Wednesday • September 10 • 2025
Vol.XVII • No.XXXVII
Manchester, N.H.
The bar was set very low for Joe Biden at the Thursday debate with Donald Trump. All Joe had to do was show up, walk confidently onto the stage, stay on his feet for ninety minutes, and not say anything absurd. Biden had such an abysmal performance that the White House began issuing statements of explanation before the debate was over. Joe did so poorly that he had the talking heads at CNN and MSNBC talking more about his replacement than the content of the debate. Some of the headlines read:
In Debate, Biden Struggles to Fend Off Attacks From Trump, New York Times
Democrats in Full-Blown Panic Mode After Presidential Debate, Townhall
‘WTF’: Panicked Dems start looking for alternatives to Biden, POLITICO
Democrats Hit Panic Button in Wake of Biden Debate Debacle, Bloomberg
On and on the headlines went. It was like the lights finally came on at every news agency in the world. The con was over, and by President Joe Biden insisting on a debate with Donald Trump, he pressed the self-destruct button himself. The Biden campaign is over except for convincing Joe and Jill to step aside. Time is running down, and someone must tell the Bidens that the music has stopped and the final dance is over.
Joe shuffled onto the stage in Atlanta, and his voice and confidence left him on his first answer. He hesitated, coughed, cleared his throat, and mumbled through his first answer. The night was done. His raspy, faltering voice defied the storyline that the Dems, including Dr. Jill, have been spoon-feeding us for months. The vibrant persona of an energetic statesman crumbled to the floor. The image of Jill Biden leading the young people at one of the After-Debate parties chanting, “Four More Years,” couldn’t erase the spectacle of a politician at the end of his ride. Joe, what were you and your Gang of Sixteen doing at Camp David? If you were practicing for the debate, Mr. President, then 16 advisors let you down. After this train wreck, there will be no second debate. The insiders are plotting feverishly to find a way to talk you and Kamala off the ballot before the convention in Chicago. Jill may prove to be their biggest challenge. She thrives the power and wants her full eight years at 1600.
Watching the msm last night and this morning is like being at a wake. They did not see what we saw in Joe. It was like he had gone to Camp David a week ago and emerged as this old man. Folks, he has been that man for three-plus years. We should stop focusing on his age and admit he was never a good politician or statesman. He had longevity, and that was all. There was a reason Obama tried talking him out of running in 2020. Biden had served his purpose for the Obama White House, but Obama knew Joe was not fit for the big job. The rest of the Democrats have been much slower in coming to that same assessment. Unfortunately for them, they have no Plan B. The Dems have a very weak bench, as evidenced by the talk of Gretchen Whitmer stepping in. If she were the choice, they would have surrendered the White House to Trump and may have saved the country.
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New Hampshire politics is very much like life. You don’t know who has your best interest at heart until there’s a knife in it.
Since 2018, I have been full throttle, volunteering for local, state, and federal campaigns.
Eddie Edwards, Bryant Corky Messner, Matt Mowers, our unlikable Governor Christopher T. Sununu, Gen. Don Bolduc, President Donald J Trump, and most recently, Hollie Noveletsky and current gubernatorial candidate Kelly Ayotte.
I have never volunteered for a Democratic campaign, but by the way I am treated in Belknap County, you would think that I bootlick for the other side.
We want to thank Hon. Richard H Littlefield for this Contribution – Please direct yours to Steve@GraniteGrok.com.
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If you are new to politics, my advice would be to lay back and get a really good sense of the wings you are putting yourself under, hoping to learn.
And whatever you do, don’t be like that union bootlicker Mike Bordes, who apparently believes that drinking and driving as an elected official is A-OK!
Most importantly, if you are in the Laconia area, Do Not under any circumstances fall out of line with the overpriced housing club, local landlords, and those who believe the homeless are TRASH because you will see very quickly that it doesn’t matter how conservative your record is, or how much you want to get away from the mind-numbing bullish!t and offer any solution at all good or bad to what ails the city, there are too many do nothing, status quo loving ideologues out there to make your life a living hell.
Now, I know that you can’t make everyone happy.
Not everyone who reads this letter will agree with me or like me afterward, and that’s okay.
But I have a voice, an opinion, and a record of keeping my promises that I would defend against anyone, past, present, or future.
My platform in 2020-21 was to protect the unborn, expand on Granite Staters’ right to self-defense, and promote school choice.
1. I voted for the ONLY abortion bill that the GOP could get passed, and eventually endorsed by both major parties.
2. I voted for expanded self defense rights, and other 2A related bills.
3. I voted to bring school choice to the state of New Hampshire.
If you’re thinking that this is all jumbled, you would be right! See what politics can do to people who only want to see good things happen!
I want to thank some people who may not always agree but understand that I am a hardworking Republican who makes mistakes from time to time.
Beth and Peter Varney, Douglas Trottier, Travis O’Hara, Alan Glassman, Tim Lang, and my brother Rep. candidate Ronnie Abbott.
They have never wavered in their support for me or in my ability to govern with humility and an understanding that everyone deserves a seat at the table.
Remember, New Hampshire, we don’t need irresponsible alcoholics running our state, and we don’t need feckless Republicans who pretend to give a damn.
Sincerely,
Hon. Richard H Littlefield
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In the ever-evolving landscape of education technology, custom edtech software has emerged as a powerful tool for institutions seeking to enhance their digital capabilities and improve learning outcomes. This article explores the transformative potential of custom EdTech solutions, with a particular focus on the integration of Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Student Information Systems (SIS).
The Rise of Custom EdTech SoftwareAs educational institutions face increasingly complex challenges, off-the-shelf software often falls short in meeting their unique needs. Custom EdTech software offers a tailored approach, allowing schools and universities to create digital environments that align perfectly with their specific pedagogical approaches, administrative processes, and student requirements.
Key advantages of custom EdTech software include:
At the heart of many custom EdTech solutions lies the integration of Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Student Information Systems (SIS). This powerful combination creates a cohesive digital ecosystem that streamlines administrative tasks, enhances communication, and provides valuable insights into student performance.
LMS platforms serve as the central hub for course delivery, content management, and student engagement. They offer tools for creating and distributing learning materials, facilitating online discussions, and assessing student progress. Popular LMS options include Canvas, Moodle, and Blackboard.
SIS, on the other hand, focus on managing student data, including enrollment information, grades, attendance records, and demographic details. These systems are crucial for administrative tasks such as scheduling, reporting, and compliance management.
The integration of LMS and SIS brings numerous benefits:Real-World Applications of Custom EdTech Software
To illustrate the impact of custom EdTech software with LMS and SIS integration, let’s explore some practical applications:
Personalized Learning PathwaysCustom EdTech software can leverage data from both LMS and SIS to create personalized learning experiences for students. By analyzing performance data, learning preferences, and course history, the system can recommend tailored content, adaptive assessments, and targeted interventions. This level of personalization can significantly improve student engagement and academic outcomes.
Automated Administrative ProcessesIntegrating LMS and SIS through custom software can automate many time-consuming administrative tasks. For example:
– Course registration and enrollment can be streamlined, with prerequisites automatically checked and conflicts identified.
– Grade submission and transcript generation can be automated, reducing errors and saving time for faculty and staff.
– Attendance tracking can be seamlessly integrated across systems, providing real-time insights for administrators and parents.
Custom edtech software that integrates LMS and SIS can provide powerful analytics capabilities. Administrators can gain insights into:
– Student performance trends across different courses and programs
– Resource utilization and allocation
– Retention risk factors and early intervention opportunities
– Curriculum effectiveness and areas for improvement
By harnessing these insights, institutions can make data-driven decisions to improve educational outcomes and operational efficiency.
Enhanced Communication and CollaborationIntegrated custom EdTech solutions can facilitate better communication between students, faculty, and administrators. Features might include:
– Unified messaging systems that work across LMS and SIS platforms
– Collaborative workspaces for group projects and peer-to-peer learning
– Parent portals that provide real-time access to student progress and important announcements
While the benefits of custom EdTech software are significant, institutions should be aware of potential challenges:
To maximize the benefits of custom EdTech software with LMS and SIS integration, institutions should consider the following best practices:
As technology continues to advance, the possibilities for custom EdTech software are expanding. Some emerging trends to watch include:
Custom EdTech software, particularly when integrating LMS and SIS functionality, represents a powerful tool for educational institutions seeking to optimize their digital ecosystems. By providing tailored solutions that address specific needs and challenges, these systems can significantly enhance the learning experience, improve administrative efficiency, and drive better outcomes for students and institutions alike.
As the education sector continues to evolve, the role of custom EdTech software will only grow in importance. Institutions that embrace these technologies and invest in bespoke solutions will be better positioned to meet the changing needs of students, faculty, and administrators in an increasingly digital world.
While challenges exist in implementing custom solutions, the potential benefits far outweigh the obstacles. By carefully considering their unique requirements, partnering with experienced developers, and focusing on user adoption, educational institutions can harness the full potential of custom EdTech software to create more effective, efficient, and engaging learning environments.
The future of education lies in the ability to adapt and innovate. Custom EdTech software, with its capacity for seamless LMS and SIS integration, offers a path forward for institutions looking to stay at the forefront of educational technology. As we continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible in education, custom solutions will play a crucial role in shaping the next generation of learning experiences, empowering institutions to provide truly personalized and effective education for all students.
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Nearly 1400 years ago, a large number of Muslim jihadists from across the scorching Arabian desert, motivated by the ideology of Islam, indoctrinated by Muhammad, unafraid of death, conquered Iran (Persia), one of the greatest, strongest and most tolerant empires known throughout the history of man. The invasion of Persia was completed five years after the death of the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, though Persian resistance continued for centuries up to and including the present time. (Most Iranians consider the current regime as the continuation of 1400 years of Islamic tyranny and oppression).
The Bedouin Arabs who toppled the Sassanid Empire were propelled not only by a desire for conquest and to steal Persian jewels and treasures but also to enslave Iranian women and children while imposing their barbaric ideology upon the entire population. With that, they almost wiped out one of the most benevolent and ancient religions, Zoroastrianism, which is often called the mother of all revealed religions.
The political nature of Islam demanded that a conquered people not only convert to Islam but also regard its past history as a time of darkness before the light of Islam came. Today, the Islamic Republic of Iran is busy purging pre-Islamic Persian history from children’s textbooks. Islam required conquered people to scorn their own past and love their Islamic Arab conquerors by striving to imitate them. According to Islam, all history before Islam was an era of “darkness” and should be discarded. Islam is a brutal, hyper-masculine, barbarian, tribal warrior cult that glories in murder, mutilation, rape, genocide, terrorism, destruction and anarchy.
When Arabs, a collection of backward, nomadic warrior tribes who did not even have a fully developed scripted language, conquered sophisticated cultures such as Egypt, Syria, Persia, and the Byzantine Empire, they took control over some of the world’s largest centers of accumulated knowledge. To claim that there was an “Islamic Golden Age” is like saying a group of savages storming into the world’s largest libraries, murdering all the librarians, and then claiming to have written all the books there gives credit to this myth. Islam’s much-vaunted “Golden Age” was, in fact, just the twilight of conquered pre-Islamic cultures, an echo of times past. In all honesty, Islam’s trophy to human civilization is and always has been Islamic terrorism.
The prophet of Islam motivated his rapidly growing body of followers to rally around him by proclaiming: if they are victorious, they will have the treasures of the infidels as well as their women and children as slaves to hold or sell; if the faithful kill the infidels in doing the work of Allah, further reward awaits them in paradise; and, in the unlikely event that they are killed, they find themselves in Allah’s glorious paradise for an eternal life of joy and bliss.
The Persians underestimated the power and dedication of this newly formed Islamic ideology of hate and violence by the desert dwellers. An unexpected, unorthodox attack on the Persian army caused it to fall into the hands of the butchers of Islam. Eventually, the culture of death prevailed, and the era of Islamic terrorism began. Americans need to learn from the Persian experience and become more vigilant.
My fellow Americans, 1400 years later, a few Islamic terrorist States, flushed with petrodollars, are seeking and working hard for Islamic world domination through worldwide Islamic terrorism. They are determined to destroy everything America and the free world stand for and intend to replace it with the most barbaric ideology known as Sharia. Islam sees Christian America as a formidable enemy standing in its path of world domination. Hence, it has waged stealth jihad on Christian America. It is time to wake up and wake up fast.
In many surprising ways, America resembles the great ancient Persia. Like the ancient Persians, who were the first-world managers and the most tolerant empire-builders, America, by its constitution, is also the most tolerant and benevolent nation in the world. Let us hope that America’s destiny will not end up like Persia’s.
Regretfully, reading about the Islamic religiously mandated horrific acts and even seeing them on television or the Internet may momentarily repulse, but does not terribly concern many Americans. After all, those things still are happening on the other side of the world and away from their homes; we are safe in Fortress America, and so goes the thinking.
“Fortress America” is a delusion that even the events of 9/11 and the Maj. The Nidal Malik Hasan massacre seems to have failed to dispel. Many prefer to believe that the assault of 9/11 was an aberration since nothing like it has happened since, and it is unlikely that anything of the sort will ever happen again; so goes the wishful thinking. Reality portrays a vastly different picture. America is far from a fortress, given its vast, wide-open borders. It is a nation of laws where all forms of freedom are enshrined in its constitution, and Americans live by a humane ethos diametrically different from those of Islamist savageries. Sadly, these differences confer great advantages to the Islamists and place America in imminent danger.
The breach of “Fortress America” from the air on 9/11 is only the first installment of many more forthcoming heinous assaults, about which we have been repeatedly warned by Muslim thugs living in caves. Unless we abandon our way of thinking, we will suffer the consequences of a dangerous complacency. We need to stop relying on the invincibility of the law-enforcement people and willingly make the sacrifices that would protect our way of life.
I have never claimed that the reported 1.6 billion Muslims are all jihadists aiming to destroy civilization and establish Muhammad’s Ummah over all of us. I certainly know that the active jihadists are a small minority. Yet, it takes a blind eye to ignore militant minorities. Did Hitler become the Chancellor of Germany because he and his gang got the majority vote in Germany? More than 65% of Germans were not supporters of Hitler and his party and viewed the Nazis as louts and worthless. Yet, we all know what this little minority did while being ignored.
What about forest fires? You cannot ignore a little smoldering fire here, a little smoldering fire there because the rest of the forest is not on fire. Only a fool will ignore these fires because they will eventually devour the forest.
The recent migration of Muslims to non-Islamic lands began as a seemingly harmless, even useful, trickle of desirable, cheap, and needed labor. Before long, greater and greater numbers of Muslims deluged the new territories, and as they gained in numbers—by high birth rate as well as new arrivals—Muslims began reverting to their intolerant ways by, for instance, demanding legal status for Sharia (Islamic laws), the type of draconian laws that for the most part resemble those of man’s barbaric past.
Just a sobering note: mild Islamism is already here. As an example, there was the Muslim cab driver of the Minneapolis Airport and his refusal to ferry passengers with alcohol or even those with seeing-eye dogs; Muslim inmates demanding to be served only halal food, Kentucky Fried Chicken opens first halal restaurant in New York City, honor killing, Muslim students badgering universities for special facilities for their meetings, and, for the first time ever two Muslim Congressmen assuming the office by swearing on the Quran and not the Bible.
Islam need not even literally destroy the civilized world. All it needs is to gain enough power to impose its worse-than-death Sharia on everyone. If you are not up to speed with the horrors that Muslim governments and their jihadist foot soldiers commit daily, you need to open your eyes and deal with this deadly threat of Islam with much more realism.
Ignoring the smoldering fire and relying on a few local “firefighters” to keep the fires from spreading is either naive or outright criminal, but it is certainly the easiest thing to do. That’s why I have chosen to fight the fire, and I am calling for help to put out Islam, the source that raises arsonists — the minority that they may be. It takes one arsonist to set a fire that a thousand firefighters will have difficulty putting out. The few Muslims who are brave enough to advocate reform of their religion are tossed out of mosques or, very likely, labeled as apostates with a death warrant.
When our leaders, for instance, call Islam a great religion, they are appeasing, if not lying outright. We, the people, elect our leaders, holding them accountable to be honorable. When they use their voice to call Islam a great religion, the most deadly threat to everything we cherish, not only do they legitimize Islamofascism, but they also infuse the rest of us with a false belief.
While former President Obama glorified Islam, the barbarians have made it inside our fortress. They have infiltrated our system of government. This time around, the people of the sword have their collaborator, Useful Idiots, inside, busily doing all they can to dismantle our republic and replace it with worse death Islamic ideology by appeasing the enemy.
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“Louisiana Governor Signs Bill Authorizing Surgical Castration for Child Sex Offenders. A court-appointed medical expert will need to determine whether the offender is ‘an appropriate candidate’ for surgical castration.”
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has signed into law a bill that would allow state judges to sentence those convicted of sex crimes against victims under the age of 13 to undergo surgical castration. Senate Bill 371, sponsored by state Sen. Regina Ashford Barrow, is expected to take effect on Aug. 1 following the Republican governor’s signature on June 18.
The law allows Louisiana judges to punish offenders aged 17 and older with surgical castration if they are convicted of aggravated sex crimes against a victim under the age of 13.
A court-appointed medical expert will need to determine whether the offender is ‘an appropriate candidate’ for surgical castration? You need to DETERMINE appropriateness?? Only two measures are needed: 1) Found guilty and 2) Something is dangling between his legs (euphemistically called “Peter and his baggage”). I am all on board with this. Given the crime, I can think of worse punishments, but this is appropriate.
ON point 1, “appropriate”…See, Simple. Uncomplicated. This is not rocket science or quantum mechanics. It should happen as soon as possible. Put the evidence/offending member into a jar of formaldehyde and give it to the molester as a souvenir. Or, with a straight face, tell him he just had half of his transgender “bottom surgery.” After all, isn’t that the new secular religion of the Left? Pushing transgenderism on everyone?
Seriously, decisions have consequences; they must have severe consequences for such an evil crime of molesting innocent children. I can’t believe this consequence can be ruled cruel or unusual. And for those that say otherwise, go and sacrifice your children to one of these monsters and then tell me, “Oh, perfectly fine with this.” Let us all see if you agree that pedophilia is just another form of natural sexuality, that “minor-attracted person” is a more “inclusive” term as if it was a normal part of Society. If you think so, let’s consider the same treatment for you as well.
The Left no longer believes that true evil exists (unless one is simply a political opponent that doesn’t hold to your beliefs”) and thus, must eradicate its usage – and the norms that used to protect the rest of us from this behavior. And they will insist that we all go along with their depravity.
However, I’m thinking not; I’m surprised that the set of normal people who went after that Ecuadorian illegal alien in NYC that raped a 13-year-old girl and RECORDED IT didn’t slice him up when they caught him (reformatted, emphasis mine):
An Ecuadorian illegal alien who allegedly raped a 13-year-old girl in at Kissena Park in Queens made his first appearance in a New York court Wednesday. Christian Geovanny Inga-Landi, 25, did not say anything during the court hearing. He was remanded and will be held in custody, according to local reports.
Inga-Landi was arrested on Tuesday after New York City locals helped track him down following the New York Police Department releasing images and a video of him. A group tracked him down at a deli in Corona, where they proceeded to attack and detain him until police arrived, according to local media.
Police officials claimed Inga-Landi came into the country illegally and was apprehended by Customs and Border Patrol agents in Eagle Pass, Texas, in 2021. Inga-Landi is facing charges including rape, sex abuse, robbery, menacing, unlawful imprisonment, kidnapping, endangering the welfare of a child and possession of a weapon, and could face 25 years to life in prison if convicted.
The Left’s “Defund the Police” has had its intended result – ordinary people now know that their Elites don’t care about them and have removed their governmental crime safety net from them – police. While the Elites seem to have expected plebes to just put up with crime and just “take it”, they also seem to be alarmed that Normal people are refusing to go along with their “social justice” – they ARE taking things into their own hands in their own version of “justice”.
The Left has no one to blame (but they won’t take ownership of it) but themselves for this. I’m just surprised that the ad-hoc vigilantes didn’t met out a more severe level of a beat-down. Or a “carve-out”, if you wish. After all, Inga-Landi held that poor girl at knife-point – the Louisiana solution would be a perfect “justice served.”
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What was it that Tucker Carlson said? The “Democrat” Party consists of weak men and angry women. Well … AOC is demonstrating the accuracy of Tucker’s assessment below.
The context is she is campaigning for the “Democrat” Congressman who pulled a fire alarm to try to prevent a vote … obstructing an official proceeding … and got the lightest of slaps on the wrist because the “justice system” in America is a JOKE.
NEW: AOC goes on screaming rant and knocks over her mic while talking about taking “this country back” as Cardi B music blasts in the background.
Someone may need to do a wellness check on this woman.
The footage shared by @ScooterCasterNY shows AOC campaigning for… pic.twitter.com/4BLJFImH8D
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 22, 2024
And HERE is the Woke-Commie showing the voters her dance moves.
NYC: AOC Enters the Bowman rally stage dancing to “Enough” by Cardi B as they held a rally with Bernie Sanders at Bronx parkpic.twitter.com/3iyvJ2I865
— Oliya Scootercaster (@ScooterCasterNY) June 22, 2024
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I see in the New Hampshire Journal that the NHGOP is going to waste donor money in six figures again. It is the anniversary of the Dobbs decision, which correctly abandoned Roe v. Wade and sent the abortion question back to the states. Massachusetts and Mississippi are always going to decide differently, and under federalism, that is okay.
So New Hampshire Democrats are going to hold rallies, and the NHGOP is going to spend money — before the rallies — and pat itself on the back for being proactive rather than reactive. Here is the result:
1. Democrats will lie that Republicans want to take away your rights.
2. Republicans will whine that, no, that’s not what we intend.
3. Whom you believe will depend on whom you tend to believe.
4. So, does nothing change? No: New Hampshire Republicans are talking abortion — an issue where we ALWAYS LOSE.
And dissing our own evangelical faction in the process.
We are once again letting the enemy choose the battlefield.
The decision to devolve abortion to the states is correct and wise. The United States has regional social differences and there is no need, nor Constitutional mandate, to use federal force to put the regions in lockstep. Donald Trump really did get this done by appointing principled federalists to the Supreme Court. Early in this year’s campaign, he turned aside social conservatives and said that Republicans would run on abortion being an issue for the states.
He is wiser than the rest of you. Persuasive Karoline Leavitt (and I am so glad she’s making a difference with Trump rather than sucking up to the Sununu GOP to try to get them to lift a finger for her next time) repeatedly asserted she was not going to try to enact her religious beliefs into law. Unfortunately, “I have strong beliefs but am so libertarian I will do nothing to advance them” did not work for Mitt Romney, who does not have strong beliefs; it was a tougher sell for Karoline, a Catholic to the marrow, and it is the single issue that torpedoed her 2022 campaign.
So, obviously, New Hampshire Democrats want to go to that well again—and New Hampshire Republicans are spending six figures to help them—while Pretty Kelly Ayotte is adamant that she is running for state office to do nothing about it, while challenger Chuck Morse will slap back and make deals as he always has.
I voted for Karen Testerman twice because she’s in politics because she believes in stuff. But Republicans lose when the question is whether we want to use GUNPOINT to make people live more Christian lives. It’s the same as Democrats using GUNPOINT to make people conserve water, stop using hydrocarbons, wear feedbags if there’s a cold going around, treat minorities better, and promote cross-dressing. Republicans win when the question is whether we want to STOP USING GUNPOINT to force people who think abortion is murder to pay for abortions for strangers. When Jeanne Shaheen keeps saying this endangers “access to health care,” we should take apart that dishonest spin with specifics.
In the meantime, the correct response to the claim that a Republican candidate wants to limit abortion is: “No! But tax cuts and deregulation will get you a better job and put more money in your pocket.” Do we have any candidates with that level of intellectual dexterity?
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I do not want to write this article about the first impression I got when I saw a picture of Tyler Cherry, but it is hard not to. The White House is irate over the criticism of the current Interior Department assistant press secretary. Cherry is now associate communications director at the White House.
Cherry took action today to sterilize his online social fingerprint by deleting 2,496 tweets between Sunday night and Monday morning. Cherry’s actions were a good try, but his controversial tweets were out there for years. If any of them were damaging, they are already archived into people’s accounts who will use these radical tweets against the newly promoted staffer.
Biden is obviously rewarding this lifelong homosexual with a promotion during Pride Month to prove how WOKE he is. Still, you would think he would realize his most diverse administration has been an abject failure. In three-plus years, his staff may resemble the American quilt, but they have accomplished little and might as well be more like a comfort blanket. We have a perfect example of identity, or DEI hires, instead of choices made on meritocracy. Biden has satisfied a minute segment of his radical left, but as usual, he has done a disservice to the people of America. I am sure that Biden would have found thousands of qualified and competent applicants if he had searched for someone to fill this role without his preconceived requirements.
With Cherry, we have much more than a gay white man. We have someone who has views that are very dangerous for America and should have disqualified him from the job. Among the thousands of tweets he erased were some that showed his pure angst for the police, “Apt time to recall that the modern day police system is a direct evolution of slave patrols and lynch mobs.” “Abolish ICE,” and “Cheersing in bars to ending the occupation of Palestine no-hame and f-your glares.” He may have deleted these from X, but they will live on forever, as some of his followers shared them. Maybe he should have tried Hillary’s special bleach.
Cherry is much more than pro-Gaza. He is totally anti-Israel and has promoted “Russiagate”. He downplays these thousands of tweets as reflections of his beliefs when he was younger and does not mirror his current views. That line may work in Biden’s Human Resource Department, but not on the streets of America..These tweets are who Tyler Cherry is, and for the White House to be proud to have him on the staff is another indication the administration is not operating in our best interest but in satisfying those of every fringe group imaginable. Biden is getting redundant, though. We already have an incompetent gay, white male with Pete Buttigieg and a feckless gay black female with Karine Jean-Pierre. We didn’t need to check these boxes again. He could have done something different and unique and hired someone who could actually do the job.
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A favorite travel terminal at Boston’s Logan Airport features numerous championship banners honoring Boston’s pro teams: Bruins, Celtics, Patriots and Red Sox. Will a ceremony occur there when the Celtics’ 18th banner joins all the rest?
The afterglow from the Celtics’ recent NBA title triumph still lights our sports world. And it will for a while. One loves how a title team unites a community—regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, or political persuasion.
So, what can one add to all that’s been written about 6/17’s record 18th Celtic championship?
How about a Sport-Thought re: the extraordinary spiritual/religious reflections expressed by so many of the C’s following their wonderful win?
Boston head coach Joe Mazzulla shared that his family’s post-championship travels will take them to the Holy Land—as opposed to Disney Land.
Mazzulla is a devout Catholic who claims his identity flows from his “purpose” and “faith.” He has a green and gold wooden rosary made from the Boston Garden’s original parquet floor.
Other Celtics like Jayson Tatum were prayerful following the victory.
“First of all, God is the greatest,” said Tatum, according to NBC sports. “Not because we won, but to put me into a position to maximize my God-given ability to surround me with these guys, my family. It’s an incredible feeling.”
Thirty-eight-year-old C’s forward Al Horford is a devout member of the Church of God Ministry of Jesus Christ International. He wasn’t shy about showing his grateful side on national television minutes after the Celtics’ penultimate 106-88 win over the Dallas Mavericks, proclaiming “La Gloria a Dios” (The Glory of God) to countless millions. Faith and perseverance eventually rewarded the Dominican star with a title, ending the league’s longest active streak of career playoff games without a championship (186). Horford had certainly been otherwise blessed in many ways. (His wife, Amelia Vega, was Miss Universe 2003.)
Celtic star Jrue Holiday has a Bible passage tattooed on his left forearm from Philippians 4:6-7 about finding peace through faith in God.
Other Celtics like backup center Luke Kornet also draw strength, hope and inspiration from their beliefs. A devout Catholic, Kornet is a “Knight of Columbus” who attends Mass whenever he can. He’s proud of the perspective and balance his faith has provided him during his life journey.
And so it goes with all of the above as well as other Celtics like playoff MVP Jaylen Brown, who like Tatum and Horford, also referenced the Almighty while speaking to those untold millions around the world during the post-game interviews. The players’ auras and actions speak to teamwork, mutual support, and cooperation. The team transmitted the positive energy typically exuded by true people of faith—as opposed to the angry energy we so often see surrounding non-believing progressives.
There’s no shortage of unhappy folks who denounce and demean people of faith. Progressives cite the 1st Amendment while seeking to allow pornographic materials in school libraries while often quashing religious expression—even though the 1st Amendment expressly guarantees freedom of religious expression! Our society has evolved into a lesser, coarser place since I was a youngster when most folks went to church, and we actually prayed in public schools.
To be sure, religious communities do have their share of hypocrites and charlatans—which angry progressives love to point out. And Celtic spiritual energy didn’t keep the C’s from losing a Game 7 at home to Miami last year.
Still, the Celtic post-game religious “afterglow” was compelling and inspiring, at least to those willing to enjoy—if not embrace—it all. Will this new “Celtic Way” positively influence others in the future?
One wag suggested that the Detroit Pistons—who just finished 50 games behind the Celtics—hire a chaplain as an assistant coach.
Maybe Al Horford?
“La Gloria a Dios.”
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Back in the day, about sixty years ago, the Celtics dominated the NBA for 13 years, winning 11 championships. Only John Wooden and his UCLA Bruins may have had a better run. There was one constant with all of those banners hanging from the old Garden rafters: the coach.
Red Auerbach was a one-man show, wearing all of the hats of the organization. He was Coach, General Manager, and President. Red would not have known what to do with a row of specialty coaches sitting behind the bench as they do today. Each team has more coaches than players. It seems so unnecessary. You are probably wondering where I am going with this line of thought. I’m getting there.
The first Presidential debate is scheduled for this Thursday, and the two candidates could not be more different, even in their debate prep. Trump is old school. He is Red Auerbach. He is campaigning daily and holding rallies at night. Trump is aware of the events of the world and has his answers down pat for any question. Biden is the new school, baby. He is in seclusion at Camp David, working hard with his 16 debate coaches to grasp current events. He is also practicing how to mask the least successful presidency in history. The Dems are getting more anxious as we get closer to show time. The legacy media is bracing for a Biden loss, and Obama and Hilary are making noise about a replacement for Biden should he bomb on Thursday night.
Biden has to stay away from policy discussion and stick to insulting Trump. Trump has to stay away from personal attacks and stick to policies. Trump has a record showing the contrast between his and Biden’s terms. He does have to go after the lies that have become the Biden legacy. The Biden surrogates are spread across America, trying to convince Americans that they are better off under Biden. Lying to us is insulting enough, but trying to convince us we have amnesia and do not appreciate the good times we are in. They use a similar approach to people who said they were better off under Trump. They are trying to convince these people they do not remember the Trump years and were not good.
The prep the Dems feel Biden needs is sad. This man is the leader of the free world, and he needs to spend time in a simulated CNN set to develop a comfort level for the aging president. They have Biden standing for ninety minutes twice a day to try to prepare him physically. Unless they turn to some magical pharmaceutical to get him stoked, as they did for the State of the Union, the Dems cannot turn Biden into a younger, more vital version in a week.
Finally, the debate for Trump will be unfair. It will be one against three, as two allies from CNN join Biden. Jake Tapper and Dana Bash have been open about their disdain for Trump. They will use their roles in the debate to bolster Biden and tear down Trump. Knowing this makes a Trump win on Thursday night even more impressive.
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Did you know that the people funding the Keep It in the Ground Corps are a handful of obscenely wealthy individuals who probably haven’t a clue what it is like to live in the real world? They push electrification and (of course) electric vehicles.
I have long referred to EVs (still not green) as lawn ornaments of the rich and famous. They are a partisan niche product—impractical virtue trophies signaling the presence of right-thinking minds. And the data supports that.
My second thought, after basking in the glow of confirmation bias with receipts, was that these are likely some of the wealthiest countries in America as well.
Surprise! That’s true, too. Fifteen of the top 20 counties listed above are among the richest in the land. Those not in the top 10 include LA County, Sacramento, Fresno, Multnomah, and Honolulu—all still top-heavy, with Democrats buying cars that run on coal or natural gas.
Did you know that half of all EVs in the US are concentrated in California, Florida, and Texas? That’s probably a good idea, given how poorly they run in cold weather.
You’ll still see a few further north, but they were unaffordable even before the economy hit the shit!tter. Add to that their impracticality, and it becomes less likely that regular folks will ever even try to adopt them, which puts their political advocates in a bad spot. They want to mandate these things over the next decades.
And we’re not talking about rolling up a sleeve for an untested experimental injection. America’s cultural heritage may be in tatters, but convincing people they have to drive a car that is not just impractical but unaffordable? It should cost them the state legislatures where they’ve advanced it and keep them from taking ones where they’d like to.
The problem, of course, is messaging.
Greta was just the latest climate prophet to predict our end in 2018 when she said we’d be in a doom loop in five years if we didn’t abandon fossil fuels—another in a long line of experts who declared ice-less poles and dire consequences to follow. It’s why we are all supposed to embrace EVs or else. As far as I can tell, being wrong, especially given the real-world price we’re expected to pay to accommodate these progressive propagandist prognostications, hasn’t cost them a thing.
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The NHGOP Establishment is such a gaggle of beta leaf-eaters that they believe that “pledging” to keep abortion legal under any circumstances for six months is “playing offense.” At the outset, to be clear, the majority of voters in this State are reprobates whose moral compasses (if they have any) are beyond repair … so the present law is likely the best you can do.
The point of this post is that the beta boys (and beta girls) who “lead” the NHGHOP have no idea what “playing offense” actually entails.
Playing offense means calling every prominent Democrat who claims New Hampshire has an “abortion ban” a LIAR and calling them liars publicly, loudly, and relentlessly. Even better, call them F_____G LIARS because that is what they are. Point out that someone who will LIE to you about one thing will lie to you about other things, as, for example, Cindy WORMington did when she was a shill for big pharma.
But the NHGOP, of course, won’t do this BECAUSE IT TAKES TESTOSTERONE, which is in short supply and, in most cases, nonexistent among NHGOP “leadership.” Above all, these hopeless eunuchs believe in “losing gracefully.”
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Missouri v Biden, Murthy case re: free speech, horribly decided by SCOTUS; the doctrine of “standing”; should court rulings affect only specific cases or be sweeping for anyone affected even indirectly or subject to such in the future; how absolutely should the 2nd amendment be read? Should we have a right to social media publishing anything we want to share? Assange’s release—did his leaks endanger the lives of soldiers? Does SCOTUS horse-trade on cases? Tomorrow night’s debate between Trump and Biden;
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In my last article, I noted that back in February 2023, the Director of Racial Equity, Xusana Davis, warned in testimony that the Clean Heat Standard in its then-current form was not an equitable piece of legislation, listed a number of problems with the bill, and hasn’t been heard from since. Weirdly so. This got me wondering: where are Davis and her Office in all this mess? Bueller?… Bueller?….
Here we have a law that is supposed to change how our entire economy works and our very way of life – with lots of so-called “social justice” and “equity” issues at stake, not to mention the accompanying tornado of politically correct, social justice warrior lingo, official and unofficial — and the Office of Racial Equity (which its website insists is “not exclusively focused on only certain racial and ethnic groups—we support equity for all of Vermont’s residents and visitors,” so we all have a stake in its ostensible mission of fairness) has absolutely nothing to say about it? Again, I say, weird.
The Climate Council has nine members from the Administration on it, plus five more non-member appointees to subcommittees – NONE from the Office of Racial (But Not Really Racial!) Equity. Not even on the Council’s Just Transitions subcommittee for which, one would think, it would be a natural if not critical fit.
The Public Utilities Commission’s Equity Advisory Group on the Clean Heat Standard has three Administration members representing the Department of Public Service, the Department of Children and Families, and the Vermont State Housing Authority. But NO ONE from the Office of Racial (But Not Really Racial!) Equity Office. For crying out loud, the two entities have the same operative word in their titles, but… no? Weird.
Are Davis and her Office being ironically discriminated against? Intentionally silenced on this issue? If so, they don’t seem to care. About that, this, or apparently anything. It turns out my mystification about the Office’s disinterested silence on climate policy isn’t limited to just climate policy.
According to the Racial Equity Office’s state website, the last public meeting it held took place on July 26, 2023. The one before that on March 15, 2023. There are currently no events listed on its calendar.
As far as I can tell, neither Davis nor anyone in her office has ever issued a press release on any policy, anything of substance, or really anything at all. Every press release posted on its webpage is a reprint of something put out by the Governor’s office recognizing one day of recognition or another, the last one being a boilerplate hat tip to Black History Month last February signed by Governor Scott.
Even this year, when the Vermont legislature moved forward a proposed Constitutional Amendment adding an “equal protection” clause, PR.4, the Office of Racial (But Not Really Racial) Equity didn’t release a public statement as concise as “Yippee!” That’s weird.
A Google search of “Xusana Davis VT/news” returns less than a page of hits, the latest of which is an October 2023 article on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to supply translation services in emergency situations in which she is quoted. Interesting, but more important than an energy policy that will likely impact low-income and other economically vulnerable Vermonters’ ability to survive winter and/or afford to stay in their homes? I don’t think so!
It’s almost as if this whole office is just an expensive, taxpayer-funded, BS façade that is intended to be seen (as a “social justice” fig leaf to distract and placate the masses of low-information Leftist drones) but not heard, certainly not in any meaningful way on any policy of substance. And its members seem okay with that role.
The near total lack of documented activity by the Office after early 2023 led me to wonder if the thing had been quietly shut down, just as Burlington recently defunded its not particularly useful Racial Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity department to help curb out-of-control spending. But no. There in the state budget was listed the salary and benefits package for the “Exec. Dir. Of Racial Equity” at $167,143, plus two more additions to the team, an Education and Outreach Associate and an Equity Policy and Research Analyst at $103,123 and $95,553 respectively, bringing the office’ complement up to five members.
All doing what and to what end, one asks.
When the highly touted equity goals in arguably the most far-reaching economically disruptive policy in our state are overtly and aggressively tossed out the window… (Quote: “We’re taxing the poor so that the rich can benefit,” Christopher Trombly, Equity Advisory Group. Quote: “We don’t do things based on helping poor people. We do things based on saving the world,” Sen. Mark MacDonald on the Clean Heat Standard. Quote: “The whole Clean Heat Standard… was a boondoggle that really is designed to support entrenched interests,” Pike Porter, Equity Advisory Group.)… and the Office of Racial Equity has nothing to say, what good is it? And why should we taxpayers continue to fund it?
Rob Roper is a freelance writer with 20 years of experience in Vermont politics, including three years of service as chair of the Vermont Republican Party and nine years as President of the Ethan Allen Institute, Vermont’s free-market think tank. He is also a regular contributor to VermontGrok.
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It has been extremely disconcerting and frustrating watching our once great country change so dramatically away from the fundamental principles on which our brilliant forefathers created it. That change began with the election of Barack Obama and his call to “fundamentally transform” America into a more Socialistic entity.
We had a brief reprieve during the first Trump Presidency, but then the Pandemic and the abysmal Biden term escalated the transformation called for by Obama. We Conservatives feared our country had been lost, and its total collapse was possible in our lifetime. We could sense the end of the grand experiment that those wise men who created her had predicted. But over the last couple of years, there are signs of a reversal and a return to the sanity of the middle ground politically and philosophically that some of us thought would never happen, and we now have some hope that reports of the death of America were premature.
The first sign of change happened just two years ago, as we just recognized the second anniversary of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. This dramatic change in abortion law could never have happened without Donald Trump being elected and having the opportunity to place three conservative justices on the Court. This decision by the Court stuck a dagger into the souls of the Left and has been their sole focus for the two years since. The insatiable thirst on the Left for reproductive freedom is one of the reasons we have Joe Biden in the White House, but the Left may have finally played its cards too soon. Access to abortions, climate change, eliminating prisons, and DEI became the platform of the Left, and it appears that America has seen enough and is ready to resist this liberalization of America.
The DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) movement born during the George Floyd and BLM era of the Summer of Love in 2022 may have run its course. DEI had become the driving force for schools, businesses, government, and even our military. DEI replaced the goals of excellence and meritocracy, eroding the foundation on which America was built. BLM forced our small town in NH to hire a DEI counselor in 2022 for the school district. This year, he was fired after a group of parents had said enough. We are starting to take back our country.
Louisiana just passed into law a mandate that all public school classrooms throughout the state display the Ten Commandments. This is one of the first steps towards putting God back in the schools where he belongs. Many school changes and drops in test scores can point back to God being expelled from public schools. We are starting to take back our country.
Tennessee just signed into law, making July a month of prayer and fasting. The idea is to bring spirituality and discipline back into the public schools. We are starting to take back our country.
Representative Jamaal Bowman is a far left Squad member and about to lose his seat in the New York Democrat primary. The Squad likes to think they are invincible, but this shows that maybe New York City has seen enough of the Squad, and Sandy Cortez should take a look over her shoulder, too. We are starting to take back our country.
These are tiny steps, and we have a long way to go, but they are heading in the right direction, and we should celebrate every step from the Left toward the center or Right as a win.
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When AFP used to hold national events for bloggers, I used to meet up with John Hawkins to talk shop and yak. In fact, his Right Wing News blog site was one of the first national blog sites to link to us and did so on a number of occasions (again, thanks, John!).
He’s gone through a number of websites, always writing from a conservative standpoint, and at each one, after achieving some notoriety and hits, Big Tech would smother him. So, like Lloyd Alter (Carbon Upfront!) and our own Steve Mac Donald (aptly named Steve’s Substack), John decided to go Substack subscription with Culturecidal, where he won’t get canceled.
John has a post titled “20 Signs That America’s Culture is Deeply Unhealthy.” After writing “The Decline of Christianity in the US” (which was supposed to be a Data Point post, but like many, the post took a different turn, so Steve renamed it) and seeing John parallel it (albeit in a different manner), I thought it would be helpful for Grok readers to see his point of view.
Below are some of his points, but his post starts off by using what a Qatarian wrote about a gay American and Americans trying to shove our culture over Qatar culture. So why does the Left call out Western culture for being “colonialist” when the Left is going all “transgender/multiculti/Social Justice” on others?
But I digress. Here’s John’s points on the decay of the American morality (abridged in some cases):
1) Abortion: Since the Roe vs. Wade decision in 1973, 63 million children have been slaughtered. That’s approaching ten times as many people who were killed during the Holocaust…is arguably the single most monstrous act by any nation in all of recorded human history.
2) The divorce rate: Depending on which statistics you believe, roughly 40-50% of first marriages end in divorce today and the numbers only go up in 2nd and 3rd marriages. On the other hand, although it’s increasing, the divorce rate in India, for example, is about 1.1%.
Co-habitating is going up. Unfortunately, they fail more often than marriage and at a faster rate. Who pays? The children left behind. If the mother is a serial cohabitator, the effects on a young child are also monstrous as well from a psychological standpoint. With a revolving door of boyfriends, the mom’s attention is on the boyfriend and not on the kids. The younger kids see another father figure pop into their lives; the first couple gets the full attachment treatment from the kids. But as the pop-ins and pop-outs continue to happen, distrust sets in, knowing that this attachment won’t happen because in just a little while, he’ll be gone just like the others.
I’m betting you all know how that turns out as the child ages and then blows up in middle/high school and later. This is future relationship destruction in slow motion.
3) Drug use: Americans are some of the heaviest drug users on planet Earth. The statistics are stunning.
- “37% of the population struggles with illicit drug use and 12% struggle with both alcohol and drug use.”
- *66% of all Americans are actively taking some type of prescription drug. This amounts to 131 million Americans.”
- “Overdose deaths tripled in the decade between 1999 and 2019 (from 6.1 to 21.6 per 100,000). Much of this increase is related to the widespread opioid epidemic that has swept the nation in recent years.”
Do I need to explain how this affects an addict’s family?
4) Authoritarian impulses under COVID: We literally had businesses forced to shut down by the government, people who lost their jobs for refusing to take a poorly tested, dubiously effective vaccine, and police harassing people in churches and on beaches for refusing to bow to capricious, obviously ineffective COVID regulations.
5) The birth rate: A society needs a birth rate of 2.1 children per couple to keep from shrinking without immigration. Currently, in the United States, ours is 1.64. In other words, our civilization is slowly dying off.
6) Marriage: Marriage has often been correctly called, “the bedrock of society.” Yet, in 2021, the average age that Americans first got married was 28.6 years old. That’s up from 22.9 years old in 1920. Meanwhile, only 45% of Americans are married. That’s down from 67.4% in 1960.
And the Left keeps redefining what a family can be, should be, even as it wages war on the traditional nuclear family (e.g., States passing laws that effectively cuts parents out of their childrens’ lives when it comes to gender identity and medical decisions? That schools should have a higher level authority than Parents?
7) Victim-oriented culture: Americans are increasingly embracing a victim-oriented culture where whoever can portray himself as the most pathetic, the most hurt, and the most victimized is catered to by society.
DEI is correctly labeled as DIE by many conservatives – it is killing American Culture and setting American Society on fire. Fortunately, a new acronym definition is rising on the Right:
Didn’t Earn It
8) Gender confusion: We now have many Americans that have personal pronouns, embrace made-up sexualities, and believe that they can change their gender at will. These false, unscientific beliefs are often even promoted to children in schools.
9) Hatred of America: Liberals in America often demonize their own country, mock patriotic people, and treat their country’s flag like a hateful symbol of intolerance. Seeing so many Americans that openly despise and want to fundamentally transform what has arguably been the most successful and prosperous nation in human history is almost strange beyond belief.
10) Race obsession: No matter how thin the connection may seem to be, nearly EVERYTHING in America gets turned into a racial issue. Farmer’s markets, trees, immigration, skiing, voter ID, national parks – it all gets boiled down to race. It’s utterly obsessive and bizarre.
11) Political obsession: When a society becomes so obsessed with politics that it’s even weirdly shoehorned into sporting events, it makes it extraordinarily difficult for the populace to continue to get along. If even sports aren’t a politics-free zone, almost nowhere will be.
The Left came up with “The Political is Personal, the Personal is Political” and have implemented it completely. NOTHING is out of bounds from politics and NO ONE can escape it.
12 Censorship: In the mainstream media, social media, and many colleges, draconian censorship has been embraced to try to shut down alternate ideas that in more than a few cases, have later proven correct.
There can be only one rightthought and you will be canceled if you don’t adopt it. Between this and #11, we are in an active Culture Civil War not of our making. Whereas many of just want to be part of the Left-Alone Coalition, the Left, in its many manifestations, won’t allow anyone to be left alone or neutral.
13) Sanctioned political violence: In 2020, we saw sanctioned political violence in cities all across the country. Left-wing protesters were allowed to burn, loot and break the law at will with minimal consequences or political interference in many big liberal cities.
14) Cell phone obsession: The average American checks their cell phone 96 times per day.
15) Drag queen story hours: We’re now at a point where everywhere from schools to government agencies are trying to be involved with weird, sexually themed drag shows. It’s nothing less than an attempt to sexualize and groom children on a wide scale.
16) Breakdown of law and order: In many liberal cities, the law essentially sides with the criminals against law-abiding citizens. Criminals are allowed to shoplift without consequences, often aren’t charged or held on bail even if they’re caught and the emphasis is on restraining and defunding the police, not the criminals victimizing the populace.
17) Fake hate crimes: The desire to be considered a victim in America is now so strong that the vast majority of hate crimes turn out to be hoaxes.
18) Declining trust in institutions: Trust in many critical American institutions has cratered to some of the lowest levels in history. Just to name a few examples, only 11% of Americans have a great deal/quite a lot of confidence in television news. That same number for Congress is 7%. Newspapers? 16%. Church/organized religion? 31%. Public schools? 28%. The presidency? 23%.
And deservedly so given that they have rejected traditional American values and have acted in ways that have emphasized what they are doing. We often point that the Left has just about completed its decades Long March through our Institutions – they are now starting to suffer the overreach.
19) Children born to unmarried women: 40% of children are now born to unmarried women. That is compared to roughly 5% of children that were born to unmarried women in 1960.
See #6. Why is this happening? Deliberate destruction of the nuclear family, breaking the bonds of parents to children, and a continual growing trend of Government by those that believe in Government more than individuals, to make Government both Mommy and Daddy until a family is anything and everyone.
Which is to say, a family unit no longer exists. The whole idea of a family is to no longer exist.
20) Differences so great they’re increasing the chances of civil war: Various polls have found that a large percentage of Americans believe we could be on the brink of another civil war.
And like the top of his post, which I’d ask you to read, he adds more to that last point so please read that, too. It seems like lots of conservatives are talking about it as well.
There’s only two comments on John’s post. OK, people, it should be easy for y’all to do FAR more!
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The forces of postmodernism require opening with a disclaimer just for the record, so let’s get that formality out of the way because the usual gaslighters await.
Everyone has their own unique pursuit of happiness, and I support gay people being treated with the same baseline respect that straight people would want for themselves, but I’m not here to talk about WHETHER or not there should be a gay parade. Or should I say “WEATHER or not?” It did indeed rain on Nashua’s Pride parade on Main St. I’m sure most fans of such events are likely to blame climate change or blame Trump for that, but I’ll step aside for the religious experts as they’re sure to say it’s an act of God.
Mr. Scaer, who is once again Rosenwald’s opponent and could use all the help he can get fighting that fixture, took some raw video of the parade, which took place in what’s perhaps the geographic center of Senate District 13.
More on geography in a moment, but Beth shared a snippet of Ward 4 Rep Paige Beauchemin in the parade, which took place in Ward 4. I could go on a side trip about many political products of Ward 4, such as Alderman Lopez, who’s been dubbed “the homelessness champion” by former Alderman Comeau. There’s also multi-year serial no-show senior swamp rat, former Rep Cote, who was(or still is) suing the Speaker to bring remote participation to the House on session days, and disgraced trans criminal former Rep SM Laughton. I won’t digress any more on this, so let’s get back to the parade, shall we?
When I commented to Beth about Ms. Melanie Levesque following Paige Beauchemin at a safe (meaning 6+’ for covidiots) distance, she pointed out Beauchemin was also being trailed by Colin Van Ostern (CVO), who happens to be the one selected by Annie Kusturd.
I’ll remind the readers that Annie likes yammering about “strong women,” yet she endorsed CVO, but let’s get back to geography.
Related: DC Insider Maggie Goodlander’s Benghazi Baggage
CVO has no ties to Nashua, which certainly doesn’t prevent his participation in a Nashua parade, and he certainly was not a “fair WEATHER friend” regarding his unconditional participation. Beth commented that he looked miserable and like he didn’t want to be there. To that, I asked if the OTHER Maggie was there.
Maggie TAMPOSI Goodlander, who likes to use that locally known household name, Tamposi, was not seen in the parade, but that doesn’t necessarily mean she wasn’t there. Doing my due diligence, I sent Beth a message asking if Goodlander was there and awaited her answer because I was not. Nor did I comb her internet calendars and activities to see what was on her calendar for Saturday afternoon, but let the readers be reminded that she’s a carpetbagger and a fake renter.
The fake residence she is calling home (to the Secretary of State’s office) is 44 High St, which is just a leap, hop, and a skip to the famous Jersey barriers lining the parade on Main St. Has anyone recently seen her entering or leaving the building known as 44 High St? I think the residents living in one or more of the 155 other units there ought to be asked.
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Everyone should know that JUNETEENTH was NOT the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, a Union General ordered the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas. The Emancipation Proclamation ONLY applied to States that had seceded.
Slavery persisted in slave-States that had not seceded from the Union until the 13th Amendment was ratified, which was not until December 6, 1865.
Yet here we have the NH Democrats tweeting that Juneteenth was “the end of slavery.”
If you wanted to commemorate the actual end of slavery, then the Holiday would be on December 6th.
To be clear, I don’t have a problem with a holiday commemorating the end of slavery. Indeed, I think such a holiday is quite appropriate. I don’t have a problem with such a holiday being celebrated on June 19th, as long as it is clear what did and did not happen on that date.
What I do have a problem with is how casually the Left rewrites history. It is, in a word, Orwellian.
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We have once more landed upon the day of hump. Friday, eve, eve day. The middle of the traditional work week. And in celebration of this accomplishment, we bring you crass nonsense, biting sarcasm, and (some) perhaps not entirely appropriate digs on our political opponents.
As a reminder, these are memes. If you feel the need to fact-check one, you should stop looking at memes and return to your Biden Family Climate Cult Hymnal.
These are memes! Memes! And duplicates from past installments are a possibility, but we’ve got an infinite number of theoretical monkeys working to avoid that.
Enjoy!
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What is a Limousine Liberal? “…They are the same people that demand public education for all of you without choice but then send their sniveling little brats to private education with high tuitions. They are…”
Yes, Cinde Warmington, a Democrat running to be the next New Hampshire Governor, knows that sentence very well, don’t you?
Warmington, Craig, and the unions, are all staunch opponents of New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Accounts, the school choice program that allows families to opt out of the public school system.
“We don’t take taxpayer dollars to subsidize private schools,” Warmington told WMUR last year.
Both of Warmington’s children attended the elite Tilton School for secondary education, an independent boarding and preparatory school in New Hampshire. Tilton charges $38,500 for day school and nearly $67,000 for boarding school.
She’s our modern-day Marie Antoinette: “Let them eat cake.” There are people “who want to force you to practice views they refuse to practice.” That’s Grgg Gutfeld, and he has more to say on the matter. This is for you, Cinde.
So this was sort of good. Not bad.@greggutfeld on the definition of
“limousine liberal.”
We hoi polloi understand this. #TheFive pic.twitter.com/hQSK2OXWIE
— Heather Champion (@winningatmylife) March 29, 2024
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