Tales abound of normal people fleeing blue states to escape a laundry list of ills. Taxes, illegals, crime, homelessness, drugs, gangs, taxes, regulations, fraud, democrats, taxes, did I miss any? I did. All that COVID crap they pulled moved a small mountain of people, belongings, and U-Hauls from Blue States to Red States. But you ... Read more

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Bitcoin Pizza Day 2025, Keene, NH

Thanks to the Shire Free Church Bitcoin Pizza Day 2025 Keene edition was a roaring success despite the rain and we’re doing it again for 2026! Last year we got our Little Zoe’s Pizza to go with most paying in one form of cryptocurrency or another. Our plans for May 22, 2026 Bitcoin Pizza Day Keene edition will be the same. If it rains the Shire Free Church has agreed to host our backup location at: 73 Leverett Street in Keene, New Hampshire (go around to the back of the building as there is a large room for events).

If the weather is good we’ll be outside Little Zoe’s at their outdoor tables:

Location: 149 Emerald St #5, Keene, NH 03431

Date & Time: Friday, May 22nd, 2026 @ 4:20 PM

Bitcoin Pizza Day, celebrated annually on May 22, commemorates the first real-world commercial transaction using Bitcoin, which occurred on May 22, 2010. Florida programmer Laszlo Hanyecz posted an offer on the Bitcointalk forum to pay 10,000 BTC for two large Papa John’s pizzas, a sum worth only about $41 at the time but valued in the hundreds of millions to billions of dollars today. The order was fulfilled by fellow user Jeremy Sturdivant, who accepted the cryptocurrency payment and delivered the food, marking a pivotal moment that proved Bitcoin could function as a medium of exchange for tangible goods.

Crypto users gathered at Little Zoe’s Pizza in Keene for Bitcoin Pizza Day 2019.

For libertarians this isn’t about “value go up”, like it became for some percentage of those who came later. No, it’s about the principles and morals. It represents and enables: Freedom, control, privacy. The later of which Bitcoin isn’t, but unlike fiat currencies (government money and the associated systems of banking, money transmission, etc) it does retain a pseudonymous property compared to fiat in a bank account in that a user does not need to register their identity to merely utilize it. However it enabled the people to gain real control of the money in their pocket, that is something government couldn’t easily step in and steal, was always just the first step. Later came cryptocurrencies like Monero that added stronger privacy mechanisms.

As the surreal ordeal of the global COVID-19 pandemic recedes further into the past, increasing criticism has been leveled at state and federal government responses to the outbreak. Faced with the threat of a potentially deadly disease, America’s most powerful government institutions implemented controversial policies that were counterproductive to overall long-term health. But learning from ... Read more

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There is a political spat brewing under the Golden Dome regarding a $700,000 appropriation – or lack thereof – for a childhood literacy program called Read Vermont. In a nutshell, the program funds “literary coaches” who train teachers how to use phonics, phonological awareness, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension to teach kids how to read. This ... Read more

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What is it that motivates a governor or president to care about illegal aliens over their constituents and citizens? What is it that motivates the same officials to not only ignore the laws but to force law enforcement to do the same? To get the answer, we need to ask outgoing governor Janet Mills and ... Read more

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The handmaiden media would have been tripping over itself if the U Wash Women’s College Soccer Team had run a bunch of U14 boys ragged on the pitch. If you’re wondering why we’re still waiting for that story, it’s because adult human females continue to lose to barely past puberty, boys’ teams – at least ... Read more

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For many members of the U.S. House of Representatives and MAHA supporters, April 30, 2026, was a big day: In a decisive victory (224 – 200), the House passed a new version of the Farm Bill that stripped it of a liability shield for companies producing herbicides like glyphosate. MAHA leaders, many of whom gathered ... Read more

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This week, on The New England Take, A. J. dives into some recent headlines: Concord considers composting, the Concord Monitor shifts to USPS delivery, Jeremy Kauffman hurts the Republicans’ progress, and the Bangor Daily News publishes an unhinged article involving homeless feces. Concord Monitor: “Concord explores food waste drop-off proposal”:  https://www.concordmonitor.com/2026/05/13/concord-composting-food-scraps/ Concord Monitor,:”To Our Readers: ... Read more

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This week on GrokTALK~, . “Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.” – Gustav Mahler Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the embedded video does not load Links: . Transcript: . Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of GraniteGrok.com’s sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. ... Read more

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Eversource is looking to replace 49 miles of transmission capacity in “western New Hampshire,” and it’s got the Maine Office of the Public Advocate all bent out of shape about shared costs. If you don’t know who they are, The Office of the Public Advocate’s primary responsibility is to represent the interests of Maine utility ... Read more

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Most people are at least vaguely familiar with the behaviorist BF Skinner.  If not, he can be looked up.  Decades after Pavlov founded CLASSICAL conditioning using dogs(more canine talk in a moment) as his subjects, Skinner founded OPERANT conditioning using other animals, mainly mice.  In a nutshell, operant conditioning is behavior modification based on CONTINGENCY, ... Read more

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After electing Joe Biden and then Donald Trump for a second time, the American people are being questioned by the international community about their ability to form a coherent thought.  The country that brought the world freedom of speech and true power of the people over their government has fallen from grace to the onlooking ... Read more

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I remember the spring and summer of 1973 vividly. I was on our yearly family vacation to Florida when I got sunstroke on the first day, and I was confined to bed for the two-week trip to Panama City. I also remember spending each day glued to the TV watching the Watergate Hearings. It has ... Read more

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If you haven’t seen the 1991 Steve Martin film, LA Story, this isn’t about that, so no need for spoiler alerts. Amusing film, though, and worth a watch; it makes fun of 1990s LA, which is to say it makes fun of LA, and there isn’t enough of that, so here’s some more. It starts ... Read more

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This is supposed to be an election integrity measure, protecting voters from “…bribery, intimidation, threats, coercion, or other means…” by those attempting to influence how — or preventing them entirely — from voting at a polling place. Sounds good. But here’s the problem: two-thirds of Vermonters no longer vote at a polling place. Since the ... Read more

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This week, on The Independents with Caral Gericke, A 20-year CIA veteran reportedly says analysts pointing to a lab leak were overruled. If true, this is bigger than COVID. This is about consent. Who consented to gain-of-function research?Who consented to censorship?Who consented to mandates enforced through fear, coercion, and institutional pressure? Today on The Independents ... Read more

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Republican Governors in New Hampshire like to veto bills that have anything to do with men in women’s safe spaces unless it’s to pass a law allowing it. That was Chris Sununu. HB1319. A bill we were more or less told he’d never sign. Three years later, Sununu would be crowned the Sun-King for his ... Read more

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This handbook is the ultimate ballistic weapon for the modern intelligence operative. It shatters the wall of silence and delivers a lethal blow to the ignorance that cripples the Western security apparatus. For decades, the intelligence community operated in a self-imposed vacuum of blindness. Analysts fed the machine a diet of sanitized, hollow data. This ... Read more

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Youth mental health has become one of the defining public policy concerns of our time. Anxiety, depression, isolation, and behavioral struggles among children and teenagers are rising, and families across New Hampshire are searching for answers. Governor Kelly Ayotte recently addressed the issue by criticizing Anthem Insurance for not covering certain mental health services for ... Read more

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