have been disappeared – on every article on which I’ve commented, systematically and across the board.  Same for my emailing the authors of such pieces.  I recently sent a polite email, complete with links to posts supporting my argumentation; no reply.

 

 

And in the tone of those pieces to which I respond, whether by comment or by emailing the authors, I see the wisdom of Thomas Sowell here:

 

 

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Understand the hierarchy of victimhood.  You women, you’re not high on the list… and in Islam, you’re pretty much not a human at all.  See this video (link to my Rumble channel):

Muslim woman laments being a woman under Sharia (rumble.com)

Hamas Nazis and Western Feminists | Frontpage Mag

Where’s the outrage by Planned Parenthood? The Women’s March? National Organization of Women? Emily’s List? Two months after Hamas’ massacre, NOW released a statement with this headline, “NOW condemns the use of rape as a weapon of war.” No mention of Hamas. No mention of Israel.

Israeli survivors and first responders described the horror. A survivor said: “He didn’t pick up his pants. He shot her while inside her.” An Israeli medic said: “There was a liquid on her back that looked like semen. She was shot in the back of the head.” Another first responder witnessed “a naked woman with a sharp object stuck in the intimate area of her body.” A morgue worker said, “We saw many women with bloody underwear, with broken bones, broken legs, broken pelvises.”

Can someone please square the circle on how women can support Muslims?  Or is this the same N-dimensional thinking that permits the LGBTQP+ crowd to support Gazans…

 

 

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Hey, Muslims around the world, where WERE you? (barenakedislam.com)

Video by a Yemeni Arab.  Excellent points.

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Accusing Israel of Genocide | Frontpage Mag

The number of Arabs who remained in Israel after the War of Independence has grown from 200,000 in 1948 to more than 2 million today, representing an increase of more than 1,000 percent. This is “genocide”? Seriously?

The one thing to which I object here.  While it was horrific, and IMHO differentiated from other genocides in history insofar as the Germans “only” wanted the Jews dead, not necessarily land or wealth or power or anything.  But… Communism has murdered far more:

 

Why Isn’t Communism as Hated as Nazism?

 

 

Victims of Communism | Keep the flame of liberty alive

Again, not to detract in any way from the Shoah, but let’s not diminish other genocides.

 

 

PALLYWOOD & MEDIA IN GENERAL

Media Fabricate Palestinian Deaths To Push ‘Settler Violence’ Smear | HonestReporting

Errors and Distortions Slant NY Times Gaza Casualties Piece | CAMERA

How Hamas Fiddles with the Figures on Casualties (jihadwatch.org)

The Battle Over Casualty Counts in Gaza | HonestReporting

It never ceases to amaze me how, despite evidence upon evidence of how Islam uses deceit in war, people accept the casualty figures and other information without question.

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Errors and Distortions Slant NY Times Gaza Casualties Piece

 

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Video: Another ‘Palestinian’ civilian casualty succumbs (jihadwatch.org)

Grab some popcorn and enjoy the show. And note the presence of the media, ready to record it as an authentic incident.

Notice just how fast photographers are on scene.  IMHO this was completely staged.  Also, that ambulance was RIGHT THERE just waiting.  Watch this, which I’ve posted before; again, notice how quickly an ambulance is there, just waiting for a photo op of someone “needing” medical care.

 

Pallywood

 

 

I understand: this is an information war.  But despite evidence after evidence after evidence that many of these things are faked… how is it that so many people eat it up so readily?  Do they not think “little brown people” can be this shrewd?

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No, There Has Been No Sixteen-Year Israeli Siege of Gaza

There has been no 16-year “siege,” but only a narrowly-tailored blockade of “dual-use” materials, such as cement and steel rods, that can be used to build tunnels and bunkers. The fact that there is not enough work in Gaza is hardly Israel’s fault; it is due entirely to the corruption and mismanagement by Hamas itself, three of whose leaders (Khaled Meshaal, Mousa Abu Marzouk, Ismail Haniyeh) have stolen from the aid meant for Gaza the colossal sum of eleven billion dollars.

Speaking of misuse of construction materials, take a look at the construction materials… for a 4 km tunnel capable of car traffic:

 

 

 

IDF reveals largest Hamas tunnel discovery – JNS.org

And a video about it at my Rumble channel:

IDF reveals Hamas terror tunnel video – 4 KM long tunnel (rumble.com)

Look at how much material went into that.  Think about all the labor and money that took.  All to KILL JEWS rather than better their own people.  Over 50 meters down under the earth.

 

 

TERROR COMING HERE?

Coming?  No, here.  From Tommy Robinson’s Telegram channel:

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/washington-dc-jews-harassed.mp4

 

Pro-Hamas protesters threaten to kill Jewish attendees as they leave the Israeli Embassy’s Hanukkah ceremony in Washington, DC. Watch as a woman screams, “We will kill you all, occupiers.”

We’re seeing this the world over, and it never makes the headlines.

Still think this is just about Palestine?

Nor is this Palestine.  This is in the UK:

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/modern-london.mp4

 

In Oslo, Norway:

 

 

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Hamas Senior Official Urges Muslims: “We Need Violent Acts” Against America “Everywhere” | Frontpage Mag

When Abu Zuhri says “nation”, he doesn’t mean the “Palestinians”, he means the Islamic nation. This is a call for a worldwide Jihad against America. That’s a bit redundant considering all the previous calls for Jihad against America. But it’s an important reminder that supporters of Hamas are all potential terrorists who are a national security threat to the United States.

Hamas Calls for Violence Against Americans — and So Does This Michigan Imam | Frontpage Mag

Netherlands raises terror alert to second highest level because of jihad threats, Qur’an burnings and Oct. 7 (jihadwatch.org)

BREAKING: EU TERROR PLOT FOILED, Hamas plot to carry out terror attack on Jewish institutions in Europe is foiled as arrests are made in Germany and Holland – after similar raids took place in Denmark (substack.com)

Think for a minute.  They destroy national flags, destroy property, vandalize churches and synagogues and temples (e.g., India)… but if someone burns a Koran, they go ballistic.

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Pro-Hamas demonstrators increasingly target Christian symbols (jihadwatch.org)

And then it will be outright attacks.  Related:

UK: London cop tells protesters to take down Israeli flag after repeatedly allowing Palestinian flag to be flown (jihadwatch.org)

They’re “just following orders”…  what was it Churchill said about feeding the crocodile?

 

 

TREADING ON THE POLITICAL

 

Biden Declares War on the Netanyahu Government | The Caroline Glick Show In – Focus

 

 

I saw a post somewhere to the effect that the US administration were saying Israel is not committed to the two-state solution.  How many times do the Arabs have to demonstrate they’re not interested in co-existence before the US chattering class gets it?  But they won’t.  They’re determined to repeat the Sudetenland mistake hoping to appease the crocodile.  Related:

BREAKING: Biden trying to hamstring Israel again, tells Netanyahu to end large-scale ground campaign within three weeks – The Right Scoop

Biden: Israel Losing World Support, Must Embrace Two-State Solution | The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com | Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) | 2 Tevet 5784 – Wednesday, December 13, 2023 | JewishPress.com

Bernie Sanders calls on Joe Biden to cut U.S. aid to Israel by $10 billion and accuses him of being ‘complicit in carnage’ as Democrat split over Gaza deepens | Daily Mail Online

How Biden Undermines Israel’s War Effort | Frontpage Mag

How many times have they been OFFERED the Two-State solution and rejected it?  And yet my fellow American Jews will, despite all this and more, likely still vote “D”.

Jewicidal Yidiots.

Having said that, in the long run, for a whole host of reasons I’d like to see Israel weaned of US aid.

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

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Hamas Killed Iran’s Middle East Surprise Attack (pulseofisrael.com)

Video, almost an hour long… and intriguing if true.

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THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS: After October 7, some leftists hopefully changed their view of Muslims

While it’s good to know she’s changed her mind about what people like her still call a “palestinian people”, it remains to be seen if any of these presumably no-longer-peace-activists recognize that Islam played a very horrific major role in the bloodbath of October 7. And what would Lahav say if “settlers” of background more religious than hers were the victims? Lahav should publicly renounce all associations with anyone who until now supported Islamic savages. And she’d do well to consider how many women in Europe, in example, have fallen victim to Islamofascism as well. Many on the left now owe a serious apology.

I, too, want to see the good in people.  But sometimes Pollyanna views like this result in bitter lessons.

 

 

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A CONCLUDING THOUGHT FOR THIS POST

If you read my MEME posts you know that laughter and humor are often better ways to get through to people than hammering them with raw – and sometimes brutal – facts and evidence and logic.  So, this is almost certainly a fabrication… but nevertheless, entertaining.

 

TO WHOM DOES THE LAND OF ISRAEL BELONG??

An Israeli Sense of Humour at United Nations set the record straight.  An ingenious example of speech and politics occurred recently in the United Nations Assembly and made the world community smile.  A representative from Israel began:

“Before beginning my talk I want to tell you something about Moses.  When he struck the rock and it brought forth water, he thought, ‘What a good opportunity to have a bath!”

Moses removed his clothes, put them aside on the rock and entered the water.  When he got out and wanted to dress, his clothes had vanished.  A Palestinian had stolen them!

The Palestinian representative at the UN jumped up furiously and shouted, “What are you talking about? The Palestinians weren’t there then.”

The Israeli representative smiled and said, “And now that we have made that clear, I will begin my speech.”

And humor about the UN and other things:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very often small bits of truth, wrapped in something funny, get through peoples’ mental barriers as what I call Thought Splinters.

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