The Manchester Free Press

Tuesday • November 18 • 2025

Vol.XVII • No.XLVII

Manchester, N.H.

The Beginning of the End of Forced Respect For Government

Free Keene - Fri, 2025-10-17 12:22 +0000

Though I do believe there are many Honorable lawyers serving in judicial office in New Hampshire (and to you I thank you for your dedicated service), I vehemently oppose the idea that American citizens should be forced at (ultimately) gunpoint to show respect for government institutions.

In that light, as I have done before (but this time with more umph), I am filing this Motion To Refrain From Authorizing Physical Force To Demand Respect in the Keene District Court.

I don’t do this to be rude to the presiding judge…  I do it as a means of peaceful protest to a system that I believe fails to hold its own agents accountable for the actual harming of people while penalizing and fining the common citizen for acts that harm no one.

 

Morning Update: The No Kings Day Dummies are Back

Granite Grok - Fri, 2025-10-17 11:00 +0000

On today's morning update, it's No Kings Day take 2 and this time they will "rise up" against ... themselves?

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SMITH: More Thoughts on The Claremont “Bailout”

Granite Grok - Fri, 2025-10-17 09:00 +0000

In case you haven’t heard, Senate Education was supposed to have an executive session and vote on the Ruth Ward amendment with the whole Senate voting on October 23.  Interestingly, when the committee returned from a short recess following Tuesday’s hearing, Ruth announced that the executive session would be rescheduled to “sometime before January.” A ... Read more

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OPINION: When the Watchdog Looks Away

Granite Grok - Fri, 2025-10-17 02:00 +0000

In December 2023, I filed a detailed criminal complaint with the New Hampshire Department of Justice alleging that officials from the Town of Newmarket and their legal counsel had concealed and falsified public records—acts that, if proved, would violate New Hampshire’s tampering-and-falsification statutes. Nearly two years later, the Department’s Public Integrity Unit (PIU) has yet ... Read more

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Right Side Up: A Heartfelt Thanks, some Climate Cult Buffoonery, and More

Granite Grok - Fri, 2025-10-17 00:00 +0000

This week on Right Side Up, a heartfelt thank you, fisking an article by Charlie Kirk, and the climate scam is collapsing. Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Got Something to Say, We Want to Hear It. Comment or submit Op-Eds ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

MACDONALD: Misdirection?

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-10-16 21:00 +0000

I just watched a clip of House Speaker Mike Johnson reading a partial list of the Senate Democrats’ hostage demands. These are the things they claim to want before allowing non-essential government workers to return to their jobs, if they still have them. You vhill give us what we vhant or else! Johnson’s says that’s ... Read more

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PAYNE: The Hand That Rocks The Cradle

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-10-16 18:00 +0000

I still treasure wisdom from an old-time gospel song planted in my mind as a child: What is a mother’s love, dear friend, what is a mother’s love? It’s deeper than the deep blue sea and reaches from heaven above.” Many years ago, my life was powerfully impacted by the eternal truth that “the hand ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

MACDONALD: Digital ID Or Else

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-10-16 16:00 +0000

All the best totalitarians are doing it, and now so are the wannabes. Doing what? Digital ID Baby. It’s cool, jazzy, hip, and Keir Stammer says you’ll need one if you think you’re going to have a job in the UK. Sounds a lot like COVID, yes? Natural human rights? Not so much. The nation ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

ORTOLANO: Justice by Exhaustion: How Nashua’s Courts Protect Power and Punish Dissent (Part V)

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-10-16 14:00 +0000

What Justice Should Look Like It’s Time for Civil DiscourseAfter five years in Nashua’s courts, I no longer believe the system fails by accident. It fails by design through silence, delay, and loyalty to power. Yet the damage isn’t irreversible. Real reform is still possible if New Hampshire decides that fairness matters more than familiarity. ... Read more

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Morning Update: The Radical Left and Islam

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-10-16 11:00 +0000

On today’s morning update, how is the impossible-to-believe alliance between the radical Left and Islam … possible? One shared goal, that’s how. Rumble upload is experiencing significant delays this morning. Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Got Something to Say, ... Read more

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CARDELLO: Blessed Be the Peacemakers

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-10-16 09:00 +0000

According to Google and AI, “Blessed are the peacemakers” is a biblical quote from the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5:9, meaning that those who actively work to create peace will be called the children of God. This is distinct from being a “peacekeeper,” who merely maintains a fragile status quo. Peacemakers actively resolve conflict by bringing ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

KLAR: Avoid Microplastics for Better Health

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-10-16 02:00 +0000

New revelations about the ubiquitous presence of microplastics in food, water, clothing, and even the air we breathe have led to greater awareness and studies of possible deleterious health effects. While researchers and scientific experts investigate how these microscopic particles adversely impact our brains, breathing, and bodies, there are numerous initiatives consumers can employ to ... Read more

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Granite Discourse: Guest – Ann Marie Banfield

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-10-16 00:00 +0000

Ann Marie Banfield is an education policy analyst and parental rights advocate based in NH. You can read her work at https://granitegrok.com/author/ambanfield and contact her at banfieldannmarie@gmail.coms. Note: There was no new episode of Justice 4 All This Week. Thanks to Granite Discourse for letting us share their content! Speakers’ opinions are their own and ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

MACDONALD: Now Harris Says Maybe?

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-10-15 21:00 +0000

Back in August, Kamala Harris had suggested that she wasn’t going to run for President again in 2028. She told Stephen Colbert as much on not-quite-live television. Harris said the system was broken and she didn’t want to get back into it, which I took to mean that it wasn’t her fault she lost – ... Read more

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The Shire Free Church presents “Mr. Bitcoin & Friends,” a cartoon series to educate kids about crypto

Free Keene - Wed, 2025-10-15 20:01 +0000

Mr. Bitcoin and Mr. Monero stand outside the Federal Reserve Bank and say fiat money is a scam.

The Shire Free Church, in cooperation with support from the Free State and Shire readers like you, is pleased to present the adventures of “Mr. Bitcoin & Friends” to educate and entertain children — or those of you that act like children — about Bitcoin.  You can always visit https://mrbitcoinandfriends.com or my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@TJTheSpy to see more show concept art and videos.

Bitcoin (BTC) is a mathematical, peer-to-peer, open-source digital cryptocurrency that is not backed or owned by any government, corporation, or legal entity.  Bitcoin is pure math and computer code running on the internet, making it difficult or impossible for anyone (including governments acting on behalf of their money printing central bankers) to stop, shut down, or control. Bitcoin is a new solution to a real and and growing problem in the world:  In what way do you keep your savings (in government fiat currency) from being destroyed by inflation?  A way that is digital, online, and decentralized.  A way that is free of “annual storage fees” and “currency conversion fees” because you sent your money across an imaginary line called a “border.”  A way that is voluntary and free-market.  Satoshi Nakimoto, our prophet, came and showed us such a way:  The way of Bitcoin.

Secret Agent Monero can only be seen if you know his secret “Viewing Key”

After reading Dave Ridley’s article about AI obliterating New Hampshire, I decided to take this opportunity to explore ChatGPT’s 4.0 and Google’s Veo 3 engines.  All the images and videos in this post are AI generated.  I am a mathematician and computer engineer by training.  Drawing was something I never practiced and I have no natural proclivity in that skillset.  But with AI, I can draw comic book characters like Mr. Bitcoin and his friend Secret Agent Monero who fight together to battle the inflation monster.  I don’t need to have any skills in 3D rendering, or video editing, or Photoshop.  With AI, I can use text prompts and images to generate amazing things like this short 8-second video:

https://freekeene.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Mister-Bitcoin-Hey-Kids.mp4

 

CARDELLO: Pritzker Running Away From Chicagoans and Toward a Presidential Run

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-10-15 18:00 +0000

JB Pritzker is no longer just the Governor of Illinois; he is also the first undeclared candidate for President in 2028. Pritzker will not be running as a Democrat, as the Democratic Party has ceased to exist. He will be the first presidential candidate to run as a member of the Anti-Trump Party. The Anti-Trump ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Midweek Memes

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-10-15 16:00 +0000

Halfway there or there halfway, it’s the middle of the traditional work week, and as good a reason as any to make fun of things and people in an effort to improve our personal mental health. Bring on the Memes! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Read more

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CARDELLO: So Much of Politics is Black and White Until Trump Takes a Stand

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-10-15 14:00 +0000

There are very few issues in Washington that warrant extensive discussion. Most issues fall into the 70/30 basket, or even the 90/10. Transgender rights for children is an example of overwhelming support to ban medical or surgical interventions for children under the age of 18. However, it is still argued ad nauseam by some. Abortion ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

State of New Hampshire vs. Me – Defense Filed Documents

Free Keene - Wed, 2025-10-15 12:37 +0000
  • Appearance
  • Motion To Dismiss

Just a reminder…  I’m not a trained lawyer, so I make mistakes lawyers wouldn’t.  That said – I think it is high time the NH state government address the ghosts of its past and contrast them to its continued enforcement of victimless offenses against the peaceful.

We’ll see.

Morning Update: That Gaza-Hamas Peace Thingy

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-10-15 11:00 +0000

On today’s morning update, we received great news from the Middle East over the weekend, which warrants a few observations, not all of which are mine. Check it out. Sources: Amil Imani – https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/trump_s_bold_ceasefire_frees_gaza_hostages_defeats_hamas_israel_must_counter_turkey_for_lasting_peace.html Video – Scott Adams: https://x.com/jayplemons/status/1977815279976779880 Video – Siaka.massaquoi: https://x.com/TONYxTWO/status/1977905127957602361 Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok ... Read more

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