Tolerance and diversity hint at acceptance like some gender equivalent of the American melting pot. I think we know that’s not how it works, so what does Burger King’s Pride Month Whopper bun-stunt represent?

Sexist bigotry?

 

Burger King Austria unveils same-side bun Pride Whopper in honor of Pride Month.

The Pride Whopper is available from now until June 20th. pic.twitter.com/Q03gJDZq3k

— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) June 3, 2022

The same buns suggest pride only in same-sex relationships. That’s a narrow view, given the subject matter. Doesn’t pride month cover all the infinite shades or rainbow in the gender spectrum?

Take swimmer Lia Thomas. She has a penis and calls himself a “woman” but is sexually attracted to “women” with wombs and vaginas. A neat trick if you can pull it off. Forcing the world to defend your right to shower and change in the same locker room as fit young women with whom you might not mind having sex.

That’s two different sets of genitals using the same gender name, so, couldn’t BK have left well enough alone? They look like regular buns but feel free to have your heel (the bottom of the bun) identify as the crown (the top of the bun) or as a 1967 Chevy Impala with Chrome Cragar wheels, BF Goodrich Radial T/A tires, re-chromed bumpers, window weather stripping, emblems, and aluminum side molding.

Who are we to judge, or so we’re told.

Pedophilia (could have the same buns or not) is an increasingly acceptable form of gender expression on the Left. Is this bun trick available on the Whopper Jr?

Didn’t you use to say I could have it my way?

Sandwich relativism! But that must also mean that relativism itself is relative. If it has no meaning then meaning itself is meaningless.

And while we’re poking the progressive world salad, there’s no such thing as consent on the Left. You do it the way they say, or nothing. Just ask anyone riding that rainbow what happens to their “rights” if they oppose abortion or gun control.

With the Left, you can’t have it your way. You can only have theirs. No pride for you.

But in theirs, you are free to decide (mid-bite) what each bun represents and the pronouns it prefers. And hey, while we’re at it, those fries are a soda, and that pickle is a fruit.

So, what does the bun stunt mean? Nothing. Everything. Bigotry. Inclusion. Equality. Discrimination. Diversity. Homogeneity. Pandering.

And since Burger King is pretending that what they serve is food, if you believe that, you’ll believe anything.

 

HT | Big League politics

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Jp Cortez, Sound Money Defense League:  Sound Money Movement Scores 2022 Wins

As state legislatures clear out and head home for the summer, one reality has emerged: Sound money is a winning issue in the states.

At a time of record-high inflation and geopolitical uncertainty across the globe, states are wisely taking steps to better enable citizens to acquire, sell, and/or use gold and silver.

Last year, Arkansas and Ohio repealed sales taxes on gold and silver coins, bars, and rounds. And Ohio invested almost $1 billion worth of physical gold in its Ohio Police and Fire Pension fund.

This year brought three new legislative victories in Tennessee, Virginia, and Alabama, thanks largely to efforts by Money Metals Exchange, its customers, and its Sound Money Defense League project.

All told, sound money allies introduced bills in 11 states to remove sales and income taxation on the monetary metals, create state depositories, and/or protect state pensions and reserves with an allocation to physical gold.

Here’s a full rundown…

Eleven States Considered Sound Money Bills This Year

Virginia had exempted sales taxes on most purchases of precious metals back in 2015, but purchases under $1,000 were still taxed and the whole exemption was scheduled to sunset this year.

Mobilizing grassroots support, the Sound Money Defense League worked with Delegate Amanda Batten’s office on House Bill 936 and secured a five-year extension of the existing exemption, while also securing its expansion to cover ALL transaction sizes.

Before the ink could dry on Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s signature, Alabama finalized sound money legislation of its own.

In addition to prompting in-state supporters to make literally thousands of calls and emails to members of the Alabama House and Senate, Money Metals’ public policy team worked closely with legislative allies to extend Alabama’s precious metals sales tax exemption and also clarify that the exemption covers ALL common forms of bullion.

The successful Alabama bill also removed some burdensome reporting requirements.

During a house committee hearing on Alabama’s Senate Bill 13, the committee chairman proclaimed the precious metals bill was “the most popular bill of the session.” Governor Kay Ivey’s signed SB 13 into law in April.

Meanwhile, a groundswell of Volunteer State citizens prompted the Tennessee legislature to secure its place as the 42nd state to remove sales taxes from gold, silver, platinum, and palladium coins, bars, and rounds.

During the Senate floor vote, Sen. Janice Bowling commented, "I just want to thank the senator for bringing forward this bill along with half of the state of Tennessee that contacted all of us!"

Meanwhile, sound money bills in other states fell short of passage, but efforts laid the groundwork for victories in 2023 and beyond.

Kentucky House Bill 272 aimed to remove sales taxes on gold, silver, platinum, and palladium coins and bars, but the measure did not receive a hearing this year.

In Mississippi, the Sound Money Defense League worked with Rep. Jill Ford, the Mississippi Center for Public Policy, and in-state supporters to advance House Bill 426, another sales tax exemption effort.

HB 426 passed the Mississippi House by a vote of 121-1 but died in Sen. Briggs Hopson’s Senate Appropriations Committee without a hearing.

In Hawaii, Rep. Val Okimoto led the way in pushing sound money legislation (House Bill 1184) out of the House Finance Committee. It passed overwhelmingly out of the full House but failed to receive a hearing before Hawaii’s Senate Finance Ways and Means Committee.

Meanwhile, lawmakers in Alaska held two hearings on House Bill 167, a measure to declare gold and silver “specie legal tender” as well as prevent boroughs and cities from slapping sales taxes on purchases of the monetary metals.

In the Garden State, Assemblyman Ronald Dancer introduced A3007 to end New Jersey’s sales taxes on precious metals. A companion bill was introduced in the New Jersey Senate while other cosponsors joined the effort.

New Jersey’s legislature is still in session, so there’s still an outside chance of progress there this year.

Meanwhile, Oklahomans appear eager to build on the Sooner State’s existing sound money policies. Proponents introduced bills to eliminate capital gains tax on the sale of precious metals, establish an in-state gold depository, and protect taxpayer reserve funds with gold and silver. These bills enjoyed grassroots support, but they did not pass out of any committees.

West Virginia and Washington legislatures introduced measures to eliminate various tax liabilities on precious metals, but these bills didn’t receive hearings in 2022.

The Idaho House overwhelmingly passed a bill that would permit the state treasurer to hold gold as a hedge against the state’s massive pile of negative yielding debt paper, but the senate failed to act on the bill.

In the end, the big news for 2022 is the newly minted sales tax exemption in Tennessee – followed by more incremental wins in Virginia and Alabama.

Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, Vermont, and Wisconsin remain as the only states that still charge full sales taxes on precious metals, without any exceptions.

Leading the Sound Money Push

As the de facto public policy leaders for the entire precious metals industry, Money Metals Exchange and the Sound Money Defense League are preparing to redouble efforts in the remaining eight sales tax states and continue pushing ahead on other policy fronts.

As inflation rages on, the folly of endless currency printing becomes more undeniable.

Thankfully, individuals, states, and even countries are increasingly considering the role of gold and silver in protecting against the twin threats of Federal Reserve Note devaluation and weaponization.

Jp Cortez is the Policy Director for the Sound Money Defense League, a non-partisan, national public policy group working to restore sound money at the state and federal level and publisher of the Sound Money Index.

As the 2021-2022 legislative sessions come to an end, some Republicans are patting themselves on the back for outstanding performance. Not so fast! Under Speaker Sherman Packard and House Majority Leader Jason Osborne, the NH House failed the fundamental building block of our state and our nation.

Failing to pass HB1431 the Parents’ Bill of Rights is perhaps the biggest failure!!!

Seven “Republicans” took a walk on the final vote. Stories abound through the years when the Speaker searched high and low for missing legislators who participated in some attempted subterfuge! Representatives have been reportedly found in the restrooms and dragged back into Representatives Hall and the doors locked until the vote was recorded.

On this vital bill reinforcing the rights of parents, Speaker Packard made no such effort. Why not? Does King Sununu know something that Speaker Packard doesn’t want publicized? Where was Republican Majority “Leader” Jason Osborne? Isn’t he supposed to be “whipping” his caucus in support of Republican Platform ideas?

So what sort of shenanigans occurred behind doors when the RINO Chris Sununu was threatening to veto the bill IF it arrived on his desk. In fact, are those in leadership positions working behind the scenes to assist Governor Sununu so he doesn’t have to carry through with his promised “Veto”? Perhaps the polls show that such action would be political suicide for the King.

As the saying goes, something is rotten in Denmark.

 

 

Reminder: Content about candidates or by candidates is not an endorsement by GraniteGrok.com or its authors.

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A good education is the bedrock of all advanced societies. It has transformed the world from a primitive community into a modern, developed society. To maintain these advancements, the quality of education must be kept high. As such, students must always be encouraged and given the necessary means to thrive academically.

One way of ensuring that learners are always on top of their game is to help them study more efficiently. Therefore, this article will introduce you to smart ways of enhancing your academic performance.

Ask Questions

The best way to increase your academic performance is to ask questions. When you seek clarifications during class, you are more likely going to encourage a professor or teacher to provide further explanation about a concept. Therefore, you may inevitably increase your level of comprehension. You may also help your colleagues in the process.

Be Attentive in Class

The process of learning always begins in class. In particular, an educator will most likely present or state a crucial piece of information you may never find in books. As a result, you will want to pay extra attention. Doing so improves your study habits and allows you to retain a lot of important facts, which in turn increases your chances of performing well in tests and exams.

Take Notes

Taking notes is essential to the learning process. However, you do not want to note down every statement your professor makes. Instead, you will want to write down crucial points that underpin the main concepts of a particular topic. You should also organize your notes so you can use them during your study sessions.

Employ a Tutor or a Professional Service

As a student, there may be times when you need help with your studies. You may want to employ a tutor to aid you with understanding a subject or a course. When you are too busy to hand in term papers or coursework, you may want to work with a professional writing service. Writerhour is one platform you can rely on for your academic content. A student can’t be an expert in every subject, while a writing provider will have specialists you can always refer to with any assignment.

Organize Your Life

No matter how hardworking you are, if your life is disorganized, you may find your academic performance dipping. To avoid it, try organizing your:

• Study sessions.
• Sleeping and resting routine.
• Food intake.
• Socialization time.

Having an ordered life can help you prioritize your academic performance.

Avoid Procrastination

Procrastination is something that can easily jeopardize your academic performance. Procrastinators tend to put off studying and completing assignments for later. If this gets out of hand, they may even miss a deadline or end up being unprepared for an exam. So, you must take active steps to mitigate procrastination. Doing this can significantly enhance your academic performance.

Conclusion

Your education is an essential aspect of your life. If your academic performance is not at its peak, don’t worry – there are some things you can do. You can improve it by asking questions and taking notes. In addition, you may want to work with professional tutors and writing services. You should also learn to organize your life to become more efficient. Finally, you should avoid procrastination. These tips will help you create a routine that will boost your academic performance and leave you proud of the results.

 

About the Author

Joanne Elliot is a writer for students. She is considered a specialist in the field of student relations. Likewise, Joanne organizes and delivers seminars and workshops within the educational sector.

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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:

*** Warning, a few possibly off-color ones, in case tender eyes are about ***

 

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I will not just not forget.  I will not forgive.  Coining a new term:

To Uvalde, verb: To shirk your sworn duty to protect the citizens of your town who placed their trust in you, especially the most vulnerable and precious – the children – and to detain and/or arrest the parents of those children desperate to save their kids from slaughter.

 

 

 

 

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Lot of good ones as usual.  But this one struck me:

 

 

You have to remember, you must assimilate this to your core:

First, Socialists believe a one-world Socialistopia is possible.  This is their FAITH, and they believe in it with every fiber of their being.

Second, they believe they are doing good by working towards this utopia.  See Slip-Sliding Towards Hell with a Good Conscience – Granite Grok

Third, in the contest between the Individual and The State, The State is the only thing that matters to them.  Individuals are meaningless outside of their service to The State:

Remember, in socialist societies, an individual’s worth is measured, not by being a unique person made in the image of God, but by that person’s utility to the state.

Thus, if dead children advance gun control, which is essential to the acquisition of absolute power over people, then dead children are a good thing to them.  Shot and dead children are good because they serve as tools eliminate resistance, so they can achieve:

 

 

Again, you need to truly grasp this painful concept of the reality of the Left and its ambitions.

 

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Palate cleanser:

 

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I saw the picture of the PSA drug poster currently being displayed on NYC subway cars, and I was disgusted. I cannot believe how low we have sunk as a society. Like we wake to a new record high gas prices, we also awake to the bar lowered by some government agency or party.

In this case, a New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene ad about drug use features a statement in quotes that declares, “Don’t be ashamed you are using, be empowered that you are using safely” — the passage appears to be attributed to an individual named “Florence.”

The section on preventing overdose especially set me back:

• Avoid using alone and take turns
• Start with a small dose and go slowly
• Have Naloxone on hand
• Do not mix drugs
• Test your drugs using fentanyl test strips

Maybe we need to go back to “Just say no” or the hot fry pan and sizzling egg. “This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs.” We used to discourage the use of illegal and dangerous drugs, but it looks like we have thrown up our arms. We have given up. We have lost. So now we will issue cautionary announcements hoping that those that ignore the warnings and play roulette with unknown chemicals will do so safely. There is no safely. There is impending death. Just ask the 100,000 who now die each year in this country using drugs safely.

New York City is not the pioneer in this approach to illegal drug usage. San Francisco takes that honor. San Francisco is the most expensive city in America, has the most significant number of homeless people living in tents on Main Street sidewalks, and wants to attract safe drug users to their once fine city. Liberal leadership has turned a gem of the west coast into a cesspool. New York is following the lead of San Francisco. The Big Apple is rotting in the bushel.

It is beyond time for the government to get serious about shutting down the illegal drug trade. On day one of his first, and hopefully last, term, the President effectively signed the death warrant for the fossil fuel industry and has been consistent with that effort every day. At the same time, we are setting new records each month with the increasing numbers of illegals flowing across our southern border. We know that massive quantities of Fentanyl come across with them, but no plan to curb the tsunami. As I type this article, a record group of 10,000 illegals is on a march to enter our country. The largest group ever and growing and coming because Joe Biden opened his arms to anyone coming north and is working harder to kill Title 42 than to kill the flow of drugs.

Why? Why does Biden continue to make bad decisions that tear apart this incredible country? Why does a man despise a country that has allowed his family to make millions, even if in a corrupt manner? It is a conundrum, but the legacy will follow Joe Biden for the remainder of his life. He was the hope of eighty-one million, and he has disappointed most of them.

The radicals placed Joe Biden in the White House that are destroying our major cities. Crime. Drugs, gangs, and out-of-control murder rates keep people away from the cities and into the suburbs. Now it is not a case of solving the issues plaguing our cities but making the problems palatable. That is what that subway poster is about. That is what liberals are now about.

 

 

Ray Writes for GraniteGrok.com and the Liberty Loft

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Because of the internet, there is an opportunity to provide various services online,  including the ones in the academic realm. Taking advantage of this trend, several assignment services have sprung into existence. These platforms leveraged the internet’s ability to reach millions of students from around the globe.

Over the years, this sector has become more popular among learners and educators, and many students discovered the merits of academic help for their education.

Despite the existence of various good writing sites, many platforms have started gaining some negative attention. Students and educators have developed unjustified and nonfactual notions about many of these platforms. Therefore, this article attempts to discuss 5 myths about assignment services you must ignore.

Platforms Provide Plagiarized Work

The most common myth about purchasing an assignment from a writing service is the belief that you will be getting plagiarized work. For this reason, many students are skeptical about hiring such platforms. However, this assertion is far from the truth. A large percentage of reputable writing businesses are conscious of plagiarism and try to avoid it at all costs. One such website is onlineessays. This platform, same as many other trustworthy platforms, has qualified writers who understand the academic requirements and would never offer you plagiarized content.

Buying Papers is Unethical

Many people believe purchasing assignments from a business is unethical. However, such sites do more than just complete term papers and projects. They help learners understand and fine-tune their assignments. Therefore, many of these services operate as mentors to students by guiding them to become better academically.

It Discourages Learning

When a person purchases an assignment or a project from a writing service, people generally conclude that they are not serious about their education. Yet, it is not always the case when this happens. Some learners genuinely require help due to their busy schedules. Working with a writing service helps them manage their study habits effectively. Furthermore, a student can meet experts who will help them improve their educational outlook. Working with these experts can improve:

• Confidence.
• Cognition.
• Retention.
• Academic performance.

One can say that writing platforms encourage learning, as they often offer various free academic tools that students can benefit from – plagiarism detection software, paraphrasing tools, and spelling checkers just to name a few.

Writing Platforms Deviate from Guidelines

People believe that the writers and professionals responsible for writing assignments do not adhere to the provided guidelines. This myth is completely inaccurate. Most websites employ writers who are specialists in their respective fields. As a result, the majority of content creators are professional and meticulous in their approach to work. Therefore, you are almost always sure of getting quality work that conforms to your guidelines.

Assignment Services are Expensive

The moment people hear you are purchasing an assignment, they assume that you are spending too much money. However, not all content-creating sites have a high price. Several platforms deliver quality outcomes to students at an affordable cost. Similarly, you will get occasional discounts and offers from various sites.

Conclusion

There are a lot of myths surrounding the use of assignment services. Most of these assertions couldn’t be further from the truth. Modern students often take advantage of aid academic help to get a sample of quality writing, improve their grades, and get expert help on especially complicated assignments. If you feel like you can use a hand with your studies, abandon the stigma and get a writing expert on your side.

 

About the Author

Writing is an integral part of Joanne Elliot’s career. She has years of experience with academic writing and online education. In addition, Joanne has a personal account where she shares her articles and tips that students around the world appreciate.

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UPDATED and BUMPED: The poll ends tomorrow so remember to vote if you haven’t!  A REMINDER: Go here and vote your choice(s) for NH Governor! You’ve got until 5 pm Wednesday to do so.

Yep, it’s getting to be that time of year when all pundits, good and bad, start to wonder “Who will it be?” come Election Days.  Well, we want to know who YOU think might be capable at running and serving for Guv. Yep, candidates!  Pick one, pick several, or pick’em all.  We assembled a list of “notables” (or is that a Rogue’s Gallery?) of names from which to choose for NH GOVERNOR. Good job or could tolerate – we wanna know.  We have the declared candidates (e.g., Karen Testerman, Thad Riley, and Julian Acciard) listed plus lots more.

And yes, we may do another poll for who you can’t stand (that might be even more interesting!).

Oh, by the way, isn’t it “interesting” that Chris Sununu, usually a “first few day sign up” kinda guy, hasn’t?

 

 

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Nineteen children, along with two teachers in the Uvalde, Texas Robb Elementary school, paid with their lives because gun control advocates base their legislation on the false premise that “guns kill people.”

They ignore Solzhenitsyn’s incisive observation: “The line between good and evil runs through the human heart,” then follow an agenda 180 degrees in the wrong direction by blaming the criminal act of mass murder on an inanimate object that doesn’t pull its own trigger.

After every mass shooting, the Democrats and their Republican partners move in lockstep to take firearms from people in violation of their 2nd and 4th Amendment protections. The inherent right of law-abiding citizens to be armed. A right that shall not be infringed.

Before being assassinated, President James A. Garfield, who served nine terms in the House, made a keen observation. Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body is ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate it.

Throughout history, the vulnerability of youth has been fertile grounds to destroy liberty through invasive attacks on the minds of children. The narrative that follows is not aimed at teachers. It is aimed at what they have to teach. Parents have paid dearly to finance this war on our children’s minds from UNESCO and the Department of Education to buy “Hollywood Education” devoid of the moral foundation of biblical Christianity and the teachings of the Ten Commandments along with the removal of prayer since the 1960s.

Without this moral anchor, generations of our youth have journeyed through life without the strength of a moral foundation. Would you believe that during these scores of years, with few exceptions, our schools have taught the three basic tenets of Communism: “There is no God, there is no innate right or wrong, and man is a graduate beast?”

If there is no God, why should we be surprised if some of our youth assume there is no right or wrong and follow their own demonic logic?

The bottom line is, in the short term, I urge all patriots to demand that their Senators and Representatives vote against all legislation that blames the criminal act of mass shootings on the gun. But in the long run, the only sure solution to save our American Republic from the hungry lust for power that all dictators demonstrate by confiscating all weapons is a return to the basic foundation of Western Civilization, the Ten Commandments.

It is crucial that we follow the wisdom of President James A. Garfield to elect individuals of high moral character who serve the people by defying party hierarchy who continue to ignore their oath of office before Almighty God. Instead of giving their loyalties to the people who hire them at the ballot box, their loyalty is to “self,” their favorite person.

 

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Ivan Pentchoukov, Epoch Times:  Obama Approved Accusing Russia of DNC Hack Before FBI Received DNC Server Images

President Barack Obama approved a statement by the U.S. intelligence community in October 2016 accusing Russia of stealing emails from the Democratic National Committee (DNC), despite the U.S. government not having obtained the DNC server images crucial to ascertaining whether Moscow was involved in the theft.

FBI emails recently made public during the trial against now-acquitted DNC attorney Michael Sussmann show the bureau was still in the process of requesting images of the DNC servers on Oct. 13, 2016. The server images, which are equivalent to a virtual copy of the alleged crime scene, were taken by private cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.

On Oct. 7, six days before CrowdStrike agreed to mail the server images to the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released a statement accusing Russia of hacking U.S. political organizations and disseminating emails allegedly stolen through the hack. The statement was approved and encouraged by Obama, according to then-DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson.

[...]

On Aug. 31, 2016, CrowdStrike provided a report on the DNC hack to the FBI. The FBI special agent who reviewed the report called it “heavily redacted,” according to the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on the Russia investigation. FBI Assistant Director James Trainor was so frustrated with the redactions that “he doubted its completeness because he knew that outside counsel had reviewed it.”

The “outside counsel” Trainor referred to is all but certainly Michael Sussmann, who served as the DNC’s point of contact for all intrusion-related matters. Sussmann was acquitted last month of one charge of lying to the FBI about whether he was representing the DNC when he took a white paper to the FBI that alleged a connection between then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and Russia. The FBI agents who reviewed the paper found the claims in it unfounded within 24 hours.

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It is against the law in Florida to require proof of Vaccination for COVID19 to participate in life, but the Special Olympics must have forgotten about that or thought they were joking. The plan was to deny the unjabbed access for the 2022 USA event in Orlando.

 

Special Olympics Int’l was planning on banning Special Olympians from competing based on covid vaccine status—in violation of Florida’s ban on vaccine passports. Thanks to the efforts of our administration, this mandate has been removed so athletes like Isabella can now compete! https://t.co/PqN4rZCEeG

— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) June 3, 2022

 

Maybe they didn’t have 27.5 million under the office couch cushions?

 

The announcement was made after a letter from the Florida Department of Health said it would impose a $27.5 million fine on Special Olympics International for 5,500 violations of a Florida statute because of the vaccine mandate. The number of violations represented a $5,000 fine for each person ordered to certify their vaccination status.

 

The Special Olympics changed its tune, and here’s the cool part. Anyone who is vaccinated can still participate! That is so special. Parents and doctors, and participants get to make decisions for themselves about what is best for their family members, and they won’t be excluded as a result.

That’s not exactly how the Left likes it. I’m sure they are crapping their collective panties. OMG! These special children could be exposed to our special virus.

If your “side” is vaccinated, at this point, what difference does it make?

You got your jab and your re-jab and your booster and your booster-booster. Wait, that’s right. The inoculated masses – for reasons medical experts cannot explain – still get COVID just like masked kids did compared to the unmasked kids. It’s almost as if nothing you decided was required did a damn thing. Sorry, it did do something. It made people more likely to test positive, need hospitalization, or die.

Thank you, Florida, for protecting parental and bodily autonomy rights for these folks.

And if it’s not too much to ask, can we borrow your governor? Ours needs some lessons in how to be a Republican.

 

 

HT | Gateway Pundit

 

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Mike Allen, Axios:  Scoop: Jan. 6 committee's secret adviser

The House's Jan. 6 committee has turned to a renowned former network news executive to hone a mountain of explosive material into a captivating multimedia presentation for a prime-time hearing Thursday.

• James Goldston — former president of ABC News, and a master documentary storyteller who ran "Good Morning America" and "Nightline" — has joined the committee as an unannounced adviser, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: I'm told Goldston is busily producing Thursday's 8 p.m. ET hearing as if it were a blockbuster investigative special.

[...]

The other side: Republicans will argue that the 1/6 committee — which consists of seven Democrats plus Republicans Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois — is just out to get former President Trump.

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BREAKING: The House Select Committee to Investigate January Sixth has failed to obtain a "smoking gun" proving top-down organization of the Capitol riot, Hill sources say, despite taking more than 1,000 depositions and subpoenaing more than 140,000 documents

— Paul Sperry (@PaulSperry30) June 6, 2022

Madeleine Hubbard, Just the News:  Donald Trump reacts to Navarro's arrest, points out how 'lowlifes of ANTIFA & BLM' aren't prosecuted

Former President Donald Trump on Monday reacted to the arrest of his former advisor Peter Navarro by pointing out that members of Black Lives Matter and Antifa are able to roam freely while his former White House trade advisor cannot.

Navarrowas arrested Friday at the Nashville airport while trying to board a flight for defying a Jan. 6 committee subpoena. He said he was put in "leg irons" and handcuffs, then strip searched, placed in solitary confinement, denied food and water, and illegally denied access to his attorney.

"Our great trade genius, Professor Peter Navarro, was just handcuffed, shackled, and put in jail, while the lowlifes of ANTIFA & BLM are allowed to rip off the public, roam free on the streets, kill people, and destroy our once great cities (all run by Democrats)," Trump wrote Sunday on his platform, Truth Social.

"When will this end? The American people will not stand for it much longer!" the former president said. "Great patriotic heroes are being created every day. FAIRNESS AND JUSTICE must rule the day!"

Jeff Poor, Brietbart:  Dershowitz: Peter Navarro Arrest ‘Dangerous to Democracy’

Saturday, during an appearance on Newsmax TV, Harvard Law Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz warned former Trump adviser Peter Navarro’s arrest could impact American democracy.

Dershowitz told Newsmax TV’s “The Count” Navarro’s indictment was a “real scandal” given no judicial order was given for Navarro to testify that resolved his claim of executive privilege.

If it stands, Dershowitz said Republicans could use it in the same way their Democrat counterparts have used it against Biden administration officials.

“He has invoked a privilege,” Dershowitz explained. “It’s as if somebody was called to testify about what he told his priest or his doctor or his lawyer, and he invokes the privilege and immediately gets indicted, instead of the government going before a court and the judge rules whether or not the privilege applies. If you rule the privilege doesn’t apply and order him to testify, then he can be held in contempt.”

“But you cannot constitutionally be held in contempt of Congress without a judicial order,” he continued. “And if the shoe was on the other foot, and it will be on the other foot if the Republicans gained control of Congress or the Senate, they will use this precedent and go after Biden administration officials and indict them if they refused to disclose information. This is dangerous to democracy, dangerous through the rule of law, and dangerous to the concept of privilege, whether it be a priest privilege or a doctor, privileged lawyer privilege or executive privilege — an extremely dangerous case. And I’m shocked that the Justice Department brought it without there being a judicial determination that he was compelled to testify.”

From: Belknap County (NH) Republican Committee
Date: June 6, 2022

For more information: Rep. Paul Terry / 401-648-1607

The Belknap County Republican Committee’s (BCRC) Executive Committee voted unanimously to condemn the New Hampshire House’s rejection of HB 1431, the Parent’s Bill of Rights, on May 26. The bill was defeated 171-176, following the New Hampshire Senate’s 14-10 approval a short while earlier the same day.

“This common-sense bill sought to restore and secure historic natural and constitutional rights of parents. Parents should know and provide consent to the ways in which their children are being educated by people who they are paying,” said Chair and State Representative Norm Silber (R-Gilford).

Vice Chair and State Representative Paul Terry (R-Alton) added:

“Parents deserve transparency and accountability. Instead, we learned that all too often parents are being kept in the dark about what schools are teaching their children. Worse, school officials are either denying information or erecting numerous roadblocks for parents to attempt to overcome.”

The Parents Bill of Rights was filed by Representative Terry and was co-sponsored by several Belknap Representatives, including Representatives Hough (Laconia), Johnson (Laconia) and Silber. Supported by numerous pro-family and pro-parents’ groups, it had survived a tortuous process during which it was vehemently opposed by House Child and Family Law Committee Chairperson, Kimberly Rice (R-Hudson) and Committee Vice Chairperson, Debra DeSimone (R-Atkinson), but received timely backing from House Majority Leader Jason Osborn (R–Auburn) and Senator Bob Giuda (R-Warren).

All Senate Republicans voted to advance the bill. Fourteen House Republicans joined all House Democrats to defeat the bill, just one step away from sending it to Governor Sununu. All Belknap County Representatives voted Yes, except Representatives Mike Bordes (R-Laconia) who voted No, and Travis O’Hara, who was neither present nor excused.

Chair and Rep. Silber joined with Vice Chair and Rep. Terry in blasting the fourteen House Republicans who voted to kill the bill, as well as House Republicans who “took a walk” and did not vote:

“These Republicans handed victory to a coalition made up of Democrats, school-aligned and allied groups. It did not help, too, that Governor Sununu shockingly threatened he would veto the bill if the House dared to passed it.”

Silber and Terry said:

“Like all people, we believe schools should be places for our children to learn and grow, but we do not believe schools should be “safe spaces” for adults to practice secrecy, deception and grooming. Parents should not be branded as enemies for seeking to know what and how their children are being taught, and how they are being treated while under school supervision. We are neither anti-schools, nor anti-teachers. What we are is pro-honesty and pro-integrity, both of which are shockingly absent in so many places and for so many of our parents and kids.”

Assuming Republicans are reelected to House and Senate majorities in November, a Parent’s Bill of Rights is sure to be reintroduced. Rep. Terry said:

“Perhaps next year we will have more Republicans who will actually support the pro-family and pro-parent planks in the Republican State Party Platform. This term we were failed and betrayed by a few who were supposed to be our own.”

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The pandemic situation, remote learning, and the excessive use of technology have shown that keeping students focused and motivated is essential. Educators and psychologists have faced the problem of emotional belonging as the participation of students in the learning process has decreased.

The key is to use various strategies to motivate the learners and keep them engaged by letting them control their studies and choose how and what they learn.

 

Top 5 Strategies for Motivating Students

 

1. Use of Social Campaigns.

Introduce work in the local community or consider basic volunteering tasks. Adding a social element to your course will be a significant change that will help students see the purpose of what they learn. For example, Law students may assist the students who want to start their businesses. Nursing students may create substance abuse awareness posters and campaigns. It will help to see things from a different perspective.

2. Surveys and Student Participation.

These are mainly used at the end of the semester, which is why most college learners tend to ignore them. Think about taking a different strategy by adding surveys before each lesson to learn more about what students struggle with or what they would like to explore. If you find it too challenging to form your questions or work with the feedback, consider Trusted Essay Reviews and get some help as you save time and learn to avoid plagiarism. You can also think about using surveys before Zoom video conferences as an alternative!

3. Team Projects.

The use of team projects should not be ignored. Just do it differently! Ask students about their skills and make a questionnaire where you determine who does what. It will help avoid confusion and let students show their best skills. If you are ready to make things a little more challenging, ask your students to help each other and count it into the final grade, as cooperation is one of those skills that will help the learners do their own tasks.

4. Social Media Strategies.

Another great option is turning to Facebook and Instagram for blogging and analysis purposes. If you are majoring in Fashion Studies or Marketing, it’s best to keep students motivated by allowing them to practice more. It will also help polish the necessary study habits and achieve more clarity regarding the current trends. You can create private groups, hold online debates, and allow students to use the technology they know well. This way, it won’t feel like just another boring lesson!

5. Guest Lectures.

Although it’s not always possible to deal with the physical presence of famous lecturers and entrepreneurs, you can hold special online sessions and invite people worldwide. The presence of guest lecturers will help take your studies to another level. Discuss this aspect with your students and think about who or what could help to keep things inspiring.

 

The Benefits of Interactive Materials

The chances are high that you have heard about STEM videos and various interactive web boards where people post explanatory materials and let people from all over the world participate. This educational strategy is not new, yet educators rarely implement it. It’s partially because of the limiting course materials they follow and the lack of personal motivation to go beyond them. A combination of textbooks, lectures, and multimedia content will help boost students’ focus and motivate them to learn differently because of the visual aspect. Such a method helps build a much better emotional attachment to what’s being learned. It’s especially relevant for subjects like Geography, History, or Engineering, where concept visualization is essential.

 

BIO

Joanne Elliot is an educator who loves to seek innovations with the help of technology, a healthy lifestyle, and the lifehacks that help make learning easier. As she offers academic assistance to universities and helps to develop learning materials, Joanne enjoys writing about her discoveries. Follow Joanne to find motivating ideas and learn.

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Hampton, NH — Karoline Leavitt issued the following statement in response to President Joe Biden’s address to the nation last night:

“It has been just days since a mentally-deranged, evil young man murdered 19 precious children and 2 innocent teachers in Texas. Like every American, I have spent this time praying for the victims and their families, wondering how such evil can possibly exist in our world and in our country.

Last night, President Biden shamefully capitalized on our shared heartbreak to push an unconstitutional and useless ‘gun control’ agenda upon us. Biden advocated for a ban on semi-automatic weapons and “high-capacity” magazines as if any one criminal would abide by such a ban; advocated for more federal bureaucracy that would only make it more difficult for law-abiding Americans to purchase firearms; and proposed repealing liability for gun manufacturers, punishing private companies for bad people misusing their products.

President Biden and the Democrats’ agenda is an assault on the rights of good, law-abiding Americans to protect themselves, their families, and their communities; and it is the beginning of a slippery slope that would eventually lead to government tyranny over we, the people – as history has sadly proven in many countries around the world.

Further, I believe our leaders on both sides of the aisle are missing the point. America does not have a gun problem. We have a culture problem. Nearly every mass shooting that occurs is perpetuated by young, mentally-ill individuals who lack a sense of belonging, purpose, and community. The question we must ask ourselves is not ‘why are there so many guns in so many hands?’… rather, it must be, ‘why are there so many young Americans suffering from depression and derangement?’

As a Generation Z American, I sadly witness the moral depravity and growing anxiety amongst our youth every single day. Now more than ever, we must reinvigorate faith and an honest education in our public school system, and encourage young Americans to be involved in school, sports, and church. We must fight back aggressively on the Left’s war against masculinity and put an end to the perverted ideas about gender that are plaguing the minds of young children.

Legislatively, Congress must pass National Constitutional Carry and repeal the Gun Free School Zones Act of 1990 that has never and will never stop ONE criminal from shooting up a school, but prevents law-abiding parents and teachers from defending themselves. Rather than send billions of dollars to protect foreigners overseas, Congress should provide more funding to states to enact school safety measures at every public school in America, including single point of secure entry, armed security guards, and firearm safety for public school teachers.”

As a Generation Z Candidate for Congress, I am committed to being a conservative voice that America’s youth desperately needs during this perilous time, and when I am elected, I will always be a stalwart defender of our precious, uniquely American, Second Amendment!”

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In case you were still wondering whether Matt Mowers is a DC-Swamp-creature that would robotically support Kevin McCarthy’s America-Last agenda … wonder no more:

 

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Remember when NH Democrats said a tax on wages was not an income tax? They got some Freshman stooge to say it out loud, but same difference. A tax on income is an income tax. Democrats in Dover are playing the same game but with rain.

Dover claims a burning need to use EPA regulations to justify a massive revenue grab. Great Bay. Stormwater runoff. Nitrogen mitigation. The city will need millions more dollars to address this “concern,” and hey, it’s not a rain tax.

 

“People are going to say this is just another tax, or think we’re taxing rainwater. We’re not,” Shanahan said. “We need to work on stormwater and flood resiliency, and the utility is a significant part of that. We can’t put this off. The committee’s report shows we’ve put off upwards of $5.5 million in deferred projects, because we needed to stay within the tax cap and focus on other priorities.”

 

The city is going to take money from people to address the problem, and the problem is that water falls out of the sky onto hard surfaces and runs off to wherever. Their solution is a new government utility funded by tax dollars to address the problem. But it’s not a rain tax.

 

“We [are] obligated to do this, but we also have structured it so that the average homeowner, will pay less in a utility fee than they would pay in property taxes for the amounts that the city is going to have to spend to manage stormwater and improve flood resilience,” Shanahan said.

 

The tax on the rain that’s not a rain tax costs Dover residents 3.5 million annually for starters (that will only go up). To get there from here, they need an additional 2.5 million. And they will do that by creating a new “utility” to manage the rain with monies that are not a rain tax.

 

“A stormwater utility is structured to be more equitable than the tax,” Shanahan said. “Areas that include large businesses with large parking lots are going to be a little bit more responsible than your average homeowner.”

 

Translation: The cost of doing business in Dover will go up, and guess who will end up paying for that? Everyone else. When the local government increases the cost of doing business, those increases get passed down to consumers (I’m confident Dover has a newspeak word for that too).

But no matter what you call it, adding another cost will put more pressure on businesses. Fewer employees, cut benefits, fewer hours, lower wages (or less frequent raises), or a reduction in products or services. It may even be an extinction event for some job creators.

And this is how ‘Democrats’ lower property taxes. It’s not a property tax its a utility fee. They take more but call it something else or have some other entity take it for them. You know, the same way a tax on your wages (income) is not an income tax.

The City Council will be discussing this again at Wednesday’s Town Council Meeting (6/8/2022).

 

Ordinance Committee and Utilities Commission to begin planning stormwater utility

The City Council’s Ordinance Committee will meet jointly with the Dover Utilities Commission in a workshop session on Monday, June 13, to discuss the creation of a stormwater utility.

On Feb. 23, 2022, the City Council approved a resolution that states its intent to develop and implement a stormwater utility by fiscal year 2024 to invest in and maintain the city’s public stormwater infrastructure. The creation of a utility was the recommendation of the ad-hoc Committee to Study Stormwater and Flood Resilience, which the Council also voted to accept on Feb. 23.

To create the framework for a stormwater utility, the City Council tasked city staff to work with the Ordinance Committee and the Dover Utilities Commission. At this kickoff joint workshop, the commission and committee members will review the ad-hoc committee’s recommendations, review pending grant funding applications and the staff work’s plan.

In August 2020, the Council established the ad-hoc committee to investigate, study, identify and make recommendations to the City Council about funding opportunities for existing needs and future stormwater and flood resilience management planning. Stormwater runoff travels across rooftops, roads, parking lots, and other impervious surfaces that can collect and carry pollution that ends up in local water bodies such as Willand Pond and the Great Bay Estuary and groundwater aquifers used for drinking water.

The joint public workshop will be held in City Hall’s Council Conference Room at 6 p.m. Click here for the complete agenda and background materials.

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Derek Hunter over at Townhall sums up COMPLETELY my outlook and feelings with that title. I can’t tell you how sick and tired I’m hearing about CELEBRATE THIS! and CELEBRATE THAT! and CELEBRATE THIS OTHER THING! or CELEBRATE ALL THESE INDIVIDUAL PEOPLES! (emphasis mine): 

I’ve never been one to celebrate anyone or anything based on measures I deem stupid. The dumber the irrelevant characteristic, however, the more “celebration-worthy” it is declared by the progressive left. This ethnicity month and that skin color month, then you have a different month for various types of music created by people who happen to have a preferred ethnicity or politically useful skin color. The Democrat Party spends so much time insisting on our differences that even people who used to enjoy this garbage are having enough of it.

“Insisting on our differences” – hammer, meet nail on head.  This month and that month and this week and that week; there aren’t enough days in a decade to celebrate each and every single separatist group possible.

And am I the only one that has had it with the “FIRST <insert ethnicity” to be [doing | elected | made it | accomplished]” for practically anything?  No, nobody is erasing you if your sexuality, skin color, background, or nationality isn’t put up on the movie theater marquee (is that even a thing anymore) with searchlights playing pinball in the clouds to illuminate yet another selfish callout.

Yes, selfish.  Look, if you are doing a good job, congrats – here’s your handshake and a smile in your direction (and NO snark meant).  If you are GREAT, kudos to you for being great – regardless of what or who you are but for what you’ve done.

Don’t recognize me as the first white Swedish/Irish person that has the leading Conservative blog in NH – I succeeded not because of my heritage, not because of my skin color, not because of the schools I went to but because I worked hard, was persistent, never let up, conquered a bunch of problems, AND that Steve and I have attracted a bunch of great writers associated with the ‘Grok.

So, I’m done with the First Black Hispanic Japanese left-handed bisexual anarchist participation plaudits handed out like dime-store candy just because of what shows up when you look in a mirror (and you can substitute anything else before “participation plaudits” that turns your cookies on – I could care less who or what I leave out. If you’re insulted, that’s your problem and not mine so deal with it in your own special way). If you bring it up to me, I’m going to give you “The Look” that I learned from my Mom and from TMEW – be warned that you ought to stop speaking EXACTLY AT THAT MOMENT.

We are a nation that was built on mongrels and misfits that either couldn’t take it anymore back in “the old country” and left or were kicked out by some means. As has been oft said, we ARE the Melting Pot of the world whether you like it or not.

Sidenote: and if you are incensed that I just manifested a microaggression against who the heck cares anyway, shut up, turn around and go play in some dark corner because I can guarantee you that I’ll graduate that “micro” to a “microaggression in 2 seconds.  And that’s about all the warning you will get – you’re not entitled or deserving of anymore (and be thankful I give you that much).

The nation was built on Judeo-Christian morality and our Founding Fathers gave us the philosophy that is summed up by “E Pluribus Unum” – out of many, one.

However, as Hunter points out, all these identity celebrations are doing nothing but destroying that motto – it’s like the Left is actively Balkanizing America so as to separate us all.  And that’s the rub.

Celebrate not the group(s) that’s behind someone that succeeds – celebrate the individual that actually succeeded (and proving fake micro-American Elizabeth Warren wrong by pointing out “I DID build that!”). A person (and a team, at times) deserves the praise and celebration and not those that had anything to do with it.

And I’ll hold onto this idea until Congress legislates and the President signs a Declaration that every month is Curmudgeon Month – because I know that I have earned that every single day for a few years now. And I can easily now say that I’m old enough to be called such.

 

 

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