I’ve been posting other Data Points that we ordinary folk are losing Trust in our institutions (both private and public). Now, it is blatant.  From the Trafalgar Group:

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If you go to the link, you’ll see that this is an “overall” take. If you look at the Republican, Democrat, and Independents’ take on the question, it’s clear that ALL agree with the above (with some variations with the percentages).  People no longer believe that Justice really is both blind and equal.  That is not a recipe for success going forward.  In fact, with “Equal under the Law” being one of the Pillars of our Republic – without it, we are lost.  Sad, but true.

Add that if you go to page 12 of the study, this sentiment holds across all age demographics.

Similarly, ordinary folks like us believe that Government is too big AND serves itself rather than the citizens it is supposed to serve:

Voters Say Federal Bureaucracy Too Big, Focused on Pushing Political Agenda Rather than Serving Americans

• 63% of Hispanic Voters Agree Agencies like EPA, CDC, and IRS are Too Large and Only Serve Their Own Political Interests
• 55% of Independents and 90% of Republicans Also Agree
• 73% of Democrats Believe Federal Agencies Effectively Serve the American People

(Austin, TX—Aug 2, 2022) Convention of States Action, in partnership with The Trafalgar Group—one of America’s most accurate pollsters in 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2021—is releasing the results of a new national survey. Results were from surveys conducted July 24th through July 28th of over 1,000 likely 2022 election voters.

“A majority of voters now fundamentally believe that the very federal government which exists to serve and protect citizens is no longer on their side. They see the government as too large, too invasive, and as an obstacle to their living the American dream. Nearly-two thirds of sought-after Hispanic voters agree. This represents a major shift in the political landscape,”

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The campaign signs for John Bowman (State Rep, Merrimack7), Claire Ketteler (State Rep, Merrimack7), and Lily Tang Williams (Congress CD2) have been repeatedly stolen from permissible locations on state property in the town of New London.

A total of 42 signs in all, as of yesterday, when four more disappeared, this time on private property. That person got caught with the signs in their possession, and he is going to be prosecuted for theft.

It is a rare moment when someone volunteers to take our signs at all! Most people won’t accept a sign even when strongly in favor of our conservative campaigns, and the reason is usually “I don’t want any trouble” or just “yeah, right!” We all know what is going to happen, and we know where the threat to Democracy comes from.

We want to thank John Bowman for this Op-Ed. Please direct yours to Editor@GraniteGrok.com.

The sad part is, that mainstream people are now afraid to proclaim their views because of censorship, slander, or outright thuggery from the Left like we see on our televisions every day.

And unsurprisingly, the yard signs for leftists are not disappearing. This is because the Left is in no danger from us and feels entirely safe to state their views, as we all should!

Please remind your friends and neighbors that interfering with campaign signs carries a $1000 fine. Not only is it a crime, but it is an insult to Free Speech and an offense to Democracy. Let us never do it ourselves, and PLEASE rebuke others who engage in this despicable practice.

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I’m seeing political ads from Maggie Hassan on TV and my computer asking NH to reelect her to the U.S. Senate. She seems to think that her voting 98% of the time with Joe Biden’s endless runs of failures and disasters has somehow been good for the people of NH. Has it been good for you, readers? She’s working hard, she says, to pass a gas tax holiday for the rest of the year. That 18.4 cents Federal tax per gallon of gas, wow! This, after she and Biden, raised gas costs to over $4.00/gallon even after starting to deplete our national emergency oil reserves twice and sending several billions of dollars worth of oil to China from that reserve. This, she says, is serving the people of NH. I don’t think so! That 18.4 cent/gallon pittance does not touch heating fuel oil costs at all that the majority of us heat our homes with here in NH.  Remember, too that our electricity costs have now doubled for this heating season!

Folks, Maggie Hassen serves Maggie Hassan.

I call on all voters, regardless of Party, to vote for Gen. Don Bolduc for the U.S. Senate. A native of Laconia, NH, enlisted in the Army as an E1 private, and with dedication and an incredibly hard work ethic rose to the rank of Brigadier General. Sent into harm’s way, wounded twice in his service to YOU, he protected this nation, our values, and our interests. Now he only asks to serve us again as our next U.S. Senator.

People of such dedication, talent, and ability among our nation’s millions are rare indeed. There is no comparison between the current do-nothing Senator Hassan and General Bolduc. Hassan has coasted along but Don Bolduc is a dynamic and tireless worker who will fight for the people of NH regardless of Party because he is a proven patriot, a man of honor, courage, and integrity.

Please join me, donate, support, and vote for Don Bolduc.

[Disclaimer: Every Grokster is allowed to have personal endorsements on GraniteGrok and this is Steve Earle’s. At this time, the GraniteGrok authors have not yet voted on the US Senate race to see if GraniteGrok will issue an endorsement in this race, and if so, who will receive it.  -Skip]

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What better way to celebrate inflation at 0% than to take the family on a summer vacation to a $20 Million home of a donor in South Carolina? Of course, inflation is not at 0%, but that was the latest gaslighting ploy by Joe Biden this week. The July numbers are in, and inflation did not increase for the month. Year over year inflation is still at 8.5%, but somehow, Biden equates that monthly recording to 0%. Maybe it is evidence of his lack of understanding of economics that leads him to believe the Inflation Reduction Act will do as its title suggests.

Biden continues to spew meaningless verbiage as Americans decide whether to buy food, pay the rent, or fill the family car with gas. It is poor optics to board Air Force One and head off to Kiawah Island, SC, for a free vacation when hurting Americans cannot even think of a family vacation this year. To take his son, Hunter, with him is too much for us to see. While Hunter is seemingly going to avoid any accountability for his money laundering schemes, Biden and his Justice Department are overseeing a predawn FBI raid on the home of former President Donald Trump. You cannot make up this comedy of events that is forcing Americans to doubt the credibility of its government.

So, Mr. President, if inflation is at 0%, why do we need an $800 Billion Inflation Reduction Act? Because the two are not connected, of course. The bill passed the Senate last weekend and the House on Friday night, but there is no indication when the President might sign it into law. You would think such a shining achievement and something so vitally important to the country would be a priority, but not over vacation with his son and rainmaker, Hunter. It all adds to the comedy of this bill and the lack of concern Joe has for Americans.

This bill is about progressing the Democrat’s Green Agenda by pushing for Wind and Solar Power and giving rebates for electric vehicles. This plan rewards China which is making most of the solar panels and is the source for most of the chemicals needed for EV batteries. This effort is happening simultaneously while China is ramping up its coal-burning capabilities while Americans are struggling to fill their car tanks with gas.

This bill is about $80 Billion to fund the hiring of 87,000 new IRS agents who will be, excuse the pun, taxed with auditing their fellow Americans to squeeze more tax dollars out of middle America. This provision contradicts Biden’s claim of only going after people making over $400K per year. At least Biden is consistent in his lying, for he continues to claim our Southern Border is secure.

Biden continues to proclaim this bill will lower prescription prices for all Americans when it only improves the ability to negotiate prices for Medicare recipients. Why does Biden need to be so disingenuous about a bill that is supposed to be so crucial for America? Because it just is not as promoted.

This bill is about Power over and the transformation of the American people. By pushing America away from fossil fuels, Democrats are creating a more expensive and less secure country. By making the IRS the largest department in government, Democrats are flexing their muscles and control over middle-income America, who will be responsible for paying for this monstrous piece of legislation. And in the end, we will still have Biden Inflation staring at us daily. But that is not a concern of Joe’s.

He is on vacation with Hunter.

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I am Kristine Perez from Londonderry, District 16, running for State Representative. I am a wife, a mother, a grandmother, and a retired RN. I am a State Delegate and was very disappointed in the number of Delegates and Representatives that participated in the NH GOP platform meeting in the Spring.

I am a founding member of a significant 2A group with strong church involvement. I was also on the Hollis/Brookline School Board. I have been called a “Solid Conservative” and have been all my life. One of the nicest compliments that I have received in recent years is that I am “the most Patriotic person” they know. I love “God, Family, Country, and Community,” to quote a dear friend running for Senate.

I want CHANGE and TRANSPARENCY for the residents of this great town and State. Constituents have a right to know and a say in what Bills are being sponsored by their Representatives and how they will impact their community.

I have asked every year for the past eight years for the elected representatives to have an “open forum” in town before sponsoring Bills to see exactly what was important to the residents. They have refused to state that the “Dems” will come! So what I ask? They may have ideas as well! This needs to CHANGE! I will have that “open forum” even if I must have it without others.

We want to thank Kristine Perez for this Op-Ed. If you have an Op-Ed or LTE
you would like us to consider, please submit it to Editor@GraniteGrok.com.

I believe the parents have Rights before anyone else in all aspects of their children’s lives. Parental Rights in education and health should not be mandated by the State. I have been an advocate for the Parents of Londonderry for the past 18 months, attending meetings and speaking on their behalf.

I have used my healthcare knowledge to research so that facts were presented. I am proud of these parents but disappointed in the State Legislature and the Governor. These children are our future and deserve the absolute best education highlighted with Math, Science, English, and truthful History. These basics are the building blocks for success.

The electoral process in New Hampshire is frightening to me. In 2016, I personally took pictures of 19 state license plates with occupants going in to vote in Londonderry in only 45 minutes. I reported this to the Attorney General’s Office with no response.

Representative Al Baldasaro and I interviewed with a filming company out of New York on the subject, but it was never aired, as far as I am aware. Gee, Not surprised! When my local Representatives are pushed on this issue, they say, “we have to take baby steps.” I say ask for the farm and only compromise when necessary! If we have to worry about a Governor signing, then maybe there is another CHANGE that needs to be made.

How much are our rates going up? Well back on February 22nd, one of Londonderry’s State Reps, who is also on the Energy and Technology Committee, told our Town Council that Londonderry will experience “brownouts” and possible “blackouts” in 2023! He was there with Eversource representatives. He stated that the use of natural gas to produce electricity has gone from 18% in 2000 to 50% in 2022.

The renewable energy sources that are being introduced are years away from completion, and decisions not to allow pipelines are the major contributors to this problem. The energy companies’ lack of planning is the issue, not the voters. It was emphasized that this will occur and is just a matter of when. Where were you, State Representative?

Why aren’t our Reps trying to make companies do what is right for the residents of Londonderry? Why is this coming to the residents in the form of “get ready”? Where was the information going to the residents before the Pipeline was doomed, letting us know that this could happen? I consider this a lack of TRANSPARENCY that needs to be addressed.

I pledge if elected to write monthly letters in the Londonderry Times to keep my constituents in the know.

Please consider me when going to the polls on September 13, 2022.

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The following was an anonymous Letter (yes, I do permit anonymous articles) that was directed towards the Op-Ed piece that NH State Rep Barbara Comtois wrote for GraniteGrok here. As it was a scanned image, I have reproduced it here as an image with no edits but a couple of sentences underlined by me in red.  It is a thoughtful piece with some background information that many might not know concerning those involved in the political fracas known now as the Gunstock Area Commission and Gunstock Mountain Resort.

Not many, these days, would take the time to hand write a letter.  Fewer, these days, would stand up against the “popular” side of a political debate knowing that a vociferous mob may well be lying in wait against such a “heretical” and opposite viewpoint than theirs.

In addition to Comtois’ Op-Ed, this letter mentions the GAC Audit Committee. NH State Rep Comtois was on WKXL talk radio about her part of the Audit Committee here.

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School-age children in Houston, Texas, have a song they’d like you to hear. In it they aspire to be like (former) “IRGC Qods Force Commander General Qasem Soleimani,” and make an oath to be a martyr for Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.

The song’s lyrics say: “[Khamenei] is calling on his children, his soldiers… In spite of my age, I will be your army’s commander…May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, I will sacrifice everything for you…I make an oath to be your martyr, Ali.”

The song’s original Farsi lyrics include a pledge to follow in the footsteps of IRGC Qods Force Commander General Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. airstrike in 2020. In February 2019, the Islamic Education Center of Houston had held a ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. At the ceremony, children sang: “Khamenei is our leader, we are his soldiers.”

Houston, Texas – Not Iran. You can watch a clip here from MEMRI TV. In it,

Morteza Kazemian, a tenth grader, said that the United States continues to sanction Iran because it is scared of it and that America’s two goals in the Middle East are to support Israel and Saudi Arabia. The crowd chanted: “Away with the humiliation… Allah Akbar! Khamenei is our Leader!” 

No word on whether the FBI is expected to respond to this insurrectionist “teaching” by raiding the home of Mike Lindell.

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I had issued an RSA 91:A to the Gunstock Area Commissioners concerning certain taxes paid by Gunstock to the State of NH – or not:

This request is for the listing of payments for taxes to the State of NH by Gunstock Mountain Resort for the time period of January 1, 2000 through to end of day, today, August 5, 2022:

• Business Enterprise Tax
• Business Profit Tax
• Meals and Room Taxes
• Any and all monies received by Gunstock from the State of NH or any of its subdivisions during the 2020,2021,2022 fiscal years.
• The listing of the corporators/top five stockholders in this enterprise.

There are questions that I want answered and the data would help to answer those questions.  And it was answered by Cathy White – and something tells me she really doesn’t want to be BFFs with me:

—— Original Message ——
From: “Cathy White” <CWhite@gunstock.com>
To: “Skip@granitegrok.com” <Skip@granitegrok.com>
Cc: “Tom Day” <TDay@gunstock.com>; “Douglas Lambert” <dlambert@gunstockcommissioners.org>; “Jade Wood” <JWood@gunstockcommissioners.org>
Sent: 8/10/2022 3:51:28 PM
Subject: 91:A Request for Taxes 08-05-22

 

 

Cathy White
Chief Financial Officer
Office: 603-737-4303  Cell:  781-223-8388
719 Cherry Valley Road, Gilford, NH 03249

And yes, that was it except for a spreadsheet with 5 worksheets: Room & Meals Tax, [Business] Enterprise Tax, Business Profit Tax, [Monies] Received from NH, and Corporators/Stockhold.  No narrative, no explanation – not even a “Hi Skip” or even a curt “Here are the requested responsive records”.  No matter -request made, lawfully delivered, and that’s all that’s mattered.

Here are the images:

So, why these tiny data sets?

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I had hoped conservatives would endorse a single gubernatorial candidate rather than risk splitting the conservative vote four ways and handing the Primary to the incumbent, progressive Chris Sununu. Since that hasn’t happened, I’m weighing in to endorse Thad Riley for Governor.

A critical question was asked at the The Resolve Debate in Wolfeboro on August 5, 2022. Please listen to five minutes of this debate, from marker 1:52:00 to 1:57:40.

“What is the source of your authority (if you run) for governor?”

Thad Riley mentioned the NH Bill of Rights and explained that the NH Constitution Pt. 2 defines and limits the governor’s authority, making the NH governor one of the two weakest state governors in the country. Our NH Executive Council is a check on the governor’s authority, limiting his authority to act unilaterally on certain contracts and fiscal matters.

Julian Acciad agreed with Thad Riley, adding that NH county sheriffs are another check on the governor’s authority, along with the Supreme Court and State Legislature.

Karen Testerman said that the source of the governor’s authority comes from: 1. God Almighty; 2. the Constitution of New Hampshire; and 3. the Constitution for the United States.

Jay Lewis said that the governor is a manager over the Executive branch and needs to listen to the people of New Hampshire and abide by our Constitution and laws.

God Almighty is not the source of the governor’s authority. The NH and US Constitutions may be divinely inspired, but the governor does not derive authority from God Almighty. That authority comes from The People.

The Bill of Rights, Pt. 1 of the NH Constitution recognizes that our inalienable rights originate from God, or nature. Pt. 2 of the NH Constitution describes the role of government, including that of the governor. This constitution was designed and approved by The People.

Sununu enacted over a hundred executive orders and distributed over a billion federal dollars on his own authority without oversight by the Executive Council or State Legislature. He acted as if he were God’s vessel, which I’m pretty sure he’s not.

Louis the 14th of France called himself the Sun King, claimed he derived his authority directly from God, and famously said “L’etat, c’est moi” (“The State, It’s Me”). That’s why folks call Gov. Sununu the Sun King. Sununu believes in and acts on the Divine Right of Kings.

We the People are the source of the governor’s authority. The NH Constitution defines and limits that authority. The US Constitution is not the source of the NH governor’s authority.

All things considered, my endorsement goes to Thad Riley. He was the front runner of  gubernatorial candidates in two Granite Grok polls. Over the past few months he’s gone from  political obscurity to nearly 60% support in the Granite Grok July poll. As a former school board member, he understands the dangers of Critical Race Theory. He’s taken the time to listen to hundreds of people across the state. He may not have multiple years of experience in state politics, but he understands the very limited authority of the governor. That’s good enough for me. 

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As an education activist since 1990 and former member of the Nashua Board of Education (1/2016-12/2019), my advice to Riley is to support the decentralization of education. Parents don’t need to come together at the State level in yet another committee to rid our local schools of the State implemented aggressive political ideologies that are dividing us. The problem is State interference through grants, bribes, and legislation.

Destroy the centralized pipeline that pushes radical reforms upon local schools. Stop tracking student academics and behavior in State databases. Allow the creation of independent community schools within school districts. Trust parents to work within their communities to create education strategies.

[Disclaimer: Every Grokster is allowed to have personal endorsements on GraniteGrok and this is Doris Hohensee’s. At this time, the GraniteGrok authors have not yet finished  voting on the NH Governor race to see if GraniteGrok will issue an endorsement in this race, and if so, who will receive it.  -Skip]

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A sad story where even if we “win”, the other side gets to cash out bigly.  In this case, Gabriel Gipe was that case I wrote about just about a year ago from a Project Veritas investigative report where he was OPENLY stating that he now had 180 to turn his students into “revolutionaries” instead of educating them (“So Parents – Is This What You Want YOUR Children To Be Learning?“) in the Public School system:

Shocked?  You should be. Well, not really. We’ve been on this indoctrination-in-schools for quite some time now – it’s not new. But now, the teachers are making it personal – it’s YOUR KIDS that they are after. They BELIEVE your kids are really THEIR kids – to do with as they wish, to turn them against you and your values. They hate you and want your kids to hate you as well. This is what Public schools and the Government Education monopoly are now doing.

This guy got caught – rather stupidly, I have to add. So are the teachers here in NH that made it clear that they will teach CRT and BLM to your kids even as it is illegal.  Not the best and brightest.

And now he’s laughing all the way to the bank, in collecting $190,000, for “resigning” from his public school teacher’s position:

Pro-Antifa High School Teacher in California Gets Paid to Resign
“agreed to pay Gabriel Gipe, a social studies teacher at Inderkum High School, $190,000 to leave his post without fighting his prospective firing”

A California teacher, who supports Antifa and bragged about indoctrinating his students as revolutionaries, has been given a substantial payment by his school district to resign.

How nice for him. Too bad they couldn’t just fire him (emphasis mine, reformatted).

BREAKING: Pro-Antifa High School Teacher in California Admits Communist Indoctrination of Students … ‘I Have 180 Days to Turn Them into Revolutionaries’ … Other Teachers ‘on the Same Page’ … ‘There is a Reason Why These Kids are Becoming Further Left’

Pro-Antifa California teacher given 3 years’ salary to resign: report

A California teacher who received widespread backlash after getting caught on video bragging about how he was working to radicalize his students with far-left ideology was given three years of pay to resign, according to a local report.

Officials in January agreed to pay Gabriel Gipe, a social studies teacher at Inderkum High School, $190,000 to leave his post without fighting his prospective firing, the Sacramento Bee reported, citing settlement records. After tax, Gipe walked away with a total of $100,000, the paper reported. His annual salary reportedly was $60,000. The report says that he has been on paid leave for the last year.

One ONLY has to wonder what kind of activities he’s been doing the last year and what is plans are for the next three.  He must be laughing his Commie butt off as in “I turned their kids to hate them and this capitalists paid me even more to go and do it again somewhere else. They PAID me to destroy their kids, their families, and their system.  WINNING!”.

This is how we are losing our country. These are termites crawling into our system and like those termites in your house, you don’t know what the damage is until your house starts collapsing. This is great-bad example of what the New Left started back in the Sixties when their efforts to effect a violent overthrow of our American system failed; their Long March through our institutions became their focus.  Change the Culture, change the politics, change the nation.

Have they won?

(H/T: Legal Insurrection)

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With NH State primaries only a month away now, folks here in NH, and especially here in the Lakes Region, should be taking notice of who is running and for what. Those on the Democrat side of the ticket are going all out, again, promoting misinformation (even outright lies) in their efforts to swing the near-universal perception that their Party is a disaster maker of record-breaking proportions. Not content with just their national candidates who voted for each failed, destructive policy that created our 9.1%inflation, near record non-job participation, shortages across the board, record drug deaths, murder rates here in NH and nationally, and total insanity in touting bogus science, local Democrat candidates are marching right along with the crazies parade.

Our State Legislator is Republican-dominated and has proven to be voting in reasonable, responsible ways (much to the cringe of so many on the Left). Folks, regardless of claims from the Democrats. men can not get pregnant, give birth, or morph into another sex. The White race did not invent slavery, the white race ended slavery. You are not automatically a racist because of your White race, and other races are perfectly capable to be racist as well. It’s the content of one’s character and not skin color or ethnicity that matters.

Unfortunately, the Democrat Party welcomes any and all willing to march in their “Big Tent” parade. That would include, among others, violent domestic terrorists, violent drug criminals, sex traffickers, child molesters, and multiple other undesirables just as long as they donate to them, work for them, or assault their opposition’s supporters.

For many of us retired people on a fixed income, working poor, or just average working households, this coming winter does not bode well due to all the terrible decisions and actions Democrats have made. Heating costs across the spectrum will be staggering, food prices continue to rise along with other shortages. The stresses and strains on citizens are growing and only by rejecting the Left’s candidates and electing more rational responsible leaders is there hope for future recovery. It’s already too late for this winter; democrats have made certain of that.

Get out and vote both in primaries and again in November. Save your futures; Democrats won’t.

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In May, NOAA declared from its now mostly political perch that the 2022 Hurricane Season (June 1 to November) would  result in “above-average hurricane activity this year.” It’s mid-August, nearly halfway into the “season,” and the shelf life of that prediction clock is ticking.

 NOAA’s outlook for the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, which extends from June 1 to November 30, predicts a 65% chance of an above-normal season, a 25% chance of a near-normal season and a 10% chance of a below-normal season.

For the 2022 hurricane season, NOAA is forecasting a likely range of 14 to 21 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher), of which 6 to 10 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher), including 3 to 6 major hurricanes (category 3, 4 or 5; with winds of 111 mph or higher). NOAA provides these ranges with a 70% confidence.

We’ve had three named storms so far, with only one of them rising to the level of newsworthy, except for the lack of any news. There was a bit of wind and rain but nothing to write Al Gore or Michael Mann about, so the season (so far) has been a bust. Not above normal in number or intensity, and quite the opposite.

And the current forecast is very quiet (as of this writing – the link has real-time updates).

Being from New England, we know this doesn’t necessarily mean much. As the old saying goes, if you don’t like the weather wait a few minutes. And so it is with the global climate and the hurricane season. It is a product of forces in many places, none of which has a thing to do with fossil fuels, SUVs, or your comfortable western lifestyle.

It can and should change.

And the prediction business is big business. Numerous industries pay top dollar for forecasters to provide projections because what happens affects their ability to operate. Meanwhile, NOAA is doing it on the taxpayer’s dime, but if this indicates how accurate they are, it’s good to be wrong in the right direction. A habit the CLimate cult can seem to drop.

They’ve been predicting doom for four decades and have yet to get anything right. Why should this be any different?

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And while the “Gunstock Debacle” is seemingly in a brief pause (and trust me, it ain’t over), I’m trying to catch my breath. School is out for the Grandson so time for “day” vacations over the next three weeks – just in time as I haven’t taken a vacation in years (even though being retired for several).

Your thoughts?

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Many of you know by now that the Safe and Effective COVID19 vaccines were neither. The FDA and Pfizer knew, but now the Centers for Democrat Control (CDC) have acknowledged that they lied about COVID vaccine safety surveillance.

The CDC promised in January 2021 that it would perform a specific type of data mining analysis on VAERS reports called Proportional Reporting Ratio (PRR). But when Children’s Health Defense, a nonprofit, asked for the results, the CDC said that “no PRRs were conducted by the CDC” and that data mining “is outside of th[e] agency’s purview.”

Asked for clarification, Dr. John Su, who heads the CDC’s VAERS team, told The Epoch Times in an email that the CDC started performing PRRs in February 2021, “and continues to do so to date.”

The CDC is now saying that both the original response and Su’s statement were false.

The agency didn’t start performing PRRs until March 25, 2022, the CDC spokeswoman said. The agency stopped performing them on July 31, 2022.

The issues, data, research, and reporting on post-vaxx heart-related problems are extensive. From athletes dropping dead in the summer of 2021 to reports of potentially permanent heart harms to kids, there’s been no shortage of “research” outside the approved halls of public health authority.’ From medical professionals to data miners to concerned parents and pesky bloggers, “data” from around the world is readily available, and anyone unaware of the risk is living in a corporate media hole.

And despite that mountain of data (the CDC said it would sift for health concerns), the consensus has been and still is to get the media to shout down anyone, regardless of credentials, that dares challenge the public health Pharisee’s “safe and effective” Gregorian Chant.

Related: We Know Why The Public Health Industrial Complex Had to Discredit Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin

And what is the CDC’s excuse for lying (my word, not theirs)? It misinterpreted the FOIA requests. But that’s not possible as the ask was specific. There’s also this other sort-of, kind-of problem. Neither the FDA nor the CDC ever released an actual report based on safety surveillance of the COVID19 vaccine, even after admitting they didn’t do the surveillance when they said they had, but did do it, eventually.

“There is also no credible reason why they waited until March 25, 2022, to calculate PRRs, unless it was in response to our initial FOIA filed in December 2021, which was rejected on March 25, 2022—shortly after they say they began their calculations. It means the CDC was not analyzing VAERS for early warning safety signals for well over a year after the vaccination campaign began—which still counts as a significant failure,” he added.

The CDC has also not released the results of the PRRs.

There are over 1.6 million reports of potential harm linked to COVID19 injections in the VAERS database, of which 29,981 are “death.” But neither the CDC nor the FDA has gotten around to informing the American public about potential risks like heart failure.

Too busy trying to stick a needle in every arm?

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Dear US Attorney-General Merrick Garland,

A new request today. It’s about Julian Assange. No, wait, it’s about America’s reputation — same as with the Mar-a-lago raid, really.

You may think I overvalue our reputation, Sir. Certainly, I think you undervalue it. It’s not that I’m worried about what other countries think of us. It’s what we think of ourselves that matters, and when we hear criticisms being murmured around the globe, we should harken to some clues.

No diplomat, other than British ones, has shown approval of the United States case against Australian journalist Julian Assange. Thousands of people around the world have organized rallies and marches to free him from impending extradition.

I’ve been to a couple of birthday parties for Julian in front of the NH State House in Concord. A prominent legislator was in attendance. Ah, New Hampshire.

Undoubtedly you are aware of his case, Mr. Garland, given that a group of diehard free-speechers has parked their bods outside your home each weekend. I was invited to join them last winter but declined to participate as I think every person’s castle is sacred. (Or was it that I couldn’t handle the freezing weather? — either way.)

It’s regrettable if your family suffered from that modern-day tent city — but you can end their suffering with a quick flick of your BIC pen. Just drop the charges against Wikileaks journalist Assange. They do seem to conflict with the First Amendment, don’t they?

[First Amendment: “I may use my brain, as God presumably gave it to me for a purpose, and I may use my vocal cords, and my writing finger and I may share my ideas all over town type thing.”]

The criminal charges against Julian include the fact that he published information about US war crimes in Iraq. But as soon as he uploaded that to Wikileaks, the folks at The New York Times were able to copy it in full without being subjected to any charges themselves. (I’m like, Huh?) The one who did the actual leaking of documents was Chelsea Manning, and she has already done her prison time for it.

As a US citizen, I am very grateful that someone released the outrageous photos of what US Marine Charles Graner and National Guardsperson Lynndie England did at Abu Ghraib. (Feces being smeared on a prisoner’s chest comes to mind, as does our soldiers letting a prisoner be bitten by dogs.)

Perhaps it’s “better than nothing” that Graner and England were punished at courts martial — but we all know they were not the inventors of that torture. As for the higher-ups, did any of them even lose a month’s pay? If you look into it, Sir, you may find they got promotions. God help us.

I have pretty strong feelings of guilt when the US commits war crimes, as I definitely think the buck stops with me. I’m not just American, I’m America — seriously. (Weren’t you brought up that way, too?) It was I who smeared feces on the Abu Ghraib prisoner, so to speak. My doing nothing to stop it makes me complicit.

Attorney General, are you up on the jurisprudence here? I want to call to your attention the case of US Army Lt Ehren Watada. In 2006, he was charged with “missing troop movement,” i.e., not going to Iraq when ordered to. He said, in a public speech:

“To stop an illegal and unjust war, the soldiers can choose to stop fighting it…. Enlisting in the military does not excuse one from rational thought…. “I was only following orders” is never an excuse…. When we say [in our oath] “against all enemies foreign and domestic,” what if elected leaders became the enemy? Whose orders do we follow? The answer: the conscience that lies in each soldier.”

“What if elected leaders became the enemy?” Gosh.

Watada’s case limped along for three years. It could have been decided quickly. My guess is that it was dangled in front of soldiers to give them hope. In the end, nothing much happened.

For that matter, maybe the endless wait for an end to Julian Assange’s case (ten years) is all about, um, all about an endless wait. And he’s not even an American, he’s Australian.

I resided in Australia for much of my adult life. My friends over there say that the UK should not allow the US to snatch Assange, as he will be so badly treated in a US court. Heck, I want to see him in a courtroom in beautiful America.

You can do this, Mr. Garland. You can bring him to justice. America’s glory will be restored right smack dab then and there. You will state that free speech must prevail. Hooray! Happy days are here again! And posterity will give you the credit.

Alternatively, you could phone the UK’s Home Secretary Priti Patel and ask her to dismiss the inmate du jour from Belmarsh Prison. It is within her discretion to do that for any reason or no reason. (Remember when Home Secretary Jack Straw liberated Augusto Pinochet for no reason?)

Or Patel could just say that it will save on carbon emissions if the UK does not have to fly Assange to Washington. Or something.

Thanks a mil, Attorney General. Your mother wants you to do this.

Yours sincerely,

Mary Maxwell (currently a candidate for US House of Representatives from NH’s First District)

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The election races are ON with the first finish line being September 13th – NH’s Primary Election date. The candidates aren’t just running around at breakneck speeds, they are on double overdrive in trying to squeeze out those last few votes from the still-undecided and those they think can “turn” from other candidates.

As you may know, we at GraniteGrok have been conducting our interviews with the various candidates for the Governor, US Senate, and US Congress races.  We are almost done in our two-hour grillings of each of those that wished to take part (and yes, those that DIDN’T are mostly in the “Establishment” camp). In the past, we have video recorded each session so that those Groksters that couldn’t attend would have the chance to view how the candidates handled our questions to vote knowingly in our Endorsement ballots.

This cycle, we are also making those videos public.  I promised that when we were done with a given race, I’d start putting them up. Today is the first tranche – the Governor candidates.  We invited all four candidates for Governor to come in:

• Julian Acciard
• Thad Riley
• Chris Sununu
• Karen Testerman

As I’ve pointed out before, Chris Sununu “haughtily sniffed” at us with his chin in the air (like Obama used to do) – certainly, The Establishment guy) in this race and deigned to decide that we (and you) weren’t worth his time.  The others immediately said yes and we were happy to talk with them.  While we Groksters are still in the Endorsement voting process, I figured that it was time to post up their videos:

Julian Acciard:

Thad Riley:

Chris Sununu:

Karen Testerman:

Again, we are doing this so that YOU, our loyal readers, will have a better idea of the range and breadth of knowledge about the issues, the position, and their political philosophy lay.  Two hours (and some of our grillings happened before the formal session over “breaking of bread” (er, chili, pizza, other assorted foodstuffs provided by our hosts/Groksters Mike and Norm) so the videos aren’t two hours long.  But long enough!

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Presented without fanfare.  Please do look back, if you haven’t already, at the most recent Monday Memes and Meme Overflow.  And share this – for in ridicule and mockery lies the weaking of the Left.

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I regret having to go on hiatus again.  Things are NOT looking good domestically.  Double plus ungood.  Don’t be surprised if I can’t do Survival Sunday.  Stealth mode from now on, at least until either things settle… or the martial fecal matter has finished hitting the judicial air motivator.

Anyone know a good Nashua-Manchester corridor family attorney that won’t be put off by the fact that I’m “ultra MAGA”, anti-Jab, and a prepper?

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Two medical students and their professor in Afghanistan, I think, in the 1950s.  It CAN happen here.  Things CAN fall apart.  Remember:

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Palette Cleanser:

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SHOT:  Visualizing 10 Years of Global EV Sales by Country

“A look at the explosion of global EV sales since 2011, broken down by country.

(Click to embiggen)

Total: 6.771 million

When a government, like Communist China, has to force its citizens to purchase EVs, it’s no wonder why China leads the pack.  But look at all the other countries where citizens can (mostly – California is acting like China in this regard) make their own decisions, it’s clear that people are deciding “not so much”.

And “Explosion“??  Now, for some context…

CHASER: Number of cars sold worldwide between 2010 and 2022

So only 10% of all cars sold are EV.  Subtract China’s amount, it is only 4.8% – a miniscule amount

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In a shocking turn of events, the Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted a surprise raid on the 45th President of the United States Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. The heavily armed agents were said to have conducted the raid with a warrant issued by the former Epstein attorney turned Judge. The federal agents are in search of damning evidence that would both justify and improve the Biden-like ratings of the January 6th show trial. After their raid produced no evidence of a crime they sought the deed to the house in his safe which, to their chagrin, was empty. Sources on the scene say the same FBI team who cleaned up the Epstein crime scene is looking to move the honey pot operation to Mar-a-Lago in order to save money on sky-high gas prices, capture it as a real estate asset for the agency, and take advantage of the bumper crop of illegal immigrant children crossing the border without their parents.

Norwich-Hanover Elite: Black Lives No Longer Matter As Much As Ukrainians

The literal grassroots movement of front yard signs in the two wealthiest towns in the Upper Valley serves as a reminder to people who didn’t already know that Black Lives Matter has shifted focus to solidarity with Ukraine. The one and a half black residents between the two towns were unavailable for comment, but sources say they are happy to no longer be reminded by their white neighbors that they “matter”. In an effort to reassert their intellectual hegemony, signs have been replaced around the twin town area as a clarion call to their once bigoted neighbors – it’s time to stand with Ukraine. Currently, there are no Ukrainian-born residents living in either town, which makes them among the most oppressed, yet comes as a relief to many others.

Dartmouth College, now offering an elective class in political protesting, brought several dozen students into the well-groomed streets to protest on behalf of Black Lives Matter only to find their signs were no longer relevant. Seizing the teaching opportunity, the adjunct professor Claire Ableman passed out vegetables from a nearby farmer’s market for the students to pelt pedestrians and storefronts. No serious injuries were reported other than several poorly conditioned students who complained of rotator cuff pain.

The mass of college students then stood outside a house chanting “We’re here, we’re queer and we don’t like your science!” followed by “We’re back, we’re Black, and we want loan forgiveness!” Several onlookers stood by and appreciated the anti-poetic bellicosity mixed with artistic license. One passerby from Claremont mentioned to the rowdy students that had abortions been banned since 1973 the Black population would be double what it is today. In what could only be described as a mass formation of apoplectic psychosis, the crowd, along with the entire neighborhood, canceled themselves off all social media.

Vermont Health Department Releases New List of Marijuana Side Effects

The ever-growing field (no pun intended) of medical marijuana and cannabis connoisseurs has exploded like a bag of over-nuked microwave popcorn. Beneficiaries of the new strains and edibles tout the high-tech advances in isolating and modifying active ingredients, such as THC content, to deliver medicinal benefits such as pain relief, sleep aid, reductions in anxiety, and even depression thanks in part to Youtube cat-fail videos. Recently the Vermont Department of Health released an updated list of potential side effects caused by using these super-strains, including:

• Cotton eyes
• Cheeto hands
• Binge binging
• Maple tongue
• Tucker Gaze
• Drive-thru hearing disorder
• Job loss
• Mathitis
• Knee wobble
• Dearthiness
• Libertarianism

If you are experiencing any or all of these, or know of any others not listed, please contact the VT Health Department and list them in the comments section below this article.

Dog Groomers Report Dramatic Drop In Business

Area dog groomers have seen a sudden decline in business thanks in part to an online campaign targeting predatory child groomers. Google searches now warn online requests of the “don’t say groomer” campaigns on Twitter and Reddit raising speculation about the growing problem with grooming in general. This has led to a rise in dog injuries at local dog parks with poorly shorn English sheepdogs, Burmese mountain dogs, Great Pyrenees, and Bouvier des Flandres wreaking havoc on the smaller dog breeds often crashing into or simply lying down on them. Myra Delvecchio of North Hartland, Vermont lost her Pomeranian in a recent anti-grooming accident and was inconsolable, however other attendees to the dog park were quietly elated.

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This past Wednesday, the 10th, was the monthly meeting of the BCRC at the Gilford Public Library. As always, there was a keynote speaker and it was Lily Tang Williams who running to be the NH GOP nominee to retire the current Democrat Annie Kuster who sits next to Uber-Progressive from New York (sponsor of the Green New Deal bill that Biden is effecting by Executive fiat).

Here she is recounting her escape from Communist China and embracing Liberty and Freedom:

Lily Tang Williams
“I fear the country I love is becoming like the country I left.”

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