Sunday • May 12 • 2024
Vol.XVI • No.XIX
Manchester, N.H.
That would be Denise Conroy. The entire Delegation, until November, is Republican. Good Conservative ones. They put her onto the Gunstock Area Commission last night. From the Daily Sun:
During the voting period, delegates in favor of Conroy cited her extensive resume as well as her relative lack of incoming baggage. Conroy stated that she moved to the area a few years ago and had not been involved with the GAC until she attended its July 20 meeting.
..With 10 delegates voting, a candidate would be approved with six votes. Conroy received seven during the second round of voting after Ploszaj and Lang changed their votes from the first round into her camp.
Well, good going, dufuses. Glad to see you did your homework in vetting that “relative lack of incoming baggage”. Didn’t think to check her social media accounts, didja? The following were in her feeds (according to my source).
She hates you all:
Except the Tim Lang gang. Gosh, for the LIFE of me, I can’t understand why they were left out. Oh yeah, they hate the rest of the delegation, too.
Ironical, right, that she singles out both Harry Bean, who is NOT the Delegation Chair (that would be Mike Sylvia who was absent) but usurped that role for the sake of political expediency to “GET SOMETHING DONE”. Gregg Hough, who lied to me yesterday (not a good thing, as with redistricting, I’m now a constituent of his; more on this later) who did the same thing to Ray Howard (Vice-Chair, who was out of state).
She’s also fallen for the Democrat extremist view of what Free Staters really stand for. Who cares for reasonableness and facts when demagoguery rules the day? Betcha she was/would have been (have no idea how old she is) thrilled with the TEA Party movement too.
Again, the majority of the Delegation voted for her. Nice to see they chose someone that fulfills “choose your method of Destruction”.
First two Stages of the Empire’s (with lots of $$$) anger of “taking it back are now complete. This is now the beginning of Stage 3 – I warned them what was going to happen and none of them listened. This is going to be brutal. Red Wave here in Belknap?
Right color, wrong reason
UPDATE: She has a website as she’s a life coach:
Her tagline: “Power. Grace. Wisdom. Wonder.” Well, the above is ALL about obtaining Power over others, aren’t they?
“Grace” is certainly lacking in those pics, though, right?
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Zogby recently sampled a group of Americans to get their thoughts on their COVID vaccine experience. Fifteen percent said they’ve been diagnosed with another ailment or condition within weeks of receiving The Jab. Thirty percent say they know someone who had.
Among those under age 50 – 62% report receiving a COVID-19 vaccine vs. 38% who have had none.
Among those receiving any COVID-19 vaccine, almost one quarter — 22% — report being medically diagnosed within a matter of weeks to several months after taking a shot.
The top five cited new conditions include:
…
Finally, 30% of those ages 18-49 report knowing someone else who has been medically diagnosed within a matter of weeks to several months after taking a COVID-19 vaccine.
The top five cited medically diagnosed conditions of the person known by those under age 50 are:
“Describing their experience with taking one or more COVID-19 vaccines, 58% report it was a good decision, 28% are neutral and 14% regret it.”
The total number of all age groups reporting a new medical issue was 15%. The total regret among all age groups was 10%. If the DCD is correct and 232 million Americans got at least one dose, a little bit of math tells us there was a lot of harm and regret.
HT | Steve Kirsch
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By definition, we officially entered a recession. The second quarter GDP was released, and with two consecutive quarters of negative numbers, the Biden Economy has now hit a new low. By changing definitions, the Biden administration believes they can convince the American public that all is well. Americans are more intelligent than the Biden Team and are not buying what Joe sells.
Anyone who balances a checkbook or lives on a budget knows the economy is harming every American. Gasoline, groceries, and services are all putting a dent in American wallets, and many will have to look at record-high home heating costs in just a few months. There is no relief in sight.
With a straight face, Biden compares himself to Ronald Reagan. Reagan took an abysmal economic situation from Jimmy Carter and gave us a monumental recovery. Joe Biden took a strong recovering economy from Donald Trump and gave us a recession. Joe Biden, sorry, but you are no Ronald Reagan.
Any economist worth a grain of salt will tell you that you do not increase taxes or inject money into the economy during a recession. Joe Biden’s troupe of Nobel Laureates must not be worth their salt. With the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will do both. The bill will tax everyone and increase inflation.
U Penn economists claim that every citizen would see taxes rise for the next two years. This bill contradicts Biden’s claim that he would never raise taxes on people making less than $400K a year. But Americans are still paying increased taxes every day in the form of increased prices due to Biden Inflation. If Biden’s goal were to bankrupt America rather than return us to prosperity, he would be succeeding. America is not thriving under Biden, which is evident in his 31% historic low approval rating.
This bill is not to fight inflation but to further support Biden’s commitment to Green Energy. This proposed legislation is a 700-page bill worth over $1 Billion per page of spending. Surprisingly, Sen Joe Manchin, R-WV, agreed to sign onto this bill when he opposed previous spending bills. His change may be due to help for the West Virginia coal industry built into the act. This was probably a poison pill for Manchin. He could not go home and tell his constituents that he voted against aid for the dominant state industry.
The spotlight now turns to Senator Sinema and so far she has not indicated her support. Her vote is critical, as every Democrat has to vote in favor to move the bill to the House. She has made no public statement regarding her intention. It will be tough for any member of Congress to vote for a bill that will increase taxes so close to the midterms.
It is unnecessary to detail the hundreds of unnecessary causes this bill would support. There are hundreds, but the critical fact to focus on is the wrong timing and policy decision to push a bill when we are now in a recession that will further hurt Americans in the wallet. Right now, the Act may die on the Democrat side of the aisle. This bill is a Hail Mary to get some money directed at the Green Energy sector before Biden loses Congress in November. That is a good thing for America.
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Maine passed a law abrogating religious exemptions for childhood immunizations. Passed before the Chinese Flu Plandemic, it became effective in 2021 and has since cut the number of exemption requests in half. We’ve posited that this is an unconstitutional violation, and now we may have some backup.
First, yes! There is a 117-year-old court precedent for mandatory vaccination (Jacobson v. Massachusetts) despite religious objections. But religious liberty has been enjoying a string of court victories in recent years. A legitimate challenge on suitable grounds with proper standing might move that needle.
Is this it?
The class action settlement against NorthShore University HealthSystem is on behalf of more than 500 current and former health care workers who were unlawfully discriminated against and denied religious exemptions from the COVID shot mandate, according to the non-profit religious rights law firm.
The NorthShore settlement would require them to offer jobs to everyone they fired (if they wanted them back) and a cash settlement totaling over ten million dollars.
As part of the settlement agreement, NorthShore will pay $10,337,500 to compensate hundreds of health care employees.
NorthShore will also change its unlawful “no religious accommodations” policy to make it consistent with the law, and to provide religious accommodations in every position across its numerous facilities. No position in any NorthShore facility will be considered off limits to unvaccinated employees with approved religious exemptions.
Liberty Counsel, representing the class, notes that this should “send a strong warning to employers.” Okay, let’s say it has and that this message is received. But what about state mandates upon employers? The US Supreme Court only managed to deny OSHA the power to mandate vaccines as an exercise in public health policy. Still, it allowed the Feds to mandate that millions of public health employees could be made to accept The Jab as a condition of employment.
Wait a minute. Didn’t you just say that a Hospital Conglomerate lost a lawsuit that required The Jab? I did!
And are they not likely to be receiving Federal money for this or that and therefore fall under the federal mandate upheld by the Court? Yes, but you can’t abolish religious exemptions, at least as far as I can tell, which is what NorthShore University HealthSystem did. It is why they lost.
So, what about States like Maine passing laws that invalidate a legitimate exemption of conscience? States can, as intended, do whatever the hell they please when it comes to vaccine mandates, and the Court has shown no interest in cases challenging them.
The Supreme Court this year has repeatedly declined to take up challenges to vaccine mandates in Maine, New York and at a public university in Indiana. Most of those cases were focused on whether states could impose such mandates without including an exemption for religious objections.
States appear to be off the hook, so the problem is not that NorthShore refused to acknowledge religious exemptions. The problem is that NorthShore is not a state that, for some strange reason, makes that right of conscience disappear.
Is there where we say, but what about the 14th Amendment?
If states have to be religiously neutral when it comes to blanket programs like education funding, why are they allowed to ignore the religious rights of students in those schools if the state says Jab them?
I’m sure it makes sense to somebody, but that somebody is not me.
HT | CBN.com
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Being pro-life, pro-second amendment, and a vaccine pro-informed consent the Democrats were uneasy with me being a Democrat. Now, Republicans hold the same question and unease; “What are you, and why are you with us?”. “You must be a FedPoser or a leftist agitator”! False!
The fear is palpable.
Let me address the tension for you.
On the day I declared my candidacy, a reporter asked me if I was “conservative.” Today, I will answer; I consider myself a Foundationalist!
Undoubtedly, there is a political-ideological conflict being peacefully “fought” in the political arena; and it is certain that if the “insurgent” technocratic ideology wins, the United States of America will have its spirit destroyed. However, this is less about the nuggets of truth within policy extremes; and rather, it has more to do with a complete intolerance for allowing different people to live different lives in the same country.
We want to thank Tejasinha Sivalingam for this Op-Ed. Please direct yours to Editor@GraniteGrok.com.
In short, the problem is authoritarianism, i.e. authority without responsibility; and its ugly twin, slavery, i.e. responsibility without authority. Both the “conservatives” and “liberals” are participating (some more than others).
If we don’t get on point immediately, we may be looking at a civil war, depression, world war, secession of States, and/ or an unending pandemic of tyranny; God forbid. The point, the foundation, is Individual Rights, State Sovereignty, and U.S. Unity and Independence. Free will, relationships, and our foundational principles of tolerance; These will restore domestic tranquility for people, regardless of party.
I am a Republican because I strongly support Rights and horizontal and vertical separation of powers to prevent tyranny and slavery. Again and again, I am the lone and unique advocate for the use of Article 4 Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution. However, If your policy agenda threatens the Foundational principles of our country, liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican, I will peacefully and firmly oppose your position!
Am I a “Conservative” Republican? I am more, I am a Foundationalist Republican!
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August 11th is fast approaching, but tickets are still available for The 603 Alliance Dinner Cruise on Lake Winnipesaukee!
There will be a lot of folks there, candidates for elected office, and me. I’ll be there. If that’s any sort of inducement to get on board. You can find me and bend my ear for a few minutes while supporting The 603 Alliance and its mission.
The 603 ALLIANCE exists to restore Constitutional principles at all levels of our government by championing the principles of free people and free markets, uniting like-minded citizens in support of candidates who will further these principles.
Join us for a DINNER CRUISE with like-minded friends on the M/S Mount Washington Cruise Ship. Meet candidates for office, enjoy a prime rib dinner, speakers, raffle prizes, straw poll, silent auction, and more!
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A lot of comments on social media are saying “this is exactly how you do it.” Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t. We know that any interaction with the police can escalate quickly, and especially if they are called in for a “pretend” federal agent, as happens here.
Body cam footage from a July 2021 incident that has been recently circulating online shows an ATF agent waiting outside an apartment building to check on the purchase of an alleged illegal gun (per reports). When the individual being sought went inside under the guise of locating the weapon, they instead called the local police and suggested a man was posing as a federal agent outside his residence.
Because both officers turned out to be just doing their jobs, there’s an element of unfortunate tragedy.
Still, there is an innate joy in watching some talentless federal goon with a tough-guy act wet his pants when push comes to shove. He didn’t cry as much as paid actor Michael Byrd, but he came close. Not so tough now, are you? The crying and pleading from the federal agent pretty much sum up bullies everywhere; the facade crumbles fast. It’s also ironic that he resists arrests. You know how that’ll end, right?
The two-minute video is overlaid with some comedic commentary too. Watch:
Damn! https://t.co/UT6MgEEN7O
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) August 1, 2022
Let’s recap how the Big Bad Fed began this interaction:
“I’m a federal agent…What’s your deal? It ain’t happening…You guys are making a big mistake.”
Now let’s recap how Part 2 went:
“Wait a second! Don’t do this! I’ve got a medical condition! Please, please! I can’t breathe! I’m begging you! My wife’s pregnant!”
The entire interaction makes you wonder if the ATF guy will approach his job differently in the future. Will he see a human being on the other side of the cuffs?
My guess is that he won’t change his ways. Local outlets reported that the ATF agent was suing the local police department for use of excessive force, which indicates he can give but he can’t get. That’s not promising.
“According to the suit, the ATF agent was trying to confiscate an illegally-held firearm when the suspect called 911 and the dispatcher sent officers Joseph Fihe and Kevin Winchell.
The article goes on to report that Burk has filed an excessive force lawsuit in federal court against the city of Columbus and the two police officers.
Burk admits this sort of confusion isn’t unheard of. However, in a typical situation, he says, the police officers would have checked his credentials and then either assisted with retrieving the firearm or left the scene.”
At the end of the day, the original suspect who allegedly had an illegal firearm is the real culprit, but it’s odd that the ATF bothers with this at all. Where are they in Chiraq? There must be thousands of illegal guns in the Windy City alone. Where are they on the southern border, for that matter?
Rather than actually exist to fight real crimes, agencies from within the federal government are merely corrupt and bloated tools for even more corrupt politicians. Every law and every mandate is at the point of a gun. Don’t pay your taxes? Guys with guns will arrest you. Don’t close your business during a plandemic? Guys with guns will arrest you.
Regardless of who they were after or why they were there, it’s nice to see the Feds get a taste of their own medicine.
Hailey Sanibel Writes at The Blue State Conservative
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UPDATE (and bumped from 8 am)! And an important one: Summary – Emergencies (like what has been called for Gunstock below) in 91:A ONLY APPLY TO TOWNS AND CITIES; not the “County Convention” (aka, “the Delegation”. While I have a call into the County Attorney, Andrew Livernois, I have not heard back as to which holds priority: RSA 24-9:d or RSA 91-A:2 II. However, Dan Itse has this:
Pay attention to the highlighted sections: Dan Itse is a former multi-term State Rep and is often considered to be one of the State’s leading experts on the NH Constitution.
From: NHHRA@groups.io <NHHRA@groups.io> On Behalf Of Dan Itse via groups.io
Sent: Monday, August 1, 2022 11:47 AM
To: NHHRA@groups.io
Subject: [NHHRA] Belknap County meetingTo those of you on this list who are following the Belknap County controversy an emergency meeting was called Friday for tonight. RSA 24:9-d which governs meetings called by the body requires 7 days notice. Those who called the meeting were advised that they could call an emergency meeting with less notice under 91-A:2 However, though 91-A does include counties under definitions, the section which refers to emergency meetings includes only cities and towns.
And the Count Delegation is NOT a Town or a City!
If a construe 91-A:2 to apply to counties, it requires that the situation be declared emergent by the presiding officer.
The Belknap County Chair, whom I just got off the phone, has not called a meeting for tonite as he follows RSA 24 as the governing Law for County Conventions He DID call for a meeting and the quickest was for August 8th. But here is the REAL IMPORTANT part:
The body has no power to declare the situation emergent. Therefore, 91-A:2 cannot be construed to apply to a meeting called by the body, even if it did apply to counties.
The Delegation can’t call something an “emergency” for legal purposes. This clause was supposed to be for emergencies like a natural disaster (flooding, tornado, blizzard) or for things like the Town Hall or School building(s) catching fire, roofs falling in, a critical piece of equipment like a fire engine gets wrecked in an accident.
Like it or not, the Convention can’t declare, if I am reading this correctly, that a county owned facility that isn’t open ISN’T an emergency of the type above. However, there are partisans that are trying to make this to be a POLITICAL emergency – if Tom Day and Peter McGonagle had honored the agreement made with David Strang, it would be open. Instead, in the parlance of the reality show called Survivor, they blindsided him by changing the deal to include ALL of the Sr Management that quit, not because the meeting room was rearranged (a very petty excuse) but because of the demand Letters from Lawyers investigating serious charges. Those resignations worked, didn’t they – who in the public has taken any note of the Investigation? How much has the local media kept that in front of the reading public?
If you are a Belknap County Rep. Please do not attend the emergency meeting with is invalid on its face.
Dan Itse
24:9-d Notice. – The clerk of the convention, or his or her designee, shall mail to each member of the convention a notice stating the time, place and purpose of further meetings at least 7 days before the day of the meeting and shall cause to be published a like notice at least 7 days before the day of the meeting in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. Mailing such notice is not required during any session of the general court, if the notice is printed for 2 legislative days in the journal of the house of representatives.
91-A:2 II. Subject to the provisions of RSA 91-A:3, all meetings, whether held in person, by means of telephone or electronic communication, or in any other manner, shall be open to the public. Except for town meetings, school district meetings, and elections, no vote while in open session may be taken by secret ballot. Any person shall be permitted to use recording devices, including, but not limited to, tape recorders, cameras, and videotape equipment, at such meetings. Minutes of all such meetings, including nonpublic sessions, shall include the names of members, persons appearing before the public bodies, and a brief description of the subject matter discussed and final decisions. The names of the members who made or seconded each motion shall be recorded in the minutes. Subject to the provisions of RSA 91-A:3, minutes shall be promptly recorded and open to public inspection not more than 5 business days after the meeting, except as provided in RSA 91-A:6, and shall be treated as permanent records of any public body, or any subordinate body thereof, without exception. Except in an emergency or when there is a meeting of a legislative committee, a notice of the time and place of each such meeting, including a nonpublic session, shall be posted in 2 appropriate places one of which may be the public body’s Internet website, if such exists, or shall be printed in a newspaper of general circulation in the city or town at least 24 hours, excluding Sundays and legal holidays, prior to such meetings.
Here’s the emergency part:
An emergency shall mean a situation where immediate undelayed action is deemed to be imperative by the chairman or presiding officer of the public body, who shall post a notice of the time and place of such meeting as soon as practicable, and shall employ whatever further means are reasonably available to inform the public that a meeting is to be held. The minutes of the meeting shall clearly spell out the need for the emergency meeting. When a meeting of a legislative committee is held, publication made pursuant to the rules of the house of representatives or the senate, whichever rules are appropriate, shall be sufficient notice. If the charter of any city or town or guidelines or rules of order of any public body require a broader public access to official meetings and records than herein described, such charter provisions or guidelines or rules of order shall take precedence over the requirements of this chapter. For the purposes of this paragraph, a business day means the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday through Friday, excluding national and state holidays.
So here’s the emergency from the agenda items:
That completely renders the Commission inoperable – 2 Commissioners cannot be a quorum. And what is the cause? Merely a difference of opinion of how things should proceed? Let the Delegation INFORM US ALL what laws or regulations he has broken? All we hear is “he broke his oath” (saying it over and over again without saying HOW he broke his oath!
Well, Commissioner Jade Wood, who is the NH GOP Area 5 Vice-Chair, where is your voice about the RINOs that break theirs? Or the Democrats? Funny, you’ve remained VERY silent on that, haven’t you.
See below for the reasons they can’t (no mention of a “temp Commissioner” capability/status in Law. If they appoint one, they are breaking the Law if you read RSA 399
Look, if Gunstock opens or closes, I really don’t care. But what SHOULD matter to everyone that the Law be followed. But it seems that most peopler that are angst ridden that THE MOUNTAIN MUST OPEN WITH THE SAME STAFF (that are currently under investigation) don’t care about the Law. Like Commissioners Doug Lambert and Jade Wood They want a political “want” and not worry about the law.
My actual post follows below:
Yes, I went to the emergency Gunstock Area Commission meeting this afternoon. And yes, it was a crapshow. I have decided to wait on processing the video until later – I just don’t have it in me right now. The only thing that didn’t happen, during the mobocracy and “WE HAVE to DO SO SOMETHING NOW!!!”, was that someone said “Is that Legal”? and that everyone else listened.
Sidenote – as soon as politicians start saying that, like Doug Lambert, Jade Wood, and a bunch of others that should have known better, you can be sure that the fix is in. And yes, IMHO, it was in but I’ll leave it for the recording for you to decide for yourself.
What I am peeved (not, I’m not going to use any of the other dozen words floating before me to stay within Rule #1) at is what seems to be both a lack of knowledge of the Rule of Law and ACTUAL knowledge of the Statutes (RSAs) that govern the Gunstock Area Commission, on handling RSA 91A demands and about the Law regulating how County Conventions are concerned.
I’m not going to give the context just yet but at one point, NH State Rep Harry Bean said that an emergency meeting of the Delegation (all the NH State Reps in Belknap County) had been planned for tomorrow at which time:
1) Dr. Strang would be removed from the GAC leaving just Doug Lambert and Jade Wood
2) That renders the GAC unable to carry out its duties as there must be three to have a quorum
3) NH State Rep Harry Bean announced that he had the votes and that the meeting would be held tomorrow to do that. That’s a problem.
4) He also declared that they would immediately appoint a “temporary/interim/30 day” (paraphrasing here – wait for the recording) Commissioner to have three to be functional. That’s a problem.
Somebody gave Harry REALLY bad advice (I’m hoping he didn’t do this on his own; shame on him if he did) – unless they wish to be willing to break the Law to be seen to be “DO SOMETHING!!”.
24-hour notice, as he said during the meeting, is not the correct Law that governs county Delegation (“County Conventions”) meetings. He was quoting RSA 91:A which other political bodies (Selectmen, BudComms, School Boards) that do set that standard for those entities. However, NH RSA 24 is in charge of Delegations and as far as setting up meetings, specifically RSA 24:9-D (emphasis mine):
24:9-d Notice. – The clerk of the convention, or his or her designee, shall mail to each member of the convention a notice stating the time, place, and purpose of further meetings at least 7 days before the day of the meeting and shall cause to be published a like notice at least 7 days before the day of the meeting in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. Mailing such notice is not required during any session of the general court if the notice is printed for 2 legislative days in the journal of the house of representatives.
Seven days – not one. So Monday is out unless they want to do it illegally; August 8th would be the first day possible – and there is already a Delegation meeting scheduled for that day for a completely different purpose. So it would have to be further out on a calendar.
Really, Harry, an “interim” Commissioner”? That is just as bad as when Gary Kiedaisch proposed making Rusty McLear (who had overstayed his interim term by 15 months, or so) a “de facto” Commissioner to keep his power base on the GAC. Which was just ONE of the plots with plots within plots of this whole sordid affair.
Sorry, Harry, but RSA 399 which covers the operation of the GAC has NOTHING concerning a temp Commissioner, an interim Commissioner, or a time-limited Commissioner. There is only a full Commissioner. Thus, because we are a Dillon’s Rule State, the Delegation just can’t “make stuff up” just because people are demanding that you DO SOMETHING! And he forgot the normal due process of advertising for the Commissioner position, receiving Letters of intent, scheduling them for interviews, and then voting for them.
The meeting ended around 3 pm – even IF 24 hours was lawful for a meeting, it takes time to do all the rest of that stuff.
So, IF THEY AREN’T GOING TO FOLLOW THE LAW, they’ve got bupkiss – no meeting, no temp appointment.
So, the ball’s in your court, Harry, as you seem to be leading this effort – what is the Delegation going to do now?
Topic switch – Josh McElveen (former WMUR TV reporter and now in charge of McElveen Strategies) also walked into the main Lodge at Gunstock for the meeting. He had been hired by former Chair Peter Ness (now resigned) to help out the entire GAC with some PR assistance and direction. With today’s turn of events (if this was Survivor, it was clear that Dr. Strang got blindsided by the “other side” of the GAC as well as by Tom Day when the rules were changed at the last minute (yes, the crowd ate it up), it wasn’t clear what should happen.
He and I have talked in the past especially when we crossed candidate paths during election cycles and we talked about the difficult position into which he had been placed. He had this to say:
Since ex-Chairman Peter Ness did not inform the full Commission that he had executed a service contract with our team until after the fact, we [Update: Doug Lambert and McElveen] have decide to void the agreement. That should have been a collective decision made by the full Commission.
Yeah, there hadn’t been a full “there, there” for quite some time and having been in similar situations (being told one thing and find out that reality bites HARD), that’s probably the best situation. Can’t work in that environment when half the GAC was playing full on “politics of personal destruction” while efforts were being made by the other half to react.
Which was the entire plan all the time. Glad that Josh realized he was in a no-win situation and was able to extracate himself and his team. Given that Doug Lambert and Jade Wood decided to NOT pay the investigative lawyers, PretiFlaherty (which may well result in a lawsuit) that Ness had hired, I’m doubting that McElveen is going to get paid either.
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Goffstown, New Hampshire
Announcing the return of Rep. John Burt’s Hot Dog Day. On August 13, we are bringing the event from the State House to John Burt’s house in Goffstown. Learn about the famous Hot Dog Day, help conservative Michael Yakubovich, and donate to a charity all at the same time!
When: Saturday, August 13, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Where: Rep John Burt’s house, Goffstown, NH
Hot dogs, all the fixings, drinks, cookies, chips, crackers, and cheese! Suggested donation is $16 in honor of State Senate District 16.
Note: There will be a 50/50 raffle with half of the money going to the Michael Yakubovich for State Senate campaign and half of the money going to a local dog charity.
Please Submit Group communications or Press Releases for consideration
to editor@granitegrok.com. Submission is not a guarantee of publication.
Go to www.Michael4NH.com for tickets and additional details.
Rep. John Burt endorsed and is hosting Michael Yakubovich’s event because “Michael Yakubovich is a proven conservative that is for the New Hampshire Advantage and low taxes across the board. Michael supports election integrity reform, the Second Amendment, and socially conservative values.”
John Burt and Michael Yakubovich’s Hot Dog Day
Saturday, August 13th, 2022
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
John Burt’s House
Goffstown, NH
Tickets at www.Michael4NH.com
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In mid-June, Matt Mowers’ campaign held a “meet and greet cocktail hour” at the Bedford Village Inn. If you plan on voting in the GOP CD-1 primary, you should consider who hosted the cocktail hour. Here is the invitation:
If you know anything about New Hampshire politics, two names immediately jump out. Let’s start with Bill Greiner. That would be the Bill Greiner who publicly supported Jeanne Shaheen in 2020:
Other Republicans backing Shaheen included former Executive Councilors Ruth Griffin of Portsmouth and Peter Spaulding of Hopkinton, former George H. Bush administration official Betty Tamposi of New Castle, Bedford businessman Bill Greiner, New Castle builder Hank Stebbins and former New Hampshire Housing Finance Agency Executive Director Claira Monier of Goffstown.
The next name is Joel Maiola, who held the position of Judd Gregg’s brain … technically, chief-of-staff … while Globalist-Gregg was in the Senate. That would be the Joel Maiola who chaired “Republicans for Lynch”:
Given their track records, I think it is eminently fair to call Greiner and Maiola Democrats. But rather than quibble about labels, let’s just say that Greiner and Maiola represent the sneering, elitist/globalist wing of the GOP that President Trump fought against. The question GOP CD-1 primary voters need to ask is: would these elitist/globalists be supporting Mowers if he were really an America-First Republican?
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They’re flying so thick and fast it is amazing. And take heart – there will be a Meme Overflow and I will back-edit to include the link. And this week I do expect to have a Friday Meme Overflow-Overflow.
Remember, ridicule and mockery are effective weapons:
Now, let the mockery and mayhem begin.
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But first, a random sampling of three of my cartoons. Please note these are my concepts but I pay a professional to do them.
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Words mean things. When the definitions of words are fluid, accurate communication becomes impossible because when two people use the same word, but in their two minds they mean different things, it is impossible for them to communicate factually. So many people are not even aware of the change in this word, “vaccine”.
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My choice for the best of the lot:
As always, many good ones here. But this wins IMHO. Dr. Harvey Risch is one of the most pre-eminent epidemiologists alive. His data has weight – in part because (to my knowledge) he has no conflict of interest, nothing to gain financially. I’m 100% sure he is not a recipient of some of the $350 million in “royalty payments” that pharma has dished out.
But the science he serves up doesn’t serve to stroke the egos of those who took the Jab, who Jabbed their kids, and who believe they are good people for doing so. And they’d rather die than admit they’ve been fooled.
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Palate Cleanser:
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No Labels and the Coffee Party were astroturfed movements from the last decade that tried to sell themselves as the reasonable middle. Not at all. Their members were grow-more-government Republicans (Democrats) who couldn’t find a home in the proper party.
A few were actual Democrats who were not radical enough on social issues, energy policy, or abortion (the extinct Blue dogs). And, of course, a handful of hard-core leftists pretending to support a moderate movement to move Overton’s window closer to the musing of “centrists” like Marx and Engels.
All of the leadership or movement politicians and backers are inside the beltway machine parts regardless of registration, and they just created a third political party.
The new party, called Forward and whose creation was first reported by Reuters, will initially be co-chaired by former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang and Christine Todd Whitman, the former Republican governor of New Jersey. They hope the party will become a viable alternative to the Republican and Democratic parties that dominate U.S. politics, founding members told Reuters.
Forward? You not even going to try and hide it, are you?
No, they are not. That’s Andrew Yang’s organization, and as old a Marxist turn of phase as ever there was. And their Party slogan is the No Labels slogan. “Not Left. Not Right. Forward.” A movement about which I’ve written a word or two or two-thousand, for example.
No Labels formed right after the US House Democrats got blown out of power in November 2010 with the tagline, Not Left. Not Right. Forward. A theme that MSNBC would embrace shortly after with ‘Lean Forward‘ as an ill-fitting mask over their histrionic lap-dog leftism.
Plenty more from me (on them) here, but I think you can smell what they’re selling.
Two pillars of the new party’s platform are to “reinvigorate a fair, flourishing economy” and to “give Americans more choices in elections, more confidence in a government that works, and more say in our future.”
As with its predecessors, this is likely a way to dilute votes away from those rare candidates who might shrink government or be convinced of the need to ensure Democrats (or anyone who will grow it) can get into office.
The merger involves the Renew America Movement, formed in 2021 by dozens of former officials in the Republican administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush and Donald Trump; the Forward Party, founded by Yang, who left the Democratic Party in 2021 and became an independent; and the Serve America Movement, a group of Democrats, Republicans and independents whose executive director is former Republican congressman David Jolly.
Any Lincon Project people or money in there? How about GEN Z GOP?
And don’t be fooled by the “members” of either the Reagan or Trump Administration. There are hordes of these people who serve because they can navigate the maze the Machine has created to make politics unreachable to most, including elected officials. They exist to feed and grow the system that coddles them and their above-average lifestyles.
And while I’m generally distrustful of all politicians and not opposed to more parties, the signs point to a movement that will do little to restore power to the people and the states in defense of the Constitutional Republic.
They look like more of what we already have, recycling the Left’s centrist (Never Trump?) Potemkin Villages in an effort to appear fresh and new.
Sorry, same old whore, new dress, and if we’re honest, the dress isn’t new either.
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Neutrality clauses in a primary are good for the party organization and help encourage post-primary unity. This is critical to quickly overcoming hard fought losses and the accompanying disappointment by candidates and their loyal supporters.
Rules 11 of the Republican National Committee (RNC) does not allow the RNC to “contribute money or in-kind aid to any candidate for any public or party office of that state, except the nominee of the Republican Party or a candidate who is unopposed in the Republican primary after the filing deadline for that office” without the written approval of the state’s 3 RNC members. As one of the RNC three members from NH, I can assure you that we have NOT & will NOT approve a neutrality waiver.
Article II of the NHGOP by-laws states that “No officer of the State Committee as defined in Article II, Section 2, shall participate in any primary contest on behalf of any candidate for a Republican nomination. They shall remain strictly neutral in any such primary contest.” This implies that the NHGOP as an organization shall remain neutral in both action, AND appearance. County and City Republican organizations are governed by their own by-laws and many require their organization and leaders to remain neutral as well.
The only way to win in an evenly divide state like ours is to rally together immediately after our “last in the nation” primary on September 13th. For activist and party officials that doesn’t mean sitting on the sidelines, however. We can support unopposed candidates, organize for the post primary push, offer training equally to all candidates, highlight the abysmal voting record of our Democrat opponents in Letters to the Editor, and fundraise for the eventual nominee.
We want to thank Chris Ager for this Op-Ed. Please direct yours to Editor@GraniteGrok.com.
Since I’m keenly aware of the destruction that Democrat policies are having on the nation, I’ve joined with a group of Republicans in General election fundraising for the “eventual US Senate nominee” and hope to do this for Congressional candidates as well. The beauty of this fundraising approach is that all donations go directly into an approved account that can only be accessed by the winner after 13 September. This can help provide some momentum in the precious few weeks between the Primary and General election. I believe firmly that ALL Republican nominees are better for Granite Staters than the incompetent incumbent Pelosi/Schumer “Yes” man/women.
I encourage all to support your candidate of choice in the Primary. There are many good folks to choose from. Especially if you are neutral, think about kicking into a general election account for the “eventual nominee.” I can direct you to the right place to donate. You’ll be glad you did on November 8th!
Chris Ager
RNC Committeeman, NH
NHcommitteeman@protonmail.com
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