UPDATED and BUMPED: The poll ends tomorrow so remember to vote if you haven’t!  A REMINDER: Go here and vote your choice(s) for NH Governor! You’ve got until 5 pm Wednesday to do so.

Yep, it’s getting to be that time of year when all pundits, good and bad, start to wonder “Who will it be?” come Election Days.  Well, we want to know who YOU think might be capable at running and serving for Guv. Yep, candidates!  Pick one, pick several, or pick’em all.  We assembled a list of “notables” (or is that a Rogue’s Gallery?) of names from which to choose for NH GOVERNOR. Good job or could tolerate – we wanna know.  We have the declared candidates (e.g., Karen Testerman, Thad Riley, and Julian Acciard) listed plus lots more.

And yes, we may do another poll for who you can’t stand (that might be even more interesting!).

Oh, by the way, isn’t it “interesting” that Chris Sununu, usually a “first few day sign up” kinda guy, hasn’t?

 

 

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Nineteen children, along with two teachers in the Uvalde, Texas Robb Elementary school, paid with their lives because gun control advocates base their legislation on the false premise that “guns kill people.”

They ignore Solzhenitsyn’s incisive observation: “The line between good and evil runs through the human heart,” then follow an agenda 180 degrees in the wrong direction by blaming the criminal act of mass murder on an inanimate object that doesn’t pull its own trigger.

After every mass shooting, the Democrats and their Republican partners move in lockstep to take firearms from people in violation of their 2nd and 4th Amendment protections. The inherent right of law-abiding citizens to be armed. A right that shall not be infringed.

Before being assassinated, President James A. Garfield, who served nine terms in the House, made a keen observation. Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body is ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate it.

Throughout history, the vulnerability of youth has been fertile grounds to destroy liberty through invasive attacks on the minds of children. The narrative that follows is not aimed at teachers. It is aimed at what they have to teach. Parents have paid dearly to finance this war on our children’s minds from UNESCO and the Department of Education to buy “Hollywood Education” devoid of the moral foundation of biblical Christianity and the teachings of the Ten Commandments along with the removal of prayer since the 1960s.

Without this moral anchor, generations of our youth have journeyed through life without the strength of a moral foundation. Would you believe that during these scores of years, with few exceptions, our schools have taught the three basic tenets of Communism: “There is no God, there is no innate right or wrong, and man is a graduate beast?”

If there is no God, why should we be surprised if some of our youth assume there is no right or wrong and follow their own demonic logic?

The bottom line is, in the short term, I urge all patriots to demand that their Senators and Representatives vote against all legislation that blames the criminal act of mass shootings on the gun. But in the long run, the only sure solution to save our American Republic from the hungry lust for power that all dictators demonstrate by confiscating all weapons is a return to the basic foundation of Western Civilization, the Ten Commandments.

It is crucial that we follow the wisdom of President James A. Garfield to elect individuals of high moral character who serve the people by defying party hierarchy who continue to ignore their oath of office before Almighty God. Instead of giving their loyalties to the people who hire them at the ballot box, their loyalty is to “self,” their favorite person.

 

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Ivan Pentchoukov, Epoch Times:  Obama Approved Accusing Russia of DNC Hack Before FBI Received DNC Server Images

President Barack Obama approved a statement by the U.S. intelligence community in October 2016 accusing Russia of stealing emails from the Democratic National Committee (DNC), despite the U.S. government not having obtained the DNC server images crucial to ascertaining whether Moscow was involved in the theft.

FBI emails recently made public during the trial against now-acquitted DNC attorney Michael Sussmann show the bureau was still in the process of requesting images of the DNC servers on Oct. 13, 2016. The server images, which are equivalent to a virtual copy of the alleged crime scene, were taken by private cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.

On Oct. 7, six days before CrowdStrike agreed to mail the server images to the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released a statement accusing Russia of hacking U.S. political organizations and disseminating emails allegedly stolen through the hack. The statement was approved and encouraged by Obama, according to then-DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson.

[...]

On Aug. 31, 2016, CrowdStrike provided a report on the DNC hack to the FBI. The FBI special agent who reviewed the report called it “heavily redacted,” according to the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on the Russia investigation. FBI Assistant Director James Trainor was so frustrated with the redactions that “he doubted its completeness because he knew that outside counsel had reviewed it.”

The “outside counsel” Trainor referred to is all but certainly Michael Sussmann, who served as the DNC’s point of contact for all intrusion-related matters. Sussmann was acquitted last month of one charge of lying to the FBI about whether he was representing the DNC when he took a white paper to the FBI that alleged a connection between then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and Russia. The FBI agents who reviewed the paper found the claims in it unfounded within 24 hours.

Read the rest here.

It is against the law in Florida to require proof of Vaccination for COVID19 to participate in life, but the Special Olympics must have forgotten about that or thought they were joking. The plan was to deny the unjabbed access for the 2022 USA event in Orlando.

 

Special Olympics Int’l was planning on banning Special Olympians from competing based on covid vaccine status—in violation of Florida’s ban on vaccine passports. Thanks to the efforts of our administration, this mandate has been removed so athletes like Isabella can now compete! https://t.co/PqN4rZCEeG

— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) June 3, 2022

 

Maybe they didn’t have 27.5 million under the office couch cushions?

 

The announcement was made after a letter from the Florida Department of Health said it would impose a $27.5 million fine on Special Olympics International for 5,500 violations of a Florida statute because of the vaccine mandate. The number of violations represented a $5,000 fine for each person ordered to certify their vaccination status.

 

The Special Olympics changed its tune, and here’s the cool part. Anyone who is vaccinated can still participate! That is so special. Parents and doctors, and participants get to make decisions for themselves about what is best for their family members, and they won’t be excluded as a result.

That’s not exactly how the Left likes it. I’m sure they are crapping their collective panties. OMG! These special children could be exposed to our special virus.

If your “side” is vaccinated, at this point, what difference does it make?

You got your jab and your re-jab and your booster and your booster-booster. Wait, that’s right. The inoculated masses – for reasons medical experts cannot explain – still get COVID just like masked kids did compared to the unmasked kids. It’s almost as if nothing you decided was required did a damn thing. Sorry, it did do something. It made people more likely to test positive, need hospitalization, or die.

Thank you, Florida, for protecting parental and bodily autonomy rights for these folks.

And if it’s not too much to ask, can we borrow your governor? Ours needs some lessons in how to be a Republican.

 

 

HT | Gateway Pundit

 

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Mike Allen, Axios:  Scoop: Jan. 6 committee's secret adviser

The House's Jan. 6 committee has turned to a renowned former network news executive to hone a mountain of explosive material into a captivating multimedia presentation for a prime-time hearing Thursday.

• James Goldston — former president of ABC News, and a master documentary storyteller who ran "Good Morning America" and "Nightline" — has joined the committee as an unannounced adviser, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: I'm told Goldston is busily producing Thursday's 8 p.m. ET hearing as if it were a blockbuster investigative special.

[...]

The other side: Republicans will argue that the 1/6 committee — which consists of seven Democrats plus Republicans Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois — is just out to get former President Trump.

Read the rest here.

BREAKING: The House Select Committee to Investigate January Sixth has failed to obtain a "smoking gun" proving top-down organization of the Capitol riot, Hill sources say, despite taking more than 1,000 depositions and subpoenaing more than 140,000 documents

— Paul Sperry (@PaulSperry30) June 6, 2022

Madeleine Hubbard, Just the News:  Donald Trump reacts to Navarro's arrest, points out how 'lowlifes of ANTIFA & BLM' aren't prosecuted

Former President Donald Trump on Monday reacted to the arrest of his former advisor Peter Navarro by pointing out that members of Black Lives Matter and Antifa are able to roam freely while his former White House trade advisor cannot.

Navarrowas arrested Friday at the Nashville airport while trying to board a flight for defying a Jan. 6 committee subpoena. He said he was put in "leg irons" and handcuffs, then strip searched, placed in solitary confinement, denied food and water, and illegally denied access to his attorney.

"Our great trade genius, Professor Peter Navarro, was just handcuffed, shackled, and put in jail, while the lowlifes of ANTIFA & BLM are allowed to rip off the public, roam free on the streets, kill people, and destroy our once great cities (all run by Democrats)," Trump wrote Sunday on his platform, Truth Social.

"When will this end? The American people will not stand for it much longer!" the former president said. "Great patriotic heroes are being created every day. FAIRNESS AND JUSTICE must rule the day!"

Jeff Poor, Brietbart:  Dershowitz: Peter Navarro Arrest ‘Dangerous to Democracy’

Saturday, during an appearance on Newsmax TV, Harvard Law Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz warned former Trump adviser Peter Navarro’s arrest could impact American democracy.

Dershowitz told Newsmax TV’s “The Count” Navarro’s indictment was a “real scandal” given no judicial order was given for Navarro to testify that resolved his claim of executive privilege.

If it stands, Dershowitz said Republicans could use it in the same way their Democrat counterparts have used it against Biden administration officials.

“He has invoked a privilege,” Dershowitz explained. “It’s as if somebody was called to testify about what he told his priest or his doctor or his lawyer, and he invokes the privilege and immediately gets indicted, instead of the government going before a court and the judge rules whether or not the privilege applies. If you rule the privilege doesn’t apply and order him to testify, then he can be held in contempt.”

“But you cannot constitutionally be held in contempt of Congress without a judicial order,” he continued. “And if the shoe was on the other foot, and it will be on the other foot if the Republicans gained control of Congress or the Senate, they will use this precedent and go after Biden administration officials and indict them if they refused to disclose information. This is dangerous to democracy, dangerous through the rule of law, and dangerous to the concept of privilege, whether it be a priest privilege or a doctor, privileged lawyer privilege or executive privilege — an extremely dangerous case. And I’m shocked that the Justice Department brought it without there being a judicial determination that he was compelled to testify.”

From: Belknap County (NH) Republican Committee
Date: June 6, 2022

For more information: Rep. Paul Terry / 401-648-1607

The Belknap County Republican Committee’s (BCRC) Executive Committee voted unanimously to condemn the New Hampshire House’s rejection of HB 1431, the Parent’s Bill of Rights, on May 26. The bill was defeated 171-176, following the New Hampshire Senate’s 14-10 approval a short while earlier the same day.

“This common-sense bill sought to restore and secure historic natural and constitutional rights of parents. Parents should know and provide consent to the ways in which their children are being educated by people who they are paying,” said Chair and State Representative Norm Silber (R-Gilford).

Vice Chair and State Representative Paul Terry (R-Alton) added:

“Parents deserve transparency and accountability. Instead, we learned that all too often parents are being kept in the dark about what schools are teaching their children. Worse, school officials are either denying information or erecting numerous roadblocks for parents to attempt to overcome.”

The Parents Bill of Rights was filed by Representative Terry and was co-sponsored by several Belknap Representatives, including Representatives Hough (Laconia), Johnson (Laconia) and Silber. Supported by numerous pro-family and pro-parents’ groups, it had survived a tortuous process during which it was vehemently opposed by House Child and Family Law Committee Chairperson, Kimberly Rice (R-Hudson) and Committee Vice Chairperson, Debra DeSimone (R-Atkinson), but received timely backing from House Majority Leader Jason Osborn (R–Auburn) and Senator Bob Giuda (R-Warren).

All Senate Republicans voted to advance the bill. Fourteen House Republicans joined all House Democrats to defeat the bill, just one step away from sending it to Governor Sununu. All Belknap County Representatives voted Yes, except Representatives Mike Bordes (R-Laconia) who voted No, and Travis O’Hara, who was neither present nor excused.

Chair and Rep. Silber joined with Vice Chair and Rep. Terry in blasting the fourteen House Republicans who voted to kill the bill, as well as House Republicans who “took a walk” and did not vote:

“These Republicans handed victory to a coalition made up of Democrats, school-aligned and allied groups. It did not help, too, that Governor Sununu shockingly threatened he would veto the bill if the House dared to passed it.”

Silber and Terry said:

“Like all people, we believe schools should be places for our children to learn and grow, but we do not believe schools should be “safe spaces” for adults to practice secrecy, deception and grooming. Parents should not be branded as enemies for seeking to know what and how their children are being taught, and how they are being treated while under school supervision. We are neither anti-schools, nor anti-teachers. What we are is pro-honesty and pro-integrity, both of which are shockingly absent in so many places and for so many of our parents and kids.”

Assuming Republicans are reelected to House and Senate majorities in November, a Parent’s Bill of Rights is sure to be reintroduced. Rep. Terry said:

“Perhaps next year we will have more Republicans who will actually support the pro-family and pro-parent planks in the Republican State Party Platform. This term we were failed and betrayed by a few who were supposed to be our own.”

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The pandemic situation, remote learning, and the excessive use of technology have shown that keeping students focused and motivated is essential. Educators and psychologists have faced the problem of emotional belonging as the participation of students in the learning process has decreased.

The key is to use various strategies to motivate the learners and keep them engaged by letting them control their studies and choose how and what they learn.

 

Top 5 Strategies for Motivating Students

 

1. Use of Social Campaigns.

Introduce work in the local community or consider basic volunteering tasks. Adding a social element to your course will be a significant change that will help students see the purpose of what they learn. For example, Law students may assist the students who want to start their businesses. Nursing students may create substance abuse awareness posters and campaigns. It will help to see things from a different perspective.

2. Surveys and Student Participation.

These are mainly used at the end of the semester, which is why most college learners tend to ignore them. Think about taking a different strategy by adding surveys before each lesson to learn more about what students struggle with or what they would like to explore. If you find it too challenging to form your questions or work with the feedback, consider Trusted Essay Reviews and get some help as you save time and learn to avoid plagiarism. You can also think about using surveys before Zoom video conferences as an alternative!

3. Team Projects.

The use of team projects should not be ignored. Just do it differently! Ask students about their skills and make a questionnaire where you determine who does what. It will help avoid confusion and let students show their best skills. If you are ready to make things a little more challenging, ask your students to help each other and count it into the final grade, as cooperation is one of those skills that will help the learners do their own tasks.

4. Social Media Strategies.

Another great option is turning to Facebook and Instagram for blogging and analysis purposes. If you are majoring in Fashion Studies or Marketing, it’s best to keep students motivated by allowing them to practice more. It will also help polish the necessary study habits and achieve more clarity regarding the current trends. You can create private groups, hold online debates, and allow students to use the technology they know well. This way, it won’t feel like just another boring lesson!

5. Guest Lectures.

Although it’s not always possible to deal with the physical presence of famous lecturers and entrepreneurs, you can hold special online sessions and invite people worldwide. The presence of guest lecturers will help take your studies to another level. Discuss this aspect with your students and think about who or what could help to keep things inspiring.

 

The Benefits of Interactive Materials

The chances are high that you have heard about STEM videos and various interactive web boards where people post explanatory materials and let people from all over the world participate. This educational strategy is not new, yet educators rarely implement it. It’s partially because of the limiting course materials they follow and the lack of personal motivation to go beyond them. A combination of textbooks, lectures, and multimedia content will help boost students’ focus and motivate them to learn differently because of the visual aspect. Such a method helps build a much better emotional attachment to what’s being learned. It’s especially relevant for subjects like Geography, History, or Engineering, where concept visualization is essential.

 

BIO

Joanne Elliot is an educator who loves to seek innovations with the help of technology, a healthy lifestyle, and the lifehacks that help make learning easier. As she offers academic assistance to universities and helps to develop learning materials, Joanne enjoys writing about her discoveries. Follow Joanne to find motivating ideas and learn.

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Hampton, NH — Karoline Leavitt issued the following statement in response to President Joe Biden’s address to the nation last night:

“It has been just days since a mentally-deranged, evil young man murdered 19 precious children and 2 innocent teachers in Texas. Like every American, I have spent this time praying for the victims and their families, wondering how such evil can possibly exist in our world and in our country.

Last night, President Biden shamefully capitalized on our shared heartbreak to push an unconstitutional and useless ‘gun control’ agenda upon us. Biden advocated for a ban on semi-automatic weapons and “high-capacity” magazines as if any one criminal would abide by such a ban; advocated for more federal bureaucracy that would only make it more difficult for law-abiding Americans to purchase firearms; and proposed repealing liability for gun manufacturers, punishing private companies for bad people misusing their products.

President Biden and the Democrats’ agenda is an assault on the rights of good, law-abiding Americans to protect themselves, their families, and their communities; and it is the beginning of a slippery slope that would eventually lead to government tyranny over we, the people – as history has sadly proven in many countries around the world.

Further, I believe our leaders on both sides of the aisle are missing the point. America does not have a gun problem. We have a culture problem. Nearly every mass shooting that occurs is perpetuated by young, mentally-ill individuals who lack a sense of belonging, purpose, and community. The question we must ask ourselves is not ‘why are there so many guns in so many hands?’… rather, it must be, ‘why are there so many young Americans suffering from depression and derangement?’

As a Generation Z American, I sadly witness the moral depravity and growing anxiety amongst our youth every single day. Now more than ever, we must reinvigorate faith and an honest education in our public school system, and encourage young Americans to be involved in school, sports, and church. We must fight back aggressively on the Left’s war against masculinity and put an end to the perverted ideas about gender that are plaguing the minds of young children.

Legislatively, Congress must pass National Constitutional Carry and repeal the Gun Free School Zones Act of 1990 that has never and will never stop ONE criminal from shooting up a school, but prevents law-abiding parents and teachers from defending themselves. Rather than send billions of dollars to protect foreigners overseas, Congress should provide more funding to states to enact school safety measures at every public school in America, including single point of secure entry, armed security guards, and firearm safety for public school teachers.”

As a Generation Z Candidate for Congress, I am committed to being a conservative voice that America’s youth desperately needs during this perilous time, and when I am elected, I will always be a stalwart defender of our precious, uniquely American, Second Amendment!”

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In case you were still wondering whether Matt Mowers is a DC-Swamp-creature that would robotically support Kevin McCarthy’s America-Last agenda … wonder no more:

 

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Remember when NH Democrats said a tax on wages was not an income tax? They got some Freshman stooge to say it out loud, but same difference. A tax on income is an income tax. Democrats in Dover are playing the same game but with rain.

Dover claims a burning need to use EPA regulations to justify a massive revenue grab. Great Bay. Stormwater runoff. Nitrogen mitigation. The city will need millions more dollars to address this “concern,” and hey, it’s not a rain tax.

 

“People are going to say this is just another tax, or think we’re taxing rainwater. We’re not,” Shanahan said. “We need to work on stormwater and flood resiliency, and the utility is a significant part of that. We can’t put this off. The committee’s report shows we’ve put off upwards of $5.5 million in deferred projects, because we needed to stay within the tax cap and focus on other priorities.”

 

The city is going to take money from people to address the problem, and the problem is that water falls out of the sky onto hard surfaces and runs off to wherever. Their solution is a new government utility funded by tax dollars to address the problem. But it’s not a rain tax.

 

“We [are] obligated to do this, but we also have structured it so that the average homeowner, will pay less in a utility fee than they would pay in property taxes for the amounts that the city is going to have to spend to manage stormwater and improve flood resilience,” Shanahan said.

 

The tax on the rain that’s not a rain tax costs Dover residents 3.5 million annually for starters (that will only go up). To get there from here, they need an additional 2.5 million. And they will do that by creating a new “utility” to manage the rain with monies that are not a rain tax.

 

“A stormwater utility is structured to be more equitable than the tax,” Shanahan said. “Areas that include large businesses with large parking lots are going to be a little bit more responsible than your average homeowner.”

 

Translation: The cost of doing business in Dover will go up, and guess who will end up paying for that? Everyone else. When the local government increases the cost of doing business, those increases get passed down to consumers (I’m confident Dover has a newspeak word for that too).

But no matter what you call it, adding another cost will put more pressure on businesses. Fewer employees, cut benefits, fewer hours, lower wages (or less frequent raises), or a reduction in products or services. It may even be an extinction event for some job creators.

And this is how ‘Democrats’ lower property taxes. It’s not a property tax its a utility fee. They take more but call it something else or have some other entity take it for them. You know, the same way a tax on your wages (income) is not an income tax.

The City Council will be discussing this again at Wednesday’s Town Council Meeting (6/8/2022).

 

Ordinance Committee and Utilities Commission to begin planning stormwater utility

The City Council’s Ordinance Committee will meet jointly with the Dover Utilities Commission in a workshop session on Monday, June 13, to discuss the creation of a stormwater utility.

On Feb. 23, 2022, the City Council approved a resolution that states its intent to develop and implement a stormwater utility by fiscal year 2024 to invest in and maintain the city’s public stormwater infrastructure. The creation of a utility was the recommendation of the ad-hoc Committee to Study Stormwater and Flood Resilience, which the Council also voted to accept on Feb. 23.

To create the framework for a stormwater utility, the City Council tasked city staff to work with the Ordinance Committee and the Dover Utilities Commission. At this kickoff joint workshop, the commission and committee members will review the ad-hoc committee’s recommendations, review pending grant funding applications and the staff work’s plan.

In August 2020, the Council established the ad-hoc committee to investigate, study, identify and make recommendations to the City Council about funding opportunities for existing needs and future stormwater and flood resilience management planning. Stormwater runoff travels across rooftops, roads, parking lots, and other impervious surfaces that can collect and carry pollution that ends up in local water bodies such as Willand Pond and the Great Bay Estuary and groundwater aquifers used for drinking water.

The joint public workshop will be held in City Hall’s Council Conference Room at 6 p.m. Click here for the complete agenda and background materials.

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Derek Hunter over at Townhall sums up COMPLETELY my outlook and feelings with that title. I can’t tell you how sick and tired I’m hearing about CELEBRATE THIS! and CELEBRATE THAT! and CELEBRATE THIS OTHER THING! or CELEBRATE ALL THESE INDIVIDUAL PEOPLES! (emphasis mine): 

I’ve never been one to celebrate anyone or anything based on measures I deem stupid. The dumber the irrelevant characteristic, however, the more “celebration-worthy” it is declared by the progressive left. This ethnicity month and that skin color month, then you have a different month for various types of music created by people who happen to have a preferred ethnicity or politically useful skin color. The Democrat Party spends so much time insisting on our differences that even people who used to enjoy this garbage are having enough of it.

“Insisting on our differences” – hammer, meet nail on head.  This month and that month and this week and that week; there aren’t enough days in a decade to celebrate each and every single separatist group possible.

And am I the only one that has had it with the “FIRST <insert ethnicity” to be [doing | elected | made it | accomplished]” for practically anything?  No, nobody is erasing you if your sexuality, skin color, background, or nationality isn’t put up on the movie theater marquee (is that even a thing anymore) with searchlights playing pinball in the clouds to illuminate yet another selfish callout.

Yes, selfish.  Look, if you are doing a good job, congrats – here’s your handshake and a smile in your direction (and NO snark meant).  If you are GREAT, kudos to you for being great – regardless of what or who you are but for what you’ve done.

Don’t recognize me as the first white Swedish/Irish person that has the leading Conservative blog in NH – I succeeded not because of my heritage, not because of my skin color, not because of the schools I went to but because I worked hard, was persistent, never let up, conquered a bunch of problems, AND that Steve and I have attracted a bunch of great writers associated with the ‘Grok.

So, I’m done with the First Black Hispanic Japanese left-handed bisexual anarchist participation plaudits handed out like dime-store candy just because of what shows up when you look in a mirror (and you can substitute anything else before “participation plaudits” that turns your cookies on – I could care less who or what I leave out. If you’re insulted, that’s your problem and not mine so deal with it in your own special way). If you bring it up to me, I’m going to give you “The Look” that I learned from my Mom and from TMEW – be warned that you ought to stop speaking EXACTLY AT THAT MOMENT.

We are a nation that was built on mongrels and misfits that either couldn’t take it anymore back in “the old country” and left or were kicked out by some means. As has been oft said, we ARE the Melting Pot of the world whether you like it or not.

Sidenote: and if you are incensed that I just manifested a microaggression against who the heck cares anyway, shut up, turn around and go play in some dark corner because I can guarantee you that I’ll graduate that “micro” to a “microaggression in 2 seconds.  And that’s about all the warning you will get – you’re not entitled or deserving of anymore (and be thankful I give you that much).

The nation was built on Judeo-Christian morality and our Founding Fathers gave us the philosophy that is summed up by “E Pluribus Unum” – out of many, one.

However, as Hunter points out, all these identity celebrations are doing nothing but destroying that motto – it’s like the Left is actively Balkanizing America so as to separate us all.  And that’s the rub.

Celebrate not the group(s) that’s behind someone that succeeds – celebrate the individual that actually succeeded (and proving fake micro-American Elizabeth Warren wrong by pointing out “I DID build that!”). A person (and a team, at times) deserves the praise and celebration and not those that had anything to do with it.

And I’ll hold onto this idea until Congress legislates and the President signs a Declaration that every month is Curmudgeon Month – because I know that I have earned that every single day for a few years now. And I can easily now say that I’m old enough to be called such.

 

 

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Don Surber: The Media Got it Wrong After three months of telling us how those plucky Ukrainians were repelling those savage but incompetent Russians, the media is changing its tune. CNN reported, "One-fifth of Ukrainian territory is under Russia’s control,... Tom Bowler

Joe’s war on fossil fuels continues. The Department of the Interior and an activist judge are working on a scheme that could invalidate up to two thousand domestic oil and gas leases.

 

This is perhaps the most egregious case of “sue and settle” in the history of Enviromarxist lawfare against the US economy. Enviromarxist terrorist organizations sue regulatory agencies, who, when under Democrat control, quickly settle the lawsuits acceding to Envriomarxist demands that often bear no resemblance to the statutory authorities of the regulatory agencies.

The Obama Administration laundered vast sums to favored activist groups using this technique, and now the Biden administration is using it to advance the war on fossil fuels. To further reduce supply while playing class war politics with oil and gas companies whom they are “begging” to increase production.

 

$9.45/gal!! Thanks to Matthew for this pic of the Chevron in Mendocino, CA- the most expensive station in the country and the highest price we’ve recorded. It’s over $3/gal higher than the California average and is a definite outlier. #gasprices pic.twitter.com/7AUuxDLCGI

— Patrick De Haan (@GasBuddyGuy) June 1, 2022

 

The begging is window dressing, just like the speeches about lowering prices or blaming Putin. If you open those curtains and peek at what’s behind the glass, you’ll see environmental extremist activism advancing destructive green new deal priorities without legislative action.

We can’t punish Biden (yet), but we can take it out on the rest of his party. Politicians only understand political pain, so get to work. Find the best Republicans and get them through their primaries, then into elected office.

And then put their feet to the fire and keep them there.

 

 

HT | WUWT

 

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I don’t know about you, but my friends and I are really starting to feel the squeeze.  One friend is canceling her participation in a summer camping trip because the tank of gas required to get to and from the campground is too costly.

Another friend who lives on a fixed income and drives Uber to make money so she can go on an extended, warm weather, winter vacation each year just sold her home to go live in a tiny home costing half as much as the home she just sold. As far as I can tell, the tiny home costs 3X what it did a few years ago when it was new.

She tells me that the half-gallon size soy milk that she buys for her morning cereal costs $6.99 now. She says her grandsons are in their 20s now, and they are miserable because they don’t date anymore, and they can’t do the things they used to love doing. She no longer gets Uber requests because people don’t come up to the mountains for recreation because the trip is too costly.

People at Cost-Co’s gas station fill multiple gas cans in the bed of their trucks. Do they expect shortages, or are they just investing in gasoline now to beat the price hikes in the coming weeks? Their behavior is, of course, what creates shortages.

And people are stocking up on foods that are not perishable. Thank goodness Costco still sells its baked chicken for $4.99!

I just subscribed to an organic farm producer for vegetables each week in case you can’t find them in the store this summer. I asked the farmer if his price was locked in for the season, and he said yes. I guess he does not need fertilizer or a tractor to run his farming operation.

We hear Steve Forbes defining normal inflation as different from this Bidenflation. I wonder if it will respond to the Fed raising interest rates as the normal inflation did in the past.  Higher interest rates will probably double the debt service we currently pay.  The last time I checked, it was several hundred billion.

What services and programs will be cut as a result? Social Security?  Medicare? We hear Mr. Dimon warning of a hurricane coming our way, economically speaking. We hear Elon Musk may lay off 10% of Tesla workers in anticipation of the disaster that is coming in a corporate belt-tightening move.

But, never fear.  A friend who could afford to buy a Tesla has had it for two months now.  He says he has saved $2000 on gasoline.  He says it costs about $20 to charge the car up at the local, quick charging station.

I heard a fire captain say on the radio that he might have to limit the vehicles sent to fight fires because the fuel cost is too high for the department’s budget. I hear that California will have rolling blackouts for 1.5 million homes due to the shortage of electricity.  Of course, our nuclear power plant was shut down in the face of all this. I am one of the lucky ones.  I have a pool to cool off in.

Who knows what calamity will befall us next.  Nobody. We are in uncharted territory thanks to Biden and his team of economically illiterate morons.

 

 

 

Jennifer Mitchell Towner writes at The Blue State Conservative

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Since most business endeavors today are not limited by location and implement online branches for international marketing and logistics, the use of translation services becomes essential.

From translating legal documents and presentations for the investors to the technical processing of the manuals and the business offers, offering your information in more than one language will help avoid accidental mistakes. Turning to professionals will also adjust the tone of your marketing message and address the needs of your international customers.

 

5 Ways a Translation Service Can Help Grow Your Business

 

1. Expanding Your Target Audience.

The primary aim of getting your business documents and presentations translated is to attract a wider audience. When you translate your business documents and use more than one language for advertising your services or the products, your target audience will grow. It’s essential to use the best translation websites that provide human translation, especially if you are dealing with medical services or the areas where a cultural factor is involved. Focus on your customer’s needs first and see what linguistic assistance might be necessary (localization, creative writing, etc.).

2. International Cooperation.

A translation service will let you establish global cooperation with international agencies and campaigns that can help your business gain more recognition. You can build new contacts and learn more from the companies that offer similar services. It’s also possible to translate blog posts, video conferences, or even localize mobile apps. It will help your business grow and expand.

3. Better Online Sales.

Speaking of digital marketing, translating your proposals and information about the company into more than one language will boost your online sales and recognition. It will affect your SEO rankings as well. Think about adding Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, or other popular social networks to your arsenal of marketing tools by turning to Asian or South American markets.

4. Discovering New Investors.

Another aspect is dealing with foreign investors by offering business proposals where you talk about your advantages. When you want to stand out from the competition, you realize why legal translation is so important for a successful deal. Every sentence must be verified twice, and your business’s benefits must be portrayed clearly. Take your time to work on your original writing before starting with a translation!

5. Outsourcing & Remote Specialists.

If your business considers the use of outsourcing and dealing with remote experts in another country, a translation service can help you achieve more clarity. You can also translate various offers posted by freelancers and ensure that every important aspect of your business is understood correctly. It’s also possible to create job proposals in another language by explaining your requirements to the foreign specialists.

Get Your Translation Documents Ready!

The most important aspect of a successful translation process for your business is getting the documents prepared before some important deadlines or expanding your business abroad. Hold a meeting with the stakeholders, discuss your objectives, and always secure your business data before approaching a translation service. This way, you can narrow things down and provide the linguists with a good structure. Remember to check the dates, addresses, and phone numbers manually before submitting the documents and once you receive the final translation. It might take time to review, yet you will be rewarded with accuracy and clarity!

 

BIO

Joanne Elliot is an educator with a linguistic background and a business consultant who happily offers her skills and experience to businesses and universities worldwide. She loves writing about technology, education, and the business methods of becoming successful. Follow Joanne to take your business ideas to another level.

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Governor Groomer, Chris Sununu, isn’t just aggravating the grassroots with his vetoes. Inside the State Republican Party apparatus, they’ve taken up our call for change.

Not a new governor, though a different Republican might prove useful. For all his flaws, Sununu is likely headed for another two-year term, and the party accepts it – wants it. What they no longer accept is the absence of a check on that governor.

Over the weekend, it became clear that the State Republican Party was not as pleased with Mr. Sununu’s actions as we’d like to believe. His stranglehold on them appears to have lessened, and they want reassurances.

Republican Super-Majorities in the Legislature. Both the New Hampshire House and Senate. Veto-proof majorities.

Without saying as much, that will require Granite Staters to send not just Democrats packing but more than a few of the Dems pocket Republicans. The RINOs who manage to vote the wrong way on crucial platform issues.

The party promises vast sums of money this cycle to support messaging and candidates and to blanket the markets with ads about failed Democrat policies and priorities.

Time will tell, but we’re fans of the super-majority. The last time we had one was when Democrat john Lynch was governor. They cut the state budget and advanced a raft of priorities, a few of which failed because of ‘republicans’ in the state Senate, so keep those offices in mind.

Sununu has demonstrated some influence with that body, and we’ll need ‘Republicans’ who put principles before whatever informs or drives Chris Sununu.

 

 

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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.

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 IIand Part III) can often be hidden inside humor.  And I’m still working on Thought Splinters IV and getting close to done.  Not like I have nothing else to do.  Also, part 2 of my series on the links between civilizational collapse and biology is up:  Civilizational Collapse and Biology (Part 2).  Here’s the first part: Civilizational Collapse and Biology (Part 1), to get posted (out of my hands).  And just so you know, my prior piece there is Lessons from Candle Smoke.  Don’t worry GG, I cross-post back here in my essays there!

Now, let the mockery and mayhem begin.

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

 

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First, a hat trick of my cartoons.  (Note, I can’t draw my way out of a wet paper bag; I come up with the ideas and have a professional do them.)

 

 

 

 

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Castro was even greater a monster than you know.  This is an excellent book:

Fidel: Hollywood’s Favorite Tyrant

 

 

 

 

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My choice for the best of the lot:

 

 

Memes, Survival Sunday, and my essays are what I, as a somebody, are doing.  And in the background, working to prepare my family and myself for hard times coming.  I’m also starting to meet people locally – late, but better than never – who have a simliar mindset.

 

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Palate cleanser:

 

 

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Another recipe from My Tree in Israel.  Yes, I have several trees adopted – I actually have adopted two trees with my business website on the label and use them as promotional gifts in addition to the 2-3 trees I have for personal use.  (I also have a tree, going into the third year, that I adopted in honor of Bill Whittle.)  And yes, it’s the best olive oil I’ve ever had.  Full disclosure, though, one of the co-owners is a friend of mine.  I don’t get compensated for promoting them, it’s just a thing to help a friend’s business and promote the agricultural industry in my spiritual home.

 

 

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Students these days have come to rely on the Internet for a number of reasons. It’s fast, easily available, and contains a lot of resources. Many students use the web, but how much do we know about its effect on students? In this article, we go over some established impacts of using the Internet on students.

4 Effects of Using the Internet on Students

The internet is 39 years old, so it’s a relatively new technology. However, as further research is being done on its effects, we’re learning more each day. Below are 3 of the known effects using the Internet has on students:

1. Insomnia

The medical definition of Insomnia states that it’s “a common sleep disorder that can make it hard to fall asleep, hard to stay asleep, or cause you to wake up too early and not be able to get back to sleep.” When students stare at their screens for too long, the blue light that’s emitted from their devices can end up causing insomnia, among other health issues. This is why some students choose to Google “write essay for me” so they can find a good writer to handle their assignment. With professional help, students can significantly cut back on their time spent in front of the computer and thus maintain their health. If you intend to browse, you might want to time yourself to avoid looking at the screen for too long, especially before you go to bed.

2. Stifled creativity

There are so many resources that can be found on the web that it can make it hard to want to create anything from scratch by yourself. While a lot of it is there for your good, being overdependent on the Internet can reduce one’s creative ability. For instance, if you were looking to build a chair, there are videos online that will teach you how to do it, but the consequence is that you might only learn to follow their instructions rather than discover the process on your own via trial and error. Unless you practice a lot, using the Internet might likely reduce your creative ability.

3. Reduced web safety

Students, unlike most individuals, spend a lot of their time online. This sadly brings them into more contact with thieves and hackers. A student looking to download software for their computer might end up downloading a virus that steals their personal data — this is why internet safety for college students should be taught at every education level. Whether it’s research for a project or a job application, students can fall prey to traps, and what’s even worse is that the hackers know this.

4. Loneliness

Online communication does not diminish a person’s need for live interaction with other people. Research shows that young people that spend an excessive amount of time online are prone to feeling more lonely and isolated.

 

Conclusion

The Internet is a great tool that won’t be going away anytime soon. How we use it is something we all should consider for our own safety and that of others. Students and their guardians should also consider taking steps to secure their use of the internet. As blockers, antivirus software, and computer timers are just some ways to achieve this.

Author’s Bio

Joanne Elliot is a cybersecurity expert and freelance writer. She has helped improve the web security of businesses to prevent hacker attacks. As the Internet is a major part of what she does, she understands its benefits and dangers and uses her articles to shed light on the subject in hopes of helping as many students as possible.

 

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