Saturday • January 29 • 2022
Vol.XIV • No.IV
Manchester, N.H.
Libertarianism is lame.
To put it frankly, libertarianism is an ideology that has a relatively high cost of entry. I don’t necessarily mean monetarily either, I’m also talking about time cost. Though you can get the basics of libertarianism down with a short read of “Anatomy of the State”, “The New Libertarian Manifesto”, or “Getting Libertarianism Right”, or by spending some time on LibertyBlock.com, there becomes almost a wall to the ideology when there are 20+ books some purists will expect you to read and fully understand to be taken seriously. Some books being obscenely expensive for the amount of content they are, Community Technology by Karl Hess comes immediately to mind as my used copy cost me $60 and it’s only 100 pages and some change. We cannot expect everyone to read Human Action, We shouldn’t expect people to read Democracy: The God That Failed, however, this seems to be the air some libertarians have. The other ideologies, save for various flavors of Marxism, can usually get their ideology across by presenting a small shopping list of demands or a mentioning of The Constitution and American Exceptionalism, libertarians can claim to have this, but we immediately get into arguments on whether or not Intellectual Property exists. (it doesn’t). What’s the other barrier that libertarianism has that would normally allow an ideology to be easily understood and broadcasted to the masses?
Cultural relevance.
With few exceptions, libertarianism has failed to capture the hearts of the masses. As time goes on we see the left and even the conservatives maintain a hold on cultural media, be it film, books, television (or in this case, shows on streaming platforms), the list goes on. These mediums of entertainment are held by our ideological opponents with little chance of us gaining traction within them. Sure there are examples of libertarian themes in films such as Dallas Buyers Club, Amy, and even The Incredibles, but these are the exception and not the rule, from the standpoint of books, our relatives the objectivists have managed to make Atlas Shrugged a beloved book for many people outside of their worldview, primarily conservatives. But where is our Atlas Shrugged? Where’s our Brave New World? Some of my fellow Agorists in the room will likely chime in about Alongside Night, the problem we have is that Alongside Night’s book isn’t a common talking point or subject of praise outside of some very niche circles, the other problem is the movie adaptation is horrendously unfaithful to the original work on top of being trash so it fails for two different reasons to be the poster child for the cultural relevance of libertarianism, so what is capable of meeting that cultural niche?
You guessed it, anime.
Anime within the last few years has not only gained worldwide attention, it is now so ubiquitous that we no longer live in the days of having to explain what anime is. If you’ve been a fan as long as I have, you understand this struggle. In a way, this echoes how libertarianism is relatively unknown or if it is known, it’s mocked or even reviled by some who are aware of it but are not a part of it. But why anime, you ask? To put it simply, Anime is capable of broadcasting various messages and philosophies to its audience. An example of our opposition using anime is Hayao Miyazaki, famed director of such films as Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, and my personal favorite of his: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. Miyazaki is a known Marxist and though he can be subtle in most of his films he also sprinkles a bit of overtness here and there such as Porco Rosso. There are examples already of anime with liberty-minded themes and concepts, these will be explained as the article goes on.
Economic Education
The very basis of libertarianism is economics, namely private property rights and capitalism, and through extrapolation, liberty is the consequence. Anime can be used to explain economics (in this case Austro-Economics) albeit not directly but through a secondary understanding. Let’s take my favorite anime Yuru Camp, for example, a show where high school girls go on various camping trips throughout the series. Each character with their own personality, background, and their own ends. The protagonist Rin is a socially introverted individual who tends to camp by herself on solo camping trips, she also has a propensity to travel far outside her town on her Moped, as these trips, vehicle maintenance, and the equipment itself cost money, Rin maintains this through a part-time job at a bookstore. The deuteragonist Nadeshiko on the other hand is an extrovert who befriends Rin rather quickly, and joins the Outdoors Club on her first day transferring, Nadeshiko is more interested in camping with a group and has minimal to no equipment, the Outdoors Club has a few resources available for members to use but as only one member has a job at the beginning of the series, these resources are scarce, prompting members to get jobs, the same will occur for Nadeshiko though this occurs towards the end of the first season. These two characters are great examples of Human Action: People seeking their own ends through scarce means, each character wants different things from their experience and weighs the costs and benefits.
There’s also a great example for both The Subjective Theory of Value and Time Preference within Yuru Camp as well. For the uninformed the Subjective Theory of Value asserts that the value of an item, service, etc… is entirely based on how much you’re willing to pay to obtain that thing, it’s also not that you value you that thing as equal to what you’re paying for it, you actually value it MORE than what you’re using to pay for it. Time Preference is the concept of how much someone delays gratification for greater gains, those with a high time preference for example would take $1,000,000 now instead of $100,000 a month for the rest of their lives where someone with low time preference would choose the opposite. During the midway point of the first season, the Outdoors Club brings Nadeshiko to an Outdoor Outfitter similar to an REI or the camping section of a Cabelas or Scheels. As Nadeshiko travels the store she comes across a lamp that resembles the old oil lamps of the 1800s, she has interest in the lamp however the price tag is set for ¥4999 or about $50 (though with inflation i could very well be wrong). With no job, Nadeshiko decides to find part-time work to be able to buy the lamp from the store. This is an example of Time Preference because Nadeshiko is willing to delay the gratification of purchasing an item that would be cheaper in an effort to acquire the lantern. This also pertains to The Subjective Theory of Value because though there are other things Nadeshiko could spend her money on, she values this lantern above them, including hours worked and money earned. There are more examples within Yuru Camp that can explain Austro-Economics but if I make this section any bigger it will require a paperback edition, but that’s for another time.
Counter-Economics and Agorism
Within the Liberty Movement there exists a sub-group of people who view the concept of democracy as the enactment of aggression and inconsistent with libertarian values, these are called Agorists, of which I consider myself a member. To save you a multi-page history lesson I’ll simply explain the basic concepts of Agorism and how it differentiates from traditional libertarianism. As mentioned before, Agorists don’t believe in democracy or political action to remove The State, instead, they believe in a concept known as Counter-Economics, Described by Samuel Konkin, the founder of Agorism, as all instances of human action outside the view and allowance of the state. This can include examples such as working under the table, buying products that are either illegal or normally regulated, or my favorite example, simply having a yard sale that did well and NOT declaring the income. This is my favorite example because almost everyone has done this exact thing, people are engaging in Counter-Economics and they don’t even know it. Within anime, you can see examples of Counter-Economics, though these are more far and few between as opposed to Austrian Economics which can be more broadly applied. For what I consider the most blatant example of Counter-Economics in anime, we’ll need to do a quick dive into a show called Sound of the Sky.
Sound of the Sky takes place in a small town within a country that is in the midst of an uneasy armistice. Though the war is over, Kanata Sorami joins the military because she wants to learn how to play the trumpet, and is stationed at the military base neighboring the town. Over the course of the series the viewer experiences both the highs and lows of a military life in a town where nothing is happening all the while characters pick up the pieces of their broken pasts. At the midpoint of the series, Kanata is visiting the town during a market day after she gets paid. To her surprise, she was paid on time and in cash, which according to her is different from how things are normally done where soldiers are paid in scrip and usually weeks late. Well, there’s a reason for this, her unit is actually running a distillery in the basement of the base, creating alcohol without licenses, permits, or anything of the sort (i know I’m just as appalled as you are.) over the course of the episode the rest of Kanata’s unit is busy dealing with the mafia from the capital trying to step in on their turf, so they give them a reason to stay away, non-violently of course. It’s revealed that the punishment for committing this “crime” is pretty steep, but the group took it upon themselves after the previous unit that originally produced the alcohol left. It’s actions like these that are representative of Counter-economics.
Private Societies and Security
Within the ideas posited by the Great Hans Herman Hoppe, he asserts that governance in a private society would not be every individual atomized to be their own citizen, but covenants of people would create a multitude of competing governances that would each have their own rules and structures. If one doesn’t find the terms of the community they’re in to be suitable for them, they can more easily transfer their citizenship to another covenant, and while on the surface this may appear to be overwhelmingly similar to what our current system is, there would exist contractual obligations of the Covenant owners to their customers, otherwise private arbitration will find them liable to damages and also the risk of losing customers to a higher quality covenant. One Thing That cities in our current system are supposed to provide is security, considering the state of the average urban area and the public opinion on the police as a whole, it goes to show that the security forces have failed to do their jobs, security would also be in competition with one another to provide the proper services at a competing price for the populous they’re serving. This however can include escort services for businesses that travel to make their money such as shipping. A great example of this comes from an oddball of a show called The Magnificent Kotobuki.
The story of The Magnificent Kotobuki (From here on out just Kotobuki for short) takes place in a dried up land with spots of communities dotting the world, the primary cast of the show is the Kotobuki Corps, private security contractors for a courier service, they provide security with their World War 2 era fighter planes escorting a large dirigible, over the course of the series the group engages in dogfights of a varying challenge to execute their contractual obligations. To put it simply, Kotobuki is set in a pure AnCap world, however, not everyone believes in respecting the private property rights of others as Sky Pirates are a regular problem (hence the need for dogfighting security firms). Each of the characters has their own personal motivations from as simple as the main character Kyrie wanting to fly, to the captain who runs an orphanage in her spare time. Throughout the series, the viewer is shown examples of how regulation enables the monopolization of force, how democracy is easily corruptible, and how communities and even individuals have differing values thus differing needs that need to be met. The Antagonist of the series Isao is a Maoist who creates statist policies that hinder both the heroes but allow a corrupt system to take effect. At the end of the series it cuts to each character detailing what they want to do with their lives and it’s portrayed as heroic, not selfish. Though the series is not without flaws, namely the fact that without the advent of inter-dimensional wormholes the world will not innovate on the technology it has, if you know what happens to technology when put on the free market, you know this is silly. However, I believe this show is a great representation of a private society, and if an AnCap is to watch only one anime, it would be this one.
And with that, I have provided three examples of how anime is a useful tool for both explaining and professing Liberty. Though there are many more examples I feel it’s safe to say this article has gotten to the point of being a small pamphlet and we can leave it here for now. So from that where do we go? Libertarianism amongst the Japanese is growing rather steadily, but over here in the states, we can also join in. Be it simply getting interested in anime and supporting works that reflect our values, if one is a graphic artist with skill in drawing manga I’m sure The Manga Guide to Anarcho-Capitalism would sell well if the characters were cute and we might educate a few people to boot. If one is more of a writer than a designer, there’s a middle point between Novel and Manga called Light Novels which features a few anime-styled illustrations within a small book, works like this from members of the Liberty Movement already exist like Scott Reavy Jr.’s Hex | End series who’s 2nd volume is being worked on. Maybe the young libertarian anime fan possibly reading this will go on to make something great too.
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Over the past few weeks, a large contingent of influential individuals including some doctors throughout the united states have made it clear that hospitals should no longer treat those who are sick because of their own bad decisions. What would be the result of such a policy?
First, it’s important to understand which ailments are responsible for the most deaths each year. The top causes of death are heart disease, cancer, lung disease, kidney disease, and diabetes.
Set a date now.
— Chris Vickery (@VickerySec) October 14, 2021
After that date, no hospital services for the willingly unvaccinated.
As you might imagine, a huge amount of people who suffer from and die as a result of these diseases do so because of their own actions. In my ten years of treating patients in emergency medicine, I would guess that around 80% of them ended up in the back of my ambulance as a result of their own questionable lifestyle choices. I do not say this to condemn them – I respect their freedom of choice, and I will always treat every single patient to the best of my ability. In fact, I will likely die of heart disease or diabetes one day, and it will be largely a result of my own eating habits. Millions of Americans will meet a similar demise one day.
Nearly every person who dies from heart disease has made many poor exercise, nutrition, and lifestyle choices. The same applies to cancer patients, COPD patients, and those who suffer from diabetes, hypertension, and kidney disease.
figures from CDC dataIf any hospital denies treatment to patients who are unvaccinated, they must also refuse to treat those who smoke, are obese or have unhealthy eating habits.
Anyone who rides a motorcycle understands that they are being extremely reckless. Yet, they are treated with great care like all other patients. The same goes for professional fighters, who literally sign up for a beating on a regular basis.
I have written dozens of articles and an entire book proving that COVID is not nearly as dangerous or contagious as the elites have made it seem. Still, some would argue that those who refuse the vaccine are putting others at risk and therefore deserve to be punished.
First, the vaccine literally does not prevent transmission, according to the CDC and other health officials. Second, smoking causes tons of cancer and lung disease from second-hand smoke, and many other habits do put others at risk. Travel to foreign countries puts people at much greater risk of catching and spreading Tuberculosis, for instance (you know, that little bacteria that kills over a million people each year). If these people were serious about combating preventable diseases from spreading, they would refuse medical care to anyone who has been in India within the past year. Never before in the history of humanity have we refused to treat people based on lifestyle decisions that were so benign.
I cannot overstate the importance of exercise, though. In addition to a total ban on smoking and alcohol, mandatory exercise and BMI requirements would do more to save lives than abolishing COVID and Tuberculosis in the united states. It is settled: All persons in the united states must maintain a BMI of under 30, and unhealthy habits like smoking, drinking alcohol, using drugs, or riding motorcycles are hereby banned!
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In a 4-1 party-line vote on Wednesday afternoon, the N.H. Executive Council voted to reject a $27 million federal bribe that would have funded vaccine propaganda in New Hampshire and expanded the state’s unconstitutional vaccine database. The funds also might have compelled the New Hampshire government to comply and assist the U.S. government with other coronafascist measures, including “quarantine and isolation” measures, according to the contract terms.
Dictator Sununu has been strongly urging the Council to accept the federal funds for the past few weeks, and following the vote, the Dictator acted like a petulant child who had his personal piggy bank taken away.
“Not a single state we’re aware of has voted to reject these funds,” Sununu said. “Our response depends on this money.”
At the same time, patriots have risen up with unprecedented levels of resistance since discovering the federal contracts, efforts that successfully swayed the votes of councilors. It is Sununu’s very response that has stimulated this activism, because it is one-sided and focuses on the use of government coercion–whether behind the scenes or overt–and propaganda that aims to convince unvaccinated individuals to make a choice they have already decided against. Whether for or against the vaccine, most people recognize the need for medical freedom and privacy and are willing to stand up for the rights of their fellow man.
“The founders of New Hampshire created the Executive Council as a check on the governor’s authority, and today’s vote shows the wisdom of that system,” said Andrew J. Manuse, chairman of RebuildNH, one of the groups leading the anti-coronafascism effort. “By supporting continued government overreach into private medical affairs, the governor was hoping he could continue bullying New Hampshire citizens to cater to his will, just like he did during the State of Emergency last year, and it is about time to end his continual lust for power.”
At the meeting, nine pro-freedom activists (including one 70-year-old woman) were arrested by state troopers, exhibiting the willingness of Gov. Sununu to impose actual tyranny. According to video and eyewitness evidence, the activists were civil, peaceful, and non-violent, just like the hundreds of others in attendance. The arrests of the silent members of the crowd for no reason seem to be targeted moves by Dictator Sununu. Among those arrested were Marylyn Todd, the leader of the New Hampshire Voter Integrity Project, who has been a thorn in Sununu’s side for months. Terese Grinnell and Frank Staples, two of the leaders of the health freedom movement in New Hampshire were also arrested. They were all arrested for “disorderly conduct,” even though video evidence (starts right around 1:57:00) shows no such thing. A fundraiser has been launched to support their legal battle.
“Today activists showed the world why peaceful and civil protests are the right strategy,” Manuse said. “The governor’s heavy-handed tactics only serve to demonstrate to a wider group of citizens that Sununu is the tyrant we’ve claimed all along.”
New Hampshire is the only state to reject the grant, which Florida and Texas have already accepted, according to FreeKeene.com.
Sununu has not handled the rejection of his desired grant very well, going as far as harshly condemning pro-freedom conservatives on the Council. In an official statement, the Republican Dictator said “…today’s vote by members of my own party on the Executive Council was a total disservice to the constituents we serve…The vote showed a reckless disregard for the lives we are losing while they turn away the tools our state needs to fight and win this battle against COVID.”
Photo by ReOpen NHHis harsh words for members of his own party also included telling Councilor Joe Kenney that his concerns about the grant and corona-fascism were “based on fantasy”.
Possibly even more disturbing is that Sununu told the Associated Press that New Hampshire is already implementing the policies that the grant would have paid for: “You reject these federal dollars, the federal government doesn’t put it in a savings account. … They’re going to send it to New York and California. The dollars are ours, for programs we already implemented…”
When asked whether he would stand up for individual rights and prevent businesses from mandating vaccine and/or vax passports, Sununu repeated what he has been saying in recent Facebook arguments: That he would never do anything to ever control any private business, and that doing so would be socialist, nay communist! In an angry tone, Sununu told a citizen “You want the government to tell private businesses who to hire and fire?! That isn’t even socialist! That is completely unamerican!”
RebuildNH has released a statement thanking the Councilors for rejecting the anti-freedom grant from DC politicians.
According to some reports, Sununu and the HHS commissioner will continue to try to get this grant and implement the policies within it, saying “we can usually find a way to get something done.”
Increasingly, Sununu seems to be losing the support of Republicans, conservatives, libertarians, and independents. Other than his close personal staff, few members of his party continue to support him. Many conservatives believe that Sununu is now using State Police officers as his personal enforcers against anyone who opposes him. Multiple Republican State Representatives have already expressed disappointment for Sununu declaring war on the NH GOP at large, some even referring to him as a Democrat in Republican clothing.
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A couple of weeks ago, hundreds of freedom-loving activists made headlines when they converged on a meeting of New Hampshire’s governor and the “executive council”. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss accepting $27 million taxpayer dollars from the federal gang to promote COVID vaccinations. Cowardly state employees walked out of the meeting claiming they were in fear for their safety and the lone democrat on the executive council called the activists’ behavior “insurrectionist”. Sununu canceled the meeting and it was rescheduled for this morning.
Again, hundreds of activists gathered this morning at a larger venue, the New Hampshire Technical Institute in Concord, for the rescheduled meeting to consider accepting the $27 million bribe. This time, the state gang was prepared for mass arrests with at least 50 state troopers on hand as well as multiple police prisoner transport vans. During today’s meeting, there were indeed several arrests, with activists facing “Disorderly Conduct” charges.
In New Hampshire, the executive council is a check on executive power. There are five councilors and any contracts valued over $10,000 must be approved by the council, which is why the $27 million offer from the federal goons has to get the nod from a majority of the executive council. Despite tyrant-king “governor” Chris Sununu advocating the council accept the COVID bribe money, surprisingly the council voted 4-1 down party lines to REJECT the money!
According to the Free State Project and democrat executive councilor Cinde Warmington, this historic vote makes New Hampshire the only state to reject federal COVID money. The authoritarian states of Florida and Texas both accepted the federal COVID bribes.
Sununu issued a whining press release after the meeting, saying, “today’s vote by members of my own party on the Executive Council was a total disservice to the constituents we serve…The vote showed a reckless disregard for the lives we are losing while they turn away the tools our state needs to fight and win this battle against COVID.”
Dozens in the crowd turned their backs on the council during.Meanwhile, dozens of activists visited the Merrimack County Spiritual Retreat where the nine people arrested were processed and released. I spoke with Absolute Defiance founder Frank “Footloose” Staples about the arrests. He says they were charged with the police favorite catch-all, “Disorderly Conduct” and one caught a “Resisting Arrest” charge. One of the arrested is a 70-year old woman.
When asked about the rumor that he was arrested on a warrant from the PRIOR meeting, Footloose said he isn’t sure as despite the fact that he was arrested, processed, and released from jail, at no point was he issued a “COMPLAINT” with any details regarding his charge. Prior to his arrest and the arrest of another leader, nurse Terese Grinnell, neither were asked to leave or warned in any way.
Footloose also explained that the meeting room had a large plastic curtain dividing it and behind the curtain were dozens of state troopers – presumably waiting to make arrests. So, by dividing up the room into an area for the audience and an area for potential mass arrests, the gang was able to keep a large chunk of activists from entering the building. Very sneaky.
Regardless, the executive councilors got the message from the people and they did the right thing and rejected the federal bribe, an act of nullification – proving again that New Hampshire is a special place where freedom actually has a chance to win.
This letter is to the women out there. I need to ask you something. Are you feeling it? That lump of anxiety in your chest suspended over a hollow feeling in your stomach. Something is happening and our children are in danger.
I want you to know that I am writing this letter while purposely wearing my kitchen apron. It ties around my waist and, well, honestly, it reminds me of my mom. I grew up in the fifties and sixties. We thought those were simpler times and perhaps they were but hidden in our society a small undetected lump of cancer was growing. Today it has metastasized throughout America.
There is something out there. Something that for a time was just lurking around the neighborhood. We ignored it; we just pulled our children closer and believed it would go away.
But it has not. It has parked its evil presence on our doorstep. Many of us have parted the curtains and looked directly at it. No longer are we able to send our children to school, send them out to play, tuck them in bed at night without sensing a predator. We are on alert.
Those that have awakened to it have seen it, felt it, and know it is real. Panic rises in our soul as we reach out to other moms who are oblivious to the danger now embedded in our society. It is like screaming in a dream when you are not heard. If we cannot reach them, their absence of action will not only extinguish freedom for their children, but it will extinguish it for ours.
I just want to be “mom” – baking banana bread, changing bed sheets, driving my teenagers to work. But there is a war in America, a different type of war, and a very different type of enemy. This enemy, without firing a shot, is stealing our liberties, our children, and their future. We must stand together to fight this battle. In this war, we are the soldiers. It’s time to get involved, forget the sheep, wake up the other lions.
I have my apron on. It is my armor. It says I am a mom, do not mess with me. I will protect my children as fiercely as a lioness protects her cubs. Our numbers are strong and each day they grow stronger. You will not win.
If what you just read hit a nerve and you feel our country being torn apart, then it is time for you to look evil in the eye. While we slept, Communism methodically spread its roots under American soil and is now attempting to strangle the life out of Her. Big media now decides what you will hear and censors everything else. News channels run on propaganda. School districts are owned by a government that pays billions to coerce them to follow government mandates and now view parents as domestic terrorists for speaking out to protect their children.
Do you know how Marxism takes root in a society? It pits one group of people against another. Critical Race Theory is being taught in our schools and businesses. It teaches that based on skin tone we are not equal. CRT is racism and it is meant to divide us. Why aren’t we focused on Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech? Because it teaches unity. A pandemic has divided us further – mask, no mask, vaccine, no vaccine, mandates, no mandates, freedom of choice, no freedom. There are two viewpoints, but you need to leave MSM to hear them. If you shorten a chain one link at a time, it is not noticed. But eventually, the nation that was once, “of the people, by the people, and for the people” will find there are no links left and the only freedom they enjoy is the freedom the government decides they should have. And that is full blown communism.
Here’s what you can do to protect your children:
Seek out other likeminded friends. Talk with them.
Go with your gut; something is wrong, your children are in danger.
Go to news sources you never thought you would go to. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Seek out on social media like-minded groups. Once you tap into one site, it will lead to others.
VERIFY EVERYTHING you hear. Those sources you thought you could trust, may not be safe. And if they are not safe, your children are not safe.
If you read a statistic, question it!
In the end, you decide what is best and fight for it. That’s called freedom.
These are unusual times. You are NOT getting fair and balanced information. Anyone that thinks otherwise has their head in the sand and needs to be left alone. They have already surrendered their freedom
We can use you in this fight.
Donna Chick
Center Ossipee, NH
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Liberty Block founder Alu Axelman recently appeared on the Karlyn Borysenko YouTube channel for nearly two hours and easily handled various questions about New Hampshire independence from the host and her viewers. Watch it here:
Plus, liberty-oriented state representative, and the sponsor of the NH Exit constitutional amendment, Mike Sylvia was recently interviewed on YouTube by the CEO of YES California, the CA independence movement, Marcus Ruiz Evans. You can watch the hour-long interview here:
By Andrew J. Manuse
As a political appointee, N.H. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Director Lori Shibinette has been leading the state’s COVID-19 response by attempting to make herself appear credible while deflecting all criticism, and it’s time to start asking questions.
We’ve all heard about the number of cases, the number of deaths, the threat of overburdened hospitals, and even statistics separating male and female outcomes, but this type of information only gives the appearance of value. Good public health policy doesn’t only consider these metrics while neglecting others. The information’s only purpose, it seems, is to create the appearance of authority and thoughtfulness while manipulating the public into hysteria. The Department is ignoring data from peer-reviewed studies that counter their prevailing narrative, while seemingly ignorant that they are not presenting a full data set.
On Sept. 17, in a meeting with the legislative Fiscal Committee, Commissioner Shibinette said, “What we do know when we look at our hospitalizations: that 90- plus percent of people that are hospitalized with serious illness are unvaccinated. That’s a fact.” How can Commissioner Shibinette present this undocumented data as fact when the Department has not required the complete and thorough collection of data?
In contrast to data available in Britain and Israel, which is highly regarded and granular, New Hampshire politicians have not done due diligence to ensure their data is complete. Here are some questions the Department needs to answer to reveal the state’s blind spots to the public:
Similarly, the Department hasn’t insisted on policies that will give a full picture of the risks of the COVID-19 vaccination. Here are some more questions:
The unfortunate reality is we do not have the statewide data to support the Department’s myopic vaccination push, either. Meanwhile, DHHS continues to ignore the totality of public health. The vast majority of COVID-19 deaths are among those with chronic health conditions, those who are obese, and those who are Vitamin D deficient. Here are some more questions:
In addition, recent research makes it clear that early treatment of COVID-19 saves lives. What guidance has the Department released that encourages medical professionals to treat COVID-19 early and consider off-label treatments, including with ivermectin?
While the Department is failing to pull together meaningful data and provide good public health recommendations, the Commissioner is doing a great job trampling the rights of New Hampshire citizens by violating a new Constitutional provision that protects privacy and fanning the flames of discrimination against people who choose not to vaccinate. Here are some related questions:
The gaps in state data make me wonder whether the Department is simply serving as a conduit for top-down directives from our Centers for Disease Control overlords. If this is true, we’re seeing yet another area where the federal government is flexing its muscle and trying to erase New Hampshire state sovereignty. New Hampshire deserves better than a puppet state bureaucracy.
Andrew J. Manuse is chairman of RebuildNH, which is also known as ReopenNH, a grassroots group devoted to restoring the rule of law and rebuilding the economy.
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During the reign of Nazi Germany, the Jewish people were said to be dirty, evil, and dangerous to the general population. This was used as justification when they were eventually herded into cattle cars by the government and brought to isolation/concentration/quarantine camps.
It’s often claimed that “we won WWII”, but did we really? Does anyone ever truly “win” a war?
How many of you knew that the United States government allowed much of the Nazi command structure to enter our union and start working for our central government? Do you think they did anything to undermine the values of our country?
Did you know that our NASA program and the CIA were full of “Operation Paperclip” Nazis?
What kind of remnants did they leave behind?
“From nerve and disease agents to the feared and coveted V-1 and V-2 rockets, Nazi scientists worked on an impressive arsenal. As the war came to a close in 1945, both American and Russian officials began scheming to get that technology for themselves. So it came to pass that 71 years ago today, 88 Nazi scientists arrived in the united states and were promptly put to work for Uncle Sam.”
Why is this relevant? Because now it is the “unvaccinated”, not the jewish people, that are the “dirty” and “dangerous” ones now being threatened with the loss of employment, dishonorable discharge, and, most importantly, “isolation and quarantine” in “COVID camps”. Don’t believe me? Just look here and apply for your next job:
Army National Guard Recruits For ‘Internment’ And ‘Resettlement’ Specialist, Military Documents Lay Out Procedure For ‘Civilian Internees’
Excerpt:
“Internment/resettlement specialists are primarily responsible for day-to-day operations in a military confinement/correctional facility or detention/internment facility,” according to an Army National Guard job posting that touts “A monthly paycheck” as a benefit to being an internment and resettlement specialist.
Department of Defense DIRECTIVE Number 2310.01E issued on August 19, 2014 states: “Subject to the requirements of the law of war and this directive, POWs and unprivileged belligerents may lawfully be detained until a competent authority determines that the conflict has ended or that active hostilities have ceased, and civilian internees may lawfully be detained until the reasons that necessitated the civilian’s internment no longer exist.”
The DoD directive states that:
“Biometric identification information (BII) will be collected from all detainees in accordance with DoDD 8521.01E (Reference (i)) as soon as practicable after their capture by, or transfer to, the custody or control of DoD personnel, and will be included in detainee records. BII collected on detainees who are U.S. citizens or U.S. resident aliens will be conducted in accordance with U.S. law and policy and all applicable DoD regulations…Civilian internees interned for imperative reasons of security or for their protection will be transferred or released when the reasons that necessitated internment no longer exist and a safe and orderly transfer or release is practicable. A civilian internee convicted of a criminal offense will be released from punitive confinement when the court administered sentence to confinement ends.”
In the DoD directive, “civilian internee” is defined as “Any civilian, including any person described by Article 4 of Reference (e), who is in the custody or control of DoD during an armed conflict or case of occupation, such as those held for imperative reasons of security or protection.”
Civilian Internee (US DoD Definition)
Internment/Resettlement Specialist (31E)
New INTERNMENT/RESETTLEMENT SPECIALIST
Dictator Sununu claims that this federal contract doesn’t need to be adhered to because it’s just “generic boiler plate language seen in many other contracts” and “unenforceable”. If we believe this drivel, he’s quite simply insinuating that he plans to take the money and run, ultimately violating said contract. He asserts that NH will retain is sovereignty, even though the contract explicitly states otherwise:
“Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Funds: A recipient of a grant or cooperative agreement awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with funds made available under the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (P.L. 116-123): the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, 2020 (the “CARES
Act”) (P.L. 116-136); the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (P.L.
116-139); and/or the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Division M – Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (P.L. 116-260), the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (P.L. 117-2) agrees, as applicable to the award, to:
1) comply with existing and/or future directives and guidance from the Secretary [a federal politician] regarding control of the spread of COVID-19;
2) in consultation and coordination with [federal] HHS, provide, commensurate with the condition of the individual, COVID-19 patient care regardless of the individual’s home jurisdiction and/or appropriate public health measures (e.g., social distancing, home isolation); and
3) assist the United States Government in the implementation and enforcement of federal orders related to quarantine and isolation.
In addition, to the extent applicable, Recipient will be required to comply with Section 18115 of the CARES Act, with respect to the reporting to the HHS Secretary of results of tests intended to detect SARS-CoV-2 or to diagnose a possible case of COVID-19. Such reporting shall be in accordance with guidance and direction from HHS and/or CDC.
… but that’s not all. Extracted from “Additional Terms and Conditions of Award”:
“(CDC) hereby incorporates Immunization and Vaccines for Children, which are hereby made a part of this Non-research award.”
[in addition] “…the recipient is expected to provide to CDC copies of and/or access to COVID-19 data collected with these funds, included but not limited to data related to COVID-19 testing CDC will specify in further guidance and directives what is encompassed in this requirement.”
If this federal bribe money (“award”) is accepted by our elected officials, [We the PEOPLE of NH] will have agreed to comply with any and all unknown “future directives and guidance,” in addition to the currently explicit “enforcement of federal orders related to quarantine and isolation.”
But, don’t worry, it’s just “boiler-plate language” according to Sununu. Do we seriously believe anything that this dictator is spewing in between his cookies? Do you trust Sununu’s words? Do you trust that the federal government won’t continue to grow more tyrannical? Do you trust the mainstream media to be impartial and unbiased?
Sununu has yet to articulate one single cognizable fact that would support his incessant blathering. He has also said that the State “might” have a legal memorandum from the AG regarding the legality and constitutional implications of the State’s acceptance of this bribe money.”
Don’t you think we should have had this prior to the Executive Council meeting that we shut down?
Rather than provide any sort of meaningful response to our questions and concerns, this man tries to demonize and slander anyone that demands a coherent response or, at least, a logically consistent answer from him. Nothing he’s said about the EC meeting is making sense. At one point during his WMUR press conference, he said that the government can’t tell a business how to define the constitution! If this is true, then what about the ADA which prohibits discrimination against minorities? Is Sununu saying that businesses are free to discriminate and violate the ADA and NH RSA 354-A:16? It certainly appears this way. In fact, this is the sole purpose of the government! If it’s not the government’s job to uphold and enforce the Constitution… whose is it?
We the PEOPLE must take a stand and rise up against such tyranny. Believe what you will. Say what you may. We the PEOPLE are the NH Constitution. It’s up to us to make sure that it is adhered to.
Are we going to allow the segregation, detention, and quarantine & isolation of certain segments of the population here in NH? Are we going to allow another genocide, or are we going to learn from the past lessons of history?
Is this the future that you want to see for your children?
“Papers, sir.”
“Papers, ma’am.”
“Your booster isn’t up to date.”
“Your microchip license needs to be updated and renewed.”
“You’re under arrest for thinking outside the box.”
“I’m just following orders, I got mouths to feed.”
There’s no right or left anymore. Partisan politics serve nothing but to divide us. All that remains is the Freedom side, and the Tyranny side. It’s time to pick a side. You decide. The line in the sand has been drawn. Absolute defiance, mass non-compliance, is the path to freedom. Playing nice, political correctness, is exactly what got us here in this position. The time for niceties and kind words is over. “We know where you live” is a factual statement of public record, not a threat. If this makes you uncomfortable, it should. The real question is: “are you more comfortable with the government knowing where you live (vax-registry) and where you are at all times (location data/contact tracing)?”
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By Kelley Potenza for The Liberty Block
It appears that Dictator Sununu is looking to spend over $10 million dollars of your money to negate your freedoms!
Over the last few days, you may have heard a lot about the $27 million dollars federal DHHS COVID grant, and then the all-out intimidation, threats, and assault on NH House Rep. Ken Weyler. Did Sununu create a smokescreen for another all-out attack on our freedoms?
We believe there are 10+ million reasons why Sununu is implementing a Salesforce takeover running through the Department of Administrative Services. We are now witnessing the destruction of the Live Free or Die state.
On October 13, 2021, Governor Christopher T. Sununu during the Executive Council meeting is going to force-feed over 10 MILLION of our money to 10 different companies to implement Salesforce throughout the state. Each of these contracts includes an option to EXTEND the contracts 2 times. Does this mean $30 million in taxpayer-funded dollars could be given to private companies by Sununu over four years, largely for the enforcement of corona-fascism? These questions need to be asked and answered!
After the preliminary research of these 10 Salesforce developers, it looks as if they could be used to implement a CRM statewide system to track, trace, and digitalize every inhabitant of NH. A senior-level employee of Salesforce said the majority of their current development (sales) is focused around implementing COVID-type solutions for customers.
Is Dictator Sununu looking to implement these “COVID-type solutions” in your everyday life? Things like… I’m sorry but we can’t treat your illness because you aren’t vaccinated? Please show your vaccine passport for admission to the concert? Please show your digital ID to renew your car registration? We only accept digital currency here? Please show me your barcode? Every day in NH we are facing an unprecedented trampling of our right to live freely from government intrusion and medical tyranny in our lives – which was supposedly prevented by our recent constitutional amendment.
The list below is taken directly from the ‘Governor and Executive Consent Council Agenda from September 29, 2021’ (the meeting was canceled) so this will be pushed to the October 13, 2021 meeting.
NH-SOS – September 29, 2021
#94 Authorize to enter into a contract with Brite Systems Inc., Indianapolis, IN, for an aggregate price limitation of $10,000,000 among all awarded vendors, for Salesforce Professional Services. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2023, with the option to extend for 2 additional one-year extension terms.
#95 Authorize to enter into a contract with Tech Mahindra Americas Inc., Plano, TX, for an aggregate price limitation of $10,000,000 among all awarded vendors, for Salesforce Professional Services. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2023, with the option to extend for 2 additional one-year extension terms.
#96 Authorize to enter into a contract with Deloitte Consulting LLP, Concord, NH, for an aggregate price limitation of $10,000,000 among all awarded vendors, for Salesforce Professional Services. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2023, with the option to extend for 2 additional one-year extension terms.
#97 Authorize to enter into a contract with Coresphere LLC, Bethesda, MD, for an aggregate price limitation of $10,000,000 among all awarded vendors, for Salesforce Professional Services. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2023, with the option to extend for 2 additional one-year extension terms.
#98 Authorize to enter into a contract with MTX Group Inc., Albany, NY, for an aggregate price limitation of $10,000,000 among all awarded vendors, for Salesforce Professional Services. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2023, with the option to extend for 2 additional one-year extension terms.
#99 Authorize to enter into a contract with Slalom LLC, Boston, MA, for an aggregate price limitation of $10,000,000 among all awarded vendors, for Salesforce Professional Services. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2023, with the option to extend for 2 additional one-year extension terms.
#100 Authorize to enter into a contract with 22nd Century Technologies Inc., McLean, VA, for an aggregate price limitation of $10,000,000 among all awarded vendors, for Salesforce Professional Services. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2023, with the option to extend for 2 additional one-year extension terms.
#101 Authorize to enter into a contract with Spruce Technology Inc., Clifton, NJ, for an aggregate price limitation of $10,000,000 among all awarded vendors, for Salesforce Professional Services. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2023, with the option to extend for 2 additional one-year extension terms.
#102 Authorize to enter into a contract with Catalyst Consulting Group Inc., Chicago, IL, for an aggregate price limitation of $10,000,000 among all awarded vendors, for Salesforce Professional Services. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2023, with the option to extend for 2 additional one-year extension terms.
#103 Authorize to enter into a contract with Sapient Corporation d/b/a Publicis Sapient of Boston, MA, for an aggregate price limitation of $10,000,000 among all awarded vendors, for Salesforce Professional Services. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2023, with the option to extend for 2 additional one-year extension terms.
*#104 Authorize to amend an existing contract with Computer Aid Inc., Allentown, PA (originally approved by G&C on 4-17-19, item #148), for IT Professional Vendor Managed Services, by increasing the price by $1,500,000 from $7,000,000 to $8,500,000 and by extending the completion date from December 31, 2021 to March 31, 2022.
*This increase “continues to support various project initiatives in response to the COVID pandemic…” What specifically are these approved projects? And, why the need for more money and additional time?
Here is just a snapshot of MTX Salesforce solutions:
https://www.mtxb2b.com/s/erm-product
https://www.mtxb2b.com/s/safe-at-work
https://www.mtxb2b.com/s/safevax-solutions
We already know that 150 government agencies & systems are using Salesforce for corona-fascism and vaccine databases.
We can NOT allow Dictator Sununu to sell us out any longer.
*THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN UPDATED* After further investigation, we have been informed that the amount would be an aggregate of all approved contracts not exceeding $10,000,000 (originally, it was believed to be 10 individual contracts for $10,000,000 which would have equaled $100,000,000.)
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Over the past few months, chants of “F*ck Joe Biden” have been springing up all over the united states, including many sporting events, and even in the leftist epicenter of NYC.
Despite most politicians and nearly every president being despised by the general public (only around 25% of the population voted for Trump and Clinton in 2016), this phenomenon is entirely unprecedented. Never before have people at football games felt such a deep hatred and anger for a president that they felt motivated to chant about cursing him.
Some musicians have said “F*ck Donald Trump” during shows, but none to our knowledge have ever said the same during a concert about a Democrat president. Recently, Aaron Lewis fans at a concert joined the nationwide chant, and fans at a recent Brantley Gilbert concert did the same.
Of course, the progressives have been panicking about the popularity of the anti-Biden chants. Hashtags like ‘#FJB’ trending on Twitter were bad enough, but when people out in the real world are cursing out the man who you claim is the most popular president ever, the uniter-in-chief, and the recipient of the most votes for any person in united states history, it’s time to panic.
Matters grew worse when a Nascar crowd broke into the chant while an NBC reporter was interviewing the winner of the Talladega race on Saturday, October 2nd. Brandon Brown’s first-ever Nascar victory was unfortunately overshadowed by what transpired next. In a masterful exercise in improvisation, the reporter asked Brown how he felt about the crowd chanting “Let’s go, Brandon!”, during the interview. Everyone watching the live TV broadcast could clearly hear the crowd screaming “f*ck Joe Biden”, and the video clip immediately went viral. Few people are blaming the reporter for the split-second decision, but the new chant has now taken the nation by storm, and by Saturday night, “#LetsGoBrandon” was trending.
So, next time you hear a chant of “Let’s go, Brandon!” that seems out of place, quietly smile and acknowledge that you aren’t the only one around that hates the dictator of the united states.
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For decades, politicians and their enforcers and associates have been taking over the power to raise children from parents. Many parents have been feeling this shift, but some have a difficult time placing a finger on the exact issue. Perhaps this article can clear up some issues regarding who owns children.
Since 1918, all children in the united states have been forced by law to attend school. Some states allow for children to be home-schooled. However, it is extremely difficult for parents to receive even a small portion of their (school) taxes back, so the financially sensible decision is always to send children to public school. Those who send children to private school or educate them at home are making the wrong financial decision (though they are obviously making the overall better decision).
As such, 90% of children in the united states attend public schools. Because these schools are totally run by the government (state/local with some federal influence), I will henceforth refer to them as ‘government schools’.
Although math is now considered to be racist, we will need to do some basic arithmetic here. Each week has 168 hours. The average child spends 56 hours sleeping. Of the remaining 112 hours, the average child must attend school for an average of 7 hours every weekday, which is 35 hours per week. Accounting for travel to and from school, a child may spend around 7 hours in government school and around 7 hours at home with family each weekday. So, government agents co-parent with biological parents, but they allow the parents to see their children on weekends.
True to their progressive nature, politicians always seek more control over people; they are never satisfied. In 2019, then-Senator Kamala Harris (D-California) proposed a bill to extend the government-school day by three hours. This would tip the balance from parents having more time with their children to government agents having more time with their children, limiting parental visitation with their own children to only around 4 waking hours per weekday.
Keep in mind that children have plenty of homework to complete during those 4 hours.
This legislation will pass through Congress, it’s only a matter of time.
It gets worse.
Government agents have already made it clear that they will use corona-fascism as justification for taking children away from parents. Of course, politicians claim that anyone who does not get the COVID vaccine (even if they have natural antibodies) is clearly a reckless and dangerous parent who should not have custody of their children. So far, judges have only used this concept to take children from one parent and give custody to another, but this could easily be extended by CPS or the courts to include total removal of children from the home if their parents aren’t vaccinated, if they violate any corona-fascist law, or if they don’t vaccinate their children as soon as they are eligible.
Of course, state governments also require children to receive certain vaccinations before attending government and/or private schools. Parents don’t get a vote – only politicians get to decide. We all know that government agents could easily come to your home anytime and take your children away. Realistically, there is little you’d be able to do to stop them. In fact, few people would even consider such an act illegitimate.
The curriculum that children are taught in government schools is totally controlled by government officials. The federal dept. Of education, the state dept. Of education, and local school boards pretend to accept input from parents regarding what they teach children, but they don’t actually care what parents desire – and they don’t have to care. They are the government. They have the guns and they call the shots. Now that corona-fascism, racist indoctrination, and disturbing sexualization of children have caused millions of parents to wake up and condemn school boards at their meetings, the government agents are pushing back.
In early October, the Attorney General (a DC politician) sent a memo to federal law enforcement agencies “directing the Federal Bureau of Investigations, working with each United States Attorney, to convene meetings with federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial leaders within 30 days…” in order to “…facilitate the discussion of strategies for addressing threats against school administrators, board members, teachers, and staff.”
The memo justifies the crackdown as combating a “disturbing spike in harassment, intimidation, and threats of violence against school administrators, board members, teachers, and staff.”
Many pro-freedom parents are shocked and furious that the federal government will work with federal, state, and local cops to crush political opposition and concerned parents who disagree with government schools indoctrinating their children. This should not be shocking, though.
The government is the primary custodian of your children; you just have pretty good visitation hours. If you don’t return your children to the government on Monday morning, men with guns will come for you. If the government doesn’t return your children after their visitation, they cannot be held accountable – they are the government, after all, so they are the law!
In the eyes of government agents (cops, teachers, Biden, Garland, etc.) parents who want to have input on how the government educates their children are nosey bastards overstepping their boundaries.
In a recent debate, leftist leader, Terry McCauliffe said it simply: “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach!”
Terry McAuliffe: "I don't think parents should be telling schools what they should teach." pic.twitter.com/7S15pTv1gY
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) September 28, 2021
The National School Boards Association sent a letter to the Dept. of Justice asking them to investigate concerned parents who yell at school board members for “domestic terrorism“.
Time and again, politicians demonstrate that they cannot be reasoned with. The only way to ensure that your children receive a proper education free from abuse, corona-fascism, racism, and sexualization is to educate them at home yourself.
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A legislative service request (LSR) has been filed in the New Hampshire House for legislation that would amend the state laws governing which types of people could hold office as a state representative. Though only the title of the bill is currently public, sources have provided The Liberty Block with the language for a bill filed by one of the most controversial members of the New Hampshire House.
Over the course of a few weeks leading up to the September filing period for legislation, a group of pro-independence activists and state representatives held weekly work sessions to strategize the proposal of the landmark legislation. The meetings involved Rep. Mike Sylvia, Rep. Matt Santanastaso, Rep. Tom Ploszaj, and a few activists, including myself. All of the strategy sessions took place in video meetings that were posted for the public to see. We have all been totally transparent throughout this process because we have nothing to hide. We simply want to sever all ties to DC, and we have over 80 good reasons for supporting independence.
Ultimately, Mike Sylvia stepped up as the prime sponsor, and eight other representatives have since signed on as co-sponsors. If passed by 60% of the House and 60% of the Senate, the CACR would be placed on the ballot next November for the people to vote on. If 66% of NH voters supported the measure, New Hampshire’s Constitution would officially be amended, adding an article stating that it peacefully separates from the union and becomes an independent, self-governing state.
At the same time, a state representative who lives near Sylvia – but whose views on liberty could not possibly be farther away – was proposing another bill relating to state independence. As a former doctor (ophthalmologist) and current advocate for corona-fascism, Marsh has become quite controversial in New Hampshire over the past year. As his embrace for medical tyranny grew stronger, Republican voters throughout New Hampshire were growing frustrated with the rapidly expanding authoritarianism encouraged by Dictator Sununu and legislators like Marsh.
On September 14th, Marsh officially changed his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat. He told NBC that he supported corona-fascism too much, and NH Republicans were far too libertarian for him. “I cannot stand idly by while extremists reject the reasonable precautions of vaccinations and masks…”The faction that’s currently dominant in the Republican Party in the House in New Hampshire opposes vaccines and masks and mandates of any kind, and are of the opinion that public health measures are unconstitutional…I believe Supreme Court case law shows that not to be the case.”
Of course, the vaccines are largely not necessary, not as safe as they’d like you to believe, and not very effective. And masks don’t work. I wrote dozens of articles and a whole book about corona-fascism and the lies involved in it.
In addition to supporting vaccine mandates and opposing individual liberty, Marsh strongly opposes peaceful separation from DC, and believes that the government should use force to keep New Hampshire under the rule of DC politicians. He supports DC politicians so much that he does not even want to allow the people of New Hampshire to have the opportunity to vote on independence. But he went much further than simply refusing to support Sylvia’s common-sense legislation, which would put independence on the ballot if passed by the legislature. Marsh proposed a bill titled: ‘Relative to Qualifications for Office’.
According to a source, the text of his bill adds to the list of persons who are not qualified to hold office in the New Hampshire legislature, and reads:
1) Amend RSA 652:12 by adding VII to read as follows:
VII. Is determined by the General Court [the legislature] to have engaged in insurrection or rebellion, or given aid or comfort to the enemies of the state, in violation of RSA 655:1-a. This shall be determined by the house of representatives in the case of a member of the house of representatives and by the senate in the case of a member of the senate.
2) Amend RSA 655 by adding RSA 655:1-a to read as follows:
RSA 655:1-a Insurrection or Rebellion Prohibited.
As provided in Article 14, section 3, of the federal constitution, a person who engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or who gave aid or comfort to the enemies thereof, shall be ineligible to hold elective office in the state, unless Congress, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, shall have removed such disability. For the purposes of this subparagraph, “insurrection or rebellion” shall include any action intended to separate New Hampshire from the United States, and “aid or comfort” shall include any action facilitating such intent.
3) Effective upon passage.
I find this bill extremely interesting for a few reasons:
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Many conservatives believe that politicians should tax their citizens in order to fund government services and projects. Support for the military, law enforcement, courts, border security, and education, and a small amount of welfare seem popular among conservatives, though they often believe that the government wastes too much money or uses it on the wrong projects.
Taking a slightly different view, libertarians believe that politicians generally waste money, and they generally spend too much. Libertarians would say that politicians support unnecessary programs, such as war, surveillance, prohibition, education, and welfare.
Voluntaryists and anarcho-capitalists have a radically different perspective. First, they believe that politicians should not steal ANY money from any person by force. If theft is immoral and unacceptable in a civil society, we should not excuse theft simply for being ‘minimal’ or ‘used for popular programs’. Second, many voluntaryists believe that politicians do not generally waste our tax dollars. If they did light our money on fire or throw it into the garbage, voluntaryists would be quite happy (not just because it would cause a deflation of the money supply) compared to how they feel about the government now. What politicians do with the money they steal from us is much more sinister than simply wasting it: They use that money to hurt us, control us, and kill us. They use the money to make our lives miserable and to erode our freedom increasingly every day. And you are forced to fund it.
If you have concerns about the increasingly tyrannical police and surveillance state, keep in mind that all of those programs are funded by politicians with your tax dollars. Don’t like perpetual wars in every state on Earth? You are funding those billion-dollar missiles, planes, tanks, and guns.
But doesn’t the US government use tax dollars to protect us from evil terrorists like the Taliban? Actually, they used your tax dollars to buy 25 billion dollars worth of military weapons – which were then given to the Taliban. The DC politicians did the same with ISIS. Your tax dollars also pay for billions of dollars of welfare to nearly every nation on the planet. Every evil thing that politicians do – from suppressing ivermectin to enforcing corona-fascism, is all funded by your tax dollars.
Lockdowns, mask mandates, vaccine mandates, controlling and shutting businesses? You pay for the politicians and cops to enforce every corona-fascist mandate.
The IRS will soon hire 87,000 more agents and will soon have perpetual access to your bank account, so you won’t be able to hide anything from them. Who will pay for the massive increase in the IRS budget? You will, of course!
Moral people who don’t want to hurt others ought to do everything in their power to stop funding the criminals who justify their increasingly abusive behavior by masquerading as ‘the government’.
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In less than twenty-four hours, there has already been lots of commentary about the events of October 2nd in Concord. An estimated fifteen hundred people were moved to come out and march for medical freedom. I read that not even Obama threatening our guns drew that many people to the New Hampshire State House. But that should be no surprise. These medical mandates fly in the face of what should be the most sacrosanct thing in our lives: our own bodies. It tells us that we must alter and change our bodies for the supposed benefit of others.
Now if we choose to make a sacrifice — to put our bodies at risk as part of our career or personal calling, then that is to be commended. But it’s the free choice that sanctifies that act, not the decree of a bureaucrat. That is why the voluntary decision to give up a few hours on a beautiful Saturday afternoon by a few hundred people is so much more meaningful than the coerced decision of millions of people to submit to an experimental injection “to protect others” or “so that they can travel.”
I commend you, patriots.
I have witnessed a movement grow from a rag-tag handful of freedom fighters holding flags in front of Dartmouth Hitchcock Lebanon to fifteen hundred people from all walks of life flooding the streets of Concord.
As with any other movement, there will be growing pains. On September 29th just a few days before the massive rally in Concord a sizeable group of protestors showed up to urge the executive council to reject a $27 million federal grant, which would require NH to obey DC politicians and regulators in all matters related to COVID, including assisting them with their ‘quarantine and isolation’ camps and expanding the state vaccine registry. The crowd was loud and Governor Sununu opted to cancel the vote. WMUR and left-wing politicians wasted no time calling this “insurrectionist behavior.” The personality largely responsible for the shutdown of the meeting further polarized members of the crowd toward the very end of the Concord rally. Without condoning violent behavior or language I would remind everyone that this movement is too big for any one person and none of us are going to be perfect messengers.
For example, in the past month or so, I have seen Black Lives Matter and Nicki Minaj strike back against the mandates and online censorship much harder than some of the most die-hard conservatives and libertarians in our movement have been able to thus far. I may disagree with the majority of BLM’s positions and I may find Nicki Minaj’s music distasteful but we still have so-called Republicans and libertarians that are too afraid to touch this issue and the ones that will touch it do not necessarily reach the same audience. If we can live to fight another day, we can debate our other differences and try to find better solutions for society (including potential peaceful separation from the union due to irreconcilable differences), but open debate cannot occur in a media environment that stifles the free flow of information.
So count your victories patriots because we have scored many. Our demonstrations get bigger with every passing week. Let’s not allow controversy and natural infighting to overshadow the amazing display of strength and solidarity we had this past weekend.
Further reading:
Americans United for Peaceful Separation
One Nation Under Tyranny?
82 Reasons New Hampshire Should Divorce DC
Foundation for New Hampshire Independence – First Before. First Again.
NH Exit | Peacefully exiting the United States
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On Monday morning, Facebook went offline, along with its subsidiaries, Instagram, WhatsApp, and FB Messenger. The world-leading social media site has not had an outage in years, and has functioned relatively free of glitches for quite a while.
Facebook published a tweet at 12:22 apologizing for the outage:
We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience.
— Facebook (@Facebook) October 4, 2021
Some social media users are wondering whether last night’s whistleblower report has anything to do with the outage. The Associated Press reported last night that Facebook turned off safeguards and promoted misinformation, fueling the January 6th protest in DC:
A whistleblower claims Facebook prematurely turned off safeguards designed to thwart misinformation in a moneymaking move that contributed to the deadly invasion of the U.S. Capitol. Former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen spoke on “60 Minutes.” https://t.co/EvZJJxlRvh
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 4, 2021
When visiting Facebook.com, users see this message:
This comes as alternative pro-liberty social media platforms have been rapidly growing over the past few months, including Flote, MeWe, Gab, Parler, Minds, Odysee, Mastodon, and others.
Some Twitter users are gloating that Twitter is up and Facebook is down. Facebook is many multiples larger than Twitter, though Twitter punches well above its weight due to its high number of active users who are very political.
We will update this article as the story develops.
UPDATE: So much web traffic moved to Twitter that its servers were overwhelmed, causing the site to have functional issues for many users.
UPDATE: As of 7:30 PM eastern, Facebook is back online.
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It has come to my attention that some people unfortunately still believe that masks protect the wearer and/or those around them from COVID-19. Real data from many studies – and from real life – have demonstrated that masks have no efficacy in stopping COVID-19 transmission.
For the sake of clarity, the 3 most common types of masks used by the general public are N95 masks, surgical masks, and homemade fabric masks. N95s are by far the superior devices among the three types. However, even they do not have any significant effect on COVID transmission. Surgical masks have even less efficacy. And the homemade lingerie masks are not even worth discussing.
Below is an excerpt from my book, ‘Corona-Fascism’, which simply lists the studies that prove that masks cannot stop COVID or even the much larger flu virus particles:
Jacobs, J. L. et al. (2009) “Use of surgical face masks to reduce the incidence of the common cold among health care workers in Japan: A randomized controlled trial,” American Journal of Infection Control, Volume 37, Issue 5, 417 – 419.
“N95-masked health-care workers (HCW) were significantly more likely to experience headaches. Face mask use in HCW was not demonstrated to provide benefit in terms of cold symptoms or getting colds.”
Cowling, B. et al. (2010) “Face masks to prevent transmission of influenza virus: A systematic review,” Epidemiology and Infection, 138(4), 449-456.
“None of the studies reviewed showed a benefit from wearing a mask, in either HCW or community members in households (H).”
bin-Reza et al. (2012) “The use of masks and respirators to prevent transmission of influenza: a systematic review of the scientific evidence,” Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses 6(4), 257–267.
“There were 17 eligible studies. … None of the studies established a conclusive relationship between mask/respirator use and protection against influenza infection.”
Smith, J.D. et al. (2016) “Effectiveness of N95 respirators versus surgical masks in protecting health care workers from acute respiratory infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis,” CMAJ Mar 2016
“We identified six clinical studies…In the meta-analysis of the clinical studies, we found no significant difference between N95 respirators and surgical masks in associated risk of (a) laboratory-confirmed respiratory infection, (b) influenza-like illness, or (c) reported work-place absenteeism.”
Offeddu, V. et al. (2017) “Effectiveness of Masks and Respirators Against Respiratory Infections in Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 65, Issue 11, 1 December 2017, Pages 1934–1942
“Self-reported assessment of clinical outcomes was prone to bias. Evidence of a protective effect of masks or respirators against verified respiratory infection (VRI) was not statistically significant.”
Radonovich, L.J. et al. (2019) “N95 Respirators vs Medical Masks for Preventing Influenza Among Health Care Personnel: A Randomized Clinical Trial,” JAMA. 2019; 322(9): 824–833
“Among 2,862 randomized participants, 2,371 completed the study and accounted for 5,180 HCW-seasons. … Among outpatient health care personnel, N95 respirators vs medical masks as worn by participants in this trial resulted in no significant difference in the incidence of laboratory-confirmed influenza.”
Long, Y. et al. (2020) “Effectiveness of N95 respirators versus surgical masks against influenza: A systematic review and meta-analysis,” J Evid Based Med. 2020; 1- 9.
“A total of six RCTs involving 9,171 participants were included. There were no statistically significant differences in preventing laboratory-confirmed influenza, laboratory-confirmed respiratory viral infections, laboratory-confirmed respiratory infection, and influenza-like illness using N95 respirators and surgical masks. Meta-analysis indicated a protective effect of N95 respirators against laboratory-confirmed bacterial colonization (RR = 0.58, 95% CI 0.43-0.78). The use of N95 respirators compared with surgical masks is not associated with a lower risk of laboratory-confirmed influenza.”
Alonso, S. et al. (2021) “Age-dependency of the Propagation Rate of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Inside School Bubble Groups in Catalonia, Spain,” Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
“More than 1 million students were organized in bubble groups and monitored and analyzed by the Health and the Educational departments…The secondary attack rate depends on the school level and therefore on the age.” (this study found no more COVID transmission in unmasked 5 year-olds than in masked 6 year-olds)
Furthermore, states without mask mandates such as South Dakota (and Florida, which has been relatively free of corona-fascism over the past year) have had no worse outcomes by any measurable statistics when compared to states with moderate to severe mask mandates and lockdowns. In fact, the data seems to suggest that mask mandates are correlated with worse COVID rates:
Lockdowns and Mask Mandates Do Not Lead to Reduced COVID
Mask mandate and use efficacy in state-level COVID-19 containment
New Study Shows Mask Mandates Had Zero Effect in Florida or Nationwide, But the Lie Continues
The two most powerful types of data in clinical research are studies in labs (or scientific experiments) and real-world data. Both types of evidence show that masks do not prevent COVID spread.
Can we please stop pretending that masks stop COVID transmission?
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On Saturday, October 2nd, about 1,500 people marched through the streets of Concord in opposition to government-mandated medical procedures, in an effort led by Health Freedom New Hampshire. Afterward, marchers gathered at the steps of the statehouse for a live music performance by Becca Myari and to rally around multiple pro-liberty speakers.
The energy was high, with frequent chants of “we will not comply!”, “live free or die!”, and “my body my choice!”, to name a few. Perhaps one of the best chants was, “turn it off!” in reference to the mainstream media and social media, which have played a key role in perpetuating fear and stoking societal division.
Despite the loud chanting and the size of the crowd, the march was incredibly peaceful and included a diverse group of individuals with a variety of political leanings. For example, there were signs that read, “BLM is right about vaccines” and “health mandates disproportionally harm people of color”, indicating the formation of potential alliances that were once unthinkable.
There were even some new activists in the crowd who had never been to a political rally in their lives, but recently found themselves motivated by the critical issue of bodily autonomy.
This single unifying issue will continue to bring more activists into the liberty movement and will fuel the grassroots resistance to medical tyranny in the Granite State. The march on October 2nd is evidence that a significant portion of people will not accept forced medical procedures in exchange for perceived freedom.
Many of the protesters were openly carrying firearms, and one man decided to exercise both his freedom to wear a mask and to carry a loaded AR-15 throughout the parade, which spanned around a half a mile and ended at the statehouse.
Some protesters mentioned that if the virus were really as dangerous as the elites claim, they would have died after 2 years of protesting in dense gatherings without masks.
The people of New Hampshire are losing patience with their government servants and they are hoping that they will stop being abused by government agents.
Interestingly, the largely Republican, conservative, and libertarian crowd made their disdain for Republican Dictator Chris Sununu very clear throughout the protest. If he doesn’t make some drastic changes, Sununu may not even win his next primary, because his support among the conservative base is in free-fall.
Thousands of pro-freedom conservatives, libertarians, and formerly-mainstream Republicans in New Hampshire are growing increasingly disgusted with the increasing corona-fascism and tyranny in general. The phrase “f*ck around and find out” can be seen increasingly often with each protest, indicating that New Hampshire residents are running out of peaceful ways to make politicians realize that they will not comply with tyranny.
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Jeremy Kauffman, LBRY founder, Free State Project board member, husband and father, yesterday joined a two hour conversation with Tim Pool and Ian Crossland. It’s an informative, timely, and freewheeling exchange.
Kauffman did a bang-up job highlighting the already significant impact of liberty-oriented doers in the Free State of New Hampshire and the potential that exists here going forward. He is well-versed, on-point, and approachable, and his message will undoubtedly inspire viewers to visit (perhaps for Liberty Forum) and vote with their feet.
Take a look:
Props to Kauffman for taking the time and to Pool for extending an invite.
Aria DiMezzo to Mark Zuchowski: “you’re a creep”.
Normally, the Keene mayoral primary is pretty uneventful. This year, however, according to the Keene Sentinel, a major bombshell just dropped regarding one of the three candidates, 66-year-old Mark J. Zuchowski, a newcomer to Keene politics.Zuchowski has been accused of stalking by city clerk office worker Heather Fitz-Simon. Though Zuchowski hasn’t been charged criminally in the matter, he has been no-trespassed from Fitz-Simon’s home and is facing a hearing on a stalking petition brought by Fitz-Simon on October 6th at 2:30pm in Cheshire Superior Court. According to the Sentinel story, Zuchowski spent inordinate time hanging around the city clerk’s office, rambling about his dead mother and shaking a seltzer bottle, then explaining to Fitz-Simon his habit of creepily watching a young woman who works near his home. Zuchowski allegedly emailed city staff about his observation of the woman, explaining he’s watching her daily to make sure she is able to get inside her workplace safely. He emailed Fitz-Simon inviting her – a married woman – out on a date, later claiming it was only to discuss his campaign.
If all Zuchowski did was make a awkward pass at a city employee, that wouldn’t be so bad. However he then showed up at Fitz-Simon’s house, blocked the driveway with his car, took photos of the home, and rung the doorbell, allegedly multiple times. When police were called, he was given a no-trespass order and still didn’t leave immediately. He tried to claim he was just looking to see if Fitz-Simon had received his email invite, bizarrely excusing his photographing the home by explaining he thought he’d been there before while apartment hunting in the past. He claims he wanted to give her a small pumpkin and a note complimenting her appearance and reiterating his invite to an antiques show.
Obviously, there are two sides to every story, but I can personally confirm the dude is weird. When I was filing to run for at-large city council in early September, Zuchowski was in the clerk’s office being overly-friendly with the city staff. He was acting like he belonged there. Since he’s relatively new to town, I only know it was him because he introduced himself to another person who happened to walk into the office at the same time. At the moment, I chalked his behavior up to being a little-too-enthusiastic about being the next mayor, though he did strike me as odd at the time.
Mark J Zuchowski, Alleged Creep
Plus, check out the rambling twenty-four page bio he submitted to the city clerk’s office regarding his campaign for mayor of Keene. On just the first page he explains he feels like he has a father-and-son relationship with current mayor George Hansel and excoriates Hansel for attending protests last summer during the governor’s “stay at home” order, then uses math formulas to calculate how protestors violated social distancing. Apparently, Zuchowski was an engineer prior to retiring to Keene from his original home in Massachusetts. He worked for defense contractors developing weapons for the military to murder innocents around the world, yet claims to be a lifelong Christian.This year’s mayoral candidates are Zuchowski, incumbent mayor George Hansel, and trans Satanist anarchist she-male Aria DiMezzo. Last year, DiMezzo made headlines nationwide in a viral explosion of news coverage for her defeat of the longtime Republican candidate-for-sheriff in the primary, though she ultimately lost in the general election to the incumbent Democrat sheriff.
In a post responding to the news about Zuchowski, DiMezzo said, “Look, when you’ve made someone uncomfortable, you should notice that, and stop making them uncomfortable. The only misunderstanding here is that you’re a creep who is creepily creeping on some chick, and you refuse to recognize that. Stop being a creep.” Zuchowski claims the whole situation is a misunderstanding. The primary election is this Tuesday, October 5th. One of the three candidates will be eliminated Tuesday and two move on to the November 2nd general election.
Please come out Tuesday and vote for Aria DiMezzo. Polling place information is here on the City website. You can register to vote at the polls if you aren’t registered yet. Remember voting in a primary means your vote counts even more than normal, since almost no one ever bothers. You can get more information about Aria at the Reformed Satanic Church blog, of which she is the High Priestess and her official campaign website, KeeneQueen.com.
Throughout 2020 and part of 2021, Dictator Chris Sununu ruled over New Hampshire with the iron fist of a typical corona-fascist. In March of 2020, he shut out the legislature and assumed full control over the state. Over the next 15 months, he would go on to pass a multitude of laws without any input from the elected legislators.
Among the 86 emergency orders that Sununu passed into law with a stroke of his pen were many brutal mandates that took over control of private businesses. Some of the most impactful orders included:
Emergency Order #4 prohibited landlords and rental businesses from evicting tenants, even if they did not pay their rent.
Emergency Order #17 forced all non-essential businesses to shut down indefinitely.
Emergency Order #65 seemingly authorized law enforcement agents to enter any property without a warrant or consent of the owner, as long as it was for a reason related to corona-fascism. “We’re going to have our enforcement teams out there”, said Sununu.
Emergency Order #74 mandated that all people wear a mask, with a few exceptions.
In October of 2020, Dictator Sununu mandated that all restaurants begin contact tracing on all patrons. This forced restaurants to pay staff to violate their customers’ privacy by asking them to write their names and phone numbers on sheets that remained in public view. Sununu justified this by claiming that the information could be used to contact all of the customers who may have been exposed to COVID if they ever hear that a customer tested positive. We cannot find the actual emergency order number.
In June of 2021, after crushing the red-hot economy of New Hampshire, putting thousands of people out of work, and causing thousands of children to be needlessly abused with masks, isolation, and fear propaganda, Dictator Sununu ended the 15-month long ‘state of emergency’. This allowed the legislature to once again legislate.
Late Tuesday night, in comments with citizens concerned about Sununu’s support for corona-fascism, the Dictator repeatedly told the exasperated commenters that he could not help them fight against the discrimination in workplaces because he does not have and should not have the power to do anything that could influence a private business, even if the private business was funded by and controlled by the government. The citizens wanted Sununu to commit to opposing vaccine passports and mask mandates by private businesses.
Sununu told commenters that controlling a business would be ‘communist’, and distanced himself from that type of governance. Sununu claimed that the state has zero regulation on hospitals, although the state website indicates that they have tremendous amounts of them. He claimed that he would never tell a business what they can or cannot do.
When China’s public-private partnership economy was mentioned, he suggested that one constituent moves to China to experience real communism. When asked what set the united states apart from China, Sununu repeatedly failed to answer. Screenshots are attached below.
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