Sunday • November 2 • 2025
Vol.XVII • No.XLIV
Manchester, N.H.
Vermont has a Democrat majority legislature and a governor who, while registered as a Republican, could use some basic instruction on what that means. As proof, he has just come out and touted his state’s red flag law as a s model for America.
The red flag law passed by the state Legislature five years ago allows a judge to temporarily remove a gun from a person who is believed to pose a danger to themselves or others.
Scott says he’s not certain that such a law would have prevented the recent mass shooting in Maine, which does not have its own red flag law. But he says he supports the passage of a national version.
“We’re ahead of many states in terms of what we did back in 2018, but I think it’s time for this to be a national conversation with other states on another level and to adopt some of the red flag laws that we’ve gone ahead with,” Scott says.
Vermont has experienced record numbers of homicides in recent years. In October of 2023, they had 8 of them. In 2022, there were twenty-five, and this year could match that, three times the number in 2021.
I don’t suppose that is the law’s fault, and if we are honest, that was never the intention. Job one was to set a precedent for abrogating due process rights. Red Flag laws do that, and it is the only reason Democrats advance them with an understanding that at least a few who favor the political Left have no idea that this is the point.
Once you have justified denying due process rights for any reason, you can expand that infringement—incrementalism with the goal of making the people servants of the government’s will.
We have a similar tactic from the Left here in New Hampshire. Democrats pretend to be concerned about high property taxes. Yes, they are high, but that keeps the total tax burden low. The Granite State consistently has one of the lowest real tax burdens in the country. Our Dems decry high property taxes to justify a new or expanded state-level executive branch office of taxation. Once in place, this mechanism can grow to collect broad-based taxes anywhere, everywhere, and as often as the Governor or Legislature can imagine.
Democrats never lower spending. Taxes can only go up, so any exhortation to the contrary is a bald-faced lie.
The idea that red flag laws will lower violent crime or gun crime is also a lie, but it gets repeated without regard for anything approaching the truth. But everywhere they are implemented, the only thing that disappears is natural rights. Crime and violent death always rise.
Vermont is – if anything – a model for that.
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A year ago, I believed I would likely be voting for Ron DeSantis. Today, not a chance. The DeSantis campaign has been one of the most inept in history AND, rather than improving, it is getting worse.
The latest? His handlers put him on MSNBC, which in and of itself is a stupid move, and DeSantis exacerbated the stupidity by pandering to the extremist hosts, more particularly by accepting the absurd premise that the political persecutions of Trump are legitimate prosecutions and disqualifying if Trump is found guilty:
Just wow – instead of confronting Geist over his description of charges against Trump (convicted of overturning 2020 election?) and overall weaponization of DOJ to target Trump and his supporters, DeSantis grovels for approval from MSNBC crew. What a disappointment he is. https://t.co/rlIKWEk7sf
— Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) November 2, 2023
What DeSantis and his supporters ignore is the fact this same DOJ would be investigating and possibly indicting him for a number of imaginary crimes (like using state funds to kidnap migrants) if he was 40 points ahead.
He should consider himself lucky that’s not the case. https://t.co/oJpQ6BU08q
— Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) November 2, 2023
Is DeSantis running for the Democrat nomination? If not, his recitation of false and deranged left-wing talking points denying the total corruption of DOJ and FBI make absolutely zero sense.
Such a great governor, and such a terrible candidate. https://t.co/T8z9GUNgjG
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) November 2, 2023
Trump is being judged by DC and NYC juries where 80% vote Democrat
He will not get fair justice and will likely be convicted in some of these show trials
He’ll then appeal where his odds of a fair hearing go way up and these rulings will be overturned
DeSantis knows this but… https://t.co/Bj3qFrHWMp
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) November 2, 2023
The Rick Scott endorsement of Trump has the whole DeSantis campaign melting down.
He’s imploding. https://t.co/y5TlIokKKP
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) November 2, 2023
What was DeSantis even thinking with that MSNBC interview? How could he not use that as an opportunity to speak out about our govt being weaponized against the American people? Truly crazy to me
— Jack Poso (@JackPosobiec) November 2, 2023
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We’ve connected with someone who appears to have two passions: memes and poetry. You will have already seen a few of the memes. I directed him to Nitzakhon, who will share them at his discretion. So, what about the poetry?
I went through this phase during high school, where I tried my hand at expressing myself through poetry. Back then, we couldn’t just change our gender. We had to explore reality, which – while the poetry was pretty bad – no one lost any parts or organs or was poisoned by chemicals meant to give one the appearance of something other than what they were.
Unlike gender transition, poetry is something kids are free to explore – in my opinion. Bad poetry is not just for adults. And good poetry is for everyone if you know what you like. While I have no issues grasping imagery or an of the other creative elements, poetry is not something I typically pursue, but someone asked me to check theirs out, and I did.
Some of it is political and some not, so I’ll lay some of it on you, man (fingers snapping in the background) – and you can let us know what you think.
A Leftist Rebukes HamasHey, Hamas, you silly dolts,
You need to mow down more adults.
Keep fighting for your patch of sand,
Since Jews do not deserve the land,
But chopping off their babies’ heads
And slashing children in their beds?
You really need to be more subtle;
To succeed, you must befuddle.
Convince the unborn babies’ mothers
That nothing counts more than their ’druthers
And children are a dungeon chain
Forcing women’s toil and pain.
Convince them that it’s not alive
Until you see its face arrive
And anyone who disagrees
Hates women and ignores their pleas
(The usual apologetics).
Delegate the death to medics
Who live by an assassin’s dictum:
Kill when none can see the victim!
By pro-choice tactics, you may choose
A better way to kill the Jews,
But should you choose the final solution
Applied to France’s Revolution,
We still will stand up for your side
While your land is occupied.
Behead in public or abort—
The right to either, we’ll support.
One more…
The Rabbibased on a true story from the 1995 talk
“Men and Marriage” by Rabbi Daniel Lapin
A rabbi in an airplane row
Sat by a famous Communist
And two young men who seemed to know
The rabbi’s needs, the foods he missed.
His feet swelled up like sausage links,
So they replaced his shoes with slippers.
They gave him sandwiches and drinks,
The envy of the other trippers.
The Communist, observing this,
Said, “Rabbi, I am quite impressed:
In no way are your sons remiss—
They give to you their very best!”
“My sons?” The rabbi shook his head.
“It’s my disciples you just saw,
But if my sons were here instead,
You’d really look at them in awe!”
The Communist sat there and wept.
“I have four sons, ungrateful bunch!
My teachings, none of them have kept,
And they would never make me lunch!”
The rabbi said, “They heed your words,
They keep your ways. You can’t escape
What all their lives from you they heard:
Their father’s one step more an ape!
“Just as a horse obeys a man,
All lower life-forms must respect
A higher one, so by your plan,
Such thinking’s what their acts reflect.
“I’ve taught my sons about creation;
I’ve taught them through God’s Holy Word:
One step toward Adam’s generation
Is one step closer to the Lord!”
The Communist just turned away;
He said no more and gave no nod.
Our tale ends here, but still I pray
He may have later turned to God.
And the author.
Joshua C. Frank works in the field of statistics and lives near Austin, Texas. His poetry has been published in Snakeskin, The Lyric, Sparks of Calliope, Westward Quarterly, Atop the Cliffs, Verse Virtual, and The Asahi Haikuist Network, and his short fiction has been published in Nanoism.”
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Nikki Haley’s enjoying her moment. She’s inching up in the polls and, through her side job — ostensibly suspended during her campaign — of getting us into a war in Iran, has greatly benefited from the Hamas attack on October 7th.
While I appreciate her devotion to her cause, attacking Iran is certain to cost us dearly, greatly expand the Israel/Gaza conflict, bring any number of additional countries into the conflict, raise the stakes, and increase the misery.
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Nikki Haley, like most Neocons, articulates the most convincing, fact-based or not, case for getting into a conflict. To Neocons, the human and military costs of a conflict and whether or not it diverts the resources and attention necessary to develop the technology, equipment, and training necessary for US forces to prevail in a peer-to-peer conflict are insignificant considerations compared to putting boots on the ground, US or surrogate, and playing policeman to the world. They avoid defining an objective as that creates a possible end point, and once the US is in a conflict, an impossible objective can always be conjured up, along with the sunk cost argument, to make the case for keeping it going. The pattern rarely varies, and America’s defenses and taxpayers always take a beating.
One of this century’s lessons we should by now have learned is that putting US boots on the ground in countries we don’t understand is counterproductive.
At the end of the 20th Century, the US led a unipolar world. Since then, we’ve squandered our advantage on Neocon-inspired endless misadventures. The next President should ensure we devote our attention to defending the United States.
When I think of Nikki Haley, all I can think of is George W. Bush in a dress.
James W. McConnell
Colonel, US Army – Retired
Chairman, New Hampshire Veterans for DeSantis
Former President, New Hampshire State Council of Vietnam Veterans (2014-2018)
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It has been challenging to watch the U.S. Government fawn over the millions of illegal immigrants who have forged the dangerous currents of the Rio Grande to break through our backdoor. A swag bag is waiting for each with a cell phone, debit cards, and a trip anywhere they want to go in the lower 48. Did I mention these people are illegal?
I thought so.
These people have been placing a tremendous financial burden on Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and even Florida. To prove a point and bring their plight to the mainstream media, that had been ignoring the Border problem, the Governors of Florida and Texas started busing illegals to Sanctuary Cities around the country. Washington D.C., New York, and Chicago received most of the transplanted illegals.
These people are from around the globe, and these major metropolitan regions can no longer afford the cost of handling these aliens. These people have taken over major hotels, sleeping on sidewalks or in temporary shelters. The liberal Mayors are now begging Washington for a handout to balance the cost to their taxpayers. Sanctuary cities seemed like a good idea until reality set in. Mayor Adams of New York City is getting daily media coverage pleading for aid from Biden.
St Louis must feel slighted as they did not have any buses stopping by the Arch with global, “illegal” tourists, so they are looking to Chicago to have some brought in. They are looking for hundreds with work permits that can help relieve a worker shortage in Mound City. They offer free temporary housing, training, and an opportunity for a long-term stay in the Gateway to the West, and, almost forgot, another free cell phone.
What is with free cell phones?
Is that why these illegals walked thousands of miles to get to America? These people should have been sent back to their country of origin. Instead, they get free housing and a job. Welcome to America. Let’s look at another group of people who are not getting such a sweetheart deal, though they deserve one.
There are nearly 68,000 homeless veterans in America, and over one million living in poverty. These men and women volunteered to enter the military, fulfilled their obligations, and were kicked to the curb. The U.S. Government feels no responsibility to help these vets get on their feet and enjoy the fruits of the country they swore to protect. In addition to these downtrodden groups, we lose 44 veterans per day to suicide. That is more than 16,000 per year who see death as a better fate than living as a veteran in America. This situation is a national travesty and embarrassment and gets little attention.
Before another dime is spent on a free cell phone for an illegal alien, we should invest in our forgotten veterans. There should be no veteran sleeping on a sidewalk or under a bridge. There should be mental health services available to keep these thousands of desperate men and women alive and valuable. These people should be trained for any job a liberal city wants to give to an illegal. These people wore the uniform of this country and took an oath to die for her if necessary. These folks deserve a second chance, not those whose most significant accomplishment was wading across the Rio Grande.
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Former mayor Kendall Lane was quoted: “I think it’s very exciting to have Jay running for mayor…”. That was a neat trick: getting Jay and “exciting” in the same sentence.
Do you want exciting? – try Kahn’s opponent, Bradford Hutchinson. The moribund Keene Sentinel needs exciting news worth reading. Vote for Bradford! Save the Sentinel!
Our current mayor, Hansel, was not quoted. Maybe it’s the lack of popularity in his bulldozing of Keene’s proposed infrastructure program. We were first told that this boondoggle would cost $7 million – now it’s “more than $14 million”.
We bought Alaska from Russia for $7 million. I went to Stantec’s (Keene’s expensive consultant) website. The best I could figure, their merit is “climate change.” Carbon is the basis of all life. The carbon they want to eliminate includes us.
Jay takes his marching orders from Democratic Party Central (climate change, bicycles instead of cars, dead trees,…). The final item on the mailing says he will leverage his record on infrastructure upgrades to promote economic opportunities for Keene. Looks like Jay is supporting Hansel’s Folly. Count on higher taxes and more debt while disrupting small businesses. By the way, the Vilas Bridge is still unrepaired.
The so-called Democratic Party wants to wreck our first-in-the-nation primary, saying we’re too white. New Hampshire preferred Obama to McCain in 2012 and to Romney in 2016 – both by substantial margins, each margin larger than that of the USA at large.
In the 2020 Democratic Party primary, Biden lost to an older white man (Bernie), a gay man (Mayor Pete), a woman (Senator Klobuchar), and a woman claiming Native American heritage (Senator Warren). He lost to a diverse group. We don’t like Biden, so wreck our primary?
Bradford has lived here for decades and knows the streets and its people. Bradford owns a Tulsi cap and supports Kennedy for President. He favors independent thought.
I first met Bradford ten years ago when he introduced himself as The King of Keene. He, like many others these days, needs to be demoted. Please vote for Bradford Hutchinson for mayor.
FIRST DO NO HARM: Ditch Washington and the Democratic Party’s destructive, oppressive hypocrisies. Try something new! Send a message! Throw the bums out!
Save the Keene Sentinel! Please vote for Bradford Hutchinson for Mayor of Keene on November 7.
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