The Manchester Free Press

Monday • June 16 • 2025

Vol.XVII • No.XXV

Manchester, N.H.

Bananas:  His Holiness Bob

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-05-13 22:00 +0000
Nearly 1.4 billion Roman Catholics breathed a sigh of relief yesterday as the wait for the next Pope to be drafted concluded with the traditional signal of accomplishment as the Holy Spirit pours forth from the holy chimney courtesy of the holy smokes machine.  A palpable sound of relief emitted from the onlookers as the ... Read more

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MacDonald: DNC “Votes” To Dump David Hogg

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-05-13 20:00 +0000
If Sandy Cortez had a penis, she’d be David Hogg. He is an obnoxious, far-left, neo-Marxist, and so is she. They appeal to the disenfranchised ‘utes’ who were “graduated” despite being unable to read or do math at grade level, while reminding senior socialists of an image they can claim for themselves in moments of ... Read more

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Smith: Unbundling The Sorens Manifesto

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-05-13 18:00 +0000
Zoning is an institution often misunderstood by many, myself included, so let’s delve into a 22-page treatise written by the founder of the Free State Project.  To use Ray Guarino’s favorite word, ACRIMONIOUS, as many recent discussions, both online and in person, have been just that, so it’s important to say that I mean zero ... Read more

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Cline: Teacher Pay in New Hampshire Is a Casualty of High School Staffing Levels

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-05-13 16:00 +0000
It’s Teacher Appreciation Week and Granite Staters are again being subjected to the claim that teachers here earn less than they should because legislators are stingy. Given current market conditions, average teacher pay in New Hampshire is lower than it should be to recruit the best candidates. But the state’s contribution isn’t the reason.  The ... Read more

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Bowers: Answering the Wrong Question

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-05-13 14:00 +0000
If asked about some issue, “Should the Towns decide or should the State decide?” many people would answer that the Towns should decide. But for many issues that is the wrong question. The right question is “Should the Towns decide or should individuals decide for themselves?” Should Towns decide what firearms you might possess? NO! ... Read more

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PMP Exam: Is it as Tough as You Think?

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-05-13 12:27 +0000
Is the PMP exam as challenging as people say? Many project managers have faced the same question before diving in, only to discover that it’s manageable with the right approach. And how can PMP Training prepare you for the tough challenges the exam presents and help you meet the PMP Certification Requirements? It’s not about ... Read more

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MacDonald: Never Forget That Democrats Hate You

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-05-13 12:00 +0000
Lest anyone begin to imagine a world where having more Democrats in elected office might be different, which implies better, think again. Then think some more because the political left doesn’t want “better.” Not for you. No finer example comes to us in a recent uptick in earnings and foot traffic at Target. The retailer ... Read more

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Are Real Estate Investments in Portugal Overvalued? A Strategic Look at Market Sustainability

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-05-13 10:48 +0000
On Why Overvaluation Concerns Are Emerging Real estate investments in Portugal have seen rapid growth in recent years, drawing interest from both local and international investors. The commercial sector, in particular, has shown resilience, supported by stable yields, limited high-quality supply, and strong tenant demand in Lisbon, Porto, and other strategic regions. However, as prices ... Read more

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Warner: Property Appraisals Increase By Hundreds of Thousands

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-05-13 10:00 +0000
A recent post on the “What’s Happening Hartford” Facebook page asked town members if their new property appraisals increased and by how much.  As the answers came in the numbers were staggering as were many of the complaints. The original poster (OP) stated their property assessed value increase by $10,000 which led to a slew ... Read more

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Scaer: Bombshell on Boy Who Dominated in Girls Sports

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-05-13 02:00 +0000
In February 2024, the girls’ basketball team for Collegiate Charter School of Lowell, Massachusetts, forfeited a game against Kipp Academy of Lynn after three girls were hurt by a boy playing for the Kipp Academy girls’ team. The boy was 6 feet tall and had facial hair. The video of the boy manhandling the girls ... Read more

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Podcast: Right Side Up 5-12-2025

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-05-13 00:00 +0000
This week, we discuss business owners’ dissatisfaction with leadership in Burlington and Montpelier and the promise of natural gas. Authors’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Follow these links for current and past content for the entire podcast lineup. Agree? Disagree? ... Read more

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SALT in Speaker’s Wounds: Budget Bill Threatened by NY Republicans

Granite Grok - Mon, 2025-05-12 22:00 +0000
House Speaker Mike Johnson is being pressured on multiple fronts in his efforts to pass a budget reconciliation bill by Independence Day.  Not only is he being pressed by fiscal hawks to make deep spending cuts to cover tax breaks, but he’s also being threatened by blue-state Republicans demanding higher tax deductions to offset their states’ high-tax policies. ... Read more

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MacDonald: NH’s # 2 Blah Blah Blah

Granite Grok - Mon, 2025-05-12 20:00 +0000
There are few more enthusiastic boosters for all the great things about New Hampshire than me. I share the data, polls, research, results, and whatever the mighty beast of the internet coughs up. I moved here from someplace else 35 years ago and have been a superfan ever since. As a superfan, I have also ... Read more

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DN Miner Cloud Mining: Helping You Easily Double Your Cryptocurrency Investment

Granite Grok - Mon, 2025-05-12 18:11 +0000
The global crypto asset market is accelerating the compliance process. DNMiner, a cloud mining platform fully licensed and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), takes “low threshold, high transparency, and strong compliance” as its core advantages to provide investors with safe and efficient crypto asset allocation solutions, helping users to easily enter the ... Read more

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O’Keefe: Real ID Is Not About Keeping You Safe

Granite Grok - Mon, 2025-05-12 18:00 +0000
Today, after nearly two decades of implementation and delays, the federal government’s new identification requirements for traveling by plane domestically or entering federal buildings technically go into effect. This federally-compliant ID card—known as Real ID—can only be attained with specific records and documents laid out by the federal government. It’s labeled by a black or ... Read more

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Cardello: How Many New Yorkers Think Letitia Is Worth $10M

Granite Grok - Mon, 2025-05-12 16:00 +0000
About as many who thought it was money well spent on The Roosevelt Hotel. Letitia James, the Attorney General of New York, is a bitter, angry woman who got elected on the singular pledge to make Donald Trump’s life miserable by tying him up in a lengthy public trial. She fulfilled her commitment with the ... Read more

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Senate Gold Standard – May 15, 2025

N.H. Liberty Alliance - Mon, 2025-05-12 14:21 +0000

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Klar: Are Courts Doing Enough To Protect Public Health?

Granite Grok - Mon, 2025-05-12 14:00 +0000
A lawsuit in late March that awarded Georgia man John Barnes $2.1 billion in damages looked like another piece of good news for one of the tens of thousands of litigants against Bayer, the agrochemical giant that since 2018 has owned Monsanto, maker of the popular weedkiller, Roundup. Glyphosate is used widely as an integral ... Read more

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MacDonald: But Cotton Picking Is a “Good Paying” Job, Rep. Crockett

Granite Grok - Mon, 2025-05-12 12:00 +0000
Sandy ‘Gulf Stream’ Cortez is going to have to up her game. I know, the Jet Setting Neiman Marxist, birth mother of the economy-crushing Green New Deal, is emitting tons of unnecessary carbon to fight our oligarchs in front of crowds paid for by hers. The handmaiden media loves it. And she’s always been something ... Read more

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Banfield: NH DHHS Testifies In Opposition of Parental Rights Legislation

Granite Grok - Mon, 2025-05-12 10:00 +0000
On May 6, 2025, Jenny O’Higgins, and her colleague at the Department of Health and Human Services, testified at a public hearing on HB446. Their testimony can be accessed here at 2:35:00. As you will hear at the beginning of their testimony, Ms. O’Higgins stated that she was there on behalf of DHHS to oppose HB446. You can ... Read more

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