This is amusing. Gordon Darby Holdings has asked a federal judge to hold some New Hampshire state employees in contempt for ignoring that judge’s order requiring citizens to pay for their services. Gordon Darby makes money from emissions testing as part of state inspections that are no longer required. And while judges can’t levy taxes, ... Read more

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I need to take a break from the mindless politics happening in Washington, D.C., and the Great State of Maine. I thank both of these locales and the Democratic Socialists who call them their workplace for supplying the conservative writers across the country with an endless supply of stories. I cannot wait to see what ... Read more

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This week on Midweek memes, we’ve got (drumroll) memes. Yeah. Wow. What a surprise. A headline under which you find exactly what it says and nothing else (except this pithy intro). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Read more

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First off, I’d like to express thanks for the good fortune of having been born a couple of weeks prior to D-Day.  And I’m not alone, as I have listened to various young “whipper-snappers” wishing that they should have been born “back then,” especially from two of the roughest and toughest, our American Marines. Seriously, ... Read more

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Today, on the Morning Update, Greta Thunberg is outraged at what America “is doing” to Cuba, but doesn’t seem to know much about what Cuba has been doing to Cubans. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the embedded video does not load.* Ep 130 Links: Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may ... Read more

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This was a very busy week, since my division of Finance met Monday and Friday, the House met Wednesday and Thursday, and Tuesday was town election day. My division met on nine bills on Monday, all having passed the policy committee and the House, so we primarily needed to look at the financial impacts. HB ... Read more

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Written over several days (Note: I’m back in the US – a travel tale I’ll have in a separate post.)  So it’s been several days, and overall, the frequency of “incoming” has gone down by a large margin.  But while there are qualitative as well as quantitative indications of that, fire seems to be focused ... Read more

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In this episode of The Ever-Living Podcast, Xindi and Jessica sit down with Bill Currier of New Hampshire Right to Life to discuss HB 1416 and the ongoing policy debates surrounding life issues at the state level. Bill breaks down what the legislation means, how advocacy groups work within the political process, and why local ... Read more

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A third-party vendor that makes bank on mandated New Hampshire vehicle inspections convinced a NH judge to demand that the inspections be resumed. The legislature ended them last year (effective Jan 31, 2026). The governor signed that law. The Executive Council (EC) did not renew its contract. But some judge decided that a customer had ... Read more

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Rohit “Ro” Khanna (D-CA) is typically a very moderate Democrat who has a pretty honest perspective of what is happening in the country and world. He is a pretty regular guest on FOX News because of his middle of the road stances, but today was not a typical day for the California Congressman, as his ... Read more

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If you’re late for dinner, allow me to be the messenger of good news.  HB451 was vetoed yesterday afternoon.  Social media was quickly abuzz with people commenting on the news, and I took a moment to text some people who either don’t use the same platforms and groups or any social media at all.  One ... Read more

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I am—or was—a basketball guy. It was my passion. I’ll even try to find a photo to prove it. I loved the Celtics and the NBA. But that was way back when. Now I’m immersed in legislative activities, a different kind of competition, but one that I embrace at the expense of keeping up with ... Read more

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Today, on the Morning Update, Dems are pretending to be outraged about a girls’ school in Iran getting blown up. Wait! Democrats care about girls and women in Iran? >>>Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the embedded video does not load. Ep. 129 Links Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not ... Read more

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Imagine having elected leaders who would put the American people before political party and personal gain. Imagine having elected leaders who would put the welfare of American citizens before non-citizens. Imagine having elected leaders who would put their lives and their personal fortunes on the line for the survival of their country. Imagine having elected ... Read more

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“Whatever the State identifies as comprising constitutional adequacy it must pay for.” — N.H. Supreme Court, Londonderry School District SAU #12 v. State of New Hampshire, 2006 Since the state lost its first Claremont education funding case in 1993, legislators and governors (including Democratic Gov. John Lynch in 2011-2012) tried to undo the decision with ... Read more

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This week, on GrokTALK, I open with a quick George Orwell primer because it’s still 1984 out there, people, and we need to make sure we understand why. Then, the Left and the media (IBID) have an agenda that gets in the way of them telling you the truth about Trump’s long-term strategy and Iran. ... Read more

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For the first time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s newly formulated Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) will meet, on March 18 and 19, to address injuries from Covid-19 vaccines. Since the pandemic, more Americans have become concerned about vaccine safety and whether their vaccine injuries will be recognized. This raises an urgent legal question: Do ... Read more

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When you put people and equipment in action, even the best planning doesn’t protect everyone from accidents or tragedy. There are a lot of both milling about in the Middle East with kinetic intent, so failure is an exponentially likely option. Last week, a KC-135 tanker went down. Multiple reports claimed all sorts of things, ... Read more

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In the context of manufacturing website development, the product catalog forms the core of the entire platform. When a website presents production lines, modules, components, and spare parts, standard e-commerce logic no longer works effectively. A mistake in the catalog architecture leads to direct commercial losses rather than just interface inconvenience: users cannot quickly identify ... Read more

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Happy Day before St. Patrick’s Day, and I have to warn you. We don’t have any holiday-related memes for that, but we might have some come Wednesday. Iran memes? Can’t “not” have those, it seems. Enjoy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Read more

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