We need a laugh. A serious laugh. To that end – and thanks to Don for sending me this – we have Andrew Klavan. He took a few minutes to enlighten us (satirically) on Common Sense. No, not Thomas Paine, Democrat gun laws.

And not just that, but all sorts of not so sensible “common sense” ideas from the left.

It’s funny. We need funny.

 

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HT | PatriotPost.us

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When they first announced the Depp trial would be eight weeks, I thought it was a report from Babylon Bee. But no, it was accurate, and somehow cable news networks elevated a defamation trial between Hollywood celebrities to a news item worthy of interrupting regular programming.

Democrats are now aspiring to be prime-time celebrities when the January 6th hearings go live this week. Jerry Nadler is pouting that he is not on this committee and will miss the camera time. Adam Schiff will be in the spotlight where he lived spouting lies, without ramifications, for the entire Donald Trump term.

On Thursday, the House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol will open the first of eight hearings, marking the turning point when “one of the single most important congressional investigations in history,” as the Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney billed it, will finally go public. Cheney is one of the side stories of this show as she has taken her vendetta to new heights. She may get her piece of skin but will destroy her career in the process.

This eight-episode mini-series has all of the earmarks of a circus, and there is only one reason these hearings are prime-time is the hope they will lift the Democrats in time for the mid-terms. They are rolling the dice hoping for double sixes, but they could quickly get snake-eyes. This charade could easily blow up in their faces.

How will Nancy Pelosi explain that she was offered extra security from the White House, and she declined? How will the Democrats explain the FBI agents on video edging on the protestors? How will the Left clarify with all of the protesters’ weapons that there was but one casualty on January 6? That individual was an unarmed female shot dead by a Capitol officer. Four Capitol Police officers lost their lives due to January 6, but they were all suicides.

One officer whose body was honored under the Capitol Rotunda as a hero killed during the conflict only to find out weeks later he died of a heart attack. There will be plenty of evidence that will not put a good light on Donald Trump but just as much on the Left.

This hearing is a third Impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump with the hope that the Democrats can inflict so much damage on him that any chance of a 2024 run is dead. That is the fear these politicians on the Left have of this man and his impact on the country.

This hearing is not about justice, for there is none to be had for a sad day and chapter in our history. The Left wants to erase history unless it serves their agenda. This situation could be put to bed, but not until the Dems get their final pound of flesh.

Reality shows that Joe Biden and his party may be the most divisive group ever collected in American history. It continues to amaze the party of the President, who pledged on the campaign trail from his basement in Delaware and during his inauguration from the balcony of the Capitol that he was a unifier and President for all Americans. By the poll numbers of this feckless President, his administration, and Congress, many Americans may welcome back tweets from Donald Trump than Executive Orders from Joe Biden.

 

 

Ray Writes for GraniteGrok.com and the Liberty Loft

 

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Why am I running? That is the question. The simplest answer I can give is this. I grew up in the greatest time in human history, in the greatest country in human history. There was an excess of everything anyone could want. The freedom to pursue your ambitions was abundant, and the choices that were available were endless. People were happy, motivated, engaged, friendly, and grateful. We were strong and kind. We were inventive and visionary. We were individuals that often came together as a nation. Yet with all of this amazing abundance wealth and prosperity, my generation is on the precipice of being the first generation in American history to give our children a worse country than what we had. To me this is unacceptable.

I decided to get into the business end of the beast when I realized my daughter did not know the America I know. It was apparent to me that just as when she was little, I could not let others coach her in sports if I knew I could do better for her. It was apparent to me that when in school and she wasn’t provided with proper information I would teach her because I knew I could do better for her. If I worked so hard to make sure my child had the best guidance and information possible, how could I simply be satisfied by giving her a country that was broken, and run by those who valued nothing that made this the greatest place in the history of mankind? As you might have guessed I could not.

I knew I would be mocked, attacked, and ridiculed by the left. I knew if I was successful, the left would be relentless in its attempt to assassinate my character. I knew the press and others in government that are on the Left would go after me in ways I could not expect. I knew there would be the hateful vitriol that comes with public service. I also knew that I had lived a fantastic life of doing and being what I want when I want and so had all from my generation and there was no excuse or reason my child or the children of this country should have anything less. It was and still is time to give back.

So, I will Stand for your Rights, Freedoms, and Choices. I will Stand for Truth, Justice, and the American way. I will not be bought, bullied, or threatened. I will not give up, give in, or quit fighting for you and your individual liberty, the constitutions of NH and the USA. The great experiment in self-governance will not die on my watch and so I ask those who believe in these essential American qualities to show your support and vote for me as your NH State Representative in the primary on September 13Th, and again on November 8th. Together, Let’s keep government off your back and out of your wallet!

NH State Rep Gregg Hough
(soon to be representing Gilford, Gilmanton, and Laconia Ward 2).

 

 

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Dr. Naomi Wolf is an admitted product of the 60s Hippie-Intellectual left. Liberal born and bred. But she’s recently had a change of heart. I wouldn’t call her a conservatarian just yet, but she has left the LEFT. And part of that journey was discovering why we have a second amendment and why we need it.

It was not as sudden a change as the Apostle Paul on the road to Damascus, but the conversion appears genuine. And being articulate, a writer by profession, her conversion makes for a good read.

A great read. And I’ll leave you to take that up when you can because it’s long but worth the time. I wanted to focus on one bit because it strikes me as most relevant and one that she explores in more detail later in the piece, but that I’d like to sum up with fewer words (I Hope).

 

Existential Vulnerability

Emphasis mine.

 

“… I thought of my decades of struggling with the issue of female victimization: the existential vulnerability of women who are always in danger from anyone bigger and stronger who wished to injure or exploit them.

 

Dr. Wolf is talking about armed, trained women no longer having to live like (or be) victims of those bigger and stronger. About having the confidence, awareness, and responsibility that comes with being properly trained to carry and use a firearm—being aware that threats exist but no longer living in fear of it.

My takeaway looks like this. [T]he existential vulnerability of a disarmed populace always in danger from a government that wishes to injure or exploit them. 

As Dr. Wolf notes further on in her piece,

 

“…I believe that we are at a moment that our Founders, in their nearly-Prophetic wisdom, knew might come to pass. We are at the kind of moment for which the Second Amendment may have been written in just the clear, unequivocal way that it was.

 

The second amendment serves one deep and meaningful purpose. To protect the people from a government that seeks to injure or exploit them. To protect liberty from human nature and its inevitable desire for power and the tyranny required to maintain that power.

Now is why we have it. Now is why we need more than ever to protect and defend it.

I hope Dr. Wolf’s conversion manages to inspire others to recognize the encroaching tyranny of the Left’s authoritarian tick.

Please read it and share.

 

 

HT | Dr. Naomi Wolf

 

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Yes, I’m still doing these out of order…sigh…either I will catch up to myself or I’ll be praying to God to slow the entire world down.  Guess which one has any likelihood of happening?

Give thanks to Eco-Socialists demanding to control your energy choices. No nukes, no natural gas, no coal – even hydro (think dams) is any good to these Eco-Socialists telling you that you don’t “need” reliable energy! Keep it all in the ground is their stance! So this summer, prepare for your NEXT 3-month free trial of Collectivist Socialism known as “shared misery” called enforced brownouts and blackouts because they now control the Federal Government.



Yeah, Biden’s got his finger of the pulse of the Eco-Socialists but not us. We’re staring at $10/gallon for gas and HE decides to use the wartime law of the Defense Production Act, not to get the fossil fuel blokes to start digging and refining but lifting tariffs on solar panels – from China.  Which does us no good at all but Xi is grinning ear to ear that only Winnie the Pooh can!

So, how ya gonna vote in September (Primaries) and November (General Election)?

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John Solomon, Just the News:  Internal Capitol Police review found sweeping intelligence, security failures on Pelosi's watch

Capitol Police compiled a secret after-action review months after the Jan. 6 riots that identified sweeping blunders by the department ranging from delayed deployment of specialized civil disturbance units to the fateful dismantling of an intelligence unit that monitored social media for threats.

Identifying 53 areas of failure needing corrective action, the June 4, 2021 report, obtained by Just the News, produces a far more stark portrait of leadership failures than those offered by Democrat-led investigations, making abundantly clear that the Capitol Police under House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were ill-equipped to defend one of America's most symbolic and high-value institutions two decades after the Sept. 11 attacks.

[...]

Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill, the ranking member of the House Administration Committee, told Just the News on Tuesday night the report raises grave concerns that Democrats who control Congress seem disinterested to pursue.

“The recently revealed After-Action report confirms what I’ve been saying for years, that Speaker Pelosi and Congressional Democrats are not focused on the serious security failures that occurred under their watch," Davis said. "Not only did the United States Capitol Police admit that their open source intelligence capabilities were essentially dismantled under a change in leadership within the Intelligence Division prior to 1/6, but the report clearly shows they had knowledge of the potential for violence yet failed to take the necessary steps to protect the Capitol.

"The Democratic Majority’s incompetence and unwillingness to fix long-standing issues was a main contributor to the security failure on January 6th. There must be immediate accountability and reform," he said.

Read the rest here.

Has anyone heard from Chuck? Has @chuckschumer apologized for his dangerous rhetoric that nearly got a Supreme Court Justice killed? Surely he will at least come out with the same fervor and zeal he exhibited that sent the assassin to Kavanaugh's home, right? @ComfortablySmug pic.twitter.com/gkqfKUQB2R

— I Am Donna (@Crypsis12) June 8, 2022

Danielle Wallace, David Spunt, Bill Mears, Fox News:  Armed suspect arrested near Justice Kavanaugh home identified

The armed California man arrested near the Maryland home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh Wednesday morning has been identified as Nicholas John Roske, law enforcement sources tell Fox News. 

Roske of Simi Valley, California, was carrying a gun, knife and pepper spray when arrested and had made violent threats against Kavanaugh, sources said. Roske was picked up on a nearby street after calling police on 911 to report himself. 

A criminal complaint obtained by Fox News shows that Roske is being charged with attempting to murder a United States Supreme Court Justice. He is scheduled to have a first appearance in federal court in Maryland Wednesday afternoon.

He told officers that he wanted "to give his life purpose" and purchased the gun and other items for the purpose of breaking into Kavanaugh’s home and killing the justice and then himself. Roske admitted in a second interview with the FBI of his intent to kill Kavanaugh and himself, according to an affidavit in support of the criminal complaint. 

Roske told detectives that "he was upset about the leak of a recent Supreme Court draft decision regarding the right to an abortion as well as the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas," and believed Kavanaugh "would side with Second Amendment decisions that would loosen gun control laws," according to the affidavit. 

[..]

In March 2020, when the high court heard oral arguments in a case over Louisiana’s abortion clinic access restrictions, there was a rally outside the court from abortion rights supporters. Among the speakers, then Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

Schumer said, "I want to tell you, [Justice] Gorsuch, I want to tell you, [Justice] Kavanaugh: You have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price, You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions."

Read the rest here.

If you fell for the pyramid scheme of modern higher learning, that’s your fault. An overpriced (increasingly) useless degree paid for with a loan that’s part of another Democrat campaign laundromat. And now you’re yelping for a bailout? Clearly, that degree is more useless than I imagined. You can’t even do simple math.

Since long before Obama, the Fed and the swamp have been fiddling with cheap money. Since Obama, the Fed and the Government have printed and spent trillions more than ever before. When GWB left office, the national debt was about 10.7 trillion. It is now hovering at 30 trillion and rising.

Not free money. And it has devalued the money there is (inflation). A problem that gets worse the more debt you add. Forgiving student loans will add another large pile to that one, all requiring interest paid—a reckoning.

Forgiving student loans will cost you exponentially more.

Interest rates must go up eventually to prevent a complete collapse of the economy. That’s the one where the government has no money to keep any promises it made to the homeless, minority job creators, women, veterans, foreign allies, states heavily dependent on federal cash like mine, and everyone but the people running the shit show.

The missing money at the state level will have to come from somewhere, services sacrificed.

You will need to pay the interest on the National Debt as well as the debt.

You, a young person begging for a student loan bailout, will pay it many times over. It will come calling in every corner of your life for as long as you live. And that useless degree won’t even be worth the paper on which it might be printed.

When you give degrees out like federal dollars, they too lose value. If your degree isn’t in something practical that this sort of economy needs or requires, it has even less value.

You could burn it to stay warm, assuming you can find something to burn besides that degree. Paper money, if you can find some? Put it to good use.

That’s the economy of your future unless you step back and realize that as oppressive and unfair the crime passing itself off as your college education may be, a future where those loans are forgiven (at taxpayer expense) comes with a much higher price.

A cost you won’t be able to escape and that no one will be able to forgive.

One more point. Just like any entity that takes federal dollars, be they states, labs, NGOs, or anyone – if you let the Feds pay your student loans, it won’t be free. They will want something from you in return.

 

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Late edition: Last week's selection from PowerLine.

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Ron DeSantis knows how to govern, there is no question about that. He also knows how to maneuver within the political landscape, which includes trolling the worst president in history with the much-deserved, albeit sanitized version, of “F*** Joe Biden.”

Whether he is hosting a speaking event in the community of Brandon, Florida or speaking off the cuff about the corrupt fool living in the White House, DeSantis knows how to inspire his base and strike a chord in the delusional minds of Democrats.

Referring to a recent Politico article that noted how “Biden and his aides have grown increasingly frustrated by their inability to turn the tide against a cascade of challenges,” DeSantis went for the jugular. He derided Brandon, then pointed out how all of the fawning media coverage hasn’t been enough to gaslight the American public.

 

Ron DeSAVAGE single-handedly ENDS Biden Presidency:

“There’s a fella by the name of Brandon” who’s lashing out at staff and the media over his horrendous approval ratings pic.twitter.com/EXQwK7MAop

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 6, 2022

“There’s a fella by the name of Brandon that people talk about that we have to contend with. 

And I see this news report where Biden is so frustrated that his approval ratings are in the toilet. He can’t understand it. 

He’s lashing out at his staff. He’s blaming other people. He’s blaming the media, even though he gets the most sycophantic media coverage that any president has ever gotten, compared to how they treated Trump to how they treat Biden. It’s night and day.”

This is how it’s done. He spits straight facts in moderated tone. The left hates DeSantis because it can’t combat him on a factual basis. Biden has been dragged through the mud as Brandon by college kids, a demographic that is king for Democrats. And there is no denying the difference in media coverage for Trump and Biden. Seriously, can you imagine if Trump had a son one-quarter the corrupt, porn-addicted, law-breaking sleazeball as Hunter?

The Politico story went on to note:

“Morale inside 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. is plummeting amid growing fears that the parallels to Jimmy Carter, another first-term Democrat plagued by soaring prices and a foreign policy morass, will stick.”

What’s more, Biden has to live with the fact that the American public doesn’t see eye to eye with his absurd assessment of his predecessor.

“The president has expressed exasperation that his poll numbers have sunk below those of Donald Trump, whom Biden routinely refers to in private as “the worst president” in history and an existential threat to the nation’s democracy.”

Such failure leads to moments like this, which Breitbart commented on:

“The Politico report adds to other recent stories outling Biden’s flailing presidency, including an NBC report detailing a frustrated president reminding his staffers he is the president and a CNN story detailing his messaging struggles online despite a team of over 70 people dedicated to online strategy.”

There is something sad and pathetic about the idea of Joe standing in front of his staffers and attempting to regain some authority by playing the “I’m the President” card. One wonders if he ever had any control, but he surely doesn’t now.

Breitbart continued:

“Biden is exasperated, the report says, that his approval ratings are below former President Donald Trump’s.

The report also notes Biden is “far more prone to salty language behind the scenes than popularly known” and “erupted” over the optics of the baby formula shortages.”

Biden neither returned legitimacy to the White House nor did he unify the country. Instead, his presidency is the weakest in history – evidenced by foreign and domestic issues running our nation into the ground – and his rhetoric and policies have left American sharply pitted against one another unnecessarily.

 

 

Hailey Sanibel writes at The Blue State Conservative.

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I’ve heard it alleged that Monkeypox traveled north in animal reservoirs due to man-made climate change. And that’s partly true. The first case was found in the UK on May 7th in a “man” (an animal) who had returned (via man-made travel) from Nigeria (where Monkeypox is not uncommon).

A “man” made Monkeypox travel from one climate to another. It’s true!

We do not know if he had gay sex, but that’s the other truth.

Two well-attended pride events (also in May), one in Africa (Maspalomas, Canary Islands) followed by one in Europe (Belgium), are linked to the “rapid” spread of the disease. Almost exclusively among gay men and those who have had close (non-intimate) contact like family members or those in shared living spaces.

You need to swap fluids to spread it, so close contact improves the odds of transmission, and enough cases have popped up that it triggered a level 2 alert from the CDC. That announcement included a suggestion to wear masks when traveling, guidance that vanished almost as quickly as it appeared.

It looks like masking on airplanes is less popular than telling gay men not to have sex (bigot!), even though the latter could slow or stop the spread.

Maybe in future years, Pride Month (June) can also be Monkeypox awareness month.

All we need is a ribbon.

 

 

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OK, I’m going to double down on this letter by using the above image – yes, it sends a First Amendment-protected message. Let’s also start with a review of our Foundational Law: the US Constitution’s Second Amendment and NH’s Article 2A.

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

[Art.] 2-a. [The Bearing of Arms.] All persons have the right to keep and bear arms in defense of themselves, their families, their property and the state.

And remember, for context, “Arms” in that time period was meant to be the same as any military arms of that day and time (including cannons, contra Biden, in granting Letters of Marque, Article I, Section 8 ), given the purpose of both sentences. Note that it doesn’t list specific firearms but ANY weapon. I also add that an AR-15 is NOT an assault weapon nor a weapon of war.  An Assault Rifle possesses “select fire” – single shot, burst, or full automatic; that is a “weapon of war”.

I actually love getting these kinds of emails. Most of the time, they are rather poorly written and easy to make sport of.  This one is a bit more serious and trying to make a point – sorta – just that the points s/he is trying to make forget about almost all of the background material I’ve written over the years and especially the last coupla/three. Mostly, however, the intent is left rather flat.  That always seems to be that way when people send me such letters – and refuse to man up and sign their names.

In fact, this one tried to hide themself with this return address:

 

 

Que droll.  Rather cowardly, seeing that I always attach my name to everything I write AND that s/he used the return address of the 603 Alliance.

Note also that it was mailed out yesterday (I edited out all the blank space between the return address and the location/date stamp).  And because I know very few guys that have such good handwriting, I’m going to refer to the writer as “she” throughout the rest of the post.

So, let’s do a bit of fisking, shall we (and the “letter” is found complete at the bottom of the post.

Dear Mr. Murphy,

I have read your columns for some time, as I like to read all views to test and challenge my own. But I have got to tell you that over time, I have noticed you becoming more and more entrenched, shrill, and you finally jumped the shark. This was emphasized by your posted picture in a teeshirt that declared you would never “comply” with a logo of a weapon. Never comply with what, Mr. Murphy … laws?

That would be this one:

It kind of runs against all your commentary and complaints -makes you sound authoritarian until the laws start to come for you -“rules for thee but not for me!”

I still hold that if you don’t like a law, obey it, but work to change it.  My wearing that T-shirt doesn’t invalidate that stance.  When laws are unconstitutional, are we supposed to STILL follow them?  And in this area of the Second Amendment, are my First Amendment Rights to Free Speech also canceled?  That I am not allowed to express my opinion or complaints? Or just be a sheeple – go along to get along, don’t make waves, keep my head down…..and bow a knee to those that would infringe, once “common-sense” regulation or law after another?  Accept the word of those that believe they are rightfully “my betters”?

That’s what you just said. Comply.  No matter what. No thanks.

I thought, and many other Second Amendment supporters agree, that the message it presents is that the Second Amendment, and the Right to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. Which, if you’ve been staying at Hotel Under-A-Rock for the past few decades, let me clue you in: the Left is always trying to infringe on those Rights by trying to redefine both our common language and obviate others by the use of focus group approved “framing” with “common sense” being the latest chief amongst their verbiage choices.

Yet, it keeps happening – redefining standard magazine loads from conventional amounts of rounds to 15, down to 10, and now the latest number is only 5 rounds in a magazine (now being discussed in Congress by the Democrats and making all of us whose current magazine inventories are far larger than those immediate felons. So much for “Bills of Attainders” (Article 1, Section 9), eh, that are supposed to limit Congress for going after people by retroactively declaring their actions to be against the Law. Remember, US Senator Diane Feinstein made that clear when she said that if she had the votes, she’d take them all and her bills, which never passed thankfully, had hundreds of specific firearms listed and if you didn’t turn them in, even if legally bought at the time, would make you an automatic felon. Other Democrats have followed that and then put that bill on steroids in their own versions.

Too, as Grokster Ian pointed out in his “The Third Second Amendment Post“, the plain words have become “judge-ified” as well politicized. Beyond the constant redefinition by Leftist politicians that are looking to disarm law-abiding citizens, so are the action of judges decisions that always seem to ignore that “shall not be infringed” clause.  The list is long, but his main point is this:

The Second Second Amendment is from the oral Constitution, which is the one accepted by pretty much everyone:

That part of the right to keep and bear arms that is implicit in the concept of ordered liberty shall not be infringed unless there is a compelling government interest in doing so.

In simpler language, the Second Second Amendment says that it’s up to the Supreme Court to tell you what you can own, what hoops you have to jump through to buy or sell it, whether you have to register it, how you have to store it, where you can carry it, and so on.

And Democrats are ALWAYS saying that their common sense smoke and mirrors never infringe – but how is a Red Flag law is Constitutional if it strips us of yet another Constitutional value – that of Due Process? That Government has given itself the Power to take Private Property away from someone by secret proceedings in which you are not able to see your accuser or even know it is happening?  Limitations on this, limitations on that, limitations on these other things, but infringements?  And the gun grabbers are always wanting us to believe their premises are:

• we have to DO something
• Safety!
• “Common-sense” gun safety laws

Which are neither “commonsensical” nor provide any safety at all. And less we forget, the phrase that is supposed to end all debate (unless you are anti-children and a sociopath maniac and “how DARE you stand up to me using logic and the Constitution” is:

• It’s FOR THE CHILDREN

So with all that said, let’s continue:

And I have to tell you, your Granite Grok hat looks like it is festooned with a hamster in that photo. It was just not a good look -I imagine you thought you looked serious and tough but it came off looking … well. .. feeble.

Let me start off by being pedantic – it’s GraniteGrok. One word, not two. And sometimes a picture is just a picture without reading anything into it that isn’t there. Having just achieved “Senior Citizen Status” with grey hair rather obvious and the “turkey wattle” for a neck (having lost 70 pounds), I’ve only always described myself as an ordinary schlub. The pic was not about me but it was about the meaning of the image.

And if you’re only seeing hamsters, I can’t help you with that.

As time marches on, I have noticed that there are few events that don’t lead to you quack about “the left,” which is a scarcely disguised language for anyone whose views differ from yours. You don’t want to solve problems -you want to pontificate and it is starting to make you look sillier and sillier.

Let me remind you – it’s what bloggers do. We point out issues, and we point out when people go off the rails. We DO pontificate – it’s part of the definition. It’s a constant blog fodder feed.

As far as solving problems,  as we point out how “the Left” (which also includes “Main Street”/Progressive Republicans) has gone astray, we are also pointing out what the solution should be. We do expect, given the caliber of most of our readers, they understand “the rest is left to the reader” means we believe they are smart enough to see said solutions.

But if you are confused, well, we can help. Your homework, first, is to read both Constitutions and the Federalist and Anti-Federalist papers and there’s enough on Locke here on the ‘Grok to get you started.  Then let us know what you can’t reason out for yourself.

Whenever you write that you are “filing a lawsuit” I think you expect others to quake in their boots, but anyone can file a lawsuit at any time -doing so does not mean you have unearthed a Watergate-sized plot. It just makes you sound like a drama queen, frankly.

Inserting words that I have never stated isn’t a good look on your part – strawman arguments are not persuasive. It is also clear that you haven’t read the important bits about WHY I filed and WHAT was being trammeled that was the root cause. Go back and do your homework on this as I’ve written enough that I’m not going to rehash it again.  Suffice it to say that the School Board severely overstepped its enumerated Powers by taking on new Powers to grant new Rights is it not entitled to pass out like dime story candy.  And the solution is contained therein as well.

And all the professionals and paraprofessionals that help “the Grandson” develop and thrive (and may he do so) -are they the school-based “groomers” you and your group get hysterical about?

I have put up post after post of teachers and school boards all over the nation that are doing such “grooming” – that is indisputable when teachers openly admit their actions.  Or are you telling us all that all of those posts are lies?  Trust me, I have not the time nor the skills to have made that all up.

I will say that the Gilford School Board has set the stage for it with their Policy JBAB that specifically instructs its staff to lie to Parents about the transgender status of their children. As previously posted, I asked my legal son’s Principal about his at a school board public meeting and she refused to tell me.

So on one hand you berate me for not offering solutions and now you berate for taking the actions to correct a major problem?

The Manchester School District lied by omission to the Mom that they helped turned her young daughter trans. How about the Parents in Clay County, Florida that found out their daughter’s guidance counselor turned her trans and she tried to commit suicide, not once, but TWICE before telling the parents?

Sorry, Q-Anon has nothing to do with any of this – but you have just told us where you lie on the political spectrum. And having written, along with Steve, Ann Marie, and other Groksters, you’d already know all this – but strangely seem to have suddenly lost your memory.

Or you aren’t really reading the ‘Grok as much as you purport…or not at all.

My guess is they are probably representative of 99.999% of school personnel -dedicated, likely underpaid, and devoted to the children they get to know and love. This drum-pounding regarding “parents’ rights” is another area of QAnon-grade craziness -it’s so interesting you would get on that train while taxpayers support the services for your grandson.

Who “owns” the children, she-who-refuses-to-sign-their name?  Who is responsible for them? Constitutionally, who has the authority?

SCOTUS has said Parents. Yet, school districts all over the nation are acting like they are the Parents – that is beyond dispute in so many areas and locales. Coercion of speech, violating religious beliefs, openly denigrating Parents authority, disparaging childrens’ parents:

Assuming that ALL Parents are guilty of being willing to harm their children, not being truthful with Parents, hiding information from parents, telling kids to keep “our secrets” from Parents, Transition Closets, Teachers deliberately misnaming after-school clubs and purposes, including sexuality ideology into curriculum.

In all of the above, teachers and school districts have been caught red-handed. Sure, all Q-Anon vaporware.  Resulting in real life lawsuits – and payouts in awards and damages.

By your own words, and using scare quotes for “parents rights”, you’re telling us that Parents are merely secondary in their children’s lives.

And perhaps your own kids have been the beneficiaries of government-led and supported programs, hmmm?

Yep, both the Eldest and Youngest are on disability from serving in the US Military in combat. So yup, government led but taxpayer funded programs.  I would say they EARNED that support – you?

And hey, if the government 1s so corrupt,

And in many cases, it is. Oh, much certainly works to government standards but remember Joe the Plumber after Obama scolded him that wealth is better shared?  Do you remember how Illinois government workers (all Democrats) meted out their retribution? Don’t get me started – it would rather embarrassing for you.

do you plan on refusing that Social Security check? Or Medicare?
I am guessing not …

Of course not – they TOOK my money from me without the choice of doing my own investing of my earned money. Heritage estimates that someone’s ROI on the money taken from them can be as low as 1.2%.  It’s not free money, it’s a mandatory earned benefit. Yes, I’ve been taking back my money for a bit now. And yes, I can still get taxed on my SS income and I’m still having to pay into Medicare.  And no, I don’t have a choice on the latter as decisions have been made to that a beneficiary MUST take both or take neither.

That would be rather stupid – you’ve just set lots of $100 bills on fire for years.

From a Friend

Sorry, but forgive me for thinking that you are NOT my friend.

Hate mail From A Friend Return Address

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The United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                       Monday, June 6, 2022

Former U.S. Congressman and Philadelphia Political Operative Pleads Guilty to Election Fraud Charges

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced today that former U.S. Congressman Michael “Ozzie” Myers, 79, of Philadelphia, PA, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to deprive voters of civil rights, bribery, obstruction of justice, falsification of voting records, and conspiring to illegally vote in a federal election for orchestrating schemes to fraudulently stuff the ballot boxes for specific Democratic candidates in the 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 Pennsylvania elections.

39th Ward, 36th Division

Specifically, Myers admitted in court to bribing the Judge of Elections for the 39th Ward, 36th Division in South Philadelphia, Domenick J. Demuro, in a fraudulent scheme over several years. Demuro, who was charged separately and pleaded guilty in May 2020, was responsible for overseeing the entire election process and all voter activities of his Division in accord with federal and state election laws.

The voting machines at each polling station, including in the 39th Ward, 36th Division, generate records in the form of a printed receipt documenting the use of each voting machine. This printed receipt, also known as the “results receipt,” shows the vote totals, and the Judge of Elections and other Election Board Officials at each polling place attest to the accuracy of machine results.

Myers admitted to bribing Demuro to illegally add votes for certain candidates of their mutual political party in primary elections. Some of these candidates were individuals running for judicial office whose campaigns had hired Myers, and others were candidates for various federal, state, and local elective offices that Myers favored for a variety of reasons. Myers would solicit payments from his clients in the form of cash or checks as “consulting fees,” and then use portions of these funds to pay Demuro and others to tamper with election results.

After receiving payments ranging from between $300 to $5,000 per election from Myers, Demuro would add fraudulent votes on the voting machine – also known as “ringing up” votes – for Myers’ clients and preferred candidates, thereby diluting the value of ballots cast by actual voters. At Myers’ direction, Demuro would add these fraudulent votes to the totals during Election Day, and then would later falsely certify that the voting machine results were accurate. Myers is also accused of directing Demuro to lie to investigators about the circumstances of the bribes and the ballot-stuffing scheme.

Read the rest here.

On Monday I officially announced my candidacy for the New Hampshire District 24 State Senate seat. The new District 24 includes the towns of Exeter, Greenland, Hampton, Hampton Falls, North Hampton, Rye, and Stratham.

This will be a hard-fought battle against well-financed NH AOC wannabe Debra Altschiller. Debra has yet to see a new tax or tax increase that she doesn’t support, including an income and sales tax. It is clear Debra’s desire is to destroy the New Hampshire Advantage of NO Sales or Income tax just to finance her radical tax and spend agenda is real. Her votes as a State Rep speak for themselves. Debra doesn’t recognize the pain that families and business owners are feeling, from runaway inflation to record-breaking prices for food, fuel, and baby formula that are all self-inflicted by an out-of-touch Washington establishment led by her hero President Joe Biden.

When elected I will do my utmost to help New Hampshire families and business owners who have suffered through the pandemic, only to be further victimized by a disastrous economy that was intentionally created by the friends and colleagues of Debra Altschiller.

I will not vote for any increases in taxes or fees that cross my desk. I will also not vote to unilaterally expand the powers of any elected official. I will return the power to the people and with that the power of parents across the State to control the destiny of the children. I will support education, law enforcement, and local control, and will never vote to cede power to bureaucrats in Washington DC or in Concord New Hampshire.

I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and all its Amendments, as well as the New Hampshire Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. And I will fight every day to keep the American Dream and the New Hampshire Advantage alive for our children and grandchildren. I ask you to join with me in this epic fight. Together we can change the direction and stop the move to socialism.

God Bless You and God Bless the America we know and Love.

 

CONTACT: JULIE HAMILTON
Julie.Lou4StateSenate@gmail.com
603-583-4730

 

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You may have heard me say this a time or two. Neither Wind nor Solar is clean or green. They can’t even scratch the surface of our power needs now. Forget adding more demand from EVs or whatever. It’s all a lie and a very dirty lie.

First,

 

President Joe Biden declared a 24-month tariff exemption for solar panel products from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, and announced the use of the Defense Production Act to promote domestic production. The news was first reported by Reuters. The move comes as a Commerce Department investigation into the solar industry in Southeast Asia has added more hurdles to importing equipment.

 

There is a credible link between the components these companies will use and China/human rights violations, including slave labor (are we paying them reparations too?). And yes, it matters, but I don’t want to get too far from my point. Biden thinks solar will help ease the pain caused by his war on oil and gas. To get there, he’s opening up the Asian solar market. This will divert billion to China, which dominates the sector.

And it will cause millions of tons of CO2 to be released into the atmosphere (if that is supposed to matter).

 

Manufacturers of solar panels need lots of high-quality coal and a big industrial base to process the silicon, and Xinjiang (China) has both. Vast amounts of coal are consumed by the chemical process which reduces quartz to silicon, and further coal is required to fuel the furnaces which heat the raw materials to the temperature required to initiate and sustain the chemical reaction which refines the silicon.

 

Most of the other materials needed, including rare earth metals, are increasingly expensive and come from enemies or frenemies. But without silicon, you can’t build the things, and that manufacturing process has a massive carbon footprint (again, if that’s supposed to matter).

Related: Energy Fail – California Solar Leads to Huge Spike in “Fossil Fuel Emissions”

Scaling up solar will enrich our enemies, divert billions (trillions?) away from America, and make us more dependent on them for a fundamental necessity of modern life (electricity). And I’ve not even broached the impact on economics or national defense. You can’t defend America on “green” power.

Oh yeah, and it’s going to puke an insane amount of “emissions” into the biosphere from places with few, if any, controls. These bits will then need to be shipped to wherever they are processed, to where they are assembled, and then to their destination in diesel-powered freighters every leg of the way.

Trucked to solar facilities, trucked to installation locations, and then installed. And we will need to deal with the end-of-life solar waste nightmare – a toxic and carbon-intensive problem.

All in the name of “green” energy that can’t even meet a fraction of our needs.

Related: Biden’s Green Future Makes Solar Panels More Dangerous to You and the Environment

I guess that explains why Biden and Democrats love it so mu h. It does nothing to lower emissions (if that’s supposed to matter), hurts us, and enriches our enemies for less than nothing. None of which will impact their lifestyles, unless by ‘impact’ you mean improve them. And that sounds a lot like the accusations the left directs at supporters of fossil fuels. And maybe that still holds. But at least with big oil, we got American jobs, prosperity, national security, and affordable energy.

Wind and Solar make us more vulnerable for less than nothing.

 

HT | WUWT

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Gaslight (verb). To cause (a person) to doubt their sanity through psychological manipulation.

Gaslighting is a technique used by people who fail to meet expectations to distract from reality. This action is taking place at all levels of government but is most effective at State and Federal levels because those get the media attention. That media circulation is important because it spreads the message and gives credibility to it.

The knee-jerk reaction of many in government is to attack a problem by adding restrictions on law-abiding citizens. An example is the bill signing event held yesterday in New York. Governor Kathy Hochul put her signature on a new gun control law in reaction to the recent mass shooting in Buffalo. This law changes the age to buy semi-automatic rifles, bans body armor for the general public, and closes Red Flag loopholes.

This show was to let the people of New York think the government has your back and is taking action. It looks at the issue from one side only. In this case, the other side is changing how the justice department in New York is handling charges, indictments, and sentencing. When we add new laws, we have to remember that people intent on breaking the law do not concern themselves with them. They may concern themselves with the ramifications of breaking them, and now those are not significant.

Biden put out a statement yesterday regarding how proud he is of the progress made in the economy. This is the purest example of gaslighting I have ever seen. Incomes are rising at 5%, making them 3.8% behind record inflation. Every day greets us with a new record gas price, and we are now told to be ready for record electric rates due to rising coal prices. Our National Debt is over $30 Trillion, and it is to go higher if Biden goes forward with student loan forgiveness. That forgiveness will also add to the 8.8% inflation. The President is also touting that robust job numbers, but we have yet to reach our pre-Covid levels. No, Joe, the economy is not making progress.

I wrote yesterday about the PSA program in New York City warning people to use illegal drugs safely. Not don’t use these drugs. No, it is using them safely. This ill-conceived program ignores a problem killing our young generation at historic levels. Fentanyl deaths have become the number one killer of people from 24 to 45, with over 100,000 killed yearly.

Thousands of illegals are flooding over our border every day, and rather than stop the flow, we are working with Canada and Spain to import illegals from the United States. Two years ago, we were exporting oil and gas. We are exporting illegal aliens and trying to buy petroleum products from OPEC and Venezuela. This collection of failures would be laughable if not so serious. The President is supposedly fuming over his low poll numbers. Rather than making changes, and getting people in place who can solve issues, Biden is going to appear on Jimmy Kimmel. It has been 140 days since his last one-on-one conversation with the media, but talking to a fourth-ranked nighttime host does not count.

 

 

Ray Writes for GraniteGrok.com and the Liberty Loft

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Alice Giordano, Epoch Times:  Doctors Suing Food and Drug Administration Over Ivermectin

A Washington law firm has filed a federal lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for interfering with the use of ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19.

The lawsuit was filed by Boyden Gray & Associates on behalf of three doctors who were disciplined for prescribing human-grade ivermectin to patients.

The firm’s founder, attorney Boyden Gray, is a former legal adviser to the Reagan and Bush administrations.

Gray told The Epoch Times that the FDA had violated well-established law that allows doctors to prescribe an FDA-approved drug as an off-label treatment.

Ivermectin was no different, he said. It was approved by the FDA in 1966.

“Congress recognized the importance of letting doctors be doctors and expressly prohibited the FDA from interfering with the practice of medicine,” Gray said.

“That is exactly what the FDA has done time and time again throughout this pandemic, assuming authority it doesn’t have and trying to insert itself in the medical decisions of Americans everywhere.”

The three plaintiffs in the case are Dr. Paul Marik of Virginia, Dr. Mary Bowden of Texas, and Dr. Robert Apter of Arizona.

Marik is a founder of the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care 21 Alliance (FLCCC), a national nonprofit that promotes alternative COVID-19 treatments to the government-touted vaccine.

“The FDA has made public statements on ivermectin that have been misleading and have raised unwarranted concern over a critical drug in preventing and treating COVID-19,” Marik told The Epoch Times. “To do this is to ignore both statutory limits on the FDA’s authority and the significant body of scientific evidence from peer-reviewed research.”

According to Marik, more than 80 medical trials conducted since the outbreak of COVID-19 show that ivermectin is a safe and effective treatment for the virus.

Read the rest here.

Let’s be clear from the outset: while I can be friendly with Ian, I hate his stances.  I know that GraniteGrok is the most favorable of all NH media to the Free State Project (another notch as to why uber-Progressive/Socialist Zandra Rice-Hawkins detests me and the ‘Grok – I’ll take it!) on the duo purposes of maximal freedom and limited Government but Ian and the rest of the Free Keene-ers (aka “Keene Kiddies”) have made a mockery of such sober attempts.  While the results might be acceptable, their tactics show why the phrase “the means justifies the ends” is such a horrible mindset.

However, NH Journal does have a quote from him as to why he’s running as a Republican for NH State Senate even as he’s a self proclaimed neo-anarchist (even as he masquerades as a Libertarian – and the Free State Project rocketed him out of their midst because of stances) in essentially stating: “You have brought me upon yourselves“:

Freeman said given the current ballot access laws in New Hampshire, is it easier for him to run as a Republican than a libertarian.

“As you may know, New Hampshire’s ballot access laws make it difficult to run as a third party. Running as a libertarian would cost many hours of gathering 700 valid signatures – probably gotta shoot for 1,500 as they will try to disqualify them – whereas running for New Hampshire Senate as a major party is only $10,” Freeman said. “If the parties ever make ballot access equal for smaller parties, then perhaps fewer libertarians will run under the majors’ labels. I understand some in those parties are frustrated by the infiltration of libertarians, but they did it to themselves by keeping third parties off the ballot.”

Freeman’s run under the GOP banner is reminiscent of Aria DiMezzo’s campaign for Cheshire County Sheriff in 2020. Identifying as a trans and Satanic anarchist, DiMezzo was the only Republican in the race. DiMezzo lost the election and is currently one of Freeman’s co-defendants in the money laundering case.

The problem is a double one – a Duopoly.  Certainly, Freeman is right – can I frame it as “Crony Campaigning” where both the Dems and the Repubs so cozied up to Government so as to make it all but impossible for any other Party to exist and get on the ballot.  So why SHOULDN’T they go to the only two Parties available? While there are a couple of Free Staters that have embedded themselves into the Democrat Party (Amanda Boldin comes to mind but is of an ordinary Democrat than an FSPer nowadays, IMHO), most gravitate to the NH GOP simply because there is an intersection on limited government and personal responsibility (the main ones). And they are SMAHT as well. They end up, as AFP’s NH Exec Dir Greg Moore says about us, “punching above their weight class” (driving Zandra Rice-Hawkins nuts).

However, most of the Establishment Republicans hate them, which I think is rather odd when they are happy to apologize for Rs that really stray from the NH GOP Platform and have lousy HRA and NHLA voting scores (e.g., how well do you vote in line with the Party Platform and how well do you do in voting to maintain or free personal liberties that have been “jailed” by Government). NH Governor Chris Sununu is one of those, given his actions lately –  in ways that “elevated” the Left’s Collectivists’ social agenda (government forced, btw) over Individual Rights (see Steve’s take).

However, these “Republican Republicans for the sake of the Republican Party” often go after “Libertarians as Republicans” who, pretty much, vote much better than these other Republicans. And they hate them for it.  Too often I hear “Let the Libertarians stay in their own Party (there is an NH Libertarian Party).

So, Republicans – put your money, legislation, and votes where your mouths are – change the law.  Frankly, I hope you fail even as you don’t know why I say this.  Take this, which I’ve been saying more often lately:

God knew that he (the Grandson) needed us (TMEW and I) – what we didn’t know is that God knew we needed him as well.

Frankly, the Establishment Rs need the Free Staters more than they realize. The FSPers need the NH GOP to serve and fight for our Liberties – something that many Establishment Rs don’t care about (along with the Culture War fight in which, if they don’t “shoulder arms,” they’ll be at the south end of the Donkey from changing demographics and the “educational grooming” for Collectivism). And the Establishment Rs need those numbers (small as they may be), to make things happen.

 

 

 

 

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There has been a great deal of discussion about bovine emissions. Ruminant mammals are the scourge of the earth and our obsession with eating them is the cause of global ills. But until recently the concern has been focused on backend “greenhouse” gasses. What about the front of the beast?

 

ZELP (Zero Emissions Livestock Project) is currently testing various prototypes of the cattle masks, according to Agrarheute. These are already able to filter around 30 percent of the methane emitted by ruminants. In the future, this value should be increased to around 60 percent.

The highlight: ZELP was awarded the climate protection prize “Climate Design Award” for the “revolutionary” idea, which was created by WEF figurehead Prince Charles and designer Sir Jony Ive. The cattle mask was one of four winners and received a cash prize of the equivalent of 58 000 euros. Prince Charles supports face masks for cows to fight climate change.

 

Based on our experience with “experts” and people masks, I predict that there will be Zero interest in whether this is bad for the cattle. A problem that will need to trigger the animal rights zombies to be properly addressed.

As for climate, masking advocates claim that the moos are exhaling methane and it is damaging the biosphere. I’m wondering how. Cows make up an infinitesimal portion of the biological mass of the world. Ruminants in total contribute very little of whatever you want to claim they emit. But that’s not the most amusing matter in this quest to force UK farmers to pay for cow masks.

According to Physicist Dr. Tom Sheahen, “Water vapor has already absorbed the very same infrared radiation that Methane might have absorbed.”

Water vapor accounts for somewhere between 1% and 4% of the atmosphere. Methane, 0.00017%, Carbon Dioxide 0.04% so water vapor blows them away and is the most abundant “greenhouse” gas. And it is because of this “abundance” that we need to ask questions before masking cows.

If water vapor is already absorbing the threat posed by methane, what’s the problem? According to Dr. Sheahen, “there is really nothing to worry about, scientifically. The main thing to worry about is over-reacting politicians and another layer of unnecessary government regulations.”

Further along we get to the details that reference this graph.

 

“…methane (CH4) has narrow absorption bands at 3.3 microns and 7.5 microns (the red lines). CH4 is 20 times more effective an absorber than CO2 – in those bands. However, CH4 is only 0.00017% (1.7 parts per million) of the atmosphere. Moreover, both of its bands occur at wavelengths where H2O is already absorbing substantially. Hence, any radiation that CH4 might absorb has already been absorbed by H2O. The ratio of the percentages of water to methane is such that the effects of CH4 are completely masked by H2O. The amount of CH4 must increase 100-fold to make it comparable to H2O.

Because of that, methane is irrelevant as a greenhouse gas. The high per-molecule absorption cross section of CH4 makes no difference at all in our real atmosphere.

 

I feel certain that Prince Charles has internet access but for reasons we cannot begin to guess, he’s all in on a program to convince farmers to fork over the equivalent of $45.00 US per cow, per year, to mitigate the exhaled gas from a beast that according to the physicist is incidental to the problem he claims to be addressing.

So, Prince Charles’ solution is a lot like Prince Charles himself. An expensive accessory whose absence would make no difference whatsoever in the end.

 

 

HT | WUWT

 

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