The Progressive Liberal Left is apoplectic about Elon Musk and Twitter suspending the accounts of six journalists for seven days. The cries of censorship are loud and critical of Musk’s actions in the light of his proclaiming the new Twitter is a platform based on the first amendment and freedom of speech.

There are so many things about this situation to mull over.

My first thought is that we have given Twitter, and every social platform, far too much importance in life and politics. The key word is social. Computer geeks initially set these up to share ideas, pictures, and videos and create a virtual circle of friends. Facebook was a fun project designed by then student Marc Zuckerberg to rate girls on the Harvard campus. The public gained access, and now there are billions of users, making Zuckerberg a wealthy man. Now you would be hard-pressed to find someone’s cellphone that doesn’t have a combination of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and, unfortunately, TikTok installed. These programs have generations of addicted followers.

For many people, these social platforms have replaced face-to-face relationships. People have a different persona on these programs when what they say is from a keyboard and not from their lips. It has created a new sense of bravado. The biggest problem is that people do not take the step to vet what they read online. Most believe that if it is in print or online, it must be fact. There is a false sense of credibility online.

These programs belong to the developer, owner, or company that controls the program or app. In a way, they can do whatever they want with content, except that the government has given these platforms specific tax considerations as long as they are an open platform. Once someone like Musk starts moderating content, they should lose these monetary breaks.

None of the people upset about these “journalists” suspensions were up in arms about the permanent banning of President Trump. None of these people have an issue with Ayatollah Khamenei being on Twitter, where he can spread his anti-Semitic drivel to millions. These platforms are rife with contradictions, hyperbole, and hypocrisy. Controlling or moderating these media outlets can only be subjective, and every decision will upset half the subscribers.

What is free speech? This question has been debated for centuries. The suspended journalists had not written opinion pieces or reported newsworthy topics. They all were tweeting the location of Elon Musk’s private jet in real-time. Musk and his family are constantly threatened by bodily harm, and to supply their whereabouts in detail puts them at significant risk. That is not the purpose of free speech. That is called doxxing and can be extremely dangerous. Elon Musk has every right to remove dangerous information and penalize those who publish the info. You agree to abide by the rules when you join one of these platforms. The people complaining about the recent suspensions should go to the rules and read the fine print.

Most people can agree with keeping government interjection out of these social media outlets and ensuring that election interference is not part of the output. If found to happen and can be proven, strict controls or penalties must be levied. These projects have become too powerful to be ignored, and except for the new Twitter, the Left controls social media content. Again they have shown how proactive the Party is to ensure future power and control over this country. We on the Right need to get creative to balance the scales.

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Here’s an idea I have blatantly hijacked from the fascist left. They wanted (many of them demanded) that victims of COVID vaccine self-harm get privileges denied to everyone else. Papers, please! Yes, passports. Well, why can’t we protect the New Hampshire advantage similarly?

The Northeast has more Democrats “than at which one might shake a stick.” But some have had what they think is a political road to Damascus moment (not that they could tell you what that means). Serial casualties of ballot-box self-harm, they find themselves overwhelmed by the burden of the Administrative state they erected, the cure for which appears to be in New Hampshire.

The last refuge of liberty in the region, clinging to that rhetorical tree like the leaf that refuses to fall even as winter sets in.

Much like the jabbed, these politically poisoned persons -best intentions aside – are better spreaders of the partisan progressive disease. They move from Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, or Connecticut and relocate to the Granite State. It’s beautiful, scenic, and safe, but how much would it hurt to add sidewalks, streetlights, or diversity administrators in the local schools?

The infection begins the moment they arrive. And while some might make it (or fake it) to the next federal election before renouncing their tryst with lady liberty as an unfortunate indiscretion, only a few genuinely accept that less is more when it comes to government.

What is a Free State to do?

Democrats wanted vaccine passports the way addicts need a fix. Fascist blood boiling for control, indifferent to history and where it leads. Let’s give them what they want (in reverse)? Freedom Passports. These beauties will include their publicly available party voting preference for the past four elections. Incoming invaders must present them before renting or buying property in New Hampshire.

Too much blue? New Hampshire’s not for you.

And if they are not up to date, we will presume you are still a Liberty Denier and ineligible for the common privileges others enjoy. I’m kidding, of course, but more than a few twigs snapped at the suggestion.

How dare you deny someone’s choices? This from the people who wanted to mandate the injection with boosters with police state-like monitoring.

Strange thing. People who felt they had not been provided enough information to give informed consent for the Jab would be denied fundamental freedoms, but at least a few among the misinformation disinformation crowd have been forced to accept the “vaccine deniers” were right. Amnesty, they say, and sorry about all that.

No.

The cure doesn’t prevent infection or transmission. There are significant risks that were never reported to patients. Even boosters make you more susceptible to hospitalization or death if you catch COVID more than once, which they do not prevent. At least 25% of Jabbed women report persistent menstruation issues, and the number of stillborns in Western countries has set records. Then there’s sudden adult death syndrome. They’re still in open denial about that, and the elites are still pressing their case. A new plague is undoubtedly in the offing with a reciprocal cure that transfers wealth to the ruling class oligarchs.

Liberty deniers, to the last.

Sadly, few, if any, of them will be held responsible for advocating the poison or the call for the abrogation of fundamental human or natural rights. The media that hyped the unchallenged narratives without question or joined the call to silence conscientious objectors won’t likely suffer either.

Maybe what we need is a passport that identifies them as that instead? Stooges for the ruling class messaging machine. As easy as an App on their phone, yes – we wouldn’t want to waste the paper. Make them show their credentials at every political event at which they speak or under every report. Oh, wait, we already have one—Party registration records.

Maybe that Democrat party passport idea isn’t such a bad one after all.

 

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Veterans enlist in the service, work for the military, and either go to war or support those who do. It’s a job that leads to stress and all kinds of problems. While we need to support veterans to help them live the best lives they can live after they leave the service, we seem to fail again and again in this regard.

Whether a veteran needs it, there are plenty of ways for them to create better lives for themselves and for the civilian public to help them get there. Below are five ways that American veterans can create a better life.

Take Advantage of Benefits

There are all kinds of benefits that veterans should take advantage of. There are veteran disability benefits for people who have been injured in the line of duty. There are subsidies for living arrangements. There is help with food and other essentials. The Veterans Association should be helping more veterans find not just jobs but new vocations for the rest of their lives. Whether you are a veteran yourself or are trying to help a veteran who is close to you, the benefits that are available to veterans should be utilized.

Find Support Groups

If a veteran has seen battle, there are some things that they should talk about and release from their psyche. Support groups are available for veterans across the country. Furthermore, if the person has begun self-medicating with drugs and alcohol, there are plenty of group meetings to help them stay sober and get a handle on their life after the military. There is a staggering amount of addiction and mental health issues in veterans. No matter how the person is doing, it’s crucial to find support groups that will help a veteran live their best life no matter what their situation is.

Seek Treatment for Mental Health & Addiction

Sometimes the situation is beyond the support group. A lot of veterans have problems with mental health and addiction. When their health has crossed a line, the answer could be for them to seek proper treatment. Whether this is in an inpatient treatment center, in trauma therapy, or in an outpatient rehab for addiction, there are all kinds of facilities that can help. If money is an issue, it’s possible to find subsidies. There are so many ways for a veteran to get the help they need. They shouldn’t suffer in silence. So, if you or someone you know needs treatment, it’s important for the person to get into a good program before worrying about the expense.

Receive Appreciation & Love

It doesn’t matter what you think it all, veterans need to be appreciated like anyone else. It makes no difference whether you agree with the cause they were involved in or not, they gave themselves. It’s important to show them love and appreciation. There are plenty of ways to do this. It’s as simple as throwing a barbecue or volunteering to provide support to these people. Whether you have a veteran in your life or not, there is no shortage of ways to show these people they love they deserve.

Seek Medical Services

Even with the benefits, medical attention can be expensive. This is especially the case when the person was injured in battle. Do they need surgery? Do they need long-term physical or occupational therapy? Do they need a primary care doctor? The benefits veterans have should provide for their basic needs, but these organizations don’t function without volunteers and money coming in. If you want to do something for the community of veterans, you could donate your money or your time.

Veterans are people who have given themselves to a very specific thing. Some have benefited greatly from their experience and others have suffered greatly. Luckily, there are services in place for veterans and many other ways that these people can get the help and support they need. Beyond physical and mental health, a good life comes from direction and the ability to transfer their skills into a new area.

The ways that veterans need assistance are clear. It’s not hard to determine the areas they could use more help. If we work towards providing these things and mitigating the bureaucracy that takes too long, veterans can create better lives that are healthy and happy.

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After watching their quarterly earnings drop for a seventh consecutive time the masters of programming at Disney believe they have just the venture to overturn their capsizing business. Seizing on the spot soon to be vacated by a failing CNN network that can barely pull five hundred thousand viewers for their prime time programming, Disney has announced they will be launching their latest network named after their iconic fake boy Pinocchio. a winking Brian Stelter said:

Honesty was the best policy, b-u-u-u-t, as everyone knows, this is the era of mostly honest news. So who better to lead that charge than Pinocchio?”

Stelter has been made the new head Media Analyst after leaving CNN due to a lack of financial support where the company simply stopped paying him.

Stelter is looking to reinvent his image after taking a pounding over the past five years thanks in large part to fellow media analyst Mark Dice. Dice coined the phrase “little” Brian Stelter while heavily criticizing his approach to media analysis by parodying him using a now-famous alto-heavy impersonation. As Stelter’s CNN show “Reliable Sources” plummeted he managed to gain cult-like fame from Mark Dice whose show was the first conservative Youtube channel to reach 1 million followers.

After years of serving as Dice’s punching bag Stelter has an apt new look. Eager to become the face of the Pinocchio Network Stelter recently had plastic surgery to lengthen his nose by nearly five inches.

“Cyrano eat your heart out!” Stelter squeaks in his now famous high pitched tone while holding his profile for all to admire the nearly titanic shape of his new proboscis. “Do you smell that? That’s the smell of success,” boasts the analyst, famous for his mastery of rhetorical questions.

Stelter’s excitement is contagious in the largely wooden office space. It seems his colleagues from CNN are lining up outside to help staff the new media channel. Several former CNN producers, who left over a disagreement about their approach to childcare, are positioning themselves to head up the growing list of shows.

Ludlow, Vermont’s own John Griffin, currently in court over a babysitting mishap, has been tapped to oversee the prime time investigative show The Boy Who Cried Wolf Blitzer, where the show’s titular host spends the hour investigating and debunking children who lie. A trusted insider tells us they have evidence the entire Jeffery Espstein scandal was made up by some high school girls who either had daddy issues or were merely starved for attention.

The late night slot features a new look at today’s adult dating scene with relationship expert Chris Cuomo in the aptly named Cuomosexual. This variety show offers a little something for everyone. The Little Screen to Big Screen segment helps today’s teens learn the ins and outs of online dating as a platform to social media and Hollywood superstardom. Don’t Be A Drag Be A Queen offers tips and advice to young people interested in finding older male partners through book clubs. Lastly, we follow the host around the office in Hands On where we learn Cuomo’s special skills necessary to avoid workplace sexual harassment.

Turning our attention to foreign affairs the network has secured contracts with the formerly intelligent James Clapper and John Brennan in a seasonal series called Clap On Clap Off where they analyze the pros and cons of foreign policy. In a unique twist, a live studio audience helps them decide on policy initiatives such as thermonuclear war, enhanced interrogation and arms trafficking based on their applause. This show is sponsored by Cyphy who produce drones that tether to the ground while gathering the viewer’s private data. Very exciting.

Finally, for viewers wanting some comic relief you’ll be happy to hear about Louie, Loki and Lucy. This sitcom features gay dad’s Louie (Alec Baldwin) and Loki (Kevin Spacey) navigating the struggles of raising their adopted teen daughter Lucy (Amanda Smuttywinkle) as she struggles with being the only white girl in an all black inner city school. Lucy has to confront her own implicit bias as she teaches her dad’s about their white fragility and intrinsic racism as cis white men attempting to gentrify their neighborhood after buying several rental properties and opening a beauty salon. Hilarity ensues as the pale family is forced to confront their privilege in a variety of slap-happy episodes such as Car Jack and Jill, Cracker’s In A Barrel, and Make America Gangsta Again. Special guest appearances by Rupaul, Minister Louis Farakhan, The Reverend Al Sharpton, and Harley Pasternak are sure to entertain.

Monthly and annual subscriptions will be available via ROKU, Fubo and Disney LGBTQanon++.

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I know. I know; I know; I know; I know. I’m not supposed to criticize Sun-King Sununu. I’m supposed to PRETEND … like so many “conservatives” in New Hampshire choose to do … that he is not simply a Republican, but a solid Republican, the future of the Party, blah, blah, blah. You may choose to PRETEND; but all that means is that you are NOT really a conservative or a real Republican …. but merely a sycophant, a cultist and/or a mini-me grifter.

So let’s revisit how the Sun-King “protected” us from COVID, which Sun-King and his pathetic sycophants and mouthpieces told us was based on “the science.” THAT was a total LIE. From Tucker’s interview of Dr. Bhattacharya:

… I think government actors and also old media, old owners of Twitter, they wanted to create this illusion of consensus about The Science that didn’t actually exist,” he said. “They wanted to fool people into thinking that we are following the science when there was a robust debate among scientists about what the right thing to do was. And the consequence is schools closed, businesses closed, unvaccinated people lost their jobs because of mandates even though none of the persuasive science actually supported any of those positions. …

Dr. Bhattacharya is a Stanford medical professor and co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration. And in the interest of fairness, I will post what I am sure would be the response from Sun-King Sununu and his sycophants, such as NH-NeverTrump Journal’s Mikey Graham:

Bhattacharya is a secessionist and a conspiracy theorist.

 

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Two years ago, Pete Buttigieg, or Mayor Pete, was a simple ex-mayor from Indiana. He was the Mayor of South Bend for eight years and had a failed attempt at a Presidential run in 2020.

He was the first openly-gay man to run for President. You cannot dispute Mayor Pete’s intelligence as he was Valedictorian of his high school class, graduated magna cum laude from Harvard, and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at the University of Oxford. All of his studies were in the Arts and Politics. None of his studies prepared him for his current position as Secretary of Transportation. His ineptitude proves he is not the right person for the job.

Buttigieg has shown that taking time away from his job and responsibility to the country is something he can handle quite well. Pete was on a twelve-week maternity leave when the boats were stacked off our coast because our supply chain was severely broken. More recently, Buttigieg was on vacation in Portugal when our railroad workers threatened to shut down our economy.

Buttigieg claims to be concerned about Climate Change, yet he has taken a page from John Kerry’s book on traveling the globe. Why travel like everyday people on a commercial jet. He has booked 17 private jet trips in the two years he has been in Washington. These trips have cost American taxpayers over $900,000.. Pete owes us a check for these trips. Whatever the difference in fare between these luxury keys and commercial flights made out to U.S. Taxpayers.

What is it that corrupts a person so quickly when they arrive in D.C.? He came from Indiana, having held no office higher than Mayor. Joe Biden chooses him to be the Secretary of Transportation. He has no qualifications for the job, but he dropped out of the 2020 race paving the way for Biden to win the nomination and go on to defeat Donald Trump. This job for Buttigieg was a gift, payback. Everything in the Swamp is for future or past favors. This is the biggest problem with the swamp. Nothing is done for the benefit of the people but as payment for favors rendered.

How, with so little experience on a national level, could Pete Buttigieg be considered a contender for the Democrat nominee for President of the United States? As we have seen with the Biden Administration, diversity is key, even above competence and experience. Pete Buttigieg is an Ivy League educated gay man with a husband and twin children. These make him a star in the world of WOKE. How frightening is it to think that the Democrat Party is so shallow and so thin on talent that Mayor Pete could be on the ballot in 2024 with a good chance of bringing the first gay family to the White House? All it needs to start is for Joe Biden to step aside. The Progressives will support him, the Media will adore him, and the Democrat sheep will vote for him.

Conservatives must expose and shine a light on Pete Buttigieg to stop the momentum. We don’t need to get personal and attack his lifestyle, but we must highlight his incompetence and lack of dedication to the job he has been confirmed. This criticism will be easy, but it has to be loud enough to get the message across to the Left. The messaging will be a difficult task. It must be done.

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NSFW – NOT SAFE FOR WORK or children. Yet, this is the kind of content that is now in Public School libraries thanks to Superintendents, staff, and School Board members that are either clueless, turning a blind eye, or totally all in on sexualizing our children.

Graphic images from Gender Queer, one of the top books infiltrating said libraries.

What we are seeing available to children in public schools has been shocking. Children now have access to pornographic and obscene material in their school library and the library App that they download on their iPads. This is not an effort to ban books, because this kind of obscene material can come through books, videos, magazines, or any other publication.

This is not about stopping sex education in schools. Parents already have the ability to examine the materials and opt out of materials if it’s not age appropriate. This is very different, this is about obscene pornography that should never be available to children through their local school.

Showing children this kind of obscene material is child abuse. At Stop it Now they say:

Showing pornographic pictures to a child is considered sexual abuse.

That is exactly what is going on in many of our public schools. Those who approve or support this are supporting a form of sexual abuse on children.

Purposely exposing a child to adult sexuality is considered a form of child sexual abuse, whether or not a child is touched.  Non-touching behaviors can be just as upsetting and emotionally harmful to a child as some touching behaviors. Non-touching behaviors that are considered to be child sexual abuse include:

• Showing pornography to a child.
• Exposing a person’s genitals to a child, or asking children to expose themselves.
• Asking a child to interact sexually with someone else.
• Online enticement of a minor for sexual purposes.
• Photographing a child in sexual poses.
• Exposing a child to sexual acts (including masturbation) either in person or through digital, computer or video images.
• Watching a child undress or use the bathroom, often without the child’s knowledge (known as voyeurism or being a “Peeping Tom”).

Please note that although there may not be harmful intent, even having adult pornography or sexual toys in the home where a child could come across them has been viewed by authorities as sexual abuse in some circumstances. For complete information, see our definitions of child pornography.

Having viewed some of the content and pictures in some of the books offered to children in school, it is shocking that any adult would think some of this obscenity is ok to give to children. Surprisingly, I’m hearing that some of the administrators/ Superintendents are actually defending this!

School Board members are starting to hear from New Hampshire parents on this important issue. However, it is extremely disheartening to hear some people speak in favor of making this obscene material available to children. They’ve argued that they should not be banning books. They are not trying to ban books, they are trying to ban obscene and pornographic content available to children. Why? Because it’s considered sexual abuse of a child to make this available to children.

What can you do to stop the grooming and sexualization of children in your school?

We have obscenity laws that cover this kind of sexual abuse of a child. However, there has to be a determination that the material is in fact obscene. That means law enforcement officials like your County Attorney, must first categorize the content as obscene.

So the first thing you should do is call the county attorney and tell them you want a 650:6. This would mean that they would look at the material to determine if it is actually obscene.

If you have not looked at the books in your school, or the ones that are on the Sora App. you will want to begin by filing a Right to Know Request/91-a in order to scan the books to see what is offered to the children in your school. The district can provide you with an electronic card catalog from the school library, and also provide you a way to see what books are available on the Sora library app.

Some books may not meet the threshold of obscene; however, we are finding some that include pornographic pictures and text. The title of those books and screenshots of the obscene content should be taken to your country attorney to examine.

This is not a case against the LGBTQ+ community as some have suggested. Obscenity can come in various forms–gay or straight. Some of the books include child pornography with pictures and graphic depictions of adult and child sex.

A) Call to Action in YOUR district: 

1) Gather evidence : Names of books, copies of the obscene pictures, and text.  (File 91-a if needed)

2) Present this information to your county attorney.

B) RIGHT NOW WE NEED EVERYONE in New Hampshire TO CALL and EMAIL: 

3) Call the Attorney General’s office and the Governor’s office and tell them that this kind of sexual abuse in our schools needs to stop. JOHN COUGHLIN County Attorney Phone: (603) 627­-5605 AND Office of the Governor (603) 271-2121

4) Report all of this to Commissioner Frank Edelblut so he has a record of this content and that you’ve filed a complaint.
Louis.F.Edelblut@doe.nh.gov

5) Start calling for the resignations of those who are openly supporting this obscene material in your school. They are a danger to children.

 

 

 

 

 

This is also in the Hanover Public School system.

 

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To all those who are sending in memes, thank you!  Keep them coming please, as it helps me gather weaponry to fight the Left.  Please do share this post, and if you share an individual meme, consider mentioning you saw it on the Grok!

Speaking of, from this week, Monday Memes and Meme Overflow.  Also don’t forget my Survival Sunday feature, now in two parts:  PREP edition and SITREP edition.

 

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

 

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And that XX = FEMALE and XY = MALE.  Period.

 

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A better question: who paid it for you?  And paid for your food, water, clothing, medical care?  And why are some of the hordes still vastly overweight after walking so far?  More on illegal immigration:

 

 

 

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The flow generally only goes one way – sheeple to our side.  Once the cognitive dam breaks and people start listening, they keep going further down the rabbit hole.  But it has to be organic.  You cannot IMPOSE information into someone, they just get defensive.  There has to be some kind of AHA! moment that triggers this.

I am waiting… praying… for such a moment with my Covidian (triple-Jabbed at least) wife.  I don’t know what that could be because she’s so deep in the tank for her “Pfizer whore” BFF.  But someday, I hope soon, someone will say something to her that makes her start to question.  Not just for her sake, though she’s far down the path, but to make sure our kids stay Pureblood.  (And, doubtless, if that happens she’ll be screaming mad at me because I didn’t tell her.  Sigh.  We almost divorced because she wouldn’t believe what I tried to tell her.)

 

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They had Event 201, and the Covid19 hit.  Now they have the Catastrophic Contagion simulation and this pops with “camel flu”.  Who remembers Bill “Reduce the population with vaccines” and Melinda “I wear an inverted cross” Gates smirking at the prospect of another pandemic?

 

 

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SAYING enough will not be enough.  We’ve SAID enough, over and over.

I tremble at my belief that we will not vote our way out of this.  We will not protest our way out of this.  We will not be meek and get out of this.  Alas.  Now understand, I don’t want the avalanche.  I fear it’s coming regardless when that magical line gets crossed.

 

  

 

Once more: I don’t want this.  Ending my life slogging through the woods with a rifle, etc., fearing that an unseen overhead drone might see me is not how I wanted to close out my days.

 

 

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Pick of the post:

 

 

But… but… but there’s no evidence of vote fraud.  Our intellectual and moral superiors have assured us so.

We need to wrap our minds around the fact that there are people out there who so hated “Orange Man Bad” that they were willing to raze even the illusion that we have a functioning election system.

 

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This is an amazing display, and very well done.  I showed it to my daughter and her first statement was “How much did that cost”?

Clearly, given the size of the house let alone the sound & light display, these people have serious coin and far be it from me to presume to tell them what to spend it on.  But somehow this smacks of the decadence of the last days of Rome.  Ostentatious displays of wealth for the sake of displaying wealth IMHO.

Rome, er, America – Granite Grok

 

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Palate Cleansers:

 

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As it happens I really AM a dragon, Chinese zodiac-wise.  And all of the above apply to me.

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before standing up?  Yeah, it’s not a fan, and you won’t be a fan of it any longer.  Or, as this YouTube video puts it: “Shining a light on what comes up when you flush.” Yep, sometimes our attention needs to be on the mundane and icky parts of life – and this is one of them.

But what a techie setup they contrived in order  gross us out:

 

You’ve probably heard it before – if you don’t put the lid down on the toilet, droplets of filth will fly out when you flush it. Scientists have now visualized that process for the first time, in hopes of reducing it with better toilet designs. For at least 60 years now, it has been known that if you flush a toilet with its lid up, a plume of aerosolized toilet-water droplets will rise up out of the bowl. Those airborne droplets can then drift onto other surfaces in the bathroom, potentially spreading pathogens such as E. coli bacteria.

 

 

Two green lasers were then aimed on and above the toilet. One shone continuously, in order to show where in three-dimensional space the droplets were located, while the other laser rapidly pulsated, to measure the speed and direction of their movements. Two cameras recorded HD stills and video while the toilet was flushed – and the result was much more dramatic than anticipated.

“We had expected these aerosol particles would just sort of float up, but they came out like a rocket,” said Crimaldi.

For the most part, the droplet plume moved upward and back towards the lab’s rear wall. That said, much of it also rose straight up until it was blocked by the ceiling, at which point it spread forward into the room.

Gives new meaning to “PUT THE SEAT/LID DOWN!!!”. Yep, high tech bathroom humor…

Most studies have been done on the opposite direction – how to ensure that the “payload” that is supposed to go downward actually goes down and not stuck. Now they are quantifying what goes UP!  SCIENCE!

Now, how are they going to do the same thing with the various “odors” to make better ventilation systems?

(H/T: New Atlas)

 

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Forewarned is forearmed.  Thus, this is intended to be a compilation of articles, with my commentary, to try and get like-minded people to grasp what’s coming.  Even merely being aware of events in the world will make you better prepared than the hordes of sheeple.

Please follow both me, Nitzakhon, on Gab… as well as my blog host Granite Grok and also on Telegram Tommy Robinson Official plus his Urban Scoop site.  And don’t forget posts sometimes get cloned on American Reveille as well, which is a good site to check out in general.

For prep materials, please see:

Survival Sunday – PREP Edition – Granite Grok

 

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Victoria is rolling out the WEF ‘20 minute city’ initiative.

All so easy and accessible that in the future you won’t need a car and if a climate emergency should arise you can easily stay within your zone.

It’s already being proposed in the UK!! pic.twitter.com/gN2YuSvjaC

— Kat A (@SaiKate108) December 7, 2022

 

All this is in line with the “line city” concept that’s actually being started in Saudi Arabia.  It has “five minute” neighborhoods (not 15), but the plan is basically the same.

 

 

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Top of the fold:

Digital Currency: The Fed Moves Toward Monetary Totalitarianism | ZeroHedge

China Reveals CBDC With Expiry Date So People Are Forced To Spend and Not Allowed to Save – News Punch

Nigeria bans ATM cash withdrawals over $225 a week to force use of CBDC (cointelegraph.com)

So what we have here, if it is imposed, is a system that tracks every dime you spend, and potentially forces you into a use-it-or-lose-it scenario with expiring money.  And, as seen in Israel and doubtless other places considering it, total government transparency into your accounts:

Tax Authority director: We will demand customer accounts info from banks – The Jerusalem Post (jpost.com)

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The World Health Organization, Johns Hopkins, and Bill Gates Just Conducted Another Pandemic Simulation — This Time The Virus Is Deadlier And Targets Children (thegatewaypundit.com)

Do not ever forget they are willing to kill billions to achieve their goals.  Lo and behold:

Urgent warning over ‘camel flu’ as World Cup fans return to England after cases in Qatar | The Sun

 

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Deep State / Coming Tyranny / WEF / Globalists (broad):

Cashless: Now India Is Testing Retail Central Bank Digital Currency (technocracy.news)

We Are About To Witness A Major Move Toward A Cashless Society | ZeroHedge

“Convenience” and “security” will be the death knell words of freedom.  And here’s what they’re aiming at:

China in Five Tweets – 2nd Smartest Guy in the World

Not for nothing are they Jonesing at what China is doing now.  And:

‘SMART Cities’ worldwide being converted into ‘open concentration camps,’ says ex-Silicon Valley engineer turned whistleblower – LeoHohmann.com

The Elite’s Plan For A No-Car Society — Guest Post by Otto Moibul – William M. Briggs (wmbriggs.com)

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‘Ethics’ app at Clemson allows students to instantaneously report on each other with texts, videos | The College Fix

Stasi.  And it brings to mind this Huxley quote:

 

 

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Jane Fonda returning to DC to ‘demand’ Biden declare a ‘climate emergency’ – ‘When he does that, all kinds of mechanisms become available to him’ | Climate Depot

They’re EAGER to be tyrants.

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Biden’s 401(k) Heist (townhall.com)

Diverting 401k money to ESG funds.  By executive order.

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REPORT: Forcht Bank in Kentucky Restricts Costumers From Buying Firearms (thegatewaypundit.com)

Programmable e-currency.

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CHARLEBOIS: COP15’s absurd proposed planetary diet – Blazing Cat Fur

Buuuuuugs!  And doubtless sustainable algae cakes.

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International Pandemic Treaty: WHO Meets to Impose Censorship of “Misinformation” – Global ResearchGlobal Research – Centre for Research on Globalization

Those who control the information flow control the people.  More:

Elon Musk Reacts After “America First Legal” Uncovers Damning Evidence Revealing a Secret Twitter’s “Partner Support Portal” Used by Government to Censor Dissenting COVID-19 Viewpoints (thegatewaypundit.com)

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Irish Gov’t Begins Jailing People Who Refuse To Use ‘Gender-Neutral Pronouns’ – News Punch

FFS.

 

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Protecting Children:

GROOMER ALERT: Underage Students At High School Forced to Perform In Drag For Eager Adult Faculty Members (thegatewaypundit.com)

The school took great pains to ensure no parents, uninvited students, or other adults could attend. 

Wood chipper therapy.  Stat.  More:

Drag Queen Biden Invited to White House Previously Tweeted, “Kids Are Out to Sing and Suck D!” – Summit News

Approved at the highest level.  You think this person wasn’t vetted and examined?  They knew, and invited him anyway.  Related:

Transgender Teen Charged With Violently Assaulting Two Female Students in Oklahoma High School Bathroom (thegatewaypundit.com)

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Video: Dem Rep. Says Term ‘Pedophile’ Is Discriminatory – Summit News

More wood chipper therapy.  Stat.  Here too:

 

A drag queen teaches a child to twerk while shaking his near-naked butt in front of children at a recent “all-ages” drag show in NYC pic.twitter.com/pKdFHmk2Ee

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 12, 2022

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No Title Could Possibly Suffice – Liberty’s Torch (libertystorch.info)

Letting kids decide to kill themselves.  SMH.

 

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National Security (specifically):

How to break China’s stranglehold on production of critical minerals (wnd.com)

Essential to do.  Related:

4 Startling Ways China Is Challenging The U.S.

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He Called America Racist, Now He’s in Charge of Our Nukes – Daniel Greenfield / Sultan Knish articles

How can you fight for a country you hate?

 

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Shortages (broadly):

“80 times that of CO2”

This will be another excuse to attack beef production.

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Bird flu prompts slaughter of 1.8M chickens in Nebraska (phys.org)

I do not trust this.  At all.

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On The Jab (and Covid)

Confidential Pfizer Documents & New Study Confirm COVID ‘Vaccine Shedding’ Has Been Occurring with Shocking & Dangerous Consequences (infowars.com)

We foil-hat nut jobs are up HOW MANY now?

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https://media.gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/122/605/050/playable/ee938e530ad75de1.mp4

 

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COVID Forever: Health “Experts” Say It’s Time To Wear A Mask Again

Meanwhile:

Not Even N95 Masks Work To Stop Covid ⋆ Brownstone Institute

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EXCLUSIVE: Rebel News questions Senior Pfizer executive about Vaccine mandates and failure to check for jabs transmission rates. – Rebel News

In their own words.

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My bible on the C-19 mass vaccination experiment. Nobody can conceal a scourge that Nature is now desperate to unveil

Critical background on the Jab experiment.

 

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Inflation:

 

 

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The View from Lady Lake: Yaeah – tell me again how inflation is only 8.2%. I’ll wait here…

Not possible it’s only that.  Related:

U.S. Vegetable Prices Increased By A Whopping 38 Percent In November, But They Say Inflation Is “Under Control” – enVolve (en-volve.com)

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How Obama’s Big Economic Lie Caused Our Inflation Crisis – Daniel Greenfield / Sultan Knish articles

Understand the root causes.

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Hedge-fund giant Elliott warns looming hyperinflation could lead to ‘global societal collapse’ – MarketWatch

For the Globalists this is a feature, not a bug.

 

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From the source article:

I think most Americans are still of the mindset that they can vote their way out of this mess, even though they have been slapped in the face with blatant stolen elections in 2020 and 2022. They are expecting Trump or DeSantis to be their savior. That way they can stay on the couch and continue with their fantasy football.

Which brings up this must-read piece:

Diogenes’ Middle Finger: Or Maybe They’re Just Paranoid and Wrong About It All. (diogenesmiddlefinger.com)

The permanent (actual) ruling authoritarians allow the appearance of opposition solely to let the masses think they have a say, to out potentially dangerous opponents, and to direct opposition energies into harmless activity that does not really interfere with the rulers.

The GOP presidential wins in the last 40 years have occasionally been bothersome but never a mortal threat to the rulers’ goals. The growth of government, the vision of technocratic rule, and the ideal of an unaccountable elite move forward regardless of electoral outcomes.

 

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Enemedia:

Our Lying Idiot Media Really Is That Dumb | Frontpage Mag

Well, duh.

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Report: NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, and MSNBC Have Spent Just 14 MINUTES Combined Covering The ‘Twitter Files’ – Summit News

Control the information flow, control what people believe.  They won’t change.  Even as their betrayals are exposed, they’ll never change.  They’re bought and paid for:

We don’t have a free press

 

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Mass Migration:

If they were truly refugees, they would apply for asylum in the first safe country they arrived in…preferably a Muslim country, NOT Belgium

Excellent point.  And where are their women?

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Freedom or Foreigners – Vox Popoli (voxday.net)

Interesting history of Sparta.  In general, I concur: no nation can withstand a mass influx of outsiders, particularly outsiders who are there just for the money and benefits, or to outright conquer.

 

 

Related, Accountability: A Conundrum – Liberty’s Torch (libertystorch.info):

Europeans, Asians, South Americans, and Africans have no rights as Americans understand the term. To them, a “right” is a permission granted by the State, with all sorts of procedures, fees, and restrictions layered onto it. As it is granted by the State, the State may retract it, or change the qualifications pertinent to it, at any time and for any reason. Nor does the process necessarily require parliamentary enactment. In lands other than ours, arbitrary decisions by nameless and faceless persons often determine the availability and scope of a “right.”

A right “given” by government is not a right, it is a privilege that government can take away.  The problem is that so many who are coming in have precisely this attitude – that governments grant rights, not G-d.  Related:

Coming to America (freebeacon.com)

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Man-Made Disaster: Illegals Are Flooding the Open Border Now That Title 42 Is Expiring Under Joe Biden – Migrants From 17 Countries Represented in Last 24 Hours (thegatewaypundit.com)

I remember reading about illegals… from the f*cking CONGO, with rolls of $100 bills.  Someone’s (*cough Soros cough*) bankrolling this.  More:

El Paso Reels Under Migrant Wave (cis.org)

Report: Deportation Of Criminal Illegal Immigrants Down 71% Under Biden…

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UK Government Arrests Just 0.3 Per Cent of Illegal Boat Migrants – Summit News

They’re not serious about stopping this.  They’re planning this:

Dutch investors launch new marketing programme for NL: Tristate City – DutchNews.nl

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Bummer: PRC Governor Newsom Worried About State Being Overrun With Illegals If Title 42 Ends

Schadenboner!  And IMHO positioning himself for 2024 to contrast with the Potato.

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14,000 a day?!!

This is an upcoming INVASION!

And we are already being invaded every single day.

The Biden admin completely created it.

Impeach Biden!!!https://t.co/JDI8mi0JNL

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) December 14, 2022

 

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Know your Leftist / Globalist & Islamic enemy:

Time Magazine Explains Why You Can’t Call Dems Election Deniers (townhall.com)

They have no morals.  They have no honor, no decency, no love of country.  They want power.  Period.

 

 

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Hey Antifa, Who Are the Real Fascists? | Frontpage Mag

More:

 

 

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Economy at large:

Small businesses are getting hammered

Yes they are, and it’s deliberate.

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How Debt Policies Are Provoking an Unavoidable Crash – American Thinker

I disagree.  We are OUT of options.  The crash is coming.  It’s only a matter of time, and how bad it will be.  Related:

357 Magnum: Math Is Hard, But It Is NOT This Hard (wheelgunr.blogspot.com)

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Bayou Renaissance Man: Two forecasts for 2023

In a nutshell: double-plus ungood.

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IT’S GONNA GET WORSE

I am a project manager/estimator for a medium sized construction company, I would average 5 to 10 quotes for subdivisions and multi unit developments every week non stop during this period.

This fall I have bid on one subdivision….ONE.

 

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US Stability (broad catch-all):

 

 

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MASSIVE Machine Failures And Voter Disenfranchisement In Red Districts Of Maricopa County “Could Not Arise Absent INTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT” Says IT and Elections Expert (thegatewaypundit.com)

Shocking Discrepancy Found in Maricopa Vote Count, and It Was Exactly What Hobbs Needed to Win – Lawsuit (westernjournal.com)

TINVOWOOT.  And awareness is spreading that the entire voting system – IMHO globally – is corrupt.  Consider that if Katie Hobbs is installed as governor despite an in-your-face violation of state law…

 

 

DeSantis 2024 Is a Trap › American Greatness (amgreatness.com)

If we don’t address voter fraud, it doesn’t matter who the candidate is because democracy in America won’t exist, and your vote won’t matter—just as it hasn’t mattered for two years. 

Exactly.  Consider this, more broadly:

BREAKING: Judge Aileen Cannon Dismisses Trump’s Case Challenging FBI Raid and Mar-a-Lago Document Seizure (thegatewaypundit.com)

When people – a majority of people – finally grasp that the entire system is corrupt to the core, nations collapse.  Which, as I’ve repeatedly said, is the Globalists’ goal.  Related, at least in my mind:

There Goes Hunter’s and Weiner’s Laptops…

How… convenient.  And also related:

Something Smells Really “Fishy” With this Sam Bankman-Fried Arrest, Folks… (waynedupree.com)

This line struck me (bolding added):

As a criminal defense attorney, my reaction to the arrest last night remains unchanged: this is the first time that I can recall where prosecutors moved aggressively to stop a defendant from making self-incriminating statements. His testimony would have been entirely admissible and likely devastating at trial.

PROSECUTORS – who are normally bloodthirsty sharks looking for any slip to use to nail someone – stopped a defendant from speaking and likely making their case kindergarten-easy?

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Our Parasitic Generation › American Greatness (amgreatness.com)

Long, and very sad – we are definitely about at the end IMHO.  Related, to me:

Labeling The Founding Documents ‘Offensive’ Is Just The Beginning (thefederalist.com)

 

 

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Why The Redefinition Of The Word ‘Woman’ Matters

Words mean things.  That was the whole purpose of Orwell’s 1984 Newspeak: to redefine the language to make real communication impossible.  And it brings to mind this quote:

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The Credibility Crisis of America’s Institutions – Daniel Greenfield / Sultan Knish articles

When people no longer trust the government to this degree… things fall apart.

 

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World Stability (broad catch-all):

Listen to this (rumble.com)

Video about BRICs getting off the US dollar.  About nine minutes.

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The Prospect of Nuclear War Is Getting too Close for Comfort | (paulcraigroberts.org)

Biden Regime Secretary of State Blinken has blocked negotiations between Russia and Ukraine by declaring it is US policy to drive Russia out of the reincorporated territories, including Crimea.

Biden’s announcement that the US will use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear threats, and the knowledge that US nuclear weapons are deployed close to Russia are forcing Putin to abandon his no first use of nuclear weapons pledge.

In other words, unlike the 20th century Cold War, today there is a hair-trigger on nuclear war. People who say nuclear war is impossible because there are no winners are out to lunch. Wars are the product of humans, and humans are emotional and stupid. They make mistakes hand over fist. Error is the human way.

Related:

NATO Chief ‘Fears’ A Full Blown War Between The West & Russia This Winter

Dead Hand’s nuclear revenge: What would happen if the West launched an attack on Russia? — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

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India Blames Chinese Troop Encroachment After Fresh Border Clash | ZeroHedge

The world is littered with piles of tinder.  They’re all connected, IMHO, and people are playing with matches and accelerants.  Sooner or later one’s going to ignite… and how many more will soon after?

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‘The Regime Will Lose Control’: Interview with an Iranian Revolutionary :: Middle East Forum (meforum.org)

The question is not whether the Mullahs fall is good – of course it is.  The question is what comes after?

 

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Specific to energy:

The attacks on transformers in North Carolina reveal a major danger

Been discussed for years and years.  See this comment – plus the others and original post:

Comment on Raconteur Report: Warning Shot

Who Is Purposely Sabotaging Power Plants All Over America? | ZeroHedge

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Fusion energy’s false dawn – The Spectator World (archive.vn)

All for it… but let’s be pragmatic.  Not going to happen soon (if ever).

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"The world's largest solar PV farm uses 200,000 litres of water each day to keep the panels clean. Yet some people think that we are soon going to source all our electricity from solar farms in deserts."#cop26 #cop26 #climate #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis pic.twitter.com/TIhdmFW12k

— Henry K. B. (@HenryK_B_) February 19, 2022

 

Good point about solar farms.

NONE of these “green” energy things are anywhere near as clean as they’re advertised.  Now in some cases, they can work – mostly small scale locations.  But one cannot power an industrial civilization off them.

 

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Big Tech in general:

How To Stay Safe & Protect Your Data On The Internet (askaprepper.com)

If it’s connected, it’s vulnerable.  Period.

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Face biometrics coming to vehicles will allow keyless access and more | Biometric Update

Has to be something NEW.  And, of course, this will be less reliable and more subject to hacking.  Doubtless, soon, also a built-in breathalyzer.

 

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Catch-all miscellaneous:

They’re cheating…..Where is the SEC?

I find the timing… awfully convenient.

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Did the Fourteenth Amendment Alter the Meaning of the Second Amendment? (reason.com)

Great pro-gun rights author.

 

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Concluding thoughts if I’m moved to comment:

Video: Climate Hypocrite Kerry Says It Would Be “Great” If Americans Paid Carbon Reparations – Summit News

I can hear it how.  HYPOCRITE!!!!!

When will people on our side understand that they don’t care about any accusation we make?  To people on the Left, the only opinions that matter are those from their fellow travelers.  Our opinions are null and void.

Now it’s important to note their hypocrisy.  But don’t get the idea they care.  You could scream it at their face and it would bounce off.

 

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Palate cleansers:

 

 

 

 

Editors Note: Nitzakhon delivered it on time. It’s my fault this did not publish yesterday as planned.

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Our Governor never misses a chance to violate President Reagan’s 11th Commandment. Sununu was interviewed on lefty Chris Ryan’s show, New Hampshire Today, on Wednesday.

We want to thank Pam Brown, Ph.D. for this Op-Ed. Please submit it to Editor@GraniteGrok.com.

This was a 13-minute interview.

What does our “GOP” Governor do with this air time?   He spent the ENTIRE INTERVIEW — bashing Republicans.

The Governor used the full 13 minutes to deliver a series of nasty remarks about House Speaker Packard, Rep. Weyler, our GOP majority House (which he termed “wacky”), and various GOP Presidential hopefuls (the exception being Pence).

Did Sununu attempt to pivot away from Ryan’s “Republicans suck” narrative and explore the major successes of our GOP House and Senate? No.  Did he use his airtime to attack Biden’s policies? No. Did he spend most of the time warning listeners of the severe difficulties we now face due to Democrat policies – or exploring recent scandals of Dems and the NHDP’s election misconduct?  No.

Sununu spent ZERO SECONDS discussing the negatives — of Democrats.

Chris Ryan and Sununu embraced and wept together about the horrible GOP, its officials, and their problems. I listened so you don’t have to, but – listen to the interview:



Is Sununu a Republican?

He shows no loyalty to his own Party and its enduring track record of success. He evidences zero interest in promoting the GOP’s virtues and its country-saving policies. He dismisses his colleagues and speaks of GOP officials as if they are children and he’s “the adult”.  He happily giggles and babbles his way through these interviews as if no one is listening – sniping at his own Party while completely ignoring the insanity and destruction the Democrat Party is pursuing.

Well, we’re listening.

Sununu, the self-absorbed GOP wrecking ball should perhaps join Kyrsten Sinema and change his party affiliation.  Or start his own Solipsist Party, a party of one.

Pamela J. Brown, Ph.D.

Kingston, NH

 

 

 

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As with other elections, I dealt with a number of inquiries on the 2014 Speakers election. This included several inaccurate representations of the race that took place that year. This also includes former and current House Representatives working for advocacy groups.

They are consistently giving me biased scores on their voter lists.

This letter will hopefully set the record straight!

Before the 2014 Speaker vote, Representative Jasper approached me and said he wanted to challenge Representative Obrien on the House floor to be Speaker. He told me he would do it if Bill Obrien didn’t prevail on the first vote. As in any election, a majority of the votes are required. He also told me I was on a list of three people to be the Majority Leader.

Because of a potential challenge, Bill Obrien supporters wanted a roll call vote. This differed from the traditional secret ballot. This caused the vote to take on a different outcome. Republican members that were less than supportive of Representative O’Brien felt that Speaker O’Brien’s handling of the NH House hadn’t changed since his previous election. The roll call vote failed, and the first vote was the traditional ballot vote. Bill O’Brien didn’t win on the first ballot vote, even though I voted for him.

Representative Jasper’s name was added as a candidate for Speaker. After several subsequent votes, some I didn’t vote on, Shawn Jasper was voted in as Speaker of the NH House of Representatives. Yes, mathematically, with both Democratic and Republican support.

After the vote, Speaker-elect Jasper approached me and told me I was his choice for Majority Leader. Although it wasn’t what he wanted to hear at the time, I asked him for time to consider his offer. He gave me a day! After consulting with friends, I accepted the position.

In conclusion, Bill O’Brien would have been Speaker for a second time if there weren’t a push for a roll call vote. Additionally, despite a divided caucus, we obtained a number of conservative policy changes that improved the state of New Hampshire. Finally, on a negative note, some friendships I established early on were not the same going forward. To that, I am sorry, Seth, Dan, and Fred.

These FACTS will hopefully end the confusion and falsehoods associated with the 2014 Speakers race.

 

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NHJournal has a piece this week titled “NH Trump supporters largely silent as his poll numbers slide.” Someone sent me the link because GraniteGrok was mentioned in the report, so I took one for the team and went there to read it.

 

NHJournal contacted a dozen Granite State Republicans who have either actively supported Trump or voted for him in the past. The vast majority were unwilling to defend Trump on the record or express optimism about the current state of Trump’s campaign. The volume of pro-Trump advocacy on social media has also dropped, despite the Elon Musk era arriving at Twitter. And as of late Tuesday night, the far-right, pro-Trump website Granite Grok did not have a single headline mentioning Trump in its top 10 pages of posts.

 

For the record, ten pages of posts are 7-8 days of content at the alleged “far-right, pro-Trump,” website, so I guess we’re supposed to talk about Trump every week, or it’s a sign of something. As another “for the record,” it has been a lot longer since we mentioned Mr. Trump in a headline. Aside from his “I’m running” announcement in mid-November, there hasn’t been anything for regular folks to discuss.

Unlike journalists, we’re not obsessed with him because we’re not here for President Trump, Governor Sununu, or even the Republican party. They are here for us. We’re Constitutional Conservatives. That means we want to conserve the limitations placed on government by the Constitution. If a pol lines up to defend those rights, we might applaud that if it catches our eye. If they attack or undermine those principles, they might get a trip to the rhetorical woodshed.

Mr. Trump was good on the border and national security, the economy, keeping our enemies on their toes and advancing Middle East Peace. He encouraged policies that created jobs in America and helped wages and incomes rise. He favored fewer federal regulations, and under his leadership, fuel and energy prices went down, and with that, a lot of other things. He got snookered on the pandemic/vaccine thing, was lousy on federal spending, and got taken by the swamp he said he’d clean out.

They cleaned him out instead, and plenty of Republicans helped, as did NHJournal (read Ed Mosca).

And did you know that NHJournal (Inside Sources) is based/owned out of Virginia – I believe that’s still true. They have three sites, DCJournal (US Capitol), DVJournal (Delaware), and NHJournal. And I’m not positive, but I don’t think Michael Graham lives or works in New Hampshire.

Maybe none of that matters, but it’s been a while since we brought it up, in case anyone is keeping track.

 

 

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The government is highly involved in policing social media. This is a clear violation of the first amendment.

That is the gist of it, but let’s get more specific. We now have evidence of the following scandals:

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Most parents think their kids are pretty safe at school. They know the teachers, and they know their motives are genuine. But there are a few ways that outside sources can get to your kids at school.  You might be surprised at what is exempted and what information is collected about you and your children.

We want to thank Betsy Harrington for this Op-Ed. Please submit it to Editor@GraniteGrok.com.

One way they can access your kids is through an online library and another is through surveys you aren’t informed of. Also, if your children join groups, that may create access to additional outside sources. Alt-gender secrecy has been known to give unknown groups access to your children. Know your school’s policy on what is kept secret from parents.

“Curriculum” and “library content” are not the same

What would be illegal as “curriculum” is generally exempted from library rules. Online sources take advantage of that. Sexually explicit materials and critical race theory are illegal to TEACH in New Hampshire, but they can be advertised to your child as award-winning reading through their online reading library. “Sora” is a popular student library that is a perfect example of an online library exploiting kids.

Sora is mostly free content so no one can complain. It makes its money off your children. It hyperlinks them to outside sources like adult dating sites after teaching them how to engage in explicit sex. It hyperlinks them to all sorts of unwanted and unknown sources. It then uses an algorithm to show them more of the same content once they have looked. It’s collecting data the entire time. Eventually, they are advertising specifically to your children to change their attitudes.

In Sora, kids can’t discern what books contain explicit content before they read. The book may have an award on the front yet be grossly explicit beyond a child’s comfort level. Many parents want rating levels for books like the Motion Picture Association of America. Some states (Utah) already have laws using such ratings. Booklooks.org is an excellent resource for book ratings.

In New Hampshire, books are not rated and are exempt from state obscenity laws. Federal laws might be challenged throughout New Hampshire. This analysis of the law is helpful to read.

Recently, parents are seeing inappropriate content and contacting their local representatives, their school boards, and the Board of Education in New Hampshire. Parents want to know their kids aren’t being exploited through their school-sponsored library or through unknown surveys. Surveys that ask things like how often your child is sexually assaulted and about parents’ criminal activities.

The Youth Risk Survey is incredibly intrusive and triggering to anyone who has been victimized and provides no support after doing so. “Exploit and discard” is how it feels to parents. Read the hundred or so questions as they go further and further past parents’ boundaries. It’s NOT OK to ask children these questions without parents permission. Yet this year, they are able to do so. Parents need to opt-out ahead of time. They won’t be asking for permission.

So what can parents do?

Start by looking. Find out if your school uses an online library. Ask if you can challenge existing books you find inappropriate and exploitative. You can opt your child out of all online libraries and non-educational surveys. Stop the exploitation of your kids before it happens. Make sure the school knows where you stand.

For instance, two examples of sex dating sites “instructions”:

And:

And because Sora is online, you may never know what your kids are access all under the rubric that your School District is a “member”.

Betsy Harrington, MSW
mother of 2 at SAU34 (Hillsboro-Deering)

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As you may know, I put in an RSA 91-A demand, ironically enough, about the Office of the Right To Know Ombudsman.

Not only is this story a good bit of “how long does it take to screw in hire a light bulb” (six months after Baby Huey signed HB481 establishing the Office that SHOULD make it easier for citizens to get their Right To Know demands handled faster/easier than having to take their Government to Superior Court) but also a story about Government officials “stringing citizens along” and making them wait longer than necessary.

If you are short of time, just go to the bottom area of this post to see the “short circuit” supplied by an NH House Representative who reads GraniteGrok and found the answer (MANY THANKS!).

To recap once again:

HB481 authorized a new Right To Know Ombudsman Office to be located in the NH Department of State once it has been staffed. As of last week, no such position has been filled. No news items have covered such an appointment or activation of that office. HB481 was enacted into State Statute on June 24, 2022, being duly passed by the General Court, with Governor Sununu’s signature.

This demand is for any and all communications (emails, voice mails) and other documents (e.g., position postings, resumes, evaluation documents, meeting notices, meeting notes, background checks, et al) pertaining to the hiring and appointment process concerning any and all respondents looking to be the first Ombudsman for the Office of the Right To Know.

Legal Counsel to the Office of the Governor, James Scully, had responded that the Governor’s Office didn’t HAVE to honor an RSA 91-A due to Constitutional conflicts…

…please be advised that it is the long-standing position of the New Hampshire Department of Justice that RSA 91-A does not apply to the Governor’s Office.

…but did say that I’d have the Responding Records within 30 days. So I asked WHAT that position was, and he did respond to the question:

From: “Scully, James” <James.F.Scully@nh.gov>
To: “Skip” <Skip@granitegrok.com>
Sent: 12/13/2022 12:58:12 PM
Subject: RE: RSA 91-A Right To Know demand – Status and materials concerning the Office of the Right to Know Ombudsman

Mr. Murphy,

The Governor’s office is subject to the constitutional requirement for public access to government records in Part I, Article 8.

RSA 91-A is adopted by the legislature and governs non-constitutional agencies and how they comply with Part I, Article 8. Because of the constitutional separation of powers, RSA 91-A does not govern how constitutional offices, such as the Governor, Judicial Branch, or Legislative Branch meet the constitutional requirement for open government.

Best,

James

Now, I haven’t seen anything in RSA 91-A:5 that gives an exemption to “Constitutional Offices” and I did remind Counselor Scully that a Governor (in his Constitutional capacity) signed the legislation creating RSA 91-A and all amendments to it and I let Counselor Scully know of that collusion of two of the Constitutional Offices in making this law. I also asked, under Part 1, Article 8, for a contact within the NH DOJ so as to get the supporting documentation from them to support his assertion.  After all, while it may SEEM like a little matter, it actually DOES matter – a lot. So, he quoted his “Rule Book” – I want him to live up to it.

—— Original Message ——
From: “Skip” <Skip@granitegrok.com>
To: “Scully, James” <James.F.Scully@nh.gov>
Sent: 12/15/2022 9:17:04 AM
Subject: Re[2]: RSA 91-A Right To Know demand – Status and materials concerning the Office of the Right to Know Ombudsman

Good morning this day before a winter storm bringing (hopefully) a White Christmas!

I read your explanation and I do understand the separation of Powers.  While the Legislature, a Constitutional body in our bicameral system, drafted and passed all of the legislation that created and amended it, didn’t that OTHER Constitutional body have to join with the Legislature to make it law – the Office of the Governor?

So the two are complicit in this Law, correct? Otherwise, why wouldn’t previous Governors have refused to sign it?  Or, if you are using that line of reasoning, why didn’t the present one, before signing HB481 into Law, demand that such an exemption be codified into the Law instead of being a part of “penumbras formed by emanations” of unstated Powers (as Government has Powers, Individuals have Rights)?

And yes, I have put in RSA 91-A demands against the NH House, for example, and they have been honored. No, they did not complain that even as they are also a “Constitutional body”, they did not exempt themselves therein  So, I ask again – might you have a contact within the Dept of Justice to back up your assertion?  Under Part 1, Article 8, as you assert?

So again, the request of a contact is requested.

Thanks – and be careful of your back tomorrow shoveling snow. The “Weather Guys” are saying it will be a rather heavy type of snow!

-Skip

However – time for the short circuit. Out of the blue, Steve received an email from someone that I don’t believe I’ve ever met before – with the answer for which I am searching (emphasis mine). And she reads GraniteGrok!

——- Forwarded Message ——-
From: DA Elword
Date: On Wednesday, December 14th, 2022 at 8:11 AM
Subject: RTK OMBUDSMAN
To: Steve@granitegrok.com <Steve@granitegrok.com>

Steve, please forward to Skip.

After reading your RTK requests re: RTK Ombudsman, I made an in-person inquiry at Sec. State office yesterday and was informed that the nominee for the position is Attorney Thomas Kehr, and that there will be a meeting of the Exec. Council on Dec. 21st to address the position.

Appears Kehr was the ‘policy and procedures administrator’ for SOS

https://sos.nh.gov/media/woxhklnw/kehr-thomas.pdf

All the best,
Representative Deborah Aylward

And I did respond and thanked her (emphasis mine):

—— Original Message ——
From: “Skip” <Skip@granitegrok.com>
To: “NHSteve” <nh.steve@protonmail.com>
Cc: “DA Elword”
Sent: 12/14/2022 4:07:13 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: RTK OMBUDSMAN

Good news. And thanks Deborah! Very MUCH appreciate your “constituent” service (even if I’m not a direct constituent!).

I do have to wonder why James Scully just didn’t say that in his email? There, partial delivery with the first response!

<reacted>

I already have a bunch of RTKs (dealing with School Districts that won’t honor my card catalog RTKs) to keep him busy!

-Skip

Simple question. Simple answer. One day.  Engaged reader and responsive elected Representative WHO DIDN’T HAVE TO DO A THING as I’m not one of her voters. Much appreciated.

And we are continuing to have a conversation about RSA 91-A…to be continued. But now I know the answer and hopefully, this will turn out to be a GOOD movement going forward.

 

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December 15 marks the 231st anniversary of the ratification of the first 10 Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, known as The Bill of Rights. Sadly, most Americans have little or no knowledge of these amendments, which is the main reason they are “on the ropes.”

In the mid-1980s, a survey discovered that only one in a thousand could name the five rights protected in the 1st Amendment.

However, thanks to some recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions made this year, including “Shurtleff v Boston,” “Kennedy v. Bremerton School District,” “New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, INC., et al. v. Bruen,” and the repeal of “Roe v Wade,” the Bill of Rights has made a comeback.

But we still have at least two years of The Biden Administration which has, with the complicity and support of the corporate media, made violating the Bill of Rights a priority. It has weaponized the Department of Justice and its Federal Bureau of Investigation. Let us cite just a few examples:

Last fall, we learned that parents who dare speak out against the racial hatred and moral depravity being taught to students in government schools are being targeted. The National School Boards Association demanded that the Biden Administration go after parents who speak out at school board meetings, and Attorney General Merrick Garland sent a memo to the FBI warning about violence against school board members.

The Biden Administration created a “Disinformation Agency” to be led by far-leftist Nina Jankowicz. Public outcry from this blatant attempt to form this Orwellian “Ministry of Truth” forced the Biden Admin to put its agency on hold. Ms. Janowitz is now a foreign agent working for England’s Ministry of Truth.

The U.S. Justice Department is still holding some of those arrested in the wake of the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot without charging them with a crime. We are getting reports of ill-treatment of these prisoners, including beatings and denial of medical treatment. So much for speedy trials guaranteed in the Sixth Amendment.

In the early morning hours, the FBI raided the Tennessee home of Paul Vaughn, his wife, and eleven children. His crime? Praying and singing hymns in front of an abortion mill. He had a shoving incident in early 2021 where no changes were filed by local police. He is facing the possibility of eleven years in prison. The FBI arrested many other Pro-lifers, including an 87-year-old woman.

The Biden Administration raided the Mar o Lago home of Donald Trump, and the homes of a number of Trump associates including Rudy Giuliani, Roger Stone, and Peter Navarro. Mr. Navarro, who is 73 years old, was arrested at the airport, and placed in leg irons. He lives across the street from the FBI’s D.C Headquarters. An agent could have simply walked across the street and served a warrant. The FBI raided Stone in the middle of the night with CNN cameras standing by.

And, thanks to Elon Musk, we learned that the FBI worked with social media outlets to suppress information from Hunter Biden’s laptop with information that may have made an impact on the 2020 election.

Background to the Bill of Rights:

On September 25, 1789, Congress sent twelve proposed amendments to the states for ratification. Two of the amendments were rejected. One of them concerning congressional pay raise was ratified in 1992, making it the 27th Amendment. On December 15, 1791, Virginia became the ninth state to ratify, making them part of the U.S. Constitution. The reason for the Bill of Rights are spelled out in the little-known Preamble to the Bill of Rights:

Congress of the United States
begun and held at the City of New York, on Wednesday, March 4, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine.

THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution.

RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all, or any of which Articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution; viz.

ARTICLES in addition to, and Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, proposed by Congress, and ratified by the Legislatures of the several States, pursuant to the fifth Article of the original Constitution.

 

Here are the five rights protected in the 1st Amendment:

1, Free Exercise of Religion

2, Freedom of Speech

3, Freedom of the Press

4, Freedom to Peaceably Assemble

5, Freedom to Petition the Government for a redress of grievances

 

Since Camp Constitution’s inception in 2009, we have distributed over 20,000 pocket copies of the U.S. Constitution, and hosted numerous classes, presentations, and outreach events about the U.S. Constitution. Many of those classes and presentations have been videotaped and made available on our YouTube and Rumble channels. Our instructors include Pastor David Whitney, Mrs. Kris Anne, Hall, Luke Boyce— “Kid Constitution,” Actress Janine Turner of Constituting America, Tom DeWeese of the American Policy Center, Catherine White of the Constitution Decoded, Pastor Garrett Lear, and yours truly.

Since I have been writing this column, I have offered readers free pocket copies of the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence. While the offer still stands, let me offer extra copies to educators and local civic organizations. If interested, e-mail me your mailing address campconstitution1@aol.com. You may also swing by the Gilman Library in Alton to pick up a copy.

The Bill of Rights has survived a civil war, two world wars, and abuses by all three branches of the U.S. government. I believe that it will survive this current administration. Happy Birthday Bill of Rights.

 

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As loyal readers know, I have been sending out Right To Know demands to various School Districts around the State for the card catalog for their Schools’ libraries. I considered this small effort to be a “test case” to see how the targeted districts would respond.

What I found was there are three general categories of responses:

• Those that said, “sure, we’ll get that to you in a day or so.” Translation: reasonable and responsive.
• Those that started to push back but were “persuaded” to fork it over. Translation: see SAU 3, Berlin
• The recalcitrant ones that are pushing shoving back

I had been working “full steam ahead” on this project, but then the elections came up as well as the “Douglas Lambert Incident” that took my eye off the ball. But the elections are over, Lambert seems to be using the court system to keep his victim from getting her Restraining/Stalking Order, and I am slowly starting to catch up.

So I have the card catalogs from the following Districts – in alphabetical order:

• Berlin (SAU 3)
• Gilford (SAU 73)
• Hanover (SAU 70)
• Laconia (SAU 30)
• Oyster River (SAU 5)

And Julie delivered the Dover School District (SAU 141) porno books (in addition to those in the Dover Public Library) aimed at underaged children as well.

Sidenote: I dryly note their home page Mission Statement:  Working collaboratively to empower all learners to become dynamic global citizens.

How about AMERICAN citizens for a change? I remember catching one of the Laconia schools, Woodland Heights, having a poster for exactly that a few years ago. Posted it here. Next time it was gone. But I digress.

So just using a short list of “available porno titles” (will post that up later), here’s my current list of what each District has in its Public School Libraries to excite and titillate our young “learners” (as the educrats now call students):

NH Public School District Library Card Catalog abridged porno books

There will be updates to this list as more RTKs get sent AND honored.  And that will happen as our lawyers are now going to “reach out” to the other Districts that have, to put it nicely,” sitting on their hands trying to wait me out.

Heh!

 

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I’m not proud to say this, but I’ve had a front-row seat to the decline and fall of a once-great state. Vermont, the home of Calvin Coolidge – my favorite president – has fallen on hard times. Rights are no longer natural but given and taken by men with partisan interests.

Related: Democrat Rule Will Do that: Vermont Has Its Highest Homicide Rate in Three Decades

It started in cities like Burlington. A hippie enclave that grew up but kept the sour scent and unwashed politics of the Left. It has embraced most, if not all, of the characteristics that lead to Democrat-run urban decline, but given the sliver of a place that Vermont is, where Burlington goes, the rest will follow.

Crime is up, and policing is down. Non-citizens with little reason to protect American Exceptionalism or Vermont’s roots are allowed to vote in Burlington’s municipal elections. It is illegal to prosecute sex crimes there, so prostitution and human trafficking can’t help but grow out of control. And then there’s the second amendment.

Despite its hippie enclave history, Vermont clung to its embrace of constitutional carry as a right from birth well into the 21st century, but now it is an excuse. Progressive policies that exacerbate criminality are blamed on firearms, and with that comes legislation to restrict your natural rights.

 

• Vermont Legislature Uses Parkland To Go After Guns
• Vermont Goes Left On Guns – Is New Hampshire getting Jealous?
• Vermont Democrats Keep Coming for Your Guns. House Passes 30-Day Waiting Period, and Gun Ban in Hospitals.
• Gun Sense Vermont Doesn’t Waste Time Coming after Your Firearms

 

The latest attack is coming from the new anti-gun Democrat majority legislature.

 

Since 1988 Burlington and Montpelier voters have proposed to create their own gun control ordinances. Because of the Dillon Rule, city charter changes have to be approved by the General Assembly. All attempts to bypass the law proscribing local gun control measures have been pigeonholed.

The renewed interest in enacting local gun control measures has shifted from getting city charter exemptions to town by town action, notably in Woodstock. Michael Bloomberg-funded Gun Sense Vermont is launching a campaign to repeal the Sportsmen’s Bill of Rights in the name of local implementation of “meaningful steps to prevent gun violence.” Perhaps by licensing or prohibiting all guns in the town?

 

A town-by-town patchwork of gun restrictions could have a significant effect on tourism. Anyone who carries, including hunters, might skip Vermont to avoid reckless prosecution in one of the dozens of towns where an otherwise law-abiding citizen might travel. And that’s the point. The goal is a statewide ban, but to get there from here, the Democrats presume a municipal right before a personal one until the ensuing chaos creates a call for broader intervention.

You get the densely populated liberal-controlled cities to embrace their anything but “common sense” gun laws and then, either by referendum or public pressure, expand it statewide a few years later. And at no point will the rising crime in these Liberal Ghettoes be attributed to restricting the right to self-defense.

The poster child for this is Chicago. It has more anti-gun laws and more gun crime. Common Sense Chicago has had over 4700 shootings in 2022, of which 638 ended in death. The Windy City is on pace to hit 725 gun deaths in 2022. Add the property crime, assaults, carjackings, and other criminal acts, and Burlington and the progs running the Vermont General Assembly can see where their gun-grabbing leads.

This decline is echoed in every Democrat-Run Urban area.

While Vermont will never have that level of criminality, neither will it enjoy the peace and security that has dominated its history. And guess what, if we’re not careful, New Hampshire is next.

 

HT | True North Reports

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Joe Biden is trying to make significant changes to the Democrat Primary process in time to be ready for 2024. He is trying to change the sequence of the primaries to insert South Carolina into the number one position bumping the Iowa Caucus and the traditional First in the Nation Primary, New Hampshire. This action is not going to happen, it is a futile effort, and he should no better than to try. Let me tell you why.

 I have lived in the Granite State for nearly as many years as Joe Biden has been in Washington, D.C. We in New Hampshire have been proud of our First in the Nation status for over 100 years. The first time we were number one was in 1916. Some say it is too much status for such a small state, but that may be the best reason to keep it so.

New Hampshire is perfect for old-fashioned shake-your-hand-and-look-in-my-eye politicking, where every candidate gets to hit diners, restaurants, and town halls or just walk the streets to meet and try to make supporters out of New Hampshire’s voters. It is a spectacle every four years, and the media and country look forward to it. This schedule is tradition; more importantly, it serves a purpose and works. It gives candidates more time to present their platforms and people all over the country more time to size them up. Iowa and New Hampshire are at a different pace than the primaries to follow in South Carolina and the other Southeast states.

The motivations are clear as to why Joe Biden wants these changes:

1. Suggesting the plan further proves he intends to run for re-election.
2. Joe does not do well in face-to-face campaigning, which is why he performed so poorly in both states in 2020.
3. He wants to pay back Jim Clyburn and South Carolina for saving his campaign and catapulting him into the White House.

Every action in Washington has to be done to pay back someone, and Joe Biden knows this better than anyone.

Biden’s plan will not happen because New Hampshire signed an insurance policy into law many years ago that protects its number one position. In 1975, the New Hampshire state legislature passed a bill allowing the Granite State secretary of state to set the presidential primary date earlier than any other similar contest by seven days if necessary. The law has permitted the Secretary of State to fight off challenges to New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation status from other states. If Biden were successful in moving the South Carolina primary, New Hampshire and Iowa would move ahead of them on the calendar.

This exercise is an amateur move by Joe Biden, who has enough experience to know it will not happen. Then again, it may all be for show. He is showing South Carolina he is trying to reward them, and sometimes a plan does not have to work to be successful. It just has to be made public. It is tantamount to the Student Loan Forgiveness Act. Joe knew he had no legal right to present that plan, but it worked. The promise helped put him in the White House. And that is how we got to what we have in this country today.

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