Monday • April 29 • 2024
Vol.XVI • No.XVIII
Manchester, N.H.
Progressive in politics is a misnomer. Progressives have no interest in enhancing the state of our nation but rather in tearing it down and rebuilding it in their image. This philosophy is why Progressives aim to eradicate the country’s history and repaint it in as bad a light as possible.
In the last couple of years, we saw extreme examples of this effort defacing or destroying historical monuments and renaming schools to remove the connection with prominent figures from our past. Progressives are a product of an educational system that has been programming them since kindergarten. Unfortunately, with no life experiences, their theories have no connection with reality. They are proponents of a Socialist ideology that has failed and destroyed every country it has consumed.
The Squad members are coming up on their third run for office. The mystique and novelty are wearing off even with their young base. At some point, they need to start running on their accomplishments, and like AOC, none of them have any pieces of successful legislation they drafted to claim. They continue to be the Radical Left Wing of the party that the rest of the party feels a need to satisfy. How has such a group of underachievers attained such power and influence?
In just sixteen months, we have witnessed the devastating effects of a poorly run Biden administration. AOC, Omar, Tlaib, and others think that by pulling the Biden team to the Left, they can get the country heading in their direction. That direction results in a wholly reformed America with no resemblance to the one designed by our forefathers. That is the America they seek.
This vision will not work for most Americans. Though the Progressives think they have control over the country, there are still more adults in the room than Progressives. Thank God. AOC is the youngest and best-known member of the Squad. But Tlaib, at 45, and Omar, at 40, do not show more maturity or experience than AOC. None of them have done anything to enhance the lives of their constituents, and it could be said that AOC harmed hers significantly by killing an Amazon distribution and office center in her district.
The Congressional Democrats are looking at a tsunami of change coming in November. Most of the Pre-Covid economic gains realized under Trump have been returned under Biden and the Radical Left. By sticking to this far-Left agenda they espouse, the Squad may set themselves up for extinction. This reset would be a massive win for the American middle class that has taken many steps backward under the Progressive influence these last few years.
Suppose there is a silver lining to the Biden Presidency. In that case, it is to show the American people how toxic the diverse, Woke and Progressive wing of the Democrat party can be and how it will tear down this grand experiment. That would account for why 74% of Americans think we are being steered down the wrong path by Joe Biden. They also cannot agree on a viable alternative for Biden in 2024 with such a weak bullpen for the Lefts. It is nearly impossible to get three-fourths of Americans to agree on anything. But the Progressives have managed to turn that many people against them. That is what we on the Right call a success.
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Pfizer’s former global Head for Respiratory Diseases, Dr Mike Yeadon gets Radical:
— Maajid أبو عمّار (@MaajidNawaz) June 15, 2022
“No team I was ever part of would have picked the spike protein…I believe they did it on purpose. It was COLLUSION & MALFEASANCE” pic.twitter.com/NiyjlNZtT4 https://t.co/HLs6zMGJPP
Local utilities serving the Granite State are preparing to adjust what they charge for electricity. The cost of natural gas has skyrocketed, and that pain is about to find ratepayers’ pockets.
Talk about energy policy chickens coming home to roost.
In a Monday filing with the Public Utilities Commission, Liberty Utilities proposed increasing the per kilowatt hour price of electricity from 11.11 cents, the rate in effect from February to July of this year, to 22.23 cents starting in July.
That means a typical household would see a 47 percent increase in its electric bill, according to consumer advocate Don Kreis. (Other charges on the bill would remain unchanged.) A household currently paying $150 per month would see their electricity increase to $220 per month.
Unitil and Eversource are right behind them – their rat adjustment periods are different, but they will all file the changes before winter comes and winter is coming. And so was this problem. We’ve been discussing the need for more natural gas in New England for years (one example), but the default setting has been no new infrastructure.
Not that this would affect the price. The Democrat’s war on domestic energy and Biden’s promise to end fossil fuels has raged since ‘Brandon’ sat his demented ass behind the Resolute desk. The price of that policy has come calling, and as with all acts of Democrat destruction, the poor and middle-class will get hit hardest.
And no, the prices are not going to go down. “Projections show that cost more than tripling to $30 per Btu.” That means your electric rates will need to be adjusted upward again, and no, it’s not Putin’s fault you could be paying three to five times or more than you do now to charge that electric vehicle they insist you’ll have to drive. To cook, use lights and appliances, and even heat or cool your home. Those costs are all going up exponentially thanks to the Democrat’s war on fossil fuels.
Their war on prosperity. A war on you.
Costs that everyone from small business owners to health care providers to your government won’t be able to absorb, so you’ll be paying for that too.
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The Government Integrity Project (GIP) will kick off a series of intimate meetings for the public to meet – AND QUESTION candidates for public office.
The first event will be held on Friday, June 24th at 7pm in Brentwood, NH (details below).
Two candidates for federal office will be hosted: General Don Bolduc (U.S. Senate) and Tim Baxter (U.S. Congress – CD1). Come and hear what they have to say about the issues that are important to you. Meeting candidates in person adds another dimension of understanding that leads to casting a more confident, and more informed vote.
Looking forward to seeing you on June 24th!
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Given that Republicans in DC have decided (in caving in), just like the Republicans in Concord, that they can redefine words any way they want to “DO SOMETHING”, the money they are about to use as bribes to the “various State” to implement Red Flag laws, I’m betting this will happen:
https://gab.com/liberallogic101/posts/108458837241119392
Let’s just forget about those little words like “shall not infringe” and “Law of Unintended Consequences”. “Due Process“? Yeah, just like the show trial that the Democrats are doing on January 6 – their version of Trump’s “The Apprentice” in trying to get the public to say “Your Fired!” on any political trumped-up charges they can muster. Thankfully, their ratings are as low as their egos are large.
There are laws on the books that if someone is a danger to themselves or others, they can be taken into custody. It ISN’T the gun that is the problem, it’s the person HOLDING the gun. These Republicans have fallen for the Civilian Disarmament philosophy that guns kill. It’s just like over at Treehugger that complains, more often and louder, that SUVs kill and not the driver.
Sorry, these Squishes have gone hook, line, and sinker in showing us that DO SOMETHING melds that UniParty together – and it is always a hard turn to the Left for “solutions”.
Democrats will see to it. After all, ask yourself: look around and see how many politicians, police, and prosecutors/judges are contributing to the revolving door in just Chicago for the gang-bangers brought in on firearms violations? In the city that has amongst the strictest gun laws in the nation? And in a few hours, these criminals hardly even get a slap on the wrist?
Ditto the Antifi and BLM rioters? But let them be on the Right, like the Jan. 6 rioters who casually strolled through the Congressional building – staying within the roped-off lane?
Sorry, but I’ve lost confidence in our government institutions because of, to use the language of the Left, the inequality of application of the Law. Laws for me but not for thee?
And NO one can tell me different as in a very few minutes, I can bring up scores of examples – like Hillary, like Hunter Biden. The famous and the politically connected seemingly have a different set of rules that don’t apply to you and me.
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On June 1, 2022, two local grassroots campaigners helped WoLF launch a public service announcement in Manchester, New Hampshire: “Women, Adult Human Females – It’s Not Complicated.” WoLF is thankful for the fervent nonpartisan collaboration that led to this PSA!
Women’s Rights, Safety, and Boundaries Are Quickly Eroding.Inspired by other billboard campaigns, including Posie Parker’s “Woman” definition billboard in the UK and billboards in the US promoting Abigail Shrier’s book, Irreversible Damage, we decided to share our messages with the public in a new way—by rolling out a billboard letting everyone know that the definition of “woman” is not complicated.
WoLF is advancing this simple, science-based definition to build awareness of our US-based efforts to preserve the legal definition of ‘woman’ and ‘women’ in law and policy. Of course, we have seen numerous examples of people claiming that this definition of women is “controversial” and “bigoted.” Our billboard serves as a reminder that there is a clear and science-based definition for “women.”
One Such Pro-woman, Nonpartisan Initiative Is the Women’s Bill of Rights.
Collaboratively drafted and introduced with Independent Women’s Voice, the Women’s Bill of Rights is model legislation that would clearly define “sex” based on biology (either male or female), seeks to enshrine into law common definitions of “woman,” “girl,” and “mother,” and seeks to codify the intermediate scrutiny standard to allow the law to recognize sex when it is relevant.
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Displayed on both sides of Elm Street through June 30, these billboards will be seen by an estimated 36,000 passing cars each day. Concerned citizens who visit the campaign link have the opportunity to send a ready-made message to their elected officials urging their endorsement of the Women’s Bill of Rights. You can easily and quickly send a message to your political leaders using our new targeted action!
The @WomensLibFront message is bright and clear in #ManchesterNH as of today. pic.twitter.com/qEPW3Dzits
— Sidewalk Steve (@Sidewalk_Steve) June 1, 2022
We look forward to more billboard campaigns across the U.S. to drive public support for nonpartisan legislative solutions and expand the grassroots resistance to “gender identity” ideology!
Why Manchester, New Hampshire?
Geographically, the Manchester area is an hour from Harvard University in Massachusetts, a gender ideology and ‘cancel culture’ stronghold that recently canceled WoLF board member Devin Buckley, Ph.D. over her feminist views. As of 2018, an estimated 82,000 people commuted from New Hampshire to Massachusetts each day.
To any inspired WoLF supporters—We invite you to become a volunteer and help coordinate another “Women = Adult Human Females” billboard!
Manchester was selected when an enthusiastic WoLF supporter and New Hampshire resident, Stephen Scaer, wished to see the definition of “women” posted in the most populous New Hampshire city.
As allies against female erasure, Beth and Stephen Scaer have been engaged in a public battle in defense of women’s sex-based rights, publicly promoting messages such as “Protect Single Sex Spaces,” “No Puberty Blockers,” “Gender Clinics Harm Children,” and “Save Women’s Sports.”
This past March, Stephen successfully hosted a fundraiser to post a billboard stating “Puberty is Not A Medical Condition” locally promoting Abigail Shrier’s Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters during Detrans Awareness Day on March 12. In early April, he approached WoLF to propose this billboard defining ‘women.’
Why the Month of June?We posted our second billboard message promoting Abigail Shrier’s “Irreversible Damage.” We hope we can save confused youth from a lifetime of regret.#DetransAwarenessDay @abigailshrier @BillboardChris pic.twitter.com/RwHDwy9qoK
— Sidewalk Steve (@Sidewalk_Steve) March 12, 2022
During Pride month, Manchester’s Queen City Pride Parade is taking place on June 18, 2022. Mainstream “Pride” events and festivities increasingly teach about opposite-sex ‘identification’ that can lead children down a path to irreversible puberty blockers and experimental “gender” surgeries:
“Social media is filled with a neverending stream of detransitioners who are trying to undo the effects of hormone therapy and invasive surgeries such as hysterectomies and mastectomies. March 12 was designated as Detrans Awareness Day, and social media was flooded with postings from people describing their efforts to leave the transgender lifestyle.
The average age to detransition is 23, approximately five years after undergoing transition, a clinical survey of 237 participants showed. Seventy percent realized that their gender dysphoria was related to other issues, such as existing depression.”
– TORI RICHARDS, ‘WE ARE JUST GUINEA PIGS’: WOMEN DESCRIBE TRAUMA OF TRANSITIONING AS TEENAGERS, WASHINGTON EXAMINER (MARCH 21, 2022)
As a radical feminist organization, WoLF believes that our common-sense billboard stands in solidarity with lesbians (exclusively same-sex attracted human females), safeguards children and youth who do not conform to sex stereotypes, and rejects the notion that men could ever be lesbians via ‘gender identity.’
Happy Pride, New Hampshire!“The next time you see a Pride event, remember that the fun and bright colors and happy messages are hiding a very dark reality of serious harm to kids, and the participants and organizers will go to great lengths to keep anyone from uncovering it.”
– BETH SCAER, “QUEEN CITY PRIDE HAS NO SHAME”, GRANITEGROK (JUNE 24, 2021)
Happy #pride! pic.twitter.com/dQgV7aPuvV
— WoLF (@WomensLibFront) June 14, 2021
HT | WoLF.org
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Emphasis mine:
Nothing so epitomizes contemporary liberalism as unfunded mandates, in which the federal government establishes programs and forces the states to pay for them. The very need to weigh benefits against costs – the essence of economics – is evaded by this irresponsible exercise of arrogance. It is like impulse buying and charging it to somebody else’s credit card.
-Prof. Thomas Sowell (Thomas Sowell Reader)
He’s absolutely right, you know. The NH Constitution’s Article 28-A should be every NH Budget Committee’s favorite clause:
[Art.] 28-a. [Mandated Programs.] The state shall not mandate or assign any new, expanded or modified programs or responsibilities to any political subdivision in such a way as to necessitate additional local expenditures by the political subdivision unless such programs or responsibilities are fully funded by the state or unless such programs or responsibilities are approved for funding by a vote of the local legislative body of the political subdivision.
Should be – but it isn’t NH State Legislators – even Republicans. I have railed against SB142 , the bill that the NH House, NH Senate, and Gov Sununu passed to require School Districts to provide FREE menstrual products) since it was passed back in 2019. A blatantly unconstitutional bill as it clearly violated Article 28-a as no State monies were allocated to reimburse the School District for buying the dispensers, the supplies, and the labor to maintain them.
What’s worse was the rejection of the attempt to rectify this with this:
But it was Pravda on the Merrimack that actually had the story that had me thinking “Gosh, have I made a difference?” (reformatted, emphasis mine):
Republicans seek to roll back free menstrual products in public schools law
Two years after mandating that New Hampshire public schools provide feminine hygiene products in their bathrooms for free, some members of the New Hampshire Legislature are considering reversing course. Lawmakers on the House Education Committee heard testimony last week on House Bill 458, which would undo the requirement that schools provide tampons and sanitary napkins for free.
Instead, HB 458 would give school health departments the option to provide the products if it “determines that there are students in need of menstrual hygiene products within its school population.” And it would allow the schools to charge students for the tampons at “minimal cost.”
As I yelled at Doug Scamman, EVERY Social Issue has a financial cost. And each time the Right accedes to the Left on one Social Issue after another, the financial toll of taxes rises ever higher. And it removes Choice from every level beneath it.
SB142 was an all Democrat bill. And even with that, the Republicans helped to kill HB458. Thus, they proved me right: “each time the Right accedes to the Left on one Social Issue after another, the financial toll of taxes rises ever higher.”
Sowell is right – it is ARROGANCE that best describe legislators that deal with money as water flowing through their fingers. While on my hamlet’s BudComm, I ALWAYS told people “THIS IS NOT OUR MONEY!”; few ever adopted that philosophy. Too many of them, and legislators, look to take care of GOVERNMENT first. It matters not a whit what the economy was doing around them – in good times “Hey, everyone has money to give” and in bad times “People are hurting – Government has to help!”.
And they never acknowledge that in taking more from taxpayers/voters, they are pushing even more people below that financial-panic line, move them from being self-sufficient to themselves needing to be dependent on government.
Economics is the study, not of just money, but of trade-offs within the idea of scarcity: opportunity cost. If you do this, what happens to that. If you take more and more money from this set of people to do X,Y, and Z. If you spend so much on this, what do you have to remove money from others.
Hahaha! Silly me – government budgets rarely go go down – those in control of the money NEVER say “hey, we HAVE to move money around to fit priorities – and some department will do less with less money”. Such a foreign thought to the Government Firsters.
(H/T: Cafe Hayek)
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Henry Kissinger, back in 1993, when the forerunner of the USMCA, NAFTA, was being considered by Congress, called it revolutionary, going on to say: “…. it is not a conventional trade agreement but the hopeful architecture of a new international system.”
In 2002 a like-minded agent of this change to make national borders obsolete on the North American Continent, former Mexican President Vicente Fox advocated: “Eventually our long-range objective is to establish with the United States, but also with Canada, our other regional partner, an ensemble of connections and institutions similar to those created by the European Union.”
Today, Lopez Obrador’s moves to expand the USMCA power must be stopped. It is tragic that the kind of building blocks Kissinger and his globalist partners needed to create the “architecture” for his international system have already been given to them in the USMCA by our government to create a North American Union (NAU).
It is urgent now to counter this key strategy of globalist leaders over the past several decades. Sold with a deceptive label as “free trade,” regional integration through the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCAI is now moving toward an NAU). Created and modeled after the European Union (EU) for our hemisphere, it is rapidly moving toward ending American sovereignty.
We want to thank Russ Payne for this Op-Ed.
Please direct yours to Editor@GraniteGrok.com.
Toward this end, Mexican President Andres Manual Lopez Obrador plans to visit President Biden at the White House in July to expand the power of the USMCA.
It is alarming that all the USMCA mandates below were all accepted by our leaders as being superior to American constitutional domestic law:
1/ Union members will be concerned that It undermines collective bargaining state right-to-work law;
2/ It automatically mandates protections for “gender identity” and other gender-related issues in the workplace;
3/ Promotes UN Agenda 21 & Agenda 30 environmental entanglements;
4/ U.S. laws are subordinated to Global governance organizations and conventions, such as the International Labor Organization, the World Trade Organization, and the United Nations Law of the Sea Treaty, all of which have not been ratified by the Senate; and
5/ In Chapter 30 of the USMCA, it establishes a “Free Trade” Commission exactly as the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the European Union’s European Commission do.
This is ridiculous. With the USMCA, why in the world do we need to go to the polls to vote for a Congress or even the president?
To counteract this illegal usurpation of power, we must inform our legislators, both state and federal, to exercise their power that apparently has either been forgotten or ignored, authorized in Article VI in paragraph 2, which expresses the superiority of the U.S. Constitution overall international law by saying:
“The Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States.” The UMCA has not been made in pursuance of the Constitution.
In order to win this battle for truth against this long-accepted falsehood, first, educate yourselves to go to war with the enemies of liberty by arming yourself with truth at jbs.org. It is encouraging that our Founders have provided us with a solution with their far-seeing wisdom.
Emphatically urge your federal lawmakers to truly represent you and the Constitution they are sworn to by working to Get us out of the USMCA. Also, demand your state legislators “nullify” all federal overreach of power, especially USMCA/UN laws. For today we inherit the liberty won and fought for by our founding generation: tomorrow, let it be said that we of this generation won the battle for truth and the preservation of our liberty and American Independence for our posterity.
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Here’s a story to help you find your happy place. “Eight border patrol agents spoke to The Washington Examiner about the crisis under President Joe Biden.”
“Under Biden, things are the worst they have ever been by far,” said one agent who is based in Arizona. “Agents are calling in all the time. You always hear, ‘It doesn’t matter,’ or, ‘What’s the point?’ in reference to doing our job. Agents are afraid of ending up on the news for doing their job or getting in trouble for doing their job. There is no morale.”
No morale, no support, not enough agents, and worst of all, your “boss” sh!ts on you every chance they get.
That’s my Biden. Build Back Better! The Left’s American Recovery – from freedom, cheap gas, record employment, and prosperity to empty shelves, expensive gas, and a growing authoritarian state.
Maybe if someone told the Caravans of “immigrants,” they’d think twice?
Turns out our “sh!t show” is still the best show in town. At least for a while. But for how much longer?
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We have a series of committee hearings taking place in Washington with the sole purpose of destroying former President Donald Trump from ever running for President again. If they somehow garner enough support to charge him criminally, that would be a bonus.
To bury him as a threat is what some Democrats live to accomplish.
At the same time, we have protestors marching, chanting, and threatening some of our more conservative Supreme Court Justices. This escalated to the point where an assassination attempt was foiled by the armed guards surrounding Judge Kavanaugh’s home. This thin blue line of protection was the only thing that protected the Justice, his wife, and two daughters from a lunatic with a gun, knife, and other weapons.
This plot is insufficient to get Speaker Nancy Pelosi to bring the bill protecting judges and families to the floor for a vote.
The law is clear. There are to be no demonstrations or protests at the private residence of a Supreme Court Justice or Federal Judge. Not only have there been daily protests at Justice’s homes, but their addresses have been posted publicly.
Police have a protective perimeter keeping protestors away, but nobody has been arrested for the apparent violation of the law. It is interesting and hypocritical that in the January 6 Committee hearings, Donald Trump is vilified for not speaking out and calling for an end to the uprising, but there is no such criticism of Biden for his silence in quelling those protests.
Biden has, in fact, encouraged the activity. Why is Biden not called out for his complicity? It could be said that he is as responsible for the attempted assassination as Trump is being accused of the insurrection.
A federal judge whose son was murdered by a disgruntled lawyer in their family home has said that the plot to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is further proof that judges need better protection.
US District Judge Esther Salas told Fox News’ America Reports on Wednesday that “enough is enough” and called on Congress to pass a bill to bolster security for federal judges and limit the amount of personal information available about public officials online.
“I think that members of Congress can see the escalation in the numbers of threats against judicial officers,”she said. “It’s just got to stop.”
None of the events of the last few weeks has prompted action from Attorney General Merrick Garland or forced Speaker Pelosi to call for a vote on the bill passed by the Senate. The Democrats are content to let this play out without ramifications, but what will they do when this situation heats up when the decision is announced on the future of Roe Vs. Wade?
I agree with Judge Salas. It’s just got to stop.
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As promised in the last Monday Memes, I have an overflow. My meme cup runneth over.
Now, let the mayhem, mockery, and ridicule resume:
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My pick for best of the lot:
I was listening to Jeff Kuhner this morning. He had a few moonbats calling in. Even trying to wrap my mind around their stupidity was giving me a headache. How do their brains not explode from the contradictions of their positions, and the dissonance of what they believe vs. observable reality?
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Palate cleanser:
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I am the mother of four daughters, two of whom, ages 19 and 20, have experience with a transgender athlete on high school sports teams. During freshman year, my daughter joined the cross-country team. She came home and told me that there was a male-to-female transgender athlete on the team.
She said it was not fair, and was there anything we could do about it? I told her, only if you want to make a federal case. In retrospect, I wish we had because this is becoming a much larger societal issue than we ever imagined.
To clarify, I have nothing but compassion for someone struggling with gender identity. The child on my daughters’ teams was never anything but polite, friendly, and respectful when I spoke with her. She was included at our home for any team events hosted by my family. To my knowledge, she was never outwardly bullied by any member of the team, nor did she ever exhibit any negative behavior to any teammate.
What stands out to me the most is that although my daughters never felt it was fair that they had to compete for team positions with a biological male, they do not feel comfortable speaking out about this issue.
We want to thank Katy Peternel for this Op-Ed.
Please direct yours to Editor@GraniteGrok.com.
One would think that my 19-year-old Division 1 soccer player would feel threatened by the possibility of a biological male becoming part of her team or having to compete against a biological male. However, she does not want to make a big deal about this issue. As their parent, I believe they were the recipients of subversive bullying. They knew they could not speak out about the inequality of having a biological male on their team. This child’s needs were underlying the essence of the meaning of team.
As the saying goes, “there is no “I” in team.” But in this situation, they managed to find one. I believe it was an unfair situation not only for my daughters but also for the transgender child. No one should have the focus of the needs of an athletic team be on their own personal needs.
Testimony on NH HB1180
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On day one, the Bidenistas tipped over the domestic energy apple cart. In the weeks and months that followed, Democrats stomped on the apples because the Big Guy had promised to end fossil fuels, and end them, they would. They are having second thoughts.
And that makes them uncomfortable.
The Democrat plan is based on the evolution of Marxist thought, which demands that you break things. It’s always about the revolution. Burn down the old, and the new will rise from the ashes. Faith, family, public health, public safety, and ideas about our personal, state, and national sovereignty must be plowed under. Energy, the economy, and even your quality of life is all grist for the Marxist mill.
You break them all and then nationalize what you wrecked into a corporatist oligarchy because, see, they don’t work. We just proved it. Government must take over, but for one tiny problem.
Voters. Damn it. You have to break them too, and the Dems are working on it, but we’re not there yet, and November is coming. People are unhappy, disgruntled, and angry. Prices have doubled. The shelves are increasingly empty. Inflation didn’t peak as the experts promised, And the Left likes the anger but only when they can control where it is directed.
This is directed at them, so the same Bidenistas that broke domestic energy in the US are looking for a band aid to get them past the Midterms.
President Biden continues to blame inflation and record-high gas prices on Vladimir Putin (along with “corporate greed,” which coincidentally didn’t seem to get really bad until Biden took office). With inflation and gas prices contributing to driving Biden’s approval to record lows while increasing the likelihood of a midterm blowout for the Democrats, this administration is in scramble and desperation mode.
They are desperate to put a few pieces back together. Not because they care about how much this hurts you or every part of our economy or national defense or quality of life. Piss on that. They want to stay in power to finish the job. But that’s a lot harder to do if they lose control of the Star Chamber. So, the Bidenistas are asking big oil for more domestic oil. But it’s a lot easier to break things than to fix them.
A problem that is escalating in every corner of the economy and our lives because that’s what they wanted. Things they broke that may take years to fix that you have to want to fix.
They don’t, but they need you to think they do, and when it can’t be done, they will blame (in this case) US oil and gas companies. Vladimir Putin. Maybe the Saudis. And their cure for that is more of them doing what they did.
But, here’s the thing, and it’s not new to these pages.
Even if it was someone else who tipped over the apple cart, Democrats are obviously incapable of righting it even when they say that’s what they want.
The cure for Donkey pox is elections, and fewer donkeys and “boosters” will be required indefinitely.
HT | AoSHQ
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I previously posted about how Governor Groomer … a/k/a Sun-King Sununu … blames inflation on “bad management.” In other words, Governor Groomer is telling us, “Joe and the Democrats are good people; they are good people; they just are not as good as managing government as I am.”
Here is Governor DeSantis telling the truth about Biden-inflation. It is not incompetence; it is INTENTIONAL:
DeSantis brutally FLAMES Joe Brandon over record-high gas prices
"They're the CAUSE of a lot of it. He has made it WAY WORSE— He's going to plunge this country into a RECESSION." pic.twitter.com/SlSJyCJtX6
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 13, 2022
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I’m not a huge fan of Rap music. And I get that most of it is not written for me. So, it’s cool that other people like it (free country – barely – and all that). I’d rather listen to something else. This, however, speaks to me.
The performer is named Samson. It was on his shirt, so I searched for him. He’s got all the social channels and a lot of political songs. Kamala, Nancy, it might be worth a search and a watch or two, but I’ve not yet done that myself.
In this version, he is talking about inflation, taxes, Joe Biden, and all the crap that’s happened since he took office. After some searching, it looks like the title is 46=13.
I liked it enough to share it.
Language warning: he swears a bit—most of the adult words.
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Governor Chris Sununu has removed Steve Kenda from his position as a commissioner on the committee to study an NH Seacoast “Cancer Cluster.” Kenda’s crime was writing an op-ed pointing out the four cases of child rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) and three cases of pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) did not meet (as defined by the CDC) the statistical definition of a Cancer Cluster.
The State had just finalized its investigation with the determination there was no detectable causal factor for pediatric cancers. Kenda, an MIT-trained engineer, had pointed out the flawed decision-making in the initial designation of a “Cancer Cluster” and, after documenting his well-researched findings, presented it to the commission.
Basically, the entire endeavor had been a colossal waste of resources and time. The local radical progressives and the biased media had already attacked Kenda in vicious personal ways, and the environmental justice members of the commission were incensed.
At the meeting, a mother who lost her child to cancer broke down and cried. The new governor, Chris Sununu (an MIT graduate himself), should have known Kenda’s analysis was flawless, but not showing appropriate homage to a crying mother who had lost a child to cancer can lose votes. Sununu called the woman to express his deep condolences, and Kenda got the boot.
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Two years later, Dr. Ben Chan, the NH State epidemiologist, admitted that given the small number of cases, there should never have been a designation of a Sea Coast Cancer Cluster, and it wouldn’t happen again.
The commission devolved into an environmental-justice feeding frenzy. Although there was no evidence that PFCs (Perfluorinated Chemicals) had anything to do with causing the Childhood Cancers, because there were some high levels on the Seacoast, PFCs were declared the problem.
Irresponsible journalists frightened the population. It made no sense to say PFCs actually caused the childhood cancers because if they did all across the nation, other contaminated sites would’ve shown an increased incidence of these rare cancers. It didn’t matter because the public had been misinformed, and the radical environmental justice groups had an issue.
Dr. Tom Sherman (who should’ve known better) rode his exposure to be elected a State Senator and now the probable 2022 Democratic candidate for governor. Fellow environmental fanatic committee member Mindi Messmer, who once proposed putting Geiger counters all over the Seacoast to warn of radiation leaks from the Seabrook Nuclear plant, was a member of the NH House of Representatives.
These two prompted legislators {no politician would be caught dead not protecting children from cancer} to pass legislation creating onerous regulations and poured millions of dollars into the “cleanup” of NH PFCs. No one knows if cleaning up the PFCs will actually have any health impact, and perhaps it is a good thing.
What’s not a good thing is taking advantage of emotionally distraught parents who had to deal with critically ill children and misleading/frightening the public; all to get your agenda passed.
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It’s time for another installment of Leftist Bill Maher said something with which Conservatarians can (almost, sort of) agree. We like these because it feels like it validates our position. But let’s be clear we don’t need Bill Maher’s indulgence to be correct.
But we might need him to reach people who would otherwise never hear that message.
When Bill gets it right, or mostly right, it is seen by a vast audience with HBO quality production values behind it. That sort of support is worth a lot, so when we find it, or someone sends it to us, we like to share.
This time, it’s guns, violence, vengeance, and the hypocrites in Hollywood. The millionaires and billionaires who whine about gun violence when it rears its ugly head but who make (lots of) movies with not just copious amounts of violence involving firearms but a common theme to justify it.
Maher’s take is amusing, and he makes good points. You won’t agree with everything he has to share, but the big picture is difficult for the target audience to miss.
If you are going to point a finger…
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Was it worth it to steal from an old man? The Blaze has the story but it’s a bit long and convoluted but here’s an abstract of it. Summary: they got greedy and paid for it bigly.
A DGU – Defensive Gun Use. You rarely hear of such encounters where a good guy with a gun stops bad guys. It goes against the Democrat Narrative of Civilian Disarmament.
So a gun allowed a single Senior citizen from being robbed and, perhaps, being killed. Justice was swift – two dead and good riddance. Now the remaining two are up on murder charges for being involved in a felony where two bad guys were introduced to their dirt naps.
And NH State Rep David Meuse wants to take such capabilities away from the rest of us here in NH?
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This witch-hunt angers me, and I cannot give it another minute of my time. I hope you will not either. There was one fatality of the riot, the insurrection, of the Capitol on January 6th. It was an unarmed woman who a Capitol Police Officer shot.
The January 6 Committee went prime-time on Thursday night. This mini-series is another attempt at putting down Donald Trump one more time and ensuring he cannot run for office again.
Fortunately, last Thursday was the only prime-time episode of the Democrat soap opera. Additional sessions are planned over the next two weeks but will be daytime events with minimal coverage. That minimal coverage is precisely what it deserves. Ratings were poor across all networks Thursday, proving how little the American public cares about January 6.
From the start, this committee was tainted when Nancy Pelosi did not allow the desired members, and she forbid specific questions from being asked. The fact that this was theater was the hiring of a former ABC executive to assist with the production. Was this a Congressional committee meeting or a pilot for a mini-series? It proved not to be much of either.
I confess to not making it through Liz Cheney’s presentation, but I did note one sentence she uttered. She was attacking her fellow Republicans by saying that “someday, Donald Trump will be gone, but they will have to live with themselves forever.” Liz, Trump is gone. You had a hand in his loss. You will live to regret that decision.
Official estimates put the number of people who entered the Capitol on January 6 at over 2,000. The number of guns confiscated was 4, making this technically an armed insurrection, but just four guns and nobody shot by the trespassers makes that a weak claim.
These hearings are indicative of the misguided purpose of Congress. With the dire situation we find ourselves in due to poor policy decisions by Biden, you would think that Congress should be working on solutions and not bogus investigations.
The open border is allowing millions of illegals per year, Fentanyl is killing over 100,000 Americans yearly, Inflation is at a 50-year high, and we have new historic high gas prices every day. These issues are pulling Biden and Democrat approval numbers down to historic lows, but they are concentrating on putting a nail in the coffin of former President Donald Trump. That is how much fear Trump has put into Democrats and Liz Cheney.
Is there going to be anything significant that comes from these two weeks? I believe that there will be but not what the Democrats hoped. I think this effort will harm the Democrats and further enhance the tsunami that most are predicting for November. The people deserve to have the government act on their behalf. This committee does nothing to ease the pain the average American feels, and the Democrats are where that blame is directed. This made for tv event will drop the ratings further and fuel the American’s angst.
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You had it correct, right from the start, US Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY). There are only two sexes – male and female. Him and Her. And you were right to state (reformatted, emphasis mine):
While speaking to graduates at the University of Wyoming commencement on Saturday, Lummis observed that truth itself is under attack in our postmodern world, including the “fundamental scientific truth” about biological sex.
“[This includes] our rights to freedom of speech, religion, property, assembly, and to keep and bear arms,” Lummis said, adding, “Even fundamental scientific truths, such as the existence of two sexes — male and female — are subject to challenge these days.”
The crowd of graduates immediately reacted with loud jeers and boos.
And then she immediately groveled in abject misery; she said she was sorry for trying to achieve absolution from the Woke/Gender Identity crazed Mob. Silly creature – she made it worse in trying to make it appear that she was “one of them” from the very beginning – she “messaged” wrongly. Hey, Senator, wrong twice over!
The Wyoming senator apologized for making people feel “un-welcomed” and “disrespected” for affirming the truth about biological sex.
“My reference to the existence of two sexes was intended to highlight the times in which we find ourselves, times in which the metric of biological sex is under debate with potential implications for the shared Wyoming value of equality,” she said in a statement, according to Oil City News.
“I share the fundamental belief that women and men are equal, but also acknowledge that there are biological differences and circumstances in which these differences need to be recognized,” she continued. “That being said, it was never my intention to make anyone feel un-welcomed or disrespected, and for that I apologize. I have appreciated hearing from members of the University of Wyoming community on this issue, and I look forward to continuing this dialogue.”
One, they don’t believe you. Two, in yielding to these bunch of college kids who’ve not done much in life (for most of them) other than taking tests, you have shown that you have no Principles underlying what you said. Now, others of us start to wonder: do you have any kind of foundational philosophy that is non-negotiable as well? After all, you flipped and then flopped pretty quick in that Progressive breeze, didn’t you?
And she was wrong again – she hasn’t realized that she just waved a white flag in the Culture War. She’ll be apologizing for EVAH for this. And for anything else, for that matter. This crowd will NEVER let her off the hook as they now know that she can be manipulated merely by making rude noises. Some might even do it just for the fun of it.
And she was wrong in this way:
The Wyoming senator apologized for making people feel “un-welcomed” and “disrespected” for affirming the truth about biological sex.
They let you know that real reality no longer exists – and you failed to convince them of it. No, Senator – they disrespected YOU. They made YOU, a distinguished Visitor and invited Guest, be unwelcome (loud, and clear). Just plain manners would have required at least the veneer of “listening respect” from them. They showed none and have none – so none should be showed in return.
She also doesn’t realize that she just contributed to her own political downfall. Transgenderism’s purpose IS to help create the Culture Chaos they long for. This is already throwing sexual relations into a tizzy – what do I, what can I do with this other identity that I can’t do with another, and what words do I use with either or both of them – or is it something else altogether? Talk about being confused! How much harder can the Left make normal relationships possible?
Hint: that’s the endpoint. Say goodbye to the nuclear family – the building block of American Society. The Left has been trying to destroy that for over six decades. Why?
Welcome, not to Mom and Dad, but to Big Government that will love you (you think) and take care of you (wanna bet on that?).
The folks behind this all understand (all too well) that this is merely a tactic, a technique, to reach that level of Societal chaos in which people will be BEGGING to be saved. They understand both that people desire to belong (even if it is one of a thousand (or more) made-up identities) and be needed. They are supplying both in their warped sense of The Sexual Identity Church.
And when that Chaos hits maximum, those Leftists already in place (like the Obama retreads running Biden’s Administration) will be HAPPY to present themselves as your saviors. While a lot of the “participants” have been convinced that this is normal, it’s not. But as the ramifications of this slowly permeate our Society, there are going to be an awful lot of “rooked” people ready to go all postal for what has been done to them.
And now the Senator is complicit in all this. Instead of standing tall, Lummis puddled. She needs one of these (even if she is a she):
Pretty soon, we’ll have real ones ready.
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