Over the years, I have tried different methods of sticking up for the young lad who was outrageously accused of bombing the Boston Marathon. The methods included writing a book, becoming an amicus curiae, staging a small moot-court appeal in the Watertown Public Library, filing a RICO suit, requesting autopsies for Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Ibragim Todashev, petitioning for a Writ of Error Coram Nobis, and trying to get the judge impeached.

It’s not my job. I do not belong to the Bleeding Hearts Club. Don’t wanna do it anymore. Nevertheless, something made me write a song about the case. Today (November 28, 2022), I video’d myself reading the song aloud.  It then struck me that I had always been wasting my time trying to please the court by handling things formalistically. One does this when one is in sniffing distance of a courthouse. It’s a form of virtue signaling. (“Please believe me, Your Honor, I’m legally trained. Yes, whatever you say, Your Honor. I’ll cooperate in every particular. Thank you for honoring me by even looking at me.” Etc.)

I now see that the case against the lad, Dzhokhar (Jahar) Tsarnaev is so ridiculous that no one anywhere should put up with that guy being in prison.  He’s in ADX supermax federal prison. Oh, speaking of the fact that it’s a federal prison, please note that one of his crimes (I mean somebody else’s crimes) is the killing of a 27-year-old cop at MIT, Sean Collier. That crime should have been investigated by the state of Massachusetts, and I blame that state for neglecting its duty. The new governor, Her Excellency Maura Healey, should deal with it now.

There I go again! Always trying a second-tier approach.  OK, enough. I now offer you my Top Tier approach, and I ask for your support. This has gone on for way too long.  Nine years.

[Note: I have nothing to say about the carrying out of a bombing on April 15, 2013, on Boylston St, Boston near the Finish line of the Marathon. I am unable to study it, but have concentrated instead on the FBI’s nominating of 19-year-old Dzhokhar as the bomber. As soon as we clarify that he did not do it, that he was a classic patsy, we can zoom in on the real bombers, can we not?]

The Top Tier Approach

I’ll show the innocence of the accused in direct ways. Here we go:

1. It is said that Dzhikhar’s brother Tamerlan engaged in a shootout on Laurel St, Watertown. One cop, Ric Donahue, was said to have been seriously injured there. It is said that Tamerlan got accidentally run over by his brother (in a carjacked SUV, but that detail doesn’t matter), and bled to death. This is said to have happened at 12:35 am on April 19, 2013, four days after the Marathon.

Well, that is utterly impossible. He is clearly seen on CNN, live broadcast, around 1:05 am in good health. Not run over, not shot at, not bleeding. The CNN photographer, Gabe Ramirez, made a booboo by showing this scene in which the naked Tamerlan is being put into a cop car, as it negates the story of the Laurel St shootout.

Oh, and by the way, Tamerlan was pronounced dead at some point before 6 am, which means of course that he was killed in custody. “They” did not want him alive, as he was to be used to close out the case of the Marathon bombing, which, as you can now see, was done by someone else. I hope you are aware that the killing off of a patsy is standard office procedure.

2. A similar story involves the brother Dzhokhar, whom I refer to by the nickname Jahar. He, too, is said to have participated in the Laurel St shootout, indeed to have thrown an IED incendiary explosive device. (Drama!) That shootout occurred (but with other patsies) at 12.35 am. Ridiculously, Jahar is said to have escaped by car, and then abandoned the car, and was followed on foot by an officer who failed to catch him. I mean, come on.

The action then ended, but at daybreak, the MANHUNT began. This involved troops fully armed, entering the homes of many residents of Watertown and causing trauma. For unknown reasons the governor lifted the curfew at 7 pm, whereupon one man, David Henneberry, went out to his yard for a smoke. His shrink-wrapped boat was there. He allegedly peeked into it and saw blood. So he called 911.

But how did blood get there? The military flew helicopters with infrared cameras, which revealed a body in the boat, not moving.  I venture to guess Jahar had been drugged and placed there in order to be killed. A very large number of cops shot 228 bullets into the boat. I asked Sgt John McLennan of the Watertown police about this. He said they were not his men, they were from “agencies.” Please note that in America, we capture a suspect live, we don’t kill him.

On TV we could see the boy, Jahar, standing up getting ready to exit the boat. He is in good shape. No facial injury and no bending over in pain. We can all see a red laser light on his forehead as though the cops will kill him, which I grant could be justified if he presents a threat. Yet as soon as he enters Beth Israel hospital, he is declared to have all sorts of wounds needing surgery. How did he acquire those many wounds?

I deduce that he got wounded after he was captured. I think it’s obvious that the plan was to get rid of him, just as they got rid of Tamerlan, so he could not talk and refute the fairy story about being a Muslim jihadist who bombed a public event to show his hatred for America. Even months later, when we saw him on TV in a prison cell (giving the camera the finger), his face was lopsided.

Oh, I forgot to say that Jeff Campbell, member of the Special Team, said he saw a wound on Jahar’s neck that appeared to have been made by a knife. He told that to CNN’s Anderson Cooper who certainly did not inquire further about it. Have you noticed that reporters don’t ask probing questions anymore?

Are Two Deaths Enough?

So the point was to kill both brothers, although we must admit, one survived.  But there was another lad down in Orlando Florida — Ibragim Todashev — who would have enough information (perhaps about Tamerlan being an FBI informant) to upset the applecart. So he had to be killed and indeed was admittedly killed by the FBI. Three of them, plus a Florida state trooper, went to his home allegedly to take a statement. This is contrary to policy, he should have been told to go to their office. After many hours they shot him dead. It is said that he tried to throw a table at one of them. Note: earlier they said he took a samurai sword down from the wall. “Whatever.”

Another death had to be taken care of. The fiction authors of the Marathon bombing story included a couple of colorful scenes depicting the Tsarnaev brothers as fugitives. One scene was a carjacking of the rented SUV of Dun Meng, a Northeastern university student. The point of this for the “plot” was to have Tamerlan confess that he was the bomber, and it also made the SUV the means by which police could track this ‘confessed bomber’ as he drove to Watertown. (The carjackee, Dun Meng, ran away and was able to alert police.)

In fact, Meng allegedly also heard Tamerlan divulge voluntarily that he had just killed the MIT cop. This is the sole basis — and it is no basis at all — for Jahar to have been charged with the murder of that cop, Sean Collier.  May I point out, since I have abjured virtue-signaling, that no Boston based guy would dream of entering the formidable MIT campus for purpose of stealing a gun randomly from a cop. Yet that is what the brothers were accused of doing. Makes you wonder if the jurors were plants.  Your average Bostonian is not stupid. How could they take all this nonsense on board?

End of Story

I shan’t keep you occupied with any more of the dozens of things I could tell you to demolish this case. If you can’t figure out from the above 4 deaths (Jahar qualifying as a failed death) that the whole system is rotten, no amount of evidence will sway you.  You are devoted to the media’s story, and so Jahar must be guilty and worthy of the hangman’s rope. You’ve been had.

Who will join me in marching to the SDX Bastille to spring the prisoner? Are you willing to travel sans culotte to the wintry yards of ADX Colorado? Will you think of a better way for us in New England to say “Enough, enough!” Will you write a song?

 

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Lord Fauci is infamous for noting that there was no reason for people without symptoms to wear a mask. This made sense because the research said masking healthy people was pointless. Not long after, Fauci flip-flopped, so lawyers asked him about it under oath.

Related: Certified Industrial Hygienist Stephen Petty’s Senate Testimony on Why Masks Don’t or Can’t Work

 

Among his many public and private statements, he wrote in a Feb. 5, 2020, email that “the typical mask you buy in the drug store is not really effective in keeping out virus, which is small enough to pass through the material.” 

About two months later, Fauci and other top officials reversed course and issued widespread masking recommendations, regardless of symptoms.

Asked about the change while under oath on Nov. 23, Fauci couldn’t provide any studies, according to lawyers representing plaintiffs in a case against the federal government.

“He was asked what studies or study changed his mind in that interim, which is what he claimed—he claimed that it was studied. He couldn’t name any,” Jenin Younes, one of the lawyers, told The Epoch Times.

 

Masks became the very public face of the COID Cult, but their application was no less of a mystery than Fauci’s flip-flop. You were safe at a table in a crowded restaurant sans mask, but if you stood up to use the restroom without it, you’d get stern looks from the COVID Karens because everyone was suddenly at risk. But it made for entertaining blog content.

On Organization day for the state legislature, several Republicans were maskless. Democrats lost their hive mind, but since none of what they peddled as safety makes sense, I wrote this:

 

Following the CDC guidelines matters … So, if Republicans at organization day were pictured sitting at tables talking to a waiter or waitress and each other, this would all mean nothing. Which is to say, it still means nothing.

Face coverings are no more or less of a deterrent to the spread of SARS CoV2 than tables or waitresses. These are all just affectations.

 

And Fauci could not name a single study under oath that informed his decision to recommend masks because no such analysis would have justified the change.

After the recommendation to mask, it became a priority to craft some research, and they did, much the way they made up a story to destroy the reputation of Hydroxychloroquine. Hit pieces were designed, after the fact, to justify another government intrusion on liberty.

An affectation that was ineffective against the stated purpose and unhealthy in the name of public health.

And Big Medicine is wondering why a growing portion of the US population no longer trusts them. They can start by refusing to put up with asshats like Anthony Fauci, but that ship may have sailed with the pleasure barge paid for by Big Pharma on which many of these medical professionals are present.

Or is, is the fear of partisan political retribution that has you mum?

In either case, you’ll need to change the institutional notion of “first, do no harm” to “first, do no harm to your career.”

 

 

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If there was any doubt about where today’s military leaders stand on the woke agenda, Admiral Michael Gilday cleared it up in his recent congressional testimony. Rep. Jim Banks was asking the admiral about the suitability of a particular book on the navy’s recommended reading list. Among the outrageous claims in the book, the author argues that our country and our military are fundamentally racist. Banks asked the admiral how that book, and its presumption of systemic racism contribute in any way to morale and cohesion in our military forces.

Gilday responded: “I do know this: Our strength is in our diversity…”

It was the kind of response we might expect from a Miss America contender, nervously trying to explain why America is so great. Coming from a senior naval officer – the chief of naval operations – it was both astonishing and unnerving.

It was the kind of meaningless pablum liberals toss around to justify quota systems, discriminatory college admissions, and open borders. It’s never followed up with an explanation of just how diversity strengthens anything – especially our armed forces.

Most Americans abhor racism, and they welcome diversity in the workforce. But left-wing idealogues have become obsessed with it. They’ve managed to link racial imbalance to the illegal practice of discrimination. The fact is, the two are not necessarily connected. The vast majority of players in the NFL, for example, are people of color.

When leaders succumb to unwarranted pressure to diversify their workforce, time-honored guidelines and standards are inevitably waived or eliminated, and the organizations they lead becomes weaker, not stronger.

No organization can maximize its potential if it aims to artificially create a workforce that matches the make-up of our society at large. By focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion, it’s too easy to overlook the most competent, the brightest, and the most dedicated people – the ones who truly strengthen any given organization.

We would expect that our commercial airline pilots, our surgeons, and others who hold human life in their hands were chosen for those positions because of their competence, and not because they filled a quota. So how does it strengthen our military if the men and women tasked with keeping America safe are selected and promoted for that reason – simply to make our military more diverse?

People like Gilday probably believe they’re on the right side. They see themselves as social justice warriors, crusaders against racism. But racist, anti-American literature, like the book Gilday was defending, does nothing to promote racial harmony or bolster morale or military cohesion. Writing like that stimulates, propagates, and perpetuates racial animus.  And, unfortunately, woke gibberish, even when spoken by naval officers, can’t eliminate those residual, isolated cases of racism that still exist in our society.

Besides, woke warriors are never satisfied. Their goalposts keep moving, and their demands for diversity are never satiated. They’re always looking for another minority or special interest group that feels under-appreciated, demanding their seat at the table. Under the banner of diversity, equity, and inclusion, it’s only a matter of time before more trend-setters like Rachel Levine are vying for Gilday’s position.

It’s safe to say that most Americans watching Admiral Gilday’s testimony would have felt more confident in his leadership if he had told Rep. Banks that: “Racism is wrong. Critical race theory is wrong. Our strength is in our people – the very best, most dedicated people we can find – regardless of race, creed, or gender.”

Gilday is not the only senior military officer who chose to carry the woke guidon. During a congressional hearing, General Mark Miley, Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff, said that he wanted to better understand white rage. Like the term, white guilt, it’s another feel-bad expression introduced by woke warriors, intended to inflict shame on innocent Americans who have long ago embraced the Civil Rights Act and the concept of racial equality. Miley’s confusion over the new terminology is clear. He seemed to think that white rage had something to do with the January 6th incident at the Capitol.

In the best-case scenario, these military commanders haven’t really bought-in to the woke propaganda they’re spewing. If we’re lucky, they’re just kowtowing to a Commander-in-Chief who clearly has. Perhaps when Joe Biden leaves office, he’ll take his woke ideology with him, and our military leaders will experience a Colonel Nicholson moment, slapping their foreheads while muttering, “What have I done?”

It might help them to look back to the words attributed to an undisputed leader in history, Alexander the Great: “I am not afraid of an Army of lions lead by a sheep; I am afraid of sheep lead by a lion.”

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I briefly spoke to a group of newly elected NH House reps a few weeks back. Present at the function were members of NH Republican House “Leadership.” I noted the slim nature of their majority and said that we (GraniteGrok) might be able to help them with critical priorities.

That they should let us know.

Stone-faced Moa statues that lot, though I understand they spoke with Skip (later at a social event after the primary function) when he walked up to them. He said they were cordial.

If you failed to notice, we are not here for the “republican party.” We bash everyone equally because we are here for the principles. Ideas that most Democrats oppose and for which too many ‘republicans’ once stood or claimed to support or defend. When they do, we might give praise. When they don’t, it can get ugly.

That will continue until they water them down, and we can no longer support the party. The product of that mission is evident on these pages. We take Republicans to the woodshed the way you’d treat a cheating spouse.

Skip was so livid at their failures of conscience at one point that he divorced them; left the party. And many of us may have agreed with his why, but not all of us did that.

We often disagree on the finer points of policy, tactics, diplomacy, or candidate endorsements, to name a few. My point is that Granite Grok is not some monolithic establishment that demands obedience to some preset ideals. From 20,000 feet, sure, but as you dive down, there are differences of opinion that can come across as catty.

To help you understand how misunderstood this is, I was at a party, and someone who was in Republican leadership at the time scowled at me and said something about his being called a RINO on my website. My first thought was, were you being a RINO? What I said was, feel free to send me an op-ed refuting the accusations, and we’ll let the community decide. No message ever arrived, but my sense at the time was that because someone had said it on our pages, I had also “said it.”

Nope. That’s not how it works. It didn’t work that way when I was just another author, nor now as a co-owner and the guy who ensures we have content daily. My opinion is my own, which applies to everyone who writes or submits content we publish.

If Ed Mosca rakes you over the coals, take it up with Ed. You can write to me and complain about him, but I will tell you the same thing I said to the Republican at the party. Write a rebuttal, prove him wrong or misleading or missing details, and we’ll let the community hash it out.

Other authors’ problems with the way you “Republican” (or Democrat or Free State, or whatever) are not necessarily mine. And mine are not theirs. That’s not to say that if you email me and I decide to look into it, I might not pick a side, and it might not be theirs or yours.

GraniteGrok’s rule number two is to write about whatever you want. Rule number one is adult themes but “kid” friendly (and I don’t mean public school library groomer kid friendly). They can write about anything, usually politics, but those words and ideas belong to them. And while the odds are good that most of the words will be agreeable to a majority of ‘Grok authors, that’s not required in part or whole.

And the fact that we (or any Grokster) did not make time to dispute, question, or debate any published point by anyone else is not an endorsement of their speech.

But with the new session of the State legislature upon us and a razor-thin majority at play, I figured this was an excellent time to remind everyone, including Party Leadership, that Janet Jackson had it right when she said, “What have you done for me lately?”

Or, given that we’re small government folk, “what have you undone for me lately?” And you are always invited to disagree.

As you were.

(Note: I bolded that undone for Steve – I just had to do it as it is almost more important than doing.  Heck, it IS more important!  -Skip)

 

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Donald Yacavone is a self-described scholar and lifetime associate of African American studies at Harvard University. He visited the Norwich Bookstore last week to speak about his new book “Teaching White Supremacy”: America’s Democratic Ordeal and the Forging of Our National Identity”. Having seen the announcement on the Hanover Listserv, I was struck by this statement:

“Yacavone lays out the arc of America’s white supremacy from the country’s inception and Revolutionary War years to its nineteenth-century flashpoint of civil war to the civil rights movement of the 1960s and today’s Black Lives Matter.”

The inclusion of Black Lives Matter as a source of cultural necessity rather than as a denunciation of encroaching Marxism had me wondering if the author was another elite socialist masquerading as a scholar.

The term white supremacy, like racism, is losing its meaning from sheer overuse. Like so many other monikers created by the Marxists, it is being used as a combination warning label and insult to denigrate and defame anyone who is not a Marxist. A lack of linguistic integrity in both meaning and purpose is essential to effective political Marxism.

I have the distinct pleasure of having a brother who was a member of a white supremacist group throughout his teen years. His brief stint in prison in his early twenties, where racial supremacist groups/gangs are a matter of survival, only strengthened this twisted ideological view of his fellow man, and this despite having lived for a short period in a foster home run by a black family. Oddly, his time with them was not bad because of them or their race, they were Christians who treated him well. His bitterness was from the letdown suffered by our mom leaving our adulterous father. Essentially, he was fatherless by the age of three, which, like with so many young men, caused a cascade of emotional instability that made him susceptible to gang manipulation. In his case, it was the skinheads/Aryan Brotherhood. For a boy dealing with rejection and inferiority brought about by a deadbeat dad, the idea of being accepted in a superior group is comforting.

Why would I refer to this as a distinct pleasure? Because today my brother is also a Christian who no longer holds his white supremacist worldview. Sure, he still has a rough-around-the-edges way about him, and his opinions regarding people aren’t as refined as say a Harvard intellectual, but they’re also not as absurd. My brother is one of many redemption stories of fatherlessness wreaking havoc only to find an Almighty Father who can make all things new.

I grew up with the same parenting yet never embraced racial hatred. My best friend through middle school into high school, Lanny (short for Orlando), was mulatto and my friend group, largely thanks to sports, was as multicultural as it gets: Scott Lee (Chinese), Mike Nguyen (Vietnamese), Steve Amato (Italian-Jew), Benish Tharakan (Indian), Brian Williams (Native American) Raymond Nacoste (African American), Josh Rodriguez (Mexican), etc. My school was full of all types of ethnicities and virtually none of us held racial animus toward anyone. There were a few in our neighborhood but we all knew who they were, they ostracized themselves, and we shared a certain pity laced with hope for their eventual emancipation from bigotry.

Yacavone begins by claiming he set out to write about the abolitionists only to be inundated with textbooks in the Harvard Library system, mostly from the 1800s, that contained, to his dismay, blatant examples of pedagogical white supremacy. With the erudite sensitivity of a man of Ivy League culture, he pleads his case to an ironically all-white room in the wealthiest town in Vermont. A lone young black woman there to film the event sits at the back. She wears a mask and has a bright rainbow Black Lives Matter patch on her denim jacket. The spirit of progressivism is in the air.

Yacavone’s voice timbers as he recounts the shocking things said by men once considered great by other Americans. His eyes search the room for allies who agree America has always been naughty.

Certainly, the quotes he shares reveal a level of scientific ignorance common at those times. Not unlike the modern Ivy League, the people back then were quick to adopt the latest thing, in their case the idea of race and racial superiority. Though quick to name names Yacavone oddly left out mention of Charles Darwin, who authored perhaps the two greatest texts of white supremacy. Darwin describes native Australians, Mongolians, Africans, Polynesians, and Eskimos as “savages” 180 times in his book Descent of Man & 14 times in his first book, Origin of the Species. I wonder how he missed that.

Yacavone seems less interested in exposing the roots of white supremacy rather than hanging the guilt of adopting it on all of American history. Almost triumphantly he walks us back down corridors of American history to remind us of how ugly, benighted and naive we were as infants. He does so with an implicit moral authority although never tells us from whence his superior morality comes. Like with his audience’s political leanings, it’s assumed.

I can’t help but notice his examples run dry around the 1950s. After that, he relies on anecdotes, one from his hometown in Medford, Massachusetts. We learn of a black girl who says her time at school there caused her to hate being black. We don’t learn why she said it, or from what textbooks, just that she felt that way. This is not scholarship, this is gossip.

Yacavone summons us to recoil with similar horror from a story of a seventh-grade class of black children told by someone at the Boston Children’s Museum that they are not allowed to bring “food, water or watermelon” in with them. Likewise, this proves nothing about white supremacy from American texts as much as it does about a common ignorance of stereotyping and simple stupidity.

I am not Ivy League material, nor have I ever been more thankful for that fact. Yet I can see through Mr. Yacavone’s shoddy approach and incongruent argumentation. However he wasn’t there to win critical thinkers like me over, he was there to sell books to members of the cult of ideological supremacy. He’s a Marxist, whether he admits it or not, and they are the fastest-growing cult in America, and well-established in Cambridge book circles.

How can I say this with confidence? Rather than read the first part of his book, which is to watch him dig up the bones of ignorant Americans and slap them for being dead, I skip to the last chapter titled Renewing the Challenge. What is the threat today I wonder? Who is still teaching white supremacy in our schools? Turns out its Marxists like Mr. Yacavone who can’t accept what the rest of the country already had when we celebrated Sidney Poitier, Aretha Franklin, MLK, Clarence Thomas, Barbara Boxer, Condoleeza Rice, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Denzel Washingon, Oprah Winfrey, and Barack Obama. The living proof that America is not racist nor does it continue to espouse white supremacy, which may be, for Marxists like Yacavone, its greatest sin.

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In the late 50s into the 60s, Mao’s Communist China was convinced that the USSR had devolved into some pro-Bourgeoisie fascism. It was a significant point of disagreement. All it was was something other than Mao’s Marxism, and that interpretation is accurate for everything on the political left.

Fascism, or National Socialism, is Marxism/Communism/Leninism in any form that some other Marxists deem not Marxism.

Some modern Marxists may love China’s current version of Communism with Chinese Characteristics, but China’s Marxist brain trust a few decades earlier would name it a Fascist nation.

Joe Biden’s America is nearly a fascist nation by these standards or striving to be one. Fascist Governments are (simplified) communists who control property and production without owning it. But one could argue that given the character of Biden’s Administration and the goals of elected Democrats, the plan is to use fascism as a vehicle for Marxism while accusing everyone to their right (The way China had) of being the fascists.

 

No, the American Federal Government does not own or control the means of production, but they have oligarchs in Energy, Public Health, and increasingly in other sectors of the economy. And the accumulation of our National debt creates an excuse for a massive confiscation of private property (to save the nation or something). To do that, they will need a police state mentality or its equivalent, and such despotisms are inherently fascist.

And they insist we are the fascists.

 

So, are we fascists? Our authors and readers seek as little government power as possible to ensure maximum liberty without the historical chaos of anarchy. More private property, not less. Their goal is fewer intrusions by the government into the private sector because they distort the free market and price signals, and so on.

 

 

In other words, US Democrats call us fascists because we are to the right of them (and as projection, yes), but as long as no one challenges their definition of what a fascist is until they show people what it is and by then, it will be too late.

 

And they may still succeed, but there’s a problem. We have over 70 years of Marxist thought, which tells us that Fascists are just Marxists doing it wrong or not doing it correctly. We also know that Fascism, Socialism, and Democratic-Socialism all have the same goal. Marxism.

You only need to look at the power structure and methods of rule in each system to understand how closely related they are and how they share similar goals. What else can we do (and I mean, you, us, anyone) to help people understand these rudimentary facts?

It’s easy enough to see when you look at how they operate alongside each other. How do we break the Left’s Fascism narrative control and help people see the truth of it?

Anyone who disagrees with them is a fascist, no matter what their political inclinations.

 

 

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Once again, Douglas Lambert has fallen off the Political High Wire Act that has always been his downfall.  His hubris has caused him to believe, again (like the Ray Buckley incident) that he was politically invulnerable and impervious to any reaction.  He needs to RESIGN NOW from being an NH GOP Delegate and his Commissioner office.  There should be no impropriety from those that are elected representatives.

What will the NH GOP Chair Steve Stepanek and Executive Director Elliot Gault do about that first title and what are the two other Gunstock Area Commissioners, Wood and Conroy (who seem to be “pro-feminists” in outlook), going to do about the second?  After all, the Simple Assault, a Criminal Misdemeanor, was committed against a female during the October Belknap County Republican Committee and caught on three GraniteGrok cameras:

There was enough in this video for the Gilford Police to take note and file a report.  Yesterday, Douglas Lambert was arrested, booked, and charges brought by the Gilford Police Department.

There was also sufficient evidence in the video that a Judge has taken this charge to the next step in the process. I was to have the charges already but Life intruded.

The hearing is tomorrow at the Belknap County Superior Court (Court Street, Laconia) at 11am for an additional restraining order by the victim to keep Lambert away from her. Again, the Judge thought that there was sufficient merit to have scheduled a hearing rather than simply throwing the whole thing out of court.

That was the standing by Lambert – that it was a simple misunderstanding and that there was nothing there in the below video and it all should have been dismissed.  After reading the charges, I’ll be doing a more complete fisking of his own words in the video below versus what the charges hold later.  Certainly, there was enough there “there” such that Douglas Lambert was stripped of his Belknap County Republican Committee General Membership status by the General Members at the November BCRC Meeting by a vote of 23 to 13 (3 abstentions):

And yes, the charge is public record – the Gilford Police Log:

Gilford Police Department                    Page: 1
Dispatch Log From: 11/08/2022 Thru: 11/08/2022 0000 – 2359 Printed: 11/09/2022

For Date: 11/08/2022 – Tuesday
Time         Call              Reason

<snip>

1050                                  Service of Paperwork
Location/Address:         FARMER DR

Oh, and let’s not forget that Douglas tried to intimidate me back in August to silence me in all this foolferol concerning Gunstock by accusing me of stealing his wife’s identity and pointing his bony finger in telling his lawyer that I’m a great suspect:

I do wonder if his wife still doesn’t know that he sent this to me? In any case, I’ve not heard from Lambert nor his lawyer about this “issue”. Nor did Lambert ever forward that “threatening” voice mail he alleges that I sent. My promise still stands – send it and I’ll post it no matter if it makes me look good or bad. Frankly, I don’t think there is one that makes him look better than I or he would have sent it already.

I am planning on being that hearing with cameras and if he decided to have me called to the stand, I’ll show the judge that text as to “temperment, intent, and motive” on my phone.

Speaking of his vaunted “the bony finger” imagery that he is oft wanting to do verbally, I just have to include it in this post as it was wagged in my face after he was kicked out of the meeting:

Dang, how did those words get in there?

 

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Here is a brilliant strategy … if you want to lose (AGAIN) in 2024. Continue to mock and insult Trump voters. Continue to pretend that the 2020 election was the safest, most secure, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, election in history, that Zuckerbucks didn’t matter, that the censorship of the Hunter laptop didn’t matter, etc. etc. etc.:

Of course, as I have said before, “winning” to GOP-eunuchs like Mikey Graham and Patsy Hynes does NOT mean beating the Democrats. It means controlling the Party … which is why they continue to be obsessed with Trump.

This loser-mentality is not manifested just in Trump-derangement. Check out this tweet from one of the “intellectual leaders” of the GOP. Send me to Concord, so I can fight for the big developers!

I just can’t wait to vote in 2024 to increase the profit margins of big developers! (HEAVY, HEAVY, HEAVY sarcasm.) And yet some people wonder why the NHGOP can’t turn out voters. This is a great message IF your universe of voters are KOCH-bots. As election after election after election shows us, the Koch-themes do NOT resonate in New Hampshire.

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A grand jury has indicted Democrat County Supervisor Trey Adkins on 82 felony counts of election fraud, including having “relied on an illegal absentee vote harvesting scheme since he was first elected to public office in 2011, repeating the process in his 2015 and 2019 bids for re-election.”

 

Investigations have shown that the scheme included hundreds of absentee ballots per election cycle and Adkins, with the help of his aunt, is said to have personally run the operation, showing up at the homes of voters himself with absentee applications and ballots to ensure he would have their vote. As Buchanan County is a small community, the margin of victory in Adkins’ election was only within a couple of hundred votes, giving his scheme all the more impact.

 

Trey’s aunt was also involved: Sherry Lynn Bailey, … “is facing 12 charges (including)4 counts of False Statement – Election Fraud, 4 counts of Conspiracy to Make a False Statement, and 4 counts of Forgery of Public Record.”

So there are Democrats who have, for at least a decade, been using mail-in ballots to steal elections and relatives of those candidates willing to help.

Before you get too excited, you must remember what Biden, Democrats, and the press have been telling us. We have safe, secure election in the United States. The Virginia state police, courts, and anyone else who believes Adkins is guilty of mail ballot fraud is just an election denier.

And anyone who calls you that is an Election Fraud Denier.

 

 

HT | National File

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They’re flying so thick and fast it is amazing.  And take heart – there will be a Meme Overflow and I will back-edit to include the link.  And there will likely be a Friday Meme Overflow-Overflow.  Last week’s Overflow.

Remember, ridicule and mockery are effective weapons:

1. Ridicule cannot easily be fought
2. Ridicule makes the enemy angry, and angry people make mistakes
3. For those in the “squishy middle” a Thought Splinter (and Part II and Part III and Part IV) can often be hidden inside humor.

Now, let the mockery and mayhem begin.

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

 

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But first, a random sampling of three of my cartoons.  Please note these are my concepts but I pay a professional to do them.

 

 

Buy the coffee mug!

 

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I’ve been skeptical of Michelle Obama being a tranny.  But a number of pictures have shown up from across Obama’s early years with Barackus and Michael, described as his “close friend”.  The faces do bear an uncanny resemblance.

There was one picture, though, that – assuming no editing – cemented it for me (wish I’d saved it).  A deformity on “Michael’s” arm… scar or birth defect, I’m not sure.  And it matches “Michelle’s” arm.  Now, this.  And I’ve seen a video of Barackus saying MICHAEL.  (Again, assuming no editing or deep-faking.)

Like Barackus’ “slip” My Muslim faith… in which, whether as a Jew or formerly as an atheist, I cannot imagine making that kind of a slip.

 

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To all those who say “That couldn’t happen here”… there are 20 million Ukrainians dead in the Holodomor that were starved to death in an attempt to create the Socialist Utopia.

 

 

The world has seen over 100 million civilians murdered in the pursuit of Socialism.

Remember that Trump was rolling all that back.  He was, indeed, making America great again.  And to the Socialist, this was anathema.  He HAD TO BE STOPPED.  So, given the perspective that they’ve murdered millions, what’s a million-odd Americans to stop their hated enemy?  I am firmly convinced the Democrats aided and abetted the importation and spread of Covid, as well as helping the body count, to discredit Trump.

 

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Hence the open war on history, on every tradition, on the family, on everything that has made America specifically, and Western Civilization generally, great.  You cannot honestly tell me you can look at what’s happening with all the “woke” stuff and not see the above being done.

 

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Good catch!  That cannot be accidental.

I was discussing this, and similar, things with people on Telegram.  One thing I noted was Thomas Sowell’s observation that – if you are of the Elite mentality – you cannot believe the same thing as the “seething masses”.  For how can you be superior if you believe the same thing the common man believes.  Thus, the Elites MUST adopt beliefs that “set them apart”.  If the common man believes pedoville is a bad place to be, you MUST think the opposite.  This applies to almost everything they choose to believe.  Try it as a thought exercise.

Knowing your enemy includes understanding how they think, and what motivates them.  EGO in this case is their motivator: the belief they really are made from finer clay.

 

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Palate Cleansers:

 

‘Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.”

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America’s four most popular sports are all in season right now, and the sports betting industry is loving it. Last year, the industry generated $4.29 billion in revenue from the $57.22 billion wagered.

Through June 30 this year, $3.04 billion in sports betting revenue have been collected – a rate that will surpass last year’s record. By 2025, revenue is estimated to exceed $7 billion, according to Morgan Stanley.

The US sports betting industry is growing at a rapid pace as more states join the legalization of the industry. Legal domestic sports betting is available in 31 US states, plus D.C. New Jersey was the first state to legalize online casinos in the country, and now there are around 30 legal online casinos in NJ with great popularity and a variety of games and exclusive features for its players. In this blog post, we will take a look at the US sports betting industry in 2022.

The current state of the US sports betting industry

In the past, betting on sports was a taboo activity that was largely limited to underground bookies. However, the landscape has changed dramatically in recent years, and sports betting is now a multi-billion dollar industry. In 2018, the US Supreme Court struck down a federal law that had effectively banned sports betting, clearing the way for states to legalize and regulate the activity. Since then, more than a dozen states have passed laws legalizing sports betting, and many more are considering doing so. The result is an industry that is growing rapidly and attracting a lot of attention from investors. With more states expected to join the fray in the coming years, The future of sports betting in the US looks very optimistic.

How online sportsbooks are impacting the industry

The online sports betting industry is booming and shows no signs of slowing down. With the click of a button, bettors can now place wagers on their favorite sports teams from the comfort of their own homes. This convenience has made online sportsbooks incredibly popular, and they are now starting to have a major impact on the industry as a whole.

While traditional brick-and-mortar sportsbooks are still the dominant force in the industry, online sportsbooks are quickly gaining ground. In fact, some analysts believe that online sportsbooks will eventually overtake their offline counterparts in terms of market share. This trend is happening for several reasons. First and foremost, online sportsbooks offer a level of convenience that offline sportsbooks cannot match. Bettors can log into their accounts and place wagers at any time of day or night without having to travel to a casino or racetrack. Second, online sportsbooks often offer better odds and more generous bonuses than offline sportsbooks. This makes them much more attractive to savvy bettors who are looking to maximize their winnings. Finally, online sportsbooks are generally much more user-friendly than offline sportsbooks, making them easier for new bettors to use.

The rise of online sportsbooks is having a major impact on the industry as a whole. Traditional offline sportsbooks are being forced to adapt in order to compete with their online rivals. The result is a more competitive and dynamic industry that can better meet today’s bettors’ needs.

The future of sports betting in the US

The future of sports betting in the United States looks promising. bookmakers are already legally operating in several states, and more states are expected to pass legislation in the coming years. The popularity of online betting sites has also grown in recent years, making it easier than ever for American consumers to place bets on their favorite sports teams. As the industry continues to grow, it is likely that bookmakers will increasingly look to the US market for growth opportunities. This could lead to more innovation in the products and services offered to American bettors and greater competition among bookmakers. In short, the future of sports betting in the US looks bright. There are many reasons to believe that the industry will continue to grow in both size and popularity in the years to come.

States where sports betting is legal in 2022

Which states allow gambling on sports? More than 20 US states have legalized state-regulated sports betting, though New Mexico does not qualify because of the tribal loophole.

Many states have authorized sports gambling but have yet to launch any sportsbooks, while others are still in the process of legislation.

Below is a list of states that have passed legislation approving domestic sports betting, as well as those with active legislation pending:

 

Arizona	Arkansas	Colorado	Connecticut	Delaware	Florida	Illinois
Indiana	Iowa	Kansas	Louisiana	Maine	Maryland	Massachusetts
Michigan	Mississippi	Montana	Nebraska	Nevada	New Hampshire	New Jersey
New Mexico	New York	North Carolina	North Dakota	Ohio	Oregon	Pennsylvania
Rhode Island	South Dakota	Tennessee	Virginia	West Virginia	Washington	Washington D.C
Wisconsin	Wyoming

 

The Significance of States’ Rights in Regards to Domestic Sports Betting

In 2011, the United States Department of Justice altered the opinion that The Wire Act only affected US-based online sports gambling businesses. After this change, states were then able to pass legislature legalizing online casinos and poker games.

The application of this law changed in 2018 with the repeal of PASPA, and it was clarified again in 2019. Now the Act only bans interstate gambling transmissions for state-regulated gambling. This means that businesses cannot accept wagers across different state lines. The courts are currently on political battlegrounds over the interpretation of the Wire Act, so its applications could change soon.

PASPA was a federal ban prohibiting states from legalizing and conducting sports betting enterprises. Some people argued that this ban was unconstitutional because it went against states’ rights. After being sued by the major sports leagues in the US, New Jersey decided to do something about PASPA.

In a Supreme Court case that would have nationwide implications, New Jersey argued that PASPA violated their rights when they tried to authorize sports betting in 2014. Fortunately, the state came out on top, with many now looking to them as an example for future cases. The United States Supreme Court ruled that PASPA was unconstitutional and has now given individual states the authority to regulate sports wagering.

In the aftermath of PASPA’s repeal, an unprecedented number of states have legalize sports betting. Today, over half of the US states offer legalized sports betting. Sports betting has been authorised even in Puerto Rico, which is not technically a state.

Conclusion

In the United States, the sports betting industry is currently in a state of flux. Online sportsbooks are having a major impact on the industry, and it is unclear what the future will hold. However, in 2022, sports betting are legal in many states across the country. The Significance of States’ Rights in Regard to Domestic Sports Betting could have a major impact on how this industry develops in the coming years.

 

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One of the fun things about the Political left is that sometimes they get so invested in a narrative that they forget about blowback. Calling anyone who dares to challenge election results they don’t like an election denier is a great example. And these Democrats not only denied this election they were taking it to court.

Related: Priceless: Kari Lake Has 150 Examples of Election Denial by Democrats and the Media

A narrow victory by an incumbent Republican resulted in a request for a recount, which is sensible given the margin was only 23 votes. After the recount, the Democrat challenger had a one-vote margin of victory but there was a new problem. The number of ballots recounted did not match the original number of ballots cast. Republicans challenged the result and the Secretary of State called for a recount of the recount.

Democrats sued to block it and here’s where the narrative blowback happens.

 

Democrats responded by asking a judge to issue an order permanently banning the secretary of state from reopening the recount. They also accused Scanlan and the GOP of wanting “to conduct recount after recount until they achieve their desired result.”

 

I can’t count the number of races in the last few years where Democrats kept counting until their guy or gal or guygalgalguy won. It’s how they run elections, and any objection is labeled election denial. The judge agreed with the Secretary of state, and the result was a Republican victory, this time by 26 votes.

New Hampshire’s Election-denying Democrats were preparing to bring the matter before the Ballot Law Commission but then changed their minds.

 

Democratic attorney Bill Christie informed his Republican counterparts Sunday night that his clients, Ward 6 candidate Maxine Mosley and Senate Minority Leader Donna Soucy (D-Manchester) would not be going forward with their appeal to the Ballot Law Commission as planned.

“It appears that the Manchester Ward 6 race is over,” GOP attorney Richard J. Lehmann told NHJournal. But not before putting Granite State Democrats in the politically problematic position of trying to prevent lawfully-cast votes from being counted and echoing the “election denial” arguments of Donald Trump.

 

I get that they wanted the seat. NH Dems made some significant gains in the NH House but not enough to claim the majority. The Republican majority is razor-thin. One seat can change a lot from who gets elected speaker to committee chairmanships to legislative priorities. But maybe it wasn’t worth the continued degradation of a well-worn narrative.

 

 

 

HT | NH Insider

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The economy is a numbers game. Do I feel the numbers are manipulated? Absolutely. An example is the unemployment numbers falsely reported for September and October and then corrected after the midterm elections.

You cannot go into an election with bad economic indicators, which is usually terminal for the Party in power. Though I am not sure, it would have mattered this year as the electorate is either okay with a lousy economy or simply ignorant of the facts. I am going with the latter.

A case in point of the level of awareness of government activity would be a couple of weeks ago on the game show Jeopardy. All three contestants failed to answer a clue that read, “She’s the first Black woman on the Supreme Court and the first justice to have been a federal public defender.” Nobody on this panel of geniuses knew who Ketanji Brown Jackson was, and this sent CNN host Don Lemon over the edge. It shouldn’t because he and his network are partly to blame for the lack of public knowledge of current events. If they had reported all the news accurately, one of these three might have picked up some cash.

But, back to the economy. We just came off a week where most Americans experienced the highest food costs in history due to Joe Biden’s inflation and/or recession. Airline rates are still so high that many college students stayed at school for the break, unable to pay for a round-trip flight. The traffic on the highways was lighter than usual because gas and diesel prices were still too high for leisure travel. People in cold climate regions are starting to see home heating bills, which will further pinch the budget. Things are not getting better, and for most folks, the economy is still on the slide. But not according to our President Joe Biden. He addressed the nation last week, looked us right in the eye, and told us how strong his economy is. How does he afford the gas for that light he is shining in America’s eye? I guess when you are staying for free in a $20 Million beachfront home on Nantucket for Thanksgiving week, everything looks great, even his horrendous economy.

Biden has been lying to America about the economy since he and Jen Psaki were trying to convince everyone that the economic downturn and rising gas prices were all the fault of Vladimir Putin. It didn’t work then and will not now. Or will it? It worked for the Democrats in the Midterms. One thing looming is the possibility of a rail strike next week. This work stoppage was not supposed to happen as Joe Biden took a victory lap in September. The “Union” President bragged that he could get everyone on board to new contracts and avoid a crippling strike. Like the economy numbers, this false info worked for the Midterms, and now we can deal with the reality.

The economy, gas prices, inflation, recession, rail strike, and student loan forgiveness were all misrepresented by Biden and the Republicans. Biden promised the most transparent administration in history, and he is correct. We can see every lie this President is feeding us. The only thing we can count on is two more years of Biden and mistruths ahead of us.

 

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It looks like you are not the only carbon they want to reduce. The Climate Cult is building a narrative around pet ownership and how it is a threat to the planet.

Related: The Elites’ Want You to Eat Bugs – But They are Toxic to Humans

“According to a 2017 study, feeding dogs and cats creates the equivalent of around 64 million tons of carbon dioxide in the US each year. That’s roughly the same impact as 13.6 million cars on the road. And, if our furry friends formed a separate country, it would rank 5th in global meat consumption behind China, the US, Brazil and Russia, according to UCLA professor and author of that study Gregory Okin,” CNN stated.

 

I think the crazy liberal cat ladies need to riot. Sorry, I meant protest. You already have the pussyhat (or know someone who does). Just repurpose it for this. Stand up for a woman’s right to own cats. Or, you could consider the alternative. Take them off a diet with foods they need (meat) and put them on something the Left is trying to convince us has a smaller carbon footprint. Plants.

 

The news outlet added that most of the carbon pawprint comes from their diet, which is extremely high in meat and so requires a lot of resources (including energy, land, and water) to create.

 

Impossible dog and cat chow. They could make it with impossible beef and the potentially (or is it Impossibly) filthy processing plant in Pennsylvania. And that’s the impossible solution to the impossible dream of the people who would end the moment world based on decades of predictions that failed to come true.

But this time, they are right. And if that means declining your quality of life or that of the company you keep (people or pets), it’s a price they are willing to make you pay.

I also think the CNN pet food piece was a trial balloon, so keep your eyes open for more like it.

 

 

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The Nashua City Charter serves as our local constitution for city government, and the ordinances serve as the laws. It works best when we follow the rules. But in the last four years, the rules no longer matter.

Under the Nashua Revised Ordinance [NRO], the city must have a five-member Ethics Committee, with appointments nominated by the Mayor.

The Mayor has not appointed anyone to the Ethics Committee since 2017. The committee ceased to function in 2019. The last members were Dearborn Wingate (term expired in 2015), Tim Bush, Sindiso Mnisi-weeks, and Mike Tabascko.

In the last four years of Mayor Donchess’ reign, the city has faced several ethics allegations, none forwarded to the Ethics Committee.

When a single political party runs a City, it is unlikely they will investigate their own, and the Mayor’s neglect in appointing members to the Ethics Committee without any Board objection amplifies his unchecked powers. Board members need his money to back their campaigns.

To compound this, there is an old guard of city leaders that have long-standing personal friendships among themselves and leadership, that prevent the critical and objective review necessary to call out misconduct. When leaders sit in the chamber together to do business and regularly sit in the bar together chumming it up, they develop blind spots for seeing and correcting abuse.

Based on the NRO Ethics Committee complaint section, “Any individual having information that a municipal employee.., is engaged in improper activities or has a conflict of interest .., may file his or her complaint with the City Solicitor/Corporation Counsel, who shall forthwith submit said complaint to the Ethics Review Committee.”

In 2019, I hired, at my own expense, a private investigator to observe an assessor who I believed was not doing his job; My attempts to convey my concerns with the City leadership were disregarded. The Standard of Conduct that would trigger a committee review would be if an employee “Pursues a course of conduct which will raise suspicion among the public that he is likely to be engaged in acts that are in violation of his trust.”

After a month-long investigation, it was discovered the assessor was sleeping in his car in city parking lots and/or using a personal computer while signing out on an office white board that he was visiting properties. Additionally, in a conflict of interest, he came to my home to review the assessment his brother has done on the property. Unsurprisingly, he agreed with his brother’s work.

The private investigator’s report was presented to Attorney Bolton and Mayor Donchess. In violation of the City law to report this alleged misconduct to the Ethics Committee, Attorney Bolton dismissed the report, within 24 hours, finding the report had no merit. The Department of Revenue investigated and produced a report that did find misconduct and sanctioned the assessor for violating public trust. Why were Concord leaders willing to conduct an ethics investigation, but Nashua leaders were not?

A single party system can easily lead to unchecked unethical conduct. What the Republicans did in Washington to defend Trump’s action on January 6, 2021 and not impeach, is no different than what Nashua leadership does to defend Mayor Donchess and promulgate unethical behavior in City Government.

The Ethics Committee should be convened to:

[1] investigate Mayor Donchess’ use of the public access TV station to run a personal public relations ad last year to campaign in support the charter change that would permit the Mayor to appoint the Police Commissioners. The Board of Alderman did not vote to approve this. Using his Mayor power, he ordered TV time to pitch his personal agenda. The Democratic Board of Alderman looked the other way, just like the D.C. Republicans did with Trump.

[2] investigate the handling of information requests by the City and Legal office. There have been too many costly lawsuits with no substantive changes to correct these problems. The State Attorney General’s office does not have a municipal division and will not accept municipal complaints, so local power to enforce is critical.

[3] Investigate the conduct of Attorney Bolton in his ability to follow his professional conduct codes with regard to his duty to provide administrative oversight to the Attorneys and staff of the Nashua’s legal office and investigate the misuse of taxpayer money.

[4] to investigate the destruction of public documents by Board of Alderman members who believe when they read a letter into the public record during a public meeting, they can tear it up, on camera, and announce their willful act to deny the public the information.

[5] investigate the Board of Alderman and their inability to conduct themselves per their professional code of conduct. The Mayor is leading the effort to gaslight citizens who speak contrary to his viewpoints, violating their constitutional rights and creating costly federal lawsuits and personal lawsuits against individual members of the Board. The Board of Aldermen are modelling the Mayor’s tactics and amplifying the gaslighting.

Mayor Donchess had created a viscously partisan city with the Board of Alderman happy to execute his divisive plans rather than represent their constituents. The Mayor’s neglect in appointing an Ethics Committee has allowed the City to lose its moral compass. Sadly, under Mayor Donchess’ leadership, Nashua has become a lot like Washington, DC.

 

Youtube video of Timmons tearing up letter read into the record:

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Falls are one of the most common types of accidents on construction sites all over the country, and the HSE estimates that almost half of construction-related injuries result from falls from height.

If you’re a project manager or developer, this is something that should always be at the back of your mind. You want your employees to be as safe as possible for their well-being and to prevent disruption on job sites. Having too many accidents could also get the attention of inspectors and leave you open to legal action. Let’s take a look at a few ways that you can prevent falls at a construction site.

Provide Employees with the Proper Protective Equipment

Protective equipment can be used to reduce the damage caused by falls and to prevent them from happening. All your employees should be provided harnesses and lanyards. Also make sure they wear hi-vis jackets, non-slip shoes and hard hats. If you want to source these items cheaply, look for PPE Suppliers that sell a wide variety of PPE for construction as they will usually have better prices. Also, check if you can bundle your purchases for a discount.

Clean Up as Often as Possible

You also have to make sure that everyone cleans up their station when they’re finished and that spills are cleaned up immediately. Have signs ready in case a spill happens so it can be identified and easily visible. Make sure that you always have spill-control supplies on hand. And, if there is a specific procedure for dealing with spills, make sure that everyone is well aware of it and that there is documentation available for people to consult.

Make Risk Assessment a Priority

Daily walkthroughs should be performed to make sure that any hazard is identified. This is something that should be conducted by a safety officer or a qualified employee. They should check the state of fall arrest systems, and the integrity and stability of the scaffolding, guardrails, and ladders, among other things.

You should also teach your employees to perform inspections. While they shouldn’t be put in charge of inspection for all employees, this will help them identify issues themselves and correct them before they get to work.

Continuously Work on Training and Recruit Properly

One of the biggest reasons for falls is the workers themselves and having a good workforce that is properly trained will make a big difference. So, make sure that your employees are properly vetted and look beyond their qualifications.

Test their safety knowledge and quiz them on specific situations where they have seen safety issues. Ask them what they did to deal with those situations too. And have a strict continuous training programme that will ensure that your employees are always up to date on the latest safety measures.

These are all things that will allow you to significantly reduce the risk of falls on any construction site. Have all the tools and documentation necessary for employees to work safely, make sure to double-check everyone before your days, and always stay on top of the latest rules if you want to have all of your bases covered.

 

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NH Resolution 2023-0275, sponsored by JD Bernardy (Rockingham District 16), brings the resolution to adopt New Hampshire as the 20th state to move toward a Convention of States (COS).

Bernardy, husband, and father of three, is a veteran of the United States Navy and a graduate of Franklin Pierce Law Center. The resolution has been bandied about and considered for several years. However, the recent increase in bipartisan agreement among Americans whose common concern for the issue COS intends to address, namely term limits, fiscal accountability, and regulatory controls is gaining serious momentum.

What is a Convention of States exactly? Essentially it is a political safety clause enshrined by the founders in Article V of the Constitution that protects the people in the event of a non-responsive federal government. You may be thinking the US government, which is the largest body in the world, is doing all kinds of things in response to the people’s wishes, however, that isn’t the case. The three issues COS wishes to address have long been wanted by the vast majority of Americans, however, it takes the very people in government to act against their own interests.

Leaders with integrity and accountability to their bosses (i.e. we the people) would have acted by now, but they haven’t. Rather than adopt the highly popular term limit request of Americans they instead vote themselves raises. Instead of balancing the budget, they’ve spent it nearly to collapse, and it appears to have been done on purpose. Taxes and inflation are crippling Americans, and billions are being given to one of the most corrupt nations in Ukraine while Americans struggle to pay for food, gas, and even shelter. And federal regulations for carbon use, ESG scores, and a rumored climate lockdown are stacking up like cars in rush hour traffic.

There has never been a better moment to call for a Convention of States, but it’s a race against time. Playing by the rules the states need 34 to adopt the resolution (we’re currently at 19) at which point the states will select delegates to attend the convention. The issues will be brought forth, debated, and hopefully the big three adopted if the convention is able to keep the will of the people as the top priority.

Other states with resolutions on the floor this year include South Dakota, Iowa, New Mexico, Virginia, and North Carolina. If all pass we would have twenty-five needing only nine more to call the convention.

This sounds like such a no-brainer it’s a wonder there are any critics, yet there are. Mostly they are motivated by maintaining the status quo, which means feeding at the federal trough at the expense of we the taxpayers. To keep this merry-go-round of largesse they use the typical fear tactics, among legislators, in the media, and among “experts” who pump worry into a largely under-informed population who might buy what they’re selling. Remember, they’re the ones who got us into this mess, and it was our ignorance and lack of participation that allowed it.

How can you take action to help? For starters get educated on the basics of the resolution and consider taking a Constitution Alive course (great to do with family too). For maximum momentum these courses can also be held at your school, church, work or library where you can see first-hand the desire of your neighbors to make this happen.

Contact your representative by phone or email and tell them your concerns and desires. If by mail most reps, even those opposed to the bill, are more likely to listen if you personalize rather than send a pre-scripted version.

New Hampshire has some 12,000 signers and supporters moving the state in this direction. New Hampshire also has the third largest legislative body in the world, which means it understands the need for representation of, rather than recalcitrance toward, its citizens. To add your name to the petition click this link.

NH Assistant State Director for Convention of States is Al Brandano who you can find out more about and connect with here.

If you’d like to join a weekly conference call and ask questions of either Al Brandano or Regional Director Susan Peters:

• NH call is the last Wednesday of the month (link here)
• VT call is 605-472-5530 Mondays at 6:30pm -7:15pm (access code 712320)
• To speak with JD Bernardy call 603-969-5796.

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There are a couple of lawsuits in New Hampshire challenging the New Hampshire School Boards Association (NHSBA) transgender JBAB policy. This time, Ohio parents filed a lawsuit based on what you would find in the JBAB policy that has been adopted in several schools throughout New Hampshire.

For many years, the NHSBA pushed this harmful policy on New Hampshire schools. They finally retracted their support for JBAB after a few parents in New Hampshire filed lawsuits against their local. Unfortunately, JBAB remains as a policy in many schools in New Hampshire. Parents should know that their tax dollars are used to financially support the NHSBA when the district pays dues out of your school budget.

JBAB not only says that biological males and females can use the restroom of their opposite sex, it also includes a provision that forces school personnel to lie to parents if a student requests a name change at school.

I have been told that girls in the Manchester School District have been refraining from using the restroom based on the JBAB policy. Some of them do not want to share the restroom with biological males. Parents and students in other NH districts have also reported to their school boards that some girls are uncomfortable using the restroom under these conditions.

From the article: Ohio school district sued for transgender bathroom policy that caused students to ‘hold their urine’ (emphasis mine)

An Ohio school district is facing a lawsuit from a group of Muslim and Christian parents after allowing students to use bathrooms corresponding to their stated gender identity rather than their biological sex.

America First Legal filed the federal lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of the parents against Bethel Local School District, located north of Dayton, accusing the district of violating the Title IX protections of students and infringing on parental rights.

According to the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, the Bethel school board adopted a new policy in January 2022 that allowed students to use bathroom facilities based on their gender identity. Previously, transgender students predominantly used a gender-neutral bathroom, according to the lawsuit.

The interfaith group of parents who sued Tuesday say the district is infringing on their ability to exercise their religious beliefs and to direct the upbringing of their children by forcing them to conform to the district’s policy favoring transgender students. The lawsuit also says the district has violated Title IX and Ohio law by implementing the policy.

AND

Since the policy has been in place, the lawsuit claims that the children of the plaintiffs have felt uncomfortable using the bathroom at school and have resorted to “hold[ing] their urine and avoid[ed] using the restroom at school if at all possible.”

“If the students have to use the restroom, it causes them anxiety and emotional distress because of Bethel’s policies,” the lawsuit says. “It also assaults their modesty as they fear that they will be exposed to the opposite sex.”

The changes were met with concern from community members who “tried to find solutions that would value and respect all members of the community” but were ignored by the board.

In one instance, the lawsuit says a group of local Muslims donated money to the school district to build a gender-neutral bathroom adjacent to existing bathrooms so that transgender students could use that facility. The district built the bathroom but failed to inform the donors it would not require transgender students to use it, the lawsuit claims.

If any New Hampshire students are in the same predicament, feel free to reach out to me at banfieldannmarie@gmail.com. I will check to see if any legal actions against local schools are underway in New Hampshire too.

 

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Morrill was a 12 year old paper boy for the Bangor Daily News when he won a trip to Washington, D.C. It was a trip he would never forget, and his stop at Arlington National Cemetery made an indelible impression on the young lad from Maine.

The experience followed him throughout his life. As he became a successful businessman, he remembered that his good fortune was due, in large part, to the veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice and were resting for eternity in Arlington. Merrill would find a way to honor them. That is why Merrill Worcester is this week’s Sunday Spotlight.

Morrill Worcester is the owner of Worcester Wreath Company of Harrington, Maine. In 1992, Morrill found himself with a surplus of wreaths near the end of the holiday season. He remembered that trip to D.C., and with the help of his state senator, arrangements were made to transport those wreaths to Arlington. The wreaths were placed on the stones in one of the older sections that saw fewer visitors each year.
That act of respect and love for those who had given their all began Wreaths Across America.

The annual tribute went on quietly until 2005 when the now famous picture I have used as the feature image of this article appeared on the internet. Instantly, thousands of requests poured in from across the country from people who wanted to emulate the wreath-laying in their local veteran’s cemeteries. In 2006, wreaths were placed in 150 locations; today, that number has grown to over 1,000 cemeteries nationwide. Each year, a wreath from upstate Maine is also laid on every stone in Arlington. In 2014, Morrill’s goal of adorning the over 225,000 stones in Arlington National Cemetery was met.

What started as a small gesture has become a nationwide effort by thousands of volunteers, along with the generous help of dozens of organizations, including the trucking industry, that help to transport these wreaths from Maine to their various destinations. Each year, on the second or third Saturday in December, these trucks depart Harrington and form the largest Veteran’s Parade in the country, as these trucks branch out across this land.

Morrill Worcester is a true Patriot with immense love for this country that has afforded so much for him and his family. He shares that love and patriotism with the many programs he has started to teach the younger generation about the history of the men and women who have died for us. WAA works to create opportunities to connect “the Greatest Generation” with the “Generation of Hope,” passing on inspirational stories from World War II veterans to the young leaders of the future.

Morrill Worcester teaches us a great lesson with Wreaths across America. He has shown that one man with a vision and drive can impact a country and its people. A man with a dream has grown into a volunteer army of thousands who share his love, patriotism, and desire to honor every man and woman who has given their life to preserve the freedom we enjoy.

You can help by going to wreathsacrossAmerica.org and donating or volunteering to help. Hopefully, Morrill’s dream will live on for years to come as an annual act of patriotism to honor our fallen brothers and sisters.

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If you’ve not seen the ads, the movie is called Strange World, which is ironic. The film includes a gay teen, accepting biracial parents, and a disabled dog. In other words, it is the template for every commercial you see on television (minus the disabled part for the dog).

Not strange at all, unless you’re talking about another Disney opening weekend box office flop! Their biggest opening flop ever?

 

The new Disney animated movie, “Strange World,” opened to a disappointing $4.2 million on Wednesday and is expected to make less than $24 million in its first five days in theaters. For a movie with an estimated $180 million in production costs, those are worryingly low returns.

 

Based on the ads, I don’t think the #woke bits are the problem. I’ve seen their commercials more times than I can count, and it was unclear to me that it was anything but an animated feature. I’ll confess to liking Disney movies, though I’ve not watched them in recent years, and I know enough about stories to understand when there isn’t one. Not a good one. I could not determine what these individuals were doing from the ads and why anyone should care.

Disney may have been more interested in how to portray a gay teen romance, biracial parents, (and climate change themes) and forgot that none of that matters if it doesn’t somehow drive the story. Making people gay or trans or using people of color for straight or white roles or whatever else the entertainment establishment feels guilty about is irrelevant if it’s posturing.

People complained about dark-skinned Valyrians in HBO’s House of the Dragon, but if you ignore the superficial insecurity of the Hollywood casting directors and producers, the actors were outstanding, and that’s what matters.

Strange World might be strange because it wanted so badly to normalize a biracial family with a gay teen romance it forgot to make the story about that, which – still isn’t for everyone – but at least it would have been honest. Instead, we get a “kids” movie peddling lifestyle choices that are not all that strange unless they are unnecessary affectations to push an agenda.

I’ve not seen the film and doubt I will, but that’s my sense, given the noise following a disappointing opening weekend.

And I’m not offended by animated biracial parents accepting their animated gay teen or his romance. Being a constitutional conservative means protecting the idea that limited government maximizes individual liberty and personal choice. If parents want to take their kids to that, it’s not porn, grooming, abuse, or even strange. And neither are Liberals getting mad at me for protecting the right to have different choices and calling me a bigot if I don’t immediately give up mine and embrace theirs.

It is strange that Disney is clinging to a cultural obsession that its core audience continues to reject.

I suppose that might be why they just jettisoned their CEO and asked Bob Iger to fill in and stop the bleeding. But is that something Bob Iger can do? The brand is damaged, and park attendance is down. Has Disney’s # woke momentum dragged the franchise off more than just a box office cliff?

 

 

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